While two wildfires threaten hundreds of homes in california. And an entire town is told to be ready to evacuate. Were live at the scene. And drama at sea. A group of people had to abandon ship. Well show you the rescue, as it was videoed. Well show you today. August 5, 2014. From nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today its its 7 00 a. M. On the west coast. Tuesday morning. A tragic story to tell you about out of afghanistan. Another deadly insider attack at a base just west of kabul. Lets get to the pentagon and jim miklaszewski. Reporter at least one highranking American Military official was killed in in attack, sudden attack at this Training Base for Afghan Soldiers in kabul. According to official, the americans along with german allies had gathers with afghans at this base for some kind of event or meeting when suddenly, one of the Afghan Soldiers, at least somebody dressed like an afghan soldier opened fire with an automatic weapon. As many as 12 were seriously wounded. Right now, the death toll stands at one senior highranking military official killed. According to officials were talking about here at the pentagon, some of the wounds are so severe that that death toll is likely to rise. I have to ask you. There was a time we were talking about the insider attacks all the time. It seemed like it was a downward trend. This is a disturbing tre ining different direction. Reporter there were steps taken to put the americans in a safer position when working side by side with armed Afghan Soldiers. And that did lower the death toll some what. But, you know, working side by side with armed Afghan Military right now is absolutely critical to the u. S. Strategy. In fact, it is the strategy Going Forward to work with armed Afghan Military to train them and advise them and there is no way that according to military official, that you can guard against this kind of attack at all times an unfortunate incident. According to a senior official here this one is really bad. Jim miklaszewski, thank you. Breaking news on the ebola crisis as well. The specially equipped plane bringing back the volunteer just refueled in bangor, maine, its now on the way to atlanta. Kate snow is standing by at Emory University hospital. Reporter the big question is, will nancy reibold walk into the facility behind me . We expect an ambulance motorcade. Were learning this morning more about the experimental drug treatment that nancy and kent brantly, who is being treated here, have had that may have saved their lives. This morning, nancy will arrive at emory hospital in the fight for her life. The 59yearold American Mother contracted ebola. She has been taking an experimental medication. Her appetite has slightly come back. As a matter of fact, i talked to her husband. She asked for her favorite liberian meal. Reporter the virus was ravaging her body. So three doses of an experimental medicine were flown to liberia and the two americans decided to try the treatment that had previously been used on monkeys. Brantly told colleagues he was dying. His wife asked friends to drop everything and pray. After his first dose of medicine, he made a remarkable improvement. What sit thats working . When you and i are infected with any virus, we make antibodies for the virus. That kills it. These are special aent bodies just for ebola. Reporter once at emory, theyll each have a room in a special isolation unit. Lab tests are done inside. Any contaminated materials are cleaned of virus and incinerated. While there are no other confirmed cases in the u. S. Right now, hospitals are on edge. On monday, a man with a fever was put in isolation at new yorks mount sinai hospital. This morning, we expect nancys son, jeremy, to be here to greet her. He says the first thing hes going to say to her is i love you, followed by encouragement for her. We know god is good, we trust him, he said. Nice to have her back in the country. Thank you. Earlier this morning, we talked to president Obamas National Security adviser. I began by asking if u. S. Officials are confident that this can be contained to africa. We are actively collaborating with our african partners in west africa to help them contain and address this challenge. We have surged up to 50 workers from the centers for Disease Control and our Disaster Response teams. We are actively helping them to detect and contain and manage the outbreak. The risk to americans is deemed by the centers for Disease Control to be very low. And that is because of the nature of the transmission and the fact that it is largely contained now in the west african region. This is not a disease that can be communicated by sneezing or airborne or food or water. It requires a degree of intimate contact. And it requires a person to be actively symptomatic. To be contagious. And we have the protocols in this country to manage any isolate any patient who may present with those symptoms of the disease. I want to move on to the after Leaders Summit for which you are appears today. But lets turn to the news of the day. We just learned that israel and gaza have agreed to a temporary truce, this ceasefire. But then again weve seen them collapse within minutes or hours in the last couple of weeks. How confident are you that this time its different and the ceasefire will hold . Well, we think its very important that it holds because theres been a great deal of suffering in israel and