transform san francisco into the kozcosmopolitan center that it is today. >> they called it the jewel city rose from the mud flats of san francisco's waterfront. a cosmopolitan wonderland built to last just ten months. one of the only vestiges of this lost city is this building, the palace of fine arts. but in 1915 this was just one of many grand palaces that lined the avenues of a 635-acre mini metropolis constructed to host the world's fair in the area known today as the marina district. the fair drew some 19 million people, mostly for the thrill of exploring displays and demonstrations that highlighted the progress of industry, technology, and culture over the centuries. >> if you pushed through the turnstiles, you'd find yourself directly in front of a 435-foot-tall stepped tower. 43 stories tall. adorned with more than 100,000 colored jewels hung in such a way that they could move in the breezes, so the entire building sparkled day and night. >> the fair also called the panama-pacific international exposition to celebrate the completion of the panama canal was an opportunity for san f

during the fair's nine-month run, some 20 million people took in the glory of what was called the jewelled cityyou think about that that's 20 million before there were airplanes. >> it was a city within a city a magical spectacle that sparkled till the lights were finally extinguished december 4th 1915. >> this is a selection of souvenir souvenirs. >> a century later the spirit still inspires. >> jewels from the tower of jewels. >> donna spent her life life collecting exposition memorabilia. >> here's a tape measure with the tower of jewels. >> larger souvenirs of the fair remain tucked away around san francisco. long ago battles saved the palace of fine arts from the same fate as the fair's other buildings and so it sits a majestic time capsuledi1lb proving that the jewelled city of a century ago really did exist. >> it was the spirit of the city that we hope will never die. >> joe rosato junior nbc bay area news. >> got to love that history. >> the most important vietnamese holiday took place today the tet celebration for the lunar new year. it translates to feast of the first morning of the

during the fair's nine-month run, some 20 million people took in the glory of what was called the jewelled city. >> if you think about that that's 20 million before there were airplanes. >> reporter: it was a city within a city. magical spectacle that sparkled in the until the lights were finally extinguish extinguished. >> this is a selection of souvenirs. >> reporter: a century later, the spirit of 1915 still inspires. >> jewels from the tower of jewels. >> reporter: donna has spent her life collecting exposition memorabilia. >> here's a tape measure with the tower of jewels. >> reporter: larger souvenir remain tucked away around san francisco. long ago battles save the palace of fine arts from the fate of other buildings. a majestic time capsule proving that the jewelled city of a century ago really did exist. >> it was the spirit of the city that we hope will never die. >> reporter: joe risotto jr., nbc bay area news. >> thank goodness people care to preserve things like that. >> it is absolutely beautiful. there's always a bride out there being photographed. >>> let's check a relatively re

during the fair's nine-month run, some 20 million people took in the glory of what was called the jewelled city if you think about that that's 20 million before there were airplanes. >> reporter: it was a city within a city. a magical spectacle that sparkled until the lights were finally extinguished december 4th, 1915. >> this is a selection of souvenirs. >> reporter: a century later, the spirit of 1915 still inspires. >> jewels from the tower of jewels. >> reporter: donna huggins has spent her life collecting exposition memorabilia. >> here is a tape measure with the tower of jewels. >> reporter: larger souvenirs of the fair remain tucked away around san francisco. long ago battles saved the palace of fine arts from the same fate as the fair's other buildings. and so it sits a majestic time capsule, proving that the jewelled city of a century ago really did exist. >> it was the spirit of the city that we hope will never die. >> reporter: joe rosato jr., nbc news. >> and it's still beautiful today. now tomorrow san francisco celebrates the centennial of the 1915 world fair with a community day

the jewel city created just for san francisco. ♪ >>> good evening, and welcome to "kqed newsroom." thuy vu. >> and i'm scott shafer. on tonight's show, a look back at the bay area's past, present and a glimpse of its future. we begin with an event that happened 100 years ago, the 1915 world's fair. as joshua johnson shows us, it helped transform san francisco into the koz

it is the crown jewel of city of dreams. five days a week, 3.7 million gallons of water flow through the custom-built stage as actors dance, dive, and dazzle a captivated audience. building it was a huge gamble. it premiered in 2010 in the wake of the financial crisis. >> we went ahead and built out our $250 million "house of dancing waters" show. it has been a huge success. the fact that we try these things that nobody wants to try has given us an edge. >> in the beginning, business was far from booming. lawrence ho's first casino opened to disappointing results. it seemed as if his gamble to go big in macau was destined to go bust. but then ho focused his attention on high-stakes vip clients. the tables quickly turned. last year, revenue topped an incredible $5 billion. >> are you surprised by how fast this has grown and developed? >> one of the greatest things that has happened in the last 10 years, 20 years is the growth of the middle income earning bracket in china. they are at an age where they would like to travel and

