this ladder's been in use in the san francisco fire department for many years, predating area laddersthis particular one is built in 1925 by our central shops and they do a fantastic job out there. the foreman of this ladder crew is larry mcdonald with the american flag on his back. as the ladder goes up it weighs 550 pounds, takes 10 people with the ropes and can reach a height of six stories the >> to sing the national anthem we are very honored to have andrew bidlock, an adler fellow from the san francisco opera. >> ♪ orgse say can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we hailed ♪ at the twilight's last gleaming ♪ ♪ whose broad stripes and bright stars ♪ ♪ through the perilous fight ♪ ♪ory the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming ♪ ♪ and the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air ♪ ♪ gave proof through the night that our flag was still there ♪ ♪ oh say does that star spangled banner yet wave ♪ ♪ oer the land of the free and the home of the brave ♪ >> good afternoon. what an exciting day for san francisco. when we can all come together to be reminded of

. >> basically when you are using a ladder out there, make sure you keep the ladder 10 feet away from wires. make sure the ladder is secure, that it's on stable ground, that it's even. if it's on a hill, we really don't want you to use it on a hill, but if it's on a hill, make sure it's shimmieed with something stable. make sure it's at the right angle, we suggest 70 degrees. if you stick your hand on a rung, the angle of the ladder is about the right angle there. never let go of the ladder. stand in the center, climb straight up. if you climb on the edges of the rung, the ladder will go this way. look up so you know where you are going and you can see where you're going to climb. walk vertically. don't step off to the side of the ladder. kind of common sense. make sure you read chapter 7 through the . >> this class is managing a disaster. what happens and how do we fit in? emergency

and the person that called the ladder and bravely climbed the ladder and flew our beautiful flag, larry mcdonald. i'd also like to acknowledge paul barry in the red shirt. paul is president of our san francisco fire historical society and there are many members today, including the huggins, that are up here with me. i'd like to ask donna and chuck to step forward. donna is press -- dressed in the period costume of lily hitchcock coit. >> hello, everybody. great to be here! >> we also have retired captain jook -- jack mccloskey as well as phil egg anl -- eggan. we -- egan. we love being part of this city. our halt is off to lily hitchcock coit. i stand here today with ian, a descendant of lily hitchcock coit. i must say even though i don't smoke cigars or gamble, my hat is off to lily hitchcock coit. she was a visionary person. . maybe a little ahead of her time. i know if might have been an active member of the fighter department. . but she's near and dear to the heart of everybody in the 2ke789 thank you for the generosity and thank you for coming out and celebrating with us. >> we are

a temple god must have taken my ladder away. the man started pacing back and forth wondering how to get down. so, the sunlight made one of the birds wake up. bird:i can't breathe. so i must be catching a bad cold. i drank too much, saki rice wine last night. was a little tipsy. i don't remember. any way. think can't move. someone is leaning on me so who is it. my cousin. my brother. we've been got by a hunter. hey! my cousin, wake up. no. not a good morning. we've been caught by a hunter. pass the word but be quiet okay. okay. wake up, wake up, wake up. wake up. wake up. wake up. wake up. wake up. wake up. hey! did you wake up? we've been caught by a hunter. right. i got a good plan. just do what i say. at the count of three, you flap your wings as hard as you can. right? 1, 2, 3 - flapping! i can't move. [help me screaming] very good. whoa. i'm going high. very good. wow. what is that. the lake. not the lake. big river. wow. what? many bridges. the bridge is very old. so, don't go plenty more all right. so. this is a real birds

ahlaam, at the bottom of the ladder, $37.ven though he's the captain's son, he receives no special treatment. we asked the captain about the problems ahlaam had fishing today. the daily allowance is paid on the spot. the captain receives about $60 u.s. ahlaam, at the bottom of the ladder, $37. even though he's the captain's son, he receives no special treatment. we asked the captain about the problems ahlaam had fishing today. it is friday, the islamic day of rest. by the road, an old woman breaks the bonito in flakes and in japan it's used but in curry it's used for soup. it's time for lunch. his father can be quite strict. every friday ahlaam goes to meet a certain someone. they seem close, perhaps she is someone special. ahlaam, introduce her to us. maisha umar has been ahlaam's girlfriend for to years. for the sake of both himself and his girlfriend, ahlaam needs to learn his trait quickly. that night, ahlaam is back out fishing. one of his senior workers is fixing a tip to the end of his rod. ahlaam is going to try a lon

classes rejoiced as all of that public housing came onto the market and they were on the property ladder today they are actually very surprised that there is no such thing as society in their outraged and they act as if there is no context to the under arrest in the u.k. so i want to take you to a headline from two thousand and nine in the economist magazine global tinderbox two thousand and ten could be a year that sparks unrest yeah this is we covered this when it came out and the economist magazine blatantly was handicapping social unrest picking trying to figure out what countries are most prone to it and to do a point people are saying a word of this come from who could have seen it coming it was it was a whole feature story in the economist told the people to tell the people this is separate from their political unrest index this is their social unrest index and if you look at the map you see that britain had a medium risk of unrest social unrest if the world appears to have escaped relatively unscathed by social unrest in two thousand and nine they wrote despite suffering the wors

