that is the new york city harbor. hopefully the helicopter will come back around or we ll have a better video shot what we re trying to show you. thank you, helicopter. there is live picture of liberty island. that is the base of the statue of liberty. a really poignant event is about to take place. that is interesting one. that is different than what we see in washington and normandy but a french group will unfurl if you will, a million rose petals from a hello copper, on to liberty island, as a way to remember today and also to give their thanks and their gratitude for the support of the united states. there is going to be 13 world war ii veterans on liberty island whether that happens. but an interesting way, jon, to see another country pay tribute to our country during such a poignant moment for all of us. jon: lady liberty, obviously a gift from the french. the french, who to this day remain so grateful what we did along with the other allies in helping free them from the grip
on the schakowsky research ship. they couldn t get in there had to turn back. now the plan is evacuate the passengers by helicopter. to aid in the preparation for that difficult operation, those passengers were out on the ice in the last few hours, literally stamping down to make sure that that helicopter would have a safe and stable landing space. as professor chris turn any one of the leaders of the expedition explained here. it is 31st of december. 3:00 p.m. we just learned the aurora can t reach us. we re preparing the helipad by getting team to stamp down the snow and ice, a chinese helicopter from the snow dragon can reach us when the weather improves. reporter: that hello copper made a pass over the weekend t can carry 15 passengers at a time. it would have to do four runs. it s a difficult, dangerous operation. they re still waiting for weather to improve enough for