now, a lot of people look across canyon land, say, in southeast utah where this picture is, and it's not really clear how you get around, how you get from place to place. but if you know this place well enough you know right over this lip of white sandstone, if you go right over the ledge and hang your foot over this side, you can't see it but you can feel it with the tip of your foot, there's a little toe hold down there, then if you get on that toe hold you drop your other foot down and there's another toe hold. it happens a thousand years ago somebody carved just a series of toe holds down this rock face. and you climb down those and they lead to a ledge and the ledge wraps around underneath here and it drops down into another spot that you go through a saddle and around to the other side and through another saddle and down and around. it's this circuitous route that's constantly carrying you down deeper and deeper and this is the landscape is just covered with these. i don't take maps out there any more out into this place because it's all memory. this place is the map. i went do

saw cypress gardens and the oceans, went west and saw the canyon-- canyones, actually, rivers and mountains and fell in love with the land in america. there was a-- there was a song that captures that for me. >> jon: it goes like this-- ( laughter ) "i like big butts you're the brother ♪ that's when a girl walks in with an itty-bitty waist ♪ ( laughter ) ( applause ) i've broken my cossic bone. tell me, tell me, mitt romney is not about to woo elderly voters with the power of song. >> you can sing that song? i love that song. do you know that song ♪ oh, beautiful for spacious skies for amber waves of grain ♪ . >> jon: okay, now, just for widows! okay! ( applause ) the diabetics! ( applause ) anybody on a jazzy. ( applause ) all right. you sang a verse of "america the beautiful." very nice. now if we can move on. >> there's another verse. i won't make you sing it because you won't all know the words ( laughter ) >> jon: you know the relationship no one knows the words is that no one ever certificates their audiences to two verses of that song. ( laughter ) was he stalling for time so a pick pocket could work the crowd? wr

. >> a cal-fire helicopter did a survey of the canyon this morning. it landedcheck on that containment number. now they're meeting to figure out how cal-fire crews are going to access the fire. the canyon have he is steep lot of uneven terrain. you can see this cal-fire helicopter is about to take off. again, at last check this fire was 50% contained. with this helicopter is going to do is go over the area, the canyon, and try to see if that 50% containment number is still accurate or if the fire has grown or shrunk since then. for more on what will happen with the weather today, here in napa county and bay area, let's go to steve paul end. >> thank you very much. conditions are much better today. now there's still a little northerly breeze but i'm hard- pressed to find anything over 14 miles an hour in napa county. just look to the top left of your screen. that's the leading edge of a big cooldown that will turn the wind more westerly, which means the humidity will go up. but right now atlas peak at 1900 feet, 14 miles an hour. that's the strongest. still gust

putting out hot spots on at las peak this, started as a controlled burn by a land owner clearing dead brush near soda canyon road. yesterday's weather and winds fed the flames which reached 8 owe feet high in spots. officials are worried about what is still to come during this summer's fire season. >> i have been here since 97. and i don't recall any fire burning like this at this time of the year. it's incredible. >> state officials have not determined whether they'll file charges against the vineyard owner and worker starting this fire. >> and several unions in san jose are accusing city leaders of misrepresenting a key figure during labor talks. unions representing police officers and firefighters and other wrorkers claimed san jose overestimated pensions would cost $650 million a year. the mayor describes that number. >> we've heard the mayor use this number. and we know it's a lot. we see official corresponds from city leaders and management leaders say this was never used in negotiations. in fact we have corresponds that says otherwise. >> the office described accusations as merit res. a spokesperson

canyon of heroes. yesterday a water cannon salute greeted the giants' plane after it landed at newark airport.n the flight, the team got the party started. ♪ i got a ring ♪ he got one too ♪ i got a ring ♪ he got one too >> yes, they did get a ring. and even more celebrating as thousands of fans greeted the giants when they pulled into metlife stadium in new jersey. today's ticker tape parade will be the second one for eli manning. he and mickey mouse were cheered by adoring fans in disney world. manning then flew to new york to appear on the late show with david letterman. he and dave talked about ahmad bradshaw's game-winning run. >> right as i'm handing the ball off to ahmad i could sense the patriots' defense. so i told him, hey, don't score, don't score. >> wait a minute. you're handing him the ball and at the same time, don't score. okay. so now he knows -- he understands -- he understands the situation. >> right. i think, you know, at first he's just -- you know, something had to pop in his head, something's wrong here. why -- they're trying to tackle me. >> eli's big win is helping him

