this accordion ladder. what does the fire department think about the accordian ladders? >> they got dropped out. it's retroactive. they have to bring them up to today's code. i have a story to tell. when i was in the sunset district. you see a crank on the side, you undue a lever and they are supposed to fall down. we did it, 50 to 75 percent of the time it doesn't work. there's, it's on the owner, the owner is supposed to maintain these ladders and we have a person here who does the maintenance. do you have anything you want to say? >> an escape artist. >> i believe these are supposed to be checked once a year. >> one of my competitors says they need to be checked twice a year. i have encountered those that don't go down because they haven't been checked >> well, after and brush cleaning, and lubrication, we jump up and down on them. i weigh 170 pounds. they don't go down, like we're stretching them. crank them back up. break them free. after we lubricated them. >> what kind of lubrication? if it's a frozen type. we use a penetrable type >> with escape artists, you regu

. >> and then, like from heaven, the ladder came down right in front of me.ed out and i thought, well, i better get out of here and let the firefighters do their job. so i pulled, grabbed on to the ladder and i pulled myself through the opening. >> the deputy fire chief chris russo is waiting on the ladder and helps lift dennis up to the rescue team on the bridge. >> when i finally got a hold of dennis he was wedged between his kayak, the ladder and the edge of the culvert. thank god he wasn't a giant guy and i could actually lift him up and get him on the ladder and move him to safety. >> i got him. under the arms. under his arms. >> i was pretty exhausted. i knew that there wasn't much more that i could do, but i was also, at that point, had been prepared to if somebody threw me a rope, i would have gone back in the tide to serena. >> dennis and claudia are safe. serena is still trapped inside the tunnel but she's not alone. >> i'm going to send you a rope and a life jacket. >> a rope and a life jacket. >> jake king is the first firefighter to arrive at the

. >> 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 operation plan, everything is going to go through the mayor. you have the office of emergency services, everything is supposed to come together over on turk street. that's where the ham radio base station

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at that point, they have a ladder belt that they tie into one of the rungs on the aerial ladder. on the aerial, stop and lock in. [ metal clinking ] leaning back, holding, and being able to understand that they can trust the belt, they can trust the ladder, because they need their hands free to actually do work while they're up there. >> after raising their hands to show that they've correctly attached the safety belt to the ladder, they unhook and continue to the window. these junior firefighters are practicing what's called a minuteman load. >> a minuteman load is a hose line that you can pull off a truck very quickly in case you need to put water on the fire as soon as you get off the truck. >> but there's another reason for the minuteman load. budget cuts and a shortage of volunteers have left many fire departments understaffed. >> in our diminishing ranks, if you will, of volunteer and career firefighters, it's very important to accomplish many tasks at the same time. so, it allows one firefighter to bring the entire hose load from the truck directly to the fire rather than

we have a barrier stopping people from moving up that ladder.ou're únin the trades and you have a desire to work hard, and if you're lucky enough to catch a break it's very important that you can walk or drive around town and see a real live example. see tangible proof that you too can build a building like that, and we believe that if you see a real example we can provide the tangible proof that it might inspire and might create a sense of hope and it might create a sense of optimism for the next generation of builders to follow. we support the legislation and its amendment. thank c3nyou. >> supervisors, good afternoon. john conner. i am a speaker from the -- [inaudible] being repetitious and can i get a show of hands of people in support of it is legislation. i was a member of the working trust fund for many months and part of the goals of the housing trust fund was a stimulus as well for smaller builders so they can get some of the projects can't get credit for many years get them off the ground. just to revirtback 1992 the first policy was a

