ben tracy, cbs news, long beach, california. >> pelley: in new york, seven former and current students at the same long island high school were arrested for allegedly cheating on the s.a.t. one, now a college student, is accused of using fake i.d.s so he could take the exam for the six others. at one point, taking it twice in the same weekend and getting paid up to $2,500 each time. the district attorney is investigating whether there are similar scams at two other high schools. an american fugitive is captured overseas after 40 years on the run. how they caught him when we come back. ,,,, >> pelley: george wright has been called a lot of things-- an escaped murderer, a militant, a hijacker, and for the past 41 years, a fugitive. now you can just call him captured. wright has been arrested in portugal. here again is bob orr with the details of wright's double life and how u.s. authorities finally tracked him down. >> reporter: neighbors in this small town near lisbon, portugal, knew him as jorge dos santos, a friendly man who lived in this house and did odd jobs but jorge was really ge

after long beach it went to fresno. >> compton, garden grove, lennox and oakland. vice president yee: commissioner norton. commissioner norton: i just wanted to add that actually i'm bringing this to curriculum for the september meeting, that we're going to be talking about math instruction in the district and the curriculum we're using. so i just talked to mrs. desmond about it. i'm sure she'll get back to you about it. but people that want to hear more about this, we can do that in september. i appreciate that. commissioner fewer: i have one question. is it the very descriptive program because we've had that before with temporary results and were not able to sustain that. >> it is not really scripted, it is the approach. it teaches teachers how to teach. so that if the teachers are teaching the formula, there's some consistency in the way it's taught. there's still creative license to do some things but there's consistency so that all of the points that need to be touched so that the child has a complete understanding of it are used. >> just so the board -- i'm g

>> reporter: and things here in long beach could soon get worse.a's new budget contains triggers. come january, if the state is not taking in enough revenue, $1.5 billion in new and automatic cuts to education take place. that could cost this school district another $30 million. >> that's unacceptable. we have to stop this. >> reporter: chris steinhauser is the long beach school district's superintendent. >> we are going to pay big time five, ten years from now when we don't have an educated work force and more people going to prison and unemployment. people have got to think in the long term. >> reporter: yet all andrew martinez can think about is what he has lost. >> i like this school, you know, but i just can't feel the love that i felt over there. >> reporter: further budget cuts could force california to shrink the school year by as many as seven days. ben tracy, cbs news, long beach, california. >>> coming up later on "the early show," the latest on the alleged terror plot involving model airplanes packed with explosives and aimed at the u.s

then tracy, cbs news, long beach. >> and checking some other bay area headlines now. didn't i think mary's college voter rally after two reports of campus rapes in two weeks. in both cases police say the alleged victims knew their attackers, but the campus reports the rapes go unreported. think mary's .-full-stop the lights which it served us panic buttons when help is needed. >>> oakland police are still searching for the color of the motorcycle club member. 40 -year-old pusan cited was sitting at the headquarters of the state dragons last night one of the gunman walked in and opened fire. police say it's unclear why that was targeted. >>> and the 42 -year-old woman has been arrested for smashing windshields of the san francisco police cars. the homeless man tipped off the officers. she was taken into custody and charged with felony vandalism. >> not your typical bank deposit. protesters fed up with foreclosure marched on several area banks. robert lyles on what they left in the lobbies. >> today on fruitville avenue, the only thing that they chased with protesters.

. >> reporter: and things here in long beach could soon get worse. the new budget contains trigger, come january if the state isn't taking in enough revenue $1.5 billion in new cuts take place. that could cost this district another $30 million. >> that's not acceptable. >> reporter: the long beach superintendent. >> we will pay big time five, ten years from now when we don't have an educated work force, have more people in prison, huh-uh employment, people have got to think in the long term. >> reporter: all andrew can think about is what he has lost. >> i like this school and all but i just can't feel the love they felt over there. >> reporter: further budget cuts could force california to shrink the school year by as much as a week. >> bart police officers have a new weapon. it's a camera. the cameras are clipped to their uniforms and record everything from an officer's point of view. if they enter into a situation that has the potential for trouble the officer just turns the cameras on. bart is now testing them out. >> we are trying to get more tr

miguel almaguer, nbc news, long beach, california. >> spectacular.hat's our broadcast for this wednesday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good evening, everyone. thanks for joining us. i'm jessica aguirre. >> and i'm raj mathai. we begin with some developing news with the san francisco giants. the man in charge of the organization has been forced out. this is a surprising move, considering the success of the team. we have some new information within the last ten minutes. according to the "mercury news" now, bill neukom has been asked

