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I saw that he was not well at all. we dragged him up step by step. we asked him how are you. he answered im okay. im okay. dont worry. all of us were very happy when we saw him sitting there. we knew that hes fine now. it was only scratches. we were all very happy. >> aisikaiers injuries are more than physical. in the days after the fall, aisikaiers confidence as a high-wire performer is rattled. but his trepidation doesnt last long. >> translator: i was still upset after i got back. so i tried ...

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 worse and that they can have a ...

Tarzan know where tarzan go! tarzan does not know where tarzan go. hey, excuse me, do you know where the waterfall is? waterfall? no, me tarzan, king of jungle. why dont you want to just ask somebody? if youre a couple, you fight over directions. its what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. oh ohhhhh its what you do. ohhhhhh! do you have to do that right in my ear? quite like the human foot. introducing the 255 horsepower lexus is 300 all-wh...

Which is fine. because in bhutan a walk in the woods is like going to church. >> so we believe in a lot of things that, for example, a tree is where a spirit resides. a rock is where spirit resides. >> so the idea of cutting down a tree to sell it, totally foreign to the people here? >> definitely. >> bhutan is half the size of indiana. 2/3 of it covered by pristine forest. and their constitution insists it must stay this way forever. a belief system that makes for some really interesting infras...

Quickly watching helmand fall. the taliban are winning partly because of men like these. this is a rare window into the afghan governments worst nightmare. soldiers from the afghan army who america spent billions training, who say theyve defeblthed and join the taliban. never dreamed theyd change sides. >> translator: i did 18 months of training and took an oath to serve this country. but the situation changed. the army let us down, so we had to come to the taliban. they treat united states like...

This is their destination. punakazal, the palace of great happiness. you can hear the cooing of the pigeons. maybe the footsteps of a monk. but other than that, nothing. for centuries it was their vatican, their white house, their war fortress combined. >> these stairs are so steep because when the tibetans would come to do battle in the 1600s the fighting monks here could pull up the stairs behind them, shoot down at them. but for the last 300 years, while all the other quaint kingdoms were con...

What? how the hell did they do that? >> our two-hour vertical hike is finally rewarded with the first good look at the tigers nest. though one more steep ravine stands between us and one of the most sacred spots in buddhism, one of the most impressive structures in architecture. >> look at this. >> one of the largest waterfalls in bhutan. >> this is magnificent! oh, i want to get in it. >> yeah, its holy water. >> for over 300 years these 500

As i was falling, i wasnt thinking of anything. as i landed i thought to myself when would i die? i didnt know whats down below. i couldnt see. i was blindfolded. i thought i was dead. >> with an unbelievable stroke of luck, he has fallen on to a cliff about 30 feet below. park manager luong gihong was watching nearby. >> translator: i thought my heart was going to pop out of my mouth. it was horrible. it was scary. if he had fallen earlier according to our survey of the area, if he fell before ...

And despite a massive manhunt was able to plan and take part in the deadly brussels bombings, which left 32 dead and 316 wounded. today belgium muslims also gathered in front of the metro station, to commemorate victims of last months attacks, saying they did not want belgiums to draw a line between the attacks and their religion. three other people were charged with terrorism offenses this weekend. there is a dreaded sense in europe, there are more out there, and theyre waiting to attack. brett...

You can walk around the boat. >> which is exactly what he begins to do when he hooks a shark whos been attracted to the boat by a tuna head in the water. immediately he notices something isnt quite right with the reel. >> it was stuck and the pole is, like, bending in half. i was like something is wrong with this. >> but deambra keeps fighting the shark. eventually getting him to the back of the boat for the mate to cut the line. they are to catch and release the fish, but the shark had other id...