members of the media who actually get invited never breathed a word about it are to correspondent abbie martin was in one to rio and has more on the significance of this annual event straight from the san francisco airport headed to monte to you a city with beautiful redwoods and picturesque coastlines. the perfect getaway for the world's rich and powerful and in fact every year ceos media moguls and high level politicians flock here to the bohemian grove secluded campout less than half a mile from their millionaires billionaires the people that control the world control the central banks the build nuclear weapons i mean this was their summer playground dr peter phillips spent three days on the inside now on the outside he argues that the public has a right to know what's going on and his calling for an occupation of the grove it's speaking to the the powerful of the world saying we want to have a democratic process we want to have an open transparent process and they're making business deals there they're talking policy that a lot of conversation a claim which members deny their motto

abby martin r.t. correspondent brings us more. occupy wall street movement many recognize for its boisterous voices makeshift tents and violent clashes with police. who many have said it's on hiatus the sleeping giant isn't going away anytime soon after the crackdowns on encampments across all major u.s. cities many protesters gathered to regroup and reenergize the movement. others have to live bring its message to the encampments have been wiped out. or not as visible but that doesn't mean that we're not working just as hard as we were before behind the scenes the most recent protests kicked off in philadelphia the city of brotherly love consider this is like a convention and people here are delegates for their occupy groups and i have heard a number that there are about ninety two different occupy groups represented here this is the five day gathering for occupy wall street protesters the first national gathering in the entire country since the inception of this movement a gathering in philadelphia on independence day because th

correspondent abbi maher and. well it's no secret that this summer has been a scorcher across the u.s. one temperature record after another has been broken and states are searching for ways to beat the heat and the weather is actually causing a state of emergency and many places across the u.s. take a look at this right now the american agriculture industry is suffering from the worst drought since the nineteen fifties it's ruining crops now speculators are saying this could drive food prices through the roof but while the media outlets and food experts focus on the side effects of this drought there is a bigger threat to our food supply a so-called food blitz that's happening right now right under our noses it looks like the controversial agricultural giant monsanto could be above the law the monsanto writer as it's called was snuck into the twenty thirteen agricultural record cultural appropriations bill and what it does is require the secretary of agriculture to grant temporary permits to corporations that want

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correspondent abbie martin who is on the ground in philadelphia to tell us what is happening take a look. i don't like any other are higher protests i've been to so far because this is the first national gathering it's not a localized action so there's occupy groups in the whole of the country getting together gathering in one place but there is also i mean hundreds of auctions across these five days of the national gathering the first national government of occupy wall street so it's a really interesting scene there's people of all demographics out here and they're participating in different acts there's a march going on right now we have an action going on right here for free so there's a there's an end drone war group over there with more people just a whole different mix of people and different things happening now it's been almost a year since these protests have sparked and we've seen them sweep across the country how is this one different from the ones we've seen. after the federalizing crackdown cross the entire country from the top down and we saw the camps dismantle people have

what they do you know california and earlier i spoke to abby for an update on what she witnessed take a look. i think people are recognizing that this is the one percent of people in the world we have million heirs billionaires i mean you cannot you have to be pretty pretty rich to get in there there are one hundred twenty eight camps of twenty to fifty people in these camps each one has a full barn. very rich wealthy elite going in there from all ends of the society and what really happened this year was the first time that the occupy movement recognized hey the bohemian grove is really something that we should be calling now and occupy and so they made an event occupy bohemian grove just as they have before just dovetailing off this whole movement of the ninety nine percent versus the one percent and they had an event a month later you know ampitheater which is about a mile of the gates of the grove and all day they had a beakers. band they had a woman from the mothers of fukushima that was there just because she knew that you know the nuclear program was basically started here deca

for these past few days that was our correspondent abbie mar and. well california as one of the largest oil and gas producing states in the u.s. and as the golden state cashes in on the boom the oil and gas industry is increasingly using the controversial practice of fracking last year about a quarter of all the oil and gas wells and drilled in california where for act with no regulation and place companies are rushing to dig some more california is prone to have droughts and earthquakes leaving residents worried about how fracking cut a fact their water supply and the potential for an earth shaking disaster artie's are among the land of reports from california. southern california is known for its pristine coastline but just a few miles away from this sandy paradise lies a one thousand acre oil field right in the middle of los angeles and i didn't buy here thinking this was going to happen in my backyard and i would have had second thoughts knowing if this was going to happen even live here gary glass and his neighbors are seeing their dream home s

