they were the maya. the similar layout of the maya cities the style of architecture and sculpture, and the shared writing system led early archaeologists to assume the maya had formed a great empire like that of the aztecs. but that assumption soon evaporated as later archaeologists began uncovering details of maya political systems. one city that has received extensive attention is copan located on the western edge of honduras. it was once believed the maya were led by astronomer-priests who divided their time between ritual and plotting the stars. the 16 figures around this altar were thought to represent astronomers from various cities in the maya realm. it was believed that they were here in copan to adjust errors in the maya calendar. but once scholars began translating maya writing they soon discovered the monument was erected by the 16th king of copan. it had nothing to do with the stars. archaeologist william fash. the point of this monument is to show that the 16th ruler derives his right to pow

it was larger than that of many maya kings.iption on the tomb that gives the baker's name. like most roman citizens at this date he's got three names -- marcus virgilius euriciques. now the first two of those names "marcus virgilius," are perfectly standard ordinary roman names but the last one "euriciques," isn't. it's a name that comes from the eastern mediterranean. now that suggests -- doesn't prove, but it suggests -- that euriciques' family, perhaps his father perhaps his grandfather, originally were brought to rome as slaves, captives in rome's wars of conquest in the east. so the larger point is that in the expanding society of rome at this period even the descendant of a slave could become really wealthy. keach: many pre-industrial states offered the prospect of upward mobility for their people. but they also created poverty and squalor unimaginable in egalitarian societies. in modern states technology often widens the gap between rich and poor. and so, anthropologists insist that political evolution does not imply pro

aquí no vivían los mayas. por la arqueología. ah, ahora comprendo. como ya sabemos los indígenas que vivían en el centro de méxico y que gobernaban un vasto imperio del este al oeste eran los aztecas. los mayas habitaban la parte de méxico que se llama yucatán. también vivían en las regiones de chiapas, tabasco y campeche y en partes de centroamérica. los mayas nunca formaron un gran imperio con una ciudad capital. lo que existía era una serie de estados autónomos con sus propias ciudades centrales: mérida... uxmal... chichén itzá... copán y otras. según los datos entre los años trescientos y novecientos después de cristo la civilización maya llegó a su máximo apogeo mucho antes que la de los aztecas. durante esta época, los mayas hicieron grandes avances en los campos de la astronomía y las matemáticas. en templos como los de chichén itzá los astrónomos mayas por ejemplo calcularon el número exacto de días y horas que tenía el año. también sabían todos los ciclos de los eclipses solares y lunares. hasta la ép

>> maya: no.arted with nicole, `cause she was threaten-- i-i should say she was putting a little pressure on me. >> rick: okay, so nicole knows. >> maya: which is how carter found out. >> rick: carter? ohh. okay, um...

and when i confronted maya, she admitted it was true. maya is transgender.

on one knee here. >> maya: [ chuckles ] >> rick: i'll get on two if need be. >> maya: that won't be necessary. >> rick: is that a yes? you'll be my wife? >> brooke: you can't accept that proposal. rick deserves to know the truth. tell him. >> eric: rick still doesn't know? >> b

>> maya: after my grandfather. >> rick: naturally, you changed it. >> maya: i did. >> rick: who wouldle girl an old man's name? >> maya: you know... when a child comes into the world... even before they're born, the first thing they're given isn't a name. it's a sex. and the name, their clothes,

consider me team maya from now on. what? >> rick: waiting for the punch line. >> ridge: not a joke, ricky.

experience. >> maya: and what does that include? >> rick: i guess you're just gonna have to wait and see.

you can't say anything against me, so you go after maya?ridge: i'm not saying anything against maya. >> rick: you're trying to make me doubt her. >> ridge: you're being misled. >> rick: yeah. by you. >> ridge: oh, ricky. [ sighs ] i'm trying to help you, god knows why, because the way you treat people, you deserve to get burned. but not like this. i know how much you value maya's loyalty, and you think she's the only one you can trust. well, she's not who you think she is.

