if i scared her in any way the ledge wasn't very wide."when she saw him"she held one foot over the ledge, i just had to show her i meant no harm."she said her dad died a few months ago, and that her mother passed just a day before."she told me that no one cared her life wasn't worth living anymore."they the top of the second-tallest building in winter haven. there was one thing he reminded her of, again and again.""i had to reassure her, i cared. i was here now, and i am the one who cares.""my heart was beating out of my chest."it was his fifth crisis negotiation in a fourteen year career."i just kept calling her name out. eventually she turned to me and looked at me and said i really don't want to die. i just held my hand out, and she grabbed it."it was his fifth successful crisis negotiation."she basically just grabbed me, hugged me and cried."they will stay in touch."i hope she finds the help she needs. she is grieving with very little family to help her grieve."now she will always have a friend. the kicker... he almost didn't come to w

ledge 13 stories up. >> the first thing i did was say a prayer. i would tell myself that this person's life is the most important thing to me at the time. >> russic a trained negotiator was the p.d.'s lead. >> she music plays when i opened the window, and she held one foot over the ledge. i decided to show her i meant no harm. >> her dad passed away and then her mother. >> they talked up there near the top of the second tallest building in winter haven, and her again and again. >> that i cared and i was there now. my heart was beating out of my chest, and i just kept calling her name out, and eventually she turned and looked at me and said i really don't want to die, and i just held my hand out and she grabbed it. she basically just grabbed me and hugged me and cried. i hope she find the help she needs, she is little family to help her grief. remember grieve. >> and amazingly he nearly didn't come to work that day. >> i had a long drive home the day before from visiting family in florida and i debated calling in and asking for a day off, and i'm g

a troubled woman sits on a ledge as a firefighter sneaks up. >> like a ninja. >> how he pulls off the oh! >> wow! >> they look happy as can be at an animal sanctuary. >> but the poor creatures were brought in as orphans. >> the remarkable story behind one strong bond. a woman at a rogue one showing gets special attention from darth vader. >> getting saucy with her. >> see who's really under there with something important to ask. >> sound like this? >> and -- >> how do you do this to me? >> look who's strapped in for a ride on -- >> a virtual roller coaster. >> why aunty joyce better grip those rails. >> these two videos are insanely wild, but at the same time rescues in china, whoa. >> super heros. >> in this first video, that woman there sitting on the ledge, she, according to reports, is very depressed, can't find a job, and apparently she has had it. there are three units there, one on the ground holding a tarp that she could potentially fall into, one in the unit of her apartment, which is right below her, and one unit in the apartment above, a firefighter climbing out of the wind

this ledge again. and again. fault. 12 times!ter five hours, including two hours of mandatory recharging, we finally call it off. the room is definitely cleaner. it sort of got the dirt in the corner, but it missed some spots too. like all that filth under the couch. question is, will the roomba do any better? we bring in a new identical carpet and drop the same amount of dirt, cereal and pet hair, including under the couch and in that corner. it's filthy. time to let the roomba loose. look at that roomba go. it's been about ten minutes. already half the carpet is done. so far, so good. impressive. right under the couch. hello. the roomba is almost half done with the room and hasn't faulted once. the roomba is going to town on that filth we put under the couch. it's rather cathartic watching a robot do your work. even on hard to climb surfaces like the ledge. getting all the dirt. after two hours and 42 minutes, including a recharge, the roomba is done cleaning and automatically returns to the base. in the end, the roomba pushed

and when i got up there, he was sitting on the ledge with one knee up and one knee down.e behind him. i mean i -- and i said carter what are you doing? and he put his hand up -- i started to go towards him, he put his hand up to stop me. and i thought, you know, if i -- what i wanted to do was take him and grab one arm and grab him off but i thought that might send him over you know. and then i started getting down on my knees. don't, don't, get up. so i got up. and then he started looking up at the sky. and there were planes coming over. he looked at one and it was kind of like it was a signal. and then he jumped. and he hung on to the ledge, hanging down. and i said carter come back. and then he just let go. and it all happened like that. ♪ >> it's crazy to me that i've lived longer without him than i lived with him. there are moments that still hits me like a punch in the gut and i literally get vertigo or nausea. i still cannot believe the way he died. i cannot believe it. how did you survive? >> i just cried and cried and cried and cried. and cried and cried and crie

