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large areas and in turn it helps the mountain climbers to well survive climbers aside russia's rescue service the m chairs or the ministry for emergency situations are only too thankful for such installations too often they return from a rescue mission with a body bag but the new cabin has already come to the rescue of two german mountain climbers and hopefully will assist many others in the future for the commercial way of getting down for mountain climbers is to work down but i'm going to take the easy route i think in the helicopter that's behind me back down to the base of mount elbrus this is michael i have to go reporting from the top of mt albert. cyclic can confirm he did it that's all your support. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so for lengthly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. on. the news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images cold world has been seeing from the streets o

services. he needed to get rescued off of a kayak.ut this came -- this came as no surprise to me because, like, russell bikes to set. he, like, walks six miles to set. >> jimmy: yeah. he's an adventurous guy. >> if he, like, catapulted on set in a jet pack, i probably wouldn't blink.

find any officials who had heard of anyone dying from inhaling burning flag smoke, not the city rescue services protest, but you can't pin it on the stars and stripes, unless you want to be asked -- what are you smokin'? >> are you sure? >> yes. >> i'm scared to ask where you read that.

libya carried chris' body to the hospital and they helped rescue and lead other americans to safety. >> reporter: foreign service officers around the world are on high alert. president obama ordered increased security due to concerns that the rest could spread. >> every day all across the world, american diplomats and civilians work tirelessly to advance the interest and values of our nation. >> reporter: the president showed his appreciation. u.s. officials feared the protest may have been triggered by this antimuslim low budget film. it was produced in the u.s. there is absolutely no justification to this type of sense lings violence -- none. >> reporter: the president said the libya attack was carried out by a rogue group of militants and it will not damage the relationship with the libyan government, which is vowed as cooperation. >> thank you. about 90 minutes ago the associated press said youtube blocked that video. >>> hundreds of police officers from around the region packed a joppa town church to say gob to corporal charles licato. corral licato died when his cruiser went off the road. he is being remem

rescue the libyans. >> a second victim, a foreign service information manager, sean smith leaves behind a wife and two children. >> they gave their lives in service to the country and to the resolution of conflicts. >> on tuesday, sean smith sent a message to an online gaming colleagues that they were under attack, making a joke that they may not be alive. others not yet identified by the state department or also killed. across from the white house there will be a vigil to honor their memory. reporting live from the white house, rebecca cooper, abc 7 news. >> our coverage continues. tonight at 6:00 more on the investigation, and why they blame the obama administration for the response to the attacks. >> two officers were distraught. they noticed eight stolen tag as they try to make a stop around the o'clock p.m. in northeast. -- around 3:00 in northeast. >> no complaints in the weather department. >> beautiful. >> absolutely gorgeous. >> let's take a look at what is happening for the rest of the week. >> outside it 100% sunshine. even the pauling was not that bad today. our pollen count ragweed, it wa

residents of lower manhattan and rescue workers will now be eligible for financial aid and health services and if you go online to our website, we have a full list of which cancers are now included. >>> and up next an abc news exclusive. we all know that there was a time when the nation stood on the brink of a financial crisis, one that could potentially trigger a global depression. well, the new prus in congress had threatened to let america default on its debt unless there were budget cuts. the president tried to broker a deal. the deal blew up. well, now there is a new book, "the price of politics." it is buy bob woodward, legendary journalist who tells us about the human drama behind one of the most intense moments in history and the clock was ticking down. >> headlines for you. >> that is getting closer to closer. >> default, default. >> default has all these -- >> the pressure is on and a didline is right around the corner. >> reporter: bob woodward takes you behind the closed doors in his new book. >> the stakes could not be higher. >> you talk about it as the financial equivalent o

services. he needed to get rescued off of a kayak.ly wouldn't blink. i'd be, like -- >> jimmy: yup, that's how russell gets to work. >> i -- >> jimmy: yeah, he parachutes in. >> yes. yes. >> jimmy: you're making headlines -- more headlines recently. i read that you were the most dangerous person on the internet. >> i'm dangerous. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i mean, come on. no, they're saying because people use your face and name to try to trick people into, like, giving their address and e-mails and social security numbers and stuff. >> yeah, well, my brother was, like, "yeah, you're about as dangerous as a fluffy bunny rabbit." [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i mean, really. i mean, you don't come across as really dangerous to me, yeah. >> so, actually this was -- this was a pr stunt of mine -- >> jimmy: yeah. >> -- to try and kind of edgy myself -- >> jimmy: yeah, totally. >> -- up a little. >> jimmy: i mean, just look -- look in that camera right there and just make a dangerous face. this is it. look at how dangerous. [ laughter ] i mean, that'