. >> reporter: jeff was the phys- ed teacher at millikin high school in long beach, california. he was let go when 750 jobs were cut in his school district. >> it's a really bad time for us. we're trying to stay positive and hope that something's going to work out for us. >> reporter: his wife tiffany, also a teacher, is now bringing home the family's only paycheck. >> where is there's no way we can survive, live the life-style that we're living now with just my income. >> we're also currently trying to have another child ourselves which is... the timing for that is really, really tough. >> reporter: back in 2009, $97 billion in federal stimulus to states saved an estimated $325,000 school jobs. but that money is now gone and schools have shed 200,000 jobs nationwide. gym, music, and art teachers are often the first to go. music teacher gene amato was laid off after 20 years in new jersey schools. he lost his job 14 months ago. >> i never thought to be 50 plus years old and no job. i have a master's in music and i have some experience and all of a sudden you're kind of thrown on

. >> john huntington, start-up owner of hydro bikes in long beach, california. also made his first groupon offer last year. it was august 24th, 2010. just two months after his opening day. and he remembers it well. >> i made 13,800. that day. so that was a very profitable day. it was a great 17 hours. >> how many is the back table set for? >> ray hasser, 14-year owner of lasher's restaurant also in long beach was haile skeptical when groupon approached him. at first blush he didn't see how what amounted to a 75% discount could possibly make him a profit. >> i put the math to it. and i came up with some ideas that i thought i could make money, and still take advantage of the tremendous impact. >> indeed the impact can be tremendous. groupon told lasher that nearly 700,000 people saw his offer. which resulted in over 600 groupons sold. >> when it goes on groupon it goes out to millions of people. around the world. i mean i have groupon people have bought groupon in china. >> but what seemed like a lucky windfall to one small business owner can feel like a disrupti

> until 1933 when the reilly act went into effect after the disastrous 1933 santa barbara -- >> long beach. >> destroyed elementary schools. they were brick. if the kids were in school, we would have lost thousands of kids. that banned brick construction and required seismic designs to be incorporated in buildings. >> there was a major -- there are a number of thresholds over the course of the development. the big one is in the mid '70s, but a whole threshold, series of these thresholds. many of the older buildings, like the 1 across the street have been upgraded to meet some modern standards. this is the williams building that we were talking about that is the replacement of the building that was damaged in the 1906 earthquake. it was built just like it with the plans. >> this building they were going to dynamite it. in '06, they dynamited buildings to clear the path. >> from an interesting point of view, spencer is here, this building is incorporating into the brand-new building next to it, which makes the new building an addition. it is not a new building. it is a brand-new building mee

take pkg miss universo comenzo en el año 1952, en long beach california como una competencia creada porñia de trajes de baño catalina para promocionar sus bañadores. los paises latinos que estuvieron en la primera edicion fueron chile, cuba mexico, panama, peru, puerto rico, uruguay y venezuela. en el año 1960 el certamen se mudo a miami beach, florida donde comenzo la tradicion de televisar miss universo y las reinas ya no fueron coronadas en traje de baño, alli se celebraron los concursos anualmente hasta el 1972, en ese entonces gracias a la señal por satellite la competencia comenzo a efectuarse en diferentes paises del mundo. la primera miss universo en no completar su reinado fue tambien la primera miss universo de la historia...amy kuusela de finlandia quien renuncio a la corona un mes antes de completar su termino para casarse. la primera latina en ganar el certamen miss universo fue la peruana gladys zender en 1957 sot luis alfonzo borrego jefe de informacion revista tv y novelas solo dos miss universos han fallecido hasta la fecha...la sueca hillevi rombin, de 1955 y la espaÑo

our second release was out of long beach.toured around the world with a van and no money when maybe one person helping us, and we grew from that, so by the time you get to 1996 or 1997, we had been out there doing it, and we were very prolific musically, and we had done a lot, and i think get that time, we had not been well known internationally for very long. we probably did not need to break up. we should have the presence of mind to say, let's take a couple years off. having said that, it worked out great. everyone feels refreshed. we are making a new album. we are touring together. it seems to me we all realize and appreciate what we had and what we have, and we are lucky to have it again. tavis: what is the challenge to trying to make it work, to trying to make the music relevant and? music changes so fast. how do you know 12 years later this stuff is going to work? >> you always think, what is happening now, but that never works. if a record comes out in six months, that is over. get out and do what you feel is creative

