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U.s. officials are calling attention to underground tunnels used by drug smugglers in mexico saying they pose a security risk if mexico doesn't do more to seal them. chris gall a gear with more. >> thank you. we're not just talking about crawl spaces to get from mexico into the u.s. these tunnels are very large and in some cases very elaborate with their own ventilation system, even their own rail systems with the capacity to carry tons of drugs across the border. here's the problem. on the u.s. side of the border, the tunnels have been filled with concrete. but on the mexican side of the bord...

The ground. >> july 23rd, 2009. rifle, colorado. base jumper ted davenport and his friend are preparing to leap off what they call room 817 of the w hotel. >> i was one of the first persons to ever jump this object and the shape of the cliff is about half a mile around and it is formed into a w, if you look at it from afar. so, that's why i named it the w hotel. and that day we were jumping room 817, which is 817 feet. has a really flat takeoff. drive right to the exit point and pretty much just run off the top of this thing. >> let's go! >> ted is a seasoned base jumper, with more than 600 ju...

So that's why i named the "w" hotel. and that day we were jumping room 817, which is 817 feet. has a really flat takeoff. drive right to the exit point and pretty much just run off the top of this thing. >> let's go! >> ted is a seasoned base jumper, with more than 600 jumps under his belt, not even a number of nasty crashes have deterred his enthusiasm. during jumps he makes sure to stay focussed on his number one priority. >> not dying. challenges of base jumping are to be able to do it successfully and safely and be able to wake up the next day and do it again. it's an incredibly dangerous ...

So, that's why i named it the "w" hotel. and that day we were jumping room 817, which is 817 feet. has a really flat takeoff. drive right to the exit point and pretty much just run off the top of this thing. >> let's go! >> ted is a seasoned base jumper, with more than 600 jumps under his belt, not even a number of nasty crashes have deterred his enthusiasm. he makes sure to stay focused on his number one priority. >> not dying. the challenges of base jumping are to be able to do it successfully and safely and wake up the next day and do it again. incredibly dangerous sport and there are a lot...

Worth of dirt excavated, scoop by scoop, bucket by bucket wheelbarrow by wheelbarrow. and a ventilated and lighted tunnel that stretches a mile from the exit point on the hilltop hill and the air conditioning. >> unbelievable. >> not only does it go under the wall of the prison but it goes precisely to his toilet area, the one area where there was no surveillance video. sean it has to be seen to be believed. >> geraldo, you think about this. air conditioning. you think over a mile long. you think about again the railways in, there the sophistication. it reminds me of the terror tunnels in isra...