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Welcome to "world news tonight." breaking news. millions bracing for dangerous weather. a massive storm system marching across the east. major cities on alert. rain, strong winds, and possible tornadoes. and now, a new tropical threat tonight. forced to flee. a fast-moving wildfire. mandatory evacuations. crews battling to save homes. including those multi-million dollar mansions owned by hollywood celebrities. vicious blows? as the body of muhammad ali returns to kentucky, the question toni...

Over memorial day weekend, there were two shark attacks and this is just the start of beach season as you know. shark attacks are forecast to hit records in 2016 because of el nino, the warm water. last year, we saw 98 attacks and 6 deaths. what can you do to prevent a shark attack this summer? kurt knutsson the cyberguy is here with the latest tech devices to help us fend off the sharks. >> that are affordable. and some things that are futuristic. remember they used to have the ideas after we s...

Gunfire and no further reports of people being shot. all the reports at this point is this was a single act that happened about two hours ago and this massive response is a by the book report of a confirmed shooting on a college campus in a big city. >> pete, it caught my ear when you mentioned last hour there have been reports of possible sightings of other people with guns, could that well be law enforcement people are seeing and not knowing its a law enforcement officer with a gun? >> reporte...

Campus. shows you we thought we were further away from the activity and it just shows you how they are really working to clear out the buildings and make sure theres not a threat. they are still looking for an active shooter and back away. not worth us getting shot as we got the shot. >> he is correct. >> they are fully armed and they are fully engaged so were backing up here. >> let me let you back up. take a breath and let me just report this sad news that we just got from ucla. weve been talk...

Good afternoon, everyone. im kate snow here in new york. 3:00 eastern time and 12:00 noon in los angeles. heres what we know this hour about this developing story weve been following several hours now. around 10:00 a.m. pacific time this morning, there was a sho shooting in an engineering bu d

But with nerves of steel, the firefighter doesnt even flinch and continue to put out the fire. >> that was shocking. i mean, many people would be like, just drop the hose and run away. >> department officials credit the firemans protective breathing apparatus as the main reason why this event didnt become a tragedy. the firefighter continues, as if nothing ever happened. and in less than a minute gets the fire under control. its believed the blaze started as an electrical fire with magnesium in ...

If it accumulates over time and in a drop ceiling, it takes something very minor to make that dust airborne and once it finds an ignition source, its airborne. >> a light switch, static, a tool spark, but authorities were never able to confirm the source in this case. after this incident, north carolina passes stricter fire regulations to allow inspectors access to examine confined areas where dust can accumulate. the aim is to safeguard the lives of workers and first responders. with west pharm...

Prospect of finding survivors is grim and thats when they see a sight they can hardly believe. >> the wind kind of shifted and started pushing smoke a different direction and all of a sudden he appeared out of the smoke. everybody was speechless. >> ive been a shooter for 20 something years and that right there was probably -- i felt as helpless as ive ever felt in my life. there was nothing i could possibly do. all company do was videotape him from a surface. >> hes perched just above the epice...

And its the job of ted padgett and the dallas hazardous materials team to determine the threat. >> our first interest when we arrived was to determine what we could based on ground level runoff and even the airborne particulates. we had three or four tests that we did initially. we checked the smoke. our testing on site indicated we had ammonium products, we had ketones, aldehydes. what you would typically see in any large industrial batching plant. >> while the team checks for toxins, local off...

There was a piece of wood impaled into the ground. the come bust of explosion was not as immense. >> 20 minutes after the blast, officials believe dozens of employees may still be trapped inside. firefighters search desperately in the thick, black smoke. and then a worker manages to climb out of the devastation. firefighters help the badly burned man down from the hot roof. with other workers still missing, rescuers have to jump right back in. >> they are still searching for people that werent a...