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Be executed after midnight on august 24th, 1993. as the hour approached, ruben said good-bye to his family. >> they told him it was time. he just said, i love yall. everything is going to be fine. they took him down the hallway and he changed into a black outfit. i didnt hear from him anymore. >> he sat down and he prayed. he rose up and said, im not innocent of sin but im not guilty of this crime. right at 12:00, i said, you crawl up on the gurney. he said, okay. we strapped him down. he has ni...

Ruben cantu was scheduled to be executed after midnight on august 24th, 1993. as the hour approached, ruben said good-bye to his family. >> they told him it was time. he just said, i love yall. everything is going to be fine. they took him down the hallway and he changed into a black outfit. i didnt hear from him anymore. >> he sat down and he prayed. he rose up and said, im not innocent of sin but im not guilty of this crime. right at 12:00, i said, you crawl up on the gurney. he said, okay. we...

>> it does. >> getting the water tower was a point of pride for new providence. something theyd been trying to get done for quite a while. so it was quite a big deal. >> new providence raises enough money to purchase its very first tower. the remote town of a little more than 200 people is all abuzz. >> anyone who was at home at the time, they were going to go out and see this happen. >> as local residents gather in the streets, a 150-foot crane rises and successfully lifts the four steel legs i...

Port maine. the 91-year-old suffers from parkinsons disease and is in a wheelchair. widespread thunderstorms across the country today. the worst of it in the midwest. forecast to be a repeat of sundays severe weather pattern. california hit hard by flash flooding. so bad, a bridge over a california freeway collapsed sunday. a truck was crushed in the incident. look at this crews worked to free the drivers trapped inside. the victim taken to the hospital with injuries. the other truck drivers u...

A reverse sting operation, targeting the men whose continuing patronage drives the underground sex trade. >> the male johns, the customers. >> were going after the johns. a lot of times in these operations you see were going after females. females are a major part of the problem, but theyre also victims. if we can attack this, if we can address this situation by going after the customers, well, then i think its our duty to try and address this big problem on all sides of the coin. >> undercover ...

Four majors but he has a round to go. what about dustin johnson? he is almost out of contention. from st. andrews in scotland this is alex thomas for cnn. myself and paula newt reasonon are joined by our meteorologist derek van dam. there was some kind of bridge collapse in the past few hours. >> interstate 10 between los angeles and phoenix. look at this video. terrifying video. one vehicle went over the side when the bridge gave out. bystanders used straps from their trucks to secure the vid...

Including western russia. isolated tornado cant be ruled out as well. this is what happens when too much rainfalls in a short period of time in a dry and desserted area. this is in southern california. take a look at the visuals of the bridge that collapsed under the weight of the water rushing under the bridge. the bystanders used straps from their trucks to secure this vehicle to the guardrail to prevent it from washing away. the fire personnel performed the rescue as pieces of asphalt were fa...

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>> and then we touched. and the next thing i know, i was upside down. >> the plane could explode at any moment. >> the fuel tank in this airplane is located in the top wing. we flipped over on to the top wing. my first thought was a ruptured fuel tank and that we had to get away from the airplane. >> the wrong move now could prove fatal. >> if you just undo your straps, you will fall out and you could break your neck. its a hazard. a lot of people survive crashes then hurt themselves in just get...

>> contact visits or not, their time at angola ends at the death house. the method -- lethal injection. >> at this point, we get them strapped down and get the shoulders strapped down and then im going to close the curtain and out comes the emts and theyre going to start the ivs. we have some 60 minutes to do it. there are the two phones. they go to the department of corrections and the governors mansion, but they never ring. i give a signal and nod my head to start the process and theyll start ...