austin's brother is one of the rope swing engineers.s to make sure everyone survives to tell the tale. >> to actually jump you need two ropes. you always want a back-up rope when your life is on the line. you only mess up once. >> to build the rope swing, the crew is riffing off existing hardware left by past climbers. >> and there were five placed on the arch in the '80s. we attached the two ropes we jumped onto webbing to attach to the five anchor points. >> a rope could break, a bolt might come loose, and a slight misstep could land someone over the edge, onto the unforgiving rocks below. >> if i would have slid maybe another foot and a half, it's 150 feet straight down. >> it's a close call. >> i got careless, i wasn't thinking, and i made a mistake. lucky i just brought brand new climbing shoes with rubber on the bottom. i was able to recover like a boss and live to do the rope swing. >> everything is in place for the moment of truth, with devon's cameras poised to record, austin clips in for a wild ride. >>> you have about three o

robert is a native of houston attended university of texas at austin. please join me in welcoming robert draper.

entonces, bueno, trate de calmarla, cortamos y al rato me llamÓ y me dijo austin estÁ bien, no estÁ enque estaba vivo por televisiÓn. >>> despuÉs que me tranquilice, porque habÍa fotos de chicos caminando, entonces, cuando lo veo me doy cuenta que son amigos de mis hijos, amplio la foto y veo a mi hijo. >>> supongo que no puede ser mayor. y que le dijo austin sobre lo que pasÓ dentro de la escuela. >>> me dijo que estaba asustado, no habÍa visto nada, que cuando lo sacaron le dijeron que cerrar los ojos y caminar tipo trensito y poniendo las manos sobre los ojos, habÍa escuchado muchos ruidos y la gente gritaba y lloraba. >>> no puedo comprender cÓmo se le explica a un niÑo lo que ocurre dentro de su misma escuela. >>> sÍ, Él sabe que hubo muertos, dijo tres muertos, escuchÓ en la television que son mÁs, y bueno, tratamos de darle afecto, que uno lo quiere, y que el amor es incondicional. >>> cÓmo era la seguridad dentro de la escuela? uno podrÍa entrar libremente? >>> no, yo he tenido experiencia personal de ir a la escuela en el horario que estÁ en clase, y uno tiene que anunciarse,

those of you that know austin know that nothing more need be said.ng that urbane cultural scene chris invited me to visit his grandfather, where we got to do gold panning from the virgin load of dirt. it was lesson in history from the stevens family. i will never forget what a great experience it was to live with those two guys. moving on to his study habits, everyone knew how brilliant he was, an enlightened manner. he was truly the smartest man in the room but never comported himself that way. he was confident and outgoing. never arrogant. always self-effacing, quick with a laugh or grin. always looking for ways to learn something from everyone else around him. he was no surprise considering chris came from such good stock. chris studied western civilizations and immerses himselfs in cultures and languages and took multiple trips to study abroad in spain, italy, morocco. perhaps most importantly chris knew how to relax and enjoy the moment. when i would periodically freak out about my course work or some o ther problem i thought i had he would make

now for a follow up on a story from last week you may remember i debated libertarian austin peterson about the need for increased government spending to take care of america's crumbling infrastructure libertarians hate to acknowledge the government spending can actually be a good thing and want to hand over control of our commons and just about everything else to private corporations in our debate austin talked about the so-called success at the japanese railroad system has had since it began a privatization process in one thousand nine hundred seven is what austin said. the japan national railways were privatized in one thousand nine hundred seven they were able to pay down their construction debt and make capital prove much tom listen to their networks they reversed their stagnation and decline but the japanese sentiment you saw the same thing ok well last another libertarians are quick to highlight the japanese railroad system as a private privatization success story as the old saying goes if something's too good to be true it usually isn't true here here is the real story behind

south by southwest draws tens of thousands of people from all over the world to austin every spring tohe u.s. [ mid-tempo music continues ] although south by southwest has earned its fame as a music festival, it isn't all about music. the week before the music conference, there's a huge film festival, and south by southwest also has a growing interactive section. and though south by southwest showcases some of the hottest new bands, there's also a lot of music history on display in austin. >> resonator guitars were built in the late 1920s before electronic instruments. they've got a round tone inside of them that produces volume which was what was needed at the time to be able to compete with horns and other band instruments. they're really loud guitars. [ mid-tempo music plays ] >> hi, i'm john pickering of the picks, buddy holly's backup trio. one of the problems at the studio was that it was mono recordings, and if you made one mistake, even if it was the last note, you had to start over. >> the schedule for a band performing at south by southwest can be hectic, as we saw when we fo

congressman michael grim, austin scott, scott garrett, and congresswoman renee ellers helped gut and repair homes hit by superstorm sandy. great. congress has been requested $260 billion for aid. >>> i'm veronica de la cruz. this is "early today," your first stop of the day today on your nbc station.

