those who work in the national park get leftover food and old cooking oil on top of their wages. the children and the equivalent of one euro forty a day and the women. they work in the park because their husbands are not allowed to earn an income with fishing. for several nights there to troll is within sight of the ranges fishing with nets here in the middle of the national park. the three hundred mark in serene sponsible for the disappearance of the sea cucumbers and fish populations and the degradation of the coral. how much longer will they be able to live on fishing. years father can no longer build any because of the ban on felling the trees that's making the dying out these days he earns money making model boats. when charlie and his wife to re only have to take care of themselves but when a woman in the family died giving birth they took in the infant. jack is now the fourth child they need to provide for him and pay for his schooling. jack will only learn about the american life from their old stories. no i was born here the midwife was in the middle. when she pushed me t

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a national park an early example of environmental protection will talk about its powerful hold on the imagination. and street artist four dollars a day trash animal caustic statement on his own generation that he says is killing animals if the garbage is produced. so what happens when using are inspired by a piece of art and what kind of picture results when a painter is influenced by news that well that's what a new exhibition in hamburg aims to find out with the help of more than sixty artists and musicians who make a point of working between those two disciplines and the result is a hyper sensory feast that resonates long afterward. this may look like a record store but it's not it's an art exhibit for the ears. it features twelve hundred copies of the beatles' white album canadian artist rather for chung connected the records for him it's the most important work in musical history. it's part of the exhibition hyper a journey into art in music some sixty artists have turned their favorite songs into installations giving the music scene a face and blending sound with the senses. thi

service being founded especially with the grand canyon being made a national park it started to change americans also saw themselves in their country as as caretakers of nature it was a sort of start of an environmental movement but it really changed a bit the perception of how they viewed nature and themselves terrapins within it protects their natural heritage and so interesting this whole concept of nature because it has a really different value in the north american psyche compared to for instance how european would see that yeah i think so i mean we both grew up in canada but we've lived here for a long time in europe and i've always had that sense here in europe that because so much of nature is cultivated and domesticated i guess that it's almost as if society is above nature it's. like a garden concept they get everything set in sort of nature's place you go for walks and so on in the north american context nature is more raw and is seen as something more powerful than society and dangerous in the grand canyon is an example that i think is you can see how the grand canyo

the collaboration with the environmental campus has already paid off for the national park there's more and more data on the conservation zone which eventually will be made available in real time to the park rangers by a smartphone. we're taking measures now and plan to follow their progress to see if their measures that make sense we have no specific expectations we'll just allow nature to run its course the data we gather will help us judge whether our management measures were successful or not the board of management was not for cars. the project is a long term one renae to ration in the ones where the national park will take years and its benefits will only become apparent in decades to come. oh and i hope you had many they could be assumed to be a chauffeur we bring you many more stories of innovation and the people driving them goodbye and have a wonderful eco a. little. bit. of the. blue. which suits me. when britain for needs to meet the new we take a look back at the history of the relationship between the u.k. and the continental on top. down goes. up mike writes i'm. fifty tw

role in bit of a getting sequoia designated as a national park. a local newspaper man started a campaign to get the park designated and to protect the giant sequoia trees from blogging. i wanted to mention the palace hotel. it is over here. the second floor of that was a hotel. the ground floor was always retail. i mentioned a little bit about the historic connection to the national park. rmountainthe matte state at that hotel. the second floor has not been touched in over 80 years. you can get the five of what it was like when they gathered before they left on a trek through the sierra. the point of the journey was to emphasize how the national park had -- the parts that had already been designated were falling into disrepair because there was not one umbrella to manage them. so they put forth -- they pushed for one management directive for all of the parts. -- parks. that's a great historic building. it solidified our connection to our national park neighbors. countyme to tulare because it is beautiful here. i'm a fly fisherman. i love fishing in

