just ask jeff henry, he built it. >> it's the baddest thing ever built. >> reporter: baddest?d to the bone. >> reporter: it is called verruckt. that's german for crazy don't you know. it's got plenty of knees aknocking. >> wait a minute, those are my knees. >> reporter: the verruckt stands taller than niagara falls. before boarding one must trek the 264 steps to the top. it is 17 stories high. hitting speeds of up to 65 miles an hour. but first -- >> physical or mental damage -- >> reporter: i even wore a little heart monitor gizmo. then the mount everest like climb. piece of cake. as i velcro in for my maiden journey one hopes they have it right. on the heart monitor my terrified ticker peaked at 125 beats a minute and then it was over. 20 dramatic seconds. the reviews? >> the first drop was like really scary. >> i closed my eyes the whole time. >> reporter: watching from below, 7-year-old august morgan scott. he was a tad too young. but wise for his age. are you going to go on that water slide? >> no. >> reporter: why not? >> it's too scary. >> reporter: but not too scary fo

the co-owner jeff henry is an eccentric wizard of the wet. john some times an idiot. >> reporter: and maybe just a little mad. truth is the water slide was so fast they had to slow it down to a zippy 45 miles an hour. hen reap was involved in every aspect from the design to the construction to yes, the testing, or crash testing. henry first built an 80-foot mockup in texas earlier this year. rafts launching into orbit again and again. but there are human crash test dummies. and henry is their chief. as challenging as the the ride is so was construction. like a lego set with pieces that had to fit with laser-like perfection. it didn't always happen. how much over budget and how late? >> we are way over budget. >> reporter: there is one more person about to get his waltter slide face on yet again. whoo. >> better him than me. thank you for watching abc news. "world news now" with overnight breaking new.

. >> jeff henry, has compared this experience, of riding with the attraction, to jumping off the empirethis. it is crazy. >> would you do it? >> i don't think so. >> no? >> listen to this. >> why not? >> riders go down on a raft at up to 70 miles per hour. that is fast! >> so you're strapped in, there flight. >> yes. the slide goes down this giant drop. then riders travel over a five story bump before reaching the end. >> so probably have to go over that bump just to slow downey would guess. >> not like he has helmet on or anything? >> silver person ride or dude behind him? >> there is cents someone behind him. oh, yep, there you saw the guy. >>> so -- >> i would do it. >> would you? >> yes, but i am casino of weird about stuff like. that will i do almost anything once. >> i like stuff like that. 70 miles an hour? it is like jumping offer the empire state building. >> intense. >> you need a drink after that one. >>> all right, drivers in wisconsin, experiencing some slow moving hazards, look at these little guys. >> going from really fast to really slow, yes. several turtles apparently

jeff henry, good luck. >> come out to kansas and enjoy it. >> you first, though. >> he is terrified butowner. >>> here is what is coming up. back to talk about what is going on in california where people are furious as they fight to block the bus led loads of immigrants coming in. this battle is getting ugly. we will be right back. when salesman alan ames books his room at laquinta.com, he gets a ready for you alert the second his room is ready. so he knows exactly when he can check in and power up before his big meeting. and when alan gets all powered up, ya know what happens? i think the numbers speak for themselves. i'm sold! he's a selling machine! put it there. and there, and there, and there. la quinta inns & suites is ready for you, so you'll be ready for business. the ready for you alert, only at laquinta.com! la quinta! bill: i would drive. i would drive. i would ride down that. martha: you would? bill. would you? martha: i think so. that guy sounded pretty scared. bill: good luck. martha: thanks everybody. "happening now" starts right now jenna: we start today with shocking ne

the slide's designer jeff henry joins us with the inside view on his invention. this is so cool.ride last? >> the ride is the tallest ride in the world. it's 170 feet tall. the drop is just almost straight down and then once you get to the bottom is goes back up and you go over a second hump. it's a new class of ride called a speed blaster. it takes 18 seconds and it's one scary ride. >> i would love to go on that. you go down you get stuck with water at the end and that's it, but in this one i read there's some sort of rocket propelling launch that takes you back up that hill. i initially thought things are going to go flying with that. was that a concern safetywise? >> no. we've been working on master blaster technology to blast people uphill for years. we built the first one in '94. this is unprecedented because we're using a new air nozzle that's like a blast of air hitting the water and blowing it out at high velocity. so we can blow you up a hill extremely fast and over the top and then down another side. so it's a new class of water roller coaster that's going to be built

oracles chairman jeff henry will join us to talk about it. along with dr. pepper's snapple cheese larry young, as well. the incoming ceo of taco bell, brian niccol. and michael groff will sxwroin us to talk about this big burnlth. >> the highlights are straight ahead. as we head to break, check out the futures this morning. off the lows, the dow would open lower by roughly 78 points. stick around. we'll be right back. ♪ during the cadillac summer's best event, lease this all new 2014 cts for around $459 a month or purchase with 0% apr and make this the summer of style. developers are all about speeds and feeds. it's all about latency. it's all about how fast does it run. i often sit with enterprises who ask me about how mission critical and how's the performance of the cloud. and i tell them, if you can make gamers happy, you can make anybody happy. speed is made with the ibm cloud. the ibm cloud is the cloud for business. >>> welcome back to "squawk box." take a look at u.s. equity futures at this hour. ahead of the open, we're still more than two hours ah

henry. long time no see. >> where did i go wrong? was i flirting with jess too much? >> they separated us. >> you can flirt with jeff and i anytime. >> i don't think so. >> nice to see you, henry. >> thanks. >> take care, jeff. >> team usa soccer. thanks for watching. hope you have a good night. >> hope to see you at 11:00 too, bye-bye. >>> j. lo's first interview since her break-up, taking on all the hookup rumors, now on "extra." >> is she or isn't she dating maks? jennifer lopez on the record about the men in her life. >> give me a break. just give me some time. >> "extra" breaks couples news today. brad and angelina's l.a. date night. khloe kardashian on her 30th birthday on a yacht. did he just put a ring on it? >>> dating after divorce. diggs and his new girlfriend going public at the b.e.t. awards. we're there with all the stars. >> extraordinary. >> chris rock roasting everyone. nikki menage revealing her near-death scare.

henry, thanks for stopping by. debating bezos for us. >> hi, jeff. >> business insider. >>> all right.e want to get a look at markets as wealtll. the dow retracing gains from earlier in the morning, up about 15 points right now, in the session. the s&p is still above that all-time intraday high. up just about 3 points today. the nasdaq for its part, 4478. that index up just about five points right now in the session. we have had a crush of earnings today. check out gilead, earnings fee, all-time high tracing back to its ipo in 1992. more than 20 years ago, the company had strong sales of its is a valuedy hepatitis c drug, given back gains throughout the session. look at that. rub hub up. up 5%. had been up as much as seven% earlier. saw diners double in the last quarter. under armour, strong quarter. different story for trip adviser and qualcomm, both missed last night on the revenue side and investors are punishing those stocks this morning. it's the second worst day on record for trip. that stock down 9%. carl? >> when we come back, ford's cfo on earnings records out this morning. th

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