in gaza. And our hearts go out to the people of israel who suffered rocket attacks and tunnel attacks and of course the horrific suffering in gaza. So we are hopeful but mindful of the record that these ceasefires havent held for very long in the past. We think its very important both sides remain committed to it. And more importantly that they use this opportunity of the 72hour ceasefire to begin the negotiations that we have been working so energetically through secretary kerry, president obama, and others to get off the ground so that the underlying causes of the conflict in gaza can be addressed at the negotiating table. I mentioned this african Leaders Summit. All of these leaders coming to washington in an unprecedented way. Part of this is to encourage Business Leaders in the u. S. To invest there in africa. But then we hear about the ebola virus. Does that make it harder to sell of course its just confine topd one region, but does it make it harder to sell the u. S. Businesses that africa is ready for their investment . Well, what makes this is a unique occasion is that first of all to start, weve never had a gathering of up to 50 african heads of state with the american president in history. And we are bringing together Business Leaders and society leaders, faith leaders all who understand the importance and potential of africa. Todays event is truly unique because we have some of americas leading ceos, some of africas leading ceos, all of whom understand, as do many of our competitors overseas, that africa presents an extraordinary opportunity for trade and investment. And as weve seen instances of disease and obviously corruption remains a challenge, but what is changing is that African People and african businesses and african governments are poised to grow and to thrive. Six of the ten Fastest Growing countries in the world are in africa. And american Business Leaders recognize that potential. African Business Leaders are eager to partner with their american counterparts and this poses an unprecedented opportunity to take that collaboration to a new level. Well, National Security adviser susan rice, its great to have you with us. Thank you. Meantime, al youre following dangerous flooding. Expecting more today . Yes. Take a look and a listen at this. Get out get out this is just north of las vegas. A flash flood, literally go two ins of rain. An airman get out. They rescue another cup. You can see the power of the water, literally washing a Crown Victoria and a pri r irksprius road. This is Southern California, fiver inches of rain turned parts of the valley there into mud bogs. Covering homes. One person was killed. Were going to continue to see more rain today. Flood willing be a possibility in this area. Stretching from the plains all the way back into Northern California and northern nevada. Flood watches for nevada, colorado, idaho. Could be another two to four inches of rain. For the First Time Since 1982, we have two Tropical Storms making their way to hawaii. Hurricane iselle and Tropical Storm julio. We look for iselle to come across the big island sometime thursday as a category 1 storm. And continue on it way. Then right on it heels, in time for the late week period, late weekend, early next week, we have julio. If it does become a hurricane, it will be minimal. Probably a 1, because they are very good waters along this area. Just to the south, much warmer air. That is more energy nfor the hurricane. Well continue to track that. We havent seen this in over 30 years. Theyre not used to it. California, a little bit of rain there, hoping it can help firefighters as they battle out of control wildfires. There are fears that lightning could spark more flames. Miguel almaguer is there. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning. Over the past 24 hours we have covered two different fire zones as crews do all they can to protect lives and properties. In this community, 70 structures are on the line. Summer of 2014. Weve got three fires burning. Reporter a front row seat to a raging wildfire. Thats an angry fire. Reporter Julian Murphy watches as two massive fires threaten his property in Northern California. Evacuating his wife and kids to a neighbors house. Did you see that . Yep. Reporter only to be evacuated again a few hours later. It just took off. I mean, there was fire tornadoes spinning up. The entire column was turning. Reporter the two fires sparked within a few miles of each other are bearing down on the town of burney. Destroying eight homes, a local restaurant, and a fire engine. In california, a state of emergency. 14 major wildfires. In oregon, Air National Guard pilots captured this spectacular scene above the gulch fire. Meantime on the ground, crews attack the front lines near ashland. The fire burned right up to this ridge. Crews are still mopping up hot spot. This is the fire break theyve inserted. If the blaze hops it, it will make a run right up this mountain. A new study shows more homeowners are in harms way than ever before. 1. 