so this is bamboo. >> this is bamboo. it's an engineered bamboo tube in a hex shape lined with carbon fiber. >> reporter: wild bamboo was a local nuisance. and this stuff grows all over. >> everywhere. and it turns out it's great for billion bikes. >> reporter: but until you came look, it was just an announce. >> no one liked it. ythere was a lot of complaining about bamboo. >> reporter: in 2008 she opened a bamboo bike business. how much of a learning curve was that? >> it was a long learning curve. it takes a while to figure out how to cure bamboo properly and build bikes that are going to last. >> reporter: hero bikes has gone global. adam fowler manages 24 people in what was an abandoned building. >> we sell to japan, france, belgium, germany, spainue name it, we've sent it. >> reporter: surprising? >> i would say yes. >> reporter: dorr, a designer with victoria's secret in san francisco, visited greensboro in 2003, loved it and never left. her nonprofit development group called hero has become this community's one-wo

. >> this is bamboo. lined with carbon fiber. >> reporter: wild bamboo was a local nuisance. this stuff grows all over. >> everywhere. and it turns out it's great for building bikes. >> reporter: when you came along. >> no one likes it. >> reporter: in 2008 she opened a bamboo bike business. >> reporter: how long did it take? >> it takes a while. >> reporter: hero bikes has gone it takes a while how to cure bamboo properly and build bikes that are going to last. >> reporter: hero bikes has gone global. adam fowler manages 24 people in what was an abandoned feeling. >> reporter: we sent them to france, belgium, germany, spain. you name it, we shipped it. >> reporter: surprising? >> yes. >> reporter: dorr, a victoria's secret employee visited in 2003, loved it, and never left. her nonprofit development group called hero has become this community's one-women stimulus package. she baked the pie business from scratch with a few local recipes. >> where did you get the oven? >> we actually found the first oven in a dumpster. so everything in the pie business was free or found. >> re

flags on his bamboo pole.alf a million people have signed those flags and agreed to perform acts of kindness. >>> coming up tonight on wusa9.com. >> he was feeling different as you can reach over and hold their hands. >> you're going to like this story. a couple in love getting another chance at 90 years young. >>> and you might need a blanket tonight, but what about heading out the door this morning? i've got your full i was honored to serve as governor of virginia. we brought folks together in richmond to focus on creating jobs and getting results. that's the virginia way. and that's why i'm backing terry mcauliffe for governor. terry won't let ideological battles get in the way of making progress. terry will work with democrats, republicans, and independents to create jobs and move virginia forward. it's important for virginia that we elect terry mcauliffe as our governor. i'm terry mcauliffe, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad. did you say, "when i stream true blood on my slow internet it alwa

the project includes a bamboo forest.is one of the best natural absorbers of carbon dioxide. but these are small projects. corporations like the giant standard fruit company are the ones that contaminate the most, but they are now taking small steps by recycling the bags that protect the fruit. >> >> translator: the bags are transformed into these boxes for the palates that help to protect the fruit. >> reporter: one of the challenges they have is to reduce the greenhouse gases producer by transport of their product. in costa rica, small farmers are taking boldin initiatives, since 2007, this woman has been teaching hundreds of neighbors to use natural fertilizers. she mixes organic waste with ash. she says it is time consuming but inexpensive. costa rica has pledged to become a carbon neutral nation in 2021. al jazeera, costa rica. >>> snakes are associated with evil and witchcraft in many african communities, but south african women are trying to change them being killed, by keeping the reptiles in their home. >> report

[ cheers and applause ] he's eating the bamboo. [ laughter ] good news for you health nuts out there.dy found that leading a healthy lifestyle can actually reverse the signs of aging. although, constantly talking about being a vegan will still take years off other people's lives. [ laughter ] i heard you, yeah. [ cheers and applause ] you're better than me. you're better than me. facebook founder, mark zuckerberg, is on capitol hill this week to meet with lawmakers about privacy issues. privacy is very important to him. or as that panda at the national zoo put it, "you and me both, man. [ laughter ] i'm just trying to eat my bamboo and this nerd's watching me on the internet." this is a big deal. today, in addition to its new iphone 5s, apple released the iphone 5c, a new, cheaper version of the really popular phone. actually, the price isn't the only difference between the two phones. so to help you guys out, we're going to take a look at the difference between the 5s and the 5c. first, the 5s comes in silver, space gray and champagne gold. the 5c comes in a brown paper bag. [ laught

