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>> i have seen them wave at the helicopters. >> get me out of here. >> also twitter feeds going you wouldnt have to rescue me because id already have a heart attack and already be dead. really. these guys, obviously this is what they do for a living. theyre used to living 500 feet up above on a scaffold. still, it appears to me when i took a live shot, wide shot from the wabc a little bit ago, there are two almost arms holding up both ends of the stacaffold. the middle has collapsed in some way....

Today the case begins against james "whitie "bulger for murder and mayhem. how many crooked fbi agents are being brought to justice? hi, everybody. im jake tapper. welcome to "the lead." peel begin with two window washers who are trache in midtown manhattan. their scaffolding collapsed, buckling in the middle, leaving both men straded hundreds of feet in the air. rescue crews are already on the way to the scene. you can see the men are wearing harnesses, they appear to be okay. in fact we saw ...

Ropes. but the question is, how will they get to safety? well keep watching these pictures. for now, im brooke baldwin here tess world headquarters in atlanta. lets send things to washington. "the lead with jake tapper" starts now. sure, critics say his agency invaded your privacy, but he says it saved american lives. im jake tapper. this is "the lead." the world lead, the head of the national security agency going before congress right now, and defending agency programs that spy on your infor...

It seems to be the kind of harness they would always wear one assumes as a safety mechanism to keep them from falling but its not attached to anything as far as i can see or anybody up on the roof of the building. you wonder, these guys look very nonchalant. you wonder what ear talking about. >> shepard: im going to call them red and blue. blues been on the phone periodically. so -- he waved to the camera a while ago. many of us wondered who takes this job? i figured out why you might do that. b...

Above. its a 47 story building. >> its a beautiful building and very high, 46 stories. its incredible those guys got here. a lot of us live in those kind of tall buildings and you see them out there every day, extraordinarily brave work they do. you couldnt get me to do t just imagine the horror. if this, as it appears, buckled almost in the middle, the fear that went through the minds of those two window washers. theyve got to get them from above. the other great danger is not just to the lives...

We know its a busy day where you had votes, the senate looking into testimony and we understand it will be down on the house for -- house side for a closed hearing tomorrow. thanks for making time with us. >> thank you. >> absolutely. now back here in new york were watching those two window washers we mentioned stuck on a building in midtown. firefighters working to free them. we will keep you updated. stay with us on that and much more. time for the "your biz" entrepreneurs of the week. new m...

Not inferior but its going to take years before that filters in and changes up the body. until then theres a problem in the soul of the military and i think about what john mccain said about could you protect my daughter if she want god into the military. absolutely not. i would be as much afraid of what a soldier might do to her as well as an enemy might do to her, which is insane. >> and lets not forget a lot of these sexual assaults happen to men as well. so its a big problem. some breaking...

I would have said if you didnt -- even if you didnt say that abc is the worst shame on diane sawyer. she is an intelligent person. she used to work at cbs. i knew her there. she is an intelligent journalist. they had time the night of the testimony before congress to run a story about window washers dressing up as super heros to entertain kids in a hospital. i am not against that kind of story. but not at the expense of something as important at americans testifying about the irs abuses. >> bill...

Cleaners in costumes give the kids a show. >> batman and spiderman and captain america. >> reporter: give the kids a laugh. give them a thrill. so, yeah, somebody thought of it here at c.s. motts childrens hospital in michigan over the weekend. and guess what they thought of it back in may at saint francis in tulsa in may. in pittsburgh in april, at childrens hospital. and akron in march, look how excited that kid is. and, the guy swinging around out there, real window washers. >> another day at...

Are working on a controversial treaty with russia. when the opposition party tries to disrupt the vote. >> instead of handling it diplomatically, they use fists instead. >> the weapon of choice? eggs. >> where do they get the eggs? im just going to bring eggs to parliament today and throw them at everyone. >> also been thrown, plenty of punches. >> this isnt happening at a sporting event. this isnt a bar fight. this is a governmental meeting. >> the opposition sets off several smoke bombs. it fa...