let's take a look at the massive flash flooding in charlotte and the spokesman for charlotte's fire departmentrs are conducting at least 16 rescues. and these are the first images we are just now getting in out of charlotte. neighborhoods are being evacuated and also some of the cars. in this flooded creeks in the downtown area. we also heard reports of a partial hotel roof collapse. we haven't just heard reports. we talked to the guy on the phone who shot that video. i want to also bring in schad. so all of us together here, and quickly, eric, we're looking at your video again. this is the kbaes suites, the roof more or less imploding because of the weight of the water. what was that like just standing in there and seeing it shooting down? eric, you with me? there you go. >> oh, okay. >> let me just reset, what it was like to see the water rushing through this hotel roof? >> i got to tell you, it was insane. i've never seen anything like it. it's not something you ever expect to happen. then the next thing you know, the ceiling is fwaling down. nobody knew how to react. i have to give the hot

in napa valley, charlotte fadipe for "california country tv." >> thanks, charlotte. the cia is a great place to visit, and one more reason to visit it-- th just opened a flavor bar, where you can taste different flavors and ingredients just like a chef does. kind of cool, huh? well, coming up next, we're visiting a farm that has withstood the test of time and is stronger than ever. that's next. >> welcome back to "california country." you know, there are a lot of longtime farming families in the state, but very few of them have quite the story as our next family. here in california, the landscape is dotted with farmers that have stories of courage, dedication, and perseverance in the face of adversity. however, none have quite the history of the ikeda family, but to see how far they have come, you first have to see where they've been. in the early part of the 20th century, many of the hills above the arroyo grande area were farmed by japanese families, who planted a variety of crops each spring. together they banded together to form pove, the pismo oceano vegetable e

both charlotte and an drea did as well. charlotte at 15 years and joe airna and i 15 years. that's how we got in this program. we practiced very hard. very, very hard we practiced everyday and we have been been in india practicing 8 times where our teacher is from. yes. >> yes. >> well there are similarities all of southeast asia. we performed in bali with a group. it's a story from the [inaudible] and so the indian epiics actually the indian epiics for very common in cambodia and bali and thailand and there is a different aesthetic. all southeast asia and asia there are a lot of similarities. >> he is a male entity. he is not -- are you referring to the story? >> it's interesting you should say that. a unique indian concept is one of half male, half female. and that is -- unlike some dances the solo dancer portrays all of the parts in the story. you can portray a feminine aspect and then masculine aspect with the bow and arrow. the male has to portray feminine and the female has to portray masculine. there is a very fierce dance and a soft sort of dance and every dancer has

both charlotte and an drea did as well. charlotte at 15 years and joe airna and i 15 years. that's how we got in this program. we practiced very hard. very, very hard we practiced everyday and we have been been in india practicing 8 times where our teacher is from. yes. >> yes. >> well there are similarities all of southeast asia. we performed in bali with a group. it's a story from the [inaudible] and so the indian epiics actually the indian epiics for very common in cambodia and bali and

well, as charlotte fadipe shows us, now horses have a place to relax and rehabilitate. >> looking atshor enjoying himself in this pen, it's hard toelieve that this 27-year-old cutting horse was once so ill, he waslmost crippled and his ownersere considering having him put down. but, after some tender loving care at a special rehalitation center in the tiny town of jamestown between sacramento and fresno, shorty is clearly back on his feet again. >> well, we were raised in a ranching background around cattle and horses our entire ves, and it's just something that we love to do naturally. i come from a rodeo background where that's what i did growing up. we'd trel everywhere, and you create a bond with your horse. and when your hor gs injure you need that horse back. and this was just a great way to help get these performance horses back into action. >> your eyes do not deceive you. that is a horse having a spa treatment, comple with jets and pumps. but this is no luxury session for four-legged animals. for one thing, this piece of equipment, known as a hydro therapy spa, uses ice cold

my name is carlotta but my real name was charlotte and they called me carlotica, little charlotte. he moved to new york city in 1948, where benny goodman hire him and he became very famous in new york at the time and he died in new york in 2001. one of the pieces of my ticket to ride is how many cubans of irish ancestry are there. because this connected to my family, that's why i wanted to read it to you. in the 40's, my father moved to new york in search of his destiny. he learned to make brillantine in red, blue and golden colors to give a beautiful sheen to the hair. in his spare time, when he could break free from his alchemist's captive vit, he would go listen to cuban music at the park plaza hotel in manhattan. those were happy times and years later became a happy tomic with me, convinced early on that my father inhabited a magic world. a few years ago, while listening to a recording of cuban blues by chico, i remembered in new york in those stories of the 40's that chico and my father met at club cuba in manhattan and again in havana in the mid-50's. the sessions of chico's