walking boot he continues to recover from a foot sprain fun thing for sure if it is the rookie what ledge he does have this full support of his teammates. is one of those guys that contributes to the team and plays well. bring that factor of stringing plays out. more comfortable with the play calls getting the call out into the huddle and making his reads i think will be just fine. a little nervy late thursday night. but either way it looks like the broncos are these confident going into that game against jacksonville. every game is huge can afford a whole lot more slipups. like to marcus said there coughing up either way. judge lynn: today on "divorce court"... corey: me and my wife, tekia, we've been together for 10 years and married for 4 years. we have three beautiful children together. that is my best friend. tekia: my biggest problem with corey is he puts all his time in his music and not on our marriage. corey: i want the judge to tell tekia to listen to the direction of her husband and play the role that a wife should play. tekia: if corey doesn't change, he's gonna push me out of

but there was a report there were broken windows and drones were flying out of window ledges were brokenout of window [edges and going out through the window. interestingly, the times also has this story on its front page. i don't know if either of you picked up don't know if either of you picked up on the point that, i think the uk has the largest number of prisoners 01’ has the largest number of prisoners or people being sent to prison compared to the rest of europe. i mean, you were saying... are we going back to 20 years ago? often there is the belief, and understandably, that i think you need to have two show you have a more draconian sentencing policy. but the argument is all you do is institutionalise people more and make them more likely to offend when they come out. and you are putting them in small spaces designed for a particular number and having them share cells, at particular number and having them share cells, et cetera. there is an argument we have been at that level for quite some time and the violence is now happening because there is in essence not enough staff. so the

fortunately, he's able to find a tiny ledge to brace himself. >> nice. >> he was able to kind of maneuver his way over to it, then totally adjust the rope. >> i thought that with only 100 feet left, i could basically force my hand to, you know, control my descent. >> but at this point, everything goes from bad to horrifying. >> now everything's out of control and i slam from one side of the canyon to the next. >> as eric falls, his life really does flash before his eyes. >> my thoughts go to my life, what i had accomplished, what i had done, my thoughts go to my family, you know, thinking i shouldn't see them again. >> hey, you okay? >> and he's feeling a searing pain. >> what caught my attention was the sound of the rope. >> at this point, i can feel the burns on my hands as i'm trying to stop. i hit the side of the wall with the back of my head right here, and i believe that that knocked me out. >> you hear one hit, you hear the second hit and then you hear the final thump. in my mind, i'm just wondering what just went on, what happened. >> david scrambles to the canyon's edge and peers

head coach gary kubiak on that walking boot he sprain fun thing for sure if it is the rookie what ledge he does have this full support of his teammates. is one of those guys that contributes to the team and plays well. all the way through practice he's been doing well he always bring that factor of stringing plays out. more comfortable with the play calls getting the call out into the huddle and making his reads i think will be just fine. night. but either way it looks like the broncos are these confident going into that game against jacksonville. every game is huge can afford a whole lot more slipups. like to marcus said there coughing up either way. plenty more news to come fox 31 we starts now is a live look downtown denver we expect a big cool down in an chance for snow thanks for joining us at ten. let's get right to meteorologist mapmaking who has what you can expect overnight in your morning drive. shannon lucan to just emailed this picture from steamboat. were getting some nice big snowflakes coming down. nice to see and a resort town additional snow far tonight and far as the r

