>> we started in ashland. everyone knows about ashland. home of the oregon shakespeare festival. we start ted theater. we saw a lot of shows. >> how does that work? is the season all year long or plays just a few times a year? >> it's actually about nine months long. you can see it online. we'll give you the website to check it out and see the schedule of shows. 18 shows a year that rotate in three main theaters and it's fantastic. world class. i got to interview anthony if you saw "silence of the lambs" he was the creepy doctor. he's amazing. not creepy at all in real life. you'll recognize actors from tv and movies. that's ashland. >> what a unique experience. after you saw these great plays, where did you getting too? >> we headed out and went to medford. there are vineyards everywhere. 150 in southern oregon. people have no idea. it's like napa valley 30 years ago. very charming. quaint. some of them are big. just uncrowded. great wines. we started in medford. then we did the applegate valley which is like this. long, winding valley back there. hills. it's all green. great wi

the shooting happened around 7:30 last night inside the ashland village apartments complex. police say some people were detained but no suspects are in custody at this time. the motive for that shooting is also still unknown. >>> 5:01 now. a grisly find in an alameda public garden. nearly a dozen chickens were beaten to death and this morning a 12-year-old boy is arrested and police are looking for another suspect. a group of teens who cared for the chickens at a community garden found the dead hens sunday. police say the 12-year-old suspect from oakland was staying with a friend in alameda and broke into the coop. >> the juvenile was witnessed hurting the chickens with sticks and shovels. >> the child obviously has issues. and i would like to see those issues addressed. i'm not for retribution. i'm really for learning. >> the teen who cares for chickens sell their eggs in a program that teaches them about nutrition and business skills. some new chicks were donated to the garden just last week, but it will be a while before they are old enough to start producing eggs and rep

chemical company ashland will purchase international specialty products for $3.2 billion. shares jumped 11% to a new 52- week high. easily. we're seeing continued buyouts in utilities. the biggest electric utility in vermont-- central vermont-- will be bought by the canada-based fortis, paying $35.10 per share. shares of c-v jumped more than 40% on the deal. just below that deal. the total price tag comes in at $700 million, including debt. power of a different sort-- solar power equipment stocks saw some buying. as german chancellor angela merkel said she wants to abandon nuclear power by 2022. l.d.k. solar, j.a. solar and first solar all rose. finally, the summer movie season is underway. dreamworks animation may be wondering, "kung-fu panda 2," where are you? it was a disappointing opening weekend. for what was supposed to be a big blockbuster. the stock fell almost 4% to a new 52-week low. and that's tonight's "market focus." >> tom: national home prices have fallen back to a level last seen in 2002, but homebuilding stocks are showing signs of life. tonight's "word on

gunman who shot and killed a man at a san leandro apartment building at 7:30 last night inside the ashland village apartment complex at 1300 east 14th street. police say some people were detained but no suspects are in custody at this time. the motive for the shooting is it not known. >>> a 12-year-old boy from oakland is under arrest this morning accused of beating nearly a dozen chickens to death. a group of teens who care for the chickens at an alameda community garden made this gruesome discovery on sunday. police say the 12-year-old who was staying with a friend in alameda broke into the coop. >> the juvenile was witnessed hurting the chickens with sticks and shovels. >> the child obviously has issues. i would like to see that arrest. >> the teens who care for the chickens sell their eggs in a program which teaches them about nutrition and business skills. some new chicks were donated to the garden last week, but it will be a while before they are old enough to produce eggs and replace those that were killed. >>> a teacher from a private school in the south bay is out on bail after be

ashlanded from a volcano 500 miles away in neighboring chil chile.g there for two weeks. that is the result. strange. >>> if well still ahead tonight. former u.s. labor secretary shows off his artistic skills. >> and super rich have 40 percent of the nation entire wealth. >> robert rice explains the entire u.s. economy in two minutes in a cartoon. >> world oldest light bulb about to reach remarkable milestone. how in the world does it do it? milestone. how in the world does it do it? stay >> since 1980 the american economy has doubled in size. people but adjusting for inflation most people with wages have barely increased. >> former labor secretary and uc berkeley professor rice put out unusual you tube video. he explains his take on the problems with the u.s. economy in two minutes including as you can see his own noodles. in essence he says things have gotten worse for the middle class since 1980. video posted by the liberal group move on.org. find a link to it on our web site. >>> all right. business news. 700 appliance

it happened at the ashland village apartments last night.estigators say some people were detained but no suspects are under arrest. the motive is unknown. >>> it's official. the san jose police force is shrinking. the city council just approved the first officer layoffs in the city's history. kiet do joins us from sjpd headquarters. kiet, these cuts actually could have been much worse, right? >> reporter: yes. they were avoiding a much, much worse situation. but this morning, mayor reed says this is a sad day for san jose. but it was something that had to be done to balance the budget. 100 officers got pink slips but this move from yesterday affects another 80 positions. lower paid civilians will be used in some areas at the police department. and the airport police will also be outsourced to the santa clara county sheriff's office but it could have been a lot worse. in a last-minute vote yesterday the union approved a 10% pay cut for one year. that avoid thed another 156 officers getting laid off. now, the vote came on the 27th homicide of

particularly to ashland johnson who organized this event. she works so hard on bringing this together. and i appreciate that so much. i also want to recognize the cosponsors of the event, including the george history department, the african-american cultural center institute of african-american studies, and graduate and professional scholars. thank you all. i'm thrilled to be here with you, and i appreciate your support. now, i want to begin my talk with a question. and my question is how many of you are familiar with the work of thurgood marshall? by a show of hands, how many of you know who thurgood marshall is? okay, so i see most fans just as i would have anticipated. many, many people know who thurgood marshall is. he was my childhood hero, and a hero to many americans because of the singular role he played in the legal history of the civil rights movement. of course, he famously litigated the case that desegregation of schools formally, brown v. board of education. and, of course, went on to become the nation's first african-american s

copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> house speaker john boehner spoke last night in ashlands, ohio, at a memorial dinner honoring john ash brooke. he discussed republican substantial for job creation and reducing the national debt and took questions from the audience, this is 25 minutes. >> thank you very much. it's hard to stand there and have people applaud me. just a regular guy with a big job. peter, thank you for the introduction and thanks for the great job that you're doing with the ashbrook center. i'm honored to have a chance to speak with all of you tonight at this great event held in honor of a great man and a great ohio ann, john ashbrook. as most of you know, tonight was originally supposed to happen a couple of months ago, but we had to reschedule because i had to be in washington for the final negotiations on the bill to keep the government running and finish last year's budget. so i was supposed to be with all of you that friday night, but instead i spent the day on the phone with president obama trying to squeeze another $1 berlusconi out of the most powerful

it happened at the ashland village apartments last night.some people were detained but they don't have any suspects in custody. and they don't know the motive for the shooting. >>> today marks the deadline for a california budget. state lawmakers need to send a balanced budget to governor brown today or they won't get paid. the vote is expected later today on a new plan which democrats believe they will be able to pass without republican votes. >>> traffic and weather coming right up. stay with us. ,,,,,,,, [ man ] i got this new citi thankyou card and started earning loads of points. you got a weather balloon with points? yes i did. [ man ] points i could use for just about anything. ♪ ♪ there it is. [ man ] so i used mine to get a whole new perspective. ♪ [ male announcer ] the new citi thankyou premier card gives you more ways to earn points. what's your story? citi can help you write it. >>> good morning. it is still really backed up at the bay bridge toll plaza. it's been kind of one fender- bender after another. we'd couple very early

ashland, oregon, getting into the united states 80s. >> love my ashland. >> i know you well, hey, ourirfield and 68 in the city of san francisco. 70 degrees now in san mateo. well on our way to triple digits. 99 in fremont and 100 in concord. the forecast high for santa rosa, 100. hit the beach in santa cruz if you want to be cool. 83 degrees tomorrow. finally a cool down and the 70s return on friday. >>> and that's your latest weather. >> thank you so much. coming up neck, we've been talking about how to straighten out your closet for the summer. talking about what to save, what to toss. first, this is "today" on nbc. ♪ >>> back now at 8:35. kick start your life today with marlo thomas. the author and actress is back to help another woman in need in the next phase of her life. marlo, good morning. >> good morning. we're really get there the this week. on monday we met a mom who didn't discover her passion until she was an empty nestor. this morning we're going to introduce you to a woman who left the workforce to stay at home and raise her children. but when her marriage broke up, ev

if you are going to travel at caroline street and ashland ave, we have an accident coming in.losures and take 395 and m.l.k. as your alternate. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> add these to the weather is nice. very comfortable start. we will make it into the low seventies this afternoon. 68 in westminster. 69 degrees in rock hall. mostly sunny skies. a few fairweather team is clouds this afternoon. -- cumulus clouds this afternoon. we are going to turn up the heat the next couple of days. 30% chance for a thunderstorm. well into the 90s on wednesday. it should cool off going into the weekend it with scattered showers and thunderstorms on thursday. >> we will have another update at 8:55. >>> 8:30 on this monday morning, the 6th of june, 2011. a lovely morning for a little sight seeing in the heart of midtown manhattan. we have a great group of people starting it off in rockefeller plaza. i'm meredith vieira alongside matt lauer and natalie morales. here she comes. and mr. roker. >> yes, i ended up traveling to south america for a special series for a starring role on

house speaker and john boehner also talked about job creation it and the national debt saturday at ashland university. during q&a, he also touched on gop efforts to repeal the health care law, tea party movement, the gop medicare plan, and what he wants to see in a 2012 presidential candidate. i am honored to speak with all of you tonight at this great event, held in honor of a great man and great ohioan, john ashburn. as most of you know, tonight was originally supposed to happen a couple of months ago but we had to reschedule because i had to be in washington for the final negotiations to keep the government running and finished last year's budget. i was supposed to be with you that friday night, but instead, spent the day on the phone with president obama trying to squeeze another billion dollars out of the most powerful man in the world and a reluctant one, i might add. but i'm confident that this evening will be more pleasant. in fact, it already has been. thank you for your patience with my schedule and for sticking with me as your speaker tonight. as important as that process was, i

it was part of the sundance film festival and later won best documentary short at the ashland independent march the city of birmingham hosted a red carpet screening of this wonderful movie and it was attended by over 2,000 alabamians. it was featured at the alabama theater a venue that once refused admission to african-americans. tonight, we will celebrate the "barbour of birmingham" with its -- "barber of birmingham" and will be screened at civil dots festival in silver springs, maryland. mr. speaker, the screening of this film and its historic accounts are deserving of tribute. i commend the independent filmmakers and co-directors, robin friday, and the late gail dolgen for their collaborative vision and capturing mr. james armstrong's life. a birm --ingham legend, it told the thousands of foot soldiers that were not written in the history books. i applaud the directors for their wonderful ren dention of mr. james armstrong's life. i applaud gail dolgen for her steadfast determination while battling breast cancer and co-directing through her hospice bed in order to submit the film for t