cargill philanthropy; the orange county community foundation; and the farvue foundation. [camera focus adjusting] man: we're in madre de dios, and this is an area that until recently has been pristine forests and a small town really close to the triple border between peru, bolivia, and brazil. starting in the early 2000s, there was a plan to build a major highway moving products from brazil over the andes to the ports in the pacific for exports to places like china. that changed the face of madre de dios. it connected the city of puerto maldonado with the city of cusco in the andes. that voyage used to take about two weeks in the rainy season. now it takes about 6 hours. the price of gold started to rise, and in 2008, it skyrocketed. and that created an unprecedented gold boom for tens of thousands of miners, who came from mainly the andes into madre de dios and started to take the forest apart. some of the most dense and biodiverse rain forests in the world. so la pampa is an area next to the highway. about 5 years ago, this was a place that was a couple miners, a couple

here's josh mankiewicz with "mystery in orange county." >> orange county, california. on tv, it's a place of sun, fun and privilege. it's where the real housewives first aired their dirty laundry and where the kids from o.c. showed us all what temperature cool really was. around here you get a sense everyone is rich and white and lives in a mansion with a view of the pacific. but step back from the coast and you'll see the orange county that isn't on tv, not as wealthy, not as white, full of those who came here from somewhere else, chasing a better life and finding it in places like santa ana, a mostly working-class immigrant community in the shadow of disneyland. it's the part of the o.c. where people know that to survive, they'll have to work hard. maribel ramos arrived here as a baby, leaving mexico behind. she would not only survive here, but thrive. to tell you the truth, this should be the story of a woman who worked hard to change her life, and in doing so, carved a path for others to follow. >> hello? >> but this story is going to end differently. >> why are yo

scott is running for congress in orange county.e footage you just saw from him and we're happy to have him join us tonight. scott thanks so much for coming on. >> thank you. >> tucker: so this is not something you imagine happening on the beach in laguna. is this a common thing? and what does it tell you? >> oh, yeah, this is, tucker, this is only one of 2,000 apprehensions done in the past year. we see these boats up and down the coastline of orange county and sometimes on the dock. they're just abandoned, they're left with life jackets and fuel tanks and things like that. but it's happening because people like my opponent, katie porter, we call her open border porter, and joe biden, and the woke left in congress put out a welcome matt for all the illegal immigrants to come to america. they basically say come to america we'll give you cash payments and free education and healthcare, and, in fact, we'll even give you a pre plane ride somewhere if you want. and the problem with this is, we don't know who these people are. they don't

cargill philanthropy; the orange county community foundation; and the farvue foundation.[helicopter blades whirring] [flames crackling] [water rushing] [wind howling] man: every child born today will experience a fundamentally altered world, which will increase their probality of death and serious disease or illness because of the change in the climate. there are a great many efforts brought by young people around the world--cases brought domestically against governments for faing to do what those governments pledged to do in the paris agreement. but what forum would allow you to talk to all of humanity at one time? that's the united nations. we conducted interviews to basically put together the best diversity and array of young people from different parts of the world being affected in different waysy the crisis. a number of organizations, including greta thunberg, conveyed to us the desire to formulate, if possible, a single legal strategy in order to respond to a challenge that affects a nations. greta: i am very much shown in the media, and thefore it is extremely imp

cargill philanthropy-- the orange county community foundation, and the farvue foundation. [distant rumbling] man: and we've got 17 coal fields in south africa, and more than half of them are bunched together on mpumalanga highveld. it's called the central basin. in our research, we have spoken to many people. i think this is really bad on the ground. it's really, really bad. woman: there are two mines here. that one is the old mine. if you can see the dust that is coming out when they are blasting, you can even smell it. even if you wipe yourself like this, you-- there's a black dust in your hand. so what about if you inhale it? [distant chatter] [child's congested coughing] woman: i moved to mpumalanga highveld for better future. i've worked in the mines, and i was affected with sinus while i was working there. in 2013, i got my firstborn. [coughing continues] woman: so he gets sick, is struggling to breathe. he was admitted at the hospital. they diagnosed him with bronchitis asthma. i visited one doctor and asked why, so he told me, "the area that you are living in is to

