nevermind two thousand five thousand ten thousand years ago i also can't help but bring up the phoenix lights because to me i think that's one of the most fascinating did i was there they were going to yes my goodness i want let's play a clip really quick for audience who don't know about this incident one thousand nine hundred seventy. if you were ten years ago and standing out here and looking up there at the lights in the view you would have been astounded you would have been amazed governor simonton is referring to what is now known as the phoenix lights an object videotaped by many and seen by thousands over several nights in the arizona sky in one thousand nine hundred seventy four a major sighting here it was described by witnesses is larger than a football field and silent and i suspect that. unless so the defense department proves this otherwise that it was probably some form of million spacecraft it's so dark dark and very you have the arizona governor you have thousands of people in arizona who saw this how the possible that this is kind of an open and shut case right when you know

alex and heather are from behind the scenes team and they are got down to the no pants light rail ride here in phoenix. >> do i want to see this? this is my co-workers their drawers. >> they are part of improv that have been involved in this thing. she's pushing the envelope there for sure. you see people wearing all kinds of different underwear, young people, old people, even this fella here. >> oh! >> who you might recognize. that's my butt, with an "rtm" sign that we had customized. there's heather's also customized underwear. >> she opted for showing some butt cheeks. >> you got to. alex, our camera guy, he took his pants off as well. ho look at how many people are involved, the people from improv az. we took a big group shot. i loved this guy because we were waiting at the platform and this older fella in the orange shirt backs up to us and i thought he was going to ask what the heck was going on and he said, oh, i'm here with this, too, so he pops his pants off and joins us. >> what was in your backpack? >> my pants. >>> that's our show, everybody. thanks for joining us. we'll see you next time.

phoenix. he was funny. he was light. he was on that book to her -- book tour. now when you talk to him, probably because it is for , flagrantlyows down thoughtful and deliberate. and certainly, mindful of stepping on a rhetorical >> do know where he might live when he leaves the white house? >> no. chicago is the obvious place. >> what did he not want? likes chris christie. >> -- chris christie. i had a follow-up phone call. i couldn't help myself. i asked about chris christie. said -- >> do you have a point he wanted to make a wish mark >> why would he do this at all? did he want at perspective on that year? to look at and think aloud about it, and get his own thoughts? >> he wanted to think out in public what he can do in addition to pushing legislation, which is a hard road. one of the things that was announced in the inaugural year a year ago, when i expect to see at some length at the state of the union address, what to do about the widening income gap and opportunity gap in the country, which gets more her bring this all the time. ceose at a point where l

it was a magazine convention in phoenix and he was funny, he was light, he was on that book tour that became the way of deciding whether to run for president. now when you talk to him-- and i think it's partly because it's for print-- he slows down. he's deeply flagrantly thoughtful and deliberate -- and certainly mindful of stepping on a rhetorical land mine that's going to somehow blow up in print the next day. >> rose: what do you think he'll do when he leaves office? write a memoir for sure. >> that, as david axelrod put it is the slam dunk of all time. >> rose: and you suggest the number may between somewhere between $15 million and $20 million. >> exactly. i know what both of us will get for our memoirs and that michelle obama has started work on hers and at this same age it was expected she'd get something like $12 million. as you know, presidential memoirs are -- it's premature to talk about in the obama's case. they're pretty bad, usually. they feel like products rather than books with the exception of grant and a couple others. even clinton's was terrific for about the first

light. this is serious here. >> a driver in a stolen dump truck is terrorizing the streets of phoenix, arizona, weaving in and out red lights. >> they're telling all their units on the ground to stay out of sight. >> it's right before the city's rush hour. and local tv stations are carrying the story live. >> look at him splitting the middle lane right now. he's in the middle and he has a big white truck. >> police chopper pilot joe hans heads into the sky to keep a close eye on the driver and to relay what he's seeing to the cops below. >> he made several attempts during this pursuit to collide with patrol cars. >> look at this. oh, man. almost head-on with a police cruiser. >> with hans in the air, police on the ground hang back in hopes the driver will relax and start to slow down. >> most of the time all officers were out of sight. nobody was actively chasing him. >> back at his house, doug click is in the midst of his morning routine as the tv report plays on in the background. at about 6:40, he steps out for some coffee. never dreaming his world would collide with the dump truck driver in the most unusual w

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phoenix suns. that will do it for your morning sports. i'm kristen berset. have a great thursday. >>> here's a live look at 270 at montrose road. we're in great shape. volumes still relatively lightlanes divide. if you're traveling the length in virginia on the outer loop, an accident just moved to the shoulder of the service roadway. watch out for equipment on the scene. we'll have more on the weather, news and the traffic coming >>> good morning. welcome back to wusa9. 5:32 on this thursday morning. thank you for joining us. monika samtani is here. she'll have traffic for us in a moment. monika is out at the ice desk. you'll hear from him in a little while. howard has word of more snow. >> we're talking about that much. >> on top of what we had, though. >> flurries and snow showers. a cold day. not as cold as yesterday. so we'll get out of the teens into the 20s where the deep freeze continues. looking at your day planner, we start out with sunshine but we'll go partly to mostly cloudy. by lunch time 25. then a few flurries around the region. topping out around 26, maybe 27. 24 at 5:00 p.m. back on our way into the teens and single digits tonight. currently one above zero in ma

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light snow in boise, idaho. salt lake with snow. 63. warmer in los angeles. 73. it is warmer in los angeles than phoenix. denver is partly cloudy skies and 76 degrees. the cold air is finally starting to relinquish its grip. icy conditions making their way from oklahoma on into arkansas. look for wet weather throughout eastern texas. a gorgeous day through the chilly side. atlanta today, the high is about 43 degrees. we wil >>> good morning. happy wednesday. taking a live look at san francisco, as al referred to as friscoing they don't like that here. we are going to end up in the 60s. a good looking day shaping up for most of the day bear. it will be colder than yesterday fluz degrees. you'll need your jacket, not just today, for tomorrow as well. tomorrow morning, showers on the radar. i'll detail that in a few moments. >> t's your l weather. >> all right. al, thanks very much. >>> let's go to the orange room and check on carson. >> good morning, guys. was i the only one that woke up today thinking it's going to be a little warmer? >> you were. >> the cold spell's over. not so much. the cold still domi