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you so much for all you do. >> thank you. >> just amazing story and heroic effort by captain brad hawthornend the rest of the houston fire department. the work the firefighters do is extraordinary. from that rescue in texas, the firefighters working the scene of a devastating landslide in washington state, risking their lives to save others. we think about them tonight. some breaking news out of boston today. at least two firefighters died. 13 others were injured in a fast-moving nine-alarm fire west of downtown. as of now, we don't know what caused that fire. our hearts go out to the boston firefighters. we'll be right back. at&t's new pricing for families you get 4 lines on at&t's network... including unlimited talk unlimited text ...and 10 gigs of data to share. 10 gigs? 10 gigs. all for $160 dollars a month. you know, i think our family really needed this. it's really gonna bring us closer together. yep. yep. yep. yep. yep. yep. introducing our best-ever family pricing for instance, a family of four gets 10 gigs of data with unlimited talk and text for 160 dollars a month. only from at&

houston fire department senior captain brad hawthorne., great to speak with you today. >> you, too. >>> we're looking at this amazing video and watching this construction worker literally hanging on this ledge. at one point he slips off down to the next level. where were you at this point in time. >> when we first arrived they told under the circumstances three workers on the roof. we sent the ladder to the roof. when we got to the roof we could see nobody was there and we saw the gentleman come out of the doors and we lowered the ladder down to him to pick him up. >> when you were trying to get there -- we just saw him jump down to the next level. help us understand how difficult it was. incredibly hot. you see the roof cave right after you get him. what were the circumstances trying to get to him? >> the heat was -- i was in full bunker gear, the heat was very hot. you're trying to get to him and the ladder truck will only go so fast. we were trying to get to him before he jumped or before he had to jump. >> what would have happened, ca

you so much for all you do. >> thank you. >> just amazing story and heroic effort by captain brad hawthorne and the rest of the houston fire department. the work the firefighters do is extraordinary. from that rescue in texas, the firefighters working the scene of a devastating land slide in washington state, risking their lives to save others. we think about them tonight. some breaking news out of boston today. at least two firefighters died. 13 others were injured in a fast-moving nine-alarm fire west of downtown. as of now, we don't know what caused that fire. our hearts go out to the boston firefighters. we'll be right back. [ female announcer ] research suggests cell health plays a key role throughout our lives. one a day women's 50+ is a complete multivitamin designed for women's health concerns as we age. with 7 antioxidants to support cell health. one a day women's 50+. before those little pieces would get in between my dentures and my gum and it was uncomfortable. [ male announcer ] just a few dabs is clinically proven to seal out more food particles. [ corrine ] super poligrip is

firefighter on the end of that lard and helped rest cute construction worker, senior captain brad hawthorneepartment. he joins me tonight. >> captain, this rescue is extraordinary. when the video starts, how long had the fire been going on about at that point? >> not long. we pulled up and there wasn't much fire but it moved through the entire building in a couple of minutes. >> it moved that fast. >> it moved extremely fast. faeft-mo fastest-moving fire i've ever ben to. >> when you arrived on the scene were you immediately aware this construction worker was trapped up there? >> we had reports. our chief told us to go to the north side of the building, there was three men trapped on the roof. so we got there, positioned the ladder truck, and got the ladder set up to the roof when we started noticing we had a small amount of fire on the left side, climbed about halfway up the ladder i noticed the whole attic roof was on fire. then just seconds later by the time i get to the top of the ladder the entire roof was completely involved in fire. >> was it moving that fast because of the winds? wh

>> reporter: firefighter ralph hawthorn is on a ladder that inches closer, but it's not close enough. >> they need to move that truck up. oh, my god. >> he had to make a leap. so he jumped and grabbed on. i said hang on. >> oh, thank jesus. thank you, god. >> reporter: reissig is safe at last and not a moment too soon. >> i was completely amazed it had grown that fast and that far out and where i was. >> reporter: caught on video, desperate moments and an extraordinary rescue. janet shamlian, nbc news, houston. >> all in a day's work. >>> up next tonight, an fbi sting, envelopes full of cash, and now a big city mayor is in big trouble with the feds. >>> there's been a new proposal for securing our airports. by one way of looking at it, it will mean putting more guns in our airports. the tsa is asking for an increased police presence at certain checkpoints and counters following the fatal attack at l.a.x. last year in which a tsa officer was killing, three others wounded. this calls for cops at high-traffic points in some airports and during peak hours mostly. >>> the beautiful city of

