bird. bird! (kevin squawking) come on, russell. wait. wait, mr. fredricksen. (panting) i think that did the trick. dug: hi, master. afternoon. (squawks) (muttering) well, thanks for keeping us dry anyway, ellie. which one's the front? oh, boy. is this step three or step five? (scoffs) russell: there. (grunting) (tent pole snaps) all done! that's for you. oh... tents are hard. wait. aren't you super wilderness guy, with the gpms and the badges? yeah, but can i tell you a secret? no. all right. here it goes. i never actually built a tent before. there, i said it. you've been camping before, haven't you? well, never outside. well, why didn't you ask your dad how to build a tent? i don't think he wants to talk about this stuff. well, why don't you try him sometime. maybe he'll surprise you. well, he's away a lot. i don't see him much. he's gotta be home sometime. well, i call, but phyllis told me i bug him too much. phyllis? you call your own mother by her first name? phyllis isn't my mom. oh. but he promised he'd come to my explorer ceremony to pin on my assistin

that's my tide plus. ♪ bird bird bird ♪ where the bird bird >>> imagine you're all alone, piloting aplane, thinking about being almost home. and then suddenly your windshield explodes. >> wow. that's what happened to a florida man as a camera in the cockpit recorded everything. joe rotes of our abc station in ft. myers, florida, has the story. >> never did see him. all of a sudden the windshield just explodes. >> reporter: heart-stopping moments for pilot rob webber. something he's never seen in more than a decade of flying planes. >> i wasn't sure if the bird was in the plane with me, where he wassing, or what was happening >> reporter: it was smooth sailing from central florida to ft. myers' page field. webber radioed into the control tower when he was a few miles away from touching down. >> a few seconds later all of a sudden the windshield exploded and stuff was flying everywhere. >> reporter: watch again in slow motion. a bird slams into webber's windshield. glass flies and heavy winds whip the plane flying at 170 miles an hour. it sends it into a quick shake but webber's steady

i am sorry, flappy bird users, i will take flappy bird down. i cannot take this anymore." users across social media expressing their disappointment that their game is gone. one player tweeting, "flappy bird has apparently been removed from the app store. so, if i get too frustrated and delete it, i can't get it back. rest in peace." >> ruined my life? that was a little heavy there. but anyway, a lot of skeptics were saying this is a marketing ploy to take it off, but others say he was simply overwhelmed. >> reporter: we're told he was getting so much hate mail, he was simply over it. >> game over tonight. gio, thank you. >>> when we come back here on "world news," what scientists are now saying tonight about the bermuda triangle. and would you do this? the young daredevil, hanging several hundred feet up tonight. there's no harness there. feet up tonight. there's no harness there. but your erectile dysfunction - that could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to

it's helping millions of birds my greating through california.on birds per year travel through the central valley. 95% of the wetlands are gone. so a lot of large birds relie on flded rice fields to rest and eat. but the farmers usually drain fields in jarngs meaning there is no habitat for smaller shore birds so a nonprofit has a solution. >> it's neat. >> it starts with a web site called e bird. amateur watchers post their sightings. >> they create this mess tells us when, and where the birds are. >> scientists combine that with other information to predict the need for bird habitat we manipulated images. meaning a lot of birds expected but not much wetland available so around february 26th, southwest of chico, you can see now another month, a month later the greater need is going to be here. south of sacramento. >> this is fantastic. >> abc7 went up to a farm and using video to see how the program works. it's an area targeted by a program. >> there is a huge flock in the rice field. >> they come down through central valuey and will being for h

we have here all sorts of different species of monkeys, wild boar, birds. they all live with us in the forest. >> the monk shows us his pride and joy. >> this tree is very important to us. it is very old and highly resistant to answer. it is my -- two -- resistant to ants. it is my favorite tree. >> the centuries-old trees are not the only reason the islands are important for nature protection. the banks and rivers that flow into the lake provide unimportant face for fish to spawn. >> the fishes here in lake tana are a bit different. i do spawning or they breed in the tributaries of lake tana, and during this breeding time they go to the river miles of lake tana. there are around 66 rivers that are feeding like -- lake tana, but four of them are major rivers. and in these river mouths we are there are around 66 rivers that are feeding zones are fishes can easily breed and can return to the lake. >> only when the fish stocks recover will the people near the lake have a livelihood. gebeye tegenge feels it firsthand. >> we have to protect our lake. if things g

