film named "picnic." the 3 legged race, the pie eating contest, and the song ♪ >> reporter: and the andrews picnic scene in the sound of muse he can amonth most famous and we dealt with ants. remember their point of view? gazing up at our sandwiches in the movie "ants." >> this is utopia. >> reporter: and the clothes have changed over the years, rita and sophia setting the bar for glamour. the rest of us turn to the basics a tree, a blanket, and that basket of food watermelon and often at the end, a simple wish. perhaps put best by dot and betty in madmen. >> we should do this more often. >> we should only do this. >>> moving onto news around nation this morning, the town of gibsonville, north carolina, is set to get on their 4th of july fireworks celebration. they will have the fireworks extravaganza. thousands are expected to show up and watch the show that is celebrated and scheduled to last about an hour. crews spent sunday getting everything ready for the big show. >>> and the ohs and awes were in at

picnics have long been apart of our american way of life.ry president at one point has a picnic photo op. fdr and the first lady on the beach. president reagan on this finger-licking fourth. president h.w. bush with a napkin in his collar. and in our movies, picnics have long served as a backdrop as dance, to find love. it was that three-legged race. the pie-eating contest. and there's often song. julie andrews picnic zmeen "the soununof music." and we all dealt with ants on the fourth. remember their point of view in the movie "ants?" and while our clothes have changed over the years, the rest of us simply turn to the basics. a tree, a blanket. that basket of food, corn on the cob. watermelon. and often, at the end, a simple wish. perhaps put best by don and betty draper in "mad men." >> we should do this more often. >> we should only do this. >> just like the drapers, always wishing for more. that is "world news" for this sunday night. we're always online at abc news.com. "good morning america" first thing in the morning. i'll be in for di

>>> and, the american picnic. from presidents to pinups. do you recognize these faces on the fourth? >> we should do this more often. >>> good evening on this sunday night. and we begin on this holiday weekend with fireworks in the courtroom. for six weeks now, millions of americans have been online, on twitter, on their couch, following the trial of casey anthony. the florida mother accused of murdering her little girl. we have reported here on the images inside the courtroom and outside. there have been near stampedes. people racing to get a front row seat in the courtroom. and as the case wore on, there were these ages, the fights breaking out when people began cutting the line, trying to get in first. but what cannot be forgotten, at the center of it all, a 2-year-old girl, and the central question. did d r mother take hehe life? closing arguments came today. the jury gets the case tomorrow. and yunji de nies is in orlando tonight. >> reporter: good evening, david. it was an extremely emotional day in court, after six weeks, as you know

picnic or barbecue or hit the beach. >> i wear my tie in honor of it.arently this hot. >> the purple tie. boy, my face says it all there. >> do not adjust your set, this tie is red, white and blue. >> it's not. >>> maria shriver looks forward to her own independentance day. >> a lot of folks bringing independence above another kind. this is the hollywood kind. "the skinny" coming up next. got sick. she wasn't able take care of me. my dad wasn't there to take care of me, so i needed a way to take careof myso and better my career choices. my guidance counselor ld me about the federal student aid program andshe's thd me fill out the apication and find all the informatn that i needed. accepted, it was a feeling of relief, it s awas feeling of i don't have to contin to look for a way to go to school i would have never beeable to gradte at 16 and goto college we federal ent aid program. my name is jennifer, and this is my story. federal studenaid has more than 150 billion dollarto help youpay for colleg. >>> do any hollywood couples stay together? >> it's har

picnic or barbecue or hit the beach. >> i wear my tie in honor of it.is hat. >> the purplpltie. boy, my face says it all there. >> do not adjust your set, this tie is red, white and blue. >> it's not. >>> maria shriver looks forward to her own independence day. >> she's not the only one. a lot of folks bringing independence above another kind. this is the hollywood kind. "the skinny" coming up next. >>> do any hollywood couples stay together? >> it's hard. >> ever? >> they say one year -- it's like dog years. like seven years in hollywood. if you're married two years, it's 14 years. that's the whole thing. it's independence day for our country. apparently it's independence day for a lot of folks in hollywood as well. four divorces were finalized on friday. and the reason it's always friday is in pr speak, this is the wisest thing to do, slip it under the radar, get divorced 5:00 p.m. . a friday before a holiday weekend, nobody notices it's happening. >> right. >> first person, exhibit "a" we're talking about, maria shriver/arnold schwarzenegger, 25 year

