said the family cannot leave without special permission. the new government preparing for a corruption investigation against the long-time leader who is accused of using his power for personal and financial gain. people falling like dominoes as a crowd escalator at a train station suddenly accelerates. our top story on a fox trip across america. d.c. this just-released surveillance video showing what happened when the escalator picked up speed. several hurt. one seriously. it happened as a crowd was leaving a rally at the national mall in washington. all of a sudden the escalator kind of lurched and zips forward fast. shepard: investigators looking at the escalator s braking system. ohio, a natural gas line exploding close to a railway bridge in cleveland. firefighters letting it burn. they say if crews put it out the natural gas would then leak into the surrounding community and cause an even more dangerous problem.
my money. my choice. my meineke. in case you re just joining us here is what you just missed. look at this remarkable surveillance video showing what happened after an escalator claches e collapsed in the washington, d.c. subway. this happened last fall as a huge crowd was leaving the rally jon stewart and stephen colbert held on the national mall. the video has just been released. four people were hurt. you can see people tumbling over each other, wow. d.c. subway officials blamed the accident on a failure of the escalator braking system and they ve stepped up the frequency of brake tests. a huge land slide has left at least 800 families homeless in bolivia. a hill side collapsed into a low income neighborhood after weeks of heavy rain and sudden seismic
all? i don t think so, this guy wanted to film a subway train running over him and so he did it and luckily and amazingly he walks away from the stunt in one piece, look, he s a daredevil in china, catching everything on video and literally lies down on the tracks, and goes down, and, the train passes over him, and amazing surveillance video showing also what happened, the conductor stopped and they arrested him and so far he s known as mr. tang, and the 28-year-old saying he thought the stunt world or the stunt would make him an internet celebrity. . translator: i thought if i filmed from under the train i would get a great view the train passed over and i thought it would be interesting and i wanted to do it and if it is posted on the internet you would get lots of clicks and it would be exciting. i think like the flying saucer family he wanted a reality show. bill: he got it, right? 24 minutes past the hour now.
front of city hall urging the crowd to spread the faith. we re told people gave the pope two high tech gifts during the visit and electronic t-shirt and a light weight carbon fiber guitar. india. a truck running over some snapped high voltage power lines in the north. it caused a spark that turned into a fire because the vehicle was hauling coal. police say they took the driver and a passenger to the hospital. united kingdom. just released surveillance video showing a man overpowering a would-be thief in a betting office in leads. police say the crook was waving around a gun and it already forced a cashier to hand over some money. that s when a good samaritan took over. take a look here. the guy knocks down the robber with a chair. we re told he then took away the gun and held the thief until the cops showed up. a judge awarded the man a few hundred dollars for the deed. south korea. police, firefighters, and members of the military holding
traffic accident. matt, a pleasure. it s really a tragedy. thank you. keep us posted. we ll stay closely in contact with you. matt simmons out of houston, texas. a program note, brian williams anchoring nightly news from the gulf coast. that s at 6:30 p.m. eastern time. rachel maddow also reporting from the scene. her show is at 9:00 p.m. eastern here. i want to turn our attention to the local story here in new york city and in our country. another attempted bombing in new york. this one in times square. four blocks south of the building that we re broadcasting to you from. the washington post reporting possible international ties to the plot. surveillance video showing who police believe may have been the man to tried to blow up a nissan pathfinder with gallons of gasoline, three propane tanks and some other equipment. the white house for the first time today characterizing this as an act of terrorism. meantime, the new york police