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[captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- trace: search teams have now found the wreckage of the plane involved in that deadly mid-air collision above the hudson and there was a body inside. plus, we now have 911 tapes from just seconds after the crash. i'm trace gallagher in for shepard smith. the news starts now. chaos in the skies. >> we sought right wing of the airplane contact the helicopter. both aircraft descended into the hudson river. trace: tonight, even as bodies are still being pulled from the river, we are learning new details about the crash over the hudson. and we're asking you questions about the rules that require to you fly at your own risk. it was a tragedy that unfolded before the eyes of the city. a sightseeing helicopter and a small plane colliding off manhattan and plummeting into the hudson river. nine people died in that crash. and search crews recovered the eighth body just a couple of hours ago. one victim is still missing. now, remember how saturday's accident happened. a small plane had taken off from new jersey's teterboro airport and was just minutes into its flight when witnesses say it clipped the helicopter from behind. pilot said the plane looked like a cruise missile hitting a target. these images capturing the instance right after impact as both aircraft dropped to the river. there were no survivors. yesterday, the army corps of engineer used a crane to lift the helicopter from 30 feet of water over the weekend. the plane is still on the bottom of the river. and dangerous current have kept dive teams out of the water for much of the day. >> the water in this area that they're looking is very deep. some 50 to 60 feet deep. the current are very strong and the visibility is extremely limited. >> but divers say they can see the wreckage of the piper and once they are able to haul it on to dry land, investigators can start figuring out more about exactly how this tragedy happened. "the fox report's" correspondent jonathan hunt standing by in new jersey right along the hudson. jonathan? >> trace, one of the things investigators will be looking at is just how busy the airspace around new york is. some 50,000 helicopter flights take off from the city every year there are countless small planes buzzing around the skies on sightseeing and business trips. we took a flight today with buckeye simonson the very experienced chopper reporter for our local affiliate wnyw. i asked him just how dangerous he feels his job has become. >> there is a risk that we manage when we come up here. but, you know, the pilots of helicopters and most aircraft, you know, they're professionals. they know what they are doing. but how could you, as a professional, see something like that happening? >> you don't have to fly over the hudson river for very long to see that, you know, there is a lot of traffic here. we go back to the nose camera. you can see just by the lincoln tunnel right now if i can capture this guy, there is a helicopter flying over there right now. >> i heard it described as a situation where you just see and avoid. in other words, the responsibility is on the pilot to see the other aircraft and avoid them. i have also heard it described as the wild west side of manhattan here. either of those true? >> it's really not the wild west as far as i'm concerned. most of the people who fly around the hudson river. they are very familiar with the airspace. we have a river frequency we talk around on. >> there are so many very tall buildings alongside the refer river there does the proximity of the buildings cause a problem too. >> we stick over the hudson river for a reason. we don't want to be over the buildings because god forbid anything ever happened that's where we would wind up. >> i have done a lot of assignments in my time. some of them more dangerous than others, afghanistan, iraq, gaza. i feel more nervous up here than did i any of those places. is that just me is that a completely misguided fear. >> you are going to be fine. we will get you on the ground safely. don't worry. >> i feel very safe in your hands but can we go down now? >> ok. >> and, trace, buckeye -- could i simonson points out this is the only the sixth in 26 years. sweeping regulations, he says, are not necessary. the families of those who died this past weekend, of course, might beg to differ. trace? trace: jonathan, thank you. now president obama just back from a north american summit in mexico. he could not get away from the most pressing issue here at home. health care reform. some opponents claim the president's plan will lead to a canadian style system of socialized medicine. so, today with canada's leader stand ago few feet away, the president was asked if there is anything he likes about the canadian system. >> i have said that the canadian model works for canada. it would not work for the united states. in part simply because we have evolved differently. we have an employer-based system and a private based healthcare system. i don't find canadians particularly scary. but i guess some of the opponents of reform think that they make a good boogie man. >> the president has said he only wants an optional public health plan to