every president at one point did a picnic photo op.on the beach. president reagan on a finger-licking fourth. president h.w. bush with a napkin in his collar. summer beverage in hand. >> that looks like a lovely spot. >> reporter: and in our movies, picnics have long served as the backdrop to dance, to find love. william holden and kim novak in the film appropriately named "picnic." it was that three-legged race, the pie-eating contests. and there's often song. ♪ so, a needle pulling thread ♪ >> reporter: julie andrews picnic scene in "the sound of music," the most aimous. and we've all dealt with ants on the fourth. remember their point of view? gazing up at our skyscraper-sized thermoses and sandwiches in the movie "ants." >> it's insect-opia! >> reporter: while our clothes have changed over the years -- rita haworth and sophia loren setting the bar for picnic glamor -- the rest of us turned to the basics. a tree. a blanket. that basket of food. corn on the cob. watermelon. often at the end, a simple wish. perhaps put best by don and

americans are celebrating with parades, picnics, fireworks.rvice members overseas also held events. in some parts of the united states fireworksvise been cancelled over concerns they could spark wildfires. >> reporter: happy 235th birthday america. all across the nation americans celebrated the 4th of july with parades, picnics and pyrotechnics. in the nation's capitol thousands lined up along the national mall. for some the celebration got underway early. gat lanburg, tennessee boasts of having the nation's first 4th of july parade

we would like to put on a picnic. we have had problems getting it done in south park. this is part of the people that live down there and south park. we would like to -- that will not be hassled with the parking down there or hassled by the police officers down there. we tried to go by the rules and regulations that were submitted. as a matter of fact, this is not the first time we have been having problems down there. from last year and compared to this year, the price that we have to pay is out rages. most of the people have been born and raised here. we have federal government workers and law enforcement workers who have anticipated. this is the 30-year anniversary that has been going on. we have been going on since i was a child from 1967. during that time, we raised funds. we want to try to make the point so that we can be here today. thank you. >> hello. as mr. walker said, i am a senior former resident of south park community. that is something that we have. this is a picture of the old south park. these are pictures -- these are our ancestors. i have raised the

it was basically built to bring picnicers, who wanted to get away for the weekend, to go to the beach for a sunday. right here at the end of the sunset district, at the northwest corner, is where carville gets its start, on a little strip of land, a little block that the mayor at the time owned. and that's where colonel daley put up his little coffee sal yoon -- saloon, using that old car. that's where carville takes off. so who's responsible for carville? we said the mayor of san francisco at the time. very wealthy land owner. owned at one point i think they say 1/12 of san francisco in land. most of it was in the west side of the city. robert fitzgerald was called the king of carville. he was an early settler to carville. jacob heyman that realtor, started being called the father of carville. we'll see why in a second. and this guy on the left, colonel daley, was often called the pioneer father of carville. he really gets a lot of the credit. here's colonel daley in his little shed. how do we describe him? he's sort of a 1890's bohemian, a bit of a herm yit. most importantly, he was

tragedy strikes a family of five at a popular picnic spot in india. >>> and howling haboob. a giant wall of dust rolls through phoenix for a second a giant wall of dust rolls through phoenix for a second time in nearly two weeks. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello, and good morning. i'm lynn berry. today we begin with london calling. news corp. chief rupert murdoch and his son along with former chief executive rebekah brooks will face tough questioning this morning before lawmakers. just hours from now, this is the development in the growing phone hacking scandal that seems to be changing by the hour. nbc's jim maceda is live for us in london right outside parliament with all the details. jim, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, lynn. well, all eyes will be on a that building behind me, the parliament, and a small room inside that parliament building just big enough for about 40 or so spectators, but there will be overflow rooms with lots of television screens. this is must-see tv today for all of britain and elsewhere. as one politician here

