linda wahlberg is a mermaid. really. you're not a crazy person but do you think you're a mermaid? >> i think i'm a little crazy. >> reporter: linda wahlberg grew up in pennsylvania amish country but ended up in california and became a scuba diver. one day she saw people putting both feet inside what are called monofins to move quickly through the water. >> as soon as i tried one on, i knew i was a mermaid. >> reporter: wahlberg quit her desk job and dove into being a mermaid full-time. >> it took $25,000 to take my first tail. >> oh my goodness. how do you get in the water in this thing? >> i need help. this was truly seven months of high stress. this was us sculpting every scale, molding my body and creati creating fiberglass versions of my legs. having nightmares, waking up talking in my sleep about tails. >> calling herself mermaid lindon, she began getting hired for celebrity parties charging up to $6,000. >> celebrities taking pictures with me, that was surreal. >> reporter: wahlberg focused on educational videos starting a youtube channel. >> i can make up to four figures a

so imagine if youo wear a tail and call yourself a mermaid!e wells is here right now to introduce us to a woman who went ahead and took the plunge. "splash" in reverse. >> you know what, girls love mermaids. actually, as you know, big girls do, ottial remake of "the little mermaid" as a le wo disney and maybe a rema "splash," this time with channing tatum as the mermaid, or merman, women pressure is cashing in. linden wolbert is ot a crazy pe] >> i think i'm a little crazy. >> reporter: linden wolbert grew up but ended up in california and became a scuba day, she saw pe putting both feet inside what are called to move quickly through the water. >> and as soon as i tried one on, i knew i was >> reporter: wolbert quit her desk job and dove into being a mermaid full time. >> basically, it took about $25,000 to start to make my > reporter: oh, my goodness, this thing? >> i need help. [ laughter ] this was truly seven months of high stress. sculpting every scale. this was us molding my body and my legs. this was me having nightmares, waking up talk

. >> have you he have wanted to swim just like a mermaid?here are classes to teach you how to do that. it may look like play but these girls that wisconsin are learning how to move, dive, be mermaids in their own community pool. their teacher made sure they had real fines to make i official. mermaid fine >> i've been dreaming about this for years. >> slippers, 11-year-old daughter took a certification class in north carolina last year. >> awesome to see the imagination come alive. the kids get so into it and believe they're mermaids and to see them exercise and have fun and live out a dream for a little bit is magical. >> the classes also seek to make sure kids aren't afraid of the water. classes open to boys and girls ages seven and up >> not just for kids is it >> don bell >> seven and up, don bell >> i'm in there. >> mermaid certified. >> i'll have my little bott take my swim suit to the pool. bot, flipper >> lauren, certified in everything and the weather >> mermaid swimming into spring. tomorrow. 52 and sunshine. showers develops a we h

. >> have you he have wanted to swim just like a mermaid? there are classes to teach you how to do that. it may look like play but these girls that wisconsin are learning how to move, dive, be mermaids in their own community pool. their teacher made sure they had real fines to make i official. mermaid fine >> i've been dreaming about this for years. >> slippers, 11-year-old daughter took a certification class in north carolina last year. >> awesome to see the imagination come alive. the kids get so into it and believe they're mermaids and to see them exercise and have fun and live out a dream for a little bit is magical. >> the classes also seek to make sure kids aren't afraid of the water. classes open to boys and girls ages seven and up >> not just for kids is it >> don bell >> seven and up, don bell >> i'm in there. >> mermaid certified. >> i'll have my little bott take my swim suit to the pool. bot, flipper >> lauren, certified in everything and the weather >> mermaid swimming into spring. tomorrow. 52 and sunshine. showers develops a we

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join my tribe, you are touched by the example of jezus with a z, i will perform a baptism at the mermaidest or temples or rules or regulations, and it's about the individual and that there's something more to life than what we see with just our eyes, and what we feel with our hands, and there's an answer, a hope that points to our very existence, and if that's what juiezus is f offeri offering, what is it hurting? >> a storm is coming. prepare, prepare, prepare. >> i am a prophet. >> i believe we are capable of great things. >> i believe we are the ones we have been waiting for. >> i believe in love and i believe in life and the power of the people. >> i believe in vibration. >> i believe we are the new and advanced civilization. >> i believe in mystery magic. i believe we can do this. >>> he is one of the most enigmatic figures in the gospels. >> sometimes he's really con vacillating. >> on the other hand, what is truth? and he's famous for one ing. >> i'd like to crucify him. >> only pilate had the authority to crucify him. >> as archaeology discovered pilate's name in stone and fellow

