what they're smoking is called bc bud grown right in british columbia. they call it the most potent marijuana they have seen with by far the highest level of thc the active ingredient in pot. >> the marijuana comes from mexico or thailand would run three to 4% thc content. >> and this is how much thc? >> 25%. pretty much rocket ship pot. now take a whiff. >> it's very strong. >> reporter: it's now becoming the favorite buddy of british columbia smugglers. smugglers are making millions of the dollars bringing it into the united states. the royal canadian mounted police says the price jumped the minute bc bud crosses the border. >> over here it's $2,000 u.s. border. if you want to walk 15 feet it raises to $15 u.s. a pound. >>> the price keeps climbing as the pot keeps moving south. much of it is ending up in major west coast cities including seattle. los angeles and san francisco where it carries a premium price. >> it's a high grade canadian marijuana will be in a price level per pound between five and $7,000. >> reporter: u.s. custom agents seized 1,500

all of the energy going into british columbia. we will get the tail end of the system that will bring in a few clouds and mix things up and hopefully improve air quality conditions. in the meantime with hazy sunshine and highs in the upper 60s. 68 tomorrow for san jose and 70s into the southern santa clara valley. inland, east bay and by the bay 60s. oakland and san francisco close to 70s like santa rosa. here is the 7-day. clouds friday and sunshine. otherwise sunshine for the rest of the holiday weekend saturday and sunday. looking sunny, mild, and dry all the way into the beginning of 2014. >>> new at 11:00 a basketball themed christmas. it was a day of basketball. they almost didn't have the 20,000t-shirts for the white out. the company founder picked up his phone. he and a friend drove 700 miles and rolled into oracle at 8:30. the white out was complete. that warrior's game was complete. this got physical. you will not want to miss this. remember to join us for kron4's new years live. the only new years' live show. you have a

and this check it out, flying over a frozen lake in british columbia, canada. keep watching.eeps going forward and forward and forward, he's about to interrupt -- >> oh! >> bradley and some friends flew eight guys to the top of this mountain to play hockey on this mountain lake. he said these are very rare where it's this cold and this sunny. >> isn't this the coolest pilot there is. he flies people to proposals and -- >> watch this. bradley. his buddy is the pilot. >> you got to get me down there. >> there's a boat load of bikini-clad ladies down there. >> oh, yeah. >> this is from a doritos competition. bradley's video is a semifinalist. they'll announce the finalists in a couple of weeks. >> cocoa is looking at a squirrel in a tree. you won't believe how far she'll go to get it. >> whoa! >> she climbed the tree. >> that was on like four, five feet. she's watching. >> what the heck! head of steam flies up the tree like nothing. >> we go from cocoa to rocco. his toy is in the pool. >> rocco's a lab. he spent seven months at a camp re learning how to hunt ducks. rocco doesn't

on perfect snow, beneath bright blue skies and the mountains of southern british columbia, a solitarykier trains and chases his dream. >> skiing and among the many things memories of a night four years ago the offing ceremonies of the vancouver games when he had a flag in his hand and a country on his soldiers. >> i was absolutely honored, happy, just to be peruvian and carrying the flag. >> he lives in seattle with his wife and son. which supports athletics and countries from developing countries. he will still cover about a third of the costs he figures 50,000-dollars from his pocket, this time around. born and raised in peru, he was a national surfing championship and long distance runner long before he ever tried skiing. a sport he admits that 43 years old, he is still learning. >> believe it or not, i am getting older, and i am getting better. he finished ninety-fourth out of 95, and he knows he isn't going to win a medal. victory is just raising awareness of sports in his native country. right now he is the team, all of it, but he has a respiration of kids living and trains at h

there's the rain, that illustrates the ridge of high pressure going into british columbia. no rain in the forecast. i go as far out as i can go in the model. they are not calling for anything. it's off the table. that can change. it's dry. the high pressure is owning everything. the winds slightly offshore. we get high clouds and a warm day. everything is pushed offshore and a nice atmosphere. 60s at the coast. 60s inland. not hot, mid-60's, low 60s. the computer model takes in saturday. see the clouds go that way. keeps pushing everything that way. syncs and pushes it is warming. the air will be sinking, not hot but warmer than you expect for late december. 65 in napa, 65 in fairfield. 64 in brentwood. these are forecast highs for saturday. 62 in san jose. and the five-day forcast with the bay area weekend in view. winter starts tomorrow. christmas on wednesday, and that whole run is dry. the next run looks dry too. that can change. right now what the heck. enjoy the weather while it lasts. you're from here, it's a long time without real rain. >> but we know in january, fe

