and they take a trip up the coast to niagara. so sometime in late april, but made they are in niagara falls and that is where cecelia mixer bid for freedom. >> how does she do that? >> again, we don't really know because it's not in the records exactly. fanny's son says one fine morning they woke up and saw she was gone. she blames it until intentioned abolitionists and on the border. but you have to think that cecilia made a decision they are and knew where she was. and it is a short little ferry ride from the river eight minutes for a man to the issue across the niagara river. we know there was an active african-american community and niagara falls that took an interest in slaves came to visit that often help them make their way to canada. so most likely she got in touch with some of the black waiters and the black status of the hotels and they guided her to a proper man and she just got in the boat across the river. and that was that. and somehow, according to see any sign -- fanny sound, they puzzled out how they could contac

and they take a trip up the coast to niagara. so sometimes in late april, late made a year in niagara falls and that is where cecilia makes her bid for freedom. >> how does she do that? >> we don't really know because it's not in the record exactly. fanny's passan says one fine morning they woke up and found that cecilia was gone and what he blames it on is dillinger intentioned abolitionists and negros living along the border who had no purpose in life but the property of visiting sutphen nurse. but we have to think that cecilia made the decision and knew where she was. and it is a short ride across the river its eight minutes by travel logs we have at that time, eight minutes for a ferryman to get across the niagara river. we know there was an active african-american community in niagara falls that took an interest when the bus leaves came to visit that often helped them make their way to canada. so most likely she got in touch with some of the black leaders from the black staff at the hotels and the guided her to the proper fe

in niagara, prose goodluck jonathan stood among the blood- hin stayned level of the u.s.arters that killed nine people. the president says his government is working to bring terrorism under control. boko haran extremist group is fighting for the establishment of sharia law in niagara and alleged to have contacts with al-qaeda in the islamic maghreb and al-shabaab in somalia. >> in pakistan, the pakistani military says 25 officers were killed in an early morning attack when at least 200 taliban fighters crossed into pakistan from inasmuch as. afghanistan. the pakistani military blamed the attack on pakistan and afghan taliban-linked fighters who have sought refuge in the kunar and nuristan provinces. there are reports that the no. 2 man in al-qaida has been killed in a drone attack in pakistan. they say al-rahman was killed on monday and he was said to be in frequent contact with osama bin laden in the months before the terrorist leader was killed. they say his death is expected to further weaken the terrorist network. last month leon panetta claimed it was at the end thei

and they go take a trip up the coast to niagara. and so sometime probably late april, late may they are no niagara falls. that's where cecelia makes her bid for freedom and escapes. >> how does she do that? >> we don't really know. fanny's sun -- son says one morning they woke up and she was gone. he blames it

witnesses say the exchange student was posing for a picture when she fell into the fast moving niagaraiver. >> she was hanging on to an umbrella at the time and that may have had something to do with taking her off balance. there are big warning signs and everywhere you look but critics say more needs to be done for tourists who visit niagara falls every year. >>> they are expected to enter a plea in a case involving two- year-old girl. she faces man slaughter charges for the tragic death. she hit and killed the toddler while she was crossing the street with her mother last december. the girl's mother was seriously injured and police say she was texting at the time of the accident. >>> time now kobe bryant reportedly being investigated by san diego police and reportedly kobe bryant was at a local church service thinking a man was taking pictures of him. he took the phone didn't take any pictures and left. he claims kobe bryant injured his wrist and had to be treated at the hospital. the investigation continues. >> high flyball young going back -- >> he did it, jim thome just became the