sot: charlotte noss "siempre recomiendo a la gente que toman un calendario y apuntan las horas que trabajaronron, cuando salieron de trabajo, cuanto les pagaron y siempre recomiendo de que sacan copias de los cheques antes que lo cambiaron." segn cifras del estado, los trabajadores que ms sufren el robo de salario son los recien llegados a estados unidos ya que temen perder su empleo y desconocen la proteccin de la ley. sot "tienen derechos, lo pueden reclamar, no importa su estatus legal o si hablan inglés, no importa de donde vienen o en que estan trabajando.. tienen los mismos derechos." sin embargo, recomiendan a las personas tener cuidado si denuncian a su patrn.. para no sufrir represalias. sot "hablen con alguien antes de que reclaman, verdad? que vayan a hablar con un grupo de la comunidad, que se ponen de acuerdo con sus compañeros y que saben cuales son sus derechos" bridge 15:43 la nueva ordenanza tambien trae cambios muy positivos para los jornaleros de san francisco. sot: renee "va a ser una tarjetita que vamos a crear bajo esta ley para los jornaleros en particular porque muchos

engineers, sales, production, that includes hundreds of jobs here in charlotte, north carolina making turbines and generators. >> the key things that we're looking for are folks that have mechanical aptitude and math skills to be able to learn how to do programming for the automated equipment that we use. >> reporter: siemens puts applicants for jobs here through a battery of tests, reading, math, mechanical aptitude. only 10% pass and are deemed to have enough skills to be trained for these jobs. it's a nationwide problem, a recent manpower survey found that 52% of employers are having trouble filling key jobs. in west virginia, an ibm hydro, an environmental cleanup company desperately needs certified drivers to drive heavy equipment. workers with construction experience and safety training. larry dawson says a lack of qualified workers is hurting his ability to expand. >> you can buy all the equipment in the world, but you still have to have the trained employees to operate that equipment. >> what's the answer? experts say more math and science at all levels of education. and the r

>> well, dan, charlotte getting a break this morning. however, other parts of the state are not fairing as well. we're going to take you to raleigh, north carolina, where they have already seen three inches of rain. they have flood warnings. flash flood warnings in effect in that location today. and the rain just continues to fall. we're also going to watch not only rain but severe weaeaer today, as well. we've got heavy rain expected throughout parts of the northern plains, the great lalas, the ohio valley and the east. and severe weather's going to go right along with it. in the northern plains and the ohio valley will continue to see some rough weather. keep in mind, we'll be watching several locations around the country, today, for not only flooding. but wind and hail, as well. more on the heat. you know, we have a heat wave across parts of the country again. we'll update you on that in a few minutes. back to you, bianna. >> all right, casey. thank you. >>> politics and religion are mixing in texas today, at a day of fasting and chri

[applause] charlotte, you're going to be with us, aren't you? thank you very, very much for all yours years of service. and we hope that you will continue and help us out. to the board of supervisors, each and every one of you, i am ready to carry out the duties of this office and to do it in a way in which you will be proud. and to specifically supervisor david chiu and sean elsbernd who really had a lot to do with the pivotal discussions we had about this office, thank you very much for that strong and continued encouragement. i very much appreciate that. and to our communities, to all of you who have come today to witness this, i want to thank you. because it is really for your behalf that we are doing this. and i want to say to all of you, i make that pledge that i will do my very, very best to represent all of the communities that you -- that you live in, that we cherish, that make this city a great city. and to my good friend, rose pack, thank you. we have done it. i thank you for this enormous honor and the enormous responsibility to serv

that includes hundreds of jobs here in charlotte, north carolina. making turbines and generators. >> the key thing that we're looking for are folks that have mechanical aptitude and math skills to be able to learn how to do programming for the automated equipment we use. >> reporter: siemens puts applicants through a battery of tests, reading, math, mechanical aptitude, only 10% pass. and are deemed to have enough skills to be trained for these jobs. it's a nationwide problem. a recent manpower survey found that 52% of employers are having trouble filling key jobs. in west virginia, ibs hydro, an environmental clean-up company desperately needs certified drivers to drive heavy equipment. workers with construction experience and safety training. larry dawson says a lack of qualified workers is hurting his ability to expand. >> you can buy all the equipment in the world, but you still have to have the trained employees to operate that equipment. >> reporter: what's the answer? experts say more math and science at all levels of education. and the right

