one family has prepared 400 kites for the festival. relatives gather for the event every year. >> this is the importance of the -- we get together and fly kites and loud music and we all party together. this would obviously get the family together. >> reporter: special strings are used in competitive kite fighting. this white powder is finally crushed glass. it is dissolved into liquid and applied to the strings. when it dries, they become sharp enough to cut opponent's strings. strings produced through this procedure are called manga. there's a higher demand for stronger and sharper manga for this kite fighting competitors. this is a glass coated thread in my hand. this could easily cut thread. but this can cause serious damage to wildlife. every year, more than a thousand birds are injured or die, a few days just before and after the festival. to reduce bird casualties an ngo and a group of veterinarians are working to protect them. but this year, the local government helped the group to set up temporary first aid centers at 13 locat

one family has prepared 400 kites for the festival. relatives gather for the event every year. >> this is the importance of the -- we get together and fly kites and loud music and we all party together. it gets the family together. >> reporter: special strings are used in competitive kite flying. this white powder is finely crushed glass. it is dissolved into liquid and applied to the strings. when it dries, they become sharp enough to cut opponent's strings. strings produced through this procedure are called manga and there's a higher demand for this from kite-flying competitors. this is a glass coated thread in my hand. this could easily cut the thread. but abandoned, this can cause serious damage to wildlife. every year, more than a thousand birds are injured or die, a few just before and after the festival. the reduced casualties and a group of veterinarians are working to protect them. this year, the local community set up centers at 13 locations. 120 vets take turns treating injured birds. this center received a phone call from a

the goal for kite fliers is to try to cut the kite strings of the opponents. the pink kite battles against the blue one, but its string is severed and it falls towards the ground. one family has prepared 400 kites for the festival. relatives gather for the event every year. >> this is the importance of the time we get together and fly kites and loud music and we all party together. this would obviously get the family together. >> reporter: special strings are used in competitive kite fighting. this white powder is finally crushed glass. it is dissolved into liquid and applied to the strings. when they dry they become sharp enough to cut opponents' strings. strings produced through this procedure are called manja. there is a high demand for stronger and sharper manja by cut flying competitors. i have a glass coated thread in my hand, this can very easily cut the cotton thread. but abandoned gla coated strings are causing serious damage to wildlife. every year more than 1,000 birds are injured or die a few days before and after the festival. to reduce bird casua

for wings he uses a kite in a relatively new sport called kite boarding. >> the appeal about this sporte freedom. it's just like jumping and pure power house, but you are using nature to do that. >> the greek-born dimitri also flies to live. he's a pro and owner of a company that manufacturers and sells kite boards. >> i was very lucky to get into kite boarding, for myself and got sponsored by two different companies and eventually started my own kite company. >> kite boarding combines the appeal of boarding, riding the waves, with the pleasures of flying through the air on the kite. >> the main thing with kite boarding is the jumping, is the hang time. everything happens up there in the air. >> kite boarders can spin, pop off stationary obstacles and get really big air. >> i like the -- how you call it, the adrenaline. i like pushing the limits. but, of course, you have also the chance of getting hurt, so it's the chances you take. >> but because he knows the risks, dimitri stresses safety. he's also a husband and father to two, cameron and olivia. he hopes to be there for them for a l

kite tubing.s a cross between water skiing and, well, flying. >> basically after a certain speed the kite tube will gain lift and fly behind the boat. >> soon chris invites his friends to the lake to try out his new toy. >> chris called me up one day and said, hey, i got this kite tube. you sit on it kind of like a jet ski and it has a 15-foot wing span, and you can actually get, you know, 10, 20, 30 feet of air. i was like, count me in. >> what really excited me about kite tubing was the adrenaline rush i would get from it. it looked amazingly fun. >> one by one they all try to master this strange sport. but it's hard. >> you got to grip it and rip it, take a chance once in a while. >> finally it's chase rushing's turn. and he can really do it. >> i was excited. i was going higher and higher. it's an awesome feeling. >> i watch chase go up in the air. i'm thinking to myself, dang, there that boy goes again, he's always a natural at everything he does. sure enough there he is flying the dang manta