the thirty five year old has forced all of the west with lenders by declaring he will leave the hawthorns. kelly responded by saying that in his use of the canal gestures in his decision to release a statement on his twitter page demonstrated through his conduct and accused him of being highly unprofessional albion also says that the manner in which he terminated his contract is not comply with the correct legal process giving them the right to keep me fourteen days' notice of termination is required under his contract. it is understood that the fa will contact the world governing body the fed to request that the five match ban is carried out by whichever club he chooses to join next. the fa will also ensure that an open completion education course before being allowed to play anywhere in the world. it is really telling if cheney and his compatriots audi tt gay won the men's and women's health mountain races through the streets of new york city at the weekend. she races began to get it from central park with a large group of runners in the morning star's main conditions will cross the rai

so far la still hasn't officially recognize the new hawthorn east india after violent way they came to power that awful sold throw the russian foreign minister was close to personally meet with us after states. i john kerry in moscow but according to mr lavrov has to carry canceled his visit. i just of this saturday also other four minutes added that russia has prepared its proposal on ways of resolving the current situation in ukraine which is based on its earnings within the framework of international law. it also said that it should be accepted by all groups also ukrainian society. that was our teens in corpus cannot be the middle gave the go ahead today for a common sense planes to fly around poland and romania has borders with ukraine. this as people was in ukraine in to find out about their own future the band brings us this report from the ground in ukraine. will we see right now we don't yet is there on a group of riot police outside of the local government headquarters is that by rotating the entrances to those records is a mrs after that we sold large groups of people demonst

senior captain hawthorne was on the ladder to catch him. >> just trying to get to him and then, you know want him to jump too soon, but he waited good. he waited until we got the ladder truck close enough. >> but they're not out of danger as the ladder is moving away. >> oh, my god. >> the fiery roof collapses and falls to earth, embers flying in every direction. the worker escaping once again. >> he just said, thank you, jesus. yeah, he was just ecstatic. >> amazingly in the end no one was hurt, but the $50 million apartment complex was set to open in june and now is nothing but rubble. >>> some heartbreaking news this morning. a young navy football player who collapsed last saturday at practice has died. 19-year-old william mckamey was in a coma when he died last night. he had been hospitalized since the weekend. mckamey's family says he did not sustain any extreme contact in saturday's practice. he had suffered a head injury during his senior year of high school. >>> a dramatic crash in connecticut after an all-out -- out-of-control, that is, car flies off an exit ramp. take a look. s

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quote, basically all of the folks who people like hawthorne and hay who admired hawthorne despised. but he enjoyed being the object of their glares. in his first few weeks in washington one of his classmates from brown, frederick mitchell, happened across john hay as the willard hotel where hay was leaning casually against the cigar stand taking in the scene but when mitchell asked him how he was enjoying himself, and congratulated him on his opponent, hay replied, yes, i am keeper of the president's conscience. so that was john hay. john george neglect to win by george councils not to confuse the two, george was only slightly less insufferable. around the same time he informed his fiancÉe that quote in my position i necessarily hear something new almost every day that would certainly be of infinite interest to someone and sometimes to another. but it's my duty to say nothing, so i won't. if you have to impress your fiancÉe with her job at the white house, and i think you're probably still a little green. to one supplicant who saw just a few minutes of lincoln stein, nicolay replied

she attended the school in the late 30's and early 40's, which was then known as hawthorne elementarye later returned and became a bilingual teacher's aide and the cafeteria supervisor. at 80 year's old she still spends every day at the school. mainly as a kindergarten assistant. the school's cafeteria will be renamed in her honor. >> and today's date is causalso today, state republicans will be in san francisco today for the spring convention. republican national committee chairman reince priebus was speaking at a dinner banquet tonight at 7:00 p.m.. the >> and today's the day it is costis cause for celebration in the math world. today is pi day.recognizing the mathematical constant 3.14.the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. students at many bay area schools will attempt to memorize the full digits of pi. the exploratorium will offer free admission with special pi events starting at 1. >> >> mcdonald's workers have filed seven class action lawsuits over alleged wage deft violations. the suits allege that mcdonald's has forced employees to work off the clock, not paid

