. >> when fairbanks and reporter bill mitchell arrive, the road was lowsed to traffic and the tennesseeepartment of transportation, better known as tdot, is using a giant hydraulic hammer to break up the rock. >> it was huge, massive, they covered up an entire lane of the road. they were hitting this thing with all they had. it was not crack. you could see little splinters of rock fly up into the air. but as far as breaking that thing apart, it wasn't going anywhere. >> the 24-mile two-lane highway goes through an narrow pass, and is flanked by little frog mountain on one side and the okohee river on the other. the detour around the mountain adds more than two hours to the commute. >> there's a tremendous amount of pressure to get the road open. but you've got to do it and do it safely, though. >> steve jones, tdot's polk county supervisor knows commuters want him to work fast. >> we got people that could get mad at us when we stop them for five minutes doing maintenance work. you can imagine what it was like for hours. >> according to jones, the area gets two to three rock slides a yea

. >> dale hammond taking off in his beach craft bonanza, from fairbank, alaska, see him up in the air three hd cameras on board. one facing to the forward, one to the right, one to the rear. brand new engine in. and it hits 200 feet, the engine quits. no explanation. the left, a road, but power lines, and this field here by the little stream is where he's going to go down, try to land this thing as softly as he can, and it's not very soft. >> oh, oh! >> and we get to see this from all different angles. dale says he knew the landing gear would take 12 seconds to get down, he knew he didn't have that much time, so he left it retracted to try to get this down as soft as possible. in all, 22 seconds from the react.faiure to impact on the o everybody survived with minor injuries. the plane, however, did not survive. >> i think the rear angle camera gives us the best idea of what the actual landing is like. hits the grass, clears the water and able to slide on the plane's belly before coming to a stop. ntsb report has no idea what caused this thing. no signs of any issues with the engine pr

fairbanks, upper 70s to low 80s today. and that forecast holds through the end of the week. anchorage, beautiful today. remember, it snowed, was it last week, maybe ten days ago? today 74 and sunny in juneau. enjoy that. it's actually warmer in alaska than many spots of the western half of the united states. today we're still going to see showers and storms rolling through the intermountain west. a few sprinkles in washington. pendleton has had rain overnight. pretty much dry in california. we're not cold or cool, even, in vegas and phoenix, but temperatures at 91 and 97 this time of year, that's probably a little bit below average. >> thank you, bill. >>> we are going to move now on to entertainment. this memorial day weekend was a record setter at the box office. "fast & furious 6" led the pack at $120 million over four days. the high-speed sequel raked in more than $300 million worldwide, making it the biggest universal picture's release to date. >> and you want to see it why? >> it looks fun. and i've seen the other five. so why not see the sixth? >> you're a groupie. i

. >> he's taking off in his beechcraft bonanza from fairbanks, alaska. he has three cameras on board. two people on board, brand-new engine in this thing, too. once he hits 200 feet, no explanation. dale in the air thought he was going to pull to the left. you see the road to the left, realize there are power lines. then decided to veer to the right. this field here by this little stream is where he developed a go down and thing as softly as it's not very soft. we get to see this from all different angles. dale says he knew the landing gear would take 12 seconds to get down. he knew he didn't have that much time. he left it retracted to get this thing down as fast as possible. in all, 22 seconds from the engine failure to the impact on the ground. that's all the time he had to react. everybody survived withinjuries. the plane, however, did not survive. >> i think the rear camera gives an idea what the landing was like, cleared the grass, the water, able to slide on its belly. an ntsb report had no idea what caused it. there was no sign of any issues with

bonet, a lifelong alaskan, lives in fairbanks, a former gold rush boom town that prides itself on naturaluty while covering crime stories in 2003, bonet learns that police are using . crime stories in 2003, bonet learns that police are using taser guns as a crime-fighting tool. his curiosity is piqued when a police officer makes an offhand comment. >> we were talking tasers and their effectiveness, he sort of jokingly said you should do it. it's a lot of fun. i said, sure, why not. fateful statement. >> fateful, indeed. a self-described risk taker bonet decides to try it and capture it all on cam. >> when i told my co-workers what i was planning to do, i was met with a lot of blank stares. i don't think they really believed me. >> have you ever seen thomas pace before? i never have. >> i became more and more nervous. you know, i was trying to play it off like, i'm not afraid at all but that was absolutely not true. >> bonet decides despite his fear, he should not only go through with the plan, he should make the experience as real as possible. i figured if i'm going to do this, i'm going

fairbanks, 83. anchorage, 75. juneau's looking good, too.pot that can maybe top that is hawaii today looks absolutely fabulous, too. maybe a little warmer than some would like, but 89 and 86 in honolulu. maui and the big island also looking nice. an afternoon shower in hilo which is typical. in seattle, that will be with you for at least the first half of the day today. where would you choose? you going to alaska or hawaii? >> i'd take hawaii any time. any time, hands down. thanks, bill. >>> now to entertainment. a top aeg executive testified yesterday that he negotiated a deal for dr. conrad murray to accompany michael jackson on tour and that nobody had even bothered to check murray's credentials because of his history with the pop star. >>> officials are investigating justin bieber on claims he recklessly speeds around his l.a. gated community. former nfl wide receiver and neighbor keyshawn johnson reportedly tried to confront bieber about how his driving puts the kids in the community at risk. >>> in the first 24 hours of its netflix pre

at the same temperature they're at in fairbanks alaska. what the wind gusts.r field.sam this spring as the second wettest on record. it is 45 at lansing. 48 at lake geneva. there is the view from low indiana. you're looking at the same over test that we are all areas might see some sunshine. here's our storm finally departing the area. there have been big storms in oklahoma. the radar shows the storms fading. see how the clouds break. we cleared out tonight. here's a today animation. look at the clouds developing on the backside. most of those are going to be down to the south of us. there is a look at the rainfall that is expected to occur. we will have some pretty heavy-duty rain falls approaching towards more of them.memorial day. them.memorial day. >> thank you for watching. [helicopter blades whir] captioning made possible by sony pictures television

just one of fairbanks, tcc, will take 8 million of that. how are we going to solve this? is one thing to have a clinic in an urban area, but to get someone hired in a rural area like alaska, you can't do it today they're open. it doesn't make any sense. how are we going to solve this because this is honestly we have vested lots of money in a civility cinema adults have been. what's the answer here? these are rural areas. >> the answer is to work together on appropriations that would help us get the staffing packages and i'm pleased with what the president's budget for 2014 in terms of staffing packages including joint venture facilities in alaska and oklahoma helps us catch up to the amounts we need to catch up. it's a difficult climate over the last two years, but partially as we work with the tribes our proposal for a $77 million helps us catch up. >> is that enough? >> that's enough to catch up with facilities to be open in 2014. right now are doing a 2015 formulation to estimate which ones will be open. >> one last question. they have a top lawyer available. they will

just the one in fairbanks will have 8 million of that. how are we going to solve this because it's one thing to have a clinic in an urban area but you get someone hired in arra area like alaska you can't do it the day they are open. it doesn't make any sense. how are we going to solve this because this is obviously unacceptable. we have invested lots of money these facilities and then we don't staff them. what is the answer here because these arra areas. >> the answer is for us to work together on the appropriations that will help us get the staffing packages and i'm pleased to report that the president's budget for 2014 in terms of new and replacement facilities including joint venture facilities and federal facilities in alaska helps us catch up. it's been difficult over the past few years but force and there are collaboration working with the tribes our proposal for $77 million in the staffing helps us catch up. >> but is that enough? >> that is enough to catch up with the need for the facilities plan to be opened in 2014 so right now