come on. >> barry explains that when this house was built over a hundred years ago, ballard, washingtoningle-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

. >> i would have said you were talking ballards. >> we call it a pole.'s cemented in the ground and she's like, uhm, i'll be taking that one. walks over, shimmies it, picks it up and walks off. >> what is she going to do with that thing? was it used in a robbery down the street to throw through a jewelry store window? >> who knows. the owner noticed it missing, watched the tape and was just as shocked as all of us are when he noticed how she pulled it off and walked off. he joked about her strength, they need to rearrange things in the beer garden so if she's up for it. now for the porch pirates, this one in washington. we have the postman walks up, delivers the packages. here comes this fella casing the joint. >> blackbeard coming up to the porch. >> he comes with his own package to make it look like he's a package delivery guy. >> he's trying to figure out what's what. walks up to the step, looks at the packages, looks right into the camera. good job, bud, and within the hour comes back in the staple clothing with a hoodie on top of his head. >> the ma

to f the forces that are classic car expert cost of ballard tells us that the first porsche wasn't actually build and stood guard but in the austrian town of. near the end of the second world war the company had moved its entire operations there to escape the constant bombing raids and the three fifty six was in the brainchild of patriarch for an end porsche rather it was his son ferry who created the sports car out of v.w. parts his father praised ferries work and said he wouldn't change a single screw one with one mind kindness i'll be happy. ferdinand porsche was one of the auto industry's pioneers starting in eight hundred ninety seven he developed electric and hybrid vehicles and all electric drive model and trend setting made. engine race cars like the astro diameter session and the auto union silver era. bitin christoph tells us that earlier versions of the porsche three fifty six had a souped up beetle engine under the hood which barely produced forty horsepower that's not really enough for a sports car but he says it's fun all the same the car is clever aerodynamics and lightweight

. >> reporter: we ride along with lieutenant david ballard, on a task force devoted to retail theft inhe memphis area. >> they'll go to one store, then they'll go right next door to the next store. >> reporter: the cdc ranks tennessee the third highest in per capita opioid prescriptions. shoplifting, return fraud, and gift card abuse have skyrocketed in the state. and nationally, every law enforcemt agency we reached out to, and every drug addict we talked to, confirms the connection b. deputies arrive at jcpenney to arrest an employee for embezzlement regar gift cards. suddenly -- [ sirens ] -- they spot a theft in progress at this store and give chase through the mall parking lot. the suspect is cornered and arrested for shoplifting. investigators fin a slew of gift cards. >> this is a vanilla card. . >> would you mind just explaining to me about the gift cards? >> reporter: neith suspect wanted to talk. and investigators have not linked their alleged crimes to drugs. >> within an hour, we had two incidents at the same story, one arrest, and anotherg the arrest takes place. >> report

. >> reporter: we ride along with lieutenant david ballard who's on a task force devoted to retail theft in the memphis area deputies arrive at a jcpenney to arrest an employee for embezzlement involving gift cards. suddenly, they spot a theft in progress at the store and give chase through the mall parking lot. the suspect's cornered and arrested for shoplifting investigators find a slew of gift cards on her front seat. >> would you mind just explaining to me about the gift cards. >> reporter: neither suspect wanted to talk, and investigators have not linked their alleged crimes to drugs. national retail chains are also grappling with the problem of return fraud and gift card abuse. home depot is recently cracked down with a change in return policy the company tells us it only accepts store credits for its in-store purchases, and we require proof of i.d. when store credits redeemed at checkout because of the increase in return fraud in the end, making it more difficult for addicts to turn cards into cash may be only a temporary obstacle to the next fix. >> when you're suffering from add

