it's a park that even has dog lovers fighting against each other.day in the bay's" christie smith has more on the story. good morning, christie. >> good morning, laura. you ask opponents and they say all the geese around lake merritt leave enough of a mess. they certainly don't need dogs adding to that in a high-profile location. that's when a second location was floated. it would be tucked away behind the trees over near children's fairy land. that got dog lovers saying if they were moved to a potential second location it would add more delays for dogs that just want to play and catch tennis balls at the dog park. it's astro park, on macarthur and lakeshore. it's now used for sports and things like eating lunch. plan b near an old horse stable near fairy land. one walker this morning said he'd rather have none. >> i don't think they need one, not out here. >> why? >> basically, it's going to create a mess. it's already enough with the birds. >> now, oakland only has five dog parks compared with 17 in san francisco and pretty strict no dog rules in

are comin from oxford university earlier on now a political analyst a military expert eager cock lovers in the studio with me to eat believes that terror groups will use any pretext to attack targets of violence their aims. terrorism is not an ideology it's a method and it's a method of the minority here you know the group that has never been heard of before tries to make good p.r. using violence and they can use any pretext for that involvement in afghanistan involvement in iraq or you know that many conscious that have no involvement in nato operations like below or russia also suffer from this kind of terrorism so i would not put a direct link between afghanistan and for instance and norway paying the price for it terrorist attacks are intended to produce shock and to affect public opinion and it's a very sinister way of making our own victims for those terrorist groups but you know norway is a very specific country as well as russia or belittle sure neither norway and or rush home grown terrorist groups you know so-called chechen terrorism terrorism in russia is not basically cheche

, you can have children by those lovers. you could even have adruulterous lovers and you're protected as a citizen of the united states but the minute you tell them privately that you view them as their spiritual spouse, the state comes in and prosecutes you. >> reporter: the law banning polygamy dates all the way back to a supreme court decision in 1879. the court said it may be a religious practice, but it doesn't deserve constitutional protection any more than human sacrifice, which they considered to be comparable. but this is the same court that banned interracial marriage. so should polygamy be reconsidereded too? if you've got a case where you have all consenting adults, and nobody is being hurt, what's wrong with that? >> i don't care what these people are telling you. there is not a single polygamist family out there that the women are truly happy inside. >> reporter: critics say there is plenty of evidence that polygamy fosters abuse. remember the allegations of children forced to marry older men in that mormon spl

you can have children by those lovers. you can even have adulterous lovers. and you are protected as a citizen of the united states. but the minute you tell them privately that you view them as their spiritual spouses, the state comes in and prosecutes you. >> reporter: the law banning polygamy dates back to a supreme court decision in 1879. the court said i imay be a religious practice, but it doesn't deserve constitutional protection any more than human sacrifice, which they considered to be comparable. but this is the same court that banned interracial marriage. so, should polygamy be reconsidered, too? if you've got a case where you have all consenting adults and nobody's being hurt, what's wrong with that? >> i don't care what these people are telling you. there's not a single polygamist family out there that the women are truly happy inside. >> reporter: critics say there is plenty of evidence that polygamy fosters abuse. remember those allegations of children forced to marry older men in that mormon splinter group? the brown's attorney says there is no

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we heard from a very vocal lover of today really criticizing what he sees as the essential mission creep of the ongoing outside intervention into the libyan situation now he drew comparisons between what's happening in libya and the bombing of the former yugoslavia and fight saying that the company named by nato against colonel gadhafi has actually gone on far longer than the bombing campaign that was conducted against parts of the former yugoslavia. it's obvious that politics is a cynical matter we hear from the western capitals bombing should go. back but the human cost of these political statements is very high. well it wasn't just bad libya that was on the agenda for of to speak about he also brought up syria he did say this he was concerned that the focus seems to be wholly on the assad government and how to get rid of. this isn't acceptable that the opposition should resort to violence provoking peaceful protesters to join acts of violence and therefore making them a target for police or security forces. the for russian foreign minister also went on to talk about relations between

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david eyesen back, "one nation under sex", how the presidents, first ladies and their lovers changedistory. come along. larry, sex lives make that much difference? >> ironically they did and they used the information to campaign against one another and one another damage so nothing has really changed. >> john: and it's reported about much because in those days, people liked to hush that up. >> i'm astonishing took us almost 200 years to find out that thomas jefferson fathered six children by his slave girl, sally hemmings. we weren't able to establish that until dna in 1998. so, there's a lo the of history out there, which historians looked the other way and just didn't get reported. >> john: all right. you two aren't looking the other way. what are some examples? you say sex shaped history? that's a big claim. >> that's right. it's a claim that has been ignored by historians traditionally, they never sort of want to touch the personal lives of the presidents. >> john: tawdry. >> presidential, they missed a major component of the story of america, that is that the private lives of th

tourists and animal lovers got to see quite a spectacle off the cloest of colombia. six adult hump back whales along with calves. it's part of a mass migration that stretch as cross 5,000 miles of the oceans. it provides a unique chance for people to catch a peek of the giant sea creatures. >>> even in an age of astounding technological creations, the smart bird is a jaw dropper. developed by a german smart bird is a jaw dropper. developed by a german engineering firm, it has a 6 1/2 foot wing spanned and weighs less than a pound. it takes off, lands and powered by the motion of its wings. it's so natural looking it either fooled nearby birds into thinking it was part of their flock. and that is the coolest thing i've seen in a long time. >> that reminds me of a pigeon i was feeding in the park the other day. >>> time for an early look at the stories we'll follow throughout the day here on nbc. walter reed army medical center's flag will be retired as it prepares to close its doors after a century of treating presidents and wounded american fighters. the ceremony sym

wrote in book, one nation under sex, called the private lives of presidents, first ladies and their lovershanged history. come on. larry, sex lives make that much difference. >> ironically they did. they used the information to campaign against one another and so nothing has really changed. >> john: it's reported about much but in those days, people liked to hush that up? >> i'm astonished it took 200 years that thomas jefferson fathered six children by a slave girl. we weren't able to establish that until dna until 1998. there is a lot of history out there which historians look the other way and didn't get reported. >> john: you aren't looking the other way. you say sex shaped history? >> that's right. it's a claim that has been ignored because they never wanted to touch the personal lives of the president. the problem is historians missed a major component of the story of america. the private lives of presidents and first ladies did shape how things went. civil war. you think james buchanan gay love affair caused the civil war? >> that's right. he arrived in washington a young congressma

