is in asheville, north carolina.a predominately white community. they said, i don't know why not. they are growing and making demands. they know they need unemployment, they need medicaid, they need to go to the doctor, they need a better life. in north carolina, this thing is spreading to south carolina, to georgia, and even missouri. i'm telling you, whether it is fast food workers, folks in north carolina attacked by a right wing swing, or even the maids. the national alliance for domestic workers. organizers all over the place. demanding that this sub-minimum wage be raised to a livable wage for people. people.there is something going on, and i going to tell you as a politician, we have not gotten the memo quite yet. but politicians see the light -- we may feel the heat. i am telling you, i want to add that the postal workers know that darrell issa and the folks who want to privatize them have them in their sights. they are not staying in the sights. they are doing something about it. there is a move to privatize

. >> the ball family sets out for an afternoon stroll in asheville, north carolina. troy and her husband charlie moved here from texas ten years ago to save the lives of their oldest boys, marshall and colton. in texas their frail constitutions were constantly compromised by the heavy pollen. life in the cool, clean air of the appalachians has agreed with this family, including their youngest, luke. it's also provided a unique business opportunity. >> doesn't it smell good? >> like grits. >> it's exactly grits, right. >> troy ball makes moonshine. you heard that right. corn liquor. >> this is whisky? >> this is whisky. put your finger in there. smell it. >> oh, it smells like whiskey. >> that's hard. >> that's the good stuff? >> that's the good stuff. >> reporter: troy got the idea of making moonshine because when they first arrived in asheville she'd get mason jars full of the stuff as house warming present. soon troy was headed back into the hollers to find out for herself how it was done. >> came home one day with a pressure cooker and said to my husband, i need y

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i always thought that asheville was farther than new jersey. i don't think they were warning people in san francisco about a godzilla attack ahead. or notifying them that the roads were closed or because it is just too darn hot. i want to see them change a sign saying long haired freaky people need not apply. if you have suggestions, send them to the show. just kidding, we have no intention of doing that. but massachusetts may look for ideas and that is something we can all sign off on the ridiculist. use yah blinker. >>> and anthony bourndain parts unknown starts now. >>> this is the story of one man, one chef, and a city. also it is about france and a lot of other chefs. and a culinary tradition that grew up to change the world of gastronomy. it is about the family tree, the trunk from which many branches grew. and it is about food. lots of food. great food. some of the greatest food on earth. ♪ ♪ >>> what is it exactly about this place? over the past century, the system here, the tradition, whatever it is that took hold here churned out a tr

is in asheville, north carolina.a predominately white community. they said, i don't know why not. they are growing and making demands. they know they need unemployment , they need medicaid, they need to go to the doctor, they need a better life. in north carolina, this thing is spreading to south carolina, to georgia, and even missouri. , whether it is fast food workers, folks in north carolina attacked by a right wing swing, or even the maids. the national alliance for domestic workers. organizers all over the place. this sub-minimum wage be raised to a livable wage for people. on, and something going i going to tell you as a politician, we have not gotten the memo quite yet. but politicians see the light -- we may feel the heat. i am telling you, i want to add that the postal workers know that darrell issa and the folks who want to privatize them have them in their sights. they are not staying in the sights. they are doing something about it. there is a move to privatize the post office by partnering with staples a

i always thought that asheville was farther than new jersey.'t think they were warning people in san francisco about a godzilla attack ahead. or notifying them that the roads were closed or because it is just too darn hot. i want to see them change a sign saying long haired freaky people need not apply. if you have suggestions, send them to the show. just kidding, we have no intention of doing that. but massachusetts may look for ideas and that is something we can all sign off on the ridiculist. use yah blinker. >>> china's president promises severe punishment for those responsible for killing dozens in a brazen attack at a busy market. >>> with the u.s. announcing a new phase in helping nigeria battle extremist, one survivor of boko haram atrocities is telling her story to u.s. officials. >> they shot my brother and that's what my father

. >> reporter: this school in suburban asheville just started cursive lessons. >> pretty much learninghe let interests in second grade. >> reporter: the instruction has changed here over the years. students no longer write sentence after sentence. instead, it's integrated into the curriculum. >> and swing up. so that's our a. >> reporter: cindy says there simply wouldn't be enough time in the school day to teach cursive the old fashioned way. so she often includes cursive instruction into writing lessons. >> it's definitely a challenge because you want your instruction to be rigorous and make sure you're hitting the standard, and it being too hard for students puts you on the spot. >> reporter: in kindergarten around first grade they practice a form of handwriting that features slanted letters and is supposed to ease the transition. even so, learning cursive hasn't been easy for everyone, including third grader jeremy reynolds. >> it's been kind of hard at first, but i got used to it, because we have booklets that help us practice. >> reporter: jeremy and others practice writing with d

