it was a violent, violent explosion. >> seconds later, another tank explodes. >> when the second tank exploded, and that's when the debris was flying everywhere and about a ten-foot piece of pipe took the fence out in front of us as we was going out. >> dangerous shrapnel from the destroyed tanks rains down on everyone. including the cameraman. >> holy mother of god. >> well, yeah, it scared the crap out of me, honestly. >> david drummond barely escapes being struck but his car is badly damaged by a flying piece of pipe while he films the event. >> god almighty. that hit right there. >> you okay? >> yeah. i'm fine. it took out the front of my vehicle. >> are you serious? >> yeah. >> it landed on the left front fender and hood where they come together and it landed with such force that it actually bent the frames underneath, pretty much totaled it because of the damage. >> hours earlier, drummond, a storm chaser, begins following a violent storm that might spawn a tornado. but instead, only brings hail and lightning to west texas. >> there was a huge lightning strike, bigger and louder

the tanks the army wants the tanks and it just depends when they want them. and what kind of what kind of variance they want but it looks like they have more than enough tanks as it is to meet the defense needs so why bring any more in there. i think a lot of it is modest modernizing the tanks they have there is they will be building some new tanks of congress because the way most of it is modernization program bring them up to the next level of networking and communications ok presumably we have the winding down of the wars in iraq and afghanistan and therefore the army doesn't need as much of this equipment these tanks as more specifically but i mean what do you think do you think that they are still relevant and modern warfare in the climate today they are. the marines have some tanks in afghanistan currently i know that the canadians in the danes had great success using tanks in the concert is the counterinsurgency campaign in afghanistan put in a counterinsurgency you don't need the number of tanks that you need facing off against a threat so it tends to

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>> just water inside the tank boiled over.ver. >> despite the chaos, david's instincts kick in. he keeps taping as he runs away from the intense heat and flames. >> for a split second i thought this is it. how i had the presence of mind to point the camera backwards and run, to this day, i can't explain it but i thought this is it, i better at least catch it on tape. >> more than 30 people are burned by the blast, including david, who radios for help. >> this thing blew up. we're going to have burn victims. >> i had blisters the size of oranges on my arm and it was pretty painful and needed to be treated. i was out of work for like three months until i recovered. >> firefighters who thought the fire was under control suffer some of the worst injuries. >> the ones that were resting, took off some of their bunker gear. and the ones who had their bunker gear off and started running, that's when they got burned. >> how badly are you burned? >> i'm not burned real bad. some are burned worse. i got some burns on my back, my ear. >>

and we -- our tank fleet is in good shape.t -- we don't need to -- because the great support we've gotten over the last few years. >> reporter: and he had support. travis sharp who studies defense spending at center for new american security says the proposed cuts of tanks were a no-brainer. >> we a relatively conservative institution like the u.s. military which does not like to take risks because risks get people killed says it has enough tanks, i think generally civilians should be inclined to believe them. >> reporter: but while the defense bill isn't finished yet, you the taxpayer are still likely to be on the hook. for fixing up tanks the army doesn't want. so who decided the general was wrong? that he actually does need more tanks? i'll give you one word. congress. >> i think that there are better things that they could be doing with that $3 billion. but the fact that the military is having such a hard time getting this relatively small amount of money to be saved, i think is an indication the huge uphill fight that the

the tank nobody seems to want.rs are on the hook to refurbish a cold war era tank that even the defense department admits it doesn't need. it's part of the fight over defense spending cuts we've been talking about on this show rather obsessively for the last year. the $1.2 trillion in sequestration cuts take effect january 2nd. and half the sum is going to come from defense, making it a major election year issue. >> looming across virginia, cuts to national defense that threaten nearly 1 million small business jobs. and tim kaine supported the washington budget deal that got us here. a deal that could destroy over 500,000 jobs in the defense industry. >> so if defense spending is such a big issue this year, why are we on the hook for those tanks? drew griffin from our special investigations unit is "outfront" with the story. >> reporter: it's a remarkable sight parked in the california desert. more than 2,000 of them. row upon row of m-1 abrams tanks. built by general dynamics, beginning in the 1980s. most of them

