there was nothing else you could really do. >> moseley's calm doesn't last for long. the pilot fights to keep the helicopter steady against the powerful winds and updrafts from the massive fire. but it's moseley who must endure and protect himself from the extreme heat. >> i was getting nervous because it was getting very hot. my ears were starting to burn. i tried to tuck my head down into my collar because it was getting a lot hotter than i expected. >> fighting the wind, the chopper pilot maneuvers moseley directly onto the arm of the crane. and no one has any idea how close the 220 foot crane is to the point of collapse. >> i got on the crane, and made my way over to ivers, i can remember i could hear pop. that pop was the metal deck, the steel popping from the heat. because the control cabin already burned up. so we didn't want to dilly daly. tried humor with him. boss said okay go ahead and knock off early. he wasn't really paying attention to what i had to say. probably wasn't in the mood for a comedian. >> i introduced myself, he told me what to do with the sl

tanya moseley, al jazeera, seattle. >> so the winter olympics is less than six weeks wra. >> 41 days until the winter olympics. there are actually 12 new are events, snow skiing with runs tricks and aerial attacks. our tanya moseley last the story. >> this is an opportunity of a lifetime to showcase their talent. >> we had no item this was going to be an like spor olympic spora year and a half ago. childhood games were our dream. that was our loiksd before sochi. >> the indiana native started skiing when he was just five years old. >> i started skiing when i was five and i started doing flips on my skis when i was 11. i grew up on southeastern indiana not known for its amazing skiing. but i grew.near a 350 foothill that i skied on every day and every weekend. and that's what got me into it. >> this was costly but he had to get creative. >> my dad lost his job and was unemployed for two years and financially my family was a little unstable so they weren't able to support me to the full extent with all my skiing endeavors. i had to go out and get the initiative of financing my career m

tanya moseley, al jazeera. >>> slashing prices to attract last minute shoppers but is this working?'ll speak with an analyst next. plus a keystone pipeline debate. starting up in their backyards next month. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. here's a look at your top stories. the united nations has scheduled a closed door meeting on south sudan. it's supposed to happen in less than an hour. fighting there has killed more than a thousand people in less than a week. the president there says he will meet with political arrivals too quell the violence. >>> peace keepers fired on a group of demonstrators on monday. the clash has left at least one person dead. >>> and you have just a few hours to enroll a health plan if you want your coverage to start january 1st. however the obama administration is offering a one day grace period for people who cannot sign up because of heavy traffic or other issues. >>> the man who designed the world's most popular weapon has died. a russian official say ak-47 inventer mikhail kalashnikov has died, he was 94 years old. the assault rifle has been use

tanya moseley, al jazeera, seattle. >> christmas is around the corner but big box retailers are stillhaving a difficult time attracting shoppers, even with the deep discounts. david shuster is sitting in for ali velshi. he will be talking about this on ree"real money". how did the shoppers do david? >> store visits on friday and saturday, as you know those are two of the four most important shopping days of the season, they dropped off by an estimated 7% compared to the same time last year and that's compared to an annal itics firm. that method of shopping is just a slice of the overall pie. when you think of is it would seem to add up that consumers are still not feeling very confident as 2013 winds down. >> is that the message that consumers are sending to retailers? >> there is a study from the university of michigan which you know i love. consumer sentiment figures have now risen to their highest levels since july. >> really? >> there's a report from the commerce department that consumer spending ticked up, it all means with employment picking up home prizes picking up, the stock

. >> this is a great and jennifer montana, no less z mingle with johnny moseley. >> have a fun time, leave with a gift bag, sometimes, the gift bag is the only present received during holiday season. >> i hope you'll join us, i will be at the event along with kristin zee. tickets are still available. just look under see it on tv. >> great event. >> so much fun. >> you can't imagine. they stop and talk to kids. >> great. >> all right. that is going to do it for us. world news is next. >>> welcome to world news tonight, in the frozen zone, a massive ice storm in the heart of the country. drivers out of control, winter weather from new mexico to maine. hundreds of thousands without power, temperatures drop. >>> celebration of the life of nelson mandela, leaders around the world going to south africa to bid him farewell. >>> made in america. clothes made in america again. and tonight, you can trace your jeans to the farmer who grew the cotton. make it a merry christmas for american jobs. >>> good evening to you on this chilly night. they are calling it ice friday, the freezing storm stre

