hand ♪ ♪ whatever i find ♪ find my way back to you ♪ if you could try to find too ♪ ♪ the place overgrownthere's a trail that won't end ♪ ♪ we went walking so far ♪ it grew back in ♪ and now there is no tread at all ♪ ♪ the grass growing tall ♪ get my machete ♪ and battle with time once again ♪ ♪ i'm bound to lose ♪ all be damned if we don't win ♪ ♪ got to get home ♪ there's a garden ♪ reading begins ♪ old family trees ♪ spread their own roots ♪ and watch the young ♪ grow again ♪ this old slednote ♪ will grow right back to where it began ♪ ♪ i try to understand ♪ what i can ♪ in my hand ♪ and whatever i find ♪ find my way back to you ♪xd if you try to find it too ♪ ♪ because this place is overgrown ♪ ♪ home is wherever we are ♪ home is wherever we are ♪ ♪ home is wherever we are ♪

imagine going back home to your vic destroyed by war and it's overgrown, and you have to start. how do you find a way to sustain your family, actually live next door to your neighbor who has been your enemy during the war, and how do you weave the fabric of that community back together again. what do you lose? what do you gain? what -- how you get around all of this. that's. >> host: after the book was published, your first trip back to sierra leon, what was that like? >> guest: very difficult because i had gone back to place i functioned as a boy soldier and i was going back as a young adult who had -- who has written and had some writing now. so very difficult to look at the places. it brought back a lot of difficult memories, and now people recognize me as well. >> host: are you a celebrity there? >> guest: yes, yes, i am. but i try to hide under the radar. when i'm there i'm in my flip-flops and shorts, and i speak the language very well. so i just try to be a regular person because it's good for my writing as well. want to observe without people feeling i'm intrusive, so i

at a news conference, feiu showed off pictures which they say show overgrown brush and deceased trees hanging over the track and poor lighting in thes. they say these issues led to the death of two of their members. a b.a.r.t. spokes person says next year's budget has $60 million slated for safety-related capital improvements. meanwhile, the cooling off period will end october 10, and that means without a duel, the trains could stop running again and workers could strike again on october 11. >>> warmer weather on tap for tomorrow. we will wake up to fairly widespread coverage. it will clear up at 10 to 11:00 in the morning. friday, we have very minimal fog. on saturday, the fog will return. we have fog at the coast and have clouds streaming in. you can see that it's moving thunderstorms new nevada, edging towards the sierra region. it will not impact the bay area. maybe a few high clouds, but no thunderstorms. temperature-wise, in the 70s and 80s. 70s for our our shoreline. 70 in san francisco. temperature wills warm quite a bit in the 70s and 80s throughout all of the north bay. we w

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. >> reporter: a mountain that was once overgrown with brush and trees changed in a flash. >> it's an area that hadn't burned since 1977 and then 3,000 acres of it became a moon skap. >> reporter: not only did the fire wipe out vegetation, but it also killed wildlife. >> 3,000 acres burned. a whole bunch of the tarantulas were killed in the fire. that's a big hit on that species. >> reporter: fire crews are working to repair and save the hillsides which are at risk for mud slides once the rainy season starts. >> we're going to repair bulldozer lines so water doesn't start cascading off the mountain. >> hopefully the mud slides won't be so intense they create another tragedy of some sort. >> reporter: we're back here live. residents are going to have to live with the impact of this fire for months and years. this fire was started by a target shooter. they're encouraging anyone who engages in an activity that may cause a spark to be careful. >>> this story now coming up as generated a lot of attention. you might recall earlier this week an east bay fire crew went out to help with the mo

it doesn't have to be a manicured lawn, but we don't want it to be overgrown weeds. >> there are recent aamendments that say you can't pave over the required landscape area, in the front setback, particularly, planning says you have to maintain a certain portion of that ads landscape area, people have been paving that for more parking and we're starting to tighten up on that, in the city as well. >> okay, let's walk up the street here. okay. we're going to stop up here. and look at this. look at this cute little thing, what kind of tree is this? what are we looking at? >> that's the fruit of the strawberry tree. you can see the fruit t actually looks like a little strawberry and they are are edible, pe but they don't taste like strawberries, they don't taste like much at all actually. >> there's a difference between edible and good. >> that's right. it does not taste like a strawberry, but looks like a strawberry. it is really a great street tree, they don't get huge, a lot of people who have views or who have concerns about maintaining a very large tree, can choose a tree like this, wh

