. >>> the fire that damaged the old hotel may have started from welding work. a construction worker suffered minor injuries. crews were installing steel studs before the fire started. they are interviewing witnesses. one of two contractors was cited for a safety violation last year. >>> the community is rallying around a iraq veteran who was wounded last year. get well cards, letters and drawings from kids. he was walking back from a store when he yelled as a speeding car to slow down. the people in the car turned around and shot him several times. >> he comes home after serving our country thinking he's safe and he's walking to his house and he gets shot. how would you imagine that. >> the young father and purple heart recipient survived three tours of duty in iraq. he's in intensive care. a facebook support page have been set up. >>> federal regulators announced a $5 million fine for three east bay men accused of defrauding investors. the mortgage fund llc. the sec alleged they used money to prop up another failing fund. >>> tesla investors had a good day tod

contra costa times reports, one engineers was sent to china for new assignment after he reported welding inspections were not thorough enough. at yesterday's hearing, experts testified caltrans needs more oversight from outside agencies. live look at the bridge which experienced numerous problems as it was completed last year, broken bolts and water leaks. investigators agreed the bridge is safe but inadequate welding and parts will likely lead to higher maintenance costs later on. >>> park service back to normal after a bomb threat shut down a major route between oakland and san francisco last night. 7:00 a caller reportedly told police there was an explosive device on an ac transit bus. that bus was parked under the track of the west oakland b.a.r.t. station. police evacuated the bus and homes and businesses. no signs of explosives. the station reopened a few hours later. >>> countdown's on when you can get your hands on the iphone 6 coming up. >>> plus, courthouse closures. we'll tell you how much further you'll have to go for traffic court in the bay area. >>> not one, but two hurric

several engineers who complained to caltrans management about problems with welding work say they were let go because of their complaints. the report also found problems with the bridge construction revealed by the media, not by kra caltrans. director says that report was flawed because it doesn't include issues that been investigated, reviewed and resolved such as the welds. he did admit that the agency could have communicated better based on how decisions were made. nobody was released from the project simply because of complaining. those claims of retaliation will be investigated. the report comes the same day a panel of independent engineers found the bridge did meet safety standards. >> this evening workers are showing us the racist messages scrolled on their lockers. abc 7 news reporter vick lee spoke to the employees this afternoon. vick? >> reporter: you'll recall in december a group of black b.a.r.t. workers sued b.a.r.t. claiming that they work in a hostile environment and that they were being discriminated against in promotioned. we've learned that last month three black mai

those options are over time for steel and welding, multiple shifts and looking at street closures over fremont and first street. we're looking at shorting bidder and procurement times for upcoming packages. now this doesn't mean more time to bid the project. it's internal administrative coordination between webcor/obayashi and tjpa. we have implemented some lean scheduling processes with tjpa. we're looking to expedite a review processes for the documents before bid and the review of the documents and award after bid and we may require some special board meetings to approve trade bid packages in the future. we're looking at the option of buying shorter schedules during bidding and has to be evaluated against the potential cost and the benefit and looking at a package to see what opportunities might be there and implement the ones that might the most sense. we're resequencing the schedule for more work simultaneously for the balance of the project. this is more trades in multiple zones and increased manpower ands supervision as a result. we have the option of work on nights and work end

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the bridge is safe but inadequate welding and parts will lead to higher maintenance costs later on. >>> check the forecast. live to concord. rainy, cloudy day ahead. boy, that's welcome to get moisture. rob mayeda joins us. good morning. >> nice change. we've been seeing showers from san francisco and oakland into san jose which may not be good news for your xhornmorning comm. roadways slick. pretty skies. there's a view from tiburon off to the bay. partly cloudy skies, clearing around san francisco. downtown san francisco right now you got mostly cloudy skies. but again, most of the rain producing clouds moved to the south. taking you into san jose, 101 approach, 880 split, seeing traffic problems from earlier accident. we'll update that in our traffic report in a moment. the rain continuing to push from north to south across the bay area, mainly light rain around fremont, milpitas, south of san jose. light sprinkles to occasionally lighter showers as you get into the hilltops around the sunol grade. one of the spots watching for you this morning at 101 area, approaching 280 in san j

