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The helicopters take off from a staging area perhaps about five miles away from us. they fly up one of the main mountain valleys and turn high into the mountains behind us here. the helicopters we've seen that are flying into the crash site itself are literally into the mountains right behind me. they go up over the trees and then higher into the mountains. local people here we've talked to are familiar are the terrain. one of them who heard the crash itself believe the crash site is just in the ridge lines in one of the valleys up behind us here. but access up there from this location would b...

Really needs a vacation. he just needs to go away. it's just incredible. it's just drama. >> it's sad. >> exile you're thinking. >> that's the word. >> he has until september 10th because he said he's going to stay in and then he can take a long vacation. want to talk about the extreme weather events taking its toll on the country. wildfires in california to flash flooding in tennessee. miguel almaguer and kerry sanders have those reports. >> if we can get some air support, anything at all will help. >> reporter: from the air a moving monster. the so-called silver fire exploding out of contr...

Army vet from vietnam, retired civil servant keeps a watchful eye day and night using only his resources not a part of any militia or affiliated group, he goes out with a few of his colleagues and tries to find illegal activity and report it to authorities. we traveled with only a camera to follow him on patrol to see what he could find. what do you do and why? >> well, there are a lot of gaps in the border patrol surveillance because they know they've given most of the illegals, especially the drug smugglers on to the ridge lines on both sides of the valley. we are here to maintain surveillan...

Queen bess island. they built a dike out of seashells in order to keep it from shrinking. they built up what used to be the natural ridge lines. they piled up earth there and planted it so the island would have more of a foothold. they dumped on this island to try to save it. it was really a full-court press. and you know what? pelicans came back. and pelicans have been nesting here. this supports hundreds of pairs of pelicans and the brown pelican is back, it's no longer extinct. and this island is a big reason why. and it took a lot of effort to get it to be saved. they put 30,000 tons of ro...

Out here tonight. we will cover the area these are 150 millimeter scopes. they have a wide field of view. we'll make numerous full revolutions, different elevations and see if there is any activity. and then when we are sure there is nothing out there that we can report, we do white light research on 'em. we shine the light around and disrupt their life as much as possible. we shine it up on the ridge lines on both sides of the valley. 150 million power light very well focused half degree or less dispersion. also has infrared capabilities so we can do active infrared surveillance without being...