the kids know 21 different words for mud. there's silky mud and what other kind of mud?body. >> reporter: body mud? >> i saw his eyes. >> reporter: they can also recognize the calls of dozens of birds. >> we know raven. what does a raven sound like? >> caw, caw. >> reporter: they're unusually well versed in the world of decomposition, metamorphosis and insects and enjoying edible hand warmers. >> because they're warm and -- you can eat them. they're actually potatoes. >> reporter: getting dirty here is celebrated. there is always a puddle to splash in. ♪ gooey goody mud ♪ i like to stomp in the goody goody mud ♪ >> reporter: or a mud by to make. is it delicious? >> yes. >> reporter: welcome to nature forest kindergarten on washington's bashon island. we're not in southern california. >> no, it rains here about nine months out of the year. i strongly believe that children cannot bounce off the walls if we take awayay the walls. >> reporter: so that's what erin kenny, who's been teaching preschool for years, did. she created a kinder gart than meets outside every day, no m

within this is phil, bay mud, shall mud, and then down sand. re tom hill, at one time second street ended at howard. at that point, there was a large hill. the wealthy people of san francisco lived on top of the hill, and churches were built along howard. then the city fathers in the 1920's let us knock down the hill, let us extend second street, and it finishes at the ballpark now. as you move south along second, that whole area, you get into rock. many of these old warehouse buildings, as you approach rincon hill, are sitting on rock. if you go down to king street, which is the street that fronts the ballpark, if you cross the street from the ballpark and the look on the sidewalk, there is actually a little brass plates that depict the location of the bluff that existed, the transition from the beach to the vertical cliffs that existed at second street. at second and king. all of that was taken down, and they have built warehouses. now at his condominium developments. and portions of mission bay. the first building of mission bay, third and t

mud? >> it is. when they dumped the rock into the bay mud, it was like dumping rock into jello. it went down into the mud so that they could build off of that. it then took the angle of repose. it is stable. san francisco came and built piers on piles over the top into the water. >> the piers are built up over the water. >> refusal is when you cannot advance the pile anymore. this is under the bay mud over there. they meet refusal. they gain support and bearing on top. saltwater attacks concrete. in the old days, they did not understand the effects of salt water, chloride on concrete and steel. a lot of these piles may have started out 24 inches in diameter. they may only be eight or 10 inches in diameter now. whatever steel was in there is long gone all along the waterfront. >> wonderful buildings. at the double dog and a beer. >> this is wonderful. it is right on the waterfront. it is due piles. >> that is the location of what is now the san francisco port authority? >> yeah, port office

could be if giant mud puddle she's covered in mud.got a mud sham pa from another kid. with her permission. >> when this cold and this rainy out do the kids get sick. >> children at our out door preschool are healthier than children in indoor present ask. cold and flu are caused by germ not out door in the cold and wet. >>reporter: at the end of the take parents call their children to the forest edge in a unique way. with that the wild thing heads home. domestic particular, no easy task. i'm sharon vashon islan island, washington. >> still ahead tonight. boxing superstar who brought a little something extra to today's news superstar who brought a little something extra to today's news conference about his upcop#p >> build fire in texas out of control fire destroyed 600 homes. scorched about 30,000 acres since it started sunday. dozens of other fires are burning throughout the state fanned by wind from tropical storm lee. parts of the east coast are still drying out from hurricane irene and they are being soaked again from left over

the shrine was hit by rocks and also covered in mud. they are part of sacred sites on routes in the key mountain range designated as a world heritage site in 2004. local officials and members of the shrine plan to assess the extent of the damage and rebuild. >>> joined now with the latest in business news, ai, good morning. >> good morning. the u.s. markets snapped a l three-day streak of decline. let's go tokyo for the stock exchange. ramin are, how are things looking? >> a court ruling set that germany could continue to help with bailouts for economies and also an austerity plan in italy, helping with positive sentiment. that is pretty much playing into the markets right now. having a look at opening levels for the nikkei is up over a hundred points in the first couple of minutes the and the topix is trading well as well. that is a 2 1/2 years closing low the previous day. we are seening continuation there for the positive move. many stocks were near lows yesterday and the day before. and some sectors had been heavily eversold. that's