. >> 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

they are pole ladders and they open up into a vertical ladder, their product lists doesn't require a balcony. we made a decision that is not even close to provide equivalency to a stairway. how many people. >> yeah, we have a question over here >> what year was this law changes and fire escapes required >> the question was, at who point was the regulations change from allowing fire escapes to second stairs? >> that would be under the fire departments jurisdiction. >> it was actually within the last 10 to 15 years. i started 12 or 11 years ago and there was improvement plans with fire escapes. it came from the state. state farm was the o

it has a vertical ladder on top. you are 200 feet up. >> occasionally they have cornices that stick out. they get quite creative how they build them. >> the old ship where you have to climb up to the top. >> the maintenance guy did a good job. people often wonder why fire escapes don't pose a risk of being loose. they are required to penetrate in their structural system and be attached through the building to the inside. in a wood frame building, they actually, bolts have to go through and they have to have a washer and nut on the inside. i would have to have the whole wall removed. they are quite strong. >> we do and someone asked, what is it that you do. i start off by looking at it. is there rust where it meets the building. that's the first indicator. my primary trick is to pick the railing away from the building and see sturdy is it? does the shake the whole wall when i kick it out? otherwise it's rust or a trail of rust >> do you tighten it up? >> if it looks questionable if i go trying to tighten it, i could a

and to climb the ladder to the middle class the old-fashioned way through hard work fairly rewarded. now, president obama and vice-president biden have put the country on the right path. towards jobs and shared prosperity. despite the obstruction they faced from a dishonest, politically motivated, economically challenged republic majority in congress. we face a choice in november between division and decline, between unity and growth. we love our country. we build it. we defend t we wake it up each morning and we make it run all day. we fix it when it's broke. we put it to bed at night. our country needs unity. our country needs leadership. our country needs barak obama. >> that is richard, the president of the american federation of labor in congress of industrial organizations. joining us now in the booth is wisconsin congresswoman and candidate tammy baldwin. welcome. >> it is a delight to join you. last week in tampa it was about wisconsin paul ryan and tommy thomson and scott walker and cheese head revolution. i suspect you have a different take on wisconsin politics? >> i do. a

and to climb the ladder to the middle class the old-fashioned way through hard work fairly rewarded. now, president obama and vice-president biden have put the country on the right path. towards jobs and shared prosperity. despite the obstruction they faced from a dishonest, politically motivated, economically challenged republic majority in congress. we face a choice in november between division and decline, between unity and growth. we love our country. we build it. we defend t we wake it up each morning and we make it run all day. we fix it when it's broke. we put it to bed at night. our country needs unity. our country needs leadership. our country needs barak obama. >> that is richard, the president of the american federation of labor in congress of industrial organizations. joining us now in the booth is wisconsin congresswoman and candidate tammy baldwin. welcome. >> it is a delight to join you. last week in tampa it was about wisconsin paul ryan and tommy thomson and scott walker and cheese head revolution. i suspect you have a different take on wisconsin politics? >> i do. a

part of the american dream is to prosper, to climb the ladder, and at cheap. in the construction industry, people start out working for someone else on a job site. after winning their trade or skills, might move on to remodeling jobs. the five to nine projects are a crucial part of this latter, and by impacting this category, you are taking a critical wrong out of the latter, thereby prohibiting advancement in the construction field -- you're taking a critical rung out of the ladder. thank you very much. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i am kevin birmingham. i am a realtor, but more importantly, i am a native san franciscan. i have watched many of my friends and people in my family moved out of san francisco because there is an affordable housing problem in this city. i am getting on the board of realtors, and i am on the housing authority board committee, and we are bringing money to groups such as home ownership sf because i do believe in it. i think you need to look at -- the way to keep families in san francisco is what your building, and what we are see

yes, -- pictures showing ladder going up to the second floor. fire broke out about 4:30 firefighters responded they had this knocked down quickly. before they could knock it down, there was a woman inside that apartment, who says she woke up to flames, woken up not by the flames but her dog barking. she jumps out the window and then realizes her dog is still in there and decides to go back in. meantime, there are two people downstairs in wheelchairs who managed to get out. let's hear the story from the woman who was inside the apartment that burned. what she is saying that is when the she got out of the apartment she realized the dog was in, went back in grabbed this dog, rather large dog, dragged it out she got on top of a shed outside the apartment that is 12, 15 feet high san jose police arrived, saw her up there, threw up a ladder they found on the ground, regular ladder you might have at your house, got her down. she was suffering from smoke inhalation, she refused to go to the hospital. firefighter injured, burned his leg fighting this fir

