the massive power of nigh niagara falls has prompted many to make the drop. taylor was one of the first to plunge. she got in a barrel. she said quote, i would caution everyone. i would sooner walk up to a cannon knowing that it was going to blow me to pieces than make another trip down the fall. despite taylor's warning many have followed her to the fall. as mary murray reported their stunt didn't work out quite as they had hoped. >> he's going to go over the fall in a barrel. >> reporter: look closely at the bottom of your screen. what you see is two people. it took several people years to plan but the mission took just second. rescue workers dwarfed worked frantically to reach the two. >> the barrel was in an area where they were trapped in the barrel. the barrel wasn't going to float down the river. we had to get them out. there was no other way to do it. >> they don't have any air left. >> reporter: time was running out for the people inside the barrel. the pair were equipped with oxygen that would give them enough air for not much longer than an hour. e

. >>> rescue workers battle to save a man teetering at the brink of niagara falls. >> i said we have to go. we have to go get him. >> a daredevil attempts a stunt that goes up in flames. >> this guy -- pummels his own lawyer and a twist in the story, an investigative reporter never saw coming. >> honey, get the gun. >> videos that don't get anymore shocking. >> what are you going to do about it? >> any more strange -- >> i remember standing there in disbelief. >> or any more sinister. >> he could have died if he would have broken the neck. ♪ ♪ caught on camera, sinister, strange, shocking. journalists are taught to stay objective to avoid becoming part of the story. john is from san diego and 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 camera man captured some shocking video and it was all the evidence the cops needed to throw someone in jail. >> a confrontation between a local tv reporter and this irate woman could have ended here. ♪ >> but it quickly escalates into a shocking assault, john

they're going to continue to fight in northern new york along lake erie and the niagara. so armstrong shifts the american army. he pulls of the 6,000 troops that are here, he pulls 4500 out, and he pulls them out in the last week of august, sends them um the mohawk valley, and then they're going to go by ship to the niagara. all that leaves here is 1500 regulars. these regulars are the people who couldn't make the march. they were the sick, the lame, the lazy, the prisoners in the stock ade, the band is here. so that's what's left behind and that would be what's defending on this road. so when prevost finds out that the american army has left, he starts his attack. he moves those soldiers, fewer than 15,000, to the canadian border, and he crosses the border on the 1st of september, and begins to march south. is the column actually is ten miles long. the artillery doesn't cross the border under the 4th of september. it took four days before they could even move south at all. down this radioed them come. here the few new york state militia are standing by at this little bri

they're going to go over here and continue to fight in northern new york along lake erie and the niagara. and so, armstrong shifts the american army. and he pulls of the 6,000 troops that are here, he pulls 4,500 out of plattsburg and pulls them out in the last week of august and sends himself to the mohawk valley and up to the harbor and they're going to go by ship to the niagara. all that leaves here is 1,500 regulars. and these regulars are the people who couldn't make the march. these are the sick, the lame, the lazy. these are the prisoners and the stockade. this is the band is here. and so that's what's left behind. and that's what's going to be defending on this road. so when he finds out that the american army has left, he starts his attack. and he moves those soldiers fewer than 15,000 to the canadian border and right on the edge of lake champlain. he crosses the border on the first of september, and they begin to march south, headed for plattsburg. 20 miles south of the canadian border. the column actually is 10 miles long. the artillery doesn't cross the border until the 4th o

our reporter said it was the school board of niagara falls that was bad actor they bought the propertyrom chemical company, they said, don't let anyone build on this, the they d it because they could make money, and turned out to science was bogus. john: two fronts, no 1 caught a cold from anything at love canal, there is no cancer epidemic in america but people still think there is. >> get to a set of facts that we can agree on then have the argument rather than just arguing from emotional points of view, saying that facts don't mattematter what matters is my t of view. john: that airline prices were something that had to be controlled by government. >> and even food they serve on planes. >> right. >> if there is going to be a new route between new york, and houston, then, the existing airline that flew that route had to approve someone else flying that, weirdly enough they never did. john: it was just accepted. >> yes, until a cover story we did that existing regulation of airline did not make sense, if you deregulate them, prices would go down, competition would fluorish and they wi