it's this roar of this tank coming down the street, so we just run. tank's coming. we were just around the corner when they were trying to sneak into behind the tank, when the tank just came so close to the corner and we had to run to the car and... >> narrator: abu mohammed makes this dangerous ammunition run every day. today's run was successful. the fighters had held their line. >> (translated): most of our soldiers are civilians. in the army there is a principle of discipline. if you order a soldier to do something and he doesn't carry it out, you can discipline him. but you can't do that here. we have no disciple. and this is one of the fundamental problems. they don't follow directions; we make plans and they don't abide by them. if they follow 15% of the plans, that is great. >> narrator: abu mohammed took a call from a fighter. >> narrator: the fighter was pleading for more ammunition. his unit was being attacked by a tank. abu mohammed sent 300 bullets and two rocket-propelled grenades-- half of all that he had. abu mohammed then told us about the governmen

s media moguls foreign diplomats and politicians so who funds these think tanks how much influence do they really have and most importantly why should we care to talk more about that and more and joined now by mark dice media analyst and author of big brother the orwellian nightmare come true and author of the new world order fact or fiction marx thanks for coming on. you're welcome and yeah this these are some very powerful shady organizations that people often refer to they are controlling the governments are these these shady groups will these all or the groups and i've done covered the council on foreign relations tax returns and they show that they have four hundred thirty eight million dollars in assets this is the same organization that killer of clinton said she essentially goes to to be told what to do their publication of foreign affairs just released an article not long ago saying it's time to attack iran so just just a just a little thing just some people getting together to talk with four hundred thirty eight million dollars in assets we have we actually have let's throw

meet the only of rosenwalk tanks. the family has made the same thing for generations and he has joust lasted almost all of the competition. so how does he do it? rs andrew rosenwalk is the fourth generation owner of new york city-based rosenwalk tanks. >> i will, thank. >> you look across new york skyline. from brooklyn to manhattan to the bronx, and you will find his family's handmade wooden tanks proudly perched on rooftop after rooftop after rooftop. >> he if these tanks look old-fashioned, that's because they are. even today these wooden structures are shaped by hand with half century old tools made by his father wab wallace. this is a family owned company nearly 150 years old. >> they are described as abandoned relics. actually they are used today in plenty, in new buildings. the city has the strict imfire codes in new york and the tanks service that requirement. . >> as outdated as they may seem, they are in fact anything but out of date. and for that matter, so is the company itself. >> we have a city of stone

and was very surprised to find that there was absolutely no hatch visible into the top of the tank. i began looking for areas that i might be able to actually shoot inside or move to actually gain entry into the tank. >> with the bulldozer about to ram into another building, undersheriff trainor is out of time and ammo. he's forced to abort the plan. the destruction continues, but then a lucky break. >> he started overheating and became stuck on a -- the foundation of this building. the tracks one on dirt and one through an open crawl space of the basement. >> the bulldozer is finally stopped. authorities prepare for a lengthy standoff but suddenly a single gunshot. >> we were unaware if this was somebody who was actually barricaded at this point, if he had committed suicide, or what the situation was. within just a few minutes of all this happening, the bulldozer shutting off, the tactical teams from the denver metro area and the front range begin arriving. >> unsure whether or not this is a ploy, sheriff trainor keeps the teams on high alert while they attempt to find a way into t

if the fuel tanks a full there's no way you can fill up all eight available water tanks the plane simply can't carry that much it tells him how much water. based on the amount of fuel already. with a host of other nations reportedly interested in. hundreds. of aircraft equipment had to make modifications so that their products meet russian european standards and could also operate alongside ford made. but in addition. they've also been working on a host of new features the very latest planes better than ever. in addition to improving the avionics we are also working to add new capabilities as well as expands the plane's functionality. we have now installed indicators on the windshield we've developed special thermal imaging equipment the has been seamlessly integrated with the other existing systems on the aircraft all these will help make the use of our plane more effective. even though eight of the nine ve to hundreds out there was itin russia given its capabilities in times of need the plane has been called into action by a host of other countries russia's emergency service is going t