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on the switch point planning for nelson niagara, it meets the lbe and women requirements. red hill group and trans-metro are small business enterprises that fit sbde requirements. delling associates fulfills dbe and lbde requirements. supervisor cohen: these are people that qualified or people that have received the contract? >> received. and as far as how this will work in terms of awarding actual work, none of these are guaranteed anywhere. it is a matter of work being assigned on a task-order basis. they will need to maintain and week that 8% hiring goal of work being assigned to them with each task order. supervisor cohen: so, who manages the tasks and work orders? >> the authority. supervisor cohen: the authority. my friends over here. i guess my message to the authority is that, you know, i sit here, we pass contracts and have a lot of money. there are a lot of things happening. a lot of changes happening. but we have a lot of businesses. women, minorities. i need you to make sure that you are stepping up to the plate and making sure that people are getting a piece o

hospital >> want a member of the group outcaste has been are arrested at a final illegal amounts of niagara and as did see on the rap artist pat. they are not sure if it will affect his appearance later on this month. >> dow jones industrial down he. and the downgrading in the u.s. trading. >> so what the think what is the concern and what is happening in europe and the debt fears for italy and spain? >> it is kind of a perfect storm going on in italy is the third largest behind u.s. and japan they have real problems in their debts and the immediate future. i we think we will see this play out in the coming weeks. s&p downgraded law affect the future congress coming up waho. >> it will be interesting to hear then secretary of treasury and warren buffett >> about the sns &p. >> if you would tell me six weeks so that the stock might it would be down 200 point and downgrading the from the other agencies the snb has some explaining to do will keep the pressure on for a while " we have to address our own net deficit problem. >> there is a lot of talk about times an hour during this recession the

. >>> divers searching for a female japanese exchange student who fell into deadly waters of niagara falls sunday, have located an unidentified male body instead. police say the 19-year-old woman lost her balance while climbing over a railing and is presumed dead. >>> and tragically, according to the "associated press," the united nations world food program has been investigating food theft in the famine-stricken nation of somalia for the past two months. an a.p. investigation found donated food meant for starving somalis is being stolen and sold in markets. >>> hard to believe there. >>> well now early look at how wall street will kick off the day, the dow opens at 11,482 after growing 213 points. the s&p gained 25 points, the nasdaq rose 47. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo, the nikkei added 21 points, but in hong kong, the hang seng lost 48. >>> well merger monday opened a new week on wall street. with a bang, leaving last week's steep losses just a painful memory. for now. the main drive of trade, google in its biggest deal ever, buying wireless phone make

. >>> divers searching for a female japanese exchange student who fell into the deadly waters of niagarals sunday have located an unidentified male body instead. police say the 19-year-old woman lost her balance while climbing over a railing and is presumed dead. >>> and tragically, this is hard to believe, according to the "associated press," the united nations's world food program has been investigating food theft in the famine-stricken nation of somalia for the past two months. an a.p. investigation found donated food meant for starving somalis is being stolen and sold in markets. >>> and now here's your first look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 11,482 after growing 213 points yesterday. the s&p 500 gained 25 points, the nasdaq rose 47. taking a look at overseas trading, in toyko, the nikkei added 21 points. but in hong kong, the hang seng lost 48. >>> well merger monday opened a new week on wall street, with a bang. leaving last week's steep losses just a painful memory. for now. the main drive of trade -- google. in its biggest deal ever buying wireless p

the bank also announce it's selling nearly 200 of its upstate new york branches to first niagara financial for about $1 billion. and finally, if you are in the market for a house with a hollywood history, you can buy katharine hepburn's former connecticut estate for a cool $28 million. oh, yes. >>> which mlb players will be packing their bags for new homes and close but no cigar for detroit pitcher justin verlander. plus two timely double plays help the cubs and a five game losing streak. your first look at sports is straight ahead. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. >> announcer: there's a new breakthrough for men experiencing hair loss. introducing the new extreme lasercomb from hair club. it's quick, easy and affordable, and the extreme lasercomb is revolutionary. here's how it works. d.h.t. forms around the hair follicle, which shortens the lifespan of your hair. the extreme lasercomb combats hair loss, causing the hair follicle to grow thicker, stronger hair. this new technology is f.d.a.-cleared and clinically proven to work in 93% of candidates. call now for more information and

below you the rushing waters of niagara falls.ople, the kind of thing that would wake you up at night. but it's the dream of record-breaking tight rope walker nik wallenda. new york lawmakers have given him permission. they are hoping to bring more attention to the niagara falls area which could use an economic shot in the arm, but he still has to convince officials on the canadian side to give him the go ahead the make this walk. nik wallenda joins us live. you're talking about the diameter of a nickel, right? >> that is correct. jon: and your idea, your hope is to make it from the u.s. side to the canadian side. right now canadian authorities have not given you their approval? is. >> that's correct. you know, it's a huge process, getting permission from two countries to walk a wire between the two. um, so we decided to approach the u.s. side first as i'm a u.s. citizen, i was born and raised here and thanks to the help of one of the senators we were able to pass through the senate unanimously through the assembly which was spons

