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Out on boats and cruise around to measure these things are absolutely stunned. >> reporter: robert newton is an arctic researcher at columbia university. >> its the dead of winter there. theres no light. its well below freezing. it should be locked in with ice all the way across, but the ice is significantly retreated, even in wintertime. >> reporter: the shrinking sea ice could have a potentially disastrous effect on animals, such as polar bears and seals, who depend on the ice to hunt and bree...

>> pelley: we end tonight with a catalytic conversion. heres steve hartman on the road. >> come on! >> reporter: all cattlemen face challenges beyond their control, but not long ago at this ranch south of houston, tommy sonnen faced a problem of his own- i doing. >> you know, every marriage has its issues. its not always easy. >> i was as unprepared for it as anybody. whats that? >> reporter: it all began innocently enough. >> want to come lay down? >> reporter: shortly after they got married si...

Cattle ranch anymore. >> he was just going to get out of business and our marriage was going to be over. >> it wasnt working and i said, "im going to sell the whole herd." and she goes, "well, if youre going to sell the whole herd anyway, why dont you sell them to me." and i said, "sell em to you!?" >> and he looked at me like, you have lost it. you are crazy. >> reporter: clearly there was some truth to that. but what tommy didnt know was that renee had been secretly posting a blog called "vega...

>> pelley: a party in chaos: >> this little guy has lied so much-- >> here we go! >> about my record. >> reporter: mr. chairman, is your party coming apart at the seams? >> pelley: also tonight: >> back on the record in the simpson matter. >> pelley: nearly a quarter of a century later, a new mystery surfaces in a notorious double murder. a red flag at the top of the world. the mercurys rising, the ice disappearing. >> its completely unprecedented. >> pelley: and steve hartman with a stock tip--...

2,000 pounds of heavily muscled beef enters the arena. you can feel the ground shake under its heavy hoofs. his opponent awaits. togyu, also known as sumo, yes, but bull sumo. these are professionals, and like jake lamotta and chuck wepner before them, they shall live to fight or do other stuff another day. having shed decidedly less blood than either of those two gentlemen. two animals, two handlers. and they do like the job in rocky. fighters are sumo, the bulls are ranked by their ability. th...

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This is kenny aman. he lives up the road. is there a time limit or do they go until somebody gives up? >> i think they pretty much go until somebody gives up. when it gets -- >> a points system? >> no, no, theres no points system. basically when the other one turns around and runs away, thats the winner. few times one bull will actually get around to the side and actually be able to flip the bull over. >> right. win or lose or survive? both? >> most of the times youll have injuries but most the ...

And then once they get here, all the excitement starts. >> every week, dozens of new inmates arrive at limon correctional facility. a level 4 prison located on the barren plains of eastern colorado. the prison sits on 320 acres and houses inmates in six different living units. >> the type of offenders that we have at limon are violent offenders. we have 64% violent. 244 of our offenders are serving a life sentence. limon has had a reputation of being a violent prison amongst the offender populat...

Changing direction. kevin tibbles, nbc news, karnes city, texas. and that will do it for us on a thursday night. im lester holt reporting from our studios in los angeles. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night.personal information doe" runs04 ==raj/v= right now at 6. unlockinthe iphon not just from the san bernardino id make it for peoples personal information doesnt go away. >> right now at 6:00, unlocking the iphone. not just from the san bernardino massacre but o...

>> super tuesday, i am convinced will be the most important day in the entire presidential election cycle. and the crown jewel of super tuesday. is the great state of texas. >> that crown jewel comment is no exaggeration. the state has 155 delegates up for grabs. as gary tuchman found out, winning texas is far from a sure thing for the tea party favorite. >> this ranch owner in texas, his ranch a short walk from the mexican boarder in one of the most violent boarder areas there is. >> are you ca...