he was inspired by vietnam's ubiquitous bamboo baskets. bamboo is in ready supply in vietnam. that makes it ideal for making gabians. instead of steel one normally uses these days in japan. >> translator: bamboo is very good for preventing floods. i'm very happy i can play a useful part. >> reporter: central vietnam often suffers from flooding. one disaster in 1999 killed 800 people and caused damage worth hundreds of millions of dollars. this village with 200 people suffers floods almost every year. >> translator: this is a mark left by a flood in 2009. the one above that was from the historic flood of 1999. everyone in our family climbed on to the roof to wait for help. >> reporter: the floods in this place used to spill over the river bank every year. the gabians are put in place just in time preventing the village's main road from being destroyed. this is how the river looked before the gabians were put in place. the solution was to build a 250 meet stone wall along the embankment and lay gabians to the water line. construction ended in 2010. the gabians created a solid ri

the phone made of bamboo. >> i like it.don't have to shop for the case because it's so stylish. >> it looks sweet. >>> let's look at our seven-day forecast. >> low to mid 70s inland in saturday. and 76 by sunday. we may have a few 80s. >> phenomenal. enjoy the weekend. we'll see you on monday. - ( music playing ) - we know technology can make you more connected. but now it can make you more connected to your doctor through e-mail. test results from home. check records. change appointments. now doctors, nurses, techs, pharmacists are all digitally connected to each other. and ultimately connected to you. at kaiser permanente, we believe that if knowledge is power, shared knowledge is even more powerful. kaiser permanente. thrive. can i have the definition? swapportunity: the opportunity to swap a higher calorie snack for a yoplait light. can you use it in a sentence? mmm. swapping a 300 calorie donut for this 110 calorie strawberry shortcake is a good swapportunity. that's not a real word. oh haha it's real. [ female announc

if i had a bamboo pole, a bamboo pole right here and it went up about 30 kilometers and that bamboo pole was one square centimeter in area. and i considered the mass of all the air that would fill up that bamboo pole, you know, what all of that mass would be? it would be one kilogram, one square centimeter up about 30 kilometers will be one kilogram of air. so that 1 kilogram pushes down with a weight. and it pushes down with a weight of 10 newtons. so it turns out the pressure due to the atmosphere here at sea level is 10 newtons for every square centimeter. and we're talking about si units, we talk about square meters. it's a little unwieldy, but it turns out it's about 10 to the fifth square centimeters and one square meter, and it turns out if you have one square meter, think of a great big sewer pipe about one square meter in cross-section. and that sewer pipe goes up 30 kilometers, you have about 10 to the fifth newtons pushing down and that's the atmospheric pressure, 10 to the fifth newtons per square meter and that's due to the weight of air above. that being the case, i've got

he says he created a smartphone made of bamboo.ust a prototype, finished product will be called at zero. the smartphone is made in china from locally sourced bamboo which says makes the phone more durable and weigh half as much as other phones. it could be launched in the uk by the end of the year. really it's just the casing. >> you could actually maybe drop that phone and it would still work. >> yes. >>> well, we want to show you the forecast again. you'll want to get out and enjoy it. >> a lot of people will be taking pictures with their smartphones today.ç 60s and 70s today, tomorrow will be the warmest day of the weekend. more 70s for inland valley tomorrow. maybe one more day will squeeze in around 70 on monday. the sea breeze picks up and showers come back on tuesday. >> i wanted out of the yard work and garage work. oh, well. >>> thanks so much for making us a part of your morning. we'll roll up our sleeves and get to work at home. more news at 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00. and, of course, tomorrow morning.

snobbery, and to read the sexiest foremost spiritual words ever offered in rock-and-roll are bop bamboo the booties is as important as the other stuff. you cannot have one without the other, so you cannot give that up, and we are living in circumstances where our spiritual system is absolutely corrupt and our country is economically corrupt, because when you look of the spiritual problems, people behave in a way that did not consider other people. where you have war you have a spiritual problem, and you cannot solve a spiritual problem with politics, and of some corn the entire population of the earth is going to look -- and at some point the entire population of the earth is going to have to look at caring for one another. tavis: i want to just about this song. >> that is about having a crush on your boyfriend as a friend and acting upon it. i have a crush on my boyfriend a friend, which we all knew. i met francs through the sky, which was his estimate, but i knew neil since i was 200 good -- since i was 20. everyone knew i had a crush on neil a whole time. tavis: i did not know this w

