the 34-year-old dare-devil is a seventh generation high-wire artist, part of the famous circus familya clan that is no stranger to death-diefying feats. in the 1970s, his great grandfather fell to his death during a performance in puerto rico. in an interview on "the 700 club," nik said he doesn't see his feats as that risky. >> i don't see what i as being more dangerous than a police officer. what i do is extremely calculated. i don't think god holds me on the wire as i'm walking across, but god has given me a unique talent. >> george: as a devout christian, his sees his talent and desire to perform as a gift from god. >> there is no question in my mind that god has laid these desires in my heart. i think god has given me a very unique talent, and i can use that to bring glory to his name. >> reporter: he says he does it all for a higher purpose. >> thank you, lord. it is so important to me, every time before i do any of these big events, i get in a circle and pray with my family. and i always say, give god the glory. let god get the glory out of what i'm doing. that is very, very im

he is the swiss dare devil known as jet man. his jet wing suit features four inches and let's him fly up to 12,000 feet high he says his eyes guide his movement. >> it with my move. it's like when you are skiing. when you look, when you are skiing in a turn, you look united states turn. you do that move and it turns. >> shepard: when he is done speeding through the air he uses a parachute to land. yesterday marked his first flight over u.s. soil. pennsylvania. a group of kids captured an alligator in a creek about 40 minutes south of penn state university. not something usually see in these parts. they were fishing when they noticed something weird in the water. when they spotted the a foot long gator they jumped into action. >> the first thing that went through my head i didn't want to die i was too young. >> they wanted to bite us but then we got its mouth taped. we carried it probably 150 yards out of the woods to where we could get it in a pickup truck. >> shepard: state wildlife officials came and picked up the reptile. no

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. >> it is what drives these dare devils. a shark gets into a cage. >> i'm just looking at the jaws of death. >> and this is only the beginning. >> and next thing you know knocks my regulator out of my mouth. >> a sky dive goes horribly wrong. a life literally hangs in the balance. >> we knew that the odds of someone surviving what andy was going through were possibly not good. >> extreme skiing. becomes extremely scary. >> just felt that it governorring to be a miracle not to lose your caught. >>> risk takers, thrill seeks. they have no fear. "caught on camera daredevils." >> they live on the edge, addicted to adrenaline. dar constantly pushing the limit to go faster and farther than anyone else. sometimes the rush is replaced bay jolt of pure terror. that is what happen odd o andy judy, a sky diver who ended up at 10,000 feet in a fight for his life. >> whenever you jump out of the door it is not just adrenaline, it is not just fear, not just excitement. it is what is called sensory overload. >> what kind of person would ju

with a dare devil in the wisconsin skies.mer fighter pilot flying 119 miles per hour in a homemade jet suit made of kevlar powered by four engines. he designed it himself. there he is flying a few feet away from a b17 bomber. no big deal he says. it feels a little like skiing. >>> this must have felt like the end of days. a tornado from the inside out. bearing down on this building where a man huddles inside. his camera rolling for a home movie he might prefer to forget. it happened in milan but the funnel cloud could be seen 18 miles away and tornados touched down all across italy. >>> we have a passing to note, eileen brennan, goldie hawn's drill sergeant in "private benjamin." >> i don't care. i don't care what your recuter told you. i'm telling you there is no other army. >> she got afternoon oscar nod for that performance. there she is on laugh in, her first big break. she went on to appear in hollywood classics like "the last picture show" and "the sting." brennan was 80 years old. >>> when we come back, dogging it at w

. >> a chinese dare devil walked from one balloon to the other on a steel rod less than two inches widew high wire walking between two buildings is so yesterday. >> he made the walk, 60 feet to the other side with no safety net. i don't know what these people are on when they do it. >> i always come back to these a and go why. >> you get on cnn. that's why. >> that's true. >>> what do you think would be most popular book read by detainees? it will blow your mind. it's 50 shades of grey. >> that's the wildly successful series of erotic novels that make most readers blush. >> it's extraordinary. this delegation from the u.s. congress just came back from guantanmo and they say detainees have access to books and movies and one says the 50 shades books are requested more often than the koran. i'm not buying it. thanks for watching. >> cnn newsroom starts right now. >>> we're following breaking news here in the cnn news room. we just severed word from the nevada parole board granting o.j. simpson parole. ted

. >> it is what drives these dare devils.st looking at the jaws of death. >> and this is only the beginning. >> and next thing you know knocks my regulator out of my mouth. >> a sky dive goes horribly wrong. a life literally hangs in the balance. >> we knew that the odds of someone surviving what andy was

. >>> after felix baumgartner's space dive it's ready for a new dare devil isn't falling, he's goingou doing? >> you got a dead leg. >> dead leg, a personal problem. ♪ >>> welcome back to "new day." it's time for the pop four. >> i love that music. doesn't it get you pumped? it's a new day, everybody. let's go. >>> the number four story this morning, rocky getting a spin-off called "creed" focusing on the grandson of of creed. >> i love it. >> i absolutely love it. i know you're wonders, chris cuomo, where does he fit into all of this? >> where is stallone? where does he fit in? >> he will play rocky, serve as apollo creed's grandson's trainer. i think it will be good. and ryan kugeler, will direct this film, too. >> this is genius. >> i love when chris cuomo gets pumped. >>> what do you do after a jump from the edge of space and wire walk across the grand conon? how about a skyscraper climb. this is our third story this morning. natgeo will film a -- he's the guy from the citi bank commercial. >> also amazing how the song from the commercial will stick in your head. >> i thought it

[horn blowing] >> mike: that dare devil somehow walks away without a scratch. police are currently looking for that dummy. and not getting enough shut eye? it will make you look older a new study finds lack of sleep can lead to a lot of lines on your face. poor sleepers have more fine lines and uneven skin color on their faces than those who sleep well. i haven't had a good night sleep since the carter administration. look, my face looks like a catcher's mitt. ♪ ♪ >> alisyn: none what was scarier that graphic or my face? >> alisyn: urging people to write to their congress people to reject obama care as stated in a form letter drafted by the national treasury employee's union it says i am a federal employee and one of your constituents i'm very concerned about legislation being introduced to push federal employees out of the federal employees health benefits program and into the insured exchanges under the affordable care act. >> clayton: if the obama care exchanges are good enough for small businesses shouldn't it be food enough for employees specifically at th