and i have to say that drinking mountain tea in the mountains takes particularly good and enjoys to alex and i packed a. and set off again ready to make our way right into the center of the reserve. james check this place out. it's very interesting because it is here about the russians german troops operating in the mountains was the truck that was during world war two otherwise known in this country is the great patriotic war. the germans were aiming to break through to the black sea and seize its oil deposits there. fighting in the mountains was a tough job considering the local terrain around us. that but there weren't any tourist routes back them. and nearby was some considerably older landmarks. or the you or these stone structures might well date back a thousand years people began breeding livestock here in the tenth century shepherds use these structures as shelters if these twelve ruins are anything to go by a dozen shepherds would stay here at a time while their animals grazed up in the mountains. as we moved forward into the mists we passed on the travellers making their way to

of the mountain day. this is called, lament for a market place in babylon, by abdul karin al karid and it's a reference to a suicide bombing. this one and the next one are both translated by salim yusef. on this grave stone are angels and people weeping. what are people waiting for, their ship? here it comes, borne by the deluge. in a market place now frequented by money changers with beards and baggy trousers, who restores the limbs and who throws open the gates for hollow-eyed gods coming in from babylon with red chests and white furious hair? i wonder who? on the day of march 1st in the 5th year after the second millennium, a massacre took place in babylon. it's my pleasure it introduce the next poet, george evans. . >> first, i would like to read a poem by my dear friend and wife, daisy samora, who was to be here today but is in nicaragua, keeping in mind what michael said about jorge and casablanca, i will read it in her language or my spanish first, then in translation. it's a poem directly addresse

clouds accumulate on the mountain slopes, triggering precipitation.he rainfall is much heavier than in the lowlands, leading to a moist ecosystem in which plenty of species thrive. but the cloud forests are increasingly shrinking, and agriculture is taking over the land. that worries alejandro von bertrab. he supports the mexican authorities to protect the area and he is a clear goal. >> it is not just about controls, but about creating new and innovative incentives. and developing projects with the people where they can, of course, use the land, and where it is not threatening. >> he is on a team from the german development organization giz. there visiting the protected area to talk to the locals and listen to their problems. this farmer is talking about how pomegranates and avocados used to grow in the region, but he says they don't grow there anymore. the cutting of forests to make way for new fields has changed the soil. it has become drier. that could prove to be dangerous. >> climate change can make such things worse. if there is a high level of

some of it seems to be in the santa cruz mountains. it looks like this system is finally beginning to back its -- to pack its bags and move off north. bundle up. it will not be very warm. the rain line, though, looks to be moving north. we still have a little bit. i think scotts valley is wrapping close around highway 1. but there's really not a lot left. you can see showers fizzling out. 50s and 40s on the temperatures. san jose's temperatures have been 47 all morning long. we'll get some cloudy to mostly cloudy skies later on. there could still be a few showers today but not before. the of os -- but not before the 60s. i think we could get some 30s in the wind protected areas. the days will be sunny and warmer on saturday and sunday. >>> a former san jose police officer is suing the city. why he claims he -- why he claims he was forced into early retirement. >>> and investigators this morning trying to solve a vicious killing. a woman found dead inside her burning home. we'll tell you why this is officer is -- why this is officer is

for centuries the mountains provide water and water is life. but newcomers have arrived from a different world for them mountains are going to angola this money. we. really believe you know discovered circulation some number of years ago. it's a it's a good deposit we for he's been low cost before and want to give the maximum upside to our investors in a rising gold market every ten dollar movement in the in the price of gold. increases. increases our cash flow by about fifty million dollars or increases or earnings by about thirty million dollars. the miners have already destroyed several mountains their next project is mount keeley's but the farmers to stop them . if. that's what. the farmers knock the only road to the mine to keep the company from exploring mt keeley's. yannick south america's largest gold mine is paralyzed. new number zero may go in the farmer's trade unions and university students asked me to mediate interviews where you'll be able to get the government finally had to accept me as a mediator but the company always refused

mountain with two rescuers. they are using something that's called the agilite injured person carrier. >> he's on his back like a backpack. >> to tell us more about this rescue, we have tim jones, the leader for the north shore rescue. tim, tell us what this rescue was like for your team. >> it was pretty standard type of rescue that we do. the only thing that was different on this call was that we use the special body strap that were developed by the israeli special forces. >> how many different guys did it take to carry this one man out? >> we only used one. we only had to move this individual down about 100 meters vertical to an extraction point where we took the injured subject out the next morning by helicopter. >> what's the most difficult part about a rescue like this for your team? >> it was to have a second incident where another hiker would trip and fall and break their leg or break their ankle. >> they caught up with the injured hiker and this is what he said. >> do you want to thank the guys that plu

