lily hitchcock coit died without leaving a specific use for her bequest. she left a third of her estate for the beautify indication of the city. arthur brown, noted architect in the city, wanted for a while to build a tower. he had become very interested in persian towers. it was the 1930's. it was all about machinery and sort of this amazing architecture, very powerful architecture. he convinced the rec park commission that building a tower in her memory would be the thing to do with her money. >> it was going to be a wonderful observation place because it was one of the highest hills in the city anywhere and that that was the whole reason why it was built that high and had the elevator access immediately from the beginning as part of its features. >> my fear's studio was just down the street steps. we were in a very small apartment and that was our backyard. when they were preparing the site for the coit tower, there was always a lot of harping and griping about how awful progress was and why they would choose this beautiful pristine area to do them in w

the directors who had a style worked in certain channels-- the hitchcock style, the sturges style theord style, the lubitsch style. there was a way they did it but they were working in the corporate conglomerate way. uh, orson welles was saying, "screw all of this. i'm going to reinvent movies." and, well, they got rid of him. and then, you know, with the nouvelle vague and then with bertolucci finally... this has now taken root in hollywood which is why hollywood is so anxious and confused at the moment because they know they have to give money to spike lee and to quentin tarantino and they don't like that fact. eventually they can co-opt them, hopefully. or make money off of them and hold their nose while they do it. uh, now the question i'm trying to ask is are these guys really mavericks or has hollywood style... is there no more hollywood style? or is perhaps the very notion of hollywood style fluid enough, elastic enough to be able to incorporate some of... that's what i think's happened. the umbrella's getting wider and i think hollywood is ready to move a bit outside its realm

. >>> a real life version of alfred hitchcock birds movie, a crow is swooping down targeting people for prey. >> later on the news edge the victims are innocent farm animals, police investigating a disturbing attack in fairfax county. we'll be right back.  >>> for some folks in portland, oregon, a bird is causing a lot of trouble. it's a crow that keeps swooping down smacking people in the head. reporter ben sanger explains what's going on. >> reporter: in north courtland the traffic is only one of the worries. >> ran past it and is t swooped by my head. -- and it swooped by my head. >> reporter: a surprise visitor interrupted this woman's run. >> i was actually kind of scared because the bird was pretty big and the wing like tapped me on the head. >> reporter: many people here are having a similar problem with this particular crow. they say the swooping started several days ago. >> it's not like the bird can eat you alive or go, but it's kind of scary getting slapped in the face. >> i screamed really loud because it's weird to have something fly out of the sky and hit you. >

matthew was interested in working on this character in the hitchcock film "39 steps." mr. memory!aren was interested in working on amelia earhart. and the old, reliable tomato juice. but what really happens is that we follow a lot of different tangents in the belief of everything being interconnected. i think that's a philosophical belief that underlies our work. man: i think one of the most important things about working with this group is the way ideas feed off each others' energy and create a way more complex piece. saner: goat island's work, i think, is much like painting in that there are many layers and many patinas of ideas that are layered one over the other, as colors are on a canvas. it is very visual. every day, he commits to memory 50 new facts. facts from history, from geography... from the newspapers, from scientific books -- millions and millions of them, and remembers every one of them. hixson: with our work, there's not a linear form where you follow a strict kind of story line and character development. this is much more like poetry. there is the use of metaphor,

to the shoreline 50 years ago this month alfred hitchcock wrapping up filming in bodega bay temperaturel be 60 degrees. it will be '70s and '80s this week, plenty of sunshine. not a drop of rain in sight. next week and there will be fought from time to time other than that or what and a clear skies and beautiful weather. >>> and we will go look at the moment >>> if anyone could stop staring at the screen or iphones to look up i am for that >>> social network in has gone to the dogs. people use the site match puppy. com to find friends for their pets erigena business plan was to help owners bring their pets but now the team decided just friends was ok to. the founder says the owners get a lot of the web site. >>> dogs are a great icebreaker and our site and it will issue to find new relationships and france. the human aspect is strong. >>> mom the website is limited to new york city but other dog meat dog locations in the works. take a look at won a bulldog. max the bulldog. can write a skateboard and better than a lot of people. the dog goes out to shift his way and guide the board from

. >>> finally tonight this is like a scene out of that hitchcock film the birds. people in oregon are having trouble with a crow that is sweeping down and hitting people in the head. it's successful of getting reactions from folks and dodging the bird has become a spectator sports for people in that neighborhood. they think there's probably a next up there in those trees some where. i would imagine. birds just you know isn't crazy or something like that. >> every once in a while we get these crazy bird stories. >> yeah there's a lot coming ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories, america's beverage companies are delivering.

it's like a hitchcock movie. it's incredibly creepy and absolutely terrifying. finally, he had what he believed was a divine inspiration. god wanted him to kill the president. there's nothing personal he would later say, simply god well. as strange and fascinating and nearly if injuries for senator roscoe conkling and that's chester arthur. we skipped a picture. conkling was busy preening really powerful machine politician who appointed himself garfield's enemy. there is conkling. he wore canary yellow waistcoats. he used lavender tank. he had, as if the comment this spit curl in the middle of his forehead and he recoiled at the slightest touch. in fact, his vanity was so outsize it is famously ridiculed for it by another congressman on the floor of congress. the conkling was no joke. he was dangerously powerful. as a senior senator from new york, he controlled the new york customs house, which was the largest federal office in the united states and controlled 70% of the country's customs revenue. conkling tightly controlled patronage roots in the state

. >>> it reads like an alfred hitchcock plot. an assassination scheme hidden in a crossword pozle.nn here with an intriguing story. what is it about? >> it could be a thriller or a comedy. it all emerged because the host of a state-owned television show, state-owned tv kind of controlled in venezuela an angry pundit kind of host. we've seen them here in this country i have in my hands a crossword posle that wants to get at the assassination of the president's brother. he's the governor of a state, an important figure in his own right and if you look at it you can almost make it down. eight down in this puzzle is -- you're looking at the name of the brother, president. adan and rafagas which is machine gun fire. >> there's a lot of words. i think you can make it out. the second line, camino. we all took high school spanish. nothing particularly ominous. valley. there's a lot of completely innocent language but it just so happens the president ice brother is in there plus assassination. he's been doing this for 17 years apparently without much trouble. six different agents of the nat

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well it, sounds like the plot of an alfred hitchcock movie. oregon town terrorized by the crow.ng towards at least 500 unsuspecting pedestrians in just a few hours. one woman says watching people freak out has become something of a spectator sport. >> this morning we came outside this girl was walking down the street. and she wasn't even paying attention and the bitter just came up behind her. not like the bird can eat you alive or something but it's scary getting slapped in the face. >> maybe it could. this thing look as little freaky. it's slightly large. so far the crow hasn't hurt anybody. that woman looked like she had a nic in her head. locals believe she is trying to protect her nest. get away human being. >> talk about a family affair. a texas high school poised to set the world record for number of twins and triplitt's in a graduating class. can you see them they are all there. a whopping 18 sets of twins and two sets of triplitt's all getting their diplomas this week. the milestone particularly special for kay weeks. she a teacher at the high school and mom to triplitt

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