a mud slide killed a woman in her 60s in the city of gojo. floods swept away houses and left ten missing. more than 100 injuries have been reported in 20 prefectures across japan. nhk has found that many of the 86 people who died or disappeared were at home. nhk was able to find out what happened to 64 of them. 43 people or nearly 70% were inside their home when it was buried in a mud slide or swept away by a flood. the remaining 21 were outside checking on damage or in the process of evacuating. >>> the city of nigata on japan's coast has assigned hotels as emergency shelters in the event of a tsunami. the city situated in a low-lying area was inundated in 1964 when a tsunami was triggered be i a major earthquake in the region. there was a concluded agreement with the five hotels on monday. it calls for the hotels to accept up to 4,000 evacuees when a tsunami warning is issued. >> translator: i hope that the designation will raise evacuation awareness. i also want to sign more agreements with offices and apartments. >> the city plans to stre

the box man which if we want to move things around get what you put things inside plus we hook the mud truck which is the black truck up over there to go to the mud bogs and we haul at the black truck here to the trailer we move our equipment around that the skid sear that sets over there and they ask invader the one next to the black truck over there is the white blazer and what we do with that is go to the sand dunes the plaintiffs say and one for the mud one for the sad. truck cares for got to find it's a farm keep the roads open and stuff right when i drive to work in the wintertime which also has a plow on it white when i drive in the summer time it gets better gas mileage has. and this is my wife's car. general motors have been number one forever there have been the ones to beat forever you want to talk about a sad day of sad days when toyota announced that they their sales are more than what g.m. is you know that's probably a dated fix will be more than the bankruptcy today. when the president of u.a.w. local six fifty two which stands for the united auto workers union and what

the white blazer and what we do with that is you go to the sand use a plane to say and one for the mud one for the sand. my truck here is for got to find it's flour out here in a farm keep the roads up it's stuff i read when i drive to work in the wintertime which also has a plow on it and i when i drive in the summertime it gets better gas mileage has six owner in it and this is my wife's car. general motors have been number one forever there have been the ones that beat forever you want to talk about a sad day sad days when toyota announced that they their sales were more than what g.m. is you know that's probably a dated fix will be more than the bankruptcy and. i'm the president of u.a.w. local six fifty two which stands for the united auto workers union and what i do is i'm in charge of the ministration of the hall of our membership and deal with any problems and we become before the membership. told my dream i'm good i just we're in the business of selling cadillacs all right i think they got them in stock years ago you'd have to worry about market share because you know it was j

however, there is going to be a lingering after effect and that is the risk of mud slides. anywhere you're seeing here in the shaded area is at risk for mud slides into the coming days as the water starts to move down off the mountains into lower lying areas and moves down river as well. >>> sout delegate wi ng concern. sungni met f three hours in beijing on wedsday. wiai the ntheast must halt it uniumnrhmt pgr d censctns b t internationatoney agency as conditions for restarting the six-party talks. ro said the proam is for peaceful power generation and called for an unconditional resumption of talks. >> translator: today's dialogue was constructive and beneficial. baseon the results, i will continue to makefftso rearthx-rtal without conditions as quickly as possible. >> translator: holding this kind of dialogue will create an atmosphere that could lead to restarting the talks. >> the two envoys are expected toeparately meet china's special envoy who chairs the six-party talks to explain the results of wednesday's meeting. >>> world leaders are increasing their efforts to m

