nbc's kristen dahlgren rode along. >> reporter: for most of us, riding a bike is a rite of passage.ut for curline deveen that unforgettable accomplishment came this weekend in a new york park. >> push for a little bit. >> reporter: at age 60. >> there's no words to capture how i feel right now. >> reporter: the grandmother wasn't alone. there was 23-year-old jasmine drake. >> i was riding and i just felt like a huge wave came over my shoulders. i felt so relieved. >> reporter: and marisol ramos who had biking on her bucket list. check? >> check off. >> reporter: and this woman hopes to ride to work. >> you learn how to -- >> reporter: to turn? >> yes. >> reporter: minor details. it turns the out 8% of american adults don't know how to ride a bike. and with more people biking to work these days, adult beginner classes are popping up around the country. >> make sure your kickstand is up. >> reporter: bike new york runs this free class. >> for me, it's all about empowerment. if i can ride a bike, i can probably do this other thing that i want to do. >> reporter: judy de la cruz hadn't

as we hear from kristen dahlgren, just how it was found is a story in itself. >> reporter: we know cat in the hat," "the grinch," "fox in socks," but did you know dr. seuss left a surprise in a box? >> here we were sitting on a treasure. >> reporter: more than two decades after the death of ted geisel, better known as dr. seuss, the author's long-time assistant and his widow found a manuscript packed away in his office. their first call, seuss's long-time art director, kathy goldsmith. >> i'd seen what his materials looked like when he was in the process of working on a book, but they were so clearly what i remember. and it was both nostalgic and exciting. >> reporter: an entire book with text and line sketches of two familiar characters, the kids from "one fish, two fish." >> look over there, said my sister kay. we can go home with a rabbit today. >> reporter: seuss probably wrote "what pet should i get" around 1960 and may have still been playing with the text. >> and he often got sort of carried away with one idea and sort of put something else in the drawer. >> reporter: but all du

for "today," kristen dahlgren rhode island. >>> the law firm cleared governor chris christie has beendered to turn over its notes. last week a federal judge granted the request from former christie allies bridget kelly and baroni. they're under indictment for their alleged roles in the scandal and the request demands notes from more than 70 interviews conducted in the report. he hired the law firm at taxpayer expense. >>> an exhibit show casing comedian bill cosby's art collection will live on. about a third of the smithsonian museum of african arts exhibition came from bill and camille cosby's collection. several have distanced themselves from cosby since court documents released last week show he admitted to obtaining quaaludes before giving them to women before having sex. >>> the comedy stop cafe at the tropicana closed last week. it hosted comedians like ray romano tim allen, rosie o donnel and kevin james. the owner blames the economic downturn for his decision to shut down the show. >>> and from our nbc delaware news bureau, a possible new clue in the rehoboth beach lifeguard s

thank you, kristen dahlgren.p hitting the campaign trail out west today. he spoke before thousands in phoenix yesterday. the candidate once again said that he will do well with hispanic voters. >> we have to be very careful, we have to be very smart. i will win, if i get the nomination, i will win the hispanic vote because i'm taking jobs back from china, i'm taking jobs back from many places. >> let's bring in the former adviser for john mccain's presidential campaign. adolpho, welcome to you. do you agree, is donald trump going to win the hispanic vote? >> of course not. this is really an example of reality tv. this is an unfortunate situation that an entertainer, if you want to call donald trump that has been able to captivate national attention, for what will be a very brief period of time with these offensive remarks, and only get worse. yesterday, of course with a 70-minute tirade it was only an attack on senator mccain, governor bush and people like caroline kennedy. this is not a serious candidate in any