compete with private insurance companies. the three leaders, tackling lots of other issues during this summit. including trade, canada was not happy about the buy american rule in the president's economic stimulus plan. mexico's deadly drug war which has been spilling over the u.s. border. and the h1n1 outbreak, which began in mexico last spring. major garrett is live from mexico tonight. major is travelling with the president. the president is going to jump into the health care battle with another town hall meeting tomorrow. what is the president saying about some of the rowdy protests we have seen at other town halls. >> that's right, trace. he heads to new hampshire. probably more mild than the ones we have seen with congressman. of course, many folks in the audience of a president are not nearly as raucous as they are with their average garden-variety congressman. be that as it may, on the flight back to washington on air force 1 bill burton says there is a long tradition of americans yelling at their politicians, their congressman face to face. he said the president does see anything wrong with that as long as it's respectful. he says people can come to these town halls and should if they have legitimate questionings and concerns but not to drown out others with shouts and complaints. trace: major, obviously a big topic of the summit there in mexicos was the h1n1 virus with the flu season not too far away. >> that's exactly right. this is one of the surgical masks that they gave us at the airport when we got of 00 plane here. everyone who comes to the gawd la harrah airport can pick that up and supplement that talks about the h1n1 virus and what you can do to protect yourself from it wear a surgical mask, they recommend. also use hand sanitizer. all throughout this city, trace. hand sanitizers right as you walk in the door. as a matter of fact, a restaurant i went to last night with several top white house officials we could not be seated until we had used purell hand advertiser. they are going sanitizer. they are going to keep an eye on this all through the flu season. trace: major garrett in mexico tonight. thank you. some critics say the president is trying to tackle too many issues all at once. tonight he says there is one that will have to wait. immigration reform. the president says no one can deny the system is broken. but he has a lot on his plate right now. and health care, energy, and the economy have to come first. so he doesn't expect to be able to focus on fixing the immigration system until some time next year. well, there is new fallout over some of the disruptions we have seen at health care town hall meetings lately. tonight, some democratic leaders are calling the protesters unamerican. and the father of a disabled son who confronted his congressman responds. plus, the shooting spree at a pennsylvania health club turns out cops had a run in with the gunman just days before the murders. why they let him go. next. taking its rightful place in a long line of amazing performance machines. this is the new e-coupe. this is mercedes-benz. but i did. you need to talk to your doctor about aspirin. you need to be your own advocate. be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. you take care of your kids, now it's time to take care of yourself. with covergirl exact eyelights. mascara with light reflecting metallics and a hint of tint that brightens eye color while defining lashes. turn up the light in your eyes. [ female announcer ] with exact eyelights from easy breezy beautiful covergirl. trace: chilling information tonight about the man who police say went on a deadly shooting rampage inside a gym in pittsburgh. cops now say that they questioned the man, searched him, then let him go just a week before the shootings. george so he dean any accused of killing three people and injuring nine more before turning the gun on himself in a woman's aerobic's class last week. police say they spoke with him after a fellow passenger reported seeing the man with a grenade on a city bus. investigators soon realized sodini when the -- released him when the passenger could not identify him. we're told the cops involved were distraught when they found out that he was, in fact, the same guy. a couple of very bad airplane rides to tell you about. and tonight we are hearing from passengers on both planes. first, people forced to spend nine hours on their cramped plane sitting on an airport taxiway. the express jet flight from houston to minneapolis was supposed to take about three hours. but we're told bad weather force addie version and the passengers had to wait overnight with no food and only one drink while the airline brought in a new crew. here is how one of them described the experience. >> you're almost numb because you're so exhausted. so you kind of dozen off but you can't really sleep because babies are crying and the smells are getting worse. so it's hard to sleep. and you are almost just numb like what's going to happen next? trace: a spokeswoman for express jet said the crew had to be replaced because they had reached the maximum number the flight hours. the airport would not allow the passengers to wait inside the terminal. in carolina passengers are thankful for their flight