the nachi shrine was hit by rocks and covered by mud up to its floor. they're part of sacred sites and pilgrimage routes which were designated as a unesco world heritage site in 2004. local officials and people at the shrine plan to assess the extent of the damage and conduct rehabilitation work. >>> now to this week's special series, jt japan six months on." the half year anniversary of this country's devastating march 11th earthquake, sue ma'ammy and nuclear crisis is this sunday. monday we brought you a story from the port city of miyako about a community. tonight we'll head to the town of namie in fukushima prefecture where we'll focus on one of the biggest concerns in japan. the spread of radiation. the problem has sparked anxiety in northeastern parts of the country. japanese authorities are trying to limit the risk to children. some schools in fukushima prefecture restricted outdoor activities for students because of high levels of radiation. playing with sand in public places has been banned. precautions are also being taken in tokyo more than 2

saturday, a mud slide buried a factory and office building, killing 27 people. a river rose and flooded its banks leaving houses submerged and farmland inundated. weather officials say torrential rain is expected to gradually ease, but the resulting cool weather and lack of sunshine now threaten the autumn harvest. >>> chinese prime minister wen jiabao government officials are speaking out about what they're calling a mistake by the united states. they strongly oppose a u.s. decision to help taiwan upgrade its aging fleet of f-16 fighter jets. the warning the deal could damage china/u.s. cooperation. >>> u.s. assistant secretary of state announced wednesday they wouldn't sell the new model f-16s to taiwan. that's what china wanted. they are now going to sell radar systems, missiles and other equipment. hardware will help the taiwanese upgrade their fleet of 145 fighters. china is against any armed sales to taiwan. it considers that interference in its internal affairs. >> translator: the united states made a mistake. it is inevitable that the decision will damag

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it creates a lot of mud. and the equipment has been mobilized. there is the rotator on the right. one of the two rotators that will be on the project. and the crane setting them up and assembling the equipment. as far as, to give you an update on quality control, the instrumentation has been put in place. the shoring wall, and that is the drill rig on the left. it is to monitor any potential for movement, as well as other instruments around the site. one of the things i forgot to mention is the during the month of august, we completed the test panels on the shoring wall system, and those came out of the test panels. they were then sent to the lab, a check for strengthened permeability. everything past. so we moved into the production phase last month. some general utility shots. this is just about complete, which will be a big phase to get behind this with the utility relocation. these of various sites around the project. and just an update on the craft hours, about 55,000 hours total completed by the evidence brothers without accident or injury, and about 88% of that was bay area

listen. >> all it this mud you see on the ground is all the mud we had in the house. appliances. all my furniture. >> this thing is -- just store up everything we had. the whole neighborhood. we got no furniture left. we got no nothing left. we have been staying in a motel and it has done killed us money wise. we done went broke and i don't know what else to say because it is a disaster. >> so this area 16 counties in total will be receiving federal disaster relief. however, several of the residents here would rather the government just buy up their homes so they could head to higher ground rather than having to be stuck in and out of the homes for multiple times a year being forced out by the flood waters that happen on a regular basis. seems that even federal aid isn't good enough for these people. uma? >> a it tough situation, indeed. julie, thank you very much. >>> new jersey and other northern states try to clean up after irene, down south the gulf coast is taking a beating from what is left of tropical storm lee. casey stegall is joining us from new orleans with

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a shrine was also hit by rocks and covered by mud up to its floor. they are part of sacred sites and pilgrimage routes in the key mountain ranger, which were designated as i unesco world heritage site in 2004. people there plan to assess the extent of the damage and do rehabilitation work. >>> in the wake of the march disaster, japan's meteorological agency has come up with improved guidelines for issuing tsunami alerts. on march 11, a powerful earthquake in the pacific ocean sparked a series of tsunami that slammed into japan's northeastern coastline. however, in its warnings released right after the quake, the agency underestimated the size of the waves. specialists say this led to delays in evacuating residents. on wednesday, an agency study group released its final report on ways to improve tsunami warnings. the new guidelines call for the maximum possible alerts to be issued right after an earthquake with a magnitude of eight or higher. the agency predicts a massive earthquake could occur near the focus of the march quake or in waters west of to