secretary zinke was a great friend to the smoky national park which is your most visited park, up to 11 million visitors a year partly because of the opening of the new foothills parkway. three quick items that i don't have much discussion with you on and then i want to mention the restore our parks act. one is the foothills parkway which you and i have discussed. it's produced the -- i think one of the most if not the most beautiful drive anywhere in the eastern united states along the edge of the smokies, there's a 33.5 mile right of way which the state gave to the federal government, the park service, years ago, and we're exploring with local communities and the state and the conservation fund and the smoky mountain park service ways to use that right of way for mountain bike trails or hiking trails, while we're seeing whether the road will be built. a lot of enthusiasm for that. and i just want to make sure that secretary zinke knows about it, he's visited it, and i want to make sure that you will continue to be aware of it and interested in it as we work with the park service an

i'm concerned about the grand canyon national park, the culture, the leadership there across the park service, for sure. but specifically, you know, the future of this leader, what's happened to her and what's going to happen at grand canyon national park to make sure that people are treated with honor and respect and dignity and they are is serving in that regard and that harassment and bullying and the types of behavior that are happening are not going to be tolerated. and leaders who come in to change it are not going to be push away. >> i really appreciate the question. first, on a personal side, i was very disappointed that she chose to resign. and i know that the deputy director of the park service was disappointed in that. and that's a personal choice. let me tell you what we have done. we have dramatically revised our anti-harassment policy. we have hired anti-harassment coordinators. we've reprioritized funding. i have basically required every single bureau to bring me an anti-harassment plan, handed that plan to experts, had the experts go through it, come back to me and tel

, there are still va ca nt national park, there are still vacant territories in the national parkget a full range of golden eagles within scotland. the challenge is achieving that, the tagging is one helpful tool but there had to be other interventions to try to ensure this happens? the target is just part of that in terms of giving us more information and responding to things quicker than previously, we are also working with different organisations and all the things we can do in the cairngorms. there is a lot going on. lbs what makes the golden eagle particularly special for you? it makes the golden eagle particularly special for you ? it is makes the golden eagle particularly special for you? it is an makes the golden eagle particularly specialfor you? it is an iconic species, people come from all around to view it, a lot of businesses in the cairngorms rely on the golden eagle in terms of people planning to enjoy the area, the main thing for me is seeing them when you are in the hills, in the forests and the glens, knowing the golden eagle is thriving. lbs the chief executive

trump adnistration's plan to cut federal funding for special olympics. >>> it's opening day at nationals park. our coverage continues. and we'reooking at the major changes planned for the area around the park in the coming years. >>> i mentioned to tyou, t the weekend would be half-dry. that half is going to be saturday, dry and mild to boot, with temperatures in the 70s. but showers are likely to impact especially the first half of your sunday. coming up, i'll show you a check of the fi.-day foreca i think you will like today and o.morrow, to >>> you're watching news 4. >> forf lot fans, the action at the ballpark is the food. >> all about the food. this year, you can skip the line to get your food. you can use the caviar app to av order yourite foods right from your seat. you'll get an alert to pick up your food when it's hot and ready. the nationals say the goal of the app is to make sure fans spend that time watching baseball. ong the options you'll have for the season, delicious chicken wings, empanadas and pastrami. a pastrami dog. i haven't had that one. and the basics are bk, too. >>

the ticket was sold in wisconsin. >>> get out to nationals park early if you're going to opening day. some garages open as early as 10:00. gates to the park open at pregame ceremonies at 1:15. pitch.irst the backpacks are banned from the ballpark this season.do camera will be out there all day, keeping on top of all of this. and you can follow along in the nbc washington app, as ll. >> let's get a forecast in there, as well. sunshine and 64, 70s tomorrow. >> thank you, check. that's the news for today. we appreciate you waking up with us. >> all right. and the "today" sw isho c >>> good morning. nbc news exclusive. >>> good morning. nbc news exclusive. former fbi director james comey, the man who started the russia investigation, weighing in for the first time onheueller report's conclusion of no collusion. >> believe it or not, that should be good news whether you're democrat or republican. >> but calls out the special reunsel for what he did not do and thedent for the attacks on the fbi. >> i don't think we've seen ie history of our country a president try to burn down an o institut