it's an enormous forest of steel and glass skyscrapers that was erected with a bamboo forest of scaffoldingnd a huge amot of construction cranes. it's set up to be like a suburban western setting with lots of greenery, compared to shanghai. nxiang:r: shanghai is the largest industrial center for china, and it's also one of china's most economically developed areas. a lot of china's advanced scientific and technological development is centered in pudong. walcott: the americans are there in financial services, real estate services, education services, technology such as motorola, food services-- pepsi and coca-cola duking it out in the same industrial park. taiwanese are there-- huge semiconductor factories, billions of dollars of investment. singaporians are there in their industrial parks. germans are there in small and medium enterprises-- chemicals, petrochemicals. so it's a large and diverse foreign population essentially learning how to do business in china, both for export and for the vast domestic market they hope to develop. narrator: but all this growth presented a real problem for

this is an example of a piece of bamboo and peony china, this is trash deposit for the madison retirement year, the downslope from the temple. before we mend this what we d was labelled each shirt, site number 44, 249 is the mansion site, this is the inventory numb per 10208, that is how we if i out what unit it came from. this catalog unit matches up with one of the catalog lines you saw kim and pat writing up previously. allows us to know it's the davenport, stone china, made in england. once this is mended the diameter of the plate, what form it took and get a better idea what the tech or ration is. decoration. the j is nicely formed, this is one of the bottles that the resident would have used. attached to a side of a wine bottle. madison's views of slavery which is incredibly important for understanding who mr. madison was. we know him his role as a politician, fourth president of the united states, his role as political was designing the virginia plan, the constitution. his role as entertainer with dolly and the house, but very important role was as a slave owner, how did this blend

so we use some of those things, we use ancient things like a bamboo pole that's about 12 or 15 feet with a small hook on it. you kind of dragged it around in front of you looking for a command wire. it doesn't cost anything but saves lives. dogs. we tried everything from ground-penetrating radar to mind rollers. mind ro mine rollers continue to be successful. they find the pressure-plated mines on the roads that our vehicles go on. the ones that get us the most are those ones that are off the road, on the canal sides, along paths, footpaths and off areas where marines might patrol. and sir, we are mindful. we teach people what to look for. there is a series of ways we grow that experience, but nothing replaces the human eyeball. so sir, it's still a high threat and you still see our great younro new walter reed without their legs today because of ieds. >> and the pakistanis have been of very little or insignificant caltrate. >> that is correct. helmand is kind of the breadbasket of afghanistan, so you need fertilizer. we don't need it to make ieds. >> i want to ask a quick question about

this is an example of a piece of bamboo and peony sun china recovered from dolly. this is the trash deposit from the madison's retirement years. down float from the temple. we labeled each shard so we know exactly where it came from. this is the site number. state of virginia. oerj county. 249 is the mansion site. this is the inventory number. 10208. that's how we can figure out what unit it came from. this catalog letter, "ax," matches up with one of the individual catalog lines you saw kim and pat writing up previously. this actually has a back mark. it allows us to know it's davenport stone china. this is made in england. once this is mended, what we can tell about the ceramic is the diameter of the plate. what form it took. then get a better idea of what the overall decoration is. this over here. we've got a wine bottle that we recovered from the slave quarter. you can see the "j" there. this would have been one of the president's wine bottles he used when entertaining the constant guests coming here to montpelier. it would have been attached to the side of the

we use a bamboo pole 12 or 15 feet with a small hook on it, and you drag the ground looking for a wire. dogs, we have tried everything from ground penetrationing radar to mine rollers. and mine rollers are still being successful. we repair them and they find the mines on pressure plated mines to roads that our vehicles go on. the one as the get us the most are the ones off the road, on the canal side, sides, foot paths and off areas where marines may patrol and sir, we are mindful, we teach people what to look for, there's a series of ways to grow that experience and nothing replaces the human eyeball, it's still a high threat and you see our great young heroes up at walter reid because of ieds. >> and there's been little help in keeping the fertilizer from coming over the border. >> it's a big agriculture cal area where we are, you need fertilizer we do not need it to make ieds though. >> i want to ask a quick question about a program you and i discussed before, a transition assist answer program that you have commend ably in my view have implemented for our marines. is that transitio

this is an example of a piece of bamboo stone china that was recovered from dolley's midden. this is the trash deposit from the madisons' retirement years, downlo downslope, before we mend this, we label each shard so we know exactly where it came from. this is the site number, 44, state of virginia, "o" is orange county, 249 is the mansion site and had is the inventory number, 10208, that's how we figure what unit it came from, this catalog number ax, matches up with one of the individual catalog lines that you saw kim and pat writing up previously. and this actually is a back mark that allows us to know it

