orville lived until 1940. the last 36 years of his life, he never credited wilbur with anything individually but it was always them together which is what most other biographies and most of the things written about the wright brothers have orville and wilbur basically the same two sides of the same coin. while working alone between 1896-1890, wilbur had one of two great epiphanies. is important, nothing anything i wrote or anything anybody else wrote, should the track from the utter brilliance of wilbur wright. here is a man who did not graduate high school, never had an engineering course, new nothing about aerodynamics, which is a formative science to begin with, who solve the problem that it's the isaac newton, leonardo da vinci, and host of the greatest thinkers in history. wilbur was one of the great intuitive scientists this country has ever produced. utterly brilliant. what he discovered was, wilbur was not interested in speed, not interested in the motor. off the water was a motor that was fast enough

joining me orville schell the arthur ross director of the center on u.s.-china relations at the asian society. his new book is called wealth and power, china's long march to the 21st century. and nicholas bequelin, a senior researcher for human rights watch based in hong kong. he is currently a visiting scholar for china center law school, has lived in hong kong for some 20 years. i'm pleased to have both of them here. nicholas, let me just go and have you explain to us what is happening, what's the conflict. >> well, to put it simply it's the hong kong people making their voices heard. making their voices heard to their local government, hong kong government and to beijing as well. the crux of the matter is the governance of hong kong. the chief executive of hong kong was nominated by hong kong-- by beijing, sorry. the chief of the executive is hand picked by beijing. and the hong kong people don't feel that he is representing their interests. and in particular, beijing had promised that the next chief executive would be elected through universal suffrage

first, this is lake orville. a boater's paradise, at least when it's full.oir storing water, ultimately piped into homes and for agriculture, helping to grow much of the nation's fruits and vegetables. >> we have 167 miles of shoreline. >> reporter: johnthe pretoe took us on a boat to see that shoreline and it's even more astounding up close. the lake seems more like a narrow river, the drought has created a canyon, a hill side of rock that's normally covered by water. the water level is down by more than 200 feet. it's a common sight throughout the state. most of california's major reservoirs are less than half full. what would we be seeing? >> we would be seeing the water up probably halfway up that hill side at this time of the year. >> reporter: more than 80% of the state is either in the extreme or exceptional category, the highest levels. it's meant things like no showers or running water for several communities, an increase in wildfires, brown and neglected public parks and farmers losing their crops. >> it's like mourning. it's dead. our product is d

i want to show you some very startling pictures from lake orville. this is like orville july 2011, and as of late august, you can see this was taken about a couple weeks ago, really low levels, that's all that's left. this is the most dramatic imagery i could find, fwhu really telling the story, we have to conserve. you can play a big role. what you do every day impacts the entire state. a couple things that we were able to find for you, not so obvious, conservation tips. you want to water your lawn early, so you can avoid that quick evaporation, and when the wind is calm as well. also, don't use your toilet as a trash can, and when you shower, lather up, turn the water up, and turn it back on. and yeah, we've resorted to giving you tips like it because our drought is that bad, but the light at the end of the tunnel, our first rain typically occurred by september 30th, and hopefully year that will be the case. we're already seeing the storms going up out in the pacific. bay area? that's the big question. we are watching it for you each and every day.

. >>> dramatic images this morning of lake orville, those water levels extremely low. we'll show you what it used to look like compared to today and tell you when we might get some rainfall right here in the bay area. stick around, your microclimate forecast is coming up. >> you call that a leak, my goodness. the basis bridge has your backup forming and the new incident at the maize, might affect your drive. >>> live picture this morning of you guessed it, the bay bridge on your thursday morning, all lit up. we will be lit up with enthusiasm now for all the news, weather, and traffic to come, this is september 4th, thursday, "today in the bay." >>> from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >>> good morning, and thank you very much for joining us, i'm sam brock. >> and i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia-cannon. memorial growing outside a san francisco market for a teen boy stabbed to death allegedly be a former classmate. members of the warriors gathered last night to remember the former teammate williams. the ska credit heart ka need dral was stabbed in the miss

we begin this evening with china and talk to orville schell and nicholas bequelin. >> beijing is notcreening out any candidate that beijing doesn't like. the hong kong public doesn't like testimony hong kong students don't like it, and the result is the the protest that we're seeing today. >> rose: we continue with paul ryan, the congressman and former vice presidential nominee. his new book is called "the way forward" >> i think one of the thins we did in the war on poverty, we, meaning society and government, inadvertently was we gave people the impression that this is government's responsibility. pay your taxes, don't worry about a thing. government will solve these problems. that's not truement n

