the skyline is crammed with cranes. casey kayson is an assistant project manager for cahill construction. he says qualified crane operators are in demand. >> we even search internationally sometimes for these power crane operators when we are shorthanded. >> reporter: it's not just the specialized crane operators working, there's a big demand for all the other jobs too. >> they get the local hires and people from the neighborhood to get in there. >> reporter: carpenters, plumbers, electricians, equipment operators of all kinds all needed says michael theriot. >> wages are good. >> reporter: but michael is worried about the government derailing the good times. >> it's a good question how long this is going to last. certainly we worry about events in washington and what they could do to the economy.

and no one has any idea how close the 220 foot crane is to the point of collapse. >> i got on the cranemade my way over to ivers, i can remember i could hear pop. that pop was the metal deck, the steel popping from the heat. because the control cabin already burned up. so we didn't want to dilly daly. tried humor with him. boss said okay go ahead and knock off early. he wasn't really paying attention to what i had to say. probably wasn't in the mood. >> i introduced myself, he told me what to do with the sling he had, you know, i think it was something like a three-point hitch or something like that. we had to loop it up. and that was it. >> moseley knows every second counts and races to get the harness on sims. he gives the thumbs up. after nearly two hours on top of the crane, ivers sims is flown to safety. >> probably the biggest relief for the whole rescue was when the system actually tensed up and we were able to get it lifted off the crane and everything was hooked up. it was a good feeling. it was a good feeling knowing you're going to safety. it was a good feeling. >> we enjoyed

but another crane on the left is hit.holding a man basket with three other iron workers in it. >> there was a crane holding my three friends and then my crane and then blue and mine was the only one left standing, i think. all of the other cranes went over. >> all three men lose their lives. it's a devastating blow. >> jerry star was a really nice guy. he was our union steward on the job. jeff is the guy i knew the most. and bill, diver we called him on the job, i had just met him. he was a real nice guys, you know. >> several other people are injured, including kasinski. he sustains a career-ending back injury when his basket is lowered and stopped too quickly. >> that was my last day on the job. >> an investigation finds several factors are to blame for the collapse. the biggest being the wind is blowing too hard for the crane to operate safely. >> the wind was 35 mile an hour gusting. it caught like a sail and pulled this big crane over which fell into the crane that my people were suspended from in a man box and that'

to pray for recovery, she folded thousands of paper cranes. ten years after the exposure, she died.tatue modeled on the girl stands in the children's peace monument in hiroshima. it broke begley's heart that japanese children also suffered terrible experiences during the war. last year, begley visited japan. he was a guest of the japanese ministry of foreign affairs. they invited people whom the japanese army imprisoned. during the trip, begley felt a strong desire to visit the elementary school that the girl had attended. while the australian was there, he heard "the day the paper cranes fly," sadako's prayer in song. >> the children of the school sang a most beautiful song. and the children of japan used that song as their wish that there would be peace. >> reporter: after returning home he started telling local children about sadako. >> it was kind of sad about the girl dying, but she went to a lot of trouble making all those paper cranes. so yeah, it was a nice story. >> i thought it was amazing that she actually went to all the trouble to try and make all those paper cranes eve

same crane in these two videos.o he's a pro. he knows the cranes. >> so what's the difference between 130 meters and 150 meeters? either way you're going to be insane if you fall. >> a hit and run leaves a college student with serious injuries. >> you're seeing her get hit, fly across the lane and the car doesn't even hesitate. >> the piece of evidence that has people outraged. and he was stealing honey from neighbors' bee hives. >> he was lured in by bia smorgasbord of delight. >> why the traps was no match for this bear. hey, have you guys heard about probiotics? for digestive health? yes and did you know that trubiotics is a daily probiotic that helps in two ways? it supports digestive and immune health by working in your gut where 70% of your immune system lives. try trubiotics today. >>> to everybody out there watching, if you're the suspect in this video, just turn yourself in. this is about 10 p.m. a person got hit in the crosswalk there, a 19-year-old university student received some fairly significant injur