retail branches to first niagara financial group told one billion dollars. here in moscow the r t s m i six started president of august trading in two hours' time they closed down on friday with financial and energy stocks among the worst. there's the uncertainty of the u.s. debt resolution should be the main driver of investor sentiment on monday meanwhile michael's time for what creates he says there's a lot of domestic means to get additional support to the uk it's. going forward investors are going to teach cues from external dividends to a large extent in any case of the markets likely to remain quite volatile as we head into august as the summer volumes dry up and as we head into months which historically is correlated with bad news today rosneft will be hosting a conference call to discuss their second quarter numbers which were released on friday. protect is going to release a second quarter operating update in the central bank of russia is likely to make an interest rate decision we expect like most houses interest rates remain unchanged for the mon

announced sunday that it will sell one hundred ninety five retail branches in upstate new york to first niagara financial good for around one billion dollars and here and also stocks surged in also two weeks as a one commodities rise both we are tested over two percent now let's have a look at some individual moves on mars like this our energy majors among the main gain is with gas from just under two percent banking stocks are higher bank of moscow's surged nearly five percent on the leno avoiding defaulting on its narrow bonds after publishing a two point ten year. things and power generated into ra is also on the rise the company has tripled its net profit in the first half of the year reaching eighty three billion dollars. ok is only refinery owned by russia's local is to remain shut for up to half a year after the country's government revoked its license now the facility supplies almost half the country's few meaning bulgaria is now tapping into its reserves gary and customs halted operations at the plant after look well failed to install new metering equipment according to congress newspa

she has settled in toronto after she went from niagara. she went almost to toronto directly, within the year. and so she's writing back to fanny from canada, from toronto sending those letters. so mid-1850s but it took a while, several years for her to feel secure enough that she could venture forth to write to fanny and maybe let her know where she was. it was a big risk. if you let them know where you are, they might send someone after you've. [inaudible] >> she was writing about -- royko the subtext of all of these letters is my mother selling -- still in her household? how is she? she really wants to establish contact with her mother. and fanny is the vehicle through which she has to do that. it's interesting, because fanny is replied to cecelia's letters to you can get the gist of cecelia's letters from fanny. she goes, you ask about your mother, and she tells her, but then fanny's letter are very chatty, talk about the different people in her life and how they are doing and all this stuff. then she finally says you ask about your mot

winning group outcastes has been arrested a big boy was arrested or they found a large amount of niagara-- viagra and ecstasy. after years of delays, but the dream minor aircraft has rolled out--the dream liner aircraft has been rolled out. here is the first look. and the judicial >> today we are rolling out the first delivery airplane. it is an amazing thing for those networks on the program for 5, 6, 70 years. released but who >> there is no other commercial airliner like this 787. this carbon composite make up a super durable plastic promises a lighter more fuel-efficient and cost effective plan for the airlines. and the potential gain changer for the japanese airliner that will fly the first 787. >> we intended to use the same line to expand our business particularly our international rules. consumer we are aiming to to increase... >> for what most people care about is what is in sight of the plane. they're promising to revolutionize the way that we travel. it went through out the plane there is more natural light, more humidity and more leg room. >> the planes cutting edge technolog

announced sunday that it was so one hundred and ninety five we told branches in upstate new york to first niagara financial group for around one billion dollars now let's take a look at what's happening with the markets here in russia moscow's stocks rise the most in two weeks as oil and commodities surge both the arts yes and the my sets are up by about one percent this hour let's take a look at some individual moves on the my sucks and their generators are among the main gainers with gas from just under. their banking stocks are higher bank of moscow is up three percent its own but it's the lender of what the defaulting on that's a good bonds after publishing twenty ten earnings and power generator in surrounds also in their eyes the company has tripled its net profit in the first half of the year which in the eighty three million dollars. and that's all the business is for now for more stores you can always check out our websites artsy dot com slash business in the meantime states and for the headlines with alice.

