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>> reporter: it is a 300-year-old monastery built on the spot where famous guru once landed on the back of a flying tiger. the less holy, we dont get a flying tiger. we have to walk. i know how you feel, pooch. we should spin the wheel, right? >> yes, sir. we spin it about -- clock wise about three times. we are supposed to gain lots of merit in this life as well as in our next life. >> energy, does it give you energy? >> lots of energy in the present life. >> back pain, does it take away back p...

Middle 200 meters where theres water beneath. i said please notify me once i reach the middle part so i can turn and walk forward. they agreed. my plan was simple at the time. when the performance started, they changed their mind. they think that when you turn around, it announces your failure. what they said put a lot of pressure on me. i dont want to fail. >> tasked with walking the entire length backward and blindfolded on the cable wire that is just over one inch in diameter, aisikaier begin...

Middle 200 meters where theres water beneath. i said please notify me once i reach the middle part so i can turn and walk forward. they agreed. my plan was simple at the time. when the performance started, they changed their mind. they think that when you turn around, it announces your failure. what they said put a lot of pressure on me. i dont want to fail. >> tasked with walking the entire length backward and blindfolded on the cable wire that is just over one inch in diameter, aisikaier begin...

>> those with nerves of steel confront whats most petrifying. from dizzying heights to hair-raising creatures and insects. >> her house was infested. they were coming out of the coffee maker, the toaster, the microwaves, the ovens, the stoves. crawling out of every crack and crevice. [ screaming ] a washing machine locks trapping a baby inside. and each passing second brings him closer to a dangerous spin cycle. may 11, 2012. at the federal laundromat in new jersey, a babysitter sorts laundry ...

>> building, growing, bigger, faster. newer, richer. this countrys been chasing happiness for 240 years. so i wonder, at what point do we catch it? i wonder because we are headed to a kingdom of happiness, where that pursuit sounds like this. [ chanting in foreign language ] where wheels turn no profit but spread compassion. the last authentic place on earth, some say. but for how long? and when it comes to the pursuit of happiness, what do they know that we dont? my name is bill weir, and im a

Hundreds of americans and britains died for helmand. many in the town of sagan where these pictures show the afghan army recently in heavy clashes. but now afghanistan is quite quickly watching helmand fall. the taliban are winning partly because of men like these. this is a rare window into the afghan governments worse nightmare. soldiers from the afghan army who america spent billions training who say theyve defected and joined the taliban. never dreamed they changed sides. >> i took an oath t...

This is going to sound cheesy and may be cliche but everybody i meet on this trail is so happy. >> yes. we believe in bhutan the higher we go, youre closer to the gods and the happier you are. >> im happy because the ground has leveled off. >> yes. this is just about a few minutes. >> were getting close. >> climb up a little bit and we are getting very close now. >> this has got to be it. amazing.

Build it, grow it bigger faster, newer, richer. this country has been chasing happiness for 240 years. so i wonder, at what point do we catch it? i wonder because we are headed to a kingdom of happiness, where that pursuit sounds like this. where wheels turn no profit but spread compassion. the last authentic place on earth, some say. but for how long? and when it comes to the pursuit of happiness, what do they know that we dont? my name is bill weir, and im a story teller. i reported from all o...

Slips. he sits on the wire momentarily to regain his composure. aisikaier stands and begins walking backward again. he continues to gain distance one step at a time across the ravine. maintaining balance is a challenge as the existing stabilizing wires on the cable car line are spaced farther apart than aisikaier is used to. after hes been walking for an astonishing 50 minutes with less than 150 feet to go, wind blows him off balance and this time calamity. >> translator: the wind came. i stumbl...

The infestation, theyre able to successfully treat the mans home. within only a few weeks, the damage to his skin heals. its outcomes like these that are the biggest reward for the team at town and country. >> we have the same sympathy for the homeowners to realize that we wouldnt want those things in our homes and neither would they. so when we go to these jobs and we have a ton of fun doing it, but at the same time we carry that passion to know that were going to stop this problem from getting...