what we'll see is a cold system taking shape in british columbia. that is going to dive to the south. unlike systems to come off the pacific that have a lot of moisture, this one will have a lot of cold air with it dropping snow levels down close to ,000 feet. the best chance of seeing measurable rain is going to come in on tuesday morning. as we go through the middle part of the week, not must moisture left behind with mainly clear skies but chilly temperatures ahead. what we'll be looking at in terms of high temperatures, highs dropping into the low 50s and winds as that cold front blasts by will be 15 to 25 miles per hour. the potential is there for some freezing temperatures. to give you an idea as we jump ahead to thursday morning, some of the expected lows around the bay area 27 in napa. even san jose should dip below freezing thursday into friday morning. temperatures upper 60s to 70s. tri-valley seeing 70s. mid 60s in the forecast there for the afternoon. there you see those 70s around the south bay. sunshine out on the coast for tomorrow. 5

. >> on perfect snow be neath the skies on british columbia, a solo skier trains. >> skiing and being in contact with nature, you are at your own pace and think about a million things. >> among the many things in his head, memories of a night four years ago, the opening ceremonies of the vancouver games, when he had a flag in his hand and a country on his shoulder. >> you open up and walk up and, "oh my god", and you feel the roar of people and you can't put it in words. i was absolutely happy just to be there and carry the flag. >> he lives in seattle with his wife kate and daughter frankie. he gets support from the peruvian olympic committee and more from the international olympic's sol darty program. he'll cover about a third of the cost - $50,000 from his pocket this time around. kate works for microsoft. he has a consulting business. roberto was a surfing champion and long distance runner before he tried skiing, a sport he admits at 43 years old, he is still learning. >> believe it or not i'm getting older and better. >> he finished 94th out of 95 in his event in the 2010 olympic

video really is just stunning images from the great bear sea in the great bear rain forest in british columbiacanada. some of the aquatic life down there, some awesome footage. doesn't even look real some of it. looks just like a painting, right? this is just something you might want to have in your house playing all the time. it's so beautiful to look at. a guy from pacific wild tells us about some of the other cool animals that are in the great bare rain forest. >> over 1,000 salmon. the world's grizzly bears. >> really cool stuff. >> yeah. >> here's the thing, this could all go away. >> the world's largest oil and gas companies are now proposing numerous pipe lines that will go through the heart of this fragile ecosystem. super tankers with oil and gas would disrupt this and all it would take is one oil spill that would permanently destroy this. >> what they're trying to do is get these images out there of how beautiful this area is. some of these animals, some of this wildlife so people can raise awareness so people can stop this from happening. they have two cameras. what they're trying t

concrete drainage ditch that fills into lion's bay british columbia. >> watch what he does.imming down the side, back up the other side, into this shallow little drainage. it's a downhill run. and he picks up speed. going faster and faster and faster. 34 miles per hour before he reaches the end. check it out. >> is the bottom of his -- is hi bare behind rubbing the concrete. >> here we go. pretty rad. >> isn't that fun? >> wonder if he greased up the bottom of the kayak to make it go faster. >> i think a little bit of moss and algae that might make it faster. >> later on they hike up even further up the drainage ditch and pick up each more speed going down. check out this plunge into the bay from this angle. look like he skipped over the water like a stone. >> got whiplash. >> better than the water slide, for sure. >> great time. >> forget trick or treating. for this little guy, it's all abut the ap girls. >> happy halloween, girls. he's a lady's man, too. >> see the feel-good halloween classic, next. >>> the video i'm about to show you is insanely awesome. >> already sick,