but there are still va ca nt national park but there are still vacant territories within the nationalse territories are filled we try to get a full range of golden eagles within scotland. i suppose the challenge is how you achieve that. the tagging clearly is one helpful tool but there have to be other interventions to try and ensure this happens? absolutely, the tag is part of that in terms of giving us more information and being able to respond to things quicker than we previously have but we are also working with land managers closely, different organisations, a lot of different organisations, a lot of different things we can do. a lot of things going on but the tag is the key pa rt things going on but the tag is the key part of that. for you, what makes the golden eagle particularly special? it is an iconic species. people come from all around to view it. there are a lot of businesses within the cairngorms who rely on the golden eagle in terms of people get to enjoy the area but the main thing for me is the thing of seeing them in the air when you're in the hills, the forest and g

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there are a number of new things to see and do at nationals park in 2019. with rt our sneak peek something you can no longer do, that's bring asi backpack i the stadium. >> there's a lot of things this bag can do. o we felt eliminating it could protect us. we worked with a local company called bi box, they'll provide lockers outside the stadium. >> reporter: i love baseba as much as the next guy but this is where the action is,he food. with no one around to help, i took one for the team and tried the food myself. korean chicken wing. goodness gracious. that's good. so was the empanada, taco in bowl, and new york pastrami. and fans can skip the line and order from their seat. >> the most important thing is makg sure they have as much time to watch basketbaeball as want. >>rter: good food is enough to get me out to the ball game but mang it worthwhile for all fans is a challenge for any club can. >> it's actually a lot of fun. so we're always listening to the feedback we get from our fans tw figure oat we can do to make it better. >> reporter: first pitch and

the national park service is the golden gate national recreation area had more than -- it took the topom blue ridge parkway in virginia north carolina which saw more than 14 million visitors in 2018. >> >> the cost of living just hit a new high in the latest numbers show is not just san francisco. crazy high rent spreading to the suburbs. here we go again another storm system bringing more rain to the bay area. when the heaviest rain will roll in. >> two years over $1 billion finally done what you might call california's accidental megaproject and may be time to kick the tires on this thing. >>> >> bay area rents skyhigh now we are learning prices just hit a whole new level. live in dublin with the numbers. >>> a lot of apartment complexes like the one behind me are popping up near b.a.r.t. stations make it easy for people to have access to public transportation. it seems san francisco rental prices are filtering into the suburbs, making it hard to make ends meet. >> this is what you get for that exorbitant rent. this is my cottage. very modest. >> she rents an 800 square-foot home in

soon, the company wants to equip even more communities around the national park with these cookers. is to supply 50,000 households altogether. clarisse: we distribute the stoves. and the stoves are contributing to the reduction of carbon. so we are selling those credits in order t to have other mone, other funds, for again buying the stoves from the factory. reporter: the cookers are produced in the capital kigali, in a large factory about 10 kilometers from the city center. one of the key elements in the stove is made from a local waste product. this is coffee husk residue which can be purchased cheaply from local farmers. coffee is a key export product in rwanda. the husks are mixed with locally sourced clay to form an insulating material. that is then used to create clay cylinders like these which are placed inside the stove. an element like this can withstand heat of 1300 degrees celsius. alfin: its work is to insulate, direct the flame, and then to crcreate the chimney e effect, h is needed for efficient burning of the fuel. so in that way, it is going to reduce all the smoke a

beating out new york city by nearly 30%maureen kelly kron4 news (vicki) (vicki) the most popular national parkrvice site in america is right here in san francisco. it's the golden gate national recreation area. the national park service says more than 15 million people visited the site last year. that's about half-a-million more than the blue ridge parkway-- a scenic road from virginia to north carolina. blue ridge won the title in 20-17. in total, more than 318 million people visited national park service sites across the u-s in 20-18. that's down four percent from the year before. we haven't given up hope. we're still actively searching areas there. today, we do have firefighters on the ground searching,(grant) devastated towns in alabama still trying to cope with the utter destruction from sunday's tornadoes.no more bodies were found today in hard=hit lee county.president trump says he will visit the area this weekend.the death toll of 23 includes seven members of a single family ... as well as four children, nat cryingchanelle hart's

