unacceptable, and the council must be prepared to impose additional and stronger sanctions on north korean nuclear and ballistic missile programs. this is a real threat to the world. whether we want to talk about trnt or not. north korea is a big world problem. it s a problem we have to finally solve. now north korea s is detaining an american prove so. cnn s will ripley is in pyongyang on his 12th visit to north korea. he has an exclusive report. will, europe learning new information. update our viewers. p. will, we know, wolf, that this american silt sen was detained over the weekend at the pyongyang airport. this is the main entry and exit point of the country but the status of his right wight now. we don t know where he is or the conditions he s being housed in, but what we do know is that this underscores what the state department is calls a real danger for americans who advice
went down south of washington national harbor. pilot has apparently ejected from the war plane. they are setting up a perimeter around a wooded area we believe the plane landed in. again the pentagon not able to confirm. they are scrambling to try to get more details about the f-16 that has apparently crashed not far from where we are. also close to andrews air force base that is where numerous f-16s and f-15s are located as well as air force one this belongs to d.c. national guard. we ll let you know as soon as we know more, shannon. shannon: this is where the president often travels in and out of. we have a lot of foreign leaders, this is an entry and exit point as well, correct? absolutely.
u.s. officials are calling attention to underground tunnels used by drug smugglers in mexico saying they pose a security risk if mexico doesn t do more to seal them. chris gall a gear with more. thank you. we re not just talking about crawl spaces to get from mexico into the u.s. these tunnels are very large and in some cases very elaborate with their own ventilation system, even their own rail systems with the capacity to carry tons of drugs across the border. here s the problem. on the u.s. side of the border, the tunnels have been filled with concrete. but on the mexican side of the border only the openings of the tunnels have been blocked off. the mechanics con government says it doesn t have the money to fill the passage ways with cement. experts say because the tunnels themselves are largely intact, the drug cartels are trying to reactivate them by digging a new entry point in mexico. and then digging a new exit point on the u.s. side. so far at least, four of the
the ground. july 23rd, 2009. rifle, colorado. base jumper ted davenport and his friend are preparing to leap off what they call room 817 of the w hotel. i was one of the first persons to ever jump this object and the shape of the cliff is about half a mile around and it is formed into a w, if you look at it from afar. so, that s why i named it the w hotel. and that day we were jumping room 817, which is 817 feet. has a really flat takeoff. drive right to the exit point and pretty much just run off the top of this thing. let s go! ted is a seasoned base jumper, with more than 600 jumps under his belt, not even a number of nasty crashes have deterred his enthusiasm. he makes sure to stay focused on his number one priority. not dying.
so that s why i named the w hotel. and that day we were jumping room 817, which is 817 feet. has a really flat takeoff. drive right to the exit point and pretty much just run off the top of this thing. let s go! ted is a seasoned base jumper, with more than 600 jumps under his belt, not even a number of nasty crashes have deterred his enthusiasm. during jumps he makes sure to stay focussed on his number one priority. not dying. challenges of base jumping are to be able to do it successfully and safely and be able to wake up the next day and do it again. it s an incredibly dangerous sport and there s a lot of risks and it s only experience and safety and making smart decisions lets you continue on in the sport. on this day, ted and his friends believe they have everything figured out. straight off. we talked about this jump, what we were going to do. walk it out with me.