onn the exposition went january 1. 14,000 people came to the opening night of the exposition. it has been the highlight of balboa park ever since. the history center used to be the commerce and industry building. and thatding machines kind of production for business. one of the prized collection pieces we have here in our exhibit is the actual registry book of all the people who came here. --in 1915, it was so successful. when you came across the bridge into the california building, this was waiting for you to sign in. we collected a number of signatures. we do not know is that we how many, but 3.8 million people came to the exposition in 1915 and 1916. the majority of the folks's names are listed in the book. people went across the street to the county building where there was exhibits on agriculture. one other very important element for the expo is the tried to teach people about different cultures as much as possible. it was a time when the world was opening up. we wanted to make sure that people had a chance to learn about indigenous cultures that were existing here. and a

the bureau of international expositions will hold a vote to decide on the host city and its general meeting in fall of next year. the event is showcasing 120 i m items including kimono and hair pins. the retailer began as a whole sailer hand -- wholesaler. the includes kimono that expossesse expresses a sense of the samurai woman. it features colorful items. >> in france people have been interested in kimon. the french have loved them ever since japaneseism when the kimon arrived. >> they include to incorporate textiles and how they were dyed. >> it's an appreciation of beauty and harmony. it's wonderful. >> the exhibition also features works by popular japanese and french fashion designers who incorporated kimono into their modern designs. that's the latest in business for this hour. i'll leave you with a check on markets. >>> a u.n. agency says nearly 1.4 million children are at imminent risk of starving to death. it says famine is looming in nigeria, somalia, south sudan and yemen. and it's appealing for help from the international community saying time is running out. unicef released an

. >> the colorful scene's garden ex exposition. >> and happening now, you can see on the roadway some passing showers. we'll see more of that tonight and some pretty low snow levels. we'll look at that in the forecast coming your way in just three minutes. today isoday, in the bay area. ==peggy/2shot== san francischel >>> orchid lovers today of all days is your day here in the bay area. >> san francisco hel t-- held t largest orchid show today. it happened at the county fair building. take a look at all these plants. these people love their orchids. >> this year's expo learning about poll nation, helping plants thrive in apartments. the silent auction and live music also part of the event. i cannot keep an orchid alive. i would love to go there for more than a week or so. >> it's kind of like having a cut flower. they live about as long as a cut flower. >> you can't water them. >> you didn't go to the orchid thing. you need to do that. >> the weather's been nice for folks who wanted to get a little sun. we do have some showers moving into the bay area right now. cold temperatures that

every year for at least 20 years, maybe up to 25, it's a 65th annual pacific orchid and garden exposition. it's been going on in san francisco for that long. we have been a part of it for nearly a quarter sun tur centur. it runs february 24 through 26. this year's theme is big ideas for small gardens. it focusing on learning about pollination and helping plants thrive. it will feature a live auction, live music and flowers from all over the world. $15 value. the first 400 people that contact us will get in for free. it's a great deal. you ought to get in on this every year. people really enjoy it. our next item is the big antique show that occurs over in alamida on the third sunday of every month. free parking and free tickets. everything for sale is at least 20 years old. the show we're talking about is sunday february 19. it's a $10 value. it's at the fairgrounds. you get all of the items by going online to abc7news.com. there you will find the free stuff. i'm michael finney. >> great stuff. before we move on, some silly kid jumped in front of you and said something dumb on the air. we

they are celebrating the san francisco orchid exposition. allie says it's the largest show in the country. >> largest in terms of the plants on display and variety. there are 60,000 different species found around the world. they are found all over the place. we are in the trophy room. all the orchids have won an award for being perfect in some way. we have bruce who is an orchid expert. >> what makes a prize winning orchid. what makes these orchids here in the trophy room so great they are special. they have big flowers or foliage unique like this here. >> what are the categories or what is the criteria for a prize winning orchid, the color? >> the color, the way the flowers are arranged on the stem. we have many categories for these prizes. there is a category on these. this one won because the flowers are so beautifully arranged on the stem. the color is so deep and these spots. this hybrid is fragrant that people are looking forward to. something that is lost in the breeding. >> when you told me orchids have a fragrance, i have them at ho

the pacific garden show and exposition at the county fair building today.rganizers say this year's expo focused on pollination and helping the plants to thrive in apartments and city environments. i'm an expert at killing them. a silent auction and live music was part of the event. >>> the world is watching and waiting. let take a look at april the giraffe. the 15-year-old is set to give birth. everyone is waiting for it to happen. the animal adventure park in new york is streaming this. this is going to be april's fourth calf. the father's named oliver and is 5 years old. april digs younger giraffes. >> 3:00 in the morning in new york. i think she is saying, can i have some privacy. >> i don't blame her. >> it's tough when you are a giraffe. >> how are we doing for tomorrow? >> the weather forecasts are seeing changes in the next 24 hours. right now scattered showers in san francisco right now. and a few rain showers passing through san jose and could get a bit of snow on top of mt. diablo. the showers start for monday and the forecast is pretty try the re

