show mental support for someone. >> you can see the cranes at parties and occasions like weddings.l be distributed to shelters if five japanese cities. >> and there is a report finding u.s. students made only a little progress in moving their geography skills. the national assessment released a report card today, found over 30% of the students scored at or above the proficient level in 2010. 4th graders showed some improvement in 2001 but store scores for 8th and 12th graders were flat there. is a question. take a look at this photo. and the people working in this place probably make their living from forestry? ranching? farming? or manufacturing? larry? >> well, photo is kind of -- i see it... >> is there an e? i mean, multiple choice is where i thrive. i'm going to go with farming. >> yes. pointing us into the right direction. >> thank you. in our 4:30 half hour a pie in the face during a parliamentry hearing. rupert murdock answers questions about the "news of the world" phone hacking scandal. >> and dinner time on the 405, just ahead. >> and there are clouds at the coast. they'

as the treasure of power in crane revived ties with moscow talks of joining the customs union between russia well it was some tasks that began a possible move many experts describe as highly beneficial for all sides the work of goods and services produced in ukraine more or less meat market standards and i needed the news continues and the larger the market and more countries specialize in producing certain goods at the moment all of the russian crane in kazakhstan reduced computing goods and are not using their natural advantages to this customs union will help them become more focused at the same time he craned never hear its aspirations to join the european union and despite moscow's reassurances that the customs union can co-exist with a free trade space with europe we would all members of the customs union join the its presence is no hindrance to this process russia which is also a member of a customs union will seek a creation of the free trade zone with the european union i hope that this task isn't going to be a long run constant gracile did not seem too happy at crane trying

crane and cassocks produce competing goods that are not using them. children's customs union will help them become more focused at the same time ukraine never hit its aspirations to join the european union and despite moscow's reassurances that a customs union can co-exist with a free trade space with europe we would construes union join the. presence is no hindrance to this person is russia which is also a member of the customs union will seek the creation of the free trade zone with the european union this task isn't going to be a long run. russell did not seem to have a crane trying to sit on cheers as stern warning to ukraine came from the european parliament which said should the country join the customs union with russia to the e.u. will be shot for ever for ukraine and despite this statement coming not from the highest ranks in the e.u. it caused heated debate in kiev now the post soviet states finds itself at a crossroads president going to court which trying to negotiate between the east and the west created a special commission on deepening

, he'll get down at a safe distance and the crane will pick that utility up, that utility pole up and very carefully lift it up over the home. it has been quite a scene here all throughout north arlington as crews struggle to return this power after hundreds of people lost power in sunday night's storms. >> i'm not bothering to call anymore, because what they are putting on the recording doesn't seem to be accurate. >> it would have been better for them to say we don't know? >> exactly. >> we do our best to provide the best guess estimate based on the damage assessments that we do immediately following the storm. > dominion virginia power has a recording where you can call to find out what time your power will come back on and they try to give a good estimate. sometimes they are off because they don't know what's behind the homes and how much longer it's going to take. but they are saying that their goal now is 10:00 p.m. tonight, they are hoping to have everybody restored. i'm peggy fox reporting live, back to you, lesli. >> thanks. we are of course in the peak season for waterfront

covering the ball there is going to be the cable holding it just snapped for the norm mighty bang the crane holding it rocked backwards and the cable whipped up against the side of the ship that cable was there to try and support the ship to try and write it before they began lifting the ship with other straps the later to be put under it is served to demonstrate just how difficult and dangerous this operation is going to be if there were divers under there they could have been in great danger from the snapping cable they'd previously been trying to turn the ship around to get into position in order that they could right the ship and then bring it up to the surface but there's a lot of other complications involved very poor visibility a lot of weight involved and a long a long and lengthy process is going to be needed we were told just recently by

crane is. now working at the disarmament security center. back in the one nine hundred seventy s. when i was in and she submarine helicopters i was required to train my air crew in using this new to drop the bomb which we were given. if we ever had to release it true a helicopter we could not escape before it doesn't it and so it was a suicide mission i asked a few questions i was reassured that we probably would never really have to use it . it shocked me but i was ambitious no one else was complaining and we were told that this is the only way that britain could keep independence i realize that. only later many years later of. this was completely untrue. as a new converts against nuclear weapons i was looked upon with great school by the. peace movement in britain i tried to explain that i was not a psychopath my friends we are psychopaths and we are professional military men. who thought for a deeply about what we did but i did agree with them the nuclear weapon aspect was an aberration. i think. i'm trying to think. he had a conscience to do something about these and i can ima

and been brought up from volgograd further downstream down the river and those cranes have now been used to attach cables to enormous cables around the bottom of the sunken bowl garia now the complications that there are with lifting the ship are all pretty much due to things that happened in those few disastrous minutes last sunday and the first is that the ship when it when it sank and then fell to the bottom it fell on to its left side which mean it means that there could be bodies trapped underneath the left side of that ship and it's also going to need to be righted so it's it's on an even keel before they can lift it was on the first stages of all fastening the cooling cords and then we stabilized the keel after that we raise the ship and finally we transported to dock and most important part is putting the slings in place and making sure they are fixed properly we spend most of our time for a period asked for the looting itself it was take very long so as you heard there all the all the importances in the ground work of preparing the lifting another very important moment is g