then he went on to rule against austin, and also against hall. now, let me take you back to what happened in court yesterday. former maryland state delegate was ousted for stealing from the general assembly. greg hall, a community activist, was nominated to fill austin's seat. his nomination was then rescinded at the request of the governor. that's governor martin o'malley, after information about hall's criminal past surfaced. hall, an admitted drug dealer, was convicted of shooting and killing a 13-year-old 20 years ago during a shootout. it was later determined hall's bullet didn't kill the boy and he was cleared of murder charges. yesterday both hall and austin brought their findings to the courthouse with suits, naming the governor and democratic central committee. in court, austin argued her conviction was not final and therefore, she was still a delegate. meanwhile hall argued that rescinding his nomination was a violation of the state constitution. now, in the end, you heard there jik nichols saying that both of these folks are wrong, aus

bush's people said you can come to austin. so we flew down, peter and i am sam donaldson and some others flew down to austin. my personal dealings were always come he was very pleasant. he was very enjoyable to spend time with. very quick. i always thought the media under estimate his intelligence, certainly underestimated his political savvy. i was always very impressed with mr. bush. now that said, particularly as we get into 9/11 and the wars in afghanistan and iraq, the bush white house, the administration was very aggressive, particularly karl rove is not a shy person. carl did not hesitate to let us know if they upset with something we're doing. but it would, i didn't blame him for this. he was doing his job. he was an advocate. he was a very effective advocate and he took issue with a number things we did and we respond as best we could. >> you mention a couple of abc correspondents and an anchor. let me start with sam donaldson. what is sam like? >> san is exactly what you see on the air. just exactly. he's wonderfully

. - even if you weren't a fan of the show, if you hear those words, you know, "steve austin, astronaut," you know, "a man barely alive," automatically, you know it's "the six million dollar man." - hello, angels. - when you hear

. >> one day, i flew austin to dallas to orange county, california. left the airport. spent five hours with my relatives. then got back on a plane, flew to o'hare, and frankfurt, germany, sat in a lounge, then frankfurt, back to o'hare, back to austin. >> or you could try a hotel bonus. lots of hotels can be converted into free hotel nights. this can also get extreme when people like lynn shaffer hear about the hampton inn offering a bonus. >> i take my son to disney world. we hop from hotel to hotel every night. 13 days, 13 stays. >> so you switched hotels every time. >> next method, the rental carbo us in. typically you get a raise, but when one company raised the bonus to 10,000 for a one day rental, george smart went to his airport and rented almost every car off the lot. >> how many cars did you rent? >> about 12 or 15 in a morning and i would get maybe 60 to 100,000 miles for a very inexpensive investment, the equivalent of going to europe on discount twice. >> for renting cars for a morning. >> reporter: by now, we were sitting in the first class section, becaus

originally from austin, now you're in los angeles, and you are living on a sailboat of all things.h, four blocks from the beach, laundry room, sauna," all these amenities, and it was like, "what's the catch?" you click on it, and it's like, "you have to buy my boat." and so i went out there, and the boat was a -- it's a 1971 27-foot catalina, and the most interesting thing is i'd never sailed a boat in my life. so i bought this sailboat. >> you just had to learn how to sail on the spot? >> i'm still learning. i mean, it's in the slip most of the time, but i stay there in between when i'm traveling around, and it's how i managed to stay in los angeles, and it's been the closest thing to home base i've known in the city, so it's awesome. >> you recently challenged yourself to write seven songs in seven days. >> yeah. >> tell us about that process. >> a friend of mine, jessie payo, who you all just actually had in here, we were talking about songwriting and just developing a practice, you know? and jessie threw out the idea, "have you ever done seven songs in seven days?" at first, i