the man's truck in long beach ended up underwater along with his trailer. he was trying to launch his boat but forgot to put the brakes on the truck. it ended up in the water. divers took it on tow line, nobody was hurt but it was a big wet mess. >>> thousands of people celebrated gay pride yesterday. jennifer holiday serenaded the crowd during the annual pride celebration. they hope to double last year's turnout of 50,000 but they are still counting the number of people. oakland has the third highest number of same-sex couples behind san francisco and seattle. >> another labor day tradition, they met his match in his the arena. sonia thomas beat chestnut to win the worldest competition in new york. thomas brook her own record, downing 83 buffalo wings. earlier this summer, both took top honors in the nation's fourth of july hotdog eating contest. thomas took the women's crown but 12 minutes and 183 wings. >> i wouldn't do that. you talk about heartburn city. get out. >> and muscular dystrophy telethon posted the best gain since the recession started but le

. >>> a man in long beach is lucky to be alive after his truck accidentally ended up in the harbor. the driver was trying to launch his boat from the ramp but didn't put the brakes on his truck. the truck and boat trailer both ended up in the water. divers hooked the vehicle to a tow line and pulled it out. no one was hurt. >>> a man wanted in the shooting death of ft. bragg city councilman jerry mellow eluded authorities over the weekend. he was spotted by sheriff's deputies yesterday morning near his mother's home but he escaped into the woods. they've been searching for bassler since the august 26th killing of mellow. he's also suspected in the killing of land trust worker matthew coleman last month. >>> some chp continues its holiday crackdown on drunk driving. they tell us that so far officers statewide have arrested 1,008 people suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs. that's up from 980 for the same period last year. there have been 11 traffic deaths statewide this labor day weekend, up from eight last year. >>> starting tomorrow, marin city buses wil

cashing in on the conservation us climate jails are accused of long beach for heavy jail sentences to make more money from prison it says. and it said so the tolex ukraine debates whether a ban on trips to the county area around the snowball could be listen to his allegations they provided on healthy profits to official. everyone while in ca this is also a line from moscow and the city international has called on libya's new all thought to prevent human rights abuses their allegations of on nations committed by great rivals under. colonel gadhafi is troops most of the country is now under rebel control with only a few pockets of daffy loyalists still fighting but some people in the capital say the only fruits of the revolution they're seeing are uncertainty and fear as artie's refund reports. it after free tripoli just can't stop chanting to celebrate the birth of new libya . all reminders of a recently overthrown dictatorship are suppressed but used to bring nightmares to some for decades is now a cause for laughter. shoot for his show of shoot earlier we call him shoot because his h

in an average year, 4,000 to 5,000 tons of trash ends up in long beach. man: we've created a system to deal with flooding but inadvertently created a pathway for pollution to get into our waterways. narrator: los angeles county is beginning to develop ways to reduce the infrastructure's impact upon the environment. on the front lines of protecting the beaches, are the crews that clean out the stormwater system. man: this big vactor truck works on the same principle as your vacuum cleaner in your house, only this thing sucks up the whole house. some of the storm drains collect a lot of trash. i started cleaning drains in '93. they were horrible because they hadn't been maintained so much. now this is a priority. you have trash, animal waste, and it ends up on our beaches. that is a health risk. that is one of the main reasons why we have to close the beaches after heavy rain. narrator: but even when it's not raining, water still enters the stormwater system, carrying pollutants. here on the west coast, a lot of our storm drain systems are separate from the

to know how long beach will take but china is the second largest economy in the world it's got. for a huge amount of reserves it's in a very strong financial position. it's a large economies and it's more in this in the same situation the united states was enough to the second world war when the large economies swear. by fiscal deficit position so we do think. it is a wise move at this point in time will be the reserve currency but we've known this now for a few years and china is just playing a cat and mouse game with the dollar they are secretly hoarding gold we know this from wiki leaks cable recently that just came out they have been secretly hoarding gold they have their minions all over the world sucking gold out of every little orifice of the global economy that they possibly can and they need another three or four or five thousand tons of gold yeah and again this is part of that trend which we've talked about it's just that the currency volatility the financial volatility is we're seeing the collapse of the american empire but let's turn to this other. because this is ve