the best picnic weather is either today or possibly monday. i'm hedging my bets on sunday a little bit because something will be coming in with the chance of rain. right now the rain is to the west of us. that is part of the system that will eventually break into this ridge of high pressure that has been giving us great weather the past couple of days. this morning it is very nice. temps in the low 60's right now. but you can see the shower activity in ohio. that is running out ahead of a front which is back near the mississippi valley. that will come in tomorrow and tomorrow night. the rain chances eventually go up and again today and monday like best days of the weekend with tomorrow the most marginal. details of the forecast coming up. >> looking at some top stories the 15-year-old shot and killed during a sleepover has been laid to rest. michael brooks was at a tpraepbsd house when an 11-year-old found a gun in the home and while handling it accidentally shot brooks. authorities found a total of 22 guns in the home. so far no charges have

picnic plans are a go. >> and toasty as well. >>> how wall street ended last week and how it will begin the week ahead. >>> plus, mcdonald's plans to power its trucks with leftover oil from french fries. your first look at this morning's business headlines is straight ahead. >>> a walkoff between the mets and yankees. and an unusual celebration at wimbledon. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. [ female announcer ] what if your natural beauty could be flawless too? discover aveeno positively radiant tinted moisturizers with scientifically proven soy complex and natural minerals. give you sheer coverage instantly, then go on to even skin tone in four weeks. aveeno tinted moisturizers. you get nothing for driving safely. truth: at allstate, you get a check in the mail twice a year, every year you don't have an accident. the safe driving bonus check. dollar for dollar, nobody protects you like allstate. >>> welcome back to "first look." i'm veronica de la cruz. here are some of the top stories making news this morning. in new mexico evacuation orders have been lifted for about 12,000 res

. >>> swept away -- tragedy strikes a family of five at a popular picnic spot in india. >>> and howling haboob, a giant wall of dust roars through phoenix for the second time in two weeks. >>> good morning, i'm lynn berry, those stories and more are straight ahead on "first look." this is msnbc. >>> and we begin this morning with london calling. news corp chief, ruprd murdoch, his son and former chief executive, rebekah brooks, will face some tough questioning, appearing before lawmakers this morning, this as the developments in the growing phone hacking scandal seem to be changing by the hour. nbc's jim maceda is live for us in london outside parliment with details. jim, good morning. >> good morning, lynn. well all eyes will definitely be on a small room inside that building behind me, the mother of parliament it's called here. just big enough for 40 or so spectators, but there will be overflow rooms with television sets. this is really must-see tv today in great britain and for many other places. certainly the united states, which is why there's so much media here today as well. as o

picnic plans are a go. >> and kind of toasty as well. thanks, bill. >>> how wall street ended last week and how it will begin the week ahead. >>> plus, mcdonald's plans to power its trucks with leftover oil from french fries. your first look at this morning's business headlines is straight ahead. >>> a walkoff between the mets and yankees. and an unusual celebration at wimbledon. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. [ female announcer ] ever wish vegetables didn't taste so vegetably? well, v8 v-fusion juice gives you a full serving of vegetables, plus a full serving of fruit. but it just tastes like fruit. and try our deliciously refreshing v8 v-fusion + tea. in most homes, it gets all the action. bring it -- with bounty. in this lab demo, one sheet of bounty leaves this surface as clean as 2 sheets of the bargain brand. why use more when you can use less? bounty. the one-sheet clean picker-upper. when someone changes lanes without warning? or when you're distracted? when you're falling asleep at the wheel? do you know how you'll react

everybody is on the lawn with picnics and it's free. anybody can come out. it's a great way to spend a sunday. >> goes to 1-2 in the afternoon and runs until 5. [music]. thanks to the stern grove association they renovated the concert meadow. it used to be a rolling grafsy area. put in a new stage and stage building. they put in terraces. we get from 8,000 to 12,000 people. and the meadow next to the concert meadow is full of people even though they can't see the music they hear it. i walked into the meadow several times and they don't even care. we do have literally events going on day and night. the concert association has kids days during the week. the performers come out for hundred 200 kids. now, the truckadero truck house gets rented out for weddings and retirement. the croquet clubs and horse shoes. 2 play grounds, tennis courts. we have from 25 to a hundred dogs here. it's like bisons going across the mid west. there are so many dogs they are covering the ground cht it's a get together. all the dog walkers know each other. if you go to pine lake day