. >> maya: i'm really glad we came here. >> rick: me too. >> maya: i've become such a city girl that a walk in the woods is really just a jog in the park for me. >> rick: [ chuckles ] well, there's a whole wide world out there. i'm gonna show it all to you. >> maya: we really can do anything, overcome all odds. i'm counting on that. >> brooke: don't suppose you've heard from rick. >> ridge: and why would he call me? >> brooke: forgotten piece of business? i don't know. >> ridge: so i take it you didn't hear from him, either.

i have to see her. [ keys clacking ] [ maya sniffling ]

that is the scupltural form that gives expression to maya's project. if you think about a cone or a bull horn, they are used to get the attention of the crowd often to communicate an important message. this project has a very important message and it is about our earth and what we are losing and what we are missing and what we don't even know is gone. >> so what is missing is starting with an idea of loss, but in a funny way the shape of this cone is whether you want to call it like the r.c.a. victor dog, it is listen to the earth and what if we could create a portal that could look at the past, the present and the future? >> you can change what is then missing by changing the software, by changing what is projected and missing. so missing isn't a static installation. it is an installation that is going to grow and change over time. and she has worked to bring all of this information together from laboratory after laboratory including, fortunately, our great fwroup of researchers ers-- group of researchers at the california academy. >> this couldn't ha

maya angelo lived in san francisco as a young woman. she became the first african american female cable car conductor. >>> the city of burkely is -- recently installed four metal boxes downtown. the donations will be used to pay for personal items. and to cover the cost of id card application fees at the dmv and for ride vouchers on ac transit. >> i think to the average person it seems really simple but these are things that can make or break a difference for a person. >> the downtown berkeley association paid for the boxes and the installation and the program is modeled after one in denver which actually sees donations of $100,000 a year. >>> expect to pay more for your thanksgiving turkey this year. turkey farmers in texas predicting a shortage because avian flu is killing thousands of turkeys. that could create a shortage which could drive up prices. and time is running out. it takes four months from the time eggs are laid to raise a turkey to the size americans need. now farm experts say we could feel a price pinch when it comes to

maya angelou once said, "if someone shows you who they are believe them." she has shown us her entire life who she is. believe her. i believe her and the president believes her and all of the people in this department will believe her. you have shown who you are and everything you've done. you've upheld the values of the oath you are about to take. we believe you. to the staff of the department of justice, you are the best of the best and with loretta, you have the best of the best as your leader. all the qualities she brings to the job of attorney general are because of what she has learned as a federal prosecutor. she is one of you. to the american people who are blessed with another remarkable public servant to lead this department, i am now going to swear you in as the attorney general of the united states of america. the whole family, come on up here. you are going to stand here. i want to put your left hand on the bible and raise your right hand. i do solemnly swear that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemi

a little beyonce, everything can't get enough of maya.ull clip. it is amazing. let's end things off on a high note with the ladies of "pitch perfect 2." yesterday they stopped by. all of them had a reason to bust out into song. "pitch perfect 2" dominated the box office, not only is it on track to trump the big budget blockbuster, mad max, according to estimates, the film is looking at a $60 million opening weekend. those numbers set it up to be the highest grossing three-day opening weekend ever for a musical. i say that is amazing. you knew where i was going with that so cheesy. pop start for this morning. >> thanks. >>> still to come this morning on "today" the final countdown is on, matt now just minutes away from his ride for red nose day. there he is ready to go. we will check in with in just this one moment, your baby is getting even more than clean. the scent, the lather, even the tiny bubbles of a johnson's® bath are helping to enhance the experience. the touch of your hands is stimulating her senses. nurturing her mind. and help

to maya angelou but tavis is the ideal collaborator because he appreciates what i do and shows me great respect and also i love how he speaks and i love his voice. he is intrinsically a good storyteller so it's been a great combination. >> host: is the ghostwriting this is a pretty big business? something we don't necessarily know about? >> guest: yes and one area we haven't talked about is a -- ghost which means you don't have your name on it. a deep ghost is a person who has ghost written a book for typically politicians will use a deep ghost because they want to get the idea that they actually wrote the book. i don't know, i haven't done a survey on it but i think i don't know whether majority of politicians books are ghostwritten but a large number of hooks by politicians are ghostwritten. and i will tell you one interesting story about that. i was once on an airplane going to conference and i was next to a guy who is a well-known novelist. i don't want to hurt his feelings. he said that's interesting and then he asked me which books i had done and i told him. he said the only probl

