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documentary of diana nyad. she is a 61-year-old long distance swimmer who set out to do the impossible. something that people tolder that simply could not be done. she wanted to swim from here in havana and swim all the way to florida. more than 100 miles. no rest. no shark cage. complete exposure to the elements. the swim was planned to take over two days through day and night. more than 60 hours. she had to do this again without any rest whatsoever. what we now know is diana lasted about half that distance. about 50 miles, 29 miles in the water. the currents were rough and the wave...

Disappointing results. so in this climate, when it comes to sprucing up your house to sell, it can be something as small and simple as paint color that can make a really big difference. for a couple hundred dollars, you could redo the whole bottom floor. gray is the new beige. it tells prospective buyers that your house is different than all the other ones on the block. >> i think for very little money, you can tweak a house all over the place. >> reporter: and perhaps at the end of the day, the most important thing to keep in mind, it's all about coming home. >> there are simple things that c...

you put stuff in it. >> yeah. you ride your beer and drink it, too. >> oh, my goodness. >> unbelievable. already, fredricka, have a fine time. we'll see you tomorrow. >> all right. see you tomorrow. >> you bet. top of the hour right now, we're focusing on the things that are not so fun in joplin, missouri. more than 150 people still have not been heard from since the deadliest tornado on record hit there last sunday. 132 are confirmed dead. more than 1,000 people were hurt. the federal government has approved nearly $3 million in aid. and president obama actually plans to meet with...

Try to convince you. the one thing that they have been able to do is clear the top floors of the capitol building. those floors were filled with people for the last week and a half, and they have successfully convinced people to at least move down to what this is called the first floor. there's another floor below us, the bottom of the rotunda, and for the most part, the bottom floor and the top floor has been completely cleared out in terms of protesters. lot of people have left, but at this point these folks, and there are hundreds of them, say they are not going anywhere. >> all right. ted ...

Austin police department, the spokes man. let's get back to the kxan. >> that is the live picture, 9430 research boulevard, apd, everyone confirming it crashed into the echelon building. that could be the point of impact. the retaining wall -- >> peeling out of their cars and we could see smoke coming out of the back end of the building. it was very traumatic. >> i know, eric, what is your feeling? these people went to work just like you did this morning. is that crossing your mind at all? >> absolutely. i'm sort of praying that the entire bottom floor at least had the day off or had a vacatio...