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>> when i landed the double backflip was the best moment of my life. >> you did it! >> reporter: youre motivated by the fact that people are saying you cant do this or you shouldnt do this? >> when someone says you shouldnt or you cant, it kind of makes you want to do it even more. >> reporter: thats why last year he attempted californias so-called mega-ramp. >> youre in the air for so long, just getting my frequent flier miles as im having fun. and then the landing is the hard, scary part. oh, ...

Security situation, and regardless of the wishes of president putin, whose request yesterday they told us they chose to interpret as friendly advice rather than as an order. now, we spent some time today with the head of the electoral commission. hes operating out of an abandoned building that has been taken over by pro-russian separatists. while we were there, we didnt see any team or any operation, even, but he was adamant that more than 3 million ballots have been printed. of course, realisti...

Vinita nair has more on this. >> reporter: the unidentified remains from the 9/11 attacks have been in the medical examiners office for 13 years. they will be moved to a room 70 feet below the national september 11 memorial and museum. a large wall will separate the storage area from the public. >> to me, its disrespectful. its not anything that i would ever choose to do to my beloved son, absolutely not. >> reporter: we met rosemary cain at a restaurant close to ground zero. she never got all o...

Destroying it to get sand out. >> reporter: maybe if it was one mine the response would not have been as emotional but the idyllic farmland of west central wisconsin has been transformed by 135 sand mining facilities up from five just a few years ago. oil and gas companies need the special crush-resistant sand to probe for fossil fuels in the process known as fracking. >> the trucks drive past here. theres sands on the road. theres sand down in the ditch, so i do get a lot in my house. >> report...

Plant for arcadia, elsewhere in the state, there are few signs of a slowdown. 51 new mines are already in the works. dean reynolds, cbs news, au claire, wisconsin. >> what was a slow-moving landslide in jackson, wyoming started moving a lot more rapidly today. the resort town released this time-lapse video showing large pieces of earth steadily falling from a hundred-foot mudslide. the slide has been doubling in speed every day for two weeks-- and they fear the hill may come down eventually. a n...

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>> pelley: tonight, a general under fire. a witness test >> pelley: tonight, a general under fire. a witness testifies an army officer threatened to kill her family if she spoke of their affair. david martin on the court- martial of one of the highest ranking officers accused of sexual assault. kansas cut taxes. then it cut its schools. have the children suffered? today, the state supreme court ruled. mark strassmann reports. the unemployment rate rises, but theres good news on jobs. anthony mas...

Bad for business in arizona. it gives us a black eye. >> reporter: supporters say the legislation was designed to protect small businesses, like wedding photographers and bakeries, who may have religious objections to same-sex marriages. cathi herrod of the center for arizona policy helped craft the bill, called 1062. >> 1062 is about one thing and one thing only, that americans, arizonans should be free to live and work according to their faith. >> reporter: but just five days after the bill pa...

Soldiers prince william and prince harry even pitched in, delivering sandbags to residents. the community spirit may have to hold up better than flood barriers. forecasters warn that britain will continue to be pounded by relentless rain not just for days but for weeks to come. >> if we werent seeing such cold air across the united states... >> reporter: meteorologist joanna robinson says the severe weather in the u.s. is to blame for wreaking havoc over here. so this is like a storm factory. >>...

Feels like a broken record. more arctic air is set to blast across the midwest, south and northeast this week. in chicago, where the temperatures are expected to reach 11 below tomorrow and not get above zero until wednesday, public school has already been canceled tomorrow, 400,000 students affected. this is royalton, minnesota, a blizzard is already on the ground there, a blizzard warning has been issued in four states, including minnesota, north dakota, south dakota, and iowa. the national we...