planting designs, and other aspects of horticulture that would be useful to the home gardener. we continue to showcase exciting horticultural techniques that make the residential landscape more ergonomic, more efficient to maintain, and give it a better resource value for cleaning water air and wildlife , habitats. on the same token, as we are becoming more aware of environmental stewardship, we are becoming more aware of plants' resources in terms of agriculture and other important products we derived from plants. so, you'll see behind me some unusual plants in the bed of the fountain. they are fennel and wheat. we are talking about the importance of home gardening for food and spice and flavor. and also the important of agriculture in the history of our nation and certainly in its current context in terms of its importance for food security and its importance in terms of controlling or mitigating any aspect of environmental degradation. there is really a fascinating historical arc where the garden has changed a lot, but it has stayed true to its mission of demonstrating to th

planting designs, and other aspects of horticulture that would be useful to the home gardner. we continue to showcase exciting techniques that make the residential landscape more ergonomic, more efficient to maintain and give it a better resource area for clean water clean air, and wildlife habitats. on the same token, as we are becoming more aware of environmental stewardship, we are becoming more aware of plants'resources in terms of agriculture and other important products we derived from plants. so, you'll see behind me some unusual plants in the bed of the fountain. they are phenyl and we. we are talking about the importance of home gardening for food and spice and flavor. and also the important of agriculture in the history of our nation and certainly in its

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the colorful creations will be on display tomorrow and judged by the pennsylvania horticulture horticultureal society. >> some students became wax figures for their project. they dressed as audrey hepburn albert einstein and phillies pitcher, steve carlton, they remained motionless until they were activated. >>> on the average day they ruled the school and today they ran it. this third annual tradition lets 42 seniors step into the shoes of teachers and administrators and even the principal for the day. >>> time for a check of the accuweather forecast we were chilling out big time cecily. >> we are warming up tomorrow but we are live on sky 6 hd notice the ski borders going down it's slopes it's bright out there the sun just set at 5:23 and the days are getting longer sunshine today and despite the sunshine temperatures remain below freezing. millville 28 and wilmington 29 and allentown 24 and trenton 25 and reading 20 degrees, the winds died down substantially from last night and there is still a breeze to create a windchill, 20 in philadelphia and 22 in beach haven, 12 in allentown and tren

other key sectors that generate revenue, that generate foreign exchange for this country like horticulture, for instance, and tourism, you'll find that they're fairly close together. they're comparable. in certain years, i mean it's possible that the aid industry could actually be bringing in more money. >> around a billion euros in aid money flows into kenya year after year. the business of misery is flourishing. and the worse the misery, so much the better. kibera is said to be africa's biggest slum and home to a million. but figures from a census conducted in 2009 counter that claim. it concluded that only 194,000 people lived in kibera. >> and even in 1999 it was already packed with buildings and because the land area is not increasing, because the surroundings, the environs of kibera are all developed. there's a golf course just on the other side and as you can see from the map, there's a golf course there. >> but kibera remains a myth. a myth, asha says, that to this day is a money-maker. a myth, that nobody wants to change. >> they're just here -- at the end of the day this is kiber

it happened at bethune cook man university a horticulturally black school in daytona beach a witnesshting before the gun shots. one of the victims was taken to the hospital with a graze wound to the shoulder. police have two people in custody. one of them is a student. >> new here on "action news" veterans affairs secretary robert mcdonald is apologizing he says he misstated they served in the military and special forces. mcdonald made the claim on camera while he was in l.a. as part of the va's effort to locate and house homeless veterans. it's not factual. mcdonald says he remains "committed to the ongoing effort to reform the va." president obama chose the former procter and gamble ceo to take over the va last year after a scandal of false reports and poor treatment of vets. >>> new this morning a man with an alleged connection to the 2011 kidnapping and murder of holly bobo has died. sean austin had an agreement with prosecutors to testify in the killing of the 20-year-old tennessee nursing student but they later rescind they had deal. yesterday his attorney confirmed that austin