the book is "my journey with maya."t of luck with it. >> thank you for your work and witness. >> tomorrow he will talk about his assessment of president obama and time in office and respond to critics who suj he has been too tough on the president. >> today's number one mountains of money. a new report says corporate america has more than $1.7 trillion stashed away waiting to be spent. apple is the cash king. thanks in part to record high sales of the iphone with more than $135 million sold. total cash in the bank $170 billion. microsoft has about half of that but 90 billion is not too bad. google has third biggest amount with 65 billion. >>> now to baby talk. the folks at the social security administration scoured files for the most popular baby names and there is a new leader for girls. emma up from second place with olivia. sophia slides to number three. as for boys noah is most popular for a second straight year. liam followed by mason. >>> americans are expected to spend a record amount on mom like more than $21 bi

>> it was a very interesting remark she made at maya angelou's memorial service last year when she said looking back on her recent career she talked about what it was like to be on campaign trail when she was criticized and she mentioned a feeling of loneliness in ivy league classrooms. she had a bit of a struggle when she first got there at age 17. and she worked her way through with the help of friends and that pretty patented michelle obama determination and discipline. >> how did the whole affirmative action debate affect her career at princeton and her sense of herself, her sense of living in two worlds and being judged as something other than just michelle? >> right. she wrote in her senior thesis that she -- princeton made her she said it made me more aware of my blackness than ever before. than in chicago. and that was because of the nature of princeton at that time where black students were very much in a minority, where we also should remember there were not so many women and also where class was a big question after all. michelle said i got to princeton, and i saw some kids w

was hit by a vehicle while crossing the intersection of sixth, and she was walking with her friend maya who was critically injured. the most chilling part was that she was suppose to be with them when the accident happened i just saw her the other day and was suppose to hang out with her. >> meanwhile maya's grandmother tells us there is no update on her condition? it's a head fracture we don't know if there is brain damage yet, it's too early to tell. >> the witness said the driver was stopped and processed by police, any pending charges have not yet been filed. abigail will be remembered as a loving friend with a giving heart. >> she made everybody feel special, she should be here today be died at a young age and it hurts. >> and elaine has a message for all parents and grandparents. >> if you are near your children, hug them every day you never know when they will be gone. their lives are peshs. >> back out live on the scene the vigil is planned for 6:00 tonight for both victims and fun raisers to help both families are planned as well. funeral plans for abigail are underway. >> very

and recently we've worked together on this book on maya angelou about his relationship to maya angelou. but tavis is sort of the ideal collaborator because he appreciates what i do, you know, and shows me great respect. and also i love how he speaks, and i love his voice. and he's intrinsically a good storyteller, so it's been great combination. >> host: is the ghost writing business a pretty big business that we don't necessarily know about? is. >> guest: yeah. the one area we haven't talked about is deep ghosts which means that you don't have your name on it. you touched upon it earlier. but a deep ghost is a person who has ghost written a book for typically politicians will use a deep ghost because they want to give the idea that they actually wrote the book. and i don't know i haven't done a survey on it, but i think -- i don't know whether a majority of books written by politicians are ghost written, but a large number of books written by politicians are ghost written. so yeah it's -- and i, i'll tell you one interesting story about that. i was once on an airplane going to a confe

one of the ones that people are talking about, maya redolph, one of your favorites. let's tack a listen. >> here we are with all of the beautiful faces and iphones. >> that's maya rudolph speaking to graduates of tulane university in new orleans. she told them to create their own destiny and put down the iphones once in a while. we're back in 60 seconds. (gong) blend kikkoman into your burger patties to beef up their savoury meaty flavour. (taiko drum beat) (taiko drum beat) >> you probably turned to greeting cards to express your feelings often but sometime there's are no premade cards that quite hit the mark. an tompson speaks to a designer who helps humor to get through difficult times. >> reporter: as a greeting card designer and writer emily mcdowell knows words matter. they're what's made her new empathy line go viral. >> the best-seller so far is let me be the first to punch the next person who tells you everything happens for a reason. >> reporter: what is the chord that you think you've struck? >> i think it's reflecting people's reality in a way they've nev

