without stepping into a manhole in real life and getting hurt?then the last one was, we love the dog poop, but there's just no way you can show real dog poop on tv. so, you have to have fake dog poop. well, if you have fake dog poop, how can everything else be real and just the dog poop be fake? so, that gave us what idea? >> the idea to go with an artist's rendition for the backgrounds of all the scenes and to shoot you in live action in front of a green screen. >> it involves literally a green screen. it's a background, and it allows the editor to key in any background that they want. [ ufo warbling ] so, rather than you literally being out in the street, almost about to walk into a manhole we can put a street in your background and have you walk and pretend to fall in a manhole. >> so, what we'll do downstairs in the green screen is tape you walking for the various scenarios, and then we'll put them in the edit room over the backgrounds. >> i really like this. i love how you guys put it all together, and i love the idea of the cartoon backgrou

the manhole erupts again. everyone makes it safely away before the last blast. >> it was such a rush with everything going on. it happened so quickly. that you didn't really have time to think. you're just trying to get the firefighter out of there. >> when gas workers arrive on the scene, officer su learns the cause of the explosions. >> i spoke to the edison supervisor and he said there's a type of short that had happened down in the vault. so what was going on was the main power was sending surges, test surges, to the lines and that was causing the explosions. >> the vault is an underground box that houses electrical equipment. captain wolf and firefighter boyle are transported to the hospital and treated for first and second-degree burns to their heads and hands. within a few weeks, they are back to work. >> if we weren't using protective gear we would have injured a lot more. the burns probably would have a lot worse to the rest of our body. >> a lot of edison guys have even said, we don't know how you're

we had smoke coming out of the manhole.like a pretty cut and dry call. >> captain buchanon and firefighter boyle look for source of the smoke. >> we can't identify what is on fire. seems like it's down underneath the hole. >> the captain and firefighter lean in for a closer look. >> i turn on my flashlight to see if anything is burning. that's when it exploded it was just a bright flash that came up. it almost felt like a wave. it kind of brought my arms up. then spun me around. >> the explosion knocks captain wolf back. >> all i remember is just a noise and then a ringing. you know, bright light, electrical smell kind of thing. >> i woke up in the bushes and remember the first thing i did was checked because my face was on fire. it felt like my hands were burnt. i made sure i had fingers left. >> they still don't know what's burning. firefighter boyle and officer sue rush to captain wolf's aid. as they pass the manhole -- >> the vault went off again. >> watch as the force of the blast just barely misses hitting the officer

i'll find missing manhole cover. we have some rain coming through right now but this weekend dover days festival will bring us extra volume and closures down there in dover. manayunk norristown regional rail line running with an adjusted schedule all weekend long. otherwise, mass transit looking good for a friday morning chris and lauren back to you. >>> a house fire broke out the in the 5,000 block of kingsessing. crews rush to southwest philadelphia neighborhood around 2:30 a.m. films were under control in 20 minutes. one resident was taken to the hospital after complaining of some breathing issues possibly from smoke inhalation. it is up clear at this hour how that fire started. >>> huge crowd turned out in fail against police brutality. >> the philly is baltimore protest lasted for hours despite a few moments where they clashed with police marchers remained mostly peaceful. that was the the good news. the fox 29's jennifer joyce is live with what happened good morning. >> reporter: that is right, mostly people an

problem in warminster bucks county a new issue on street road davisville road reports of a missing manhole cover in that area. we have water leaking out and ponding on the road at township line at walker heavy in cheltenham. checking the commuter traffic report this is the one you get to be a part of, you can join our 6abc team. happy harry is a member of the team. he is up early. a pothole on the road. 50 degrees in philadelphia. we've been talking showers clipping cape may arena southwestern delaware. good to watch this morning. the rest of us are dry. >> the latest from nepal. most of the people in cat katmandu have moved indoors. they were sleeping in tents after the massive earthquake. almost all the gas stations have reopened and shops open up, people are snapping up fresh food. the number of confirmed dead from the quake is past 6200. >>> chopper 6hd was over the prominent shopping center in marlton, new jersey. a fire broke out at the redstone american grill on route 73 after 9:00 a.m. it took 30 minutes to put it out, nobody was injured. >>> philadelphia police released surveillan