>> i never thought about the bamboo. >> reporter: erica, a social worker turned wedding planner from emeryville thought she would help a little bit on the wedding day. but stumbled on jen's pinterest account and what her wedding would look like, one that time and money now made impossible. well, impossible until erica decided to get jen everything on that page. a job that would normally take months, she did in two weeks. corralling goods and services from more than 60 vendors worth more than $50,000. all of it donated for free. >> it was my goal to have them not pay a dime. i thought to myself these people have already suffered enough. and why not be able to give them a gift? you know? a wonderful gift that both of them will never forget and their families will never forget. >> i think it's amazing the generosity in their hearts and that they're so touched by -- by our story. and that that's -- that -- i guess that, like, people have feelings. >> reporter: so the plan was set. for the last saturday in july. jen and jeff saying their vows under the redwood trees of a nearby park, a ma

youngest cub is less than a month old and weighs center is to reintroduce most into china's fewer bamboo forests. right now there are less than 2,000 giant pandas in the wild. >> see how big the diapers are on the pandas? if you thinking of heading to the beach or this or, we have a big head's up. at 5:00, the trouble you could find yourself in before you release the danger. >> water main break turned homes and streets into lakes with the mounting cost months after it happened to repair the damage. >> this tremendous cost to california of truants [ hans ] toaster strudel! [ angelic music plays ] don't overthink it. [ hans ] warm, flakey, gooey. toaster strudel! faster than kenny can dodge a question. honey, how'd that test go? [ female announcer ] in just 60 seconds, you've got snack defying, satisfying mmm. totino's pizza rolls. mm-hmm. hmm. [ female announcer ] zero to pizza. pronto. now in two bold new flavors! >> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> hope you had a great week. thank you for start your day with us. >> it feels like fall out there especially becau

zoo visitors today as he humbered toward them and stuffed bam -- lumbered toward them and stuffed bamboo leaves into his mouths. >> he's precious. >> reporter: a lot of the visitors changed their plans today so they didn't miss out. >> we were fearful the shutdown would happen. so we planned our day at the zoo today because we weren't sure where tomorrow holds. >> our very first trip to washington. we've changed plans to make sure we might see all the things that might close. >> reporter: what about the  animals? will sloth bears get their mealworms to eat? will the elephants, cheetahs and zebras get fed? yes, of course. >> the animal staff is considered essential. the animals will get fed, framed and cleaned up after. >> reporter: but the rest of the staff, those in food service, people in maintenance or parking, guest services and exhibits all will be furloughed. >> that's sad because the cost of living here is very expensive and it's not a good thing for you to lose a job at this point. >> reporter: the volunteers won't even be allowed in. >> i haven't talked to anyone who wasn't up

their wide selection includes bellawood prefinished, bamboo, laminate, and vinyl plank flooring.umber liquidators is proud to sponsor "this old house." kevin: we are using a lot of different materials on the outside of this house, and they all come together to make the home feel like a cottage. we've got cedar shingles on the side wall, we've got wood trim around the windows. the window sash have been painted black. we've got these big stones on the patio which sets you up for these incredible views. the homeowners are really going to enjoy those. and the views and most of these materials are brought right inside to this room, and even though it is fully conditioned space and a four-season room, it feels like indoor/outdoor space, thanks in part to the rough-sawn boards on the ceiling, the cedar shingles on the side wall, even the windows. since they're still painted black right here, they feel like exterior windows. and we're putting stone down on the floor in this space, too. hey, kevin. hey, mark, how you doing? good. so tommy's been keeping you busy, huh? first down in cambri