cook suggested iphone 5 owners use other map services including google until apple's improves. >>> and a dramatic rescue in georgia after a hiker fell 25 feet, breaking several bones. a rescuer strapped a 22-year-old that airlifted him to safety. paramedics transferred him to another helicopter, which took him on to an atlanta hospital. >>> finally, it was a magical night at the ballpark for a pitcher named homer. the reds' homer bailey, gave up no homers, no hits to the pittsburgh pirates, as the reds topped the bucs with the seventh no-hitter this season. that tops the modern baseball record. can you guess the prehistoric record? take a guess. >> no idea. >> eight. a long time ago. >> another installment in our long-running series, ron claiborne invents the news. >> it's almost true. >> almost true. thank you, ron. >> sells it so well. >>> we're going to turn to politics now. we're just four days away from the first debate between president obama and republican challenger, mitt romney. some are calling these debates a make-or-break moment for romney. it's "your voice, your vote." with just 38 days lef

rescue the hostages in iran. which you know, dozens of brave american service men were killed.s is a time for america to come together. he didn't criticize president carter. when the marines were killed in lebanon in 1983 the democrats did not use this as a campaign issue. i mean, the idea that some how we politicize this and i think he's barking up the wrong tree. president obama has been very, very, very strong and tough-minded when it comes to dealing with this. in fact, he's being criticized for his overuse of drones, for example, killing people without due process. so no, it's not a sign of weakness. if anything he has been very very strong. >> jennifer: i'm interested, though in how the other hot spots might impact or at least the difference between them in this. and i can't figure out what the difference is between what mitt romney's position is say on iran or on syria or on libya from what the president's position is. is there a big difference between them? >> i don't see it. excuse me, please, go ahead. >> yes i don't think think--rhetorically there might be, but most

service that drives this country. >> reporter: we also honor the courageous efforts of the first responders, the rescue workers, and countless civilians and military pentagon employees whose efforts to save the wounded prevented further loss of life. their actions that day reflect the very spirit of this great country of ours. >> panetta led the way in honoring more than 107 people who were killed at the pentagon. vice president biden marked the 9/11 anniversary in shanksville, pennsylvania. he honored the men and women who died there. >> the heroism of your husbands lives, sons, daughters, fathers, what they did for this country is still etched in the minds of not only you, but millions of americans. >> the vice president laid a wreath at a memorial honoring the victims. that memorial is still being built. organizers say they need to raise about $5 million to complete the memorial. >>> as the nation pauses to remember 9/11 what are your memories of that tragic day? where were you? on our facebook page carl writes, although i was living abroad i never felt so far away from home. i moved back to the u.s. just a few

rescue children. especially runaways s. that a rationalization for a lucrative adult services business?the conversations we had, she seemed sincere in wanting to help kids. the real sit that backpage is help -- the reality is that b s backpage is helping the problem. and there was an announcement to buy media outlets, the hope by separating backpage.com, putting it out on its own, that they will win back advertisers. and basically be a viable company. so they're really trying to separate it and basically say to backpage, look, okay, right now this is a bad business model. >> and human trafficking is a prevalent problem. and president obama bringing up the issue, come is good. >> yeah. absolutely. and what's so fascinating also is that the federal government has really stepped up to its game in how they deal with this. just this week at the clinton global initiative, president obama talked about human trafficking, the fbi has put together a task force to deal with this. there are a record number of federal prosecutions taking place all across the country. traffickers are being given much

rescue mission. so, it has done a hubbel missions, and the first servicing mission, and flown to the international spacetion. flew barbara morgan the backup to crista mcauliffe who died on "challenger" and flew her to "endeavour," and you can see the complete circle there. you can see the gear is not down, and still doing flyovers at the houston area, and we noticed that it had been just over gal vveston island a few minutes ago and passed over ellington field at one point, and that is right by the johnson space center where it will land today and overnight, ashleigh, until tomorrow when it takes off again in the next leg of the flight. so spectacular opportunities all across the country for people to get a one last glimpse of the orbiter on the back of the 747. this is the last trip an orbiter will make on the 747 and the last trip one of these 747s will make. ashleigh. >> well, just as you mentioned, a lot of the opportunities for us all to be able to take part today. and john, you said that the wheels should come down any moment, because that landing is exexpected to happen live at the johnson space