comes down from the top, vertical ladder to a landing, down another vertical ladder to another landing and then has a ladder at the bottom. counter balance, flip down about 15 feet down to the ground below as their exit. fascinating. the city is filled with huge walls. >> because we're on a very steep hill and everyone wants their lot flat and the one down below wants their lot flat. >> this is part of the edge of the mid-block open spaces, by the way. it's within the mid-block open space. here we have a wall, broadway is (speaker not understood). no dog, but we have a guy on a bicycle. >> and graffiti. >> and graffiti. okay. here's one edge of that wall, okay. and with these gentlemen climbing these stairs, i think our slides are over. that's all for today. thank you all very much and we'll see you next week. [applause]

they tell us how to think, over here, let's suppose you had a ladder, get a longer ladder now. so you're just as far out from the center of this than you were to begin with? what would you write here compared to over here? the same, it's one more step, gang. let's suppose this thing collapses to a black hole and somehow-- a thought experiment, you can put a ladder here and you stand right there and you're like, "oh my gosh, you black hole, i've read about those dudes." how's your weight going to be? how many say, "this time not the same." show hands. how many say, "no, i think the same." show hands. yeah, all right my people. what's going to change? not the gravity force, maybe the sunlight, you might get cold, okay? but this doesn't change. this doesn't change. the weight doesn't change. the only thing that changes is this mass gets crunched up, but there's nothing in the equation that talks about that and, you know, what's after the equation? a period. so whenever i ask anything about gravity, the only thing is to consider what are the masses involved? how far away are they a

. >>> it's a popular web show bringing together religious singles, on search for ladder day love. what does it take to win the heart of the mormon bachelor. >>> and stroller wars from heidi klum to gwyneth paltrow, the latest status symbol swanky strollers that cost $5,000. why these luxury cruisers are causing a stir. >>> good evening. i'm terry moran. tonight a much-needed shot of optimism for the american housing market as new data released these medium home prices have risen since last july. while it could mean good news for the roughly 2 million americans with homes on the market. there are cheap and easy ways you can raise your home's value yourself sometimes by tens of thousands are dollars. sharyn alfonsi brings us the incredible 48-hour makeover. >> reporter: meet jessica and her husband, karl. their whole family lived in this town of new jersey, their mom, and dad, up the road and everyone so close to skres ka a jessica and carl. but they decided to move. >> we all put our house on the market at the same time. there's sold and they're gone. >> reporter: they can't sell t

and that--that simile of a ladder, that metaphor of a ladder, got eliminated at some point, and it started to be eliminated with the industrial education movement, this idea that some kids really don't need access to the same quality of education because they're never going to go to college, so why bother? and then this common curriculum that we had for most kids or for all kids got called the college prep curriculum, and there were actually educators saying, 'we should try to reduce the number of kids in the college prep curriculum.' that was in the 1930s. so what i tried to document there was this kind of constant battle of ideas, with some parents--certainly parents and a lot of teachers still committed to an ideal of the educational ladder, keeping--keeping the door open as long as possible for all kids to have a good education and others saying, 'well, let's just divide kids up. these kids get the good stuff, these kids get vocational, and the great majority'--and there--there were people in the '50s saying, 'the great majority of kids, 60 percent of the kids, had neither the brains n