looks like what you would see at the grand canyon, at niagara falls. this is an office building with art studios and the power of the water exploded the brook three times what it was before. the building is now about to fall into this brook. we talked to one of the owners inside the building, an artist with an office on the top floor, third window from the right. he wanted to recover his belongings. we advised him that would not be a good idea and five minutes ago we heard a boom. part of the building appears to have collapsed. now in vermont, officials are trying to find out how many people might be missing. we do know one woman is missing and presumed dead when she apparently fell into a brook like this. high tide is expected in northern vermont about three hours from now in montpelier. there is concern of flooding in the capitol city. last time a hurricane or tropical storm storm affected the area was 73 years ago. they are not used to it. you can see the raging rapids. vermont didn't expect to be affected like this by irene. back to you. >> any ide

the bank also saying it sold 195 of its banking branches in the united states to first niagara as partarterly earnings this week, allstate out with earnings already this morning, saying profits were affected by $2.3 billion in catastrophic losses last quarter. that's a record for the company. early this morning, insurance company humana announced that its earnings beat wall street expectations. >>> also, the big monthly jobs report. analysts surveyed by briefing.com are forecasting that 78,000 jobs were created in july. last month, wall street got a shock when the government announced only 18,000 new jobs were added in june. and that was way below estimates. d to your eyes d to your eyes with transitions lenses. transitions adapt to changing light so you see your whole day comfortably and conveniently while protecting your eyes from the sun. ask your eyecare professional which transitions lenses are right for you. ask your eyecare professional for your transitions certificate of authenticity for your chance to win instant monthly prizes or our $20,000 grand prize! sure, but let me get

announced it's selling nearly 200 of its branches in new york state for a billion dollars to the first niagara financial group. hsbc has 470 branches here in the u.s.. including five in the bay area. >>> 5:21. it used to be called tropical storm don but didn't hurt texas much but it is sure being felt miles away. look at this huge dust storm that is covering the southeast. >>> a big announcement this morning about tiger woods. be and when fans will see the golfer on the green. >>> good morning, traffic looks good if you are driving on interstate 680 heading toward the south bay. but there is a problem in the south bay. we'll tell you more about that coming up. >>> good morning, low clouds marching inland and once that goes back to the coast it will be sunny and breezy and cool for some. >>> a large cloud of dust covered phoenix, arizona this weekend for the third time in a month. the dust storm brought thunder and lightning to the area at about 6:00 p.m. yesterday. the national weather service says the dust was 3,000 feet high. 30 miles wide. remanence of tropical storm don is moving through m

more like niagara falls, so much storm water flowing through. in vermont we're getting around, it is not only impossible. hundred of stretches of roads have been washed away. the national guard is bringing in supplies in some of the hardest hit areas. in addition, nearly 3 million homes are without power. a man who just got married on sunday, his entire wedding party is stranded in vermont. they can't get out because the roads are closed. 34 fatalities and officials are saying it is not over yet. mary joins us from new jersey. incredible. does it seem like it is getting worse in some parts of new jersey? >> reporter: you know, it really is incredible. we wanted to show you. this is the passaic, little falls, what it looks like right now. this raging water. if you can believe it, this is an improvement from what it was and we were told last night that as furious as this water is right now, that it was raging even more last night. that there was much more water. the passaic river crested earlier today in this town and others around it. so some wat

it reminds me of yosemite or niagara falls if you will. they are clouds.louds that will be around about an hour longer today than they were yesterday. let's talk about what is happening now. we'll get in the depth of the forecast. 52 at san rafael. 61 at mountain view. we have the mid-to-upper 50s. we have slower sunshine and that means mild temperatures today. we have flight arrival delays to sfo, nearly 60 minutes. check out our flight tracker online at abc7news.com anytime. thicker clouds, even drizzle tonight. that will set the stage for cooler than average temperatures. look at today. we're same in livermore, warmest weather in east bay valley. 88 there. napa, close to average with 82. one degree cooler. oakland and san francisco, two. san jose, three. check out redwood city. nine degrees cooler than average. the sun will set at 8:16. 89 in livermore is bested by 89 in brentwood. everybody else is 85, 86, 87 degrees. 77 in hercules. 77 in fremont. the rest of the east bay shore 60s to mid-70s. mid-70s in sunnyvale and milpitas. 81 in campbell. 80 at s

