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National socialisms reign of terror there are more than seven thousand in berlin many in the spawn they will fall before the war this neighborhood was the center of brilliance jewish life. in this street for example there was a jewish retirement home right on this square. a nine hundred forty two it was closed by the nazis who turned it into a collection point for people who are to be deported to ghettos and extermination camps. today the spot no force that is once again home to many jewish inst...

Many in the spot on the wall forced out before the war this neighborhood was the center of berlins jewish life. in this street for example there was a jewish retirement home right on this square. a nine hundred forty two it was closed by the nazis who turned it into a collection point for people who were to be deported to ghettos and extermination camps. today the spot as once again home to many jewish institutions but tourists are mainly drawn by the areas vibrant and diverse atmosphere. so for...

Adjoining courtyard served as a collection point where berlin jews were herded together before deportation. after the war the secondary school moved in and later the building remained empty. bit by bit says uncovered details of its original architecture. the columns were a surprise. the lamps we found and restored were also a surprise. all of this original beauty only came to light after the walls that were built later were removed. to. a school building like this offers all sorts of possibiliti...

I dont know. this show here hes trying to understand the problem of rubbish in rivers since the only data we have up to now is that eighty percent of the litter in the secret comes from the rivers or system. in this study began just over a year ago to find out the quantity in the type of literal which comes from rivers to find its origin its movement now it ends up in the sea. the main conclusion we can draw from this study is that of the fifty thousand waste products collected during these twel...

Area. a hoist was lowered. six people and a dog were lifted out in that one operation. other victims have been rescued by hoist, like this rooftop rescue on monday of four people. in one of those neighborhoods, we touch down in a sliver of a parking lot thats not flooded. and our first wave of evacuees is hurried onto the chopper. >> we just landed in a very heavily flooded neighborhood north of houston and picked up nine people, cramming everyone they can into this chopper. >> reporter: one vic...

North of houston. picked up nine people, cramming everybody they can into this chopper. >> reporter: one 80-year-old victim told us there is waist high water in her house and she lost everything. she was evacuated by boat to a collection point, then by helicopter from there. what would you have done if these guys hadnt shown up? >> we would have had to go to the attic. i dont know what would have happened. theyre life savers. >> reporter: aerial rescues like this operation using a hoist and a ...

Freeway. most of of the people like i said earlier, they were injured and could not get out. taking a lost animals, a lot of dogs and cats. whatever we could get in the boat. reporter: you are here from utah? >> p. yes. reporter: what happens if you find a woman or child who need assistance? them in the boat and go back to the collection point. our task force prioritizes calls that came into 9/11. wheelchair bound or sick, has heart problems or issues with theirou health. >> what are you seeing ...

Collection point and then betaken to shelter tr there. >> and, matt, youre out doing this work. as we started the conversation, i believe reshow it again. a picture of you hugging and embracing your son. you were rescued from your own hope yesterday, right? and now out helping conduct rescues. tell us about that, and your decision. a pretty emotional picture there. i have two sons. give your son a hug and kiss and go about this critical work youre doing? >> yes, sir. its tough to leave your fami...

Sick or young children i needed to get out of here. it is dark, we are heading back in now. >> what have we seen over the last couple of hours? >> a lot of people taken to the freeway at a collection point. most of the people i consider early, prioritizes injured and could not get out by themselves. with wheelchairs or a lot of animals, dogs and cats. whatever we can get in the boat. >> you are from utah? >> yes we are. >> have you been to the area before? >> no. >> he said you were going to hom...

Aftermath of this storm. its dumped 9 trillion gallons of water. >> we are in the southwestern portion of meyerland. as we were preparing for our live shot we had fema pulling out into a boat shouting out into homes. >> x drove from utah. our initial assignment was to collect people who are medically sick and couldnt get out of the house. we checked the houses, now we are moving back toward the collection point where well pick up children or people who are sick. we were just asking, is there any...