. >>> if you have a garlic lover, gilroy is the place to be this week end. ktvu's janine de la vega is there with some of the most bizarre food combinations. this year's festival is dishing up, janine. >> reporter: we're here in gourmet alley. you can see a great deal of activity. they fired up the grill. they they are cooking up calimari and you can feel the heat. the crowd as you can see right here, they love it. over the next three days, they will go through 10,000 pounds of garlic and 10,000 pounds of meat. for the more adventurous there's garlic watermelon and garlic ice cream. the event is expected to attract 100,000 people over the weekend. >> it's very, very family oriented and we want to bring the kids so they can enjoy it. and the food is great. who doesn't like garlic? >> reporter: garlic lovers got into the spirit of thing wearing garlic hats and even entire costumes. the event has three stages and 40 different acts and a childrens area and back out here live you can see i have these three little chocolate garlic frogs. and i'm going to taste one

all they need you to vote for them. >> meet cash, the star of the canine video for dog lovers.s like cash can't find any place to play in pacifica. no matter how heart he searches. >> dogs have to have exercise. i have had people say to me, i am forced to break the law every day because i have to exercise my dog and there is no way to do it. >> janet started pooch the pacifica organization for canine helpers. they worked tirelessly to build a dog park. they found a perfect spot. >> this space was so perfect we were drooling. >> the pooch group has won over the city and managed to convince the neighbors. one thing they needed for cash to lose the leash is money. >> money for cash. that is all we need so cash can have a place to play. >> she hopes the video she produced will win them that money in an online contest called bark for your park. it won an award for neighbors and won pacifica in the final 15. >> in order to win the contest. we need people to vote. >> the grand prize $100,000 toward building that dog park. in pacifica, jonathan bloom, go abc news. >> if you want to cas

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. >> reporter: dog lovers and a group who is protecting a slice of the lake are fighting over where to put a dog park that's been proposed for years. the park commission listened to both sides. one group wants to transform the city's old police force stable into a play area for dogs. the other group wants to put it near lake shower and macarthur boulevard. it took ten years to get the blue prints for that plan approved. >> the parks within a park would take up 24% of the existing field at the park. that would leave more than an acre for pickup soccer games and other casual sports. >> a fence that's going to take up half the park is going to put an obstruction in the middle of a wonderful open space. >> reporter: dog lovers believe oakland is behind the times. for example, san francisco has 17 dog parks. oakland has five. and most of them are not that inviting. >> there's so many other things in our society that we should be worrying about and not worrying about not letting people have a safe place to let their dog run and play. >> reporter: the plans for this park will go back to the p

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well indeed we heard from a very vocal surrogate lover of today really criticizing what he sees as the essential mission creep of the ongoing outside intervention into the libyan situation now he drew comparisons between what's happening in libya under the bombing of the former yugoslavia and fight saying that the bombing campaign by nato against colonel gadhafi has actually gone on far longer than the bombing campaign that was conducted against parts of the former yugoslavia. it's obvious that politics is a cynical matter we hear from the western capitals that the bombing should go on until gadhafi backs off but the human cost of these political statements is very high on the political used to be. well it wasn't just libya that was on the agenda for of to speak about and he also brought up syria now in syria he was saying wealth drew what the conclusion was he sees us the. as somewhat lack of continuity when it comes to the western powers deciding who they're going to intervene on behalf of. of course we're looking at a situation too in syria where there is that opinion that people sh

you can have children by those lovers.an even have adultry lovers and you are protected as citizen of the united states. but the minute you tell them privately that you view them as spiritual spouse, state comes in and prosecutes you. >>reporter: the law banning polygamy dates all the way back to supreme court decision in 1879. the court said it may be a religious practice but it doesn't deserve constitutional protection any more than human sacrifice which they consider to be comparable. but this is the same court that banned enter racial marriage. so should polygamy be reconsidered too. >> if you have a case where you have all consenting adults and nobody is being hurt what's wrong with that. >> i don't care what the people are telling you. there's not sage polygamist family out there that the women are truly happy in. >>reporter: critic say plenty of evidence that polygamy fosters abuse. remember the allegations of children forced to marry older men in that mormon splinter group. brown attorney says there is no abuse in

if the park that has even dog lovers fighting against each other. "today in the bay's" christie smith live in oakland with more on the story. good morning. >> good morning to you. well, you know, on the one hand you have dog lovers who are trying to push the city of oakland forward. it's a large city and it only has five dog parks. on the other hand, you have some neighbors here who say one of these locations being looked at is completely wrong because it would put dogs front and center near an entrance to popular lake merritt. both locations being considered are near the lake. the newer alternative would be near children's fairy land tucked away in a grove of trees at a cost of $40,000 according to the chronicle. the original plan, which has preliminary approval already is near mcarthur and lakeshore, grand lake theater area. the problem there is the neighbors complain it's valuable space used for sports and lounging, very rare open space. i mentioned oakland has five dog parks. san francisco, by comparison, has 17. oakland also has a strict no dog