lisa? >> we are checking in and don't see anything on it. in fact we are starting without a lot of sunshine. you can see for yourself here. we widen the perspective and the clouds are well offshore thanks to a dominant ridge of pressure that has been keeping us dry and mild. in the 60s in danville. 54 in dublin. cool in the north bay. low 40s there. 16 pacifica. 63 in mountain view. and your day planner today calls for numbers to stay quite mild. by noontime we are in the upper

60s to near 70s. a quick warmup with record warnlth twons again. health care we are into the mid 70s in most places around the bay. 60s. and we will be looking at a mild evening as well. we will talk about the cooler day of the weekend, when it arrives, and we'll look into the first full week of february coming up. a, thank. developing news out of pleasant hill where a suspect remains on the loose this morning. last night at around 10:30 police received calls of a man wearing camouflage pants, a black bulletproof vest and carrying an assault style rifle. officers arrived and saw the suspect and sealed off the area and then issued a lockdown order. all residents were told to stay inside and lock their window and doors. the lockdown was lifted just after 4:00 this morning when police couldn't find the suspect. this morning, health official are confirming four additional deaths in the bay area are flu related. with the outbreak being the most

severe in years there is an important warning for the millions of americans headed to a super bowl party. there is concern that those parties this weekend could spread the virus even more. abc7 news reporter katie utehs has more. >> this is the most severe season we've seen in years. >> reporter: sonoma county has seen 12 severe influenza cases, two fatal. the flu is also being blamed for the death of two men in ma raga last month. >> the cdc is reporting the most hospitalizations for the flu since 2005. so this is real. it's here. we want folks to be safe. >> reporter: with so many people gathering this weekend to watch the super bowl. both the centers for disease control and prevention and the red cross are running safety campaigns. wash your hands. make sure food is properly heated. >> don't double dip. you know, as george costanza did in seinfeld. >> reporter: while your neighbor's nachos may be questionable restaurants take food safety seriously. and they are required to have food handlers permits. >> when they are sick they can't come in to work.

we don't want them to work. we don't want them touching the food or drinks or anything that's going to get our customers sick. >> reporter: springers tap room and restaurant in santa rosa is prepared for the big game. they are stocked with hand sanitizer and soap. >> we have backup. so if it runs out, we have more. there is no doubt about it. >> reporter: if you could be contagious just stay home. >> not only stay home when you are sick, but even give yourself an extra day because it could still be lingering in your body. >> reporter: medical experts still recommend getting a flu shot as your best protection. in santa rosa, katie utehs, abc7 news. >> developing news, the u.s. coast guard is investigating a debris field off the san mateo county coast. they spotted a life jacket and fiberglass yesterday afternoon six miles west of point anonuevo. crews are search by boat and by

air. new rereleased surveillance video shows a car break in and an assault where police say they could have been killed. >> reporter: what started as a car break in quickly spiralled into a violent confrontation between police and suspects. watch as officers draw their guns and the driver runs over his accomplice and a cop. [ bleep ]. >> reporter: this happened year -- near 4: alamo square park on thursday. surveillance video shows two gentlemen wearing hoodies exit a black sedan. they peer into a suv. they smash a window and grab a bag. what they didn't know is three undercover san francisco police officers were watching them. the officers move in to make arrests and tackle one of the suspects to the ground. >> while if officer was taking the remaining suspect into custody the driver suspect put his vehicle into reverse, subsequently striking the officer and his accomplice that were down on the ground.

>> reporter: the driver then pulls forward and hits them again. >> this is a stark reminder that sfpd officers face dangers on a daily basis. >> reporter: all three were arrested and charged with attempted homicide. meanwhile the police officer association is criticizing the use of force policy, which prohibits officers from firing at a suspect in a moving vehicle. in san francisco, alyssa harrington abc7 news. voters in san francisco might get to decide if police officers will be allowed to carry tasers. a group called safe neighborhoods for all says it collected more than enough signatures to put a measure on ballot in the june primary. san francisco's deputy of elections received the petitions yesterday and will start counting those signatures. the city's police commission has already approved letting officers carry tasers. but the panel has delayed come up with a policy on their use. police union leaders have pushed for officers to carry tasers for several years. a family is now in mourning after a missing dog was found

dead with his legs tied with rope. rex ran away from his home in vacaville. police found him dead on thursday. rex's family said someone had tied his feet and threw him out of a window while driving on the freeway. police are looking for a suspect but have not released any details. after nearly three weeks, a chp officer who was hit by a suspected drunk driver is out of the hospital. contra costa county chp tweeted video of the officer leaving the hospital in walnut creek yesterday. his legs were crushed in that crash. since then, lendway has had multiple surgeries and undergone what his colleagues call a grueling physical therapy schedule. he hopes to make a full recovery and return back to work. last february at this time there was rain pounding down in the santa cruz mountains. what a difference a year makes. abc7 news reporter katie marzullo shows us how this weekend's warm weather has moet merchants and people smiling.

>> reporter: nothing says summer like beach volleyball. except it's february. >> flash back a year ago from today and we had one of the rainiest weather seasons on record. >> reporter: which makes this winter sunny spell in santa cruz worth its weight in gold. >> tourism is about an $800 million equation to the annual economy here. when the weather is like this you will see an uptick in business. >> reporter: the owner of this restaurant on the cruz wharf is ready for the rush. >> on a saturday night on a rainy night, you might get maybe a half a house. you know, to three quarters. now on a saturday night with this kind of weather you are going to have a full house. >> reporter: the boardwalk benefits, too. on a rainy day the managers might not even open at all. >> the good sunny weather helps business. we love it in the wintertime when we get weekend like this when people are flocking to the beach. >> reporter: people like caitlyn who lives in south lake tahoe. >> drove four and a half hours and it's just amazing.

>> reporter: the weather strikes a cord with first friday, a outdoor music event in abbott square. >> lisa argen tracking the warm weather. lisa, it doesn't feel like winter at all. >> i know. in fact much of february is looking dry and mild. we can see in our forecast models two weeks from now. i'll tell you about that in a moment. sutro tower looking at all the sunshine. 56 right now in the city. the average high is 59. we are going to hit.4 today. that's in the city. we'll talk about the coast and inland. very similar to yesterday. records around the bay today. my forecast is next. >> lisa, thank. also ahead, is apple about to head south? the deal the company just closed that could lead to another expansion. and no, these people aren't waiting for a of moey or a hot new smart

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resolved. the officer pleaded guilty as part of a plea agreement for giving police information to an unauthorized person. the person was an unaim teenager at the time. the officer exchanged sex with the girl in exchange for the information. the mayor hinted hinted hinh develop another campus. the value of the property as of last year was estimated at more than $61 million. apple has been fairly tight lipped about its intentions, however the company has been exploring its options in the san jose area. the software company auto desk has laid off 157 employees in san francisco and marin county. that's part of what's being called a restructuring plan. those numbers amount to 13% of the total work force.

the company's ceo insisted back in november when they announced that the restructuring was not a cost reducing activity. auto desk is transitioning from perpetual software licenses to software subscription asks cloud computing services. now to the woman who had her unicycle stolen this week at sfo. performance artist red panda is part of the nba's halftime act. as eric thomas reports, the golden state warriors are making sure she doesn't have to jump through any more hoops to get her unicycle back. >> reporter: fans have seen this trick numerous times over the past 20 years and are still amazed. watch the woman on the seven foot unicycle flip bowls from her foot on to her head and balance them there. >> she has been a fan favorite for years at oracle arena. been close to our organization.

