. ♪ the delicate beauty of the purple-throated caribe hummingbird, the turquoise glacial lakes of thee, in all her glorious splendor, beckons us to admire her magnificent beauty and explore her graceful solitude. planet earth's colorful and energetic beauty imbues the senses with awe and intertwines with our imaginations to become a personal invitation for health and healing. in accepting this invitation, we journey further on our own path of wholeness and by doing so, we strive not only for balance, but we also celebrate both our oneness with nature and the heart-felt happiness brought about by this reunion. [ seagull sounds ] [ splash ] to see a humpback whale gracefully breach the ocean's surface and as it submerges wave good-bye with its tail. to smell the sweet fragrance of the plumeria blossom on the gentle hawaiian trade winds, [ water splashing ] to watch in delight as you see dolphins play in the warm ocean waters. to see a hummingbird suspending in mid air flashing its mating colors or to watch a falling star in the clear evening sky this is to know and realize your connecti

the hummingbird. [whistles] honey, hummingbird really, really, got to keep fueled up all the time. it's so small. it's warm-blooded. the hummingbird got to get a lot of food. if you think--get the nectar very high energy, high sugar content, yeah? but the hummingbird, they got to go from station to station without running out, die quickly without the food. how about the elephants, gang? you be knowing why the elephants got big ears? what if you play a trick in the elephant and cut off its ears? what it's gonna do? it's gonna roast to death. right? elephants doesn't have very much, much surface area. and the elephants in the warm country, the elephants got to radiate off the energy, okay? how's it gonna to do it? they don't have enough skin. it puts up more skin. you see its eyes--those ears. those ears on a hot day, those ears come out. on the cold days, slap against the body, yeah? on a hot day, they come up-- they're radiating surfaces. they're radiating-- they increased the area of the elephant so it can make up for that area it doesn't have. so big things don't have as much ski

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. >> reporter: from the size of hummingbirds to helicopters and beyond, the next frontier is above us. >> researchers are predicting 30,000 drones in the skies by the year 2020. >>> he brought them international recognition and now a remote town in the philippines says it will preserve the legacy of lolong. it was the world's largest crocodile before he passed away over the weekend. the town will keep the remains of the 20-foot long reptile in a museum. villagers grew to love him because he symbolized the diversity of their area. >> that's an incredible specimen. >> yeah. how do you preserve that? >> that's a lot of croc. that's a big taxidermy bill. >>> dew point up there. barometer rising. right now, 36, cooler out to the west. 53 in d.c. and 54 over in ocean city. currently upper 40s. 42 in bel-air. still 54, last report out of annapolis. we have a west wind now to the west, it's been a lot stronger winds tomorrow will be on the breezy side. it will be a sunny day. there is cooler air upstream as you can see and milder air to the south. this is where a lot of rain is gathering. som

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secure in our persons and our papers, don't drones and the applications of drones at home and little hummingbirdrones come into conflict with that? >> the courts are starting to struggle with those issues. there is -- most of the time they rule that the drones, it is legal for the cops to use drones. there was a case about a family that was suspected of growing pot in their backyard. they sent a drone over to photograph, saw pot, and got a warrant to do the search. that was ruled constitutional. if the drone can see it from above your house, the cops can look at it. in that case, i don't think anybody worries too much about it. but in general, it does raise big privacy concerns. >> i love the pictures of the cop flying -- looks like a mini helicopter with a camera. but at least one jurisdiction, charlottesville, has banned the use of drones in its air space. that's symbolic. there is no way they or any other city can do that. >> there are as the gentleman said so many benign, good uses of drones, whether it's watering a golf course -- >> whose in control of the skies? >> at the moment it's a fre

