one of the things unique about arbor day, a very american holiday because arbor day looks forward, devoted to the happiness and prosperity of the future so it was a very obvious way of looking at the world. the other person i like to include is eliza signaler who was an amazing victorian author, foreign correspondent, traveled widely and in 1885 her brother was assigned to yokohama as us consul and went to visit him just in time for the japanese cherry blossom festival which he had never seen and remember america doesn't have japanese ornamental cherries except the rare one in a place like the arboretum. just to give you an idea how she felt about it i will read you what she had to write. in the april sunshine, better still by moonlight, by the poet's pale pure light of don, the blooming cherry tree is the most ideally, wonderfully beautiful tree that nature has to show and its short-lived glory makes it more keen and poignant. having experienced the bliss of cherry trees and the festivals, she returns to washington, washington beautify a raw stretch of land, planting with hundreds if not

voorhees at 51, arbor township 50, newark/delaware at 52. as we look at the 10-day, we see 63 "best defens 63 wednesday and then we go up. 71 thursday, 71 friday. cold front comes through saturday. colder, gusty thunderstorms, and then one more cold day before we start up again. >>> live pictures of sky force 10 where you see police officers on the scene here. it started with a car stolen with a four-year-old boy inside. that car was found here in the 1600 block of st. paul street, but the boy was not in that car. police are giving me a description of what he was wearing. jeans, a white t-shirt and timberland tan boots. the boy is nowhere to be found right now. apparently this is a delivery driver's car that was stolen. we'll continue to work the story and get you new information as

jonathan: the armed robber with a taste for arbor mist.as struck twice and each time taking the fruity wine with him. announcer: from abc7 news, this is a breaking news alert. jonathan: right now a traffic mess, a truck hits a tree on the g.w. parkway right by the c.i.a. headquarters. abc7 is following this for you. since we came on at 4:00 this afternoon and it is creating a mess with traffic. stephen tschida is there with the latest. what is hap stephen: let's get to what is happening right now. the big rigs in position. they have come to remove what we learned is a mail truck. it went out of control at 2:30 this afternoon. northbound g.w. parkway completely closed. since shortly after that accident. we have learned that the driver of the mail truck was seriously injured. was medevaced out. in last report in critical condition. we have rigs in position to move the mail truck but it could be quite some time before the truck is taken away. the investigation wraps up. northbound g.w. parkway reopens. so the evening commute out o d.c. northb

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but before he leaves in both cases he makes off with a botm of arbor mist wine. michelle: new developments in the vandalism of four area landmarks. abc7 found the same conspiracy theory messages scrawled on a park sign on national trail. they have seen a half dozen new cases of the graffiti on the street lines and utility boxes. tuesday morning the messages were found on the washington monumented. lincoln memorial. the world war ii memorial and d.c. war memorial. authorities in italy are encouraging people to leave graffiti on a famous landmark. but the catch is they have to it digitally. this is at the cathedral in florence. centuries of graffiti is being removed and visitors can use the text screen tehn use digital message. jonathan: that's beautiful, too. a way to get paid just for taking your normal commute? of course there is a catch. michelle: a woman who police say faked a stroke to avoid a d.u.i. jonathan: also ahead, you have to see this. a man jumps a barrier to grab a confederate flag. what prompted a bizarre standoff. michelle: what this man told poli

san francisco based area arbor based areas would be using reduced capacity vessels until thursday becausef weather related issues. so make sure you get there early so you can secure your spot. moving over to the south bay highway 17 still only down to one lane in each direction. if you'd rather take highway 9, that is closed too. i'll send it to you michelle. >>> flower shops across the country are getting ready for a very busy valentine's day. roses are typically one of the most popular choices. get ready to pay. one floral designer says roses are usually marked up today when demand is high. if you want to save some money, he recommends ordering flowers that are in season. you can get deals at local shops from shower that are in bloom and only last a few days. >>> as for the amount of money people will sacrifice to say i care this holiday, $85 is what americans will spend on average for someone that they care about. kids and parents are expected to drop to $27. teachers, about $7 per present. animals are set to get a $4 present. but people plan to spend big on jewelry. national retail fe