. >> this has been an important symbol since his mother gave him a koi kite. >> they can swim up and they get to heaven they'd be trance neermd a dragon he had a dream of turning the kite into a hoody. he says no one understood except beta brand. >> i bought it and i sewed pieces of actual koi kite on to this sweat shirt. >> this is a san francisco appropriate lesson, we thought it's great. >> it's humbling to have that dream come true and people see it, appreciate it. >> how cool. >> yes. >> and they tell us they have made more in order to keep up with demand. >> that is great. >> thank you. >> a reminder oscar sunday is just six days away, beginning with road to the gold. that is a preview, you can catch the interviews before the show. it begins at 5:00 p.m. then there is a star shoulded show at 11:00. there is a special edition of jimmy kimmel live. you can join the conversation. there is a fun day oo. yes. >> and we're keeping an eye on warm weather. >> which is stunning. >> you're going to get spring fear. >> yes. >> and there is going to be temperatures into mid-70s range, not

deb writes, no, jack, newt is not kiting himself. there's a lot left to be said in this game. newt is rightly fancying his chances. he would be stupid to give up on the opportunity. michelle writes i watched newt gingrich a month ago. it was a totally different newt then. these days he's depressed, mean, cruel, blaming. for his health's sake, he needs to take a break and go home. >> dan writes -- yes he's most certainly kidding himself. he's peaked. he's perceived and arrogant and abrasive, almost zero support outside the extreme right thing. but ken in seattle writes, it's called delusions of grandeur. one fully expects newt gingrich to start -- with a large "g" across his chest to mighty mouse's theme "here i come to save the day." richard in texas writing nah he knows he has no chance. he's touring the country on other people's money. it will give him something to write his next book about, 50 way toss leave your lovers. want to read more? go to my blog, or through our post on "the situation room's" facebook page. wolf? >>> jack, thank you. >>> happening now, the bloodpast

understood the concept except betabrand. >> i bought the blank sweatshirt and sewed pieces of koi kiteshirt. >> this is a very san francisco-appropriate invention. we thought it was great so we made it with him. >> it's so humbling to have that dream come true and people see it and appreciate it. >> he said the koi hoody is selling great and more have been made to keep up with the demand. peter said he gets a small cut from each sale, about 10%. i'm michael finney, seven on your side. >> up next, how a football player and former san franciscan aaron wright is aaron wright is giving back to his old neighborhood. [ female announcer ]cu what would you call an ordinary breakfast pastry that's been wrapped in a flaky crust stuffed with a gooey center toasted up all golden brown then given a delicious design? a toaster strudel. pillsbury toaster strudel. so delicious...so fun. here's a better idea... pillsbury grands! flaky layers biscuits. in just 15 minutes, the light delicate layers add a layer of warmth to your next dinner. pillsbury grands! dinner ideas made easy. >> here are the winnin

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no, it kites its way around. it can kite up to two blocks away. be aware of that, got your helmet on. types of hazard, you have above ground, ground and below ground. what's an above ground hazard? glass, wires, falling objects. some of the ground level hazards are glass. what's bad about uneven surfaces that are slippery? we already talked about that. you fall, you're going to hurt yourself. is water a bad thing to have? water seeks its own level, there's a hole, covering up the hole. you could be walking and all of a sudden down into a hole, correct? or a basement. water has weight to it, can cause damage to buildings, cause buildings to collapse. and it doesn't mix very well with electricity. below ground hazards, if you come up and you see a leak and the water is pouring out of a building, you know how to control it or try to control it? sure, you go right up to that utility shut off, turn it off. basements are bad places to be. there's usually only one way out and that's the way you went in. if that's compromised, you are in big trouble. forc

noise coming from this snoozing >>> there's a lot of fun activities you can do on the beach, fly your kitelay ball or take advantage of the sea breeze. fly your remote control glider. >> that's remote controlled? >> that's remote controlled glider. no engine on it. no motor, just the breeze and the updraft from the dunes here. the guy is quite skilled. just flipping the thing all over the place. >> so he's making it do all those rolls, turns and flips? >> that's it. he's catching some lift with the breeze. >> the biggest problem with remote control cars, planes, anything is that the battery dies. so with this, you don't need a battery, right? it's just wind power. >> you do need a battery. you need a battery inside to control the electronics, but it will last a lot longer. the collide eglider only weighs ounces. >>> a hummingbird becomes a snoring board. ♪ >>> nobody likes a traffic jam, especially pro mma fighter phil baroni. driving around with his friends in vegas, and phil is known as the new york bad ass. he grew up in long island. >> where did you learn how to drive, phil? >> new yor

zuckerberg can appoint who ever the hell he want to and say to them go fly a kite. >> cheryl stamburgthe one that is running the company. she's's woman. does she have to put it on the board to make it fair? >> no. she is one of the best. facebook proves that. it is shameful to me that tech companies. it is like tech geeks put up a sign and said no chicks allowed. i am for shareholder value. but the only people who are qualified are white males to be on the board, i have to disagree with that. this is the year 20111. i am not for forcing women in but opening up opportunities that are not there on silicon valley. >> we are presume thag he discriminating to begin with. >> yeah. >> but christian, at the same time do you think that the board if they made that move would it be a good public relations move? >> it would. 60 percent of the facebook users are women. it makes sense to have female representation on the woored and suggest that there are no qualified woman is a farce. >> no one said that. >> this is a private choice. why does he have to do this? >> he doesn't have to do anything. >