which they say, show overgrown brush and deceased trees hanging over the tracks.nd poor lighting in the tunnels. problems which they call hazards. they say these issues lead to the death of two of their members. a bart spokesperson responded saying, next year's budget has 60- million dollars in safety related capital improvements. including a planned lighting upgrade. meantime. the bart and union cooling off period ends on october 10th. that means, without a deal, trains could stop running and workers could strike. on october 11th. police say, they've caught a break in the case of the fatal shooting of alaysha carradine -- she is the eight-year-old girl killed while at a sleepover at a friend's home in oakland july 17th. police say, the child was shot after opening the door to her friend's house, when someone rang the doorbell. three other people were hurt. a sketch of one of the people involved in the shooting. was released by oakland police. kron-4 spoke to alaysha's relatives who say, they want to justice for the little girl known as 'ladybug'. oakland police s

the mountain is overgrown and is going to happen sooner or later. >> at the height of the wildfire, 3100f land burned. forcing the evacuation of over 100 homes. >> it's very scarey and much worse for my neighbors. they live on hillsides with trees. >> fire officials not releasing any details about how they determined target shooting touched off the wildfire. they would only say the cause is an ongoing investigation. >> we have animals and coyotes. we use guns and weapons to protect these animals and our livestock. >> we have the wind shield. probably hit a rock and made a spark and ignited. >> contra costa fire officials said it is not illegal for property owners to shoot on their land, but they have to do it safely and take precautions. if they don't, they could have to pay the bill for fighting a fire. >> come on. >> pat said not only did cal fire save his home, they helped save two of the prized possessions. his horses, tiger and lady. for that his wife nancy is grateful. >> we were blessed. so lucky. >> so as you can see, this fire got close to a lot of homes here. there signs up and

the bell tower was almost completely destroyed the island was overgrown with raspberries and stinging nettle we didn't have a lot of things with us just a one person canvas tent a blanket a couple of jackets two mugs two spoons and a teapot that's all we had but it didn't matter to me. it was about something else. it was all about alexander all these that ended i can't quite remember i wasn't listening i just watched him. should be by this time we already had three children and alexander had a good job he was the head of a factory. i can't explain how it happened but at some point alexander quit his job he told us that he'd love the factory and he did this without looking for a new job without thinking about the fact that he had a wife and three children. he didn't talk about it and i didn't dare ask us to think about that moment as none of us could have imagined that our lives were changing at that very moment but that the day would take a completely new turn and it wasn't just us. that in the us of a monastery was started on the island of the thirteenth century after the revolution

the bell tower was almost completely destroyed the island was overgrown with raspberries and stinging nettle we didn't have a lot of things with us just a one person canvas tent a blanket a couple of jackets two mugs two spoons and a teapot that's all we had but it didn't matter to me. it was about something else. it was all about alexander all these that ended i can't quite remember all of the listening i just watched him. by that time we already had three children and alexander had a good job he was the head of a factory. i can't explain how it happened but at some point alexander quit his job he told us that he'd love the factory and he did this without looking for a new job without thinking about the fact that he had a wife and three children. he didn't talk about it and i didn't dare ask. about that moment that none of us could have imagined that our lives were changing at that very moment but then they would take a completely new turn and it wasn't just us. that enough of a monastery was founded on the island of the thirteenth century after the revolution of the twentieth centur