the divers and cranes working in this water have been trying to recover just something of the lives lost and families destroyed in those few terrible minutes but they've also been working on the question the cost so much why did the bulgaria sink and sink so fast. as the list of bodies recovered from the ship grew so did the number of revelations about an aging dangerous and badly managed vessel eyewitnesses people connected with the ship came forward with damning accounts of its poor condition and the stingy management forced it to keep sailing. i became captain of the vessel in two thousand and seven ship had been renovated for a while before that there were big problems with the engines and power generators to repeatedly mention that to the management and even had an argument with them port authorities say they were lied to the ship was only supposed to carry one hundred forty people but was loaded with over two hundred they were told it was carrying twenty more tales of pounds including a broken engine electricity generators failing so that no s.o.s. signal or tunnel instructions cou

have been brought up from volgograd further downstream down the river and those cranes have now been used to attach cables to enormous cables around the bottom of the sun can bowl garia now the complications that there are with lifting the ship are all pretty much due to things that happened in those few disastrous minutes last sunday and the first is that the ship when it when it sank and then fell to the bottom it fell on to its left side which mean it means that they could be bodies trapped underneath the left side of that ship and it's also going to need to be righted so it's it's on an even keel before they can lift it so what will happen is and what's due to supposedly according to the information we have could start very shortly is that that that ship will be righted in preparation to be lifted divers will then be able to go under and search potentially for bodies that may have been trapped underneath that ship another very important moment is going to be when they just start to lift the ship they're going to try and send the divers in to search for essentially for the hole th

that crane was working on a parking facility southwest of raleigh when it fell. this guy says he saw it happen. >> all of a sudden the crane started coming over. it was -- it was unreal to be honest with you. >> harris: the crane hit some vehicles, completely crushing this car. we're told three people were hurt, none seriously. new york. a two-story rental home exploding northeast of albany killing four people. these pics show the aftermath. this man says he ran to help. >> we just pulled everybody out safely as we could there was people laying on the ground deceased and whatnot. it just really a tragedy. >> harris: police saying a propane leak responsible. texas, a construction worker falling more than 50 feet down a hole drilled for a concrete pier outside dallas. fire crews lowered down an emergency worker who put a harness on the man and helped get him out. iowa. forget writing essays to get into school. one nba program south of cedar rapids asking applicants to send tweets on the social network twitter instead. >> you are in an elevator with a ceo, you would

area is still under the water at the moment behind me you can probably see the tops of two enormous cranes that have been brought up from further downstream and they're attached to them or is it an enormous cable that goes down and is threaded underneath the ship and that cable is going to be used first of all at the moment divers and the crane teams are in the process of trying to rights that all garrett was leaned on his left side and then once they've righted it they'll be able to start to lift it up a lot of the complications that divers are facing are due to the way under speed that the ship sank. firstly the fact that it's on its left side will mean that divers will have to go under that left side as it's righted first of all to check that the ship is structurally sound to be right to be raised and also to try and look for some of the fifteen bodies which have still to be accounted for which still haven't been found then once they start to raise the ship divers are going to have to first of all try and find essentially the hole to let in all the water and some of the ship once they h

have been brought up from volgograd further downstream down the river and those cranes have now been used to attach cables to enormous cables around the bottom of the sunken bowl garia now the complications that there are with lifting the ship are all pretty much due to things that happened in those few disastrous minutes last sunday and the first is that the ship when it fell when it sank and then fell to the bottom it fell on to its left side which meant means that there could be bodies trapped underneath the left side of that ship and it's also going to need to be righted so it's it's on an even keel before they can lift it as far as on the first stage is about fastening the pulling cords then we stabilize the kewl after that we raise the ship and.

these are some of the 30,000 origami cranes made by wells fargo ploimys donated to the victims.here is a bank employee came wupt idea. >> reaching for recovery, overcoming challenges that your wish will be granted. >> cranes will be distributed to shelters in five cities affected by the quake and tsunami. you know? they'll be grateful for those. >> they're beautiful cranes. >> still head tonight at 6:30, the house takes a debt ceiling vote, the president weighs in. remarks on wall street. and there is a protest disrupting rupert murdock's testimony today in the british phone hacking scandal. >> there are notices going out to california driver that's have many scratching their heads. we'll straighten it out later on 7 on your side. >>> good evening, once again, we'll start in washington. the republican controlled house passed a bill to cut federal spending by $6 trillion despite a promise to veto it. and tonight's vote comes as a bipartisan group of senators presented its own plan. it calls for cutting $4 trillion in spending over 10 years, coupled with increasing revenue by elim

