so you're the hawthorne 15? >> yes. reporter: micah is terry and mike's youngest biological child, now 21. >> i remember the day so clearly. we sat down at the kitchen table and they were just like, this is a really big commitment, and it's a big commitment for our age, for this many children. and it's an even bigger commitment with their behavior issues. >> reporter: an aspiring actress, micah was weeks shy of moving to hollywood. >> i knew then what i was going to do, and i think the reason 'sot guaraee, it's not a for-sure that i'll make it, but what was a guarantee was knowing that i could stay home and give nine kids a mom and dad, help them be together and have a family that loves them. >> reporter: was that a tough sacrifice for her do you think? >> i think it was a major sacrifice. >> i mean i couldn't do without her. it's amazing. i mean, the children just adore her. she's just genuine. i'm very blessed. >> reporter: while the older children are at school, micah tends to the toddlers. both have extensive ro e o

>> hawthorne -- yeah.thorne 15. >> reporter: micah is terry and mike's youngest biological child, now 21. >> i remember the day so clearly. we came and sat down at our kitchen table, and they were just like, this is a really big commitment and it's a big commitment for our age. it's a big commitment for this many children. it's an even bigger commitment with their behavior issues. >> reporter: while the older children are at school, micah tends to the toddlers. both have extensive developmental delays. >> that's his tummy. >> reporter: and receive therapy several times a week. >> book. >> reporter: even with all the kids occupied, there is no down time for terry. >> we are headed to the grocery store to pick up groceries for today. when i go shopping i usually have to buy multiple cans of vegetables or fruits or whatever i'm using. tonight we're having peas and it will take at least four cans. >> reporter: the kids took us to one of the group homes where they used to live. >> i was in the back house behind

hello i'm christine want to welcome to news africa i'm glad you're chained in hawthorn's he is invalid are investigating an orphanage for abducting and trafficking children from the democratic republic of congo the children are said to have been taken to belgium and adopted by families who were told that they will often now would have made it is that the parents of those children one of them you see behind me are alive and never gave up their children to belgian journalists uncover the scandal in the village of given 800 kilometers north of the capital kinshasa they found the biological parents of some of the children. my guest today is one of the 2 journalists that uncovered the scandal could specialize joins me now from a studio in the belgian brussels welcome to the african kids how would these children taken from their parents in the democratic republic of congo and how did they then you end up in belgium. well we've discovered that there were at least 2 ways of off taking just kids 1st some kind of. holiday some of the holiday that the holiday that they kind of fixed for gets goin

the walkway is now closed and the morrison bridge and the hawthorne bridge. who have been to portland you know it's a city of bridges. i'll get you to react in a short seco second. >> we are continuing to rove with this group. the movement is hot and heavy. the group has pushed across the street from water front park. this road is back open. police are managing to keep a tight enough hold on this thing to have a road in the middle of the protesting. across the street from mccullough park which has that waterfront, where so many of the protesters and counter protesters were gathering, it looks like from this point again, things have been peaceful, rowdy it's been loud, it's been a large crowd here we haven't seen the violent tension, trying to intersperse, police are doing a good job keeping a line on both crowds keeping containment. either both crowds don't intermix or intermix peacefully, maybe one or two or three agitators crossing into the group and getting into the faces of people most of what we've seen drug circles chanting on both sides nothing that ha

a biography of janet planner did sister, brother, gertrude and leo stein and hawthorne, a life which received the ambassador award. pineapple is joined by the professor emeritus of history at columbia university and the author of numerous books on american history including reconstruction, america's unfinished revolution, 1863-1877 which was a must have when i was in graduate school. the fiery trial abraham lincoln and the american slavery. both winners of the coveted bancroft prize. his latest book the second founding how the civil war and reconstruction remade the constitution will appear in september and tonight in the final event of our spring season eric will engage brenda wineapple in a conversation about her widely claimed new book be in "the impeachers" the trial of andrew johnson and the dream of a just nation. it may have one or two parallels to the current political situation but i will let our two historians weigh in on that. "after words" i will pass around the mic to our audience members who would like to ask a question. i should also mention the copies of the features