they're setting up several thousand feet of temporary pipe that goes from the leak to the nearest manhole. getting that bypass system operational, again, could take days. in the meantime some sewage has gone into oxon hill creek. wssc tells us they're concerned about that, and they're monitoring that situation. now to mention forest hills elementary school is right here. right close to this leak. you can see their play ground is there, basketball courts and the football field. so a reason to be concerned. now, wssc does tell me that there is no impact to drinking water. which obviously is a relief to people here. but this situation once that temporary -- once that temporary pipe is working still this whole thing could take weeks to repair. back to you. >> kristin wright, live for us in oxon hill, thank you. >>> right now, prince george's county police need your help finding a missing woman. take a look at your screen. this is carolyn elizabeth rabb. the last time anyone saw her was yesterday. they're looking for the black 2004 mercedes vehicle, you see it on the right-hand side. call poli

in bucks county we have street road westbound at philmont avenue a missing manhole cover. a serious issue in atlantic county egg harbor township. the action cam was on the scene of the accident. it happened at 1:30, you see the police there ocean heights avenue between pine and alder even though it happened in the overnight. it was a serious accident one vehicle slammed into a tree and two people were injured. ocean heights avenue between pine and alder you want to avoid that area. stick to riga avenue or somers point mays landing road. >> baltimore's curfew has kept the streets calm and the order will remain in place through the weekend. there's new information about the arresting officer in the freddie gray case. a lieutenant involved in the arrest has a past of mental health issues. he was hospitalized in 2012 and during that episode sheriff deputies confiscated his guns. the second prison in the vehicle dismissed the washington post article that he heard freddie gray hurting himself. a wounds on the head matches a bolt in the back of the van suggesting that's where he

firefighters responded to reports of an underground transformer fire on main str pen manhole, and there was an outage for all these homes as well. so people were staying home. it wasn't fun for them. and people really couldn't go out. restaurants and bars couldn't serve people. they took a major hit on what normally would be a busy night. ? as you can see, we have zero customers in our patio and dining room. so we are definitely hurting from this. >> reporter: we haven't heard back from peco on what could have caused that transformer fire. they have investigating the problem. the good news is there was no need for evacuations, and nobody was hurt. live from east falls, i'm drew smith. nbc 10 news. >>> british airways passengers say they were stranded in philadelphia. the flight from london to new york was diverted to philly international because of fog overnight. after it landed, the plane sat on the runway for three hours. passengers then spent another for customs to open. many including an actor took to social media to development frustrations. it was a very hostile welcome to the cit

you are looking at a manhole cover fly into the air after an underground explosion in midtown manhattany heard two explosions in west 35th street. no one was hurt and the incident is under investigation. a similar incident happened in brooklyn in february. that time a man was hit in the head by the flying manhole cover. >>> today on abc 7 news at 11:00 amazon dreams of one day delivering packages to your door using drone but other uses could be in the hands of consumers a lot sooner. tonight, the innovations that could make drones part of our daily lives. >> the only barrier is our imagination. >> the drones of the future could be here a lot sooner than you think. the story tonight on abc 7 news at 11:00. >> the warriors are regrouping today after last night's loss to the memphis grizzlies in game two of the western conference semifinals and grizzly's point guard mike conley led the way with 22 points and it was conley's first action since suffering facial fractures against the portland trail blazers ten years ago and he wore a protective mask and overall a bad night for the warriors an