glen arbor at newel creek is still closed this morning.rector of public works for santa cruz county says more than $20 million in road damage has been done and the county is waiting for financial help from the state and federal governments, and this morning, so dangerous out there on the roads, i know we've been talking about it. this is some new video from this morning in are redwood city, very wet and those winds are making you hold on to the wheel with both hands. highway 9 at sand born road, mudslide there near saratoga springs, we also have power lines down in the bolder creek area so you got to be careful when you head out there this morning but ironically, so far so good out here on highway 17, which is notorious for its wrecks. >>> caltrans hopes to have a short-term fix for flooding problems along highway 37 near 101 in novato. here's what it looked like last month. the roadway under water with several cars trapped. our media partner, the marin independe "independent journal," reports kail is working on an $8 million plan to repla

scranton, take it to youngstown, to wisconsin, because of the example of ann arbor.went to law school in michigan and it's a wonderful university town in 1980 to '83 but the downtown its empty. it's worn out and run down. now it's a light, a fire, because five years ago google bought of 0 acres and built a cam news and when you put google's second largest investment in the america into ann arbor the whole town explodes with startups and service industries and young engineers and developers and all that kind of stuff. if you do at that time with facebook in different state and apple in a different state and i saw that fox come, which makes i-phones -- they want to build a 7 billion decide flat screen production facility in the united states. that's 20,000 to 50,000 jobs. good jobs. really great jobs. hey, mr. fox con, great. you're going to build nat in scranton or not going to build it0. are blue state. that's the blue wall came down, and that's light touch industrial policy. >> host: is it light touch? republicans complained about democrats wanting to interfere in p

and edged ann arbor eddie by a half length.e power to him just nudged out third place in place, the season unfolds to the kentucky derby. >>> a's and giants in arizona full squad workouts. in the case of buster posey he is ramping up playing for team usa in the upcoming world baseball classic in march. what effect will that have on his workload? >> i hope not any. [ laughter ] >> i feel great now. give me another two weeks of catching bullpens and, um, running and throwing and hitting, and all, that and more i'll probably, um, be feeling back to the normal. >> here's cubs kris bryant. he is the national league mvp and you see this guy about to go into disguise? that's hall of fame pitcher greg maddux disguised as a tv crew member who wanted to toss a few from the mound. [ laughter ] >> not too bad actually. >> thank you. ♪[ music ] >> sound guy got a good curve ball. >> can you sign that to greg maddux? >> see, i told you! >> couldn't hit me. >> oh, my god. [ laughter ] >> i thought that was "undercover boss." >> my favorite in

arbor stopson is a world class journalist, and he's opening up about another part of his story. >> and take two. new details tonight on a second travel ban and a presidential plan to speed up deportation. >>> we are going to start with a lot more on the missing young woman, a story you have been paying close attention to on our website. understandably her family is frantic. >> they are worried that kayla may be with a man she met online. a man that ulcod be colder than he said he was. here's ellison barber. >> reporter: on friday kaa go to school, but no one has heard from her. matee is 15 years old. >> she's diabetic. she needs insulin. >> reporter: her mother say it's the first time she has ever left home, and she's afraid it was because of someone she met on the internet. >> we believe she was talking to someone she thought was her age. we believe it's an adult. they don't live here or go to school here. >> reporter: she was last seen wearing dark-colored leggings, pink hoodie and a backpack. the backpack and hoodie say georgia state. >> she has to have regular medicine on a regular

scranton, young stem, wisconsin because of the example i used of ann arbor. i went to law school in michigan and is a wonderful university town, but it's downtown is empty and worn out and run down. now, it's a light, a fire because five years ago google box 60 acres and moved their campus there and when you put google's second largest investor america into ann arbor, the whole town explodes with startups and service industries and young engineers and developers and all of that stuff. if you do that with facebook in a different state and apple in a different state and i saw that fox can't once to build a 7 billion-dollar flat screen production facility somewhere in the us. if i am president trump i, 25 to 50000 jobs depend on how big it is good jobs, hey, great you are going to build and scranton or you're not going to build it or not of the blue states because that's the blue wall coming down and that is light touch industrial policy. host: is a light touch because republicans complained about democrats wendy to interfere in private businesses in more ways t

