and daring for dollars, can a proposed high wire act jump- start niagara falls tourism? anthony mason takes a dizzying look. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> mitchell: good evening. here we go again. it has been a weekend of twists and turns in the race for the republican presidential nomination. a man who lead the field just a month ago is now out of the race. and a man counted out not that long ago is now on top. whit johnson begins our coverage tonight of this weekend's surprising moves in the gop and what the white house thinks about them. >> i am suspending my presidential campaign. >> reporter: with herman cain out of the race and his possible endorsement up for grabs, the now leading republican newt gingrich had kind words for his friend and former rival. >> i think he deserves credit for having had the courage to talk about big ideas and to focus on the economy. >> reporter: no one has benefited more from cain's fall than the former house speaker. a new poll out of iowa, the first state to cast votes shows gingrich

horseshoe falls. >> walking across niagara falls is a dream of mine.ing that i have wanted to do ever since i could remember. >> reporter: niagara falls has a long storied history of stuntmen, acrobats and daredevils in barrels. some weren't so lucky. and after years of economic decline, new york officials think it's death defying past could be the perfect shot in the arm. governor andrew cuomo and the entire new york state legislature have agreed to give wallenda a one-time pass on laws banning stunts at the falls. wallenda estimates his act would bring in $125,000 spectators and $120 million tourist dollar to its region. the janice thomson of the canadian niagara parks commission which oversees the falls wants them enjoyed as a natural wonder. >> you know, people don't come here with their to a carnival type atmosphere, they're coming here to appreciate and pay interest butte to the beauty and nature of niagara falls. >> i have never heard of a stunt man training for anything, it is an lifestyle, an art for us. >> reporter: last month wallenda addres

across niagara falls is a dream of mine.ng i wanted to do ever since i could remember. >> reporter: niagara falls has a long storied history of stunt men, acrobats, and dare devils in barrels. some weren't so lucky. after years of economic decline, new york officials think it's death defying past could be the perfect shot in the arm. governor andrew cuomo and the entire new york state legislature have agreed to give wallenda a one-time pass at stunts banning falls. wallenda estimates his act would bring in 125,000 spectators and 120 million tourist dollars to the region. but janice thompson of the canadian niagara parks division says the following. >> people aren't coming here to acrobats. people are coming here to appreciate and pay tribute to the beauty of niagara falls. >> it's a lifestyle. its an art to us. >> reporter: last month, wallenda addressed the park commission's concerns at a hearing and was met by a throng of cameras. >> this is something that i won't give up. >> reporter: not only will it be great for the eco

>>> rescue workers battle to save a man teetering at the brink of niagara falls. >> we've got to go. we've got to go get him. >>> a daredevil attempts a stunt that goes up in flames. >> my life was in perilous danger. >>> this guy pummels his own lawyer. and a twist in the story an investigative reporter never saw coming. >> you hear him scream to his wife, honey, get the gun. >> videos that don't get any more shocking -- >> video shows i pushed your kid. what are you going to do about it? >> -- or more strange -- >> i remember standing there in disbelief. >> or any more sinister. >> the puppy could have died, he could have broken the dog's neck. >>> "caught on camera: sinister, strange, shocking." >>> journalists are taught to stay objective, to avoid becoming part of the story. john mattes is an investigative reporter in san diego, and he's not afraid to chase down any lead. but in trying to expose a bad guy, he found himself smack in the middle of an unbelievable story. his cameraman captured some shocking video, and it was all the evidence the cops needed to throw someone in jail

it asked, adding that "with yosemite and yellowstone now we have attractions which "diminish niagara into an ordinary exhibition." but the "helena rocky mountain gazette" complained that a great blow had been struck against the prosperity of the region. "the new park," it said, "will keep the country "a wilderness and prevent economic development." its cross-town rival the "helena herald" disagreed. "it will be a park," the paper said "worthy of the great republic." duncan: i think that if wyoming had been a state in 1872, they probably would have followed the yosemite model. they would have just given it to the state of wyoming for safekeeping, but because it was a territory, there was no state to give it to, and so therefore, almost by accident, it became a national park, and that doesn't seem like a big thing at first, but when you think about it, it really was an incredible turning point. what would we think of yellowstone if it was yellowstone state park in wyoming? it would still be--the geysers would be going off the waterfall would still be there, the mud would still be boili

