. >>> escaping from alcatraz, jamming to bluegrass, and the secret behind a sweet jessica cas trau troe has the story. >> learn about the whole process free this weekend at golden gate park. >>> and look at this. i bet you didn't know what the cucoy fruit looks like on the inside. >> it looks like fruit. >> don't take our word for it. try it yourself, the roasted beans and the whole process, you can see it from start to finish this saturday from noon to 3:00. or this weekend you can take the family out at jane warner. the beauty operator string band will play bluegrass and 80s cover songs. >>> thousands of brave men and women will escape from alcatraz this weekend. the annual triathlon will be held sunday morning. go to abc7.com, and look for our headline links. >>> still to come on abc 7 news, we're helping >>> it's friday. time to meet this week's perfect pet as we promised. drew and back to talk about a new friend. who do you got there? >> let's show you alex with a y. this guy is five years old is actually in his second stay at the shelter. one thing for sure about alex his love for

(bluegrass music)

in this episode, updated appalachian music with mipso, bluegrass jazz fusion with the jon stickley trioes master jimmy hall, just after this. - [voiceover] national broadcast of music city roots is made possible by acceptance auto insurance, based in nashville, tennessee. acceptance offers personal automobile coverage from coast to coast, more information available at acceptance.com, you, you terms accepted. - [voiceover] franklin, tennessee, inspired music, local flavor, on the edge of nashville. visitfranklin.com. - [voiceover] nissan, proud sponsor of art and culture in our home state of tennessee. nissan, innovation that excites. more information is available at nissanusa.com. - [voiceover] vietti artisan chili, celebrating authenticity since 1898,

he sang bluegrass songs and we sang together. jim -- me and my uncle jim.ever felt more inspired, being in the studio. i just can't wait to get there. -- i really feel like i met all these guys, some of these guys are in their 70's straight they meet me at the studio at 9:00 a.m. sometimes we will be there until 2:00 in the morning and then they will be in at 9:30 the next day. charlie: you share one thing, the love of music. dan: if the addiction to that creative process. we are there for the same reason because we know what it feels like to catch that special moment. you can be so sure about a song. it's so good. the new go and recorded, and it sucks -- then you go and record it, and it sucks. you have to be there. you have to try. charlie: it can be perfect on paper but until you are hearing and singing it -- dan: until it comes back through those speakers in a way that makes you feel good inside, you have to keep trying. we've had some success with songs. when you get it, there's no greater rush. charlie: congratulations. great to have you. thank you fo

demilitarization program, fy 18 funds support continued plan operations in pueblo, colorado, and bluegrass, kentucky. as many of you are aware, the army has been managing large oversea contingency budgets since 2001. this has been an account that ebbed and flowed, its contingency operations expand and contracted over time. the 2018 budget request represents requirements in military personnel, operations and maintenance, and research development and acquisition. this year's multicomponent request totals 28.9 billion dollars. the 2018 request supports operations freedom sentinel and the oar. operation inherent resolve in iraq. the european reassurance initiative in europe. request also includes $4.9 billion for the afghan security force fund. and $1.8 billion for the counterisil train, equip requirements. this is a fund that now replaces both the iraq and the syria training equip fund. the 2.9 billion portion of this request primarily supports mobilized reserve component soldiers and maintains the current in strength levels in afghanistan and iraq. so i know there was some discussion in the

overnight tonight we'll watch a system out of the bluegrass state of kentucky.ding on the track, forecast models lift this farther to the north an bring a good soaking for south jersey and delaware. this model keeps it to the south and it brings the cold front in during the afternoon that brings the chance of thunderstorms to the area tomorrow afternoon for everybody. we'll watch this morning system we how far north it gets, everybody gets in on that afternoon system, it starts to turn unsettled here, as we get into monday and tuesday, the upper level low sits on us, that brings more clouds to the area through wednesday afternoon. 10:00 a.m., we're looking at increasing clouds, it's a nice morning, the first part of the afternoon looks all right, the first system brushing the poconos and the lehigh valley, everybody's should be already. tomorrow morning we have clouds out there, again, we'll wait and see how far north the southern system gets. everybody will see showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon with the approaching cold front. some of them could be on

i assume you have and what impact do you this it will have on voters like those in the bluegrass state. >> they ought to be ashamed of themselves for promising one thing and doing another. they are simply lying to the american people when they say no one will lose coverage and that everybody's benefits will be better. we know that is not the case, and it will not be the case with this bill. people like the mother with a child who is scared to death she can't get the prescription drugs she needs. they have a person in opioid addiction treatment right now and their dlaaughter will die i she did you want have is that. these are real people. >> they want to win, they know that means the other side has to lose. it is time to put people over politics again. i have a book out with that title. instead of putting their own interest in front of the public's interest. >> kentucky, when it comes to politics, i know it is a fairly small state, have you spoke to senator mcconnell or senator rand paul? >> no, i have not talked to either one of them, they don't give me their personal phone numbers but

ae senate, since you are bluegrass state resident? caller: you know, mitch is mitch.hatseen reports come out show's blue bill is ranked number one in manufacturing in the u.s., but he has never been for unions here, even though those employed a lot of people. we do quite well here to tell you the truth, but these people ,omplaining in rural kentucky they need to move closer into the city if there is nothing out there. i have been all over world kentucky and seek -- rural kentucky and see no manufacturing jobs coming, and rand paul and mitch mcconnell can say with a want, but they are not helping one bit. host: mcconnell's handling of the bill draws fire is this headline here, and paul caines , aumn in the washington post frequent guest on this program, longtime congressional reporter, he writes "mcconnell feels he has never done policy this big, talking about mitch mcconnell's history of dealmaking. he says "if republicans cannot pass this legislation, it will be a humbling defeat for a senate leader who thrives on his ability to play the behind the game. it illustrat

and i'm not sure which sports art and even a bluegrass band sounds like fun doesn't it and who caresthat it happens exactly seventy six years after the jewish pogroms in the wall of when led by should have each took thousands of jews over evolve into the streets of nazi occupied city and shot them dead almost four thousand killed including some historic records suggest pregnant women that slaughter kicked off just one day off the s.s. battalion to guide comprised mostly of ukrainian nationalists marched. to live off and it was led by this man that i'm on to here huge fast forward through years of operations in the west of ukraine which left hundreds of jews and poles dead most notably during the one nine hundred forty three massacre back in twenty fourteen when i was in the middle of ukraine's capital kiev burning from the anti-government protest we were told that today's ukraine had no nazis at all this was a product of the evil russian propaganda well open glorification of shady characters from the one nine hundred forty s. like the bun bun there and i was nothing out of the ordina

so start in san bernardino on june 15th at the bluegrass festival and hop on down to albuquerque foryou go? >> a more bite-sized version, you can do the illinois version that will take you about two days comfortably to go from chicago to alton. >> let's give people some travel tips because a lot of us are figuring out the right way to save money and save time. all right, getting to the airport, the timing of this is always something kind of debatable. i thought it was an hour before departure, but what is the truth? >> it was, but now because summer is so busy, you need to get there an hour before boarding, which is really important. that's something new. also, make sure you allow two hours for your layovers so you have sufficient time. >> there are ways to get through a little quicker, too, right? >> there are. invest in a trusted traveler program. it's so valuable. and i love clear because clear is going to allow you to bypass the tsa lines, you're going to go to the kiosk, you don't take out the i.d. and it will screen you. >> do you apply for that? >> you apply for it. it's reall