they want to get them all ledge it. do you think that needs that, and why? >> i think, yes, it needs to be more information given to us before we get towed. and i know you said don't put ticket on our car. how long would they give us to move the car before the ticket hams. just a little bit more information when, how, where. >> these are basically car pirates who go out to steel people's car off the street. they've been doing it for awhile. >> do you think something needs to be done, these towing companies? >> i think they're a tad aggress enough some cases. >> well, guess what? there is a familiar name. you probably never saw the guy's face or met the guy. but you saw his name probably. whether you go to a wawa, or a grocery store, or any other legitimate business, you always see these signs on the walls lewis blum towing. if you're not a customer here or patron here over park here legally, you'll get towed. here is where you can call if your car is missing. mr. plum himself out every town last night but plans to be in town this morning, send a letter to co

a troubled woman sits on a ledge as a firefighter sneaks up. >> like a ninja. >> how he pulls off theow! >> they look happy as can be at an animal sanctuary. >> but the poor creatures were brought in as orphans. >> the remarkable story behind one strong bond. a woman at a rogue one showing gets special attention from darth vader.

a two-foot by one-foot ledge perched more than 5,000 feet above the ground. for hanz, there's only one way down. >> i gain speed, the first four, five seconds, then you flatten out when you get speed in the suit. >> so far his flight is going as planned. >> after ten, 12 seconds of free fall, i say okay, this is nice. i have a nice path. i make a slight curve to lose some height and also gain speed. i made a sharp right turn going pretty close there and then make a left turn into the neighboring valley. i was like, this was marvelous, my hair on my neck, awe, it's awesome. >> now streaking along the mountain side at about 110 miles an hour, caught on his helmet camera, a great jump turns disaffidavit trous. in an instant he's getting too close to the mountain. he deploys his pair suit. >> i opened my parachute, i'm very aware that i have very close to the mountain side. >> if he crashes into the mountain, he knows it could mean death. so he fights with everything he has to turn his parachute away from that menacing wall. >> instantly, when i saw it, it's goin

stuck on the ledge. it does not like these tassels. it keeps faulting and it just shut off. each time he reset it and get it back to work. but -- it keeps happening. >> another fault. >> reporter: again. >> this ledge again. >> reporter: and again. >> fault. >> reporter: 12 times. after five hours, including two hours of mandatory recharging, we finally call it off. the room is definitely cleaner, it sort of got that dirt in the corner, but it missed some spots, too, like all that filth do any better? we bring in a new identical carpet and drop the same amount of dirt, cereal and pet hair, including under the couch and in that corner. >> it's filthy. >> reporter: time to let the roomba loose. >> look at that roomba go. it's been about ten minutes and already half the carpet is done. >> reporter: so far, so good. >> impressives, right? right under the couch. >> reporter: the roomba is almost half done and hasn't faulted once. >> the roomba is going to town on that filth we put under the couch. it is rather cathartic watching a robot do your work. >> reporter: even on hard to

ledge slapers of other member countries have also been debating the deal. new zealand became the first to complete domestic procedures last month and discussion are taking place in pursue and o australia. complete domestic procedures and between them they must also have gdp equal to at least 85% of the block. the u.s. accounts for about 60% of the local of the total gdp. so, the deal can't take effect withoutt ratification by congress. but there's no time limit for putting it into force. the japanese government plans to continue pushing the tpp even after trump enters the white house next year. >>> turning now to the markets. tokyo's nikkei stock index closed at a new high for the year. tracking gains our business reporter has the details from the tokyo stock exchange. >> the nikkei hit the year's peak on friday. inflation numbers and tokyo's benchmark briefly reached 19,000 for the first time in 11 months. added 1.2% closing just shy of 19,000 that brought a topix gain 1.8%. that's the fifth consecutive week of gagains. the strongest streak in more than a

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. >> in this first video, that woman there sitting on the ledge, she, according to reports, is very depressed, can't find a job, and apparently she has had it. there are three units there, one on the ground holding a tarp that she could potentially fall into, one in the unit of her apartment, which is right below her, and one unit in the apartment above, a firefighter climbing out of the window above her. watch what he does. >> oh! >> wow. >> hold her, hold her, hold her. >> like a ninja move right there. >> like a ninja. watch this again, he barely finishes stepping out of the window and he just jumps on her, grabs her, and pushes her in the window of the unit below them. it's incredible. >> they definitely practiced that. >> that's amazing. >> also incredible is the story in this next video. also in china. there's a 4-year-old boy that walked away from his village. people in his village, including his family, already looking for him, but never once thought they should look on the freeway, which is where the boy actually was. fortunately, authoritiy ies wer called. they located the child, wh