. >> translator: the water weeds have become overgrown blocking the waterways. >> reporter: more farmers have been using chemical fertilizer to boost their crops, but the chemicals also feed the growth of weeds. people living nearby worry that pesticides and chemicals might affect their health. he believes there's a way to protect people's health and way of life. he has been farming on the lake for more than a decade. he believes organic soil made from natural organisms in the lake can replace the chemicals that harm the environment. >> translator: the water used to be drinkable right out of the lake, but not anymore. organic farming helps improve the quality of the lake water. >> reporter: they visit a lakeside to show them his organic vegetables. they have been going up ever since myanmar began its democratic reforms two years ago. the hotels cater to a rising number of foreign tourists. he hopes the hotel will be a first step into a promising new market. he wants more farmers to drive. he goes from village to village teaching people about organic farming. more than 1,000 people have t

whatever i find ♪ find my way back to you ♪xd if you try to find it too ♪ ♪ because this place is overgrowne is wherever we are ♪ ♪ home is wherever we are ♪ ♪ (cheers and applause) >> stephen: jack johnson from here to now to you. good night, everybody. from comedy central's world news headquarters in new york, this is the daily show with jon stewart. (cheers and applause) >> jon: welcome to the daily show. my name is jon stewart. we've got a program for you tonight that we worked on almost all day. our guest tonight chelsea clinton, the daughter, of course, the same musician george clinton-- wine me up. (laughter) let's begin tonight on the subject of the american spirit. we are a can-do people. with pioneering spirit, individually. well, at least our great, great grandparents were. but they didn't have to contend with all the distractions we do like tv or masturbation. did you know steve jobs invented that in 1981? (laughter) called it-- (laughter) all right, here we go. i believe he called it the backintosh. (cheers and applause) anyhow, what i'm trying to say is americans like freedom.

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the towering flames fuelled by hot weather and overgrown brush, threatened more than 2,000 structures and came within two miles of a nearby reservoir. triggering a state of emergency for the san francisco bay area's water supply. there are 21 active fires in eight states. with more expected as we enter the peak wildfire season. >> the weather pattern across western united states is likely to remain warmer and drier than average for the next several months, well into fall. and that's not going to help the firefighting efforts. >> along with the threat of more fires, environmental crews will be racing to shore up the burned slopes before the start of the rainy season. michelle franzen, nbc news, new york. >>> some unusually heavy rains led to flash flooding this weekend in utah. the hardest hit area was south of salt lake city. the storm led to road closures, power outages, mudslides and evacuations. in one area, three-quarters of an inch of rain fell in just 15 minutes. some neighborhoods reported more than three feet of water in homes. >>> in london, the past week has been a highly ev

. >> very pretty, it's just a little overgrown. >> reporter: zimmerman was not. >> that house remindshow over the years whalen's house has undergone some kind of miracle gro transformation. zimmerman could overlook the jack and the beanstalk landscaping, she says, if it weren't for all the other antics she's documented over the years. she says whalen threatened her with a real knife, and a pretend gun. >> he's out there. [ imitating shooting noises ] >> reporter: she says her surveillance cameras show whalen has also been shooting a laser beam into her house at night . but what really hurt a few years ago, she says he began, questioning her son's paternity. she says whalen painted a message on one of his trees. >> it was on the side right facing our front window, in big orange letters, which my son has orange hair, it said, dna, right on the front of the tree. >> reporter: and she says there's the name calling. >> calling me a whore, calling me a [ bleep ] >> reporter: she says you can hear it in this home video from a number of years ago. >> what are you doing on my property? >> well

david who represents the state loggers says this bill could revive the industry and picture the overgrown the smaller trees out and then removing them to a processing facility in one of these rural communities that can either make lumber or create renewable biomass energy. >> reporter: the bill may die as it's posed to fail in the senate. president barack obama will likely veto it because of environmental impact concerns. they are bracing for this bill to fail and should it do so he is ready to put forth a any package to cover those areas burned -- a new package to cover those areas burned and they will be able to log them. kpix 5. >> if this bill doesn't pass congressman mcclintock plans to introduce a new bill to allow immediate logging of burned forests to help restore jobs hit hard by the loss of federal contracts. >>> coming up it's not normally something you would see on public display. why a bay area city wanted everyone to see this filthy bus. >> i want everybody watching this broadcast to enjoy this great weather. we have some wonderful weather outside this evening. we'll talk ab

