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In front of their eyes. they feared the ledge was about to fall to the ground. >> because you can see through it obviously, you have the psychological effect that, you know, oh, my gosh, something broke. nobody was ever in danger. >> reporter: the engineer, michael swanberg, says there's a thick panel of glass that didn't break. designed to withstand 10,000 pounds, or 5 tons of weight. we watched as crews replaced the thin layer above it that caused such a scare. so this is the new sheet of glass that will go on the sky deck. if you look here you can see exactly how thin that is. crewing tell ...

A general motors engineer signed off on a change to ignition switches in cars that have now been recalled, even though he testified last year he was not aware of the change and didn't remember approving the change. how extensive do you think the duplicity, i guess you could call it, has been among general motors representatives, people who have been charged with giving information to capitol hill and to regulators about the state of these cars? >> i think what i've seen so far has been a very carefully worded, carefully staged practice of the new ceo, ms. barra, fall on her sword as often as p...

For everybody. >> and make yourself popular and say also the crew out there, the shooter, the engineer. they are working hard, as well. >> reporter: they're awesome. >> decklynn has got the right idea, the snow angels. he'll be out there for a while playing in the snow, huh, don? >> reporter: yeah, i'm going to have some fun. enjoy it while i can. >> good to see you. that's great. made the most out of it, didn't he? is. >> of course. i used to cover snow for years in boston. they just have fun. they know how to enjoy it. a mean snow angel. the weather outside, cold and nasty, the new york st...

Threaten all of the progress u.s. automakers have made if we don't watch out. automakers directly employ 1.7 million people in design, the engineer, build parts to assemble cars in this country. u.s. suppliers support another 3.3 million workers. and car dealers support 1.5 million people in this country, both directly and indirectly with spin-off jobs. the tpp includes japan, which uses discriminatory trading practices in the automobile market. japan ships 200 cars to america for every one they import. the u.s. auto industry needs to speak up against the tpp to keep the level playing field an...

University historian about the bizarre political climate where congress simply passing a budget seems like progress. >> i think that's absolutely true. that's how bad the situation has become. what should be routine, what should be normal has now become a subject of fierce, political debate and gridlock. the hope is by passing this budget, they might have taken the issue off the agenda for a few months for congress to deal with other issues. >> that was my next question. is there going to be a big impact by this budget long term or just a short term deal? >> the budget deal is not so cig nif c...