the darker blue means a lot of birds expected but not much wetland available so the birds obviously ares help. for example, around february 26th, wetlands are needed here southwest of chico as you can see. now fast forward another month, a month later to march 26th. the greater need will be here south of sacramento. >> oh, this is fantastic. >> abc 7 news went up to a farm in yuba county and were also using video shot by the nature conservation to see how it works. >> we've never before had the ability to look week by week at when the birds need the habitat. >> the nature expert is pointing out a huge flock of birds hanging out in the rice field. >> they breed in the arctic and come down thousands of miles to the central valley of california and they look for habitats like this. >> the conservesy is paying them to submit bids longer. >> we're not adding any water, we're just holding the stuff we have. >> a clear case of when? >> it is good for our farms, sustains us on a financial basis. >> and it is good for the birds that need the wetlands now. farmers have created the habitat, especi

it was the top app in the app store. >> flappy bird basically was a game where you navigate a bird through. it was very similar to nintendo's super mario brothers from years and years ago. very simple game, very easy graphics. was ridiculously hard. it was one of those people -- one of those things that people were addicted to. >> the guy said that he was making $350,000 a week. >> aren't games supposed to be hearty echo >> -- to be hard? >> it is really hard. the one thing that is interesting with most of these buy games, you can your way to happiness. >> just like life. but in this game, you couldn't. you make your way through this to buyhere was no way currency or any cheats to help you through the game. >> he was also criticized for copying other game makers? thatere were rumors nintendo had sent a cease and desist letter to them. nintendo denied that pretty hotly. they have denied it up and down to every news outlet thas o of two and a half years and make it really pretty. but this thing or tamagochi, space invaders, it's about gameplay. ofis guy develops this ge in the co o a couple

it's helping millions of birds my greating through california.rmers at the same time. 8 million birds per year travel through the central valley. 95% of the wetlands are gone. so a lot of large birds relie on flded rice fields to rest and eat. but the farmers usually drain fields in jarngs meaning there is no habitat for smaller shore birds so a nonprofit has a solution. >> it's neat. >> it starts with a web site called e bird. amateur watchers post their sightings. >> they create this mess tells us when, and where the birds are. >> scientists combine that with other information to predict the need for bird habitat we manipulated images. meaning a lot of birds expected but not much wetland available so around february 26th, southwest of chico, you can see now another month, a month later the greater need is going to be here. south of sacramento. >> this is fantastic. >> abc7 went up to a farm and using video to see how the program works. it's an area targeted by a program. >> there is a huge flock in the rice field. >> they come down through cent

in two thousand called the province has raised one point one billion birds. that accounted for nearly ten percent of the total number in china like chickens are the most popular choice among people want don't think it doesn't well. there was one hundred million live chicken had been purchased by individual consumers the hill took a major blow when the news came out about the return of the pert little occasion with a bird flu infections died it appears all the people concerned about writing stuff like look immediately after catholic one two price for show. the ticket price to drop the twentieth of april to lead us into town now the plunging ticket prices made the entire industry suffered heavy losses. data from the minister dan cooper shows that the poultry industry and don't really want to work and doing new and cool twenty million us dollars. meanwhile want to continue to enlarge one hundred seventy million dollars each month. one building fund company. when the largest chicken wire and concrete promise. walk in the company's annual output value. originally

>>> and flappy birds flies no more. why the creator of this hit mobile game walked away from making 50 grand a day. ,,,,,,,, critical areas on the new b bridge. kpix reporter phil matier h more on today's show and te. and the promise coming from caltrans. phil. (sot 3:33 rick land/caltran >> reporter: they say that the big bridge still has troubles. >> we are seeing water come down on all four lines of the bridge. >> reporter: the problem up here is leaks and where the guardrails connect to the span, or possibly the wiring conduits to the bridge lights. whatever the case, water is dripping down into the heart of the suspension span. the fear is that while the leaks are not an immediate problem, ongoing wetness could lead to corrosion of the span's bolts so they have to come up with a solution. how much is that going to cost? >> we haven't figured that out yet. this is another of those things, that with if we experience more wind, more rain, we're gonna learn things about this bridge. >> reporter: most of what the public

i am sorry, flappy bird users, i will take flappy bird down. i cannot take this anymore.disappointment that their game is gone. one player tweeting, flappy bird has apparently been removed from the app store, so if i get too frustrated and delete it, i can't get it back. rest in peace. while some have suggested this is all just one big marketing ploy, industry insiders say he was getting so much hate mail, he was simply over it and shut down the game. gio benitez, abc news, new york. >> very -- >> when there's money at stake, you'd be amazed how much hate mail you can absorb. >> you're right. but people are really obsessed with this game. now that they can't download it, they're selling iphones on ebay that have the game installed. since you can't download it, can you buy a phone that has it. incredible. >> one of the bids, apparently s up to $43,000. >> for one of those iphones with the game. >> with this app on it, on ebay. apparently the bid is up to $43,000. >> when i get requests for all these different games, candy crush and all that, i want nothing to do with it, l