if they started low on the economic ladder, the and a blow on the economic ladder. that is something we have to do something about. if you work hard you can be successful. >> if tavis: if we could not get an agreement on raising the debt ceiling, tell me why i should believe that when congress comes back they will take the findings seriously and talk about investing in and protecting programs that protect children. >> what we would hope is congressman as well as folks across the country, legislators to have to do with state level deficits as well as the national debt, as they take on these challenges, they will keep in mind that they have to deal with today's problems but they have to deal with the future. they have to deal with charting a path toward opportunity for children so we will not be in the same situation when we are in 2031 or 2041. james heckman said one of the best things we can do is to invest in young children. they are the future not only and -- in terms of their lives but they are the folks will be working and earning and contributing to this societ

the ladders to steal the projectors computers. this is happening in various offices here the next few hours for us here are going to be critical. in regards to tripoli. i don't think that fighting is and i think you'd be more fighting it's been very quiet here i've been shot at the hotel. i cannot say for now what would happen but. hopefully there will be peace and no bloodshed but nato has. done all that if you are i mean zero absolutely nato and the leaders you know states have to be held accountable as war critics if killed civilians in the opening that we would be safe we take you know by an international contingent from the united nations not from nato the british are talking about evacuating this place only for five nationals. only for five years not the rest of us. talked to earlier as a mainstream media talks of people waving revolutionary flags all over tripoli some independent reports suggest girl khadafi may be regaining control lizzie heard it could be the leading leaders intentional strategy to let the rebels in. i ha

the ladders the steel the projectors computers. this is happening in various offices here the next few hours for us here are going to be critical. in regards to tripoli i don't think that fighting is and i think it could be more fighting it's been very quiet here they've been shot at the hotel right. i cannot say for now what would happen but. hopefully to be peace and no bloodshed that nato is. nails down all that you or i mean here. in the leaders you know states have to be held accountable as worker gets killed civilians in their hoping that we would be safely taken out by an international contingent from the united nations not from nato that british are talking about evacuating this place where only five nationals. only for five years not the rest of us. talking to me earlier and the white house has hailed what it called a tipping point for the regime of colonel gadhafi but images that positive sentiments parallels have already been drawn to gyptian celebrations on tom ridge square and the disillusionment that later followed ar

reporter: these are not members of the salt lake city-based mormon church known as the church of ladder day saints. they belong instead to a splinter group who believe in polygamy and call themselves the fundamental church of ladder day saints, or flds. do you think you can win this case? >> reporter: spiritual leader, warren jeffs, has been jailed now for nearly five years an faces trial on three charges including aggravated sexual assault on a child, charges to which he's pled not guilty. the people of the flds are convinced that there is nobody on earth closer to god than warren jeffs. they believe that jeffs, even behind bars, is the mouthpiece of god, that words he utters are divinely inspired. law enforcement authorities have long been worried what would happy if jeffs told his followers to do something violent and dangerous. >> i've never seen it like this before. i've been here for seven years and i've never seen things so unstable and so lawless. i consider this the most lawless town in the country. >> reporter: sam brower is a private investigator and writer who's been followi

the cap walk under ladders were the massive cable is lying. they are almost 1100 feet long. no more than 50 workers at any one time. >> is the top of the signature tower that can is an awesome view of the bay. >> reporter: for all of its beauty, this at the top is the center that will bear the weight of the people and keep its rate stating for 150 years. >> right now, you can see where all of the catwalks entered the structure and what will hold a cable in place. >> reporter: machinery was to be erected over this cap walk. he would see that evil its outgoing to please, the next year. and tonight is report 8:00 p.m., the light will go on for the first i permanently changing the look of the ban night. >> and so the lighting that is up for construction workers, for the rest of the day it will show you what this is going to look like. >> reporter: it opens about two years from now. >> federal investigators will release their final report tomorrow on the san bruno pipeline disaster. they will reach conclusions about the cause of the explosion. today there are the past is the aps

police officers and firemen as to what their sexual orientation is and see if they're moving up the ladder to fire chief for chief of police. based on their sexual background. i leave this to the commission. if mr. terman has a list of such, where does he get it and why is it not public information? that is all i have, i think you for time. >> we do not respond or nearly. this is the most diverse police department in the country. i saw that in my career as a federal prosecutor. one thing people seem to forget is when you are a member of the san francisco police department, it is irrelevant as to who you are, your race, sexual orientation, religion, when an officer calls for back up, no one asks, they respond. when citizens call, the response. this police department is a family. one of the highest ranking members of the pride lands is wearing my father's badget and i talked to him frequently, as frequently as last week. there is no secret list. they are members of the family. a family that is sworn to protect and serve the city and someone's sexual orientation is irrelevant. this is an incr

