it's not beatrice, it's beatrice nebraska. i should have known that because my friends in holly springs would say beatrice, but i thought it was an accent kind of thing. beatrice nebraska, pictures courtesy of kwch, kwch television. it was a -- what was it? >> a total eclipse of the sun. gosh they're still writing for the 3:00 news. it was total, but as you can see from the shrimp effect there of the orange circumstance u collar thing there that at this time no longer a total eclipse. we're on the back end of a total eclipse of the sun. matt finn there will come a time that you will have already experienced your two minutes and 43 seconds of total eclipse of the sun. it will be on the back side of the sun and you will go wow, really? i think that's probably what will happen. >> yeah, pack it up and take off. that's expected around 1:20pm local time, shep. i think a lot of people will be rushing out of here after it's done. like you said. >> where are you guys from? >> chychrun. >> we've got a question for you. what happens when

moving towards beatrice, nebraska. live pictures from there as well. we have a lot more special coverage coming up. we need to take a quick break. unfortunately, beatrice, nebraska looks cloudy now but we have cameras all over the country as this total eclipse moves across the country from oregon, to idaho, to nebraska, moving towards south carolina. our special coverage continues right after this quick break. ♪ ♪ it feels good to be back. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ .. >>> looking at live pictures coming in right now from missouri, blackwell, sinclair, where in a few minutes the skies will go completely dark, as the moon eclipses the sun. welcome back to our special coverage. also joining us is chad myers, stephanie elam, david did voccen, chris hatfield. chaz, what's happening now? >> we just lost totality over casper, north of cheyenne, almost into scottsbluff, nebraska, grand island, wood river, aurora, back towards lincoln, then finally sliding off into mo. we're right in this area where you're starting to gain more in the way of eclipse and starting to lose the ecli

beatrice, nebraska. and now pleasant, south carolina.ifornia, there were concerns about the power grid. abc 7 news reporter elisa harrington has our coverage. >> reporter: a dramatic dip during the day when the sun is usually generating a lot of power. pg&e said customers were not affected. while just about everyone was looking up at the sky during the solar eclipse, workers at pg&e were looking at this. the grid which monitors energy production. california is heavily dependent on solar. the eclipse which blocked 75% of the sun in the bay area, posed a major test for the state. so how did it go? >> solar power dropped by about 2,000 megawatts in our system, at the peak around 10:15 today. >> reporter: one megawatt can power 1,000 homes. the spokesman said customers were not impacted because the company was able to replace what was lost with a combination of other sources. like natural gas, wind and hydropower. the grid worked just as they had hoped. >> it's a great test that the grid can balance the renewables with other sources of power

civil war he handlering as a stock -- at a way station along the oregon trail in what is now beatrice, nebraska. the name of the place was rock creek. he got involved in a shootout with the mccandless gang. he was the previous owner of a property that the way station was on and came to try to collect the debt and payment on his property and they ended up in a shootout and mccandless and at least one other person was killed. bill looked on with the union army in missouri as a andn master or wagon driver he ended up in springfield as detective for the union army. sometimes a spy, sometimes a scout through the territory of southwest missouri. this is a picture of the square of springfield at about the time he was there. this is from circa 1865. into theking southeast southeast corner of the springfield square. the little building in the southeast corner was a saloon owned by a guy named angers. a lot of the things wild bill did when he was detective was he rews for and illegally selling booze to union soldiers. i don't remember what he was cited for but that was one of the things wild bill did. to

we're talking grand island, nebraska, linging, beatrice, even into nebraska city, that's where totality is now, moving closer and closer to st. louis. the sun will be getting better, coming out stronger as soon as we leave st. joe missouri as soon as we get to knoxville, completely sun in skies, and we'll continue this for another hour and a half. it's hauling across the united states right now. >> incredible. we will be showing it to you all over the next hour and a half. what's happening where you are, stover any. >> and enson, the amazing thing happen there's a hole in the cloud that opens up just in time for us to see the eclipse. totalie is hitting now. the light is changing people are cheering so excited, because the cloud -- the rain stopped, and the clouds opened up. right now if you put your glasses on, you can see the eclipse. it's amazing. i was standing in the rain. it stopped just in time for us to see total eclipse. we have a couple more minutes to go, but it was enough that the people who stuck out through the rain started to cheer, started to clap, applauding the clouds