. >> reporter: this is the ecology center in ann arbor, michigan, where they have been testing chemicals in car for years. they invited us to visit before releasing the results. >> it's a safety device. if you are transporting a child in a car, you have to purchase one. you don't have the option of saying i'm not buying one because i'm concerned about exposures. >> reporter: why the chemicals? it goes back to 1960s when people smoked and they were treated with car retardant. kids' seats adopted the standards in 1981. no specific chemicals were given to use or not use. many of the chemicals were phased out of chemical or furniture and are showing up in seats. even worse the manufacturers never knew which chemicals were being used. >> sometimes even when they tried to find out what their supplier is using, it's difficult, and they can tell their supplier, here are our rules, but they need to check up on it. >> reporter: researchers did exactly that, testing 15 seats ranging in price from $50 to $400, and for the first they found a seat, the uppababy, mesa henry free of any hazard. for the

at 8:00, our conversation with arbor feinman time -- barbara feinman todd on "q&a." >> we are four weeks into the trump administration. what have we learned about president trump, and what did you learn about what role democrats need to play in the trunk era? >> you mentioned four weeks. it feels like four years. one thing we are learning is we thought he was erratic. we are learning just how erratic he really is. if this last week's press conference is any indication of how he is going to conduct himself, i actually think it's not just about house democrats but also my house republican .olleagues when do they show any sign of resistance to this administration? there is some indication that the intel committee may take up the flynn issue. there has been tremendous resistance so far. we have to focus -- many of us never thought he could be elected in the first place. the exit polls indicated nothing. people actually thought he was unfit for office. it spoke loudly to us as to where do we go wrong? people felt compelled to vote for someone who was unfit to vote for the president of the uni

with uh kirkland professor at the arbor law school -- harvard law school in the making of the constitution that is impressive with the overall size but the entire story with the articles of confederation so it is a single volume that is captured during that period. and the library and is the editor of this terrific new volume on the american revolution reborn we are not covering this book but the politics of four -- of four please give a warm welcome. [applause] >> as i said we will try to rethink america's founding and i would love to start with you. what is the traditional narrative? what is that story we tell ourselves about? >> we know the story well the stamp act crisis the colony's coming together for the first time to announce their opposition leading to the tea party and the boston massacre and it is very much focused on the eastern seaboard the boston represents out large in they are expanding that narrative but also the countryside why did the revolution happened when it did? >> so to bring in your book at the beginning, why is the selection for that particular title and what is

last night the american eagle foundation announced that an egg was laid at the national arbore temperature tum. it could take 30 days for the newest edge to hatch. >> going to see a lot of that happening soon with this kind of weather. >> tis the season, right? >> sheena, it feels a lot like spring today. >> i was going to say it's already feeling like spring outside. it's going to continue as we go through the afternoon. believe it or not, really this entire week is going to be unseasonably warm. we're up to 63 in the district. it is warming out there. here's a look at the rest of the area. mostly upper 50s and low 60s on the map. 53 quantico. gaithersburg, 59 numbers will be continuing to rise for your president's day. a lot of people having today off. here's the outlook if you're exercising, sunny and mild lunch, you'll need sunglasses and it will stay sunny all day. nice and dry and if you have dinner plans out tonight, it's going to stay mild. like i mentioned, i'll show you how much warmer it will get this week and also i do have the forecast if you are going to say bye bye to bao ba

