the benjamin franklin that is by far the biggest to ever arrive at a north american port. flying under the british flag, it has capacity for 18,000 containers, double the average ship calling out the port of l.a. where it stopped last weekend. to put its sheer size in perspective, it is locker than the empire is tall. wider than a football field and when fully stacked reached 20 stories high. experts say the advent of such super sized vessels also brings super sized challenges. >> while the larger vessels giving the carriers greater economies of scale, we've seen before these megavessels can definitely test the marine terminals and the inland infrastructure. there's always the threat of congestion and that means delayed shipments and imparts and for consumers, as well if that supply chain gets kinks in it. >> laden with imports from china including apparel, furniture and electronics, it's making a test run first to l.a. and later this week to oakland, california. french shipping line cmacgm which operates the vessel says it was only about 70% utilized in part because u.s. p

. >>> the largest container ship ever to doc in a north -- dock american port is the cm a benjamin franklin. it's longer than the empire state building and wider than an olympic size swimming pool. it started the maiden voyage in china and it will dock in oakland on new year's day. >>> we'll give you a behind the scenes look at amazing tale -- talent of a horse trainer performing here. >>> and less than a month for the eya caucuses -- iowa caucuses. >>> coming up the neighborhoods that will be in the 20s over night. we'll brake -- break down fire chances. it's also a story about canals and the artificial heart,oers. electric guitars and rockets to the moon. in other words, this is the story of america- land of the doers. doin' it. did it. done. hard-working doers and smart-working doers. olds changed the way we put things together. and keepin'em together? that was walr's doin'. doers built this country. they built the dams and the railroads. ♪john henry was a steel drivin' man♪ hmm, catchy. they built the golden gates anthe empire states. doers turn nothing into something. and something int

. >> john cuny is with the north port american legion and was instrumental getting the legislation passed in april. it requires groups to disclose financial and be registered publicly with the county. >> suffolk county executives including the suffolk county veterans service agency has been promoting organizations and helping them solicit from >> reporter: the head of suv phoning county's veterans affairs services agency said he realized more needs to be done to notify veterans groups about the regulation. >> what that is, we are not certain. we have made every effort to date to reach out into the community meeting with our veteran service partners in the community. >> reporter: ruth brokenner is the commander with the vfw post in huntington. he said legislators owe it to veterans and the public to enforce their own regulation. >> the public is entitled to know what are you doing with the generosity. what are you doing with the funds that they are giving to veterans, agencies. >> kristin thorne, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> when we come back, meteorologist lee goldberg the amber alert i

reporter: taking on live look at the card charges contention fifth ever visited north american accord that has led to the portd. >>reporter: the front flap benjamin franklin has just over 1,300 ft. long is the engine is as powerful as 900 ford focus cars and is designed to carry 18,000 containers a to a third more than most ships support until now is all too large to turn the vessels and in use on on the route from asia to northern europe and not enough force in the west can handle them take a look at this turn a native to mexico coast the recall was spotted off the coast of point richness will seashore in marin county this type of turtle of normally found thousands of miles south of the bay area officials with the tall island restaurants in the park said the warm waters caused an opening of could be by the turn of the scene so far north this is the fall of the crowd in a home near ed lee wednesday morning official said that local fell and when the weld broken the window and ended up in the basement bedroom. >>reporter: authorities say highest levels of cause and i hope to move down to populated areas. >>anny

north american tour... too happy... after the break " " jessica rae scott: scott: this friday. let's have a check of conditions outside on the port neal welding company skycam hd. the satellite and radar picture is quiet with mostly sunny skies. the temperatures skycam hd. the satellite and radar picture is quiet with mostly sunny skies. the temperatures locally are being reported in the 20s and 30s. the wind is pretty light between 5 and 15 miles per hour directed from the west and southwest. we'll pass through the stormcast hd where a quiet pattern is establishing in siouxland. today we'll have mostly sunny skies and high temperatures in the upper 20s with a pressure will spin directly over us tonight leading to morning low temperatures barely adhering to the double digits above zero. going through the weekend, we can anticipate some warmer air to push back in with high temperatures near 40 this weekend. we'll have sunshine on saturday and some more clouds for sunday. today's high is 29 with mostly sunny skies. the overnight low in sioux city is 10. tomorrow's high is 39 and it'll be sunny & warmer. here's a look at your 7 day