lifetime and shortly afterwards, he donated over 2000 acres of land to colorado springs for parks, for parklandsome of it was developed. some of it was left open. but he believed people needed a place to go outside of their homes and outside of their work on the weekends to enjoy the best of what colorado has to so cheyenne canyon park, palmer park, monument valley park, all of those were gifted to us in one way or another by general palmer and his vision, his very forward thinking vision, and we are still known today as the city of park. he saw possibility where others saw impossibility. for interest -- for example, others who wanted to create colonies, farming colonies or colonies on health and recreation like colorado springs bypassed the area. they saw it as a test lit area with very little water and very few resources. where others turned away and said there would never be a town this space, he also, when he died in 1909, he was mourned not only as the founder of colorado springs but one of the great economic boosters of the state of colorado. announcer: the garden of the god is some rock

city so this is a real opportunity that could turn parts into the city into green states and be parklandthey don't want to say where specifically so they put this dot dot dot, where they felt like they're low-lying and maybe they turn it had parts of it into green space that had more parkland where -- it takes those settle down at lines with a big green you know dot on top, you know, really, really scared people here. so i -- i can't really totally explain this. but you know, i work for "the new york times," from new york you can make assumptions about my politics and you're not wrong. [laughter] just -- joe conservative republican, a personal friend of george bush's had karl rose's cell phone number. jenner's contributor to republican party particularly conservative. very conservative. politically i first him first two weeks after katrina, and i got this guy is in the middle. so from "the new york times" mogul in the middle stories. it was a wealthy real estate developer lives in suburbs had a huge slaicial plot really. and my cell phone rings the morning the story appeared really early

continue to for the mason the e line has been a tragedy dream for a looked at and connected the parkland and provides walking and bicycle successful assess and serve the nonprofits organization that were at for the mason the past director of mason alex it is here a guiding light in retrofits this idea along with the fisherman's wharf organization they're the who helped to get the national park to do an environmental impact report not paid for by the city by the fed's with help from then speaker peelings office we're ready to engineer and fund that as soon as we get through the remaining hurdle to senator feinstein has pledged her hope we hope the city family makes that a reality the effort mason makes that longer and astrologer when she was mayor dianne feinstein support made the first streetcar possible in the 1980s i was in her office as a wet behind the easier volunteer and said is this not a mayor we can do this. >> she would i'll do it but i don't want to see new junk she had high standards he knew that every street corner had to be beautiful and reflected well, in the city she love

the plan includes flood walls and more parkland to soak up flood waters. it stretches from the tip of manhattan to the lower east side. >>> and now the cost of school supplies could add up, not just for parents but teachers too. a teacher says she typically spends about $1,000 of her own money each year to ensure students at ps-111 in hell's kitchen have the supplies they need. all teachers ask for help from the parents. but sometimes it's not enough. so this year, she started a gofundme page to fill the gaps. >> literally the next morning i woke up and i had like $100 the. the next day, $150. so it's been people, spreading the word. >> in the three weeks, she's collected more than $1,000. and she is hoping to reach $1,500 before september 9th. >>> still to come on cbs 2 news at noon, talk about run away animals. oh, kangaroos feeling the effects of the flooding down under. the situation creating problems for humans and the animals. >>> plus, end of august and the heat, but who has hot days ahead of us in how about john elliott with the weekend forecast. >

she's standing in her district and right near where she lives in what is now parkland. and behind her, the view that you would see is the golden gate headland. and there's a little bitty -- in the painting -- but enormous in real life ship coming through there that was part of the naval air station that was there. so there is a lot in there, but one of the things that's most interesting about her is i haven't mentioned anything about her figure there. it's all about what is around her. her figure is dark, it's black, but it's very accurate. that is exactly how she dressed and presented herself. >> she had kind of this grandmotherly mate ronly look, but she was so good with the press. she had one like clips, there was no one who was better. a reporter once asked her, how have you had so much legislative success getting on to these committees, getting legislation past? and without missing one beat, she said sex appeal. when she first came into the house, leadership didn't want to put her on the committees that her husband was on. she did not get the military affairs commi

