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>> shes thrown strikes every time, using a 3-d printed hand built by students at unlv. >> this is the miami marlins hand. >> united airlines arranged to take her on every trip and introduced her to a special pilot. >> how about with this one. >> first officer eric gaffney was born without a right hand. >> my goal was to fly airplanes. i didnt let anyone stand in my way. i just want people to say if he can do it i can do it. >> this week in anaheim, haley reached her milestone. before the game, a...

He has now chosen to discontinue medical treatment." his wife cindy adding, "i love my husband with all my heart. god bless everyone who has cared for my husband along this journey." and what a journey it has been. the 81-year-old republican has spent his life in service to our country. a navy pilot, mccain was shot down over north vietnam in 1967, captured, beaten, tortured and held prisoner of war for more than five years. once home, despite crippling injuries, mccains public service continued...

I was asleep with ear plugs in. >> reporter: with a dozen large fires burning in california, the u.s. forest service says 90% of wildfires are human caused. in reading, where 2,000 structures are destroyed, another firefighter, the seventh this year was killed on duty. afternoon winds have been fanning flames all day long. they are pushing small embers up to two miles away. thats igniting brand new fires. with fires on pace to burn more land than ever before, toxic smoke is choking much of the s...

Dream that became a reality. >> reporter: henry turned 6 while in government custody. >> translator: i prayed, too, mommy, so everything would turn out all right. >> reporter: so far, 57 of the 103 children under the age of 5 in government custody have been reunited with their parents. just starting on the 2,500 between 5 and 17 who need to be reunited by july 26th. the government says it will t t. >> a whole bunch of them. >> reporter: flying with these elite agents, we witnessed dozens surrend...

Expensive than in the 90s. after this deadly crash in 2009, new pilots were required to fly for 1,500 hours before eligible for hire. new hire corey cave spend tens of thousands of dollars to log enough hours. >> the cost, it just delayed me a little bit. >> many of our young pilots have $250,000, $300,000 of debt when they come work for a regional carrier. >> piedmont says they can cut cost by using flight simulators like these. >> we can simulate different weather situations and malfunctions m...

Different malfunctions, much better and much more safely than we can do it in aircraft. >> reporter: airlines have been pushing congress to change that 1,500 training hour rule. regional carriers have been rgressively increasing starting pay to about $60,000 a year. a couple years ago it was closer ni $40,000. kris van cleave, cbs news, reagan national airport, virginia. ,0 golodryga: when we come back, a surprise guest at a holiday parade. uest at a holiday parade. thats actually pretty. surpri...

This all comes after a federal judge in the last 24 hours ordered that authorities now reunite more than 2,000 children with their parents. abcs chief national affairs correspondent tom llamas asking the head of border patrol, can they make the deadline? >> reporter: in the skies over arizona, customs and border protection closing in on an alleged human smuggler and a woman traveling with him. >> were about 5,000 feet in the air right now, eight miles from the border. it is triple-digit hot down...

While temperatures have dipped into the single digits, the game is expected to be the coldest on record. >> were not done, were not done, were not done! >> reporter: patriot fans who braved the weather are looking for their 6th super bowl title. an eagles win will be the teams first ever. >> did i miss the super bowl? >> no, no. >> reporter: the team saw this video of fan haley parks in new jersey right after she had her wisdom teeth removed and offered her two tickets. >> who do you want to win...

National anthem, has announced she has the flu. her husband tweeted, "shes sick as a dog," but its not enough to give pink the blues. she will perform tomorrow night. now, if you do get the flu, antiviral medications can help, but its recommended that you start them really as soon as possible. a flu shot is recommended for everyone six months and older. and getting a flu shot may mean the symptoms are not quite as severe if you do contract the flu. >> ninan: flu shot is everything this season. d...

Off, meaning there arent enough pilots to fly all the airplanes. as nbcs miguel almaguer reports, he tells us what passengers need to know. >> reporter: the pilots union for american airlines says some 15,000 flights during the holidays now have no pilots. the union says a glitch in the scheduling system means millions of passengers may never get off the ground. >> frankly, it leaves passengers and our flight crews in limbo. we have a lot of pilots and flight crews who are depending on a reliabl...