. >> and niagara falls, a neighborhood built on a toxic chemical dump, and it became in the late 70skind of indicator of all that was wrong with corporate america. corporate america was trying to make money by poisoning by selling them property on toxic dumps. john: and giving people cancer and this is why there was a cancer epidemic. >> a reporter went up and found out it was the school board of niagara falls that was the bad actor. they bought the property from the chemical company, whatever you do, don't let anybody build on this and sold it because they could make money on it, and the science was bogus that was used. john: on two fronts. no one caught a cold from anything at love canal had ever been proven, and no cancer epidemic in america. people think there is. >> let's at least get to the set of facts we all can agree on rather than have the argument. saying facts don't matter, what really matters is my point of view. john: and everyone's point of view is that airline prices was something that had to be controlled by government. >> not just airline prices but the food they se

the niagara falls peace conference, which was -- he -- which was urged by greeley that great hypocrite and he sends others. he knew that they could never negotiate and that the team of confederates residing in canada really had no authority anyway, from the confederate states of america. this is -- this goes to lincoln's astuteness as a politician, except he was frustrated by all of these efforts, because he could -- he knew he could never come to terms with any confederate demands, which would mean a recognition, implied or explicitly, of another nation. >> well, wait. frank, it also means he wasn't going ting negotiate on the -- he wasn't going to negotiate on the abolition of slavery? >> correct. >> you agree he had reached that stage of august of '64 where that was no longer a negotiating point for him? >> or earlier. >> yes, but we will never know because he is enigmatic. it's whether or not, for even half a second, he wavered on the position, like writing the letter and then changes, you know, let jefferson davis try me. then he's skirting or playing with the issue of sending hen

a reporter went up and he found out it was actually the school board of niagara falls that was the realbad actor here, because they had bought the property from the chemical company that said, hey, you know what, don't let anybody build on this. then they sold it because they could make money on it. it also turned out that the science was bogus. >> on two fronts, no one caught a cold from anything that's proven. >> there is no -- people still think there is. >> let's at least get to the point. then let's have the argument rather than just arguing from emotional points of view or saying facts don't matter, what really matters is my point of view. >> and everyone's point of view is that airline prices were something that had to be controlled by government. >> not just airline prices but even the food they served on flights. >> and if there's going to be a new route between new york and houston, then the existing airlines that flew that route had to approve someone else flying that. weirdly enough, they never really did. this was just accepted until how things had to be. >> this was, until

that's enough to power niagara falls for 154 days, if that gives you an image. one meteorologist made the calculation by figuring out the average amount of rain that fell per square mile, and then came up with ten trillion, and a lot of math to figure out that california was pummeled with the rain, and i could have told him that. well, the rain is gone for now. live look outside, the golden gate on your left, and clear now, and more storms headed to the bay area. and meteorologist, rob mayeda, joying us now. >> you can see the rain, almost a foot of rain in san jose, and you see the numbers there from north to south, and numbers in the four, five and six-inch range, and some places picking the average monthly average rainfall for december in 36 hours. with the storms coming in we are not expecting quite as much rain, and we see another chance of rain going into the next storm. parts of the bay area, 267% of average. and it could go up to 300% average. and then we will see a cool day tomorrow with high clouds increasing out ahead of this weather system that the c

now, the closest thing to n niagara falls. >> that is what you get after 17 inches of rain. from marin county, wayne freedman, abc7 news >> looking are looking better. a week of storms raised water levels by seven feet. the folsom reservoir is only 37% but that is better than last january, when it's just 17%. lakes orville and shasta have also risen. >> today's storm was not major but caused a share of problems. high water closed the intersection of highways 121 and 12, the patrol shut it down two hours ago the impact of the round of rain is visible in the north bay. a tree service cut the trunk. building inspectors will determine if the house will have to be red tagged. >> several communities are trying to recover from the rain we've received. we are in belmont with the story tonight. >> i want to show you something they're doing to help clear water. this is a big old truck. there is another there that is blocking the main entrance because crews had to build this tube, siphoning water into the city gutters. this is a temporary fix. crews spent the morning pumping water off