. >> flying it like a kite. >> tied a string to it and they're flying it. keep watching. ♪ then they tie it to their van. >> oh, no. they're going to get it stuck in a tree. >> all their hard work. ♪ >> frantically gets out of the car, tries to shake it. >> it snapped the rope, didn't it. >> oh! there you see it fly away. >> how funny is that. >> this is actually a challenge by samsonite for their new line of super light luggage bags called be light. >> makes sense. >> this is what these guys came up with. >>> cell phone versus train. ♪ >> you're about t se a video that's going to make youolk acr. ♪ back in 2011, remi and will decided that they wanted to walk from the southern tip to the northern tip of iceland. >> oh! >> did they do this barefoot. >> no, they did not do it barefoot but they did accomplish it and will shot this amazing video. >> [ inaudible ]. in the middle of it. >> yeah. middle of the mountain, let's climb that. >> like baby earth right there. >> look how tiny he is compared to that waterfall. >> boy, did they give us a real solid look of

he shares with his older sisters johnitto will dreechl a baseball glove or the perfect tail for a kite. [inaudible] 24th street with the one seed always frozen near the bottom. but the family needs more than dreams that's why my mom, sisters travelled by bus pulled by something stronger than destiny to this 2 room battleground of survival. this minute as he treads mission mama in the apartment on a sewing machine, zig-zagy threads fine as spider webs running down pants late into the appeal yellow hours of her seemingly endless nights. the 2 sisters with fingers delicate as ballerinas stitch beads tiny as drops that will sell for hundreds of dollars of which they will receive 25. the baby will be in the cardboard crib. and lost in dreams thick as cataracts will be chanting prayers to my an gods after an alter of bee's wax candles and pepsi soda bottles. the inscents unravelling in a stream toward the water stain on the seceiling that looks like a map of latin america. this is not mexico city where indian families wrapped in newspapers huddel uppered the monument of the revolution. this

. >> i've received 12 kites from you to house with graham.ieutenant higden has received five letters from you. requesting about inmate graham. >> there's no way there was 12. i sent you more like two or three. >> irregardless. basically, you've been trying to dictate everything since i've been here -- >> ma'am, i'm not trying to. i've never been to seg here. i'm coming off eight years of antidepressants. i've received further bad news from the outside world. it's always something. it's been just a little tough for me. >> you're not unique. >> this is not something i'm used to doing here. >> weir has developed a reputation among the correction staff at limon. >> he's always around. always has something to say. something like that. not insulting, necessarily, but very victim-prone, i would definitely say. >> if i didn't know any better, which i may not, i would just swear this place is out to get me. >> i don't think so, mr. weir. i've got letters, six pages, front and back. you know, this is going on, this is going on. he's just -- uh -- he's

good kite flying but hold on tight because mother nature will be putting on a good tug.unny skies returning after the early snowstorm that lasted 10 minutes in washington. it didn't even whiten the ground but did so across some western suburbs. winds at only 15 miles an hour for now but gusting higher than that. temperatures in upper 30s and low 40s. we won't see a rise in afternoon temperatures because of the winds. 25 miles an hour gusts in washington, 33 in fredericksburg, a 44 miles an hour in martinsburg, west virginia and they will be common place the rest of the day. windchills as a result, upper 20s and low 30s. even though the temperatures will climb into the upper 40s, all the wind will keep the windchills down most of the day. the wind advisory goes until 6:00 this evening when it goes up. it is about 6:00, the winds will ease up. there's an early morning head of snow across the lower part of the eastern shore and as a result, all our knocks a, allno now gone. 99% of that will be drying up before it goes into the washington area. windy and wind whip sunshine a

he shares with his older sisters johnitto will dreechl a baseball glove or the perfect tail for a kite. [inaudible] 24th street with the one seed always frozen near the bottom. but the family needs more than dreams that's why my mom, sisters travelled by bus pulled by somet

so that classic school kid image we have been franklin great pioneer the kite flying with the lightning storm comes from joseph galvin. that's a great story i'm going to write a book that talks about that. so, priestley developed his friendship and he then got interested in this question of air and gases and one of the reasons he got interested in it is that he accidentally moved in next door to a brewery. we will talk about his religious life, but he was a minister and as well as a pioneer chemist handling withstand political radical the townspeople were back in the day someone said reading about this book they thought what if i had done what my life what this guy has accomplished. so he had gotten a gay as a minister in a church -- to the move into this house that was adjacent to the brewery and ever inquisitive he kind of walked over and started investigating and he noticed the of these giant vats of the year that were brewing and he saw this kind of gas coming off the liquid and he thought this is going to be a good place to do experiments, and so he asked to the proprietors if you