bill nye joins us from beatrice, nebraska at the homestead national monument.g to all of us. good morning. how are you? >> it's a beautiful day here. >> i understand this is only the second time that you've seen a total solar eclipse. >> second time i've been under it, in the path. i've seen some partials over the years. very exciting. going across the world's third most populous country with an interstate highway system. people who want to get in front of the path of the eclipse can. it's an exciting year. i hope this reminds everybody on the primportance of science. we can predict it because of as strong many, because of science. >> bill, i've heard from a minute to 42 seconds to 2:38. how should we make the most of this? >> i recommend two things to everybody. first of all, if for some reason you don't have official size and weight eclipse viewing glasses, you can take a look at the eclipse through a pinhole viewer. you can make a pinhole viewer from a cereal box. cut a hole in the top, cut a hole here. put a white piece of paper inside the box. when we call

that many who drove into the past to get -- and a few spots over the united states from about beatrice and nebraska city down to st. joe, missouri, that had cloud cover that ruined for some people, but the rest of the country really had a spectacular show. >> my assistant joey took the day off flew to wyoming, was camping out in a field, said it was an incredible, incredible experience. kaylee, you've been talking to some people? >> reporter: i have. just as quickly as the clouds parted, they have returned. who wants to take credit for the incredible view? >> i do, i do. that was my job for the day, get rid of the clouds have it very, very cool all day, and just time for the eclipse and the totality have the clouds part. it cooperated beautifully. >> how do you describe the emotion of witnessing that in the place you live? >> like linda, we're neighbors. i have never felt that emotional, and you can hear a pin drop. just like everybody was spellbou spellbound. >> everybody prior to the eclipse, everybody was active, and then everything just stopped, everybody was mesmerized. the crowds parted, perf

provide first of its kind data appeared former information on this future mission, let's go to beatrice, nebraskare the langley research center is standing by. he is at homestead national monument when the park service has coordinated and eclipse of viewing. duane: this is going to come on shortly. we are going to go back with an image. but we will join nebraska as soon as we can. >> thank you. >> this is a different view. what are we seeing? alex: this is a different wavelength of light. this is light that is produced by calcium. this is showing us the sun as the moon is moving over it. if you look to the left, on the edge of the sun, you see sunspots. these are reasons that physicists like myself are most interested in because that is where solar explosions originate from. it comes into the corona and it is what we see during the total solar eclipse originate from the sunspots. >> the sunspots had a solar flare yesterday. >> i believe this is from carbondale. why is it purple? >> that is actually the lights and they colored of the filter. the filter is a bluish light and it comes out as a purpl

( buzzing ) it's not beatrice, it's be-a-trice, nebraska. what are are they having, guys?> total eclipse to have the sun. >> can you feel it? >> trevor: that's the joy of a news anchor that gets to cover a story that doesn't involve donald trump. the sun! the sun! finally the sun! ( laughter ) today felt like like a special day in america. we all came together, doing the same thing and we were happy about it. people in the streets, kids came out of school. they were even watching at the white house. can i just say, look at jeff sessions. ( laughter ) he looks so adorable! ( laughter ) it's like he's watching santa ride off into the sky with all the toys he helped make! just like, yeah! ( laughter ) i mean, donald trump and melania were watching together? which surprised me because, i mean, two minutes of total darkness? that should her chance to escape. ( laughter ) i would have. apparently, the president's aides were really worried about him. so they told him not to look directly into the sun. and donald trump was, like, don't worry about me. that's my policy, every day,