to do it while they were up in the gondola.of the curvature of the earth, which had never been done. they were recognized for their efforts. they were, you know, given medals by fdr, and it was a success, a noller round success. what makes it even better for rapid city is that it happened in the black hills. itwas here, it was local, so was just a great community involved piece of history. involved piece of history. >> next on our visit to rapid city, we take you to the south dakota air and space is he him and hear about the role of ellsworth air force base during the cold war. >> welcome to the south dakota air and space museum. people think about south dakota, they don't always think about a great aviation state, but we have a huge aviation heritage in this state. over the years, we have played a huge part in our national defense. ellsworth air force base began in world war ii. its purpose in world war ii was to train bomber crew specifically, b-17 crew. if you are going to learn to navigate a world war ii bomber over long di

riders say the skyliner gondolas stopped abruptly, leaving them dangling diseases of people in the air car system was just launched last week stranded guests were rescued by firefighters who lifted them from the gondolas to the ground. no one was hurt. disney officials said in a statement that one of the new cable car system routes experienced an unexpected downtime >>> priests, prayers and puppies? pet owners in the philippines brought their furry friends to church this sunday for the annual blessings of animals in honor of the patron saint of animals. dog, cats, even turtles joined their owners for mass. the ceremony takes place every year on the first sunday of october. >> a lot more than crying babies that you'll hear like occasional bark or two. >>> thousands of people gathered in new mexico to see a balloon-filled sky this year marks the 48th balloon fiesta that's where hundreds of balloons took off from the 365 acre park.e first fiesta dates o 1972 with just 13 balloons it's now grown into this nine-day event featuring over 500 balloons, music, food, everything else that makes i

three hours up there. >> the gondola seems too complicated by half -- let's improvise. >> three hours>> disney will make it right. >> i'm sure they will. >> they say -- everybody free passes. >>> this story is mind-boggling. passengers on a delta airlines flight in orlando got stuck in a different way. e problem there -- a fellow passenger who refused to move from her seat. delta says a woman was able to board the plane without a ticket on saturday. another passenger said the woman was in her assigned seat, so she called the flight attendant over. the woman in the seat said she threw her ticket away and did not have identification. she was reportedly cursing when police removed her. delta apologized for the three-hour delay and explained that everyone on board had to be rescreened. luggage, too. the tsa says the woman without a ticket did go through security. >> how was she able to do that? >> how did she get through security? >> it's not clear yet. >> there are so many questions here and they're all really alarming. >> when she said, can we see the photo id, she showed them a picture

are replacing the old lifts with gondolas. jason: and it is big. chris: it is really big.ly connecting more mountains with gondolas and stuff so you can connect to other resorts, too. jason: it says the interconnected ski area, ultimately 180 kilometers, and 33 lifts. that is two more than vale. chris: don't tell vale. carol: and cool hotels and places to stay? chris: there is a small chain that is quite big and glamorous and new, but there are some old ones, like the hotel sonne, which have been around forever. even though the cheti is the new thing, all the hotels are pretty psyched because more people are coming. jason: we should point out, not all the locals are thrilled, it sounds like, because this was one of those throwback places, well hidden, secret gem for the locals who knew it, now it is all commercial. chris: that is the story of a lot of these ski resorts. like whistler, everyone is worried it is going corporate as . as they get bigger, it is good for the businesses, but it loses some of the character. carol: speaking of characters, the puffer coat getting a

. >> he is kind of sandbag to my gondola but i'm still soaring is what he's saying. >> invents, fact,already prepared for me. dennis prager was a sandbag to adams gondola. >> you know, this is a bipartisan picture and i've showed it to crowds and my fans and other people's fans and its equally balanced. there are voices on the right and voices on the left and they all agree on one thing which is the voice, we want our voices intact. >> this, by the way, is part of my thesis. this film proves the thesis of mine. there is a world of moral difference between left and liberal. we have a lot of liberals who are very worried about the suppression of free speech. it's one of the dividing lines along with race, this free-speech issue should be one of the great reasons why liberals are worried about the left. >> tucker: that's right. and we interviewed decent people on the left all the time. they are every bit as exercised as anyone i know who works here. are there comedians, do you think, apart from dave chapelle, like you were the people who are going to be leading the renaissance of free sp