2 million homes across 12 western states considered to be at high risk from wildfires. There are far more people in homes on the frontline of these wildfire risks. And the reason for this is that weve allowed more development in these highrisk areas. Reporter for homeowners like the murphy family, a hazard that used to be seasonal now a yearround way of life. With if two wildfires burng here this morning, one is 20 contained, the over 0 contained. Crews say theyre making progress. The rain today will help. Theyre concerned about thunderstorms. The crews will be doing all they can to build the containment lines to snuff out remaining flames. Miguel almaguer, thank you. Natalie is here with a scare over great britain. Fighter jets had to scramble to escort Qatar Airlines flight after a report of a possible device on the plane. Armed police took the man off the plane with handcuffs. Four people are recovering this morning, injured during severe turbulence on a flight over florida. The flight was headed from ft. Lauderdale to asheville, north carolina, when it hit rough air and went into a sudden dive. Some passengers suffered minor injuries. The plane was diverted to st. Peteclearwater where it landed safely. Russia is increasing its battalions on the Russia Ukraine border. According to estimates, russia has battleready troops within just a few miles of the border. It comes as the Ukrainian Military has been gaining ground with separatists in the country. An incredible rescue on sunday, just 12 miles off the Hawaiian Island of molokai. All caught on gopro cameras. Its a dramatic rescue on the open seas all caught on gopro cameras. A 21foot boat carrying four adults and four children battered by waives. It got scary rough real fast where waves were breaking over the bow. It happened really quick. Before we knew it, too much water was in the boat. And i rel lay couldnt steer well or maneuver. Reporter stranded and sinking 12 miles from the nearest shore, the eight passengers did the only thing they could. We knew it was going to go down, so we started getting anything we really needed like life jackets. I put my fins on and we all jumped in the water and the boat went over. Reporter they then detached three kayaks from the boat and tied them together, and activated a beacon that told teams of their distress and location. Once we received the distress alert, we immediately launched a helicopter. Reporter hovering helicopters managed to grab the passengers from the sea. All eight escaped injury and now have the ultimate home video to prove it. It could have been bad. It really could have. You have to have a lot of respect for that ocean. And fortunately, a happy ending there. Well, you know, you should not be picking up hitchhikers, but probably okay in this case. A baby seal that needed a ride. He befriended a pair of surfers in the uk. He hopped on board the catch a few waves. Hang ten. When they were done, the seal followed the surfers back to shore to wave goodbye. Aw, i want to adopt that seal. I could watch all hour of that. Al . Were all going upstairs for sardines. Its going to be great. Lets show you what were looking at today. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. We have warmer weather and sunshine in the pacific northwest. Showers in central and southern florida. Look for rain in northern new england. And western pennsylvania. Well have your local forecast and western pennsylvania. Well have your local forecast and were still seeing areas of mainly light rain around the trivalley. I Altamont Pass and scattered showers up towards the east bay hills. Areas in san jose looking at a mix of clouds and sun. 80s from san jose southward, a chance of a late day shower around San Francisco into the north bay areas. North of santa rosa may see an isolated thundershower with showers still possible there in pleasanton. The forecast will continue to keep temperatures in the 70s and 80s in the next couple days. 90s coming back for the second half of the week around the trivalley. Thats your latest weather. All right. Well check in with tamron here. A lot of people comments on the ebola virus . Yes. Emory hospital is expecting to receive its second patient within an hour. The cdc hosted an online q a session. 5,000 tweets came in. People asking normal, rational things. Donald trump chimed in on his twitter feed. This is his most recent. The u. S. Must immediately stop all flights from eboliinfected countries or the plague will spread inside our borders. He previously tweeted the patients shouldnt be brought back here to be treated. We have a lot of responses. Chad says its amazing how someone with so many resources can sound so poorly informed. Adds mentioned, trump did not want the patients brought back. Obviously. The hospital is not listening to him. But barbara wrote. Youre right about the ebola patients. Its a deadly virus. They should not bring them to the u. S. I do think a lot of good information came out of the chat with the cdc. The questions answers. Let us know what youre thinking. Orangeroom. Coming up, a live exclusive. The fired director of the famed ohio state marching band. Why hes been unfairly blamed for what the University Calls the bands sexualized culture. And here comes the drone . The hot new craze for wedding photography. Why it may not be such a great idea. Look out. Oh. But first, this is today on pretty day here. Coming up, husbands hunting heels . Stilettos for your kids first day of kindergarten . The shoe Company Coming under fire this morning. 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Two sisters ages seven and ten told their parents a man touched them inappropriately. Detectives arrested the man on friday. Police say he has no criminal record. Santa clara county leaders will consider a plan to give