they both challenged the credentials of the orange county flight crews. the most efficient way to handle the resources, especially in the face of a huge fire. >> fennessy: extremely frustrating. we have a system, the fire service, where we honor each other's qualifications. yeah, it is frustrating, because, you know, when there's a delay in accepting these qualifications to the detriment of the public, yeah, that's a concern. >> whitaker: when chief fennessy first sent his choppers, two crews sat on the tarmac for 48 hours. fed up, he protested in an email, which we obtained through a freedom of information request. "i don't think the public will understand this nonsense," he wrote, "especially if our crews are grounded and there are no aviation safety issues to address." cal fire told us the crew check was a standard safety procedure, and that smoke and wind prevented flying some nights. chief fennessy told us, only when he threatened to take his choppers back south did the agencies give the green light to fly. still, brian fennessy and two other souther

anybody who's in ever in southern, california and orange county. be sure to go see it. it's a lot of fun. but let's start with this picture of president nixon of course is the only president still the only president who was a native of california kind of hard to believe given how big california is but here he and mrs. nixon are planting a sequoia tree on the south grounds of the white house. he he actually liked doing tree planting seeing mrs. nixon like doing free plantings and as california as they wanted to put this sequoia in there. i don't believe it had it thrived. i'm not sure washington was exactly the place for this tree to thrive, but it did grow for a number of years and then as far as i know it's not still present on the white house grounds, but it certainly, you know presidents have been planting trees on the white house grounds forever many of them are still there going all the way back to andrew jackson's magnolias that flank the south portico just as a kind of way to promote the place where they come from and to promote the the beauty of the brands of th

anyone who is in -- southern california, orange county, should go to see it. it's a lot of fun.but let's start with this picture of president nixon, of course, was the only president, still the only president who was a native of california, kind of hard to believe, -- california. but here he and mrs. nixon are planting a psychiatrist on the south grounds of the white house. he he actually liked tree planting he. and mrs. nixon like doing tree plantings. and as california's they wanted to put this acquire in there and i don't believe it had thrived. i'm not sure if washington was exactly the place for this tree to thrive but it did go for a number of years and then -- not still president white house. current certainly presidents have been planting trees on white house grounds forever and many of them are still there going all the way back to andrew jackson's magnolias that flight the south portico. just as a kind of way to promote the place where they come from and to promote the beauty of the grounds of the white house. so there he is planting a tree. >> wonderful! so -- click o

well, scott, paulor is running for congress in orange county. m we got the footage you just saw from him and we're happy to join us tonight.e happy to scoppa,, thanks so much for coming on . so this is not. something i that you imagine happening on the beach the in agoura. yo? is this a common thing and what does it tell you? nly one oh , yeah, this is tucker . this is only one of two thousand apprehension that we're done in the pastwe year. we see ponga boatsn up and down. the coastline of orange county and sometimes on the docks and sometimes on the docks they're left with life jackets and fuel tanks and things like that . ibut it's happening because people like my opponent katiepo porterrt, we call our open bordr porter and joe biden and the local left in congress put out a welcome mat for all the illegal immigrants to m come into america. they basically saya.a. come on into america, we'll give a cash payments, we'll give you a free education, we'll give you a health care i and in fact, we'll even give you a free plane ride somewhereyou if yo

could have been a person that was going out and getting money for the republican party here in orange county, california back in 1972, and at that time, those that were collecting money could get 20% of whatever they collected. when they did that, that money just disappeared. there is a famous bank robbery here in san clemente called inside the vault, the true story of a master bank burglar, and i might [inaudible] but jimmy hoffa gave him the inside information about where nixon had buried millions and millions of dollars in banks throughout orange county. this happens to be one. they broke into this bank and got about $10 million out of the safety deposit box -- host: that's not a story i have heard before. is that one you have heard before? guest: no. in this business, you get wild stories. i have never heard this. it's true, there was a lot of money because people were terrified of george mcgovern, and the committee to reelect had raised $10 million before the new law came into effect. there was too much money and too little supervision, and it blew up. but we have seen recently proof of

could have been a person that was going out and getting money for the republican party here in orange county, california back in 1972, and at that time, those that were collecting money could get 20% of whatever they collected. when they did that, that money just disappeared. there is a famous bank robbery here in san clemente called inside the vault, the true story of a master bank burglar, and i might [inaudible] but jimmy hoffa gave him the inside information about where nixon had buried millions and millions of dollars in banks throughout orange county. this happens to be one. they broke into this bank and got about $10 million out of the safety deposit box -- host: that's not a story i have heard before. is that one you have heard before? guest: no. in this business, you get wild stories. i have never heard this. it's true, there was a lot of money because people were terrified of george mcgovern, and the committee to reelect had raised $10 million before the new law came into effect. there was too much money and too little supervision, and it blew up. but we have seen recently proof of

