isabel williams is with the mural conservativesy of l.a. >> it is specifically always been indicative of a social economical issues. issues of empowerment, and connecting with our roots. >> roots that extend all across los angeles, but for more than 11 years, the art stopped. after a city wide ban on murals went into effect back in 2002. >> can you imagine gray walls? are we gray walls in. >> we are a richly diverse city. we are one of the most createny the world. >> i totally believe that murals should be part of our community. the city now agrees and earlier this year. >> we have another artist over here, and we are in the middle of what? >> traditionally two groups of people that are kind of concerned enemies here. >> i try to figure out okay, what is the best message we can send. and to me equality, friendship, team work. >> the project is also bringing together students from different schools. >> latinos and blacks don't really get along, but today, this day, we see that we are getting along. >> it took the artist about two hours to sketch out their ideas but it will take three d

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isabel rojas williams is with the mural conservation to her of l.a. >> the mural in los angeles had specificallyere indicative of people for social economical issues, issues of empowerment and connecting with our roots. >> reporter: roots that extend all across los angeles, but for more than 11 years the art stopped after a citywide ban on murals went into effect back in 2002. >> can you imagine gray walls? are we gray walls? we are a richly diversity. we're one of the most creative cities in the world. i totally believe that murals should be part of our community. >> reporter: the city now agrees and earlier this year lifted the ban so now color is returning to the streets. >> you can do like the bottom piece, and i can do the top. we can do it. >> reporter: the great wall of watts doesn't just represent a victory for artists and curators liar warren brant. it's a rare, multi-cultural collaboration. >> we're in the middle of the watts, traditionally two group it is of people that are kind of considered enemies here. >> i try to figure out, what's the best message to send? to me, equality, unity

studies led him here to anderson house to cross paths with lars and isabelle who readily joined the cast of the imperial season. william seale. [applause] >> well, hannah, thank you, thank you. and it's great to see you all here. i don't know what hannah had to pay each of you to come -- [laughter] but she's very inventive. so it is wonderful to be here and to be in this house. this is so much a part of the story and, certainly, one of the most opulent of all of the superior in history. the imperial season is about washington and a very lahr period. it begins -- particular period. it begins with a reception by president grover cleveland in his second term of the first ambassador ever assigned to the united states by a foreign country. it ends with the conclusion of world war i. it is a period and a story that suggests itself and all the buildings and landscapes that survive from it are its inspiration today. they help define washington as it has come down to us from that time. a small portion of the book takes place here in anderson house, for lars and isabelle anderson were characters in the imperial season. we can fe

one that brian williams probably should have considered in hurricane isabel. >> we can get 70-mile-per-hourd effect. right through this corridor. >> during a live report, brian discovers what hurricane force really means when he calls over a weather channel colleague to take a wind speed reading. >> allow me to introduce you to mike seidel of the weather channel. hang on. what's your reading? >> we're kind of protected here. i'd say -- >> it's not just hurricanes that have sent mike seidel flying. he's also found snow and ice on the ground can turn a weather report into a major slipup. >> is what happens -- ow, geez. oh, gosh. >> and there's another hazard when reporting on extreme weather. the kids are out of school. >> the children seem to be having the most fun of all of us here. they're all loaded up, as you can see with snow. that probably wasn't the best idea i've had this weekend. >> no, it isn't. and the attack isn't over. >> they're having a great time, as you can see. >> and even when a reporter is expecting snow day fun -- >> it looks like rubin is in the lead and here comes ali