especially between lakeland and plant city. once you pass through plant city on i-4 things start to clear up just a little bit. this is what it looks like just west of kathleen. if you do run into any of that fog put on these low beams. some construction going on in downtown tampa today. don't forget just a reminder franklin street is closed between tyler and cash. this will last through 5:00 p.m. on friday. you can use florida avenue instead. also some road convention center because they're unloading all those cars for the big tampa auto show at the convention center. they have several lanes closed between florida avenue and channel side. avoid that area all together. more information on my twitter feed @tampabaytraffic. >> thank you, janelle. >>> two new studies found psychedelic drugs in mushrooms can help patients. all the patients were treated with the drug. researchers say the patients had an immediately decline in anxiety and depression and the spirit lifting effects lasted for several weeks. they said more studies are n

this is heading to plant city, i-4 at county line road here. a little fog in the delays and also nice drive through the wesley chapel area on i-75. also a great drive on the courtney campbell causeway and the bayside, gandy and skyway up to speed. back to you. >>> many people who suffer from anxiety turn to meds for help. >> maybe you should try or perhaps wear something different? coming up, take it from polythe goat. how she treats her severe >>> a wisconsin university is sending snapchat acceptance letters. the school says students will typically respond with an >> seems the owner found of the perfect cure. >> forget the meds, polly the got just throws on a duck costume. there she is just hanging out on the couch. apparently this goofy costume is just what the doctor ordered. not only does the costume help her severe anxiety but it's quacking up thousands on social media. wondering, should she be at a petting zoo? >> i read more on this. apparently it's not just the duck costume. it's what started it. she also has a big costume and x feel sh

coming from plant city to lakeland, back and forth on i- 4. let's look at another area as i move over here. want to show you 275 around 54th avenue north. it's a course in pinellas county. we're up to speed on i-4over all throughout lakeland, just a little fog there. and also i-75. in and out of wesley chapel and pasco county. state road 52 to 275, only 11 minutes on your compute if you're heading out the door soon. back to you. >>> decades ago one man wrote a song for a very special woman. >> newschannel 8 helped those longtime friends reunite. coming up, mervin almost 100 how the two reunited, next. >> we're going to show you a snippet from that story but later in the day, if you have time you really should sit down and watch the whole interview with keith -- it's a special story with one of my favorite >>> a sad bit of news, the famous sandwich was the brainchild of michael delligatti. he came up with the big mac in 1967. and when it became a big seller at his 47 locations in pennsylvania it was added to the chain's national menu a year lat

right now 67 in tampa, 63 inverness and brooksville, 70 in plant city. high pressure stays in charge across our area through the rest of today. if you're doing will cooperate rate for you. just some showers across south florida. heading into your weekend saturday morning mid-50s out there right about where we should be for this time of year. and afternoon temperatures will likely be a little bit warmer as the winds start to transition to more of an easterly and southeasterly direction. so we're going to bump up the highs for a few degrees for saturday and then the next weather system takes shape. this area of low pressure starts to form out over texas. as we start going into pattern. first cold front will arrive on tuesday bringing us a chance of rain followed by a second cold front that looks to arrive either late thursday or early friday. that will also be bringing us a chain of rain. the weekend fantastic 78 for saturday and for sunday 82. it is going to become more humid as we start going towards the end of the weekend. look at the temperatures we st

drive pretty good on all of the interstates except for moog fog on i-4 corridor from lakeland to plant city. this area in yellow we have the potential for foggy conditions south and west of i-4. if you see those conditions turn on those low beams. back to you guys. >> thank you, janelle. >>> 6:03. break ing ing over night in tacoma, washington, a police officer is shot and killed while trying to help the wife of an abusive husband. when the officers arrived the husband multiple shots. the injured officer was rushed to the hospital and unfortunately he died. >>> right now st. petersburg police are looking for this guy. he was caught on surveillance video sexual assaulting a woman at a downtown bar. abc action news reporter rodney dunigan is live on 1st avenue where it happened. rodney, there were plenty of people around when it happened. >> reporter: deiah, this bar was pretty crowded when all of this happened. in fact, three guys witnessed this a r unfortunately that suspect was able to get away. no you, the victim is speaking with us this morning in hopes of getting the word out and gettin