could have been a person that was going out and getting money for the republican party here in orange county, california back in 1972, and at that time, those that were collecting money could get 20% of whatever they collected. when they did that, that money just disappeared. there is a famous bank robbery here in san clemente called inside the vault, the true story of a master bank burglar, and i might [inaudible] but jimmy hoffa gave him the inside information about where nixon had buried millions and millions of dollars in banks throughout orange county. this happens to be one. they broke into this bank and got about $10 million out of the safety deposit box -- host: that's not a story i have heard before. is that one you have heard before? guest: no. in this business, you get wild stories. i have never heard this. it's true, there was a lot of money because people were terrified of george mcgovern, and the committee to reelect had raised $10 million before the new law came into effect. there was too much money and too little supervision, and it blew up. but we have seen recently proof of

mike murray was an orange county district attorney, he had worked this investigation back in 1995, but joined the case. >> they called this patty? >> they did. >> where did it lead them? >> they contacted her and she agreed to come down to the police department and discuss gonzalo ramirez. >> the mysterious patty was then college student, patricia esparza. >> i'm detective meza, this is corporal buckles -- >> we work for the second -- >> she told the police that, gonzalo ramirez was a young man that she had met in santa ana, several weeks prior. they had danced together, she liked him, he seemed to like her, they had exchanged phone numbers. >> that's how her name and numbers came to be scrambled on his phone bill. but patricia didn't seem too concerned about why she was being questioned about gonzalo. >> at what point does she say, what is this about? why are you asking me about this man? >> she never does. >> she never asked? >> i don't ever recall her asking that question to the police during that interview. >> in the interview, patricia reluctantly told her story about what happene

i never knew anything about orange county banks or 20% kickbacks. i could raise money for 20% kickback. >> jill wine-banks, let me give you gaylord out of oakville, california. democrat. good morning. >> how are you doing. i have a nice little story. my dad was appointed by richard nixon to be federal marshal of southern central california. and he was the one who was originally supposed to subpoena nixon in 1972. no, 73. and i was in high school. i have the same name as my dad. so a bomb threat was called in against me in high school, and my dad's marshals had to come and put me in a protective custody while the bomb squad checked my car. so that happened, and into saturday night massacre happened. and then in 74, the new one was hired and my dad was given orders to serve nixon with two subpoenas down inclined -- san clemente. he had given me a surfing pass to serve in front of his house. when i entered the marine corps base next to nixon's estate, which is on -- the guard at the kiosk saw that it was campbell. they are going to come up to see you.

zach: new development with last month's deadly church shooting in orange county.en charged with hate crimes. prosecutors say david cju is facing murder charges. they found notes in his car that indicated hatred of the taiwanese people. a valley transportation authority employee was arrested over accusations he threatened gun violence. another employee reported the threats at the bus yard, and this comes a year after a disgruntled employee shot and killed nine workers at the waterloo bay railyard -- waterloo bay -- guadalupe railyard. san francisco mayor london breed is pushing to get her brother out of prison we have been looking into the case and the controversy. >> san francisco mayor london breed's brother, napoleon brown has served half of his 44-year , sentence for murder, robbery, and carjacking, and now his attorney believes brown should be released because the laws changed in 2019. >> the basic point is that he doesn't meet the definition of a murder anymore, because you have to show reckless indifference to life, and that is typically explained as firing

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orange county had 19 beaches on that list. san diego county had about 15.so most of them are concentrated down here. unfortunately in the bay area, there was a big decrease in grades as soon as the rainy season hit. kristen: i would think the coastal beaches are cleaner than the bayside beaches, right? >> generally, yes because they experience more water circulation. so pollutants quickly get diluted and washed away. kristen: have pollution levels gone up over time? >> the good news is in the report a few years ago, we found that fecal pollution levels are decreasing over the last 35 years. so that was a slight decrease in we hope the trend continues. we are still encouraging government agencies to take action on pollution. kristen: is there anything we can do as individuals to help improve the water at our beaches? >> yes. get involved. maybe get involved in a local beach cleanup, get involved in local politics and see what your local representatives are doing for water quality. and we want folks to be safe when they go out to the beach. check the beach re

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a good example is the recent fire in orange county. can see the flames going right up to the homes, leaving many in charred remains. there was the camp fire in paradise. thousands of homes destroyed and burned to the ground. earlier today i spoke with chase cain about the growing problem that communities around the country are now experiencing. >> hi chase, thanks so much for joining us. tell us what a wui is? >> it's the wild land urban interface. it's basically where the edge of the developed world, edge of things we've built meets maybe a forest, field, or brush area. >> yeah, the bay area has a lot of areas like that. the north bay hills, east bay hills, many big cities just up to the edge of these grass land or brush areas. we know they're in danger. people in the wui, but people that live further inland from a wui are also in danger. can you explain why? >> yeah, i think sometimes, you know, i live in southern california, you're in the bay area. i think sometimes we think oh, i live in the city or i'm in the suburbs, i don't real

