i wanted to talk to david blaine who joins me now on the phone. david blaine is an illusionist.'ve heard about him. he does crazy things where he'll suspend himself somewhere or put himself in something that lasts for a long time. why is he relevant to this? we know why leroy chow from nasa was relevant. david, because you choose to put yourself in these situations and it's a mind over matter thing. you have convinced yourself you can do something that's abnormal, and uncomfortable. how do you do that? >> just to start, i think there is no way to really quantify the different between voluntary and involuntary. and since most of the things i'm doing are voluntary, i can't speak for what these men have actually been going through on any level. but what's always been amazing to me is the ability of the human organism to adapt for survival. basically, the instincts of what we've developed over hundreds of thousands and millions of years to be able to still be here today. so what i think is -- when you put yourself in a confined space with almost nothing, what happens is the body shi

. >> reporter: inspired by houdini magician david blaine subjects himself to punishing even life-threateningendurance. >> i don't think anybody wants to die. but i think there's a certain rush or like this heightened sense of awareness that you get when you're pushing yourself in a place where you can only focus on that moment. it's like this moment of clarity. it's an amazing feeling. >> reporter: blaine, if anyone, knows how much of what houdini did was real and how much was illusion. >> just a very small, clever device which with the right feel and the right pressure.... >> reporter: for the love of magic, david blaine will show you how a trick works. but houdini spent the final years of his life relentlessly exposing the trickery of spirit mediums who claimed they could contact the dead. he told the los angeles times in 1924 that it takes a flim flamer to catch a flim flamer. >> reporter: which is made his death bed pact with his wife so strange. he didn't die the way it happened in the old tony curtis movie, in his water torture cell. but from a ruptured appendix in a detroit hospital.

the tow truck driver was okay, but he might want to think twice before trying to tow david blaine's carlly on the frozen ponds of st. louis where the ducks of anaheim are squaring off against the st. louis blues. some rare fight breaks out in hockey. parros and jackman. it all seems like the regular hockey tough talk. until you take a closer look. is he flicking him? is that really a flick right there? beware the next time these two come in contact on the ice. a tickle fight may break out. time marches on. >>> carl paladino thinks it's immoral to go to a gay pride parade, to rent one of his properties as a gay bar, that's fine. well, there's a profit there. >>> ohio tea party congressional candidate running around in the nazi uniform praising the military brilliance, he has a defender. any guesses? >>> and when rachel joins you at the top of the hour, she'll talk to two air force majors about the judge's ruling on don't ask, don't tell. they will appear in silhouette because they've not yet been permitted to stop lying. >>> if you took a happy meal and left it on the table, how long wou

>> i'm like david blaine. >> at least. >> pull up the lock, okay? you are ready to go.t let's just seef. >> that's good. all right. >> that's pretty good. >> that was g. i was going to get on it with you. >> no. no. >> that would be bad, horrible. >> how about that? >> we have clamps you can do vertical and horizontal clamping. this is great, it runs about $80. >> you're kidding me. how cool is that? >> good stuff. >> folds right up. >> folds up, walk away with it to your next job. >> what's this thing do? >> now, this is a step stool as well as a toolbox. all right, put it down. this will give you -- go ahead and step on that, gives you an extra foot up, like that. >> yep. working for me. >> you look good up there. >> all right. >> yeah. yeah. >> i'll get down. i'll get down. >> it was illegal. >> you can't do that on the corner of 59th and fifth, i forgot. >> what's inside is a nice toolbox. why i like this, what is really cool it is nice and deep. >> yes. >> this has room for all your glues, spray paint, as well as all your tools. >> about a thousand different-sized

i'm like david blaine. you pull up the lock. okay. you're ready to go. was going to get on with you, but then -- that would be bad. horrible. >> how about that? >> clamps. do versicle and horizontal clamping if you one. it's great. this runs about $80 you can find this more. >> you're kidding me. >> not bad. good stuff. >> folds right up. >> walk away with it to your next job. >> what's this here? >> now, this is the stepstool as well as a toolbox. put it down. go ahead and step on that. gives you an extra foot up. >> yep. >> like that. you look good up there. >> all right. yeah. >> i'll get that. >> is that illegal? it's illegal. >> you can't do that on the corner of 59th and sixth. i forgot. >> what's inside nice toolbox. why i like this nice and deep. >> yes. >> and this has, you know room for all of your glues, spray paint. all of your tools as well. >> 1,000 different sized washers you'll never use. >> never use again. but this can run you about $30. >> both of these are really good. we like them a lot. >> i have other things for you. in here, this