bamboo rod, pate water reel. expensive hobby. convictions for fraud, forgery, bad checks...guy named darren kleeman? nah. really? he called you last week. well, maybe he got a wrong number. you talk to wrong numbers for six minutes? maybe i got lonely. kleeman got killed later that day. know anything about that? dead? boo. know him now? jeffries: how about her? name's vanessa prosser. sorry. anyone else? vera: how about congressman david lake? yeah, of him. he's from the neighborhood. you friendly? dobey: i wouldn't say that. look, i got to get to the scrap yard. this your writing? ah, no, man. that's the architect. they all write like that. old set of blueprints from dobey. check out the print. here's the letter from vanessa's pocket. compare the two. dobey's architect wrote vanessa a love letter? they almost match. jeffries: almost. this is called "lettering." you look at any set of plans, it basically looks like this. all architects print this way for clarity, so it's hard to tell one from the next. we only got one architect in this investigation. mm-hmm. beth reardon. ♪

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lumber liquidators sells hardwood, bamboo, cork, and laminated flooring. the company says it is cooperating with authorities. shares dropped 5% to $107.30. >>> finish line reporting a jump in earnings and stronger sales and cost cutting. it also lifted its guidance for full-year sales. this athletic retailer says things are progressing well with its macy's business and trends are improving in its running business after the chain's largest product category. the stock rose 9% to $24.41. >>> and a surge in recreational vehicle sales is helping four industries bottom line. the company says the rise in revenue is thanks to strong growth in motorized rv sales and more modest growth in towable rv sales. they've reported strong quarterly earnings for more than a year. the stock gained almost 4%. >>> time for our market monitor segment this week. and he says that stocks are troubled by politics and uncertainty over the fed, but that those very troubles provide buying opportunities. david cotox, with cumberland advisers, great to see you. since you're seeing trouble

i'm going to put a six foot fence in my backyard, it's exempt from permits and i'm going to plant bamboo that grows 15 feet high to block my neighbors looking into my hot tub or whatever it is. totally unregulated. vegetation is not regulated. knowing where your property line is is key to all of this. in this slide, we see a fence built on what many may or may not be the front property line. is it on my property or theirs? the city maintains in the office of the street use and mapping, they maintain careful records of all the properties. and with great diligence and care, you can try and figure out where your property is based on those records. but we are not going to come out and survey or say, here's your property line. the city doesn't do that. we maintain records that says here's how big your property is. you can measure from the center line of the street, base of the curb, monument that might be placed somewhere that you can work your way up to. but if there are real legal issues, you have to hire a surveyor and trace this thing all the way out. yes, joe? >> we can give you precise

all 43 sandwiches on the mcdonald's menu in all one giant four foot tall sandwich held together by bamboo ordered just as they were switching from breakfast to lunch so he could order from both menus. the bill $141.33. by our rough math, the sandwich, 18,000 calories. he said he has left overs that will last for days. >>> we are putting out a call to star gazers everywhere tonight. pay close attention to the night sky over your back yard. there will be a harvest moon, the last full moon before the fall equinox. tonight is the night. please send us your pictures. we would love to see it as you do. >>> when we come back here, a hard working waitress gets a surprise and an unexpectedly great day. ly great day. if you have high cholesterol, here's some information that may be worth looking into. in a clinical trial versus lipitor, crestor got more high-risk patients' bad cholesterol to a goal of under 100. getting to goal is important, especially if you have high cholesterol plus any of these risk factors because you could be at increased risk for plaque buildup in your arteries over time. an

. >> they eat a lot of bamboo. >> so cute. >> i love it when you drop into your voice. so cute. >>> still ahead we'll introduce you into a bay area man who turned his passion for football into a profit. >> he's so cute. >>> to the crisis in syria, u.s. secretary of state john kerry said that hair and blood samples from victims in syria tested positive for sarin and also today officials from the white house and state department briefed members of congress this afternoon. another meeting is planned at the white house tomorrow. yesterday, president obama surprised many people saying that he would seek congressional approval for military action. though the president has the right to act without congress, asking congress makes things for complicated for him. >> there is no certainty that congress will go ahead and support this. you've got folks on the far left and on the far right, iconically, together on this issue. and the question is, are there enough folks in the middle in congress to go along with it? it would be a blow to the president if congress denies him the right