construction crane malfunctions high above new york city streets again. how workers fixed it just in time. >>> 9-year-old stow away. i'm jessica kartalija. how an elementary cooler managed to slip on to a flight to las vegas with no ticket or i.d. that's next. >>> sunshine and cooler temps return. i'm bob turk. i'll have the complete first warning forecast coming up next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> it is mostly cloudy, 58 degrees in central maryland right now. the complete first warning forecast is coming up. a powerful typhoon slams into the eastern coast of china killing at least 5 people. wind speeds were measured at nearly 100 miles an hour. the government says that caused air and rail traffic to shut down. it also left hundreds of thousands of homes without electricity. they say damage in the hardest hit provinces is estimated at $2 billion. >>> a monster truck show in mexico becomes the scene of death and destruction and it's all caught on tape. watch as the monster truck known as big show goes into the crowd. eight people were killed and 79 injured. gover

the crane malfunctioned as the box was being lowered to the ground. to 30 stories off of the street level so crews are scrambling to try to fix the problem as we mentioned earlier new york is in the middle of a tornado warning and we don't get those every day. rick leventhal is live on the scene. hi, rick. >> reporter: martha, we're right in the middle of west 57th. this is a major east/west crosstown thoroughfare and it's shut down between sixth and seventh avenues and you can see why that yellow box dangling about 20 stories above the street. we're told that's a concrete square, seven tons of concrete that may in fact be a counterweight to the crane that's holding it. there is the crane that malfunctioned earlier this morning at the top of the building. the apartments in this luxury condominium being built where the crane is, $90 million for a penthouse apartment in that building. the crane malfunctioned at some point this morning, they stopped the counterweight from it being lowered or raised up on that building, and now they've had work crews, fir

the crane used in construction of a luxury high rise going up near carnegie hall. collapsed and dangled dangerously during super storm sandy all most a ye all m ago. >> here we go again the i hope they will fix that crane this time. >> jimmy: did that scare you? you know, we showed that at rehearsal. it scared everyone. so, see we had some cameras pointed at you guysen the audience here. did we get any good reactions. let's see what we got here. okay. all right, nothing to crazy there. let's go to the other side. anything on the other side? no, nothing. you [ bleep ]. i'm so, did i just -- i just cursed? all right. you are a lot less jumpy than our staff. you should have seen this guy, stage manager, alex went through the roof when he saw that. all right. you know before the break i showed you a very funny video. workers at a liquor store almost gave their boss a heart attack by doing this. ♪ >> ah! >> jimmy: ha-ha-ha. beautiful. that guy that got scared is paul lewis. the night manager at colonial wines and spirits in little rock, arkansas. paul and employees are

the crane then ran into 110,000 volt power line overhead. obviously, causing the truck to erupt in fire. the tires caught fire first and then the whole truck caught fire. the driver getting out unharmed because the cab he was in was a faraday cage, meaning something that protects from electric shock, because he works around such high tension power lines. this is a big problem. it knocked out power and telecommunications. people couldn't call emergency. stores lost food because the freezers were out for hours. this was a major issue in this area of germany. >> all because this guy didn't want to take the few minutes it would take to lower this thing down to move to the next area where he needed to work. >> a bonehead move costing people a lot of heartache. >> a man once said, never do a job half assed >>> a polar bear is out to sea. the police are very quick to arrest him. >> what's he doing so wrong? >> what he did that landed him here and see the gross joke that led to this. flts ,ne >>> there are proposal videos and then there are proposal

turned out the crane had not been fastened properly, work resumed in may. one of the tallest and most expensive with apartments going up for $90 million. department of buildings telling me they are working with the contractor to secure the site. >> people who can afford those apartments might afford the next story you'll tell us about, that is this diamond that sold for a high price but maybe not as high as they expected. >> a very high price, 118 carats flawless d colored diamond for $30.6 million. that makes it the most expensive white diamond ever sold at auction. the previous record for a white diamond was 26 million. the all-time record for a diamond, pink diamond, is $46 million i think. this is below the all-time record. still the wealthy love their diamonds right now. >> and i guessed $42 million. off by a little bit. i would have overpaid. >> you would have overpaid. thank you very much. >> sue, down to you. >> a white diamond so it will go with everything versus a pink or yellow. >> exactly. >> all right. forget cheap goods from china. walmart sel