the heaviest will be in british columbia. some of it will come down to the cascades and spokane. an inch or two possible, especially throughout the day tomorrow. the rest of the west, very cold morning. watch out for freezing fog in oregon. we go from 70 today, starting to warm things up a hill bit. even as we go toward tomorrow, we should be better. all the koelcold air, richard, leaving the west. >> what do you think of the new graphics at "early today"? >> i like it. like the music i wrote for the show? >> i do. quite a conductor. good stuff. bill karins, you didn't know that about him, did you? >>> the american film institute has released the list of the top movies of the year. how many have you seen? the best of the best includes "12 years a slave," "gravity" >> that's your favorite, right, "gravity"? >> i'll take "gravity" or "12 years a slave." and "wolf of wall street." >>> metallica played in all continents, after playing in antarctica. the crowd listened through headphones and not amps for fear of causing an avalanche. yeah, i would rather do it that way, too. >>> congr

. >> this happened in british columbia, canada. >> it's cold. >> it's cold.'s cozy, nobody's fighting me for space. >> but funinally they got it ou and it's cute. >> oh my god! >> oh my god! >> well, that's not what you expect when you take your honda in for service. >> oh my god. >> i think there's a life lesson to be learned from this prank video. >> it's a prank video from the tally. you see vitaly in a green hawaiianish type shirt. >> fancy shirt. >> at the beach. >> standing the at the beach eyeing somebody. >> what's up, cutie? >> hey. >> what's going on? >> not too much >> i was looking at a though yo wanted your number. is that too much to ask for? let's go out to dinner. >> i don't usually go out to dinner with people. >> who do you go to dinner? by yourself? >> sometimes. >> she's totally blowing him off, right? >> yeah. >> he's a stranger. maybe she wasn't into him. maybe she didn't like the shirt. >> keep watching. >> i don't ask twice, but are you sure you don't want to go out with me. >> that is your car? >> yeah. >> i might go out with you. >>

up towards the northwest, british columbia, around vancouver, i suggest bringing an umbrella, gusty winds and heavy rainfall expected through the next several days. that's a look at your world weather. here's your extended forecast. >>> that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo. from all of us here at nhk world, thanks for joining us. have a great day, wherever you are. >> a curfew has been declared in south sudan. the country's president says a coup d'État has been defeated after fighting on the streets. and it is a year to the day of a studentg rape on a bus in new delhi. father said that the assault truck not just us, but the entire country. -- shook not just us, but the entire country. also coming up over the course of the next hour, we are going to washington to see

clipper high speed ferry this morning that traveled between the port of seattle and vancouver british columbia. he locked himself in the pilot house and left the boat drift about 300 yards into elegant bay. police boarded the ferry and arrested the man on grand theft and piracy charges. they are still trying to figure out exactly how he managed to take the ferry in the first place. authorities are advising residents about a mountain lion sighting this morning. the cat was spotted near razorback ridge trail in woodside. that's in the windy hills preserve. residents are being warned not to approach the animals if they see them. those who respond to those sightings, we all need to think twice before they act. a new law goes into effect in january to protect mountain lions that pose no immediate threat to people. abc 7 news reporter cornell bernard is live in san mateo county with details. cornell. >> it all begun two years ago -- a year ago, actually, when two mountain lion cubs were shot and killed by game wardens. it prompted a new law, a definite victory for animal rights activists. >> wildlif

states it war was all or part of the spanish empire from vancouver island is in what is now british columbia, clear across florida and the enormous crescent was all part of the spanish empire. there were three. the spanish and the french and english, rubbing up against each other so i suggest that you think of the united states not just english starting on the east coast moving to the pacific but as a multi empire issue that wrestles until we have a winner. that is the united states to jake every betty from everywhere and make them american. >> host: in the book is called latino americans. you are watching booktv on c-span2. >> i did not get that idea but i had the idea to do is a beginning book about computers and da's specifically invite inspired myself dealing with people with of the editing -- editing job i had in to talk to promote it was obvious people pointed to learn more but these serial at the time the we had beginner books but they socked. they were condescending, patronizing not but to say look at this cool. people want to use their computer. yvette with a the reluctance see to f

