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Clean up. that's for sure. >> thanks for helping us with the pictures, rob. another scenario with deadly potential. lighter fluid, matches and two bullies. another teen lucky he wasn't hurt a lot worse. remembering a general and a president. today in history. ulysses s. grant was born on this date in 1822 after leading the union army to victory in the civil war e w, he was elected t 18th president of the united states. he served two terms. good night and good luck, april 27th, 1965, the voice of reason passed away. edward r.murrow, a hero to many of us, he was just 57 years old. >> at that t...

>> well, you say years and you're not exaggerating. in 1821 the same volcano managed to erupt for more than a year. were the conditions there that would lead to that? is there something you can look at internally? look at events around the world that might tell you anything about how long this will last? >> we do that at the smithsonian. we have a big database of eruptions. the average life of an eruption is about seven weeks. that's a huge average. some last only a few hours and some go on for centuries. so it's an average of a lot of numbers and i would say that year of eruption is probably ...

Damage to historic sites including the heavily damaged national palace where haiti's oldest painting dating back to 1822 is still trapped in its walls. eli also worries about the 1950s mural at the cathedral of saint trinity painted by haiti's most renowned artists. >> translator: it's going to be very cliff to restore. we are still waiting for the opinion of specialists. it's a monumental mural. >> haitian art is considered as a miracle for haiti. what i'm trying to do is restore was left, trying to conserve what is left because for future generations, definitely needs to see these things and...

>> reporter: the security cameras caught the moment the quake hit. nadya comes daily to salvage what he can. >> it's completely destroyed. >> reporter: this gave the haitian art movement global recognition. >> i want to cry sometimes, because it's awful for us. everything is broken in this country. we have to do our best to start again. >> reporter: danielle is working for the government to assess the damage to historic sites, including the heavily damaged national palace, where haiti's holdest painting dating back in 1822 is still trapped in its walls. and he also worries about the

>> shepard: oil and gas made big moves. >> you saw a lot of people flying to safety. gold, for instance, shot up $1,822 an ounce is where gold closed. this is just incredible because, remember, if you are buying gold, you are betting someone is going to pay an even higher amount when you get ready to sell it. oil, also dropping dramatically, shep. $5 a barrel. well, because everyone is betting the economy worldwide is slowing down. you don't have that much demand for it. >> shepard: so much money on the sideline. so many out of this market. at the top of this report, adam, i mentioned fear. ho...