. >> reporter: in 1942, pioli was studying to be a dentist at niagara university in upstate new yorkfted into the army. he asked the draft board chairman to let him finish the semester. >> he said, "what do you want two years so you can dodge the draft?" oh, boy. i grabbed him by the collar, and i pushed him down. that's the first time i lost my cool. >> garrett: pioli served as a trooper in france and flew in military gliders. >> once you release you're ready to stand still, and then you start gliding. ♪ glide through the air with the greatest of ease ♪ >> garrett: after the war, pioli ended up in the insurance business, but daughter luan got to thinking a life in service deserved one more honor, an honorary degree. she wrote to niagara university saying he was proud of his time there and still had his purple freshmen tie and beanie. a request like that is hard to refuse. ( applause ) so yesterday, at a special ceremony in vermont, pioli got to hold his own diploma, an associate degree, hand delivered by niagara university's provost. >> overwhelmed. can't get over it. >> i'm just so

i thought like barrel in niagara falls. what he did, this is obviously scientific experience where he's using the winds and currents and stuff like that which is in cylinder shape to travel, very clever smart thing to do. if you look at it, that was not just their everyday barrel, that was designed specifically to do what he wanted to do. good for him. >> that's true. >> you're only saying smart because he's not dead. >> no, i'm saying -- >> if he were dead, everyone would say what was he thinking. >> no. [laughter] [applause] >> i hate to be the one to tell you, kat, the reason why, most of us, not the way we wanted to, shopped on the ship and wind to get here. >> emily, this is the kind of behavior that is it really necessary, like this is what a robot would do, right, we don't need to do this in a barrel, right? >> well, this is why he was living his dream, rice a robot, like you said earlier, replaces the task, for him this was exploring. i just feel like the older i get the more i'm aware of my own mortality and so, wh

. >> reporter: in 1942, pioli was studying to be a dentist at niagara university in upstate, new york, when he was drafted into the army. he asked the draft board chairman to let him finish the semester. >> he said, what do you want, two years? oh, boy. that was the first time i lost my cool. >> reporter: pioli served as a trooper in france and flew in military gliders. >> you start gliding ♪ fly through the air with the greatest of ease nend. >> after the war, he ended up in dahtrt to thinking he , but his deserved a degree. she wrote to the university and saying he was proud of his time there. a request like that is hard to refuse. so yesterday at a special ceremony in vermont, pioli got to hold his own diploma, an associate degree hand delivered by niagara university's provost. >> overwhelmed. can't get over it. >> i'm just so happy that he was able to experience this. >>> that is the "overnight news" for this wednesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back with us a little later for the morning news and cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york

. >> you may have heard people going over niagara falls in a barrel. >> have you ever heard of someone crossing an ocean in one? this french explorer did it using only ocean currents to propel him. the barrel is 10 feet long, 7 feet wide and he started on the canary islands of spain and made it all the way across the atlantic. he was at sea for 122 days before the currents dropped him in the caribbean sea and an oil tanker pulled him to a nearby island. when i asked why he went on this harrowing adventure he said i had a need for solitude. >> the first way i would think of solitude whatever floats your boat. >> kpix five news at 6:00 begins right now ken bastida and elizabeth cook. >> kamala harris has some serious competition for california. how indiana's mayor is winning over voters on harris' home turf . >>> she went out surfing and ended up with the shark on her leash. the close encounter off the sonoma county coast. >>> part street party port pr part pr campaign. the message oakland is trying to send to the world on this 510 day. kpix5 news at 6:00 starts right now good evening of

. >>> we're back with niagara falls lit up in blue to celebrate the birth of the newest member of the british royal family. >> it's a boy. the big question now is what will be the new baby's name. we're likely to find out tomorrow when prince harry and new mom meghan markle greet the media together. >> abc's julia macfarlane explains why this royal baby is like none before him. >> reporter: good morning, kenneth, janai. the world has been waiting for this. meghan and harry captured global attention with their whirlwind romance, and now everyone can't wait to see their new baby boy. as the sun sets in windsor, the royal couple spending their first night together with their new baby boy. the duchess of sussex went into labor early in the morning. a few hours later, buckingham palace announcing meghan had safely delivered a little boy weighing 7 pounds and 3 ounces. a beaming prince harry barely able to contain his joy. >> i'm so incredibly proud of my wife. and as every father and parent would ever say, you know, your baby is absolutely amazing. but this little thing is absolutely to di