other threats targeted centers in birmingham alabama and arbor, michigan with multiple threats made in new york state central pennsylvania as well. fbi and justice department civil rights division is investigating possible civil rights violations connected to those threats. >>> happening right now, bill cosby back in montgomery county court. the em balanced comedian was hoping to sway a judge to move his sexual assault trial out of the norristown but the judge is not going to allow it. the judge will however allow the jurors to come from another county. fox 29's bruce gordon is following the latest developments from today's hearing and joins us live from norristown. bruce? >> reporter: iain, in this latest pre-trial skirmish the companies bee defense teams gets part waft it asked for. a jury from outside montgomery county will indeed hear this blockbuster case. >> we still love you, bill. >> thank you. [ inaudible ] >> he's innocent. he's an innocent man. that's what he got to say. >> reporter: bill cosby oval yously has more than his share of fans in montgomery county. >> you looking

let earl street and arbor streisand enjoy -- barbra streisand enjoy the freedom whatever they speak.alk is cheap. let them pay for the sanctuaries. let the illegals be in hollywood and bel air and all this beautiful areas. we will see in a year or two how they speak again. host: how do you think that would change? what would happen in a year? caller: i think in a year or the hollywood would become biggest supporter of our constitutional laws. i am not talking about trump. i did not vote for trump or hillary. i voted for john kasich and then i stopped voting. doing ontrump is immigration and all of that, i support him 100%. i have seen it myself. i have seen what illegals have done. i live in those areas. that hate usople with the american culture. i came to america and assimilated. my culture is the same. i came from ukraine. america is a country of love and constitutions. for people who are being prosecuted in their country should come to america, -- it is the united not the united states of deplorables. thisu want to come to country, be assimilated to this country and become valuab

arbor: ok. barbara: ok. what happened is, i was having trouble getting enough face time with mrs.linton. i kept asking the scheduler to put me on the schedule. she kept trying very hard. i kept seeing the scheduler, being a first lady is a tough job. i just was not getting enough time with mrs. clinton to get enough material to have the raw material to put it into a first draft. brian: this was for the book "it i believe youe," call that your title. barbara: yes. so, what happened next is i got a call saying i should come over to the white house, there was going to be a debriefing, this is clinton has gone on a trip to egypt and several other countries. i should go over and get some material from the staff members. i went over and long story short, i end up in this solarium. a beautiful room in the private residence with these two women, and i did not know who they were. introduced to them. i did not recognize their names. and mrs. clinton came in shortly after. there were one or two staffers in the room. and they started doing what i wherecall an exercise they had mrs. clinton ta

and we put the second largest investment into ann arbor the whole town explodes with a start up and servicendustry and young engineers and developers and all of that kind of stuff. if you do that with facebook in a different state and you do that with apple in a different state, and i saw that fox con, they make iphones. they want to build a $7 billion flatscreen production facility somewhere in the united states. if i am president trump i call the 25 to 50,000 jobs depending on how big it is. great job. hey, mr. fox con wait. you're going to build that in scranton or you're not going to build it. our one of the blue states. that is light touch industrial policy. i don't care where you go that way you will build it here. >> is it light touch because republicans complain about democrats wanted to interfere in private businesses.in more ways than one. when president trump because of a business owner says building here you are not building anywhere, is that really light touch?>> yes it is. i am from california and i have seen rick perry for the last 12 years coming to california and take a bus

the action cam was at arbor square in harleysville as residents of the senior living center lebratede's day one day early. love birds and maybe a few looking for love came out for food music and a ood time with the loved ones. >> very cool. love keeps you young. >> that's it. >> so much more to come in our next half hour including a live report from n hours after a tractor-trailer went on app destructive drive down a trenton street and then kept going. >> and love lost. a ma in france is suing uber saying cost him his marriage. how much he wants and why hes a. >> ♪ >> it's 4:30 and "action news" continues with a love lifeline for procrastinators. we'll you some affordable valentine's day gifts that won't look like you waited until the night before. >> plus school scare. police are called to a south jersey high school after a gun is found in a s backpack. but the superintendent says it was no reason for alarm here. we'll explain. >> plus, your dog is judging you for being rude. at least that's what a new study says. why researchers think man's best friend cannot only tell when someone

