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Re-open, the fire station that was closed and the firemen who were in trailers for nine years, finally got a station. we see businesses not coming back like they should. we had a ground-breaking for cbs, one of the major corporations to come back to our city. and were looking forward to others coming back. we have one grocery store on the north side. the young man who did it spent his life savings to do it. but we have a lot of struggles still in the lower ninth ward. >> if people wanted to help...

Marriage. so, yeah. its really difficult. >> reporter: the complex is the states largest wildfire ever and is threatening hundreds of homes like sandys. firefighters say it is like nothing they have ever seen before. >> when we come here the fire was unprep diktable. the winds were swirling and the fire going in different directions. >> reporter: with resources spread razor thin they do what they can to fight. >> safety is a top concern. we will risk a lot to save a lot. we are not going to risk...

Some areas gusting up to 60 miles an hour but at this point they just dont know how many homes. the fire behavior and performance and meteorology is now under investigation as it led to the death of the three firemen wednesday. that could take months. again, firefighters will be back on the lines today hoping to make some progress. janet, ari? >> thank you to nbcs leanne gregg. >> and now we are updated on the big stories. up next, donald trump takes alabama by storm. >> if it rains, ill take of...

People, carol, to provide mobile phone footage or photographs. tourists, international tourists being asked to help as well. can they piece together a 360 perspective of these men going in and coming out. who are they, where are they from. warrants soon as well. police are asking for those warrants. >> saima mohsin reporting live from bangkok. thank you so much. coming up, an explosion so powerful it flew firemen 20 feet into the air. thats after a motel blast. next. staying in rhythm...

Martha: the death toll rising in china a week after explosions rocked a port city. 70 people are still missing. >> reporter: residents in tianjin have bin venting their anger as what they see as negligence from people in the port city. 700 remain missing most of hoop are firemen. many residents refuse to return to their homes claiming ground water could be contaminated. as the wind direction began changing the authorities began evacuating for locals.

>> the winds are about 35 miles per hour. the wind was blowing so hard that it snapped a power pole and that started the fire. >> the flames immediately begin to devour the parched trees. as richard drives, he spots the smoke in the distance. >> there is a huge fire burning out here. if i see something intense or extreme like that, ill pull out my phone and ill start shooting film. bastrop county, it is going crazy. >> despite the risk, richard continues to film while he drives, a dangerous comb...

Damaging the two neighboring homes, one belonging to actor dustin hoffman. and as firemen picked their way through the rubble, they found a basement workshop with sticks of dynamite and the materials needed to make bombs. three bodies were found in the rubble. >> the new york cell of the weather underground was beginning to build bombs that were to be placed that night at an officers dance at ft. dix, new jersey. however, something went badly, and three ended up dead. >> the daughter of the buil...

Small. >> on a mid-summers night in 1986, the easy calm of paris was shattered by a fire at the home of dike and karen rhoads. inside, firemen discovered the lifeless bodies of the newly wed couple. but they soon realized the rhoads had been killed by something other than smoke and flames. >> dyke and karen rhoads had been stabbed numerous times. what they had on their hands was a murder that attempted to be concealed by arson. >> yesterday, authorities were suspicious. today they are certain. 2...

>> we make decisions every day, but we dont save lives, police do, firemen do, heroes. but that day i knew id saved his life. >> mike callahans fight to bring about the truth of corruption and misconduct in randys case had ruined his career. in 2003, he sued the state of illinois for violating his right to free speech. >> i was angry. i felt betrayed by my department. the only thing im guilty of is wanting to solve a homicide, look for the truth. >> callahan won his lawsuit but before he could c...

Damaging the two neighboring homes, one belonging to actor dustin hoffman. and as firemen picked their way through the rubble, they found a basement workshop with sticks of dynamite and the materials needed to make bombs. three bodies were found in the rubble. members of the new york weatherman group. >> the new york cell of the weather underground was beginning to build bombs that were to be placed that night at an officers dance at ft. dix, new jersey. however, something went badly, and three ...