[applause] with their bamboo bike.ted to creating a sustainable motorized alternative. they will build it at a fraction of the market value cost, while comparable in quality. they also plan to implement a one to one model, donating one bicycle to bicycles for humanity for every bicycle sold. bicycles for humanity will coordinate with other organizations in africa to distribute the bicycles for free. the bicycles currently retails for about $4,500. but panda cycles will place their product at less than $300. by the end of 2013, the group plans to have sold two dozen, and to donate the same number to africa. if you will order more at a cheaper price, which could be good on any campus in america, we could have 2400. first, i've got to get the championship trophy here. [cheers] [laughter] one thing i would like to see is, of it like to see these things made all over the world because you can plant bamboo in a way that is very good for the environment, maintain its topsoil, controls erosion. this might be the beginning of a

story america's use shining diamonds jets cruise ships mansions no wait they just can't afford the bamboo for a tame sea giri golf and sit on you tube it costs so much to own operate a car that most young people see it as a burden and john bird comments on you tube it would cost me thirty six hundred dollars a year to park in my own condo that i have to pay for parking wherever i go that's probably another three thousand a year and parking over sixty six hundred a year just to park a car don't even get me on gas prices so i think of the take away here is that expense that many of us right now just can't afford i do think of the cultural shifts that we discussed on last night's show are also part of this equation and now to round out the evening or two of you are with a bevy of very important questions zero sixty five commented do they ever drink up those martinis or do they pour it back or is it just water. well i want to plead the fifth on this one the mystery of the martini must remain and that therefore tonight that's it for the night and i'll be back with more as usual next week. how

with some tweets of our own that we think that he might send out but our viewers had a few ideas too bamboo for dave here you wrote on facebook i said we're doing god's work never said which god hash tag hail satan learner learn said we print fake money you think it's real that's the best way to enslave and steal hash tag bend be honest you kind of been there now think we are viewers are much more kind of our very own jenny churchill looks more tweet about it at below show i noticed a distinct lack of jenny c. on today's show all alone it was always outstanding jenny c. is dreamy and awesome so i'm so very sorry for jenny's absence on last night's show but i just did news for you jenny is going to be back on happy hour tonight but that my ranting this big probably back with more as usual next week. now ben bernanke is taking to the podium to defend the actions of the fed to educate americans about the many follies of the gold standard one branch of the fed is a decidedly different message for america at its times of break up the big banks now i know that's not cheap i wall street it's not a

[applause] and in our final four, bamboo spikes battled night monsters.illion dollars dollars to on tracking cell phones. and finally, there were two, george washington university's -- [cheers] -- bamboo spikes, and tracking cellphone. the polls closed an hour ago. we have our winner. panda, cycles. [cheers and applause] so, i want to invite to the stage of the group, all undergraduate here in george washington. [applause] bike.their bamboo b they are committed to creating a sustainable motorized alternative. they will build it at a fraction of the market value cost, while comparable in quality. they also plan to implement a one to one model, donating one bicycle to bicycles for humanity for every bicycle sold. bicycles for humanity will coordinate with other organizations in africa to distribute the bicycles for free. the bicycles currently retails for about $4,500. but panda cycles will place their product at less than $300. by the end of 2013, the group plans to have sold two dozen, and to donate the same number to africa. if you will order more at a c

the centerpiece is bamboo rain forest us is pinned order rotating carousels.the late john buchanan the director of the museum whose choice of exhibitions transformed de young to world class museum. >> it's up until saturday evening. >>> san francisco's 161st st. patrick's day parade is going ahead as planned this morning rain or shine. it has attracted up to 100,000 people. it's the largest celebration of irish history on the west coast. it kicks off second and mark street at 11:30 and make its way to civic center plaza so the festival starts at 10 they will be chilly today. we still have possibility of showers. look at all the showers offshore from salinas to gilroy and heaviest rain is well down the coast. you can see around milpitas and high elevation snow around mount hamilton. scattered showers and chance of thunderstorm through the evening hours, mid and upper 50s. monday, spring arrives, no rain and a little warmer next week. >>> thank you so much. thanks everyone for joining us. next newscast starts at 5:00. keep track of the latest breaking news on tw

