. >> reporter: for jim richards, it's much the same. a battalion chief on 9/11. 30-year veteran of the new york city fire department. he was at home nearly ten years ago now on 9/11 when the phone rang. >> i knew my son was working. he was right down there. >> reporter: his 29-year-old son jimmy was also a firefighter. >> i asked a couple guys i knew. they said they seen my son go in the north tower. i figured right away he was gone. >> reporter: jimmy was gone. his father worked on the pile 12, sometimes 18 hours a day, looking for bodies. march 25th, six months after the towers fell, he was headed home for the day when a grim call pulled him back. jim's body had been found. >> they draped hip in the american flag, put him on a stretcher. my three other sons would followed in his footsteps, their hero was the hero before 9/11 and will be a hero forever. >> reporter: we met up with jim richards today at ground zero. >> the man who murdered my son who was responsible for it bragging about it, saying he was proud he did it, finally falsed justice. >> reporter: so i

jim richard lost his firefighters on and let the search and recovery team for eight months. >> he said what he was going to do, and i am glad he is. -- he did it. from one father to another, i will thank him. >> the somber tone will differ from the celebrations after people learned that the leader al qaida had been killed. chuck schumer says the death gives the city and the nation a boost in the war on care. >> we know we are going to win it. we feel good about that, but there is a hole in new york's heart. >> those a survive that day says it helps to heal the emotional scars. >> we've come full circle. the timing was impeccable. congratulations to president obama. >> you can catch president obama's visit to ground zero and the ceremony live at 1:30 p.m. right here, on wbal today. the foreign secretary of pakistan denies that his country had osama bin laden. in a news conference, he also implied that raids. out -- raids like the one against osama bin laden could violate international law. >> this is a false hypophysis. it is a false charge. it cannot be delegated and any account. there

it belonged to jim and stacey richards who are just now telling a harrowing tale of survival. jim was at work when the tornado struck. >> i started to come home. i got a text from my wife. the first couple were jibish, then one came through. >> then a desperate message from stacey. >> jim! >> there was this kind of pressure in my ears and the next thing i know dirt and grit and stuff was hitting me in the face. i realized that the roof was

. >> reporter: jim richards also met with the president today. he lost his firefighter son. as did they all. >> this is like a club that we didn't want to join, but we're in it. and somebody said the other night, like, we met the nicest people, but it was the worst way you want to meet them. we all lost a son, a daughter, a loved one. and you make good friends with this, but it's very difficult, and we all struggle each day and i think obama by hugging us, he was a father who told us, i have two daughters and i can't man how you would feel. >> reporter: how was their meeting with the president? what did you say to the president? >> i thanked him for having the courage to allow our military to do the job that needed to be done. >> people were able to identify with him. it was an honor for me. >> reporter: for rose mary, like the other families we talked to, the killing of bin laden provided a sense of justice. but not closure. it will never bring their loved ones back. >> when i see the firefighters, i always get a big hug. i love to go to the fire house, and i get a big hug

. >> jim richards has been with us a long time. his brother-in-law actually bought a spring green franchise in 1979. >> reporter: hofer ran spring green for more than 20 years before turning over the reins to his son ted last year. father and son know what it's like being a franchisee-- both have been there, done that. >> as a franchise owner you do everything, so when i was a franchise owner with spring green i got my hands dirty every day. >> reporter: tom hofer bought one of the first spring green franchises back in 1977. his college fraternity brother started the company. a decade later hofer became chairman and c.e.o. in 2002, then 26-year-old ted bought a ups store franchise. he sold it in 2005 to work for his father. the younger hofer says owning another franchise was a great spring board to spring green. >> it got me a lot closer on the day to day side of things. you know waking up each morning and realizing i got to focus on my business from the start of the day to the end of the day. >> reporter: in the years before ted b