we're at bird avenue, the northbound 280 bird avenue off ramp where you can see caltrans arrived. this has been shut down for a good hour now because there is a clogged drain. you can see the water as it comes towards us, piling up a good request six inches. caltrans just pulling up. so you can see chp has it shut down but once they get this unclogged this should be reopened pretty fast. as chp was pointing out to us, what happens you don't have these rains, those drains do get clogged if they don't have anything flowing through them. once he figures out t caltranses driver, where the drain is he will get in there and pop out whatever debris is keeping this clogged. until that happens this is the bird avenue off ramp and northbound 280, this is not a major off ramp so this is not having a tremendous impact especially when you consider it's still early but we would suspect that maybe by 6:00, the next 15 minutes they would have this reopened. speed is at the limit. it's trying to get this water that's settling here. who would have thought after all of this news we're hearing about

the bird is rabin size and it is the member of a family of birds that include birds like puffins andople might be more familiar with. they do not build a nest and it's unique in the family in that it nests in trees so in this family of birds, you have birds that come inland in the summer, so they let off shore and then only in the summer do they come to land. they make nests on the open quote tops ambrose but no bird had a nest in a tree. they are small seabirds and the our heavy bodied and the flap their wings rapidly to keep their body afloat in the air. they need to go from the ocean directly to their nest branch and making a landing. they really can't stop and start because it is so much effort to do that, so the need to find somewhere they can land to make essentially a high-speed kind of sellout landing on the branch that needs to be a wide branch. it means to be out of reach of predators' so you think what kind of trees have these out of the reach of predators well these are the mature along the coast and you also need a branch where you can lay an egg. it's the size of a marl

we have closure 280 at the bird avenue on ramp. slowing because of the volume of traffic and now a crash around the 880 interchange. we had a lot of spinouts along 280. now a lot of rain. new flooding at 280 and 87 close to the bird avenue off ramp. my friend tim said it's like a monsoon. i don't think it's like that but it's bad. >> we haven't seen it for a while. thanks a lot. >> time 6:22. still ahead, we'll tell you by northern california athlete is moving on to the next round. >> let's get to know one of our other olympians, carly shore. ♪ [ female announcer ] wherever morning brings you, bring the energy you need. nature valley soft-baked oatmeal squares. softly baked, made with hearty oatmeal and a drizzle of cinnamon. they're nature valley's take on a morning classic. because when you keep going, the morning can bring you to brand-new places. ♪ nature valley. nature at its most delicious. >>> now back to the olympic games in sochi. we are about to reveal some of the results from slope style snowboarding events that was held

birds are busy raising their chicks. joe smith chief sterling year returning home with food the ingeniously it's made it's home and all oh the writer. we returned to the ancient apple tree. i eye the elite thirty centimeters this also makes an ideal place for birds to nest these chicks are about three weeks old. we patiently await the return to their parents you will. i do. he said chick emerges from the hollow. he said. waits is ready for its next meal. i think. gerd return sneak peek cheats immediately. check it out but i did this to teach this chick believed as many as three year old son. i think i really really really really. gates later. i snapped. lucille fledgling is now ready to venture out of the nerves. the target snowed yet strong enough to fly still it can't help but try labels note to return it shelters in the brush. i really really really really big. aaron watches closely from a nearby tree he'll put grill and it remains vulnerable to predators such as weasels and martin tsk. in search of a safe place the c

i was when we will learn the bird's gender. -- that is when we will learn the bird's gender. the bird is in stable condition. they hope to release the owl back into the wild. dozens of people gathered in northwest to honor the late folk singer pete seeger by taking part in a sing-along. >> he died at the age of 94. the sing-along took place in columbia heights. organizers encourage people to bring guitars, banjos, and other instruments. it is a huge weekend for football fans. law enforcement as well. i had, what is being done to keep crowds safe at the super bowl. a not so warm welcome for new jersey governor chris christie this weekend. more trouble for rondo mayor robinson. okay. let's train like it's race day. what's up ted? i think i forgot to pay a bill. yep, paid that one. what about your mortgage? yep, paid that too. alright we're good then. man i feel like i'm forgetting something. eh, it's probably nothing. you worry too much ted. alright, hammer down! bank from almost anywhere with the citi mobile app. citi, with you every step of the way. news side. richardr chicag

