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>> very freaking excited. >> come on, mike! we've got to get it! >> i dare you to turn the channel. on this episode, i'm going to build a bridge capable of supporting 70 tons. in less than an hour. this is like an erector set for grown-ups. i'm going to do it while people are shooting at me. i'll have help from the seabees, navy construction force you should know a lot more about. then -- >> perfect. >> a man who's deeply committed to medieval warfare. i dress to the right if anybody cares. wants to fight me with a long sword. that will be fun. >> i can't see [ bleep ]. later, it you ever ...

Jon: more than 11 years after the 9/11 terror attacks a milestone at ground zero in new york. we have a look at that. heather. >> reporter: today workers at one world trade center are putting in place the first piece of the spire that actually goes on top of that building that we've been watching go up for so many years now, and when this is finally complete the building, including that spire will be the tallest in the western hemisphere. sort of think about this. jon, as a modern day erector set. you can watch here as the crews use two huge cranes perched on top of the 104th floor and they ar...

I just noticed we've got a couple outstanding members of congress here. we've got allyson schwartz. now, i just finished getting a tour of the kinects workshop. i have to say, it makes me wish that joel had invented this stuff a little sooner when i was a kid. back then you couldn't really build a roller coaster out of your erector set. and i also got a chance to meet some of the folks who have been working around the clock to keep up with the christmas rush, and that's a good thing. you know, these guys are santa's extra elves here. they manufacture almost 3,000 kinects pieces every minute, a...

Robot go up in less than two minutes, using a play station remote, that is remarkable. >> it's like when we see the bomb squad and they send the robot in to take a look. >> this is -- i talk about iraq and afghanistan that we've seen the pack bottom. at 9/11, this is on the ground going through the rubble. it can be used by law enforcement, soldiers. it has so many different varieties. is it going to hand me this cup? we're going to play a drinking game. we mix it up here on cnn. and there's a number of different cameras as i mentioned. and i like to compare these pack bottoms to kind of like ...

So when we're rebuilding a home, we're helping to ensure that that culture of family and community is able to continue and thrive. while we're proud of all the rebuilding work we've been able to do, rebuild homes from the ground up and do it the right way is really, really exciting. >> one screw or two screws you guys want? >> we're making house kmoents that work kind of like an erector set. they snap together and we're building houses in the ninth ward. >> keep it high. we can always push it down. >> why is it taking five years to build the way it should be build down here. it is five years l...