story, the crew said the crane was too dangerous to take down. but as you can see in this amateur video, sandy took it down for them yesterday around 2:00 o clock. now it s dangling from a high-rise here in manhattan. 65 stories above the ground. joining us now with the very latest, heather nower. does it look stable to you? not at all. if you walk by this thing, a lot of folks have been reaching out to us to tell us just how dangerous it looks and that s exactly why the streets in that area have been basically cordoned off and so many residents of that area have been forced to evacuate, because this thing looks so darn dangerous. brian, we all remember the story a few years ago in 2008, there were two separate crane accidents in the new york city area. that is where eight people died as a result of that. so this is a very dangerous situation. inspectors and engineers are expected to try to climb up to the top of that building today to assess the damage and just how risky this is.
much better. that sounds like a great idea but realistically, steven, what s the chances that s going to happen? we re talking to mayor bloomberg s people about this. i think they re interested in doing it and in fact, the city s own consultants after the crane accidents we had here a few years back recommended that the city adopt a national licensing and i think eventually that s what s going to happen. it is jaw dropping how much money is being wasted down there. a shame. it is. steven from the new york real estate board, thank you, sir, for joining us live. thank you. all right. straight ahead on the rundown, medicine can work miracles but when it comes to healing, does prayer work as well? dr. marc siegel wrote a new book about that and he is here next to share some of it with us. plus military reunion that will warm your heart. a navy mom surprises each of her three kids separately at their school. shock and awe!
slipped and hit a 25-story building in lower manhattan. nobody hurt, but people were evacuated. streets were closed. you may remember in 2008 there were two crane accidents that killed a total of nine people. last week the former crane inspector from new york admitted to taking $10,000 in bribes. with this current accident, no injuries to report. plils are investigating. you re looking live at the back of pope benedict xvi. catholics are celebrating this day leading up to easter next sunday. the catholic church embroiled in a sex scandal that many are accusing the pope of being involved with. this is a live picture of vatican city. st. peter s scare. in a modified pope mobile. ÷÷÷
moved a massive crane that slammed into a 25-story building in new york city last night. police shut down surrounding streets and evacuated nearby buildin buildings. no injuries have been reported. new york has had a series of crane accidents in recent years and in the summer of 2008 you might remember nine people were killed in two separate crane collaps collapses. on the other side of the break, we ll have a live update on former first lady barbara bush, hospitalized in texas. and could teen shoppers be leading the way out of economic recession? and we ll see if hot tub time machine lives up to the hype with a check of the weekend box office. there s a hospital where technology has a healing touch. there s a factory giving old industries new life. and there s a train that got a whole city moving again. somewhere in america, the toughest questions are answered every day. because somewhere in america,
the press reairs. it ll happen at 2:00 eastern this afternoon. that of course is right here on msnbc. mechanics and engineers have moved a massive crane that slammed into a 25-story building. it happened in new york city last night. police shut down surrounding streets and evacuated nearby buildings. the good news is that no injuries were reported. new york, of course, has had a series of these crane accidents in recent years. it was the summer of 2008 where nine people were killed in two separate crane collapses. we want to get a check of the latest weather headlines right now so, here is a live shot of new york city where it s actually warmed up a little bit from yesterday. still fairly cool and cloudy compared to a week ago. when does it warm up for good, and where are the problem spots? the weather channel s mike seidel in atlanta. good morning, peter. a day of severe weather in the southeast. we ve got storms rolling towards atlanta, through parts of eastern alabama. these