this man was the chief elk, the head of all elks. and he held in his lap the elks club boys state speech trophy. [laughter] and he had a big, wide smile, a smile more appropriate for a kiwanis or rowtarian. with more teeth than i thought humanly possible. and he was so proud to see me take the podium. oh, man, i thought, this guy is about to have a very bad day. [laughter] i hope they did a patdown. [laughter] i took a deep breath and began the speech. how dare the elks club -- [laughter] oh, i gave the speech as i had written it. i finished with my plea that the elks change their ways. and as i turned my head to see the crimson tide that was not the face of the chief elk, his teeth resembling two chain saws ready to shed my sorry self, i blurted out -- and you can keep your stinking trophy! [laughter] [applause] the place went insane. 2,000 boys leapt to their feet, whooping and hollering and cheering me on. i was stopped by a reporter from the associated press. he introduced himself to me and said he was astonished at what he had j

these young elks are in for a long journey from a small pen to freedom. easy easy. to move a shell k. there you go and pick your hip. hip. looking forward that's it if you aren't that well tough you know if they've been around for a month one of the elks was very sick and we had to work carts in our scene back to health. and now that there are fewer mosquitoes here there it's going to be released into the park taking. place to scene park is at the very heart of permafrost forty kilometers from the station. during the summer a it can only be reached by boat the elks a transfer to the motor boat with utmost care. enough is always at the wheel on such occasions. this is not the first time that he has used the small motor boat to transport tunnels. near the place where i live is the world's least accessible point economically speaking or the method of transport costs more than anywhere else we were at the most buffaloes by motor boat from rango island. the young elks has become accustomed to humans and learn to trust them for that reason they patiently wait for the chan

unusual sight an elk stuck in an apple tree that's right a full grown elk completely off the ground tangled up in a tree spoke much for all those swedes and sarcastically made jokes about you know what old skin for our firefighters arrived to bend the trees down so the elk and wood a lot of the branches that's when it became clear exactly how the elk got in the tree to begin with he was drunk drunken alka actually common in sweden during the fall when apples would be fall to the ground to begin to ferment enjoy the tasty alcoholic treats after he was free the author laid on the ground for a few hours to recover from his bender and then clumsily scampered off back into the woods in a related story speaker that was john boehner denies that he was recently stuck in any tree anywhere and states unequivocally he has no plans to visit sweet. coming up what happened to the american dream jobs the economy and the radical transformation under way in america to conservative experts in tonight's. what drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions to break through

these young elks are in for a long journey from a small pen to freedom. easy easy if you can take you forward to showcase there you go. future. behavior. looking for pets it it's like that well to our viewers if they've been around for a month one of the elks was very sick and we had to work hard to nor seemed active health. now that there are fewer mosquitoes here they're out skin to be released into the pork weekend. place to scene pock is a very hot permafrost forty kilometers from the station. during the summer it can only be reached by boat the elks are transferred to the most of the trip without most cat. is enough is always at the will on such occasions. this is not the first time that he has used the small multiple to transport tunnels. here the place where i live is the world's least accessible point economically speaking or the method of transport costs more than anywhere else we brought the most buffaloes by motor boat from wrong the oil. the young adults us become accustomed to humans and learn to trust and for that reason they patiently wait

the trees down so the un can wiggle out of the branches that's when it became clear exactly how the elk got in the tree to begin with he was drunk drunken alco actually common in sweden during the fall when apples were being fall to the ground to begin to ferment elks enjoy the tasty alcoholic treats after he was free the elk laid on the ground for a few hours to recover from his bender and then clumsily scampered off back into the woods in a related story speaker that was john boehner denies that he was recently stuck in any tree anywhere and states unequivocally he has no plans to visit a suite. coming up what happened to the american dream jobs the economy and a radical transformation underway in america to conservative experts and sides. what drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions to break through that sort of people have made who can you trust no one who is in view with a global mission would see where we had a state controlled capitalism is called satchels when nobody dares to ask why we do our t. question more. it's wednesday that i went on th

and we have major pedestrian and traffic issues for the silver tree day camp along elk street. here i zoom in a bit to show you a little more detail of the play area which is in yellow. the tennis courts and the ball fields. in our meeting with actually the athletic folks that use the ball fields, use both for baseball and for soccer, at times they a rife and use the sime face flexably at different times of day. in our conversation we actually talked about rotating the ball fields, seeing if there was a way we could maximize the space available. in the end they felt like they liked the existing location of the ball fields and also our permits person who permits the individual soccer teams also really liked the way the layout works. it allows for the most different options in the future. the area highlighted in red is the area that we are focusing on with the first $5.8 million of bond funding that includes the new expanded play area, a new entrance with a dropoff zone which allows families to drop off their children for the silver tree day camp, and also improving access. curre