hawthorne is about 45 miles from santa rosa. no reports of injuries or buildings burned. here's meteorologist sandhya patel with a look at the current conditions. sandhya? >> let me show you why that smoke may have been drifting southward. it's the winds in the upper layers of the atmosphere coming in from the north. that may have been pushing the smell of that smoke into the sonoma county area. temperature right now, 67 degrees, so it is cooler. humidity has come up and the winds areot anhofully fireghan a handle on this. but the heat will be building over the next couple of days with triple digits going into wednesday and thursday. on thetriple digits, you'll feel the heat tomorrow. 99 in concord tomorrow. 94 in gilroy and santa rosa. find out when this hot spell is going to break coming up. >> hopefully soon. thanks, sandhya. download the "abc7 news" app to get alerts about the dangerously hot weather where you live. our app lets you customize the forecast and allow push alerts for weather and news updates. >>> new details tonight. baseball star and sports announcer al

demonstrators marched to the hawthorne bridge and back to the east side where rally organizer joe bigs made the announcement it's time to go >> we pretended to be the big, bad boogeyman and kind of pass on that. it was all a big troll. >> reporter: in the middle of our interview, he ran to a clash between right-wing demonstrators and a counterprotester. that man was pulled from the chaos by police and later let go. demonstrators then dispersed and loaded into buses and personal cars telling me, they consider this a peaceful protest and a success. >>> overseas now, pro-democracy protests in hong kong entered an 11th straight weekend. thousands of teachers joining the demonstrations marching through rainfall and occasional thunderstorms. the protesters aimed laser pointers at riot police. the pro-democracy group are demanding resignation of the cities' later calling for democratic elections and independent investigation into police use of force. >> we still want to use peace, to tell the government that we want them to secure the extradition bill. >> pro-government and police supporters

they are really going off around hawthorne and mammoth lake which is a hotspot for thunderstorms. this time of year, it is north american monsoon but this time of year, this thunderstorm activity, you have a lot of people backpacking in the high country so it is dangerous appear above 9000 feet. if you are hiking or backpacking, there is no real way to get out of the way. you are above the tree line in most cases and the thunderstorms are popping off. in the sierra nevada, on the east side, nonetheless, you hear them and you can see them over reno if you are in the area or elko. the fog along the coast is minimal. it has been chewed up a little bit. the fog is going to make more of a pushback tonight. you knew that was coming. tomorrow, kind of the same deal temperature wise. that means mild temperatures and you can notice this, i noticed last night that most likely, as you look at the department from -- departure from yesterday. i was thinking about how at the end of the month, check your utility bill. if you live in livermore and clayton, walnut creek or concord or pittsburgh or

they wananted to get out of tow and so because e we'd already closed off the hawthorne bridgege, it wasest way t get them back to their automobiles s so we could gogo of town. what we didn't't want is ththe counterprotest tors and white supremeists meet up in any form. that was a good decision made by the police. the police didn't escort them but just made it available for them to be able to utilize the bridge to get back to their automobiles so they could go back to vancouver or wherever else they came from. amy: shane burly, you were out there covering the protests. you're also an author of the book "facism today" what it is and how to end it. if you could talk about what you witnessed, the protests, the counterprotests, and who was there and who the proud boys are. shane: yeah, the proud boys are a far rightt street gagang that have b been taking ththe street all around the country, having these kind of trumpet events focused on demonizing immimigrants a and propping up gegender roles and basically victimizing those who protest them andnd have been comoming t portland almost monthly