. >> on perfect snow, beneath bright blue skies in the mountains of southern british columbia, a solitary skier trains and chases his personal olympic dream. skiing and being in nature, and the trails, you are on your own, you are just at your own pace, and you are just thinking about millions of things. >> among the many things spinning through his head, memories of a night four years ago, the opening ceremonies of the vancouver games when he had a flag in his hand, and a country on his shoulders. you just walk out, and then you feel the roar of people and it's -- you can't put it in words. i was absolutely honored. happy. just to be peruvian, and just carrying the flag. he lives in seattle with his wife kate and daughter. he gets support from the olympic committee and more from the international olympic committee which supports athletes and coaches from developing countries. he will still cover about a third of the costs he figures 50,000-dollars from his pocket this time around. kate works for microsoft he had a consulting business. born is raised in peru, he was a national surfing cha

over the next day, though, it's going to be up torpedoes british columbia that sees any activity. scalp most fairly clear. we will see a nice day today in seattle. >> that's not going to last long. thursday, a very heavy day with rain in the forecast, 44 degrees there. friday, saturday, sunday, it looks fairly dry with temperatures in the mid 40s. down here towards california, we have been telling you in the san joaquim river, freeze warnings in effect. never seen too much in terms of rain. los angeles, you are going to be seeing some beautiful weather all the way to sunday even into the low 70 did or high 60s, partly cloudy conditions, overnight, about 44 degrees. texas also dry for you as well. we saw rain showers and a mix of precip just a little bit up here towards the north. temperatures for dallas at about 42. san antonio at 55. for houston, well, you are going to be seeing rain by the time we end the week. 59 degrees there. that will will last one day. your weekend should look better with a high of 63. over here towards the southeast, some rain showers pushing through orlan

from washington, d.c... ...and our returning champion, a medical student from prince george, british columbiaanada... and now, here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! thank you, johnny. hello, everyone. can't believe just a week to go before christmas. we have two students on the program today -- varun and matthew. curtis, welcome aboard, also, and good luck, gentlemen. here comes the jeopardy! round for you. this is the easier round. you should like these categories. you have to identify the individual god was speaking to. matthew, you start. i'll take a little something sweet for $200, please. all right, here's jimmy to start us off. as seen in the durig workshops, swiss chocolate comes in many exotic varieties, including one in which this potent potable is added directly to the molten chocolate. matthew. what is champagne? yeah. i'll take a little something sweet for $400. varun. what are cupcakes? good. something sweet for $600.

of high pressure is taking the storm track north of portland and seattle up towards vancouver british columbia which means stagnant air once again tomorrow. tomorrow will be yet another "spare the air" day here in the bay area. we'll talk about the potential for any minimal change coming up in a few minutes. >>> right now city college of san francisco is fighting to keep its accreditation. if it loses, it could shut down next july leaving tens of thousands of students scrambling. linda yee was at today's hearing. the fight is already taking a big toll on the school. >>> reporter: yes, it has, liz. the threat of that accreditation loss doesn't do anything to boost the confidence of the students already attending the city college. and also the college itself says it's already suffered a 30% loss in enrollment since this all began. and that translates into an estimated $20 million loss in federal educational funds. professors and students of city college are fighting for their school's life. they asked a judge to belong the termination of their accreditation next july and give them a redo. >> we

another concern is this one over at the northwest it spring is in heavy snowfall for british columbia and then all the aunties. it's expected in the end to this and turn on peace tonight and then spread into the great lakes region and to the north eastern us the next fourteen hours precipitation should be mainly snow. activists now looking trying. i feel winds and temperatures in much wanted an actress in oklahoma city eighteen degrees when the high twenty points. he spent and to the north east at ten pictures are going going up. finally seven decreasing your and nine in washington d c but i'll trust exchange is on the way. very chilly conditions and the center central parts of the us and canada. oklahoma city down to one eight eight forty on sunday although the average is ten decrease this time of year when york city washington dc dramatically wanting up on sunday twenty three foot high clearance capital sum of fifteen degrees high here and see snow. it finally across the europe of bristol and is starting to think the british isles. this is as helpful as a hurricane when gossip about

