attempts to return it to its former, simpler design, which was just a pine tree and the north star. what they have now is the state coat of arms, which features still, the pine trees, still the north star, but also a moose resting beneath the pine tree. to the left of this image, you have a farmer, and that's in reference to all the agriculture in maine. maine is known for its blueberries and potatoes. to the right, you see a sailor. >> the sailor symbolizes maine's connection to the sea, including its fishing and shipbuilding industries. the north star has served as a guiding light for sailors since ancient times. just below the star is the state motto -- "dirigo," latin for "i lead." a knotted fringe of yellow silk gently surrounds the state seal. unlike other states, maine's first european explorers were probably not british, spanish, french, or italian. it's believed that nordic sailors arrived here almost 600 years before columbus. we know these seafaring adventurers by a more familiar name -- vikings. with "flag facts," i'm eric. >> if you've been trying to watch your weight, try watching the salt. studies s

while pass withing a slim margin less than one percent, some towns and municipalities in the pine tree state are considering moratoriums are enacting the law. in california and massachusetts, recreational use became legal and almost after november's vote with bay state adults 21 and older able to possess up to ten ounces and more in their home and one ounce outside. >> details to be worked out and we will continue to monitor this. >> some states are loosening restrictions on marijuana possession, many are tightening laws on gun control. in california people will no longer be able to buy semiautomatic rifles with bullet buttons that make it easier to remove and replace ammunition clips. >> they took the choice away from responsible adults or irresponsible adults one way or another, they took it away. >>> efforts to raise the federal minimum wage have seemingly stalled, four states that put a rage hike on the ballot were able to pass it. however, none hit the $15 an hour mark that maybe labor advocates have been pushing. in south dakota voters rejected an initiative to lower the minimum wage b

, personally donated beyond the legal limit to a pro trump political action committee and the pine tree statea group called hashtag grab your wallet urged to boycott linda bean claim to the company actually experienced a slight uptick in sales. >> i never backed down. if i turn right and i do feel that they are bullies, that is all they are. a small kernel of hard-core bullies on the west coast in california trying to control what we do, what we buy matt, what we sell in maine. >> this morning, the president-elect tweeted thank you, linda bean. people will support you even more now, buy l.l. bean, shannon coulter, leader of the boycott group, shot back. hey, grab your wallet, you just officially got under the thin skin. good work. mr. trump's endorsement may cause some heartburn for congressional republicans, who came down hard on president obama when he come as chief executive, enacting his stimulus program, advantage the renewable energy sector over the coal industry. >> we shouldn't be picking winners and losers in washington. we should be setting the conditions for economic growth so that

tree that fell onto another lafayette home. during the clean-up, he stated the east bay igoing to keep him busy for a while. sot- "i'd say lafayette, orinda. the big trees, the big pine trees, the steep hillsides, um, have to do with a lot of the drainage, the water issues and the excess moisture into the root zone and then the trees topple over." ammerman hopes *his trees are done falling. sot- "this is probably the only one that i think was in question, but you never know. we'll see what happens." in lafayette, philippe djegal, kron four news. >> pam:we hav a good idea where some trees are winding up. in the water. take a look at this video from this morning over in martinez. if you didn't know any better, you would think they were running a logging operation in the pacific northwest. all that junk in the water. logs, tree limbs and other debris that washed away in the recent storm. this video comes to us from our helicopter partners at a-b-c 7. a massive sinkhole in pacifica that started about five months ago. really opened up after our recent series of bay area storms. take a look at the size of it today. it is about 40 -feet across. and more than 15 -feet deep.

states in just 48 hours. overnight, howling winds pounded parts of florida, tossing boats and ripping through homes. >> i mean, this whole park here was covered with nothing but pine trees. you can see what's left. >> reporter: it is georgia that felt the brunt of this latest system, as dougherty county police captain tom jackson showed us. >> it looked like a bomb had just exploded back here. >> reporter: an emotional battle linda freeman hoped she'd never have to endure, going through her father's memories. >> there's his uniform. i'll bury him in that. >> reporter: there are some things these storms could not take. today georgia's governor placed even more counties under a state of emergency. this area barely had time to recover from another set of severe storms just three weeks ago. >> all right, gabe gutierrez for us tonight, thank you. >>> wicked weather doesn't end there, far from it. as we said, at both ends of the country, two huge storms are lashing the east and west coasts, including a nor'easter with tropical storm force wines. we get the coverage right now from nbc's blake mccoy. >> reporter: lester, the winds have really picked up here on long island. the