she is a san francisco native. good to take care of one of our own. >> reporter: the woman known as red panda needs help. last week the man in this surveillance video made off with her unicycle at sfo. fans were worried. >> we got a lot of calls from season ticket holders who wanted to know if this means they are not going the see red panda in the halftime shows in the near future. >> reporter: the warriors weren't about to let that happen. so the team agreed to buy a new custom made unicycle for red panda. >> it is a seven and a half foot unicycle. she actually gets it made in china. we are going to be working with her team to go through the proper channels to get one made. we wanted to make sure we got her back on the cycle so she can continue to perform around the world. >> reporter: her last unicycle cost $20,000. getting a new one is going to take a while, probably months. there is a slim chance she could be back for the playoffs, but most likely she will take the off season off to rest and recuperate. eric thomas, abc7 news. beer lovers rejoice. it's that time again. russian river brewing in santa

rosa, pliny the younger is on tap there and flowing and also putting out some north bay fire whoas all at wants. here's abc7 news reporter wayne frooed man with the story. >> reporter: in santa rosa -- >> one, two, three -- younger! >> reporter: an employee toast in advance of a beer lover's onslaught. the line of waiting people stretched for blocks. what time did you get in line last night? >> 1:30 yesterday afternoon. >> reporter: maybe it's fitting that the first in line is a sonoma county fire survivor. because this beer, pliny the younger goes on sale for only two weeks. every year at the russian river brewing company. when it happens, patrons literally line up outside. >> from the time we open today until the end of the 14 days there will always be a line. >> reporter: that's vinny, who owns the brewery with his life natalie. they never planned on this happening to them. they call it a gift from the beer gods with a build in give back. all because of the north bay

fires, knowing there would be such a long line, the brewery auctioned away tickets to cut this line. they raised $140,000. all of it going to north bay fire relief. and that's only the start of it. >> so far, $900,000. but my goal is a million dollars. >> reporter: to say nothing of all the money the 1500 people a day bring into this economy. close to $5 million a year. and all because of a beer? is this that much better? >> seriously? >> reporter: yes. >> yes, it is. aimee and her boyfriend came all the way from phoenix for this. you have got airfare. you have got a hotel. you have got a car. and, et cetera. how much does that come to for three beers? >> about $1,000. >> reporter: in short it's liquid gold. nirvana as beer snobs say, a deelectable matter of taste. in santa rosa, wayne freedman, abc7 news. happening today in san

francisco, you can party like it's 1918. the twin peaks tunnel turns 100 years old. also known as the west portal tunnel, it provides access to the southern and western parts of the city. an estimated 80,000 riders use the tunnel on the k ingleside, l terra very well, and m ocean view line. the tunnel also showing its age. extensive work is needed for the interior. there is an open house at the west portal library this afternoon to celebrate the tunnel's send ten yell. now your accuweather forecast with lisa argen. >> hi, everyone. saturday morning. it's beautiful out there. a lot of sunshine. some of you are pretty mild. elsewhere it's cool in the north bay. doppler 7 showing the cloudness conditions. we have overlaid the satellite on the doppler. you can see the clouds kind of have an arc to them. they are going over a big dominant ridge of high pressure that's anchored across the pacific living us lots of sunshine and temperatures well above average.

56 doipt. 54 in oakland. mountain view have been that the sixty all morning long. half moon bay is 68. it has to do with the wind. the upper elevation winds have been gusty over the east bay hills had. 35 above 1700 feet. 49 in fairfield. low 50s, concord and livermore. so the status remains unchanged. we are going see temperatures within the realm of yesterday's record warmth. and so that means today very warm out there. in fact, tomorrow will be almost as warm. a weak weather system will bring the temperatures down a bit and give us an on-shore push. but overall we are looking at a warm, sunny pattern throughout next week. no storms. no rain for the next two weeks. our forecast models do go out about 16 days. you can see another beautiful vantage point here from the city. so this column is the temperatures today, which should be records w the asterisks.

and the old record is next to it. you can see we will be pretty close to breaking several records today. 77 in san jose. 76 in livermore. mid 70s in oakland and san francisco. so certainly it doesn't feel like february. only into the third day. it's dry of course. as i mentioned with the two weeks of the forecast out, it showing us we will be dry through february 18th. we are pretty sure about that. we dry to almost the end of the month. but boy do we need the rain. afternoon highs. sausalito in the 70s. still above average. tuesday, very little change. 60s and 70s. in fact, gaining a few trees. by wednesday, we are look at the winter warmth continuing with low 70s, upper tickets around the bay. it really is unusual, but i guess we should enjoy it.

right. 75 in palo alto today. -- 76 in palo alto. 77 in san jose. san matio 75. and overnight lows tonight 40s and 50s. we will have upper level winds. the inversion keeps us pretty mild. the accuweather seven-day forecast, the today the warmest day out of the next seven. slightly cooler tomorrow, especially at the coast due to the on-shore component. that stay with us monday. bright and warm on tuesday. you will notice we have very little change throughout the rest of the week. download our accuweather app and you will be up to date and check out the temperatures around your neighborhood. we love the micro climate. we are looking at a ten, 15 degree spread usually. but not today. we are all in a uniform number change. >> i love how the folks in minneapolis are dealing with below zero for the super bowl. and here we are in the 70s. >> we can't talk to those people, they are jealous. life from the

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good morning, south bay. let's get up and get going. >> this is abc7 mornings. it is great to have you with us. i'm chris nguyen.

we are off to a sunny start across the bay area. here's meteorologist lisa argen tracking the conditions where you live. >> good morning to you. nice and sunny everywhere. mild for some. as we look live outside you will notice from the sutro tower camera it is beautiful in san francisco at 56. 54 in oakland. we have been in the 60s on the peninsula. also at the coast. yeah it's kind of a beach day out there. and right now no wind at all here at the surface it's cool in the north bay with low to mid 40s and low 50s in livermore. while we have a warmer day from the peninsula to the south bay and the coast in the north bay it's chillier. look at the winds. 23 miles per hour in oakland hills. half moon bay, 30 miles an hour and wind off shore at 30 miles an hour. mid 70s around the bay by 4:00. yes, that's record warmth once again. we will talk about the second half of the weekend, and the look ahead in a few minutes, chris. >> lisa, thank. the controversial memo from

republicans in congress remains a hot topic this moorng. it accuses officials in the fbi and the department of justice of abusing their power in the russia investigation. let's take a closer look at exactly what's in the memo with abc's david wright. >> i think it is a disgrace what's going on in this country. i think it is a disgrace. a lot of people should be ashamed of themselves, and much worse than that. president trump has made it crystal clear what he thinks of the memo. >> this now is the bigst abuse of power corruption case in american history. >> reporter: the democrats say it's the president and his allies who are playing politics. >> the goal was simply to get a misleading piece of information before the public, help support the president, help discredit the mueller investigation and the fbi. >> reporter: the republican memo specifically seeks to discredit the man who appointed special counsel bob mueller and oversees the russia investigation, deputy attorney general rod rosen