more like niagara falls, so much storm water flowing through. in vermont we're getting around, it is not only impossible. hundred of stretches of roads have been washed away. the national guard is bringing in supplies in some of the hardest hit areas. in addition, nearly 3 million homes are without power. a man who just got married on sunday, his entire wedding party is stranded in vermont. they can't get out because the roads are closed. 33 fatalities and officials are saying it is not over yet. mary joins us from new jersey. the pictures of the amount of volume of water is just incredible. does it seem like it is getting worse in some parts of new jersey? >> reporter: you know, it really is incredible. we wanted to show you. this is the passaic, little falls, what it looks like right now. this raging water. if you can believe it, this is an improvement from what it was and we were told last night that as furious as this water is right now, that it was raging even more last night. that there was much more water. the passaic river crested earlie

looks more like niagara falls there's so much storm water flowing through there right now. in vermont where getting around is always tough, it's now almost impossible. hundreds of stretches of roads have been washed away. the national guard is bringing in supplies in some of the hardest-hit areas. in addition nearly 3 million homes are still without power. coming up you're going to hear from a man who just got married on sunday. his entire wedding party is stranded right now in a small town in vermont. they can't get out because none of the roads are open. upwards of 43 fatalities and officials keep saying is it is not over yet. mary snow joins us from liver falls, new jersey. mary, these pictures of the amount of volume of water is just incredible. does it seem like it's getting worse in some parts of new jersey? >> reporter: you know, it really is incredible. we wanted to show you, too, this is what little falls, the passaic river, little falls looks like right now. this raging water, if you can believe it, this is an improvement from what it was. and we're told last nigh

you can actually see niagara falls. >> snapping a good pic. >> smile, jenna. >> i finally come down,d. >> we did it! that was insane! i never thought i would be scared, and i thought it would be pure panic. it was more like adrenaline. >> really? >> not so much. would you do it? >> i would put that up there with climbing a mountain. why? >> nothing wrong with it. look, it's safe. >> i think i could do it, but i don't think i would -- >> it's one of those things, lester where once you do it and you face your fear, stare it down and own it and you feel accomplished. >> and then i get to work with you. >> congratulations. >> david gregory is standing by to tell us what's coming up on "meet the press." good morning, lester. america's credit rating downgraded for the first time ever. i'll speak with alan greenspan, an obama economic adviser and austin goolsbee about what it all means. joining me, senator, john kerrie and john mccain. it's all coming up on "meet the press." thank very much. >> that will do it for us. our thanks to chris warren and tom young. thanks for being here, guys. >>

. >>> in canada authorities say the body recovered near niagara falls is that of a japanese student who over the falls after she tumbled off of railing. the woman had been visiting before the falls with a friend. foul play is not suspected. >>> youth day and tens of thousands of young people outside of madrid's cathedral. the pope held mass today, and will hold a prayer vigil tonight. >>> investors trying to figure out what the markets are going to do next. on friday the dow fell more than 172 points, and it was down more than 450 for the week. joining me now to talk about the market and the economy is annie lori, reporter for -- good morning to you, annie. we've seen another volatile week. >> yeah. we absolutely have. stocks are not liking the month of bad economic news that we've gotten from the united states and europe, and they've tumbled to real lows. they've lost all of the gains that they've made this year. >> what are the biggest concerns here then? >> the biggest concerns going forward are just the slowdown in europe and trouble for the united states. unemployment numbers and t