damascus and aleppo aleppo doesn't it seem strange that the us is on the same side with the whole kiting syria row it is it does indeed listen the the outside government has been has been ruthless and brutal and suppressing the uprising and the insurgency against it not as brutal as this father was tough as all assad who slaughtered twenty thousand people in hama in one nine hundred eighty two when they rose up and it would probably be a good thing if he departed and they had a more democratic government but your point is well taken united states should ask itself not only what is the character of this regime but first question should be do we have a vital interest in who rule syria my answer to that is no secondly if the incumbent government is overthrown who comes to power and syria you have the muslim brotherhood is trying to overthrow assad you have al-qaeda apparently which is moving in trying to overthrow assad so we've got to ask ourselves is the devil we know preferable to the devil we don't know but in the syrian situation i think the very fact that al qaida has been involved ap

situation of civil unrest of this kite then the tables are tipped in favor of the rebels in favor ofthe rebels in the country in question there too because those people think that they can rely on foreign support political or military and it weakens as it were the government position only strengthens them. back in the gates the government so foreign intervention can make things worse because it distorts the natural mechanisms which exist in any country resulting in a conflict of this current. stay with us here on r t still ahead this hour a whistleblower nominated for the nobel peace prize a u.s. soldier accused of releasing secret files to wiki leaks now on the list of candidates for the prestigious award we'll talk with one of the people behind his nomination. but first with less than a month to go before russia's presidential ballot emotions are running high as the campaigns shift up a gear following a day of demonstrations across the country prime minister and presidential candidate lattimer putin continues laying out his electoral program this time it's more about web shape demo

neighboring iraq has dropped in some areas by as much as fifty percent in the last few months this as a kite a leader i'm on al-zawahiri as called on his supporters around the world to back the uprising in syria this. morning. that these men who call themselves the mujahideen say they are on their way to fight a holy war against our song. in washington senators asked the head of america's intelligence james clapper you think what happens if assad falls are we prepared for the situation of a possible field state were al qaeda enjoys a safe harbor and refuge from which to coordinate attacks his response bears no optimism there would be kind of a vacuum i think that. would lend itself to. extremists . operating in syria which is particularly troublesome some ask a different question is the u.s. on the same side as all critic in syria and whether its policies are indirectly aiding the terrorists are american strategists would have to be fools not to see what al qaeda is doing not to ask the question if it. good for al qaeda can it be good for us not to look. and say he may be a ruthless dictator

. >> and "toy story 3", he skates but also flies while hanging from a giant kite. >> brian: flies and skates. >>> my daughter and my niece, they went to this show over the weekend and got the big program. look at this. look at woody. they loved it. [ applause ] >> brian: tell us what you do? >> i'm the jessica the cowgirl. >> i've been doing it for 14 years and second year with disney. >> first time in ice, did you want to do it. you. >> i looked kind of like bambi i was shaky, now it's my favorite thing to do. >> do you like a full costume like woody? >> i have a smaller costume. i used to show my face and see all the facial expressions to me. >> brian: and you shall catch disney on ice, at oracle arena in oakland and runs through sunday. >> good to have you. abc7 news starts now. >>> a high speed police chase through five cities. you can see at least 12 cruisers chasing a car before 10:00 on westbound interstate 80 and university avenue in berkeley. >> the chase reached speeds of 100 miles an hour and continued on to 880 through oakland and san leandro. it ended at the dunbar ton br

and this and this car show but i want to get your reaction on this is there any truth to this ad can kite china be blamed for job losses in the u.s. is that a fair accusation no not really the people who make that i'm referring to the chinese peg of its currency to the dump and they claim the chinese currency is worth more because when china biggest currency to double a purpose it was to show that its currency was as good as the day it was a communist country trying to get into a new game and that's why this turns now the message that we just saw is highly misleading because it's not so much the chinese goods that are coming into america it's the goodness of american transnational corporations who now produce all sure and bring their goods back here so the real the real blame lies not in china but only american firms who are all suring their production for the american market you see this doesn't come out stead they blame china but at least fan the imports from china are goods produced by american firms in china in order to sell here and they do it because the lower labor cost means more

>> she's a victim's add vo kite so am i. it's about the facts. >> absolutely.he facts and the record needs to be corrected. however, i think maybe in order to find out to get information maybe she overstepped it a little. >> why didn't she take it back? >> right. believe me he could have landed on her like a ton of bricks like nancy now that you're rethinking do you want to take that back? no? because an autopsy for fans... >> look. we don't know what happened. hopefully we'll get to the bottom of what happened. maybe there are other conditions. >> yes. >> and in any event there a 21-year-old son charged with attacking his to-year-old girlfriend. his girlfriend says she'll drop charges if he apologizes. police say not so fast. can the police do this? can they make a case without her cooperation? >> depends what the evidence is. other evidence around, if someone else saw this. she had marks on her face? >> she was punched and kicked with bruises all over her body. is that enough evidence for you?. >> how many times have you seen this? as a former prosecuting att