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watch for icy spots. 31 state ledge and 31 buffalo and 31 pittsburgh. wind directly out of west 10 miles an hour and it's blust write and cold and will feel colder tomorrow with the winds continuing to increase. winds tomorrow 15 to 25 miles an hour with gusts as high as 35 miles an hour making our highss which will only be in the0s feel like 20s all day and saturday southwest wind little milder, 10 to 15 miles an hour still brisk and not bad. you see tomorrow few snow showers try to get in. mainly north and west suburbs and cannot rule out one of two of them making their way further to the south. again be on the lookout if you come on brief an intense snow squall could slow things down tomorrow. but far and few in between. cold and blustery, 9, tomorro tomorrow's high 9 winds 15 to 25 and gusts 35 and it will feel like 20s for most if not all of the day. feeling better midnight as we ring in the new year. 2017, 8 degrees, stray sprinkle overnight as we ring in 2017. not bad, dry for most of us. mummers parade looks g partly sunny. less wind and tempera

alert. [ singing ] >> reporter: a small crowd of neighbors in north beach gathered where a large rye ledge gut symbol -- religious symbol once stood. two weeks ago, they put up a christmas tree next to the jewish symbol tore hanukkah. the tree is still here, but sometime? weekend, somebody stole the 6- foot tall menorah, that weighs more than a hundred pounds. >> to me, at the core of it, this is a hate crime. >> reporter: this may be a crime based on religion, but alerted metal recyclers. >> i think either way, the chance it was stolen for a hate crime, but it's so symbolic, it's like stealing a church or a cross. it doesn't matter why they took it. >> when something happens to our community like this, that a symbol of our joy is taken away, we add light. >> reporter: so they brought their own. members of the community brought their own menorahs, and little the candles in -- lit the candles in the place where the large one was stolen. [ singing ] >> that's how i know the message of the menorah prevails. when you come here, and you see the slight continuing -- this light continuing and peo

northwestern norway, hahns and a few friends find the spot they're looking for, a 2 foot by 1 foot ledge perched more than 5,000 feet above the ground. for hans, there's only one way down. >> when i jump off, i gain speed. you go pretty vertical the first four, five seconds. then you flatten out when you get speed in the suit. >> so far, hans' flight is going as planned. >> after 10, 12 seconds of freefall, i say, this is nice. i have a nice path. i made a left curve, a slight one, to lose some height and gain some speed. so i made a sharp right turn, going pretty close there. and then make a left turn into the neighboring valley. i was like, this was marvelous. and my hair was like -- and my neck, it was awesome. >> but now, streaking along the mountainside at about 110 miles per hour, caught on his helmet camera, a great jump turns disastrous in an instant. he's getting too close to the mountain, so he deploys his parachute. >> when i open my parachute, i'm very aware that i have a wall to the right-hand side. >> if he crashes into the mountain, it could mean death, so he fights with e

so we have these lit panthers climbing up the building and sitting on the ledges. >> reporter: for yearsked hard to build american christmas. >> i literally walked every ttock of manhattan and called everyone that i could possibly call. it took a number of years, but slowly but surely i started to gain a clientele. >> you've got to go big or go home. >> reporter: mark metric is president of saks fifth avenue. >> what does american christmas bring that nobody else does? >> they bring elevated energy. and they bring, they know how to do it and the goal was to bring joy. lyd joy's our big word this year and really i think everyone needs it. >> reporter: including this family. e it's fantastic. you only see something like this in new york city. >> it's beautiful, it's amazing. >> it gives you that christmas feeling, that feeling of being with your family, that good feeling on the inside. >> reporter: schwam's employees seeiy seeing their works on display just as much as anyone else. it must be thrilling when the lights turn on and the onlookers are there, and their response to what you and y