styne. according to the memo, rosenstein endorsed the continued eavesdropping of carter page a former foreign policy adviser to the trump campaign and a suspected russian agent, an essential part of a warrant application he signed, cork to the memo, was the infamous russian dossier, paid for by the democrats and compiled by a former british spy, christopher steele. >> the dossier was presented to the court as it was -- as if it was true. the court was not told that the democrats actually paid for this. >> reporter: the question is, did this dossier lead to this -- create this investigation? >> reporter: democrats worry the president is looking for an excuse to fire rosenstein in order to short circuit the russia investigation. >> the firing of rod rosenstein in my view would be an act of obstruction of justice just as firing bob mueller would be. >> reporter: the president was asked about it point blank. >> would it be a good idea to

fire rosenstein. >> his cryptic answer. >> you figure that one out. >> reporter: the fbi director opposed releasing the memo. chris ray sent a video message to the agency's rank and file telling them quote i stand by our shared determination to do our work independently and by the book. just a couple of hours ago the president out put out this tweet. again these are his words. this memo totally vindicates trump in probe but the russian witch-hunt goes on and on. there was no collusion and there was no obstruction. this is an american disgrace. bay area congressman eric swalwell is on the house intelligence committee. he says the purpose of the memo is obvious, to protect the president and he is pointing the finger at house speaker, paul ryan. >> what this memo does is it seeks to torch every floor of the fbi building to protect the president. that's what it will do. and is quite unfortunate that

the speaker would take that tack. we expected better of him. >> one of the strongest actions from the republican side came from arizona congressman paul gosar, he said the actions of james comey, andrew mccabe, sally yates, and rod rosenstein constitutes treason n. a statement, he said, i will be leading a letter to the attorney general seeking criminal prosecution against these traitors to our nation. we have the republican memo in its entirety posted own our website, abc7news.com. new details this morning on a school shooting in los angeles. prosecutors say a gun accidentally went off in a 12-year-old girl's backpack. it sent a single bullet through the wrist of a 15-year-old girl and then struck a 15-year-old boy in the head. the boy is expected to survive. police are trying to figure out not only how the girl got the gun into the school but why she brought it there in the first

place. the 12-year-old girl has been arrested and is expected to be arraigned on monday. the money who sold ammunition to las vegas gunman stephen paddock was arrested after holding a press conference. douglas hague an aerospace engineer and part time ammunition reseller said he sold 720 rounds of surplus u.s. military tracer ammunition to paddock at his home in september. >> he pulled up very well dressed, very well groomed, very polite, very respectful, told me what he wanted. i gathered it up, put it in a box, told him what he owed me. he paid me, put it in his car, and drove away. >> hague is now facing conspiring to manufacture and selling armor piercing ammunition. that's a violation of a federal law. in october, paddock killed 58 people, injured more than 400. more than 850 others suffered other injuries in the attack. we are hearing from the

money who accidentally issued a missile warning in hawaii. he claims he never heard that it was an examiner size. >> i was 100% sure that it was real. i did what i was trained to do as far as making the selection to notify the public. it was just a terrible feeling, dread. i was very emotional about what happened. >> the man n his 50s, was fired from his job. he believes the military should handles notifications instead of state employees. we move on now to an emotional scene in the courtroom. a distraught father lunging at larry nassar. the father had just heard his own daughters read their victim impact statements. abc's ariel refresha has more on the courtroom chaos. >> judge, would a distraught father have a chance to say something? you son of a [ bleep ]. >> reporter: raw emotioning boiling over in a michigan courtroom. >> grant me five minutes in a locked room with this demon.

would you do that? >> that is not how our. >> yes or no? >> no, sir, i can't do that. >> would you give me one minute? >> you know that i can't do that. that's not how our legal system -- >> with well i'm going to have to take -- >> reporter: randle mar graves charging disgraced u.s.a. gymnastics doctor larry nassar during another sentencing hearing. >> let me at that [ bleep ]. >> reporter: the father of three girls who say they were molested by nassar tackled, cuffed, and held in contempt. >> i nobody should be behaving like this. >> you didn't have to live through it lady. >> i am a parent. i don't know what it would be like to stand there as a father and know that three of your girls were injured physically and emotionally by somebody sitting in a courtroom. >> reporter: mar graves later

apologizing saying he was incensed watching nassar shake his head after two of his daughters read their impact statement. >> now i field to protect my daughters. >> reporter: nassar was sentenced to 75 to 140 years as his victims continue to step out of the shadows. >> this morning the u.s. olympic committee is facing more questions after the wall street reported it was informed of allegations of abuse in 2015 but didn't alert athletes or law enforcement. the usoc tells abc news they learned in 2015 of a doctor potentially having abused an athlete and that it was reported to the fbi. they have now launched an independent investigation. still ahead on abc.morning, snoop dogg is ready to release a new album. it may not be what you expect. the genre he is now exploring. here's a live look outside from our east bay hills camera. you don't need a jacket for your you don't need a jacket for your run this morning. at&t has a network

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welcome back, everyone. here's live look outside from our abc7 exploratorium camera pointed at the bay bridge this saturday. it is shaping up to be another beautiful day across the region. we will get a check of the full accuweather forecast from lisa argen. she will let us know when we can expect some rain in the forecast. cost that's coming up. rapper, pot luck dinner planner and gospel musician.

snap dog has plans to release a gospel album later this year. he gave a sample at a super bowl party in minnesota. it features the likes of faith evans and the clark sisters. his new album will drop in march. the title pretty simple "snoop dogs presents the bible of love". snoop can certainly do it all, lisa. >> i agree. he and martha. have you ever seen that? >> i need to. i seen previews for it. everyone talks about it. >> warm for baking today. so if you want to head outside, wow, it's going to be a beautiful beach day again today. it's 48 in santa cruz right now. going for a high of 78. but we'll have many mid and upper 70s closer to home. it's 54 in oakland, with 63 in mountain view right now. so record warmth today. slightly cooler tomorrow. what about the first full week of february? i'll have the answers next in my accuweather seven-day forecast. also ahead, the warriors look to rebound from a bad loss

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good morning, everyone. here's a live look outside from our abc7 roof camera. lisa will let us know how long it will be until the rain

returns to the bay area. that's come up in the accuweather forecast. in sports, the warriors wrap up their three game road trip taking on the nuggets at the pepsi center. tip-off is set for 6:p.m. last night the warriors were hoping to avoid a two game losing streak after getting blown in and out owe at that. they looked sluggish but kevin durant helped them in the fourth quarter to get a win over the sacramento kings. here's larry beil. >> dpm, everybody. the warriors usually get focused after they lose a game so after losing by 30 in utah on thursday they figured to be laser locked last night in sacramento. steph curry signing autographs. eye isha is pregnant again. can grats to the family. doesn't, 15 points in the second quarter. dubs up six at the half. third quarter, zach randolph. like he and vince carter are going to play in the league until they are 50. he had 18 to lead the kings. steph finally starting to heat up of deep three, splash. 23 for steph.

willie cauley-stein. didn't know he had the behind the back in his game. pass. healed steals. it is a one point game. they are going to lose again? no. dubs go on a 30-16 run to close it out. doesn't, i'll just do this myself. back to back threes. what a weapon. fnished with 33. warriors win it 119-104. coach steve kerr learned the hard way that what goes on the internet stays on the internet. friends sent video of james hardin asking if it was a travel. he responded it is an embarrassment i think the league is so happy with all the scoring it doesn't want to enforce stuff like that. instead of sending it as a private message he sent it out to the entire planet. >> i witness over to chris demarco. i rarely send a tweet let alone delead lead one. i gave to it demarco. he decleats it after 30 second. and i go what do you think? am i going to get away with it? he goes hell no