in an average year, 4,000 to 5,000 tons of trash ends up in long beach. man: we've created a system to deal with flooding but inadvertently created a pathway for pollution to get into our waterways. narrator: los angeles county is beginning to develop ways to reduce the infrastructure's impact

i think an attack on america's ports in long beach and los angeles could create a significant impact to our national economy and our global economy, so, you know, i've spent ten years on the city council working with my predecessor, jean harman, in improving the airport and the port of los angeles, but i'd like to know from the panel what do you think we, in congress, should be doing, can do to improve the security at our ports? >> my judgment would be that we not focused enough on the ports, and i think the enormous vulnerability would be inadequate inspection of cargo probably, would be a major problem. i'm not up-to-date on what's been done on that. i do recall being disappointed, again, at the state of our technology with regard to detection. you have these massive amounts of materials coming into the country in ships, and our ability to identify danger materials i think is lacking, at least that's my understanding at this point, so i think you play an important role by bringing up the question of the as a result necialt of the ports. >> i might add, though it's a time of concern

understand that in order to have any kind of meaningful either international trade all real european long beach trade you need national development or you guys are jumping ahead of me michael you want to go where you want if you're going to have us that is the word we need to have through school through school unity we have to have one fiscal policy for the into . or years old that's the only way that's going to happen should that happen jeff use the word rent seeking and your audience may not be familiar with that because it's a technical term rent seeking means get a free lunch or a privilege right now central bank commercial banks can create credit on a keyboard and they say let us know what are responsible but if a government does it they said look at nineteen twenty one one hundred twenty one of the hyperinflation happened because of german reparations and debts it was international. the europeans who have let the commercial bank lobbyists shape the discussion into a kind of think mission don't look here let us make the whole killing off the government ok we think that's a good judgment go

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reporters were sent to long beach, long island or sheep's head bay where i grew up because obviously going to be flooding right on the water. let's look back with the benefit of line side. it was a serious storm. more than 40 people were killed. lots of flooding in suburban areas like new jersey, upstate new york, vermont. but when that damage finally takes place, adam buckman, by then the coverage is starting to fade. it's being covered but nothing like the obsession it was before. >> that is the problem. in the days to come it seemed like new england was very, very hard hit. certainly we didn't have the kinds of coverage of the disaster that took place there, nor the coverage before it sort of warning new englanders to be ready for potential flooding. as far as new york city went, i'm torn with this argument about whether or not new york was somehow spared. from my window i saw the fdr drive flooded. i saw the roosevelt island in the middle of the east river partially covered in water, something i had never seen in ten years living there. the fact is, with all the warnings and all

. >>> plus -- why labor day was a total washout for the driver of that truck in long beach. >> reporterolden gate bridge. a little bit foggy. we'll take a look at all of the other bay area bridges -- coming up. ok, kids, our cable will let us record one more show. who should get it? i really love jennifer. yeah, she's great. yeah. yeah. kyle's got that thick head of hair. and that should be rewarded. ok, moment of truth. on "three," say which kid you love the most. oh, fun, yeah. 1...2...3... jennifer. jennifer. whoa. wow. ha! she's so pretty. yeah. or, we give it to kyle. it's really all he's got. [ male announcer ] switch to at&t u-verse and record four shows all at the same time. just $29 a month for 6 months. at&t. >>> as we approach the 10th anniversary of september 11th, right now in portola valley, people are getting together gathering for a memorial run to honor a bay area man who was on united flight 93. it's the 10th annual andy garcia memorial 5-k, run, walk and bike, starting at triangle park at 9:00. gather see ya was one of the -- garcia was one of the 40 people on the fli

between the ports of los angeles and long beach, we account for about 44% of the trade that comes into this country. we have about 5000 men and women who actually work on the docks on a daily basis. and i think it is our seaports that are still probably the most vulnerable entry way into this country. and while utah about how we have evolved in granting these homeland security grants to more represent threats on her and consequence. an honorable hamilton, as you said, they've given us a road map at the target would be something that does great damage and is in symbolic. i think an attack on america's support in long beach and los angeles could create a significant impact to our national economy and our global economy. so i spent 10 years on the city council worker but my predecessor, jane harman, in approving the delhi international airport and the port of los angeles. but i'd like to know from the panel what you think we in congress should be doing, can do to improve the security at our ports. >> my judgment with feet that we've not focused enough on the port. i think the enormous vul