and they say that renaming it to maya angelou is more appropriate since she brought people together. >>> fog should be back tomorrow morning. so we're going to see plenty of fog and low clouds when you get going as we had the last few mornings. this weather system spinning to the north of us is breaking up the fog pattern a little bit and will set us up with a mild day tomorrow but then it moves through and another one comes in. it'll bring us some rain as we get into the middle and late week. right now it's sustained at sfo. the computer model then sets us up. there's tomorrow morning. it shows a lot of fog. i expect to see more patchy fog and inland. it may go away because of that low but i think we will see more patches of fog. the forecast highs tomorrow. likely were today the blues are 50s, greens are 60s. that footprint much like we had today. that's the way it's going to go. but then things change around. 57degrees at lunchtime. cloudy, 59 degrees partly cloudy in the afternoon. as we head into your thursday and friday. we have a legit shot of rain around here. i'll be talking

now that maya has revealed she's transgender and rick accepted it, it is fine. >> so there is no morerama. >> there has to be something else that happened, didn't somebody get in the car crash. >> yeah, rick was in a car wreck. >> he is okay. >> and real actress on the show was run over by a car in hollywood and now she came back in the wheelchair. they incorporated. >> that is real life. >> that is real, man. >> thank you. >> speaking of that somebody just tweeted me that they think rick forrester on bold and the beautiful is annoying because he is always a weiner. >> he used to be in all my children. >> i believe he was yeah. >> so he is engaged or was engaged to maya a the transgender. so then he says would you marry me. she said i have something to tell you. i was born a man. >> he said yes. >> that is fine. >> now they are happy. >> no, she thinks he's upset. >> they are not happy. >> she ran away and he got in the car wreck chasing her. >> yes. >> now he is annoying. >> yes. >> speaking of annoying characters, mashable that web site that you can mash the whole thing together, do

everyone saw maya angelou at its best and saw maya angelou do what he does best which is box. >> i got the money to go. >> meated did what he is supposed to do, handling. they'll go tonne, it was a hell of a fight. >> this was the most profitable bout in boxing's history with each fight egg taking home millions and for the u.s. entertainment capital. it may have been a billion dollar weekend to revitales the city and the sport >>> manny pacquioa claimed he was hampered by a shoulder injury. sports writer rick has been telling al jazeera he thought floyd mayweather was a deserving winner. >> it's a sad nation. the national pride is pricked and, yes, the judges pretty much got to right. it's a sad fact. we have to admit that floyd mayweather did win the match. i know he does not want to end on a sour note, and will fight one more time but my best advice for him is to take a few days off and think about this. this was a legacy fight. he's tape a couple of losses. definitely tarnishing his reputation as one of the greatest of all time i think he'll fight one more time. >> spain's lorenzo w

. >> "america tonight"s maya angelou. >> next a medical device used on hundreds of thousands of patients each year now connected to a deadly outbreak. what could have stopped the superbug. hot on the website - gaol house and a scandal sending an innocent man to death, and an accused killer on to the streets. listen to the recordings of an informer ring at aljazeera.com/americatonight. >>> now our fast-forward look at the super bug. they are dangerous, hard to kill and easy to spread. coming up in hospitals across the country, and there's fear that it could be connected to a device used in hundreds of thousands of procedures. michael oku vets the evidence. the danger could have been prevented. >> reporter: biomechanical engineer has been tracking sometimes uncovering the outbreaks for years. this is what he thinks is the source an endoscope. it has a camera and placed down the throat of a camera. according to the f.d.a. scopes are used in about 500 procedures a year. the hospitals involved in the outbreaks pointed to the endoscopes as the source of infection, saying they are hard to steri

listen to this. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ >> comedienne maya rudolph with an off keynote. laughing. "fox & friends" hour three starts now. >>> that was funny. >> that was funny. >> she was pretending to be cristina aguilerra, i suppose. >> i was amused. great to see you this morning. >> welcome into the show. gets right to the fox news alert. a daring u.s. commando raid that killed a top isis commander in syria. >> they took out abu sayyaf in the middle of the night as isis scrambled using women and children as human shields. >> we're joined by elizabeth prann. >> not only were ancient artifacts recovered during this raid but a trove of intel materials. some of the fighting which took place in eastern syria during the delta force raid for abu sayyaf was at times hand-to-hand combat. isis was grabbing people using them as human shields, that includes women and children. his wife was captured. she's being held for questioning. she's known to be a member of isis even believed to participate in terror activities. fight th at times did become intense. helicopters were damaged.

you can't be spreading stories about maya. >> ridge: that's not what i'm doing.i'm telling his parents very quietly that the woman that rick trusts and adores... had a boy's name at birth. [ camera shutter clicking ]

i want to hear from maya first. i want her to explain why she hasn't told my son.moved her into his house. he's going to propose to her. why would she let it go on so long? >> ridge: but i thought you were confronting her last night. wasn't that the plan? >> brooke: i was. i was. i went to the photo studio. she was there looking at pictures of herself, the beautiful lead forrester model. [ sighs ] i just couldn't bring myself to ask her why she hasn't told my son the truth that she is transgender. >> nicole: no ring, i see. i thought rick was close to proposing. guess it didn't happen last night.

