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Reporter: yeah, it is nonas a spectacular spot to see the sunset and to watch the ocean. if you look on trip advisor it highly recommends this as a great spot for picture-taking but there are lots of warnings how dangerous it can be to be careful of the steep cliffs which are at least 60 feet in some places with undeveloped terrain. in the last year alone two other people have fallen and died there. a 25-year-old woman who was trying to take a photo last january. in july, a 27-year-old man, same...

Amazing feat, the mane purpose was to neutralize the large anti ship guns that were on the cliffs. >> when you got up nothing is in them. >> the army ranger trained to climb the steep cliffs. but when rough seas forced his land to land on omaha reach he ran there but the big guns were not there. >> they were german. >> the missing guns were soon located and destroyed. germanal tillery fire was still coming from the wall. >> the question is they knock those guns out where was all of that artiller...

That conducted this amazing feet of arms, the main purpose for this was to neutralize the large anti-ship guns on the cliffs. >> they had these big casements. nothings in them. >> jack burke trained in scotland to climb those steep cliffs. but when rough seas forced his boat to land, he went to pointe du hoc. german artillery fire was coming from the atlantic wall. >> they knocked those guns out. where was all that artillery coming from? not the pointe. >> gary stern purchased french land where ...

Library that. just nothing in the natural environment that would create anything even similar to that. >> david gallow, lets assume they dont hear any more pings. they just have the pings they got on sunday. randy said these can be heard for two plus miles. to a layman that doesnt seem like a huge amount of area to cover with sonar under the water, with side scanning sonar and underwater vehicles. is that naive to think that? >> no, its not naive to think that. seems like a small amount. under t...

They dont hear any more pings. they just have the pings they got on sunday. randy said these can be heard for two plus miles. to a layman that doesnt seem like a huge amount of area to cover with sonar under the water, with side scanning sonar and underwater vehicles. is that naive to think that? >> no, its not naive to think that. seems like a small amount. under the sea theres no gps navigation. its pitch black. fairly hostile environment. where they are working right now is on the north facin...

>> initially where the search area was a few weeks ago, wasnt so bad. now its moved into a tricky place with a lot of steep cliffs, lumps and bumps, you could hide it behind one of those and never hear it. >> the sound can play tricks on you? >> sure. it can be bent by topography. can you have thermal layers that would attenuate the sound. all sorts of ways to lose that pinging sound. and especially distance. it may not even be close to it. air france, the pinger itself was at a depth of two and...

California. the wildfire in and around yosemite national park has burned through 192,000 acres. the fire continues to grow, but it is not spreading as quickly. a drone joined the fight from the air. it will likely take three weeks before crews can get that enormous blaze fully contained. >> unreal how big that fire is. that theres 30% containment is progress. lets get the latest on the weather out west. indra petersons has that. >> the good news is we do not have the red flag warnings. the tempe...

Valedictorian. a sharp kid. is a sharp kid, i should say. father says that he does not want to believe his son is gone. but all signs pointing to a very ominous conclusion. >> you mentioned steep cliffs. any around? is that a possibility? >> it is a possibility. its also a possibility initially his parents thought he might be kidnapped. but this is an area thats relatively safe. a tourist center. a tourist destination. its not a type of place in ecuador where somebody would be kidnapped for rans...

Megyn: there is bad news on top of tragedy this hour as a storm tracks straight toward the italian coast as rescue teams struggle to find survivors in the wreckage of a massive cruise ship. weve got new images from the search teams inside the ship as they search countless cabins and narrow corps terse, they can hear the creeking steel and know the ship can move at any time. joining me now in -- ian mcdonald. thank you so much for being here. how dangerous is this recovery mission, this rescue an...

are missing is not yet clear. because there is some discrepancy between the lists of passengers and staff. that the costa cruise has given to the authorities. so, there are still about a number between 50 and 70 people missing. they could as well not be dead. hopefully. they could as well still be on the island. maybe having slept in a hotel and not being alerted that most of the other passengers were brought to the italy. or eventually being held in a hospital. >> do you know, the peo...