the canadian government had already carved out a series of five airports between edmonton in alberta yukon territory. with canada's consent, the united states war department decided to build a military highway from british columbia to fairbanks, alaska. it was to link up and supply the airfields and supply emergency access to alaska for troops and materials. this highway would extend roughly 1500 miles, about the distance from washington to denver. the town of dawson creek saw the arrival of engineer troops in march of 1942. here they set up a camp. enlisted men were trained in maintenance and operation of tractors in the north. their workouts in subzero weather produced skilled cap -- cat skinners. ♪ >> before the arrival of additional engineers, these first troops moved out on a trail to fort nelson, where the established a base camp and began working northwest. other regiments headed to yukon through skagway. they began working both northwest and southeast. still other regiments entered alaska at valdez and moved up through the interior. they begin working toward fairbanks and the

. >> the slumping sharks opened a critical road trip tonight in edmonton. san jose tied with the oilers for second place. it didn't take along for san jose to get on the board. it was 1-pop but the oilers answer with three straight goals. conner mcdavid with the puck flips it past martin jones for a shorthanded goal. the sharks cut the lead to one late in the third. pavelsky scores off the shot from the vas sick. pavelsky bounced this in for his 29th of the year but san jose loses 3-2. the third place sharks have dropped seven of their last eight. >> rank cho mirage, california, michelle wie shot a 4 under par 68. she was tied for second when play was stopped because of high winds. holding her own was lucy lee. she shot a 1 under par, 71. and this abc 67 sports report brought to you by river rock casino. so the giants take game one of the series. game two tomorrow. >> baseball is back. >> thanks, ricking. > abc7 news does continue online, on twitter facebook are our

. >> the slumping sharks opened a critical road trip tonight in edmonton.ose tied with the oilers for second place. it didn't take along for san jose to get on the board. it was 1-pop but the oilers answer with three straight goals. conner mcdavid with the puck flips it past martin jones for a shorthanded goal. the sharks cut the lead to one late in the third. pavelsky scores off the shot from the vas sick. pavelsky bounced this in for his 29th of the year but san jose loses 3-2. the third place sharks have dropped seven of their last eight. >> rank cho mirage, california, michelle wie shot a 4 under par 68. she was tied for second when play was stopped because of high winds. holding her own was lucy lee. she shot a 1 under par, 71. and this abc 67 sports report brought to you by river rock casino. so the giants take game one of the series. game two tomorrow. >> baseball is back. >> thanks, ricking. > abc7 news does continue online, on twitter facebook are our a

and edmonton wince over the oilers. 3-2. >>> it's an iconic pack of crayons, but one color, believe it or not, is being erased. indicate olea's live-stream your favorite sport at the airport. binge dvr'd shows while painting your toes. on demand laughs during long bubble baths. tv everywhere is awesome. the all-new xfinity stream app. xfinity. the future of awesome. it'sut-roain e cyonwod. crala lt >>> it is apparently cut throat in the crayon world. a crayola color has been has just been kicked out of the crayon box. today the crayon maker announced the early retirement of the color dandelion. the dark yellow crayon will no longer be in crayola's 24 count pack. it's going to be replaced. you can find out the new color tomorrow via facebook live. it's going to be at 8:45 in the morning. tomorrow by the way is national crayon day. >>> the bay bridge series continues tomorrow. er looking live at at&t park. the giants and the a's will face off again. our coverage begins at 7:00 at night. the weather is going to be -- >> clear and low 60s. pretty much perfect. >> baseball perfection. >> a

segwaying over to hockey, all time leading scorer wayne gretzky in the house watching his original team edmonton hand it to the white clad sharks. 3rd period patrick maroon tap- in for the second goal of the game. oilers won it 3-2 and the sharks now third in the division have lost seven of eight. >>> college basketball, this is it for the stanford women. eve of tara vanderveer's final four run in dallas, her team friday takes on dawn stanley and the south carolina gamecocks, 4:30 pacific time. vanderveer did coach daley to an olympic gold medal in the 1996 usa team. >> i always have respected dawn's competitiveness, her work ethic, her absolute passion for the game of basketball. if she tells you she beat me in chess, she's a liar. i texted her congratulations, but i said i have one problem. i can't cheer for you friday night. >> the game is tomorrow afternoon at 4:30, stanford a slight two-point underdog to south carolina. the other one? uconn and mississippi state. you know what the point spread is? uconn favored by 21 1/2. 21 1/2. >> they are strong. >> last time they played they beat it by