. >> he's kind of a sandbag to my gondola. soaring is what he's saying. >> it's already prepared as an appetite for me, dennis prager was a sandbag to adam corolla's gondola. >> my beautiful balloon. the thing -- this is a bipartisan -- this is a bipartisan picture and i've shown it to crowds and my fans and otherwd people's fans and is equally balanced. their voices on the right, voices on the left, and they all agree on one thing, which is their voice, it's called voices on the right, voices on the left, we want our voices intact. >> this, by the way, is part of my thesis. this film proves the thesis of mine. there is a world of moral difference between left and liberal. we have a lot of liberals who are very worried about the suppression of free speech. it's a -- it's one of the dividing lines along with race, a leftist believe in black dorms, liberals do not believe in all-black dorms. this free-speech issue should be one of the great reasons why liberals are worried about the left. >> tucker: that's right.be we interview

the gondola had opened last week and takes visitors from disney hotels to the theme park. >>> southern california edwhat caused a utility pole explosion during an explosion in california at huntington peach. the transformer exploded in an underground electrical vault and two firefighters along with two others were hurt. >>> the time is 4:41 and fleet week is well under way. we show you where you need to be to enjoy the events. >>> an unusual substance in san jose. coming up, the owner said they were snakes that were snatched. >>> the morning commute so far is mostly good except for a problem in the central valley and for the most part, this is a look at 80 and it looks pretty good. >>> are weather looks pretty good, warm with high fire danger. not as bad as yesterday but temps will be up there. we will take a look. >>> it's 4:44 and you are looking live at pictures in hong kong. for the fourth straight day, demonstrators are defying a ban on facemasks and we are alongside the riot police confronting the protesters. all this is a bid for the pro- democracy lawmakers to suspend the mass

a gondola basket caught fire and slammed to the ground injuring the pilot and a passenger.pened at the albuquerque balloon fiesta. witnesses say the balloon hit power lines before catching fire. >> it came down over here, had dragged, at some point caught on fire. that propane came out over here, and that was on fire when i got here and the balloon continued up over this way towards the power lines and i guess it almost hit them but didn't quite. >> that wasn't the only incident at the fiesta. another balloon hit some power lines causing an outage and another balloon crashed into a tree on a golf course. >>> in sports the yankees have advanced to the next round of the playoffs after sweeping the twins. gleyber torres was the star night with a solo home run and two other hits. new york will play either houston or tampa bay next. >>> meanwhile, the washington nationals have kept their hopes alive by beating the dodgers last night. both playoff series in the national league will be decided tomorrow night. >>> it was a blow-out on monday night football. san francisco beat cleve

and with only local people riding a few of the gondolas many boat men are fishing to pass the time and catch a meal just before the restrictions earlier this month the government order tourists to leave the area taking with them one vital piece of the region's economy but it's not the 1st time kashmiris have suffered from work and businesses being shut down has it do. we know but. ah ball and he gone they have abundant that work they know their duties and uproot season everything is at stake but they know that existence their culture. state. doesn't know if he'll be allowed to transport his crop to market or find enough trucks to do so but he'll continue tending his fields because for many here culture and pride are more important than business and money. now is the only european union country to share a land border with the u.k. the deadlock over the irish border has held up a break that deal between brussels and blunden a hard break would be detrimental to our lands farmers who export most of their produce and as the capital makes preparations for breaks at the influx of big business

a >> after just a few days of operation, a gondola system is closed, because of a malfunction that strandeds for hours. the sky lanier is an aerial shuttle system taking guests from hollywood studios and other resorts. and stra. sney thou will remain closed as they investigate what calls an unexpected downtime. >>> coming up in our next half- hour, the exposing concerns over the company that is about to run several navigation centers for the homeless. >> plus an opening day bust for one of the biggest balloon festivals in the word. why things never got ave the ground in albuquerque. >>> you can watch our project home reports on kpix.com. if you have any idea for a story,way would love to hear it. you can send tips@project home@cbs.com. welcome to the carnival 30 minute tour. hey, shaq. it's a 30 second tour. no man it's like... welcome aboard. ocean! skyride. relax! relax! relax! you take this man to be your husband? i do. married. no time for basketball. pool. carnival. choose fun. homeless. >> the same company has had serious violations at local drug and alcohol treatment facilities. [cro