kristen dahlgren is live the assaulty brine beach. what do you know? i know that people are back on this beach. someone walked by and said welcome to kaboom beach. they're joking. if anyone is worried they're not showing it. there was a line of people at 6:00 a.m. to get onto this beach. police finally removed the tape that they had up after evacuating the beach yesterday and the crowds came. they're out here today happened back by the jettie a woman sitting around 11:15 yesterday morning a beautiful day like this and boom all of a sudden she's thrown out of her chair into that wall. she was alert and is expected to be okay but police immediately closed off the beach, evacuated it and they began their investigation trying to fug out just what happened. they took piles of the sand for evaluation literally sifting through it. they were able to determine it didn't look like terrorism, didn't look like a bomb at all. there were no gas lines in the area. the investigation continues. they're still trying to figure out exactly what happened but they ruled the

here's kristen dahlgren. >> reporter: this morning officials are still investigating what caused thefive feet from my sister looking at her. there was a massive bang. you physically seen rocks shift. she was ejected forcefully out of her chair, four feet into the air, ten feet out. like a live canthon ball. >> engine one rescue three. respond now to salty brian sea beach. a subject is pinned under rocks. >> reporter: for several minutes 60-year-old kathleen denise was unconscious, her ribs broken rushed to the hospital the beach evacuated. investigators found no sign of explosives and are no closer to figuring out what caused the blast so powerful it left cracks in the spand. >> the derp nation was made. we feel confident to let them back on the beach. >> reporter: even those who witnessed the blaster were back on the beach sunday. some even climbing on the rocks. >> no concerns whatsoever. it was just an incident. it happened. >> we don't want to ruin our summer. we just want to keep going to the beach, having fun sthrks for. >> reporter: for the victim's family the after shocks are

here's nbc's kristen dahlgren. >> reporter: in a house on a hill in a box tucked away a new seuss bookg through boxes she and his widow audrey made an amazing discovery. >> i went through everything page by page. and that's when this book became very evident that it was more complete than anything else we had seen. >> if he revised he would put the revision on top. >> reporter: kathy gold smith was art director at random house during seuss's career. she got the first call about the hidden manuscript. >> i thought i would never have the pleasure of working on a new book of his again. >> reporter: dr. seuss had an almost magical ability to inspire children to read. favorites like "cat in the hat," "how the grinch stole christmas" and "green eggs and ham" endureder for decades. >> if we had a big tent we would be able to take home a yent. >> reporter: a new story. what pet should i get? complete with dr. seuss's unmistakable rhyme -- >> look over there said pi sisterer kay, we can go home with a rabbit today. >> reporter: his whimsical drawings. >> has thin seen an animal like that one? >

kristen dahlgren is joining us with more on this. >> hi there, alex. heard a small part of earlier this month. the entire deposition some 1,000 pages are out there, as cosby speaks openly about young women, sex and drugs. >> and i have heard stories -- >> reporter: they are bill cosby's own words, describing a string of sexual encounters in graphic detail. claiming he mentored young women, using his fame and promising career advice as part of his frequent seductions. the documents stem from a 2005 case in which cosby was sued by a woman who claimed the comedian drugged and sexually assaulted her. in the full deposition obtained by "the new york times," cosby claimed he and his accuser were quote, playing sex. we were playing, petting. cosby also suggested he understood nonverbal signals for when a woman consents. she does not say to me don't ever do that again. she doesn't walk out with an altitudeat attitude of a huff because i think i'm a pretty decent reader of people and emotions in these romantic sexual things. the deposition revealed details from

kristen dahlgren is here with that. >> that is being looked at by some as a watershed moment.agine. >> opening up center stage. caitlyn jenner's espy speech was a plea for understanding. >> all across the world at this very moment there are young people coming to terms with being transgender. >> reporter: the world was captivated by jenner's news revealing her identity on the cover of "vanity fair." the espy awards show was her first major public appearance and with the spotlight shining brightly on her, her first chance to show how she would use her new platform. >> with attention comes responsibility. >> two months ago she doesn't know another trans person. this is very new for her, reaching out to the community. using her spotlight to make sure she could talk about other issues, not just her own journey. >> reporter: some are comparing jenner's speech to other breakthrough moments. >> i'm gay. >> i think this is a really big moment for the transgender community. we've had great leaders in the trans community who have told their story. the public's interest in caitlyn jenner