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The five-year average is just 53,000 acres. since july 1st, california has spent $133 million on firefighting. the state has called in the national guard and brought in crews from several other states. >> when we have a new start, especially with all these other fires going, cal fire reacts very aggressively while we launch over $2 million worth of their equipment to just a single report of a fire anywhere in the state. >> reporter: but resources are spread thin across the west. and for the firs...

Tonight, live from havana. historic change as the u.s. flag rises over the american embassy for the first time in over half a century. a day many thought theyd never live to see. also, could a surprise challenger shake up the race for president? as party jitters grow over hillary clinton, speculation now swirling around names like biden and gore. found alive. a young firefighter pulled from the rubble after that devastating blast in china. chemical weapons. the frightening new turn in the ...

Harness, but no harness now. late today checking in with us. >> what im doing is really pushing the limits of myself and the sport. take the harness off and do what youve done before but its just a whole other mental game. >> reporter: about that fall, he told us it was intentional. that he felt something was wrong and wanted to reset. >> i looked down at the line and i just wrapped my body around it to secure myself. >> reporter: soon back up and one foot in front of the other. 210 feet across,...

Fascinating. researchers have been tracking deep blue ever since they shot that video off the west coast of mexico. its rare for a great white shark to be longer than 16 or 17 feet. david, this is truly one of the biggest great white sharks ever recorded alive. >> ron, our thanks to you. theres still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this wednesday night. your money tonight, were back on the case. charities and swindlers who ask for your donations when theyre frauds. now the beauty pagea...

I just really wanted to give it a shot. you know, im not feeling it today. talk to your doctor or pharmacist about your risk. finally, out to break a world record, he had us break into a sweat, no harness, no net. >> reporter: thats spencer seabrooke walking down the path straight for the cliff. where most of us would stop, hes just getting started. a sport called slack lining, a high stakes tight rope nearly 1,000 feet up when suddenly, this. watch as he pulls himself back up. at 26, hes been...

Would have put those on board at greater risk. the militarys launched an investigation to determine the exact cause of the crash. jim miklaszewski, nbc news, the pentagon. for the first time the head of the epa surveyed the damage unwittingly done by her own agency a week ago when it triggered a massive river contamination in colorado. the spill sparking fears that this is merely one of many more disasters waiting to happen. our national correspondent miguel almaguer has the story. >> reporter...

Near one has been linked to booming real estate prices, up 40% in some neighborhoods. trader joes has a knack for picking neighborhoods that are about to take off. a big change for the quarter pounder tonight, a little bigger. a four-ounce patty of beef now 4.25 ounces. i dont even know if i would notice. quarter pounder, a little bigger tonight. when we come back tonight, the heart-stopping high wire walk, we were all talking about it. he loses his balance, no harness, and he is standing by...

Denver. there are storms happening through the day on wednesday. that moisture, the monsoon flow in place. the excessive heat watch, that ridge of high pressure thats been baking the south actually moves back to the west. horrible for the northwest, too. its the low pressure system off that coast thats sparking the lightning and the wind for the fires. >> thinking about our viewers in the northwest as well, ginger thank you. new warnings, new outrage tonight in colorado and new mexico after th...

>> the majority of women have never attended any sort of conventional support group for their cancer. so that tells us that this unconventional approach to healing is really meeting a need >> reporter: the motion of casting helps exercise muscles that may be weaker after treatment, but this is far more than physical therapy. >> you learn a skill. and you have other women that have survived. and you feel a lot less lonely. >> reporter: its even better when the fish are biting. >> its a matter of ...

>> pel >> pelley: in colorado, a crewwo working for the environmental protection agency accidentally released a million gallons of toxic sludge into a river. heres mireya villarreal. >> reporter: this is what the animas river in southern colorado looks like just 48 hours after an e.p.a. crew knocked out a plug that was holding back wastewater from an old closed down gold mine. the images from the ground and from the sky of an orange river have durango residents like joe genualdi worried. >> its ...