. >> austin, it's clear from this jobs report the economy is stuck in second gear. what's it going to take to get to a higher gear right now, do you think? >> i think we got to get the growth rate up in the economy. certainly europe's not any help. what's happening in china and japan is not any help. then you add on top of it what's coming out of washington. i don't think you should get your hopes up about figuring it out before the end of this year. i think there's a pretty deept chance we go over the cliff and then try to sort it out in the beginning of the year. >> lovely. >> joe, when did 146,000 jobs become good? have we become so pessimistic -- have our expectations come so low we're cheering 146,000 when we should be well over 200? >> plus the downward revisions for the previous two months. >> although, those revisions were almost all in government. mandy makes a good point. 150,000 a month, which has been the average over the past is a months or so, is not great. if this was a normal recovery, we'd be growing at 4% instead of 2 on gdp. employment would be we

when babe ruth was still in austin, put babe ruth a moving picture.because babe ruth do his money and kennedy never paid anybody a friend. but every other deal went through and eventually he ended up in hollywood as the owner, as the studio head up what was a minor studio. but that wasn't going to stop them. he realized and recognized how he could convert his outsider status, how he could make it an advantage, a benefit rather than a liability when he arrives in hollywood he positioned himself as the non-jew. as the boston banker as third-generation at a time when all of the country aided and abetted by a lot of route browsers are beginning to see the movies are dangerous to our children. they are dangerous because they are controlled to these aliens, by the jew who don't understand christian morality. towns all across the country in states across the country are beginning to institute censor laws in hollywood had rotted will rogers would then departing cabinet and kennedy now positioned himself as the non-jew and made himself indispensable to the ind

. >> esta familia da las gracias por su hijo austin que estaba a dos salones de lo ocurrido. >> adam,os y a su propia madre dejando una marca en la ciudad. >> vemos como se patrullan las calles para encontrar el tiempo y el espacio para saber sobrellevar esta situación. >> este era uno de los pueblos considerados como los más seguros del país. >> para la gente que vive aquí es más complicado por esto y en la segunda noche. >> esto es lo último que nos tiene blaca rosa. >> cuando los residentes de new town dicen que ellos siempre se han sentido una comunidad y buscan fe esperanza y amor para sobrellevar esta tragedia. >> el médico forese indico que las muertes eran claramente homicidios. >> esto es problablemente la peor tragedia que he visto >> "se tuvieron buenas evidencias para juntar las piezas de este rompecabezas" >> mario es padre de olivia, una joven de 20 años que estudio años con lanza. que identifica al muchacho como un joven retraido. >> "no sabemos como este muchacho pudo comerter algo tan cruel" >> esta mujer tiene a dos de sus sobrinas en el colegio de al lado. >> "estuv

i was running like adrien peterson from the vikings. >> austin, i appreciate you talking to us. i urge you to call the clackamas county sheriffs department because they would very much want to talk to you. appreciate you taking the time and glad you were able to get out of there okay. thank you, austin. >> thank you so much. >> joining us is a former police officer and security consultant lou palumbo. again, in a case like this, oftentimes eyewitness testimony can be wrong, it can be mistaken. we are trying to talk to as many people and piece this together. but it is interesting the number of people we have heard who saw this man going through the macy's clearly with a rifle and this mask. >> yeah. not uncommon. one of the unfortunate things with these investigations you line up ten people and get ten stories. in this instance there is a common denominator. the mask and the fact he was armed and his demeanor in the store. it is another pattern of what we have in society today. i hate to say this because i'm a proponent of the second amendment but not the indiscreet manner we are

robert is a native of houston attended university of texas at austin. please join me in welcoming robert draper. [applause] nice to see you. i thought we might start broad. are we better off than we were two years ago? [laughter] >> i really have to answer that question? it's a question that needs answering? >> it does. >> unit of measurement to democrats produces different from that which the republicans would use. a speaker john boehner has said over and overcome in the past record lows speaks ill of this congress are not imposing new regulations are increasing taxes. that's one way of looking at it. the way most people look at it i tested two bytes record of popularity approval rating is that this is a congress that has been defined by dysfunction in gridlock, a congress in which half a loaf has never been better than none. there were compromises really seem to be a foreign policy, naming a policy for him to the world's great deliberative body. >> you actually think that people are granted 2010 it got elected or the people ran before and it now ascen

saints did today in dallas. 21 seconds left cowboys down 7 facing a 4th and 10, tony romo to miles austin sitting in the end zone. it's a 19-yard touchdown and ties the game. we go into overtime 31-31. saints driving drew brees completes to marques colston but he gets stripped and it's a mad dash to the bouncing football. jimmy graham recovers at the 2- yard line. the next play sets up garrett hartley, chip shot from 28-yard out, saint over the cowboys. dallas 8-7 need to defeat the skins next week to have any shot at post season. >>> john harbaugh and the ravens with a fourth chance to clinch the afc north hosting the giants. 1st quarter ravens up 7-0, joe flacco, a perfect pass up the right side to torrey smith. the former terp holds it down at the 1, a 43-yard gain, sets up a flacco 1 yard run. 2nd quarter 17-7, flacco hits ray rice over the middle. the ravens rack up 533 yards and crush the giants 33-14 to clinch the afc north division and home playoff game. giants no longer a factor in the nfc east race. >>> vikings on the road needing a win against the houston texans. adrian peterso