now some of those elk are eating grass set aside for rafrplgs. officials are now looking at new fencing designs to keep the elk out of their industry. >>> new at 10:00, drivers are noticing some new street signs that have been put up. these are not your ordinary signs. ktvu debra villalon tells us why these signs are very important. >> reporter: sean died at the age of 23 and it describes his infectious smile. on this 4-mile stretch there are 25 more. >> july reu has been touring the country. i'm not even sure where he is. >> reporter: jonathan is home. >> the last time i gave him a hug right there. that's the last time he left. >> reporter: nine months into his deployment joey was killed. he was 21, newly married. >> i raised him as a parent, we did everything together. >> reporter: his father left the construction business and set up a nonprofit in the name of his son. >> our goal is to have every one of them have a banner. >> reporter: greg brought this collection of 26 fallen all with bay area roots to town. a few hundred others exist. it's a

now some of those elk are eating grass set aside for rafrplgs.ficials are now looking at new fencing designs to keep the elk out of their industry. >>> new at 10:00, drivers are noticing some new street signs that have been put up. these are not your ordinary signs. ktvu debra villalon tells us why these signs are very important. >> reporter: sean died at the age of 23 and it describes his infectious smile. on this 4-mile stretch there are 25 more. >> july reu has been touring the country. i'm not even sure where he is. >> reporter: jonathan is home. >> the last time i gave him a hug right there. that's the last time he left. >> reporter: nine months into his deployment joey was killed. he was 21, newly married. >> i raised him as a parent, we did everything together. >> reporter: his father left the construction business and set up a nonprofit in the name of his son. >> our goal is to have every one of them have a banner. >> reporter: greg brought this collection of 26 fallen all with bay area roots to town. a few hundred others exist. it's a tr

they are looking at ways to keep the elk away from ranch land. >>> coming up, tragic ending for a day of surfing and we will have what may have been the cause of death. >>> coming up what is the most for millions of americans, stay tuned. . >>> being blamed for the death of a surfer he was found unresponsive on saturday, he was taken to the hospital where he died. high surf caused has created dangerous conditions in california including here in the bay area. day to celebrate having a job, right now one of almost 8 california is out of a job. analysts say there have been several job proposals to help boost the labor force but the biggest hindrance is -- hinder reference is -- hindrance is fixing the housing market but that may be a long time. >>> they report that section of every area of freeway and the increase is because of stimulus money and money because of the state funds. i am already feeling it. >>> sal is off, tara is here and will you tell us more about the golden gate bridge? >> we have some new video of a tunnel on the san francisco side, look at that. it happened at 4:00 wh

not drunk as a skunk, drunk as a elk.nge the expression. >> we'll be back with more "world news now." >>> welcome back, everybody. when former vp dick cheney released his memoirs he promised it would lead to "some heads exploding all over washington." by some estimates he has lived up to that promise. >> as part of our "your voice, your vote" political coverage john karl sat down with the former vp who has still head-exploding things to say. >> reporter: dick cheney, on tour for "in my time," isn't picking sides in the republican primary battle. in an interview with abc news, he had blunt words for some of his party's top candidates. first, rick perry. who recently suggested fed chairman ben bernanke would be committing treason if he printed more money to deal with the economic slow-down. >> i disagree with that, obviously. he's just getting started in his campaign. >> but to say he's treasonous? >> to make that kind of suggestion i just think is over the top. and i think -- i'd be surprised if we heard governor perry mak

the wealthy would stay downtown like in the marines memorial or the elk and they would have heated saltwater people wanted to swim in salt water. >> how did the water get there? >> there was a pipe that allowed it to flow all the way down. that pipe rusted out. people went swimming in the saltwater pools and they had different temperatures. >> you could have a cold swim or a warm swim. >> how did they heat this? >> he had a huge boiler. they're still trying to figure out exactly how he sucked in the sea water. he had a pumping system. >> didn't sutro make his initial fortune by being the engineer who figured out how to ventilate the mines at virginia city? >> that is the way he would phrase it. >> he drained them for water, not for air. >> he got backers for the tunnel. he said, we need this tunnel for safety, for air, for ventilation. he got this tunnel built and he got people to back it. just before it opened, it was proved to be not real helpful. he got out with his money. >> i bring it up as a reference that he had the engineering history, which allowed him to figure out how to do it. >>