now, the closest thing to nie niagara falls. >> that is what you get after 17 inches of rain. from marin county, wayne freedman, abc7 news >> looking are looking better. a week of storms raised water levels by seven feet. the folsom reservoir is only 37% but that is better than last january, when it's just 17%. lakes orville and shasta have also risen. >> today's storm was not major but caused a share of problems. high water closed the intersection of highways 121 and 12, the patrol shut it down two hours ago the impact of the round of rain is visible in the north bay. a tree service cut the trunk. building inspectors will determine if the house will have to be red tagged. >> several communities are trying to recover from the rain we've received. we are in belmont with the story tonight. >> i want to show you something they're doing to help clear water. this is a big old truck. there is another there that is blocking the main entrance because crews had to build this tube, siphoning water into the city gutters. this is a temporary fix. crews spent the morning pumping water off

but he sent his personal secretary up to niagara on the canada side with greeley to talk to these men about brokering some sort of a peace deal. it very quickly becomes apparent that they actually have no authority whatsoever to be having this conversation. greeley comes back to new york with his tail between his legs. but lincoln takes this opportunity to explain to the public that he has vees two war aims. and that unless these two aims are met, that he will continue to prosecute the war on the battlefield. he's hoping, in making this announcement, making this very clear again, to smoke out jefferson davis, and to get davis to say publicly that his war aim is independence. davis doesn't really bite on this. lincoln's idea was that if davis would just make this announcement, maybe the northern public would blame davis instead of lincoln as being the person who was blocking a path to peace. that, however, doesn't happen. instead, northerners become increasingly sour over the course of the summer. on august 22nd -- and i don't normally pay, you know, a lot of attention to dates, but in

he had two goals in particular he wanted to see niagara falls but the other thing was to meet abraham lincoln and to accomplish that he prevailed upon the new friend or to arrange a visit with the president. the plan was soon in place for the daughter of an undersecretary of the treasury to take us up on the evening to link in's country seat. the destination wasn't a great country house of the sort that the the countrymen and habitat. true, it stood as it was reported in the park but he observed that it was guarded by the troops in the grounds. the principal building on the 300 plus acres of the soldiers home was an institution for the disabled army veterans. the first family inhabited this structure at the hilltop that was simply an escape for the heat and humidity. arriving after dark they could see little of the houses exterior but assured of them into the furnished trying room. although they had gotten him out of bed, he was still surprised that he was wearing slippers. he was very awkward but there were handshakes all around and be found in all of my uneasiness before the genial

now the closest thing to niagara falls. many residents felt compelled to visit and look. >> if you were to jump down there now, you'd be down the creek in minutes. >> reporter: that's what you get with 130% of average rainfall. wayne freedman, abc news 7 news. >>> this just in, all lanes are closed in shellville because of flooding. no word on when the intersection might reopen. it's best to avoid the area. >> storm watch coverage does not end here. later in the newscast a look at the trouble that the rain is causing and what it did in san francisco. also at 5:00, a look at the flooding problems at mobile home parks on the peninsula. >> also making news, the people who used to live in the jungle homele homeless encampment were kicked out. several homeless people had relocated. that's 2 miles from the jungle which is off story road. some of them got eviction notices last week and were given only five minutes to get out once the city showed up this morning. >> we thought we were going to be in the clear. they were moving our

on the front bar here, it was like niagara falls, it was beautiful. >> what's up with the water?ake a shower with everybody else. don't flood my tier. >> okay. >> all right? >> why you hollering now? >> give me two. >> more than 3,000 inmates eat their meals in the same dining hall, which can only hold up to 400 at a time. the groups are released by tier to ensure everyone gets a chance to eat. >> let's go, gentlemen. let's go. >> i'm the eyes and ears of this south block rotunda. and it's the eye of the storm because everyone's relying on me if we have an incident in the kitchen or in the -- inside the unit sometimes, but mainly the landing areas. let's go! my main job is to make sure these inmates come from their housing unit into the chow hall, sit down, come back out. but i also have other officers that are inside. at the same time i'm watching my officers inside, watching their backs because who's watching their backs? you kind of see what i'm saying? because when you got two officers in the chow hall, i try to keep the traffic where i can control it on the steps and have a

