flagstaff had very dark skies, elevation,a high 7000 feet. the higher the elevation, the less air you have to look through. air is like a swimming pool. when you look through a swimming pool, everything is kind of fuzzy because the water is bending that light -- air does the same thing. so the more air you look through the more distorted stars are going to look through. there are higher elevations, the dark skies, great location. you drive around flagstaff and you look up on mars hill, where lowell observatory is located, you see the dome of the telescope standing 40 feet tall, like a birthday cake on the hill. hisll decided to set observatory up here in 1894, and had this telescope built, a 24 inch diameter, 32 foot long refracting telescope. that means it uses lenses instead of mirrors to collect the light. he built this in 1896 and it was used in mexico for about one year, then brought back here in 1897 and has been here ever since. this is really a classic instrument, classic part of scientific history, american history, cultural history,

he tested sites around the territory and chose flagstaff. flagstaff had very dark skies. 7000 feet. the higher the elevation, the less air you have to look through and less distortion you get because air is kind of like the swimming pool. when you open your eyes and the swimming pool, everything is fuzzy because the water is bending light. air does the same thing, so the more air you look through, the more it will distort. elevation, dark skies, great location for you drive around flagstaff and you look at what is called ours hill, where the observatory is located, and you see the dome of the telescope standing 40 feet tall, like a big birthday cake on top of the hill. so he decided to set the observatory here in 1894. in 1896, he had this telescope builds, 24 inch diameter ready to foot-long refracting telescope. refracting telescope means it uses lenses instead of errors to collect light. so in 1896, this was built and it was used in mexico for about a year and then brought back in 1897 and has been here everson. -- ever since. this is a classic instrument, classic in a

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phoenix, flagstaff, tucson driest season ever. wondering how come its been so quiet. that'sy. the monsoon hasn't been active. for what it's worth the climate models in april and may were painting a very active monsoon. oops. sometimes it happens. it's hard. seasonal forecasts are tough. santa rosa down three from yesterday. san francisco down five according to some guy named steve who whose forecast high of 68 degrees. livermore down three. average 187 and san jose 91 yesterday 2088 today. forecast today if you are up in clear lake, 103. brentwood, upper 80's. that was -- much warmer yesterday. san francisco overnight and bodega bay in the 6o's. a lot of moisture. some there, it'll start to take the turn back toward us. more later this afternoon, tonight. if we get anything out of this and i don't think we will. it would be wednesday morning around napa county, solano, i think a lot of this is lifting north and out of the area here. west southwest at travis. stronger than yesterday. these are by far and away the warmest these temperatures. we have seen all summer long. low 60'

driest ever or second driest for phoenix, tucson and flagstaff. nothing up in the sierra.ery quite. >> wow. >> is that a -- maybe a -- a dismal indication for winter >> it means nothing. >> okay. >> at least we hope not. nice to hot. 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's but not as hot as yesterday. temperatures were -- rather warm to hot. upper 90's yes, near 100 for some. drop the city five. bigger fog bank. san jose down three. santa rosa from 92 to 89. fly in the ointment. its been lifting northward but its been showing signs of drifting back toward us. it won't be until wednesday morning would be the best if anything were to develop. until then we will deal with fog, bigger fog bank. slightly stronger delta breeze. gilroy -- 52 though at felton. 53 in the mountains. upper 50's, low 60's around san jose. coopertino. saratoga -- the fog will give way to sun and then the clouds drift in later. 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's. sal is here. he will talk about -- your computer fixed >> it is. i can use that to show you some good pictures including the golden gate bridge and southern marin. with he

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to our children's congress delegates, spatially to grant from gilbert, arizona, and rachel from flagstaff. are they here? high. oh, my gosh. you can do that all day. so grant, age five, was diagnosed with type i diabetes just a few days before his second birthday. he was recently recognized for raising almost $50,000 for jdrf and he would like to be a firefighter when he grows up, but is already a hero to so many of us in arizona. rachel, , age 16, is managing multiple chronic conditions but that hasn't slowed her down. she likes to hike, lift weights and has excelled in both varsity volleyball and swimming. i could take some swimming tips from you. you are really an inspiration to me. grant and rachel are to make in arizona's poor in d.c. today representing more than 750,000 arizonans living with diabetes. i'm grateful for the advocacy and look forward to working with them to ensure arizonans get the healthcare they need. i also like to thank our witnesses for the testimony and that jump into a few questions. my first question is for dr. kowalski but i would encourage any of the witnesse

a lot of moisture and streaming in from phoenix and flagstaff and not for us. we're seeing that low drop down and it's going to make a move late friday, saturday, and doesn't have a lot of moisture to work with. there will be drizzle the next few mornings. >> if it can tap in, you can get pattern and i will mention it for now. i will sheep error. sixtys, 70s and 80s. the trend cooler into friday and saturday, and warmer into sunday. >> all right. >>> 7:48 is the time. the latest tool for reducing the number of infant deaths inside of the cars. coming up in the next hour, the smart twice that could, to a child's car seat and alerts parents that the kids are in the car still. >> and up next, you will meet the newest wolf pup, caught on camera. california's wolf population keeps growing. keeps growing. here's your buick sir. actually, that's my buick. your buick doesn't have a roof rack! this is my buick. how are we gonna fit in your mom's buick? easy. i like that new buick. -me too. i was actually talking about that buick. i knew that. -did you? buick's fresh new

he was sheriff of yavapai county and was welcomed into office with the big train robbery up near flagstaffe had to go after him but he had this chivalrous and he was a chivalrous guy. he was a very likable guy just a good irishman and woman loved him, women just adored him and men admired him. and he chased the train robbers clear into utah and brought them back. when working with spain in 1898 he went out and recruited the troops and they elected him volunteers the arizona volunteers and teddy roosevelt's rough riders he was elected captain of the company a and then killed just before the charge up san juan hill. he died a warrior's death. [laughter] i think it's probably the way he would have wanted it but he was this knight in shining armor type sheriff and you also had to deal, you mentioned tombstone just now it made me think of curly bill brocious and the clintons clinton family and johnny ringgold and his wing hunt and a bunch of these guys they were wrestlers and they were stealing on both sides of the border but they were especially stealing along the mexican side because they wer