these are live pictures of that crane.reet and high winds blowing into the area, even as we speak, and the winds could get stronger. the street below has been shut down. emergency crews are on the scene. at the same time, millions of people on the east coast are all under a tornado watch. chad myers tracking the storm for us. hey, chad. >> you know -- good afternoon, it has been a day where storms start to spin, try to tornado, and then kind of blow away and make a wind gust at 30 or 40, but that crane doesn't need a wind gust to 30, 40, or 50 miles per hour. this is what it looks like in new york city. looking off to the west. here's the hudson river. this is hoboken and points west. it's raining all the way through the western part of new jersey through paterson, wayne, into hoboken and farther to the north, the rain is heavier. thunderstorms are also heavier. a little bit of rotation south of albany on that severe thunderstorm warning that is near hudson, new york, not a tornado on it right now, not a warning on it now,

. >>> parts of manhattan came to a stand still when a crane malfunctioned leaving a load of heavy materials suspended 40 stories above the streets. the upscale condo development site experienced problems last year, too, when wind from hurricane sandy destroyed a crane. >>> algae so thick it looks like bright green carpet. people being warned it is toxic. >>> apparently when north korea isn't focused on dennis rodman or their military they are busy building a lavish ski resort. they are putting the finishing touches on a new ski complex meant to show the world they can have nice things. >>> time for a look at your money. let's begin with the brand new benjamins. the redesigned $100 bill with security features including a blue 3 d ribbon. >>> just as snazzy, new commemorative coins to mark the christening of will and kate's baby, prince george. >>> there is a project that will have you talking called the happiness watch. others call it the death watch. this wrist watch counts down the seconds to the wearer's death. it calculates your time left through a series of questions. the watches are es

. >>> a crane malfunctioning high above the streets of new york city. how this isn't the first time this construction site has caused concern. >>> a new push for doctors to tackle the conversations with patients. the bad habits they're asked to address. >>> the weather is starting to clear up a little bit. chelsea ingram is updating the changes coming in our first warning weather forecast. >>> complete coverage continues with kai jackson, mary bubala and first warning weather with bub turk and meteorologist chelsea ingram and sports with mark viviano. it's wjz, maryland's news station. ,,,,,,,, >>> it is cloudy and 60 degrees in central maryland right now. the complete first warning weather forecast is coming up. >>> more than half a million people were forced to evacuate their homes after a tie boom ripped through china. it caused major power outages. at least two deaths are reported. >>> a mechanical failure causing a crane to dangle from a residential building in new york city today. a tower crane hoisting a 13,000 pound load got stuck 44 stories up

. >>> in russia a dramatic crane collapse captured on video. video shows the crane moving what appears to be a barge when it crumbles under the massive weight. it was a close call for a worker on the ground who was just feet away when that happened. no word on if anyone was hurt. >>> video out of washington state gives new meaning to the phrase living on the edge. a portion of the block known by locals as the end of the world gave way crashing into the pugett sound. wind, rain and gravity are eating away under the soil. the area had been temporarily closed. i would say so. >>> a look at your weekend weather. >> weekend is coming. >> yes. it's friday. >> fall weekend today. lots of people will be looking at the peak of the leaves in a lot of spots. >>> all of the nasty weather over the last two to three weeks have been in the colorado portion of the country out to wyoming. last night wyoming picked up five inches of snow. we have had a mixture of rain and snow in denver. a slushy inch possible on the grass and the cars around denver. quick shot

witnesses say concrete slabs being used to balance a crane slid off sending the crane off the side of building. the crane was being used in the construction of the future national art gallery. two months ago a similar issue happened but no one was seriously hurt in that incident. >>> five people were killed and a 13-year-old girl was seriously hurt when a rock slide sent 100 ton boulders pouring into a hiking trail in central colorado. take a look at the debris that was left behind. the group was hiking near mou princeton when the rocks gave away. the 13-year-old girl was taken to the hospital with a broken leg. the ages of the other victims not been released. crews will head out today to try to recover their bodies. >>> 6:18. happening today, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu will address the united nations. he's expected to call on the international community to stop iran from acquiring nuclear assets. despite the new iranian president hasan rouwani's only wanting to have nuclear power. >>> defense secretary chuck hagel was on hand when south korea displayed its domestically