she gave birth to a baby girl in austin, texas, the couple's third child.hey have a four-year-old son, three-year-old daughter and, of course, a new one and they wed in an outdoor ceremony in austin. >>> in paraguay, one person's trash is another person's musical treasure. the orchestra recycle instruments got its start five years ago. a teacher decided how to teach kids the music and they made from trash. i don't know, i thought they sounded good. >> yeah, that is a neat idea and that is good to resibling. >> enough already? >> yeah, i'm done. >> and that is it for our few days and the third in a series and as mentioned, three different storms and that is the snow pack currently and that is taken by the national weather service. remember that? to the north and west of the 95 corridor. >> yeah. >> we have the snow pack and the darker colors you see, the heavier snow amounts. >> and for those of us that haven't seen much snow? >> uh-huh. >> southern maryland into central virginia, go a little further north and west. >> yeah. >> and go visit your friends. >>

austin, let me ask you. what was it like to go back to school today in eighth grade?ird because as soon as we got to -- got out of the buses, all of the teachers were out on the sidewalk waving at us, telling us they loved us. >> that made you feel better? >> yes. >> what about you? >> it felt kind of weird but as well, it kind of felt comforting, like things are slowly getting back to normal. >> you want that routine back. you both knew siblings, friends whose siblings died. how has it been to face that, to realize that? >> like, i don't want to believe it, but you kind of have to. it really does get to you to think that like your best friend won't have a little brother for the rest of their lives. >> makes you appreciate each other, doesn't it? you're lucky. >> we are lucky. >> obviously you're talking, a lot of people are saying where are you from. your dad's american, your mom's australian. you moved here four years ago. i know, georgia, you chose this town for two reasons. what were they? >> when we knew we were going to come back to america, i was looking for --

two missing georgia boys have been found safe in austin, texas. their father, the man who allegedly kidnapped them has been taken into custody. someone at a hotel recognized the boy from the amber alert and contacted police. much more in 30 minutes on their story. also spoke with their mom before she headed off to go pick up her two sons. hear what she told me by phone. >>> gangs and guns, a deadly mix in chicago that's getting more dire by the day. the city marked a grim milestone this week, 500 murders so far this year. it was a shooting on the city's west side thursday that pushed the number to 500. police say a 40-year-old man was shot in the head outside a convenience store. another troubling number, 270, that's the number of children who have been killed by guns in chicago in the last five years. back to this year's 500 homicides. that's up 50% from last year. it is the highest the murder rate has been in the city since 2008. it was 512 then. what's going on here? some say it's a police problem, that chicago police are simply outnumbered and

two missing georgia boys have been found safe in austin, texas.ir father, the man who allegedly kidnapped them has been taken into custody. someone at a hotel recognized the boy from the amber alert and contacted police. much more in 30 minutes on their story. also spoke with their mom before she headed off to go pick up her two sons. hear what she told me by phone. >>> gangs and guns, a deadly mix in chicago that's getting more dire by the day. the city marked a grim milestone this week, 500 murders so far this year. it was a shooting on the city's west side thursday that pushed the number to 500. police say a 40-year-old man was shot in the head outside a convenience store. another troubling number, 270, that's the number of children who have been killed by guns in chicago in the last five years. back to this year's 500 homicides. that's up 50% from last year. it is the highest the murder rate has been in the city since 2008. it was 512 then. what's going on here? some say it's a police problem, that chicago police are simply outnumbered and out

and then austin lonestar. 13535-14 spartans.tennial has a great offense but couldn't get any closer than 14. de la salle, division state champions for the fourth straight year, 48-28 your final. >> division iii marks rein catholic and maddison. the quarterback headed to cal. out to handley, wildcats up 35-31, maddison answers, preair cormier, and this kid is strong. 79 yards. mad -- mad disson with the vic. >> we'll take a brief time-out. the warriors return with a the warriors return with a franchise record number of you know how much grandma wanted to be here for your fist christmas? you see grandma lives waaaay down here, and you live way up here. brian, your cousin, he's a little bit older than you, he lives here, in chicago. and your aunt lisa lives here, in baltimore. uncle earnie? waaay out in hawaii. but don't you worry, we will always be together for christmas. [ male announcer ] being together is the best part of the holidays and cheerios is happy to be part of the family. you just ate dallas! >> mike: the warriors' lo

