civilians are desperately trying to escape the fighting. terrified by the bombings but caught in the middle. running out of food and water as the battles rage around them. many have been telling how the jihadists have been using them as human shields. last night they told us you have to come out and go for a walk. and we were prepared to go with them. god save us. police came forward. if they do break free from their captors they have to go there is minds and roads littered with unexpected bombs. for too many can t get out. they have no water or
door on the ledge where the guy was at. across the street, karen jones continues to record. can t get out. omg. he can t get out. he can t get out the door oh, jesus, they are going to bring the ladder truck over. the ladder was further over to the left of him. and you can see him waving his arms and things trying to get their attention. do they see him? we were hoping they would get to him. the engineer repositions the ladder racing the fire to the edge of the building. with the amount of fire that was there, he had to get off that ledge pretty quick. i ve been doing this 25 years never seen a fire move that quick. the wind had everything to do with it. the more wind you feed it the bigger it s going to get. up on the ladder, the captain knows he has to hurry. fire was it was getting to him and windows were breaking out slowly working their way to him, which let more wind in and got the fire even hotter.
tonight i m coming to you deep from inside the boughs of that turkish prison in the midnight express. i don t know what they are doing running up bills over there the clinton foundation has more shaky donors than a blood bank next to a bus terminal. clinton global initiative has, by the way replaced specter in the new james bond film and at the end i hear daniel craig and hillary s character, which is called no job they get into the fight to the death at the end. if i was hillary i would double down on all of this stuff. i would never talk to the press. i would take donations from everybody. this is the way she will win. it s not about whether she is candid anymore or truth teller and effective politician. people on the left like her because she is like lucy pulling the football out from us guys, the conservatives, charlie brown. that s all they dig about her is that she drives us crazy. that is what is going to get her elected. people never leave the clintons. it s like hotel californ
all right. no doubt, gps technology has revolutionized how we navigate through new places. but overreliance on technology could be worse than never using it in the first place. here is abc s david muir. i guess what we do is drive around the circle here. reporter: who can forget the scene from national lampoon s european vacation. hey kids, look, big ben, parliament. reporter: chevy chase gets caught in the circle in london and can t get out. kids. we know. big ben, parliament. reporter: you can t make this up.
your patience. reporter: not just roads that will be packed. an estimated 8% of americans will travel by rail and bus this holiday weekend. so, again, for most travelers, at least passengers here at laguardia airport, checked some of the other airports as well, newark and jfk as well. most of the flights seem to be leaving on time. got an e-mail from our don lemon who said he s trying to get to chicago. he s stuck, can t get out, but he s in the minority on this one. most of the people seem to be getting to where they need to go on time today. kate, michaela. i m sure don will find some things to do there. this is the thing. people do need to be aware things could change today as this storm moves north. jason, thanks so much for that report. adding to the weather woes, security is getting beefed up on some flights that are headed for the united states. the department of homeland security is asking airports in europe and the middle east to tighten safety measures in