and that is going to be where they are -- sewage manhole.t is going to be their temporary fix until they have an opportunity to actually get in there and fix the actual pipe which could take several weeks. in the meantime they do have lots of signage all around where this leak happened. again, it was found by a guy who just happened to be cutting his grass. he smelled it he saw it. he said it was bubbling up through the ground. this is right near forest heights elementary. it's right there near their playground area. it's also near oxon run creek where a lot of kids play. we've seen neighbors going back and forth in that area as well. wssc say they do believe this is contained. it will take several weeks to get this temporary fix done and then who kno couple of weeks to get the temporary fix done and several weeks to get the actual pipe done. now, coming up on news 4 at 6:00 again, we talk with the neighbor who actually came up on this and he had a very interesting story of how he found it. we'll have that report coming up. reporting live i'

manhole cover blowing up outside a new york subway station. a hotel and nearby business were evacuated because of smoke. tv phone, and internet service was down for hours because the underground cables melted. >>> there's more proof that robert durs ist is at the least, an eccentric character. this video shows him at a drugstore check out last year. he exposes himself and urinates on the candy bars. obviously to the shock of the person behind him and the person at the cash register as well. he explaped the incident away as a medical mishap. >>> whole foods is setting sights on millennial shoppers. lit open a lower-cost store next year. the announcement didn't sit well with investors. the stock price dropped by 11% yesterday. >>> meanwhile, wendy's says it will sell more than 600 restaurants to franchise owners in the next two years. those sales are meant to generate cash and reduce expenses. they're selling their bakery operation, too. the moves have expected to save nearly half a billion dollars. >>> when we come back, a little sweetness in h

the washington suburban sanitary commission is now running temporary pipes to a nearby manhole. until it's fixed residents there are being warned that some of the sewage is spilling into oxen run. wssc says the drinking water there is not affected. >>> as reagan national airport continues to expand people who live nearby are concerned about the increase in noisy low-flying airplanes. tonight d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton hosted a town hall meeting with leaders from the airport in the palisades neighborhood. neighbors complain that too many airplanes do not stay over the potomac river and instead fly at low altitudes directly over land. >> delta crosses the intersection of reservoir road. i tell you, officer tony should have been out there and pinched them when they came through. >> the airport's authority says that reagan and most airports different flight patterns are used depending on the weather, and they also say they are committed to addressing noise concerns. >> prized presidential possessions far removed from 1600 pennsylvania avenue. there's furniture, china, even

a dislodged manhole cover is blamed.ole at ninth and kirkham yesterday and rear-ended a parked car. construction crew had moved the cover to do some paving. >>> san jose police say a tip led them to arrest a second teenaged suspect in connection with a home invasion in the city's evergreen area. the 16 yearly was arrested yesterday. -- the 16-year-old was arrested yesterday six days after the crime, recorded by surveillance video. investigators say the intruders were armed with knives and tried to attack two women hiding with a baby in an upstairs room. but they ran off when they heard the women calling police. >>> leave your drone at home. that's the message aviation officials are trying to spread after another drone was caught flying too close to the white house yesterday. it was about a block from the white house when secret service agents arrested the man flying it. white house was locked down for an hour to ensure safety. it's not clear why the man was flying the drone. this is the second time in five months a drone

. >>> and a dislodged manhole cover is being blamed for a two- car crash in san francisco. police say a driver hit the hole at 9th and kirkham and in the panic rear-ended a parked car. one person went to the hospital. police say a construction crew had moved the cover to do some paving. >>> a norovirus outbreak ruins a dream vacation for dozens of passengers aboard a cruise that just returned to san francisco. the crews were cleaning every surface of the ship today to disinfect it. chopper 5 was over the ship as it docked this morning. simon perez is live at pier 27. >> reporter: i spoke to the folks as they got off the ship and they said that the crew on the ship warned them right away that the norovirus was spreading and then they took steps to make sure that nobody else got sick. >> 15 days over to hawaii and back. >> reporter: but once back in san francisco there was cleaning up to do. these pictures from chopper 5 show the crews wiping down the ship's upper deck but the battle began at sea. >> they were up front about it. one of the procedures was they stopped letting