past $6.00 to $8.00 months so now they would have the ability to launch just sites that radius of niagara kilometers with a remarkable degree of precision so in july of 2018 they tried to attack in the bab amanda and they were unable to organize a major oil spill or anything of that level but the a shell of their intent and their ability to strike then in january they launched. attacks on the yemeni intelligence ministers i was after the sas nation which is a lot more targeted a lot more imprisoned by i don't think the saudi air defenses have improved at the at the same level i think they've actually been quite complacent about the degree to which is applying the hoody to the degree to which the hoody capabilities are improving so i this was almost a wake up call and a shock for this that is partially a complacency as much as you do you see improvements in the who didn't knowledge it possible you concur with that what does this drone attack tell us about the who these level of technical sophistication is it technology that they could have built and flown on their own or would they have ne

we are live looking at niagara falls. yes, we are, steve.n mornings on 2 right here on ktvu fox 2 news. >>> welcome back, it is now 6:58, a bay area woman bitten, she is in the record books after climbing mount everest. she hiked from sea level to the summit of mount everest at 29,000 feet and she did it in just two weeks. the shortest amount of time it has ever been done, reaching the top, on the same day that a viral photo was taken, showing climbers trying to get to the summit.>> the day we summitted, may 22, was the day that famous picture was taken with that crowd lined up on the south side. we didn't see any of that, i had no idea that any of that was going on.>> experts say a short window of good weather landed this traffic jam on the side of mount everest, forcing the climbers to wait at high altitude with limited oxygen. that is what some attributed to the increase in deaths in this climbing season at mount everest. >>> a man from thailand is now the first undocumented student to graduate from uc san francisco school of medicine. i

. >> dana: 99-year-old lou peoli graduates from niagara university.later. now lou is looking forward to celebrating his 100th birthday. this time as a college graduate. we con graduate -- congratulate you. here's trace gallagher in for shepard smith. >> all of a sudden i hear they're going to have a meeting before this meeting to talk about the i word. >> and he was not talking about infrastructure. the president sounding off after talks a cuts off at the white house and the president bunching back after a democratic pow-wow on potential impeachment. >> the president of the united states is engaged in a cover up. >> i don't do cover-ups. we're going down one track at a time. >> to watch what happens in the white house would make your jaw drop. >> consider it dropped. he's behind bars or

that's twice as much as flows over niagara falls. somecases, it's alrdy flooded out homes and businesses. more than 170 underwater. the fear is aerthe wat continues to flow and the rain is still falling, more in the forecast, we wi see more homes getting flooded out. craig. >> all right. kerry sanders for us in oklahoma. we are going to get to al's forecast iua moment. yo will have the latest on "nbc nightly news" tonight? >> yes, we will have the latest on that. >>> meantime, politics. joe biden's campaign firing back at president trump for shots at the former vice president while on a state visit to japan. it happened at a tokyo news conference monday. the preside says he thinks he agree wes a north korea's dictator kim jong un that biden is a, quote, low-i.q. individual. well, yesterday biden's campaign released a statement calling the president's behavior beneath the dignity of the office. they added to side repeatedly with a murderous dictator against a fellow american and former vice president speaks for itself. s > the transpo

for their honeymoon, they went from los angeles to niagara falls on a greyhound bus. >> wertheim: quintessentially american? >> obmascik: you can't get more american than that. >> wertheim: paul tatsuguchi loved america's open roads, its skyscrapers and its ice cream. but in 1941, he was conscripted into the japanese army. he was a devout christian and a pacifist, forced into war. he brought his bible to attu. >> obmascik: paul tatsuguchi's favorite bible verse came right out of deuteronomy. "choose life." >> wertheim: choose life. >> obmascik: choose life. >> wertheim: as chill winds whipped through attu, the japanese took to the mountains, digging foxholes and storing ammunition in sheds that can still be found on attu today. as a medic, tatsuguchi hunkered down in a makeshift hospital in what's called the jarmin pass, waiting for the inevitable american counter-invasion. in may 1943, 11,000 americans were sent north to recapture this far-flung outpost of the united states. riding on one of the boats, private harry sasser. what he heard about attu sounded ominous. >> harry sasser: that it was tr

. >> reporter: he has wire walked over niagara falls, the grand canyon, even between skyscrap s skyscrapers>> you guys watching think i'm crazy. this is what i was made for. >> reporter: but in 2017 a devastating accident. while practicing this eight-person pir myramid stunt members fell down. he held on and in what he calls a miracle everyone survived and now this morning he's opening up to michael strahan about that terrifying moment. and in an abc news exclusive he's about to make a brand-new announcement about his future that will make your jaw drop. with your "gma first look," paula ferris, abc news, new york. >> everything he does makes my jaw drop. >> makes me nervous. >> me, too. >>> speaker recall. the electronics that could end up exploding in your home. >>> and more to worry about than just your waistline. the link between a poor diet and cancer. >> reporter: do you know how to get a free credit report? i'm michael finney and this is a 7 on your side quick tip. the federal government says by law you get a free credit report every year from each of the three major credit reporting