first reports claimed a 5,000 gallon tank was leaking. once firefighters arrived, they realized it was a smaller tank which didn't pose as great a risk but it was still dangerous. propane workers stopped the leaks until permanent repairs can be finished. >>> part of south glebe road in arlington is still blocked after an early morning crash. a driver slammed her car into a utility pole bringing down live lines. this happened in south aural aingten ridge road. crews spent most of the morning cleaning up that mess and one northbound lane is still closed and the driver was not hurt. >>> turning now to the weather, time to break out the sweaters. a cold blast is headed our way. >> veronica johnson is in storm center 4 with the changes blowing in this weekend. >> sweaters at first and then coats right behind that. i don't think too many folks are going to complain about just how gorgeous today was, but get ready to shut the door on the 80 degree warmth. that's exactly what we had around the area today. look how pretty the sky is. just a few of

with an empty tank at a gas station throughout the area not just filling up on cars but filling up tanks of gas to power the generators, too. >> i'm tendency to run too low in my car wient do that with all kinds of weather on its way. >> getting rade for the generator and hoping for the best. >> you get ready with the generator. someone will have the lights on. it's a good idea to check the oil and tire pressure just to make sure everything is running smoothly. >> all right good advice because certainly a lot of people. >> maryland's most accurate forecast. >> you are right. a lot of people are going to lose power because we can see sandy staying strong. that is nice shot. we can see the center of the storm right now and how large the storm is. and the tropical storm force winds extend all the way out about 485 miles and the hurricane-force winds extend out from the center at about 175 miles. so we are talking about a massive storm that has not really met up with that cold front yet. and this is what we are expecting. so once this begins to make landfall, and it will do so 2 hours from n

think tank?> the usc schwarzenegger, basically think tank. >> jon: you have to do better than that. >> the schwarzenegger think tank? >> the institute of state and global policy that we deal with environmental issues, economic issues, healthcare issues, and especially studying of how do we bring both of the parties together so they can make decisions. rather than what is going on in washington right now where they are always fighting about who is right and who is wrong, pointing fingers at each other and nothing gets done. >> jon: so you establish a place where perhaps they could cooperate and, if you think it is possible. >> how do we get future leaders to learn about that? because so many times you learn things at universities and how to craft policy and how to really solve a problem, but then the next step is how do you get it really done, when politics gets inbetween, and i saw this firsthand when i was in sacramento, there were a lot of good ideas put on the table and we had great ideas but

the orioles proving they have a little more magic left in the tank.will see what they can do tomorrow in the game 5. outside yankee stadium, wbal. >> the series deciding game 5 is set for tonight at 5:07 in the bronx. the winner will face the detroit tigers and the championship series starting tomorrow. if they win the will host game 3 of that series next tuesday. that brings us to our watercooler question of the day, do they have enough in the tank to knock off the yankees'? >> this viewer says yes. bubble up. buckle up. you can share your response on wblatv.com, on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail at watercooler@wbal.com. >> now to a developing story purify officials trying to determine the cause of the row house fire. george lettis is live outside bayview medical center. where one victim remains in critical condition. >> 52-year-old, the grandfather of those kids is an critical condition after jumping from the house. and the city fire chief says initial findings show there are no working smoke alarms in the house. stuffed animals and lighted

we've heard of people having their gas siphoned out of gas tanks. that happens every once in a while but numbers seem to picked up a bit. in roseville, california, up by sacramento, number of gas stolen from stations. stations reported it wasn't taken but someone tried to. in a shell station, they drove up with a pickup truck and 300 gallon in tank in the back and found a way to disable the pump and filled up the tank several times. 1,000 gallons stolen from a station in roseville, california. while people would not agree with stealing we found one driver who said she can understand. >> i can definitely see people doing that. >> i just spent almost $70. this will only last knee a week, so. i could definitely see the motivation there. >> not sure about seeing the motivation there, but i'll tell you this if you do get caught you will be spending some time in jail, that's for sure. $1,000 or 1,000 gallons, of gas, melissa is now a lot of money. melissa: wow! that's insane. how angry is the average driver? how hard is it on them? are they driving up and