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this morning, the orange county da's office announcing the hate crime enhancements in the case againsthiu. investigators believe he targeted his victims because they were tie one knees and he harbored anti hi one sentiment. the las vegas resident allegedly opened fire inside a geneva presbyterian church in laguna woods last month. he's being held without bail and is due back in court in august. >> more national news, 3 senior citizens are dead after a gunman opened fire in an alabama church last night. this happened during a potluck dinner at saint stephen's episcopal church in a suburb of birmingham. police say the suspect was an occasional attendee at the church. somebody at the dinner was able to hold the 71 year-old gunman down until police showed up. he now faces capital murder charges. ukraine appears to be one step closer to joining the european union. the eu executive arm has recommended ukraine be put on a path to membership in the organization. that has long been a wish. if ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky, the eu membership plans to discuss the issue during a meeting i

two orange county, florida deputies have been disciplined for leaking news of saget's passing before saget's family was notified. details of the disciplinary action were not specified. an autopsy found the beloved comedian and actor saget passed away in january in an orlando hotel room as a result of blunt head trauma. >>> competitive swimming at the highest level has put a ban in place on transgender athletes in women's events. officials say it's meant to protect the sport's competitiveness. abc's rhiannon ally has those details. >> reporter: this morning, a major change to elite swimming competitions takes effect today. >> we have to protect the rights of all our athletes to compete. but we also have to protect competitive fairness. >> reporter: fina, swimming's world governing body, voting to restrict transgender athletes from competing. male-to-female transgender athletes will only be eligible to compete in the women's categories in fina competitions if they completed their transition before puberty or the age of 12. some medical experts say the effects of higher testosterone dur

picking up on those isolated pockets of moderate rain at times down towards orange county.m 5:00 a.m. until about midday sunday with the rest of this weather system, may give us isolated showers around south bay. we can see clear skies and muggy conditions are starting to move out. the best chance of rain this week and across the north bay. we will see that during the day tomorrow. sunday morning, clearing skies and a pretty big warm-up. look at the seven-day forecast. mid to upper 90s. >> is not a typo on friday, 97? >> no. that's a big jump. >> thanks, rob. happy friday for you. that will do it for us here at 7:00. for everyone from nbc bay area , hope to see you back at 11:00. >>> i have nothing to hide. i will read to you the one message. >> fighting back after his exit. "access hollywood" has matthew morrison's defense against all the nasty gossip surrounding his contact with the "so you think you can dance" contestant. and his wife gets her say, too. >> now, about oscar night. >> i'll be very honest with you guys. it made me cry. >> vivica a. fox holds nothing back. >

for summer right now, but the sinclairs say they will be taking their children to a school in orange county this fall where more parents support their views. in marin county, nbc bay area news. >> and just about 20 minutes ago we received a response from the school in the form of several letters sent to school families about the issue. in one letter, a school spokesperson writes we respect the privacy of our families past and present, and though many of the families' allegations are untrue, responding would require us to disclose private information. i can however assure you we would not retaliate against a family for a difference of opinion. >>> in the south bay now, the question of whether to stock narcan in schools, bars, and restaurants will be reconsidered in august. the drug can instantly reverse affects from a drug overdose. today the board of supervisors paused action on the question pending further study. members voted to get more information and review the issue in august. >>> instagram appears to be blocking certain terms linked to abortion pills. on monday nbc news tried to look

the national weather service issued two advisories, one a heat advisory for the orange countys on the map. we're also dealing with an excessive heat warning for the highlighted pink zones on this m map. on the bright side, a nice weekend. friday we heat up into the highest temperatures, but san jose gets up to 95 degrees. we jump right back down to 75 on sunday. we cool down significantly. it's a short-lived system. i've been stressing that all week long. we're dealing with some record-breaking temperatures. we are expecting to get into the triple digits by friday, cooling off into the 70s by sunday. take advantage of this weekend, it's still going to be beautiful. we'll keep you updated in the weather center. >> a lot of people might be headed to the coast when you see those inland temps right now it's already busy for commuters heading into the altamont pass. one of our caltrans cameras, you can see it's stacked up already this morning. this is always our busiest start to the morning commute, and it begins well before 4:30. if you're a super commuter, you know what to expect. busy r

and the community has grown from people in orange county, virginia, to people all around the world. through networking, research, and talking and spending time together and becoming friends and colleagues, and doing work together that is so much more truthful and authentic than we as white museum professionals can do alone. and it has given our interpretation and our exhibitions a richness and an authenticity and truth. and visitors come and see the faces, hear the voices, hear the stories of present day americans talking about their family stories and putting those stories next to the stories of james and dolley madison, and seeing that they all are a critical part of the tapestry of our history. and i think it's the trust building, it's the working, the staff and descendants working together and building something really important. and you have to give it time. >> i would echo the time thing. i think, for us coming in and just recently within the past five years, i think, we have had to do a lot of trust building. and the main way we have done that is to do the research first. so