tables with them, they used them for their children to crawl on when they would go outside and have picnics. they used the quilts for everything, small ones and large ones. now today, those quilts are going for 25,000 and more. it was my pleasure to go to g's bend and had the opportunity to quilt with them. my next picture book, i will share this with you and it is called never gotten. i would like to share it because this is something that had been in the process for about 20 years. i have been asking every west african that i have met, did you miss us? what i meant by that was are there stories in your culture that talk about the ones who were taken away? did you tell stories? did you sing songs, poetry, any remnant of anything i could use to tell a story that comes from that side over the year where you looked and longed for us the way we looked and longed? in all those years, i did not find one story, didn't find one song. i am sure they are there, but i was unable to find them. i said okay, instead of whining and wondering, i'll do it myself. it is reason in free verse and about black

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. >> reporter: a picnic, a party, all filled with music, basketball and richmond residents. this is the iron triangle picnic in the heart of one of the roughest neighbors in the bay area. >> we came together and decided to change the dynamics of this park to improve the conditions at that park to make a better place. >> so what is the point of this party other than turning up the music and have a good time? to drive loam a lesson to politicians that redevelopment money really works. >> this is basically like skid row. >> reporter: gaggan says the park and community center was transformed into a gym all due to about $5 million many redevelopment money. the idea was to combat violent crime, when he says has happened in this spot over last three years and two, to keep rebuilding outward. with the governor deciding to eliminate redevelopment funds across the state. >> for all the projects and plans we have to be on the horizon and to see the redevelopment money pulled back is very concerning. this is an example of what a community can do with that redevelopment money. >> reporte

july 23rd, joined dolores park works and the recreation and park department for recreation day and picnic. help beautify one of the city's most popular parks. we will meet no. of 19th street at 10:00. after-school program enrichment begins this saturday, july 23rd. the programs continue to be some of the most affordable options in the city, offering affordable activities for kids grades kindergarten through fifth. you can log on to our web site. rated -- registration begins on august 6th. i would like to take a moment to recognize a few of our recent retirees from this quarter. as employes retire, we want everyone to know whether you have been with us for five years or 40 years, you always be part of the family. we thank the following staff -- harbour master, larry white -- [reading names] thank you very much all for your service. it gives me no pleasure to pass on a bit of sad news. one of our long time employees and died of last week. he was a talented musician and artist and worked with our recreations division and our sincere condolences go out to the family. on a slightly brighter no

which means no picnics or fireworks, and trouble for businesses that rely on holiday revelers. >> wer this. our tax dollars go to these things, and they should be here for people to enjoy. >> it will really hurt our business for the summer, and this is where we make it in the summertime. >> minnesota department of natural resources says for each visitor that goes to a state park they spend about 23 bucks in nearby towns. >>> you may remember last night we told you about a baboon that escaped from an amusement park in new jersey. here is video of the capture. it was on the loose three days wandering neighborhoods until it was finally caught yesterday. wildlife officials tranquilized it and took it back to the park. the park added two extra strips of electric fences to the baboon enclosure to keep the guys corralled. >>> it is a very special july 4th holiday for some military families. what they say are making them most happy as we continue. >>> it may be a holiday, but no one in washington is celebrating the growing debt problem. r r ltwo ce >>> this independence day has extra meaning

these aren't your mother's picnic ants.ater on sunday morning. >> osgood: with martha teichner we'll visit cirque du soleil, and share glimpses of life in a day around the world. the fast draw explains why it's not just the heat, it's the humidity and more. but first the headlines for this sunday morning, the 24th of july, 2011. today is a national day of mourning in norway. authorities now say it took police about an hour-and-a-half to reach an island after a gunman opened fire on campers there because they didn't have access to a helicopter and then couldn't find a boat. at least 93 people were killed in friday's attacks. we'll have more on norway's tragedy in just a few minutes. an argument last night at a child's birthday party at a roler rink in grand prairie texas got out of hand. police say a guest pulled a gun and killed five people and wounded four others. the man then turned the gun on himself and died soon afterward. temperatures are cooling off in the east today. normally in the 90s. >> reporter: the heat wave o

we have the group picnic area which should accommodate 200 people, tennis courts are full. it also has 3 playground areas. the ampitheater was built in 1972. it was the home of the first blues festival. given the fact that jerry garcia used to play in this park, he was from this neighborhood, everybody knows his reputation. we thought what a great thing it would be to have an ampitheater named after jerry garcia. that is a name that has panache. it brings people from all over the bay area to the ampitheater. the calls that come in, we'd like to do a concert at the jerry garcia ampitheater and we do everything we can to accommodate them and help them because it gets people into the park. people like a lot of color and that's what they call a park. other people don't. you have to try to reconcile all those different points of view. what should a park look like and what should it have? should it be manicured, should it be nice little cobblestones around all of the paths and like that. the biggest objective of course is getting people into the park to appreciate open space. wha