a new type of satellite tag for tracking birds of prey is being trialled at the cairngorms national parknes seen here, will be fitted with the raptor tracker tag. it's hoped that the new technology will provide better information on the birds' movements and help to curb wildlife crime. let's go live to inverness where we can speak to robbie kernahan, from scottish natural heritage, which is involved in the project. thank you for speaking to us. just how necessary was this tagging scheme? we have been tagging golden eagles and birds of prey in scotland for a number of years and they provide really useful insight into how birds move, both in space and time, but these particular tags give us time, but these particular tags give usa time, but these particular tags give us a much more fascinating are perhaps detailed insight into the movements of the birds. they are majestic and we get a better idea of how they spend time foraging and feeding and ultimately their fate. really interesting and insightful project. how healthy is the golden eagle population at the moment? the population in scotla

soon the company wants to equip even more communities around the national park with these cookers. the plan is to supply fifty thousand households all together. a contributing to delay doctrine of carbon so we have those critics. again buying this dough from the fact. the cookers are produced in the capital kigali in a large factory about ten kilometers from the city center one of the key elements in the stove is made from a local waste product. this is coffee husk residue which can be purchased cheaply from local farmers coffee is a key export product in rwanda the husks are mixed with locally sourced clay to form an insulating material. that is then used to create clay cylinders like these which are placed inside the stove an element like this can withstand heat of thirteen hundred degrees celcius from its walkies to insulate they take to the floor and then create jimminy effect which is needed for efficient running of the few or so in the to where it is going to reduce on this smoke on the other products or combustion ones which are not healthy to the user. to the end right on.

opening day at nationals park. on to that ball field and take on the new york mets. the team is ready. so is the park. >> we're ready. >> we're ready. red, blue. m aaron gilchrist. >> i'll molette green in for eun yang. it is not just the team. i the fans. the fans are so ready for today. nates nation is expected to come out in full force. jim hanley will be joining us in short bit with a look at the day ahead. we want to begin with a check of the commute d the forecast. >> melissa mollet is standing by hewith a look at roads and the rails that just opened up. we'll start withel chuck bl who s taking us outside. >>absolutely. great day for baseball today. we have the red, the white and the bluehe for washington nationals on. it will be a fine day to get baseball season under way. certainly chilly.

y'e national park service still saying t in stage 4 out of 6. when i came in on mon the temperature forecast i did up that peak bloom projection now, april 4th through the 5th. so take a look. next weekend i going to be the time to go. not only this year did i up the ak projection date but as we look back over the years we've seen that deak bloome change on average to about five days earlier than it used to be. so between the time period of 1931 and 1960 the average peak bloom fell on aprth and then we compared it to more recent years from climate central. now 1981 through 2010 even through last year the peak bloom averages about april 1ist. so we're seeing warmer temperatures not just this year but overall push up that peak bloom date. this is where we talkbout the difference between weather and climate. worthy is going to be your day a y state of the atmosphere. generally 30 years. an easy way to think of it,u whn walkout doors climate is what you expect, and weather is what you get. we're going to have much or on the cherry blossoms, some rai

big bend national park is vast, around 1,200 miles of rivers, mountains and deserts on the us—mexicoder. there's an incredible amount to do there, including canoeing, hiking and horse riding. during peak periods, a lot of the campsites get booked up, so try to avoid holidays like spring break in mid—march. and if you're a carnivore, the state has plenty of meaty delights. visitors rave about texan barbecue. you'll find good eateries all over the place, but our tip is to look for a place with an outdoor pit and choose the brisket. still to come on the travel show, the electric journey that took this man from amsterdam to australia. and i test my inner warmth in one of the world's chilliest marathons. this is really very nice. i can't imagine it will be warm when we get out.