they are like the stealth fighters of birds. they have amazing, they have different kinds of wings than other birds so that in dark they can fly, they can hunt, they can see in nearly pitch darkness. the wind just whistles over them. you actually can't hear them coming. >> stephen: that sounds fair fair ---terrifying. why can she turn her head so far around. is she possessed by the devil. >> owls are remarkably flexible. they can turn their heads 370 degrees. >> stephen: what do umps eat -- owls eat oughtn't t to other t e pops. >> you know about that. it depends on the size of the owl but squirrels, mice, snakes. other types of rodents. even other kinds of birds. >> stephen: let's talk about the big game on sunday for just a moment here. >> sure. >> stephen: obviously everyone out there knows every year we in the press look to psychic animals. they are clairvoyant octopus to pick the winner of the big game. this year we're going with the owl. ssophia i want you to point your wing at the team you like better. i've got two adorab

he was 69 years old. >>> a pilot in florida is being praised for calmly landing the plane after a birdhe windshield coming out of nowhere, and it was all caught on tape. >> i never did see him. all of the sudden the windshield explodes. >> reporter: heart-stopping moments for rob webber, and something that he has never seen in a decade of flying planes. >> i was not sure if the bird was in the plane with me or where he was. >> reporter: it was smooth sailing from ft. myers to paige field, and then he radioed into the control tower a few seconds from touching down. >> and all of the sudden, stuff was flying everywhere. watch in slow motion. a bird smashes into the windshie windshield, and the plane is flying 170 prps, amiles per hou his hands start to tremor, but he tells himself, just fly the fricking plane which is what everybody says. >> reporter: then he realized that he had a head bleed. >> i kept telling the tower that i need to get on the ground quick. >> reporter: he kept the camera rolling. >> i have been playing wit, and getting used to using it. >> reporter: but he could neve

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bird slams into weber's windshield.y wind whip the plane flying a the 170 miles an hour. sends it no a quick shake. but weber's steady hands take over along with his pilot training. >> just fly the freakin' plane. that's a phrase that everybody tells you. >> reporter: a few moments later, watch as web are checks himself, realizing he was cut on the head. >> head cuts are bad. i looked at my hand and i was covered in blood. oh, boy. i told tower, i just have to get landed. playing with it, trying to get used to it. >> reporter: he would never predict he would he get this once in a lifetime footage. lucky to be alive after what was more than a close call. >> if the bird would have continued and hit me, who knows, if it would have knocked me unconscious. >> reporter: luckily that didn't happen. as he lands the plane, he is congratulated by radio tower. >> so calm. >> did fine. >> reporter: and met by fire engines as his plane comes to a stop. abc news, ft. myers, florida. >> that guy is cool as a cucumber. >> unbelievable

they probably think i am the bird man of alcatraz. mistaken because he had a shaved head too. >> miller was serving an eight year sentence for burglary when he proudly showed us his cell. a virtual shrine to his winged friends. >> ever since i have been here the birds come up to me like they know me. you know i got them landing on my shoulders and my hands. and you know different kinds of birds. not just pigeons. but i got, you know different kind of black birds. finch and the red wing landing on me. i think -- the birds is a good way of -- of releasing a lot of tension and anger. before i got arrested my girlfriend used to chase the birds away. she didn't want me around them. and so -- now i'm in here. i have a chance to mingle with the birds. and basically that's about the only friends that i got. i can't trust anybody else. >>> due to mature subject matter, discretion is advised. >>> america's prisons, dangerous, often deadly. there are 2 million people doing time. every day is a battle to survive and to maintain order. >> down on

so when george heard professor wiseman had a plane... that looked like a bird to follow other birds,or the big launch. [ hooting ] [ narrator ] after all-- [ cooing ] some of george's best friends were birds. you guys realize the launch isn't until later, right? uh-huh, uh-huh. yes. well, what are you gonna do for the next hour? oh, i can keep them busy. how'd you like to help me with bird's final trial flight? ah! uh-huh. sure! [ chuckles ] okay. have fun. i'll see you in an hour.