crane operators working.'s a big demand for all the other jobs too. >> they get the local hires and people from the neighborhood to get in there. >> reporter: carpenters, plummer, electricians, equipment operators of all kinds all needed says the building construction trades council. >> wages are good. san francisco has among the better wages in the country. >> reporter: but michael is worried about the government derailing the good times. >> it's a good question how long this is going to last. certainly we worry about events in washington and what they can do to the economy. >> reporter: a senior job site safety coordinator and single mother is holding down two jobs. >> it is really good times from cahill. we have a good amount of work so forth going on right now and a lot of other trades that i see there is a lot of upcoming work. >> reporter: building construction trades council secretary michael says it's the explosion of tech companies that's driving the growth in san francisco. don ford, kpix 5. >> one

why it took a soldier and a crane to get him out. plus, one big wedding reception no-no. and seafood goes missing as a thief -- >> gets his hand and his junk on it. >> the thief with the red snapper down under. >> we're high up in the sky above gardner new york, a group of experienced sky divers getting ready to go for a jump. pay attention to the one man dressed in all blue. i say experienced because they're by themselves, they're not tandem jumps so these are guys who know what they're doing. jerome newman has the camera. watch the man in blue. they're in a formation here. they break off. >> ooh! >> that is not supposed to happen. they were doing a tea cup exit and this guy is spinning, spinning, spinning out of control at 10,000 feet. bad stuff here. eventually at 2,000 feet he's able to open his chute. she that white chute for just a second. the chute is out but he's still kind of out of whack. >> and his equilibrium is probably off. he's probably still trying to gain his breath back. how many times did he spin? he tore his main canopy upon landing because he wa guy,

before i include with the discussion of the cranes for tomorrow i want to pause. first, as you know san francisco in san francisco we don't undertake development for the sake of development we welcome development careful planned sustainable and in the right places because of the benefits it brings to our city and our entire region. we welcome new places to live by insuring we can attract the most people we can grow our economy and create the resources to make that an even reinforce city. we grow our reservoirs for beautiful parked and public health and all the other needs of our residents. of course, development also puts the buildings back to work. policies including local higher and a first source connects san franciscans with those new jobs. i have noublt this is a major component in decreasing crime rates including 40 percent looiksz reduction in homicides in our great city. second in san francisco we welcome development as part of a partnership between the city and argue contractors and aeblths payroll the plans i showed this morning show providing developmen

the crane up closer. >> but there's still hope for the man's wife. so the quick-thinking construction crew jumps into action. the 20-veteran crane operator jumps into the seat. >> they just harness me up and dip me down in the water and i grabbed her. >> just trying to lift him, i took him out of the white water up to the grass. >> all are relieved, including des moines fire captain, steve brown. >> we probably could have lost her at any moment, but with them pulling her out and saving her life. >> some call the men heroes, but they're reluctant to accept that title. >> what are you going to do? it's no big deal, the crew did it. >> i don't feel much like a hero, because the first one's gone. >> it's a tragedy, but it could have been worse. because of the quick work of the rescuers and the last words of her husband, "put on your life vest," the woman makes a full recovery. >>> from a dam in the plains of iowa to rushing water in the mountains of colorado, this time it's the rescuers themselves who struggle to stay alive. tiny georgetown is built more

a crane removing a barge when it crumbles under the massive weight. it was a close call for a worker on the ground, a few feet away. no word on if anyone was hurt. hopefully not. >>> for a look at business, we turn to bertha coombs. happy friday to you. >> happy friday to you. we have drama at 21st century fox. they hold their first shareholders meeting today. activist investors are calling for rupert murdock to step down. they are upset they have hostile takeovers without putting it to a vote. mortgage rates on the rise this week. the average rate on a 30 year loan hitting 4.28%. rates could come back down after congress struck the deal on the debt ceiling allowing the treasury to continue borrowing. mortgage rates are tied to deals on treasury bonds. >>> toyota is recalling vehicles in the u.s. because air bags may fail. it affects the 2012, 2013 camry and venza. >> that is a huge recall. thank you for that important information. >>> now to sports. game five. tigers and red sox, series tied. the red sox are on the board first, blasting a homer down

