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We are live in denver. what are they saying about the possibility of predicting a tragedy like this?. >> the experts on rock formation that yosemite say as much as they learn after a big chunk of rock walls like this they dont know how to figure out or predict when it all happened. here is a park geologist. >> things are happening within the rocks and invisible to us. so after the rock follow kerrs we can see better what was going on after the fact. julie: a slab this size of a 36 building - - s...

Rockslides per year. but many of them are small and do not hurt anyone.this past week was far outside the norm. on thursday a giant piece of granite peeled away from the famous el capitan question more than 400 feet below. and below was jim evans, his wife into family members who they were in an suv. all are okay number jim ended up in the hospital after some of the debris came through their sunroof. geologists say that the slab that those 400 feet tall and 100 feet wide. this woman heard the wh...

By bizarre regimes with nuclear weapons. so i think trump can be even tougher than he has been, and it may be necessary to be as tough as you can get with north korea. i think if he explains his rationale, hell be supported by a strong majority of the american people. and the rest of the world needs to understand that. julie: all right. john bolton, former ambassador, thank you very much. >> thank you. julie: kelly? kelly: theres new information on the two massive rock falls at yosemite national...

Have been prevented. we are live in denver. what are they saying about the possibility of predicting a tragedy like this?. >> the experts on rock formation that yosemite say as much as they learn after a big chunk of rock walls like this they dont know how to figure out or predict when it all happened. here is a park geologist. >> things are happening within the rocks and invisible to us. so after the rock follow kerrs we can see better what was going on after the fact. julie: a slab this size o...

Los angeles studios. what exactly is happening? >> well, lets start here. it looks like this giant of a slab of granite. it is actually more like an onion, essentially, these layers that are peeling off, and it when they hit the ground below like they have the last two days, witnesses say that the earth literally shook. so a british man was killed, and his wife entered, when at this it tall as a 13 story building, it gave way, creating that huge plume of dust that you see. then yesterday, a much...

>> eva pilgrim and our team on the ground in puerto rico again tonight. there is yet another developing story from los angeles tonight. for late details, heres byron pitts. >> david, there has been a second massive rock fall at yosemite national park and there are reports of injuries. this just a day after a slab dropped from el capitan, killing one british climber and injures a second. a witness said it appeared to be three times the size of yesterdays, and happened at the same location. rock...

Three hours to bring this blaze under control. >> i remember feeling like my heart was almost going to stop. because i, for a moment, i said but what do we do? >> robert rising and jacqueline tellez are the owners of new york slab. their furniture factory and salvage lumber company was located in that building. they got an unwelcome early morning call. >> the first thing im thinking is, is it my shop? am i responsible? so, click on the news, and the top half of the building was burning. >> i was...

What was a four-story textile factory, about 100 workers were where this earthquake hit, you see that bulldozer. that is a clear sign to those waiting to find those missing. they do not believe in that part of the building there are any survivors. you can see another group of rescue workers working by hand, nothing more than sledgehammers and a crane that is helping them lift a huge slab of concrete that has pancake down on each other. they believe there is still a slim chance they could find fu...

Taking it seriously. in a way, those investigations will go forward regardless of what the presidents attitude towards it is. >> and releasing a statement on john mccain, pivot to health care. john mccain showing the same courage in congress as a naval aviator. soon as this is off the table we democrats are intent on resuming the bipartisan process. thank you all. appreciate your time. next, the two natural disasters that devastated puerto rico and mexico city. stay with us. its "your busine...

Destabilize the structure even more. so it takes a lot of very careful action. thats why these kind of situations take time. you also are using heavy equipment. youre using cutting tools. youre using breaking tools to break through concrete. you just cant move a large slab of concrete. you have to cut through it or break it and then move forward, build that structural integrity and take another couple steps forward. so, you know, here you see th theyre using dog teams. that also helps to tremend...