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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20150823:00:05:00

>> oh, there's another one. they had all of that fuel stored out there in barrels. >> and another one! >> geez! >> then the fire penetrates the main storage area of ammonia perchlorate and unleashes one of the biggest accidental industrial explosions in american history. >> wow [ bleep ] loud! [ explosion ] >> it was incredible. i think most people agree that it looks like some kind of a nuclear detonation. it's the most amazing thing. >> the shockwave ripples across the desert, blowing out windows and doors in homes and businesses throughout the cities

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20150823:00:08:00

technology in pasadena and is even felt by a commercial airplane on approach to the las vegas airport. >> as that shockwave went across the desert, anything in its path was levelled, destroyed, disturbed. >> an investigation finds the fire is started by a welder's torch during maintenance and is spread by chemical residue that causes a fiberglass wall to ignite. the plant is rebuilt in utah and a power substation eventually takes its place in nevada. those that experienced the disaster firsthand will never forget it. >> the last explosion and the shockwave is burned into my brain forever. coming up -- workers moving a building run into serious trouble. and truckers make big mistakes. >> i'm thinking, what are you doing, guy?

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CBS Evening News-20150823-01:05:00

subsided replaced by a choking layer of smoke. signs of destruction are everywhere. dozens of homes have already burned to the ground, and for those like megan nansen, staying to save their homes with shovels and garden hoses, nerves are frayed. >> you can just feel all the tragedy around you and the smoke. we haven't been able to breathe for days. it's hell on earth, and it won't stop. >> reporter: in these communities, hearts are heavy-- not for lost possessions but lost lives. the three firefighters who died on wednesday near twisp when they were overrun by flames. >> i had-- i had a gut feeling. >> reporter: celeste wheeler lost her husband, rick. they had been married three years. he was a fourth generation firefighter. >> rick-- rick was good at it. he had that-- he had that ability to think quickly on his feet, and i feel like he was not afraid of anything. >> reporter: where do you go from here? >> i really don't know.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20150823:00:03:00

>> the solid rocket motors of the shuttles that take off are filled with ammonia perchlorate. you have a material that in this case can really detonate, explode. >> pepcon employees, knowing just how explosive their factory is, run for their lives. >> the employees know what is happening and they all took off. they self-evacuated across the desert. >> before firefighters arrive, there's a massive explosion. >> oh! >> that's going to be loud. >> i saw the explosion about five or six seconds before we actually heard it. up to this point, that was the biggest explosion i had ever seen. >> firefighters on the way to the scene are stopped in their tracks by the blast and back off. >> the fire chief was driving and got the window blown out. there was a fire truck and the front windshield was blown out. both groups of people were

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20150823:04:22:00

no ambitions, no calls, you understand what i'm saying? i've been in the hot desert, pelican bay, every one of them, major riots with guys getting their heads blown off. but here, nothing happens. because they want to keep you on lockdown for nothing. >> what's wrong with change? >> another inmate faces the icc after fighting with a cellmate. >> they put crazy people in your cell, and crazy things happen. he was having problems with somebody else, so they moved him in my cell. this guy is having problems, why is he moving this guy in my cell? i don't need no problems. i had an operation on my testicles, because one of them swelled up as big as a softball. so when they let me out of the hospital, i came back to the cell, and there was this guy and he jumped on me and kicked me on my testicles after i had my operation, and hit me in the head with a cup. so i grabbed him and held him and choked him and made him quit.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20150822:07:06:00

nurturing. it is like saying black guys are better at basketball than white guys. wouldn't you say? >> yes, some people say that. i hate when we blanket everything. >> i think it is women -- i think they were worried it would lower the standards when they were taking women to the fire department and they would change the standard, right? they didn't do that. these women are qualified and so they should be rangers, right? >> the physical aspect as least they have down. i just don't know if they can mentally prepare for living in the desert with a bunch of dudes and the smells and the sounds. >> women are strong if that mental department. i would think physical, that was the first thing they would have to overcome, but that they could play the mental game as any guy.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20150822:07:35:00

>> they made a baby inside themselves. >> the guy did a lot of the work. >> they cut the cord. the cord isn't easy. >> i am now being told it is more work from the woman. andrew you said that these two women have the physical stuff down, but you don't know if they are mentally prepared to live with stinky dudes in the desert. i totally get. but as joanne pointed out their platoon mates basically said -- one said no matter how bad she was hurting she would volunteer to grab more weight and i would trust her with my life. another one said she would -- he was getting tired of carrying the heavy machine gun. the other guys didn't want to help out and she took it from him and almost with excitement. i feel like maybe they will be okay.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20150822:07:07:00

guys can be cry babies, can't they? >> obviously. i would be crying if they approached me in a dark alley. i am not going to sneak. >> speaking of the mental aspect though. definitely you need somebody who is strong emotionally, physically, mentally. they could offer something else too when it comes to these combat missions. it is a different way of thinking. men and women do think differently. so maybe instead of from a to b they think of a way to get around. you know what i mean? it could be beneficial because you do have someone who does think differently on your people. >> that's right. and they are great at cleaning up and cooking meals in the desert. >> oh boy. well the phones are lighting up. >> 600 different ways. >> they have it going on, but here is what the "new york times" mentioned that the women are carrying a burden now. they are aware. but really are they carrying a

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CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley-20150820-00:36:00

literally sink, up to two inches per month. concrete canals are buckling and bridges now sit right on top of the water. you mean the ground is actually collapsing. >> right, exactly. >> reporter: government scientist michelle snead says in places the land has dropped 10 ret. we would have many, many feet of dirt above our heads right now. >> that's right. we'd be standing 10 fight higher than we are right now. >> reporter: which may explain why so many farmers here feel they are sinking under the weight of a deepening drought. ben tracy, cbs news, california's central valley. >> rose: tropical storm danny is picking up strength way out in ite atlantic. forecasters say it could become the first hurricane of the season by friday. right now, danny is about 1,300 miles east of the winward islands, moving slowly west, but posing no threat to land. in the midwest, tornadoes were spotted last night in wisconsin and illinois. a number of buildings were damaged, but no injuries were reported.

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CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley-20150820-00:35:00

farmer joe del bosque's mind is water. >> it is such a big issue that mb don't even know what number two and three are. our trees are dying. >> reporter: to keep his almond trees alive, he's paying seven dmes more for water than he did before the drought. that's why he's left nearly 40% of his land unplanted. >> we are right now operating year to year, and if we don't erve water next year, we stop operating. >> reporter: half of all the nation's fruits, nuts, and vegetables are grown here, but that bounty is on the brink. the drought will cost california's agricultural economy $1.8 billion this year and 10,000 seasonal workers will lose their jobs. more than half a million acres of land have been fallowed. desperate farmers are pumping sallions of gallons of water out of the ground every day. a new report from nasa show that's causing the land to

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