in 1897 he had just completed capturing the immense power of niagara falls. he was able to put it through a series of generators and distribute that first 26 miles to buffalo, new york and then to new york city. they could only send something to for about half a mile. but tesla invented he spent 400 miles. the new york times referred to this as the technological accomplishments of the 19th century. they said to tesla, belongs the man who made this project possible. there is still a statue that commemorates his work. this is 1897. he just did this in his thinking, this is so today. i am bored with today. this is a real accomplishment, i want to think of something new. so he created a new field of science. we would prefer today as robotic. his first piece of equipment was a model boat. about 4 feet long, and 3 feet high. this was, at a time he presented it in some flashy places like that madison square garden in new york. he set up a pool or pond in the middle of this area to demonstrate the material. recognize that this is three months after the battleship had

west the way back from the , he did visit niagara falls. there are wonderful descriptions of the falls. they were extremely impressed by the falls. they were definitely there. >> i knew they were there. i read the old translation, i am looking forward to reading yours. there is nothing about the stories i have heard from my family. >> tell me one. apparently when he arrived in niagara falls, he arrived in a red coach. he arrived at the eagle tavern, which was the largest tavern in town. the road was muddy. the owner of the tavern was supposed to greet him, but the story is he actually picked him up to save him from stepping into the mud. apparently lafayette was not very happy with that. heard ofave never that. the only similar story i have heard is when lafayette crosses the chattahoochee river between georgia and alabama. he is greeted on the other side by representatives of the creek nation, and they will not let him set foot on the moist soil. they have some sort of contraption where they carry him off. i have never heard it up north. >

and the c 47 over niagara falls. >> that was amazing. >> i don't know if i will ever get over the fact in the actual plane, not a replica, and actual plane that flew over normandy on d-day, a day that changed the course of the war and modern-day history. it is an overwhelming magnitude i don't know if i will ever get over. >> great opportunity and one reason we love this job, that was remarkable to do that. thank you, appreciate that, great story. 6 minutes until the top of the hour, something old, something new, something borrowed and some alligators, the snappy proposal surrounded by a reptile. ♪ the first survivor of alzheimer's disease is out there. and the alzheimer's association is going to make it happen. but we won't get there without you. visit alz.org to join the fight. >> good morning, waiting to take the stage for the summer concert series. look for that setup going on. some barbecue in new york city, stop by and get something to eat during the day and a live shot of new york city where the sun is coming up. a beautiful day. now it is time for the good, the bad and the ugly

he goes into the waldorf-astoria but then after he and westinghouse did the niagara falls project westinghouse was dressed in j.p. morgan the ruthless banker that he was went after to take over westinghouse and then he had to turn to tesla who had a contract to get a royalty for every horsepower of a motor that came out which is worth billions of dollars and westinghouse said i'm about to lose my company. can you help me? and tesla as a horrible businessman says you've always been kind to me you are the one who will bring my idea of this great electric motor to the world. i will tear up my contrt and gave away $1 billion so for the rest of his life he struggled and died for and alone and in a new york hotel he had to declare bankruptcy only a few at westinghouse realize they made the country possible gave him a stipend so he had a room but up-and-down is the answer. >> so to be part of the modern world of technology would he be surprised or proud today? >> i still think he would be looking at the future just in a totally new way. . . . .

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never mind those g i might buy a niagara bottle of wine instead of the california bottle of wine.till probably not make a differen. i like to give him a kiss in my own way. rajini: the prime minister of newar zealand, jacindrnbi, has giveh to a baby girl, only the second elected leader to give birth while in office. the 37-year-old will take six weeks of maternity leave, passing on her duties to the dust -- to the deputy prime minister. reporter: beaming parents and their new arrival. jacinda ardern chose social media over a state announcement to share news of her daughter's birth. the message reads, "welcome to our village, new one." throughout her public pregnancy, jacinda ardern made a point of continuing with business as usual. after six weeks of maternity leave, she plans to go back to work as her partner becomes the main caregiver. in a bbc interview in april, she suggested the baby could join her on the international --ge for the prim stage. aree minister ardern:e great with children. just bring t child and we will take care of it. i think we will taknathe internatcommunity

