she ended up working with don edwards to establish this refuge in 1972. and she has dozens of awards to prove it. today she is in washington, d.c. to receive yet another award. this is the national wetlands award from the environmental law institute. she tells me she is just thrilled, very humble about it. she says at 88 years old she certainly p doesn't expect all the attention. live in fremont, marla tellez, "today in the bay." >>> it is tradition, and now the flame that will be burning during the olympics on its way to london this morning. a few hours ago, the torch was lit in ancient olympia greece with a mirror and sunlight. a greek swimmer took it from there. the olympic -- they kick off the olympics in london with the opening ceremony officially on july 27th, and of course, nbc bay area, your home for complete olympic coverage. check out all the festivities and our insider coverage on the 2012 games. make sure to check out our website, nbcbayarea.com, search olympics. >> very exciting. because of the time difference of here and london, you'll get a

she teamed up with don edwards and together they established the don edwards wildlife ref joo you just in 1972. it covers about 40,000 acres. >> it may sound corny, but it was democracy in action. you work on the things you care about just because they're important to you. the recognition has been a great surprise and very rewarding. >> over the years, florence has received all sorts of awards. but today, she's receiving the national wetlands award from the environmental law institute in washington, d.c. we will have her full story tonight on nbc bay area news at 5:00 and 6:00. >> you had the pleasure of spending a little time with florence, right? >> she is just precious. she had to get her hair done for doing to d.c. >> you have to look good, right? i like it. congratulations. >>> let's check in with christina loren to find out, a spectacular day ahead, right? >> spectacular day. over the wetlands and right at the coast here in the bay area. gorgeous conditions shaping up. as a matter of fact, our weather here, the envy of the nation. better weather here than just about every other m

her marsh and trail out here part of the don edwards san francisco bay national wildlife refuge.e can give you a much better look at this refuge from aerials shot by our chopper. you can see all the wildlife out here. the refuge spans a southern part of the bay and covers some 40,000 acres. now, it came to be in 1972, thanks in large part to florence. i spent some time with her at her palo alto home. she tells me it was back in the 60s when she knew she had to do something about all the development she was seeing along the peninsula. >> look at all the things we've done to the bay. garbage dumps, airport runways and i read this little notice in the mercury news that said if you're worried about san francisco bay and what's happening to the marshes, come to my office tomorrow at 10:00. >> reporter: and so she went and she ended up working with former congressman don edwards to establish this refuge in 1972. now, she has been environmentally active ever since and she has dozens of awards to prove it. today she gets another one. she is in washington, d.c. she is set to receive the n

♪ [chime] >> i want to thank our authorities in washington for the episode dealing with senator don edwardsto say is which one in front of you will be the next john edwards. ask yourself the question when you are shaving each morning or brushing your teeth each morning. i want to thank law enforcement for what was announced at cleveland. it can easily happen in san francisco. we have to be ever vigilant. it because we can't afford any mistakes. when you count of the dead bodies, it is a big mistake. i am saddened about the canceled committee meetings here in san francisco. are we getting anything out of it? one particular committee has my attention, and it goes by the saying of getting three lawyers together. i would like to say that davy jones, we are still waiting for that little piece of paper. the longer it takes, they are going to wake. there will be no excuses when it becomes a national issue. sooner or later, ask yourself why certain musicians want to boycott the city of san francisco. it will come to the inevitable conclusion that they are sympathizers to that old white man and davy

. >> closing arguments get underway in the don edwards conspiracy trial. -- john edwards.es up to 30 years in prison if found guilty of using campaign money to hide his mistress. yesterday the defense rested without calling sinceedward or his daughter or the mistress. >> world leaders will begin descending on the region for this weekend's g-8 summit. it is an economic summit at camp david. this is a live look at the airport. leaders of the world's biggest econeconomies will meet with president obama. also are writing, betty white is scheduled to sign books and discuss her career and a love of animals during an appearance at george washington auditorium tonight. to borrow to will take up prmorrow a private tour of the national zoo. >> a bill that could ban abortions after 20 weeks of presidency. it is based upon the argument that a fetus could feel pained by that time by that time. in today's political minute, the president wants to avoid another fight over the debt ceiling, but he has work cut out of for him. in>> back when we started this last summer. what happened yester

. >> reporter: with the help of don edwards, this very determined and passionate woman helped establish the first urban national wildlife refuge in 1972. >> and it may sound corny, but it was democracy in action. >> reporter: today it's known as the don edwards san francisco bay national wildlife refuge. its beauty captured from high above. the refuge covers the southern part of the bay and it spans some 40,000 acres. here in fremont, a section of it is named after florence. >> reporter: these days, her efforts are enjoyed by so many. this man has been visiting the land for 45 years. >> and now i know where the name came from, that's great. >> reporter: now she's adding to her wall of recognition. lariviere is the recipient of this year's award. at 88 years wise, she says the acknowledgment is never expected. >> you work on the things you care about just because they're important to you. >> reporter: in palo alto, marla tellez, nbc bay area news. >>> well, coming up at 6:00, a controversial new dui bill in california. >>> and a bay area high school student prepares for the race of his l

. >> reporter: today as known as the don edwards san francisco bay national wildlife refuge, the refugeovers the southern part of the bay and spans 40,000 acres. here in fremont, a section of it is named after florence. >> these days her efforts are enjoyed by so many. this man has been visiting the land for 45 years. >> now i know where the name came from. that's great. >> reporter: now she's adding to hur wall of recognition, she is the recipient of this year's national wetlands award from washington, d.c. at 88 years wise, she says the acknowledgement is never expected. >> you work on things you care about just because they are important to you. >> reporter: in palo alto, nbc bay area news. >>> all right, let's go outside and talk about the weather. what's going on? >> we're seeing a big cool down that get started on the coast and marched to our inland valleys. drop in temperatures by 10 to 15 degrees, which means we only topped out in the mid to upper 70s inland. right now the only place you'll find 70s around sunnyvale. the other thing getting your attention is the gusty winds we'r

