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Flooding disaster. an 87-year-old man was swept away after a failed rescue attempt in dallas. a police officer had to be rescued from atop of his patrol car, as you can see here. he got a lift from a helicopter. and this is a live look at new york from our affiliate fox 5. the big story there tonight, the opening of the one world trade center observatory. elevators take visitors to the public viewing space on the 100th floor in just one minute. you can see the skyline to the atlantic ocean. that's

There now rick? good morning. >> reporter: bill we're on the 102nd floor. you can rent this space out for weddings or parties. one floor below are the three new restaurants. on the 100th floor, that is where one world observatory is open to the public. the first guest walking into the front door as we speak. the views from the three top floors from the tower are virtually the same, and as you said they are spectacular. there is the hudson river westside highway, all the way up past the george washington bridge. the empire state building right in the center around chrysler building in center of...

Death toll rises in the texas flooding disaster. an 87-year-old man was swept away after a failed rescue attempt in dallas. a police officer had to be rescued from atop of his patrol car, as you can see here. he got a lift from a helicopter. and this is a live look at new york from our affiliate fox 5. the big story there tonight, the opening of the one world trade center observatory. elevators take visitors to the public viewing space on the 100th floor in just one minute. you can see the skyline to the atlantic ocean. that's outside the beltway for "special report." we'll be right back. (a...

The observation deck on the 100th floor opens friday. at 17the ground floor for the incredible view. >> reporter: the numbers tell part of the story. 1,250 feet above the ground. views stretching 50 miles on a clear day. almost a decade of rebuilding. and yet once you are up here even on a cloudy day, those numbers give way to feelings which are quite frankly difficult to describe. room mr. h room m rumor has the it that you can see the curvature of the earth and the weight of recent history. >> the construction of the building and the observatory are a fist pump for going forward, for moving ...

Trade center, now sthahares the status. with a predicted 3.8 million visitors a year to the observatory it could well match that success. for those involved in the project though, it already has the. >> when i walked by the building now, it feels right. >> when people stand and look from the 100th floor out they'll get the same feeling? >> i think they will have a very powerful feeling, yes. i do. i think they will feel like this was the right thing. >> claire sebastian. cnn, new york. >> that its truly impressive. and you have been watching "cnn newsroom." i'm rosemary church. my colleague, e...