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into the wild for a rare and intimate look at cheetahs and the woman trying to save them from extinction. good evening. im cynthia mcfadden. officials in colombia are calling it a miracle. passengers of a boeing 737 were jolted awake as it came crashing down just short of the runway. the plane splintered into three pieces on the island of san andreas. of 131 people on board, only 1 was killed. at least five americans were on the flight. we have an exclusive interview with one of them...

Theyll be tagged -- i think they tagged one or two this year. so thats going to be their effort, trying to tag the fish and study them. >> stuart smith, harbor master at chatham playing role of chief rodie telling everybody stay out of the water. speak of catching up on things, this is something that we talk about here a lot, getting up in the middle of the night. can you catch up on lost sleep? will staying in bed on the weekend actually make up for work week sleep deprivation? you might be s...

People. too close for comfort says stuart smith, the harbor master in chatham, massachusetts. this is the second year in a row that south beach has been closed. there hasnt been a shark attack in massachusetts since 1936. whats changing here to entice these huge creatures closer to shore? >> well, we think that its because of the large seal population we have here in chatham. >> how is that changing the migration habits or the feeding habits of the sharks compared to years past? >> well, the gre...

Their scorched homes. desperate to control the flames, russia says its deploy nearly a quarter of a million people to fight the fires. but around this village, many volunteers just have buckets. like the passengers of the trapped car, they appear dangerously close to being overwhelmed. the government is doing what it can to get control of the situation but with temperatures this high set to continue well into august, it looks like the situation could still get much worse than it already is. >> j...

Got a little something brewing in the tropics. well highlight that in about 30 minutes. coming up now on eight minutes after the hour. coming up on the most news in the morning -- you know what that music means? yes. in 1975 they were talking about sharks off of amity island, fictional island off the coast of massachusetts which was actually marthas vineyard. well, guess whats happening off of cape cod? it is a sighting that is sending chills into the hearts of some people. great white sharks ...

Out there looking for them, but you think about a dozen this year, thats more than usual. is it only because of the seals or are the spotting techniques getting better? >> we think its a combination of things. this year the sharks actually arrived rather early. last year we spotted them close to shore in september, and this year theyre here in july. perhaps were getting better at that. the state division of marine fisheries is actually the ones who are spotting them and some commercial fishermen...

swimming advisories have been lifted at most of the state beaches. no been can be sure exactly how much damage has been done to the gulf of mexico. scientists do agree that it could take years to gauge the impact of all of the crude as well as all the chemicals. >> lets bring in jim acosta now live in new orleans. bps chief operating officer doug suttles spend some time in the water over the weekend. what did he have to say about the state of the gulf of mexico right now? >> reporter...

good evening. tonight the gulf of mexico remains a mess of oil and increasingly these days fire. few americans realize there have been 255 fires set on the surface of the water including five separate fires in just the last 24 hours. all of it meant to burn off just a tiny overall percentage of the crude oil sitting on the surface. there are just under 6,000 response vessels working in the gulf right now. but, again, thats the surface effort. still, they drill those relief wells to try...

good evening. tonight the gulf of mexico remains a mess of oil and increasingly these days fire. few americans realize there have been 255 fires set on the surface of the water including five separate fires in just the last 24 hours. all of it meant to burn off just a tiny overall percentage of the crude oil. there are just under 6,000 response vessels working in the gulf right now. again, thats the surface effort. still, they drill those relief wells to try to intercept the main well ...

Words of its critics, rubber stamps the oil industrys action and unable to enforce safety regulation. in 2000, they issued a safety alert calling for offshore drillers in the u.s. to have an additional backup system called and acoustic switch that could prevent oil blowouts like the one in the gulf. they went so far to call it a quote essential component. just three years later after complaints from the oil industry, mms determined it wasnt so essential after all, saying it was too costly and ef...