. >> later, at the latest in the don edwards at trial. -- john edwards trial. >> live, and in hd, thisning washington on your side. >> a live look over the nation's capita

. >> don edwards' daughter kate expected to take the stand today. team has shifted the focus of the trial to the dry details of campaign expenses. they want to prove secret payments from of the donors were gifts and not secret campaign violations. -- john edwards. in the roger clemens style, this man testify gave roger clemens a shot of steroids which is contrary to what the star pitcher told congress under oath. >> we are following some very interesting fashion choices by a couple celebrities. first we have to show you fashion selections made by lady gaga, in tokyo last night. she is on tour. she came out with another meat dress. this one was not made of real me -- meat. >> she was performing in tokyo last night when wearing this. the the second trendsetter was russell west brook last night after the playoff game against the lakers. coaxed tweeted to say that you -- people tweeted to say that he was wearing fishing lures on his clothing and that he was wearing sally jessy raphael's glasses. >> i don't think it makes a difference, because they were

>>james: and jurors in the don edwards dry will deliberate for eight days.ut >> the seventh day of jury deliberations of the john edwards campaign financed for a kick off with a closed door meeting between the lawyers and a judge on a matter relating to a juror. the edwards indictment has been described as a novel application of the law. it was a big debate over when a jury instruction figuring out if they had defied a payment from rich donors were given for the sole reason of influencing the 2008 election when he was running for president. the judge sided with the prosecution and told the jury the election only had to be one of the reasons for the pavement. seven days of the liberating is seen as a long time to wait for a verdict. " the testing >> we have much more ahead on the kron4 news. >>justine: we are now learning more about u.s. drones and it is targeted. >> that president is intimately involved in discussion of suspected terrorists in the decision over who dies and next. >> technology has allowed senior leaders to reach an and decides at the most ta

made the case that her husband had to come forward to tell the truth about edwards because edwards hant dodn't dontive witness under cross-examination. the john edwards defense team asked her how much money she and her husband made from a book and movie deal about the edwards case and she said she could not remember. after cheri young finishes testifying, the next witness expected to take the stand is josh brumburger, a former aide who was reportedly present when he first met his mistress at a hotel in new york city. the question is whether edwards accepted illegal campaign money to cover up the affair. joe johns, cnn, greensboro, north carolina. >> young continued to come under fire for her husband's decision to write a tell-all book. on the stand she pointed to the moment that was the turning point for her husband. an abc news interview in 2008 in which edwards did not acknowledge having fathered rielle hunter's child. he then felt it was time to reveal all. >>> connecticut one step closer to making it illegal for employers to place job ads that discriminate against candidates who are qualified

edwards' case. when you go for celebrities, are you making a greater point that will deter others? >> i don''t know the merits of the child. i differ to my colleagues especially nina. but i commend it tom davis and henry waxman for holding hearingsgs and forcing baseball to confront the drug epidemic. these guys had blown up like the incredible hulk and they all looked the other way until they were held to a higher standard. >> who cares about the trial? go to the ballpark and see the washington nationals leading the league, and they ha a 19- year-old, harper -- if you missed willie mays in 1951, you have a second chance. see him play. he is a phenom. i hope he ends up inhe hall of fame could get your ckets now . >> you get t

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don, take it away. >>> here is what we have our eye on today. jury deliberations will enter their 6th day in the trial of john edwards. 60 members of the marylandl guard deploying to afghanistan. morgan state afghanistan playing host to the maryland high school track championships. another incident in downtown baltimore putting the spotlight on out of control mobs of young people. the bodies of a man and his two sons are recovered from a septic pond on the eastern shore. pit bull owners threatened with eviction if they don't get rid of their dogs, now they're trying to fight a ruling made by maryland's highest report. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

don? >> chris lawrence in guantanamo bay, thank you very much. >>> other news, a former adviser to john edwards has testified that he repeatedly urged the candidate to steer clear of reelhuree rielle hunter. later to be revealed to be her mistress. edwards refused and then told him to back off. prosecutors say edwards broke law by accepting money from donors to pay for her health and living expenses. >> there are a bunch of fools, says the escort whom the secret service probably wishes it could forget. dania suarez said she's the one who got into a fight with an agent in a colombian hotel over $800 he supposedly owed her. that snowballed into a massively embarrassing scandal for the embassy. she said she didn't even know the guys were agents at the time, and they didn't seem too concerned about their own security. >> translator: of course, at that moment, if i had been a member of one of those terrorist gangsuric would have been able to get everything. just like the newspapers say, i put them in check mate. they're a bunch of fools. they're responsible for obama's security and they still let th

prove that john edwards used nearly $1 million from two wealthy donors to hide his pregnant mistress, real hunter, and to protect his 2008 run for the white house. prosecutor robert hug don saying -- higdon saying, quote, clearly he knew the law and decided to try to salvage his campaign and hide it. he referred to two americas, one privileged and one living paycheck to paycheck. higdon saying, quote, campaign finance laws are designed to ensure the two americas come together and adding john edward his no problem separating the two americas when it suited him. the defense trying to convince jurors to separate the immorality of edwards' affair from the legality of the funding behind the coverup. edwards' attorney, abby lowell, saying, quote, this is a case that should define whether someone is committing a wrong or committing a crime. someone is committing a sin or someone is committing a felony. the defense also attacking the credibility of andrew young, a former edwards' aid and the prosecution's key witness. the money edwards' mistress, real hunter received, was funneled through young and his wife. the defense said that the couple kept some of the mean themselves using