martha teichner spent the day with philippe petit. >> the red lean is the wire. we know it's 20-feet high at the top of the two posts. >> reporter: on wednesday and thursday, philippe petit will walk across a high-wire in new new york city, the world's largest cathedral. those specks down there, philippe petit and me. >> my love for magnificent places and my love for walking on a tightrope and sharing with an audience my passion has not changed. >> reporter: he's walked this space many times before. but this week's walks will not really be about here and now. they'll be a celebration of that other walk, the one he spectacularly took 50 years ago on august 7th, 1974. between the twin towers, a quarter of a mile up. >> there is somebody out there on a tightrope walk. >> i can see a photograph, and immediately, that pulls me into remembering, remembering not only with my brain, but with my body. >> reporter: he crossed back and forth eight times in 45 minutes. for the oscar-winning documentary "man on wire," he wanted this music. by eric sati. >> the first opening i

high wire artist philippe petit is as fearless now as he was that day.-anchor juju chang with another look. >> all of a sudden, the density of the air is no longer the same. >> with the grace of a dancer, philippe petit floats 20ft above the ground, across a high wire at 74 years old. a mesmerizing display of balance and defiance. you remember me? with his good friend sting serenading his feet on the fields of barley. it's been 50 years since petit's death defying walk between the twin towers, a dot appearing in the sky, capturing the world's imagination. here at saint john's cathedral in new york city, surrounded by hundreds of adoring fans, he's celebrating his place in history. >> it's a lifetime. 50 years. and yet it's nothing. i look, i see all the detail of my work then, as if it were yesterday. >> petit is one of the world's most renowned performance artists, known for his daring walks on wires hundreds of feet above the ground without any safety net. what's your relationship with the wire? >> i spent a lifetime trying to create work in which my w

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on this day, a half century ago, philippe petit walked a wire between the two world trade center towersfeat celebrated since in a feature film and an oscar winning documentary. abc news reporter danny new takes us back to the i'm holding the balancing pole in the south tower, ready to walk. >> it was 50 years ago today that philippe petit ventured 1300 feet to the top of the twin towers on a beautiful august 7th morning and took a few strolls on this wire fastened between them. the self-taught high wire artist had been planning this mesmerizing slash terrifying idea for six years and then performed for 45 minutes before being arrested. however charges were ultimately dropped. >> i will do more than crossing. i will do a show. >> after he agreed to perform in central park. for me, this is life. since then, you may have seen petit's story captured by joseph gordon-levitt in the walk. >> see every day as a true challenge, and then you live your life on the tightrope or in the oscar winning documentary man on wire. the shortest speech in oscar history. yes and couldn't resist during his acc

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philippe djegal all kron, 4 news. >> for some time now, backers of the recall of oakland mayor sheng thao have called this a grassroots campaign and they point to thousands who have signed petition signatures. the mayor's insisted big money donors are behind the recall. now, campaign finance records have been released. it turns out both may be true. kron four's dan kerman reports. oakland mayor sheng thao has not been shy about saying the recall campaign against are is coming from big money donors, a small group of billionaires from piedmont in san francisco. >> had succeeded in buying a recall election to oust me in november with 3 months until a recall election. campaign finance records show that through the end of june, the committee fundacion ul oakland unites has received over $605,000. all of it from one person. investor philip dreyfus, whose home is listed in oakland, almost 80% of that makes up the bulk of the funding for the tower recall campaign specifically for signature gathering and petition printing. i would think the people who often that's a care about the working class people open. >> we do have to prom with disposable income in this competitive environment. wha

philippe djegal, all kron. 4 please just go. >> you're not going to make it to recall. people have already stated the senators on the petition off 40,000 or more. that means you're not gonna make it. >> opponents of oakland mayor sheng thao gathering today to call her immediate resignation. the group behind the recall urging the mayor to not wait for the election in november saying the city cannot wait any longer for new leadership. mayor thao has already said she will not resign and will only leave the office if that is what voters decide that they watched the recall against the mayor will be on the november ballot. the chp is investigating a deadly crash from 2.80 in daly city. and this happened just after 8 south of the jon daly boulevard the highway patrol says a woman's car overturned after it crashed into a tree just south of that tunnel. her car was the only one involved in this crash to southbound lanes were closed but have reopened. the cause of the crash is under investigation. a driver hit and injured a woman and a girl yesterday in redwood city. this happened just after 08:00am on duane street in harrison avenue

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