these are some of the 30,000 origami cranes that will be donated to. an employee came up with an idea japanese legend that says anybody that makes 1,000 origami cranes will be granted a wish. >> the cranes will be distributed to five japanese cities. that is like 30 wishes. got a long way. >> just ahead. new study that outlines the lasting effects budget cuts are having on public safety. >> and very noble cause that has bill gates throwing $42 million into the toilet. >> a left in san francisco turned violent last night in the castro district. i'm amy hollyfield and the navigating today's real estate market is complicated. you've seen the signs. that's why having the right real estate agent is more important than ever. at remax.com, you can find experts in short sales or bank-owned properties or commercial real estate, agents who can help speed up the process, no matter how intricate. and that's good news, whether you're trying to sell or hoping to buy. because the only sign you really want to see is "sold." nobody sells more real estate than re/max. v

. >>> cctv introduced a rare species of black-necked crane found in the autonomous region. the bird is mostly gray with a black head and neck. there is a small patch of white feathers below its eyes. its bare crown is red and tail is black. they nest in marshland and by lakes and shores on a plateau 5,000 meters above sea level. they live on roots and plants and insects. about 75% of the entire population of the rare cranes link in the tibetan autonomous region, and the government has declared it a protected species. >>> hi, there, and welcome back. let's talk anti footnobout typh of all. well, we actually have two systems in the pacific. let's start off with this one. this is tropical storm tokage. this is a very slow-movi system. it's almost stationary east of philippines it's located right now. it will decrease its intensity and become a tropical depression by saturday. now, it will be merging with this typhoon. this is a very strong typhoon. it's called ma-on. it's moving in a westerly direction. it has -- well, the speed is now 50 kilometers per hour, so it slowed down

where cranes are protected in the first official nature reserve. should close up on our. top story small to the space and the u.n. security council is holding an emergency closed meeting over fresh violence in the disputed border area between serbia and kosovo claim the kosovo authorities are imposing a unilateral moves stoking every. washington for using to stop it for commerce and flights near china despite. chinese sovereignty experts say the asian countries military rise of the headache right now for the pentagon fear is losing its fulfillment. and he waved his baking rusher and it's raising fears the deadly small capital wildfire season is underway along with brush fires which choking smoke to blanket master. take forty five pm here in moscow to catch up with you know he's got the sport now. great to have your company this is sports today here on twenty four hour t plenty ahead including. off the mark barcelona beat byron munich to win the audi cup that catalan giants first piece of silverware the new sees. eyes on the prize with the olympic games set to begin in les

plant, tokyo electric power company says it hopes to complete assembly work by late september using a crane with a 140-meter long arm. reducing radiation released from the reactor buildings is crucial to getting the crisis under control. this month, tepco will estimate the current amount of radiation released from the reactors, the figures will be used as a reference to gauge the effectiveness of the covers when they're installed. >>> japan's science and technology ministry says tests have found no radioactive strontium in the sea bed off the northern pacific coast. the test follows last month's detection of the radioactive material in the sea bed near the damaged fukushima daiichi nuclear plant. radioactive strontium can accumulate in bones if inhaled and cause cancer. no radiotive strontium was found this time in samples taken at six locations between 10 and 30 kilometers off a section of the pacific coast that includes fukushima prefture and two prefectures to the south and north. however, the nuclear safety commission and independent body advising the ministry pointed out that the curre

emergency crews are to use a special crane boat lifting equipment to raise the bulgaria cruise ship from the bottom of the volga river after it sank on sunday killing one hundred twenty nine people twenty eight of them children the search operation for fifteen missing bodies still continues. from the site. the two enormous cranes behind me have begun the process of lowering two cables which will then be threaded underneath the ship and used to right it is currently leading on its left side divers will then be able to go under to check for any of the remaining fifteen bodies that are yet to be found the shores are also being searched for any of those bodies and they'd also be able to search for the potential damage caused to the wall gary is to sink they will eventually find that damage as the ship is ready to be raised and they'll have to seal the hole to let all the water in and any other holes and then all the water inside the bulgarian will be able to be pumped out making it's light enough to be raised the divers though i've got a difficult task ahead of them with me is under a you ar

special floating cranes are preparing to lift the doomed ship will gharyan which sank in russia's of older river last sunday a search operation for fifty missing passengers continues in the area and a nearby island southeast on guard is on board one of the ships watching the recovery efforts the two enormous cranes behind me up again the process of lowering two cables which will then be threaded underneath the ship and used to write it is currently leaving on its left side divers will then be able to go under to check for any of the remaining fifteen bodies that are yet to be found the shores are also being searched for any of those bodies and they'd also be able to search for the potential damage that caused the bulgaria to sink they will eventually find that damage as the ship is ready to be raised and not have to seal the hole to let all the water in and any other holes and then all the water inside the bulgarian will be able to be pumped out making it's light enough to be raised the divers though i've got a difficult task ahead of them with me is under a word you can he's from th