oakland police responded and they found a manholed up inside. a neighbor sent us some pictures. these pictures are of the man being arrested. police tell us they are no longer searching for the suspect. the victims are all three men rangeing from age from 40-60-year-old. all suffered gunshot wounds we do have a crew on the scene right now gathering information. we will continue to follow this developing news right here on air and also bring you any new details on twitter. >>> new at 10:00 a taste of what's to come. san jose fire official say someone welding started a grass fire. behind a row of townhouses you see and hear the flames. and hear the concern. >> i heard firefighters and people in the complex flooded 911 can w calls -- with calls. it was worried. >> 15 engines summoned with within 15 minutes. about 100 firefighters total. plus a cal fire air tanker and helicopter making drop. >> we are playing it cautious. >> at least ten homes were threatened. >> all that heat and smoke and flames is headed up the hill which causes it to burn faster. >> it was the time of day wind u

. >> in houston, sewers overflowed with flooding and set this manhole cover dancing on a column of water the number one weather related killer. 38 people dying in 2014 alone. flash flooding is dangerous and hard to predict. small streams can become raging rapids in minutes. to protect yourself, know if you're on a flood plane and the fastest way to get to higher ground and pay attention to weather warnings. evacuees struggled to pack up and go. >> i like comforters, towels, and all kinds of little items and stuff i need. my bible. >> andreia depended on the helping hands of volunteers. >> they came to my rescue. i know that god sent them to me because i had no idea how i would get this stuff out of here. >> some could not outrun the waters. >> that's our fence line, that fence is probably five feet tall. >> the forecast holds some relief, three or four days of dry weather for texas as the rain pushes off to the east. abc news, new york. >> very different scene in california as the drought persists. it's not all bad some parts of the sierra actually saw a lot of rain and snow this month.

utility says it brought in extra crews to install a temporary pipe to did i have thert to a nearby manhole. that broke several days ago behind some houses and behind forced heights elementary. >> today brought a first. the farmer's market. check it out. fresh produce, baked goods, all available. it will be open each wednesday through october, 8:00 a.m. through 12:30 in the afternoon. >>> some of those farmer's markets are getting a little rain on them. >> you've got that right. we are talking about that rain making it through. i'm tracking it for you. and some big time thunderstorms moving through the region. nothing severe right now. and i think our severe threat, starting to wane a little bit. there's a line of very strong heavy showers moving through as well. let's do a couple zooms. back along 66. fairfax on 66 prince william on 66 now fauquier county on 66. some very heavy thunderstorms in this area too. notice all the lightning. this storm just to the south of front royal. and then this one right over the marshall area as we do a zoom here. this is marshall right here. here's the int

. >> in houston sewers overflowed with flooding and sent this manhole dance on a column of water. flash flooding is dangerous and hard to predict. small streams can become raging rapids in minutes. to protect yourself know if you are on a floodplain and pay attention to weather warnings. >> you know i packed up little items i need my bible. >> andrea depended on the helping hands of volunteers. >> they came to my rescue. i had know idea how i would get this stuff out of here. >> some could in the outrun the waters. >> that's the fence line and eats probably five feet tall. >> the weather holds some relief there should be three or four days of dry weather as the rain pushes off to the east. >> a person backed a car into a fire hydrant and shot water into the air for more than 10 minutes yesterday afternoon sending water on to the roof of a three story building. one tenant just moved in and almost had to cancel a housewarming party. >> we get another photo of the fire hydrant across the street that exploded and said i don't know if my living room is flooded right now or not. we may

said it takes two or more days to install a temporary pipe to divert the waste water to a nearby manhole. this is happening behind houses and near a play ground at forest heights elementary. >>> disturbing new findings about the deadly jetliner crash in the alps. did the co-pilot do a practice run? the evidence investigators just found aboard a may not and why it almost went unnoticed. >>> and elton john's fight for global help. the message for lawmakers. >>> and we've got some hefty storms out there right now. prince william and montgomery a new warning now. new severe thunderstorm warning for montgomery as well as fairfax county until 4:45. these storms headed to the east toward glen echo south kensington wheaton and aspen hill could be producing some hail as well as higher winds. also some lightning and >>> was he rehearsing? that's one of the questions raised in an interim report on the crash of germanwings flight 9525. in the flight to barcelona, immediately before the doomed flight on march 24th co-pilot andreas lubitz waited until the pilot was out of the cockpit and repeatedly pr