crew. officials at raleigh durham international airport say a bird strike forced emergency landing. it had just taken off when a pilot heard a noise. the passengers realized something was wrong when they looked out the windows. listen. >> i started seeing fire come out of the engine it was just like kind of fire. >> when you are 30 or 40,000 feet in the air and the engine is shaking and you see flames come from the engine, it really humbles you, you get a sense of humility that comes over you. trace: i can't imagine. the pilot shut down the engine damaged by the bird and landed the plane with the remaining engine. some passengers say they had rattled nerves bus no injuries reported. you will remember it was a bird strike that forced chesley sullenberger to put his plane down in the hudson river back in january. well, fox news is tracking h1n1 and health officials have had the summer to prepare our schools for and protect our students from the flu pandemic. time suspect for schools in georgia. school districts there started classes today, well before most other state schools begin and weeks before both the seasonal flu and the swine flu vaccines are available. experts say that means students there could be more vulnerable to the virus. state and logical school health officials are now advising georgians to take an active role in helping them head off a pandemic including having sick kids stay out of school until they have been fever-free for at least 24 hours. this amid a real concern tonight that a second wave of the h1n1 virus could be on its way. and according to a report in today's "the washington post," many experts believe the second wave could be worse than the regular flu season. in which the flu sends an average of 200,000 americans to the hospital and kills some 36,000. so health officials are moving quickly to test the h1n1 vaccine to make sure it's safe and effective on humans. so they can begin shipping it out as soon as possible. jonathan serrie is live for us in georgia outside emler university's hope clinic where one of those clinical trials just began today. jonathan, how does all of this work? >> well, the trials got underway in the building you see behind me. up to 200 volunteers being vaccinated and then tracked over the upcoming weeks. first of all, to determine whether they developed antibodies to the disease, something that can be determined by blood testing. and, also tracked to see whether these people avoid getting the flu during their day-to-day activities out in the community. if the vaccine works, it could be available to the general public as early as next month. trace: so what kind of people are actually getting the vaccine as part of this trial, jonathan? >> all types. right now they are beginning the trial with adults of all ages. and then in the upcoming days, they hope to add children to the trials. the volunteers that we spoke with today all said that they are participating just to help out. >> i figure it's a great opportunity to be able to contribute to something that's going to help the rest of the nation. so, i'm excited about it. i don't have any concerns. >> don't have any concerns because researchers say the h1n1 vaccines that are currently being tested are very similar to seasonal flu vaccine and pose very little risk of any complications. trace? trace: jonathan serrie live in decatur. thank you. new word from forces on the ground in afghanistan that the taliban is getting stronger. how much stronger is stirring some debate. what it all means for our troops and their mission ahead in a report from kabul. plus, the pentagon using twitter. why officials have been tracking tweets and other social networking sites to find out what you think. that's coming up. %%%%%%%% trace: military leaders admit the militant group is growing stronger. they say our cormt cousin, the "wall street journal" misinterprelted the remarks of the u.s. forces commander general stanley mccrystal when it published an article today titled taliban now winning. the article began: the military describes that as quote, inaccurate and disappointing. the paper is standing by the story. either way the military concede that the taliban is gaining momentum in parts of afghanistan greg palkot is in one of those areas. a place that's been described as one the toughest towns in the country. greg? >> trace, here in northern helmand province, there is a deadly faceoff going on between the taliban and a scrappy company of marines. >> the green door right there, the guy walking south. ask him if that's him, the guy walking south. >> if this looks like a world war i style trench or bunk are setup, you wouldn't be too wrong. these marines in afghanistan are dug into the side of the hill and they are living in what they call hobbit holes, not too luxurious places. electricity, not too much more. living conditions not all that luxurious, huh? >> it could be worse. >> they live there. they sleep there. they eat there. but mostly they watch and sometimes they shoot because if you look right over there, that's where the taliban is. there in that green area, the forest and the foot hills beyond that to keep with the world war i idea that middle zone of burnt out forest and abandoned houses, well, that's