i felt like at meridian, it could do some good.not even talk about price until the day before the show. of course meridian needs to support itself and support the community. but that was not the first consideration, so that made me very happy. >> his work is printed porcelain. he transfers images onto and spoils the surface a fragile shes of clay. each one, only one-tenth of an inch thick. >> it took about two years to get it down. i would say i lose 30% of the pieces that i made. something happens to them. they cracked, the break during the process. it is very complex. they fall apart. but it is worth it to me. there are photographs i took 1 hours 99 the former soviet union. these are blown up to a gigantic images. they lose resolution. i do not mind that, because my images are about the images, but they're also about the idea which is why there is text all over the entire surface. >> marie in moved into the mansion on powell street just five years ago. its galleries are housed in one of the very rare single family residences arou

for the 100th anniversary of the mansion meridian hosted a series of special events, including a world premiere reading by lawrence ferlinghetti. >> the birth of an american corporate fascism the next to last free states radio, the next-to-last independent newspaper raising hell the next-to-last independent bookstore with a mind of its own the next to last leftie looking for obama nirvana. [laughter] the first day of the wall street occupation set forth upon this continent a new revolutionary nation. [applause] >> in addition to its own programming as -- of artist talks, meridian has been a downtown host for san francisco states well-known port trees center. recent luminaries have included david meltzer, steve dixon, and jack hirsch man. >> you can black as out of the press, blog and arrest us, tear gas, mace and shoot us as we know very well, you will, but this time we're not turning back. we know you are finished. desperate near the end. hysterical in your flabbergastlyness. amen. >> after the readings, the crowd headed to a reception upstairs by wandering through the other gallery r

but a man being taken to the hospital right now, the 47 hundred block of the meridian street is where it occurred. >>> five people are injured in an doesn't at 7th and washington, it happened an hour ago, police tell "action news" the accident involved a car and this school bus the impact sent the car into the sidewalk where the pedestrians were struck three people in the car and the people on the sidewalk were rushed to christiana care hospital no word on their conditions, we'll follow this story from wilmington. >>> "action news" has confirmed that the philadelphia specter general's office is investigating alleged sexual activity between a female paramedic and several male firefighters. >> sex in firehouses while on the job that is what sources say is at the heart of this sex scandal and it involves the upper echelon of the fire department. >> a female filed a complaint alleging sexual misconduct and it was alleged that the woman had sexual can't with a dozen firefighters on and off duty. and that two battalion chiefs were among those that had sex with the paramedic a source says th

skyforce 10 was over meridian street about an hour ago. in critical condition right now after he was shot twice. no word on a motive. >>> a woman has died after another shooting in southwest philadelphia. police found the 36-year-old victim in her bed. they arrested her 64-year-old boyfriend. >>> and skyforce 10 over more breaking news in germantown. firefighters have evacuated four homes here for possible carbon monoxide exposure. there are no reports of any injuries. >>> now to the weather, nbc 10 first alert weather tracking bitter cold blast tonight. the sun was out earlier today, but people bundled up and hurried to their cars. >> the good news is the winds are dying down but the temperatures are dropping. a cold night to be out near the water. nbc 10's glenn "hurricane" schwartz is tracking the bitter blast. >> i would say a lot of people are facing temperatures like that. of course, the poconos will too. the windchill in poconos this morning was down

damian trujillo is live outside of the meridian post office where vazquez hangs it up after 36 years, damian. >> yeah he worked his way up the ranks here in san jose. eventually coming into the management role. today, sam vazquez said good-bye to the men and women who drive the trucks behind me at the loading docks at the meridian post office. sammy vazquez work walked through the work room thanking the mail wariers and sorters for their daily mail. the post master said a lot has changed since he first started delivering the mail himself 36 years ago, with the internet and e-mail it became necessary for the u.s. post office to change strategies in order to stay competitive. they began focusing more on parcels to compete with the u.p.a. and fedexs of the world, but they stay committed to the first class mail and vazquez made sure the residents of san jose got what they paid for every day, where neither rain nor sleet nor hail stopped the mail delivery. >> conditioned myself to understand, be careful with dogs and everything else but my first attack was by a goose. and it was a goose th

sunday unique was playing by a pond at the meridian apartments. a woman yelled foreher son-in-law who is a water rescue firefighter. >> she kept saying don't let me die. i said i'm not going to let you die, my husband is coming. >> thank you for saving my life, i wanted to skate on the ice. i learned a good lesson here. >> the volunteer firefighters family was getting ready to go out to dinner the day of the rescue, but ended up canceling the plans. unique and her family gave them a restaurant gift certificate as part of saying thank you. >>> the big event is not the super bowl on sunday, it's the sinful display of eating in south philadelphia, presenting wing bowl, 23. eva pilgrim is live at the wells fargo center, where a whole a lot of things we can't show you will takes place today. >> reporter: this event needed anything more to make it wilder and crazier than it already is. this year's theme is mardi gras. behind me you can see this is where all the competitor eaters will be eating. last year's champion, milely skylar, and wwe star, mc they

in meridian texas, chris is on the phone. you are saying no to a gas tax increase. why, chris?aller: because we can't handle any more taxes. when you give the government that much money, all they are going to do is waste it and spend it somewhere else. and we can't. we can't afford it. we cannot afford this. when gas prices go up what happens? then we have to pay more for gas. you know the oil prices are going to go back up in about 12 to 18 months. we have already been told that. why waste the money when we don't need it? let the states deal with these issues because you go to state to state, they all deal with these road systems. we went to oregon. roads are perfect. you go to texas they are horrible. you go to kansas they are terrible. all they want to do is toll us. these states need to sit down work with their highway departments and get these road systems figured out on their own. the government cannot pour any more money into it because, you know it's going to be wasted. that's all i have to say about it. host: chris, thanks for the call. some of you weighing in on twitt