making metal bags almost, calling it hydroforming, welding plates of metal, and look what he's making, my gosh. is that his halloween costume? >> it is not, but it is his fireworks costume. he loves them and wanted to be close as he could, building himself a fireworks safety suit. climbs into the metal casing, like a suit of armor. >> the purpose of this is to get into this suit so he can be in the middle of the fireworks while they are going off? >> absolutely. what a great, crazy idea. there's colin inside the suit of armor. ♪ first, he starts off with fireworks all over him, and then there's a bunch of guys shooting fireworks at him. he's got the window, the eye lele lets and mouth to peer out. it's a fireworks show. barely can move, but people are shooting rockets at him. directly at him. >>> that's all for us here at "right this minute," and thanks for joining us. we'll see you next time. p >>> hey, everybody, i'm beth troutman. we hapwe have the best videe wr web rigp web right h minute." >> a 3 -year-old is swallowed up. that's a manhole, the rush to get the boy out of the manh

platesf the largest welded together formed a ring 30 feet in diameter and 11 feet long.wo of these rings made up a ons.ion weighing 150 t the sections would fit precisely when joined into continuous pin stocks inside the canyon walls. trains revealed their comparative sides. when the intake powers and connected tunnels were ready, a specially designed trailer called the sections one at a time down the highway to the plant to the dam site. relievescable waves the trailer of its tremendous burdens. trailers carried them to their permanent connections inside the main tunnels. the pipe sections were hoisted into locations with cables and joined pressure pins to form continuous conduits between the intake towers, turbines, and outlet valves. a continuous stream of concrete had been pouring into the dam. the structure neared its full heightf 726 feet -- full of 726 feet. on may 29, 1935, two years after they had become -- crews placed the last concrete and hoover dam, a total of 3 million cubic yards. this modern civil engineering yearss to completed 2.5 ahead of schedule. pre

they help fund it and weld it and they participate in it. >> ultimately that's what matters and it ise size of the rv. in san francisco, tiffany wilson, abc7 news. >> i had the opportunity to meet an incredible san ramon woman in may. a loyal volunteer for the american cancer society, she is fighting cancer herself. back when i met hershey had one wish -- her she had one wish, to marry her sweetheart and tonight that wish came true. >> ♪ let me know that you need me ♪ >> the baide walked down the aisle at the san ramon golf club to marry her fiancee. it was a day she did not know if she would live to see. this wedding day was truly a dream come true. >> i was relieved it was here and i was happy. >> sealed with a kiss, the couple knows this day was made possible thanks to generous people and strangers who donated money and services to make it happen. >> it is great to know there are people out there with huge hearts. they actually care about people they don't even know. >> it is surprising how many people came out of the woodwork to make this day a day we will never forget. >> back wh

in my oil company, i'm importing americans to weld our platforms. >> to weld the platforms? >> yes.s a lack of welders. we're walking into a phase of almost full employment. this country has created almost 1.5 million jobs this year already. that's unbelievable. >> brazil has seen periods of prosperity before, only to have the bubbles burst. it spent billions in the '50s and '60s moving its capital to a barren savanna near the middle of the country, where it built brasilia, a futuristic city right out of the jetsons. then it borrowed billions more to develop the country's interior. corruption and ineptitude eventually led to a financial collapse... >> [shouting in portuguese] >> 2,000% inflation, and, at the time, the largest financial rescue package in the history of the international monetary fund. >> [speaking portuguese] >> then a few years later, this man walked into the president's office. >> [speaking portuguese] >> president luiz inacio lula da silva, known simply as "lula," is a former metalworker with a fourth-grade education and a doctorate in charisma. >> [speaking portu

it may have been caused by some welding work. eight construction workers were injured in that fire and mccalllister street. >>> 4:39. fire officials in oregon have told people living in 275 homes east of portland to evacuate. the wildfire in columbia george community has spread to about 200 acres. and it continues to burn. this area near the town is about 75 miles east of portland t started on tuesday night. yesterday's gusty winds helped spread the flames and so far there are no reports of any homes being damaged by that fire. >>> expect to be closely watched at this year's outside lands festival. the new high tech measures being put in place to keep concert-goers safe. >>> people painting to rent a home to find out it is being sold. the scheme this man is accused of that cost the victims hundreds of dollars. >>> and we're to have a good start on this friday eve. take a look at the east shore freeway, we'll give an update coming up. >>> back to quiet for us. but that is not the case on the hawaiian islands. >>> welcome back a 21