but -- and actually right near where she lived in what is now parkland. and behind her, the view that you would see if you were standing there today, is of the golden gate bridge and the marin headlands. and there's a little bitty -- in the painting but enormous in real life, ship coming through there that was part of the district that was there. there's a lot in there. i haven't mentioned anything about the figure there. it's all about what's around here. that is exactly how she dressed and exactly how she presented herself. >> she had in grandmotherly, matronly look. she was so good with the press. one line quips, no one was better. a reporter once asked her, how have you had so much legislative, getting legislation passed. and without missing a beat she said sex appeal. first came into the house leadership didn't want to put her on committees her husband was on. she did not get the military affairs committee assignment right away. instead, she was put on to the indian affairs committee. now, she represented san francisco. the indian i have in my distri

there is nothing to indicate that they should stop using that parkland. >> police don't know how long the body had been there. but hunters who found it were on a controlled deer hunt. >>> fire ripped through this house on dupont avenue in suitland, and the family cat is to blame. the cat knocked over a candle early this morning. the candle quickly set the mattress on fire, and that just spread through the entire house. the good news is nobody was hurt, but the fire did cause about $50,000 worth of damage. two people are now displaced. >>> now to the on-air ambush that killed two virginia journalists. family, friends, colleagues, and community leaders came together at a church in roanoke to remember the victims today. the memorial began with a video montage that showed reporter alison parker and photographer adam ward in many of their lighter moments. wdbj station manager jeff marks noted that mental health issues played a role in the murder of the two young journalists. >> i spoke this week with governor mcauliffe and congressman goodlight about the need to increase or embrace, yes, o

. >> reporter: including parkland status for times square, allowing a band, requiring licenses and i.d.s of all performers and new zones. >> limit areas so people walking through times square have the option of whether or not they want to interact with them. >> doesn't bother me. no. i like the naked cowboy best. >> reporter: all characters are warned the sun may be setting on their time here. dave carlin, cbs 2 news. >> the times square alliance estimates as many as 30 painted women are working in shifts along with their handlers who do the painting and hold the cash. >>> an update now to a story that we've been following. mayor de blasio is responding to criticism over his reaction to an armed standoff on staten island where a firefighter was shot. lieutenant james hayes was shot twice by a reputed gang member last friday. the armed standoff ended with the fatal shooting of suspect garlen tyree. the mayor took criticism for not going to the scene but instead going to the gym. de blasio said despite his location he was aware of the situation. >> this job is a seven-day-a-week job. there

. >> reporter: they are discussing parkland status for times square allowing only licenses and i ds for performers. >> limit it to certain areas so people have the option of interact with them. >>> the times square alliance gets a lot of complaints, and the big concern is that visitors will stop coming to times square. there that's timetable on when effect. diane macedo, cbs 2 news. >>> a glitch at bloomingdales had many in the membership program accidently given $25,000 in store credits. they have asked the customers to return the goods they may have bought, but it's not clear if that's legally required. >>> the former pitchman for the subway restaurants is headed to court. the plea deal he will make for the child pornography charges. >>> men from the blue pill, and now women have the pink pill. why it may not be for everyone. >> yeah, and now john! [ laughter ] it's still sticky. cooling trend in the works? you bet, but wet weather on the way. traffic and weather on the 2s coming up. >>> welcome back to cbs 2 news this morning, it's 5:42. let's get to traffic and weather on the 2s. >>

magnificent presidio connecting the post with the field and establishing 13 acres of new presidio parklandss the congress races towards the transit trust fund on july 31st this remind us how our infrastructure creates jobs and improves of quality of life for all the harding families that commute over our roadways we must make long time investments locally and nationally to achieve better paychecks and better infrastructure for oil hard work america families thank you to all who made this project a reality (clapping.) >> thank you alex thank you for leader pelosi leadership on the grow america act i hope in their successful in delivering a dedicated long time transportation doyle drive was to there the access for nancy pelosi another project it was a treasurer plays if the start we partnered with the presidio trust to expand assess while preserving its natural resources now is where he a direct off-ramp from presidio parkway and the tunnel tops that provide more opportunity to expend the biking between the presidio and marina thank you to superintendent of the parks services and your staff a

continue to for the mason the e line has been a tragedy dream for a looked at and connected the parkland and provides walking and bicycle successful assess and serve the nonprofits organization that were at for the mason the past director of mason alex it is here a guiding light in retrofits this idea along with the fisherman's wharf organization they're the who helped to get the national park to do an environmental impact report not paid for by the city by the fed's with help from then speaker peelings office we're ready to engineer and fund that as soon as we get through the remaining hurdle to senator feinstein has pledged her hope we hope the city family makes that a reality the effort mason makes that longer and astrologer when she was mayor dianne feinstein support made the first streetcar possible in the 1980s i was in her office as a wet behind the easier volunteer and said is this not a mayor we can do this. >> she would i'll do it but i don't want to see new junk she had high standards he knew that every street corner had to be beautiful and reflected well, in the city she love