[ laughter ] >> he's right. sharks trying to snap a four game skid in columbus. second period, five on three, pavelski, la bank. bank is open. one time e 2-1 after two. justin braun, long pass to vlasic. oh, backhand, to beat sergei bobrovsky. the sharks win 3-1 their first victory since thornton got hurt. nba basketball here tonight. cavs and rockets. we will see lebron against the beard. that's at 5:30. after the game we'll follow. have a great weekend, everybody. i'm larry beil. now your accuweather forecast with lisa argen. >> saturday morning sparkling from san francisco. you can see the goalen gate bridge. temperatures are very comfortable. we are looking at another day of record wamth with numbers well into the 70s by this afternoon. hopefully you are enjoying it. half moon bay, numbers are

climbing quickly. we have observation stations where temperatures are ranging from the 50s to 60s this morning. it will be a quick warm up. in the arch we will be in the 70s. some of the numbers could be shy of afternoons. record warmth is expected. mount tam right now. you are looking at a little bit of a breeze in the upper elevations. that's due to the gusty offshore winds. live doppler 7 perspective with the satellite overlay shows a dome of high pressure anchored off the west coast and the clouds going up and over the ridge. we started off the winter with a somewhat wet november. december was dry. january was marginally wet. here we go again with what looks like a pretty dry monday ahead. maybe march will offer more rain. 63 in mountain view. 54 san jose. on the coast, wow, already 68 degrees. this is only one reading we get from half moon bay. there are several. so if you are headed to the coast, just keep in mind it will

be unseasonably warm there today. in fact, throughout the entire bay area it will be the warmer day today over the next two for the weekend. it's cool in the north bay with 42 in santa rosa. 43 in napa. upper 40s in novato and the delta. low 50s in concord and livermore. in the hills winds have been gusting at 30 miles an hour. in the sierra nevada, temperatures well into the mid to upper 50s the next few days. and the statewide snowpack is at about 26%. we are looking at a dry day a dry weekend next two weeks. mother nature not helping out in this department. more record warmth. we are looking warm and sunny for the weekend into next week with subtle changes tomorrow. no storms for the next two weeks. it looks like through about february 19th. so let's look at oakland for an example of the week ahead. we are looking at average

of 59. today on-shore winds return. sounds like summer. 70. and temperatures above average the rest of the week. this is santa rosa, one of the warmer locations. 77 today. in the south bay, upper 70s. san jose, mid 70s on thence la for you from palo alto to redwood city. east bay numbers, 75 arinne de, 76, fremont. you head inland. more mid 70s for you. a beautiful day for new livermore. the accuweather seven-day forecast, today the warmest day out of the next seven. the on-shore winds will cool us off at did coast and around the bay. numbers will be at least ten degrees above average as we go through your first full week of february. download the accuweather app. it should be very nice but at some point we need to get back to winter. >> it might be a nice day to do

wine tasting or get in line for pliny. those lines are going to be long. >> pretty day out there. >> lisa, thank you. the movie, westchester, starring heldin mirren is now playing in theaters. it is the story of sarah westchester and the famously haunted mansion she built that still stands as a tourist attraction in san jose. jonathan blume got to speak with mirren and her co-star jason clark when they were here last year. and he went back to the house for the film's opening. >> do you believe inest goes, dr. price. >> i do not believe in anything i cannot see. >> reporter: but to the people who work at the westchester mystery house it is not a question. >> it's definitely haunted. i could tell you ghost story after ghost story. >> reporter: jake williams knows this house by the back of his hand, which earned him a glimmer of stardom. >> they needed a stunt double who was familiar with the roof of the house. >> reporter: they much of the movie was shot in australia, the roof scene was shot here in san jose. >> i got do a stunt scene for

clark's character. >> reporter: clark play as scientist. >> what is he coming here to do? >> he is coming here to do a hatchet job on sarah. >> reporter: after the fortune made by the westchester rifle, she believed she was haunted by the people it killed. the maze of rooms and hallways was erected to keep them at bay. >> do you feel the spirits here. >> not today. there are so many people. >> they are not all real. >> reporter: mirren had to play a person as mysterious as the house she lived in. >> the daughter of a carpenter. she had an affinity with artisanal use of wood which sue any the house. >> she studied the house and become an exert she could have thread tour. >> displays are in the house, like these costumes used in the film here in the venetian dining room. >> people are saying they head about the movie and it's been on their bucket list. and they are finally coming.

>> reporter: they are giving a film preview in the grand ballroom one of the rooms of the house heavily profiled in the film. >> you don't believe any of this. i understand. >> reporter: in san jose, january on this blume, abc7 news. still to come, a bay area tradition. the big celebration planned today fo

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mega millions drawing. 1, 4, 14, 17, 40. the mega number, 4. nobody picked all six, so tuesday's night's jackpot goes up to $120 million. happening today it's time to get into the year of the dog. the lunar new year is being celebrated today in oakland. the event is the oakland chinatown chamber of commerce's outdoor festival. you will see dancers and plates being spun on a stick. this is video from last year's even. the free fun begins this morning at the pacific renaissance plastica on ninth street and goes until 4:00 this afternoon. now for a final whether with lisa argen. >> 74 degrees out there in oakland today. so it's even getting warm to sit out in the sun because the sun is feeling pretty good by later on today. how about 77 in santa rosa and "gma." certainly way too warm for february. we are only slightly cooler tomorrow with an on-shore push

that continues into monday. numbers all week long, above average. tons of sun. so i guess we need to enjoy it. tough order, right? >> life here in the bay area. lisa, thank you. and thanks to you for joining us on abc7 mornings. i'm chris nguyen alongside lisa argen. we return at 4:30 because of nba primetime on abc. and then nba countdown gets you ready for tonight's game at 5:30. that will be followed by after the game with larry beil 598:00 p.m. for now, the news continues on line, on twitter, facebook, and instagram. we'll leave you for now with a live look outside from our golden gate bridge camera. from all of us here at abc7 news, make it a great day, everybody.

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announcer: "jack hanna's wild countdown" is sponsored by nationwide. jack: hi, everybody. i'm jack hanna, coming to you from my base camp here at the columbus zoo, and welcome to "wild countdown." do you know which animals are top predators? sue: i've never seen an animal devour food that fast. jack: they're the creatures that dominate the food chain, the hunters that other creatures do their best to avoid. is that another one? guide: that's another croc. jack: he's surrounded by crocodiles. guide: he's surrounded. jack: today i'll try to survive 6 encounters with ravenous carnivores. guide: inside that... jack: whoa! so watch your back. top

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jack: some of the world's most terrifying top predators can be found in africa. so that's where today's countdown kicks off. my wife sue and i traveled to serengeti national park in northern tanzania, one of the world capitals of wildlife. robert was our guide for the day. every year, aggressive carnivores in this region feed on the super herds of wildebeests and zebra that cross the serengeti, looking for grazing land. the mara river is a major obstacle on the migration route. wildebeests must brave the strong currents while watching for predators. sue: they just are coming and coming and coming. jack: absolutely beyond belief. robert: it is the most amazing show in the wild. sue: it really is. jack: you're right. the most amazing show in the world. just a way to sayin' it. easily today we've witnessed about 300,000 animals crossing. and they're still coming! jack: just below the water's surface, nile crocodiles were waiting for their chance to strike. uh-oh.