abby womback with the give and go. she slides past two defenders to knock in the goal.xth olympic goal, sets a u.s. record. team usa wins 3-0 to advance to the quarterfinals. >>> the men's basketball team tips off its olympics tomorrow as they take on france. this team, of course, has been repeatedly compared to the famed dream team 20 years ago. kevin durant figures to have a prominent role. a few of the players are seasoned olympic vets, but this is the first olympic games for many of the guys and their first opening ceremonies was an experience to remember. >> beautiful, beautiful moment. very prideful moment just to walk through the field. hear usa being called, just mingling with all the other athletes, talking, hearing some of their stories, just enjoying that moment. >> just walking in the stadium for the first time, hearing people chant "usa" is a humbling feeling. it's something i can't describe with words. so i'm just excited i'm here. >> yeah, a lot of people saying that matchup against france tomorrow is going to be a huge test for them. >> you walk in there

all right abbi thanks for filling us in . ok guys it's time for our last break of the evening but when we come back to late night happy hour for you i'll ask you women purposefully post unflattering pictures of their girlfriends on facebook christopher's out and out of the mind of the joining to discuss. the decline of american power continue. things are so bad that might actually be time revolution. and it turns out that if you are drinking blood for review. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear see some other part of it and realize that everything is all. part of the big picture. a very good. book and they alone and so they'll get a real headline with none of them are the problem with the mainstream media today is that they're completely disconnected from the viewers and what actually matters to those viewers and so that's why young people just don't watch t.v. anymore if they want news they go online and read it but we're trying to take t

all right abbi thanks for filling us in . ok guys it's time for our last break of the evening but when we come back much a late night happy hour for you i'll ask if women purposefully post unflattering pictures of their girlfriends on facebook christopher's out and that it's mine you'll be joining me to discuss. the issues that so much seven and there's a huge music history lesson on the mark when foreign occupation may have formally ended six months ago but this country's woes are accomplished and getting worse there's political paralysis. more news today violence is once again flared up. and these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations rule the day. hold it hold it. hold it hold. it hold it hold it real closely. goodspeed. keep. her from her. and i. wish i. looked. a little bit longer mislead you good. luck. just steal the money and. i come out of my mind i made a little. there hasn't been a thing yet on t.v. . it is to get the maximum political impact. the full source materi

i'm abbie martin and you're watching our team. the violence continues to rage on in syria this time hitting closer to home the assad regime than ever before a bomb was detonated inside the syrian national security building killing multiple top assad security chiefs including the president of sorrow brother in law who is often hailed as serious second president and the u.n. security council resolution that would have slapped new sanctions on the syrian regime has been vetoed by russia and china unlike many mainstream outlets that report on syria's civil war from the comfort of other countries newsrooms artie's been on the ground in syria covering the conflict firsthand or if an ocean has more from damascus. the news about blasts has come at a very tough time for the syrian capital in the last four days damascus has been seen for what the opposition and free syrian army have dubbed the final battle for damascus a decisive battle for the syrian capital shootings have been heard in very different parts of the syrian capital also seen

all right abbi thanks for filling us in. ok guys it's time for our last break of the evening but when we come back through such a late night happy hour for you i'll ask if women purposefully post unflattering pictures of their girlfriends on facebook christopher's out and out of for miles each way to discuss. there hasn't been anything good on t.v. . it is to get the maximum political impact. before source material is what helps keep journalism honest we. don't. we want to present. something else. you know i sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. wealthy british style sun. that's not on the telephone. market why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with my stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report on our. we. are guys it's time for a h