it may be times square to be parkland so it is banned. >> moving from bare breasted woman to cars. in california, there is a lawsuit expanding against the ride sharing service called uber, and prosecutors are saying uber's background checks missed dangerous people including some convicted of murder and sex crimes. uber said their screening works and rejected hundreds of people with various backgrounds? is this a legitimate lawsuit. >> i think so. i know of people who work for uber that are convicted criminals and there are ways to get around it. they can send somebody else to do the background check and they are the actual driver. it is giving the customers a false sense of security and we do background checks and they are not criminals. and i fear for the young college students who are intoxicated and get in the car thinking it is safe. >> my oldest daughter use uber at college and i worry about it. here is my question for you. in california, all taxi drivers are required to undergo a background check by the department of justice shouldn't uber drivers do the same thing. >> they a

timmeney tell us one local school district may be able to help report roar 10,000 students ride the parklandool district 165 buses and vans in a big district like this, some buses are bound to be late. that's why school administrators are hoping to implement an app that could let parents know where their child's bus is. >> they would be able to see the number of minutes until the buses get there and it would be color coded. >> reporter: new this year all the buses have cameras on board to see what's going on. adding this app would allow the school district to monitor exactly where the buses are using gps an system similar to google maps. parents would just download the app called face transport and check their phones. >> realistically, it relieves some of the anxiety for parents especially with younger kids looking at, you know, when is that bus going to get to the stop so they can be there to pick their child up? >> reporter: it was actually a father in the school district who came up with the idea. peter, has three girls and thought there's got to be better way. fellow parents love the ide

they include parkland status for times square which would allow a van, licenses and ids for all street performers including those costumed characters, and new zones. >> they can't rid them of times square. if any of those proposals are enacted, the performers, the women, the costumed people, could go to court and challenge them. >> reporter: he explains that if a court deems what's going on commercial activity, then the city could issue licenses like they do for vendors. but otherwise he thinks that's about it. >> the fact that they make it a park doesn't mean that equal protection in the first amendment principles would not be still applicable. in fact, many of the cases that deal with first amendment rights are in the context of a park. so just making it a park doesn't make this issue go away. >> reporter: still, the governor and mayor say they will take care of it. now, just yesterday a newspaper front page shoulder two nypd officers posing with two of the women. those officers have been reassigned. the union president patrick lynch says they are being held to a different unfair sta

he'll be there for about 90 minutes but the actual best festival is about four hours at the benjamin parkland. the next day he meets with bishops who are gathering for the world meeting of families in philadelphia, from there over to sorry just blank on the name. a prison in philadelphia a group of about 100 who are are incarcerated there, most likely yet younger people. again he will be speaking in spanish and english there. then the large mass, enormous mass on the benjamin frank the parkway, we have up to 2 million people who want to participate in that and then he goes back out and wheels up about 8:00 o'clock sunday night. a little bit about what we are doing, the u.s. ccd is launching a mobile solution were anticipated date in the app store is august 15, it is called catholic church, we think. we'll be live streaming on that all of the events, we want to encourage people to watch, i think everyone including those of you who are in the room have stories of those who really want to get here to see pope francis we recognize the intensity and the interest we are encouraging parishes and sch

continue to for the mason the e line has been a tragedy dream for a looked at and connected the parkland provides walking and bicycle successful assess and serve the nonprofits organization that were at for the mason the past director of mason alex it is here a guiding light in retrofits this idea along with the fisherman's wharf organization they're the who helped to get the national park to do an environmental impact report not paid for by the city by the fed's with help from then speaker peelings office we're ready to engineer and fund that as soon as we get through the remaining hurdle to senator feinstein has pledged her hope we hope the city family makes that a reality the effort mason makes that longer and astrologer when she was mayor dianne feinstein support made the first streetcar possible in the 1980s i was in her office as a wet behind the easier volunteer and said is this not a mayor we can do this. >> she would i'll do it but i don't want to see new junk she had high standards he knew that every street corner had to be beautiful and reflected well, in the city she loved to