. >> and here in the former colonies, niagara falls is bathed in blue in honor of the new royal.e all the details about this new royal baby in a few moments. >>> but first some serious news. we begin with the new details on the runway inferno in russia. >> including new images of the russian jet engulfed in smoke and flames on the tarmac as passengers escaped to safety. >> we've also learned a 22-year-old american from new mexico is among the dead. jeremy brooks was among the dozens caught in the terrifying scene. here's abc's dan harris. >> reporter: the final moments of terror inside that russian jet as 78 passengers and crew scrambled to escape the flames. the jet appearing to bounce three times as it skidded to a stop. that massive fireball erupting upon final impact. >> under normal circumstances the fire trucks should follow that emergency aircraft down the runway and be ready to put out any fire. it was a long time before we saw any fire trucks come on. >> reporter: the sukhoi superjet operated by the russian airline aeroflot was headed from moscow to murmansk. it had just

>>as the niagara night for bay area sports. hey the weather we've got some big changes coming our way maybe some showers may >>queen elizabeth and prince philip met their 8th great-grandchild today, windsor castle, the picture taken by a royal photographer shows the duchess of sussex holding her to dale son, archie harrison mountbatten winds are her mom doria ragland by her side along with prince harry the meeting came just after the new parents introduced their child to the world. buckingham palace says harry and meghan has chosen not to use the title for this and this means he is not curremtly a prince but will become one automatically when his grandfather prince charles becomes king. and the news baby giraffe fat woodland park zoo in seattle washington has gotten a pair of therapeutic shoes. the giraffe was born last thursday to mom olivia. he has not been named jed buys but soon as after being warned the zoo workers realize that the little guy's legs were not aligned properly. so now he has some casts to help him out. they'

over the past 6 to 8 months so now they would have the ability to launch just sites that radius of niagara kilometers with a remarkable degree of precision so in july of 2018 they tried to attack in the bab amanda and they were unable to organize a major oil spill or anything of that level but the a shell of their intent and their ability to strike then in january they launched. an attack on the yemeni intelligence minister i was after the sas nation which is a lot more targeted a lot more imprisoned by i don't think the saudi air defenses have improved at the at the same level i think they've actually been quite complacent about the degree to which he ran his eye does of liability to the degree to which the hoody capabilities are improving so i think it was almost a wake up call and a shock for this that is partially a complacency as much as you and judy improvements of the who didn't knowledge it possible you concur with that what does this drone attack tell us about the who these level of technical sophistication is it technology that they could have built and flown on their own or woul

past $6.00 to $8.00 months so now they would have the ability to launch just started a radius of niagara kilometers with a remarkable degree of precision so in july of 2018 they try to attack in the bab amanda and they were able to organize a major oil spill or anything of that level by the a shell of their intent and their ability to strike then in january they launched. an attack on the yemeni intelligence minister i was after the sas nation which is a lot more targeted a lot more imprisoned by i don't think the saudi air defenses have improved at the at the same level i think they've actually been quite complacent about the degree to which is applying the hoodie to the degree to which the hoody capabilities are improving so i this was almost a wake up call and a shock for this that is partially a complacency as much as you do you see improvements in the who didn't knowledge it possible you concur with that what does this drone attack tell us about the who these level of technical sophistication is it technology that they could have built and flown on their own or would they have neede

. >> reporter: crossing the churning abyss of the niagara falls.the grand canyon on a two-inch-wide cable without a safety harness. >> hard to relax when you're 1500 feet above the canyon. >> reporter: and sometimes doing it all blindfolded. >> you guys watching think i'm crazy. this is what i was made for. >> reporter: but it was this one gone wrong that left many wondering if wallenda's luck had ran out. >> we have a total of five rescues. >> reporter: five high-wire performers lost their balance during a practice in 2017 while trying to break a guinness world record plummeting more than 30 feet to the ground. the three others including wallenda clung to the wire. the group had been rehearsing a complex eight-person pyramid when they slipped. >> extremely lucky given the height of the fall that they survived. >> reporter: everyone survived but his sister leona suffered serious injuries breaking all the bones in her face. >> i know that i struggled with having to relive that accident and actually struggled with fear for the first time ever. >> rep