. >> city hall is a jewel in our crown it's part of our culture and legacy like the golden gate bridge it's honored this building in its glorious history and preserve it for generations to come. >> san francisco city hall is criminally unique place not just a symptom of all the things that are uniquely san francisco it is a place that inspires one to be an activist an recognize to do human rights it gave me in cultural and civic stylists yes it all happens right here in san francisco's city hall and what truly is the people's palace. >> what you saw is is teaser of the sister-in-law documentary film called the people's palace of the magic building the fund will to help with the upgrade and specifically led lighting currently, we have some beautiful lighting here no san francisco city hall for example when the giants one the world's series it was black and it took etch individually to go from the lighting to the specific jells so this led system will enable us to do simply the new technology as easy an, an ipad change the lighting colors and also in celebration of the one hundred birthd

. >> to nominate a president of the united states, an opportunity to show case what a jewel of a cityladelphia is. >> congresswoman schultz says the leaders behind the bid were organized and addressed all of the committee's concerns and in the end the city proved it had the best logistics, resources and financing to host the bid. >>> speaking of logistics with the pope coming this fall commissioner ramsey told us today it's nothing they can't handle and the department will be more than prepared and ready. we have time to plan and we had the rnc here in 2000 and many of the people that planned that are still here. >> commissioner ramsey says there are lots of factors to consider to get ready for an event like this including, of course, crowd control and protection of political dignitaries. any time there's new information about the convention and its impact on our region you can be the first to know about it. we'll be pushing out news alerts and updates with the nbc 10 news app. >>> the gop will hold their convention a week before the democrats. the republican national convention in 20

it is to draw the peshmerga away from mosul, the crown jewel for iraq. that city is being strangled essentially by peshmergaa force on three side. anything isis can do to draw the peshmergaa away from mosul and cause it problems elsewhere is something they're very interested in doing. as for the peshmerga foesz, well after visiting about seven different front line positions over the last ten days they are not well armed. they have very little in the way of defensive armor. a lot of the casualties, of course by ieds. they have very little to stop the suicide bombs in humvees, one of their favorite weapons. they have light arms. they've recently received a lot of german machine guns which has helped. but they node heavy armor to be able to deal with an jenny has after all seized a great deal of equipment from iraqi armories over the last eight or nine months. and it's well equipped. in fact the kurd are reduced to repurposing humvees that they catch, that they seize from isis. >> we will of course be watching the situation in irbil closely. and that is where our tim

. >> many feel the convenience is a chance for the city to put a shine on a dusty jewel. >> i think it's high time philly gets more attention. even look at the city it's looking old and we need a facelift this kind of event will help philadelphia coming back to the limelight. >> a lot of folks are looking forward to basking in the limelight and hoping for a lingering economic impact. live on the parkway, david henry channel 6 "action news." >> i want to hang out with that lady with the sparkly hat. >> she is excited. >> this is the first national convention since 2000 when republicans nominated george w. bush but quite sometime for democrats, have you to go back to 1948 for the last democratic national convention in philadelphia, this is video from that year when the party nominated harry truman who went on to beat huey -- and they have gone to win the white house. of course this is not the only big event philadelphia is planning left you forget pope francis is set to be here for the meeting of families and that visit is likely to draw more than 2 million people into the city. we have mu

in the maya city of copan, a jeweler fashioned rare shell and jade for his powerful lord. in mexico, living artisans echo the economy of a vanished civilization. and in teotihuacan evidence of mass production has now been unearthed. tiny faces of clay reflect the men and women who made them a thousand years ago. on the other side of the world in the ancient roman city of ostia huge merchant ships were part of an economy much like our own. and today, the tanners of morocco still practice their ancient craft, living proof that economies have evolved out of the past. everyone who has ever lived has been part of an economic system. iel bote grande...mil pesos! economic systems are simply the ways people produce, distribute and consume things -- everything and anything, from tortillas to stocks and bonds. for 10,000 10,000 an eighth. today, as in the past, economic systems lie at the heart of how a society is organized. archaeologists search for these systems because they believe economies hold the key to understanding ancient societies. archaeologist william sanders. the econo

this would be an effort to retake the city of mosul in iraq. this is the crown jewel for isis. iraq's second largest city a place they have controlled since last summer. this is an operation the pentagon said would involve 20,000 or more iraqi troops going in, specifically trained by the united states for this mission. the operation would begin in april or may. and, george, it's possible this operation would include some embedded u.s. troops for the purposes of calling in air strikes. that is a decision the president himself would make. >> the white house taking incoming in a different way. the former mayor of new york, rudy giuliani, taking on the president with some very tough words, saying he doesn't think the president loves america. >> reporter: yeah, and giuliani prefaced the comment by saying it may be a terrible thing to say. the white house response came from principal deputy press secretary eric schultz, who said, i agree with him on one thing. it was a horrible thing to say. >> thank you, jon. we'll have more sunday on "this week." >>> all right, george, to the latest