area is going to be a rough go into the northwest also look at the heavy snowfall in parts of british columbia that storm systems eventually get it reversed off the report said for canada in the central us by the latter part of this week while it does so will be popping in some warm air ahead of its own peer toronto new york over death was washed in the c i notes below freezing it's been that way it should get back up that average on going into latter part of weeks prior to that next storm system coming through as far as the europe is concerned the religious status cool with this last several days he applied pressure dominating much of central western europe has been keeping things sunny called albeit but sunny and clear skies out here some morning fog in the big problem but that hyde has been busted in these low softwares or its other than staying in place across the british isles over for the scandinavian tinsley been seen wet and windy conditions and unfortunately that is going to be the case for the next several days london with a high of nine dearly in a rain shower is going wednesday eve

also to the pacific northwest across british columbia so wet and windy conditions for you out here. the stock locally at the jets for him. often towards the north and south of that things are staying warm in los angeles maths a southwest very dried out here but tend to prefer knees in the middle of december almost anywhere this is a well above average the family of the other steaming hot there for you. when terry pattern set up in asia. that's going to be the topic really going into the weekend. we have high pressure dominating out here but see this cloud cover forming right there on the eastern china. that's gathering them with the coming of the philippines which has been bring in some wet weather down there for you. these two are combined and develop a new storm system first across southern japanese island to look at some thunderstorms that is to move across much of mainland japan all their course and when he is tokyo during the afternoon hours on thursday you're looking at some rain showers as well as this moves away though the high nickel strong northwesterly winds the setting u

region could taper off a fine wednesday that another year before the snow for two bastille for british columbia to be spreading into montana to thirty centimeters of snow classic icy conditions what chad when he tried the real deciding to washington on regulating the next thing to finalize afford their grandson licking corridors sunny conditions and temperatures that much higher than average. denver twenty degrees that's more than ten degrees higher than average twenty two means the extent that things are will get chilly yesterday as the week progresses. they like like stealing the north korean bakeries in your city mining at every turn around town and for the craze for you in washington dc based on its site. ok finally across the europe i'm hopeful that they carry is on its way into effect the greatest nihilist izzy can see the lines are really close to each other very strong winds are blowing especially in the north one hundred thirty km arkansas likely in sector bring to you and you cannot cost and with better support than the system is expected to use and of course the east the slow pace of

introducing today's contestants -- a medical student from prince george, british columbia, canada... an english-as-a-second-language instructor from ann arbor, michigan... and our returning champion, an abstract painter from chicago, illinois... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! hey, john. thank you, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome aboard. i am feeling really good today because i've done all of my holiday shopping, so i can concentrate on this match featuring the newcomers, matthew and betsy, and an excellent champion in tiffany. good luck. let's go to work, shall we? here are the categories for the first round of play today. each correct response will end with those three letters. tiffany, you start. lawyering up for $200. alex: tiffany. what is "the good wife"? yes. lawyering up for $400. matthew. what is "jag"? correct. lawyering up for $600.

in british columbia watch these guys get going. yikes. watch again.yak, rory bushfield in the air both made it out alive. back at calgary airport. these folks wished big before takeoff. when the gifts rolled a door opened and there it was. thanks blue santa. that's the instant index. i'm john donvan. >> when we come back, the secret behind the mary poppins songs we know by heart. our person of the week. ♪ a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down ♪ i'm here to say a few words about the power of baking stuff with nestle toll house morsels. you can heal a broken heart with a bundt cake. make a monday mornin' feel like a friday afternoon with some nestle toll house morsels. let's close our laptops and open our ovens. these things don't bake themselves. we have to bake them for one another. we can bake the world a better place one toll house cookie at a time. nestle. good food, good life. of using toothpaste to clean a denture. but dentures are very different to real teeth. they're about 10 times softer and may have surface pores where bacteria can g

k millar to the americans now we have been talking about amongst them but british columbia in debate i get to do that another round of very heavy mountain snow. i love stella also becoming appear in the great lakes region of the bed main topic here would probably be the key here in the center is in the southwest critical fire weather will still be consistent and that one can of the polling only into the east. this is a big history and theory and the big city such as boston new york and washington d c with the temperatures on the rebound making it into the double digits here on your insanity and the seat leaving the pricks and upper caste. i eye the eye. this is us in a nice time and counting. as. is it on the beach. you can do the holders. the acoustics the holders. the acoustics of this

let's meet today's contestants -- a law student originally from vancouver, british columbia, canada... a computer technician from glendale, california... and our returning champion, a graduate student of engineering and law from northville, michigan... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! thank you, johnny. hey, folks jon, the third canadian contestant in the last two weeks. are we having trouble, the united states, with our neighbors to the north and we want to appease them by having canadians as contestants? good luck to you and greg, the co-challenger, and you, too, varun. let's go to work, gentlemen. here comes the jeopardy! round for you. hope you like these categories. you better believe it. alex: varun. let's start with highways & byways for $200. jon. what's harrisburg? no. varun. what is providence? providence, rhode island. correct. highways for $400. varun. what is zurich? that's the city. highways for $600.