services help here and abroad despite. continuously improving modernize the system so that the new us models are better than ever and the plane was designed to fulfill a number of specialized search and rescue cargo and passenger transit as well as ambulance duties but it's got the most attention for its firefighting configuration washing in action from the ground is one thing but to really appreciate the raw power of it you want to check it out from the inside so with that in mind. russia's emergency services organized a little test flight to show journos like me what it's like onboard knowing far from the best flyer so following warnings about what lay ahead needless to say i got a little nervous. when. something . potentially life saving. is going to range of thirty six hundred kilometers. a thousand meters. over seven hundred kilometers. this purpose built. this heavy hitter has been in service for nearly ten years now but only recently did production of these flame beasts return to their original birthplace of. again. fuel. two hundred. and complications are. training and passage. hours in the simulator. in order to be prepared for the first time they take. to take. no how much they've

had to -- they had to rescue more than 20 people stuck in the cars because of all the rising flood waters. water levels were about several feet high and the national weather service says that almost 2 inches of rain fell. the storms almost knocked out -- also knocked out power to thousands of customers in the area for nearly two hours. but you can see the streets pretty wet there. and i know that's a sight that makes you cringe watching people drive through flooded water. but las vegas is not hughesed-- used to that much rain. >> not at all. that was a shock to them. and they didn't know what they were supposed to do because you saw the cars driving through the flooded roadways. looking at the saturdayel right and radar picture, we can see the big area of rain is is back off where we have a cold front draped across the plains and this will begin to slide our way heading into the weekend. so i will talk about that because we have wet weather in the forecast. but for today, we are looking nice once again. get out and enjoy it because we can see change in the forecast. temperatures this morning, cool again. hanover coming in at 53 and we are at 55 degrees right now

rescue his colleague says a lot about the kind of man he was. >> he was a bay area native with a passion for diplomacy. >> he was interested in international law, going toward the foreign service always his dream job. >>reporter: he graduated in 1989 and got his undergraduate degree from uc berkley and became a u.s. depp mat in libyan 2007. we found this video on you toobin tube introducing himself to the libyan people. he described himself as sufficient, but open-minded. they were killed after they went to the consulate trying to help colleagues under attack there. >> for the ambassador to go to that conflict shows what you kind of guy he is. it was completely necessary in the sense of within his job description, a completely necessity in terms of the kind of guy he was. >>reporter: he was born and raised in the bay area and graduated from piedmont high school where he was editor of the school newspaper. live this afternoon in san francisco, channel 2 news. >> thank you, alex. >>> the first of several public meetings to talk about san francisco's libraries is scheduled for tomorrow night there. will be 11 hearings over the next two months to talk about how to improve the libr

rescue teams. when they're called into federal service to respond to a disaster. on september 11, these teams responded to the world trade center and the pentagon. they responded to hurricane katrina and even the earthquake in haiti. many of these brave first responders are licensed medical professionals or engineers who knowingly put their lives at risk. the urban search and rescue teams have waited 10 years to remove this cloud over their head. this bill finally fixes that problem. that's why this bill's supported about i the urban search and rescue teams, the fire chiefs, the national association of counties, the national emergency managers and the international association of emergency managers. they all support this bill and support our first responders and vote for this bill. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california yields back his time. all time having expired, the question is speaker of the house -- the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 2903. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in th

. >>> may have rescued them but this dallas area vet continues to get inspiration from her two dogs. moose and maverick were both born without front legs and left at animals services at just a few hours old. they ended up just as excited o they can sit, stand up, even jump and though maverick acts up sometimes, they both are do gooders at heart spending time with homeless children once a month. >>> dogs and kittens living together. they aren't sure if she thinks it's another dog but this minnesota puppy is playing momma to a stray kitten. the dog takes care of the kitten they call mitten and is even nursing her. forget about the tale about dogs and cats. >> they look very happy together. >> i would be happy if the weather was nice. >> maybe the next ten hours things will be better. i think you will like the late afternoon. tomorrow morning, not going to be friendly. the radar, lightning, lot of lightning northern carroll. you can see a good bolt of lightening over dc, more lightning. the deal is better looking weather front into the tail end of friday, 79, cooler over the weekend, blend of sun and clouds, maybe a shower by sunday. wrapping up the 11 after this. ñq

sources are saying that there were attempts to go back into the building and rescue them, but they were unsuccessful. foreign servicember sean smith according to these sources died of smoke inhalation inside the building. and it also appears ambassador stevens managed to escape from the burning building, but it's not clear what condition he was in when he got out and how he died. >> i know the libyan government has condemned the attack, the killing of the united states ambassador and three other americans condemn the attack on the u.s. consulate. but here's the question, was there a libyan military or police presence there to protect this diplomatic compound? >> reporter: yes, wolf. when this story broke yesterday, we had officers on the scene who were describing what was going on there as a front line. they said that libyan security forces along with today we're learning with u.s. security were -- these attackers, clashes that went on for hours according to these eyewitnesses. now, what we're hearing today fromhe libyan government, the libyan parliament speaker trying to reassure the united states and the internati