some like national parks are established by congress. but others like national monuments can be so designated by the president. it's a law that's been around for, you know, 100-plus years in the antiquities act, and it really allows, or gives authority to the presidents to designate national monuments when there is certainly historical or cultural or archeological significance to particular places. and to reserve partials of land around them. so back in 1996, was when president clinton did the designation for the grand staircase escalante. and that was about 1.7, 1.8 million acres. i think at the time, one of the things that you said was why was it, why could it have been controversial at the time. partly because i think there was some coal mining interests that were there, and president clinton, i think, wisely said at the time that the designation was going on that we don't need a mine everywhere, and we certainly don't need one where it is going to harm our national treasures. and just again, fast forward, when we talked about, you kno

the state and national parks. >> from niagara falls. [indiscernible] >> thank you so much. thank you for the good questions. thank you for asking it. >> i really appreciate all the things you mentioned. really appreciate the last 10 years. there was a long time before that that we were looking for support. that is what i really wanted you to see. the time earlier on because the people in my community, those years have stayed with us. where is the help when we were fighting for basic equality? sen. gillibrand: only in the house for two years, i was so junior, i do not take a lead in the issue. i was entirely in favor of gay rights. i have so many who are gay through my entire life. i fully support gay rights and i always have. i think when an article comes out and focus on the last how many years, the people who have been in that light for a lot longer, a lot of things happened before that. i just did a lead on it. once i was a senator, this is a platform for me because i care and i want to do something. >> i hope you continue to talk about those issues and lift up the trans

. >> what about you cannot clogged toilet in national park.lty of the law requires that the offender put a substance into the toilet that is capable of clogging the toilet. it seems a little rough.>> this is important because it used to be only certain substances like rags and cans and garbage. but sometime in the last couple of decades, they change the rules so it is any substance. i'm assuming that there was an incident. but just a member if you're going on vacation to a national forest, any substance, even accidental clogging us. >> so all hikers, just so you know. while you are at the national park, you cannot give the words you see, you cannot give it the finger. you cannot moon it, you cannot make any offensive gestures to a horse in the national park. why is that? >> well, i don't know. i've never represented anyone with a horse mooning case or offensive gesture case to a horse. frankly, i don't know kind of gestures horses find offensive but i know that the feds have regulated it so that any unreasonable gesture made to a passing horse

. —— big bend national park.s an incredible amount to do there, including canoeing, camping and horseriding. during peak periods a lot of the campsites get booked up so lot of the campsites get booked up so try to avoid holidays like spring break in mid—march. if you are a carnivore the state has plenty of meaty diets. visitors rave about texan barbecue. you'll find good eateries all over the place, but our tip is to look for a place with an outdoor pit and choose a biscuit. —— brisket. still to come on the travel show, the electricjourney that brisket. still to come on the travel show, the electric journey that took this man from amsterdam to australia. and i test my inner warmth in one of the world'sjulius

complaints from lawmakers and four-letter word filled commutes, take your pick from drivers, the national park service is launching an emergencyrepair operation. >> and cory smith joins us live from the craher zone with details. cory? >> reporter: yeah, in addition to the emergency operations that will take place this weekend the park service is also fast tracking the repavement of a severely damaged portion of the bw parkway. i'll tell you what,though, every driver we spoke to today had the same i message,is about time. >> they were coming up and up. >> reporter: when it comes to the bw parkway. >> you're just hitting one after the other. >> reporter: and fix s all those potholes saraherguson sums up how most drivers people. >> it's about time. hurry-up and do it. >> reporter: in a rare move the agency would use its emergency contracting authority to make what it calls enhancedrepairs. >> the application of anve adheatch that should last a little bit longer term, be durable.be a bit more >> reporter: that's welcome news to drivers like jones. h it shoulde been done sooner but it's a good thin

