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For all of their support over the years. well be back with a look at what historians are calling an engineering marvel and happened on this day in history. first, a look at a very expensive funeral fit for a king. because, well, it was for a king.

Elisabeth and steve, and brian, this is not like the pageants we used to do when we were kids where you dressed up in a bathrobe. this is a broadway-quality show right here in the mid south. >> how do you know we dress up in bathrobes for openers. secondly, with the christmas tree, its an engineering marvel. you wouldnt have videotape of going up in that thing, would you? >> i did have a chance to get up there. it was very difficult to a maneuver through this giant tree. there are more than 100 ...

Nothing but a bunch of -- >> m.i.s.f.i.t.s.! >> thats right. so today ive come to the archery outpost in, i dont know where we are. where are we, again? today ive come to the archery outpost in artesia, california, specifically to a little strip mall just off the main road here. where spacious indoor ranges are at our disposal. archery. its as old as humankind. but also a rapidly evolving sport thanks to this thing. the compound bow. this device is nothing short of an engineering marvel. as ch...

Archery outpost in, i dont know where we are. where are we, again? today ive come to the archery outpost in artesia, california, specifically to a little strip mall just off the main road here. where spacious indoor ranges are at our disposal. archery. its as old as humankind. but also a rapidly evolving sport thanks to this thing. the compound bow. this device is nothing short of an engineering marvel. as champion archers kevin busby and connor kelly can attest. so im here today to see what i c...

To plead guilty on charges of engaging in sex acts with minors and receiving child pornography. fogle was in court today. court documents indicate he took the plea deal in exchange for a sentence of not more than 12 1/2 years in prison and restitution payments to victims totalling about $1.5 million. also today, fogles wife said she is seeking a divorce. now to some positive news. keeping the water flowing to las vegas is the goal of a billion dollar project thats nearing completion, deep unde...

Line and effectively useless. >> this facility will allow us to draw water even if lake mead gets to a dead pool elevation. thats the point at which no water can be released to downstream users. if that is to occur, southern nevada is still going to have access to its drinking water supplies in lake mead, specifically because of this facility. >> reporter: so bret, some 80 years after another engineering marvel, the hoover dam, created lake mead, american ingenuity is once again at work, effecti...

>> reporter: so some 80 year, shep, after another engineering marvel, the hoover dam, created lake mead, american ingenuity is once again at work to turn the lake behind me effectively into the worlds biggest bathtub and guarantee it as a source of water for decades to come. >> good stuff, jonathan hunt at lake mead. thank you. three men are probably dead after apparently getting trapped under a landslide that witnesses are calling a sea of logs. thats according to emergency officials in alask...

To plead guilty on charges of engaging in sex acts with minors and receiving child pornography. fogle was in court today. court documents indicate he took the plea deal in exchange for a sentence of not more than 12 1/2 years in prison and restitution payments to victims totalling about $1.5 million. also today, fogles wife said she is seeking a divorce. now to some positive news. keeping the water flowing to las vegas is the goal of a billion dollar project thats nearing completion, deep unde...

Line and effectively useless. >> this facility will allow us to draw water even if lake mead gets to a dead pool elevation. thats the point at which no water can be released to downstream users. if that is to occur, southern nevada is still going to have access to its drinking water supplies in lake mead, specifically because of this facility. >> reporter: so bret, some 80 years after another engineering marvel, the hoover dam, created lake mead, american ingenuity is once again at work, effecti...

Engineers. this was done by people who knew what they were doing, and they came from a house over here a mile away and they made it into a maximum security prison into an area this big inside the prison a very specific area and a place out of camera range. they really had to know what they were doing to do that and everybody has said that they had to have inside help to make that happen. it was quite an engineering marvel and this organization the sinaloa drug cartel and its no surprise this man...