to fill the gas tank there of the country's most popular car, the toyota camry, it would cost nearly$80. have a look. the average price of gas nationally tonight is $3.82 a gallon but in california it's a record $4.67. we asked bill whitaker to tell us where prices are headed. >> reporter: these days, california drivers are trying desperately to avoid the gas station, some wait too long because the price at the pump is painful. the average price for a gallon of unleaded soared more than 50 cents in a week. sam krikorian closed his pumps friday when the price to refill his tanks hit $50,000. $20,000 more than just the week before. when he closed, a gallon of gas cost his customers 66 cents more than at the beginning of the week. >> the price went up five cents, eight cents, 12 cents. >> reporter: today he's back open. the price to fill his tanks dropped $7,000 over the weekend, which means he can lower the price at the pump. >> today went down another seven to eight cent which is is a good sign. >> reporter: the problem at california's pumps is classic supply-and-demand-- or lack of s

the fuel tank of the second alsoor-trailer was ruptured. police said they had to shut so they coulday fuel tanks of both trailer's before they away, but traffic was a nightmare. every lane was stopped. to local businesses who had a lot more customers. we had people popping in not getthey could anywhere. stopping in, getting damages, things like that. was nice. >> of montgomery county schools open today. say things could have been a lot worse if school buses on the road. there were no injuries to either of the tractor-trailer drivers. investigation as what caused the accident still continues. charges have been filed. >> thank you. let's get back to prince george's county where we continue to learn more about the killed a police officer, the second death to hit matter ofment in a months. john gonzales has been at the conference all morning. john, what did you find out? >> tragedy striking again in the two months. the police chief is speaking at hour and tells us it is in theery early investigation, but they believe suv involved in blame.al co

are these just as important do you think that build the burgh is more significant than these think tanks where i mean c.e.o.'s and heads of state are also discussing and potentially drafting a foreign policy. i think all of these think tanks are extremely important to pay attention to and interesting point about groups like trilateral commission c.f.r. and bill berger is you'll often find a lot of the same people who are a part of all three of these groups some of us call them the triple threats and when you find some of these politicians bankers very influential people who just so happen to be steering committee and then maybe they'll also tend trilateral meetings that also c.f.r. meetings it's hard to deny that these people have an incredible amount of influence . on shaping the direction of the world really and what you start to see some of these triple perhaps as we call them you start to connect the dots and you say you know what these guys do have a lot of power these guys do have a lot of influence and sometimes they just may influence one another at these meetings and to to to ge

fill your gas tank! sounds like a big doh, but you would be surprised. >> traffic slows down, people start to idle. they are on the road for a little longer than they anticipated. just make sure you have a full tank of gas before you get started. >> reporter: you run out of gas on the road, you're stuck. tow trucks are going to get stuck in traffic, too. but just in case, there will be extra tow trucks out there this weekend. but fill your tank. in san francisco, mike sugerman, cbs 5. >>> all that traffic could put bart on track to break some records. ken bastida is live with mobile5 to show us how the transit agency is gearing up for the weekend. ken. >>> reporter: hi, liz. we're up here on the platform of the daly city bart station. 419,000 people rode bart yesterday. that is a record. you had the oracle people in town, the as game over in oakland. but they expect to blow that up record this weekend with all the people in town that mike has been talking about. you know all the events. lionel armstrong

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our tank fleet is in good shape.don't need to -- because the great support we have gotten over the last few years. >> reporter: so who decided the general was wrong? that he actually does need more tanks? i'll give you one word. congress. >> congress, drew griffin. this is one piece of the whole thing. we can watch this on cnn.com. this has gotten all kinds of attention online. people want to know what the government is doing with the taxpayer dollar but why is congress doing this? >> that is a good question. people are so outraged on this. it is catching on, online, our story. it is easy to understand outside the beltway. inside beltway on capitol hill, when they try to explain the inexplainable they tell you it's complicated, complex, lots of lobbyists are hired, general dynamics spent a lost money on capitol hill to keep this project going, they spent some cash at certain time and got it through congress. congress telling the u.s. army, no, no, we're not going to listen to you, you keep the tanks rolling. >> when