sue: and, look. wait a minute. robert: that's a crocodile. sue: oh, it's a crocodile, and it got him! jack: no. is it, really? robert: yeah. jack: oh, no. robert: there's a croc that's caught a leg. jack: oh, gosh. that whole thing's a crocodile. look at the size of that thing. oh, shoot. sue: and that's a big wildebeest. jack: fully grown, a nile croc can measure 15 feet long and weigh over 1,500 pounds. robert: another croc. the other crocs are coming to eat? sue and jack: what? robert: there is a second croc. jack: oh, there he is right there, sue. there he is like a submarine right there. robert: usually it's over, over in seconds...in seconds. jack: he disappears, like you said. a croc on the hunt clamps those massive jaws onto its victim and pulls it down to its doom. robert: they use the water to drown him, but there's no water to drown it. it's very low. that technique is not working. so that crocodile is having to improvise, and he's not doing well. jack: yeah, wait. is that another one? robert: that's another croc. jack: there's another one. you see right here? robert: we have a fourth crocodile. jack: he's surrounded by crocodiles. robert: he's surrounded. jack: just then, when it looked like lights out for the wildebeest, it somehow managed to escape the gang of hungry crocs.

sue: oh! it's making it. it's making it. i want to see him get out and be free. jack: we can all sit here and pray for him to get on that rock and go up that bank, can't we? for the time being at least, the wildebeest had escaped certain death. there, sue. come here. it'll be all right. it'll be all right. our grandson, little jack, had seen the whole drama as well. so i checked to see what he thought of it. so, jack, what would you take back from what you've seen today? little jack: it's like the circle of life. you need to understand that it happens. mother nature's balanced everything. jack: jack, let me shake your hand, because what you've said, i did not tell you to say that. you're exactly correct. mother nature dictates what happens out here, not you or me. next north america's largest carnivore, the grizzly bear. up in montana near glacier national park, i went to

investigate a report that a grizzly bear had been caught breaking and entering. i was surprised to learn the homeowners weren't too upset, even though the bear had eaten a few of their chickens. woman: we have numerous bears around here every year. just make some noise, and they don't bother anything. this is the first time we've ever been bothered by a bear. jack: so how do you relocate a hungry predator? it takes an expert like tim manley. tim and his assistant lindsey set up their trap, and by the next morning, the problem bear had been caught. tim: the thing with these types of bears is they don't want to be discovered by people, and so they tend to come in at night. and this bear came in last night, they think, around 10:30. after it got dark, they heard the door go down on the trap, and that's probably when it came in. it got caught. jack: jeez. can i look at him? lindsey: yeah. definitely. tim: sure. jack: oh, jeez. oh, man. that was a stupid idea. tim: he's an adult male grizzly bear in his prime. he's probably

400-500 pounds. jack: what's he saying? lindsey: he's saying, "let me out." ha ha! jack: don't worry. we'll let you out. we're taking-- you to another place right now. won't be any chickens there, but there'll be a lot of berries, ok? i followed tim and lindsey about an hour south to swan valley. a male grizzly bear's hunting grounds can cover more than 300 square miles. tim: well, what i'm gonna do is we're gonna rig it up so that we can pull this door up with a pulley. right now, it's locked shut, so there's no way for this to come up until everybody's in the vehicle, and then we pull this lock off and set it to pull. jack: it's ok, buddy. it's ok. you'll be home in just a second. man, he is big. wow. to release the bear from the trap, we used a rope that had to be set just right. man, i don't want to screw this up, i can tell you that right now. are you ready? ok. tim: and the bear should just come running out. jack: here we go. man: there he goes. tim: go on, bear! go on! jack: i just want to thank you for all the dedication for

educating all of us people as well as helping save the bears' lives. tim: oh, you're welcome. and we were glad that you were able to come out with us. and the whole idea is to keep the bears alive and in the wild. [bear growls] jack: coming up... that was something. i ain't acting, folks. plus, the blooper of the week... whoa! next on "wild countdown." ♪ a. t 'e o cciaoter lu.ins,ou w ki t tcaeuac 'e o cciaoter lu.ins,ou w . es ve

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jack: welcome back to "wild countdown," everybody. i'm jack hanna here at my base camp, the columbus zoo. i turn into a beast when i'm hungry, but that's nothing compared to these top predators. oh, there he is right there, sue. there he is like a submarine right there. oh, jeez. oh, man. that was a stupid idea. it's no surprise that the world's fastest cats are also skillful hunters. sometimes cheetahs also use a secret weapon, teamwork. in central kenya, the lewa wildlife conservancy is home to a highly diverse population of predators and their prey. my guide tom got word of a rare sighting, the elusive cheetah. when we got to the site, we found a trio of cats hunting together. you see 'em? tom: yeah, right there, under the tree. jack: golly day! look at that. just their heads poking out. are those--what is that? the three of them there, they were all born together? tom: yeah, these are 3 brothers. jack: oh, it's a family of brothers. tom: yeah. jack: look at the eyes. you see

those dark marks under the eyes? that's so the cheetah can hunt in direct sunlight. most of your predators will hunt during the night, you know, like a leopard or a lion. but those little black marks are like a football or baseball player. you know when you see the chalk under their eyes? they can look right in the sunlight. same thing with the cheetah. their eyesight, they can see something 300, 400 yards off. with their telescopic vision, the 3 feline predators had spotted prey that was invisible to me--a mother impala and her calf. tom: ok, and that impala, you see an impala there? jack: what? tom: impala. jack: way up there. tom: way up there at the green bush. jack: oh, that's way up there. tom: yeah. you see it? jack: the 3 hunters approached without making a sound. yup. here they go. she knows now. tom: she knows something approaching. jack: yup. there he--there he goes. there it goes. tom and jack: there they go. jack: chasing down the young impala didn't look like much of a challenge for the big cats. that's it. they made the kill. [engine running] i've been out here for 27 years.

i've seen cheetahs attempt to kill. and here we were, and we got to see actually what happens out here in africa. now they're leaving. look at this. tom, look at this. good night! they don't leave anything. tom: no. exiting about from the legs. jack: the 4 legs. that's all that's left. they eat everything. tom: everything, everything, including the head. jack: the skull. tom: yeah. as i told you, this was too small for them. that's why they ate everything. and it means soon, they'll go again hunting. jack: for the 3 top predators, the impala had only been an appetizer. their main course was still to come. next up, a notorious deep-sea hunter with a nasty reputation, the tiger shark. the nation of fiji in the south pacific ocean is made up of hundreds of small islands. these waters are famous for their marine life. so we couldn't wait to go

scuba-diving. but first we had a question for our dive master brandon, what about sharks? so we're kind of--we're not leery. we're just kind of excited. and what was that word? sue: apprehensive. we're very-- brandon: apprehensive, yeah? jack: what do you think? brandon: well, that's good. i mean, you know, you've come to do the shark dive, and that's kind of a natural reaction. jack: tiger sharks enjoy fiji's warm waters and patrol for prey from a thousand feet deep right to the surface. brandon: we get tigers about once every 3 dives. if we see the tiger, we'll point to the shark and go like this.... jack: like this. brandon: to show that, you know, it's a tiger. jack: the morning of the dive, i met sue and our daughter julie at the dock. it turned out we were bringing snacks for the hungry sharks, dead fish called chum. see this? sue: oh, my gosh. no way. no way. jack: yeah, you're the one that wanted to do it. sue: i don't know why i want to do this. julie: ok. wash your hands. jack: by the time we reached the dive site, our hosts were already throwing chum into the sea. they're feeding them. guide: they already saw one tiger shark down there. jack: they saw a tiger shark? different guide: young one.