refinery and mountain dropped off. and production in mississippi was disrupted by hurricane isaac. >>> it's being called a humiliating experience. the controversial security treatment a dying woman received during her last trip of her life. >>> a record breaking sky dive still on hold. when the daredevil is now expected to leap. >>> for a second straight day an usa tree january dare -- usa tree january daredevil has attempted his sky dive. he canceled because of high winds. he plans to try again tomorrow. if he is successful he become the first sky diver to break the sound barrier. >>> a woman dying of cancer says getting through security through seattle airport was a nightmare. michelle needed to take prescription drugs and other medical supplies with her to hawaii. she called alaska airlines ahead of time for information getting through security. when she got there a machine didn't work and tsa agent broke open one of her saline bags. she adds that agents refused her request for a private screening when she was asked

giggles of rivers running down mountains, flowers unfolding to face the sky. pain from sclap nal's path. blood from solders punctured hearts still borns pushed from aching wombs this belongs to you. dirt and miracles reborn. sweetness made sweeter by bitter sun and shadow forged as one. once there were 2 towers then there were none. between the once and the then lay all the hopes and fears of men. this is the world i leave you. ripe and full as a mother's breast. a baby's licking tongue grabbing hand and glistened eyes. thank you. [applause]. our next reader is rashne. lived studies and work indeed india, pakistan, lebanon, the united states and mexico. she is the editor of living in america. poetry and fiction by south asian american writers. encounter people of asian decent in the americas her novel, braided tongue was published in 2003. i introduce rashne. >> i'm reading from a selection from a longer narrative. memory is no longer confused. it has a home land. from a farm by the late ali. sometimes the circle breaks and the woman meets the child. face-to-f

she says the man rode away on a blue mountain bike.olice say the suspect was wearing a black leather jacket over a black hoodie with black gloves. >>> decision 2012 is just 29 days away. and it's not just a presidential vote. food is getting political. prop 37 requires that food made with genetically modified ingredients be labeled as such. it is a good idea or will it cost you more money at the grocery store? here is nbc bay area's kris sanchez. >> reporter: non-gmo is something you'll see on in of whole food markets items. they support prop 37, the genetically engineered labeling initiative because they say they want consumers to buy what they're buying. >> this is about food and proper labeling for the customers. and we do feel really strongly customers have a right to know what is in their food and how it is produced. >> reporter: according to no on 37, it will raise food prices by about $400 a year. many major california newspapers have come out against prop 37, some of them taking issue with the author of the measure, who they ca

i never knew why the clouds preferred to be near the mountain. as if the cloud was an entity in itself, looking for a place to go, you know? and i didn't know about this things then, but they always--that the air coming across the valley-- --water moisture, there they are, generated right up there. so that's nice on islands with mountains. people there can then have water to drink. i got a question for you. here's an island on the middle of pacific. it's just a great big sand bar. no elevation. what's the chances of having clouds up above there and you wanna drink water down here? high or low? check your neighbor. how many still say you have a high chance of getting clouds up there? show of hands. ooh, nobody? i'll tell you what, gang, over that land, you gonna be getting clouds because there's gonna be updrafts. when the sand be beating down on the water and then beating down on the sand-- --which is gonna get hotter, gang? - the sand. - the sand. the sand for two reasons. one thing, the water is transparent and all that energy is diluted throug

snow in the mountains still. we're getting passing moderate showers, these areas of yellow and orange across northern virginia from around the beltway near tyson's corner to near springfield and then down 95 toward fredericksburg. got a pocket of moderate rain there. another pocket of moderate rain from frederick to just west of leesburg down to front royal. this is going to be with us off and on through the day. big chill in the air. it's only in the low 40s to mid-40s around the metro area. 30s shenandoah valley, up in the high ridges. there is snow accumulating there now. and wind gusts are around 20 to 30 miles an hour around the metro area, higher gusts on the ridges. those will be with us all throughout the day. hour by hour, diminishing winds, but still passing showers, a wet day. i'm back in ten minutes with another weather update. a look at your first 4 traffic with danella on this tuesday morning. good morning. >> good morning. >>> again, local roads just looking a bit sketchy. you're seeing trees down,