lands i do not need to be in our inventory. [applause] and for the press, i'm not talking about yellowstone or the grand canyon. go out and look at a lot of federal lands that could be suitable for pastor, could be suitable for oil and gas or other types of uses. they do not need to be in the federal inventory. and they are not necessarily profitable. and in the case that they are, they are not particularly well- managed. blm is understaffed and does not have the ability to provide adequately for the management of these plans. there are all sorts of opportunities for us. and again, i come at it from a bit different perspective. i come at it from the perspective of growing up in a little town in western of solving a. the pretty much do not make any money at it. i come at it from a common-sense way to make sure we are getting the best utilization of our land, and at the same time, keeping our precious land say from development. [applause] >> president obama has proposed raising sanctions on oil and gas production on several occasions, citing the need to raise revenues to offset renewable tax credits or help reduce

canyon area. it was started by someone trying to clear land for a vineyard. cal fire is still tallying the cost of the fire but 200 firefighters and firefighters helped put it out. >> three people were captured after a high speed chase. they robbed this shell gas station around 10:00 last night. off duty police officer spotted them and followed their car to highway 24. that is where the chp took over. our ktvu roof camera tracked the pursuit as it happened. it stretched to highway 880 in oakland. the speeds topped more than 100 miles an hour. two men and a woman were taken into custody. >>> suspected serial killer joseph naso is due back in a marin county courtroom this morning. he is entered -- will enter a plea. he is charged with killing four northern california women. earlier this month a judge ruled that naso is competent and that ruling cleared the way for naso to act as his own attorney. >>> lawyers in mirkarimis case will head back to a courtroom at 9:00 this morning. the attorney for his wife said she will ask the judge to toss out the entire case. t

around the corner there and one of these republican presidential candidates just landed a he key endorsement, in the grand canyon state. >> we need a leader, somebody that can make a difference and meet the people and i know that mitt romney will do that. >> also, he once served our nation's military, and someone just did the unthinkable to this 86-year-old war veteran. >> and get in and that was it. and grabbed my keys and in the car. he had hit me. >> carjacked and injured and all caught on tape. >> and act of valor. have you seen it it? real u.s. navy seals on the big screen and it's big at the box office this weekend. >> and gonna crisis escalating in afghanistan. over the burning of some copies of the muslim holly book. we have seen n.a.t.o. forces targeted in the past few days as protests in that country intensifies, more on that story in a moment. first, we're learning the identity of one of the high ranking military advisors murdered at the defense minister. air force lieutenant colonel, 44 years old from kentucky. i spoke with the special-ops command. he was in fact one of two military advisors shot in

canyon park with its dramatic outcrops and hills. just a quick review of the history, this area was once ranch land back in the 1800's. it also became known as little as determined, because of the number of dairies and alpine conditions. in 1892, the city's first electric streetcar was built in the ferry building, in downtown san francisco. this was in hopes of bringing people out to the neighborhood to buy real estate. but it was 1996, the earthquake, which brought most people into the neighborhood as it became a refugee camp at that time. these were the refugee shelters at the time. many of the residents are staying and buying up cheap lots. the commercial district of the village was well established. you can see that this time, the streets are empty. the streets were paved in the mid-1920's. the planning area is quite small, compared to the ones that have come before you. this is 12 blocks or 13 blocks, stretching from the park to santa fe ave. the main focus is the six blocks around the bart station, encompassing the commercial district and streets that are nearby. another feature of this area is that it is a high

them go up in smoke. >> reporter: very expensive farm land here very nervous property own there's fire started 12:30 yesterday afternoon near soda canyonay they got have of it contained. the firefighters seem calm right now they won't say that they are feeling confident they say it depends on what the winds are going to do this morning. right now the winds are calm and the firefighters seem calm as well no. one has been hurt. so far no property has been damaged. amy hollyfield abc7 news. >>> investigators in san joaquin county say they've found more human remains linked to the speed freak killers. earlier this month serial killer wesley shermantine gave authorities a map leading to a well that he said would contain remains of several victims, it did. investigators have found hundreds of human bone fragments. yesterday crews ed the search -- crews expanded the search. remains they believe to be another victim they went on the killing spree in the 80s and 90s. >>> in oakland police and crime scene investigators are stretched thin after an especially violent couple of days including another shooting last night. a 23-year-old woman was tak

land hired a vineyard maintenance company to clear away the vines on his vineyard. they burned some of that debris in the corner of this field, then strong winds carried the embers into the canyon and the fire right now is still only 58% contained and it has burned 200 acres. >>> they have lived in this home for more than 25 years and yesterday was the closest they have come to losing to it a wildfire. >> we were worried but i was glad my brother was home. >> reporter: their house was one of three threatened. his brother got out and started working to prevent it. >> we did that and it helped a long way, pretty much where we had the line is where the fire stopped. >> reporter: this morning instead of chirping birds you could hear the buzz of chainsaws, fire crews worked to clear away brush, hot spots continued to smolder near the homes. as of this morning though firefighters said these homes were out of danger but helicopters continued to dump water around them anyway. wind gusts yesterday helped this fire spread to more than 200 acres and firefighters warped there may be more wind on the way. >> i don't belief it will be as intense as yesterday but they still are predicting the

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