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. >>> plus one man, a thin line and a long way down, the daredevil stunt over niagara falls. >>> ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> let's go live now to chopper 5 with a look at the backups. the good news is we'll get this out of the way. the accident being cleared. that's the good news. the bad news you can see the damage is done. traffic is backed up all the way into the maize. it was involving a transit bus traveling on the have, line. not sure if the delays are going to continue for the buses headed into san francisco. keep you posted. a backup into the maeltz. slow and go off the freeway as well. >>> jumping to the maps as well. chopper 5, how sluggish it is off the freeway. traffic slow and go as you work your way out of berkeley toward the bridge. use bart. the adviser west 92. an accident in the right lane, and a vehicle fire westbound 92 at highway 91 and half-moon bay. >> batter is looking good now. >>> thank you giana. slower delivery and fewer distribution centers, some of the consequences of cuts planned by the postal service. we have more on the cuts and why they're happening. goo

imagine niagara falls sliced and diced and sprinkled over a vast and heavily forested canyon.a lush and unforgettable valley of 16 terraced lakes laced together by waterfalls and miles of pleasant plank walks. boats glide visitors into the heart of the park. countless cascades and water that's strangely clear yet full of vibrant colors make plitvice a misty natural wonderland. fish seem to know there's not a hook for miles. carefully maintained trails and boardwalks let you get intimate with the wonder of the place. observant nature lovers can choose from hundreds of flower types to assemble a photographic bouquet. the stony formations drip down like the foliage because the grass and moss both direct the flow of the water and provide a kind of scaffolding for the slow and steady calcification process. naturalists call plitvice a perfect storm of geological, climatic, and biological features. the magic ingredient -- calcium carbonate, a mineral deposit from the limestone that gets dissolved into the water, then re-deposited, continually breaking down natural travertine dams and

officials hit the power switch on the colorful niagara falls lights. the show is put on every year, weeks ahead of a necessaritive new year's celebration. >>> and finally, the obamas continue their celebration of the holiday season. they, along with host conan o'brien and performers justin bieber and jennifer hudson, attempted the 30th annual christmas in washington event. along with the concert, the event also raises funds for the children's national hospital. >>> now for a look at the national weather we turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. are you ready for christmas? >> i am. >> are you? >> i hesitate because i still have stuff to do, like a lot of people. >> you have the tree up? >> yes. it was a big accomplishment. yourself? >> i got a tree, it's this big, but it's up. >> a mini tree, right? >> exactly. >> like charlie brown christmas tree. good morning, everyone. hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. not a lot of bad weather to talk about out there. a lack of snow getting to be more and more of a conversation

you know, there's this wine-tasting thing at niagara-on-the-lake next weekend. i was thinking, you know, maybe we could go? um... i mean, we don't have to stay over, it could just be a day trip. i was just thinking, 'cause we haven't seen each other for a while. yeah, yeah. and it's been really great. i-- i just... (gunshot, faint scream) what was that? that was gunfire. (people screaming) wait, hold on. steve! wait! (tires screech, horns blare) man: hey, watch it! hey, what are you doing? jules: stop! man: somebody's been shot! winnie, it's jules. oh, hey! how are you enjoying your y off? jules: i've got shots fired inside the sultan grill, on the danforth. guys, guys! what's happening? are you okay? we're outside the restaurant right now. is the shooter still inside? jules: i can't see. someone's shot, jules. i gotta, i gotta get in there. no, steve. we need to wait for backup. the shooter might still... jules! let's go! jules, hantight! we're coming! team one, hot call! suit up! he could be dead before they get here. don't go in there! steve! winnie: shots fi

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on days like this, we get as much water moving down the potomac as we do in niagara falls.ky. this was our time lapse. beautiful a sparkling blue sky. temperature outside is 47 degrees. look at the time lapse. isn't that a great sky? temperature up at that level about 40 below zero. there is big meadows. there is still snow on the ground across skyline drive. three or 4 inches of snow in many areas. here we are in washington. there is the real snow-covered areas. look at the temperatures, 47 right now in washington. out to our west, it is cold and minneapolis. it is that time of year. here is the overall pattern. there is a weather front coming our way and the jet stream is moving to our north. that will be keeping the strike as they go to the next couple of days. overnight tonight, there is that little weather front. as it comes in, more chilly air on as sprint cable be a little bit chillier tomorrow that it was today. -- on us. it will be a little chillier tomorrow than it was today. a lot of sunshine. we have a wonderful weekend. overnight, a chilly night but a bright ni

niagara falls is number five. >> both sides. >> las vegas, nevada, is the fourth most visited tourist attraction. >> i wonder why. >> this is interesting. number three is union station in washington, d.c. >> that makes no sense to me though it's a beautiful facility. it's gorgeous. >> getting on the train at union station in d.c. is a real treat. >> you feel like you're in a time warp. like you're in a bag, lavish movie. it's just so glorious. >> and it's like a little mall. you can go shopping. there are stores. >> yes, hodi. >> number two? >> central park. not the empire state building, not the statue of liberty, but central park. >> and the number one world's most visited tourist attraction is -- >> times square. >> go figure. it's thursday. you know what that means? >> oy. >> i get to have fun. this guy in front is going to play along with us. i picked a song i enjoy a lot. >> who is this? >> this is called my keepon. he is just going to dance with us to this song i'm about to play. this is called "tight rope" by a woman named janelle monet. you know how i like sweaty dance songs.