the center piece is the bamboo rain forest suspended on carousels.t creates patterns of light, shadow. the most-fetching work is a tribute to john buchanan. director of the museum whose vision and choices transformed it into major world-class museums. and this is saturday evening. >> and thanks for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. i'm carolyn johnson. the news at 5:00 continues right now with dan ashley. >> thank you. and fishtailing in the rain. may have contributed to a freak fatal accident. >> i'm sandhya patel. we're just getting started with wet pattern. how much more rain will fall, and what commutes will be wet. >> shot spotter technology helps police come to the rescue of an innocent chill. -- child. >> the wind and rain line up to clifr the -- deliver the first punch of a storm system. two more storms expected between now and saturday. and this morn's led to dozens of accidents like this overturned car on the shoulder of the richmond parkway. chp says there was a 25% increase in calls just this morning. and the wind tossed these tree limbs

hot glue green paper on a bamboo skewer. extra credit!to start every party off with a little ice breaker. since we're spring cleaning, ask everyone to bring something for a spring swap. >> after you've cleaned out your home bring something you don't use any longer. >> exactly. a waffle maker just getting dusty on your countertop. >> oh, jason mraz is coming. >> this didn't look great on me. maybe it'll work for you. what do you think? >> do not mess with randy's lid. he does not like it. >> okay. so for our table, you know, it's spring. it's time for linen. this is just linen from the fabric store. for our runner we fringed the edges just to dress them up a bit. >> how do you do that? pull off the ends? >> pull off some threads. it does it super easily. for our silverware we bubbled them up with a little sprig from the backyard. a little springtime saying. >> that's a cute idea. you always want a splash of color on the table. that's clever. what did you do there? >> you always want a splash of color. these are super easy. >> a peony. >> a

the centerpiece is the bamboo rainforest suspended on rotating carousels above the court.eates patterns of light and shadows. this touching work is the tribute to the late director of the museum. whose vision and choice of exhibitions transformed the deyoung and region of honor into major world-class museums. the world of art is up until saturday evening. in san francisco, don sanchez, abc7 news. >> the saint patrick's day but -- parade is going ahead, rain or shine. it is the largest celebration of irish history and culture on the west coast. the parade kicks off at the corner of 2nd and market street and it is make its way to the vic center plaza. what we need to know is is it rain or shine? >> anything goes on saint patrick's day. >> true. >> it will be sunshine, cool, a chance of showers. we have partly cloudy skies, clouds in the north bay and the cold front has swept through the bay area. we have snow on the doppler hd radar. the havering bakersfield. rain offshore half moon bay today. highs only in the mid-50s. with the scattered showers a chance of a thunderstorm,

apparently panda droppings have high nutritional value since pandas eats bamboo. couldn't you just eat the ballpark do instead? you can buy the tea on line for $180 an ounce. that's $13 a teabag. wow. the money will support environmental projects. >> got to be an easier way. >> there's got to be an easier way. a lot of foods, try spinach. greens, rabb berries -- >> eat it before it goes through the system. >> there you go. >>> now that you lost your appetite, let's check the weather. >> well, maybe we can get our appetite back. looking around the area, you see we have clouds out there right now. some clouds and a few showers off to the west. we've been watching this on radar for the last couple of hours. so the question is how much of this will make it eastward. it's dying over the mountains, light. nothing like the heavier rain that's been in virginia. a few showers at 9:00 a.m. 52 to 55. by lunchtime today, we're into the 60s. close to 70 degrees. there will be periods of sunshine today, kind of out and in with the sunshine and the cloud cover. then rain, 71 to

we're told the fragrance is a clean and spicy mix of juniper and red current and a heart of ginger bamboo>> smells nice. >> it will be sold at macy's, pat, in case you're curious, and priced between $14 and $55. >> sounds like it smells nice. >> and a reminder you can watch donald trump on "the celebrity apprentice" sundays at 9:00 here on nbc 4. i think it may be 8:00 this sunday. it's a biggy this week. >>> $5 extra on a phone bill not so bad but one church in chicago was surprised to find a $27,000 phone bill in the mail. >> it appears a mystery hacker stole the church's phone line and then used it to make international calls. reverend earl says all the calls were made in just 24 hours. >> but the calls didn't come from inside the church which the reverend says makes it difficult to track the hacker down. >> i think there's a caution here for all consumers. check out your systems. these are parallel to your banking cards, credit cards, and bank cards. they're so easily hacked and accessed by the internet. >> reporter: here's the good news. at&t has agreed to cover the church's bill. we

the center piece is the bamboo rainforest suspended on rotating carousels above the court.