then they will use a crane to remove the assemblies one by one making sure they don't get them caught in the wreckage. they hope to finish the work by the end of 2014. explosions rocked the building during the accident two years ago so engineers need to check if any debris damaged the rods and then they'll use a crane to remove them one by one and make sure they don't get caught up in the wreckage. managers say they hope to finish the work by the end of 2014. >>> the other big job at the fukushimas involves the vast amount of radioactive water being stored on site. the volume agrees every day and engineers are trying to get a complex network of pipes, cylinders and filters to work so they can get the decontamination process going. the advanced liquid processing system or a.l.p.s. is designed to remove most radioactive substances. our latest unstillment of "nuclear watch" has an inside look at how it functions and the problems that have plagued it. >> reporter: about 400 tons of groundwater seep into the buildings every day and gets contaminated. tepco workers have built more than 1,00

. >> david crane, a professor of law joins us to talk about this. libya is demanding an explanation for what they are calling the kidnapping of one of their citizens. do they have legal standing at all in the international community? >> it's interesting. it's a matter of perspective. libya is a sovereign nation, and an individual under their sovereignty. we had the united states enter the sovereignty and seize the individual. the libyans feel it was a breach of sovereignty and demanded an explanation. from the united states perspective is that we have an individual who has been indicted for tax on american citizens in tansania, an individual waging a terrorist war against the united states. in their so-called war on terror, their authority, they feel that this is a legitimate military target, and someone that needs to be renderred back to the united states for a fair trial, which apparently that will happen. one has equal arguments related to all of this. an explanation to the libyans, and a discussion with them will probably ease the matter. >> pro

. >>> a crane is left dangling 40 floors over a high rise.the same manhattan site where a crane collapsed over superstorm sandy. the crane is now secure and residents are being let back into their homes no injuries were reported. >>> in minneapolis a 9-year-old boy sneaks on to a plane headed to las vegas. the boy a run away from the twin cities managed to get through security by pretending to be part of someone elses family. then he slipped on to the plane without a boarding pass. the flight crew realized he wasn't on the unattended list and contacted las vegas police. officers are currently working with his parents to send him home. >> do we think he chose las vegas randomly. >> no, of all places. >> he had heard of it. >>> scott pelley has a preview of what's coming up on the evening news. >> inside this weekend 's terrorist raids, who is al- libi. coming up on the cbs evening coming up on the cbs evening news with >>> a wet start to the workweek. this is a sign that cooler fall weather is going to be settling in for a while. meteorologist

a crane got stuck while hoisting a load in new york city and a large yellow box is dangling 20 stories above west 57th street. this all happened because the crane's motor stalled during work on a new residential tower this morning. right now, new york is under a tornado watch adding complications. >>> today u.s. counter- terrorism officials are questioning a captured al qaeda leader aboard a naval ship. abu anas al-libi was on the fbi's "most wanted" list accused of having a role in the 1998 bombings of two american embassy in africa. special forces captured in libya over the weekend. libya calls it an abduction but the u.s. defends it. >> the united states of america is going to do everything in its power that is legal and appropriate in order to enforce the law and protect our security. >> al-libi is expected to be put on trial in new york during a separate raid in somalia saturday. navy seals stormed a compound to try to capture the suspected mastermind of last month's massacre at a mall in kenya but got into a firefight and had to retreat. >>> voters in newtown, connecticut have de

. >>> a 13,000-pound concrete weight dangling from a crane 40 floors above the streets of midtown manhattan is now safely on the ground. the load got stuck yesterday morning. it took all day for workers to lower the heavy cargo back down and the closure of west 57th street caused traffic gridlock. the same site where a crane's boom collapsed last you're during superstorm sandy. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch," a warning about tainted chicken and anchorman ron burgundy takes a second job. wendy gillette is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning, wendy. >> good morning, anne-marie. asian stocks rebounded on news that china's surfaces industry continues to expand. tokyo's nikkei added a quarter%. hong kong's hang seng gained 1%. >>> with the government shut down beginning to bear on investors, wall street endured a down day, with stocks finishing at their lowest in a month. the dow ended the day another 136 points. while the nasdaq shed 37. >>> aluminum giant alcoa reveals its earnings report today. it comes a day after an analyst lowered the target for the company due to