it is more about having ladders of opportunity. we are working with partners and with the clinton initiative. we want to tap into the resources of many partners around the world. this is great. this is a food university. what is happening with farming is that the average age of farmers is 60. we are trying to bring cool back to farming to the university. the whole supply chain and we are bringing people around the world. we want to have it in africa. 60%. how are we going to feed them? 60% of amazing crops are stuck in africa and unused. and so we want to tap into that. we want to have it in the best way possible it is about technology and agriculture making farming cool again where young people come back into that field. >> we want female drivers for the tractors. >> hopefully yes. >> when we come back i'll ask my all-star panel is america the world leader it should be and speaking of all-stars, look at that audience. >>> big idea with our all-star panel. they are pretty fired up about health and education. your special area of in

it is more having ladders of opportunity. that's what opportunity is all about.e working with partners and the clinton global initiative and we want to tap in to the resources, amazing platforms of partners around the world and create ladders of opportunity. we have an idea like the university which is interesting. >> this is a food university. mind you total utopia. you described it, i won't put the words in your mouth but you want to make farming sexy, don't you? >> i told them we want to make farming cool again. what's happening with farming is the average anch age of farmers is 60. can you imagine that? we are trying to bring cool back to farming through university. we are talking everything from the minute you plant a seed to the minute it is served on a plate. the whole supply chain and we are bringing people around the world. we want to have it in africa. because 60% -- we have 2 billion people coming in the next three decades. how are we egoing to feed them? 60% of amazing crops are stuck in africa and unused. we want to tap in to that. we want to have it

and to climb the ladder to the middle class the old-fashioned way through hard work fairly rewarded. now, president obama and vice-president biden have put the country on the right path. towards jobs and shared prosperity. despite the obstruction they faced from a dishonest, politically motivated, economically challenged republic majority in congress. we face a choice in november between division and decline, between unity and growth. we love our country. we build it. we defend t we wake it up each morning and we make it run all day. we fix it when it's broke. we put it to bed at night. our country needs unity. our country needs leadership. our country needs barak obama. >> that is richard, the president of the american federation of labor in congress of industrial organizations. joining us now in the booth is wisconsin congresswoman and candidate tammy baldwin. welcome. >> it is a delight to join you. last week in tampa it was about wisconsin paul ryan and tommy thomson and scott walker and cheese head revolution. i suspect you have a different take on wisconsin politics? >> i do. a

. >> imagine climbing a ladder into a burning building with this thing on.t's why it has to be fastened securely. it's called a "scott pack," and it can make the difference between life and death. >> so, the breathing apparatus will give you probably somewhere between 20 minutes of air, depending on how hard you're working. so what you're gonna do is just push your hair back off your face a little bit, and just put this on like this over your face like that. and what you're gonna do -- i'll allow you to do this -- take these tabs here that i have and pull them straight backwards. >> a few more adjustments to the mask, the hood, and the collar, and i'm ready for the helmet... then the ear flaps... and the gloves. but i'm not done yet. >> and then the last thing we're gonna do is we're gonna take our regulator, put it into your face piece, and yore good to go. breathe. go ahead. take a breath. [ inhales ] can you breathe? >> yeah. >> very good. okay, so how does that feel? >> how do i feel? i can barely hold up my thumbs! >> it's a lot of work, running up and

. >> i took the ladder. and i propped it up on the window.d i crawled up the window and punched the screen out. and grabbed the 7-year-old boy, about 7, he was 7. and grabbed him and carried him down the ladder. >> firefighters were amazed that marcos was able to keep his composure through all that. the family of the boy showered him with flowers, a card and a million thank yous. >>> time for the latest sports highlights. we get those from our friends at espn news. >> good morning. i'm doug kezirian with your "sportscenter" update. just over a week to go in the baseball regular season. and things are super tight in the american league central. we'll start in chicago with the white sox and indians. starts the day yesterday, having a one-game lead over the tigers. bottom nine. white sox down 4-2. but paul konerko hits the first pitch he sees for a home run. later in the inning, two on, two outs. he grounds out to end the game. white sox lose, 4-3. they've lost six of their last seven. >>> the tigers win, we have a win in the a.l. central. botto

