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West side the day before the thanksgiving day parade with all of the excitement, these floats, ready to go, talk to us. >> reporter: right, for a lot of people, this is an exciting time, as exciting as the parade because just look at them, you can get closeup look, baby yoda and you can see how enormous these 16 giant balloons, and back there, diary of a wimpy kid is a new one this year and take a look over here, you can see how folks, how close the crowds are getting and we have my friend trist...

Lie, and videotape, quickly made her trial the hottest show in town. every morning at day break people would line up hoping to get a seat for a close-up look at moments like these. >> mr. martinez -- >> yes or no! are you talking? yes or no! >> mr. martinez, are you ankle ril at me? >> maam, is that relevant to you? is that important to you? >> please refrain from laughing in the courtroom. >> unearly rising regular even sold her spot in line to a late comer for 200 bucks. the judge unhappy to h...

So something you might want to consider as you make your way outside early saturday morning. put this into perspective. this is 400 meters wide. that is roughly the same height as the willis tower in chicago, illinois. also to put this into further perspective, this is precariously close to the planet. only about a half million miles away or kilometers i should say, roughly 310,000 miles away our orbit. so this is precariously close. a little too close for comfort, if you ask me. not a trick. mo...

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How far do you go. and what are the limits? china says we know the u.s. is doing this and why dont we? thats why it might not stick for longs the u.s. wants it to. >> very, very interesting. interesting perspective there. thank you. >> a short break here on qcnn newsroom." the u.s. and coo bah breaking the ground work for better relations. a look at what each side wants from the other. >> plus, donald trumps tax plan is getting trashed by his opponent. the issues they have with the business mogu...

Pont. keeping the system just offshore. but the concern is if this materializes with a hateful we already have coming down over this region, you could be looking at possibility and portions of the carolinas. the white indication that is in excess of ten inches of hateful inside the next week or so, work your way towards new york city, washington, possibility of six-plus inches of hateful if this all materializes over the next week. so large scale flooding for the most densely populated area for ...

About a year or so ago, it materializes. i want to show you whats occurred across portions of the southern u.s. take you down mobile, alabama. significant flooding, upwards of a foot of hateful has come down over this region. you take a look at areas northwar, viewer photos from arlington and virginia. basements taking on water where upwards of four inches of hateful has come down in recent days. and james madison university, that is? harrison burg. there are some folks having some fun across un...

U.s. relations. >> tesla delivers its highly anticipated suv. get a closeup look next on cnn. >> also, well tell you why this wedding photo went rieviral. its also helping a very important cause in australia. next. ♪ expected wait time: 55 minutes. your call is important to us. thank you for your patience. waiter! in the nation, we know how it feels when you arent treated like a priority. we do things differently. well take care of it.

Seats. my question to you is how is this different from a minivan? >> well, it looks much more like an upscale luxury suv. about half of the vehicle buyers who buy luxury cars actually buy suvs versus sedans. so in order to reach that segment, he needs an suv. >> weve known about it for a while. but we havent seen a lot of it. no one was allowed to get close to it until now. im hoping you got a good look at it. elan musk called the second-row seats abo s a work of art. did you see the seats? wha...

From a distance the capitol dome in washington looks pristine, but its a different story all together when you get a close-up look. as dana bash reports the secondary structure is in need of some major repairs. >> reporter: the capitol dome, one of the most recognizable landmarks in the world. we got a rare tour inside the dome, more than 200 feet up in the area you can really see some of the damage. a long crack in a window. rust eroding the domes ornaments and underlying structure. architects ...