it was really hot. >> now one floor down he still had to wait for the ladder and captain hawthorne to he finally made it onto that ladder, onto safety and you're grabbing ahold of him, did he say anything. >> we kind of sit there and as the ladder starting to move away from the building we slapped each others hands,ed, and he said, thank you, jesus. >> reporter: seconds later the building collapsed behind them. >> you could hear the big snap, crack as it's falling and seconds later you feel the heat kind of a push of heat the radiant heat comes out. >> how close did that flaming debris come to you? >> it seemed within ten feet. >> they were lowered to safety. on the ground a brief thank-you and both men parted ways. >> it makes you appreciate life your family your kids friends coworkers, it gives you a little perspective, you know. it makes you takethe fire was sparked by a welder's torch. charlie, clarissa, gayle? >> that is one very lucky man. that video is just -- i'm biting my nails every time even though i know it ended well. >> that's why you have to love firefighters, the only

it was then that fire captain brad hawthorne swings in on his ladder. >> he was supercalm. calm and cool. >> reporter: the ladder was about two feet short of the patio, so, curtis had to jump again. >> jump for it. >> he needs to hang on. i am. let's go. go, go, go. >> reporter: they went. and within seconds, the moment that would put everyone in danger. [ screaming ] >> reporter: tonight, reissig called that firefighter the real hero. >> thank to god and the firefighters, here he is. >> reporter: alive and going back to work. gio benitez, abc news, new york. >>> more dramatic video i want to share with you. it's going viral. surveillance cameras show two people running away when a subway plowed its way up an escalator in chicago. more than 30 people went to the hospital after monday's mishap at o'hare international airport. the train's operate e told them she dozed off. she admitted to falling asleep on the job last month, as well. >>> the transportation security administration is recommending armed law enforcement officers be present at airport security checkpoints during

hawthorne scholastic academy is in the low 20s. harvard illinois reading at 15. sugar growth is at 12. looking at the satellite's radar, we have dry conditions. to the northwest we have a line moving into the region today costs will increase and we are expecting a light rain and snow. it will be a winter mix changing this note tomorrow morning. not a heavy hit. 43 degrees today. tomorrow we'll take 32. sunday those clocks move forward we are up to 39. we nearly make 50 on monday. >> coming up ... we'll tell you one woman's winning strategy to landing a multi-million dollar fortune. plus -- the latest developments in the "up-skirting" debate in massachusetts, after a controversial ruling. a 64-year-old man reportedly fell out of a roller coaster at mount olympus resort in wisconsin. it happened just after 5-30 thursday evening. employees at the resort say the man fell some 20 feet from the roller coaster and landed on the floor. he was reportedly breathing but not moving when an ambulance arrived to transport him to a hospital. no word on his condition. a serial c

hawthorne's classic academy reading at 22. sublet rid our composite shows we are dry. not expecting much snow until later today. but snow will be on the way. 32 degrees is our temperature by 5:00 p.m.. we're way colder than normal. only about 33. typically we should be at 50. very light snow tonight. down to 19 overnight. we will be called tomorrow. wednesday will make 36. friday we're up to 45 degrees. >> a quick update. we're still dealing with heavy congestion along the jane addams. this stretch has been bad for the last half an hour. but it seems to be easing up. from barrington to roselle two lanes taken out. there in the process of picking that up. seeing some relief it was slow all morning. the big story this morning in terms of transportation is the blue line. it suspended because of the traitrain derailment. extensive damage to the rail line they are doing shuttle buses between o'hare and rosemont. right now between rosemont and logan's where no train. and western and forced park no trains. you have to factor in extra time with those shuttle buses picking up t

where is hawthorne, florida? what are your thoughts on election 2014, terry?ler: i was thinking about the -- raising the minimum wage. i want to know how many people really think they are going to get that extra three dollars an hour because the taxes from all the way from the city, all the way to the county to the national, state, everywhere is going up. the price of everything is going up, and it is going to take the three dollars just to break even. i would like to comment on that. thank you. guest: sure. hawthorne, florida, i believe is in the third congressional district of florida in the north central part of the state. congressman ted yoho is a republican freshmen who won a really fascinating race in 2012 against cliff stearns, who had been in congress since the 1980's. he was a chairman in the house. he had lenny of money in the bank. yet the ted yoho was able to leverage both the redistricting that offer the shape of the enorityt and stearns' s in congress. he knew ran a very memorable ads and see if they animal veterinarian that per trade at a trot.