>> guest: it was an interesting remark at maya angelo's funeral she talked about what it was like to be on the campaign trail who she was criticized and mentioned a feeling of loneliness. she had a struggle there at 17 and worked her way through with friends and discipline. >> host: how did the affirmative action affect her? the sense of living in two worlds and being judged as someone other than just michelle? >> guest: she said princeton made me more aware of my blackness than other before in chicago. and that was because of the nature of princeton where black students were the minority and we should remember that there were not so many women and also class was a big question. michelle said i got to princeton and saw kids with bmw. i didn't know adults with vehicles like that. it was place where many black students felt slightly unwelcomed and this was something she was very aware of it. >> host: and even from michelle's first days on campus in her dorm her first roommate. >> guest: that is a remarkable story having to do with the mother of her freshman roommate. this student cathe

what did maya do that rick is gonna pay for?

at the center of a murder of a married attorney at the donovan hotel pleaded to today. 21-year-old maya gel man admitted to stabbing 30-year- old married attorney david smith last february. police say robbery was the motive. dominique johnson pled guilty to conspiracy to commit robberies she admitted helping, buying zip ties across the street from the hotel. the two guilty pleas brought the widow kim wong to tears. johnson is free on bond. >> look, it is a horrible, unfortunate incident. a tragedy for all concerned. nobody ever intended for this to occur. and the, my client expresses you know, sympathy and empathy for the victim and the victim's family. >> reporter: johnson's lawyer says they will ask probation. gelman faces between 18 and 25 years. >>> the uva student arrested from a bloody confrontation spoke out today after a court hearing in charlottesville. marquis johnson is asking the commonwealth drop the charges filed against him in the controversial and violent arrest. today's hearing in district court was only to set a trial date for the public intoxication and obstruction of

. >> reporter: providing that taste of home is maya cooper's job. as one of nasa's food scientists here at the johnson space center in houston, she spends all her days thinking about what the astronauts on iss are eating. she invited me here to nasa's kitchen and tasting lab for a closer look at the astronauts' diets. >> is it more focused on health or more focused on tasting good and providing some comforts of home? >> so that's a delicate balance. we actually really strive to do both. so there are many items that we've had on the menu that were great tasting items, but recently we've had a big sodium reduction. >> reporter: astronauts consume some 3,000 calories a day. that takes into account two hours a day of exercise. it's also because time spent in weightlessness requires more energy. your body is never truly at rest. >> so we have better data in terms of how food actually impacts the body than what you'll probably get from a treft yal study. >> are you ready to try this? >> absolutely. >> that's kind of cool. >> so here we have the indian fis

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>> guest: it was a very interesting remark she made at that maya angelou's memorial service when she said, looking back on her recent career, she talked about what it was like to be on the campaign trail when she was criticized, and she mentioned a feeling of loneliness and i'vey league classroom. she had a bit of a struggle when he first got there at age 17, and she worked her way through with the help of friend and that is pretty patented michelle obama determination and discipline. >> host: how did the whole affirmative action debate affect her career at princeton and her sense of herself her sense of living in two worlds and being judged as something other than just michelle. >> guest: right. she wrote in her senior thesis that princeton made her -- she said it made me more aware of my blackness than ever before. then in chicago and that was because of the nature of princeton at that time. where black students were very much in a minority. where we also should remember there were not so many women and also where class was a big question after all. michelle said, i got princeton a

