lifts up the back gate as the u-haul is moving. you see matt pick something up out of the back of the truck. starts climbing up the side of the truck to the roof of the truck. action star style. gives the camera a nice smile. is that a parachute or wings or something on his back? you see him casually walking on top of his u-haul. then finally, we see what with matt and his u-haul are up to. he's going base jump from the top of this u-haul. here he goes. does sort of a suicide kind of jump facing back towards the u-haul. >> i cannot express in words how peaceful, how freeing, and how exciting it is to flow through danger with the confidence of knowing i'll make it there and back again. i hope everyone gets to experience this feeling at least once themselves before they go. >> the song you're hearing in the background "sleeping children are flying by raised by wolves. >> i'm not reckless. i'm not an adrenaline junky. i'm just like you. chblg >> he's a crazy adrenaline junky. i'd never do anything like that ever. >>> parking garages.

they would call me and say go get a medium one, that means a medium sized u-haul. i would go down and rent a medium sized u-haul. >> would you cross the border with these trucks? >> no. >> just pick it up from texas? >> take it to a motel and park the truck, leave the key on the front tire. i then would go to a restaurant or somewhere, eat, whatever. about three hours later they'd call and say it's ready to rock. where am i going? you're going to the windy city. okay. every 1,000 pounds of weed you hauled, you made 70,000. i ran for these guys a year and i ran $5.5 million in one year. >> cash? >> yeah. >> what cartel were you working for if you don't mind me asking? >> i can't tell you, man. >> yeah? >> they'll dig up your grandma and kill her again, man. these guys don't mess around. >> this inmate is willing to share only so much about the cartels. he refuses to give authorities anything they could use to arrest anyone. that would no doubt get him or his family killed. for the same reason, whoever set him up isn't likely to testify against him in court. >> what

. >> i never thought i would leave la guardia to pick up a u-haul, who wants to show up to a family thanksgiving in a moving truck? >> reporter: well, as long as it is moving like the traffic tonight that is a good thing. now the rental company and the sour economy have caused a lot of people to get on the bus. some 600,000 people are expected to get on the bus, it is a trend we expect to see now until the end of the year. >> ron mott, safe travel. >>> and today, the dow up 48 points, the nasdaq gaining just under 10 points. and the s&p 500 was a little more than three points higher on the day. >>> up next, families facing tough decisions about the place they call home. >>> thousands of people in the northeast will be spending this thanksgiving somewhere other than home because of hurricane sandy. and in one new jersey town, they're struggling with the question many in new orleans dealt with after katrina. should they go back home and rebuild at all? sayreville is at the intersection there and has been flooded over and over. nbc chief correspondent anne thompson has more on some residents who ha

and for me, listening to this kid could all never forget being in the back of the u-haul with a six-year old child and a girl grow in the little kid is talking about the opportunity to get an education in the united states. it's heart wrenching. ultimately what made it difficult for me was that i knew that everybody in that group, my responsibility was a federal agent of the united states is going to have to arrest everybody in a particular group. i would listen to their stories and have a lot of anguish and listening because i knew they had the right desires. i remember being in a fleabag hotel for a young kid and his team said he was going to serve in the army had to fight for the united states to give up his life because he thought so much about our great country. so those are dramatic home of the people coming to the united states, but that's a mix of all such a great country. >> he for removing to q&a and give you an opportunity to ask questions of virtue authors, i wanted to ask chris about his views about american drug policy and the kind of collective situation that she became so

he stole a truck and u-haul trailer from the parking lot of two hotels. police believe he's also responsible for several other vehicle thefts dating back to at least 2009. once he's arrested, he's expected to face several charges in several different counties across northern virginia. >>> and take a look at this guy in these photos. police in arlington say he's been stealing credit cards from the gym lockers in the area. robert brockington has been spotted in several north arlington gyms. investigators say he used stolen credit cards in stores throughout the region. he has a tattoo on the side of his neck. if you know where he is, call the police in arlington. >>> coming up, tracking the use of social media during election results. >>> people waited five hours last night to vote in prince william county. they tracked down what went wrong and what's planned to fix the problem next time. >>> i'm jackie bensen. women in this springfield neighborhood are unnerved to learn of another assault by a is-called serial groper. i'll have that story. >>> in bethesda t

what they don't realize they rent u-haul trucks in those states and eventually people leave. in the short term they don't leave but in the long term theyon't come. and those that can leave will. melissa: you kno, people will write in make the point when you're talking about pensioners like we were in the lt segment, these people paid in at one time to call them takers now isn't fair. that would be accurate if they had paid some fund was 100% funded and held off in isolation and they were tang money back out that earned interest and done what it was supposed to do. that is not the case. current tax revenue has to be raised in order to pay people things that were promised. >> the way general motors got in trouble, say 1970 make a chevy impala and sell it for $6,000. but really cost $7,000 to make but they hid that from themselves by promising pension benefits they knew down the road they knew they wouldn't be able to pay. same with retiree health care. states are doing the same thing. they haven't been collecting enough money to pick up the rbage and educate the kids and subsid