staying outside and from above you can see that a fire ladder.is a private nonprofit school with 170 students. k-8 they will not be in school today, obviously. but it looks like the firefighters have succeeded in getting some containment. however, the firefighters are shooting that water down. and that building white smoke is a better indication that there is containment because it is not black smoke. pg&e is also in the area with a substation that is near the area. we do know that they are also on the scene. making sure that everything is safe for the neighborhood. this is terminal avenue right near the 1 0 1 . we will keep you updated on these fire fighting updates. >> the recent attacks in the middle east this is video. from yemen there were able to get onto the grounds but not on to the embassy. the u.s. ambassador apologizing to president obama and also protests in iran.. chanting death to america dave are protesting outside of the swiss embassy. this is an anti-muslim film that has been distributed on the world wide web, you tube and egypti

we will help you put the ladder there you got to climb up. these people want to kick out the ladders. >> you know this as well as anybody, reverend, the lang swan the "you" people, those people. >> jared bernstein and karen finney, thank you for your time tonight. >>> real plan to redistribute wealth in america. how romney and ryan literally want to take from the poor and give to the rich. >>> plus, we've got ourselves another secret tape from a republican. this one's from a top elections official vowing to suppress the vote long after the 2012 election. >>> and a new report completely vindicates the attorney general in the so-called fast and furious program. so, where's the apology from the republicans? i'm looking at you, congressman issa. this is "politics nation" on msnbc. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. governor of getting it done. you know how to dance... with a deadline. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle... and go. you can even take a full-size or above, and still pay th

the strength of the american dream is that we all had the opportunity to climb up the ladder just like. at the strength of president obama is that he will make sure the ladder is sturdy, the steps are closer together, and we all have a shot at the american dream. let's reelect president obama. [applause] >> please welcome steve westly, calif.'s former state comptroller. >> good evening, fellow democrats. i'm proud to be from silicon valley, california. [applause] a place built on ideas, innovation and daring, home to oracle and apple, google and facebook and a small on-line free-market i helped to build called ebay. ebay is the perfect place for historical items and relics like the republican party platform. where i am from, we dream big. we think different. we invest in a future filled with a possibility. president obama understands that future. he knows this election is about creating jobs today he has created 4.5 million of them, growing the economy from the middle out, not from the top down. but he also knows it is about supporting the jobs of tomorrow. it is about making sure kids

. >> the city fire department lowered it's ladders and put it away. they hope to not raise it again for a long time. in napa, wayne freedman abc 7 news. >> and if you'd like to help you can go to ask to contribute to the childrens benefit memorial fund. >> investigators are looking into why a police car and transit bus crashed this morning. according to the vallejo times, the officer told investigators he thought there was a green light and couldn't be sure, he took a glance before the crash. the bus driver said she was sure she had a green light. some did complain of pain. a search for an armed burglar continues after a seven hour standoff came to an end with the burglar nowhere to be found. it started this morning and witnesses say they saw a man with a gun break into the house. and there is a nobody inside. >> we will continue the investigation and will move forward based on information provided by the witnesses. and this is not releasing what this. >> and sky 7 shows how they impact that had neighborhood. police are not releasing a description of

negotiation, there has to be sanctions, there has to be a credible threat of war and there has to be a ladder to enable the regime to climb down. if you have all four elements in play then you can have a peaceful resolution to all of these. but if you look at it, i'm not happy, i should say this very clearly. i'm not happy with the way our foreign policy and doe midwest i can politics have become intertwined. i'm not happy at the rift between the prime minister and the administration. when he said we need to see red lines, secretary clinton said there are not going to be red lines. >> rose: we conclude with best selling author michael lewis talking about a new article he has in "vanity fair" about president obama. >> i thought what would be a fun piece of journalism to do? and i just had been struck through the course not just of this man's administration, this president's administration but previous ones just kind of a dysjuncture between the commentary on the outside and what it kind of seemed to me like on the inside. you talk to people who work in the white house and they all felt like sa