that's just so much rain there in charlotte.there, i don't think i have ever seen it flooded. >> this was two neighborhoods in particular that were hit so hard, low-lying areas and so much rain just came in a short period of time that the waters came up. this is what we call flash flooding, it happened very quickly, caught up unexpectedly for a lot of these folks, but we have had day after day, believe it or not of these popup showers and thundershowers in the carolinas, down across the deep south. so it was more in the coastal areas as opposed into charlotte as we speak this hour. so we have got a lot of activity out there, just hit and miss and some folks who are getting it are getting a lot and some folks are just suffering in this unbearable heat. if you have travel plans or maybe if you're even heading out to dinner for tonight, we're also seeing a lot of rain across parts of south florida and this could get worse in the next couple of days, we're keeping our eye on this cluster right here and this is is remnants of what wa

you just heard about the situation in charlotte and unfortunately, there will be more rain in that area, you don't need anymore, more is on the way today. north dakota, i got to tell you, almost the entire state under some kind of a flood alert and the texas count continues. what does that mean? i'm talking 100-degree days in a row, dallas, texas, so far this year, 35 in a row. your record 42, and then you go over to waco, texas, so far 37, the record is 42. by this time next week, no relief in sight. waco will have set a new record and the heat continues up into portions of missouri, feels like temperature is about 115, if not hotter. that's a quick look at the national picture. here's a closer look at the weather for your weekend. all right, everybody, wherever you are, make it a great saturday. jeff, nancy, a side note for you here, chance of storms, about 82 degrees today in lichtenstein. >> recurring theme. the weather has been so active lonnie lost the voice. >> a little football coaching on the side does this. >> everything's better in liechtenstein. >> elaine, please remove liec

airways plane from new york to charlotte, north carolina, were overcome by fumes.he plane landed safely in charlotte. the two were taken to the hospital for observation. the source of the fumes has not been determined. >>> in less than a week after five people were killed when a stage collapsed at the indiana fairgrounds there was a similar tragedy in belgium, five people were killed at an outdoor music festival east of brussels, this happened thursday when a violent thunderstorm flattened tents and brought down trees. at least 73 others were injured. >>> two men are lucky to be alive in texas after a wild accident caught on video. they walked into a service station when an suv comes tumbling into the picture and slams into the cars at the pumps. watch again. the two men barely had time to jump out of the way. everyone though is fortunate to have their lives this morning. no injuries were reported. >>> then there's this guy in illinois. look carefully at the left side of the pickup, trying to slowdown flintstone style dragging his feet on the ground. he finally sto

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in corning, charlotte fadipe for "california country tv." >> long known for being the salad bowl of the world, now one salinas based company is changing what we put in our salads. did you know that in terms of production value, lettuce is the leading vegetable crop in the ufited states? and each year, more than 80% of the salad greens consumed in the united states are grown in the salis valley. and while lettuce is consistently among california'top commodities, nobody has seen quite the success inhe salinas valley as tanimura & antle. one of california's biggest and most respected farms, it has become a leader in quality and innovation when it comes to our favorite leafy green. and it was all started by two families coming together over a common thread. >> i'm a third-generation farmer. my grandfather came here, originally from san juan bautista, probably growing hay and stuff out there. but he heard about the lettuce industry in the earla 1920s, s he moved my family here to castroville and started farming lettuce. >> the two families came together, and we'd always been farming collecti

when they tapped charlotte for the democratic convention i thought, oh, you just couldn't set this upter as a piece of fiction. the truth is better than fiction at times. >> belva: and the hope for those countrywide clients who felt that the paperwork done by the bank to take their homes away, what's happened with that? >> they've resumed the foreclosures, but the states are still negotiating with the bank on how to settle the foreclosure paperwork issues and all of that. and there's now talk -- b of a has said maybe we need to waive principal which i think starts getting to the heart of the loan. reducing the loan balances so they're more manageable and these homeowners aren't under water. i think behind the scenes there's a lot of talk and progress being made to provide some real help for the troubled borrowers. >> so there could be something of a silver lining for some, this added trouble that the bank is in now? >> i think so because if they need the government's help, i know they are going to listen to the public and want to have some type of help directed to the individual borro