s there was a famous study many years ago called the hawthorne study. not to get into the wonkyness of the study, when people feel a connection or they are relevant, productivity increases. that is what companies aren't doing a great job at. i'm around fox news all the time. everybody there has some sort of connection to that company. they feel a motivation. they love working there for the most part. because of that, that's why productivity is good. you have the greatest cable channel, but putting that aside, you need to have a connection. always a connection. >> thank you very much. goes a long way to pat someone on the back. >>> to some health news now. if you suffer from lower back pain, it turns out one in ten of us worldwide do suffer from a back condition. is there anything you can do about it besides popping those pills? drfrm m alternatives next. this is for you. ♪ [ male announcer ] bob's heart attack didn't come with a warning. today his doctor has him on a bayer aspirin regimen to help reduce the risk of another one. if you've had a heart att

at hawthorne scholastic academy is 31. satellite and radar composite shows no rain or snow we do have rain coming tonight as a system comes in from the south and west. enjoy today in the '50s. son mixes with clouds. clouds increase today. rain arrives tonight. potential for a thunderstorm tonight as the front moves through. getting up to our morning we will have a change over from rain to snow. tonight slow down to 38 degrees. not much of a drop. it is really a yo-yo factor for the next few days. 41 degrees tomorrow. 45 thursday. 50 friday that's the first full day of spring. and over the weekend we cooled down. >> just got word of a serious accident. several cars piled up on west bound indiana toll road at climb. everything shut down no one is getting by. no word on injuries. it's fairly new it just popped up. all traffic not getting through west bound on the toll road at klein due to a multi the vehicle pileup. more information on this coming up. >> were at the albany candy factory in northwest indiana. >> we are back he

it was then that fire captain brad hawthorne swings in on his ladder. >> he was super calm. calm and cool. >> reporter: the ladder was about two feet short of the patio so kurtis had to jump again. >> yes, oh, thank you, jesus. thank you, god. >> i said, hang on, hang on. i said, i am, go, go, go. >> reporter: they went and within a second, the moment that would put everyone in dapger. danger. for he and his wife called that firefighter the real hero. >> thanks to god and firefighters, here he is. >> reporter: alive and going right back to work. gio benitez, abc news, new york. >> is that just stunning? >> it was stunning before the building collapsed. my goodness. brave all around. all of them. >> yeah. and that is one cool cowboy, man. did you see him? >> that's great. oh, yeah, wow. >>> coming up, you've heard pocket dialing. how about paw dialing? >> the 911 operator who answered a call with a puppy on the other line. >>> and why would anyone gargle with cooking oil? what this strange new health craze is all about. diana does it, by the way. you're watching "world news n

he's here this morning with firefighters brad hawthorne and dwayne wyble.ow close you came? >> i saw the flames coming from the front side of the building but i didn't realize it had reached to that magnitude around the back side and the corner. basically i was on the last corner of the building that didn't burn. >> you're a supervisor. little did you know how fast it was moving. at what point did you realize i'm trapped, there's no way out? >> actually, i got up there with a fire extinguisher and tried to slow it down for them to get there and it was pretty well contained. it want spreading at that point and i went down actually below and looked and it want spreading and i -- my boss actually called me, david harrison called me and said where are you at? i said i'm up here. he said you need to get down now. that's when i saw the smoke that had it started to spread and from there i knew i was in trouble, want going to be easy to get out. >> you found the balcony and then there's that moment you swing to the fourth floor. what's going through your mind or is

