thunder rumbles ] [ bird caws ] ♪ >> i'm jamie colby, and today, i'm in seattle, headed toward the ballardeighborhood. it's an upscale area once known for sawmills and commercial fishing, and just down the road is one man's strange inheritance and a story with a hollywood ending. >> my name's barry martin. i inherited a tiny, hundred-year-old house from a little old lady. if there ever was a real-estate niche, this is one. >> hi, barry. i'm jamie. >> hi, jamie. nice to meet you. >> i meet barry in front of this little house. yep, this is it -- his strange inheritance. it's just 600 square feet, and it's now surrounded by a huge shopping mall -- a mall that the unlikely heir in this story helped build. >> who leaves this to somebody? >> well, edith left it to me. >> edith? >> yep. >> love to learn more. >> okay. come on. >> barry explains that when this house was built over a hundred years ago, ballard, washington, was the shingle-mill capital of the world, with 20 mills producing 3 million shingles a day. >> there was fishing on elliot bay there, and the shingle-mill industry, all along sh

come on. >> barry explains that when this house was built over a hundred years ago, ballard, washingtongle-mill capital of the world, with 20 mills producing 3 million shingles a day. >> there was fishing on elliot bay there, and the shingle-mill industry, all along shilshole avenue here. >> cass o'callaghan from the ballard historical society tells me more. did the neighborhood really change over the years? >> in about the late '30s, early '40s, the commercial district moved north and businesses moved out. nobody wanted to be here anymore. >> with the exception, that is, of edith macefield and her retired single mother, alice wilson. edith's early life is a bit mysterious. we know she was born in august 1921, and that her parents divorced shortly thereafter. during her 20s, edith disappears -- to england, she says, where she seems to have gotten married once or thrice. but, again, it's hard to tell fact from fiction. [ camera shutter clicks ] by the 1950s, she's back in ballard, single, and working as a store manager for spic 'n span dry cleaners. edith buys this house for her mother a

indeed, and angela ballard some, —— andrea leadsom, we must keep the standards up even though not governedr side of the great chlorine soaked debate. debate or schism? that is all i am saying. they are all arch supporters of brexit. on the issue of the chicken and whether it will be allowed in this country, but what is new about it is the suggestion that liam fox would favour its import, and arrange to a cce pt would favour its import, and arrange to accept it. he is not quoted in the story, obviouslyjust a short teaser, the story on the front page. if that is true, it would be nice to see when liam fox is in america tomorrow he could be interviewed on the subject when i found out. you remember whenjohn the subject when i found out. you remember when john gummer was feeding beefburger to his daughter backin feeding beefburger to his daughter back in the 1990s, mad cow disease, whether liam fox would be asked if he would be happy for his own family to eat chlorine soaked chicken. 0k, in the metro, sorry, before we do that, let's go to the eye. —— the iyer. slightly alarming, there has been

nate ballard being pretty critical and up front there. did he offer suggestions as to what a good roll out? besides being tech savvy? >> reporter: yeah, he said they should have highlighted rising stars in the delawareic party, maybe had a-- democratic party, maybe a cory booker delivering marks, not reading them, but delivering them like a rousing speech and not flanked by politicians, but flanked by actual americans, members of the democratic party, look, in the time of trump when you are competing for attention you really have to bring it. that is what he said. >> see if they get the attention. >> yeah. >> we will see if we can get them a do over. >> thank you. >>> new details in the human trafficking tragedy in san antonio, the describe of a sweltering tractor trailer found packed with immigrants could face the death penalty. the florida man appeared in federal court today over the weekend, authorities discovered eight bodies inside the crowded 18-wheeler, parked outside a walmart in the summer heat. two more people died at the hospit

public court records identify one interested party that includes robert ballard, the oceanographer who first pinpointed where the "titanic" sank. and james cameron, whose film "titanic" is one of the most profitable movies ever. >> "titanic's" just begun to give up her secrets. >> reporter: kerry sanders, nbc news. >>> it was the picture of the day during an outdoor concert in turkey by the normally very serious vienna chamber orchestra. all of a sudden an unexpected guest performer, as a stray yellow lab walked onto the stage and took its place alongside the performers. the audience loved it, so did the musicians, and the dog felt right at home settling down and stealing the show. >>> when we come back, we'll take you to a place where they're beating the heat of summer with an endless winter. of killing the other. ===jess vo=== next at 6, a grieving father talks exclusively to nbc bay area news. ===raj/vo=== plus, why critics say the new san jose bart station will turn their neighborhood into a danger zone. ===next close=== next. >>> as we head into the fourth of july weekend, who say

