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Raising $20 million to country are the national rifle association. its probably not going to be anywhere near as fast as the president had wanted. mr. biden will make his proposals next tuesday to the president. they were hoping for a legislative initiative that could be going soon. they said the debt and deficit go first. we wont see this being worked on if at all until spring. jon: yes that is a real window behind him with a real view of the capitol, and yes those windows need to be cleaned on...

Camera." ever looked up at the window washers working on high-rise buildings and wonder how can they do that? this is one dangerous job. work requires no fear of heights and nerves of steel. our next story shows a tight grip. downtown denver, a scaffold is sent careening out of control with two window washers holding on for dear life. >> everything happened quick. >> turned behind and like what the hell is going on here? >> it is move 30, 2005. onlookers stand in disbelief outside. denver plaza ...

The fear on the faces of those two men. >> they were terrified. they didnt think they were going home that day. >> firefighters try to make a bigger hole in the glass to give the window washers more room, but theres no time. when the scaffold collides again with the building, at the precise spot where firefighters are waiting the two frightened men seize the moment. >> they didnt wait. they were so afraid that they literally just dove through that small opening. >> after their 15-minute terrifyi...

People were staring out at the street saying, no, no, no. >> heather works on the 18th floor. >> at one point it was swinging out towards the street. and it actually went up vertical like this. i think that was the scariest point for me because i was thinking for sure somebody with fall out. >> it really had kind of an apocalyptic feel to it. >> photojournalist kirby howell works only a few blocks away and gets to the scene quickly, capturing it all on camera. >> the scaffold swung out halfway b...

Crews moved in to save four window washers. they were stranded on a las vegas hirise work site. they were struck for several hours up there on the 35th floor of the verdara wh hotel. each one had to be lowered in a harness to the roof of the third floor landing, looks like it was well down. the men called for help when a brick on their basket failed. bill: would you ever do that job? martha: never, never, never. sometimes you hear the scrape on our windows here, a big building in the middle of m...

Lot worse for the universitys football program. the school is now confirming that it faced the threat of a four-year ban on football. that so-called death penalty has not been used against a school since back in 1987. the trustees say penn states punishment was unfortunate, but certainly better than the alternative. federal agents are going to review two deadly police shootings in southern california. the shootings have sparked four days of often violent protests in the los angeles suburb of a...

summer olympics. thats not what you want to see just before the games start. >> a bizarre one i never heard about either. the name. plus, a day of reckonning for facebook. we look ahead to the first earnings report as a public company later today with our christine romans. >> interesting. up first, the latest on the aftermath and investigation in aurora, colorado. law enforcement sources say the shooting suspect james holmes mailed a package to the university of colorado campus in auro...

Worse. thankfully it didnt. coming up -- >> sweet water oak loses the rider. >> a jockey hanging on for dear life. >> oh, my gosh. >> a boy dangles from a chair lift high in the sky. >> two window washers soar through the air on an out of control scaffold. >> it was so freaky. it was scary. when "caught on camera: wild rides" continues. [ feedback ] attention, well, everyone. you can now try snapshot from progressive free for 30 days. just plug this into your car, and your good driving can s...

Vicious attack while steering a bus. plus two window washers hold on for dear life. when "caught on camera: wild rides" continues. ♪ i want to go ♪ i want to win [ breathes deeply ] ♪ this is where the dream begins ♪ ♪ i want to grow ♪ i want to try ♪ i can almost touch the sky [ male announcer ] even the planet has an olympic dream. dow is proud to support that dream by helping provide greener, more sustainable solutions from the olympic village to the stadium. solutionism. the ...

And a mural at penn state depicting the late joe paterno has been changed by the artist. a halo he painted above pa ter kn paternos head has been removed. welcome back to "caught on camera." im contessa brewer. ever look up at the window washers working on high rise buildings and wonder, how can they do that? this is one dangerous job. the work requires no fear of heights, nerves of steel and, as our next story shows, a tight grip. downtown denver, strong winds sends a scaffold careening out o...