. >>> a firefighters is in the hospital after battles flames and exposition inside a home. >>> a legendary bartender in south jersey died. how he was honored by colleagues and friends. >> more on this story, but first, the rain is here, it won't get much better as the winds moves in. it's the kind of day you want to stay inside. sky6 live hd taking a "live" with kelly and michael at the camera. the rain drops on the camera doesn't seem to be any break in the clouds. meteorologist chris sowers has the update on the forecast. >> reporter: the first sunday in 6 months where there is no football. what are we going to watch on tv, it's pouring out there. maybe a board game or something like that. rain is coming down steadily across south jersey and the state of delaware. mixing continues in the lehigh valley and especially the poconos where they see the moderate icing taking place. we've seen icing accumulations up to a quarter of an inch in lake harmony and poconos. for now we zoom into south jersey, this is woodstown, if you're familiar with the area, around the cow town farmers market the ra

. >> how do you feel when you complete aid raisiny imagine are you exposit -- exhausted. >> they are different depenning unwhich track are you at. how long the races. the challenge that have you to go through throughout that particular day. definitely mentally exhausted more than anything. just because of just that focus for three to four and a half hours of running 100% all the time and making decidings quickly obviously and a mental drain throughout a race and it's nice to just relax and kind of kick back on the way home on the plane raid or whatever it is we do. definitely stressed out of the end of the race. >> we were watching that finish from last year. you talk about your saw son. before we let you go you had seven top 10 finishes. if you win late their month is that just make the season even if you don't win another race? >> i mean it has made people seasons before. i want to win all of them. ly be --. >> that's a good point. >> yeah. it would be amazing. such a huge race and to be a daytona 500 champion. we all want to do that. i have been close. closer than anyone who has n

bloomberg roca story of couple days ago and that was the first they heard in berlin of this planned exposition- acquisition. let's go to juliette saly. juliette: thank you. u.s. intelligence agencies and the fbi are conducting multiple investigations of a contact donald trump's advisors and associates had with russia during and after the presidential campaign according to for national security officials with knowledge of the matter. are say several agencies conducting the inquiries into russia's efforts to meddle in the u.s. election and coordinate as needed. president donald trump house administration is considering several possible contenders as a laborreplacement to the secretary nominee. he employed and undocumented housekeeper. he had been scheduled for senate confirmation hearing today. securities regulator is considering limiting the frequency of additional share issues by public companies possibly to once every year or 18 months. they said the china securities may cap at market value. they did not immediately respond to a fax seeking comment. postcards have set the valuation on its ipo

he said he did not want money, he wanted a gold coin from the international exposition. trade. i found the coin and he gave me the letter. i did not have to go anywhere to look for vintage jeans, people would find them and call me and we negotiated. but they never told me where they found them. >> how much do vintage jeans go for? >> $46,000 was the last pair that i bought. >> did levi have a clue about the empire he was building. >> i think that he did. he was a dry goods seller. then he got an idea from a person that wanted to put metal rivets into pants. >> the red tab and the patch on the back and the button fly, was that all him. >> the button fly was traditional for pants. the red tab was in 1936, a sales manager wanted to make the jeans sell. the patch was definitely levi. >> it's fascinating. what a life you have lived. thank you for coming in. check out the book, the man that gave blue jeans to the world. it's available at most book retailers and on amazon.com. >>> we have a lot of gray out there but a few peeks of blue. we continue this trond this morning and a

. >> i thought that the prime minister's speech in philadelphia was one of the best expositions i have heard in recent years of the importance of the atlantic alliance. i would urge all honorable members who doubt that the readers beat and see why this is a relationship that is worth holding onto. would my honorable friend in considering these issues see the warm response to prime minister had from congressional leaders and redouble our efforts to reach out across the aisle as wise counsels and friends of the united kingdom in washington? >> i completely agree with my honorable friend. there is a wide measure of agreement across the atlantic about some of those essentials which unite us. the importance of nato and our collective western defense and the importance of promoting our values in freedom, and democracy, rule of law, equality and human rights. those are shared by many people in the republican party on capitol hill and they also share our strong desire to develop our trading relation in a new free-trade deal. that is one of the great achievements of the prime minister's visit.