it is a majestic edmonton center and as you see behind me, portraits of courage.presidents on painting a post-9/11 veterans who were wounded or suffered invisible scars. it is a deeply meaningful cause that is very close to the president higher. and administration eight and its time in office, but not its mission. that work continues here at the bush institute and at the library. issues ranging from veterans to the economy now also to north korea. ken hirsch, president and ceo of the signer and thank you for hosting us. >> we saw the replica of the oval office, but your work is continuing. >> these presidential centers are unique animals and are able to be a great plot went to go further people can't go into things other people can't do because of the platform of the former president. we are able to really advance the work that was taken on by president and mrs. bush when they were in public service and to be challenged by newark inspired by them in the future. trade to one of the new pieces of report is what you just issued. one has to deal with trade and that's

they have five games remaining and they would play the edmonton oilers in the first round. the oilers came out on top last night. they won 3-2. the sharks have already clinched a spot in the playoffs. >>> a live look at the oracle arena, the warriors are celebrating women's history as they take on the houston rockets. they celebrate the end of women history wouldn't with a special showcase for women. of course, a positive message on gender equality. tipoff is at 7:30 tonight. >>> we are learning more about a fire that gutted several greenhouses on the peninsula. >>> coming up, the cause of the fire that ripped through a nursery. >>> and different flames shooting into the night's sky. this time, not far from san jose state. what that meant for the neighbors and for the smokes who have to pick up the pieces. ting li lo ouide. dot >>> we are tracking the morning commute. taking a live look outside, it's very clear. looking at downtown san jose this morning, good morning to you. thank you for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock. >> you pop right out of bed

up in canada tonight, that young lady a hockey 911 emergency on her cellphone in edmonton. 1-1 in the first. steal by mcdavid, past adam jones and scoring. 2-1 is the score at that point. they lead for good. a little testy here. they're throw something blows right there. 3-2 the final. san jose drops to third in the pacific, and they are the 5th seed right now, and only 4 fames left to start getting their act together. and it is, no matter what the sport, all about when you peak. the warriors seem to have that together, having won 9 in a row. but how about the cavs of cleveland going the other way? they've now lost three in a row. in chicago chicago tonight. as a matter of fact, the cavs are the number two seed in the east behind boston. lebron passes shaquille o'neal as number 7 on the all-time scoring list. knocking down, jimmy butter. half became back of boston are lebron and the cavs. that game was played in the windy city, but i'll tell you what, the real breeze was happening in california. rancho mirage is the mace where they had near hurricane-like breezes. take a look at this

they play tomorrow in edmonton to kickoff the three-game road trip. >>> rosy in richmond is -- they announced the launch of two high definitions so the public can get a better look at these. if you're wondering what's an ospreys, they have an -- this is the first time they have successfully netted along in san francisco. a special report on mornings at 2. >>> take it away with mark tamayo. >> we step outside and soak in the sunshine because temperatures, it's a nice deal because it's not excessively hot and not a strong wind for most of the bay area. still a nice afternoon. looking toward the bay from [indiscernible]. live camera showing us. it's hard to believe with sunshine in the rain bay, we have rainfall to our north towards eureka. there's a weather system up here that will bring us clouds first thing tomorrow morning and will cool us off in your thursday's forecast. as far as temperatures right now, take a look at the 70s towards walnut creek and concord. santa rosa, 67. half moon bay in the upper 50s, 57 degrees. showing you wind speed on these panels, around 3 to 6 to 10 miles-per-ho

--sharkies visiting edmonton to start a three-game road trip.ones between the pipes.. --1st period- sharks not wasting time... jannik hansen lights up the lamp in the opening minute. san jose up 1-nothing. --later in the 1st-- 1-all, oilers shorthanded... connor mcdavid doesn't care. another goal for one of the game's top young stars. oilers go on to win 3-2. sharks in calgary tomorrow. finally, the stanford women's basketball team...two wins away from a national championship. t tara vanderveer and the cardinal out in dallas...preparing for tomorrow's final four showdown against top-seed south carolina. winner moves on to play whoever emerges from the uconn-mississippi state matchup. if stanford ends up facing uconn in the title game, it'll be a family affair for the samuelson clan. that's because stanford guard karlie samuelson...would be facing her sister katie lou samuelson, star player for the huskies. karlie has already played in the semis...when their other sister bonnie was at stanford. let's hear from karlie. <>karlie samuelson"oh super