to asheville you know it's a predominantly white community started by white people.talk to william barber and said hey can we start in naacp and he said i don't know why not and they are growing it and there may consider man's because they know if they need employment in the need to go to the doctor and they need a better lives of your north carolina this thing is spreading to south carolina to georgia and even in missouri. i'm telling you whether it's fast food workers or folks in north carolina attacked by the right-wing swing or the national alliance for domestic workers organizing all over the place, restaurant opportunity centers are organizing all over the place demanding that this sub minimum wage be raised to a livable wage for people. there is something going on and i'm going to tell you as a politician we have not gotten the memo quite yet. politicians see the light when they feel the heat. what i'm telling you and i just want to add the postal workers know that darryl issa and the folks who want to privatize them have them in their sights. they are doing s

i always thought that asheville was farther than new jersey.hink they were warning people in san francisco about a godzilla attack ahead. or notifying them that the roads were closed or because it is just too darn hot. i want to see them change a sign saying long haired freaky people need not apply. if you have suggestions, send them to the show. just kidding, we have no intention of doing that. but massachusetts may look for ideas and that is something we can all sign off on the

she joins us now from asheville. but what is against millennials? >> you said it.-year-olds. millennials are anybody born between 1980 all the way up until now. that means we have people who are 18 years old all the way up to 33 years old which is the category i fall into. millennials is a broad brush. stuart: i got that but let's narrow it down. are you worried about this blip in the population, the twentysomethings as they move through because they are not exactly free-market conservative types, are they? >> they don't know who they are yet. they don't have their identity. you remember being in your 20s, a decade of transition, you don't know your identity. if we sit here talking about millennials as those younger 20s to are going for their first job we are going to completely miss those of us who are on our second or third tier of our career ladder, have young children, already married, we are still millennials and we are the people who can be talking with the conservative movement. stuart: when you don't think there's any problem with the older millennials, jus

their asheville, north carolina, household is a true modern family.you, in your minds, become a couple that wanted to have a family together? >> within the first month, because we both come from six, so family is inside of us. >> reporter: moore and perez who were married in vermont last year still remember how excited and nervous they were when they adopted their first child in 2001. >> and in walks this lady with this little bundle with a shock of black hair sticking out of it, and all of the waiting and all the jumping were out of the and athere's maria, our oldest. >> reporter: two more children, beatrice and oliver, have joined the family too. what do you think of these three grandchildren that they adopted? >> i think cream of the crop. reporter: even in a home where there's no conventional mother, there is a mom who plays a big role. 92-year-old eleanor moore loves to visit the family. there was a time when two men might not have been able to adopt children and raise them in a family. >> there was a time there wasn't even a word for it, but it

next we head up to the foothills on the blue ridge mountains in a stunning part of the country, ashevillethey've got 15 farmers markets. 15 with 200 independent restaurants and, of course you're right there at the blue ridge parkway. it's 469 miles that gets you all the way from north carolina up to virginia. >> one of the prettiest drives in the country too. just amazing. >> let's talk about the wine vineyards in bloomington, indiana that that sounds like an oxymoron. you know about craft beer. it's an overlooked city. it's a college town. >> university of indiana. >> oh, my god. i like going to games there because wisconsin always beats us, but -- it's true, but they've got vineyards in bloomington, lots of great bookstores, crafteerr crafters. it's great. >> baton rouge, louisiana. why? >> home to lsu. you want to go there when they're not doing a home game. then it's an uncrowded affordable place. great food and great history. there's great place called frost top. if you want root beer thiefr got root beer. zas pa ril la and zack's potato chips. then you've got plantation homes and al

. >> reporter: the ball family sets out for an afternoon stroll in asheville, north carolina.r oldest boys, marshall and colton. in texas their frail constitutions were constantly compromised by the heavy pollen. >> marshall was rushed to a hospital and stopped breathing in an ambulance the year before we moved here and that was kind of the turning point for us. >> this is as healthy as they've ever been. >> reporter: life in the cool, clean air of the appalachians has agreed with this family, including their youngest, luke. it's also provided a unique business opportunity. >> doesn't it smell good? >> it is like grits. >> it is exactly grits. right. >> reporter: troy ball makes moonshine. you heard that right -- corn liquor. >> you can put your finger right in there and smell it. >> it smells like whiskey! >> that's hard. that's hard. >> this is the good stuff. >> that's the good stuff. >> reporter: troy got idea of making moonshine because when they first arrived in asheville, she'd get mason jars full of the stuff as house warming presents. soon troy was heading back into t