investigators say officials at caltrans knew about bad builds with you bet -- bad welds but let themey. >>> for games this year, the tilts are only straight if you register for the faithful 49er program. by the way their first preseason game is set to go thursday night. just two days away against the ravens and game right here on channel 5 at 4:30. got your traffic and your weather coming up right after the break. ,,,,,, >>> good morning, getting a check of the bay bridge toll plaza. that is backed up into the maze and metering lights have been on since about 5:45. so once you get onto the bridge itself things do move better approaching the tunnel. westbound highway 4 very slow from pittsburg bay point into concord. you can see the speeds and chp putting out a good warning tweet about the slippery roads and take it slow. that's your latest kcbs traffic. here's lawrence. >>> the showers outside this morning at least the part of the north and east bay so far. a chance of more showers in the afternoon and maybe an isolated thunderstorm. temperature-wise, we'll keep the numbers down with

more on the story from our correspondent lee weldings who is live from london and lee can you give usil on how this deal works? >> this is a loophole that goes across german law where a defendant can pay a prosecutor if all parties agree and that effectively end the case for good. but this, as you say, will be the largest amount in german critical history, 100 million and there is a huge irony to this because this is bribery allegations and now we have a situation where he is able to pay a large sum of money and a lot won't be able to pay and have funds to do this and goes free. these are things that have already raised eyebrows and a justice minister said it's not just bad taste it's insulin. so as always, a lot of travesty around it and they saw the loophole and went straightforward and i have to say they are claiming the allegations are highly questionable but what it does is takes away completely the risk of jail. >> what does this mean as a formally one boss because if it had gone to trial he certainly would have to sever ties with the f 1? >> yes, indeed, he would have to but he

they help fund it and weld it and they participate in it. >> ultimately that's what matters and it is not the size of the rv. in san francisco, tiffany wilson, abc7 news. >> i had the opportunity to meet an incredible san ramon woman in may. a loyal volunteer for the american cancer society, she is fighting cancer herself. back when i met hershey had one wish -- her she had one wish, to marry her sweetheart and tonight that wish came true. >> ♪ let me know that you need me ♪ >> the baide walked down the aisle at the san ramon golf club to marry her fiancee. it was a day she did not know if she would live to see. this wedding day was truly a dream come true. >> i was relieved it was here and i was happy. >> sealed with a kiss, the couple knows this day was made possible thanks to generous people and strangers who donated money and services to make it happen. >> it is great to know there are people out there with huge hearts. they actually care about people they don't even know. >> it is surprising how many people came out of the woodwork to make this day a day we will never forget. >>

hearing yesterday, some witnesses accused caltrans managers of directing inspectors to ignore serious welding issues in china when sections of the span were being made. the state's transportation secretary also testified that he ordered the chp to investigate allegations that bridge officials retaliated against engineers who criticized construction of the span. >>> if you are a night owl and don't wake up until 10:00, 11:00, you might have missed some of the rain. we did have some from 2:00 until 6:00, 7:00 in the morning. it was cloudy and now it's mostly sunny and man is it warming up fast. the humidity is there. yes, it's a warm, muggy pattern. very tropical like. we've had all of the clouds. now machine. a couple of hurricanes first to speak about. still iselle holding together. a category 1. it looks like it will weaken but it's about 750 miles from hilo expected to arrive thursday night/friday morning and be a big rainer. flash flood watches, mudslide, power outages. the big news so far, at least as of right now for iselle and then there's julio behind that. iselle expected to go over t

if you have the right holding -- welding certificate, you can walk into your first job ever and be earning 60,000 plus a year. that is a great salary in louisiana. in four years, you can be $100,000. our biggest challenge is workforce development and training. i'm going to be focused to get people with those opportunities, not a minimum wage job flipping hamburgers. >> you're likely to be asked to weigh in. it has come up in your state legislature. i am not avoiding the question. i just think it is counterproductive. i think it is far more productive to focus on these job-training opportunities. i want to veer to another controversy. hydraulic fracturing. you and several other senators have talked about the investigation of fracturing going forward. just this week, congress investigated it. they put out a report saying the epa has to do a better job of regulating all of the ways, -- the wastewater generated by hydraulic fracturing. because of the links to earthquakes. what is your response to that? in terms of epa stepping in more? specifically my objection to the study was it was focused