major sports leagues look like this, the wizards last time you have to go back to 1987 to see the edmontonthe division wayne gretzky came along, then of course the browns, and salt in my wounds, the pirates, 1992, that has been a long, long time. all right, you're not going to see this happen in nfl games any more. today owners vote today prohibit players from doing this. leaping over offensive linemen during kicks and attempts to block field goals and extra points. eagles propose the rule change with backing of the nfl players association siting safety, last year three of 41 blocked kicks result in the from players jumping over the line. i think you can still do it in madden though. softball, florida coach tim walton. player, at the end of the game, fagan does not hole her hands out. look what she does. ya, walton pushes fagan in the shoulder, she shoves him from behind. then some words. well, turns out there is a back story. walton dismissed fagan's older sister from the florida team back in 2012. seems to be some bad blood there. walton apologized saying fagan as hands was not up, good

we did request additional funds but as the edmonton did the opening statement those that are assigned to do the investigation of the hundreds of retaliation cases one to create delays to get people the relief that they needed the staff is frustrated because they would like to spend appropriate time of the case. there would be very helpful. >> you received more than 350 whistleblower retaliation cases from employees quick. >> correct. >> last year? >> it is about the same level. >> and as the resource constraint show how quickly you can resolve that extreme cases that you currently have? >> one of first guarded in special counsel to have maybe 30 cases now it is 60 or 70 cases per examiner. that means it takes much longer and should be fully investigated if there is the time in their life with a charitable work place situation we may not appeal ways to get to their cases as quickly as we ought to. when i first target was an average of 30 days. >>. >> recognize myself. you said csa has zero tolerance for whistleblowers? >> do you believe if they have been retaliated against what organiz

that's been our top enemy for most of the last 65, 70 years trying to undermine the fundamental ten edmontons of our democracy. and the idea that the trump campaign could be colluding or could have colluded with them and the fact that the trump administration might still be having illicit contacts with an enemy of the united states is of top concern. i'm doing a town hall in red, massachusetts, this afternoon, and i expect to get a lot of questions about this because i hear about it through twitter, through facebook, online. people are very, very concerned. and we want to know the truth. the american people deserve to know the truth. the american people deserve to know if the president of the united states is under investigation by the fbi. >> when it comes to those concerns and people wanting to get answers, if there is some "there" there, and the fbi has information, and at this point, there's so much confusion, who can be an honest broker to submit to the american people what the facts are so that people can wrap their head around it? >> well, that's why i've been calling for an independen

they play the oilders tomorrow night in edmonton. ( robin @ landing ) still ahead on the kron four morning news... an older broadway show is headed to the big screen.. plus a woman is going to jail for listening to ed sheeran.. we'll explain why, next on the hollywood minute. áááábreakáááá no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 ( robin @ landing ) in entertainment headlines this morning... all kinds of music news... music on stage, music on the big screen... even music that gets you arrested! david daniel has it all in this morning's hollywood minute. (singing) "this is what it feels like to be happy in the moment...""in transit" is billed as broadway's first-ever a-cappella musical -- and it's launching with another first: this week, anyone buying a full-price ticket to the subway-themed show will get a free seven-day metro-card for the new york transit system. and, yes

in edmonton, the aa06 north circular is closed west—bound at the fore street tunnel due to overrunings tower hill. let‘s have a check on the weather now with lizzie rizzini. good morning. we are all in for a lovely day of weather and it could be the warmest of the year so far. always plenty of icloud around so it will be bright rather than sunny for much of the day but still some sunshine developing and we start on a mild night as well, double figures just about everywhere. lots of icloud around this morning. badwal thin and break. we will have sunny spells coming through. a southerly wind pushing madaya from the new continent. top temperatures 21 or 22 degrees. it won‘t be as warm as this tomorrow. 0vernight tonight we will see plenty of cloud around. we should stay mostly dry and we will start the day tomorrow on a dry note at around 11 or 12 degrees. so another mild start to the day but there will be some outbreaks of light rain and drizzle tomorrow morning. that is a weak cold front coming through and it will bring fresh air behind it so that by the time we get to the late morning

the canadian government had already carved out a series of five airports between edmonton, alberta and yukon territory. and there were other fields in alaska between the year can -- between yukon border. they decided to build a military highway from rail and at british columbia to fairbanks, alaska. to link up and supply these airfields and to provide emergency access to alaska for troops immaterial. -- troops and material. this highway would extend 1500ly 5000 miles, -- miles. about the distance from washington to denver. dawson's creek saw the arrival of the first army engineers group in march, 1942. in all there were seven engineer regiments, or about 10,000 men. their immediate job was to break through a pioneer road. a road without thrills, but a road which could be said -- used to supply the airfield and construct a permanent road later. ♪ all spring and summer the troops hacked and gouged their way through the wilderness. there were colored as well as white troops. both do their fair share. they cut around mountainsides and across valleys. they built bridges over mountains and f