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Stop watching. >> thats to him. be safe. >> thats going to doi] it fuss. see you back here aáixd 6:00. bye beyrer. >> have a nice night. hundreds trapped inside. hands in the air. was it terrorism? top secret exposed. a mystery swirling around the young american charged with leaking highly sensitive information about russias election meddling. ho officials say she was caught. driven out. 20 people fired at uber as investigations deep into allegations of widespread harassment at the company. f...

Supports sawed dri extremists. they said they would take a hard line on funding extremism and all eyes are pointing to qatar. the crisis critical to the u.s. qatar home to a key u.s. base with 8,000 u.s. service members flying airstrikes against isis and missions in afghanistan. secretary of state tillerson has agreed mediate where any conflict affects our military, it could also impact our oil prices. >> andrea mitchell, thanks. theres more ahead tonight. the trial making headlines after a te...

Were back now with an incredible story about overcoming fear, not to mention the odds. rock climber alex hannal just did something no ones ever done before, reaching the top of y yosemites famed el capitan without ropes. 3,000 feet straight up. tonight he talks exclusively to nbcs dottie schwartz about reaching new heights. >> reporter: its a towering wall that those brave enough to challenge its face arent even visible to the naked eye. and thousands feet above the valley alex is etching his na...

Pretty focus. >> i looked down from time to time. but i was mostly looking up. i was charging pretty quickly and climbing ahead. >> reporter: in three hours, 56 minutes, he had made it to the top. becoming the first person to scale el capitan alone without ropes and safety gear. what did his mother say? >> she was glad i hadnt told her anything beforehand i have never really dreamt of anything bigger. i cant imagine anything cooler than el caps. >> reporter: which explains the smile after this a...

Growing family. when we come back -- america strong tonight. the sacramento climber making history. no harness below. climbing el capitan. we asked him, what did his mother say? did he tell her? irmed. theyre playing. -what? -we gotta go. -where? -san francisco. -when? -friday. we gotta go. [ tires screech ] any airline. any hotel. any time. go where you want, when you want with no blackout dates. [ muffled music coming from club. "blue monday" by new order. cheers. ] [ music and cheers get lo...

No harness, no ropes attached. the famed el capitan, a 3,000 wall of granite in yosemite. its called free soloing. and alex honnold of sacramento has been perfecting the ropeless climb for decades. look at this breathtaking moment about to reach the 2500 alex has been climbing all his life. what he told us two years ago. >> i go through the same calculation anybody else does with risk taking, is it worth taking this risk? im like, yes, it is. >> reporter: alex told us today what he was thinking ...

Its sunny outside, but it is raining. toward the base, rainbows close enough to touch. hikers happy to be sopping wet. >> i am soaking it all in, literally soaking it all in. >> reporter: its one thing to climb to the foot of a waterfall. its a whole other to make this daring kind of ascent. last weekend, professional climber sasha dejulian and john cardwell, the first free climb from the bottom of yosemites misty wall to the top of the tallest falls in north america. even higher still at glacie...

20 states have government oversight over amusement at water parks while nine have none at all. ken martin is an amusement park safety consultant. >> we need to spare no money in developing regulations that are consistent across all 50 states. >> theres absolutely no excuse or reason why a ten-year-old eild should be ejected from a water slide. ay reporter: state inspectors were at the water park today to determine exactly what went wrong. the emerald plunge and two other noter slides are closed ...

Went to the first aid room where he was assessed by staff. >> reporter: the park saying the ride had been tested scores of times. the accident overshadowing the grand opening of the $43 million complex. this incident coming less than a year after 10-year-old caleb schwab was killed on the worlds tallest waterslide in kansas. this month, his family receiving a $20 million settlement. there have been at least 29 deaths on amusement park rides or waterslides since 2010. up to 4,200 people a year en...

Homes. see you back here at 6:00. tonight, breaking news. the skydiving disaster involving a navy s.e.a.l. the memorial day weekend stunt gone wrong. the s.e.a.l. forced to ditch that parachute, then slamming into the hudson river. plus, the white house family crisis. president trumps son-in-law jared kushner accused of wanting to set up a back channel to speak with russian officials. this, as the investigation into the trump campaign and possible russian collusion heats up. are people close...