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The stats are impressive. the climb of around 5,000 feet, over 100 tunnels, more than 800 bridges, an engineering feat, a job that when you consider the time, defies imagining. in the building of this railroad, many died. many, many died. ♪

Hand-carried pelanguin. the stats are impressive. the climb of around 5,000 feet, over 100 tunnels, more than 800 bridges, an engineering feat, a job that when you consider the time, defies imagining. in the building of this railroad, many died. many, many died. ♪

The stats are impressive. the climb of around 5,000 feet, over 100 tunnels, more than 800 bridges, an engineering feat, a job that when you consider the time, defies imagining. in the building of this railroad, many died. many, many died.

Another crisis. >> on the fifth anniversary of the economic crisis, critics say little has changed. no criminal charges have been filed, no financial regulations imposed and the banks are now bigger and more profitable than ever. crews in italy reporting an overwhelming success in their efforts to right the capsized "costa concordia" cruise ship. we have pictures for you. thats amazing. daring operation, unprecedented engineering feat. it took 19 hours to lift that ocean liner off of its side ...

This morning on "world news now," the shooting rampage at this morning on "world news now," siege in washington. the shooting rampage at the navy yard in washington. what we are learning about the suspect who is among the dead. >> he has a gun but doesnt mean he is going to shoot people. he got everything legal. that is stupid if he shoots the gun. >> the disbelief and unanswered questions and speculation about the motive. engineering feat. the "costa concordia" is finally upright after one ...

>> the question is how a guy who worked at a best buy ended up with a backpack with all of that money in it. whats that deal? >> i dont have a backpack with 40 grand in cash. no way. >> we dont work at best buy. >> maybe they have a good payment plan. good samaritan. that much is clear cut. he is a great guy. >> in fact he said even if he were desperate for the money he wouldnt have kept it because god has always looked out for him. >> got to love it. >> yeah. one mans goal to run more than 58...

The humanitarian crisis in north korea is classified by many people as an out right genocide. jenna: by the way, 12-12-12 are you rid i for that. >> reporter: that is the occasion why we are paired together. jenna: it finally happened. its a big story well continue to follow. john has more on north korea now. jon: gordan chang is a frequent guest of ours the author of "nuclear showdown north korea takes on the world." were you as surprised as the rest of the world seemed to be when they got the ...

Really symbolic in many respects, this building has really transformed lower manhattan. it has revitalized new yorks -- following the attacks of 9/11. many tourists here today gazing upwards in absolute awe of this engineering feat. jon? jon: wow! how does it compare with the rest of the country and really outside the country? >> reporter: heres a brief scorecard. when the 1 world trade center is complete it will stand at 1776 feet that figure by the way is not a coincidence. it is going to surp...

Are also from the lake, but theyve been kind of contaminated, so we hope these will be the first clean samples from the lake, and we hope that well have a first insight into what can live in a lake underneath two miles of ice. jon: robin bell, thank you. lets talk about it with tom jones. tom, some are suggesting that this is the accomplishment, the scientific accomplishment here and maybe the technological one is equivalent to landing on the moon? >> its certainly an impressive engineering feat...

>> bill: what i understand, and what i read, is that the space shuttle mission has gone so well that theyre almost bored with it. >> [laughter] >> you know, i dont know how you -- you were there. i dont know, bill, whether you saw it for the first time or not, but how can you be bored with what you saw, number one, and how can you be bored with probably the greatest engineering feat in history of mankind, building -- building, developing, assembling the space shuttle? its just now at a point of ...