. >> the fairgrounds featured exhibition halls dedicated to everything from machinery to horticulturehin which were some 80,000 displays. there was also an area called the joy zone, with amusement park-style rides and concessions. visitors could marvel at daredevils like art smith looping his flaming plane through the sky. foreign and state pavilions displayed their own attractions, including the liberty bell transported all the way from philadelphia. fine art sculptures appeared around every bend, and revolutionary lighting techniques bathed the fairgrounds in a swirl of color. luminaries like henry ford, thomas edison and luther burbank were on hand to showcase the inner workings of modern industry, technology, and science. model ts and levi jeans rolled off assembly lines in mini factories. and visitors could see life-saving infant ink batore incubators, the latest typewriters, and a working replica of the panama canal. although a world apart from the carnage of world war i, under way across the atlantic, the fair was no escape from many of the social struggles unfolding on the hom

and they net profit about $1 million for the pennsylvania horticultural society. so, a huge effort out here this morning. very very excite to go see flowers, in bloom. i know that you feel the same as i do, that we can't wait for spring, the countdown is on, and it certainly is feeling a little bit closer this morning. we send it back to you in the studio. >> first sign every spring. >> time to wake up and smell the flowers. you got it, nick, see now little bit. new push in pennsylvania to tighten vaccine requirements. we'll tell you about the specific part of the law legislators want removed. >>> also, is legalized medical marijuana next for the keystone state? more on the new bill in congress. we'll be r right back. we thought our cable internet was fast. but, our uploads are half the speed of our downloads so our internet is really half-fast. so half-fast. someone did a half-fast job posting our vacation pics. when i post my slow jams, i'm a little half fast totally half fast stop living with half fast internet. only verizon fios comes with speedmatch - uploads

there are a lot of indian communities on the great plains who are growing crops, agricultural, horticultural, big town s surrounded by fields growing things like corn. this development really starts about going way back, there is a movement of the growing of corn kind of moving up the mississippi and moving west along the tributaries of the mississippi to the point where a river like the missouri has these significant villages that are growing a lot of cornbread -- corn right around them. these mandan villages are surrounded by cornfields. the pawnees are another example of these communities. what typically happens to communities that grow a lot of food? thanksgiving is the perfect preparation for this. they are very sluggish. cap -- they can't move quickly. the population grows. one thing you get is that these towns are often really big, hundreds or thousands of people living in fortified substantial villages or towns along the tributaries of the mississippi and missouri. it is a formation of a new style of life, at least from what had been there in the region before 700. the villages are n

we are in the horticultural center in fairmount. we're in a greenhouse.cap see we're married in the greenhouse. >> you guys do everything from everything, to just little stuff. >> so we have different packages that can be customized wedding, very detailed orient. you plan it. we jump in to consult you and help thaw day. you spend all this money. you need a professional on site to help you good when we pick a venue you saw three things real quickly before flowers. you say the three things are. >> know your numbers, know your guest list before you commit to a venue or look at a venue. you will be difficulties a appointed if your guest list is up to 250 and venue you love home holds a hundred. >> 0 degrees. you say knowing your season. >> when looking at venues a lot of times you are engaged and you are looking at venues that have snow and ice on the ground. think about what it looks like in the time of the year you want to get married whether there will be leaves on the ground, spring flowers. >> transportation, people have to be able to get here and park.

you're with the horticulture society. a lot of the proceeds here go to what? philadelphia?week in need during the growing season. it's a really great program and we're going to other cities across the united states with this program, as well. >> growing food and feeding people in the city of philadelphia. that is phenomenal stuff. fantastic. congratulations. >> thanks for coming. >> love being here. back to you guys. amy, back up to you in new york. >> all right, rob. thanks so much. >>> well, will smith and margot robbie are masters of misdirection in "focus." the new movie opening today. they play experts at sleight of hand and picking pockets and to help them them those tricks of the trade, the filmmakers brought on apollo robbins, aka, the gentleman thief and abc's abbie boudreau found out how it's done. >> this is a game of focus. >> reporter: will smith like you've never seen him before a master con man starring in the new movie "focus" alongside rising starlet margot robbie. >> i got this. >> reporter: the sexy couple tries scheming their way into millions of dollars