rescue. in the following a massacre, all of the hostages were killed, along with five of the terrorists and one police officer. the olympics were interrupted for one day of mourning, but during the memorial service, the international olympic committee made its position clear. >> the games must go on. >> the decision to continue remains controversial to this day, but for many people, what is more important is keeping the memory of the victims alive. >> now, we are joined by our political correspondent. john, some of the victims complained that even 40 years after the event has happened, there has not been a clear admission of guilt by german authorities. >> the german authorities were suddenly need, and the police were not trained to deal with terrorism, but remember -- this was just 27 years after the end of the second world war. the atmosphere was one of euphoria in germany, that germany was hosting the games, that it was being received back, as it were, into the international sporting community. nobody was thinking about terrorism or a terrorist attack here compare that with the security arrangements at the recent london olympic games where there were squadrons of fighter jets in the air. 18 k

rescue chambers the reverend bull. market thank you all. for shit. so that i have good news and bad news for you first the good news just blows. service there's an enormous political shift underway in america that's going to sweep the far right reactionaries out of power and put moderates in progress is back in control bad news is all hell will likely break loose before this happens think about it major political shifts in america have occurred in reaction to major economic crises the stock market crash in one nine hundred twenty nine in the great depression put into ten years three republican administrations free market corporate rule in the one nine hundred twenty s. and gave way to the new deal revolution and a huge political shift to the left similarly several decades later the economic crisis caused by problems in the middle east in the oil embargo in the late seventy's gave way to the reagan revolution and a massive political shift to the right here we are again today in the midst of another economic crisis and a subsequent political shift the financial meltdown of two thousand and seven and two thousand and eight at the end of

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service dogs. guide dogs for the blind. military dogs. search and rescue dogs.its the american humane association. >> it's the hero dogs awards, to be held in los angeles, october 6th. thank you very much. >> you're so welcome. >> jessica, you made it out here. did you have fun? >> i did. i had a great time. >> we brought this for you, too. >> thank you so much. "good morning america." >> thanks a lot. >>> have a great day, everyone. >> have a great day, everybody. >>> good tuesday morning thanks for joining us. today is the 11th anniversary of september 11th attacks. a memorial will be at baltimore's world trade center. it will cast a shadow that will move across the september 11th memorial. it is going to hit inscriptions that indicate what happened on september 11th and at what time. last year when the monument was unveiled it was overcast so there wasn't no sunshine to hit the points. the memorial honors the almost 70 marylanders who died on september 11th. they are hoping for a sunner day to have the experience. is it going to happen? here's lynette charles

service dogs. guide dogs for the blind. military dogs. search and rescue dogs.its the american humane association. >> it's the hero dogs awards, to be held in los angeles, october 6th. thank you very much. >> you're so welcome. >> jessica, you made it out here. did you have fun? >> i did. i had a great time. >> we brought this for you, too. >> thank you so much. "good morning america." >> thanks a lot. >>> have a great day, everyone. >> have a great day, everybody. >> live and in hd, this is an abc 7 news update. >> good morning. it is 8:56. i am steve chenevey. on tuesday september 11. convicted in the 2010 capitol street shootings will be sentenced today. they all face up to life in prison. guilty in maynd of murder and other charges in shootings that left four dead. also, funeral services to be held for art modell, the former owner died last week. he was 87 years old. they pay tribute to him during his season opener last night. a home game in baltimore. we want to get a check on your morning commute. europe is steve. here we are on 395. slow all the way up to

service dogs. guide dogs for the blind. military dogs. search and rescue dogs.american humane association. and the awards show will air live on the hallmark channel on november 8th. >> it's the hero dogs awards, to be held in los angeles, october 6th. thank you very much. >> you're so welcome. >> jessica, you made it out here. did you have fun? >> i did. i had a great time. >> we brought this for you, too. >> thank you so much. "good morning america." >> thanks a lot. >>> have a great day, everyone. >> have a great day, everybody. [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. your new light creamy potato with bacon & cheese soup says it's 100 calories a serving. that's right. in what world do potatoes, bacon and cheese add up to 100 calories? your world. my world. ♪ [ whispers ] real bacon... creamy cheese... [ whispers ] 100 calories... say it again... [ whispers ] 100 calories... ma'am, hello? ma'am [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. >>> good morning bay area firefighters observe this 11th anniversary of september 11 attacks. firefighters at san franc