watch for icy spots. 31 state ledge and 31 buffalo and 31 pittsburgh. wind directly out of west 10 miles an hour and it's blust write and cold and will feel colder tomorrow with the winds continuing to increase. winds tomorrow 15 to 25 miles an hour with gusts as high as 35 miles an hour making our highss which will only be in the0s feel like 20s all day and saturday southwest wind little milder, 10 to 15 miles an hour still brisk and not bad. you see tomorrow few snow showers try to get in. mainly north and west suburbs and cannot rule out one of two of them making their way further to the south. again be on the lookout if you come on brief an intense snow squall could slow things down tomorrow. but far and few in between. cold and blustery, 9, tomorro tomorrow's high 9 winds 15 to 25 and gusts 35 and it will feel like 20s for most if not all of the day. feeling better midnight as we ring in the new year. 2017, 8 degrees, stray sprinkle overnight as we ring in 2017. not bad, dry for most of us. mummers parade looks g partly sunny. less wind and tempera

its founder told me she's bringing in experts from the red cross to make sure those with ledge mal needs receive the money. >>> there are many more personal pleas appearing online. and charity watchdogs remind us, the mass casualties obvious times attract thieves who prey on well-meaning donorses like you. here's how we believe you can give with confidence. ask questions. and if you don't get answers hold off. and ideally make a personal connection. give to a person or organization you already know. be careful. janelle, back to you. >> thanks so much, chris. >>> some big names are also donating to the fire relief fund. talk show host chelsea handler and lena dunham. tmz says handler gave $5,000 to the fund. dunham also donated money. the cash goes towards helping victims' families. >>> a programming note. tomorrow night we're hosting a nbc bay area special on the oakland fire. we investigate how the tragedy unfolded and we profile many of the people who died. that's tomorrow night at 6:30. >>> a live look now at san francisco. clouds increasing with another storm system offshore. our chi

he the he'ding ledge of it is'ding really right on gaithersburg.er.it a couple more hours mor and it starts to really oozellyo area across the mountains andund everybody is going to get cold. let me just give you an idea ani where we're going today just so you know. it's not a ll that bad outad there right now but this is the forecast wind chills 6:00ll0 a.m. this morning.his ng. 14 degrees or so. the winds are really gusty, up p over 20, 30 miles per hour.les h it's going to be that way allhal day long.y l let's take you untilil lunchtime. wow. okay, now we're in the single digits, some places way up, so north and west really close to zero, if not zero or below.ow we take you to 5, 6 o'clock in n this casewhere between theen the teens couple spots below zero. r all day long as this air mass just continues to kind of move e through. we're just going to get cold g we're in the 30's now but the 3 actually we'll be droppingppg through the day actually intocto the 20's and then you add in a the wind with that and that's t' why we have these wind chill fac

. >>> come monday it will be time for the electoral ledge to vote and -- college to meet and vote for the next president. but today some hope to make history right mat in the. >> reporter: they go and here's the deal. -- do and here's the deal. excuse mit would take some 37 so-called faithless electors to defect from trump's camp to call the election's outcome into question by creating a tie. in reality the chances of this happening are scant. nonetheless, the white house and the nation's mall to plead their case. [ chanting ] >> i think it's important to let people know especially electoral college that there are many of us who -- trump is not our president. 2.7million more of us who voted for hillary and yet he's going to take office. >> i know what the constitution says. and we will follow that but we have already had electoral voters come and say that they're not going to vote for trump. >> unite, this isn't over. >> for the electoral college to break away from what we normally do and affirm the will of the people. it's only happened a handful of times and always been serious issu

starting with a suicidal woman who is alive tonight thanks for a winter >> he talked her off of the ledge. >> find ie out how he saved her. >> when the news came down, my heart was racing. >> a judge grants trevor dooley bond. when he could get out of jail. >> a person across the street is picking up signals and data right out of the air. >> florida ranks third in the nation in identity theft, find out how to protect yourself from something called snooping. >> we begin at 11:00 with a life-and-deaths are. and a winter haven police officer says he was just doing his job, but this woman who threatened to jump off of a 13-story building may owe him her life.