then he speared the burgers, mcfishes and mcmuffins onto bamboo skewers to build his mc-masterpiece, monument to the golden arches. why? it was on his bucket list and it's not a death-defying feat. i said, i want one of everything. i know this sounds weird but breakfast and lunch. their reaction was, why do you want to do this? because i can. wide deal climb mount everest? because i can. no, he didn't eat it all at one sitting. he figures he's got leftovers for the next week or so. another round of storms headed our way. jim ramsey is back to fill us in on when the nasty weather is expected to arrive. ♪ need advice on how to juggle those big family meals? this kenmore elite dual temperature double oven, exclusively from sears, can help. so you never have to worry... ...about dropping a dish. impressive! and so is j.d. power ranking kenmore elite highest in customer satisfaction. come celebrate kenmore's 100th anniversary and save up to 30% off all kenmore appliances. this is celebrating big. this is sears. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] experience new febreze sleep serenity and let the sooth

their wide selection includes bellawood prefinished, bamboo, laminate, and vinyl plank flooring. lumber liquidators is proud to sponsor "this old house." kevin: we are using a lot of different materials on the outside of this house, and they all come together to make the home feel like a cottage. we've got cedar shingles on the side wall, we've got wood trim around the windows. the window sash have been painted black. we've got these big stones on the patio which sets you up for these incredible views. the homeowners are really going to enjoy those. and the views and most of these materials are brought right inside to this room, and even though it is fully conditioned space and a four-season room, it feels like indoor/outdoor space, thanks in part to the rough-sawn boards on the ceiling, the cedar shingles on the side wall, even the windows. since they're still painted black right here, they feel like exterior windows. and we're putting stone down on the floor in this space, too. hey, kevin. hey, mark, how you doing? good. so tommy's been keeping you busy, huh? first down in camb

the goal is to reintroduce the animals into china's disappearing bamboo forest. >> they are doing a greatbers are going up. >> next, bay area commute is taking longer and longer and the silver lining behind the worsening gridlock. >> warning from the coast guard for anyone planning to go near the water today. >> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news, dangerous conditions along bay area beaches with a warning from the coast guard if you plan on heading out to the coast. >> police are building a case against a speeding driver accused in a deadly crash in san francisco. what friends are doing to remember the young victim. >> a plea from the parents of a murdered dodgers plan. they need help after the main suspect is released from jail. >> good morning, everyone, on this morning. thanks positive joining us. >> have a great week. this morning we are starting out wet. >> drizzle and light rain in many areas north of the san mateo bridge. you can see the radar runs are few and far between because the rain is on the light side and it is below the radar. at the beaches, we have m

breeders celebrated by preparing a frozen cake made of karates and carrots and bamboo leaves for thep around the world in 80 seconds. >> the saneld man has entered yankee stadium for the final time as an active player. >> it was emotional send off in the bronx as rivera pitched in his final home game, is he retiring at the end of the season, and the new york yankees are out of play off contention at this point. rivera, known as the best closer in baseball history, fans call him the sand man because he is supposedly puts the other team's bats to sleep. for fun, long time teammates and jerry petit got role of coaches and yanked him out of the game. >> how is this for drama? [cheers] >> and for that drama, the crowd gave him a four minute standing owe he investigation. rivera, an all-star 13 times broke down in tears. the yankees have retired his number. he was actually the last active player to wear 42 which the league retired in honor of jackie robinson. surveillance cameras captured a gunman of trying to rob people. got the moment he pulled out a gun on customers. something happened

