it s hard to make a vaccine, the virus is responding to early treatment. that s good news for people getting sick. and let me ask you one, quick question, rich. you re in hong kong. what is the mood like there? are you starting to see any level of panic set in? i m not seeing panic. hong kong has dealt with bird flu before. i m seeing a call in the newspapers for closure of the live bird markets. that was something they wanted to have done in the past. and now, with this new outbreak, they re calling for it again. dr. rich besser, the former acting director of the cdc, on the front lines of this virus again. dr. rich, thank you. a lot of other news overnight. as always, we go to mr. ron claiborne. good morning, sir. hi, dan and bianna. we re going to start with good news for your wallet and all those americans out there who drive cars. gas prices are falling again. prices at the pump dropped 7 cents a gallon in the past week, falling to a national average of $3.53 a g
our own reporter judd sovereign who happened to be at the airport when the whole thing happened. reporter: somehow they were able to get the people off and it s not far off the shore. they didn t have to go too far to get back on land. everyone here feared the worst. of the 108 passengers, about 45 were treated for injuries including broken legs and head wounds. the plane was put into commission with lion s fleet just last month. safety network says the airplanes have been involved in six accidents since 2002. one of them resulting in fatalities. a developing story right now in washington state. searchers are scrambling to recover two people missing after a pair of avalanches. one happened at the pass where two people are hurt and a third is missing on granite mountain. the second avalanche is at a ski area called red mountain. it struck a group of 13 people who were snow shoeing. two people were initially reported missing and crews are still look for the second. the
alex smith and his family had just hiked to the falls it when a 9-year-old boy fell into the merced river. alex jumped over the railing and held on to a rock and snagged the boy as he was going by in the swift rapids and then alex s dad came to help. i reached him and he reached me and he lacked up like the craziest look in his eye like please help me. then i have not only my son but my husband out there, as well. so that was it just terrifying. this is the only photo the smiths have of alex and the boy he saved. the little boy, nine years old, had been telling alex thank you. catching a cab in san francisco can be frustrating standing around, trying to flag one down a new study recommendation the city put at least 600 more taxis on the streets. our reporter looks at what is driving the need. you want to drive a cab, that s the way it is. reporter: howard has been driving the streets of san francisco for 17 years. in the last year he says he s earning about 30