jack: i was feeling a bit nervous, but the truth is that shark attacks on humans are extremely rare. with brandon leading the dive, i knew we' be in good hands. guide: ...2, 3! jack: more than 1,200 kinds of fish live in the ocean around fiji. and most of them seem to be waiting to meet us. but when a huge tiger shark appeared, they all scattered. the mighty predator was over 10 feet long, still a juvenile. fully grown, tigers can measure almost 20 feet from nose to tail. as they grow, tiger sharks feed on different kinds of prey. when they're young, tigers feed on fish and sea snakes. when they mature, their mouths are larger. they hunt marine mammals and sea turtles. for this meal, the tiger seems satisfied with the huge chunk of meat our guides have brought for him. when the fish food ran out, we returned to the surface. i'm gonna tell you something,

tiger sharks, unbelievable. you could hear the commotion of: [imitating loud whooshing] i'm serious. it was like-- that was something. i ain't acting, folks. sue: it was so amazing. jack, thank you so much. oh, i didn't-- jack: give me a kiss, sue. i'm a kissing shark. ha ha! why do sharks have so many teeth? the answer is coming up next on "wild countdown." edexyo wneeatco in h..erlit.ane terad uchseet ts ytehee yhyw edexyo

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several rows of teeth that act as a conveyor belt when they need to be replaced. welcome back, everyone, to "wild countdown." i'm jack hanna here at my base camp, the columbus zoo. even though top predators are extremely dangerous, they're also good at making friends from wildlife rangers who protect endangered cheetahs to dive masters who feed tiger sharks by hand. next up is a hunter that isn't the biggest or most famous but definitely demands respect. sue and i found that out firsthand the day we dared to feed a pack of african wild dogs. there is no better place to meet these top predators than the de wildt cheetah center in south africa. my old friend alan strachan was the perfect host. alan: hey, jack. sue: and i'm suzi. alan: hi, suzi. pleased to meet--you're not married to him, are you? sue: i am. alan: oh, my... sue: for a long time. jack: alan wasn't shy about assigning us chores right away.

alan: we're going to be feeding wild dogs. ok, you got to take all your clothes off because it's messy. jack: ok. ok, sue. you go first. what in the world is this right here? alan: that's horsemeat. jack: right now, who's gonna touch that stuff? alan: you are. jack: i am? alan: yes! jack: with our gourmet picnic all packed up, we headed out to meet the pack. wild dogs are highly cooperative, living in groups of 10-20 individuals. hold on. you don't want to fall out here. sue: hup. jack: oh. sue: there they are. jack: gol' dang. they're all around us. ha ha! [dogs squeaking] he's communicating right now. he's telling that one to get you and that one to get me. that's what they're doing with each other. also known as hunting dogs, these canines use high-pitched squeaks and body language to communicate. their success rate when hunting prey is over 80%. alan: what's that? jack: come here, sue. alan: what's that? jack: here, sue. take one of them. sit. whoa, doggies. that one's eating all the food. alan: jack, jack, come here. sue: wait, wait. alan: come here, jack.

just put it right there. sue: yeah, it's ok. jack: the hunting dogs' territory is usually savanna, where their multicolored fur lets them blend in and sneak up on prey. but as wild habitat disappears due to human development, the painted dogs have become the ones at risk. sue: they're extremely endangered. and the fact that you're breeding them here, that's huge! alan: they are so important to breed dogs in captivity because that is where dogs that we can reintroduce back into the wild-- and we've done a couple of reintroductions--so we know it works. jack: we moved on to the next pack of dogs, which seemed even hungrier than the first one. jack: keep that thing away from me. alan: oh, it's all right. [dogs squeaking] jack: no, no, no. just wait there. no, no. sue: they're hungry. jack: no, just wait a minute. just wait a minute, boy. sue, oh, jack, watch them eat that. jack: golly day. look at this. sue: i've never seen an animal

devour food that fast. jack: look at this. alan: this is why dogs--you know, they're disappearing quicker than cheetah. they have a bad public relations. they will bring something down, eat 3 minutes. these dogs are so efficient, people see it, they think, "oh, this is horrible, ugly." you know, it's not. it's efficiency. jack: humans are the biggest threat to the african hunting dogs. we met a group of children that day that gave me hope for the future of these painted pups. so now answer me, will all y'all work together to help protect and preserve these animals for your kids? kids: yes. yes. jack: let's hear it louder. kids: yes! jack: coming up... wowee. they're looking right at me, too. plus, the blooper of the week... whoa! next on "wild countdown." ve, l s t onrebrayvith

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in montana; 4--three cheetah brothers sharing an impala; 3--surviving a swim with a giant tiger shark; and 2-- african wild dogs, hunters on the brink of extinction. today's countdown ends with a big cat that's so powerful, he's considered an apex predator. that means even next to the other great african hunters, lions rule. in south africa, the sanbona wildlife reserve encompasses over 100,000 acres of terrain. it's one of the only places in the world to see rare white lions in the wild. our guide, geran, helped us spot the pale predators. geran: they are way back there. jack: oh, that back here? geran: yeah. jack: that white rock? geran: yeah. jack: is that a white lion? geran: yeah. jack: get out of here. are you serious? geran: mm-hmm. jack: wowee. they're looking right at me, too. it's a male. oh, look at him yawning. hey, sue, do you want to see it? sue: i'd love to see it.

jack: come here. you won't believe it. sue: oh, i see it, jack. oh, my gosh. jack: do you believe that? sue: no, i can't. it's beautiful. jack: it looked as though the big cat was feasting on his latest prey. what did he kill? geran: it looks like an eland. jack: an eland? geran: yeah. jack: shoo. geran: but, obviously, it's a coalition. so there's two of them. it's two brothers. jack: i just don't know how they make a kill, though. i really don't. i mean, you'd see him a mile away. geran: you know, it's obviously a highly adaptable animal. and there's a lot of quartz deposits in these areas. so wherever you look, you'll see there's flecks of white. jack: right. geran: and only until it moves, do you actually know that it's a white lion and not a big rock. jack: that's amazing. geran: here comes his brother. jack: yeah, i was gonna say i just saw him right behind the bushes. there he comes right there. wow! look at that. one of the reasons i came to south africa is to see that white lion right there. well, did he get moved there? geran: yeah. you see he got up. and he's coming towards us. jack: all right. geran: and you see he's also-- slacking, crouching down now.

so he's getting a bit uncomfortable. so i suggest, let's move out. jack: yeah. and now it's time for my blooper of the week. at south africa's reptile city, my guide introduced me to a nile crocodile named stephan. guide: oh, my gosh. jack: he is big. i was so focused on stephan's teeth, i didn't notice he was about to strike. guide: and if you look carefully inside the-- jack: whoa! god! wowee. are you all right? i wasn't scared. i just wanted to get out of the way. [guide laughing] wh d ' t fa hprevm. wh d nae.w ? 're