>> did you, charlotte? >> there was a big storm, wasn't there?dy slept in the basement. that was the biggest storm you ever saw, right, jane? >> but not mommy. >> she didn't sleep in the basement? >> i think charlotte is. >> you see the bigger storm. how did this all come up? how did you jane decide to become a reporter? >> well, i've been working a lot, thif the last two years, and jane kept on telling me she wanted to work with me. i do documentaries and i did a documentary on world war i. she said, daddy, when you're done doing your show on soldiers, i want to do a show with you. every weekend, we tried to find a project and when the hurricane came, she was a little stressed. she has never been through a hurricane before. >> sure. >> i was watching your show. watching cnn. i said to jane, do you want to do your own report? and she gets to hold the microphone. she said, i'm in. >> she didn't look stressed at all. were you nervous in front of the camera? no. i can tell. that is a natural. >> she just wanted to wear a different outfit. >> we noti

came through there to cross and all of a sudden we were floating. >> repepter: the ceiling of a charlotte hotel giving way under the weight of all of the water, adding to the misery. neighbors rush to help neighbors as the waters quickly rose and lightning from the fierce storms used a different emergency. striking a church steeple, setting off a fire. >> we didn't realize it was all the ceiling knocked down just from a lightning strike. >> reporter: lindsay shelton of abc station wsoc reporting in just a short time ago. >> reporter: david, as you can see, cleanup and repairs are well under way, but just a few hours ago, this road looked dramatically different. fire officials tell us the road was submerged with up to five feet of water, covering cars and flooding businesses, as well as trapping ten people inside three stores. we also found the rock bed surrounding this railroad track was damaged. track officials tell me it could possibly be repaired by tonight. david? >> lindsay shelton from north carolina tonight. >>> and from the underwater pictures to the sweltering heat and listen to

. >> rose: now, how would you like to see the super bowl in charlotte? >> it would be fabulous, without even hesitation. it would be great. >> rose: how would you like to see the super bowl in charlotte? >> well, i'd love to see it in charlotte, but the specifications to host the super bowl where extraordinary. and, really, we couldn't qualify for the hotels. >> rose: yet. >> yet. >> rose: you've got the democratic national convention coming there. >> we do, and we're very proud of that. we're very proud of that. and president obama i'm sure will be making his speech in our stadium. >> rose: oh, sure. as he did in denver. >> yes. >> rose: it's great to have you. thank you. >> thank you, charlie. >> rose: much success to the nfl. >> a pleasure to be here. >> rose: thank you. great to see you. >> we're really proud of what you're doing. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

charlotte schulz has been such a wonderful participant in our government here, and to make sure that we keep attention as an international city, so i find myself as part of history, being very lucky to be the mayor of the city at this time and also finding ourselves to be so fortunate that we remember 40 years of history, 40 years of building relationships between our two countries, and i continue to feel that i am is a student of this activity because there's so much in our futures in our country working with china to understand how we could help in that relationship, help people to people, culture to culture, and then realize that we are as a city, a gateway to so much of this activity, making sure that we can celebrate this but also helping to continue improving relationships, improving dialogue between your two countries. we understand that that is important. if through programs like china sf and what we do here in our great city to welcome businesses, both american as well as businesses out of china, to come here to this city and establish offices, create relationships, create c

charlotte shells, our protocol officer knows, we will keep our position as an international city, and the best way to do that is to offer all the help we could to areas lies -- like christ church in new zealand and to be a city that is supportive of their recovery and helping to instigate any ideas for a quick recovery. i know as prime minister key visits president obama our countries will work together and our mutual cooperation will be cultural and economic, but the city and council of san francisco is also there for new zealand. we look forward to from the competition, but we also look forward to help them recover as well. with that, i wanted to present a proclamation to his occasion to visit us and visit our bay, and by the way, prime minister, every day in san francisco is like this. [laughter] clear, enough when it for the sales. prime minister, if we want to present to you this proclamation, declaring it to be prime minister john key day in san francisco. [applause] prime minister. >> thank you for welcoming me, mayor lee, and my delegation here to san francisco. we have had a

this is happening in charlotte.t least three inches of rain fell yesterday, causing rivers and creeks to overflow their banks. first responders had to use boats to save some stranded residents. one woman lost everything she owned. >> all my friend, my deep freezer, wash machine, dryer, everything is gone. >> police say one woman died in the flood and another is missing after shoplifting from a burlington coat factory. investigators say the two women ran into a creek to get away but were swept away by the water. and the water proved to be too much for a charlotte hotel. heavy rain caused a pipe to burst at the embassy suites sending water rushing inside. there are no reports of any injuries. >>> one of san jose's most popular summer spots is now closed. the fountains at ceasar chavez park is usually where children can cool off in the summer heat. but city officials say the fountain failed recently, causing flooding in its underground vault. crews need to repair the equipment and complete a health inspection before re