fairies and mermaids in my mind at least. a toe headed child. some words have lost their meaning. we don't do much these days. the spun flack was known as cow. a little child could be toe headed. but now you see a kid with a buzz cut it and sort of looks like a big toe. and toe the line. i always test my college students on how they spell toe the line and usually half spell with it w because we forget the start of the word which was navy members on the ship showing up from an inspection. you toe the line and you are doing the work. ultra violent light is the last example. that concludes my presentation on the powerpoint. but i will be happy to talk about these words i love and the mistakes i love with you further on in the program. >> were any of you like me going long laughing laughing and then going wait, what is wrong with that? reminded me of one of my first jobs and i was talking to my boss about how another department wouldn't listen to us and i said it is like they are burning a blind ear to us. thank you, robert. now, i would like to turn the program to how some of the mal

tribe, you are touched by the example of jezus with a z, i'm going to be performing a baptism at the mermaidure or temples or priests or rules or regulations. it's about the individual and the quest for meaning, the idea that there is something more to life than just what we see with our eyes, what we feel with our hands, that there is an answer somewhere out there, that there's hope, a point to our very existence. and if that's what jezus is offering, well, then, what's the harm? >> tribal warrior. >> i believe in jezus with a "z" bringing the people together. >> i believe jezus is the prophet. >> i'll follow that man to the horizon and beyond and beyond. >> i believe the storm is coming. prepare, prepare, prepare. >> i'm a prophet. i believe in my prophecy. >> i believe we are capable of great things. >> i believe we are the ones we have been waiting for. >> i believe in love. i believe in life. i believe in the power of the people. >> i believe in vibration. >> i believe we are the new advanced civilization. >> i believe in mystery and magic. i believe we can do this. >>> a stark warning,

you can be charming and flash around like cinderella, and get the mermaid tail wrap to match the aerial option. that would be fun at the beach. if you love belle be their guest. they pretty much covered the entire princess roster everyone from pocahontas to rupp unzell and her laceup look and bring your magic carpet towel for your jasmine paging suit. >> there it is. disney didn't make these but they will be a big hit at the pool side and parks. and bring your wand. i don't know if i could pull it off but there is a 3-year-old in my house that would get a kick out of it. >> all right alicia thanks. >>> lets get a check of the roads tonight. matt pellman is in the traffic center with an update, and no swimsuit spotted out there on the highways in this weather. >> no day on the beach on these roads. it was skimpy because volume was down. this afternoon we have a bunch of issues making our delays substantial. in part our vehicles don't want to run a broken down truck by the spring garden off ramp and eastbound near university avenue blocking a lane for a while. eastbound on the schuylkill

there's a vehicle fire in springfield out on mermaid lane right around flourtown avenue. watch for those things. watch for icy spots, especially on the on and off ramps as well. >>> a nightclub is destroyed by fire in center city. sky force 10 over xo lounge. in the next hour, we'll hear about the challenges firefighters faced because of the cold and icy conditions. >>> the red cross is helping families forced out into the cold by a fire in their apartment building. it broke out around 1:00 this morning. one man suffered minor injuries. >>> and new video shows a man robbing a pet store in center city. police are hoping you can identify the armed robber. he forced an employee to hand over almost $250 and then he took off. no one was hurt. >>> here's a reason to never keep the car running as you're pumping gas. watch as the white car pulls up. someone jumps out, gets in the driver's side of a car at the pumps as the owner is filling the tank. the thief just drives away while the car owner is just standing there and can't do anything but watch. this happened in northeast phi

new emojies on the way, apple is now considering 69 new emojies, including a mermaid, a bearded man and scarf. they're expected this summer. united the first us open automated screening lanes, redesigned at newark airport's terminal c has 17 lanes with larger bins and individual stations. stay goodbye to virgin america. three months afters alaska airlines put the care beer saying it's purging the name. that's business. for more on fox news log onto fox business,.com. i'm lauren sim careful joe, they've got you outnumbered. the dinosaurs' extinction... don't listen to them. not appropriate. now i'm mashing these potatoes with my stick of butter... something for everyone is awesome. find your awesome with the xfinity stream app. more to stream to every screen. > a gop strategist is stepping up its efforts to find the person who killed dnc staffer seth rich. jack bug mark announced the creation of the s for investigation. it will be located in arlington, virginia. burkman told fox5 he believes the center will be the largest p

this is what i imagine kissing a mermaid is hike.ry tv chef andrew zimmer eating a sea urchin on "bay czar foods." from grubs to brains to shark, he's chewed on just about every food under the sun and in the ground. the new season of his spin-off show, bizarre foods: delicious destinations, starts april 18th on the travel channel. but andrew says life is not just about eating, it's about bringing people together in this crazy, mixed-up world. kennedy recently talked to chef, writer, teacher and host of "bizarre foods." kennedy: so you have an incredible job because you are, in a sense, a gastronominal ambassador. >> slash traveler, interloper and self-exiled cultural meme. [laughter] i think i have the best job in the whole world, and it certainly gets better and better and better for me. kennedy: so how important is food as a gate to culture? is it the most important? >> i think it's the most important. if you consider math, music and food, if you take away someone's boom box, i'd punch them in the face. if you take away their quadr