. >> reporter: we ride along with lieutenant david ballard on a shelby county sheriff's tax force in the memphis area. the cdc ranks tennessee the third highest in per capita opioid prescriptions. gift card abuse has skyrocketed in the state. nationally every law enforcement agency we reached out to and every drug addict we talked to confirms the connection between opioids and . deputies arrive at jcpenney to arrest an employee for embezzlement involving gift cards. suddenly -- [ sirens ] -- they spot a theft in progress and give chase throu the suspects cornered and arrested for shoplifting. investigators find a slew of gift cards on her front seat. >> would you mind just explaining t >> reporter: neither suspect wanted to talk. investigators have not linked their alleged crimes to drugs. in one tennessee county alone, in one month, police linked 16 of 19 overdoses to the sale of gift cards. in the city of knoxville, over three months it was 83 of 98 overdoses with ties to gift cards. there's no national database tracking the sale and purchase of gift cards. but a few states are agg

hamas seen as the sovereign body inside the gaza strip and israel expects it to restrain ballard's it actually does that sometimes but in this case of course to ok so far with an idea of response many thanks the latest there from news correspondents. to palestinians have been killed and hundreds more injured in launch scale protests according to ministry several reports suggest that of the seven hundred fifty people were affected take us rubber bullets and even live ammunition were used by israeli police as they clash with demonstrators tensions have escalated following u.s. president decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. clashes between protesters and israeli police have been seen across palestine and jerusalem people been gathering near the damascus gate where there is a massive israeli security presence marty charlotte reports. both schools were killed at the security services and at the journalists who were trying to get out of the way and then the police in turn were pushing those protesters away and running off to them some on the back of horses as well tryin

. >> on behalf of all of us at abc 7 have jake ballard has with olivia pope. consider it done.l"... you are a liar! you wanted to know who i am? this is who i am. defiance is who i am. i'm moving across the street into blair house. don't worry. we'll take the tunnels. no one will see us. no one even needs to know what's happening. do you still love me? i do. but i can't do this anymore. (door slams) (water lapping)

today we are here to talk about exposing rate at ballard university. they will be signing books which are for sale courtesy. when you buy a book at the festival you support the author, the festival and the local independent bookstore is a nonprofit organization's mission is to support low income schools with book donations via its reading rockstar's program and to fund grants for libraries. the book purchase today makes a difference. it is also running a book drive this weekend to help rebuild the texas libraries. if you donate $15 the texas book festival will each match a donation with a book to rebuild a library affected by harvey. one book equals three. you are funding very many important initiatives. i will be the moderator today. i'm the author of a book called college football in the politic of a race. i am joint appeared enjoyed appear today i'm very excited about this. she isn't invested a reporter. she is experienced in covering several topics. with the des moines register. and the news tribune. in creighton university. to the right. the a reg

such as primarily the sharks but also including the ballard star and burnside. who designed to cavalry carbine. these weapons trade rapidfire for short range. is about 300 range yards. when lieutenant john squeezes off that shot he hits nothing but dirt because they were well beyond the respect of range. it was to send up the arm. the other picket post open firewall jones goes back to notify the major that the confederates are coming. heath will hear that shot. this is the marker on the grounds of the property, marking the shot where that was first fired. go ahead, jim. this is harry heath, the commander of the division of confederate infantry's that is making this advance on gettysburg. a member of one of the first families of virginia. harry was also known as the only man in the entire army in northern virginia that robert e. lee called by his first name. he was the kind of guy you would love to have a beer with. harry is real far from being the sharpest knife in the chore. -- in the door. drawer.e he is arranging his forces in a really stupid formation. why e

magical moment for thousands in washington state as harry potter fans of all ages flocked to seattle's ballardhy? to fine the entrance to die gone alley people are lining up around the block seriously for a chance to visit jonathan chambers driveway. what's going on with the driveways? a harry potter themed driveway. this began in october when chambers decided to direct his home for halloween. well this recreation of the most famous wizard shopping center in literary history was such a hit he decided to deck out it for the holidays. >> it's obviously grown to be more than that. seeing the reaction from the world social media went viral like we had to put together another event. we knew we had to take advantage of this opportunity for good cause. >> that good cause he's talking about -- this is amazing this is his driveway. in good cause is purple stridors the organization raises money for the pancreatic cancer research. that is fantastic g good for him. >> wow it's been staple of good food in delaware county for 50 years but now landis cafe in wayne is closing. >> fox 29 photojournalist bill r