mark moseley has been released on bond. look at mcfly today, all ready for the holidays. he is recovering from his wounds and being cared for by the bull terrier rescue of virginia. he is still looking for a good home. i'd love to take him home if i could. >>> get ready, d.c. toronto mayor, rob ford, about to hit our airways starting tomorrow morning. he's going to make a weekly appearance on the sports junkies radio show. ford will call in to pick nfl games and talk some sports. ford admitted last month he smoked crack during a drunken stupor. he's also had a number of very bizarre public outbursts and recently the toronto city council stripped him of most of his power. still, though, he refuses to step down and denies that he's got an alcohol problem. >> makes for good radio maybe. >>> if you didn't already know virginia is for lovers, you will know. check out the brand-new state license tag. it was unveiled today, hits the road in march. this plate replaces that plain blue and white jobbie we've seen around here for decades. >>> speaking of lovers, katie, you watching

. >> tanya moseley in seattle, thank you.with only nine days between now and christmas the shipping rush is on. the u.s. postal service expects today to be the biggest mailing day of the year. 600 million pieces of mail, it has been a year since india was rocked by its highest profile sexual assault case on record. >>> marches in the streets calling for changes in laws referring to women. >> one year ago this family was changed forever. their 23-year-old daughter was raped and beaten on a bus in new del high by six men, one was under the age of 18 at the time of the attack. the woman died of her injuries two weeks later. one of the accused committed suicide and the other five have been found guilty of her rape and murder. but time has done little to ease this family's pain. >> a new law was made in this country. a lot has changed. but if there's one thing that hasn't changed, it's our society. it is very important to change that. this change will happen only from within and nowhere else. >> the huge protest that blocked the s

tanya moseley, al jazeera, everett, washington. >> as of late this evening, the machinists union presenteding with a preliminary contract they hope will secure the 777 wing, a union representative expects boeing to respond to the offer on thursday. >>> in washington, d.c, some are calling it a temporary end to partisan gridlock, agreed to a deal to keep the government running for the next two years. the house could hold its first vote on that tomorrow. house speaker john boehner had a stern message for conservative groups that want to vote the deal down. >> they are using our members and using the american people for their own goals. this is ridiculous. >> now the tentative budget deal uses a combination of reforms and nontax revenues like fees to redisor some funding to several programs. they have been hit with mandatory spending cuts known as the sequester. patty culhane reports. >> it becomes washington's dirty word. >> sequester. >> sequester. >> sequester. >> sequester the name of the deal that they approved that cuts most federal programs by about 7%. but this is what it means for dw

moseley certainly gain her heartfelt testimony and i could feel for her as a parent when she said she'sing but i also think what she didn't go on to say which i think she would admit to is he's a little bit of a handful for her more importantly he's out on street doing dangerous things. we all know when you lay down with dogs you get fleas. this young man has been living on the street or doing something he shouldn't be doing all because he was afraid to come to court. for those reasons, the court is going to order he remain detained pending his next hearing because there's an unlikelihood he will appear for a subsequent hearing. are there any questions? all right, then this hearing's adjourned. thank you. >> want to say anything to your mother? >> i see you at 1:30. >> i. >> it's okay. i'll see you at 1:30, all right? you're going to be all right. i'll be here all day every day. i love. >> i love you too. >> hang in there. >> i certainly understand why the court did what it did. there's not a solid support structure in place where this mother says i'm going to take care of this problem.

you meet celebrity host joe and jennifer montana, mingle with olympic singer moseley or stars from the giants, raiders, sharks and more than 300 children of local charities will be there. >> to have a really fun time with the arts and crafts and video games and then they leave with a gift bag and sometimes for some of the kids the gift bag is the only present they'll receive in the holiday season. >> abc 7 news anchors will be there and there are still tickets for this monday night's holiday heroes event, so log on to our website abc7news.com for a link for more information and find the link under see it on tv. >>> this holiday season, abc 7 is teaming up with our local feeding america food banks. you can help. go to the abc 7 news facebook page and take the pledge to give where you live. with each pledge, we'll donate $1 in their honor to the bay area's feeding america food banks. up to $75,000 and your good deed could be rewarded. everyone that takes the pledge will be entered to win $7,000 cash. the winner announced december 19th. spread the love and help us give where you live. >>>