but recently tanks of nitrous oxide have been stolen in solano county. cbs 5 reporter john ramos shows us why getting high on this type of gas is no laughing matter. >> reporter: going to the depthist can be scary for -- dentist can be scary for kids so vallejo children's dentistry uses nitrous oxide gas to take the fear away. >> it gives the kids a feeling of euphoria. >> yeah! >> reporter: youtube videos show how the gas makes people feel. and why it has been nicknamed laughing gas. >> you feel okay? [ laughter ] >> reporter: what's not funny are the thieves who have been breaking in to steal the gas tanks. three times here in the past week alone. >> it was night two and then this was last night. >> reporter: they have had gas stolen before. usually around high school graduation time. >> thrush is completely different. i mean this rush is with a vengeance. >> reporter: nitrous oxide is a controlled substance that can easily be overdosed. >> i have no idea what they are doing with it. >> reporter: but there is danger involved? >> yes, if they don't know

sam krikorian closed his pumps krday when the price to refill his tanks hit $50,000. $20,000 more thanjust the week before. wee he closed, a gallon of gas gas his customers 66 cents more than at the beginning of the s 66. thethe price went up five cents, pight cents, 12 cents. >> reporter: today he's back open. the price to fill his tanks tanpped $7,000 over the weekend, d $7h means he can lower the r the at the pump. enttoday went down another seven to eight cent which is is a good anothe whiceporter: the problem at california's pumps is classic supply-and-demand-- or lack of supply. pply.inery fire in northern california, another shut down in southern california by a power outage cut the state's supply of gasoline by about 10%. now those refineries are coming back online and sunday governor jerry brown called for an early transition to the winter blend coldas refiners have stockpiled for cold months. it's m it's more polluting, but it's more plentiful says energy analyst dave hackett. >> it will raise gasoline at thetion upwards of 10%. so it's like addinganother oon.nery. >> reporte

. >> the shark tank is a great place to go. it is one of the best venues. >> but so far this season it has remained sharkless. the nhl has officially canceled all games through november 1st. that means four regular season home games with the shark tank in the dark. >> i don't know what the realish you as are. the bottom line is, it is the fans. we want to see some hockey, good hockey action, and we are not going to get it. >> this is the third lockout since 1994. the league has told the players association that if an agreement is met by thursday, they can still squeeze in a full regular season 82 games per team beginning november 2nd. >> if it doesn't it can be devastating for a lot of people. >> sonny walters owns the brit, a popular bar that sits a stone's throw from the tank. a season of shark's mania means a boost to his bottom line. on a game day he averages an increase of more than 700 extra people filling seats and buying drinks. >> you are clearing $10,000 when you are looking at that much traffic between food and bench

a tank.t that young man has highly advanced technical training on hydraulic systems, radar systems, electrical systems, and those skills are ready transferable to the manufacturing sector, and really what we just need to do is, one, help the young man articulate that value, help employers see that value, and then provide additional training to, in a sense, round out that package. gerri: of -- the two of you doing great work. thanks for coming on tonight. this is something that has to happen across the country, get the vets back to work. i read a million are returning -- veterans returns to civilian life over five years. we can use them on manufacturing floors across the country. thanks for coming on tonight, appreciate it. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you so much. gerri: another huge, huge mistake on wall street rattling stocks today. google's earnings released by mistake, but that was just the beginning of the shock for investors. stay with us. gerri: earnings blunder costing google

the tank of the toilet. obviously not the bowl. the tank does hold some good drinkable water. >> the advice there is good. a lot of people put liquids in there to keep the bowl clean and fresh. i guess don't do that. >> that would be right. if you have it extra clean maybe blue toilet bowl, don't drink that water. >> there's also water in some of the canned vegetables. >> exactly right. a lot of times when we open a can of vegetable, we pour that water off. in an energmergency, we can kee that and use that. >> have to be ready. >> very wise tip there. a seismic shift of another kind to talk about. >> the death of a computer as we know it. >> the whole industry. i don't think death is too strong a word. smart phones, tablets, have really taken over. it's causing chaos in companies which supplies the traditional computer industry. it said it was slowing production and had too many chips in its inventory. shares of intel are down 8% on the year. intel's biggest competitor amd may lay off workers in sunnyvale. there's been talk of that