. >> another subject is judge ruled today that electoral ledge members must vote with the way state voters want it to two. clear message. >> there's a clear message from the judge, democrats, you lost, republicans, won this election. are the democrats now going to do what the republicans did when barack obama got into the presidency, are they going to block everyone or are we going to act like a democracy, i may not like the election results, but he the win more electrical votes than anyone has. he is the next president. i may not like it, you may not like it. we have to work together. if he makes mistakes as he goes along, have at him. but this way i'm glad the judge can that -- did that. you don't get to vote the way you wanted. you as individual on that panel don't get to change things. >>> this year ktvu are a media partner with other organizations for the season of sharing fund. the fund has raised more than 113-00-0000 to help people in need -- 113-00-0000 to help people. >> on the 6th34 of the apartment building, larry williams takes in the view. he has just the essentials but it's

you have ledges, thousands of lawyers in d.c., and that's okay. but you can't have two or three generals? retired generals in the outer reaches of government? part of the problem is about the military being coup prone. not one officer has led anything that looks like a coup. we take an oath to follow the constitution and live by it. i'm not agnostic about whether generals should be picked to serve. it depends on the best man and woman for the job. in this case the president-elect has picked great choices for homeland security and secretary of defense. these are great men of integrity, knowledge and skill. what's the problem here? charles: we have gone with the wyers and the academics and professors. the one major distinction between them and these small business folks coming in, they are or wented towards results, success and no excuses. i think the american public wants accountability right now. >> there are generals and admirals i wouldn't trust with a homeless person's shopping cart. it's a matter of individuals. these guys are not only great l

it claimed ledge lit -- negligence on the part of the building owner and others.is being brought on behalf of michaela gregory. >>> a local family business devastated by the damage less behind -- left behind by the fire found a reason to celebrate. we have their story and a christmas wish for others.>> reporter: the fans blared inside the boutique store : cleaning the air from smoke damage. what is on the walls cannot be sold but the crowds gathered outside looking for bargains. it was a hard day for lorraine a dominguez. >> emotionally we are more stable. it was very tragic for the community and felt very cold out here. we didn't want to be here.>> reporter: the business on international boulevard was damaged by water and smoke. her husband owns a boost mobile store on the quarter -- on the corner.>> this was the only option we had for our customers. we are going to relocate. >> reporter: from the ashes of the warehouse next door, the family has found joy this christmas amid a financial loss. >> i have new granddaughter. very happy. a little complicated birth,

let me welcome my good friends, a comedian, actor, ledge end. bill stars in a new movie the bounceback. i'm glad you bounced back into my arms. >> i send you so receive love and big hugs. you feel love, right? i think the kanye thing is a very unique situation. that's hyper fame. strrp few celebrities get to have the cameras own on every little move you make. i think that would drive anybody crazy. even brad fifth and angelina jolie get a break. i think for him, especially him, it's probably very difficult to try to live up to what it is that kind of fame, provokes, you know. i would never want to be that kind of famous where i couldn't be a human. kennedy: you have to be married to kim kardashian who has a tv show and all she wants to be is famous. i think our president select is or will be that famous. once's inaugurated he will be even more famous. so do you worry that our president atlantic might have a similar mental breakdown? >> i think he is not ready for that. i think president-elect trump is definitely a celebrity already. you know we

we are remembering the pop ledge end w legend who passed away on christmas.ve in london. >>> a harsh response from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu after the u.s. abstains from an tti-israel relations. the ambassador pins the entire issue on the obama administration. >>> and donald trump trying to quiet critics. he says he will close his charity. the question is can he get it done before he assumes the presidency? good morning. welcome to "early start." o i'm alison kosik. >> i'm joe johns. it is 31 minutes past the hour. christine and john are off. fans and fellow musicians all over the world remembering george michael who died suddenly at the age of 53 on sunday. ♪ last christmas i gave you my heart ♪ >> the british pop icon rose to fame in the 1980s as part of the two-man group wham!. michael went on selling 100 million records and collaborating with the biggest names in the music business. his manager reportedly saying it is suspected that george michael died of heart failure. cnn's ian lee outside michael's home in london where fans are gatherin