urban shield is a intensive multilayered training program and exposition of military grade equipment to prepare law enforcement and emergency respondsers in emergency scenarios. while it is popular among some law enforcement in the first responder communities i think based on the most immediate change from the post san francisco police commission in their i guess leaving the joint terrorism task force in reporting in partnership with the fbi i think that speak tooz the changing dynamic that is happening. it no secret urban shield is a controversial program and don't you to feel like you need to defend it, we are just having a honest conversation about the merits of the program and is it reaching its mark or not. i am concern td about the increasing militarization of the police force not just in san francisco. we ironicically don't have that problem. not to the same degree as some of our other neighboring law enforcement agencies, but i have been very very outspoken the last several years regarding community policing, transparency and increasing the relationship. i asked questions las

i saw the senator from rhode island do thp incredible exposition, as i have seen before, and nobody isbetter at this in describing the forces behind what's going on, but i would like to talk about the premise that undergirds this debate, which is not about fossil fuel companies versus conservationists. it's about clean air versus dirty air. it's about clean water versus dirty water. i know the senator from oregon, that's something you are very passionate about, if you might comment on the basic idea of a clean and healthy environment and the bipartisan consensus that we ought to have related to that. mr. merkley: i appreciate the question from my colleague from hawaii, and as we stand here tonight, i think about how hawaii is a state completely surrounded by water, a very vulnerable to changes in the environment and very vulnerable to the introduction of invasive species, very vulnerable to changes in the acidity of the ocean, which is affected by carbon dioxide, very vulnerable to the rise of sea level, and i appreciate so much that as a citizen of hawaii as well as now a leader for t

urban shield is a intensive multilayered training program and exposition of military grade equipment to prepare law enforcement and emergency respondsers in emergency scenarios. while it is popular among some law enforcement in the first responder communities i think based on the most immediate change from the post san francisco police commission in their i guess leaving the joint terrorism task force in reporting in partnership with the fbi i think that speak tooz the changing dynamic that is happening. it no secret urban shield is a controversial program and don't you to feel like you need to defend it, we are just having a honest conversation about the merits of the program and is it reaching its mark or not. i am concern td about the increasing militarization of the police force not just in san francisco. we ironicically don't have that problem. not to the same degree as some of our other neighboring law enforcement agencies, but i have been very very outspoken the last several years regarding community policing, transparency and increasing the relationship. i asked questions las

urban shield is a intensive multilayered training program and exposition of military grade equipment to prepare law enforcement and emergency respondsers in emergency scenarios. while it is popular among some law enforcement in the first responder communities i think based on the most immediate change from the post san francisco police commission in their i guess leaving the joint terrorism task force in reporting in partnership with the fbi i think that speak tooz the changing dynamic that is happening. it no secret urban shield is a controversial program and don't you to feel like you need to defend it, we are just having a honest conversation about the merits of the program and is it reaching its mark or not. i am concern td about the increasing militarization of the police force not just in san francisco. we ironicically don't have that problem. not to the same degree as some of our other neighboring law enforcement agencies, but i have been very very outspoken the last several years regarding community policing, transparency and increasing the relationship. i asked questions las

urban shield is a intensive multilayered training program and exposition of military grade equipment to prepare law enforcement and emergency respondsers in emergency scenarios. while it is popular among some law enforcement in the first responder communities i think based on the most immediate change from the post san francisco police commission in their i guess leaving the joint terrorism task force in reporting in partnership with the fbi i think that speak tooz the changing dynamic that is happening. it no secret urban shield is a controversial program and don't you to feel like you need to defend it, we are just having a honest conversation about the merits of the program and is it reaching its mark or not. i am concern td about the increasing militarization of the police force not just in san francisco. we ironicically don't have that problem. not to the same degree as some of our other neighboring law enforcement agencies, but i have been very very outspoken the last several years regarding community policing, transparency and increasing the relationship. i asked questions las

by definition, and for your etfiication, urban shield is a intensive training program and expositiont simulates and uses military grade equipment to prepare low enforcement official tooz responds to variety of emergency scenarios. this is a very popular event. mostly around law enforcement, first respondsers and others. urban shield you should know is controversial program with seeing it as a example of the increasing militarization of local police forces. as someone who is outspoken with regards to community and police relations, i asked many questions as has my colleagues on the committee really to put myself in a better position to understand the role and the responsibility of a fiscal agent and most importantly what is the soapscope of our power as fiscal agent to impact programming that other counties use for this funding. and we were advised by the deputy city attorney john gibbener that it is not in the city scope of authority to tell any county to use their funds. we accept that. while it isn't our legal role to tell counties thew use the grant dollars, it is our responsibili

by definition, and for your etfiication, urban shield is a intensive training program and exposition that simulates and uses military grade equipment to prepare low enforcement official tooz responds to variety of emergency scenarios. this is a very popular event. mostly around law enforcement, first respondsers and others. urban shield you should know is controversial program with seeing it as a example of the increasing militarization of local police forces. as someone who is outspoken with regards to community and police relations, i asked many questions as has my colleagues on the committee really to put myself in a better position to understand the role and the responsibility of a fiscal agent and most importantly what is the soapscope of our power as fiscal agent to impact programming that other counties use for this funding. and we were advised by the deputy city attorney john gibbener that it is not in the city scope of authority to tell any county to use their funds. we accept that. while it isn't our legal role to tell counties thew use the grant dollars, it is our responsi