service. the estimates this could create more than $1 billion in new revenue every year. good >> a news story out of florida. how far would you go to rescueur dog from an alligator? steve was trimming his oak tree in central florida when his dog got a little too close to the water. the next thing he knew an alligator was going in for the kill. he bellay flopped onto the water. he went for a full 30 seconds. >> it went into my hand. it happened to ground his mouth and pin it to the bottom. >> somehow they were able to get away. the alligator was trapped and killed two days later by a florida fish and wildlife officer. after two incidents in california schools, parents may be wondering where are the metal detectors talked about by school officials. we investigate school safety. what we found out is new at 6:00. >> young people helping one another and the hartford community around them. the recipient is next. >> the boys and girls club has always been a safe place to go after school, but it is also the place where young people are learning how to give back. >> sarah has details. >> one thing we teach is the notion that service is would you u

on new years day, he rescued an elderly couple trapped inside a burning building in the china town. he retired a few months later after more than 30 years of servicegovernor brown says he is honoring the man for going above and beyond the cool of duty. >> it's not about getting, but it's about giving. it's not about grabbing, it's about sacrificing. and that takes real courage. and that's what a medal of valor is all about. >> a riverside police officer and an he will ka hone officer were also honored today. medal of valor is the highest public safety award given to officers by the state of california. >>> and not right now we're going to get a check with jeff ranieri. it was really nice september day out there today. made me very, very happy. >> i'm glad you approved. this time of the year some people are happy. some people are not. you know what? we definitely had something for everyone. 82 in san rafael. 66 in san francisco. you head to east bay, temperatures were close to the century mark. 96. and we have 90 into gilroy. you headed anywhere near the bay, the thermometer on the car dropped about a degree per mile. that's how drastic the drop is

rescued. the city saw heavy downpours over the weekend causing delays for metro service, the underground there. d.c. is expected to see the effects of isaac until wednesday. jenna: think we'll get it. jon: i think we're getting it. jenna: hard for the perspective what people in louis are going through, waters up to the second story after house. meantime i will tell you what is happening in illinois. drew peterson accused of killing his third wife while under the suspicion of the disappearance of his fourth wife. you know the story by now. the prosecution and defense are wrapping up. they have their final arguments in the murder trial tomorrow. we'll look what each side needs to do to win. jon: women on the battlefield, are they fit to fight? a new editorial from a female marine captain sparking a whole lot of controversy. we're live with her story. jenna: we're all over the democratic national convention. a preview of the action this week including big speeches, plus more in depth analysis ahead here on fox news. [ femal] they can be enlightening. hey, bro. or engaging. conversations help us l

and he had that failed rescue attempt where the marine choppers went in and tried to get the hostages out and they crashed and we lost serviceple and the hostages were held even longer. >> in contrast to president obama. he had a successful rescue -- successful effort against bin laden that worked. >> yep, yep. but this little thing in benghazi doesn't reflect too well on him. >> thanks very much. >>> a brawl at a major supplier for apple. lisa sylvester is monitoring that and some of the other top stories in "the situation room" right now. >> a massive riot forced a foxconn plant that makes parts for apple and other manufacturers to shut down in central china. some 2,000 workers were involved. officials say at least 40 people had to be take ton the hospital and there were a number of arrests. apple says it has sold more than 5 million of its iphone 5 units since friday's debut. that is a record. but it's still slightly disappointing to investors. they were hoping for 6 million in sales. >>> and check out these incredible pictures. that is a semi truck nearly falling off of a bridge in southern brazil. police say the driver

rescue mission to bring back the 53 american citizens held hostage in iran. on april 24th the mission ended in disaster. when a helicopter crashed killing eight u.s. servicen the immediate aftermath of the tragedy, president carter's rival, then republican presidential candidate ronald reagan took a modest tone in reacting to the failed mission saying this. >> this is a difficult day for all of us as americans. our hearts go out to the families of the brave men who were lost and to those who lie injured. we sympathize with the families of the hostages whose burden now is even greater. it's time for us as a nation and as a people to stand united. it is a day for quiet reflection. it is a moment when words should be few and confined essentially to our prayers. >> it wasn't until six days later after the tragedy that reagan went on the political attack again, hitting president carter for the administration's policy on iran. >> it is very difficult to understand why it took so many months to take any action at all. during the first few days, the president should have determined whether diplomatic steps would be sufficient to free our citizens. when those step