you might have noticed the number of birds in the u.s. backyard birds going down.wo-thirds oif most common birds disappearing over the past 50 years. as tom ackerman explains the main culprit is a long time nemesis. >> on a cold winter's day, washington, d.c. may look like it's teeming with birds. but appearances can be misleading. according to the odd upon society of america, species across the u.s. including the northern bob white the eastern meadow lark, the common turn, and the field sparrow, have declined by at least 70% in numbers over the past few decades. bird experts attribute to losses to defer restization, and urban sprawl. but according to the biggest study the biggest cause is best predator, the cat. >> while birds -- the cat population of the united states has more than tripled in the last he years and here at the washington animal ration cue leagues kit city city, it is full house. >> the streets of the u.s. capitol honest several hundred roaming cat colonies. many are pets whose owners let them out to seek prey where they can find it. >> if they are

. >> fill us in on flappy bird. i'm familiar with angry bird but not flappy bird. >> yeah. you and i should know more about this apparently. i don't either. 50 million downloads already, raking in $50,000 in ad revenue on a daily basis. now the creator is a little-known vietnamese gaming designer, has basically this site and this app. everybody is up in arms saying it is not dodown to legal press just the fame of this game is ruining his simple life as well. he will be developing other games but to give up $50,000 in ad revenues every day is some game. it's a lot of willpower. >> it really is. flappy bird fans will have to look elsewhere. steve, great to see you. >>> still ahead on "way too early," jamie anderson fly high as the new event's favorite. >>> let's get to our twitter question for you. great photo for our captioning contest today. tweet us your best and most creative answers using the #waytooearly. we'll put up your answers later on in the show. that was one of the american figure skaters who didn't like her score. >>> opening ceremony that you may have missed. t

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doesn't he one of birds here and in suntec marina forest are dependent on arab area. these include various kinds of parents. like the red speckled amazons and stuart j with his below him but those cases to be the seeds of the arid area. and then there's the star admitted to spying tail. those birds and their entire lives in the air of carrying the past three and died there in the tree was a smoker. no emission from the goats daughter has always amazed to one variety of plants that are found in the underbrush year. she's a biologist and inherited her love of nature from her father. go chase has been fighting to protect these huge trees for nearly thirty years. i wrote carriers can grow to a height of fifty meters. some are seven hundred years old. we also provide a regional specialty we all. a few minutes in the coals and their dogs danielle is similar to pine nuts with larger. the show is still on the dissenters songs and not eat meat has a distinctive taste. there are a popular snack the actual school who are known only to be secured. he also serve as an important fo

those cases to the seeds of the arid area and then there's the star admitted to spying tail those birds and their entire lives in the air of carrying the past three and died there in the tree was a smoker. no initiative from the goats daughter has always amazed to one variety of plants that are found in the underbrush year. she's a biologist and inherited her love of nature from her father. negotiators and fighting to protect these huge trees for nearly thirty years. i wrote carriers can grow to a height of fifty meters. some are seven hundred years old. they also provide a regional specialty we all. few minutes in the coals and their dogs danielle is similar to pine nuts with larger. the show is still haunt the dissenters songs and not eat meat has a distinctive taste. there are a popular snack however she wanted to go school who are known only to be steamed. he also served as an important food source for many birds and mammals including oliver and religion monkeys. it is a goo teasing and pump the song says it in winter. it's the only food they can fly into the forest. the man can aff

there's a sweet little bird hanging on the side. what kind of bird is that? >> [inaudible] the smallest of the gulf species, and it lives around the bay area. >> you want to talk about the types of flour patterns that you send? >> [inaudible] around 1926 or so by the dahlia society. >> what is this bird here? >> that is the california quail. >> coming up here, we had a little blustery theme. what is this area here? >> this is supposed to be the side view, the expense of the golden gate bridge. >> there it is. >> there are really beautiful elements of architecture still around, i would say that it gives that feeling over to the work. >> what are your hopes for it? >> that in a way it just becomes part of the area. i think it is starting to have that feeling. people utilize it. they sit and, and have their lunch and play on -- they sit and, and have their lunch and play on that -- they sit and come and have their lunch and play on it. just for it to be part of the neighborhood. that is my hope. >> is such a beautiful addition to our public art in san francisco.