michelle dockery downtown abby. juliana margolies, the good wife.elizabeth moss, mad men. >> for a lead actor in a drama the nominees are: hugh bonneville downtown abby. steve by me boardwalk emfire. -- steve by me, michael c hall, dexter, john hamm mad men and damian lewis, homeland. >> for outstanding mini series or movie the nominees are: american horror story. game change. hatfields and mccoys. hemingway and gilhorn. luther and sherlock a scandal masterpiece. >> nominees for lead actress in mini series or movie are: connie brit continue, american horror story. ashley judd, missing. nicole kidman, hemingway. julian moore, game change and emma thompson, the song of lunch, masterpiece theater, just masterpiece. >> the nominees for lead actor in a mini series or move you are: kevin costner, hatfields and mccoys, sherlock a scandal, masterpiece. idris elba, luther. woody harrelson, game change. clive owen, hemmingway. bill paxton, hatfields and mccoys. >> the nominees for outstanding host for a reality or reality competition program are: tomberg ron

abby, thank you, as well. coming up on "news nation," new developments out of syria following the early morning assassination of a military leader. leon panetta now sending a warning to syria. >> this is a situation tas rapidly spinning out of control. >> we're also getting late word from jay carney that president obama has spoken with russian president vladimir putin on the situation out of syria. a live report coming up. also ahead -- the head of the ncaa says he won't rule out the so-called death penalty for penn state which could end up having to cancel the entire football season. >> i don't know that past precedent makes particularly good sense in this case because it's really an unprecedented problem. >> join the conversation on twitter. find my page. variante ascari, monza. mile 7, highway 1. wehrseifen, nurburgring. the horseshoe, twin peaks boulevard. every famous curve has an equally thrilling, lesser-known counterpart. conquer them, with the lexus is performance line, featuring the is 250. real perf

participating in boxing because abby is sucker punched in the face.et to see track and field in the soccer game because sinclair of canada and abby chasing mia hamm's goal scoring record and they get closer the olympic games. the beauty of sports undocumented -- the drama you don't know the ending. >> what's cool is you're able to see the entire field. on that field, you don't get to see the details happening at the other end, do you? >> no. you don't get to see it and i don't look this good on the field and enjoying this side much better. >> you look great. i know the hair and makeup is fun. i do it every day. it's all good. very good to see you and have a lot of fun continuing with the analyst work for nbc sports. we're glad you're part of our team. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. the u.s. women's soccer team plays next wednesday live for you on the nbc sports network. that is a wrap of our special early edition of "weekends with alex witt." i'll see you again next weekend at this same

no doubt "don't speak" from abby huntsman's play list. morning on our website. >>> former presidential candidate and utah governor jon huntsman says he won't be at the republican convention next month. he says the party needs to make bigger, broader, and bolder changes. huntsman was a ronald reagan delegate in 1984, and despite losing his voice, introduced a little known running mate sarah palin four years ago. >> history -- history will be made tonight, and her name is sarah palin. [ applause ] >> i forgot about that. >> i think that his -- >> well, he was right. when your dad watches that clip, does he cringe? >> yes. that's one of his least favorite clips. he was deathly ill, if you can tell by his voice. he was not his normal self unfortunately. >> what is the problem here for him and his party? >> like ali veshi said earlier, the candidates are lying about the economy, and that's not the case necessarily in what we're talking about. but i think he's frustrated with the party. like you said, they are not being inclusive. they are not

grove a line of right police made sure that everyone didn't gain access to the lair of the one percent abby martin r.t. month a.t.o. california. time now for some other stories making headlines around the world egyptian president hosni mubarak owl's been ordered back to prison after a doctor said this health has improved mobarak was admitted to to a military hospital in mid june following reports he had suffered heart failure eighty four year old former leader was sentenced to life in prison last month for his complicity in the killing of protesters during last year's revolution which toppled him. hundreds of demonstrators rallied in the city of peshawar in pakistan protesting against the reopening of a nato supply routes into afghanistan as follows the one thousand strong rally held on sunday and the southern pakistani city of karachi islamabad close the supply routes for seven months after twenty four pakistani soldiers were killed by u.s. drone attacks. let's cross over to the business desk natasha we have a new wave of downgrades this morning don't we absolutely and this time it's italy

