. >> well some elementary school students in southwestern china are risking their live just to get to school. the children decenter a half mile cliff on unsteady ladders the trip is so demanding they only go home twice a month. parents volunteer to supervise the children. >> got to say, there has to be a better way. >> awful. >> i thought i was dedicated. not quite. >> all right a. >> coca-cola is rolling out patriotic theme soda cans to celebrate partnership with the uso the i'm proud to be american cans are red light and blue. they are members of the military and will be in store through the holiday. budwiser runs a similar campaign this month. >> that is snooze snooze for now. thanks for joining us many remember we are always on live cbsphilly.com. we'll see you at 10 on cbsphilly and at 11. have a great night. dear fellow citizen, hunting treasures with my daughter is wonderful. because before i'm ready, she'll be off to college. i want to help her pay her way there, like i do for my son. call 1-866-999-0152 as a leader in student lending, we have student loan options that others

. >>> elementary school students in southwestern china are literally risking their lives just to geto school. how is this for a morning commute. the children have to descend a half mile cliff on unsteady ladders made of vines. the trip is so demanding they only go home twice a month. parents volunteer on each trip to supervise the children. hm. >>> a washington state man is lucky to be alive after falling over not one, not two, three waterfalls. his plunge was caught on camera. he jumped to a rock in the middle of the falls and he says he realized he was stuck but instead of waiting for help he tried to get out on his own. instead he fell. >> head went first. i went kind of like this, like a turtle on his back. and rolled and then did a slow front flip. i was like wow, i'm alive, okay, cool, i made it. then i didn't realize it was actually a triple falls. >> he fell two more times. the second fall shattered his feet and on the third he nearly drowned. he managed to get out of the water somehow where rescuers found him and carried him to safety. >>> south jersey is saluting local vete

. >>> well, listen to this, some elementary school student in southwestern china quite literally riskingust to get to school. how is this for a commute? doesn't compare to the schuylkill, does it? unsteady ladders made of vine. trip is so demanding, they only go home twice a month. parents volunteer on each trip to supervise the children. >>> a washington state man is lucky to be alive after falling over not one but three waterfalls, his plunge was also caught on camera. josh, in the middle of the falls, said i realized he was stuck but instead of waiting for help he tried to get out on his own, instead he fell. >> ed went first, went kinds of like there is like turtle on it back, and rolled, and then did a slow front flip, like wow, i'm alive, cool, i made it, then i didn't realize it was actually a triple fall. >> wow. he fell 2 more times, the 2 fall shattered his feet, and on the third he nearly drowned. he managed to get out of the water, where rescuers found him and carried him to safety. >> now, that it is the memorial day weekends, the shore is the place to be for this taste with

southeastern china and eventually japan by next week, this area right here, actually you'll be looking at widespread rainfall heading over the next 72 hours in parts of vietnam over southwestern areas of china. bangkok with some tote thunderstorms there. hong kong a high of 28, but you are looking at improving conditions. western europe really there's a large area of low pressure is dominating out here right now, definitely bringing some unsettled conditions. scattered thunderstorms, it will be spotty across parts of france, even into rome there in northern italy. you could be see some thunderstorms. the showers are bringing cooler temperatures in areas of madrid, 14 for your high. believe it or not, it's warming in london with a high of 22, some partly cloudy skies on thursday. here's the extended outlook. >>> we have one more story to share with you before we go. >>> astronomers at nasa say they found nearly 1300 new planets beyond the earth's solar system and say nine of them may be able to support life like our own. the astronomers made the discovery using the kepler space telescope. they say the planets that offer the most hope are orbiting stars at a distance that could

across the south due to the seasonal frontal system, more rain expected for china, taiwan as well as the southwesternjapan. rain should continue in naha but other than that staying dry. up next is your three-day forecast. . >>> as we approach 28 minutes past the hour of 7:00 p.m., thar the france 24 newsroom. it is 1:00 p.m. here. the headlines this hour. egypt expresses sadness over the plane crash of flight 804. the military says it has found debris from the airbus. we crossed to cairo for the latest. suspect salah abdeslam goes before judges.

china and elsewhere. they're pessimistic about new worries over the earthquakes in southwestern japan hurting tourism and manufacturing. the government will announce the gdp data on may 18th. here is a look at some of the other business stories we're following. >>> sales fell at four out of five major department stores in april. the second straight monthly drop. clothing sales lead the decline along with other goods. a sign of reduced spending by the wealthy and foreign tourists. company officials blame lower stock prices at the start of the year. >>> japanese business leaders looking to forge ties with israeli companies. the japan association of corporate delegates. they met with business leaders in tel-aviv. they visited a pharmaceutical firm and anti-collision system for cars meeting. >>> let's take a look at the business calendar for the week. on tuesday australia central bank will meet to discuss monetary policy. they are under pressure to make a rate cut following an unexpected family in consumer prices. analysts in china will announce the cia xin manufacturing index for april. it provides an overa

china is restricting the number of travelers to tie twan wan. >>> experts are excessing the damage from two powerful quakes in southwestern japan. they want to find out why some structures survived and others collapsed. a team of engineers is surveying damage around kumamoto castle, a wel well-known landmark. more than 50 sections of its stone walls collapsed. they're trying to determine how the quake affected the ground underneath. they found major cracks in at least six areas. the castle was originally built around 400 years ago. the engineers believe the soil underneath the stone wall is weaker than under some other sections of the structure. they're looking at ways of making the castle more resilient against future earthquakes. >> we want to find the best way to restore and rebuild, so the sections that collapsed in the quakes won't fall down again. a magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit the kyushu region early on the morning of april 16th. that was two days after another powerful jolt shook the area. 49 people died in the two quakes. one person is still missing in a village of minamiaso where they're having massive landslides. doze