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jeff: today on ocean treks, i come ashore in sitka, alaska where i give flight and freedom to america's national bird. woman: one, two, three. jeff: then i head to untouched wilderness to experience the millions of spawning salmon returning from sea. and this my friends is what it's all about. back to the water he goes. there you go buddy. ♪ music jeff: i'm jeff corwin. i'm on a trip of a lifetime cruising to the greatest places in the planet. every week i'll come ashore at a new port and head out on the best day trip ever. what's really cool about this experience, anyone can do it. for me it's about exploring, and no matter where i go i know there's adventure waiting. this is ocean treks. ♪ music

jeff: alright friends, get ready for the ultimate alaskan adventure. we've just arrived to the incredible quaint coastal community known as sitka here in southeastern alaska aboard the oosterdam. this is gonna be one epic adventure in the land of the midnight sun with a bit of rain sprinkled in. for a spark of local inspiration i drop by the ship's galley where the executive chef is preparing a regional specialty. nice. sinu: jeff, how are you today? jeff: i'm excellent, how are you doing? sinu: beautiful. you know what, you are in sitka, today we've got some beautiful freshly-cut salmon here. jeff: gorgeous, look at that. sinu: and it's wild caught salmon. you know what jeff, when you are in sitka you should definitely go and watch the spawning of salmon. jeff: absolutely and that certainly is a big part of our mission. and there are many different species; you've got five significant species and this is the beautiful koho or silver salmon. when it comes to fresh salmon you'll never get it fresher than in alaska because these fish are now coming into these fresh water systems to spawn, they've spent their lives

out at sea, and it's one of the most nicely balanced and managed resources in our planet. and the populations are healthy and robust, there's enough for the ecosystem. so you've given me a little inspiration chef, so i'm gonna be off and have a great time. sinu: please make sure when you come back, find me, i've got some amazing treats for you and your friends onboard. jeff: i can't wait. thanks. sinu: excellent, see you later. jeff: sitka is located on the alaska panhandle in an archipelago of more than 1,000 islands. it's only accessible by ship or plane so the surrounding waters and forested mountains are pristine and rich with wildlife. at the alaska raptor center visitors can discover the region's high-flying locals and a remarkable program rehabilitating injured birds and getting them back to the wild. whenever i explore sitka this is one of my favorite places to visit. and it's all about this amazing creature right here. this is a juvenile bald eagle and this is one very amazing bald eagle, spirit. she was hit by a car. because of her injury

spirit will never be able to live in the wild so she can teach people the importance of these incredible creatures. look at those eyes. yeah, i'm watching you too. she's got amazing binocular vision; she can spot prey from a mile high in the sky. she's got very sharp talons that she'll use to grab her prey. and of course that razor sharp beak that the bald eagle uses to actually tear the flesh off its prey. although spirit can no longer hunt in the wild, she still is able to explore her natural eagle instincts through stimulation called enrichment. okay guys, we've got sheila and hannah. being that she doesn't need these skill sets for wild life, how come you do the enrichment? hannah: so we want to make sure the birds that are under our care are both physically and mentally healthy. and this is part of making sure that they're mentally healthy. basically out in the wild they'd have choices they could make; where they want to fly to, what kind of food they want to eat. so we bring them out here and she gets the choice; she can explore, she can see new areas, she can take a little bath if she wants to.

jeff: it's exercising those bald eagle muscles that they need. hannah: yeah, yeah. jeff: thanks to her caregivers spirit is living a happy and healthy life. okay guys we're about to do something really cool here. hannah is at that end and you can see she has on her glove this gorgeous, gorgeous red-tailed hawk. we're training this animal to go back and forth as part of an education program. it's all about encouraging those natural wild behaviors that makes a bald eagle a bald eagle, or in this case a red-tailed hawk, a red-tailed hawk. put a little piece of meat on. hannah: yep. jeff: little bit of bait. i'm gonna put that right here. okay kylie, ready? here he comes, right here. and he got it. good job. ready hannah? hannah: oh yeah. kylie! good job buddy. jeff: come on, kylie! good job. so kylie is a red-tailed hawk and red-tailed hawks are one of the most abundant, successful birds

of prey in north america. they adapt to the alaska landscape, they even adapt to urban landscapes; you can see them in new york city and places like boston. remarkable creatures. it's actually very unusual to me, but he almost has this sort of salt and pepper look to him. hannah: so depending on the region they're from the colors can vary a lot. good job buddy. jeff: kylie, come on. hannah: go get the food. jeff: there he goes. and this is why i love coming to the alaska raptor center and exploring this incredible facility dedicated to saving creatures just like this red-tailed hawk, and of course the iconic bald eagle. always a new adventure to be had here. having kylie and spirit here to teach people about wildlife is important, but many of these birds fully recover and the ultimate goal is to get them back into their natural habitat. we're here at the alaska raptor center. the ultimate success is getting one of these gorgeous bald eagles back in the wild. we're about to do that

now. i'm with dr. v. we're here in one of the aviaries. this is where injured eagles fly their way back to health and we're trying to catch one eagle in particular. victoria: go for it. okay. jeff: this is gonna look pretty extreme guys because we need to make sure this eagle is safe and we are safe. victoria: okay now i need you to set the eagle down on its shoulder. perfect, excellent. see how it calms the eagle? jeff: yep. victoria: one, two, three. perfect, great transfer. jeff: and that my friends is how you capture a bald eagle. but this is only one step in the journey of recovery and being wild once again. coming up, this eagle is ready for its new life in the wild. victoria: we don't know what the bird is going to do so just be prepared for anything. jeff: for anything. victoria: yeah. ♪

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♪ music jeff: my ship is in port in sitka, alaska where i'm spending the morning with some of the region's magnificent species of birds of prey. so this is the medical facility here at the alaska raptor center and they perform miracles here. they take birds just like this, all sorts of species in a lot of trouble, sometimes on death's door, and they get them not only recovered, a lot of times they get them in the wild. victoria: okay, we're gonna hood the bird. jeff: okey-doke. victoria; hopefully with the hood on it'll help it calm down. this is aurora.

aurora is an adult female bald eagle. i'm gonna put a tourniquet on and we're gonna draw some blood. jeff: bald eagles themselves as a species are special because they are the ultimate symbol of who we are as a nation, as a people. but aurora is a very special bald eagle. she was likely injured by a powerline and hit by a car. victoria: yeah. jeff: but what's really wonderful is that these guys here at the raptor center are on the front lines giving these animals a fighting chance. and what's so exciting about today, assuming aurora checks out nicely and physically is ready which we think she is, we are gonna put her back in the wild. dr. v, what do you hope to learn from that little blood sample there? victoria: to make sure that they're not anemic. most of the birds that come to us are anemic because they've been starving in the wild as a result of their injury. jeff: i really love experiences like this. they open their doors so people from around the world visiting sitka, exploring this incredible frontier, can come to this place and experience this

conservation success firsthand. victoria: okay, to make sure that they didn't get injured during capture i'm gonna check the wings next. i don't feel any injuries. and that's what a wing should look like; pop out beautifully like that. and this wing is checking out as well. jeff: look at the spread of this wing; nearly 3-1/2 feet on either side. victoria: the next thing i'm going to do is i'm going to start sharpening her talons. jeff: we're about to have the ultimate bald eagle pedicure. victoria: yes, that's correct. alright, here we go. jeff: so two important tools for being a bald eagle; a razor sharp beak to pry and dispatch flesh away from the prey they hunt, and incredibly sharp talons. the talons... victoria: okay, go ahead and switch. jeff: ...are the claws at the very end of the foot. victoria: okay, these feet look great. jeff: nice and sharp. this bird needs to go back into the wild in the most optimum condition. so we're gonna actually sharpen the beak. but it's all about saving

this bald eagle. jeff: so guys i know it looks intense, but it'sng to the dentist. in fact, here, show them vicky. see, out in the wild this animal would be naturally sharpening its beak and its claws in just the way it lives. but here at the center it doesn't get that luxury. victoria: that is it, okay. this bird is ready for release. i just need to get my leather jacket on. jeff: okay, we're ready? victoria: yep, let's head . jeff: let's do it. victoria: alright, are you ready for this? jeff: i'm ready. so how do we want to do this? victoria: you're gonna set the bird's feet right here. we don't know what the bird is going to do. maybe it'll fly this way, it could turn around and fly this way. so just be prepared for anything. jeff: for anything. victoria: yeah. so the next thing i need to do is just loosen up the hood. one, two, three. jeff: and there... victoria: perfect. jeff: ...goes aurora back into the wilds where she belongs.

