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It was so thick. you just could smell it, too. it was so crazy. >>eporter: the fire was quickly put out. no accident says the l.a. fire captain. you mobilized a large number of resources very quickly. >> we can bring a lot of equipment, a lot of personnel to bear early, and we stopped that forward progress and it gave us a chance to control the fire before it gets really large. ll reporter: thousands of acres are also burning in northern california, where blackouts by the utility pg&e plunged th...

Middle of manhattan. the faa calling it a crash landing. the chopper erupting into flames on top of a 54-story building. firefighters had to put the fire out more than 700 feet up in the arp. it all happened in the middle of a wind-swept buildings vanishing in the fog. workers inside the building telling me they heard the whizzing of that chopper and the impact shaking the building. tonight, this image, after firefighters put out the flames, how little of the chopper was left. new york citys maj...

And were checking into that now, too. >> and to be clear, to into that area, a helicopter would need the approval of laguardia tower and we need to find out if that happened or not here. we do not know that at this point. >> reporter: this video shows a helicopter flying erratically over the east river. they couldnt explain why a chopper was flying at all on this rainy day with so much fence fog. >> commissioner, why was that helicopter in the air in weather like this? >> not sure. thats part of...

There are police and firefigh r firefighters there, everybody out, out. now its time to run. >> reporter: these images show the wreckage on the rooftop, firefighters shot water 700 feet to extinguish the blaze. the chopper completely obliterated. >> we had a very strange, very troubling incident this afternoon here in manhattan. a helicopter crashed into a building here. >> reporter: the pilot, identified tonight as time mccormack, killed. he was the only one aboard the aircraft. authorities say...

To graduating on time and juggling college applications. and last night, for the first time, they returned to campus, their principal describing the past school year. >> i love these kids, super proud of them for enduring. for living in trailers, for driving an hour each way, for overcoming all that to get here on the field tonight. >> reporter: and to graduate. what a group. the school still able to score the second highest math scores in the county and the only national merit scholar in northe...

Th t every war whether the quagmire that was vietnam or across africa. todays wars are nuance, the physical battlefield often ill defined and victory is not sealed in former surrender, what is clear is that duty, guts and sacrifice dont belong to a single generation. >> my poppy, he was apart of the south pacific. >> three generations of halie huggins serve? >> my grandfather toll us what their timine was. country. everyone since have been maintaining the country as it is today and the freedom t...

Going to provide the same level of security as the secret service. >> reporter: the challenge for candidates now, staying safe and getting close to voters at the same time. but not this close garrett haake, nbc news. tonight, the state department says its aware of reports that two americans are among a group of climbers missing in the himalayas one of the americans has been identified as dr. anthony sudekum. the group set out in mid-may to hike indias second highest mountain when they didnt ma...

After her daring rescue from the maui jungle, tonight amanda eller is speaking out again, this time with an apology. >> i want to apologize for putting anybody in harm a way >> reporter: eller opening up in a video posted on facebook >> i was irresponsible. i should have had my cell phone with me i should have had some water with me. >> reporter: and hoping to clear the air. >> that day i never intended to go on any kind of spiritual journey, spiritual experience it was simply just a hike throug...

To harrison, the wine collection. to craig, this rock. the redwoods to the redheads. the rainbows to the proud. i leave these things to my heirs, all 39 million of you, on one condition. that you do everything in your power to preserve and protect them. with love, california. were back tonight with ellen degeneres getting personal and detailing for the first time the sexual abuse she says she endured as a teenager. she says there is a powerful reason she is going public now