now after a fall from niagara falls, witnesses said the 90 year- old was posing for a photograph when this happened she climbed over a railing holding an umbrella for the picture she slipped and fell as she tried to climb back over authorities say that there are warning signs everywhere but the tourists often lead all the way over the railings they say it is the first time in years but anyone has felon. the heavy snowfall in decades is blanketing new zealand, the roads are closed and a lot of places, power lines are down and some people are trying to make the best of it having fun but it is also slowing down food deliveries. milk is being rationed tonight. forecasters said more snow and freezing temperatures are expected. >> the 26 commute in san francisco is slow going. barely moving at all, the bottom of your screen south bound 101 a little better but still slow. we will be back with more news ahead. what about a black frontier with utilitrack? absolutely. oh, great, that's awesome. what about a platinum graphite rogue with touch-screen nav, bluetooth, and...a moonroof? with or with

really quickly in less than one minute and a half, this was all part of a festival happening near niagaraalls. take a look at this a bull on balloons. --this bull on the loose. it is starting to charge towards them finally the animal's owner called in some cowboys to wrangle the animal and writing police cars, they were easily able to laughable. now this armies wife had the privilege of throwing out the first ball and the game, a little bit she know that the man behind the mask was actually her husband a soldier back from afghanistan and home plate became this emotional reunion for the happy couple and their children they have been a car for about nine months, the family will spend about 10 weeks together before the soldier has to return to afghanistan. >> not a lot of changes as we head into tomorrow, some we can forecast at a glance. tomorrow morning temperatures are about the san, low 60s and the coastline, although '70s for the bayshores and 80s for the inland valleys. and to the afternoon on sunday the fog will clear. fog pushing into the bayshores tomorrow morning, down in the penin

off of its foundation and >> it was like niagara falls. >> in vermont broke were turned into raging rivers this woman saw the water coming in almost did not make out. >> this big wave stopped me and i was going downstream and slammed into my neighbor's house. i ended up writing the way out. -- riding the wave out. >> the vermont national guard is using helicopters to airlift the surprise. >> people running food and water, we were bringing in supplies to them, water and food and diapers and formula and various other items. >> of all the states and new jersey, new york and vermont are suffering from the worst flooding. the rock hill river overflowed its banks, and in new jersey... >> 9 river locations have reached or past record flooding levels. >> hundreds of people have been rescued from the river, one man tried to escape last night. >> it was too deep it was scary, i opened the door and would look like it was my height, so i had to close the door and i waited until the morning time. >> i read has put new pressure on fema that has had to cope with the record $10 billion in disasters this y

the bus was traveling from niagara falls to trenton, new jersey, when it flipped over last night. and at least 36 others suffered some minor injuries as well. police say the bus may have been going too fast in a downpour. there have been at least four other serious bubuaccidents this year, all of them in the northeast. >>> president obama marks a milestone birthday today, reaching the half century mark. he jump started the celebrations with a round of fund-raisers in chicago last night. the president spoke via video conference to supporters gathered at more than 1,000 house parties across the country. with the budget crisis resolved, mr. obama is now challenging his cabinet to put americans back to work. here's jake tapper. >> reporter: president obama headed to chicago for a series of campaign fund-raisers. one of them an early celebration of his 50th birthday. earlier, the president met with his cabinet to emphasize what he wants them all now focused on. >> they are redoubling their efforts to focus on what matters most to the american people. and that is how are we going to put

. >>> a tour bus heading from niagara falls to new jersey crashed and overturned in upstate new yorkednesday, injuring dozens, four seriously. police say speed and wet road conditions were factors. it's now the fourth serious tour bus crash this year in the northeast. >>> more than 70 suspects have been charged in 1 of the largest international child pornography rings ever. authorities say that members were forced to continue producing explicit photos and videos to remain part of the group. 20 more suspects are being sought. >>> this labor day will mark the end of an era. jerry lewis will not appear at this year's mda telethon. the muscular dystrophy association says lewis is no longer its chairman. it's not giving a reason for the change. lewis has helped to raise more than $2 billion since he began hosting the telethon in 1966. >>> and finally, more on that dramatic rescue in newport beach, california, when a teenager became buried alive in sand. he dug a hole on the beach about seven feet deep. and the walls caved in on top of him. lifeguards frantically started to dig. but took 2