bomb attack at a gathering of taliban fighters and afghan security officials in the eastern city of niagara the blast came as president ashraf ghani announced an extension to the government's weeklong ceasefire with the taliban. the un envoy to yemen is inside martin griffiths is expected to propose a deal to end fighting over the port of the saudi led coalition launched an offensive to take the port from the rebels earlier this week. and pieces government is facing an imminent no confidence vote in parliament over the deal to change the name of neighboring macedonia to the republic of north macedonia nationalists on both sides see it as a humiliating defeat. france has agreed to take in some of the migrants on board the aquarius rescue ship which is now on route to spray the vessel which is carrying six hundred twenty nine people has been at the center of a major migration route between european union member states france accused italy of being irresponsible after its new populist government refused to allow the vessel to dock at any of its ports of call pennell reports from the spanish po

the parking lot collapsed in april creating a mini niagara falls.as marin county leading the state in the number of properties that could be upped water by 2045. the scientists used the federal government's high level projections for sea level rise and the national climate assessment high estimates for sea level rise putting it 1.7 feet higher. san rafael, larkspur and san mateo county is in a great danger of chronic flooding. looking back at simpson beach, this is a beautiful view as long as it's not in your living room. the report puts emphasis on the real estate market to look at the risks that some property owners are taking if they decide to buy beach front property and if the sea level rises, it will affect city and county governments in their financial situation because some of these properties could be devalued. >> leigh martinez, thank you. >>> more americans are taking climate change more seriously according to a new study, particularly when it comes to buying a house. homes most exposed to flooding and hurricane risk were worth less last

the parking lot collapsed creating what residents call a mini niagara falls.y say sea level rising is a concern along with winter storms. >> the beach has shrunk quite a bit. during the winter storms in 1982, the beach lost about eight inches. >> the amount of loss is accelerating over recent years. >> reporter: it used a 2014 national climate assessment estimates putting the bay level water 1.7 feet higher. >> across the nation there are 300,000 homes at risk of chronic flooding. that means they could be seeing flooding every other week. >> reporter: marin county officials said they have a number of initiatives under way to address sea level rise. >> in marin we have a great program that you can opt in. it is 1% renewable energy. you can use less electricity -- electricity and gas. you can drive less by biking, walking and taking public transit. there are so many other ways that you can lessen your impact. >> reporter: maria martinez for ktvu fox news. >>> we have alex savidge joining us permanently here. >> this is really exciting. it is a big change. you we

todd piro live in niagara falls, new york. and across the falls is canada. brian: yes.m smart enough to pick it up i will start reading now and turns out of i am. president trump about to leave for the g-7 summit in canada. we will carry it live next hour. abby: mercy me getting warmed up performing out on our plaza all morning long. they are awesome. ♪ ♪ how to cover almost anything. even a "cactus calamity". (man 1) i read that the saguaro can live to be two hundred years old. (woman) how old do you think that one is? (man 1) my guess would be, about... (man 2) i'd say about two hundred. (man 1) yeah... (burke) gives houseplant a whole new meaning. and we covered it. talk to farmers. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ a trip back to the dthe doctor's office, mean just for a shot. but why go back there, when you can stay home, with neulasta onpro? strong chemo can put you at risk of serious infection, which could lead to hospitalizations. in a key study, neulasta reduced the risk of infection from 1

creating what locals call the many niagara falls. iron county officials say see desert mayor and county officials say -- marin county officials say they have seen it in is a concern.>> it is accelerating. since the mid-90s. >> reporter: the climate scientists use the federal government high end projections for sea level rise. they also use the 2014 national climate assessment high estimate for sea level rise. putting bay area water 1.7 feet higher. >> in the next 30 years, across the nation, there are over 300,000 homes at risk of chronic footing. meaning, they would see flooding on average every other week. took county officials say they have a number of initiatives to address sea level rise and educate locals. >> we have a great program based on clean injury -- energy. you can opt in and use less electricity and natural gas for our efficiency programs. we have a lot. you can drive less, like, walk and take public transport. -electric vehicle. there are many ways you can lessen your impact. took the client scientists say as of right