. >>> now music world lost yet another ledge and pop singer george michael died christmas day and we'reom heart failure. >> loss of the 53-year-old is felt in the united states and britain his home country. >> reporter: fans pay tribute to george michael outside his home in england believing flowers and other items at the place it appears the pop star died of heart failure. >> he's a local man. >> michael first gaining star status with the teen group wham in early '80s and pop duo last christmas >> last christmas i gave you my heart♪ >> and michael eventually moving on to sew owe career selling over 100 million albums globally and winning album of the year at the 1989 grammy for faith. >> i got a body like you♪ >> and over the career the 53-year-old recorded duets with aretha travrping lynn, ray charles and elton john who writes on instagram "i am in deep shock and i have lost a be loved friend the kindest most generous soul and brilliant arist my heart to out to his family, friends and all fans sglts michael was also known for off stage controversies and he struggled with drug use and

>> well, the way it set up, there's a ledge right in front of the glass at the zoo there.we set him on it and the lions were watching him. i think they were interested because they were probably about ten yards away at the time. and so they were watching him and when he went to a point where he was no longer in their line of sight, they immediately jumped up and came over to keep watching him. and that's when the whole thing started. it was incredible. we never thought we would get this kind of footage from it. and we only stayed for a few minutes because we didn't want to upset the lions too much. we were able to capture cool pictures and videos. >> were you at all a little nervous? i mean, i know there's a glass -- >> it was a little surreal to watch it. and i mean, at no point was i scared, but there was a realization that there's a reason there's a pain of glass between this huge animal and him. but, i mean, it was not scary, i trust the process there and so i didn't think anything bad would happen to him. >> aria, i'll ask you the final question, one of the friends of

the comedy ledge end is next. >>> live from america's news headquarters i'm jackie ibanez.s claiming responsibility for the christmas market attack in berlin, germany. 12 were killed and 50 injured when a truck driver slammed into the busy downtown market. german police still hunting for the driver at this hour. they arrested a pakistani man who matched the witness descriptions, but released him due to a lack of evidence tieing him to the rampage. and a terror raid in indonesia may have thwarted a major new year's eve attack. they killed three suspected it militants during the raid on the outskirts of jakarta. they found several bombs. the neighborhood has been evacuated as they tried to diffuse the explosives. >>> a deadly blast at a large fireworks market near mexico city. they say the explosion killed 29 people and injured dozens more. this is not the first tragedy to strike this market. in 2005 a fire touched off a chain of explosions. israel is looking to expand medical assistance to those injured in the battle of uh -- aleppo. they are looking into the possibility of

i think we saw that with chris christie who went out on a ledge, ruddie giuliani, and they went out andy else would. and they are not players at all. >> that's spot on. i see that in multiple spheres around the es bannon in the populous. mike flynn is in the group. you have rhines priebus, the incoming chief of sfaf. there is always a direct line to trump, instead of having an isolated presidency i would expect to see a president who is taking advice and counsel from people outside of his administration. >> that's what's going to be fascinating because you can have a relationship with trump outside of his staff. >> get to him directly on twitter, which is odd for a president. out of the list that rod reeled off. i can tell you the most divisive person in that list with the conspiracy theories is bannon. as long as donald trump maintains someone like steve bannon who ran a all the right website, who white nationalists see as their window, doorway into the administration, as long as that person is in the administration he will never get away from the divisiveness. >> what away from traps