. >> reporter: wssc is still setting up 7,000 feet of temporary pipe to reroute the spill to a manhole. but the sewage water will keep leaking until that bypass system is fully in place on friday. >> to me they're doing the best they can possibly do. >> reporter: the good news is, the leak has not impacted the drinking water or forest heights elementary school. wssc tells us by the time they're able to stop the leak friday p more than 25,000 gallons will have spilled. kristin wright back to you. >>> i'm melissa mollet at the live desk. right now, elton john speaking on capitol hill this morning talking about aids and the aids epidemic. he's the founder, of course of the elton john aids foundation and is alongside pastor rick warren. john just appeared at the senate appropriations committee hearing this morning. he's there to talk with global health experts about progress and setbacks in the battle against aids. take a listen. >> because the american people had the optimism, the ingenuity and the will to make a difference, the lives of millions of people halfway around the world have be

in houston overflowing waters literally rising from the ground up and out of these manhole covers. blinding rain making travel nearly impossible. and fans seeking refuge at the ballpark were forced out by flooding. drone footage making tennis courts unrecognizable. look at this before and after the overflowing lake where nearby residents are fed up with the rain. >> a week ago thursday it was 7 feet from that fence. >> so it's come up ten feet in just a week? >> ah-ha. >> that's a lot of water. >> overnight, parked cars thrown on top of each other. in southern michigan rainfall pouring in and over 3 inches so far. cbs news, dallas, texas. >> people in san francisco's marinea district are drying out after a driver backed a car into the fire hydrant sending water shooting into the air. fire hydrant and shot water into the air for more than 10 minutes yesterday afternoon sending water on to the roof of a three story building. one tenant just moved in and almost had to cancel a housewarming party. >> we get a photo of the fire hydrant across the street that exploded and said i don't kn

in houston, overflowing waters literally rising from the ground up and out of these manhole covers. blinding rain making travel nearly impossible and fans who were seeking refuge at the astros' home ballpark were forced out by flooding. making tennis courts unrecognizable. look at this before and after of an overflowing lake. where nearby residents are fed up. >> a week ago thursday, it was 10 feet. >> reporter: in just a week? >> yes. >> reporter: that's a lot of water. in indianapolis overnight, a powerful storm damaged this home. parked cars thrown on top of each other. in michigan, rain pouring in, over 3 inches so far. i'm standing in a row that's part of lake grapevine, just north of the dallas/ft. worth area. the many manmade lakes north of dallas, made to mitigate floods. there you see a mailbox, obviously the entrance to a driveway, you see a lot of fish that are jumping around this morning. there are all sort of garbage and refuse here in the floodwaters. the good news is the flood waters will start to recede. that will certainly help things. >> it's been a horrible week.

a manhole blew its top in manhattan. check it out. [explosion] yeah! this happened near penn station around 10:00 a.m. the few buildings nearby were evacuated for a time including the new yorker hotel and the studios of al-jazeera america. boy, that would get your attention. alison: wouldn't it? leon: no word on what started the fire inside that, that led to that explosion. we had that happen here a few times a couple summers ago. alison: in d.c., around here. very scary. leon: now, i scared the crap out of jamie sullivan. alison: did you think it was around here? jamie: yes, i was ducking as i was walking over here. alison saw me, i didn't think leon saw me. you did. you caught me. look at the traffic. it's bumper to bumper. i want to give you a good idea of what you will get into. or if you have your wife or friends calling you telling me hey, can you tell me what is going on, on 66? it is slow due to the weather. we do not have accidents on 66 heading outbound. this is the metro you are going to see the congestion. let's talk about how long it will