. >> make sure he is not coming to your picnic tomorrow. >> before we go to a break, let's take a live look outside our window. we will be right back. stay with us. denny's new tour of america menu. 50 star cuisine. the new tour of america menu. starting at $4.99. only at denny's. america's diner is always open. i'd like nonstop travel because it's quicker. because it's convenient. it's just the best way to go. keeps the cost down. [ male announcer ] southwest airlines has added new nonstop flights from bwi airport to south carolina. it means more time doing the things i want to do. it's easy. it's hassle-free. there's no headaches. [ male announcer ] fly southwest airlines' new nonstops from bwi airport to greenville-spartanburg and charleston, south carolina. i like nonstop travel because... you don't got any more stuff. [ laughter ] [ ding ] >> all right, the orioles broke there losing streak today. they did not get the victory because the braves broke ahead 5-3. they will play the rangers next. >> they did not want to peak too early in the year. >> a quick check at maryland's most

these small projects, which is what the joc is -- these are things like picnic tables. you can just drop it there. there should not have to be a contingency. in particular, in a project like ours, we already paid contingencies. this deferred maintenance, there is a 1% to 3% project management fee. in our area, it is more like 8%. jocc, what is the job opportunity contract fee? you pay these people to do this work, but there is a 5% fee on these projects. we are also paying another 10% contingency on top of our contingency. i can understand you are going to find problems. there are a lot of little things like this that are unclear about how this is supposed to work. this is neither cheap, easy, nor quick. there are issues about how our money is being spent and we have no way to check into it, no way of accounting for it. >> thank you. >> is there anyone else that would like to make public comment on this item? being none, public comment is closed. >> move to approve. seconds. >> all those in favor indicate by saying aye. opposed? hearing none, it is unanimous. >> we are

they would go for sunday picnics and stay all day. an amusement park developed to cater to these people. >> i think we have a shot of the fun house. >> she was not in the fun house. she was in a glass thing at the fun house. it was an animatronics robot who went "ha ha ha ha" all day and scared generations of san franciscans out of their wits. it has a month-to-month lease at fisherman's wharf. >> they moved it to this temporary location at fisherman's wharf. they left an unusual little treasure of the city. >> ingleside terraces, again, i was trying to show off the residence park. a lot of crazy building. for still has one of the great stairways -- forest hill has one of the greats their ways. -- great stairways. this looked like a ship. they used to decorate fire houses for christmas. >> on the side of this fire house is a wooden tower. the tower was for drying the hoses. after they get water in them, they have to be dried. >> a fire house like this is for sale. if you have $1.3 million, which is really cheap enough for a firehouse

we have the group picnic area which should accommodate 200 people, tennis courts are full. it also has 3 playground areas. the ampitheater was built in 1972. it was the home of the first blues festival. given the fact that jerry garcia used to play in this park, he was from this neighborhood, everybody knows

i'm telling you, we could have a hell of a picnic. do you remember... we used to have these stupid little going away parties like every six months. the correspondents were all so talented. they'd be over six months and hollywood would be like thank you. and we'd have these dopey going away parties at that little bar over on 11th avenue and they're like a mare yaw chi band and we would all talk about how much we love each other and then i was telling these guys, i feel like the lame seventh grade teacher and like they all come back, and i'm like, so you're working at the white house now? yeah, no, it's cool. i'm teaching a separate piece. >> no, i mean, this is like coming home. it really is. and i think everybody feels that way. and i've worked with ed helms. i just worked with rob corddry and i saw mo rocca last night. we all feel the same way. we have great affection. jon yawn that's so nice because i have not seen any of those people, and i'm just glad that obviously for everyone else that life goes on. i mean, that's great. >> if you're doing... if