, meridian, enabling idaho to overcome geographic and socioeconomic barriers and realize the kind of opportunities for enlightenment, progress but not only years ago or unavailable only available in our lord is connected communities, the kind of equality of courses in the levels of instruction provided by the ien truly is staggering. i believe in its value is beyond question. an asset that must be maintained challenging continuing to educate for the world-class so that we can overcome the other barriers. i am committed to fulfilling the vision and promise which we will start with rebidding the contracts involved as soon as possible but also include a strong recommendation for full funding of operations and fiscal year 2016. one of the benefits of idaho education network continues to be the ability to bring college-level courses into the high school classrooms throughout idaho. that in turn helps ensure that more of our students are adequately prepared for the academic rigor of college life. colleges and universities have been spending too much time and money and energy on remedial pr

moving a president from his house which is in a low-lying ground prone to water pollution up to meridian hill near what is now malcolm x park. the president is going to reside up there and hold court over the rest of the city in the nation. ultimately never happened but it shows how farsighted their designs were an brilliant in a lot of ways. one of the greatest was montgomery migs, amanda should be much more celebrated than he is a not to belabor the point that what he did within the course course of 15 years is reengineered the design of the capital to help build the capitol dome create the washington aqueduct which provided washington's first reliable source of freshwater quartermaster general of being an army despite union troops with all mental -- all manner provision created at the national cemetery on the grounds of a former state and later attention building which is now a national building and hovers above us in victorian splendor. one of the things he did at the time that seems like it would not be as important but is most critical as he went to europe on vacation and there he

sammy vazquez said goodbye to coworkers today, his last day at the meridian post office. he started out as a mailman and worked his way up to the top. he says a lot has changed since he first started delivering mail, especially with the rise of the internet and e-mail. but he stayed committed to the end and offered a few tips for those still on the job. >> be careful with dogs and everything else. my first attack was by a goose. i told people when i got back from the route and they asked how did you do? they knew it was a bad dog route. i did okay with the dogs but i didn't know how to deal with the goose. and you don't spray geese. >> vazquez says his next job will be baby-sitting his grandchildren. >> very nice. >>> not just the seahawks and patriots. guess who else is working on super bowl sunday? well we are here and so is jimmy fallon. we spent some time with jimmy this week. he is here on the west coast. this was yesterday in los angeles. and remember when he came in last year? >> yes. >> he is so humble and so genuine, always smiling with everyone. he is getting re

a few miles away, another fire forced everyone in the tiny town of meridian to get out of their houses orders have been lifted. the national weather service lifted red flag warnings ahead of rash of wildfires. not clear what sparked all of them but fortunately no injuries were reported. >> brand new video just released by the fbi shows federal agents foiling a 2012 plot to bomb the u.s. capitol. 29-year-old amin el kalifii seen in video and in under in a car with under cover agents to test a bomb built for the attack. >> whoa. this is. martha: says this is not strong enough man. the video showing how dangerous homegrown terror can be in this nation. pete hegseth served in both iraq and began stan. he is ceo of concerned veterans for america fox news contributor. pete, good to have you with us today. what is your reaction when you see this play out? >> this is from 2012. my reaction that has been, that is and will be. reminder that our professionals silent professionals across the country foiling plots week after week, month after month. we didn't hear about this and now we see the tape

in salmon and montpelier to get the same kind of advanced instruction as those in sandpoint and meridian. it enables idaho to overcome our geographic and socioeconomic barriers. it allows us to realize the kind of opportunities for enlightenment and progress that not only years ago were unavailable -- were only available in our largest and connected communities. the kind and quality of courses and the level of instruction provided by the ien truly is staggering. i believe in its value -- that its value is beyond question. the ien is an asset that must be maintained. challenging, it continuing to educate for the world-class tool so that we can overcome the other barriers. i am confident, committed to fulfilling the vision and promise of the ien which will start with rebidding the contracts involved as soon as possible. but also include a strong recommendation for full funding of the ien operations in fiscal year 2016 to ensure that the service is continued for idaho students. one of the benefits of the idaho education network continues to be the ability to bring college-level courses into

meridian, mississippi, on our democrats line. hi cecilia. caller: hi. listen, i think he was a very reputable man. he had compassion for those who were underprivileged. it is the same thing with obama. i believe that the lord has a special place for you if you care for the people who do not have. the reason i say that -- they say ronald reagan, say he was great. there was nothing great about ronald reagan. probably t -- ronald reagan was the start of this great recession we had. trickle-down economics, 1% can get all the money and rest of us are struggling. thank god for obama and people like cuomo right compassion where it counts. when you do for the least of your brothers, you do to me and thank god for obama for getting us out of this mess, and they will never give us credit. and i think cuomo would not have been like the other democrats that have been running -- they were too scared to say all the accomplishments that he had achieved because of propaganda from the republicans, who said they were likely always in the playground -- like the police in