. >> we found this manhole cover in front of my yard. pulled it up and that's where we found him. >> reporter: the people living here are trying to cope with the loss of this fireman's life. as they scrambled to get on their feet again after the flood. and at fire station 1, the kindness of the community has been felt all day. >> that's very nice to see. i mean, we hope that everybody knows that our first priority is for -- is for the community. >> reporter: captain farley and two others rode on this engine when they responded to the flooding. >> he had as much or more passion for this job as anybody on this department. i would say that was very, very accurate for jason. >> reporter: he died doing what he loves. always ready, proud to serve. >> we're not any more special than anyone else, but these are -- this is our brother. and he's gone. >>> just in, an earthquake rattled tokyo. a 5.6. that magnitude can cause considerable damage but so far no immediate reports of anyone hurt or any real damage. the quake hit during the afternoon. a l

. >> in houston sewers overflowed with flooding and sent this manhole dance on a column of water. flooding is the number one weather-related killer. 38 people dieing in 2014 alone. flash flooding is dangerous and hard to predict. small streams can become raging rapids in minutes. to protect yourself know if you are on a floodplain and the fastest way to get to higher ground and pay attention to weather warnings. evacuees should pack up and go. >> you know, i packed up little items i need, my bible. >> andrea depended on the helping hands of volunteers. >> they came to my rescue. i know god sent them to me because i had no idea how i would get this stuff out of here. >> some could not outrun the waters. >> that's the fence line and it's probably five feet tall. >> the weather holds some relief, there should be three or four days of dry weather as the rain pushes off to the east. chuck severson, abc news, new york. >> back here in san francisco the people in the marina district are drying out after a person backed a car into a fire hydrant and shot water into the air for more than 1

they're setting up temporary pipe from the leak to the nearest manhole. wssc is telling us that getting that bypass system operational could take days. in the meantime, some sewage has gone into oxon hill creek. forest hills elementary is nearby. so wssc said they're concerned about sewage getting into the creek and they tell us they're monitoring that situation very closely and aaron and eun, they're telling us they want to stress to everyone, they want to stress that this pill is not -- spill is not impacting drinking water. >> all right, thank you. >>> it's 5:02. we are hearing what led to this brutal beating inside a metro station. the man seen in the video is telling his side of the story. albert langeberg said the trouble started when he was getting off the metro. and he told police 19-year-old elijah smith shoved him. >> he said get out of the way, old man. and that's when i told him that he was a disgrace to the human race. he said you want to take this out, got right in my face you want to take this outside and i said sure. >> langeberg planned o

a dislodged manhole cover is blamed.t the open hole at ninth and kirkham yesterday and in a pack inrear- ended a parked car. construction crew had moved that cover to do some paving. >>> police say a tip led to the arrest of a second teenaged suspects in the case of a home invasion in san jose's evergreen area. the 16-year-old was arrested yesterday six days after the crime which was recorded by surveillance cameras. the intruders had knives and tried to attack two women who were hiding with a baby upstairs. but they ran off when the women called police. >>> leave your drone at home. that's the message aviation officials are trying to spread after another drone was caught flying a little too close to the white house yesterday. that drone was about a block from the white house when secret service agents arrested the man that was flying it. white house was locked down for an hour to ensure safety. it's not clear why the man was flying the drone. this is the second time though in five months the drone was caught flying near

we have problem in radnor king of prussia road shut down at matsonford road because of the missing manhole cover. and then eastbound lanes of 422, starting to see some volume popping here between collegeville heading in toward king of prussia. nothing out of the ordinary for friday morning. manayunk norristown regional rails are running on an adjusted schedule and then mass transit is looking g. >> 6:03. overnight house fire broke out in the 5,000 block of kinges ising. crews rush the south philadelphia neighborhood around 2:30 this morning and flames were under control 20 minutes later. investigators say one resident was taken to the hospital have after complaining of breathing problems possibly from smoke inhalation. it is unclear how the fire was started. >>> huge crowd turned out in philadelphia against police brutality. >> the philly is baltimore pros test lasted for hearst despite a few clashes with police. marches remain peaceful throughout the day. fox 29's jenny joyce is live outside city hall where this all started yesterday afternoon good morning. >> reporter: good morning. i wa