when you look at the picture they always look like they are hon me noon -- mooning in the niagara falls. i guess fete the photo taken with some of those guys. he was like a monk that's the way hollywood has always been. >> he /* it wasn't a financed razor. it was a very, very close race. that is why they are spending so much time with them. >> if he gets past he can scream yahtse. the econ mow gomy gets better i consider voting for him. if he gets out of iraq and afghanistan that seems foolish to me. when he has somebody in the cross hairs he is a killing machine. >> he will go out fighting no doubt about it. 48 percent of americans say if he is re-elected they are going to leave the country. it seems to me it is very very tough for him to come back. >> 52 percent of the people vote for bash rack obama. 48 should know the country is leaving that not vice versa. >> this is really panic. this isn't we don't like him. if he is re-elected we are going over. >> the governor make a comeback? >> i thought it was the best he has looked. that heartless thing was really, that is like newt quinnin

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it's going to be places like buffalo, new york and niagara false.rk could see a foot of snow on the ground. so it's going to be that lake-effect snow. big reason for that, that cold air moving over the lakes picks up that relatively warmer water, that moisture from the warmer water and dumps a whole bunch of snow. mild in the south, still a few lingering snow showers coming off the great lakes. this is more representative of what we're expecting. the snow is only on one side. that's an indication we're talking about lake-effect snow. picking up that moisture and dropping it on the far side of the lake from where the wind is coming from. down right cold on saturday. upper 20s for highs in minneapolis and chicago. so very chilly. a few showers still in florida and southern texas on sunday. another system moving into the pacific northwest. still very quiet. keep in mind, we're in december now. we should be seeing storms roll through, but we're in a quiet pattern. things are picking up for southern california by tuesday and rain possible for the souther

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you know, there's this wine-tasting thing at niagara-on-the-lake next weekend. i was thinking, you know, maybe we could go? um... i mean, we don't have to stay over, it could just be a day trip. i was just thinking, 'cause we haven't seen each other for a while. yeah, yeah. and it's been really great. i-- i just... (gunshot, faint scream) what was that? that was gunfire. (people screaming) wait, hold on. steve! wait! (tires screech, horns blare) man: hey, watch it! hey, what are you doing? jules: stop! man: somebody's been shot! winnie, it's jules. oh, hey! how are you enjoying your y off? jules: i've got shots fired inside the sultan grill, on the danforth. guys, guys! what's happening? are you okay? we're outside the restaurant right now. is the shooter still inside? jules: i can't see. someone's shot, jules. i gotta, i gotta get in there. no, steve. we need to wait for backup. the shooter might still... jules! let's go! jules, hantight! we're coming! team one, hot call! suit up! he could be dead before they get here. don't go in there! steve! winnie: shots fi

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i'm based in the niagara falls air force base. through the hearings that we've had since my brief six months on this committee i've learned a lot. there is a hezbollah threat facing us from toronto. homeland security has reported there are more threats to terrorist along the northern border than the southern border. we've got a large ex opinions of land in canada which is virtually unprotected. do you feel there is an additional threat and are ationdl safe guards being taken to protect them? mr. secretary? >> base commanders have the obligation to not only take the general guidance that the department of diff applies but to take in local threats, local circumstances as a factor in building their receive anti-terrorist force packages. i would say yes indeed, along the northern border, other specific areas that are challenges. base commanders are required to take those special circumstances into account. >> thank you. >> ma'am, i would like to say, u.s. northern command is more common. has the authority to set the force protection c

i represent a base in upstate new york, the niagara falls airport space. i have learned a lot. there is a hezbollah threat facing us across the border in toronto. that is not far from my air force base. homeland security has reported there are more threats to terrorism in this country on the northern border than the southern border. our border with canada is virtually unprotected. do you feel there is additional threat to any bases along the northern border as opposed to the southern border and are additional safeguards being taken to protect us? >> along the northern border, based commanders are required to take those special circumstances into account. >> thank you. >> u.s. northern command has the authority to set conditions at bases and their area of responsibility includes northern and southern borders and i think they do that very well. >> in addition, i would add there has been a significant movement in a northern border initiative between enter agency -- between interagency is to share information and make that available to a variety of forces. that is really helping ou

president looked for some way, any way to prevent the canyon from becoming another commercialized niagara falls. he found his solution in the antiquities act. cronon: it was written basically to try to prevent the destruction of indian archaeological sites in the american southwest, the idea being that there were people going in and robbing these graves and that that needed to be stopped. and so a law is written that says the president can very quickly set aside a tract of land as a national monument and that's a fairly narrow purpose. but there were no restrictions in the law, and teddy roosevelt quite quickly realized that you could set aside land for reasons other than archaeology and the great beneficiary of that law would be the grand canyon. coyote: the wording of the antiquities act referred to protection "objects of historic and scientific interest," and though it had contemplated only small-sized parcels up to then, no more than 5,000 ac it did not absolutely restrict the number of acres a president could set aside. on january 11, 1908, declaring the grand canyon "an object of un