will think about it as well without painting themselves orange like john boehner looking like an overgrown impala. >> host: in "project president: bad hair and botox on the road to the white house" you write about william henry harrison and how he won? >> guest: a lot of beer. they called him -- he was a military leader. campaigned on this platform of military leader, tougher than nails, it ended up killing him. he went out in range and died after 40 days but he brought forecastle lot of beer and actually would sweep the beer at the rallies, would stand in the rain swigging peer at the rallies with people and then they would realize he is not just an old guy. he is like us, he likes peer. it is a matter as early as 1840 that increased in scope. once we reached the age of television everyone is in your living room all the time so you feel like you want to be friends with a candidate more than you did in 1840 when he never saw william henry harrison. >> host: and finally your one other book we haven't talked about "primetime propoganda: the true hollywood story of how the left took over your

at a news conference today >> pam: s-e-i-u showed off these pictures which they say illustrates overgrownd diseased trees hanging over the tracks and poor lighting in the tunnels.problems which they say are hazards which lead to the death of two of their members, one in 2001 and another seven years later. >> pam: a bart spokesperson says next year's budget has 60 million dollars in safety related capitol improvements.including a planned lighting upgrade. they call the union's safety issues a smokescreen. >> this is not a smoke screen. why is it when we bring these issues up day break up its been a smoke screen. we need to see this and will ride teen the improvements they have yet to do this. >> pam: not seen that the cooling off period ends on october 10th. which means the trains could stop running and workers walk of the job october >> pam: still ahead. >> pam: today is the 12 year anniversary of one of the greatest tragedies on american soil. a look at how the nation remembered september 11th. and another american tragedy happened one year ago on september 11th. the american consulate i

>> guest: she treats me as a large, overgrown guy who needs to be educated by her, and so one of her phrases, whenever i teach her strategy and so on, is, 'daddy,' as if to say that it's something--it's a point that i haven't gotten that she wants to communicate to me. no, it's--no, it's one of the ways in which i--i relate to her and have fun with her, and it--it--i feel that that sense of--of spending time, as a parent, is a very important way that one can resist some of the destabilizing pressures of american life. i mean, i travel a lot, for example, giving lectures and so on, and so i try--i cherish the time that i--i do have to spend at home. c-span: where'd you meet your wife? >> guest: we met, interestingly enough, at the reagan white house, where she might be reluctant to say this now, but she was a white house intern. and i--i remind you that this was in the days of the reagan administration. and--and the perks of the job were not the same as they were later. but, no, we met--we met in the reagan white house, and this was in '87-'88. we were married in '92. c-span: and you

all this grew from an overgrown field at the end of a run way. >> these are weeds, not flowers. >> beesg the good stuff. >> reporter: after all, a weed is just a flower in a place you don't want it. sweet beginnings started with a grant from the illinois corrections department seven years ago. >> it's customary by the way, to bring some of the product. >> i did >> this is wbal-tv 11 news in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. the inspection of york road and cold spring lane has reopened after a building fire this money. our fighters tell 11 is that the fire engulfed the building at york road around 3:00 a.m. no one was hurt but the fire did spreading damage 4 buildings. >> nice day today. sunshine and a few clouds. i temperatures in the mid-70s. we will turn up the heat in a few days. 83 on wednesday. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is today's take with al roker, natalie morales, and willie geist. live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome back to "today" on this monday morning. i'm willie geist with al roker, natalie morales, brooke shields back in the house wit

. >> those who like sweet, frozen and blended coffee drinks are most likely socially bold and overgrowncially bold mean? >> i'm not sure. >> governor huckabee joins us now. how do you take your coffee? >> black? >> that's the way it's supposed to be. for real men. that's right. >> since you are straightforward and honest. be honest now. as republicans dive in to obama care, they try to defund it, we know the vote came through from the house yesterday, of course, to defund obama care as part of this broader government spending bill which steps up this battle for a government shutdown. right move by republicans? wrong move? >> it's fine to go ahead and push hard on getting obama care out of here. that's great. but, the reality is, the numbers don't work and what the republicans have to be careful. >> the et vote numbers don't work. >> the vote numbers. yeah, you have got to have 60 to pass it in the senate. the president would override it if it happened. then you would have to have 67 to override the veto. the republicans are 14 votes short of passage. they are 21 votes short of overridin

