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>> the fight for fallujah nearing an end. for weeks, millions near the isis strong hold have been pounded by land and air by coalition forces. but today iraqi troops entered the city center and raised an iraqi flag over a government building. >> iraqs prime minister declared victory. but commanders on the ground say theres still more fighting ahead. isis militants have fled many of their checkpoints and are putting up only sporadic resistance. >> translator: the city has been freed. whats left i...

>> the fight for fallujah nearing an end. for weeks, millions near the isis strong hold have been pounded by land and air by coalition forces. but today iraqi troops entered the city center and raised an iraqi flag over a government building. >> iraqs prime minister declared victory. but commanders on the ground say theres still more fighting ahead. isis militants have fled many of their checkpoints and are putting up only sporadic resistance. >> translator: the city has been freed. whats left i...

September 22nd, 2005. class is in full swing at trapeze school new york. beginners are learning to fly and catch from instructors, including jonas speer. >> it was -- i think it was our first class of the day. >> sweep, legs not so high and back. >> we spend two hours with them working on the ground and in the air on flying trapeze tricks. >> one of the students takes his turn on the bar. a classmate films him with his digital camera. >> we were flying on the trapeze, i was up on the board getti...

Training that i knew would make the rescue more safe, both for the individuals we were rescuing, but also for our own rescuers. >> firefighters record the action with their own video cameras. theyre hoping to catch this rare high-angle rescue on camera to be used in training video one day. minutes pass. theyre prepping captain fulford. but down in the bucket, kim is starting to wonder if theyll ever be saved. >> just dangling there, i wasnt sure what they were doing. were they figuring out how t...

Yes, i have an emergency at the green point bridge construction site. >> whats wrong? a crane arm snaps, leaving three people dangling underneath the danes point bridge nearly 150 feet above the st. johns river in jacksonville, florida. when fire division chief randy napoli arrives just minutes later, he knows he has his work cut out for him. >> i could see that basket dangling, and i thought we could lose the arm and the three

It has a reputation of being a place that is open and accepting to anything. as long as that is happening near somebody with a beard. they even have an expression. keep portland weird. and trust me, this dog in a sweater is not the weirdest thing you will see during this episode. portland is known for its hipsters, a group of individuals who love to talk about how different they are from everyone else while dressing exactly the same as each other. obviously, portland didnt invent the idea of hip...

>> okay, but shes not on her way to safety just yet. after assessing the condition of the bucket, fulford decides bruce needs to come up first. >> we knew that individual was under more stress than the other two. >> hold it! >> all right. hold on. >> its a quick ride up, only two minutes. but bruce boyles cant get his feet on steady ground fast enough. >> glad to be back. >> next, its kims turn. and shes pulled to safety in a matter of minutes too. >> the adrenaline rush just knowing that you we...

The idea of a ghost is a lovely one, very romantic, but not credible. but illusions with films of things that could look like ghosts are usually hoaxes or anomalies that just happen. >> over the next ten years, psychics, camera crews, and professional debunkers analyze the video. none has been able to definitively explain the image. >> i believe that its not a hoax, doesnt have the warning signs and earmarks of a hoax. not easy to reproduce as a hoax. but it looks just like what happens when var...

Its midmorning outside san diego, california. on the base of camp pendleton, these marine corps recruits have been at it for more than 30 hours already and theres still a long way to go. they are in the middle of the crucible, the infamous final 54 hours of boot calm. by tomorrow, if they make it through, they will officially be united states marines. along the way and throughout all 11 weeks of their training they are making new habits.

No place is as hip as portland. coincidence that americas whitest major city is americas hippest major city and not home to black people? my name is w. kamau bell. as a comedian, i have made a live living visiting places i dont understand. im on a mission to reach out to the beliefs that add color to this country. this is the united shades of america. ♪ this is portland, oregon, a city so hip and cool that it has its own tv show about how hip and cool it is. and that tv show is also hip an...