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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...

24% in 2000, to 64% in 2013. thats due mainly to better, gear, better guides, and improved weather forecasting. but conrad anker warns even the best climbers are never really safe on mount everest. >> if your a good climber, you can make it to the summit within your safety parameters, but youre all equal when youre walking through that "ballroom of death." >> reporter: the "ballroom of death" is what some climbers call those areas where avalanches are most likely, jeff, and where they say the di...

That moment when you stepped on to the top of mount everest? >> there is no feeling of exhilaration, no feeling of-- "boy, we pulled it off." we were just hanging on to life. and i knew we were out of oxygen. youre in the death zone. if you dont get down, die. >> reporter: back then, climbing everest was extremely treacherous and lonely. its still treacherous, but far from lonely. >> it is very much a commercial business. >> reporter: conrad anker has reached the summit of everest three times. >...

Now comes here, virtually every morning for the past three years, dominic has stopped by to visit. mario couldnt be happier. but whats in all this for dominic? why would a guy devote so much of his retirement to a goose? well, you know how i told you he used to be a salesman. wait until you hear what he used to sell. >> i used to sell rotisseries that -- >> reporter: you sold rotisseries. >> yeah, if thats my atonement. >> reporter: atonement for some of those rotisseries? >> thats what im think...

With u.s. and european officials in paris, but before they went there, they is the down with clarissa ward who has been could have gone the revolution for us. clarisa. >> reporter: well, scott, i think really what this latest lobbying effort shows is what an unusual mix of leadership ukraines revolution is. you have petro poroshenko, who is a billionaire who made his fortune in chocolate. hes a likely candidate for prime minister. and then you have vitali klitschko, one of the frontrunners to be...

Director of the movie alexander payne pulled him aside and asked him to let the camera find his performance. what does that mean and how do you think that changed the way that the characters developed in the film? >> well, i think bruce has been primarily known as a character actor for the last 35 years. and its always been his -- part of his job to be noticed, and to stand out in a movie, to give something bigger. and in this particular case, woody is a character that doesnt say much and has to...

>> i believe thats the moment when the 1960s began. here was this confluence of what would be race, religion, politics, the civil right struggle, and it exploded from there. >> it was a terrific birth of something great. ali is born. >> reporter: he literally was born in that moment, right? >> he was born in that moment. he was born. >> reporter: the next day, the new champ announced he was a black muslim. cassius clay had climbed into the ring; muhammad ali had climbed out. jim axelrod, cbs new...

I just dont understand how they can knowingly put these cars out and still let people drive them. this is my child. this is my baby girl. >> reporter: earlier this month, general motors recalled the 2005-2007 chevy cobalts and the 2007 pontiac g-5s. today, they added five new models-- 2003-2007 saturn ions, the 2006-2007 hhr and saturn sky, and 2005-2007 pontiac pursuits sold in canada. >> g.m. did it because they had no other choice. >> reporter: clarence ditlow runs the center for auto safety....

And the airbags dont work. g.m. filed this updated timeline with federal investigators. 2004: g.m. became aware of at least one incident involving a chevy cobalt. an inquiry was opened, but after consideration of the lead time required, cost, and effectiveness of the solution, it is closed with no action. 2005: "new field reports of engines losing power." a service bulletin issued to dealers in case customers complained saying, "theres the potential for the driver to inadvertently turn off the i...

>> right hand, the best punch of the fight so far. >> by the third round, he began cutting liston. cutting liston? nobody ever cut liston. >> reporter: but the solution used to close listons cut somehow got in clays eyes blinding him. clay wanted to quit, but his corner man, angelo dundee, pushed him back in the ring. his vision later cleared. if angelo had not sent him out to fight the next round, would there have been an ali? >> there wouldnt have been. he would have been disgraced. >> reporte...