and pandas make a lot of it because they eat up to 40 pounds of bamboo a day, which i guess explainsays have those shoot-eating grins. number two, is it just me or is the tea guy perhaps just a little too into his business model. should the head of the company really be wearing that? how can you take someone seriously when they're dressed like that at work? look at him in this meeting. a grown man in a full-on animal costume. i mean who does that? oh, a bib. the bunny has a bib. this is pretty much the strangest assignment i've ever had. nobody laugh. hello. okay. in my defense, the ape asked me to do that. now, i'm sure the pandas didn't ask the tea guy to put on that costume. come to think of it, i bet he didn't bother to ask if he could have all their poo so he could use it as night soil. today i learned night soil is another way to say manure. also meadow muffins. by the way, a cup of dung-fu panda is going to cost you. the first batch is priced at about $200 a cup. if you're the adventurous type or just like to splurge on crap, literally, sorry, you won't find a better cup of te

pandas make a lot of it because they eat up to 40 pounds of bamboo a day.why they always have those shoot eating grins. number two, is it just me or is the tea guy perhaps a little too into his business model? should the head of the company be wearing that? how can you take someone seriously when they're dressed like that at work? look at him in this meeting. a grown man in a full-on animal costume. i mean, who does that? oh, a bib. bunny has a bib. this is pretty much the strangest assignment i ever had. nobody laugh. hello. okay. in my defense, the ape asked me to do that. i'm sure the pandas didn't ask the tea guy to put on the costume. come to think of it, i bet he also didn't bother to ask if he could have their poo to use it as night soil. that's another way to say manure. and medo muffins.

you have a team from one washington university that has made bamboo bicycles.another team that is working toward health care needs in sub-saharan africa. the idea is to get all these people together and to get them to learn from each other and learn from some exports -- experts. bill clinton brings his name and credentials to the event. >> it is a fairly a best -- a- list lineup. >> john stewart is going to be there. i know chelsea clinton will be there. as will usher. and various people who founded non-profit thing fed started out essentially as college endeavors. >> did they have funding from the group? >> there has to be a specific commitment that addresses a known problem in some sort of novel way. i do not know that anybody is guaranteed any sort of funding for future for their project. i think the idea is to get these people together and kept them to learn how to make the thing actionable. these are mostly students. they have great ideas. but a lot of them do not know how to be nonprofit directors or how to launch a company. the idea is that they come her

these cubes are about $34.99 apiece made from recycled bamboo and sugar cane. >> matt did say he'll havea treatment not humidifier. these are the humidifiers. four to six hours. these are origami wine containers. keeps it cold. compact and beautiful. $24.99 to $29.99. these are recent dollar bags. these are beautiful bags. they are an advent of the wicker picnic basket. beautiful style, insulated. they collapse. they stay rigid like this in beautiful styles. finally for the kids, bike lights by a company that puts these little l.e.d.s on the bottom of the bike. when they ride at night they can do it with style or safety. $14.99. strap them on to any bike. fun, fun, fun. >> parents should love them, too. >> it's a style and safety all in one. >> yeah, lou. showing it all to us this morning. >> quickly. >> very quickly. up next we'll get to natalie trying out a new full body workout that aims to prevent sports injuries before they happen. first, this is "today" on nbc. ♪ let's get physical >> on the quest to stay healthy, millions of americans are treated for sport's related injuries every

he has a team that has made bamboo bicycles.am's that is working toward health care needs in sub-saharan africa. the idea is to get these people together in one room and to learn from each other and experts. bill clinton brings his name and credentials to the event. >> do a number of these groups leave with some commitment of funding from the group? >> let me think. i do know that each participant has to have a commitment to a specific thing that addresses a problem in a novel way. i do not know if anyone is guaranteed funding or a future for their project. the the whole idea is to get these people together to learn how to make the thing actionable. a lot of them all they know how to be students. not how to launch a company. >> you can read daniel's reporting at washingtonpost.com. thank you for the update. >> thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> we will be hearing from chelsea clinton moderating a discussion on the ways young people are cr

the range from a plan to make bicycles out of bamboo, panda bikes, an extremely inexpensive, sturdy, and renewable material. they are so inexpensive this program will be able to donate a bicycle for everyone it sells. they include a program of art therapy to prevent suicides during adolescence by lakota people. they donate to homeless shelters. we could multiplied as examples 100 fold. you have heard many examples from the president a few moments ago. you realize how much imagination and dedication and creativity has gone into these commitments to action. i would like to think the clinton global initiative and the university department of external relations for setting up such a terrific weekend. i urge you all to take advantage of the activities in store, including the plenary and briquettes sessions tomorrow and a service project on sunday. i close by saying congratulations to all who chose to participate in the events. you are making a transformative difference in our world, and i hope you will enjoy your time here at the george washington university. thank you, good luck to you,