and our returning champion, a law student originally from vancouver, british columbia, canada...d now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! applause ] thanks, johnny. thank you for that applause, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome aboard. another exciting week of "jeopardy!" programming coming your way. kristina and larry, welcome aboard. and, jon, good to see you again. signaling buttons in hand because here comes the jeopardy! round for the three of you. and today we feature these categories. we hope you have them. we'll bring you... alex: jon, you start. i'll take latin words & phrases for $200, please. jon. what is the truth? that's it. latin, $400. jon. what is alma mater? yes. latin, $600. larry. what is after war? yes.

southwestern parts of the us and then north west of mexico and steady rain clinical scenarios of british columbia and mountain snow as well. that of the spreading into washington as pawns are taken with the next thing to finalize. temperatures are looking like this there are and on the chilly sign in with eight minus seventeen degrees fun time despite the sunshine cool down sharply in oklahoma city only a great time but still along the waterside he stands at twenty six degrees. climbing up the double digits in washington d c s lewis in your city on friday. across the europe of this storm is not that in the southern part of the scandinavian penance the nature of rain and snow is falling. i you're seeing now a nice break i noticed on the way across the pre designed at this moment but a new system will be moving in by friday afternoon so close to the windy conditions and no rainy conditions snow showers also likely in the north. thunder showers but most of the west and parts of the content and conditions are bad especially in southern parts of the fries. what type of flooding. the c family to leave

and our returning champion, a medical student from prince george, british columbia, canada... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! thank you, johnny gilbert, and hello, everyone. welcome to our show. for the second time in about a week, we have a contestant from canada on "jeopardy!" and matthew, making the most of it, picking up $24,000. sandy and debbie, welcome aboard and good luck. here we go now into the jeopardy! round of play, which has only one daily double in these categories. each correct response will rhyme with the word "spree." matthew, you start. i'll take gettin' your drink on for $200, please. alex: sandy. what is scotch? yes. gettin' your drink on for $400. matthew. what is tequila? that's it. i'll take gettin' your drink on for $600. debbie. what is alexander? good. i'll take gettin' your drink on for $800, please.

i'm so proud of my canadian friends used to play aki up there over there and pentagon british columbia and i think they deserve the oil why not we got a canadian air the central bank of the bank of england is drilling for debt all day long drill drill drill debt debt debt canadian why he's up there in the north drill drill drill well why are all of these nations seeking the oil reserves of the north it's a mysterious thing but the glaciers and ice caps seem to be melting we can't mention why it's a very big mystery but why specifically is canada doing this the canadian decision to assertively pursue a claim to the north pole has a clear foundation in this national interest the arctic seabed is expected to contain over one quarter of the world's undiscovered energy resources according to the globe and mail the u.s. geological survey provides more specific numbers that are. may contain thirteen percent of the world's undiscovered oil reserves thirty percent of undiscovered gas deposits and twenty percent of the undiscovered natural gas liquids they also mention that denmark is also poise

i'm so proud of my canadian friends who used to play aki up there over there and took them british columbia. i think they deserve the oil why don't we get a canadian air the central bank of the bank of england is drilling for debt all day long drill drill drill debt debt debt canadian why he's up there the north drill drill drill well why are all of these nations seeking the oil reserves of the north it's a mysterious thing but the glaciers and ice caps seem to be melting we can't mention why it's a very big mystery but why specifically is canada doing this the canadian decision to assert.