the no man's land. >> looks peaceful from up here. but it's definitely not peaceful when you are down there patrolling. >> that's why they're always watching beings waiting, and maybe getting ready for the kill. in one of the toughest corners of afghanistan with golf company two three marines back to you, trace. trace: be ready for combat that's what venezuelan president hugo chavez is reportedly telling his military about neighboring colombia. calling that country's president a traitor to latin american over access to colombian military bases for anti-drug operations. those plans pose a threat to his country he has said washington could use the bases to destabilize the nation. chavez also claims colombian soldiers have been slipping across the border into his country. colombia's foreign ministry denies that the u.s. military has been watching your tweets. that according to newly released government documents. they reportedly show that a special military unit monitored youtube and twitter to assess the backlash to that now infamous photo ownership in april when a presidential plane buzzed manhattan. a unit called the combat information cell at tyndall air force base in florida kept an eye on the popular social networking sites. the unit offered recommendations on damage control after the fly flyover. not all members of the military get to use twitter at work, mind you. the marine corps, computer network blocks users from accessing social media sites can expose information to adversaries. how do you feel about health care reform? 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>> well, hi there, trace. the local utility company here southern california edison is offering homeowners $50 for old clunker refrigerators. they will come to your house and haul it away for free. they will bring it to a recycling plant just like this one where many old dinosaur refrigerators are put out to pasture. before congress started rewarding americans for trading in gas guzzling cars. home ons in southern california were turning in old refrigerators and getting $50 back from the local power company. >> works for me it would have gone out to the front. somebody would have come by and hauled it off or i can get 50 bucks for something somebody else to haul it off to me. >> that's not all. southern california edison has recycled more than three quarters of a million refrigerators. homeowners can save as much as 20% on their electric bill. hundreds of dollars a year just by replacing old refrigerators and freezers with new energy efficient models. the clunkers end up here in this recycling plant. all the glass and rubber parts get removed. coolant drained and the boxes end up getting pulverized in a giant crusher and sold as scrap metal. >> the most important thing our country should be doing is helping consumers reduce waste. it makes sense from societal standpoint and from individual consumer standpoint. >> and here you see now what's left of a couple of reridge rarts that have been pulverized by the crusher. now this pile here will be hauled off to the scrap metal yard. and as far as energy savings go, southern california edison says it has recycled nearly 800,000 refrigerators since the program started. that has eliminated the need for an additional power plant in the state of california. trace? trace: anita vogel live for us in southern california. anit tax thank you. i'm trace gallagher in for shepard smith. this is the fox report. it's the bottom of the hour. time for the top of the news. screaming and the occasional death threat all part of the new era of town hall meetings in america. democrats have organized a lot of the present meetings to sell barack obama's health care plan. demonstrators have been showing up in force to challenge the lawmakers and the plan itself. and whether these protesters are driven by politics, passion, or something else, there is no denying the effect they have had so far. just watch. >> it reads like something that was brought up in the early 1930s in germany. [shouting] >> conspiracies, i will tell you about conspiracies. trace: those comments during a meeting hosted by iowa senator tom harken. >> i think when people get the right information and they know what we are trying to do and how this is going to all wash out, i think the vast majority of the american people will see this as a good thing. trace: but many demonstrators unconvinced. in washington state, so many showed up that congressman rick larson had to take questions outside. >> what are your ideas for making sure that the private industry doesn't go away? >> i also want you to guarantee me that my quality patient care is not going to be affected. trace: similar showdowns in colorado. >> the majority is against this plan! the majority is against this plan! trace: and in tampa where the crowd overflowed into the hallway. [shouting] >> that still calmer than what went down in south st. louis county, missouri where things got violent. and cops took six people away in cuffs. meantime, one missouri senator urging everyone to just calm down. >> well, i hope everybody take as deep breath, quits yelling, both sides. let's talk. let's discuss these proposals. let's answer questions. and be polite to one another and then i