officials say the volume of water rushing through the riverbanks is more than what's flowing over niagara falls today. just think about that. it stranded people in their homes and hotels. no way for rescuers to get to them. next, i want to share video from rhode island. 300,000 people there in the dark. no electricity. several of these, you can see them downed trees, just sheer wind power took them down. half the state is affected here. listen now as rhode island's governor is speaking a short time ago. >> really what we're focusing on is getting the power back. rhode islanders without power getting antsy. they want to -- that's really where our focus is. we'll assessment damage and the cost and everything else. that's our priority right now. >> and in vermont, that is where it looks like the flooding is worse today. you know, some towns in the southern part of the state are completely underwater. others being battered by raging rivers that are far out of their banks today. let's go now live to cnn's amber lion who has been driving from what i understand, amber all around the state today.

a man who wants to walk across a tight rope on niagara falls.ness to a harrowing near disaster while cruising ask's glaciers. it's ahead on "happening now" " alisyn: listen to this practical joke that went way too far. about a hundred people showing up at a north carolina's man's home after seeing an ad on craig's list for free stuff. the man never posted the ad. he only found out about it when one of his neighbors called him to tell him that a whole bunch of people were in his yard. he rushess home and he has to turn people away for hours. >> about a hundred people, exactly, right at a hundred. that's a lot of people coming in all day long to aggravate you to get free stuff. they were basically jumping over this. alisyn: oh, man, it turns out that a young neighbor posted the ad as a joke but took it down after realizing that it wasn't that funny. by that it was too late. fortunately nothing was stolen. bill: to our energy in america right now. do you know that a fifth of our order comes from a 4x 8-mile pit in canada. all of that oil might be h

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estimate the volume of water coming off of the cat skill mountaintops is exceeding the flow from niagara. exceeding that. megan cruz from our affiliate ynn is in new york, near the base of the cat skill mountains. she's on the line with us. megan, first of all, we understand that the two main routes, both bridges in and out of the town are badly damaged. are residents and emergency crews able to get in and out another way? >> caller: it's not that they can't get into town. right now there are two bridges in and out of the main town. one of them, no one is being allowed near it at this point. even myself and my photographer, we have crossed it at one point to get into the town. we were turned away when we tried to pass there again. they're really worried that it might collapse at any point. for that entrance into the town, no one is allowed near there. there is one other way. you have to go around quite a bit of a drive. it's probably about ten miles, but then you come to another bridge and it seems like that they're concerned about because we were being brought had via an atv, they don't

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several years ago, i made a trip from abington up through altoona to niagara falls. i went up 219. at that time, you had to go through a 100 small towns. are you familiar with that area? guest: i gave a lot of state money and the appalachian regional money to build up and eliminate those bypasses, to build up 219 from the border all the way up to the new york state border. is a perfect example of a road that needs to be built, not just for our quality of life, but to make that region competitive. the state invested in buildings that road, and we are starting to do it. the interesting thing is i was accused in pennsylvania of being a big spender. i did spend money on infrastructure. today, pennsylvania has a 7.5% unemployment rate, almost two points lower than the national average. it is not an accident. caller: would you consider a toll road for 219? host: we will get an answer to that. are you a semi truck driver? caller: i am retired now pending i had a smaller truck. the towns were so close together it tehe speed limits so low, took forever to get up there. i did not seek nation

several years ago, made a trip from abington up through altoona to niagara falls. i went up 219. at that time, you had to go through a 100 small towns. are you familiar with that area? guest: i gave a lot of state money and the appalachian regional money to build up and eliminate those bypasses, to build up 219 from the border all the way up to the new york state border. is a perfect example of a road that needs to be built, not just for our quality of life, but to make that region competitive. the state invested in buildings that road, and we are starting to do it. the interesting thing is i was accused in pennsylvania of being a big spender. i did spend money on infrastructure. today, pennsylvania has a 7.5% unemployment rate, almost two points lower than the national average. it is not an accident. caller: would you consider a toll road for 219? host: we will g an answer to that. are you a semi truck driver? caller: i am retired now pending i had a smaller truck. the towns were so close together it tehe speed limits so low, took forever to get up there. i did not seek national