which direction can a hummingbird fly? can it fly forwards or backwards? up, down, sideways?ss the river! swing, you say? why it's easy! i'll show you how. throw the rope over! aagh! whee! ah! a crocodile got my tail! (giggles) it's a good thing i know the king of swing! a king? - yes! charlie the chimpanzee in the leafylafoo rainforest! he can give us all a swinging lesson. a swinging lesson from a chimpanzee! cool! your mother will not mind at all if you do! [laughs] mom! can nick and i go to the leafylafoo rainforest - to take a swinging lesson from a chimpanzee? leafylafoo rainforest? sure - so long as you swing back in time for dinner! (laughing) we will! we can go! we can go! i know! i know! to the thingamajigger! ♪ buckle up! [horn] ♪ and flick the jiggermawhizzer! [boing] [horn] [pop] ♪ isn't this fun? yahooooo! ♪ here we go, go, go go! on an adventure. ♪ ♪ the thingamajigger is up and away! ♪ ♪ go, go, go, go! on an adventure. ♪ ♪ we're flying with the cat in the hat today! ♪ ♪ we're off to meet charlie and swing through the trees - ♪ ♪ up high and down low, ♪ ♪ like

. >> and ruby throated hummingbirds are migrating earlier than urge because of higher temperatures if america could be the rope. >>heather: pretty. cyber attacks, something that is not pretty come in all shapes and sideses but the number one target of computer hackers is the lucrative retail industry, targeted in 45 percent of all cyber attacks in 2012. that is according to one industry study, at least. should this worry consumers? what are the reasons? we will bring in senior business correspondent and anchor of "bulls and bears." so, should i use my credit card or debit card if i am doing retail shopping? >> the people who -- yes. consumers have to worry for a variety of reasons but the retail industry has to be worried. they are the one who have to take the action. essentially they have been putting off getting more point of sale security systems. they are more focused on customer service and margins are low because of the recession so right now we are finding that hackers, and it is not just a guy in the basement these are flourishing underground unworld industries that literally

there are drones as small as hummingbirds. people can go on youtube and watch them.ent, hollywood, all kinds of entities. >> everybody will be using them. i had a student studying with me this summer that had two drones in his car. showed me how to operate them. >> just on the cover of "time" magazine. chris, the final word here. here you are, charlottesville, virginia, my old stomping grounds, beautiful, small town, just two hours away from d.c. you're the first city with this anti-drone resolution. do you think that you all will sort of be the beginning, the domino effect of other cities to come? >> i hope not. i voted against this resolution. i don't think that they pose an immediate danger in charlottesville. i think it is something we need to be keeping an eye on and mr. whitehead is right, there are -- i can imagine situations in which they could be dangerous. but don't think we're under any threat here in charlottesville now. >> john whitehead and kristen sakes, thank you. >>> a second-grader pretends to throw a fake grenade at school. gets in real trouble. hi

. >> reporter: right now the hummingbird can only fly a little more than 10 minutes.magine what it could do at ten hours. >> it could fly through small clearings, through trees and see inside. >> reporter: if one crashes or the camera fails, developers at the university of pennsylvania already have drones flying in siynchronized formations. in the hostage crises of the future, it could give them a swarm of available replacements. >> reporter: we know defense secretary leon panetta personally approved a request from the fbi to get high tech surveillance equipment to that site. my colleague barbara starr previously reported that that equipment did arrive on site before this standoff ended and there was a small team of military personnel who would have been there operating it. she learned that that was probably the kind that they used to detect buried i.e.d.s in war zones. the one thing we cannot determine, if the fbi actually had to use that technology, but it really goes to show the coordination between the military and some of these civilian and federal law enforcemen

hummingbirds are really, really popular all over north america. and in california, you can attract them 6, 9, even 12 months out of the year near the coast. you've got endless options when it comes to bathing the birds in your backyard. this traditional birdbath is about 20 inches in diameter and will do the trick for most birds. perhaps you're looking for something more decorative? this beautiful piece will provide endless hours of entertainment for friends and family. even something more decorative yet. this beautiful piece can go on a railing, maybe on a table. it'll do the trick. birds truly complete the garden. and i'll tell you, with a little bit of flower, food, housing, nesting material, birdbath--they won't have a reason to leave. let's invite the birds to your next garden party. >> that concludes today's tour of the best of "california country." join us next time for more undiscovered treasures from the most fascinating state in the country.