think we can probably do some good. trace: senator mccaskill holding two more town hall meetings on health care today. so how did they go? carl cameron is live for us in popular bluff, missouri. karl, have democrats figured out how to deal with their critics? >> yeah, part of what they're trying to do is incorporate them into the very format that they have come to disrupt in some cases. clair mccaskill had a series of events today. the most boisterous took place here in popular bluff. she tried to bring them into the process. she began not too far from mere and that's precisely what she did. listen to. this why don't you raise your hand if you are so mad about the idea of federal health care reform you can't even think straight. all right. >> that's what she did. most of the hands in the room went up. she used one of the people with their hand up to become the person who would pick the questions out of a hat. make them part of the process and perhaps they will pipe down a little bit or at least that's the hope, trace. trace: here was the big stir of the day. democratic protesters calling the town hall protesters unamerican. >> you are talking about house democratic leader nancy pelosi and the house democratic majority leader steny hoyer. they do authored an op ed in "u.s.a. today" today. the language that they used has them under fire. they wrote, in part: excuse me hold on a second. a little blackberry glitch: that op ed in today's "u.s.a. today" raised a question on air force one with the president's aides. they were asked if mr. obama agrees with pelosi's assertion that such dissent is unamerican. aides said no, they actually think that spirited debate is very much part of the american political democratic process. and they do expect it to continue. trace? trace: the chief political correspondent carl cameron in popular bluff, missouri. one who confronted his congressman at a town hall meeting is not happy about being called unamerican. watch this exchange between mike sula and john dingell. >> i have a question for this young man. he has the right to be represented i'm his father. i want to talk to you first face to face. under the obama health care plan, which you support, this man would be given no care whatsoever because sea intralt palsy handicapped person. >> we put an amendment in which will discuss his particular problem as the bill was going through -- >> -- no, no, no. trace: police finally escorted sulla out of that meeting. he says he was not charged with anything and the officers were very polite. he also tells fox news is he not part of an angry mob or any organized campaign. >> i came with my wife and my son as an american citizen concerned about the than me are trying to put on us. i no, ma'am not republican or democrat. i am a citizen who wants to be heard before you put us down. trace: sola's son scott has been in a wheelchair since he was a child. mr. sola still not convinced the obama health care plan would cover his son. and a weather alert now. some extreme storms to tell you about. a man in upstate new york swept away after a creek in front of his home overflowed its banks. the area is coping with flash floods after powerful thunderstorms over the weekend. officials in the area trying to keep folks off the flooded roads by banning any unnecessary travel in this area. gowanda, new york is about 30 miles south of buffalo. and a catastrophe tonight half way around the world. a typhoon slamming the coast of southeast asia, killing dozens, perhaps hundreds of people and forcing up to a million more to leave their homes. by far, the worst of it was in taiwan where the storm dumped almost 7 feet of rain over the weekend. turning streets into rivers and leading to horrible scenes like this. [crying] >> local police say same mudslide that brought down that building and toppled this hotel also buried up to 600 people, most of home are still missing missing -- whom are still missing tonight. taiwan's death toll stands at a thousand. killing estimated 22 people there. today the storm continued along the coast of china, causing landslides there as well. the chinese government evacuating almost a million people from the shoreline. but, still, they say the typhoon has killed at least six people there. meantime hurricane felicia has become a tropical storm as it approaches the tropical islands. good news for some islanders. our first story as we take a fox trip across america. hawaii. surfers on the big island are looking forward to felicia's arrival. >> that's how it is with every hurricane. everybody wants to come and be a thrill seeker. >> the national weather service reports the storm is expected to weaken further as it approaches the islands. a meteorologist says felicia is likely to wash ashore tomorrow morning. connecticut. a wedding on the shore of long island sound getting unexpected visitor. a true wedding crasher as the pilot of a small plane is forced to land when his engine coverages out. nobody hurt. the groom just took it in stride. >> susan is direct of the writing school and i'm a sailor. we horse and boats we didn't figure planes. trace: colorado, one presbyterian congregation holding services in an elementary school after its church exploded. natural gas from a