they help fund it and weld it and they participate in it. >> ultimately that's what matters and it is the size of the rv. in san francisco, tiffany wilson, abc7 news. >> i had the opportunity to meet an incredible san ramon woman in may. a loyal volunteer for the american cancer society, she is fighting cancer herself. back when i met hershey had one wish -- her she had one wish, to marry her sweetheart and tonight that wish came true. >> ♪ let me know that you need me ♪ >> the baide walked down the aisle at the san ramon golf club to marry her fiancee. it was a day she did not know if she would live to see. this wedding day was truly a dream come true. >> i was relieved it was here and i was happy. >> sealed with a kiss, the couple knows this day was made possible thanks to generous people and strangers who donated money and services to make it happen. >> it is great to know there are people out there with huge hearts. they actually care about people they don't even know. >> it is surprising how many people came out of the woodwork to make this day a day we will never forget. >> back

. >> there is a larger consensus that was reached on specific issues like the quality of the welds. that side of the story isn't told in this document. >> reporter: caltrans greers they could have been -- agrees they could have more been more open to the public and kept the public more aware of the cost but it rejects most of the report as flawed. >> you need to tell us why. if you don't think something isn't safe, why? >> to my knowledge everybody who looked at this, reviews, experts, the peer review and the report acknowledges everybody that they spoke to said the bridge is absolutely safe. >> reporter: the other report from another group of outside engineers said the bridge is safe. late this afternoon the harshest criticism was these independent reports speak for themselves. caltrans needs to become more open to the public. there will be a hearing on tuesday about all of this. you can bet we will be there. tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a former teacher took the stand today for the first time to defend himself against molestation charges. joseph martin admitted today he may

said -- when i told him i wanted to be an actor, said wonderful omelette just have a backup like welding. >> he suffered from depression and was played by alcoholics and, and he made it part of his public act. >> when the gods gift you would make kind of talent that robin had, there's a price to pay. there always is. it does not come from nothing. it comes from probably the problems inside. concerned, all sorts of fears. in the end, he would channel the stings and turn them into something gold. "night at the museum" is one of several as yet unreleased projects williams had recently completed. he will be remembered as an extraordinarily versatile comic actor. his work was intimated by his integrity, intelligence, humor, and impeccable timing. >> thank you, boys. thank you. >> remembering robin williams, great actor, fantastic comedian, oubled man who has died at the age of 63. aboutn find out much more robin williams on our website as well. from all of us here at "world news america," thank you so much for joining us. i will see you back here tomorrow. >> funding of this presentation is m

. >>> cal osha is investigating whether welding work started a hotel fire in san francisco this week. the fire broke out on monday on mcallister near u.n. plaza. it caused more than a million damage. >>> santa rosa has become the north bay's latest and largest -- requiring 20% mandatory rationing. the severity of the drought is forcing local water agencies to implement even tougher restrictions. starting today homeowners can only irrigate at night. wateren down driveways will be banned. local restaurants will serve water only upon request form the local utility district will be out and about looking for water wasters. >> door hangers to let them know what's going on, follow up if they don't react, and then ultimately have the ability to turn water off if that's the case, if we need to go that far. >> state rules allow the constituent to hand out $500 citations. santa rosa officials say they'll rely on education and friendly reminders first. >>> we now have a picture of a missing santa rosa man, the subject of an all-out search. while hiking in the trinity national forest. he was backp

did you have them welded?sses are literally -- i mean, from retirement, they decide -- my dad decided they were going to build a cabin in the woods. i don't get it. my mom goes i don't either. but i think it's a great idea. if there's a terrorist attack, we can all just come and live here at the cabin. i go mom, i love you, but i would rather have a nuclear bomb shoved directly up my ass than try to live out the end of time with you and dad in a cabin. and then he seriously bit this thing in the middle of missouri all by himself himself. he had to get the roof on. he decided he was going to hire amish people. there's a lot of them in missouri. so i called him and i said hey, did you ever hire those amish people. he said you can't call the s.o.b.s, i never thought about that. we had to get in the cadillac and chase the buggy for 57 miles. >> we've got to take break. we'll be right back with more "comics unleashed." siri, check messages. you have a message from becky: see you soon. can't wait to see cousin jared