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plattsburgh are barely a third of the nat courtesy of a long-term deal for cheap electricity from niagara falls.bu there's a catch. plattsburgh has a monthly megawatt limit. exceed it, and they have to pay much higher rates on the open market. >> so, if we go over the quota,u we can all of en see a huge spike in our electric rates in the winter. it very raly happened, but it's happening on a regular basis since the bitcoin operators came to town. ? reporter: how much high >> 30%, 40% higher. >> reporr: and that proved a real budget-buster for the residents of chilly plattsburgh. >> they're used to paying, you know, $100 a month in the mi tle of winter e care of all their electricity and heating needs. to the point where most people in our city, the vast majority, heat with electricity, bause it's very inexpensive. ha reporter: and then there are local companies wh relied on cheap energy. >> our electric bills changed overnight. >> reporter: here at the company you mean? >> yeah, a good 20 to 30% increase in the electricill. >> reporter: tom reckny of mold- pte plastics, where 500 workers

ijust might buy a niagara bottle of wine instead of a california bottle of wine, but it's probably goingdy because, not only does she bring it in, it's only a little bit of wine, but she tells the customs officer. i don't think that counts as smuggling. you know we are living in a strange world when the canadians have become the bad guys. that's worth repeating, and the tone of his rhetoric the other day, oh, they helped us in the second world war, and we are kind of grateful for that, but now they come and take our shoes and wander back across the border, you just think, where does this go? yeah, there is a broader problem with this. when america wants to take on chinese trade practices, it will be in a better position to do so if it has a united front from western economies, and you can already see the deterioration from the g7 meeting, from the canadians being one of the countries that spoke out against the separation of families on the mexican border to these trade policies. there hasn't been a lot in the last month to boost canada's relationship with the united states, or they could

if all this flowed over niagara falls, it would generate enough electricity to light every factory inew york for one hour. we would have enough to give our children free milk with school lunches. or should we churn this into butter? the fields of holland would be reclaimed. if made into cheese, it would make a piece of equivalent to this much of the moon. imagine a fire made from four volcanoes the size of vesuvius. that's what it would take to boil the 30 billion pounds of meat american farms are producing. this little girl grown plump on a tide of our 11 billion pounds of fats and oils without way 100 super dreadnoughts. she would blackout all of berlin. american hens are busy to. laying 50 billion eggs. if all these were made into one huge fried egg, it would cover the u.s. and canada. we have enough bacon to go around. here come the pigs. 100 million strong. pigs for every person in great britain and ireland combined. who's afraid of the big bad wolf? not the farmer of the united states who works in sacrifices to build. ships turned out by minimum -- men and women working night an

from niagara transformer and auto manufacturers like ford and g.m., the harm is real and widespread. the united states and canada are the world's largest trading partners. canada has been a reliable ally in fighting terror and has been a good friend to the united states. we need to stand with our allies and friends, not abandon them. china's trade actions threaten our national security. canada does not. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i'm seeking unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to acknowledge the official start of the 2018 hurricane season and to promote american resiliency. the 2007 -- 2017 hurricane season brought with it 17 named storms of which six were major hurricanes. these storms caused have to ever endure that again. as a resident of staten island where superstorm sandy can be fault,

>> we're going to niagara falls. >> wow. you got a shirt.e that. let's show you what we have going on your weather for today." oppressive heat through the gulf. fire danger along the southwest. strong storms in the mississippi river rvalley. for tomorrow, heat building in the midsection of the country. eastern third of the country, looking a little on the damp side. >>> good morning, i'm meteorologist kari hall. a lot of the clouds staying in bay today and san francisco will reach up to 65 degrees. just a little bit warmer for the inland areas with livermore reaching 87 degrees and 83 in san jose. our inland forecast keeps that sunshine slightly cooler tomorrow but then the warming trend begins and it's going to be very hot on saturday with highs up to 98 degrees and for san francisco expect the temperatures this weekend to warm up to 78. >> that's your latest weather. i have to feed my cameraman, jimmy. all right. let's head back inside to hoda. >> all right, al. thank you so much. >>> two-time oscar nominee jessica chastain is known for pl

re else are you >> going to niagara falls. >> wow! even got a shirt. eaat's pretty impressive.for today. oppressive heat down through the gulf. fire danger out in the southwest. heavy rain along the southeastern atlantic tcoast. stroorrows in the mississippi river valley. for tomorrow, heat building in the misection of the country. hot and dry in the southwest. the eastern third ofhe country looking a little on the damp side. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >>> right here at home, temperatures are still in the 60s ts morning. 68 in arlington and lornten, 66 ad dulles airport. 64 gaithersburg. a pleasant afternoon and more cloud cove t later on in day today with afternoon highs in the low to mid-80sos. enjoy the weather while we have it this cool, because it's not staying thaay for long. today and tomorrow cooler than average. rain likely tomorrow.t turning super ust in time for friday and the weekend. so far the fourth of july looks to be dry. >>> that's your latest weather. i always have to feed my meraman jimmy. aa