this is where jim and stacey richards lived. stacey survived the tornado by hanging on to two dog crates as her home collapsed around and on top of her. >> that was scary, lying there screaming screaming screaming and it was horrible. >> reporter: they got their insurance settlement so they can rebuild. >>> meanwhile, st. john's medical center setup a temporary medical hospital across from the damaged campus. it is called st. john's mercy hospital. they started to see patients today and will continue to do so until a new hospital campus is built. >>> work on the eastbound bay bridge toll plaza have finished ahead of schedule. it shifts lanes to the right as you come off the bridge. it was expected to day three nights this weekend, it only took too. anne mackovic on how it went and what's next. >> reporter: as of 8:15 this morning this is the new view from the oakland driving east from san francisco r san francisco on the bay bridge. there is a asking to the right in the road way, a new set of lanes that moved traffic over so cre

it belonged to jim and stacey richards who are just now telling a harrowing tale of survival. rk when the tornado struck. >> i started to come home. i got a text from my wife. the first couple were jibish, then one came through. >> then a desperate message from stacey. >> jim! >> there was this kind of pressure in my ears and the next thing i know dirt and grit and stuff was hitting me in the face. i realized that the roof was coming off. >> she was in between those two kennels. >> yes, tried to have one hand on top of each, on on each. >> i could feel the dog's crate lifting up. i got on the floor and i was holding the dog crates and hi one other dog under my arm. and things started to land on me. and i actually did get trapped. i remember thinking the next thing thatten lads on me, i'm going to probably die. >> reporter: stacy was pinned for about 20 minutes, unable to contact her husband or son. >> my son texted me and said are you okay? it was the most awful thing? i couldn't tell him, no, i'm not. and that was awful. laying there, screaming and screaming and screaming. it

it belonged to jim and stacy richards who are just now telling a harrowing tale of survival. work when the tornado struck. >> i started to come home. i got a text from my wife. the first couple were gibberish and finally it came through saying help, roof snund then came a desperate voice mail from stacy. jim hasn't been able himself to listen to all of it until now. >> help! >> there was this kind of pressure in my ears. and the next thing i know is the dirt and grit and stuff was hitting me in the face. i realized that the roof was coming off. >> and she was in between those two kennels. >> these two kennels yes, trying to have one hand on top of each. one on each. >> i could feel the dog's crate lifting up. i got on the floor holding the dog's crates and i had one other dog under my arm and things started to land on me. and i actually did get trapped. i remember thinking the next thing that lands on me, i'm going to probably die. >> jim! >> stacy was pinned for about 20 minutes unable to contact her husband or son. >> my son texted me and said are you okay. and it was the m

this is where jim and stacy richards live. stacy survived by hanging on to two dog crates as her home collapsed around and on top of her. >> that was awful. laying there, screaming and screaming and screaming -- it was horrible. >> reporter: this week they got their insurance settlement so they can rebuild. how far east did it go? >> i'm not sure, there's damage over in the next mile section. >> reporter: we are now 12 miles due east of where we started this journey and where the tornado first touched down. this is the area where locals say the tornado actually lifted off the ground meaning its path is twice as long as first estimated. >> casey wynan is joining us live in this report. very interesting report in the trail of agony all along the way. what stood out most about this? >> reporter: what stood out most to me was just the scope, the magnitude of this. we have been hearing all week that the tornado went for six miles on the ground. it seemed to us that maybe it was longer than that, so we thought we would check it out

this is where jim and stacey richards lived.es as her home collapsed around and on top of her. >> that was awful. laying there screaming and screaming and screaming. it was horrible. >> this week they got that insurance settlement so they can rebuild. how far east did it go? >> i'm not sure. i know there's damage over on the next section. >> we are now almost exactly 12 miles due east of where we started this journey and where the tornado first touched down. this is the area where locals say the tornado actually lifted off the ground, meaning its path is about twice as long as first estimated. and just to clarify, there's no longer a dispute about how long this tornado's path was. all week long, the national weather service -- just today they updated their website to say that it was 13 miles, and they are basing that on aerial surveillance photos of treetop damage. our estimate was 12 miles based on driving on the ground. it's pretty close. >> very close indeed. casey, thanks so much. and, of course, if you want to help people r