it took aim at caltrans, claiming the officials knew about bad welds in the bridge but let them go. the report says the agency was too secretive about the construction process. state senator told us this morning he is worry about the retrofit to the retrofit. >> it is the may it please it -- it is the maintenance, how much peopleville to pay in ongoing costs, at least the allegations are they accepted faulty work. they will have to go back and repair it to a degree they you would not have to anticipate it at. >> they are calling for a criminal investigation into the bridge construction there will be a report in sacramento on tuesday. >>> a first ever pilot program allowing tech shuttles to share muni stops will get the first test tomorrow morning during the commute. the shuttles take people from san francisco to work in the silicone valley. demonstrators who staged protests to block the shuttle blame tech workers for raising the cost of living in the city. they say tech workers should live near their jobs. >> rather than coming into someone else's place, displacing them, transplanti

said -- when i told him i wanted to be an actor, said wonderful omelette just have a backup like welding. >> he suffered from depression and was played by alcoholics and, and he made it part of his public act. >> when the gods gift you would make kind of talent that robin had, there's a price to pay. there always is. it does not come from nothing. it comes from probably the problems inside. concerned, all sorts of fears. in the end, he would channel the stings and turn them into something gold. "night at the museum" is one of several as yet unreleased projects williams had recently completed. he will be remembered as an extraordinarily versatile comic actor. his work was intimated by his integrity, intelligence, humor, and impeccable timing. >> thank you, boys. thank you. >> remembering robin williams, great actor, fantastic comedian, troubled man who has died at the age of 63. aboutn find out much more robin williams on our website as well. from all of us here at "world news america," thank you so much for joining us. i will see you back here tomorrow. >> funding of this presentation is

a spokeswoman said one theory is welding work ignited the flame. one of the subcontractors based in oakland has no previous violations, but the general contractor from san francisco had a violation back in june of last year. >>> bulletproof vests are the subject of a new bill proposed by a south bay congressman. several local sheriffs and prosecutors represent the bill to ban the sale of military grade body armor to anyone outside law enforcement or the armed services. the legislation was inspired by shootings like the 2012 aurora, colorado, massacre in which the gunman was protected by a ballistic helmet, vest, leggings, protection around his throat, groin and tactical gloves. >> this bill will keep military body armor out of the wrong hands. it would ensure that only law enforcement, firefighters and other first responders would be able to access enhanced body armor. >> local police chiefs and sheriffs say that type of high-grade protection endangers their officers by prolonging gun battles and emboldening criminals. >>> wear stripes and mosquito

the report alleged that quality control engineers found thousands of cracks in welds. instead of ordering the needed repairs, according to the report, caltrans manager es replaced and placed gag orders. >> i'm anxious and eager to see what findings and recommendations they come out with after that investigation and we're committed to reacting appropriately to any information that they bring to light. >> state senator from concord has already called for a criminal investigation. >>> a deadly head-on collision caused by a truck of a major shipping company, but the company isn't responsible. found it's a business practice that helps corporate giants sometimes avoid liability. elise? >> this is a big part of fedex's business, we're talking about third-party contractors whose sole job is to transport fedex goods on fedex routes. that's what one-third party contractor for fedex was doing when he slammed into don taylor's parents' car at 70 miles an hour. it happened along interstate 5 near davis. the driver was sentenced to jail, but fedex was not held responsible. the compa

. >> we didn't know if they were welding or what. there were no occupants in the building but there were construction workers in there. >> reporter: and seven of them got sick. taken to different hospitals, none thought to be life- threatening. >> devastating to have something like this happen. >> reporter: because of what police and neighbors are looking forward to here, a $40 million remake of this run-down hotel, a centerpiece of the mid- market buildup replacing rotted buildings with upscale ones to get bad guys fewer places to hang in this high crime area. >> right now it's empty, so people that hang out and get involved in negative behavior, when you stay in a positive way that displaces some of that negative activity. >> reporter: the developers of this new boutique hotel didn't get back to us so we don't knowexactly how the fire will affect the renovation. the smoke was really intense. for a time, some businesses more than a block away closed until it was safe for them to go back. in san francisco, mike sugerman, kpix 5 news.