joining us from charlotte, north carolina. he is mark grant -- joining us from charlotte, north carolina is mark sprinkle. what does siemens do as far as apprenticeship go? caller: first of all i would like to say siemenses building the power generation equipment in north carolina. we made the decision about two years ago to make it a hub for world production of 60 hertz power generation equipment. in order to be competitive in the global market, we have to use high-tech processes. we aren't there is a shortage of folks that can come in and beat machinists. -- we found there is a shortage of folks second gunman and the machinists. we decided to launch a apprenticeship program. germany has a very intensive apprenticeship program. k it is a partnership with the community college here in charlotte. they will work with us and work with the college in the 3.5 your program. when they are done, they will have a two-year degree and be ready to run a machine by themselves for us. host: are you finding a lot of people are eager to parti

for the better part of four hours they sat over the charlotte area and dumped 2" an hour of rain causing flooding. and other pictures showing exactly what we are dealing with, you can seat water running quickly, and this is a flash flooding situation so the water rises quickly and people had the water rise on their cars, and memorial had to be rescued and some of the cars were swept off of the road. and you do not know if the road is secure or if the road is washed away and that caused problems. they had a big mess on their hand and areas downstream will continue to see waters rise. and now, we have another big story we are dealing with and that is the heat across the south. look at director current temperatures across parts of texas and oklahoma, the bull's eye, we are breaking all kinds of records here, the big problem here is the drought going along with it. 73 percent of the state of texas is in exceptional drought the highest category drought. can you see the dark color here and 100 percent of the state in some kind of drought and you factor all the high temperatures, with 45 consec

in our first floor exhibition space, we have an exhibition on the work of charlotte sullivan.he was a young artist in berlin. the nazis came into power. her parents sent her to the south of france to live with her grandparents. she put herself in a room for about 18 months and created 1200 small paintings telling her life story through a kind of reflection. it is another example of the way we try to bring a wide range of art and experiences to our public. we want them to find something meaningful to them. >> your institution has been in this neighborhood for three years. how do you like the neighborhood? >> this is the best neighborhood. we are the luckiest city in the world to have this kind of cultural district, to have so many museums and cultural institutions. the center of our tourist life is here because this is where the convention center is. people from near and far can be introduced to the richness of the bay area. it is so wonderful and unique. >> the city thanks you for providing such wonderful leadership and vision. >> we're so happy to be part of the city and so h

up to six inches and falling right across a populated area of charlotte. that's what caused it.e rain in the area. the most of that flash flooding is gone. rising in downstream rivers and streams. more rain to be had here throughout the evening hours. could be see be repeat of that. further to the south. >> amazing how one part of the country deals with one thing and then you have heat wave and drought conditions in places like texas. >> you said it take a look at radar pictures here. rain showers in around new new mexico. oklahoma, texas you can't get any rain at all. very significant drought going on exceptional drought. highest category there is no rain here. you factor in that and it's been so completely hot across the area for so long 106 still in dallas. 108 in oklahoma city. these temperatures aren't going to budge. it has been over 100 degrees. 35 -- 45 days -- 35 days in dal. overnight lows only getting down to where a lot of people are for highs. no relief. probably break all kinds of records, records you don't want to see broken, harris. >> harris: no doubt. journalis

with this, something that charlotte schulz always reminds me, when you're happy, when you have unity in the city, you wear your best time. [laughter] so i have not taken is off since yesterday at the white house, so i wanted to celebrate with our board of supervisors. so at this time, we signed the final budget. there you go. [applause] >> all right, this is one pen down. [laughter] >> there you go. there you go. and greg. [cheers and applause] >> and with that, the budget is done. [applause] >> thank you, everybody. >> welcome to the department of building inspection brown bag lunch. you are always invited to join us on the third thursday. today, we have a special program about san francisco's neighborhoods geology. we have frank, the geotechnical engineer who will walk us through a lot of this. we also have an architect who knows a lot about the history of the city. he keeps his eyes open and has a lot of information to share. we also have the chief building inspector. we are going to go through this by having frank give us a brief overview of the geology of sentences go. then we'r

with this, something that charlotte schulz always reminds me, when you're happy, when you have unity in the city, you wear your best time. [laughter] so i have not taken is off since yesterday at the white house, so i wanted to celebrate with our board of supervisors. so at this time, we signed the final budget. there you go. [applause] >> all right, this is one pen down. [laughter] >> there you go. there you go. and greg. [cheers and applause] >> and with that, the budget is done. [applause] >> thank you, everybody.