p it belonged to jim and stacy richards who are just now telling a harrowing tale of survival. jim was at work. i started to come home. i got a text from my wife. first couple were gibberish. then finally came through saying help, roof under. >> then came a desperate voice mail from stacy. jim hasn't been able to bring limbs to listen to all of it until now. [ screams ] >> help! there was this kind of pressure in my ears, and the next thing i know was dirt and grit and stuff was hitting me in the face. i realized that the roof was coming off. >> she was in between those two kennels. >> those two kennels, yes. tried to have one hand on top of each, one on each. >> i could feel the dog's crate lifting up, so i got on the floor and i was holding the dog crates and i had one other dog under my arm. and things started to land on me. and i actually did get trapped. i remember thinking the next thing that lands on me, i'm going to probably die. >> reporter: stacy was pinned for about 20 minutes unable to contact her husband or son. >> my son texted me and said, are you okay? it was the

this is where jim and stacey richards lived. stacey survived the tornado by hanging onto two dog crates as her home collapsed around and on top of her. >> that was awful. laying there, screaming and screaming and screaming. and -- yeah, it was horrible. >> reporter: this week they got their insurance settlement so they can rebuild. >> how far east did it go? >> i'm not sure. i know there's damage over on the next mile section. >> reporter: we're now almost exactly 12 miles due east of where we started this journey and where the tornado first touched down. this is the area where locals say the tornado actually lifted off the ground, meaning its path is about twice as long as first estimated. justed to the national weather service updated its estimate of the length of the tornado's path. they now say it was 13 miles long as measured by aerial reconnaissance photos. drew? >>> well, there's been an inspiring sight among the rubble in joplin, missouri this memorial day weekend. one of our eye reporters is a volunteer working on clean

this is where jim and stacy richards lived.by hanging onto two dog crates as her home collapsed around and on top of her. >> that was awful. laying there, screaming and screaming and screaming. yeah, it was horrible. >> reporter: this week they got their insurance settlement so they can rebuild. how far east did it go? >> i'm not sure. i know there's damage over on the next mile section. >> reporter: we're now almost exactly 12 miles due east of where we started this journey and where the tornado first touched down. this is the area where locals say the tornado actually lifted off the ground, meaning its path is about twice as long as first estimated. now the national weather service has revised it's report based on aerial photographs of damage to trees. necessity now say the tornado's path was 13 miles long. also new numbers to report today, drew. the death toll continues to rise here. officials say there are 146 sets of human remains that have been recovered. without getting too gruesome, that doesn't mean that's the same num

jim? >> hold on. the next three i have, rose hillsen, gabby and richard johnson. and patricia, you're last. so you can wrap up. you wanted that. it's all yours. when we get closer, it's all you. >> mayor lee and supervisor farrell, thanks again. i think we're pretty much excited about america's cup and what it can do for the city. already we know part of that is the infrastructure development that's been done and funded through that, which will be great. but as far as the boon that this might bring to business, i sort of have a two-part question. you may have already answered part of that with the last question you had, which was how are we going to help the small business community sort of ramp up and be prepared for that, this being such a huge benefit to the city and small business being the engine that drives our economy. the second part of my question is any ideas, thoughts, how we're going to sustain that beyond 2013, ideas how to put that infrastructure to work and just continue that -- our sort of world champions feel-good movement we're having now after 2/13? >> well, absolutely. a

richard nixon -- >> and quit. >> on principle. he does this sound very well. he is the ultimate goal-to guy. jim baker was at the other one with the reagan administration and b -- jim bakker was another one with the reagan administration. rare commodities the people who are essential to government. >> and he has worn a uniform in this country with military service, which is rare. >> but i think what is important of the two up clemons is the political -- what underlies it politically. it mark is right in pointing up at betray us was the obvious guy you think of to be as sharp -- pointing up petraeus as the guy you would think of to be chairman of troy gee spirit if he retired, he would be a political presence in the country and an attack of presidential candidate. this way, -- attractive presidential candidate. this way, petraeus will be a silent on one point. panetta -- cutting the budget is his job. >> the cia has for some time now been paramilitary. i wonder if that will be built up. >> that is exactly what i was talking about. i am assuming it will, and that means less and less oversight. one