plant city the visibility is up a touch to 2.5 miles. lakeland down to a quarter mile. things are starting to improve just a little bit in the bartow area as well. we are going to see more clou through the day today. so sarasota right now, you're actually clear, but we are going to see that cloud cover spreading towards the southeast and we are going to see the rain chances doing the same thing. just starting to see a little bit of light rain working into the extreme northwestern parts of citrus county, and that's going to continue to slide towards the southeast over the next couple of hours and by 8:00 that's firmly in place, even as early as 7:00 this morning. coming onshore. tracking light rain for areas like the highlands, and the bulk of the rain chances coming later today. your chances are going to be highest for rain if you are north of i-4 and west of i-75. as we slide this to the south and east we ring out a little bit of that moisture and there is not of that working inland. we will see some shower chances popping up around the area. just they are not going to

plant city's at 79. valrico riverview 75, 77. 66 tarpon springs. clearwater 69 degrees. 76 in st. pete. those numbers are coming down. we will spend most of the evening through the 60s, and then tomorrow morning upper 50s to lower 60s, but drier all the way through. dry for that morning commute. a little bit cooler for the kids. tomorrow afternoon beautiful. 77 degrees and we will knock three, four, five degrees off of it. frontal boundary continuing to move to the south. we will keep a few clouds sarasota county tomorrow. generally friday, especially saturday and sunday, we are talking a lot of sunshine. i think saturday will be the sunniest. sunday partly cloudy in the afternoon as we get an east to southeast wind. drier air moves in for tomorrow, saturday as well, and then the humidity creeps up slowly on sunday. tuesday, look at this system coming across the gulf. time. right now 50 to 60%. hopefully, we can hold that forecast together. there is colder air behind it. it's coming in. for most of the country, not necessarily for us. most everybody to the north is going to feel i

tampa, plant city, 72 degrees. brinton 75 degrees in winter haven 70 degrees. temperatures will be mild largely because the humidity is so high. a cold front is on the way. we will talk about the effects coming up tomorrow. >>> still ahead, i am standing at the lake glant -- the lakeland linder airport. you are taking a look at the new home for the noaa airport. z26htz z16fz y26hty y16fy >>> legoland is making a big splash into the resort business next year with plans to open a brand-new retreat in winter haven. as mary mcguire shows us, all of your favorite legal fans are heading to the beach with you.>> see you real soon. -- april 7, 2017. >> reporter: construction workers are working hard to finish the legoland beach retreat. transforming this site into a toy wonderland. >> when you stay here, it's as if you are staying among with toys that you played without home as a child. whether you are 10 years old, 30 years old, 50 years old, this will remind you of all of lego bricks at home. >> reporter: this is a very first north american beach themed retreat in th

max defender 8 showing dry conditions this morning. 57 out the door in clearwater, 59 in plant city. really cooling down to the north. it's 50 in you were this time yesterday, 10 degrees colder in tampa. 8 degrees colder in bradenton. you get the idea. a cooler less humid morning here and that's going to set the stage for a beautiful afternoon. lots of sunshine, some passing clouds and a steady breeze at 75 degrees. we'll preview the weekend coming up. >>> issues out there but nothing that's going to slow you down that's the good news. the bad news there are issues out there. let's take a look at them. right in the south tampa and we still got some closures although this is trying to wrap up on bay to bay it is blocked. now, you'll just be detoured around it on any of those streets that run parallel. so there's no delays due to that police activity. let's move down now out in the sun coast area a couple of issues going on 301 state road 70 collision off to the side of the roadway, and then this construction that was tying up all those lanes on university parkway, on the exit and that

plant. which is only about 25 miles from the new yorork city border. within the 50 miles of indian point, there are about 16 million people. and so it's certainly the highest p populatition density around any nuclear plant in the country. as a result, it deserves special scrututiny. not t just for safety vulnerability but also for vulnerability to sabotage. because we know that new york historically has been one of the most desirable targets for terrorists and indian poioint i a a nuclear plant, fallout, melted down, would be aimed directly at new york city. it has to be taken seriously as a potential sabotage target. one very impmportant aspect of fukushima is that it demonstrated that the hazards of a nuclear plant accident extend far beyond the 10 mile zone that is typically designated as the evacuation zone for a nuclear plant. here the -- in the united states the n.r.c. requires every plant to make plans available for evacuation within 10 miles. ifif it looks s like there was going to be danger, to people living beyond d 10 miles, this would be pl