the comedy ledge end is next. >>> good morning and live from america's news headquarters. jackie ibanez in new york. a historic moment in hawaii. president obama and japanese prime minister lay wreaths at the uss arizona memorial. it honors the 2300 american service people killed in the 1941 pearl harbor attack. this marks the first visit by a japanese prime minister to the memorial. mr. obama said the pilgrimage shows what is possible between nations and people. he did not apologize for the uhing ta, but he offered condolences to those who lost their lives. >>> syria could be facing serious sanctions for using chemical weapons during its war with anti-government rebels. it would ban all nations from supplying syria with helicopters which investigators say were used in at least three color evening gas attacks. the resolution would also impose sanctions on any company or organization that supplied the chemicals. the u.s. has been pushing for action against syria, but russia is questioning any link between sear -- syria's military and the attacks. >>> fans and friends are sh

landon said he is still not sure what want wrong after he jumped off a ledge on camelback mountain.tanders watched as the chute roared open but he hit a wall and slammed into the ground. he is in the hospital with fractured in the hip and two broken ankles. >> 100 different reasons why it could have happened and when it opened it wasn't right. i fly back into the cliff. >> doctors say it will take him six to eight months to recover and he said he will be jump off more mountains. >> palo alto residents are told in their water looks, tastes or smells different, don't be alarmed. the water supplier is switching reservoirs to bring in water allowing inspections and repairs of the mountain town until pipeline that delivers water from the hetch hetchy reservoir. treating water from the sunol valley and the wart treatment plant is delivered to palo alto. >> three bay area lawmakers are asking the park service to give dog owners another month to get ready for new leash rules. this month the new requirements for managing dogs in the packs in marin, san mateo and san francisco counties. repre

are claimants are in the water swimming talking conversing and decide to climb to the top of this ledgety whatsoever. john: social security medicare. ed: there are so many examples of fraudulent claims and fraudulent disability. these things have skyrocketed over the past few years and even the government knows this fraud. a billion dollars in a recent report. they don't have the same profit and loss incentives because they don't really care. they're going to charge it off to the taxpayers. john: thank you ed stringman. coming up how i failed and how i john: so much success has grown out of failure. on social media you offered examples i've known about. cold treated -- tweeted reid hastings led to netflix. really? guess we checked it out and that's true. reid hastings returned to tape six weeks late was hit with a 40-dollar late fee and was nervous explaining to his wife. he later told 60 minutes max i was on the way to the gym and i saw video stores could operate like a gym with a flat membership team. i wonder why no one has done that before and he created netflix and earned himself a

. >> let me ask you about the ledges lake-effe ledggislative priorities. you've talked about it being tax reform, boobamacare. go through the rules that you think are too onerous. wilbur ross says president obama has instituted 7,000 new rules. he joked about it, he said do you think the u.s. was that wild and woolly two years ago that we needed 7,000 new rules put in place. so what rules go away? >> well, it's one of the greatest things, as we're trying to come out of a recession, the w obama administration pushed the economy tounldown, pushed the investment out. the new people that were being hired were hired to carry out new regulations instead of more output. he they proposed more than 500 major rulings. and you don't become major unless it is score that had it will cost $100 million to business. and so just atmosphere what is going on. after this election, you see this stock market go to new heights. i think that is all based upon government going to impose more regulations or be common accepts. so first of all, you have three co-equal branches. execu

he said he is still not sure what want wrong after he jumped off the ledge on campbellback mount and bystanders watched as the chute opened and he hit a wall. this is not the correct video. it took place. it will take him six to eight months to fully recover. then he said can you expect to see him jumping off more mountains. later. >> 100 different reasons it could have happened. and when it opened it just -- something wasn't right and i went back into the cliff. >> two broken ankles, a fracture in his hip and he said he is beginning to still keep doing that. >> glad he is okay. >> the one time you hit a wall or mountain is the time you stop. >> usually. but he has a passion for it. >> today in the first look tragedy strike as family on a ski trip to colorado. >> woman was killed and two daughters injured after falling from a chair lift. >> authorities investigating a deadly accident on the slopes. >> station one, spending to three parents falling from the chair lit 25'. >> 4-year-old mother from texas and her two daughters falling on tuesday from the chair colorado. >> paramedics ru

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