[laughter] >> if you want to get into that of you have to take niagara. [laughter] >>. >> host: the ethics of experimentation. let's talk about that. i was very interested in how different the ethics of experimentation and testing was in the 1950's it was the free-for-all. >> what they did do a test the pill and sounds crazy but they were within the standards of their day. so had you test something that is illegal? they tested it on women who we're going with infertility. to see if they're really just down ovulation the women were told it might help them get pregnant but in fact, they strongly believed it would prevent them. so they tested them in insane asylums then into p.r. then they found hundreds of women. but the ethics were definitely questionable at times. >> host: it is interesting with p.r. because because of the medical students take the pill and if not they would get bad grades in school so then they realized women and really want birth control to say have this. my husband will not use a condom and they reusing sterilization. so do you remembe

now they are the closest thing to niagara fall ins marin. many resident who know the area felt compelled to visit and to look. >> jump down there rate now would you about down the creek in minutes. >>reporter: that's what you get in a wet december after 17 inches of rain. from marin county, abc 7 news. >> now most of the state major reservoir still have a ways to good here but things are looking weather at folsom like at sacramento week of storms raised the level by 7 feet. the reservoir is only 37 percent of capacity. that's better than last january when it was just 17 percent. like orville and shasta also risen to more than 30 percent at this point. >> impact says latest round of rain was clearly visible in nap a.tree came crashing down on to the roof o. tree service came out and cut the trunk removing it piece by piece. building inspectors will now determine if the house will have to be red tagged. >> him if san francisco city crew removed a fallen true in the panhandle. city saw helpful rain this morning and it caused localize street flo

. >>> rescue workers battle to save a man teetering at the brink of niagara falls. >> i said we havet him. >> a daredevil attempts a stunt that goes up in flames. >> this guy -- pummels his own lawyer and a twist in the story, an investigative reporter never saw coming. >> honey, get the gun. >> videos that don't get anymore shocking. >> what are you going to do about it? >> any more strange -- >> i remember

a transmission line failed at niagara false. super storm sandy left more than eight-mile people without electricity, many for more than a week. >> the 1977 blackout in new york city maybe the most notorious, leading to mass looting and rioting. 337 people were arrested, 1600 stores were looted and a thousand fires set. these cases cases pale in comparison. passengers were stranded for thousands of miles from kashmir to the countries border with ma. there are long standing concerns about america's power grid which is available in foul weather. coming up just days after raw rice is reinstated by the nfl, congress takes up the problem of >> the cast sytem is alive and well in america >> a city divided >> this is the third shooting in 24 hours in baltimore >> raveged by violence... > for any black community it's always been a recession >> can a community break the cycle? >> the way the game is rigged... they can't win... >> fault lines al jazeera america's hard hitting... >> today they will be arrested... >> ground breaking... they'

a transmission line failed at niagara false. super storm sandy left more than eight-mile people without electricity, many for more than a week. >> the 1977 blackout in new york city maybe the most notorious, leading to mass looting and rioting. 337 people were arrested, 1600 stores were looted and a thousand fires set. these case cases pale in compar. passengers were stranded for thousands of miles from kashmir to the countries border with ma. there are long standing concerns about america's power grid, which is available in foul weather. coming up just days after raw rice is reinstated by the nfl, congress takes up the problem of domestic violence in pro sports. >> the protests in ferguson spilled on to the football field when five members of the st. louis rams took to the field sunday in a hands up don't shoot pose that started controversy between police and team over an apology. a senate committee held hearings on violence in domestic sports as ray rice is preparing to play again in the nfl. to discuss both stories, we are jo