>> in the line between that is so natural, you can see birds and be in complete wilderness. really like that about this. you could maybe get a little snapshot of what they are expecting. >> it is an interactive, keck sculpture that is interacted with by the visitor. >> they are a lot about and they fall down the belt. it moves the belt up, and if you turn that faster, the butterflies fall in the move of words. >> the art reflect the commission's commitment to acquiring the best work from the bay area and beyond. in addition to the five new commissions, 20 artworks that were already in the airport collection were reinstalled. some of which were historically cited in the terminal. it includes major sculptures by the international artists. as a collection, these art works tell the story of the vibrant arts scene in the early 1960's through the mid-1980s's. the illustrate san francisco's cultural center and a place of innovation that is recognized and the love throughout the world. one of the highlights is a series of three left tapestries. they are on view after being in storag

two companies found ads for third party flappy bird with malware. thanks for making ktvu your choice for news. our courage coverage continues with the 10:00 news. we're here for you at ktvu.com. tmz is up next on tv 36. ncer ] now... robocop is here. [ male announcer ] ...the war on crime... whoo! [ male announcer ] ...has a new weapon. dead or alive, you're coming with me. [ male announcer ] "robocop." rated pg-13. in imax. >> today on "tmz," >> here's what we got here. we got country and we got rap. we got a rapper who has gone country and a country singer who has gone rap. >> a buck 22 and he just released a song called "achey breaky 2" featuring billy ray cyrus and they do a hip hop/rap version. >> i find this compelling. >> you haven't heard it yet, have you? >> danai gurira, she's on from "the walking dead." you go to africa a lot. she said, i went to high school there. >> did she teach you about american slavery in africa? >> that is a fantastic question. >> what if they taught you different. we rounded up all the people we rounded up all the

new at 6:00, phil ma tier said the idea is like keeping the birds off the ledges of buildings.porter: that's right. everybody knows pigeons and how we keep them off the building with stuff. that's coming down to the ground level to use the tactics to deal with the homeless. >> it's kind of uncomfortable right now. kind of impossible. >> yeah, it is. >> reporter: and maybe that's the point as one long time customer told us the homeless were taking over the area. >> i don't want to go through a mine field. >> reporter: not alone whether it's city park benches designed so you can't lie down or embedded in doorways to make it uncomfortable to lay out a sleeping bag. handling hopeless is becoming an increasing part of san francisco's city architecture. >> we saw it when they did the civic center courthouse where they put in stuff so people wouldn't be able to sit on the ledge and the plaza. >> reporter: brackets once installed for state boards have been lengthened to keep people from lying down in plazas. they put flower boxes up against the building or giant planters like these in

it also has many birds to watch. it is a place to find and appreciate what you -- a wonderful breath of fresh air. come and experience in this park and enjoy the people, picnics, and sunshine. this is a lovely place to take a stroll with your loved ones. in the middle of pacific heights, on top of these hills, it offers a great square, a peaceful beauty, large trees and grass and greenery. it features tables and benches, a playground, restaurants, and tennis courts. there are plenty of areas for football and picnics. it is very much a couple's park. there are many activities you can experience together. stroll on the pathways, bring your dog, or just picnic at one of the many tables and enjoy all that it has to offer together. many couples find this is a perfect park to throw down a blanket and soak up the sun. it is a majestic place that you can share with someone you chairs. lafayette park is also easily accessed from the 47, 49, and 90 buses. it is ada accessible. we are here at the historic palace of fine art in

it's just that bird law in this country, it's not governed by reason. as bird law. yes, there is! i'm gonna get a hummingbird, and i'll show you. you guys, i have huge news. hummingbirds are illegal tender. i'm gonna get one. you cannot! despite you, i'm gonna get one. hello? where are we with gulls? you guys! you can keep a gull as a pet, but you don't want to live with a seabird, okay?

but lady bird johnson had that saying that she had a podium and she was going to use it.nd she did. >> do you think you used yours? >> i hope so. i tried to use it. i talked a lot about the women in afghanistan and i still do. i am worried now. i was there three times when george was president. i would like to go again. but i am worried that once we draw our troops down, that their rights, which are fragile, will be jeopardized. >> another issue, literacy. you started the national book festival september 8, 2001. >> that fall was when i felt like what i was working on was getting going. the first state dinner for mexico and the first national book festival. i started the texas book festival when george was governor. i thought it was just natural to have a national book festival on the big national mall, and it still goes on and still draws lots of people and is still hugely popular. that was the weekend before the tuesday morning of september 11. even on that morning, i was on my way to capitol hill to brief the senate education committee on early childhood education. i h