even asheville down to almost nothing visibility-wise.ill eventually dry out tomorrow into wednesday. some of the nicer weather of the week. but much cooler, >>> good monday morning. i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco with your bay area microclimate forecast. breezy again today and cooler also. we'll see increasing sunshine this afternoon. some isolated storms possible today through wednesday, but the key is they're isolated. above average warmth is coming as we get towards the weekend. today we'll have upper 50s to low 60s along the coast, mid to upper 60s along the bay and to the south bay, the north bay, a few 70s inland. tonight we're going to have upper 40s to mid-50s. accuweather seven-day forecast, >> she says there's no pressure whatsoever, george, but lisa here would just love a photo for her birthday. lara, thanks. >> all right. i just got confirmation. all right, awesome. here's what's coming up on our "gma morning menu." in "pop news" why rolling stones legend mick jagger is getting an unbelievable amount of satisfaction t

third time is a charm for 23-year-old caleb johnson from asheville, north carolina. rourke, heavy metalist, the first ever to win this contest. meet your new "american idol," guys. >> what would you like to tell america right now? >> thank you so much for joining me on this crazy, wild, insane ride and cannot wait to release my record. i cannot wait to promote it and play out for you guys and do shows. it's going to be absolutely amazing. >> up with of the great things about covering "american idol" is you just never know what's going to happen. we were on the carpet last night interviewing "american idol" judge keith urban and this just happened. how are you rate this who season overall? >> it's hard when -- this is the real deal right here. >> whole family. >> this is keith urban, international star, country music. we can say country music. >> come on! >> they were his idol. celebrating their 40th anniversary, their tour kicks off on june 23. so it was an exciting night here last night. auditions kick off, brian, on june 18 in minneapolis. i know you're very busy.

mike from washington, oklahoma, time.re let's go to millie, asheville, north carolina. there.aller: hi, gentlemen. i have to agree with a gentleman that called earlier. it seems to me that most of these protests come from the liberal side. and if that had been more conservative students that had protested condoleezza rice, they have been called racists. so why can't these liberal protesters be called racists? i think it's just gotten ridiculous. guest: everything i see on college campuses, i completely agree it has gotten ridiculous. we're dealing with a case right now in new jersey where a a professor posted a picture of his daughter wearing a game of throne t-shirt, which included a quote saying "i will mine with blood and fire." a great show. i'm a huge fan, huge nerd. violent -- the words blood and fire on it the suspended and sentenced to mandatory psychological counseling because bywas interpreted administrators at his university as a threat. it has really gotten out of control. said, you would think after 13 years nothing could surprise me. am surprised every day. host:

then there was evergreen community charter school in asheville.een employs a holistic education model with the goal of teaching their students the importance of environmental stewardship and community service. finally, this past week, i visited mountain island charter school in mount holly. mountain island has a traditional curriculum focused on bidding the character of students and instilling a spirit of community within them. each one of those three charter schools, as well as the others in my district, and across america, have a unique learning environment. what i found in these schools is that these students flourish in that right environment. there is a unique environment for every student to find success. and one student's successful environment is so different than another. and while each school was different, they are similarly -- their similarities highlight the benefits of charters. each school utilizes a challenging curriculum that encourages not just the students but their parents as well to stay involved. and that parental involvement

pass to the inner workings of our team in asheville comes next the latest episode. jeffrey chapman from kansas is going on trial for murder but he is very afraid of jury prejudice is it because the jury is full of racists or has some sort of vested interest in seeing him get locked away no it is because he is a giant tattoo on his neck of the word murder written backwards wiser and backwards so he could read it in the mirror. nowadays we live in a total culture of almost complete and total myth so naturally chapman wants to leave jail on a special trip to a tattoo parlor to get the ugly ink changed or moved yet because he did something stupid his appearance now it is the obligation of the government to help him fix the problem he created often on these opinion pieces i am very critical of the government but this time the man is totally right you can't just take everyone on special trips across town so they can look good for their trial it isn't the state's fault that he has the word murder on his neck the prosecutors even said that chapman that it would be ok if he

improvement that was brought about in our law i'll say with our team in asheville will tell you why parliament in berlin is allegedly trying to pull the rug from under a probe into american spying on german citizens. it's. the . economic up down in the final. day that the deal sank night and the rest because i was doing the case will be every week. for the moment like the new knowledge base just like you know. the. pleasure to have you with us here on our t.v. today i roll researcher. welcome back to starting international the german government was outraged by the n.s.a. surveillance activities in new york but now it's being accused of trying to disrupt the probe into u.s. spying on citizens the parliamentary body doing investigating has reportedly been forbidden from questioning edward snowden a key witness in the inquiry it all comes after chancellor merkel's visit to washington as our t.s.p. all over now reports. it did seem that germany here in germany they wanted to see a full investigation into everything that had been done it now seems that the german government themselves of changed th