. >> it's like niagara falls, so i did like a celebratory dance, yeah, i did it. i don't remember the last time we got this much rain, but it's beautiful. >> reporter: and according to the chp, may be beautiful, but makes it more dangerous out here. in the marin area alone between 5:30 and 7:00 this morning, six accidents, mostly spinouts. usually a zero or one at most. as i mentioned before, the chp altogether getting 400 calls for collisions this morning alone. four times more than usual, so the message, of course, is more wet weather on the way this week, be safe out here. live near the golden gate bridge, stephanie chuang, nbc bay area news. >> all right, you be safe, too, steph. >>> in san francisco there is concern about some of the older trees and how they'll stand up to the wind and the rain. the department of public works says 2,700 ficus trees are getting a special look. branches on the trees have snapped, damaging cars, even hurting folks just walking nearby. the dpw just signed an order making it easier to have trees removed and replaced. >> with the f

a transmission line failed at niagara false. super storm sandy left more than eight-mile people without electricity, many for more than a week. >> the 1977 blackout in new york city maybe the most notorious, leading to mass looting and rioting. 337 people were arrested, 1600 stores were looted and a thousand fires set. these case cases pale in comparison. passengers were stranded for thousands of miles from kashmir to the countries border with ma. there are long standing concerns about america's power grid, which is available in foul weather. coming up just days after raw rice is reinstated by the nfl, congress takes up the problem of >> a conflict that started 100 year ago, some say, never ended... revealing... untold stories of the valor... >> they opened fire on the english officers... >> sacrifice... >> i order you to die... >> and ultimate betrayal... drawing lines in the sand that would shape the middle east and frame the conflict today >> world war one: through arab eyes only on al jazeera america >> the protests in fergu

first of all he wanted to see niagara falls but the other thing he wanted to accomplish was to meet abraham lincoln and to accomplish that he prevailed upon a new friend to arrange a visit with the president. a plan was in place for the daughter of a undersecretary of the treasury to take us upon the evening to lincoln's country suite. their destination was not a great country house of the sort that borit's aristocratic countrymen inhabited. true it stood as borit reported in a park but he observed that it was guarded by troops that camps picturesquely about the grounds. the principle building on the 300 plus acres of the so-called soldiers home was actually an institution for disabled army veterans of the first family inhabited this gothic revival structure. the hilltop property was as simply an escape from the heat and humidity of summer in washington. arriving after dark borit ann could see little of the houses but a servant ushered them into a neatly furnished drawing room they had no prearranged appointment at lincoln soon appeared. borit described him as a long lanky figure with ice o

exactly what brought them out at thing is deaf >> reporter: to others in line apple filling into the niagaraom film credits the man who saw the movie of them was ever pleasantly surprised. we did about the production it was a very good movie it was not what i expected to say the trailers and you get a glimpse of what is about what i was blown away looking online casas' a controversy reveals that was very impressed i didn't want to come back and see it again and they're not sold out not >> reporter: with a holiday over and is not time to get back home and that means many bay area airports will be hopping. >>will tran: one the busiest days of the christmas holiday season this is almost a definition of dining and dancing all christmas last night alive was suggesting a few hours ago you concede is delta and the stretches all the way back where walk ashore possibly can we do know that the busiest day was on tuesday before christmas of course not reported to get back to the decimation of their homes as it began to use someone live on ctenophore here is a nice man here excuse me why did use today y

parts of upstate new york and vermont and a couple of feet of snow possible in the town south of the niagara frontier and all the way. if you're flying into san francisco today, expect major delays as winds will gust to 50 miles per hour. planes don't like to land very quickly at 50 miles per hour. they want to space those planes out. which means your arrival rate and departure rate will be going down. you won't be getting as many planes on the ground as you would like. flash flood watches for the coast, blizzard warnings, san francisco could see winds to 60 or 70, it will bring trees and power lines down. 30,000 people in the northeast still without power, i expect the number to go higher than that in california. >> a lot going on out there. chad myers, thanks so much. >>> more fallout for bill cosby. a woman who says he drugged and raped her in the 1970s is trying a new strategy to hold the comedian responsible. we'll explain. >> it's an interesting theory. you'll be surprised by it. >>> did you hear about this guy -- 12 days lost at sea. getting word that the search for him was over. what

