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Building, it falls over. the building brings down power lines and kicks up a huge cloud of dust and debris. the collapse leaves a mound of rubble about half as high as the original structure. no one is injured. an investigation determines that flawed design and faulty construction, particularly with the buildings foundation, are the main reasons for the collapse. across the globe, a much older and smaller building, a 122-year-old brick firehouse is built to a new location when something goes ter...

122-year-old brick firehouse is built to a new location when something goes terribly wrong. the historic firehouse crumbles into a pile of rubble. august 21st, 2008, peaksville, new york, after months of planning, workers begin the slow and delicate operation of moving the firehouse. the firehouse, built in 1890, is home to the centennial hose company. it serves the peaksville community for 90 years before closing in 1980 because of recurring problems with flooding. >> every time we had heavy ra...

Decide to move it down the street and turn it into a museum. however, moving a 122-year-old building is not easy feat and firefighters were concerned. >> i was kind of skeptical as to whether it would be able to be moved or not. >> a local movie company decides to document the move and they begin to record the scene. >> they were turning the building 90 degrees so the front of the building would now face another direction so they could retool and get it to its new location. >> across the street ...

Administrations epa rules are killing their industry. >> america wouldnt have had an industrial revolution if not for coal. for over a century he coal mining has been a vital part of the u.s. labor force and economy. today, nearly half of all electricity is still generated from coal. the united states has more than 600 coal plants in 25 states across the country. with estimates of up to 250 billion short tons in reserves, coal is our most abundant and least expensive fuel source. in other words,...

Killing their industry. >> america wouldnt have had an industrial revolution if not for coal. for over a century he coal mining has been a vital part of the u.s. labor force and economy. today, nearly half of all electricity is still generated from coal. the united states has more than 600 coal plants in 25 states across the country. with estimates of up to 250 billion short tons in reserves, coal is our most abundant and least expensive fuel source. in other words, coal is to america what oil i...

In moorestown, new jersey, believes that fixing his churchs damaged steeple will be a relatively simple mission. >> steeples been around for about 140 years. we hired a company to go up and take a look at the condition of the steeple. >> the work which is still in progress two weeks later begins november 3rd, 2011. its about 1:30 in the afternoon when the workers bucket becomes wedged against the steeple. theyre stuck 122 feet in the air. church officials call the morristown fire department, who...

Get out of new york. [ laughter ] >> i know, right? >> thinking is maybe a little bit of a surprise. atlanta. minneapolis. i think here is the thing with minneapolis. okay, the average monthly mortgage payment is now $122 less than the average rent of $965. just an astounding payment. >> thats an average nationally. >> in that particular area. one of the worst areas for renters minneapolis. down 30% from the peek. message being if you are interested in buying. >> here is where renters have the u...

The middle class desperately need, social security, medicare, medicaid, education. that in a nutshell is the republican proposal. >> dont miss politics nation, weekdays, 6:00 p.m. eastern on msnbc. heres your "first look" at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,617 after stumbling 104 points yesterday. the nasdaq sank 27. overseas trading, in tokyo, neat kay shot down 122 points, while in hong kong, the hang seng lost 25. bad news from apple after the bell was a fitting...

Margin for mr. obama. president bush won pretty narrowly in 2004. megyn: not much time to go now. seems like the election process has been underway for two years. not much time to go now. peter, thank you so much, sir. >> my pleasure. megyn: see you soon. meanwhile the president is back on a fund-raising blitz holding three events last night and four more today. that brings him to a total of 190 fund-raisers since april of last year when mr. obama officially announced his re-election campaign. 1...

Being called skin block. >> good. whatever we know, we keep it out. i got to be more worried about indoor lighting than outdoor lighting. some people like a glass of wine with a steak. steve likes a bottle. what about wine in your steak? some cow farmers are feeding their cows two to three bottles of wine a day. >> really? >> the french farmers say it keeps the cows happy. >> im sure it does. >> and makes their meat taste better. wow! makes the meat taste better. >> yeah. why not feed the cow, o...