we're talking about mermaids, breastfeeding bothers and a man fairy as well.ls. there's also a set of gender inclusive emojis. >> coming up new this morning police investigating acts of vandalism at the dakota access pipeline. officials said someone cut a hole in the pipeline site in south dakota and iowa. the developers say there have been several coordinated physical attacks against the project. >> college students nationwide scrambling to meet an extended deadline to apply for financial aid. a computer program change at the i.r.s. affected the online aid application. the agency reportedly removed an integral web based tool weeks ago with very little notice and it apparently disrupted financial aid for countless college students. >>> the >> very strenuous. there's a lot of things you have to go through. i understand the process of it i guess on a technical level but it's no the easy for students who need it. >> i had one friend who had to go home. he's back now. he wasn't able to get his scholarship or some federal aid or something and he didn't have the mon

[ light laughter ] on this day in 1493, christopher columbus famously mistook three manatees for mermaidsdescribing them as "not half as beautiful as they are painted." even weirder, he added, "but twice as good in the sack." [ light laughter ] you're not wrong. [ light laughter ] and finally, today was the ten year anniversary of the iphone. which makes tomorrow the ten year anniversary of your second iphone. [ laughter and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, wee he's in the new movies "the book of love." he's one of our dear friends. jason sudeikis is on the show tonight. [ cheers and applause ] she's one of the stars of hulu's "the path", now in its second season. michelle monaghan is joining us tonight. [ cheers and applause ] and he has a fantastic special called "the messy truth", it's back on cnn. van jones is joining us tonight. [ cheers and applause ] a very interesting guy that i'm looking forward to talking to. before we get to all that, the transition to donald trump's presidency has been just as chaotic in the first week of 2017 as it was before the new year. from the ongoing di

so, designed these brave gowns, made to look like superheros, mermaids, baseball players, even rock starsthey're sort and made to stretch. the long sleeve versions even have access for iv's in thens ay available on line,nut all of the hospitals, would so it is bravego on social media to help theiro, this is d >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> so their message p the arms after angel. by the way, for more information, or to be considered as a living donor, the families ask that you contact allegheny general hospital. >> oh, that's so sweet. to see them doing that. >> mommy will be just fine. >> and that song by sarah mclaughlin, any time i hear it you get tiered up, because it is such a sweet song. hopefully they finds that kidney. >> we'll keep you updated. 7:59 good morning. >> good day to you, it is thursday, me 30th, 2017. >> shots fired by police in delaware. one man is dead, and dozens of people are forced out of their homes. >> we're angry, people have kids. >> from apartment complex to nearby park. what happened in new castle that ended in a shoot-out. >> dress for the job, local man challenge

fairies and mermaids in my mind at least. toe-headed child. [laughter] >> some wards have lost their meaning. we don't do much -- we don't -- the spun flax is known as tow, they were tow-headed. now it makes sense, you see a kid with a buzz cut. i think it makes perfect nonsense. and tow the line. this is a favorite, favorite. i always test all of my college students on how they spell tow the line. usually most of them spell it with the w. navel sailers putting their toes on a line for inspection. you tow the line, you're doing the work. win turbine. [laughter] >> i don't think i need to comment on that. finally, my last example is ultraviolet light. [laughter] >> i think lighting is the perfect good example of ultraviolet light. that concludes my presentation on the the powerpoint but i will be happy to talk about these words that i love and mistakes that i love with you further on in the program. [applause] >> were any of you like me as we are going along laughing, laughing, and i'm going, wait, what's wrong with that? [laughter] >> it remin

i went to one of the places wick -- we are paying for mermaids.hey breath out of hoses. if it wasn't for the state of florida, they wouldn't be there altogether. i went to a place called spongeorama, devoted to the sponge trade. it hasn't stayed for 50 years, but those places aren't going to last, it's going to basically be the magic kingdom and resorts. i guess that's the way it's going to be but we are losing kind of -- florida was always a different state and that was one of the things that made it differently, all the roadside attractions. they are mostly now. >> great fun reading his books and i wanted to ask him about, dave, what do you think -- you mentioned having won a pulitzer and i know miranda won a pulitzer. to see it seems great because i used to teach and kids are learning through the use of own music and culture that they have nowadays, i thought it was great because minorities are promoted in this. you know, i wonder what had you thought number one on hamilton, if you've seen or or if you heard the music from it, i'm not a fan of