the cake is made of ice, bamboo, fruit and pureed yams. the zoo says it took four weeks to make. that is the news now. send it back to erica and craig. >> hope he'll share. >> you never know. it's a five-foot tall cake. put it on the giant roller coaster in mission beach. >> we're not done with you yet either. thank you for the news. you're also going to be doing the weather for us as well. >> hold on, i have to leave now -- no, yes, i am going to be doing the weather now. i told dylan i was watching the weather channel incessantly. >> maybe you're sabotaging dylan's shot. >> we take another crack today. watch for strong storms in the northern plains and record september heat going to send temps to near 100 in parts of oklahoma and texas. and we need to warn for the flash floodings in desert southwest areas. nice conditions for most of the east coast. that is a check of your national forecast. if dylan dreyer >>> that is a look at your weather. and we will try to get dylan back. she has not quit this job to become a contestant. >> maybe that's what happened. >> maybe she's thrown

a bamboo skewer to keep it all vertical. apparently this was a bucket list situation.ed. i made this mc"gma" because george said he was hungry. george. george. george. george. george. >> this is mine right here? there's no way i'm going to bite a cold muffin. >> one bite, george. >> this is freezing. >> you bite that. >> one bite. >> bringing in props in your first "pop news." bravo. >> i knew george wasn't going to take a bite of it. i didn't think you were going to pick it up. and you did. >> see? >> thank you, sam. >> very nice. very nice. pass it down. and feel better. >> no one's going to bite it. >> meanwhile, they're yelling at me. >>> let's get to a live shot out of philadelphia this morning. we're going to talk about the skies in the northeast. how we've been in the changeable zone from cool to warm and back to cool again. and that's what happens. we get a little cool air this morning. we have milder days ahead. that's from washington, d.c. to boston. and into next week, back on the cool side, we think. we'll continue to watch this low on the yucatan peninsula

his big passion is bamboo.w yorker" did a deliciously detailed article called "bears do it," but pandas in captivity often won't. the article quotes an expert calling tian-tian and mei xiang reproductively incompetent, saying she gets into the pancake position, flat on her stomach, legs outstretched. and rather than doing what you'd think he'd do naturally, he steps on to her back and stands there like a man who has just opened a large box from ikea and has no idea what to do next. eat the box is our guess. so, what do you do when your panda bear barely performs? you artificially inseminate. but for good measure, two pandas contributed to mei xiang's insemination. ti tian-tian and dow-gow, a romantic romeo who's never had his technique questioned out at the san diego zoo. so, who came through? they swabbed the cub's cheek to check the dna, and just like a paternity edition of "the maury povich show" -- >> you are not the father! >> reporter: -- only with a little more dignity. >> the sire is tian-tian. >> repor

. >> lie there on the bed of bamboo. >> and how big do giant pandas get? they are member of the raconfamily. >> good to know. appreciate. it >> take that st. and start your weekend early. >> all right. thank you for joining us today. >> thank you, everybody. america lives starts right now. >> on that note thank you guys, we have a fox news alert. and awaiting a white house reaction to a warning aimed to the american people and came from russian vladimar putin. welcome to america live. i am margaret cowan in for megyn kelliy. we are awaiting a white house press briefing. it is now delayed and the white house will face a litany of questions and in new york times written by vladimar putin. a plea for caution from russian and what putin has to say to americans about syria in it a military strike would unleash a new wave of terrorism, this comes the same day as secretary of state john kerry meets with the russian counterparts and discuss a possible diplomatic deal to confiscate syrian chemical weapons and the logistics of carrying out a task. that sit down will

he stacked them up together and connected them with bamboo skewers and placed the order, goes in andhis response obviously. >> why not? the first guy to climb mt. everest said why, because i can. because no one has. >> because you can. >> nick chipman wins our award today. he has to. the man who made the mceverything wins the "everything in moderation" award. guess what? he didn't order fries with this because that would be excessive. >> did he get hash browns? >> and a diet coke. he didn't want to get the sugared coke. what is wrong with this guy? >> i love it. mt. everest, the mceverything. they're right on par. >> and i'd like to order a liver. >> he's going to eat it over three days. he's going to put some in his fridge and snack on it. >> and morgan spurlock is going to show up in his house. >> he's not trying to overdo spurlock. i like what he's doing because it's a celebration. >> spurlock is going to come after you once. is spurlock coming after you? you need protection. >> i got jake gyllenhaal looking out for me, i'll be okay. >> two cool days. >> me and jake. >> well done.