continue to for the mason the e line has been a tragedy dream for a looked at and connected the parkland and provides walking and bicycle successful assess and serve the nonprofits organization that were at for the mason the past director of mason alex it is here a guiding light in retrofits this idea along with the fisherman's wharf organization they're the who helped to get the national park to do an environmental impact report not paid for by the city by the fed's with help from then speaker peelings office we're ready to engineer and fund that as soon as we get through the remaining hurdle to senator feinstein has pledged her hope we hope the city family makes that a reality the effort mason makes that longer and astrologer when she was mayor dianne feinstein support made the first streetcar possible in the 1980s i was in her office as a wet behind the easier volunteer and said is this not a mayor we can do this. >> she would i'll do it but i don't want to see new junk she had high standards he knew that every street corner had to be beautiful and reflected well, in the city she love

continue to for the mason the e line has been a tragedy dream for a looked at and connected the parkland and provides walking and bicycle successful assess and serve the nonprofits organization that were at for the mason the past director of mason alex it is here a guiding light in retrofits this idea along with the fisherman's wharf organization they're the who helped to get the national park to do an environmental impact report not paid for by the city by the fed's with help from then speaker peelings office we're ready to engineer and fund that as soon as we get through the remaining hurdle to senator feinstein has pledged her hope we hope the city family makes that a reality the effort mason makes that longer and astrologer when she was mayor dianne feinstein support made the first streetcar possible in the 1980s i was in her office as a wet behind the easier volunteer and said is this not a mayor we can do this. >> she would i'll do it but i don't want to see new junk she had high standards he knew that every street corner had to be beautiful and reflected well, in the city she love

continue to for the mason the e line has been a tragedy dream for a looked at and connected the parklandnd provides walking and bicycle successful assess and serve the nonprofits organization that were at for the mason the past director of mason alex it is here a guiding light in retrofits this idea along with the fisherman's wharf organization they're the who helped to get the national park to do an environmental impact report not paid for by the city by the fed's with help from then speaker peelings office we're ready to engineer and fund that as soon as we get through the remaining hurdle to senator feinstein has pledged her hope we hope the city family makes that a reality the effort mason makes that longer and astrologer when she was mayor dianne feinstein support made the first streetcar possible in the 1980s i was in her office as a wet behind the easier volunteer and said is this not a mayor we can do this. >> she would i'll do it but i don't want to see new junk she had high standards he knew that every street corner had to be beautiful and reflected well, in the city she loved

continue to for the mason the e line has been a tragedy dream for a looked at and connected the parkland and provides walking and bicycle successful assess and serve the nonprofits organization that were at for the mason the past director of mason alex it is here a guiding light in retrofits this idea along with the fisherman's wharf organization they're the who helped to get the national park to do an environmental impact report not paid for by the city by the fed's with help from then speaker peelings office we're ready to engineer and fund that as soon as we get through the remaining hurdle to senator feinstein has pledged her hope we hope the city family makes that a reality the effort mason makes that longer and astrologer when she was mayor dianne feinstein support made the first streetcar possible in the 1980s i was in her office as a wet behind the easier volunteer and said is this not a mayor we can do this. >> she would i'll do it but i don't want to see new junk she had high standards he knew that every street corner had to be beautiful and reflected well, in the city she love

i'm wondering about the conservation angle of trying to re-enact a battle in the national parkland. >i understand the national parks service does park service does not allow re-enactments on the park grounds themselves. some state parts like down in kentucky, perryville, they allow re-enactment on the battlefield. but as i understand, the national park service does not. there may be some that do, but i know for certain gettysburg does not. >> thanks for the call from indianapolis, indiana, this morning. i want to point you to a recent column by congressman don beyer of virginia, democrat, who represents one of the districts in northern virginia right outside washington, d.c. he had a piece in the huffington post late last month, helping national parks is personal for this congressman, his first job was as a park ranger at the lincoln memorial on the national mall in washington, d.c. he writes as part of that piece, documentary historian ken burns calls our parks america's best idea. based on access to parks and europe european version of rich exclusivity. we know our parks face challe

magnificent presidio connecting the post with the field and establishing 13 acres of new presidio parklandss the congress races towards the transit trust fund on july 31st this remind us how our infrastructure creates jobs and improves of quality of life for all the harding families that commute over our roadways we must make long time investments locally and nationally to achieve better paychecks and better infrastructure for oil hard work america families thank you to all who made this project a reality (clapping.) >> thank you alex thank you for leader pelosi leadership on the grow america act i hope in their successful in delivering a dedicated long time transportation doyle drive was to there the access for nancy pelosi another project it was a treasurer plays if the start we partnered with the presidio trust to expand assess while preserving its natural resources now is where he a direct off-ramp from presidio parkway and the tunnel tops that provide more opportunity to expend the biking between the presidio and marina thank you to superintendent of the parks services and your staff a