you have the ballards which you mentioned. you have the square secured 360 degrees to all the axis points, the parking garages shut down. you have bags being checked if not taken away. i'm not sure if they're allowed into the sterile area with bags. i say take the bags away. there's to reason to be there. you'll have sharp shooters, a quick reaction force, what is called a qrf, which is submachine guns, assault steal weapons on officers trained to fire in and around crowds. the big key to the israeli sauce. the plain clothes or undercover officers. i would sprinkle dozens of them within the crowds. those are the guys that can see all of the little behaviors, the little anomalies that aren't congruent with the baseline that is established. the undercover forces, we get there in israel and getting the cops plain clothes. >> you say all the anomalies. what is it that a plain clothed officer should be looking for? frankly all of us should be looking out for. >> yes. i have a new program i just launched. i called it force multiplie

brian: this is a ballard fence they say. >> yes. to lengthen it or look to replace for whatever you choose. >> we actually have about 55 miles around this area. it's noncontiguous. so the 28 miles that we are prioritizing will actually fill in the gaps, if you will. brian: so this is working. >> yes. brian: with the places that has no barrier that's what's got to be addressed. >> right. brian: it's not all straight. have you chain link, huge, 30 feet. and then i see over there maybe 6 feet. >> yes. brian: what goes into that. >> a lot is based on the terrain as the terrain flows up and down, the wall goes with it sometimes it's higher, sometimes it's thicker. sometimes there are other natural barriers that can combine with it. brian: madam secretary it's hard not to see the paraphernalia including the ladder. people say if you show me a wall i will show you a ladder. build a bigger wall i will get a bigger ladder. what's your reaction. >> system of systems. there is a silver bullet. you need the technology and sensors and cameras an

brian: a half mile through this ballard fence something mexico.ing to get through any given day. some successfully. how does that number come down again? congress has to act. >> they watch what's happening in congress. they watch what's happening as part of our national conversation. they are watching everything we do and learning from it and finding out how to exploit it. brian: the numbers don't lie. chief, let's take a look at this. in january 25th, a new administration takes over of the rhetoric is strong and what is the result in terms of crossings? >> so this is the number of individual family units. and unaccompanied children that are arrested here in the rio grande valley during those time frames. steve: look at the drop, right? >> it's amazing. it's 45-year low in may. brian: and then what happens? >> the calculation starts to change. since may, these loopholes that exist in current law are now being reexploited. brian: and numbers go up again? >> consequences matter. that's a demonstration of it. brian: not just fax and figures. it's wha

you can really see how bright the moon is from this one, taken by allan ballard in warwickshire.r leeds. and this is a spectacular photo taken by professional photographer danny lawson at whitby abbey in yorkshire. and we have a blue moon injanuary, all wolf moon and a blue moon. i think it is a blue or a snow moon, you can call it either. i want to know how they take this —— these pictures, as well. absolutely wonderful. this was the scene last night... wait for it. press the button. here we go. it is worth it! yes! that is washington, dc. beautiful. here it is over cape town, in south africa. let‘s go to yangon, in myanmar. and what a view thatis, yangon, in myanmar. and what a view that is, a ferris wheel in tokyo. how many pictures of the supermoon have we got today? we have about 1000 to get through. so far we have done ten. we will have to move quite a lot quicker to get all those pictures in. i thought blue moon was a song. it is. ididn't pictures in. i thought blue moon was a song. it is. i didn't realise it was actually a thing, as well. shall we talk about that and not

so some of the language introduced by representative roy ballard, that i'm a co sponsor. this important legislation would allow daca recipients to receive commercial permanent residency and some day earn their sheriff'ship. we know this congress is on the clock with regard to the status of our aspiring americans. because president trump has announced he's going to terminate the daca program, which is a program created under stiff word. so it will be the congress to create a solution to law. the d.r.e.a.m. act i'm confident would pass on the floor of the house if we can include an up or down vote. it would get the issue off the desk for opinion leadership and allow leadership to focus on other opportunities. and i think this is a great opportunity to show a bipartisan win. my amendment does that. >> it has significant support from democrats and republicans. it would allow those today who came here to this country at a young age and brought here by their parents and grew up in this country and know no other country, to finally rest easier knowing they're no longer in danger

