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Containment. a lot of these fires are paired down. theres significant progress that was made over the weekends. firefighters finally saying something i didnt know that i was here that theyre getting an upper hand, theyve turned a corner on these fires. the atlas fire and tubbs fires, two of the major fires, that have caused the most death and caused the most damage, now more than both 60% contained in this fire fight. he has come at a cost. these firefighters working round the clock, 24 hours sh...

That is a huge number. huge statistic for firefighters that are now sleeping in tent cities. for firefighters that have been battling the blazes for 24 hours straight around the clock. we spoke to some of them on the front line about how theyre doing, how theyre keeping up with all of this. listen to this. >> were going to probably end up sleeping in one of these dirt lots here at base camp. were grateful for any sleep. woer n were not complaining. after a 24-hour shift on, all it takes is a dir...

Madagascars crowded, chaotic capital city. how are you doing man? base camp. >> darren: wow, thats quite a rain. i dont know. im not sure i can be, uh, in front of the camera. [ laughter ] >> anthony: yeah, just ignore em. >> darren: im so used to, like, controlling everything. >> anthony: darren aronofsky -- director of the films "pi," "requiem for a dream," "the wrestler," "black swan," and, as it would turn out, sort of appropriate to our location, "noah." he asks me if he could go along on a...

Towards the community of sonoma, that fire has come out and burned roughly 300 acres. at this point in time the winds are pushing this fire on the outskirts of sonoma, so its not heading into town. there has been damage on the perimeter, but right now its moving in a south/southeasterly de direction. a lot of resources, very flexible, a lot of resources left. as soon as these start to develop, strike team after strike team go by on highway 12, whole base camp pretty much emptied out with all the...

It makes perfect sense to me, because thats exactly what a narcissist does. mark: so this is base camp. rob stafford: monica recorded this video of her boyfriends mountain campsite on her cell phone. mark: so the city is growing a little rob stafford: though his taste for having the very best gear money could buy is evidence, the new and improved alpine mark demonstrates that he has learned the value of improvisation. these are $8 gardening gloves, and i got sick of getting my hands wet with my ...

Was in alaska when his grandmother died. he found out when checking his phone back at base camp. >> that hit me. i never had anybody close to me pass away. i said to myself, i dont want that to happen to me. i dont know if thats something i can prevent, but im going to take what ive learned about memory, and really go as hard as i can, and prove to people that, you know, you can train your brain. and to myself as well. and thats when i went crazy with it. >> memories for facts and events are cen...

Island of st. croix. st. croix has really been the base camp now for a lot of the relief efforts, because it had not been hit previously, and a hit to st. croix with those north bands, as al roker was talking, is really going to be very, very difficult for ow islands to recover from. >> i want to talk to you, congresswoman, about the effect and recovery. tourism is a, a very major part of the economy in the virgin islands and, in fact, stephanie pointed out, there may be a percentage one might a...

Almost a direct hit. we lost hospitals. we lost our police station, fire station, airports, everything on the island of st. thomas and especially st. john. thank god st. croix is still there and that is the base camp. >> people are mostly going to st. croix? >> a lot are going to the mainland. because we are u.s. citizens, people are able to move there. >> jordan, your reporting has been spectacular on what is going on as well. talk a little bit about what the recovery is going to require in ord...

Kaneel bay. we have trump bay where so many tourists come to st. john. but also the population there is even more isolated. you cannot get airport theres. so weve spent a lot of time with fema, the coast guard and others who have been extraordinary in working with our governor and with our local emergency management system to clear debris out of the ports so that we can begin the ability to get from the island of st. croix, which has now become the base camp for not only u.s. virgin islands but ...

Others who have been extraordinary in working with our governor and with our local emergency management system to clear debris out of the ports so that we can begin the ability to get from the island of st. croix, which has now become the base camp for not only u.s. virgin islands but for other islands as well to get support back and forth. while the government is working with fema, with the department of defense, the navy has brought in three ships, and we have marines that are on the ground. t...