all the way from vancouver island and what's now british columbia, crew across to florida in this enormous crescent. that was all part of the spanish empire. there really three empires. the spanish, french and wish with their elbows out, rubbing up against each other, pushing against each other. i'm suggesting you think of the united states not just as an english thing that starts on the east coast and moves to the pacific, but as a multi-entire thing that wrestles until we have a winner and that's the united states. that takes in people from everywhere and make them american. >> host: ray suarez of al jazeera. the book is called "latino americans: the 500-year legacy that shaped a nation." the booktv on c-span2. >> would meet the authors of dallas in 1963 -- step two. steve's a curator at texas state university. he's the author several other books including the literary outlaws. those on a professor of journalism at the university of texas at austin. i've read a couple recent interviews. when you are in and pr can you describe in the early 60s dallas could become the most singular city on

all the way from vancouver island in what's now british columbia clear across to florida in this enormous crescent, that was all part of the spanish empire, and there were really three empires. the spanish, french and english with their elbows out rubbing up against each other, pushing up against each other. so i'm suggesting you think of the united states, not just as an english thing that starts on the east coast and moved to the pacific, but as a multi-empire thing that wrestles until we have a winner. and that's the united states. that takes in people from everywhere and makes them american. >> ray suarez of al-jazeera. the book is called "latino americans: the 500-year legacy that shaped a nation." you are watching booktv on c-span2. >> joe scarborough, former republican congressman and host of msnbc's "morning joe," he sends his thoughts on thengressa current state of the republicano party. the author argues in order for the party to restore relevancy it must look to leaders, the likes of president dwight eisenhower and ronald reagan. this is about 40 minutes. >> e-file those direct

afternoon 70s popping up as a big change come starting on tuesday the weather system comes out of british columbiacanada with a bige're daytime highs in the low to mid 50s and temperatures in my low to mid 20s that is coming up and in the meantime starting out with temperatures upper 30s low 40s amateur per 40s and look at these temperatures for the afternoon high temperatures on average for the first of december right around 60 degrees. upper 60s and low 70s for tomorrow and san jose the same for -- 70 degrees with her readings close to 74 cochran pittsburg antioch livermore mid to upper 60s bayside san francisco 6870 oakland upper 60s and low 70s for the north bay valley and things change rapidly they go from will above normal to below normal that happens on tuesday with the weather system coming through and we're going to catch the tail end of the ring as a guest to the end of the day and high in the 50s and stay in the 50s for the rest of the week a look at the morning temperatures bottom row temperatures 20s and 30s so off to a cool start. >> time for dine and dish. >> we are jumping into the

. >> on perfect snow, beneath the blue skies on the mountains of british columbia, a salary -- solitary skier trains. you're on your open, you are must at your own pace, and you are thinking about a million things. a monning the many things, memories of a night four years ago, the opening ceremonies of the vancouver games. >> you walk out, and it's, "oh, my god", and you feel the roar of people and it's - you can't put it into words. absolutely happy to be brilliant and carry the flag. >> he lives in seattle with wife frank and daughter filling out support. he gets some support from the international olympic committee and the sol darty program supporting ath leets and coaches from developing countries. he covers a third of the cost. $50,000 from his pocket. kate works for microsoft. he has a consulting business. born and raised in peru roberto was a surfing champion and long-distance runner before trying skiing, a sport that he admits he is still learning. >> i'm getting older and better here now. >> he finished 94th out of 95 in his event in the 2010 olympics and knows he will not win

allen shoff her, al jazeera british columbia. >> all right, it's the video that making this next storyorth telling so let's take a look. it is the christmas day awe roar jay borealis, or northern lights. the spectacular show happens. the stream is uniquely month of december ending up about seven degrees above normal. here we are, 2013 and we have been spending december mostly seven degrees below average. so two years of mild winter, but now we have the snow, and boy is it a lot. marquette has the lesser amount because of the way the winds move through your area, however, we have been getting lake effect snow warnings just to the west, and also to the east of the city. like ontario you are under a lake effect snow warning where we will continue to see that snow coming down, anywhere from two to four-inches is expected. most areas are starting to see the snow shower taper off. to parts of northern illinois. so going to be chilly, and we will expect to see that snow slowly taper off joy flight, not only for lake ontario, but also for maine. some great skiing and a lot of folks have been e