our morning strolls to mountain lake park my wife of 50 years stays a step behind. she needs my arm for balance but avoids my touch. she counts the 10 sign posts. 5 stop signs and 2 mailboxes to our destination. she moves her lips as if remembering. before i came here, i had a name. 4 palm trees faced us when we landed loomed like guardians to pass the golden gate we tell them what they wanted to hear. on this island of desperate dreams we shed our skins and wore new once. we burned our parents name and let our past curl into smoke. no longer my father's daughter. no longer my husband's wife. only the sea gulls know who i really am. for months we were held in separate rooms the dampness went through the bunks and gnawed our bones the wales of ghosts kept us awake. 32 steps to my father's house. 4 windows facing north. 24 steps to my uncle's house, 2 doors facing south. i have 3 sisters, 2 brothers, 4 cousins on my father's side. now i store the memory in a drawer along with bitter herbs and rhinoceros horns we dine at restaurants on the better side of towns with pin

we still have sprinkles, mainly higher elevations around the santa cruz mountains as the mountains are naturally lifting the air as it rotates from the valleys to the southeast into the mountains they pull off to the coast right now around camden avenue from around the park towards los gatos and campbell forwards saratoga on 85 prospect road where we are seeing a little bit of sprinkles now on 17 also out of the santa cruz mountains and dive into the santa clara valley. all rolling northwest, looks like we'll continue to have shower chances through 8:00. then they will dissipate and return this afternoon especially near the coast the san mateo county coast and also the south bay partly sunny inland. >>> good news for bay bridge, that accident injury accident before treasure island on the incline just cleared. however, you can see damage is done, major back-up through the maze. if you are coming from 80, 580, 880 all approaches are jammed. bart still an excellent alternative on time. san mateo bridge great alternative that is running on time. i shouldn't say on time, just looks like it

in the mountains out west also.locally you see the heavier rain showers across fairfax county back towards dc down into prince william county. fairfax, tysons corner, i just got somebody on facebook saying they never lost power. happy, happy woman there. up into frederick showers have become the heavier stuff. we're still dealing with light showers here and even lighter showers along the valley. grab a jacket. arlington, only 40 right now. 42 centerville and 41 in rockville. here's monica. she's got a look at time saver track. >>> my word of the day inef tibl. you will hit some short of problem. it may not be a major problem, but you will hit it this morning. it could be falling leaves causing slippery road conditions, a tree down. it will be something because of the effects of sandy. keep that many mind. if you use public transportation that's a problem because there isn't any this morning. metro access is closed. you can find information on their website. also vre closed as well today. if you plan to go to the air

and there have been plenty of snow showers in the mountains. let's take you there. lots of images from boreal mountain resort, where they have enough snow, they say, they are going to open up on friday. yes! they have received about two feet of snowfall enough. they are going to do $15 lift tickets friday. alpine meadows 40" of snow just this week. sugar bowl 34." squaw valley 32. and 2.5 feet at boreal and we are looking at a lot more snow coming up in what may be a weak el nino winter. 50 in concord tonight, livermore 49. 48 fairfield a sign we are getting into fall cooler overnight lows, 40s more widespread including san rafael at 49. so the snow continues in the sierra. but now in general the showers will stay to our north. the reason why, high pressure is building in. lower pressure is moving inland in washington and oregon so what that means for you we'll get an onshore flow tomorrow. about five degrees milder. and we'll have the rainfall staying to our north up toward crescent city, ukaih, medford, oregon. they will get the rain. we will not. over the weekend

so i translated across 100 mountains myself. and "the distance between us" will be published in spanish next year and i did the translation also. >> host: dear novel cell phone spanish-language? >> guest: my novels don't sell as well as spanish as i do in english and i think that's the case for most books published here in spanish, that the spanish books don't have the same kind as the english books. i think part of that is because, you know, people can -- the readers for spanish books can't afford to buy the book and they don't have access to the books, you know, especially in low-income communities. there's no bookstores anywhere. and they think it's hard for them to really get access to the books. >> host: we are talking with reyna grande this memoir is called "the distance between us: a memoir," published by simon & schuster. reyna grande, tell us the life story. >> guest: the life story? demand the kerosene story? >> host: the story when you were to school and they did a sanitation check on you. >> guest: okay, when i came

