he very graciously, his name is jeff locke, he very graciously photoshopped the images from the 1821 map and sat down with me in front of his computer for three days taking these apart, sort of looking at the screws, at everything, conferring with a friend of his who worked at nasa who's an engineer. and some of them are very straightforward. this was a rod that he used to measure, this is a 10-foot rod which you can see can be moved up and down if you're on bumpy ground. he invented several of these. there's another version of it, figure 2. figure 3 seems to be sort of what's called an escapeman counter so he'd click once and by the end of the year sort of as museum guards do sort of tallying so that he could verify what he had in his notebooks with what was on the counter. this was a very elaborate version of a measuring rod. this is 50 feet long. and it is built for incredible support so that it could stay steady each though it was very heavy and very long. has a foldable version which is figure 5 which you can see, we think, folds in so it would be easier to carry. randel also di

jeff. >>> he could be a giant for life. the giants locked up franchise star buster posey with a massive contra contract. the national league mvp signed an eight-year extension for a cool $157 million. nbc bay area's jean elle is live where he just answered questions about the largest contract in giants' history. >> reporter: well, the giants and buster posey are now locked into a very expensive long-term relationship. and everyone appears to be very happy about it. posey and the giants were all smiles making the announcement just a few minutes ago. it's an eight-year contract extension for posey worth $167 million. that means posey will be a giant until 2021. there is a no trade clause. now clearly the giants believe in posey. he is, after all, the 2012 national league most valuable player and the batting champion who was a key player in the world series victory just to name a few of the catcher's accomplishments. he thanked the giants, wife and family for all their support. he also thanked the teammates for creating a winning environment. p

lock your car take your valuables out. even if you live in a nice neighborhood, jeff bush, kron 4. >> vicki: we're continuing our coverage on the effects of automatic spending cuts that have been enacted. we have been hearing all the warnings about how the sequestration will affect our nation. especially those who travel. but what's the reality, in the short term? kron 4's dan kerman has that part of the story. sequestration airport impact 030113 by now somebody has probably told you if you're thinking 1 about it because you'll have to deal with longer security lines and flight delays. but the fact of the matter is, you will likely see very little impact during the month of march here's why the delays will be begin when airport workers are furloughed but you can't furlough federal workers without a 30-day notice and that hasn't happened yet, so that means at least until april 1st there will be a full compliment of air traffic controllers, customs agents and tsa security screeners what happens after april 1st? if those furloughs happen, then you will likley see delays. i'm talking about longer lines to get through airport se

. >> reporter: but his locked in losses means he may have to work a decade longer than he had planned. ben tracy cbs news los angeles. >> jeff: a car crash in ohio today claimed the lives of six teenagers. it happened near warren about 60 miles east of cleveland. the driver of a honda passport hit a guardrail and the vehicle then flipped into a pond. police say the suv was speeding and carrying too many people. no one was wearing a seat belt. the teens killed range in age from 14 to 19 years old. >> winter is taking another swipe at the central plains tonight. parts of nebraska and iowa could get up to six inches of snow. blowing snow shut down several highways in colorado yesterday. more than 600 flights were cancelled at denver's airport. former south african president nelson mandela returned home today after an overnight in the hospital for what doctors say was a successful examination. it was mandela's second hospital stay in three months. he turns 95 in july. >> coming up u.s. navy sailors who say the fukushima nuclear meltdown made them sick. financial obstacles military families face we understand. our financial advic

jeff. >> see you at 6:00. >>> on our broadcast tonight, smoke signals at the vatican. they've already voted. first round, no new pope yet but all eyes remain on the sistine chapel. the cardinals are locked inside and cut off from the world. >>> identity theft. millions of americans have been hit. now the first lady is a victim, among other high-profile figures. the fbi now wants to know how is it so easy for criminals to ge a ton of sensitive information? >>> women's health in the news tonight, specifically ovarian cancer. its treatment and detection. also news about one of the most popular antibiotics out there and what doctors and patients need to know. >>> and from the heart. the moving words of a former president and prodigious letter writer. his words read for us by his wife and grandchildren who received them. "nightly news" begins now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is shoe "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >> good evening. in an era where everything gets out and everything is first floated on social media, some may find it quaint. and you have to admire on the tradition as the vatican still relies on smoke signals. as we look live at the v