. >> reporter: the into the of the niagara reduce official credits but men who saw it at that them were pretty surprised. the quality of the movie overall is really good. it was a very good movie it was not what i expected to send i definitely want to come back to sit again if they're not sold out. the reason why we're sending massive >>will tran: is chilly but no-fault and they're coming on many issues a lot of it are going home today or visiting family members like to lift them from the bay area wattage to today to go and knock the other day which travel before christmas a lot and the like is a lot better today denizli is so i'm looking for to a low-key day of travel. is not that was the kids that have the christmas at home were up 5 this morning is been a busy they are ready. >>will tran: not a problem as well as a full expense about 62,000 people to come into this airport today. >>darya: will be back with more just a couple of minutes female announcer: it's time to make room for the new mattress models! during sleep train's huge year end clearance sale, get beautyrest, posturepedic,

so it's like going over niagara falls. you're on your way down, there's nothing stopping you and it continues until the vehicle is in a thick enough atmosphere that once again it's subsonic and once the vehicle is subsonic in this funny configuration, the vehicle just doesn't quite know what it really wants to do. it's sort of in a confused state and so you put the tails back down, you become a glider and now you've got your 10, 15 minutes to breathe again and look at your passenger who's sitting across from you and sort of mentally trying to assimilate to all that has just happened to you in the last hour or so. the majority of the flight on the virgin side of the house is just climbing up underneath the mothership, which is probably from passenger standpoint where the co-pilot is going to have to have a degree in psychology or stress management or stuff like in that. his the concept is different in that from get-go you take off on the runway, under rocket power there's four motors, you use burt ratan designed information

you are just getting heavy so it's like going over niagara falls. and there is nothing stopping you and it continues until it's thick enough in the atmosphere its it's sub sonic and once the vehicle is sub sonic the vehicle doesn't quite know what it really wants to do. it's sort of in a confused state and so you put the tales that down in vb glider and then you have 10 or 15 minutes to breathe again and look at the passenger who was sitting across from you and try to assimilate all that has just happened to you in the last hour or so. the majority of the flight is climbing up underneath the mother ship which is probably from a passenger's standpoint where the copilot is going to have to have a degree in psychology or stress management or stuff like that. the ex-course concept is different that in that on the get go you take from the runway. there is rocket powered. there are four motors. you start them off sequentially so you don't get that big jolt. you take off like an airplane and you just keep going. >> now i want to get to that. brian worked f

the past ten days, which is enough to fill 15.1 million olympic sized swimming pools or power the niagaraning today, there are more demonstrations in san francisco and the east bay to stand in solidarity with ferguson missouri and new york city. organizers say they are planning what is supposed to be a peaceful protest at noon in san francisco's union square. they will then go to the fairy building to take part in a nationwide event called day of anger, millions march. in the east bay a group of demonstrators will first rally at uc berkeley and then start at frank o'gala plaza in oakland. later protestors plan a march against the chp at 5 in the evening. demonstrations in the past three weeks have left a heavy financial burden on the oakland police department. officers on crowd control have received $1.3 million in overtime pay alone. police say they have made 209 arrests during 14 protests. several officers have also been hurt trying to break occupy up the large crowds. >>> turning to other news. this is a nice story. a santa clara woman says a secret santa is making christmas possible f

so it's like going over niagara falls.e on your way down, there's nothing stopping you and it continues until the vehicle is in a thick enough atmosphere that once again it's subsonic and once the vehicle is subsonic in this funny configuration, the vehicle just doesn't quite know what it really wants to do. it's sort of in a confused state and so you put the tails back down, you become a glider and now you've got your 10, 15 minutes to breathe again and look at your passenger who's sitting across from you and sort of mentally trying to assimilate to all that has just happened to you in the last hour or so. the majority of the flight on the virgin side of the house is just climbing up underneath the mothership, which is probably from passenger standpoint where the co-pilot is going to have to have a degree in psychology or stress management or stuff like that. the concept is different in that from get-go you take off on the runway, under rocket power there's four motors, you use burt ratan designed light them off is he seq