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Firefighter with a camera. we get more tonight from nbc. >> reporter: it was supposed to be a controlled burn but this was anything but. when a dust devil kicked up in a wildlife refuge near denver. >> how many times do you see that? >> not real often. >> reporter: picking up hundreds of fiery tumbleweeds and placing firefighters directly in their path. >> theres nothing we can do except get out of the way and wait for it to calm down, i thomas rogers has been fighting fires for seven years and ...

Turning the thick brush into the aerial burning dust devils, everybody was fine here, but it is a stark reminder of the problem of tumbleweeds in some spots during a very dry season. still ahead tonight as the focus intensifies on the pilots of the missing airliner, what the passengers want to know about the airline crews. and later, the sister act that stunned the judges and everybody else for that matter. ♪ [ woman ] ive had it with my moderate

Celebrating national happiness day because, they say, he is an optimistic hopeful person he also does not stop dancing. and it is a video you can see on our website tonight. when we come back here this evening what is drawing folks from all across the country to witness a spectacular force of nature this time of year.

Louder builder to a dramatic crescendo, the wake-up call the likes of which you have never heard. crane-lovers come from all over the country and all over the world to visit audubons row sanctuary, lin cant wait to hear the birds up close. youre all pumped up. >> i really am, i cant help it. >> reporter: we used to say we know it is spring when the swallows return to capistrano. now you know it is spring when the cranes return to carney, harry smith, nbc news, carney, nebraska. >> and that is ou...

These are sand hill cranes. mike forsberg, a photographer, author and conservationist, has been watching the cranes for 20 years. >> it would be like missing christmas if i didnt come to the platte river in central nebraska to watch cranes in the springtime. >> this is good. this is really good. >> reporter: revered since ancient times, mike says the graceful, el gantd birds dance sometimes because theyre nervous, sometimes theyre in love, and sometimes because they just like to dance. but the b...

And walking the perimeter, we cant find any easy way in. in fact, security is tight. you can see those card readers right there. but, david, clearly, there was a massive security failure. >> gio, thank you. when we come back here, that "wheel of fortune" stunner, tonight. could you solve the puzzle with just two letters? your chance, right after the break. itis c. its slow moving, you tell yourself. i have time. after all there may be no symptoms for years. no wonder you try to push it to the ...

As we leave you tonight, and in consideration of the news we have been covering here at quite a pace night after night we thought it might be a nice time to visit a peaceful place and show you a story about a stunning rite of spring on this first day of spring. our report tonight from nbcs harry smith. >> reporter: interstate 80. if youre on it, you race through places like nebraska, but this time of year it is hard not to notice the birds here, yes, those are birds in the sky, thousands and tho...

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>> reporter: we do know that the police have talked to the family. we know that the pilots family has not been at the house recently. we dont -- were not really able to confirm whether or not they left the day before this flight happened. those little details, theres a lot of inconsistent reporting in the press. as you know from watching whats happened this last week, the authorities have also not really been consistent in exactly the whereabouts of the pilots family. >> appreciate you looking i...

Angeles. >> reporter: todays quake struck on a fault line that hasnt seen much activity over the last 20 years. but because it shook an area that is so populated and densely urban, in encino and westwood, folks were certainly talking about it today. it is a reminder to us all in this region, we live in earthquake country. >> all right, miguel, thank you. were back in a moment with a big headline in the fight against cancer. and news about early detection.