as a time of rest and relaxation as really a chance to discuss plans for the world's future so our abby martin to bohemian grove to see what triggers those rumors and growing protests for millionaires and billionaires the people that control the world control the central banks the build nuclear weapons i mean this was their summer playground straight from the san francisco airport headed to montevideo a city with beautiful redwoods and picturesque coastlines. the perfect getaway for the world's rich and powerful and in fact every year ceos media moguls and high level politicians flock here to the bohemian grove secluded camp out there making business deals there they're talking policy for a lot of conversation a claim which members deny their motto here is that weaving spiders come not here which they claim means there's no business discussions it's just the vacation for the wealthy men author and activist mark dice has a rare grove yearbook issued every decade showing everything from men in drag to high profile politicians giving speeches the book shows george w. bush and his father gi

well abbie when that expires if the security council does not extend the mandate the not means the united nations is not going to have any any of its own observers in the ground to verify and observe mediate what is taking place in syria even though they suspended activities in mid june mid june there is still a force of three hundred unarmed un observers in there that are supposed to least be observing verifying and reporting back to the united nations if you pull the only international group from syria that's in there what does the international community have left in terms of being able to posit in some way moderate the circumstance. it does seem or in a the opposition movement is growing. in light of the assassinations that happened yesterday that it's kind of a turning point so if they are indeed growing in their force shouldn't be up to the international community to really enter intervene and help this transition in a peaceful way. many have argued that many have criticized including the u.s. france and britain today criticize russia and china directly condemn their vetoes saying t

i'm abbie martin and you're watching our t.v. . now everyone's heard about the storm that hit here last friday with heavy rain and high winds knocking out power for over two and a half million people across the mid atlantic my question is why are thousands of people still left without power a week later it's just a storm guys not like it was a hurricane or tornado pepco as president said a statement that they're working quote full force and around the clock until every customer is restored i mean come on let's call a spade a spade here this is an enormous failure of infrastructure and what does it say the infrastructure is so poor in our nation's capital that canada has to come help us whenever there's heavy rain and wind let's take a look at some of the damage what in power poles are no match for seventy mile per hour winds and falling trees and the u.s. government is spending so much money to rebuild iraq so why is it short changing this country it's already spent sixty billion dollars on iraqi infrastructure just from two thousa

time will tell if this recent regrouping will push the movement forward abby martin philadelphia for more on the occupy movement and family i'm joined now by a room group the founding editor of the independent welcome to rune so it was a scorching hot fourth of july but it didn't stop people from coming out that at. no it didn't it was very spirited it was very festive there were maybe about five hundred people there it had the feeling in many ways of almost like a medieval sare there were jugglers that. poets musicians and people really felt energized. but at the same time it was also disappointing in my opinion for the movement because this was a movement that was bringing out hundreds of thousands of people last fall and yet it was able to bring maybe only about five hundred people to its first national gathering and well why do you think that is a why don't you think more people turned up you know and massive numbers that we've seen in the past. i think there are a lot of factors for it one is certainly that the movement has lost a lot of visibility because of the. mainstream med

i'm abbie martin and you're watching. the mujahideen elke hell or i me k. is an iranian terrorist organization that is according to the state department despite any case facilitation in multiple terrorist activities over the past couple decades including assassinating u.s. military personnel and iran participating in the u.s. iran hostage scenario and working with saddam hussein there is currently a massive lobbying campaign at the state department to remove them from the list. it is a ron's democratic opposition working for a nuclear free iran founded on human rights unjustly listed a terrorist group and u.k. is the victim of violence the radical regime in iraq and their iraqi allies europe has delisted any case and in two thousand and ten a us court order to review iranians u.s. lawmakers and former senior officials demanded listing secretary clinton for democracy and freedom in iran d. list any k. now that i make a fiercely opposes the current regime in iran which coincides of course of american interests in the region so does the us only dealing terrori