. >>> we've all seen the bird meet its fate. 988 million birds die like this annually. population. >>> check out the redesigned nbc news.com. it has new features to check out like the infinite scrolling home page. more original reporting as well. exclusively for the web. be sure to check out the nbc news.com. that's infinite. >>> now a furry critter for the hump day blues. stars for this show are panda bears. the panda bears are streamed 24 hours a day since august. viewers can't get enough of this. it isn't all fun and games. young pandas spend most their time chomping on bamboo. >> that's all they do, eat, eat, eat. >>> seattle's victory parade is today for the super bowl champs. a huge crowd is expected in downtown seattle to celebrate the crushing win over denver. >>> on this day in 1971, apollo astronauts on the lunar service, as reported from the nightly news. >> mitchell returned the camera to the stand. he and shepherd carried equipment away from the landing ship to set it up. >>> happy birthday to barbara heresy. roger stall back 72 and hank aaron 80. have a gr

yeah, that is an angry bird t-shirt rob was wearing.es away from paige field airport in ft. myers, florida. he ducked down to get out of the wind. part of the windshield hit his head. he kept thinking about a line he heard as a student pilot. no matter what happens, just fly the plane. >> so he did. bird strikes are not unusual. having one captured on camera is. this past december a cessna, that had just taken off from an illinois airport got goosed. pilot and passenger managed to land without injury. to them at least. >> that is not our blood. >> when rob landed there was a fire truck waiting and compliments from the control tower. >> and a fellow pilot. true, rob will never be celebrated. like captain sully sullenberger when both his engines ingested geese and he had to land in the hudson. rob never lost engine power and he saved his own butt. his relief was audible when he cut the everythingine. may the bird rest in peace, make that pieces. most of it never made it into the plane. but you see the foot in the cockpit. >> one friend sa

a bird crashed into the cockpit ... shattering the glass. the on-board camera captured the whole thing. the pilot was able to land safely. the same thing happened to us once in the chopper and it was on my side of the window. so i hit birds, and i don't like things crashing into the window of the chopper. it's a bad deal. >> what happened with the bird? did he go the way of the dinosaur? >> i think he went to a better place. >> wind out of the northwest at 9 mi.. it is cold outside. kohl today and all week. typically we should be rising up. our day gets longer and the sun angle is higher but we are seeing our temperatures cooled down for the next few days because we have canadian air coming our way. it's 13 in o'hare. only 12 in bartlett. typical low is much warmer than that. satellite and radar composite shows we are dry. there is no out to the west. it will drop just south of our region into tonight. slight chance of snow showers may be a light accumulation. nothing to write home about maybe a dusting or less than an inch. the big deal is

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bird flu virus has the potential to cause a pandemic. a report by the government center for disease control and prevention goes into detail about the h1n1 virus, saying an elderly woman was killed in disease. another was ipp vected. a new strap should be monitored. the australian named h1n1 was detected in hong kong in 1997. it's caused 384 deaths sips 2003. more than 600 were infected. the strain managed last year led to 71 deaths in china. 159 human infections were recorded. >> we are joined live from hong kong. craig, how concerned do you think people are in the region that they are hearing another strain has emerged. >> this new strain is the fifth novel strain of its kind in 17 years. the fact that it's emerged pretty much unannounced is of great concern to people, people that went through the first sars in 1991. there has been many deaths caused by the straps of viruses. they are concerned there could be a pandemic, because this virus had the ability to spread from human to human. >> is there a sense that they are welcoming the chi

>> a lot more open than they were when the bird flu virus raised its head in 1999. they learnt their lessons then because they were slow to react to the virus. doctors were slow to react because they didn't have the information. we are getting daily updates with the virus as it mutates and spreads to other humans. we had a warning that there were eight new cases in china. a person died a week ago. they announced they'd ban live poultry in the east coast of the china. they culled the chickens in the live markets here, 20,000 killed last week as a precaution. information is flowing and the chinese authority is keep for that to happen. they can head off the virus and provide information as needed. >> the ukrainian today tonight is meeting the european union's foreign policy chief to discuss unrest. anti-government protesters say they don't expect much to come from the talks, and will continue their fight against viktor yanukovych. >> the latest live from the ukrainian capital kiev, and neve barker. talks with the president at the moment. >> that's right. it's the forei