burlington avenue and sayer avenue where we had a -- that ier eve -- thayer avenue where we had a manhole explosion. if you're going to be traveling this route, you want to make sure you give yourself additional drive time so you can get around that issue. meantime sky 9 continues to give us a look at backup delays or delays rather on the northbound side of i-95 just near the prince william parkway where we had an earlier accident, three-vehicle accident right now. you can see the delays extending anywhere from a mile to two miles. we'll have an update for you in about ten minutes. >>> a former f.b.i. special agent is heading to federal court here in alexandria a little later today charged with assaulting c.i.a. officers and making threats. her name tunisia davis. she's 38 years old. she was a special agent from 2004 to 2010 and we've been pouring through these court documents all morning long. they describe some pretty odd and strange behavior by this 38- year-old former f.b.i. agent. it started last thursday. she drove up to c.i.a. headquarters in mclean. the agent there spotted her car

we do have hazard in the road in trevose sweet street westbound, missing manhole cover, so, that canverting traffic just little bit. mlk drive will be shutdown this weekend that goes all the way every weekend until october 25th. that's a look at your ride, ukee, back to you. >> thank you, eagles have selected their pick in the first round of the national football league draft. >> there were plenty of rumors also speculation about who head coach chip kelly might go after. eyewitness sports reporter james palmer joins us no in our studio, so many rumors swirling. >> ukee, erika chip kelly called him too good to pass up. the eagles use their 20th overall pick draft, southern california wide receiver nelson agholor agholor is an asset because he can play all three wide receiver positions. he'll replace jeremy maclin who kelly said could only play on the outside. so the twitter world is talking about the eagles first round pick. and who better to talk about wide receiver than his former quarterback, matt barkley. it was his teammate at southern cal. parkly says philadelphia is going to lo

it could be deeper and missing manhole covers so people should not take a chance out there. >> especially at this point not to take a chance. danny perez, thank you for jumping on the phone with us. we really appreciate it. >> obviously if it's raining even within 100 miles north of texas, anywhere in texas, that water can keep flowing and put houston in a very dangerous situation. >> we're going to bring in our meteorologist in the cnn severe weather center. take us in the 24 hour/48 hour view here in what we're looking at in terms of places that have been hard hit. you have been keeping an eye on an area near dallas where a dam is threatening to break. how does that look? >> there's so much going on here. the last 3 1/2 weeks have been chaotic. there's been rain in houston. it's been light but much heavier in the northern suburbs. notice it's moving into parishes of louisiana. flood warnings in southern arkansas. i'll get in close here. this is ellis county southwest of dallas. southeast of ft. worth here and you can barely see it. let me show you pictures. this dam is going to give way

[laughter] but i used to kid and say you throw words around like manhole covers. these sorts of things but behind that sort of exterior masks a very emotional person and there are some stories in the book and i'd be glad to talk to you about them if you're interested of the deep feeling he has about other people, but the people he has mentored, many over the years and also about his country. i thought that was reflective of the other to the greatest generation. >> so barry began by mentioning this concept of net assessment which is if it's a biography of a human being at the biography of andrew marshall but it's a biography of net assessment. after introducing our human star maybe we should introduce our conceptual star. tell us a little bit about what net assessment is but also this is interesting to me and i'm asking questions i guess. why did an emerge when it did in the 1970s in the nixon administration in what had the pentagon been doing before that time to try and assess the military capability of days preeminent adversary in the military balance between the