crane fell, slammed down and toppled over. yikes.y was hurt. >> a a.stron customers confirming discovery of a massive asteroid with a chance of hitting the earth. the 1300 foot wide asteroid will be a million miles from earth. odds of hitting one in 63,000. so we've got about two decades before we have to worry about it. >> all right. and just ahead something happened in vegas that didn't stay in vegas. >> a world record you really love, what would you do?" ♪ [ woman ] i'd be a writer. [ man ] i'd be a baker. [ woman ] i wanna be a pie maker. [ man ] i wanna be a pilot. [ woman ] i'd be an architect. what if i told you someone could pay you and what if that person were you? ♪ when you think about it, isn't that what retirement should be, paying ourselves to do what we love? ♪ those who've been denied paying ourselves ewelcome to covered california. now, you can no longer be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition. enroll today at coveredca.com. >>> coming up at 6:00 countdown to bart strike. workers set to walk off the jo

. >>> when a crane collapsed cause a gridlock in new york city. this is video from the scene seeing the boom pointing downward. the low dangling overhead. five blocks of west 157th all shut down while crews have to bring the load down manually. that construction one is where a crane collapsed during superstorm sandy. we had video of that, too. and the road to a new home got bumpy for animals moving from one national aquarium to another. >> i'm scott broom at the national aquarium in baltimore where day one of the great washington fish lift has been a success despite one unhappy octopus. after more than 100 years, washington's national aquarium is closing. most of the exhibits are being moved to baltimore. hundreds of animals were moved today in the first of a series of trips that will be made to complete the transfer. but it was the giant pacific octopus who stole the show. a male, who arrived in baltimore alive and well, and who as act pus' do, like a cameleon, changed color. >> when they are stressed out, their color will be white. >> to let eve

. >> parts of manhattan came to a stand still when a crane malfunctioned leaving a 13,000 pound loadal suspended above the streets. can you imagine walking under that? the site experienced problems last year to when winds from hurricane sandy damaged a crane. >>> algae has gotten so thick it looks like a bright green carpet. people are being warned that it's toxic and they should stay away until further notice. >>> and apparently when north korea is not focused on dennis rodman or the military, they're building a ski resort. it's meant to show the world that they too can have nice things. yeah, about 0.02% of north koreans actually ski. we're coming back for the first buzz. but first, scarlet johansson is named this year's sexiest woman alive. it's not the first time. she lost won in 2006. we'll be right back. ♪ [ woman #2 ] to share a moment. ♪ [ man #1 ] to remember my grandmother. [ woman #3 ] to show my love. ♪ [ woman #4 ] because life needs flavor. ♪ [ woman #5 ] to travel the world without leaving home. [ male announcer ] whatever the reason. whatever the dish. make it delicio

. >> reporter:another scary crane mis-hap in new york city today.ou can see the crane here.it got stuck as it was tornado warning for manhattan today.and officials were very concerned. part of this block was evacuated. >> reporter: construction materials at a luxury apartment building. a mechanical failure is being blamed.no injuries. but this was the same building that had a crane issue last year during super-storm sandy. here's video from that indident.during which a different crane - operated by a different company - snapped and dangled >> reporter: >> pam: still ahead. >> pam: the new push to change the name of one n-f-l team. is it racist? you decide. then -- an out of the control monster truck -- crash. what authorities believe caused it. >> jacqueline: and has been another one day away from the coastline in the '80s this out or but that will change and i will tell you how much it will cool down change and i will tell you woah, this kitchen is beautiful! give him the tour. let me show you! soft-close drawers, farm sink! where's my room? we had

workers spent all day lowering the box after a crane malfunctioned this morning. finally they got it down in time to open the 57th street in time for the evening rush hour with strong storms moving through all day. there were fears that the weight could come crashing to the ground. it's at the same site where a crane collapsed during hurricane sandy. that's a mess. we had -- it was -- we haven't seen rain in so long >> speechless. >> i was. it felt weird. >> it was weird. only the second time we had appreciable rain. today we saw 1.13 inches. the month of september we saw only .09 more. got that. >> no wonder it felt weird. >> look at that shot. that one there might leave you speechless. what a great afternoon. or at least a great evening though it is a lot cooler than it has been over the past couple of days after a high yesterday of 91. the storm system as it continued to move flew out to the east right now and now that frontal boundary moving across our region too and behind it cooler air. we did see heavy rain that did come through right around 9:00, 10:00, an

