if mccabe loses his footing now, it could be fatal. >> he would have been swept down river.ived or not, i don't know. >> but nelson's timing is perfect. >> i was able to get this drop around him and gave the signal. that's when we came up through the tree, and we were about 25 feet up above the river, just enough to clear those trees. >> mccabe is so happy to be out of the tree, he almost loses his fear of heights. >> i remember dangling there and saying kind of fun being up here, kind of. >> once mccabe is on the bank, the rescuers turn their attention to ed. they position the chopper and this time, deputy don mcadoo makes the drop. by now, he has an additional challenge to deal with. >> my pilot was a little bit fatigued. my systems operator, kevin, who is standing on the skid running the hoist and basically putting us into position, he's been at it for about an hour. the winds have really kicked up. >> the chopper's whirling blades add to the turbulence. >> wow. it is pretty scary in itself, that wind that's also being created. >> i'm like a yo-yo. i'm at the mercy of my

epa acting administrator janet mccabe. mccabe. from capitol hill, this is an hour. >> good afternoon, everyone. i will call this hearing to order. welcome to what is virtually assuredly the last congressional hearing of this congress. most of the building is empty but for us, us, and we are relatively empty here as well. i am pleased that we are here, and i think the witnesses for coming today. the clean air clean air act requires epa to review national ambient air quality standards, which, if you initialize that it tends to an aa q's which in turn gets pronounced as max. that is why talks about it in this area requiring epa to review standards for ozone and five other pollutants every five years to ensure the protect public health. the current 75 ppb ozone standard has been too high since the day it was finalized by the bush administration back in 2,008 that decision by the bush administration was so out of line that the scientific advisory committee actually pushed back after the fact and wrote a very unusual letter to administr

and johnny mccabe was one along with me sitting in front of the speaker's roster at that time. i just sat there for -- actually i was on duty. i just sat there for a little bit. i didn't know they were taking the picture while i was sitting there. >> he also had such a memory that he could memorize member's faces and didn't need a cheat sheet or booklet. so he was put on the door by the house door keeper, right off the chamber, which is just behind us, and he would be responsible for making sure who was coming and going was a member or belonged on the floor, but also he could run in for a reporter or for someone who wanted to speak to a member and quickly get to them and bring them to the speaker's lobby. he did this for about a year. and one of the stories he told us was that he had to train this young staffer from texas. >> the door keeper came to me and said we're having a new door keeper that's going to work on the door here. i want you to introduce him to everyone and he'll be working for you. and i said, fine. who is he? what's his name? he said, lyndon johnson. i said, l

i also want to thank administrator janet mccabe for joining us. at a time when smog filled capitals around the world are making headlines, the united states should be taking the lead. we have to take the challenge seriously. we are long overdue for updated air-quality standards from e.p.a. this past april, the american lung association released its report. they found nearly half of all americans live where pollution levels make the air unhealthy to breathe. although some indicators improved, levels of ozone and smog were worse than last year. 22 of 25t also found of the most smog polluted cities had more high smog days on average than last year. in the richest and most innovative country on earth, it is stunning our air quality is moving back in 2014. we have to reverse the trend. as global temperatures continue to rise, the risk for smog will continue to grow. i have heard from many new yorkers whose children have asthma about the challenges they face in addressing air quality in their own communities. this is something we all have to be concerne