continue to for the mason the e line has been a tragedy dream for a looked at and connected the parklanddes walking and bicycle successful assess and serve the nonprofits organization that were at for the mason the past director of mason alex it is here a guiding light in retrofits this idea along with the fisherman's wharf organization they're the who helped to get the national park to do an environmental impact report not paid for by the city by the fed's with help from then speaker peelings office we're ready to engineer and fund that as soon as we get through the remaining hurdle to senator feinstein has pledged her hope we hope the city family makes that a reality the effort mason makes that longer and astrologer when she was mayor dianne feinstein support made the first streetcar possible in the 1980s i was in her office as a wet behind the easier volunteer and said is this not a mayor we can do this. >> she would i'll do it but i don't want to see new junk she had high standards he knew that every street corner had to be beautiful and reflected well, in the city she loved to see t

continue to for the mason the e line has been a tragedy dream for a looked at and connected the parkland and provides walking and bicycle successful assess and serve the nonprofits organization that were at for the mason the past director of mason alex it is here a guiding light in retrofits this idea along with the fisherman's wharf organization they're the who helped to get the national park to do an environmental impact report not paid for by the city by the fed's with help from then speaker peelings office we're ready to engineer and fund that as soon as we get through the remaining hurdle to senator feinstein has pledged her hope we hope the city family makes that a reality the effort mason makes that longer and astrologer when she was mayor dianne feinstein support made the first streetcar possible in the 1980s i was in her office as a wet behind the easier volunteer and said is this not a mayor we can do this. >> she would i'll do it but i don't want to see new junk she had high standards he knew that every street corner had to be beautiful and reflected well, in the city she love

continue to for the mason the e line has been a tragedy dream for a looked at and connected the parkland and provides walking and bicycle successful assess and serve the nonprofits organization that were at for the mason the past director of mason alex it is here a guiding light in retrofits this idea along with the fisherman's wharf organization they're the who helped to get the national park to do an environmental impact report not paid for by the city by the fed's with help from then speaker peelings office we're ready to engineer and fund that as soon as we get through the remaining hurdle to senator feinstein has pledged her hope we hope the city family makes that a reality the effort mason makes that longer and astrologer when she was mayor dianne feinstein support made the first streetcar possible in the 1980s i was in her office as a wet behind the easier volunteer and said is this not a mayor we can do this. >> she would i'll do it but i don't want to see new junk she had high standards he knew that every street corner had to be beautiful and reflected well, in the city she love

continue to for the mason the e line has been a tragedy dream for a looked at and connected the parklandnd provides walking and bicycle successful assess and serve the nonprofits organization that were at for the mason the past director of mason alex it is here a guiding light in retrofits this idea along with the fisherman's wharf organization they're the who helped to get the national park to do an environmental impact report not paid for by the city by the fed's with help from then speaker peelings office we're ready to engineer and fund that as soon as we get through the remaining hurdle to senator feinstein has pledged her hope we hope the city family makes that a reality the effort mason makes that longer and astrologer when she was mayor dianne feinstein support made the first streetcar possible in the 1980s i was in her office as a wet behind the easier volunteer and said is this not a mayor we can do this. >> she would i'll do it but i don't want to see new junk she had high standards he knew that every street corner had to be beautiful and reflected well, in the city she loved

magnificent presidio connecting the post with the field and establishing 13 acres of new presidio parklandshe transit trust fund on july 31st this remind us how our infrastructure creates jobs and improves of quality of life for all the harding families that commute over our roadways we must make long time investments locally and nationally to achieve better paychecks and better infrastructure for oil hard work america families thank you to all who made this project a reality (clapping.) >> thank you alex thank you for leader pelosi leadership on the grow america act i hope in their successful in delivering a dedicated long time transportation doyle drive was to there the access for nancy pelosi another project it was a treasurer plays if the start we partnered with the presidio trust to expand assess while preserving its natural resources now is where he a direct off-ramp from presidio parkway and the tunnel tops that provide more opportunity to expend the biking between the presidio and marina thank you to superintendent of the parks services and your staff and i'd like to acknowledge gre