cities the key battlefields. just why are they the key battlefields? why do they matter so much? let's start with mosul. the jewel in isis' crown in northern iraq. a symbolically important city and one that is now the second largest in iraq. last july isis leader al-baghdadi appeared at the city's grand moss okay declare his caliphate. isis has begun building fortifications around the estimate the big question is when an offensive to retake mosul might begin. kurdish peshmerga forces have sealed off but the southern exits. the iraqi president promises there will be an operation to retake mosul. but just when. it seems according to most analysts in this region still months away. to the west in iraq's anbar province isis appears to be in better shape. it's the iraqi security forces who have lost ground. the cities of ramadi and fallujah both under isis control are key battle grounds if the iraqi government is to relieve the pressure on the capital and persuade the sunni tribes in this area it will come to their aid. the syrian battlefield is much more complex. and there are signs that isis is trying to reassess its

the tabloids in this city are having a field day with this stuff. jewel thatny told the other tabloid, "the new york post," details about the president's alleged communist leanings, "from the time he was 9 years old he was influenced by frank marshall davis, who was a communist," and the mayor went on to discuss other communist influences in obama's life. what? here's the major defending himself on fox. >> i'm right about this. i have no doubt about it. i do not withdraw my words. if the president goes and makes a speech and talks act what a great country this is if the president could complete the following sentence -- during the crusades the christians were barbarians and so were the muslims, if the president could say islamic fundamentalist terrorism is our enemy, i will applaud the president. but until he does that i will have doubts about his emotions his feelings his attitudes, and the way in which he developed. >> many m have criticized julia giuliani giuliani's remarks as racist and he's defending that too. to "the new york times," he said "some p

jewel from isis fighters. the pentagon making plans to send up to 25,000 iraqi troops into mosul. isis seized iraq's second largest city when thousands of government soldiers laid down their arms and fled when threatened by only hundreds of militants. this new offensive will be the biggest test yet of the american training of iraqi forces and it comes as kurdish fighters struggle to hold ground. cnn's phil black talked with one of the commanders in desperate need for reinforcements. >>> so we have to drive them out of this entire region. >> reporter: the head of curdist stan says the peshmerga have taken back all the ground they can until the new retrained iraqi army is ready to take the field. >> there is some limitations of how far we can go because we don't want to create any political sensitivities with the arabs and for the rest of the region we need cooperation and the iraqi army to participate. >> all right. cnn's ian lee is in cairo, egypt, this morning. ian, the kurds are out gunned. iraqi forces need u.s. training. they're asking for weapons. what's the feeling in the region? >> reporter: a lot of feeling tha

city in california to require solar is there. they will take the pro posal next week. >>> coming up in our next half hour, she's been stealing jewels around the world for decades. now she may be here in the bay area. she has shops on alert. >>> we always think of hearts come valentine's days. it might all be in our head. coming up scientist show us how you can see love on the brain. >>> we are going to continue to follow breaking news out of san jose. a live look right now at the area. it's a about a mile from the san jose airport. people are reporting seeing the smoke from highway 101. thick black smoke. they just called a 4th alarm. we will have more for you coming it is 7:30 a.m. on this saturday morning. happy valentine's day and good morning. >> we are following breaking news this morning out of san jose. take a look at our live camera right now showing thick black smoke. >> this is at an auto repair shop in that neighborhood. we are talking about a hill from there in the last five minutes the fire was up grade for a five alarm. check out how heavy that smoke is. >> the fire started just before 7:00 this morning. it's been bur

city of new york. the show opened in november of 2013 and closes in october of 2014. there's lots of time to come and see the show. in this beautiful jewelthe public to appreciate what life was like for the 1% in the original gilded age that followed the civil war from the 1880's through about 1910. that period was characterized by great wealth. in those days, the money came from various industries, mining, railroads, smelting iron, and also the rise of the modern corporation. all of those businesses yielded enormous wealth at the same time there was mass immigration, a time when new york was unified and the total population was over 3.5 million people. with that mixture of people, the lower classes, the rising upper class, there was this desire to set oneself apart from the teeming masses. this 1% of people decided to move up this avenue and establish their own beautiful homes, import great works from europe, and hire great american architects to design their homes and fashion their clothes and live their own beautiful life. >> our contemporary public is absolutely mesmerized by those who are glamorous, rich, famous, and beautiful. most

city. the turban was a popular headpiece in the early and late -- late 18th and early 19th century. this was made of french sharpness silk. she was also known to add jewels or plumes, and could be seen across a reception hall. that is how you could find dolley. what is incredibly special about this particular turban is, in a way we can authenticated is the type that were made in matthew brady's studio before her death. when it dolly was on her way to the groundbreaking for that washington memorial, she stopped with her niece anna, and had this image made. she is wearing the turban. also, you see these black curls--she used to wear a headband that would give her these lovely curls that would cascade from her headpiece. she is wearing a paisley shawl. all of these are from her younger days as far as fashion is concerned. there is another silk cap that is part of the connection -- collection. her niece, anna, is one of the main characters who is so important in a so many of these items. they descended through her family. her daughter and then to her grandson. and here is the infamous trunk that was found under the in the house of pennsylvania. it is leather