to help him and that it took hours more them to show up. anna yum is a former prosecutor and bradford cohen is a criminal defense attorney. welcome to you, anna and radford. morning, martha. martha: we all breathed a huge sigh of relief when that man was pulled from that car, and he collapsed in exhaustion on the side of that bank. and some great work by these rescuers. if thaw did ignore pleas they did ignore pleas, anna, from his wife and brother with, does he have a case against themsome. you know, martha, i think it s going to be a tough case. there s a difference between whether someone can sue and whether someone should sue. can he sue? sure. whether he should or not, well, i think that remains to be seen. he hasn t filed suit yet, he s just preserving his right. and as we know, government entities are typically immune from liability, but there are certain exceptions, and if an exception does exist as mr. ortiz is saying, he must preserve his right within six months of the
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the boulder area, which appears to be hardest hit. the floodwaters have simply cut off towns and forced more than 800 people to evacuate. the worst may not be over, however. more rain is expected throughout the weekend. and it was a heart-stopping rescue that captured america s attention and played out on live television from coast-to-coast. roy ortiz was on his way to work thursday morning when the road beneath him simply gave out. because of the floodwaters. and it sent roy s car into the raging river below, as you see right there, as the rescue emergency crews raced in. and as you can see from the video, they did save roy. but there was more to the story than what you see right here. nelson garcia from cnn affiliate kusa picks up the story from here. reporter: after firefighters made this dramatic rescue, they had no idea that there was still one more person clinging to life. one person trapped in this gray
fredricka? right. so while this agreement is addressing chemical weapons, it says nothing about stopping the launching of conventional weapons being used in this car. thank you very much, matthew chance. as u.s. secretary of state john kerry heads to jerusalem, we have a special programming note. anthony bourdain is always there. sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern. later today in the newsroom, boardwalk blaze suspicion. words like suspicion and arson being used. now, where the fire may have started. but next, the rescue that captured america s attention, roy ortiz, his amazing survival in the colorado floods. hear from him after a quick break. [ female announcer ] we lowered her fever. you raise her spirits.
grand prix which had been submerged under the floodwaters. the car s going forward, so when i stay right there, the water coming up. reporter: roy ortiz was trapped with no place to go but a little space in the back of his car. it all in my head, i can fit in that space. reporter: he waited there, he says, for two hours, with the two other cars falling on top of him. he was just thinking of his family and praying that he will survive. hopefully, to have a way, i had to pray, i had to sing to god, because i want to survive. we didn t know that he was in the car still. reporter: north metro firefighter john cook felt compelled to come and meet ortiz today at the good samaritan medical center, because it s still hard to believe he survived in his car underwater for hours. i just singing to god, i said, thanks, god, i just sing to glory to god, my god.