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>> reporter: under cover of darkness, three air force cargo jets, escorted by f-18s, dropped pallets like these, loaded with thousands of gallons of water and meals ready to eat. >> with the isis threat out there, our crews will be in some danger by doing these airdrops. >> reporter: those isis terrorists taking control of iraq have surface-to-air missiles and a slew of firepower. theyre threatening to take control of the largest electric dam in the country and are closing in on erbil. the kurdi...

>> reporter: under cover of darkness, three air force cargo jets, escorted by f-18s, dropped pallets like these, loaded with thousands of gallons of water and meals ready to eat. >> with the isis threat out there, our crews will be in some danger by doing these air drops. >> reporter: those isis terrorists have surface-to-air missiles and a slew of firepower. theyre threatening to take control of the largest electric dam in the country and are closing in on erbil. the kurdish capital has key ame...

This morning on "world news now" -- burning up. the challenging fire fight in the mountains of california as crews try to stop the flames from destroying a national treasure. water shoots from a broken pipe at ucla, threatening the campus with millions of gallons of water. the rescues and the costly damage. trouble on the tracks. two women caught in a life-or-death situation on the railway. the disturbing pictures, their last minute decision and the warning for everyone. and celebrity scuf...

This morning on "world news this morning on "world news now" -- burning up. the challenging fire fight in the mountains of california as crewses try to stop flames from destroying a national treasure. the progress overnight. water shoots from a broken pipe at ucla, threatening the campus with millions of gallons of water. the rescues and the costly damage. trouble on the tracks. two women caught in a life-or-death situation on the railway. the disturbing pictures, their last minute decisio...

Depot, causing a derailment but not an explosion. >> could you call back and see if they can ascertain exactly which car is overturned and maybe what the contents of the car was? >> its not like a regular car accident. it can be thousands of gallons of very toxic chemicals up to maybe nothing leaking at all. kind of have to get there and investigate and determine whats going on. >> officer mcadams is one of the first on the scene. >> ive got some kind of chemical smell. im backing up. its slowly...

Fire from the outside, but even that has its risks. norum is concerned the old building will not be able to withstand the heat of the fire, and the weight of the water being pumped in to fight it. >> we were providing 500 gallons per minute at these locations. which leads to the dead load in the building. >> the citys buildings department tells norm that the structure is stable because there arent any cracks or bulges in the walls but he doesnt take any chances and establishes a wide perimeter o...

The announcement with her mother. it will be the first child for chelsea and husband mark mez vinski. a democratic fund rai-raiseo supported will hillary clintons bid has pleaded guilty to evading contribution limits and witness tampering. accused of funneling more than $180,000 into legal campaign contributions to three unnamed dand candidates and coaching someone to lie about it. still ahead, you will never believe why a major northwestern city is wasting millions of gallons of treated wat...

Search for debris? the highly sophisticate ed poi siden aircraft. capable of taking pictures over enormous areas and detecting tiny pieces of anything floating. this is one of several ships investigating on the surface what the p 8 sees from the air. now with the caesar chavez in play, the search can continue non-stop. >> youre here for the fores foreseeable future? you going go back and forth? >> as long as were tasked its a 24-7 operation. >> the caesar chavez taking on thousands of gallons of...

Norum is concerned the old building will not be able to withstand the heat of the fire, and the weight of the water being pumped in to fight it. >> we were providing 500 gallons per minute at these locations. which leads to the dead load in the building. >> the citys buildings department tells norm that the structure is stable because there arent any cracks or bulges in the walls but he doesnt take any chances and establishes a wide perimeter or collapse zone around it. >> we move those trucks a...

>> exxon hired rick wade to survey the damage. it was catastrophic. >> in fact, that is what i told the captain when we got on the radio. he said, how big is the hole? i said its big enough to drive our boat through. >> and it was getting worse. >> we could hear it crack and groaning. we could watch the sides of the ship starting to spread up the side like a tuna can. >> 8 of the 11 cargo tanks were ruptured. millions of gallons of oil were billowing out. and no one yet knew why. at that point, ...