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it's a raging rapids like you would see in the bottom of niagara falls or grand canyon.ay, for generations, children would swim in this brook. they were swimming just last week. but the waters all throughout the state of vermont, every tributary, every creek, every brook, every river has been flooded because of the waters from tropical storm irene. look what's happened because of the power of these waters, the power of these waters basically exploded this brook into more than triple its width, eroding the land under that building. that building was an art studio and a joe ga studio, three stories, and it is about to collapse into this water. no more land under there. we don't know when it will collapse. authorities can't go in. we talked to two tenants of this building say they have valuable items inside the building but obviously could not go in. but this is what is going on right now in vermont. more than 260 roads are or were under water. it has now started to recede. where i was standing yesterday was water past my knees. it's dry, but since we've been here, let me g

. >> it looks like niagara falls. >> not a coastal city. as this road is completely flooded. the state is seeing some of ok, scene there. tell us what it looks like and what's been going on in benning ton, vermont because that has not gotten much publicity but the pictures are shocking. all right. we're looking at the pictures right there. >> yeah, they really are. you know, it's a scary thing and sometimes we don't realize how bad stuff is until you start to get the pictures out of a place and take a look at what's happened in bennington, vermont, this is southwestern vermont and the video is quite striking. a car, yeah, a car that's rushing down rivers, trees that are running down mainstream that have been knocked over and this town in a world of hurt, a lot of these areas that have been dealing with rainfall rates that were up to about 12 inches falling in a period of 10 hours and you get that kind of rain across hilly terrain and all that war has to run somewhere and it runs in towards these streams and, unfortunately, these towns have been devastated by this. and massive

a number of places that i've been or that i've experienced that i feel i can never get tired of; niagara falls. i used to visit almost every weekend when i lived in buffalo. i never got tired of it. hoover dam is another one of these places. you can see it again and again, it never really loses its ability to astonish at the very thought of putting the structure many what was then a truly remote, inhospitable place. we now think of hoover dam as down the road from las vegas, but it wasn't that way with then, and when you're standing on it or looking at it, you still get the same sense of majesty and grace. all of this was the product of engineering and design on a scale that we'd never seen before. now you can, of course, you can take the bridge that's just downstream from the bridge, and although you can't see it from your car because i think the bridge builders didn't want, didn't want people crashing into each other, you know, as they were staring wide-eyed at thissal paster monument upstream, but you can walk over the bridge and see it there. the thing about a structure like hoover d

the bus carrying mostly tourists from poland was traveling from niagara falls to new jersey.ect that was pinned underneath the bus. and they were able to dig underneath the bus and actually extricate the lady that was trapped underneath. it was tributed to the weather. the rainfall and speed too fast for conditions. >> the tour bus industry has come under scrutiny after the march 12th crash of a bus returning to new york city's chinatown. 15 people were killed when that bus flipped over on its side. the driver of that bus had a suspended license. >>> the searing heat wave is expanding. it's getting even deadlier this morning. it hit 115 degrees in ft. smith, arkansas yesterday. that shattered a record of 107 set back in 1896. temperatures are expected to approach record highs from dallas all the way to raleigh again today. >> texas is bracing for another sweltering day, too, after breaking its power usage record for the third day in a row. could be over 100 degrees there, too for the 34th day in a row. that city suffering more in the intense heat than anywhere else. ed lavand

several years ago, i made a trip from abington up through altoona to niagara falls. i went up 219. had to go through a 100 small towns. are you familiar with that area? guest: i gave a lot of state money and the appalachian regional money to build up and eliminate those bypasses, to build up 219 from the border all the way up to the new york state border. is a perfect example of a road that needs to be built, not just for our quality of life, but to make that region competitive. the state invested in buildings that road, and we are starting to do it. the interesting thing is i was accused in pennsylvania of being a big spender. did spend money on infrastructure. today, pennsylvania has a 7.5% unemployment rate, almost two points lower than the national average. it is not an accident. caller: would you consider a toll road for 219? host: we will get an answer to that. are you a semi truck driver? caller: i am retired now pending i had a smaller truck. the towns were so close togethe it tehe speed limits so low, took forever to get up there. i did not seek nationally advertised resta