redevelopment agency but they say justin hermen saw the urban renewal which forced out minorities they say maya would be more appropriate because it brought people together and lived in san francisco and was first african american female cable car conductor. >>> there are 5 new members in the bay area sports hall of fame,. the ceremony for the induction ceremony was fox 2 sport's director. form roger maltby and johnny mosley are a couple of them. but bary bonds spoke to us. >> right or wrong, there are things i did wrong and things i said. i did deserve it but i was only a ball player, i am not a public speaker, i am not trying to win for presidency, you are being mean to a ball player. >> he said he never chased to be in the record books. he said he only wanted his godfather, willy maze, to say barry bonds was as good as him. you can see this on channel 2 and kicu channel 36, the show airs 4 times in all once on each station this coming weekend and then next weekend. and we posted the entire bonds interview, by the way online, you will see it at ktvu.com and new ktvu youtube channel and the ac

border from iraq in syria, that country's air force has been carrying out air strikes in and around pal maya ancient city now controlled by the islamic state. isis killed at least 217 people, including children. it's home to 50,000 people and is the sight of the world's most extensive and best preserved roman ruins. the outgoing u.n. under secretary general of humanitarian affirms. we caught up with her before she leaves the job to reflect on our greatest frustrations and the challenges the world boldfaces. >> the rose garden of the united nations, a haven of tranquility. it feels like a long way from the conflicts in the middle east and especially syria but that's the war that's dominated valerie's five years as the u.n. humanitarian chief and the conflicts that's frustrated her most. >> what you have are humanitarian issues which grow and grow having almost an expectation that mu -- humanitarian workers and organizations will somehow fill that yawning gap, which is where a solution should be. >> why is it that the u.n. has been so unable to actually alleviate so much of the humanitarian su

. >> eric: [ sighs ] >> maya: i never thought that i would hear you condone secrets. >> rick: well, itnce, if you

it's nearly a week since isil seized pal maya, which is an unesco world heritage site. >>> saudi led coalition began airstrikes against houthi rebels. at least 45 people were killed in sanaa. almost 300 people were injured. elsewhere yemeni forces say that forces almost completely destroyed naval base. well sanaa has been experiencing the bombings and the capital has become a terrifying place to live. >> yesterday it was relatively calm. there was nothing going on until about 10:00 in the morning, and since 10:00 it was continuous explosions for about five hours. three airstrikes hit the central security force and the heart of the city around 10:30 and hit a weapons depot. for six hours it was explosions one after the hour, and shook the entire house the entire neighborhood and then schools people who people were killed during the airstrike. people are afraid. it's an awful way to be right now. it's become a target, the entire city has become a target for airstrikes. >> burundi's president is campaigning in the countryside despite protests against him running for a third term. this a

isis fighters are closing in on pal maya and world heritage site dating back 2,000 years. >> us treasury officials estimate isis earns about a million dollars a day from black market oil sales. >>> quite a scare today at a busy east bay mall. somebody fired a gun in the parking lot at sun valley mall in concord. no injuries. police say they are looking for at least one car in what appears to be a shootout. one woman who was working at the time says the shooting happened right as she was going to take her break. >> it was during my break. i'm glad i wasn't there. but the fact that it happened during the day is -- is frightening. >> the shooting happened on the top level of the parking lot near j.c. penney. >>> police in vallejo are investigating the attempted kidnap of a 10-year-old girl. the girl told police that a man grabbed her at an elementary school yesterday afternoon and pulled her into the car. she escaped when the car stopped and ran to a friend's house. she described the suspect as a black man in his 30s, six feet tall, heavy set, short curlee -- curly black hair, gold nose rin

maya pleasetskya was with the world-famous bolshoi ballet for 45 years. she was 89. as we reported yesterday, the nation's largest egg-producing state, iowa, has declared a state of emergency following a major outbreak of the avian flu. millions of chickens and turkeys there and in wisconsin and minnesota have been killed to try to contain the disease. for more about all of this we are joined now via skype from ames, iowa by amy mayer. she is reporter for harvest public media at iowa public radio. >> put this in perspective for us the. how bad is it and how did it get this bad? >> we think at this time approximately 25 percent of the laying hens in iowa have been infected, and significant numbers of the turkeys in iowa as well, as you mentioned iowa is the largest producing state it is the number one state for eggs so this is a significant hit in eggs in iowa, but in terms of the overall marketplace it is not a number that is going to have an impact on availability of eggs at the store. how it got so big is really something scientists are still struggling with. they