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of a barrel and somebody nailed the lit shut and light the barrel on fire and september you over niagara. >> but it is helping nasa advance science at the international space station. the flight director says among the tasks assigned to crew members, updating computers on the space station. >> the computers that currently run on the space station are 386s. those are the computers from the '80s. that is how it was designed, that is what we run on. >> just a few month a's go the same rocket that propels the soyez in space failed. still, those that are assigned to ride in it are confident t is safe. >> next saturday is new year's eve. fox news planning a star studded event live from times square ma megan kelly.

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that is what they said, it is like swimming up niagara falls. you can the closest anybody did. he comes back in 1922 and was a squeaker. in 1924 he starts to add to his totals and he went against teddy roosevelt, jr. withs only in the 1920's his third, it starts to come to fruition. before then, he was seen as the accidental governor. >> 1920, women get to vote. does that make a difference in al smith's career? >> he is interesting because as john indicated before, he actually staffed a lot of his inner circle with women at the moment when not many speakers are doing that. francis perkins, who becomes fdr's secretary of labor, is a close ally of smith. pell moskowitz is his make it happen woman up in albany. he actually has a fairly progressive outlook of women in government. the advent of the women's vote does not have a huge impact on national politics. it ultimately begins to build. it does not have the impact many people are predicting. in terms of new york politicians, john would know this better than i, i don't have perspective it really transforms -- >> not at first. at

i currently represented these at the niagara falls air force base. to the hearings we've had in my six month on committee have learned a lot. there is a hezbollah threat facing us across the board in toronto. that's not far from air force base. security has reported there's more threats are terrorism in this country along the northern borders in the southern border. we have a large expansive and which is virtually unprotected. i just want to ask a question, do you feel there's additional threat to any bases along the northern border as opposed to the southern border and are additional safeguards being taken to protect our? mr. secretary. former colleague of senator moynihan. we are alumni so we understand that political correct this issue as well. >> and why we are not politically correct. base commanders have the obligation not only to take general guidance that the department of defense supplies, but to take in local threats, local circumstances is a crime factor in building their specific antiterrorism and force protection packages. so i would say

we have a new sponsor this year, first niagara. >> so there you go.. are we on? >> we got somebody coming down? >> okay. let's see what we can do? >> what the hell is that? >> something is coming over. who is this guy? >> i see somebody -- >> it's not santa though. >> there is no way you guys are beating me. i'm out of here. >> steve: batman. >> gretchen: oh, oh. >> brian: who is coming? >> it's the grinch. he's back again this year. >> brian: you guys better pick up the pace. >> steve: you're being chased by a cartoon character. >> brian: who is knocking the rope. that's diabolical batman. >> steve: as long as he doesn't have hedge trimmers, they're fine. >> gretchen: look how fast the grinch is going. >> steve: this is about the place where rick got into trouble last time where he wound up crashing into the manage on his back and with his butt and there goes somebody right there. >> brian: i feel like we're watching a space movie. >> steve: rick, are you in control right now? >> brian: is anyone in control? >> no! i don't think so. >> brian: it look

higgins: it has developed joint initiatives among local governments in my community of buffalo-niagara. the capability gains developed across the country. yet, drastic -- recent drastic countries in the funding have resulted in the elimination of 32 of the 64 urban areas from the program. that puts the preparedness and capability gains we've achieved at risk. in order to raise awareness of this problem, this week i formed the preserving the ue wasy caucus -- ue becausey caucus. and the capabilities gained that was dropped from the program. i urge my colleagues who represent these communities to join our caucus so we can protect our capability gains and ensure our communities are properly secured. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. poe: i ask permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. poe: mr. speaker, some americans worry about big labor. others worry about big business. but what r

i currently represent a base in upstate new york, the niagara falls airport space. i have learned a lot. toronto is not very far from my air force base. homeland security as reported there are more threats of terrorism along the northern border than the southern border. we have a large expanse of land on our border with canada that is virtually unprotected. do you feel better our initial threats to bases along the northern border as opposed to the southern border and are additional safeguards being taken to protect them? mr. secretary? former colleague of senator moynihan -- we both understand the political correctness issue. >> we are not going to be political correct. base commanders have the solid it -- obligation to not only take the general guidance the department of defense provides, but to take in local circumstances in building anti- terrorist support protection packages. yes, indeed, along the northern border as well as other specific areas where there are challenges for security, base commanders are required to take those special circumstances into account