abby martin our to washington. well earlier in the show we talked about the freedom of speech in the u.s. as far as journalists are concerned but what about average americans and more specifically the use of social media platforms to flex your first amendment rights is there anything that should be banned from being said on twitter laurie harshness with the resident that takes that question to the streets of new york city to find out. twitter is instituting a new policy of blocking posts it deems racist is it ok for social media websites to pick and choose what can and can't be said this week let's talk about that. right but some people still do. but that's the world we live in so should it be out there for people to see or should twitter take it down twitter should take it down so we're live in new york we live free but doesn't a racist person live free to post whatever they want do you have kids do you worry about them being exposed to racist comments. well that's not good yeah but you can express whatever you wa

abby martin has more. have you guys ever heard of the information security oversight office well i hadn't either until i came across its two thousand and eleven report outlining just how much u.s. taxpayers are paying to classified government documents a whopping eleven point three six billion dollars stake a look at this graph from one thousand nine hundred five until two thousand government spending on classification was pretty stable starting from three billion dollars to about four and a half billion dollars and in the five years after nine eleven the money spent on classification rose steadily every year to double that eight billion dollars for the most recent two year period from two thousand and nine until two thousand and eleven the price of classification has skyrocketed from eight a half billion dollars to almost twelve billion dollars that's a twelve percent jump in costs just from two thousand and ten and let's think about this for one second about how much money the federal government has spen

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latest book in which he argues that corporate capitalism will quite literally kill us all and artie's abby martin is going to fill us in on the ground report from philadelphia where there's a national occupy gatherings we'll have all of that and more if you tonight including it is of happy hour but first take a look what the mainstream media decided to miss. all right so today there is a specific story that the mainstream media is covering but i'd like to point out it's got a little taste of everything that a scandal needs are may be not everything right there still has a bit of a sexual element that's emerged as far as i'm concerned but there's definitely corruption and there is a massive fall from grace. well if you ever wished you could say interest rates with the snap of your fingers well there's a job opening please to actually barclays boss bob diamond is stepping down their c.e.o. resigned yesterday because the big bank was accused of fixing during the height of the financial crisis fallout from the market rigging scandal continues as barclays loses its top executives in as many day

correspondent abbi martin is on her way to the secret secretive bohemian grove meeting as we speak she is infiltrating the monte rio redwoods to find out what this elusive group will be discussing and who will be there we'll tell you what she finds out plus we went spent a lot of time here on our team talking about the controversial natural gas extraction technique known as fracking and the alleged dangers opposes to drinking water for the community that lives around these sites the reason the method is so popular is because it's supposed to be cleaner greener a cleaner greener way to use to u.s. energy independence or so you might think next week we'll tell you about a group of geo chemists who say it can prove that hydraulic fracturing doesn't fact pollute and is directly connected with water contamination we'll show you the study and we'll tell you how water leaves a fingerprint that can be traced to its chemical source and those are just a few of the stories we have in store for you next week along with more news and in-depth interviews to keep it tuned in to our t.v. . but for mor

to the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks he's charged with aiding the enemy are the correspondent abbie maher and joined us earlier to tell us of anything noteworthy that occurred today take a listen. today you know this is day three of what will be a five day pretrial hearing for private bradley manning who's coming up on eight hundred days of military jail now liz being held without charges what happened today mostly was an assessment of impact of the f.b.i. assessment of reno was this really a threat to national security a lot of definition of terms flying around what is deemed classified what isn't classified as we know bradley is being charged under the espionage act for transmitting classified information the problem is the espionage act only purpose only is designed about because of information and then we already know that the collateral murder video was not classified and you know with the defense actually withholding the hundreds of thousands of documents it is a little hard right now to to actually deem was this really a threat to national security if so how exactly did that

