the other thing is how much noise they cicada makes. so in this sequel, when we've reassured we can put that stuff in. >> yeah. >> no comeback to finish the organization question from a question meat-eating organization, but he began to be constrained. they always wanted to tell him to slow down. he really thought we were saving the world. he didn't worry about the bottom line. he didn't care for her in the rat. this really worried the board of directors. he said if we do the work, and the money will come in. and the brewers don't like this. so he invented this large-format photographic nature book. it didn't exist before the books illustrated in this series in the exhibit. he ananta levens invented this idea. no bookseller wanted to think about it. these folks are too big to display. all the messages he got were discouraging messages, but it reduced to 30 bucks ec appear, which brought tens of thousands of members in the sierra club and introduced the greater public to these ideas we talk about in the book. so there were these institut

. >> and he, um, and in our book i talk about, i compare him to the cicada which has a 16-year cycle. in fact, my father was the guy who told me about the cicada, and he told me about the 16-year cycle. it's in the ground for 16 years as a pew pa and larva, and then it comes out, and it sings. and this is what happened to him. every 16 years he got kicked out of an organization. [laughter] he finally got the sierra club board so fed up with him that they kicked him out. and he split his skin and flew off and started another organization, friends of the earth after 16 years, the same thing happened there. and i realize in our book i didn't quite finish the, um, i didn't quite finish the metaphor because, of course, the cicada only does this once. [laughter] and i forgot to say that. my father did it lots of times. at least three times he did it. the other thing i forgot to say is how much noise a cicada makes. >> oh. >> and so in the sequel we can, when we reissue it, we can put that stuff in. >> yeah. >> no, to finish your question, though, there were these organizations, and he didn'

. >> i'mdowned by a couple hundred cicadas. there is a core yus of cicada noise out here heralding this wonderful summer day under way. we have a few breaks in the clouds and blue over there to the west and right over capitol hill and the monuments, too. a little bit of sun trying to break out now. that's a live view from the nbc 4 hd city camera. on this monday over the last few hours, the cloud cover has thinned out. the dark areas to the left are areas where the sun is breaking out around the blue ridge, shenandoah valley and other western northern suburbs and to the east and southeast, there's a lot of cloudiness. the little patches of green, we get a few sprinkles on the hooern eastern sho and a few showers in the mountains, a little thunder and lightning there. they could have a greater chance in the afternoon. we're in the low to mid-70s throughout the region. we ought to peak in the low 80s later this afternoon and a 30% chance of isolated shower or thundershower here around the metro area and a higher chance out of the

he told me about the cicadas. they there in the ground for 16 years, there are a few but in a larva. then it comes out end of things. and this is what happened to him every 16 years. he got kicked out of an organization. he finally got the board so fed up with him that they kicked him out. and he split his skin and flew off and started another organization, friends of the earth. after 16 years. i realize in our book, i didn't quite finish the metaphor. the cicada only does this once. >> and i forgot to say that. as my father did a lot of times. at least three times he did it. the other thing i forgot to say -- and the sequel we can put that stuff in. the organizations, -- he began to be constrained by the organizations. they always wanted to tell him to slow down. he really felt that he could not slow down. we were saving the world. and he didn't worry about the bottom line. he didn't care if we were in the red. but he said well, if we do the work, the money will come in. boards don't like to hear that. so here we

. >> reporter: the sound of cicadas is for many the sound of remembrance. people from hiroshima and around the world gathered to reflect the events for which the city is known. >> reporter: about 50,000 people attended the hiroshima peace memorial ceremony. they came to remember the day in 1945 an atomic bomb destroyed this city. the explosion killed tens of thousands of people in an instant. its after effects left 140,000 dead by the end of that year. the mayor of hiroshima placed a list of the victims in the cenitaph. it contained the names of the 5,729 people who died over the past or are now known to have perished as a result of the bombing. lists in the vault include 280,000 names. the bomb was dropped at 8:15 in the morning. people here start every year at that time to mark the moment everything changed. [ bells ] >> reporter: dignitaries from more than 70 countries attended the ceremony. among them the ambassadors of three countries that possess nuclear weapons. the british and french ambassadors to japan attended for the first time. u.s. ambassador

here i'm joined by my storm team 4 cicadas. the sounds of summer all around the metro area and the cicadas are getting loud around much of the region and the sun out now, it's a gorgeous summer day. we have the beautiful blue sky here and off to the west, nothing but blue sky and off to the east, a lot of high cloudiness and there's the live vau from our hd city camera overlooking the monuments now and right now in washington, temperatures are right near 80 degrees. there is the view from space. you can see the clouds streaming in southwest to northeast. west and north, no clouds right over washington south and east a lot of kracloudiness but that w come and go throughout the afternoon. just a beautiful summer day, not too humid. perfect beach and pool weather. right now near 80 around the bay and eastern shore at the atlantic beaches and out of the mountains, great for hiking and the blue ridge and out in western maryland and highlands of west virginia, still, only in the 60s there. we'll take that in august and this wonderful

. >> in our book i compare him to a cicada, which has a 60 year cycle. my father was the one who told me about this. the 16 year cycle. they are in the ground for 16 years, they are pubis a marvelous, and then they come out singing. this is what happened. every 16 years he got kicked out of an organization. he finally got so fed up -- the poor got so fed up with him that they kicked them out. he split his skin and flew up and started another organization. after 16 years on the same thing happened there. and i realize in our book, i didn't quite finish the metaphor. the cicada only does this once. and i forgot to say that. my father did it lots of times. at least three times he did it. the other thing i forgot to say is how much noise he would make. >> he did leave the organizations, but he -- he always wanted to tell my dad to slow down. he really felt that he couldn't slow down. if we do the work on the money will come in is what he said. boards don't like to hear that. this large format, it didn't exist before the illustrating of the series. no booksel

some of the soften blue sky and the sounds of summer, still, you can hear the cicadas. here is capitol hill under this gorgeous blue sky and just a very light breeze now coming in from the southwest heading northeast and that is showing you the direction of the cloud cover, too, which is clearing the atlantic beaches and cloudy there all morning and around the bay. sunny all morning and blue ridge west and a lot of that fog is gone now and we have plenty of sunshine on tap and the temperatures are warming up nicely into the 70s throughout most of the region. still in the 60s, though, parts of western maryland and in the mountains and later today into the mid-80s. four-day forecast, highs just generally mid- 80s each day. today, tomorrow, thursday and friday. scattered showers tomorrow afternoon and cool mornings, though. just around 60 degrees to the 50s in the rural area and just a delightful summer pattern here for the next seven days. that's the way it looks right now, barbara. >> sounds good, thank you, tom. >>> right now, police are warning parents about a 5-year-o