the cause is not clear but the skyline or gondolas opened to visitors last week and takes visitors fromels to the theme park. >>> california edison crews are working to find out what caused an explosion during an oktoberfest celebration in huntington beach on saturday night. a transformer exploded and two people and two firefighters were hurt. >>> a ride at the arizona fair broke down on opening day and left riders stranded in midair. >> what is going on? >> the tangle ride malfunction caused the computers to engage and stop the normal operation. a spokesperson said that a momentary loss of power will activate the program. the riders were stuck in midair. >> the ride was stopped and the music stopped. i started panicking. >> i was upside down and then i started going back and forth. >> my head started hurting and i started blacking out here and there. >> the ride will be inspected and is now operational. >>> the bluegrass festival at golden gate park is over 42019. this year there was an added security following the recent mass shootings and organizers said there were no significant iss

the cause of the incident, we still don't know and the skyline or air gondola opened to visitors last week and they take visitors from disney hotels to the theme park. >>> southern california edison crews are trying to figure out why a utility pole exploded during oktoberfest in huntington beach. it happened saturday night and a transformer exploded with the underground electrical vault exploding and two hurt. >>> the apple iphone 11 is more popular than expected. increased production is being ramped up. at the 11 and the 11 pro are getting a lot of customers and many think the lower price is a factor. when the iphone x was released, it was almost $1000 and the iphone 11 is $700. >>> grape growers in their fruit will be turned into wine because of a slowdown in wine sales and the abundant grape crop last year. the harvest was the largest in 20 years. some growers don't have buyers for all the grapes this year. >>> it's 6:48 and a popular maker of scotch whiskey is letting drinkers enjoy a shot without the glass. the information was released on twitter with a video of a new capsule tha

hours on the new disney skyline or on saturday and the cause is not clear but the skyline or air gondolad to visitors last week to be taken from disney hotels to the theme park. >>> southern california crews are working to figure out what caused an explosion during an oktoberfest celebration in southern california at huntington beach on saturday night. the transformer exploded in an underground electrical vault. two people in twhurt. >>> it's fleet week and it's well under way and still ahead, we show you where you need to be today to enjoy the first events. >>> an unusual duffel bag in downtown jose. crooks that stole it may not have been aware what was inside. >>> right now, a good time to go. looking good west to san rafael. >>> starting off with high clouds. another warm day with temperatures topping out today. we will take a look. >>> welcome back to mornings on 2 and san francisco fleet week is under way with concepts, artwork and of course, the air show. cristina rendon joins us from san francisco, taking us behind the scenes. >> reporter: good morning. we are live from pier 27 th

video phones rolling on this frightening scene, a hot air balloon's gondola erupting in flames as another fire burns on the ground. the pilot and passenger rushed to the hospital and treated for injuries. >> any incident like this is a little bit nerve-racking for everyone involved. >> reporter: but this wasn't the only incident. authorities also rushing to help the passengers on this balloon after it goes flying into the cable lot and not far from there a balloon crashed into a tree on a golf course and is ripped apart. so what precautions are officials taking to make sure the rest of the event which lasts until sunday is smooth sailing? it's all coming up at 7:00 a.m. with your "gma first look" abc news, new york. >> it's good when it's good. >> and real bad when it isn't. >> i'm just glad they're okay. >>> we were talking about this a minute ago. instagram has had this feature for a long time where can you see what your friends are liking -- >> and following. >> that stalker feature is about to go away. >> thank goodness. >>> well, a pretty nice loft is for sale, but it's for less than

gallies and gondolas. these are basically floating that forms for cannons. he has put this fleet together in record time. gates is his boss in all of this. arnold is sent up there with a fleet. the british now have new york. now there is a british general leading this vast armada down lake champlain. they have three masted ships. they have schooners. thousands of soldiers. they have more than 20 gun boats and they are all headed in arnold's direction. it is october. it is so cold they can see snow in the adirondack mountains on one side. the green mountains on the other. they are up there all alone. t is only a schooner that goes back and forth, a hundred miles down lake champlain. that is their only connection to fort ticonderoga. he is up there waiting. he knows that it will be a northerly breeze that blows the british down lake champlain. he comes up with a brilliant lan. i did not know benedict arnold was a mariner. this was a wonderful surprise. what made it more special, guess where i learned how to sail? lake champlain. [laughter] little did i know th

decided to go to venice last night don't worry, it's a business trip he's wrapping burritos on a gondolaer ] and then, yesterday, we found out what that trip was all about. trump also asked italy to help him dig up dirt on the mueller investigation, and he sent barr to italy as part of that mission. >> attorney general william barr traveled overseas to personally investigate the origins of the russia investigation into the 2016 trump campaign. abc news confirms barr met with senior italian intelligence officials last week in italy and the president followed through on a request from barr to call australia's prime minister on his behalf the investigation into the origins of the russia probe follows repeated and unproven claims by the trump administration that president trump was the target of a witch hunt >> seth: trump sent his attorney general to italy to try to prove his insane conspiracy theory that the russia investigation was a deep state witch hunt concocted by the democrats trump watches so much tv now he's just getting his ideas from "the da vinci code." [ light laughter ] "go in