>> fire has begun destroying homes in orange county. >> reporter: actually one in three americans live in at-risk areas. many just don't know it. >> a bit frustrating from my standpoint, because so many people feel like, oh, that's just a forest problem. oh, that's a, you know, forest fire, but yet we forget that they're happening right here. >> reporter: he points to a hilltop outside boise where the tabletop fire showed the risk of wildfire in the wild land urban interface, basically where urban development meets nature. the marshall fire in colorado, a thousand homes burned. 2016 fire in east tennessee, 2,000 homes burned. or the campfire, nearly 14,000 homes burned. >> people would be really surprised. it's not just the folks that are up in the brush. it's the folks that are -- if you look at a map of boise, the entire north end is in an ember zone, and it's up to a mile away from the brush. >> reporter: britney is talking about homes that people think are safer because they're not at the edges of the wui, but they are in an area where winds are driving wildfires, and america's hou

orange county issued more than 65,000 permits in both fresno and sacramento counties issued more than 45,000 to put that into perspective, san francisco issued just 11. and here is a breakdown on other bay area counties. according to the california department of justice, solano county issued the most permits while with more than 9500 given out between 2012 and 2021 followed by contra costa with just over 1800 and napa county issues 1700 permits. this all comes after the u.s. supreme court struck down a new york law that required a person to show a special need in order to get a permit to carry a gun in public. the ruling is expected to impact similar laws in several states, including california. and here is a live look at the state capital now where lawmakers introduce a new bill that will beef up california's concealed carry law. the legislation would create a new application process that disqualifies applicants who have committed certain felonies or are the subject of restraining orders. applicants would also need to be 21, provide three character witnesses and take an additional sa

gillian is also the first girl to be selected to play in orange county's men's all star baseball game. one of her goals is to play for the u.s. national women's baseball team. she'll try out for that in july. with a high school career of 60 strikeouts, 79 innings, 11 wins and regular season and four c.i.f. baseball wins, we can say to gillian, plays like a girl. gillian, we are proud of you, congratulations. go, colonists. mr. speaker, i yield. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i rise to ask unanimous consent to address the house and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute . >> mr. speaker, this week as gasoline prices climb to over $5 a gallon at home, pennsylvania families are now paying twice what they paid when president biden first took office just 18 months ago. by biden's canceling of new drilling leases and decision to impose burdensome standards on our energy producers, the president has turned his back on the energy crisis that our

defined the term very broadly really people whose families were enslaved in orange county, virginia in central, virginia in virginia in the us south or just people who identify with our work and want to be a part of it. we've had a very always had a very broad and i would say, you know welcoming open definition of who's at ascendant. similar. yeah, i would say we're our definition, but i think keep it as broad as possible, and i actually had several people reach out to me that say, you know, i think i'm descended from this president. i think this president and they don't have the dna evidence yet, but it's really fascinating to see and so i like to keep that door really open for everyone to reach out. i don't like defining it to specifically and i also think the white house is unique in that it is a place where people live for four to eight years or less. so it's not a home where it's not like a montpelier or highland where these are generations of families necessarily a lot of times. it's it's bringing their enslaved people from their home plantation to the white house, so it's kind o

so those are the places, one in the central valley, two in orange county, one in a lake.the fate of those races could determine potentially who controls the house and speakers. >> and right now as we are sitting here of course inflation and gas prices are top of mind but let's not úforget the shootings over the past few week, the gun control debate happening right now in washington, d.c., and of course we are awaiting this roe v. wade decision from the supreme court so i feel like it is hard to know what is going to be top of mind in a few months becae just a few months back public safety was topping the list and now it is inflation and these congressional races you have democrats on the defense but yeah, it seems like there is almost this tendency to punish local officials for the things people don't like and national and statewide seem to be getting the pass. >> thank you all for being here. kqed's politics and government team. >> thank you. >> for this week's something beautiful we bring back one of her favorite segments with this look at democracy in action. scanners