there are -- it's overgrown. it's largely abandoned.l. >> so from one part of the world to somewhere i understand you have never been and just with syria in the news cycle and you think of the neighbor, israel. you and your crew had never been to jewelry. you're filming in the west bank and gaza. what was that like and are people there really just used to violence? >> you know, it was a very, very confusing place. you know, israel is a place where it's difficult to shoot even the names of ordinary things are subject to argument. is it a wall, is it a fence? who makes the best falafel. where does hummus come from? i'm glad for the opportunity to show people what i saw. and i think it's going to be very surprising, very shocking, and very provocative. >> of all the different cities, anthony bourdain, you and your crews visited across the world, which surprised you the most? >> wow. most surprising? i guess -- >> this season. this coming season? >> tokyo, for sure. you know, it's funny. it was the first -- tokyo was the first place to desc

grass was overgrown, trash was in the area.od that's well maintained. you see a for sale sign, you see the lawn's mown, this is in good shape. this is in memphis. and yet in other parts of memphis, this is a newer property that is owned by bank of america, was on its website for sale, and they're going to market a home that has graffiti, broken windows, and trash around it. >> so i want to -- you know, we're looking at some evidence, the kind of evidence that you have collected. we did ask bank of america for a statement yesterday. we didn't hear back from them in time for the program, but we pulled a statement from them that was released in september. i want to read it. they say, "we strongly deny their allegations and stand behind our property maintenance and marketing practices. bank of america is committed to stabilizing and revitalizing communities that have been impacted by the economic downturn, foreclosures, and property abandonment." but explain to me if you're in a community and it's house one or house two in your com

economically devastated communities, closed timber mills, unemployed families, overgrown forests, overdrawn watersheds jeopardize transmission lines, rampant disease and pest atlantas and increasingly intense and frequent forest fires. that is the story of the town throughout the sierra nevada once thriving and prosperous communities that have been devastated by these policies. this is not environmentalism. true environmentalists recognize the damage done by overgrowth and overpopulation and they recognize the role of sound, sustainable forest management practices in maintaining healthy forests. if there is any doubt of the connection between the reduction of timber harvesting and the increase in acreage incinerated by forest fires, i ask you to look at this chart that shows the board feed of timber harvested from our public lands since 1983 and the forest acreage destroyed by fire. there is nothing subtle about these numbers. as the timber harvest has decline, the acreage destroyed by fire has increased contemporaneously and proportionally. it is either carried out or burned out, and at th

all this grew from an overgrown field at the end of a run way. >> these are weeds, not flowers. >> beesecting the good stuff. >> reporter: after all, a weed is just a flower in a place you don't want it. sweet beginnings started with a grant from the illinois corrections department seven years ago. >> it's customary by the way, to bring some of the product. >> i did but >>> a fremont man is a lot richer. the 34-year-old won more than $31 million with a lucky for life scratch ticket. >>> let's get a full look at the forecast right now with meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning. doing pretty good for a monday. expecting temperatures to warm up into the upper 70s inland. mid-70s bayside. around 66 degrees at the coast today. getting a few showers as well in the north bay as we head through the next few hours. should see a great amount of clearing by noon today. warmup later this week. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is today's take with al roker, natalie morales, and willie geist. live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome back to "today" on this monday morning. i'm w

all this grew from an overgrown field at the end of a run way. >> these are weeds, not flowers. >> beesollecting the good stuff. >> reporter: after all, a weed is just a flower in a place you don't want it. sweet beginnings started with a grant from the illinois correcons department seven years ago. >> it's customary by the way, to bring some of the product. >> i did >>> 8:56 is your time now on this monday, september 30th, 2013. i'm eun yang. we're tracking delays on metro this morning. let's check in with danella sealock and your first 4 traffic. danella, good morning. >> good morning. watching the rail delays. two disabled trains on the orange line. they have since cleared, but orange and blue still slow from twitter, ryalipstick tweets a picture of the vienna metro station. you can see pretty crowded here because of the earlier delays, and they remain. over to the roadway, just a slow trip for folks along i-270. still seeing delays. in the local lanes as you pass i-370, crash just off to your right shoulder lane. back over to you. >> thank you. >>> a beautiful week is in store for >