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As much as we appreciate the opportunity to do this kind of broadcasting and reporting i can't wait to get off camera and see what's going on. >> ever glades city, too. >> can we get on the island -- right, we're going to try to spread out there. we'll coordinate easier access. because there is still a lot of unknown. and as chad was just pointing out, it ain't over. tropical storm is no joke, more than enough to incapacitate a city and to cause death. so let's bring in al, he's in jacksonville. we hear about this wrong kind of history, al, the most storm surge they've ever seen. is that true ...

The blimp started deflating, caught fire as it went down. the organizers of the u.s. open say it was an advertising blimp, not connected to the tournament. mechanical problems could be to blame here. the pilot was the only one on board. witnesses say he or she parachuted out. the pilot went to the hospital with serious injuries. the pilot is expected to be okay. finally on this day in 1846, congress ratified a treaty finalizing the u.s. canadian border. the u.s. and britain agreed on it years earlier. the pacific northwest was a sticking point. president james polk tried to take part of what i...

Remember that although it's not a penal institution, we're not punishing detainees, we're keeping them and it should be a little more spartan. >> it's true. when i went back there, satellite televisions with 300 channels to choose from. actually, two tvs in case you don't like what you're watching on one. these are radical islamists seeking our destruction. >> and we're paying for that. >> major, good luck with the book. we appreciate you coming in. all right. well, this photo is stumping the internet and the couch this morning. take a look. six girls but only five sets of legs. what's reall...

>> i'm half indian, half african, and my mother's been here four generations. >> four generations so that's starting out in -- >> late 1700s. >> wow. who built stonetown? who built this neighborhood? >> construction started in about 1813. the portuguese colony. we had portuguese, right. they stayed from 1846. they left in 1964. but they lost a lot of power in 1986. >> confused? let's take a step back. the persians were the first major power to set up here around 975 a.d., expanding their empire onto the strategically positioned island. then the portuguese used zanzibar as a hub for their slave...

Pope francis opened the smallest railway network to the public for the first time. he's keen to show the world the church, like the train, is not a museum. >> reporter: steam billowing in the 100-year-old locomotive that pulls out of the vatican's normally disused train station for the cameras. moments later it's back in again. friday was press day to mark a new papal initiative, the brain child of pope francis. he's decided to open up the once exclusive vatican rail line to the public every saturday, taking them from vatican city to the pope's traditional summer residence south of rome. not e...