they used this ladder to get up there. this is a picture of the suspect. he stabbed a store clerk on sunday and is responsible for steeling this car. >> we believe he has his girlfriend in there and the conversations are continuing and so like i told you, we are going to take our time and continue talking and hopefully resolve this. we are concerned for her safety and treatise this like a hostage situation. >> reporter: started wednesday morning after authorities tried to make contact with the suspect. the wanted man fired his gun across interstate 580. to protect drivers authorities shut down the richmond-san rafael bridge early wednesday morning for an hour. even though police reopened the bridge a portion of interstate 580 remained closed between sir francis drake and bellen boulevard. it could be closed again for the morning commute if the suspect doesn't surrender. >> people have had bad commutes. people ran out of gas and things like that. but realize it is for their safety the road is closed. when the gunman shot towards the freeway -- you know, we

ladder leading up to the roof of the next building over. or have a better vantage point of what might be going on next door. he is still in there and he is not alone but threat to drivers on 580 is over. take a look at the very innovative technique. in fact the san rafael police say they never used this before. what they did is they brought in a crane and lowered down a six-foot by 8-foot piece of one-inch thick metal. they put it right in front of the window where the gunman is holed up. and where he could overlook 580, which is just across the road from where he is located. the san rafael p.d. spokesman that man they are not identifying fired a gun about 10:30 and why a one-mile stretch of 580 was closed. that was closed from 101 to the richmond san rafael entrance. it reopened at midnight when the crane was called in. complicating matters the gunman says he has his girlfriend with him. >> all we know is that he told us he has his girlfriend in the room with him. we have not spoken to her. she has not come out or contacted us. we have to

tavis: the question is, whether or not the former will trump the ladder or the latter will trump the former. put another way, the pace of the progress you are making incrementally, candice keep up with the pace of the population growth and the money chase? -- the pace of the growth your making a environmentally, can this keep up with the pace of the population growth? >> we are at the crisis now. whenever we have a crisis, then we have our intellectual movement. we need to have an intellectual revolution. a revolution of the thinking. it is not because you want to or not, because it is necessary. our nation has survived in this kind of engineering. we have to be able to save. tavis: are you comfortable that the pace of the progress is enough to make sure that never happens? >> we are going to have some trouble. this is a different direction. what can we do right now? we shall not wait until disaster, until -- my company also is trying to show people early. when they feel what they need to find an alternative, okay, here is an alternative. here is a clean alternative for the urban lan

now you have a fire truck with the ladder leading up to the roof. police having access, good viewing vantage point to the gunman who is holed up out here at the extended stay hotel. but the threat to public safety have been minimized in a very unique way. take a look at how the san rafael police figure this out. they bring in a crane carrying about a 6-x-8 foot sheet of metal and they lower it in front of the window where the gunman has been holed up since yesterday morning. he has a gun. he has used that gun. police are figuring that the one-inch thick piece of steel is going to prevent him from shooting out and threatening anybody on 580. that is why the more than one-mile stretch of 580 closed yesterday and caused a massive traffic jam is reopened now. now look at the suspect. they're not giving out his name. but they say he is wanted for shoplifting and assault sunday. he shoplifted food and liquor from a store in san rafael. after he was surrounded by employees and he stabbed one employee, slashed another. he got away in a stolen car. yesterday

. >> the fire department set up a ladder trying to reach a worker but it wasn't long enough. crews tried to rescue a man. >> crews came in and secured the scaffolding and equipment. and there were one of the workers that is hanging through the roof. >> bok men taken to the hospital and are in good condition. they work for capitol building maintenance out of south san francisco. and according to cal osha the company has a very good safety record with a minor incident in 2009. afternoon a 90 ton crane was brought in to remove the scaffolding. it took an hour to bring it down. all clear is all right right now at 3:10 barry street. an investigator was here this afternoon at the building and will determine why that arm failed. i can tell you two men are lucky to be alife. i'm flif san francisco, abc 7 news. >> and east palo alto police department trying to track down two murder suspects, wanted for questioning in last week and want forward another murder in colorado. police just released their pictures today them say they are considered armed and extremely dangerous. >> and san fr

. >> i knew from the first day we were outside being outside having fun, climboth ladder and hammer and the physical labor i knew it was something i would enjoy. to say i put 15 years into this and not retire a multimillionaire but retire healthy and feel good about the work i have done. >> the greatest accomplishment is you drive by a building or bridge and say, i helped build that bridge or helped build the building on market street. the most greatest reward for me is i taught that student to work on the bay bridge. taught the student operating the crane that student was in my class. >> our goal is to have a core group of people, we are hoping it's over 50 percent of your grads complete and become journey people andup standing good roll models and citizens. the largest public works our city has season in many years going on now the private project that 1 rincon hill. huge project. we had 5 or 6 people work on that project thus far. the rebuilding of the academy of science in golden gate park. the rebuilding of our public hospital laguna honda this is on going work with the same contra