tania moseley has the latest on seattle.his is the latest move in the battle between boeing and the union. the pacific production out into the north-west. the local union voted one offer down by a 2:1 margin, a later offer was rented out right. union headquarters is ordering a vote on the second offer. it would replace pensions with the 401 retirement plan, and require workers to pay more for health care. some union workers want another chance to trike a deal. >> i believe it will be different this time. people know that jobs are at risk, families and communities. a local union rep tells us they'll urge workers to vote know. >> that was tania moseley in seattle. the revote to the workers is scheduled for january the 3rd. >> rules for flying friendly skies, the carrier is putting in place guidelines, children will not be allowed to fly unaccompanied. united is charging $150 fee each way for young people that travel alone. united is not the only airlineway policy. u.s. airlines and south-west have similar rules. >> monday, dec

you can meet celebrity hosts, joe and jennifer montana or mingle with skier johnny moseley, or with theiders, the sharks and the san jose earthquakes. more than 300 children from local charities will also be there. >> the kids have a really fun time doing the arts and crafts and video games. they leave with a gift bag and sometimes the gift bag is the only present they will receive during the holiday season. >>> abc7 news anchors cheryl jennings and kristen will be there. tickets for monday night are still available. log on to our website for a link and more information. you will find that under "see it on tv." ♪ >> doing good this holiday season could make you $7,000 richer. go to the abc7 news facebook page and take the pledge to give where you live. with each pledge we will donate one dollar in your honor to the bay area's feeding america's food banks up to $75,000. everyone who takes the pledge will be entered to win $7,000 cash. the winner will be announced december 19th. spread the love and help us give where you live. >> next, the cold snap continues. we will have a live report f

and we were assisting philip moseley, the famous soviet public in this one panel. philip had the lead before the conference was over. so we quoted the last day, and as i recall we disagree on everything. but then i have to send "zbig" replaced me. he was a busy guy. so with that. >> wanted turn to asking each of the panelists to think with all of us about some of the big ideas that -- wrote about, thought about, and i want to start with secretary madeleine albright, and ask you to reflect on something that is in the last several of the books by "zbig," the idea that a fundamental thing is happening and the world that his son immediately deductible is something he calls the global political awakening. it is something you see in the arab world most vividly, but do this every world, china, russia, something that certainly you were seeing with your secretary. fascinating and buts about how this is playing of, what it means for america, how we should respond. >> a cue, and let me say, as i said earlier, i think the brilliance of "zbig" is that he had the capability of a

and they had senator feinstein and carol moseley braun were added. , added to the committee. i was nominated in june. any senator could have put a hold on me so that my hearing wouldn't come up until the new term was underway. although there were three negative votes none of the three tried to stop the confirmation process from occurring speed i wily. my biggest supporter on the judiciary committee was not now our vice president, joe biden, he was chair of the committee but it was orrin hatch. i had as was announced a long-term affiliation with the american civil liberties union. not one senator asked me any questions about that affiliation. my hope is that we will get back to the way it was. you spoke about the chief and justice alito but it was also true of justice kagan and justice sotomayor. they had many negative, negative votes. so the great man i knew and loved said that the symbol of the united states really isn't the bald eagle. it's the pendulum. so now i think the pendulum has gone too far in one direction in the handling of judicial nominations and should go back

and as prices soar affordable housing for poor and middle class is vanishing and al jazeera tonya moseleyws us how some people are feeling the squeeze. >> 62-year-old william is a disabled painter and spends time at the public library searching online for affordable places to live. rome is homeless and sleeping in a men's shelter and on the waiting list to get in the subsidy housing program for three years. the scarcity of affordable housing particularly for low-income people is happening not only here but cities across the country. the joint center for housing at harvard says low income renters has gone up and rental options for them is going down. between 2001-2011 renters making $19,000 a year or less searched from 3 million to nearly 12 million. the number of affordable rentals is 7 million and a third of them are now occupied by higher income households. >> when they are out competing for a rental unit in the market from someone perhaps who works at amazon who can pay a higher first and last month's rent, people in lower and socio economic are not the winners in this. >> reporter: sh