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that's twice the amount of water going over niagara falls. this morning massive flooding in the midwest. many lives being threatened in nebraska, missouri, and kansas from the rising waters. in arkansas a state of emergency is in place, including mandatory evacuations in some areas where the swollen arkansas river is threatening communities. the river expected to crest above its flood stage of 43 feet by saturday. >> the river has not crested yet. this event will happen. it will be historic. it will be unlike anything that most of our residents in arkansas have seen. >> reporter: in arkansas, the water got so high it spilled over some levees. the fear now in oklahoma is the same could happen here resulting in more homes and businesses just like this. oklahoma's keystone dam releasing 2.4 million gallons of arkansas river water a second. all of that water flowing downstream towards tulsa, threatening areas that are already hard hit. i came across these gentlemen in kayaks desperately trying to make it back to a newly purchased home. >> i just

it's a niagara. every day there's multiple assaults on norms that we'veten granted.ing to go through the court system. eventually it's going to get to the supreme court. and donald j. trump has already had an enormous impact on the supreme court and when that happens could we be looking at a situation where norms that we've taken for granted since the constitution was written is up for jumpball? >> yeah. absolutely. which is why, again, elections have consequences and trump's decision to put different people on the court, it's hard to imagine at least in his mind, we know how transactional he s-in any situation they would rule against what he wants. he doesn't mind if it goes to court. he's rooting for that. one it takes time. when we took the attorney general to court, when we were the oversight committee it was four years before we got a resolution and the president was on his way out of office. if that happens again the issue of lack of accountability in real-time, the lack of the ability of the judicial branch to get answers in that moment when those issues are i

karla: hasta las cataratas del niÁgara se pintaron de azul para conmemorar el nacimiento del varoncitorlos: gran celebraciÓn en el mundo. llegÓ el turno de nuestro querido albert, que tambiÉn tiene nombre de rey, para que nos diga cÓmo estÁ el clima en el dÍa de hoy. albert: complicado. serÁ una tarde y noche larga para muchos tejanos y el motivo son las tormentas que vuelven a azotar el estado solitario. en oklahoma tendremos riesgo de vientos fuertes, granizos y tornados. estas son imÁgenes de las tormentas de ayer sobre kansas. podemos ver una super cÉlula en donde en sus bases se producen tornados. tenemos imÁgenes de dallas en donde la cosa estarÁ complicada durante la tarde y maÑana tambiÉn por las tormentas. ya tenems el cielo cubierto. quÉ deben tener en cuenta? el granizo serÁ algo que va a complicar asÍ que recuerden no estar en la calle durante una tormenta severa, bsuquen refugio dentro de casa, alÉjense de puertas y ventanas y nunca se coloquen debajo de un puente porque allÍ los vientos se intensifican mÁs. vigilancia por inundaciones repentinas en oklahoma y en kansas. e

. >>> nighin niagara falls maid oe mists ships are going green.ats are expected to be ready by the fall. the boat tours started in 1846.. >>> turn up your thermostat. the temperature is going town. they saved the day. >>> a new poll revealing more than two-thirds of women wants congress to investigate what started the doj inquiry into russian interference in the 2016 election. >> where does this scandal go from here. here to weigh in sean spicer pep welcome to the show. >> good morning. >> do you think the new theme of investigating the investigators gets picked up especially with joe biden entering the race and having to answer key questions about what his role was, what president obama's role was and what the role was in the administration in generating and initiating this investigation. >> absolutely. the report came out and report there had was no collusion with russia. what the president said was true. they came up with what the president has been saying all along. there was no collusion. the "the new york times" on friday came out with a bom

the faa is looking into religious discrimination at the san antonio and niagara international airport the restaurant inside the airports were scrapped amid accusations that the chain is anti-lgbtq. jeopardy reigning champ major milestone while racking up 27th consecutive win. >> that takes you up to 74,400. and 2,065,535. jedediah: james holzhauer is the second jeopardy contestant to win over $2 million in regular season play. he now trails ken jennings by less than half a million bucks. holzhauer will be back on air monday. those are your headlines. griff: jed, once again pete has left us. pete: i'm behind. we got to talk to some of these sailors and marines and others coast guard it's complete week. you eat. i will take it from here a little bit. what is your name. >> my name [inaudible] pete: where are you from. >> long beach, california. pete: are you liking california? >> i love it. pete: why did you sign up to join our military. >> serve my country and also the great career path that they have, opportunity. pete: absolutely. do you plan to make it a career? >> yeah. i'm actually