. >>> abby farle loves chick-fil-a.ger even went so far as to defend them on her facebook page. the problem is most people don't think abby farle actually exists. when dan kathy recently told a baptist newspaper that his organization only believes in marriage between a man and woman, many have come out in protest. but the really bad press started when the jim henson company announced it would not longer allow chick-fil-a to carry its muppets in its kids emiles. chick-fil-a responded foughting a phony story involving injury from the toys. there was the possibility that children might get stuck in the puppets. that's when people took to the internet. after someone posted on facebook what really happened miss farle came to chick-fil-a's defense. claiming the toys were actually pulled from stores weeks ago. this mysterious teenager raised some red flags, and it was soon discovered that miss farle's facebook page had been created only hours earlier, and the photo a stock image downloaded from a website called stutterstock.co

abbie's son daniel was also home at the time. >> i said this can't be happening.enaline became fight. and that's what i did. i fought back. >> daniel says the men pistol whipped him and shot his mother in the abdomen. the three men got away with just cell phones and ipods. police are now looking for information that could lead them to the robbers. >>> in news of the world tonight in pakistan, trucks carrying supplies for nato are set to cross the border into afghanistan for the first time in seven months. pakistan agreed to open the border after secretary of state hillary clinton apologized for the killing of 24 pakistani troops last september. >>> in france, federal agents searched the home and office of nicholas sarkozi. he has denied the allegations while he was president he was immune from prosecution but not anymore since he lost his reelection bid last month. >>> in china the government has announced a ban on shark fin soup but the ban is limited. essentially it says that shark fin soup will not be served at official banquets starting in three years. shark f

megan rapinoe, and abby wambach is there. they could not be denied.will go to half at i tied at two. the pass to carli lloyd, and sets up and fires the ball. u.s. looking very strong. they add one more chance of usa ring around the park. abby wambach says it's just the first step. >>> the wait is over. the some. ls all-star returns to the pitch against the english premier league powerhouse chelsea. the game is tonight at 8:30 p.m. in philadelphia. they are out for revenge while the all-stars are once again hoping to showcase their talents, play as a team and most importantly have some fun. >>> finally tonight, washington -- >> right up the road in d.c., so it wasn't a bad commute, so it's been great. it's been a lot of fun. i'm trying to enjoy it as well, which is always tough in the middle of the season. ultimately it's not a weekend for coaches. it's really about the players, putting them on display. it's a great, great group, very talented, i think they'll represent the league well. >> who doesn't want to hear from ben olson? >>> washington cakastl

abbie's son daniel was also home at the time. >> i said this can't be happening.nd my adrenaline became fight. and that's what i did. i fought back. >> daniel says the men pistol whipped him and shot his mother in the abdomen. the three men got away with just cell phones and ipods. police are now looking for information that could lead them to the robbers. >>> in news of the world tonight in pakistan, trucks carrying supplies for nato are set to cross the border into afghanistan for the first time in seven months. pakistan agreed to open the border after secretary of state hillary clinton apologized for the killing of 24 pakistani troops last september. >>> in france, federal agents searched the home and office of nicholas sarkozi. he has denied the allegations while he was president he was immune from prosecution but not anymore since he lost his reelection bid last month. >>> in china the government has announced a ban on shark fin soup but the ban is limited. essentially it says that shark fin soup will not be served at official banquets starting in three years

other nominees include downtown abby and hb0s girls. >> i have to say i am a fan.abby, it is a pbs special all about the effort down there. >>> and sal, what is traffic like? >>> i was looking at the accident list and checking on this crash in mountain view so i missed all that emmy stuff this time anyway. southbound 85 and i still got the latest word, it is an overturned vick and you will see slow slowly developing. there were some injuries but people are expected to survive. nevertheless watch for some slow traffic in mountain view and i want to move the maps and take a look at contra coster county. 680 looks good, walnut creek over to oakland, that is not too bad here so if you are driving that way and if you are over to the east shore freeway, that is not that bad. we checked out the bay bridge toll plaza and it is quite a big back up. about 20 and it is northbound and out bound 101 look good as well. let's go to steve. >>> we have a picture from tracy, jacqueline, sprinkles, some sprinkles how about that tropical moisture coming up, remains of hurricane fabio,