[laughter] i used to kid and say, you know, you throw words around like manhole covers, you're tighter than a clam with lockjaw, you know, these sorts of things. but behind that sort of sold stoll lid exterior masks an emotional person. and there are some stories in the book i'd be glad to talk about them if you're interested, just the kind of deep feeling he has about other people, about the people he's mentored, many over the years. and also about his country. and i thought that kind of was reflective of the attitude of the greatest generation which is really passing from the scene right now. >> so, sorry. barry began by mentioning this concept net assessment, which is if it's a biography of a human being, it's a biography of andrew marshall. but if it's the biography of a concept it's the biography of net assessment. so after introducing our human star maybe we should introduce our analytic or conceptual star. so tell us a little bit about what net assessment is, but also i think maybe -- well, this is most interesting to me, and i'm asking questions, so i guess -- why did it emerge

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they had to pull her up through a manhole cover on the ridge. that would be reason 582 of why i will never b.a.s.e. jump. >> you need that many? >> you're busy. >> drive it home. thank you, amy, so much. >> out west so dry and windy. they hav we have brushfire that was burning, local firefighters on it, you can see it with the smoke over top of them. we'll get late-season help from mother nature. southern california could see an inch of rain across la. let's go to the sunny cities brought to you by sprint. >> reporter: david murphy here with an update from accuweather. what a gorgeous day buildings nothing on storm tracker 6 live hd, as we take a look outside plenty of sunshine in center city and elsewhere around region. wind lighter than yesterday humidity low and even though we are cool with temperatures in time 40s in suburbs. we'll get nice later accuweather says a high of 73. lots of sun and gorgeous. tomorrow, partly sunny, 76 maybe a late day evening or shower in a couple of spots. 85 and humid saturday. s on the way. they're going to get

they had to pull her up through a manhole cover on the ridge. that would be reason 582 of why i will never b.a.s.e. jump. >> you need that many? >> you're busy. >> drive it home. thank you, amy, so much. >> out west so dry and windy. they have bad conditions out there. >> we have a brush fire had a brush fire outside sacramento. it threatening the homes. that got under control. and they're going to get late-season help from mother nature. this is a strong may storm. more like a march storm driving into southern california. could see an inch of rain. jacqui: good morning washington. a chilly start, but it will end up to be a perfect day. as we skies, comfortable condnditions, and our highs will be in the lower 70's. tonight, mostly clear skies cool temperatures, still some 40's in the suburbs mid 50's downtown. morrow the temperatures will increase into the upper0's with increasing cloudiness in the afternoon. wewe will heat u up into >> check out this cool shot of the sun halo taken in san diego yesterday. often a sign that rain is on the way. t

they had to pull her up through a manhole cover on the bridge. that would be reason 582 of why i will never b.a.s.e. jump. >> you need that many? >> you're busy. >> drive it home. >> thank you, amy, so much. >>> out west so dry and windy. they have bad conditions out there. >> outside of sacramento we have a brush fire. local fire departments got on it. it's threatening the homes. that got under control. and they're going to get late-season help from mother nature. this is a strong may storm. more like a march storm driving into southern california. could see an inch of rain. across parts of l.a. an inch of rain. across parts of l.a. >> only, i am meteorologist mike nicco with the bay area microclimate forecast. waves of showers are possible with thunder and the chance fades on cooler conditions tomorrow and a warming trend this weekend but below average all seven days of the forecast. we have mid-to-upper 50s along the coast into san francisco and low-to-mid 60s elsewhere with the scattered nature of the showers and storms. mid-40s tonight to lo

but if you throw words around like manhole covers and as a very emotional person with other people live felt that reflective of the greatest generation. >> so by mentioning this concept a barker field of of human being it is the biography of the net assessment so to introduce tell us about this net assessment my a emerge when did whatever is doing before that time for the military capability. >> that was a long question. [laughter] >> so what are the origins? he would go to the last days of the truman administration of the subcommittee. with bad nuclear attack was inflicted on the united states. and when that was continued by president eisenhower to keep on looking at the problem of the damage on a nuclear attack of a united states. well into the '60s. deciding to cancel it at that point. into think if he needed any help. >> so within one year or two to raise the of possibility suggesting with that assessment capability fundamentally with the soviets in absolute terms with the military programs. a la cite the trend would continue through the reagan administration. into the $80 a huge am