broken line leaked into the church and ignited. we were probably 30 feet sphrt door, saw it lift off its foundation. contents of the basement blew out between the foundation and the bottom of the building. >> several members say they were supposed to have been in the church at the time but for various reasons, no one was there. no injuries reported. california, watch out pamplona in san diego they now have the running of the bull dogs. the event, a fundraiser for pets needing emergency medical treatment. absolutely no are going toes or tram plings and that's a fox watch across america. you can now buy a brand new car without leaving the couch. straight from the factory to your laptop. one company's latest plan to boost sales. that's next. plus, the newest weapon in the hunt for smugglers. we will take you out to sea in this powerful high tech answer to drug trafficking. on american waters. well, now, hundreds of dealers are telling car shoppers they can stay out if they would like. g.m. dealers in california starting a new program allowing customers to shop for their vehicles on ebay. the auction site which already handles sales of mainly used cars and trucks. the new program, which launches tomorrow, will let shoppers hag hag dwell over prices haggle over prices and shop from the comfort of their living rooms. update on deadly car crash. authorities say a fifth child has died after a stolen vehicle rammed into a pickup truck while fleeing police near fresno, california over the weekend. police say the car-jacked vehicle took off when an officer tried to pull it over for a traffic violation the car eventually blew through a stop sign then the wreck. three suspects in the stolen car and four kids in the truck were killed at the scene. the fifth child died today in the hospital. where the parents of all those kids remain. no one in the truck was wearing a seat belt. a california prison remains under lockdown following the weekend riot. a spokeswoman for the state prison system says more than a thousand inmates are being moved to other facilities from the california institution for men in china know. because of damage to some of the dormitories. one of the wooden buildings was set on fire. 175 inmates reportedly hurt, 55 said to be hurt seriously. a prisoner spokesman indicated tension between black and hispanic inmates may have sparked the fight that led to the riot on saturday night to. protecting our borders by sea now. for years u.s. customs and border protection agents have had handfuls with a big increase in the smuggling of drugs and people using our coastal waters. the bad guys boats seem to be getting faster. now, there could be a weapon in the good guy's arsenal and you are looking at it it's called the advanced concept technology common straighter vessel. and fox news got an inside look at one of them today. casey stegall is live for us tonight in san diego. casey. agents say they have seen increased criminal activity out on the sea partly because of increased border protection on land which is why this agency tells us they have always got to be one step ahead of the bad guy guysed in the choppy waters off the u.s. coast there are dozens of agents in search of people trying to smuggle drugs or illegal immigrants into america. >> they started out in 30 mile-per-hour boats, 40 mile-per-hour boats. now we are chafing boats in the keys doing 60 miles per hour. >> agencies say as the cartels get more and more advanced. law enforcement has to keep up. welcome aboard the solution. a 1400-horsepower vessel complete with infrared cameras and satellite technology that allows agents to stop criminals dead in their tracks. >> this new boat can go 10 to 15 knots faster than the current one. that's 20 to 25 miles per hour faster. it doesn't sound like much. but it is quite considerable. >> if they do have something on board that's, you know, could be harmful to the country, we need to get to it as quickly as possible. now. >> now air and marine support say they have about 60 boats in their fleet and starting next year, they will begin phasing those out and replacing them with that interceptor. each one costing about 875,000 bucks. trace? trace: i can't believe they let you drive that thing. casey stegall life for us tonight in san diego. casey, thank you. some senior citizens so upset about possible health care changes, they are tearing up their aarp cards. just ahead, what's driving their anger and how the association is responding. plus, secretary of state hillary clinton gets fired up as someone asks her what her husband thinks of an international matter. seems that might be a bit of a sore spot, do you think? the secretary's response to that coming up. taking its rightful place in a long line of amazing performance machines. this is the new e-coupe. this is mercedes-benz. trace: fox reports tonight crews rescuing dozen of people. a live look. stuck on board a roller coaster. stuck more than 100 feet above the ground. this is all happening at great america theme park in santa clara. that is, by the way, just outside of san francisco. this is from our fox affiliate ktvu up in the bay area. look at some of these people. now, look at the contraption. they are using a cherry picker to get people