. >> reporter:flappy bird landed into apple and google's app download >> reporter:it's a simple game graphics >> reporter:you try to this bird between the pipes without crashing that's it. >> reporter:in december last year it suddenly took off and staring getting a ton of buzz and chatter on social networks >> reporter:and ever since it has been sitting at the top of the charts . >> reporter: were looks so easy. but it's very difficult. >> reporter:making it an addictive game for millions of users >> reporter:people just wanted to pass the first level and they would try for days to accomplish that >> reporter:most of the reviews of the game were lengthy, tongue-in-cheek tales of time lost, marriages ended and people going crazy by the addictive nature of the game. people shared videos of themselves destroying their phone because they game frusterated them so much. nats - flappy bird vo 3 wide / smash hammer the app worked it's way up the app worked it's way up to makeing $50 a good that comes in 25 flavors. from whole natural to wasabi and soy sauce. and once good gets going, there's

his name is big bird. he was taken in by graystoke in tanzania, they found him when he came ashore during a storm and they fed him and cared for him and they have to teach him you on to fly. >> spread your wings. spread your wings. bye-bye. >> it's like a pterodactyl. >> it's a big bird. and here they are teaching it how to fly. >> are you kidding? he learned from the humans kind of showing the motion. that's pretty remarkable. that's a fun video. >> i love the person who figured out to put a go pro on this thing's bill and point it back at them. his little bald head screaming through the air. >>> we go from water fowl to a whale. this video was captured by some people sailing from st. croix to the bahamas and as you can see they are going at a pretty good clip. notice this whale. no problem keeping up, just look. >> cool. >> and doesn't even look like the whale is moving anything. just kind of moves its tail. he eventually does speed up and all you see is a slight move of the tail and he speeds ahead of t

i'm sorry, flappy bird users, 22 hours from now i will take flap by bird down.f the most popular games to be downloaded of the recently came under fire for its looking similar to the original super mario brothers game from nintendo. not to worry if you downloaded game because you can still play. lori: i think you're consoling yourself, ashley. >>> historic promotion of general motors new female chief but is mary barra getting shortchanged? the bottom line from elizabeth macdonald next. [ female announcer ] who are we? we are thinkers. the job jugglers. the up all-nhts. and the ones who turn ideas into action. we've made our passions our life's work. we strive for the moments where we can s, "i did it!" ♪ we are entrepreneurs who started it all... with a signature. legalzoom has helped start over 1 million businesses, turning dreamers into business owners. and we're here to help start yours. ashley: mary barra serving as general motors first female ceo, but her pay doesn't stack up to her predecessors. lori: she is making far less than her female counterparts, bu

she also discusses her years in the white house working as press secretary for lady bird johnson. this is about an hour. c-span: liz carpenter, you say early in your book that, "by heritage and by profession, i am a storyteller." where did you learn that? >> guest: i think growing up. i grew up in rural texas. rural areas seem to -- you need entertainment, and so my family had been rooted in texas for five generations and they were full of tales that had been hand-me-downs. we heard them a lot around the fireplace while you're cracking pecans, and it grew. then, of course, i just was propelled to be a journalist, and that's what i did. i went to the university of texas and came to washington when franklin roosevelt was president, with my journalism degree in hand and my virtue intact. i still have the journalism degree. it just led naturally into seeing things as a story, a saga. c-span: you mention you actually were in the audience to see will rogers perform. >> guest: absolutely, and i know that it makes me feel like an artifact, but he came to the university of texas. we went t

bird." anymore. what is this? he was making $50,000 per day in ad revenue. attempts to contact him were unsuccessful. he's a victim of his own success. some fans are selling the phones they had with the app already installed. the prices on ebay, 90,000, some are rising as much as $100,000 per device. as if they just pulled candy crush out. with the fear index hitting 13 month high last week, time to scale back or equity holdings? some strategies are still rooting for equities. one of them this black rock global chief investment strategist who joins me now. no, don't wear a cheerleading skirt but you are cheering equities, let's call it what it is, right? >> it is a muted cheer. i think part of what investors coming to grips with is a return to normal. it is not as if the market is back in 2008 levels of volatility, going back for more normal environment after unusually quiet environment. equity despite the volatility can happen in bonds this year, not to give up i asset class. liz: where sho

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take a look at this birds eye view being called the world's first bird selfie.company using two swiss tags to mount a camera on the beak of a great white pelican, getting a view of tanzania. how fabulous. the pelican known as big bird lives at a safari lodge there. the bird was not hurt in the process. >>> call it divine intervention. a man saved by a bible in his shirt pocket, stopped two bullets from hitting his chest during alleged gang anything. the dayton, ohio, bus driver was doing maintenance on his bus yesterday when two attackers stabbed him in the arm, shot him in the leg. he's expected to survive. police tracking down his attackers. >>> earlier we asked if you want to know the amount of calories the food you eat in restaurants. patrick posted on facebook, big brother running our lives again. bill wrote, i never worry about the calories when i'm at to eat but knowing is better than not knowing. dina, i think that's great it will force restaurants to use quality pure foods. i don't know, for me, i don't want to know. anyway, just my opinion. >>> gretche