joseph austin has been arrested on suspicion of drunk driving. and police are investigating after woman gave birth on a san francisco street and she was out begging for help. here is the latest on that woman and where was she going when she was trying to get help, claudine? >> reporter: we are still trying to get information on the woman and the condition of her baby and we are told supervisor will be willing to talk with us shortly so we are standing by for that. i want to show you video of the scene because this is where it all happened. we shot this video earlier this morning and what you are looking at is a 24 hour shelter. they don't have walk inns but the woman went up to the gate of that shelter bleeding and asking for help. a man who works there didn't want to go on camera but took us through what happened. >> she was crying, just looked like she was just beaten up covered in blood. she said she just had a baby and i didn't see a baby in her hand. i go for help and come back and she is walking off and that's when i called the police. >> r

new this morning, former delegate tiffany austin is out of office. a judge ruled that austin was out of office following her october plea deal relating to office misconduct. also the nomination of greg hall to replace her can be withdrawn. this after details of a troubled past for hall have come forward. this means governor martin omalley is free to choose who he wants. >>> more support for a push to crack down on texting while driving in virginia. legislation is in the works that would classify texting behind the wheel as reckless driving. the crime commission has anountsed support. not expected to be taken up until early next year. >> a milestone for gay marriage in maryland. today same sex couples with get marriage licenses but won't go into affect until january 1st. sign a prok cli medication -- not all court clerks will begin to issue the licenses. but will be available in montgomery county and baltimore city. in washington state the governor signed the gay marriage law yesterday and same sex couples were able to get wedding licenses. many lined

jack had that same code that is inexcusable, gloria swanson, one of the things i found as i went to austin texas to see the glorious papers and i teach ph.d. students i'm the only historian who's made the trip to austin texas which has these great archives including the lbj library to look at the gloria swanson papers i felt her hand written and the autobiography is written without much participation. remember who was it will chamberlain, charles barkley or someone was asked -- what is this doing in your biography and autobiography? he said i don't know i haven't read it yet. gloria swanson in these handwritten notes have the stuff of catholic who went to confession and went to mass could cheat on his wife like this. and she said, and gloria had her own prejudices i didn't know that she liked catholics very much she said because confession was like washing his hands washing his hands starting all over again this is part of the story i have to tell >> what you elaborate a little bit more i wouldn't say that. what i said is that his son had said that he's not an anti-semite. now, let me tell

police say lucas anderson, javier garcia and deanglo austin were arrested. earlier in the month raven dixon was arrested. so far police are not releasing any details on what led to these arrests. >>> 2012 has been keeping homicide detectives busier than usual in the bay areas three major cities. with two days to go oakland has seen 130 homicides this year. san francisco has 67 homicides so far a, that is a 1/3 increase over last year. san jose's 40 e -- 45 is low but it's still 12.5% higher than the number in 2011. >>> mayor ed lee spoke about the rising rate. >> he also talked about less serious issues. take a look. >> okay . so you're coming up to the end of your first year in office. >> official year in office. >> what's the strangest thing that happened this year >> strangest? you're talking about san francisco. come on. everything gets strange here. >> all right are -- all right. it's all delivered in the same tone of voice? >> i have to say that i'm pretty happy with the economy of the city. that's done well. i think our unemployment rate has gone down

austin trout wins with a clear decision over miguel cotto. 27-0 and new yorkers, you are better believee of the better known characters of the basketball coaching world nick majerus died today. he led utah to the ncaa final 4. he had 50 20-win seasons. as we 64. >>> and that is sports as we see it this saturday edition of sportswrap. your first place warriors beat indiana and we're looking forward to the rams-49ers game to avenge that tie. >> thank you for trusting ktvu and of course the rain is still falling. >> you can see scattered

. >> how big is austin?t. >> there are no condoms in austin. >> some are historically registered. >> that's the thing. they are not a democrat from texas and not from massachusetts. >> it is historic. >> i was talking in terms of party idea. i have really nothing else to say. that family is a bunch of heros. >> and i don't mind the wiring, gavin. >> it doesn't drive you insane? >> no, i give them a pass. >> every day they are looking at a line on the wall. 23* a kid did that with a sharpy he would be grounded for a month. >> it reminds them where they came from. >> where, radioshack? >> i have no idea what that meant. >> it is so easy to do. it is on the base board and over the plug. >> but it is not a big deal, gavin. >> i am going to say something right now. if you have a tv and it is mounted on the wall and you don't put the wires into the wall and then come out the bottom again, you are not a man. if your wires hang down and go into the plug you are a lady. >> i by the way would like to point out that i