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fly fishing guide. in just minutes we're flying over southeast alaska's pacific coastline. after a perfect touch down we begin hiking towards our stream. we're just outside of sitka, but look around, we are in the middle of absolute pristine wilderness. so pat, what species do we want to target today? pat: really it's up to you. we have...there's chum salmon, also known as dogs. and then pink salmon, known as humpies. and then dolly varden which is an arctic char. and we've actually caught a couple of king salmon in this system this year which is really abnormal for here. jeff: that sounds amazing. pat: it is man. alrighty jeff, we're just gonna take this trail right through the forest here on the way to the river. jeff: awesome. look at this guys. so sitka, alaska is an incredible wilderness but now you can see why it is also one of the northernmost rainforests, temperate rainforest, with over 100 inches of

rainfall every year. this moist habitat is just weeping with vegetation and life. cutting through the sitka spruce forest we discover the katlian river which is one of the many alaskan waterways that run thick with salmon during the spawning season. expert fishing guides like pat know the best locations, and will bring all the gear a traveler needs for a successful day on the river. today's setting couldn't be better. right now guys we have a chance to witness one of the most profound and significant natural phenomenon to ever occur on our planet. this river is brimming with all these pink salmon. these fish have spent their adult lives out there in the open ocean of the pacific. but they now have returned to the exact waters where their lives began, to breed, to replace themselves. i mean look at this guy right here, he sort of

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♪ music jeff: i'm exploring the world by ocean and today i'm in alaska. nearly 2 million visitors explore our last great frontier every year. alaska is the largest state in america and also the least densely populated. right now i'm fishing alaska's pristine wilderness with my guide pat. we're trying out some fresh sections of the river and it turns out we're not alone. oh, fish on. pat: nice. jeff: this is pretty incredible. there, the ultimate avian fish predator; a young bald eagle sitting on a stoop staring me down as i have...oh, had a salmon on the end of my line. but the good news is where there's one salmon, pat... pat: there's plenty more. jeff: there's plenty more. [soft music]

jeff: john muir the famed naturalist once wrote "to the lover of wilderness, alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world." and i couldn't agree more. fish on. pat: oh yeah, good fish. jeff: fish on. good fish. we got a big, big fish on the other end of this line here. so here's the thing about fly fishing, i'm sure you'd agree pat that a lot of people are intimidated by it. pat: yeah, they sure are. jeff: they are nervous about not looking like they know what they're doing. that's the beauty of fly fishing; you don't have to be an expert, you don't have to be perfect, you just have to have a love for the outdoors, a patience and a hunger to learn and new experiences. pat: yeah, a will to learn. jeff: anyone could do this, i'm serious.

i think we got ourselves a chum here; a big old buck chum. pat: yeah, it looks that way. it's hugging the bottom like that. they give you a workout, huh? jeff: yeah. pat: they're quite the fighters. jeff: so this guy is fighting so how about this, pat, you think try to work him towards the shoreline? pat: yeah, work him towards the shore, maybe we'll walk down on him a little bit. jeff: alright, alright let's do that, he's sucking line. pat: sounds good. jeff: oh man guys, check this out. that's a nice fish. pat: yeah, beautiful chum. jeff: look at this. so we're looking at a dog salmon, right? pat: yep. jeff: big old chum. pat: yep. male dog salmon. jeff: so he's big. i'm gonna guess that this guy... relax there. this guy is...what do you think, 10 pounds? 9 pounds? pat: yeah, probably about 9, 10 pounds. jeff: so this is the buck. the male is called the buck, the female is called the hen. and incredibly almost miraculously this fish has returned to the waters where its life began. it spent how many years at sea do you think? pat: about 3 or 4. jeff: about 3 or 4 years.

but right now this fish has one mission and that is to replace itself, it's to breed. this is the fish that people from around the world come to connect with. this my friends is what it's all about. quintessential wild alaska. back to the water he goes. there you go buddy. pat: good job jeff. jeff: i think i need a break. thanks pat. pat: good job man. jeff: as always, awesome. pat: great fishing with you jeff. wh d ' t fa hprevm. nae.w ? wh d 're ciaxmsonly aleve can last 12 hours with just one pill. aleve. all day strong.

♪ music jeff: after an adventurous day in sitka i've returned to m.s. oosterdam for one last sweet alaskan experience with chef sinu. sinu and i are gonna make a classic alaskan dessert, baked alaska. so we've added half a dozen egg whites to this mixer and we're gonna mix it up. sinu: and once the air goes into it we slowly start adding the sugar into it. jeff: cream of tartar. sinu: tartar. jeff: that stabilizes it so it doesn't fall. sinu: so you can see now the snow white color is coming up, so this is where you see when it transforms and you get i would say the pure spirit of alaska is coming through. jeff: yeah, it looks beautiful. sinu: and we're gonna get it out and this is where you can see it's beautifully whipped. jeff: nice peaks. sinu: yeah, beautiful. jeff: we can see there's ice cream inside and it's got this amazing, almost like a spongy type cake

around it. i think it's a chamois, right? sinu: that is. jeff: the classic french sponge cake used to make all sorts of amazing desserts. sinu: that's right. jeff: but there's one more thing we need to do to make this a truly baked alaskan. isn't that beautiful? sinu: it's fantastic. jeff: just like a toasted marshmallow on a campfire. we're browning this up. what do you think? sinu: fantastic. jeff: does that work? sinu: now we got some cherry compote, some fresh cherries. jeff: are we there? sinu: you know what jeff, if you could take this out there, i've got a few more to plate. jeff: okay, hurry up, this is too good to wait. in the restaurant i gather some fellow passengers to share this perfect alaska sendoff. randy, what do you think of this baked alaska? randy: oh i think it's fantastic. jeff: and how about you cheryl? cheryl: oh i love it, it's great. jeff: where are you guys from? randy: from utah. jeff: utah? randy: yeah. jeff: is this your first time to alaska? randy: it is. jeff: ellen and sarah, so you guys are from new york, correct? ellen: yes.

jeff: so what have you treasured the most from your journey? ellen: i would say the hubbard glacier, that was extraordinary. jeff: how about you sarah, what has been the memory that you've taken the most from this experience? sarah: i really liked the national park that we just went to. jeff: and some of the biggest national parks in the world are in alaska. did you get to see the salmon spawning in the river? sarah: we did a little bit, yeah. jeff: it was remarkable. i think out of all the experiences i had on this incredible journey my most favorite was being in that river system connecting with nature and watching and experiencing one of the greatest natural phenomenon on the planet. a remarkable journey it was. remember friends, explore the world and find your own adventure. i'll see you next time on ocean treks. this came out really good.