states in just 48 hours. overnight, howling winds pounded parts of florida, tossing boats and ripping through homes. >> i mean, this whole park here was covered with nothing but pine trees. you can see what's left. >> reporter: but it is georgia that felt the brunt of this latest system as daugherty county police captain tom jackson showed us. >> it looked like a bomb had just exploded back here. >> reporter: an emotional battle linda freeman hoped she would never have to endure, going through her father's memories. >> there's his uniform. i'm going to bury him in that. >> reporter: there are some things these storms could not kick. >> reporter: this area barely had time to recover from another set of severe storms just three weeks ago. lester? >> gabe gutierrez there for us tonight, thank you. >>> al roker is tracking it all for us tonight. al, a very busy night on the radar across the country. what are you watching first? >> lester, thanks so much. the remnants of this storm out west, it's going to have a bit of a legacy as it dumps snow into the rockies, but as we continue east, heavy snow upwards of eight inches in minnesota all the way into wisconsin. here in the e

pine trees. in north carolina, he learned about rice and indigo. he would write about these things in his diary. well, in new bern, north carolina, that was the largest city in our state of the time -- three 700 folks or so in new bern at a dance, washington , begin a pattern he would do for the rest of the southern tour. dances and teas where women attended, he would associate with coed groups. he would write specifically how many ladies were in attendance. i think william jackson had to help them count. in new bern, there were 70 ladies. he would go on and on throughout the trip, noting how many women there were and how beautifully they were dressed. i think people made special efforts on these presidential visits but george washington. -- by george washington. they had uniforms, sashes, women did their hair in different ways. it was a big deal when the president would come. washington worked his way to wilmington, north carolina, where the guy who was hosting him said do not drink the water. they still tell you that in wilmington. [laughter] mr. bingham: myrtle beach, that famous beach resort did not exist as such then. it was called long bay at the time. the kings

mature trees like huge eucalyptus and cypress and monterey pine and replacing it with gases will benefit our greenhouse gas situation in california and in san francisco and meeting the local and state bills for greenhouse gases. i hope you know you can't go around the trucks and chainsaws and chip down the trees and let that decay with carbon dioxide and then plant trees and that can help with the carbon dioxide. >>[timer dings] >>thank you very much. next speaker please. >>hello i am a member of the local grassroots organization our city and i just want to speak on some of the issues that the last two speakers talked about. i want to talk about pesticides and i want to talk about district hunters point primarily and the last time that i spoke to one your committees in some of the documentation that i was looking at it seems like there may be more pesticide use in davies park it seems like there is more of the pesticide used on that side of the city. and, we should examine whether that has anything to do with in, or economic status or race or anything like that. thank you very much. >>thank you very much. next speaker please. >>good evening. the pesticide list is usually at the jan

mature trees like huge eucalyptus and cypress and monterey pine and replacing it with gases will benefit our greenhouse gas situation in california and in san francisco and meeting the local and state for greenhouse gases. i hope you know you can't go around the trucks and chainsaws and chip down the trees and let that decay with carbon dioxide and then plant trees and that can help with the carbon dioxide. >>[timer dings] >>thank you very much. next speaker please. >>hello i am a member of the local grassroots organization our city and i just want to speak on some of the issues that the last two speakers talked about. i want to talk about pesticides and i want to talk about district hunters point primarily and the last time that i spoke to one your committees in some of the documentation that i was looking at it seems like there may be more pesticide use in davies park it seems like there is more of the pesticide used on that side of the city. and, we should examine whether that has anything to do with in, or economic status or race or anything like that. thank you very much. >>thank you very much. next speaker please. >>good evening. the pesticide list is usually at the january m

mature trees like huge eucalyptus and cypress and monterey pine and replacing it with gases will benefit our greenhouse gas situation in california and in san francisco and meeting the local and state bills for greenhouse gases. i hope you know you can't go around the trucks and chainsaws and chip down the trees and let that decay with carbon dioxide and then plant trees and that can help with the carbon dioxide. >>[timer dings] >>thank you very much. next speaker please. >>hello i am a member of the local grassroots organization our city and i just want to speak on some of the issues that the last two speakers talked about. i want to talk about pesticides and i want to talk about district hunters point primarily and the last time that i spoke to one your committees in some of the documentation that i was looking at it seems like there may be more pesticide use in davies park it seems like there is more of the pesticide used on that side of the city. and, we should examine whether that has anything to do with in, or economic status or race or anything like that. thank you very much. >>thank you very much. next speaker please. >>good evening. the pesticide list is usually at the jan