. >> it's a car ride and this is how abby in colorado always takes her car ride. check it out. bites at it, grouls at it. >> i'm being told, breaking news, that we actually do have time for my fixation, which includes some geniuses in a dorm room, a brain trust of scientists pulling off an experiment that involves a hapless guy and superglue. >> don't try this at home. >> as jim points out, do not try this at home. >> this is what college is all about. >> that's all i got. >>> we'll be right back with a sneak preview of the big, new abc show. keep it here. abc show. a party? [ music plays, record skips ] hi, i'm new ensure clear. clear, huh? my nutritional standards are high. i'm not juice or fancy water, i'm different. i've got nine grams of protein. twist my lid. that's three times more than me! twenty-one vitamins and minerals and zero fat! hmmm. you'll bring a lot to the party. [ all ] yay! [ female announcer ] new ensure clear. nine grams protein. zero fat. twenty-one vitamins and minerals. in blueberry/pomegranate and peach. refreshing nutrition in charge! fight both fast

we've got abby, she's on the phone. good morning, abby. >> good morning. >> what's your question? >> how much caffeine is too much and does it depend on your size? >> great question. for healthy americans, a moderate amount of caffeine is perfectly safe. in fact, it has some pretty impressive benefits these days. we define moderate as 300 to 400 milligrams per day. that's going to translate to three to four cups of coffee or six to eight cups of tea, because tea has, like we talked about half the caffeine when it comes to coffee. now, your body size is going to affect the amount of caffeine you're going to be able to tolerate, genetics, medication you're taking. here is something interesting. the more caffeine you drink, more coffee you drink regularly, you can increase your tolerance. so three to four cups a day. you have to figure out what your personal tolerance is. i'm only 5' tall, al. i can handle three cups a day, easy. ian, my husband, 6' tall, half a cup, gets jittery. it's not just about body fat, have you to figure out what you can handle. for pregnant women, one cup a

you, baby how sweet it is to be voting for you good luck on this motion i wanna stop and rank you, abby -- baby it's like sugar to the voting beat it's like sugar sweet how sweet it is to be voting for you ♪ [laughter] [applause] president chiu: walter, we rank you the number one singer here at the chamber. >>, and a 50-year citizen of san francisco. -- i am a 50-year citizen of san francisco. i am of a different opinion. i expect the same courtesy. talking about minority representation or diversity. in the dictionary, when you see diversity, that should be a picture of an african-american person. i did not hear one of the speaking of diversity say anything about costs. -- about us. there are some communities that did not do much. i have nothing against them. when you think of diversity, i do not want to hear any of you zero momit -- humans and women, women are not a minority. -- you mentioned women, women are not a minority. i call them a pseudo minority. at any rate, hopefully, if you are christians, you will let the christian spirit driving to a proper decision. president chiu: thank

. >> reporter: but the stars of these sessions like this ten-year-old abby are flashing smiles, despite tough roles that life has handed them. >> it is fun to take pictures with my mom and family to show everyone how much i've improved. >> reporter: abbey is battling cancer. as are many kids photographed by flashes of hope. a national nonprofit helping change our children with life-threatening issues see themselves. ♪ the itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout ♪ >> the pictures are free shot by volunteers, always black and white and powerful beyond words for many families. >> i love and cherish those photos. so much. it is a huge deal. i think when you are going through treatment -- sorry. >> okay. a little more. swing back and forth. >> it is such a treasure for these families. >> alison clark knows it first hand. she founded flashes of hope a decade ago after her son was diagnosed with cancer. >> it is such a simple thing that we are doing, we are just coming in and photographing a family together. >> but for that moment we are taking them out of everything that is going on. >> rep

doctors gave abby antivenom that saved her life. take a look, a few boats out there. sail boats were out this after the lunchtime hour. we have to headline the fact it will get muggy, humid, warmer and maybe a spot shower and storm. ocean city is looking beautiful. a day where we were watching enhanced surf. issue with rip currents. downtown, beautiful shot as we head in to the afternoon hours. we have sunshine, packed house downtown, take a look. stop out towards frederick, more clouds towards the west with the showers during the course of the day. 87, city limits. rain cooled 78 towards the west. frederick 82 degrees. eastern shore numbers between 85- 87 degrees. notice the humidity values come up some they are at 59. frederick 66. beyond that as it is raining towards western maryland, those dew point values are coming up. 89 degrees, the official high from bwi. we should be around 88 degrees. 99 was set back in 1966. pretty clear slate overhead. couple of scattered showers through carroll county. that may hold together. maybe extreme northern baltimore county headi

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