richard nixon -- >> and quit. >> on principle. he knows this down very well. he is the ultimate go-to die. jim baker was another o -- go- to guy. jim baker was another one in it but reagan adminisatio >> another thing is, he actually wore the uniform of this country in military service whih makes him a rather rare. >> he was an army intelligence offir. >> what is important in the two appointments is what underlies them politically. mark is right in pointing out that petraeus is the obvious guy you would think to be chairman of the joint chief but he would be a guywould be out in public, and if and when he retired, he would be a political presence in the countrtry and a very attractive presidential candidate. this way petraeus will be silent for a while. and on panetta cuttinghe budget is his job. is not outlining strategies for how to win and afghanistan or libya. >> the cia has had for some time been paramilitary. i wonder if that will be built up. >> that is exactly what i was talking about. i am assuming it will. that means less and less oversighght. one of the great things about the amerin military is that it has really hel

jim, thanks for that. >>> this has been another awful day in syria. the continuing government crackdown on protesters there who want president assad out. our chief foreign correspondent richard engle tracking it all again tonight from his post in benghazi, libya. richard, i understand the problem today was again, syrians firing on their own people. >> reporter: it was, and that has been the problem from the start. the syrian government has denied entry visas to foreign journalists. it clearly doesn't want the world to see what it is doing, which is a systematic city by city sweep against protesters. overnight, syria deployed tanks in the city of homs. witnesses say dozens of tanks have set up checkpoints and shelled the city earlier today. even as funerals were held for pro testers killed in this seven-week crackdown. human rights groups say they have documented more than 700 killings since unrest began. many more, perhaps 10,000, have been arrested. and there are no signs of foreign intervention coming, or that the syrian government has any intention of stopping. syrian president bashar assad said he's fighting an armed insurrection instigated from outside the country. the

jim, officially they don't even exist. but if the job is possible, these are the guys to do it. >> this isn't just chasing anybody, this is the man, the symbolic figure. >> richard founded s.e.a.l. team 6 in 1980 and it wasn't surprising they would be the ones to take down the elusive osama bin laden. they trained for conditions that mirrored the actual target as closely as possible. nbc news has learned the team practiced since april in a full-size model of bin laden's compound set up at a u.s. military base. >> you virtually don't need hand and voice signals. they dance like bears, they know each other's moves, they eat, sleep and drink together. it is a team effort. and it's a team job, and that's what i say -- that's why the s.e.a.l.s got the edge. >> officials say the mission was years in the making aided by intelligence from cia interrogations from high-ranking al-qaeda prisoners. >> we picked up on items that had been collected during the clinton administration. we worked those aggressively for eight years. we passed that on to the obama administration. they picked it up and have been working with it. >> they decided to go physically into bin laden's comp

jim and mary. second city guys. and then the second cast was with billy crystal and christopher guest and marty short. richardi was really sad to hear that. i was bummed because he had given me tickets for wrigley field all of these years. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: he can't do that anymore. no, but he was a great producer. he changed my career. >> jimmy: really? >> first of all, he brought me on when everyone said i shouldn't do it because john did it. i said, why? i'm a fan of john's. i'm a fan of "saturday night live." every actor wants to be "saturday night live." >> jimmy: yeah, it must have been tougher because you had the last name. >> well, i didn't really think about it. everybody else did. i was actually really warmly welcomed by people. people have been very nice to me throughout my entire career. >> jimmy; and ebersol was great as producer. >> he was great as a producer, he taught me many things, but the main thing ebersol did was fired me. >> jimmy: wait, what? >> he fired me in the middle of a season because i was a bit of a jerk and straightened me out. then i came back and i had learned a lot and

richard daley addressing the city council for his final time in office. the city's longest serving mayor of 22 years . >> a very emotional moment to read wgntv.com. right now we turn to jimwho has our forecast. the mayor deserves his sunny cent of them you got it. we will see some shine in fact and it will still be a little before below normal. 53 degrees at the moment and look of this picture across the city and see not a cloud to be seen on most of the horizon. there were a few clouds that drifted over chicago and they have long since pushed way over to the south and we're not expecting that we will see any cloudiness before tomorrow afternoon. 53 degrees in chicago and lots of warm air to the south. we will not see it immediately but over time temperatures will be improving incrementally. by seven days or so from now we'll have temperatures in the '70s. these numbers all across the area are very very similar. temperatures under the bright blue sky. two- point temperatures are very low at this hour as a result you may have noticed it was pretty chilly getting up this morning. we're expecting two points to rise with time. a little bit of a blake and blocks coming in wit