man's truck in long beach ended up in water along with the boat trailer.s trying to launch the boat from the ramp but apparently forgot to put the brakes on the truck. both the truck and trailer ended up, divers took the vehicle to a tow line and pulled it out of the water. but it was a big wet mess. >> right now we want to show you breaking news we've got in the bay area. golden gate bridge, we have a live picture. this is truck that apparently had some sort of collision in the parking lot tunnel beneath the toll plaza where the flashing lights are. that is tunnel that connects two parking lots there by the golden gate bridge toll plaza. you see the semi has some damage there and also we understand the tunnel has been damaged a bit, too. not sure how that affects traffic if at all. there shouldn't be too many problems but we will keep our eye and give you the latest on the morning show. >>> not enough clearance maybe. >> we'll keep following that. >> thousands of people celebrated gay pride in downtown oakland today. ♪ >>> that is rewind from yesterday. j

the long beach democrat said 60 cities and counties already use greener containers and the ban must be implemented statewide for tourism. >> people come to the state because they love the beauty. if we are engaged in a program to pollute the state, we will lose that. >> joe owns the gold rush grill. since 70% of his business is to go, he worries about the expense of pushing over to more environment tale green containers. he said they cost double at $53 a case. >> what happens to me, you have to lay off a part-time employee or take a full-time employee to part-time. >> his customers are split over the issues. many like the alternatives to styrofoam. >> people don't dispose of them properly. i don't know if you can even recycle them. what do you do with styrofoam when it's gone. >> but if it's going to cost jobs, that's another story. >> i think it's too much. i think it's fine how it is. >> public health groups and the chemical industry are also at odds over the bill. foam containers can release a carcinogen called styrene under certain circumstances, but critics say the risk is low. ab

the long beach democrat said 60 cities and counties already use greener containers and the ban must bemplemented statewide for tourism. >> people come to the state because they love the beauty. if we are engaged in a program topo lute the state, we will lose that. >> joe owns the gold rush grill. since 70% of his business is to go, he worries about the expense of push over to more environmentally green containers. >> what happens to me, you have to lay off a part-time employee or take a full-time employee to part-time. >> his customers are split over the issues. many like the alternatives to styrofoam. >> people don't dispose of them properly. i don't know if you can even recycle them. what dox÷2=u do with styrofoam when it's gone. >> but if it's going to cost job, that's another story. >> i think it's too much. i think it's fine how it is. >> public health groups and the chemical industry are also at odds over the bill. foam containers can release a core sin general under certain circumstances but they say the risk is low. abc7 news. >> san francisco controversial twitter tax break d

but i go to a point lookout and point lookout near long beach. i go every year.i didn't go to the oned a ground zero because i didn't lose anyone and i don't belong there. >> this weekend where will you be? >> i'm going invited this time for the first time to ground zero, so i will be down there. >> what do you think is going to be going through your mind ten years later? >> again, how sorry and the scar of time. it's ten years and these people are going to go through it again as they have. and you know, we as americans we'll never forget. and it's a tough time when you have to bury your family, your children, or your spouse. >> bob beckwitt retired new york city firefighter. thank you for your time. >> thank you. >>> turning now to the u.s. post office. officials with usps are headed to capitol hill today with a dire warning. they're about to go broke. the postal service says it doesn't have enough cash to make a $5.5 billion payment toward employee health care at the end of the month. luke russert joining me from capitol hill. luke, what's going to happen here?

she is going to mcdonald's for every meal for the 31 days leading up to the long beach marathon.race to raise money though for the ronald mcdonald house. not sure i'd want to run behind her. [ laughter ] >> i don't know. >> at least she is running for a good cause. >> she is. but i don't know. mile 21, mile 22? anyway. >> i don't know how she does it. >> well, yeah. >> on a healthy diet i don't know how i would do it especially on fast food. >> you can get water and milk there, too. >> apple slices. >> that makes all the difference. >> weather, we're cold out there aren't we? >> we are. definitely. but i think elizabeth maybe got some traffic that we need to check first. >> the webster street tube has been our problem spot all morning. it has reopened so that's the good news if you are commuting from oakland into alameda. it was going against the commute. but for a while it was a problem with the hit-and-run accident. alameda police department was able to wrap up their investigation and right now, traffic is flowing in either direction. by the way the posey street tube was never