lock was in the movie. >> it kind of changes your life. >> plus, a special guest. sit or isn't it? jeff: hello. roll it.recently married. i work with my wife on the show. and i'm learning to be a dad to two amazing kids in a blended family. i'm hosting the talk show because there's a lot to talk about. welcome to the show. thank you very much. have a seat. nice to be welcomed. have you ever heard the story and thought, man, that could be a movie? that's exactly what happened to all of our guests today. the film based on cheryl's life is called the sessions. it's starring helen hunt, william macy is in it and it's based on cheryl's experiences as a surrogate partner with one of her most unique clients. roll it. >> is it possible for me to know a woman in the biblical sense? >> are we talking about sexual intercourse? >> outside marriage. >> polio left him crippled from the neck down disabled but still longing to experience the

jeff gordon and wild spin. why he is taking one guy for the ride of his one guy for the ride of his life. stay wit >> california state treasurer bill lockntly called off his divorce. lock year has withdrawn the divorce papers that he failed last year when his wife nadia was battles methamphetamine addiction. nadia forced to resipe from her seat on the alameda county board of supervisors and later arrested for drug possession. she has now completed a 6 month rehab is. spokesman for the treasurer says that is he's proud of her progress and agreed to work things outgoing forward. they have a 9-year-old son. >> now to ins car driver jeff gordon and wild pepsi prank ad. champion driver put on a disguise to pull a fast one on supposedly unsuspecting car sales man. nick has the story. >> ins car jeff gordon hane the wheel. apparently taking unsuspecting car sales man on test drive lick no other. millions of you tube hits later a viral home run for pepsi max which starts out with jeff gordon showing up at the dealership in disguise. with hidden camera. can of pepsi. >> gravitate to the camaro oychlt i don't know if i can handle it. i have never

jeff bush, will be found. >>> arizona state troopers troopers -- prison on lock don after prisoners got into a brawl. officers were quickly able to break up the fight. 17 inmates hospital, two staff members hurt. visitations are canceled while the officials investigate what started that fight. >>> our secretary of state handed mohammed morsi $250 million in aid. next up he'll meet with mahmoud abbas in the saudi capital today. >>steve: you remember the white house's doomsday scenario if those sequester spending cuts took effect. look at that. president obama and his team now appear to be retreating from those warnings as he signed the order for those budget cuts. sequester cuts on friday. steve is live in washington on this monday morning. despite the fact the president's cabinet and the president said pretty much the sky was going to fall, it didn't fall. >> not yet. even some republicans, however, mitch mcconnell, the senate minority leader, saying the sequester only imposes modest cuts, though. he's downplaying the size of the sequester, the possible impact of the sequester. nothing on the horizon

locked out. with trillion dollar student loan debt. and credit card debt. there must be some plan for student loan debt for giveness and prioritize education of our children makinged cancation affordable. >> all right, jeff rand jesse jackson, you always say it in a way we can get it and understand it very clearly. thank you for joining us here to knit. >> hope to see you next week. >> that's "the ed show." this is michael eric dyson in for ed schultz. hubris, the iraq war, starts now. >>> good evening. thanks for being with us tonight. this is a jint resolution of congress passed in 1964. the signatures here, speaker of the house ep representatives, president of senate and down here, big one, that is the signature of the president of the united states. this resolution passed o not a friday. the tuesday before the president had gone on tv under a live late night urgent broadcast. >> fellow americans -- >> he said the united states navy had come under attack. there was open aggression on the high seas against the united states of america. the result was, the gulf of tunkin resolution. it happpassed in the house unanimously. turns out it got snookered. did not happen the way they said it happened. the way