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Regulations require inspections of 18,000 bridges across the country. what kind of shape is the golden gate bridge in? >> you know, for a bridge thats over 80 years old, she looks ksetty good. >> the golden gate is bridged. >> reporter: when the bridge was built with 70,000 tons of steel, those were daredevils, using none of the safety equipment that is standard today. >> we have one line that supports us, and then we have a second line thats a backup. >> reporter: this still doesnt look like mu...

>> glor: we end tonight on a high note. hundreds of feet in the sky with john blackstones riveting look at one of the most famous bridges on the planet. >> reporter: the daredevils dangling some 700 feet up the golden gate bridge may not be daredevils at all. >> the first time you go over, youve got a death grip on this rope. you can see it in the new guys. >> reporter: you dont do this for fun? >> no, i do not. i grew up in iowa, so i did not grow up around mountains. >> reporter: nick clark an...

Openly shooting up inside a bart stat kpix5 news demanding answers about this video. drug addicts openly shooting up inside of this bart station. we ask the people in charge still -- to see how they could let it get so bad. >> what are they going to do about it? wilson walker went to the board meeting to push for answers. >> the entire region is struggling to find answers for an explosion of homelessness and powerful narcotics. >> its a sobering video to see. im frankly glad that the rider sha...

Outside miami, two construction workers were left dangling when their scaffolding gave way about five stories up. firefighter maggie castro strapped one of the men into a rescue harness and dropped him into a cherry picker, then she went back to the other worker and lowered him to safety. the call came in to michigan state police today, a man on a highway bridge was threatening suicide. so officers directed truckers to line up side by side beneath the bridge to break his fall if he jumped. they ...

In albuquerque turned out to mourn the 43-year-old wife, mother and bank executive. and david, michael riordan has avoided listening to news reports about the incident and southwests response. for now, he is concentrating only on his children. david? >> which is so understandable. martha, thank you. and when we come back here tonight, well have more on that f-16 crash, news on the pilot and where the fighter plane went down. and then, that daring scaffolding rescue, the firefighter rappellin...

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Incredible work today. and would you give someone the keys to your car if they promise to put your groceries and whatever you had purchased inside the car for you? tonight, amazons new service, the retail giant now offering in-car delivery service in 37 cities. amazon will leave packages inside the parked car, deliveries are scanned, sending a signal through the cloud to unlock your high tech vehicle. it locks after their put your grocery or products inside. something to think about. when we...

Gear and turn it into energy. at no cost, the ocean trash is taken to a plant where the repsych labels are separated and the rest, mixed with these mountains of trash, and burned to power 45,000 miami homes. >> how do you compare to more traditional power fuels such as cole, oil, and natural gas? >> were cleaner than ko coal, cleaner than oil, and were on par for nitrogen compounds, co2 and for particulates with natural gas. >> reporter: a process so successful that it happens in ten states on b...

Youll ask... what pain? with advil finally tonight our person of the week. a fourth grade girl and her call for help. >> reporter: this is 10 yrmd cassidy from scranton, pennsylvania. she writes im in fourth grade i started getting bullied in first grade. she said she told the school, but the bullying hasnt stopped. kids dont want to go near me. when i sit at a lunch table the kids get up. she writes i feel so alone. it hurts.

So they have something real to form a perception on. >> one basket at a time. like what he said, like shaq and kobe. glad we could follow that story up. we appreciate you spending part of your evening with us. that is "nightly news for this thursday night. now: lester holt, for good evening and thanks for joining us. i )m jessica aguirre. and i )m r the news at 6:00 right now. im jessica aguirre. >> these students can become the largest voting block in the country. bay area schools will be p...