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Finally tonight we all want our kids to dream big, to think that anything is possible as their lives take shape, but children facing a life-threatening illness like cancer, the dreams become even more important. now some of these kids are inspiring others thanks to a project that helps them soar. heres nbcs kristen. >> reporter: for 10-year-old candy carver, battling leukemia took its toll. >> her bones just would ache. she couldnt run around and walk a lot. >> reporter: but it never took her dr...

Divert it away. in a fire like this, crews have to move fast. they have been called in to protect this house on a hill surrounded by flames. >> fire line down, watch your footing! >> reporter: all around the outskirts of the so-called butte fire, player ups threaten homes. >> save water, save water. >> reporter: firefighters use every resource possible. if theyre not spraying water, theyre using bulldozers. if they arent using bulldozers, theyre using their hands. this right here is structure pr...

Homes. this one, overtaken. this couple only had minutes to get out. what do you focus on? >> at this point, ive got a few things, medicine i need for my grandmother. and were going to get out of here. >> reporter: another wildfire, 200 miles south. threatening californias historic sequoias. firefighters standing guard over 2,000-plus-year-old trees, some of the tallest in the world. the biggest challenge, the steep terrain. watch the flames behind me cascading down the hill. tonight, the winds ...

And david, behind that shopping center, witnesses say police were staging this scene for three hours before they moved in. >> kayna whitworth tonight, thank you. from phoenix to california now. to a massive wildfire, exploding in size. dramatic new images coming in. a wall of flames outside sacramento. this house engulfed. the roof, porch ablaze. 6,000 homes were told are threatened as we head into this weekend. firefighters in this video along highway 26, driving into the smoke, trees on fire...

Saying we will take in 10,000 syrian refugees this year. and martha raddatz joins me. until now, just 1,500 refugees? after four years of war? >> yes. one of the reasons is the extensive vetting process can take up to two years. and theres concern from members of congress that isis will send operatives into america via what one member has called a jihadi pipeline. the white house insisted today that the most robust security process will be used. but hard to see how they can get 10,000 vetted in ...

Identified 15 creatures in a single chamber, and he believes they were put there deliberately after they died, which is a uniquely human thing to do. >> if my discovery turns science on its head-- >> im kind of scared that theyre going to fall apart as soon as i try to take them out in earnest. >> i dont want to breathe for her. is that two together? >> its at least 1.5. >> 1.5 vertebra are actually in articulation, the way they were in anatomical position in the body. thank you so much. great w...

Other side effects include, gas, stomach-area pain and swelling. bottom line, ask your doctor about linzess today. we value sticking with things. when something works, people stick with it. more people stick with humana medicare advantage. because we stick with them. humana medicare advantage. the plan people stick with. >> axelrod: every time we think mankinds family tree is complete, scientists discover another branch. take today, when they introduced us to some new, distant cousins. as debora...

Unknown ancestor, that stood about five-feet tall and it may never have been found without a team of women dubbed under ground astronauts. hallie jackson has more on this amazing find. >> reporter: normally, becca is in a lab coat, not hard hat, but here in south africa, shes about to head under grounground after answering a facebook ad looking for cave-diving scientists skinny enough to squeeze through seven-inch cracks and fearless enough to do it in the dark. >> it was an adventure and i cert...

In the foliage, indicates more stress than we have seen before. you get an overview of the forest. unfortunately, a lot of the trees we see out there are dying because of the drought. back on the ground, researcher nate stevenson walks us through an area nearby where other kinds of trees, smaller than sequoias are dying at an alarming rate. >> one in every four trees has died. >> reporter: it is too soon to tell what that will mean. although they may be showing troubling signs -- >> theyre the m...

[♪] on this saturday night, back on the trail of hillary clintons e-mails. who she personally maintained to maintain her private server >> thousands of refugrefus refugees back it to the west. outbreak. its deadly. hundreds are sickened by salmonella across two dozen states. tonight, how you can protect yourself. price is right. gas hasnt been this cheap since 2004. how americans are saving a billion dollar this holiday weekend. and under threat. these majestic sequoias survived thousa...