oracle right, at the controls wrightlight -- orville takes flight. the first time. at the end of the day, after four flights, oracle -- orville and wilbur alternate. 30 miles per hour. they usher in the aerial age. how they can to create that moment is very important. not only did they invent the airplane, they invent aeronautical engineering in the process needed to create actual flying machines. brothers, they are unmarried and owned a bicycle shop. they are mechanics. tools and take interest in apply to pretty presses, bicycles, and building a flying machine. in 1899, they were at the smithsonian institution and after all the literature on point. -- ask for all the literature on flight. they learn about the secretary of smithsonian and the competitor. conduit ofabout the knowledge between aeronautical exterminators in europe and united states. setsdoes them apart -- them apart is they break the problem down. they look at an airplane as a system of systems. controls,, aerodynamics. 1902, they9 and start flying gliders. they had the gliders and in 1902, they have a

on the morning of december 17, orville wright takes flight for 130 feet. the first time he man has entered the air in a powered flying machine. at the end of the day, after four flights, orville and wilbur alternate. the fourth flight, 852 feet, 30 miles an hour an altitude of 32 feet and they usher in the aerial age. the age of aviation. how they came to create that moment is very important. not only did they invent the airplane, but they invent aeronautical engineering in the process needed to create actual flying machines. beginning in 1899, the brothers, they are unmarried and owned a bicycle shop. they run a printing business. they are yankee mechanics. they know tools and mechanical devices and take that interest and apply it to solving the problem of building a flying machine. in 1899, they write the smithsonian institution and asked for all the literature on flight. they learn about the secretary us was sunny and -- of the smithsonian is going to be a competitor. they learn about the conduit of knowledge between aeronautical exterminators in europe

below average rainfall. 130% of rainfall in shasta and orville. southern california below average.definitely a lot going on and this is how as frank points out. it is because of el niÑo and just summer in mediterranean climate. we are bound to have fires no matter what happens in the winter minutes because we can go another few months before we see the next round. here is the windmills. a lot of folks don't know they are there. the windmills are big. this is -- at what point i knew the height. from tip to bottom and over that from the top of the blade to the bottom is the deck of the golden gate bridge. they are big. 220 feet and 230, something like that. huge wind mitches and they are blowing and turning. that's a sea breeze moving in. tomorrow not quite as warm as today. today was hot in the inland bay valley and national coverage mild weather that is giving the folks in texas and the midwest a break after a month or two months of severe weather. there's the wind offshore. the winds will turn and come more westerly. we got no fog. i don't know if you saw the sunsets from last nig

orville, a freelo black a french ancestry found new orleans to be hostile place for free people of color in 1820's. fearing kidnapping and enslavement, he fled new orleans for st. louis and that he found his way up the illinois river in 1831. while approaching the village of salem, a county history records, he overtook a man wearing a red flannel shirt. a tall man was he and caring and -- an ax on his shoulder. they fell into conversation and they walked to a little grocery store together. the tall man was abraham lincoln who soon learn that the stranger was a barber and he was out of money. mr. lincoln took him to his boarding house and told the people that this man needed help and his business needed support. that opened the way for an evening's work along the borders they allowed him to cut their hair. lincoln was taken with him and he convinced him to stay and settle in illinois. he stayed and he married and raised a family and prospered as a barber to hundreds of springfield men and children including lincoln who knew him him endearingly as billy the barber. over the years, lincoln

another accident in bucks county, bethlehem pike and orville road. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert neighborhood've got some clouds and some showers this morning. that's keeping things cool. 62 degrees right now in the suburbs. that's some light rain that's falling in most of the area. lehigh valley, 65 degrees, easterly wind at 6 miles an hour. those cloudsç will stay put through the day today. the temperatures will only climb into the 70s this afternoon with occasional showers and thunderstorms. not an all-day rainfall. steady showers at times this morning. lehigh valley and delaware, in wilmington, you can see they have the infield covered at frawley stadium. cloudy skies and 69 degrees at 9:00. another round of showers possible at lunch time today. it will all combine to keep temperatures on the cool side today. as far as the rain right now, you can see the radar showing steadier showers into chester county. and some light scattered showers for berks county, bucks and montgomery county as well. in the short time, we'll see the showers move into northern new castle county, delaware and delaw

and they're good, orvil redden backer, peter pan, trying to make a healthy peter pan, healthy choice-- they're not getting-- >> slim jims, the new health food? nicole, thank you very much. i want to get to the breaking news, fox news confirmed the base at andrews air force base is on lockdown. a department of defense official confirms an active shooter. personnel at the base have been advised to seek shelter in place. >> it's occurring at what's called the malcolm grove medical facility. first responders on the scene. all personnel are told to take-- continued to take shelter so this is a developing story, we'll stay on this this morning. stuart: it's happening there is an active shooting. got it. the big board shows a small dropback, not much. up 38. a couple minutes ago, we were up 50. the price of oil is still down $1 per barrel. and we have higher sales at constellation brands. this is the drinks company. they make all kinds of stuff from corona, beers, and that's a winner. somehow we can't get it up on the screen. i don't know why, can't get it. i'm telling you, doing all right.