massive amounts of mud was after a a lan slides was trigger ped. workers had not been able to remove the mud for fear of damaging the shrine's buildings. the officials explained to them how it can be done. >> translator: the damage is more serious than we expected. it will take some time to restore the shrine. people are concerned that the shrine might be removed from the world heritage list. but i strongly believe this won't happen. >>> the u.s. space agency unveiled plans to build a rocket that would carry astronauts to mars and other planets. nasa expects the first unmanned test flight will lift up in six years. nasa says a project will cost $10 billion. the rock set likely to be about 100 meters long. though its actual size has not been revealed. sources say the technology of the main engine and external fuel tanks of the decommissioned space shuttles would be used in the new rocket. they say that would hold down costs and lead to the employment of engineers who worked on space shuttle projects. last year, president barack obama announced plans

. >>> mud slides caused a lot of death and destruction following the storm. the dirt and debris blocked roads and isolated some villages, leaving them without water and medicine. the storm stranded people in the individual in the prefecture. authorities made an emergency satellite phone available on monday so residents could contact friends and family. >> translator: i want to call my daughter to tell her i'm okay. >> the damage is extensive. mud slides swept away many houses. police cleared the rubble as they searched for the missing. the surface of this dam is covered with wood, dirt, and debris. the storm also destroyed this hydro- hydr hydro-electric plant. in all over 20 communities are stranded. japan's self defense force is supplies relief supplies. a 2k3wi78 in one of the individuals is being used as the temporary shelter. it was also flooded. >> translator: the roads have been blocked. there's no electricity, tap water, or even any food. >> translator: this is the worst flooding i have seen in 20 years. >>> japan's new prime minister noda is going to

the shore of the seal before it's here lies mud down one of the most extreme regions of russia you can get to the most remote parts of to and from here. these researches are off to what may well turn out to be a sensation they know that something unusual has been found on the banks of one of the rivers in the country's north the scientists want to see whether the find is indeed as unique because they have been led to believe if it turns out to be true the scientific community will get an intriguing glimpse to what life on earth was like thousands of years ago. expedition will travel across western chukotka a northeastern yakutia a wealth of remains of extinct animals dating back to the ice age is hidden beneath the permafrost number of fossils and tusks have been found here. however the find that the researches are off to is something special a prehistoric bison completely mummified by nature. which some forty mummified animal remains have been found in the world since biology became a science two hundred years ago some twenty of them are more or less in good condition all the others a

workers had not been able to remove the mud for fear of damaging the shrine's buildings.ow it can be done. >> translator: the damage is more serious than we expected. it will take more time to restore the shrine. people are concerned the shrine might be removed from the world heritage list. but i strongly believe this won't happen. >>> next we take you to our bureau in bangkok. what's making headlines in the region. >>> a series of deadly assaults by taliban fighters in the afghan capital kabul targeting the u.s. embassy and other facilities have finally ended. the attacks have raised concerns about the taliban's ability to penetrate even the most heavily protected districts in the capital. nhk world's hideki ui has more. >> rpg. get down! >> reporter: armed insurgents seized a building under construction on tuesday from where they fired rockets at the u.s. embassy. they also fired on the headquarters of the nato-led international security assistance force. the attacks soon developed into gunfights between the fighters and afghan security troops. at least nine people were

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you see mud here. you see mud here. the mud went up across the street. this is front street here.iterally up to that side of the street. we have to walk across the mud again. if you look down here, you can see all of this water. beyond that, t.j., is a location called shipo. everybody is telling us the water is chest deep there. the only way to get there is by boat. we have seen some cars moving through and coming out of this area. very little activity now. it is quiet. the rest of the city of harrisburg seems to be in pretty good shape. just along front street. governor's mansion suffered damage along front street. one good thing is hurricane agnes in 1972, the water crested at 32 feet. here, only 25 feet from this storm. not as bad as what happened, fortunately, not as bad as hurricane agnes back in 1972. t.j. >> thank you, john zarrella. we will say good morning to alexandra steele. >> where should we begin? >> you have dry conditions in texas. >> you will see the warm winds. houston at 96 to 97. temperatures are only getting warmer. exacerbating the scenario. dry staying dry.