. >> reporter: so much excitement for free ice cream seven-year-old maya -- >> strawberry. >> forgott her favorite flavor was. >> structure we are recent vanilla. but mostly vanilla. >> targeting a kid's sweet tooth will hopefully win them over early on and reversing what many sadly are taught that police are only there to lock them up. >> that's not what it's about. we don't want them to have that negative feeling towards police. we want them to come to us. >> how you doing? you like your ice cream. >> it goes a long way. it goes a long way. >> reporter: paid for by the camden county police three ice cream trucks making about a dozen stops across the city in four hours upwards of a thousand kids and their parents and to the best my knowledge just one reporter. >> you don't see that often. >> often. >> we definitely appreciate it. >> good feelings hopefully lasting longer than the ice cream did. >> can i taste? >> no. >> reporter: in camden, brad sattin fox 29 news. >> the little girl who was shot during a drive by shooting in west philadelphia is home tonight. eight-year-old anaya c

and the use of language, as far as the backdrop of what's happening now, you know, when maya angelous asked back at the book festival about language -- rap music, and she said it was vulgar. she didn't like the vulgar language. and she was always in favor of non-profane language. so when we're dealing with some ferguson, the young man who had triple the amount of p.h.c. in his blood and the reaction of the police officer dealing with the facts of the issue. and instead of just saying it wasn't -- and racism -- i don't think it really exists. it really 99 times of the people you look at the character and everybody gets along pretty much. and the big issue here in the washington area is -- has been a lot of crime attacks of metro employees at the metro stops. and so it was even brought up one time that postal carriers and the killing of postal carrier last year. and it was even brought up several years ago about letter carriers carrying weapons. and i'm more concerned about the environment and the military aspects, about the social focus of our country rather than zeroing in on the rea

a 10-year-old maya was also hit, witnesses say that the driver did stop at the keep and no charges are filed and the vigil at 6:00 is held at the crash site. >>> a former pennsylvania state trooper has pledad guilty if the accidental shooting death of a colleague 26-year-old trooper, david keddra was killed. he faces up to years in prison. >>> a man was left dangling eight stories up on scaffolding. and chad pradelli is live now where it all happened with details. >> reporter: hey monica it's bank of america building is just behind me i want to show you where that man was hanging from, he was all the way up there between the 8th and 9th floor. the people down below were more scared than he was. these are photos of jason suspended eight floors up just a harness keeping him from crashing to the ground. >> it's not the first time. >> it's 9:00 a.m. and he and a co-worker were power watching the building on king street when the motor that raises and lowers the scaffolding malfunctioned. >> there is not much to do i can just hang on. he was dangling above the bustling downtown wilmington fo

> we know it as justin herman plaza but there's a new push to rename san francisco park after poet maya angelou. supporters are using a change.org petition to ask the board of supervisors to make the name change. herman was in charge of redevelopment efforts in the 1960s and petitioners say homes and businesses were lost because of his urban renewal. >>> another road closure in the bay area expected to cause major traffic backups later this month. kpix 5's don ford says it's so crews can finish off the billion-dollar presidio parkway project that connects san francisco to the golden gate bridge. >> reporter: after more than six years the new doyle drive is almost done. the tunnels are almost finished. but there's one more big headache coming. >> why we're here today is to let people know about a full closure of doyle drive which is south of the golden gate bridge. >> reporter: not for a couple weeks yet but starting may 28th, the entire roadway will be closed to traffic for 79 hours. this will allow construction crews to remove the detour and finally open traffic in to the finished tunn

you've reached the home offices for brain dance, pampered chef and maya wrap baby slings.ext few days. >> reporter: he called again and again, he said, ever more worried. next morning saturday he called the sheriff's department. and four days after paige vanished, the search was on as volunteers turned a family's chaotic tragedy into a community project. paige's dad was there every day greeting a small army of volunteers. >> thanks for helping us. >> reporter: an outpouring of support that was, for frank, simply overwhelming. >> you know it's just really tough. for people to give of themselves to that degree, i just -- >> reporter: paige's 8-year-old daughter, eager to help, decorated ski pole walking sticks for volunteers like barbra campbell. >> when we were first told that we could help with the searches it seemed strange. just didn't make sense what we were doing. was there a reality that we hadn't accepted possibly? >> reporter: they were desperate to find her. and they dreaded what they might find. >> one of our moms was gone. and her kids needed her, and we needed o