it comes courtesy of retired wall street executive joe baldwin. he began collecting presidential memorabilia in 1980. first buying a letter written by george washington. the collection is open between noon and 4:00 at the all saints church on waverly street. >>> a marine county man on a mission to raise awareness about childhood obesity. marathon runner plans to run from southern california to new york city. along the way he hopes to inspire kids to get active. he plans to run 50 miles a day for 75 straight days. and his supporters are invited to run along side him. >> go online, sign up for one of the 5ks. come join me. meet me along the way. i would love to see you out there. we'll have some fun. >> he starts his run this friday in riverside. and you can track him online from start to finish. we've posted a link to his website at ktvu.com under web links. >>> the red cross says blood collection is at its lowest level in a decade because of the severe weather across the country, but you can help. the american red cross kicked off a blood drive in

comes courtesy of retired wall street executive joe baldwin. he started collecting presidential memorabilia in 1980 first buying a letter written by george washington. the collection is open between noon and 4:00 at the all saints church on waverly street in palo alto. >> kind of cool to see those up close. almost like you're touching history. >> it really is. >>> 7:38. we want to check in with sal letting us know not too much traffic out there morning to be expected. >> yeah. even on highway 4. i got communication from someone who said even on highway 4 and yes, eastbound on highway 4 it's light. let's go ahead and look at highway 880 here in oakland. that traffic is light trying to get up to the downtown oakland area. in marin county southbound 101 traffic looks very nice from novato to san raphael. no major problems. people away for the weekend. they might be in the sierra. let's go to our camera here on highway 89 at 28. you can see just a lot of people are up. a lot of the people who were having fun in the sierra this weekend will be on th

it is the crown jewel of joe baldwin's presidential collection.abor of love. >> it took about 20 years to amass the whole check. >> reporter: signatures from all 44 presidents spanning four decades. >> then we go through there. >> reporter: 79-year-old baldwin shared his qulek the bay area at his church in palo alto. >> that's the letter i got back from him. >> reporter: john garvey took an hour to share this with his son. >> an opportunity to interact with history and bring it to life, these presidents are long gone. >> long before teskes and tweets, they put pen to paper. >> it is really cool how old it is. >> reporter: more than 300 people visited the display in two days, learning from the letters how each president is unique. from abe lungeon to these handwritten notes from jimmy carter. he said they tell stories of real men doing the toughest job in the world. highlights from history he is happy to share. >> because of my own patriotism or love of this country. >> reporter: in palo alto, nbc bay area news. >> what a collection of living histo

joe mccarthy. i quote one the co-founders of the aclu, roger baldwin. read roger baldwin "liberty under the soviets." one the founder was harry ward. he was a methodist minister. and i quote a piece that harry ward wrote for protestant digest. he's warning a full decade and before joe mccarthy, he's warning about the next red scare. first it was alexander mitchell palmer and woodrow wilson. both democrats. then it was martin dyes of texas. democrat. then it was this guy. now it's this guy. joe mccarthy, they would have found their joe mccarthy in any event. that's not defend any of the mccarthy's excesses, please. but we know have the evidence of how many of these people were guilty and the lay they lied and misled people. it's been very disturbing. other questions right there. yes? >> i wonder if you have any comment on the role of american corporations as dupes for america's foes such as henry ford. and the ford corporation and also -- >>arm & hammer. >> yeah. >> also now that the flow of corporate money into elections has become the flood gates have