the hebrew day school in ann arbor, michigan was evacuated. more followed throughout the day. it in new york, new jersey, and south alabama and florida, a total of 13 states in all. >> we think the department of justice and homeland security, they can all work together on an interactive agency task force to address these concerns. >> reporter: in san francisco police cleared the buildings and reopened the streets at 7:00 p.m. the antidefamation league director seth brisk said along with the investigation there needs to be more education. >> hate is something that's learned. if it can be learned it can be unlearned. we want to see america be to place for hate. a place where everyone is welcome. >> reporter: the anti- defamation league tells me since january 1 there has been more than 90 bomb threats in 30 states nationwide plus canada. the fbi is assisting in some of those investigations. >> jana katsuyama in the city tonight, thank you. >>> u.s. attorney general jeff sessions today condemned the jewish cemeteries as well as the string of bomb threats across the country. vandal

years ago google bought 60 acres and moved carwas there and what is when you put americas into ann arbor the town explodes with startup and service industry and young engineer and all of that kind of stuff. if you do that with facebook in a different state and do that with apple in a different state and foxconn that macs iphone they want to build a flat screen facility somewhere in the united states if i'm trumple a 50,000 jobs good jobs really grat job, hey, mr. foxconn wait you're going to build it in scranton or blue state because that blue call came down and that's light touch industrial policy but you'll build it here. >> light touch because republican complained about democrats wanting to interfere and private businesses. and more ways than one -- when trumple say use build it here or nowhere is that light touch? >> i've seen rick perry come into california and take a business like velcro fingers and steal it is businesses because this tax rate is good over here so if we're going to lower corporate tax rate and make a lot of money of stranded profits to more effectively or cost of

in ann arbor, michigan, is margo schlanger, professor at university of michigan law school. she served in the obama administration as the head of civil rights and civil liberties at the department of homeland security. and here in new york is cesar vargas, co-director of dream action coalition. he is new york state's first openly undocumented attorney. we welcome you both to democracy now! cesar, your response first to what has now been presented by the department of homeland security? >> foremost, we are seeing now a deportation force on steroids because the fact is that the deportation force was created with george bush, but also strengthened with president obama who reported more people than any president in american history. donald trump has really taken the keys of the deportation machine and refueled it and aggressively pursue and target every immigrant. when he talks about notot all, jujust the bad ones, the rapists and criminals, well, he is not targeting just those violent criminals. he is targeting potentially parents, hard-working children, students, and veterans

this came after a huge tree branch went down across glen arbor in the santa cruz mountains yesterday afternoon. water was rushing, including in saratoga creek. it's a beautiful sight. officials don't expect any creeks to reach flood stages with the storm. >> i brought my oldest umbrella. >> reporter: people like betsy mcgowan had to strategize going out to get their morning coffee. >> it's already broken. >> reporter: others looked at it as a chance to turn their group run into an adventure. >> rain or shine, we go. >> reporter: releases at reservoirs will continue as needed. they will make sure other parts don't flood. matt keller, abc 7 news. >>> make other plans if you were thinking of heading over the panoramic highway in marin county. crews are working to remove this tree that fell across the roadway today. the marin public works department tweeted this photo. right now the highway is closed about two and a half miles. you can keep track of the storm and any issues that it may cause with the abc 7 news app. we have live doppler 7 on the app and you can enable push alerts to get

within the united states with its headquarters in palo alto, california and additional teams in ann arbor, michigan and cambridge, massachusetts. tri is intensely focused on the development of autonomous vehic vehicles, currently pursuing two paths to autonomy, a system called guardian and an estimate called chauffeur. under guardian, the autonomous technology operates in the background and constantly monitoring the environment st stepping in only when a collision is imminent. under chauffeur, it takes over the task from the mu man driver. we're currently testing both guardian and chauffeur. because they have the potential to save lives our hope is to deploy these systems as soon as possible but only once we know they can be deployed safely and responsibly. society tolerates a circuit amount of human error on our roads. we are after all only human. but it shows nearly zero tolerance caused by deaths in flaws in machines. the question is how safe is safe enough for this autonomous technology to be deployed. as we sit here today, it is not clear how this measure will be devised or by whom.