>> hawthorne road. >> what was the name? >> oh, good. i was so proud. and then you had this crazy beto. he had like 400 people in the parking lot. >> because, charlie, if you're in a hospital at someone's bedside, it's all about the size of your overflow crowd. to borrow an expression from beto, wtf. >> yeah, there are events that will raise the stature of a president. there have been presidents who have risen to the occasion. and then there are presidents who were exposed by the occasion. this was an exposed moment. again, this is donald trump. we've gotten to know him and even though it seemed familiar, he wants to be the bride at every wedding, wants to be the corpse at every funeral, wants to be the baby at every christening and apparently wants to be the rock star at every trauma center as well. the fact they would put out this promotional video, the fact they would tweet out how he was this rock star, how totally vulgar and inappropriate the entire thing was, but once again, it was donald trump, the essence of this man, that was really on display

demonstrators then marched over to the hawthorne bridge and back to the east side, where rally organizer joe biggs made the announcement, it is time to go home. >> we pretended to be the bid big bag bogeyman. it was all a big troll. >> reporter: in the middle of our interview, biggs ran to a crash between white wing demonstrators and a counter protesters. that man was pulled from the chaos by police and later let go. demonstrators then dispersed and loaded into buses and personal cars, telling me, they consider this a peaceful protest, and a success. >>> happening right now, protesters in hong kong have turned streets into a river of umbrellas, as rain is pouring down during the latest pro- democracy demonstration being held there. sarah joins us live, she is in our newsroom. there have been weekend marches in hong kong for nearly 3 months now. good morning. >> reporter: this movement is being called the largest popular uprising in hong kong in years. today, tens of thousands of protesters rallied at a park, then marched and filled a major road in hong kong. police approved the rally but

this is the hawthorne bridge that normally would be full of traffic on a saturday morning.morning and will be closed until further notice. already police said they had to close a portion of the interstate highway to take down a banner that was hanging from the overpass, a suspicious package that turned out to be nothing. all people from the police force and others are here in the hopes, they say, they will be able to allow people to exercise their first amendment rights but also keep things peaceful. basically, hoping for the best, preparing for it is worst, alex. >> but scott, if they don't have a permit for the rally, are police actually hoping they can stop it from happening at all? >> reporter: well, i think they're hoping that, but i think that is probably a lost cause, so what they're hoping to do is keep it under control. they've been trying to reach out directly to organizers of these protests. they say they've had some success with that. some of the groups have kind of toned down the rhetoric, at least saying stand your ground but don't break any laws. that's the q

hill to tackle the federal legalization of marijuana, how important is that for businesses like hawthorne, but you provide the lighting and the nutrients for the farmer who s do >> i think if the politicians could do anything, it would be appreciated. banking especially and tax, but cory gardner has a bill in the senate it's called the state's -- all it says is something as simple as this. if it's legal in the state, it's legal from a banking point of view and a tax point of view i think getting the votes to deschedule would be hard but i think the state's act goes a long way to saying, let the states decide what they want to do in their own states and don't try to tackle descheduling right now. >> have you been active in trying to push certain states over the edge, like jersey or new york where it's come close >> it's been pretty frustrating, i have to say. both new jersey and new york are mondo states as a conservative, i have a point of view that this is not about making drugs more available, it's about getting them out of schools. and a lot of what we saw up in albany at the end of th

hawthorne. that won the ambassador award. joined by the professor emeritus of history at columbia university as the author of numerous books including the reconstruction of america's own unfinished revolution which is a must-have in graduate school. and abraham lincoln and slavery and the latest book and make the constitution appear in september. and then in the conversation with those in features with the trial and the dream of a just nation to that political situation and then they will weigh in on that. afterwards i will pass around the microphone to audience members also a copy of the book and we will be happy to sign them. please welcome brenda and eric. [applause] >> thank you both for coming this evening to talk about your expert new book. it is an interesting phenomenon that the president elect that has me kindled that modern interest with the theory of american civil war. i cannot hear you said but i'm sure it wasn't funny. [laughter] of who should be a citizen, who should be having the right to vote, and to respond