of a clear conflict where the iranians according to the people who tell us about discreet and hope are trying to move weapons into these rebels. and we know that they ve told us they now have the possibility of shoulder fired missiles that knock a saudi jet out of the air. there s a lot of hope resting, and all you need is one mistake. i mean if they fire at us we fire back at them right. then that s what we have. that s called conflict. that s right. i think there s a couple basic questions you have here as the tension rises. number one is if we want to do an interception as was mentioned a couple minutes ago. do we want to do the interception ourselves? would we get somebody else to do it like the egyptians? second would be we can watch that offloading and when those ships get to the port to see if they re carrying weapons. i could see calling the saudis and say take a shot. take it out. the one question i d have though shepard, pretty significant and nobody s talking
than the earthquake waves. it would give a few precious seconds, up to a minute warning. this system is being tested in the bay area and during the napa quake it gave a ten-second warning. slowing and stopping trains. that s a pretty obvious one. in port areas, container onloading and offloading may be another way to make things safer. and construction sites. tower cranes could be put into a safe position. reporter: it would take hundreds of reporting stations spread out to monitor all earthquakes. this gives us a chance to get out ahead of the curve. do something before the big earthquake strikes. save lives. save property. reporter: carlos granda reporting for abc news. able to do it for your devices, mobile devices. weather radio to send out an early warning system so people are aware. seconds matter. a chance to get up from where you are sitting and get into a safe spot. we ll see. also coming up here, we ll tell you about one of the biggest names in radio that you ha
well, we ve actually had a big change in the last hour or two. for the first time now, here at tacloban airport, just as the marines promised they would do and the airport personnel on the ground they have gotten this airport to operate on a 24-hour basis. for the first time, runway lights are on. there s two malaysian c-130 cargo jets delivering aid, which are on the runway right now. and people are offloading. you can hear the planes. that s a big change. this is the first night and it s about 8:00 here in the evening. this is the first night where we have seen planes taking off and landing in darkness. usually just daylight hours only. so that will clearly be a big improvement. the marine brigadier general had promised they would get this airport up and running and they, along with airport personnel, have done that. the question is what happens to the aid between the time it gets off the plane and getting out to the people who need it. there s still not enough
inspection and critical safety devices were tampered with and compromised. s attorney did not address the criminal complaint against his client but said his client is devastated by everything that s happened. bill: zohar the victims doing? there were five people injured, two of them have already been released from a hospital but two of them remain hospitalized including a 29-year-old man, 39-year-old woman and a teenager all on board this thrill ride known as the vortex. it had stopped for offloading and suddenly restarted while passengers were still on board but no longer protected by safety restraints. early this morning at work or dismantling a separate ride at the north carolina state fair suffered a leg injury when a piece of that ride fell on him. that ride is also called the vortex but officials say it is a completely different type of fried than the vortex in this
if there was some mechanical issue involved, if it was operator error. but preliminary reports from witnesses suggest this vortex ride at the fair had stopped and people were in the process of offloading when the ride restarted. one passenger told wnctv when he got off the ride he heard a crashing side and he saw people on the ground and the ride open vapor on his knee crying. we have witnesses that may help us. the prelim flairy is the ride had stopped and they were fixed to offload when it started off again. reporter: the sheriff is hoping someone may have cell phone video. they are asking anyone who may