we are geniuses jobless cars are coming, many of them brands like google and others are pursuing gondolas cars it's part of the same at campaign there in pursuing travelers flying saucers they are not pursuing this is what i want. puppy in the back. groceries, moment we'll nice steering wheel it's a flying saucer. that i want. they are two flying saucer families. this is what electricity will bring you. this is utter science fiction. this i think 50, eight is science fact. there it is. 1958. our see, a cutting edge of electronics, between sisters all that good stuff. they are test driving those. cars cars. you see the guy on your ride, he's not sitting at the steering wheel in fact there was no steering wheel there is a joystick. i'm pretty sure that's an impala 58. thank you. i was hoping it would be somebody here. don't get me started on mustang because they are terrible. driver's car. it actually works. i'm gonna show you first i'm going to tell you why not? why wouldn't gm pursue this? gm in 1950 it was the most profitable largest company in the country company in the country. also, t

. >>> riders stranded in the air for hours after a gondola loses power at disney world.ys the ride will be closed for after investigation. no one was hurt. >>> a passenger taken off of a delta flight after boarding without a ticket. tsa agents surroundin surroundie where the woman was escorted off of the atlanta bound plane. when they asked for her boarding pass and id she didn't have them. officials are investigating how she was able to get past security in the first place. >> another reason not to go to disney too. >>> a teacher has been reassigned at a florida middle school after a quiz question describes premp as a quote ind yot. >> the quiz going viral after one outraged parent took a photoof this and tweeted it. see word idiot at the end of the president's multiple choice answer. not having it. >> that father joins us now. welcome to the show. >> good morning. >> so how did you discover this on the quiz? did you find it yourself? >> well actually my daughter pointed out to me on her way home from school one afternoon and when he go we got back froms she was doing h

a hot air balloon's gondola erupting in flames as another fire burns on the ground, the pilot and passengeres. >> any incident like this is a little bit nerve-racking for everyone involved. >> reporter: but this wasn't the only incident. authorities also rushing to help the passengers on this balloon after it goes flying into the cable line and not far from there, a balloon crashed into a tree on a golf course and is ripped apart. every year thousands of people gather to take part in a nine-day celebration in albuquerque. the main event showcasing hundreds of balloons filling the sky. and while most events go off without a hitch, onlookers capturing this video as a hot air balloon starts flying into trees. a rough landing for those passengers but incredibly no one was hurt. and we don't know just yet what caused all of these hot air balloon accidents. authorities there are still investigating this morning but, again, everyone survived and those injured are recovering this morning. >> thank goodness for that. all right, gio, thank you. >>> coming up, we're taking you live to one of the most

the second man got stuck in the gondola itself. the first man -- we don't who was first and who was second and who was third. but the first man got out. he had to kick the second man out of the gondola to get in him free. major kepner, who we know was actually last, he got out of the gondola at about 500 feet above the ground. so, the second flight happened in 1935. the national geographic and u.s. army air corps did change how the balloon was created. what they did was they actually used helium instead of hydrogen. and that allowed the balloon to not ignite, which is fabulous for the people in the gondola. two of the men came back, that was orval anderson and albert stevens. they did both come back for the second flight. they hit 72,395 feet. they took measurements about the stratosphere and cosmic radiation and anything they could possibly measure they attempted to while they were up in the gondola. and they took an image of the curvature of the earth, which had never been done. they were recognized for their efforts. they were g

to get him free and the major was last, he ended up getting out of the gondola at 500 feet above the ground, so the second fight happened in 1935, the national geographic and u.s. army air corps did change how the balloon was created, so what they did is they used helium and set of hydrogen and that allowed the balloon to not ignite, which was fabulous for the people in the gondola, two of them and came back and that was or will anderson and albert stephens, they did both come back for the second flight and they hit a high of 72,395 feet, they took measurements about the stratosphere and cosmic radiation and about anything they could possibly measure, they attempted to wall they were up in the gondola, they took an image of the curvature of the earth which was never done, they were recognized for their efforts, they were given medals by fdr and uses his success, and all around success, what makes it even better for rapid city is that it happened in the black hills, it was here, who was a local so it was just a great community involved, a great piece of history. next on american histo