a cold snap coming in to the bay area because of the massive cool air coming from alaska and british columbia now settling over the pack northwest in washington and oregon. that is bringing temperatures down to the 20's and the 30's so major temperature drop there. it will continue to move into northern california and over the bay area the next couple of days. tonight, we will have a blustery condition at 4 miles per hour winds are expected and that will dissipate into tuesday morning and tuesday afternoon leaving us just with cold air. the highs today lou california, 53 degrees in eureka, and 53 in tahoe, and 75 in los angeles and plenty 6 sunshine in southern california and speaking of lake tahoe, there will be the possibility of snow showers later today and overnight, and we will have up to 4" of snow for the sierra. chilly overnight with increasing clouds and fog creeping in over the bay area and that will subside but that will leave us with mid-to-upper 40's for the bay area. for monday into tuesday, possibility of showers, very slight chance but mostly cool, really, cold temperatures, h

the national average of regular >>> a railroad crossing in maple ridge, british columbia, a canadian town about an hour outside of vancouver is a known danger area for truckers. >> i am going to say there are probably four or five hits since i've worked here. >> he works for a lumber company right near the rail crossing where freight trains barrel through each day. >> most of these trains are going between 80 and 100 kilometers an hour, which is between 50 and 60 miles an hour. >> on july 25th, 2008, one of walden's security cameras captures a tractor-trailer pulling up to the railroad crossing just as the gates are going down. >> i could see the train coming around the corner and the train must have been doing about 55 miles per hour. >> ian woodruff is driving a tractor-trailer right behind the one on the tracks and watches as the rig backs up. >> i watched him and to my amazement i couldn't believe he was going on the tracks. and as he got on to the set of tracks, the front warning gate came down. >> the truck begins backing up but the back gate closes just behind the driver's sec

. >> reporter: in the souths of southern british columbia, a solitary skier trains and chases his personal dream. >> skiing and being in contact with natures and the trails, you are on your own. you go on your own pace, and you are just thinking about million things. >> reporter: among the many things spinning through his head, memories of a night four years ago, the opening ceremonies of the vancouver games, when he had a flag in his hands and a country on his shoulder. >> the curtains open up, and you walk out, and you are like oh, my god, and then you feel the roar of people, and you can't put it in words. >> reporter: born and raised in peru he was a national surfing champion long before he tried skiing. he finished 94th out of 95 in his event in vancouver, and knows he is not going to win a medal in sochi. victory is just raising awareness of the winter sport in his home country. right now he is the peruian winter olympic skiing team, all of it. but he has a vision of kids growing up to some day take on the world. >> to train a group of kids that live in the andies, and put them on ro

there's now even a bit coin atm in british columbia.ebody bought a $100,000 car using only bit coins. is it the money of the future? but not everyone is soiled. some can't even get their heads around the concept, including alan greenspan. >> you have to really stretch your imagination to infer what the intrinsic value of bit coin is. i haven't been able to do it. maybe somebody else can. >> reporter: for those who can stretch their imagination, here are the they ways to get your hands on bit coins. can you buy them online, transfer them to and from other users or mine them on your computer. that's how new bit coins are created when somebody digs them up by solving complex math problems online. is this the end of the george costanza wallet? or is bit coin a bubble about to burst? >> and now a man who's always looking for alternatives to the non-gold backed dollar. mr. paul, dr. paul, good to see you. thanks for joining us. so you say if enough people use bit coin it could help bring down the dollar? you think that's a real possibility? a

there's now even a bit coin atm in british columbia. a $100,000 car using only bit coins. is it the money of the future? but not everyone is soiled. some can't even get their heads around the concept, including alan greenspan. >> you have to really stretch your imagination to infer what the intrinsic value of bit coin is. i haven't been able to do it. maybe somebody else can. >> reporter: for those who can stretch their imagination, here are the they ways to get your hands on bit coins. can you buy them online, transfer them to and from other users or mine them on your computer. that's how new bit coins are created when somebody digs them up by solving complex math problems online. is this the end of the george ca stanza wallet? or is bit coin a bubble about to burst? >> and now a man who's always looking for alternatives to the non-gold backed dollar. mr. paul, dr. paul, good to see you. thanks for joining us. so you say if enough people use bit coin it could help bring down the dollar? you think that's >>> well, i think it is the othe