. >> it's a love ballard in it's very twisted way. >> in very twisted way. >> they rediscover each otherf we listen tom let's talk weather. >> more song breaks down we'll be doing the late late show. let's do the weather. very cold out there. 27 now in washington. 25 dupont circle you saw the bank sign there. just a second ago. look at our winds still with us west northwest 17. feels like 14 and the cold is seeping in everywhere. i noticed in our hallways it's cold. it's just cold everywhere here unfortunately this morning. there's your wind chills. okay. last hour they were ten now they're 14 i guess that's a little better. but it's honest al dangerous cold today with daytime highs low to mid 30s and this arctic air mass will be firm until place for about 24 hours. we'll keep it very cold this afternoon again low to mid 30s dress for a cold afternoon as we're just not going to warm up a that light snow you see back out in indiana and ohio that's what we call a clipper and that will drop down into our region later tonight. so morning sunshine, get afternoon clouds the only reason i want

. ♪ i'm captain charles ballard stationed here at kandahar airfield afghanistan afghanistan.the season and of course it comes with the season of a chill in the air as well. >> um-hmm. it's chilly but guess what? winter break is almost upon us. >> eyes to the skies though if we can see past the clouds. we get clear skies this will help, al. >> for to us watch the geminid meteor shower. >> we do it every year we huddle together with hot cocoa and watch the geminid meteor shower. >> i've never seen a meteor shower. i've tried. okay. any way as long as it doesn't destroy earth i'm here for it. it will put a dazzling show on for sky watchers according to nasa. the shower will peak tomorrow night around 7:30. unlike the summer's eclipse the showers can be seen with the naked eye but it has to be under clear dark skies. to prep for the swe from the city lights. >> okay. >> adjust your eyes to the darkness, and then look into the sky. >> no special goggles needed. >>> no. >> if you want to learn more about this and everything else we should go to school and learn from a trustee profe

another person we spoke to was stephen ballard's wife, louise cummings.ace with this at the end of the year, he needed to die and be a hero for all. a lot of the families, widows and survivors talked about how they were making sense of this tremendous loss by thinking about the heroism and service of their family members. >> i've gotten to know some of the nypd families of the fallen. i don't think we think about what happens when they're going out the door, the kiss could be the last kiss. the same feeling when a family sends someone on a cargo plane to head to iraq. i'm glad you brought the human element into this. the 44 officer deaths in 2017, that's a return to a more normal number in that 2016 was just an elevated number. >> 2016 looks like an elevated year. >> what caused that spike in it was a lot higher. >> it was higher. the ambush attacks were part of that. in 2016 there were group attacks where officers were killed or mode e mowed down. we've had years of coverage of allegations of police brutality and misconduct and there have been cases that

. >> reporter: we ride along with lieutenant dave ballard, on a shelby county sheriff's tax force devotedft in the memphis area. >> we'll follow someone who's committed these thefts then they'll go one store, then right next door to the next store. >> reporter: the cdc ranks tennessee the third highest in per capita opiate prescriptions. shoplifting return fraud and gift card abuse have skyrocketed in the state deputies arrive at a j.c. penney to arrest an employee for embezzlement involving gift cards. suddenly they spot a theft in progress at the store and gave chase through the mall parking lot. the suspect's cornered and arrested for shoplifting investigators find a slew of gift cards on her front seat >> you've got, like -- this is a vanilla card, those are popular. aldo. >> would you mind explaining to me about the gift cards? would you tell me what you were doing with the gift cards? knee cher suspect wanted to talk and investigators have not linked their alleged crimes to druggi drugs. >> within an hour we had two incidents at the same store, one while we were affecting an arrest