a crane became stuck with a 13,000 pound concrete counter weight hanging 20 stories above the street. this incident happened yesterday at the same building where a crane dangled during superstorm sandy on 57 street in mid town manhattan. >> it's a disaster. this is crazy. >> i think the building is cursed. >>> the emergency crews evacuated that area. the concrete weight was eventually lowered. the construction management team apologized for the inconvenience. >>> we've been hearing from many federal workers because of the furlough. one california ranger is disgusted for a different reason. she says she's running out of time. 92-year-old betty reed soskin is the oldest national park service ranger in the country. soskin gives tours at the world war 2 home front national park in richmond. the shutdown is getting in her way of bringing important stories to the public. >> i have a sense of urgency that this is my last decade and i can't afford to have anybody waste my time, and that's what they're doing. >> soskin gives tours three days a week and works in the park administrative offices

as a result, five blocks surrounding the crane in midtown, manhattan, are now closed as a precaution. no one's gotten hurt but there is concern here because a tornado watch has been issued, high winds are also expected in the area and this is the same building that had a crane collapse during hurricane sandy last year. >> we'll have a lot going on. it's a family that cannot stay out of the spotlight. >> that's right we're talking about the jackson family. the latest drama between jermaine and his mother. >>> also ahead tonight, airport security under scrutiny. we're going to tell you how a 9-year-old managed to sneak on a plane from minnesota to las vegas undetected.  mom... yes honey? dad told me that cheerios is good for your heart, is that true? says here that cheerios has whole grain oats that can help remove some cholesterol, and that's heart healthy. [ dad ] jan? ♪ "i'm terry mcauliffe, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad." these are birth control pills. more than half of american women use them at some point in their lives but ken cuccinelli sponsored

concrete slabs being used to balance a crane off the top of the building slid off senti ise the craneing. four other people remain in the hospital. two months ago a similar issue occurred but no one was seriously hurt in that incident. >>> it is now up to the naval academy superintendant to aside whether three former navy football players will face sex assault charges. the officer who presided over a hearing has forwarded his recommendations to vice admiral miller. the alleged victim is suing miller. her lawyer says he favors football players. >>> it is 5:19. happening today a strong statement is expected from israeli prime minister. prime minister benjamin netanyahu will address the israeli community at the u.n. he's supposed to talk about the nuclear assets in iran. he doesn't believe they have given up on their quest for nuclear weapons. last month had a sam rouhani sat down with nbc news. they're focusing on nuclear power. >>> we are coming up on 5:21. weather and traffic every ten minutes on the 1s. >> let's check in with tom kiernan with the forecast. warming up? >> yes. all is

and we are working with the crane, labor landmark association members, and sfmta to do the site-wide interpretation on the muni adjacent bus facility. and then we have, the park which is between third street and illinois street. on the northern line of this creek and it is actually kind of a connector part that allows you to circulate between illinois street and third street. and our engineering department, mas come up with the unique design where you will have an over, the water walkway experience, all of the vegetation, that is out there will pretty much be removed and replaced and it will clean up the site and make it more appealing and safer for the users to walk through. and enjoy. and next, is moving north cranco park and this is 9-acre park that we have been working for about two years on the community planning process. this is the latest iteration where we were taking the site which was a site and opening it up for a park use and it is generally between the streets, and the program developed and been opened against a mixed green and where we bring up the site to the adjacent

you know my minute right political commentator they end our joining our crane or joining us now live on r t to speak more about fracking and that worldwide expected. activist day that will start off today around the world thank you for joining us on r.t. . in syria at least sixteen government soldiers have been killed in a source side blast near damascus believed to have been the work of the militant al nusra front of the syrian rebel factions are peeling for more money and western military aid to fight the regime is maria for national is one of the few journalists who has been reporting from syria and has spoken to members of the free syrian army inside rebel held territory. we cross the syrian lebanese border every day many times and who on her son is a soldier for the free syrian army. general hard to miss for we take injured people to lebanon hospitals we get ammunition from there we bring mujahideen in and out the fighters want to go to see their families our cell is a safe haven. arsenal is a mostly sunni lebanese village on the syrian border. along this road which appeared her