this is a cast note having connections on to it and it's wraped in blankets to preheat it for the welding and the fabrication we have done well keeping up on that and almost now almost 170 cast nodes -- i think it's 170. i have to do the math quick. cast nodes in the delivery, about halfway through so we're looking to finish that up. more cast node shots in the inspection stages and ready for shipping out of the fabricators. we ran into one more pg&e line in the work so they have promised us -- right guy? that they will be done relocating that in july so we will finish up that work in august. the contractor is ready to move back in as soon as pg&e gives the all clear sign. going through the next couple of months we will continue the lower level or second lift wall in order to accommodate the slabs and work on the third area walls. in the east the goal is complete the pores and our goal is by that date and completing that and the planning to be done by the end of august. this is the contingency tracking slide that we share with you regularly. if there are questions we can jump into that in

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climbed an eight foot ladder with a blow torch in one hand and a roll of solder in the other hand and welded a group of small pipes together to make one large pipe for helium and that was one of my experiences. it shocks me today to think i did it. >> i know you follow ed mr. johnson around doing some jobs that men would have had during peace time? >> it was in the warehouse, i had to push a grocery cart around. and fill orders. and you had to learn in a short time where everything was on the shelves. it was so many miss lane jous things and i had to devise some way of knowing where i was in the hallways, i did that then in oklahoma city, i didn't know that men were doing it, but i learned to do a teleprompter and worked for western union running several branch offices throughout the city. the special one that comes to mind that might have been a little bit on the dangerous side was i worked at the stock yards and i had to take a commuter train to the stock yards and check in before and after at the main office, handle quite a bit of money, here i was, 21, 22. getting on that commuter about

. >>> and the huge water-main break the one that spilled millions of gallons of water, old welding techniques also contributed to last week's break. although the pipe was about 100 years old, it is not scheduled to be replaced and there is no indication anything was wrong. meanwhile, hundreds of students are getting a chance to look and they can pick up and many of cars -- many of the cars were caked with mud and they had insurance adjustors on the scene to help people file their claims. >> can you imagine that? >> oh, it is awful and all of that water in the middle of a drought. >>> another bad mess, just ahead, the unwelcomed surprise for the people leaving the beyonce concert. >>> and after the break, the latest on the second alarm for this residential fire. >>> and lafayette area shows traffic, it is a little slow going and if you have an accident, a hit-and-run to tell you about coming up. >>> we have some rain out there, about hayward and san ramon, is this over or is there more moisture on the way? ♪ ♪ [ barks ] whoo! mmm! ♪ ♪ oh, yeah [ whistling ] [ male announcer ] discover your new

thousand goals in the last say about two decades so you see the weld is waking up it is turning away and if you look at the precipitating circumstance if you crane. agreement to say the world is politically back economically bankrupt and that's from morality forget it morality is going outside the window so yes a multi-polar world is fos developing aside what is this multipolar world going to look like because china doesn't go in there's a joint military alliances what kind of relationship we see russia's pivot to the to eight years well what kind of relationship is china in russia going to have moving forward when i think. china is looking for a sphere of influence and china is a rising power as this is having a lot of lot of success and lot of it is causing a lot of irrigation in the asia pacific russia russia has a different perspective russia has always been a great power russia was a superpower in the soviet union was in the russia is is as you point out in your in your interview at the russian perspective is that it has been ignored his interest has been ignored they have been

. >> they help fund it, weld it, and participate in it. >> he says that is what matters.not the sides of the rv. >> an unusually long back up at the toll plaza caught dozens off guard today. this is the scene this morning. this long line was getting better in the summer, three toll takers instead of four. and today, something changed. >> it could be people working on fridays so you see change. we're able to optimize our toll lakers but it's possible to say than just speculating now. >> the mtv says it will look at video and make any necessary adjustments the agency reminds drivers using fast track is an easy way to avoid lines at the tolls >> walgreens says the pharmacy data base crashed today, temporarily preventing filling prescriptions. l company works to restore service. walgreens filled 800 million prescriptions last year. >> well, we think we have a pretty good prescription for the weekend. >> i think so. >> some clouds around let focus to the south, well south from tropics we have three tropical systems. and they're generating southerly swell in pacific ocean water

