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He might be too close but holds his ground and continues to record. >> theres that split second that youre wondering is debris going to fall on me, are there metal shards and roofing going to cut me or hit me right in the body. >> falling debris isnt the only thing to worry about. nichols fears there could be another explosion. >> part of you wanted to flee, because your instinct is to run away from these things, especially getting hit with a heat wave in the face. part of you as a journalist, a...

>> francisco, your turn. >> oh, listen. thats it. people are dying to get here. i cant say it any other way. this is the american dream. it is all happy, theyre working. the unemployment rate among undocumented is incredibly, incredibly low. plus -- >> wait a minute. theyre driving down wages and taking jobs that americans would otherwise have. 94.5 million americans out of the laborforce. >> if the americans -- if the citizens were going to get up on a roof and pour concrete -- >> i late to tel...

Cant you do this on models sxwnchts. >> the short answer is no. >> the director of the university of maryland, since 1949 they tested everything from plane models to cars to roofing, for form and high winds. >> that will tell you how efficient or inefficient it is. >> or whether it will survive in the case of a hurricane. >> the week we were there, they watched how safety signs for offshore oil rigs would stand up for one hour to 100 miles an hour winds. >> what you can find out is whether that ...

>> i was very lucky because the two elements that go into a person -- nature and nurture -- i had the best of both worlds really. >> genius can be found in many places, but on top of a roof is not where i expected to find one of the progeny. hey, tom. >> hey, lisa. >> how you doing? >> not bad. yourself? >> good. its toasty out here. how long have you been roofing? >> this is my second year. >> how do you like it? >> its actually really fun. you get to work outside all the time. i get to work wi...

>> no, it is. >> how is it already over? >> oh, no. you know better. >> faced with raising a family at such a young age, college would have to wait. the manual labor wasnt toms first choice to make a living. he had something a little more unconventional in mind. >> the main reason i ended up going into roofing is because i have a felony on my background for production of cannibis. >> and how did you get into that? >> i actually was interested in the biology and the science behind it -- >> of cou...

Metal shards and roofing going to cut me or hit me right in the body. >> falling debris isnt the only thing to worry about. nichols fears there could be another explosion. >> part of you wanted to flee, because your instinct is to run away from these things, especially getting hit with a heat wave in the face. part of you as a journalist, as a videographer, wants to stay. >> the fire, fueled by the leaking gas, continues to burn uncontrollably. nichols records the dramatic scene and soon learns ...

>> is it the man hes looking for? >> when i crossed the tracks down there, i saw you running. and i said, well, how lucky can i be? >> nope, nope, nope, nope. im not no prison escapee. >> the police only have an old, blurry photograph of the prisoner theyre looking for. and the officer cant tell if the person he stopped matches the description. so, he asks the man some questions. >> do you have any form of identification on you? whats your name? >> robert jones. >> robert jones? >> uh-huh. am i ...

The destination around country but san francisco takes a hard line approach. in the case of sanchez it released him even though the feds had issued a detention request or detainer to pick him up. >> the detainer is not a legal instrument. >> reporter: the sheriff defending the policy. >> i firmly believe it makes us safer. for a law enforcement perspective, we want to build trust with that population. and our sanctionuary city allows us to do that. >> reporter: tell that to donald trump who says...

>> i firmly believe it makes us safer. for a law enforcement perspective, we want to build trust with that population and our suction tuary city and other attendant laws have allowed us to do that. >> reporter: tell that to republican presidential candidate donald trump who seized on the case saying the tragic shooting is quote, yet another example of why we must secure our border immediately. sanchez says the lure of a paycheck kept him coming back to the u.s. >> im looking for a job in the res...

Violence. >> i have solace that i was with her, but i have the overwhelming grief of a father. >> sanchez has been deported five times to mexico. in a jailhouse interview with kgo, he says the lure of a paycheck kept him returning. >> im looking for a job in restaurant or roofing, landscaping or construction. >> reporter: the shooting seized up by donald trump, the presidential hopeful who made headlines for his remarks. he said the tragic shooting is yet another example of why we must secure ou...