at 8:00, our conversation with arbor feinman time -- barbara

might get it easter or arbor day but not getting it now. you know, something delayed is not something necessarily celebrated. i only pass that along saying drama unfolding we want to keep a close eye on, involves the speaker who said tax cuts are still on the table. not just immediately on the table. no less than the president of the united states telegraphing that he has got lots of things he wants to do, including trade agreements and well, nasty exchanges with prime ministers from countries like australia. i digress but to make a point, this is a very busy and hectic time. they have got a lot on their plate. who knows that better than our blake burman who right now is at the white house, sort of taking a read of all of these developments at the same time. blake, what are you hearing? reporter: speaking of a busy and hectic time, neil, all of sudden, foreign policy popping up from two countries completely different parts of the world. iran, a problem for years but out of know where, australia. widely reported a phone call between presiden

they have one coming out for arbor day. this is the top date night songs. top three. man." ♪ >> sweet. >> if you're dead. >> number two. the chain smokers. "closer." >> oh, yes! that's good. >> yeah. >> that's a fun one. >> it's about to get funky here. watch ♪ >> it's about to crank up right here. ♪ >> see? ♪ [ laughter ] >> can't wait to see what she does for the next one. number one, ed sheeran. "thinking out loud." >> are you kidding? i could sing that every day, all day. i do. that's a good one. >> your favorite date-night song, which is going to take some explanation. >> i picked beyonce. >> "formation." >> this is why. i thought the task was to pick a song to get you hyped for date night. p tu it puts me in a good mood and you're the best of yourself. you know what i mean? i am a better date. i'm happy. he is not -- not that he doesn't like beyonce. he lets me have the moment. because when it's time to step out. i'm in a good mood. >> it's go time. >> i never thought about getting hyped up. you think it's going to be romantic but this is romantic in a different

they have one coming out for arbor day.tt, "die a happy man." ♪ ghefrt never get to see the n lights ♪ >> okay. >> two, t"pull me closer." ♪ baby, pull me closer >> you sing it like i do. >> watch. oh, wait, wait. it's coming. it's this next one. there it goes. and then it's about to crank up right here. here it goes. ♪ >> yeah. >> see? >> all right. can't wait to see what she does for the next one. number one, ed sheeran, "thinking out loud." >> oh, are you kidding? you can sing that every day all day. i do. that's a good one. >> your favorite date night song, which is going to take some explanation. >> i picked beyonce, but here's why. >> "formation." >> this is why. because i thought the task was to pick a song that gets you hot for date night. if i crank up beyonce, i'm in a good mood, you put on something that's cute, and you're the best of yourself. do you know what i mean? i'm a better date. i'm happy. >> i didn't think about that. >> he's not -- not that he doesn't like beyonce, but that wouldn't be his choice, but

so those cuts of elements are happening very soon and complete our installation of our arbor from our terrazzo in the picture here. to the various couple other ones that are from shaw alley to the leds to display in the grand halted as we all look towards our substantial completion in end of 2017, good in years past we have been using the model to show you where we will be in a year from now. but i was really proud to be able to show that a year from now is go look like this renderings been staring looking at for years and years. it's going to look like this in a year from now from the grand hall to our skylights to our glass floor. with that i turn it over to ron to bring his own with operational readiness and his other slides. thanks. >> good morning directors. thanks, dennis. yes, it's been a very good year, productive year. albeit a challenging year and this coming year i think promises to be just as challenging but in different manner as we progress. the project. i just want to touch on the budget as i do every month. really no new news here. expenditures over the month were just