man whose body was found in a cecil county waterway this afternoon near the marina services in the elk river. officials believe the body had been in the water for some time. couple -- a man could spend the rest of his life in prison for sexually exploiting a minor to produce a child pornography. the 72-year-old was sentenced to 18 years. according to his plea agreement, he made videos of himself molesting a 9-year-old girl with other obscene images. police have recalled their arrest warrant for mr. randall. he was wanted for sexually assaulting a woman. detectives say they have interviewed randall and after consulting with the state attorney have decided not to serve the warrant. the state plans to take up president obama on his offer to waive a failing report for some schools. more than 100 maryland schools failed to meet adequate yearly progress, mandated by the "no child left behind" law. parents are complaining be law does not look at overall progress. >> there are many schools trying very hard, doing everything they can do. they are still not making that ayp. it is a lofty goal to

i was a teacher, a coach, agent let elk director. >> reporter: it'll be up to the voters to decide that in november as for the kidnapping, she blames stress and depression she had after a number of suicides and other troubles on campus. >> a three alarm condo fire in san jose injured two and has displaced eight others. the blaze was reported around 3:00. one person was taken to the hospital and treated for burns on both legs. another was treated for smoke inhalation at the scene. the cause is under investigation. the public offering for facebook has been pushed back. the ceo wants to wait until next september. valued at 100- billion dollars, the biggest ever. some of the bay area's dirtiest secrets...revealed. the non-profit group "save the bay" releas f the . >> from the bay area's dirtiest secrets revealed. save the bay released its yearly list of the area's most polluted spots. damon slew ranks high. the biggest problem is plastic bags despite the bans. mission bay took the top spot with guadalupe river, baxter creek also on the list. >> fleet week starts october 1st here in the bay

during the wolf-free years the elk population exploded here. they overbrowsed places like crystal creek and the willows and aspens could not get a foothold. with wolves hunting them again, one elk herd that's been tracked is down 60%. the trees are back. there is much more biodiversity as a result. all these ripple effects linked indirectly to the pop predator have a scientific term. trophic cascade. >> what truly is the impact of restoring the wolf and other large carnivores, pretty big, we think. we're still working it out. i'm not discarding the effects of climate and water availability for plants. that's important too. but you probably couldn't have this without that press tore. >> reporter: you wouldn't get this either. wolves have become a star attraction here at yellowstone. >> across the valley. >> reporter: wildlife film maker bob landis has helped make the wolves familiar to millions with breath taking images of the wolf packs of yellowstone. he knows many of the wolves by sight and introduced us to his friends. a pack of wolf watcher

the elks hall made sure to do it today. >> this is something we should do and everybody should do it. >> reporter: in alameda, anne mackovic, cbs5. >>> those who tied in pennsylvania were also remembered by a special ceremony in the bay area today. heroes on that flight, and their ifice. among those uren hundreds of people gathered in union city today to observe the heroes on that flight and their sacrifice. on that flight lauren grankola, she was 3 months pregnant. her husband has dedicate add birthing room at marin general in his wife's honor. he says time has helped him he'll but he still has the scar. >>> on this day, to remember victims of 9/11, we're also honoring heroes. one man saved nearly 3,000 people at the world trade center, allen martin reports on the san francisco opera, heart of a soldier. it's about september 11th and so much more. >> reporter: a decade ago, terrorism lit its ugly bonfire an uses soil. we have been trying to extinguish it ever since. from the rubble of the world trade center have komen credible stories of rescue and survival. but there is one story ab

. >> the elk's lodge holds a semi- annual blood drive every september but, this year, they made suret it would fall on 9/11. >> what a great day to do it. you know, this is something we can all do, and everybody should do it. >> reporter: in alameda, anne mackovic, cbc 5. >>> images of the twin towers on fire, not how one man wants to remember them. next. his project to honor the towers the way they were. in a series of movie cameos. >> stuff hidden in a storage unit for 40 years, how much amelia earhardt's memorabilia went for today at a bay area auction. >>> pinpoint weather is sponsored by mancini sleepworld. save big during our 50% off mattress sale. visit sleepworld.com. >>> all weekend long we have been reliving the destruction of the twin towers in new york on 9/11. but one filmmaker has set out to solve then that image a little bit. the video tribute to iconic image of the towers in film. >> reporter: after a decade of images of the twin towers gushing smoke, maybe it's time to see them in the rosy glow of the movies. >> with all the dreams ... >> reporter: home alone 2, ceme