first, this is lake orville. a boater's paradise, at least when it's full.ore importantly, it's a reservoir storing water piped into homes and for agriculture helping to grow much of the nation's fruits and vegetables. john took us on a boat to see the shoreline and it's even more astounding up close. the lake seems more like a narrow river. the drought has created a canyon, a hillside of rock that's normally covered by water. the water level is down by more than 200 feet. it's a common site throughout the state, most of california's major reservoirs are less than half full. >> what would we see? >> the water up probably half way up the hillside at this time of the year. >> reporter: more than 80% of the state is either in the extreme or exceptional category, the highest levels. it's meant no showers or running water for several communities and increase in fires. brown and neglected public parks and farmers losing crops. >> it's like mourning. it's dead. our product is dead. it's just -- we cannot sell it. we have to knock them down. >> reporter: jesse grows

say this is the final only slot against al-shabab fighters, and they are vowing to leave no town orvilleithout protection. but that will be difficult. the local governor, however, says they have a plan. >> translator: it's the people who will decide about the leadership. our role is to oversee that they can get the leadership they desire. >> reporter: vehicles carrying goods and aid can now pass with ease. good news for the thousands affected by the current drought and hunger. >>> a british nurse who contracted ebola in west africa has left for london hospital. william poolly was successfully treated with the experimental drug zmapp, it comes as health experts warn the outbreak could get out of control. it is said that the fast spread is a threat to all countries. so far more than 1500 people have died. >>> saudi arabia are detaining 88 people over what are being called planned terrorist attacks. at least two of the detained are yemeni. >>> al jazeera is dei deing -- demanding the release of its three journalists who have been detained in egypt. their convictions are being appealed. thei

competition, not to mention skinny pop, and again, you have the pop it in the microwave guys, the orvillechers and the paul newmans of the world. >> we believe that our product speaks for itself, we want to get to the consumer's heart through stomach. we let our products do the talking. liz: that's a new one, stomach share, share of the stomach. at a time. this is a 700 million dollar industry, and you've got 100 million of it. in 2013, you only had 70 michlt how have you gained this exponential growth to go to the whole foods, to go to the big guys and the smaller people of the world, the retailers and say put us on your shelf, not an easy thing to do. >> it's not. go to retailer after retailer. we have amazing retailers from the smaller guys to the bigger guys. the whole foods, the walmarts, the costcos and everybody in between. liz: to come up with the flavors, lays did wasabi and ginger, mac and cheese, this is brutally competitive. is it not? >> if you eat a packet of something else, you're not going to eat a packet of popcorn. how do we get there? innovate, innovate. popcorn cluster

dan simons, cnn, orville, california. >>> good evening, everyone, you're in the cnn newsroom, i'm poppy harlow joining you from new york. >>> in three days, president obama says we will know how he plans to, in his words, systematically degrade the militant group that calls itself isis. without giving details though today, the president said he intends to hurt the group economically and at the same time, those air strikes will continue. and the president says when this new phase is enacted, do not expect a replay of the iraq war. >> this is not gonna be an announcement about u.s. ground troops. this is not the equivalent of the iraq war. what this is similar to the kinds of counterterrorism campaigns that we have been engaging in consistently over the last five, six, seven years. >> and he said several times in the interview, no american boots on the ground. i want to go straight to the white house. that's where we find our erin mcpike. the president's message today, erin, sharply contrasting with those remark he was criticized for by many saying, look, the u.s. does not yet have a stra

first -- this is lake orville. a boater's paradise, at least when it's full.portantly, it's a reservoir storing water, ultimately piped into homes, and for agriculture. helping to grow much of the nation's fruits and vegetables. >> we have 167 miles of shoreline. >> reporter: john precedo took us on a boat to see the shoreline. it's more astounding up close. the lake seems more like a narrow river. the drought has created a canyon, a hillside of rock that's normally covered by water. the water level is down by more than 200 feet. it's a common sight throughout the state. most of california's major reservoirs are less than half full. >> what would we be seeing? >> we would be seeing the water up probably half way up that hillside. at this time of the year. >> reporter: more than 80% of the state is either in the extreme or exceptional category. the highest levels. it's meant things like, no showers or running water for several communities. an increase in wildfires. neglected public parks and farmers losing their crops. >> it's like mourning. it's -- dead. our p