buckets fly over the residence bringing down the precious earth from the minds of the mountain. mills work around the clock. grey waterfalls rushed down its slopes with water polluted by cyanide the waste product of processing poisoning the reverse. my motto is a rich yet filthy place hundreds of generations have dug up the ground here the first being the indigenous peoples of the pre-columbian period the spanish and slave them and put them to work in dark passages my motto is one of the oldest gold mining sites in south america. was the four the oldest municipality in the country it was established in fifteen thirty six traditionally it has been a mining town. it is no exaggeration but the ten thousand citizens of this region live on top of a golden mountain. here on elbow estimates say that approximately nine point eight million ounces of the precious metal is hidden within its bowels. almost everyone here is from a family of gold diggers. people trying to make a living surviving as their ancestors did by digging with chisels and pickaxes deep into the earth. this is the all w

might see a stray sprinkle, emily in the mountains -- especially in the mountains. and a warm day. we may see temperatures getting above the 08-degree mark. -- 80-degree mark. by noon 74. 79 at 3:00 with a high of 81. still pleasant at 6:00 p.m. with light winds and 76. coming back in a few minutes with the seven-day forecast. i'm have the very latest sandy. right now monika with timesaver traffic. >>> on the northbound side of i- 95 instafford, only the right shoulder gets by. a jackknifed tractor-trailer near courthouse road. you want to use route 17 in falmouth or center port parkway to get around it. here on 395 things look great on duke street. more at 5:17. back to you. >> thank you, monika. >>> an investigation is under way into a deadly shark attack off the coast of california. fellow surfers pulled a 39-year- old man out of the water and attempted to give him aid. he ended up dying at the scene. the attack happened just off the coast of property belonging to vandenberg air force base. >>> jerry sandusky is starting his first full day in pritson. he was -- prison. he was tr

you can do so at tonight's mountain city council meeting at city hall.nsider the appeal at 6:30 tonight. it was just in august you may recall when chick-fil-a opened a location in san jose with a little bit of controversy. the owner coming under fire as comments he made over gay marriage, saying he only supports traditional marriage. he ended up retracting those comments. still, that san jose location attracted quite a few protesters and now this mountain view location has its own set of protesters. live in mountain view, marla tellez, "today in the bay." >>> time for one final check. we take it over to christina loren. what is happening for this tuesday? >> we've got a good-looking day shaping up. we'll be sizzling by tomorrow with temperatures in the 90s so enjoy the mid-80s inland. 79 bayside. at the coast 70 degrees. if you missed your seven-day forecast, do not fret. we'll have it for you every 15 minutes throughout the "today" show. let's get one more check on your traffic tuesday drive. >> highway 101 horrible, folks, coming out of san jose from c

i looked at the mountains and think my parents were over there, on the other side of those mountains. that was that to me. >> host: originally, where were you born? >> guest: in mexico, southern mexico in a little city that no one heard of, but when i mention alcapaco, everybody knows that. it was three hours from there. >> host: when did your parents come to the united states? how old were you? >> guest: my father came here in 1997 when i was two years old, and he send for my mother a few years later in 1980 when i was four and a half years old. >> host: when did you come to the united states? >> guest: i came to the united states in 198 # 5. >> host: how old were you? >> guest: in may of 1985, nine and a half going on ten. >> host: what can you tell us about coming to the united states? what was your trek? >> guest: well, i had been separated from my father for eight years so when he returned to mexico in 1985, we convinced him to bring us back here. he was not coming back to mexico, and we didn't want anymore time separated from him. my father didn't want to bring me because i was

this one and recovered by the mountaineers. so a two-big 12 games, they defeated baylor, 70-63 at home and with 14 seconds remaining, they are in front of texas, 48-45. >> charles: and really, what a bounce back for west virginia's defense, getting torched by baylor last week. this isn't pretty, but down the stretch, they made the plays necessary to win the football game. including a couple of fourth down stops. >> gus: the west virginia mountaineers, first year in the big 12 in their first road game in conference play. and knocking off the 11th ranked longhorns. 48-45. let's go down stairs where we have geno smith. >> geno, congratulations on your win. one second. geno, congratulations on your win, what went right? >> a number of things went right, main thing was we stuck together, it was not pretty, but we came to a tough venue, against a tough team, and closed it out. >> you did not let up once. what kept you going? >> i have a great team and great coaches and they keep me up throughout the game. i fumbled twice and had that