between the ports of los angeles and long beach, we account for about 44% of the trade that comes into this country. we have about 5000 men and women who actually work on the docks on a daily basis. and i think it is our seaports that are still probably the most vulnerable entry way into this country. and while utah about how we have evolved in granting these homeland security grants to more represent threats on her and consequence. an honorable hamilton, as you said, they've given us a road map at the target would be something that does great damage and is in symbolic. i think an attack on america's support in long beach and los angeles could create a significant impact to our national economy and our global economy. so i spent 10 years on the city council worker but my predecessor, jane harman, in approving the delhi international airport and the port of los angeles. but i'd like to know from the panel what you think we in congress should be doing, can do to improve the security at our ports. >> my judgment with feet that we've not focused enough on the port. i think the enormous vul

beach is under assault from mother nature. erosion problems there expected to get worse and there is an effort to come up with a long term visionwhat the beach should be like in 50-100 years from now. ocean beach is three and a half miles long from and this is often gray and windy. the rest of the bay area, sunny and it's a major draw for all kinds of recreation. and sunny days it's spectacular. and a difficult balancing act lie as head. this is planning long term future of ocean beach that is 50-100 years out. >> change is coming whether we like it or not. and there is is climate change and erosion pressure that we have been seeing is only going to get worse. >> the san francisco planning and research association is taking a lead in creating a master plan, bringing together bringing together user group was an interesting in what happens here, there is the national parks service, concerned about neglected infrom a structure and i'd like to see a renaissance down here. >> the public utilities commission is worried about water treatment plant at the southern end of the beach. a $1 billion investment. under severe threats from the

nature have her way, the southern stretch of ocean beach will be gone sometime over the next 90 years and this looks at potential economic loss as long ocean beach from the rest of the century. and in just miles sh a projected sea level rise of four and a half feet could cause hundreds of millions of dollars worth of damage. two southbound lanes of the great highway, or the great highway in its entirety could be wash add way. homes and businesses could be destroyed and this stud eye looked at loss of tourism dollars and decreased tax revenues and says there is debate about how much sea level will rise. everyone agrees that it will. >> i hope that the purpose of the study will be to help local communities plan to decide what to do. i mean this is happening and coastal erosion is happening. the question is how do we deal with it? and do we put up sea walls? which a lot of people are not in favor of? do we add sand to the beach? >> and. >> san francisco is slightly head of the coastal neighbors and spur is already working on an ocean beach master plan that is coming up with ways to address the rising ocean. the plan aims to help shape o

long and weighing 200 tons. great pictures. >>> san francisco ocean beach is under assault. erosion problems appear to be getting worse there. so for the first time there is an effort to come up with a long-term vision for what the beach should lack like 50 to 100 years from now. heather reports. >>reporter: ocean beach is about 3 and a half miles long. stretching from lincoln boulevard on the north to slope on the south. it's often gray and windy when the rest of the bay area is sunny. even then it's a major draw for all kinds of recreation. on sunny days it is spectacular. but difficult balancing act lies ahead. increasing erosion is forcing diverse stake holders to work together. planning the long-term future of ocean beach 50 to 100 years out. >> the problem is that change is coming to ocean beach whether we like it or not. about as claim at change sea level rise set in, the erosion pressure that we have been seeing is causing problems already is only going to get worse. >>reporter: spur san francisco planning urban research association is taking a lead in creating the oc

this is long beach, california. one person was just pulled from this wreckage, an automobile struck a tree and literally they have been peeling this car back with the jaws of life as if it's a can opener. and one person is still trapped inside this vehicle. we don't know the condition of either the person who has already been rescued or the person still trapped there. the top of your screen you can see the jaws of life, you know, one big scissor, if you will, and that's really how they get into these situations to rescue people. but what a horrible situation, multiple people were originally trapped. now getting some new details. the call happened at 7:39am. a bmw, that is a bmw, you won't even know it struck a tree at the lakewood off-ramp in lakewood california, two people trapped inside, one has been freed. jenna: what images. gregg: awful. and the person being treated on the side of the road. jenna: we'll keep you up to date on that developing story in california. we have new video crossing our international desk