senior fire captain hawthorne on that ladder. >> just trying to get to him, and then, you know, you try want him to jump too soon, but he waited. it was good, he waited until we got the ladder truck close enough. >> reporter: one final reach. >> oh, thank jesus. thank god. >> reporter: the worker in the clear, the ladder way from the burning construction site. >> he said, thank you jesus. he was just ecstatic. >> reporter: and next how close he came to a fiery collapse. >> oh! oh, no! >> reporter: the final cli mass, the relief for a construction worker in a hero's arms. >> i hope wherever he is he's thanking god he made it there and he's home with his family now. >> reporter: that construction worker was treated and released on the scene. i had a chance to speak with his wife. she said he's doing okay and he said he hopes to reconnect with that brave firefighter who saved her husband's life. abc news. >> just stunning video. >> the expression close call doesn't get much closer than that. >> there were 90 construction workers in the building when the fire started so it's really incredib

directors and all of the competition's -- politicians. , basically all of the folks to people like hawthorne and hay to spiced. in his first few weeks in washington in happened across. taking in the scene. when mitchell asked him how he was enjoying himself and congratulated him? hay replied, yes, and keeper of the president's conscience. john george hay, only slightly less insufferable around the same time he informed his fiancee that in my position i necessarily hear something new almost every day that would certainly be of infinite interest as someone and sometimes. it's my duty to say nothing, so i won't. if you have to impress your fiancee with your job at the white house, i think you're still a little green. to one supplicant to stop a few minutes of this time nicolay replied, the president's task is not child's play. not hard to understand why many people viewed him as being a little to break -- big for their britches. this secretary has lost something of their use and they grew to become trusted and the president. midway through the war hay was commissioned to captain in the union ar

hawthorne, california. >> and now our experts, steven rattner, and zachary karabell. welcome to you both. start with you first. you worked hard to preserve manufacturing jobs on the auto task force, but you have written that we have to get real about the renaissance in american manufacturing. what do you mean? >> when i served on the auto task force, it was an eye opener for me. i had not spent a lot of time in the manufacturing sector. i saw a sector under enormous global pressure. we lost 6 million manufacturing jobs from 2000 to 2009. since 2009, when the recession ended, we have gained back fewer than 600,000. we have actually gained manufacturing jobs back at a slower rate than we have gained other jobs back in the economy. and the part besides the jobs that people don't pay enough attention to are wages. a lot of those jobs that are coming back are coming back at much lower wages than the jobs we have lost. in the auto manufacturing, $28 an hour in cash wages plus benefits. in chattanooga, where volkswagen has 2,000 new jobs, brought back those workers at $14.50

. >> reporter: the man was reportedly about to jump when captain hawthorne emerged on that ladder. that collapse, the final fiery obstacle the duo was escaping in the nick of time before both men made it to safety. it took 200 firefighters to contain the blaze, the cause still under investigation. incredibly, nobody was hurt. >> just amazing. this morning all the construction workers who went into that building are safe and accounted for. fire officials are looking into reports that flames started on a roof where welding was taking place but the investigation continues. >> in this job we see a lot of close calls. none closer than that. that's remarkable. >> thanks for bringing that. >> you get. >>> we're going to turn now to amy with a look at today's stop stories. >> we begin with the white house giving people more time to sign up for obamacare. anyone who begins an application before the march 31 deadline will now be allowed to finish it. the white house predicts a crush of applicants in the final hours could cause a computer traffic jam. a problem in space for an american astron

but then a savior through the flames, firefighter captain brad hawthorne arrives with his ladder, but it's two feet short of the balcony. >> i waved at him come on. >> curtis jumps. >> thank you, jesus. >> i tried to grab him best i could. >> reporter: but they're not out of danger yet. within seconds a wall of fire comes crashing down barely missing the two men. >> i've seen the video. i realize how lucky it was. how close it was. i didn't think it was that close when i was there. >> reporter: a close call that could have ended much worse. and it was so close that curtis did sustain some burns, but he is doing well this morning and, in fact, he is already back at work but it's unbelievable to see that wall just sort of coming down. >> we said it yesterday. you can't imagine a closer call. it's funny the step after step. >> his cool under pressure is remarkable. >> thank you, gio. >>> we turn to ginger with a first look at the weather and very curious site considering this is the state of california. >> correct. california and a tornado. this outside of sacramento, one of a few report