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We will be back at 6:00. tonight, the tragic turn in the mission to rescue that trapped soccer team, one diver killed. oxygen levels dropping with time running out to escape. president trump on the attack, challenging one of his fiercest critics to get a dna test, mocking the me too movement and praising putin at a rally. a migrant mother hugging her child after two months apartdeline t the youngest with their parents. record-breaking heat in the west, wildfires turn deadly and the seaso...

Ready. rescue operations have already cost one diver his life. ben tracy is on the scene. >> reporter: thai officials say its still too risky to attempt to rescue the 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped inside the cave. but late friday, the governor of chiang rai said that if heavy rains hit the area this weekend, they may be forced to act. the risk of a rescue attempt was made painfully clear friday when former thai navy seal saman gunan passed out underwater while delivering air tanks insid...

>> we will never abolish ice. >> secretary of state mike pompeo back in north korea today. im trying to lock down a time line for kim jong-un to dismantle his nuclear arsenal. >> a woman setting off fireworks and pointing them at people on a brooklyn street. >> its crazy. its stupid. >> southern california is preparing for unprecedented temperatures. >> triple-digit heat. n inhis is going to go down in the record books. >> golodryga: and the search for one very special car, "on the road." >> thi...

Tonight, several breaking sties as weom on. neighborhood inferno, a new massive wildfire igniting this afternoon. a dozen homes seen fully engulfed. fears of many more. the race to evacuate as another fire in the west claims its first fatality. plus, the shock in the atlantic. the new hurricane threats. now barrelling towards puerto rico. the islands still fragile after last years direct hit, and the storm off the east coast gaining strength that could grow into a second hurricane. also brea...

>> reporter: tonight, the time for waiting is over. originally ruled out as too dangerous, rescuers now believe they may have no choice but to dive the trapped boys through the maze of flooded passageways. the new danger, low oxygen levels in that cave posing a significant threat to their survival. officials say there is a limited amount of time to get the boys and their coach out with flooding rains closing in. >> the storm is coming. now, you have a more dangerous because of you have a lot of ...

Over the senates refusal two years ago to even consider president obamas final nominee, garland. center chuck schumer says it would unify the country. the choice will be revealed monday night at 9:00 p.m. at the white house. pete williams, nbc news, washington. now to the race against time at the flooded cave in thailand where a boys soccer team has been trapped now for nearly two weeks. officials are about to make a critical decision, do they attempt a dangerous rescue mission before monsoon ...

News at 5:00. kate snows sitting in for lester holt. >> well see you at 6:00 breaking news tonight, the embattled chief of the epa is out, scott pruit facing scandals and spending taxpayer money stepping down today. supreme court suspense, president trump narrowing down finalists. desperate hours, rescuers facing a critical decision to save the soccer team trapped in a cave. >> its zero visibility. its a confined space. >> the clock ticking before monsoon rain. on the front lines, infern...

Since picking up his first skate board at 9 years old, the birdman had his share of highs but some tricks have taken a lot longer to master. >> id say im a much better parent than i was when i was younger and in the throws of success. im a much more effective father than i used to be. >> reporter: with son raleigh following in his dads kick flips, hawk is bringing the sport to kids across america through his tony hawk foundation funding 600 skate parks in low income communities but his 1999 vide...

At the same time, at least 40 large wildfires are burning across the west. they have burned about 600,000 acres. more than 100 homes were destroyed in southern colorado and a large fire is threatening hundreds more in northern california. john blackstone is there. s> reporter: today firefighters in northern california endured back breaking work as they rushed to contain the unrelenting county fire in 90 degree heat. got to make your work tougher. >> it does but at the same time too we have our n...

Breaking news. embattled epa chief scott pruitt resigns. president trump tweeting the resignation. pruitt facing a long, growing list of ethics scandals, from his sweetheart apartment deal to his first class flights to that $43,000 phone booth in his office. race against the rain. new images tonight from inside the flooded cave. the around the clock rescue effort to save 12 boys and their soccer coach. a new sense of urgency with more flooding rains just hours away. escaping the flames. the ...