yes, there is a chance some of this could be snow in our mountains. we will deal with that as we get closer to the event. even on thursday temperatures in the 50s. now, remember, you can track this as well on your ipad or smartphone. now, if you don't have our weather app go to the app store and search for wusa radar. it's a pretty powerfullal. we have the tropical track on. you can double hit a button or a ., and that's where it shows where sandy is forecast to be and how strong. hit the information button. we scroll down. we have our tropical track object. we like that. but let's say we want to take the tropical satellite off and put water temperature of the atlantic object. now we can really see how warm the atlantic is. remember, warm water feeds the storm. so this is a pretty cool application to track the storm right along with us over the weekend and into next week. so if you don't have it, download it. it's pretty could. anita, derek, back to you. >> thank you, topper. >>> i was thinking about checking with american u to see if i've got some el

marla tellez is live in mountain view with more on the details of tonight's city council meeting going on there. marla, good morning. >> reporter: jon, good morning. chick-fil-a is based in atlanta. it has more than 1600 locations nationwide. it's hoping to add to its roster, though, by turning this sizzler on a very popular west camino real in mountain view into another chick-fil-a, but a group of environmentally friendly people is hoping to prevent this from happening. you may recall chick-fil-a recently opened in san jose amid some controversy. protesters upset over the owner's comments about gay marriage, comments he later retracted. but according to the "mercury news" opponents of this proposed mountain view location have another bone to pick. they have filed an appeal that takes issue with the drive-through that would come with the 4400 square-foot restaurant on el camino. they say the drive-through would make el camino more dangerous for bike riders. the appeal also says noise and air pollution would become a problem for people who live nearby. but the zoning administrator who a

it is expected to stay on the west side of the mountains. it keeps our temperatures above normal for a couple of days. you can see the rainshowers on the futurecast right into the afternoon and evening on tuesday. it becomes very scattered as we head into wednesday. the bulk of the rain will taper off early on. we will see partly cloudy conditions for thursday. a lot of sunshine for friday. 73-78 tomorrow. seven-day forecast gets us to near 80 wednesday and around the 80 degree mark. a cold front coming in saturday night brings a shower and much cooler temperatures for sunday and monday. >> the company behind the nation's peanut butter recall is expanding to include a number of other products. in addition, the recall includes cash tew butter. salmonella atlanticist work linked to the trader joe's butter. big news for american express customers. the company is paying back $112 million in refunds and fines to settle regulators accusations that it charged on lawful late fees and deceived consumers to pressure them. 85 million of that goes to 25

so glad to hear the choir singing "ain't no mountain high enough."appy to know she's already awake this morning. she's already awake. she's watching the show. not only that. but she's going to call in for oprah this morning. we're going to get a chance to hear robin's voice. >> she's calling in for all of us. >> we haven't heard her voice for a long time. >> it's the first time we're going to talk to her on "gma" since she left. we're a news show. and there's no better news than that. >>> also, we've been talking about this morning, six days and counting now. the "gma" halloween superparty spectacular. it's going to be spooky. it's going to be monstrous. very disturbing. >> we can't give away any hints. we have unbelievable costumes. we'll say that. we have surprise guests, as well. be sure to spend halloween morning with us to find out who we're going to be. >> a little less than a week. sam, keep the rain away for halloween. >> we're going to do the best we can. we have this storm. it's one to watch all week long. let's start with twitter and faceb

and i was drawing very distant mountains, and i was making the mountains brown. and i made them brown and sort of green, because mountains have brown dirt and the green trees. and the art teacher says, "oh, no, no, paul, you don't do that. what you do is you make the mountains bluish." i said, "bluish?" "yeah, because they're far away. and faraway dark mountains is gonna look bluish." i can't remember if i asked her hc. but i don't know if she would have known the answer. do you guys know why it is that a dark, dark mountain far away looks bluish to the eye? how many people are familiar with that anyway? distant distance, things in the distance look bluish. how many say, "i've never looked any further than just around my local--" come on, come on, okay? and there's another thing too. you guys don't be knowing about- distant, distant mountains that are covered with show that are very, very bright, far, far away, don't look white. they look, kind of, yellowish. like, some of the blue didn't make it to your eye. i wonder how come distant bright things look yellowish