business is going strong off the back of this u-haul outside seaside heights. entrepreneurs are selling generators and five gallon tanks of gas are going for $50. >> we stood in line for four hours to get gas for our generator. >> reporter: federal and local officials have promised more fuel is on the way. but for now, aaa estimates 60% of gas stations in new jersey are shuttered with either no gas or no power to pump it. crews are struggling to reach seaside heights the famous boardwalk and surrounding communities took a direct hit. engineers have now deemed the area uninhabitable and state police are telling people to evacuate. >> once you're allowed to go there you're not going to believe what you see. homes that have completely disappeared. you don't know where they went. >> reporter: across the state, morning a million people are still without power. and the temperatures are dropping at night. >> can't do nothing without power. you need your heat, you know? got to take showers, stay clean and stuff. >> reporter: in one of the hardest-hit areas the home beh

u-haul donating free storage.mart, home depot, lowe's, cvs, kohl's, just a few of the many donating cash and supplies. our parent company disney donating $2 million. it's inspiring. >> i have a hunch that there are some people in the flood zone who might prefer beer to water at this point. >> you are so right. >>> and we have a very important programming note to tell you. disney, the parent company of abc, is designating tomorrow as a day of giving involving the entire network and send indicated send indicated programming. "good morning america" will dedicate the entire 8:00 a.m. hour to raising money for relief efforts. >> this is really a big deal for all of us at abc news, an chores, correspondents, staff, everybody will be participating trying to get people to donate to the american red cross. that is again tomorrow, our day of giving. >>> coming up on "gma," look at this rescue, a hiker trapped by sandy's snowstorm. these rescuers risk their lives. we'll tell you how they found this guy in his socks and how c

a one-way 14-foot u-haul from l.a. to dallas, texas, $1,238.he same truck from dallas to l.a. -- $837. the truck leaving from california, 32% more. what does that possibly say about where the demand is, mandy? >> i think it is a very clear message. >>> bertha coombs has a quick "market flash." what are you watching? >> mandy, carl icahn is sending a message to shareholders of oshkosh. he says the board there is obfuscating his message. he says he does not want to take the company private. he has a tendered offer he has extended. he is the biggest shareholders. he's offering shareholders $32.50 saying surrender your shares to me. he wants to kick out management because he thinks they're not doing a good job or install his own slate of directors. the company says carl icahn's offer is not good for shareholders so the debate continues. nonetheless, stock today is off the market, 2.7%. >>> next up, another good reason to keep popping that cholesterol pill. >>> and speaking of cholesterol, brian, a big miss for two fast food giants. what's the deal

i mean i was lucky i was able to go out to long island and rent a u-haul and i brought clothes and foodrom the fire department here on long island. we are doing it ourselves. bill: what word can we put out that might bring you some relief? >> help us. please come and help us. there's people who don't have clothes, food, shelter. bill: i'm sorry. >> we need help. bill: sir, our best to you. >> all right, thank you. bill: we wanted to tuck to you because we know you are suffering out there. >> we are. bill: if we can anything to get the word out and drive that home to the folks who need it we shall. >> thank you so much. bill: william boden on the phone with us there. if you were with us gentlemen, we had a gentlemen from staten island across the new york harbor and it was difficult to get a word n. that man was so angry and upset. you could tell for the past ten, 12 days that the anger just boiled up inside of him an wanted to let people know. martha: the. martha: the problem there is just such a shortage of housing according to what david lee is saying. what you want to do is go in ther

so, jp morgan chase, u-haul, the history channel, wounded warrior project, putting on the amazing paradeoing to be honoring service, but the men and women who serve said we want to continue to serve and we want to do something for the victims of sandy. so, as you said, i'm not wearing my coat today because we're going to donate this up and down the parade route and come to thank a veteran and don't come to the parade empty handed because we really want to make a difference in the people's lives. it's getting cold out there and they've lost all of their clothes and the veterans of the great country again say, how can i help? on the day we're supposed to honor them. it's pretty amazing. and we're so excited about it. >> and being televised nationally, where can you watch it? how big a deal is that people across the country can see what's happening. >> the first time in 62 years and this parade used to come up fifth avenue and back in some of the bad days used to make them stop at the lights and even veterans have to write a check to pay for their own parade and today, it's booming and the