climbed an eight-foot ladder with akííííín torch in one hand and a roll of solder in the other hand and weldedup of small pipes together to make one large pipe for helium. that was just part of my experience as i had other experiences there. that was the one thing that shocks me today to think i did that. >> you followed mr. olson around during the war. were some of the jobs you took on maybe jobs men would have had during peace time? >> well, in amarillo, the first job i had in amarillo, it was in a warehouse and i had to push almost like a grocery cart around and fill orders. you had to learn in a short time where everything was on the shelves. it was so many many miscellaneous things and i had to devise some way of knowing where i was in all the hallways. so i did that. then in oklahoma city, i don't know necessarily that men were doing it, but i did learn to do a teleprompter and work for western union running several branch offices throughout the city. the special one that comes to mind that might have been a little bit on the dangerous side was i worked at the stockyards and i had to tak

. >> they help fund it, weld it, and participate in it. >> he says that is what matters.t the sides of the rv. >> an unusually long back up at the toll plaza caught dozens off guard today. this is the scene this morning. this long line was getting better in the summer, three toll takers instead of four. and today, something changed. >> it could be people working on fridays so you see change. we're able to optimize our toll lakers but it's possible to say than just speculating now. >> the mtv says it will look at video and make any necessary adjustments the agency reminds drivers using fast track is an easy way to avoid lines at the tolls >> walgreens says the pharmacy data base crashed today, temporarily preventing filling prescriptions. l company works to restore service. walgreens filled 800 million prescriptions last year. >> well, we think we have a pretty good prescription for the weekend. >> i think so. >> some clouds around now. let focus to the south, well south from tropics we have three tropical systems. and they're generating southerly swell in pacific ocean wa

after welding the frame together, we will place moss inside the frame and rapid with fishing line sot come out. then we will put the plants right into the body. like four or are $500. for $24,000.g this this is the labor of doing the steelwork. there is a lot of creativity going into that and i charge for it. we have been doing this for 21 years now. over 4000 andd sculptures. we have done work for google, dreamworks, the sawhney. i am doing an interesting project in san diego. to fill up aneeds new estate. we walked the property. we did the unicorn. i have spent thousands of hours in front of a welder trying to make it look recognizable so people can smile. that is the purpose of all this. i like to see kids smile. my kids would love the t rex. the first word is up next on bloomberg radio. has beenirito santo bailed out. information on what this means to the banking center. we will go to the president to talk about the impact the complexes have on tourism in israel. i want to take you to pictures him -- belgiumld . they are commemorating the 100th anniversary of world war i. britain

and he actually crossed the line, some would say by bombing a jordannian welding where he killed a number of the wedding goers as well as their family members, obviously. what he ended up seeing what is basically a push back that he crossed the line, he was behind a lot of beheadings and grew some videos, and ultimately it doesn't resonate and sell in the way he was looking for. it did for a small person, but not overall. it even got to the point where al qaeda's leader was sending notes to him, suggesting that, hey, this is too violent, we're never going to be able to win the so-called hearts and minds that they were trying to in their obscure and twisted kind of way do. so i'm not sure this has staying power but i think that's almost your relevant. because the sickle is so fast, we're looking for small numbers to engage in activity quickly. if you're to believe what you see out of recent reporting out of the u.k., you've got 500brits fighting a long side isis and other torgs grifts and iraq and syria. you've got 900 french according to their security services. you've got up to approxima

we asked pamela harris, he is telling them to ugg nor serious welding with and he ordered the chp february them and ordered more on how the span is pulled. >>> this is from a train station and the man was boarding the train walls and when that didn't workers everybody on board had to come out. they lifted the train enough to push that man out. mind the gap and they never thought much about it until now. >> that is the most incredible thing i have seen. >> i love to see people joining in. room great story. and they are accusing them after a woman was allowed to board they are looking into how this could have happened again. >>> and we have an earlier hit- and-run and we will let you know how that made traffic worse. >>> and beautiful sunrise with a few breaks in the clouds but it is raining right now san jose, los gatos, we will talk about what could be a very humid forecast. female announcer: sunday's your last chance to save big during sleep train's triple choice sale. for a limited time, you can choose to save hundreds on beautyrest and posturepedic mattress sets. or choose $300 in free

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