jg ballard's high rise portrays a dystopian future and a tower that falls apart as poor residents on there are billions of people living successfully in tall buildings around the world and the scale of tragedy that we saw at grenfell tower is, thankfully, very rare. the safety record of tall buildings tells us that a well—built, well—maintained tower block is literally as safe as houses. well, just look here at the barbican. it enjoys fantastic levels of maintenance, the public space here is freed up by the towers, the people in the towers have great views across london and the concrete structure is virtually indestructible. but most importantly, it is dense, close to the city and the barbican cultural centre, allowing residents to easily enjoy the concerts, plays, exhibitions and amenities of urban life. density is a good thing and should be encouraged where there are good transport links. it is sustainable, reducing reliance on the car and it is essential in the future as cities around the world grow exponentially. but density doesn't necessarily mean building high. the centres of

of the nation's gdp, and in the latest house-proposed budget with a lot of thanks to chairman diaz ballard and chairman freelying housen, there's money for gateway. there's a long way to go, but it is an indication that people have started to realize how important it is. i should say we have strong bipartisan support in the house and great support in the senate at well, not only from sen shore schumer and senator booker and all of the folks from the northeast but even out west and other places. i'm optimistic we will do gateway. the long-term prospects for amtrak mean some day or another we have to have a secure funding source to run the country rather than year by year wondering what it is we're going to get. in the same way and i'll close on this, i firmly believe that our country needs to step up on all of its infrastructure, on our highway system and its prit, on some of the waterway system and the port. everywhere lieu there are huge needs, and if we don't address that at amtrak and everywhere else my great concern is that in 20 years time what has been the great competitive advantage

. >> is sunday on q&a, mark ballard talks about his book about one of the longest and bloodiest battles of the vietnam war. shocked me because the saigon military command was so out of touch with the reality of what was happening on the streets. they got a lot of young military members killed. was a fact that the city was taken but he continued to deny it while the battle was being fought. as a consequence, you could never conceive the share number city.my forces in the so small units of marines and troopers were being ordered to attack positions that were held by overwhelmingly superior enemy positions.ntrenched announcer: sunday night on c-span's q&a. pentagon'sook at the 1030 three program created in the 90's to allow state and local law agencies to purchase excess military equipment at a reduced cost. this subcommittee hearing theudes officials from government accab

diaz ballard? no. mr. fleischman, no. mr. fortenberry, no. mr. friedlingheisen, no. mrs. granger, no. mr. graves? no. dr. harris? dr. harris, no. miss herrera-butler? no. mr. jenkins. mr. jenkins, no. mr. joyce? no. miss captor? aye. mr. kilmer? mr. kilmer, aye. miss lee? aye. mrs. loey, aye. miss mccollum? ae. miss ang. molinar no. mr. palazzo? miss pingry, aye. mr. pokane? aye. mr. prierks aye. mr. quigly, aye. mrs. roby, no. mr. rogers, no. mr. rooney, no. miss roy balladard, aye. mr. ryan, aye. mr. serrano, aye. mr. simpson, no. mr. stewart, no. mrs. taylor, no. mr. valededdo, no. miss wasserman-schultz. >> mr. cuear. is an aye plchlt calvert recorded no. >> mr. palazzo. >> recorded no. >> anyone further? if not, clerk will call the role. or tally. on this vote the ayes are 22 and the nays are 30. the amendment is not agreed to. further amendments. let's see. who was in line here? mr. price, in order of seniority. >> yes. >> amendment on the desk. >> amendment offered by mr. price. >> distinction, of course. >> yes, distinction. >> staffing shortage and pay for the in

diaz ballard? no. mr. fleischman, no. mr. fortenberry, no. mr. friedlingheisen, no. miss graves? i'm sorry, mrs. granger? mrs. granger, no. mr. graves? no. dr. harris? dr. harris, no. miss herrera-butler? no. mr. jenkins? mr. jenkins, no. mr. joyce? mr. joyce, no. miss captor? aye. mr. kilmer? mr. kilmer, aye. miss lee? >> aye. >> miss lee, aye. mrs. loey, aye. miss mccollum? aye. miss ang. aye mr. molinar no. mr. newhouse? mr. newhouse, no. mr. palazzo? mr. palazzo? miss pingree, aye. mr. pokane? aye. mr. prierks aye. mr. quigly, aye. mrs. roby, no. mr. rogers, no. mr. rooney, no. miss roy balladard, aye. mr. rupertsberger? aye. mr. ryan, aye. mr. serrano, aye. mr. simpson? mr. simpson, no. mr. stewart? mr. stewart, no. mrs. taylor? mrs. taylor, no. mr. valededdo, no. miss wasserman-schultz. miss wasserman schultz, aye. mr. womack? mr. womack, no. mr. yoder? mr. yoder, no. mr. young? mr. young, no. >> there are members that would like to record -- >> mr. cuear. >> mr. calvert recorded no. >> mr. palazzo. >> recorded no. >> anyone further? if not, clerk will call the roll. role.