the national park service, gave me this cherry blossomin for 2019. i love the cherry blossom because it is such a unifying thing for ourity. just a wonderful treasure we have here. they're in stage one. that's the bud stage. and peak bloom is when 70% of the blossoms are out here. and to make our peak bloom projection we looked back at similar years when the stage one began, and that was 2004, 2005 and 2007. and then we looked at the tempatures throughout those months. temperatures, especially your daytime highs are by far the biggest variable. and overall, looks like march is going to stay kind of on the chilly side. so with that we thinkhat peak bloom this year is going to fall between about april 4 ath 8th. again, that's very close through the national park service peck pron of april don'trd want is you get a two day warm spell and then those temperatures cooln back dnd then you get those blossoms falling down off of the tree. ultimately what we want is to stay chillyr on the cool side nhrough the month of march. march comes to end. we start april

it's the golden gate national recreation area. the park service says more than 15 million people visited last year. that's about half-a- million more than the blue ridge parkway-- a scenic road from virginia to north carolina. blue ridge won the title in 20-17. in total, more than 318 million people visited pk service sites across the u-s in 20-18. that's down four percent from the year before. up next .... new details on the nearly two dozen people killed by tornadoes in the south and the daunting clean up task ahead. ♪ [baby crib musical mobile] millions are still exposed to the dangers of secondhand smoke. and some of them can't do anything about it. but you can. protect your family. visit tobaccofreeca.com. (pam) a big boost for a northern california community ... recovering from last year's devastating 'camp fire' in butte county. this is a paradise high school cap .... autographed by president trump. it was auctioned off yesterday for 23- thousand dollars... at the sierra cascade logging conference. a partnership between john wheeler

and back in the 1470s, the 1980s, when four of the missions became under the protection of the national parks service, the parks service wanted the archdiocese to restart the parishes. so four of them are active parishes within the catholic church. >> explain when the unesco status means for these missions. >> yes, the unesco status means an increased tourism, increased fundraising for the migs for their continued for the missions for their continued preservation. when the unesco came in, and the recognition, the criteria they used, was to recognize the joining of the spanish and the indigenous nation at the mission. the missionaries brought the monumental architecture, they also taught the native americans european agricultural tech neeks. techniques. they brought in and built irrigation, sophisticated irrigation system that can still be seen today. one of the dams still ex you can visit it. so this was part of what the unesco was trying to recognize and preserve with its designation. >> let's talk about specifically the alamo. what was there pre-1836? >> pre-1836, you had the remains of a m

monly twoe days until open day at nationals' park. one final exhibition game before the opening game today. max scherzeretting ready for his start on opening day. john carlo stanton smacking this straight. an zimmerman making the scoop for the out. turner,re gat play.en anthony done set to have a bigger role with the offense with the loss of bryce harper. crushing this ball to left, not sure where thatnd laed. two run shot for rendone. nationalsead the yankees 4-2 in the six. brenda frees and t theps in action tonight, facing ucla with a trip to th sweet 16 on the line. it's 41 years to the day the bruins beat the terps for the national title. a history making moment. the first time a n'wo college basketball championship was televised nationally, it was on nbc. as for this year's matchup, coach frees told me it's another match up in a memorable season. >> have already won 29 games. t we lovehe fact that our lastam home g will be here for xfinity with an opportunity to move on to the sweet 16. so just playing in front of our tremendous

(grant) the most popular national park áservice site in america is right here in san francisco.golden gate national recreation area. the national park service says more than 15 million people visited the site last year. that's about half-a-million more than the blue ridge parkway-- a scenic road from virginia to north carolina. blue ridge won the title in 20-17. in total, more than 318 million people visited national park service sites across the u-s in 20-18. that's down four percent from the year before. (lawrence bay area weather) (grant) plus... what prompted a nationwide recall of birth contrl pills... (sports tease) and ahead in sports, a warriors update from oracle. also, another negative headline surrounding the giants during spring training. details comin up. é starting starting tonight with the warriors-- back home and facing a boston team that's lost 5 of their last 6. but the celtics were rolling out of the gates. no klay thompson in the lineup because of knee soreness. boston has been dealing with a slump and team drama lately, but they look good tonight. at last ch