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Between the balcony and the ladder. >> by lowering himself to the balcony below is buying him some time, just minutes. what you also have to compromise his safety is not only the fire consuming the floor that hes on, but also the structural integrity of that building. >> sensing the ladder is already strained, the fireman tells his partner to get back. >> back up! then with a good two feet left -- >> the stress hes putting on that ladder if he jumps and that ladder happens to bounce up and down ...

Split second decision to drop from the fifth floor to the fourth floor. >> oh, no, oh, no oh, no. >> he had the ability and agility to make that decision and was lucky enough to land on that lower landing. obviously, not everybodys going to be able to do that. >> he buys himself more time, but not much. the fire captain frantically waves his arms and motions for the driver to close the distance between the balcony and the ladder. >> by lowering himself to the balcony below is buying himself some...

Between the balcony and the ladder. >> by lowering himself to the balcony below is buying him some time, just minutes. what you also have to compromise his safety is not only the fire consuming the floor that hes on, but also the structural integrity of that building. >> sensing the ladder is already strained, the fireman tells his partner to get back. >> back up! then with a good two feet left -- >> the stress hes putting on that ladder if he jumps and that ladder happens to bounce up and down ...

>> he buys himself more time, but not much. the fire captain frantically waves his arms and motions for the driver to close the distance between the ploen and the ladder. >> by lowering himself to the balcony below is buying himself some time, just minutes. what you also have to compromise his safety is not only the fire consuming the floor that hesen o, but also the structural integrity of that building. >> accepting the ladder is already strained, the fireman tells his partner to get back. >> ...

L ere were also indications today that the president-elect has settled on former rival dr. ben carson to head the department of housing and urban development. the he inner cities, you cant walk to the store for a loaf of bread. you get shot. wh reporter: while no formal announcement was made, carson, who would be the first african american in mr. trumps cabinet, hinted in a facebook post that hes accepted the position writing that he can help make "our inner cities great for everyone." for secre...

>> he buys himself more time, but not much. the fire captain frantically waves his arms and motions for the driver to close the distance between the balcony and the ladder. >> by lowering himself to the balcony below is buying him some time, just minutes. what you also have to compromise his safety is not only the fire consuming the floor that hes on, but also the structural integrity of that building. >> sensing the ladder is already strained, the fireman tells his partner to get back. >> back ...

Several injured. and the new security bulletin just out before the holiday. good evening. and much more on that major new storm affecting millions in a moment here, but first, the other horror on an american road. that deadly school bus crash. and tonight here, as we come on, we have new reporting on the young driver, just 24 years old. the children who survived the crash are now talking to us tonight. what they witnessed, right before the crash. five of their classmates were killed. several...

2007. >> im kristen sze. >> and im dan ashley. >> for all of us here we appreciate tonight, breaking news. after the deadly storm, the new and major system set to hit tonight. chicago, detroit, several cities in the bullseye. then, moving east, affecting millions traveling this thanksgiving. also breaking, what we have just learned about the driver in that deadly school bus crash. the children who survived revealing to us what happened on that bus moments before the crash. the police offic...

Yesterday, 12 others are in the hospital, six of them in intensive care. mark strassmann is in chattanooga. >> reporter: neighbors reported hearing an explosion and the sounds of children screaming. they struck a tree so hard, the bus almost split in two. investigators say johnthony walker was driving recklessly, well above the posted speed limit of 30 miles per hour. n.t.s.b. chairman christopher hart: >> we want to make sure that the brakes were working, that the steering was working. we want ...

Right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. good evening on a very busy monday we begin with breaking news, a terrible story developing out of chattanooga, tennessee, where a school bus carrying 35 elementary students has crashed, and it has killed some of those on board. hospitals were put on alert to receive patients this afternoon as rescuers worked to extricate victims after the bus went out of control, wound up split ...