jedidiah ballard is back in the house! we will get started. this one, this one's quite interesting.ut. >> where they are. [ laughter ] >> dr. travis: do you think men lie about the size of

sn own ballard and all of this comes together.hey operate separately under one umbrella they have $14 billion in annual revenue? why do you care. that is third behind amazon and wal-mart and 20 million customers. they are doing this to attract cord cutters who are watching tv and realize people are shopping on their phones and they have to combat amazon.com >> i can tell you qvc is so easy once you get their information you just call it, punch in the item. >> what do you buy. >> and minutes later it is delivered to your house it is random things. >> he bought a plastic fireplace, a fake plastic fireplace once it looks bigger on the tv. >> how dit not wealth. >> was it the a real fireplace >> but dit put out heat but it only radiated heat about a foot and a half from the heater itself. >> he bought multi colored pots and pans. >> i also bought a egg poacher which was beautiful green. it just sits on my counter. >> jozy marin he loves the oil from moroccoy love that you can tell me what mike is buying in the middle of the night. >>

>> lamont ballard. >> what's in the back of this truck here? >> water. >> do me favor. down? make it nice and clean. >> the's go over here, sixth and mark street. >> what's your name? >> natasha. >> okay, just going to make sure everybody get across the street properly. >> here, look, folks getting ready to get into the convention center. >> hold on. single file. >> everybody good morning, liver on fox 29 right now, give a wave. >> here is what i want you to do. line up single file behind me. line up single file. come on, we start to tour this way, ready? >> follow me. >> common. >> you know better than that. >> oh, cutie. >> a lot of people. >> here we got another one. real quick. hurry up. >> you don't mess with those trucks. >> they're arm. >> can you drop this at fourth . >> fourth and market. >> meet this guy at the back door. >> i'll running outside and get some change. >> thank you, bob. >> yes. >> if you want him to show up at your house, if you live somewhere between here and old city, and delaware, he'll stop at your house, too. >> please let us know. >> santa

just behind me is where the famous sicilian market at ballard takes place. every day and while in the day it's a hot spot for tourists in fact they're recommended to go and see the market is one of the things to do when you're on the island of sicily but at night the market turns into something completely different and instead of selling fresh produce and fish what's being sold on the streets hey it's hard drugs and the majority of the people selling drugs. africa that's what we've been told by one local journalist francesco. we film in secret with him on the streets. very powerful trafficking. drugs. they are using. specific. facts it's believed around huff a million migrants have made their way across the mediterranean sea to italy in the last few years while sicily has a long history of crime mainly perpetrated by the mafia what's happening now is the dix teaming up with migrants to kerri-anne criminal activities the main migrant gang is black acts which is forcing new migrants to work for them. my my for. my phone took my glasses. to my. form. used. don'

. >> and just like florence ballard of the supremes high to pull her back into shape. >> right. >> waitt. >> shows like dover you ever touch me like that. >> exactly. >> it went from this what you see behind us, this is the way it look. >> the way it looked when the board of health came. the big scandal the reason why this story fir people up there in eastampton knew this was going on with this house. >> right. >> but the story broke because people didn't know that they were actually the aunt and the cousin of jackie o's and then that's when jackie o and her sister lee came in to help them save the house. >> fascinating. it is a fascinating piece of americana and american history it. >> really is it's available for the neck owner to come in and maybe if we all pull together it's just 18 million bucks. >> 18 million. seems like a bargain. >> i thought that was high in the hamptons of course you know how you get used to things like really quickly. >> right. >> i'm riding my bike down the street and i'm like talking to me people how much house for sale. >> 30. oh, well what a bargain. >> p

about mobile is a big sales channel for qvc, and i guess i also didn't realize qvc owns zhu ulily and ballardd by hsn. >> i can't get those commercials to stop coming from the house. >> malone is a savvy, savvy guy. >> it seemed ridiculous yesterday but because he's doing it it's a stroke of genius. >> that's true up next, finally, facebook is at it again the verge says it will launch a group video app to resemble house party which if you haven't heard of i've read about but can't use it made a lot of inroads with younger users-ins particular does it mean the house party is over >> never have to know first. >> do your daughters use it? >> no, at least, you know. >> that you're aware of. >> that wouldn't be the first time. >> yeah. facebook is obviously kind of got that amazon role in social media, but i don't know that every single one of this place is the first mover, so, you know, the joke is they can kill whoever comes along. >> i think if they are smart enough to copy the really innovative and catchy app, then that's probably good enough for most of us. >> if they decide not to the buy it

even though it funds three different projects, one of them is a levee across the rio grande and then ballard fencing and security fencings and there's money for planning for the larger wall project that the president promised onned campaign trail. it goes into the bill immediately once the rule is adopted. >> let me go back to the issue of transgender. the statement yesterday via twitter, which by all accounts caught the capitol hill and the pentagon by surprise. how are democratic lawmakers, how are they trying to deal with that during this spending bill debate? >> after that tweet came out that caught a lot of people offguard, not only republicans but also democrats submitted amendments to this defense rule that's being considered that would have spoken in some way about the idea of transgender individuals being banned from the military. or there was, there was a lot of desire from house republicans, some of the very conservative members, to insert a provision, in the bill that would prevent the department of defense for paying for these for these surgeries for transgender individuals. whe