it's the same crane that collapsed during super storm sandy. it's a video you can't turn away from. and tonight, another motorcyclist facing charges and now famous road rage encounter with an suv. this biker flipping both middle fingers at photographers as he was hauled into a new york city court. and mexico, a monster truck goes out of control slamming into a crowd of spectators killing 8 people and injuring dozens more. and in texas, we are hearing from the race car driver who survived a terrifying crash at the houston grand prix. in a statement, darrio andretti saying thank you to everyone for you will a the well workers. they mean a lot it me. i would like to send my best to everyone in the accident hope everyone is all right. that's tonight's speed read. tonight we kick off the new prime time lineup and bill o'reilly now follows us and bill o'reilly joins us now. nice to see you, bill. >> bill: is it really, greta? is it nice to see me? nobody ever says that to me. i'm happy to be your leadout. i am happy to be your leadout. >> well, we are -- i should say we are delighted to h

flying over the top isn't an option for the cranes.the only way through is a treacherous maze of valleys and canyons. each year, thousands of cranes negotiate a pass that leads them almost 200 miles to the other side. they have a huge challenge ahead of them. many will not make it out alive. already they face danger -- bad weather is closing in. they gain height to face the challenge, but they are battling against a head wind. no matter how hard they try, they make little progress. it's the last thing they need so early in their journey.

in the heart of london, a crane buckling under the wind, collapsing, the building below evacuated. the deputy prime minister forced to call off a news conference. hundreds of trees uprooted, blocking roads and railway tracks. the gas lines of this home exploding. the storm marched into northern europe, tossing trucks and snarling trains in the netherlands. in germany, the famed speedy highway the audubon closed. winds reaching 120 miles per hour in denmark. the storm devastated homes and ripped down power lines, leaving more than half a million people without electricity. while tonight after the ferocious winds with gusts up to 99 miles per hour, we're beginning to see the full extent of the damage. david? >> from that storm heading to london and much of europe to rough weather on the move right here at home tonight. i want to bring in abc meteorologist ginger zee at the weather map in new york. we all saw this today, those tractor-trailers in california the big rigs, knocked over. we know two drivers were hurt. the big question tonight, what are we in for with so many families to

"the sand hill cranes of nebraska. too bad you weren't here six months ago was a lament i heard on my visit to nebraska. you could have seen the astonishing spectacle of the sand hill cranes. thousands of them feeding and even dancing on the shores of the plat river. there was no point in pointing out the impossibility of my being there then because i happened to be somewhere else so i nodded and put on a look of mild disappointment if only to be part of the economize ration. it was the same look i remember wearing about six months ago in georgia when i was told that i had just missed the spectacular annual outburst of azaleas, brilliant against the green backdrop of spring. and the same in vermont six months before that when i arrived shortly after the magnificent foliage had gloriously peaked. mother nature, as she is called, having touched the hills with her many colored brush. a phenomenon that occurs-- like the others-- around the same time every year when i am apparently off in another state stuck in a motel lobb

hear a live pictures from new york where a construction crane has malfunctioned appeared >> as if you the crane about 20 stories above the street below. >> police have closed at west 57 street between sixth and seventh avenues just in case that box balls appear >> from what we have learned, the crane and motor are not broken, but rather stalled appeared >> workers are trying to find a way to say a lower debt load up to the ground appeared >> this is happening at the 157 building, the same location with a crane boom collapsed during super stormed sandy appeared >> i mention that because new york city is still under a tornado watch right now. >> a construction site were told early today to secure all quit because of bad weather headed their way. >> the this past weekend marked the beginning of the winter olympics in russia, but there was an embarrassing start to the games. >> this is the video that's been circulating all line, in it, a former soviet world swimming champ is caring the iconic torch when suddenly, the flame goes out. >> it happened during a tour through the kremlin gates a