out. this thing, by the way, is called invert go. it means that queazy feeling you get when you are upside down. never has that been more true than today for the people on board this roller coaster going up and then upside down and then having to hang there. this thing all began, by the way, around 1:30 p.m. in the west coast. more than three hours ago, which means these people in some instances have been stuck upside down in this roller coaster and right side up in other cases for the better part of three hours. local reports say 32 people at the time were on the ride when it stopped. fire crews have managed, by the way, as you can see the cherry picker, fire crews have managed to get some of them down safely. as you can imagine, this is a very slow and tedious process because you bring one person down, and then you have to readjust that ladder. and you have to go to the next roller coaster car, then you bring the next people down. and you can imagine if you are five or six cars back and have you been up there for three hours and 20 minutes now. you have got to be thinking you have got to hurry this process up a little bit. it is unclear exactly how many people are stuck on the coaster. again, the ride is called invertigo. you go up 100 and some odd feet in the air. 132 schams the ride in -- claims the ride in the air. while you are upside down you spin and do a loop, go all the way back around and hitting speed of excess of 80 miles per hour. now the fire department says the call came in for the stuck coaster again three hours. in fact, three plus hours ago because it's 4 p.m. in santa clara, again, just outside of san francisco. and the call came in at 1:30 local time. the aerials got up. the people have just clearly been up there and exasperated. this cherry picker has been going up and down. we are still waiting on affiliate to give us information on how many people have been rescued and how many people may still be trapped on board there. if you are watching this from california and your kid went to great america today, you must be very concerned about his or her health. i mean it's all fun on the roller coaster. it's not fun to be stuck upside down. that bar that goes across your lap has got you trapped inside that thing. there is no getting out of it we will keep up to this breaking news coming out of santa clara, california. summer fun not so fun for a lot of roller coaster riders outside of san francisco. continuing news right here as fox reports tonight. get out and dance... even play a little hide-n-seek. i'm breathing better... with spiriva. announcer: spiriva is the only once-daily inhaled maintenance treatment for both forms of copd... which includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. i take it every day. it keeps my airways open... to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announcer: spiriva does not replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms. stop taking spiriva and call your doctor if your breathing suddenly worsens, your throat or tongue swells, you get hives, or have vision changes or eye pain. tell your doctor if you have glaucoma, problems passing urine or an enlarged 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is a roller coaster malfunction at the great america theme park in santa clara, california. this is just outside of san francisco. the fire department now giving fox news more information. apparently some 24 people are stuck on this ride. this thing goes up about 100 feet over the ground. this call came in at 1:30 in the afternoon west coast time. so it's been over three hours now these people have been stuck on this roller coaster. i said earlier it looked like they were upside down of the the fire chief says the people are not upside down but they are in some cases at a very severe angle. this thing is called the invertigo ride. it goes at speeds of 50 miles per hour. then you go up and you swing around upside down. you kind of hang. see the feet dangling there? here is the trick to getting them offices the fire chief, if you see that harness that comes down over their shoulders, when you get those people up there with the cherry picker, what you have to do is you have to go inside and you have to release the pins, right, release the pins from inside that harness that comes down over your shoulders and you have to lift that thing up and take each person down one at a time. we are talking about 24 people. they have been at this thing now for a couple of hours. very slow and tedious. as they poll -- pug back. the ride goes on top. invertigo the queazy feeling you get when you are outside down. i want to read you the description of the ride if i can. this is from the web site. it says face fear and your friends as you race through hoops and rings. again 138 feet above the ground. 1 0-degree turn double inverted side winders exploding out of the boomerang heading into a 70-foot high vertical loop before rocketing to the top second. 130-foot lift. very quickly. they have been stuck up there for hours. the fire chief says what he can tell, there is nobody hurt on board this ride. they have been up there for a long time. you might imagine they are uncomfortable and 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