in fact look at the numbers. 77 in tampa. 82 over plant city and zephyrhills. but inverness and crystal river, middle and upper 60s. a huge contrast. temperatures about 10 degrees dew points sky hi ahead of the front. that is why we're seeing the fog formation now but much drier air now rolling in behind that boundary. as that continues to slowly progress through the area we're going to call for just scattered clouds and couple of sprinkles out there. the rain chances only around 20% today. tomorrow morning you're going to feel like -- more seasonable start. what we should typically see for early december, a cooler, less humid start. and as we go into the weekend we i would suggest making some. saturday looks great. fair weather clouds and 78. it gets to 81 by sunday afternoon. it's going to become a little more humid as we go into the afternoon there. and that's going to lead into next week. we're going to keep it dry for monday. i show say just a slim rain chance monday. then by tuesday and wednesday still some questions as to exactly when the next couple of

it's a slow drive on i-4 westbound through plant city. this crash taking up two lanes westbound around thonotosassa road. this is right around the area where we were seeing a lot of fog earlier this morning. the good news, that fog is starting to lift. we still have this crash out there slowing things down. take a look at the drive times on i-4. 83 minutes just to get from the lakeland area into downtown tampa. 70 minutes from county line road down to 75. so leave yourself some extra time, you might want to take u.s. 92 instead. a few hillsborough avenue right at handily. seeing some delays there. two crashes in pinellas. 49th street at you will ulmerton and 18th avenue north at 34th street. another crash through gibsonton, u.s. 41 at nundy avenue. check me out on twitter because there's several other crashes out there slowing things down this morning. >> if -- the fog was not helping things out there, janelle. >>> brooksville but better than earlier this morning where we had zero to a quarter mile visibility in polk county. no issues acr

we are not seeing any delays through the plant city area just yet. in pinellas county your slowest spot is roosevelt boulevard near ulmerton road. that's just a bad area that's always busy during rush hour. you are at 17 miles pe if you have any questions for me as you are heading out the door, a detour, if there is any construction or if there is an accident, email me and i will get that information for you. my email is roadwarrior@wtsp.com. >>> well, we are nice and quiet as we kickstart your friday. it is finally almost the weekend. we are off to a great start on stormtracker 10. absolutely nothing going on. just what we like to see for that morning commute. our temperatures have cooled yesterday. we had yesterday's threat some through. we are feeling the effect of that. 60 degrees in tampa. some cool spots out there. crystal river, good morning, and you're at 49 degrees. have an extra layer or two heading out the door today. we are heading for 70s later this afternoon. downtown st. petersburg off to a great quiet start this morning. a little bit

plant city, new tampa. palm harbor all at 57 degrees. brooksville at 57. crystal river at 48. so we get to the 40s around here. after the 70s, yesterday morning. lower 60s from bradenton englewood. and polk county upper 50s to around 60. there's your 24-hour temperature wauchula you're 5 degrees cooler to the extreme. crystal river 23 degrees cooler here in 8 o'clock hour versus yesterday. soths just going to be an absolutely gorgeous day. you look state-wide. everybody is cooler. and enjoy this little cool down. enjoy this dryer air. because honestly it looks like by monday morning, the humidity is back. but, the good news out of that is that it also looks as well. which rereally, really really do need. mostly sunny, much drier today with high of 76 degrees. tonight, mostly clear. seasonable. 57 degrees for the overnight low. and all looking a tomorrow, another gorgeous day. not as dry as today, still lovely though. with a high of 78 degrees. i'm going to go back to lower 80s for second half the weekend. plus, 30 percent rain chance. tuesday. okay. all right. dave. sounds goo

in the plant city area. it's residual congestion. it's all been moved to the side. of ellenton is accused of sexually abusing three girls for years, he was a substitute teacher in the manatee county school district since 2011. ? >>> this morning on "take's take," natalie portman on her new movie getting oscar buzz. and find out why photos of selena gomez are the talk of the internet. and counting down to christmas checklist and a performance to put you in the spirit, coming up now. >> from nbc news, this is "today's take," live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today." thursday morning, december 1st, 2016. look at that tree. >> she's a beauty. >> everything about it, is curves, the lines. 94 feet. >> i saw it in the ground in new york. and here it is in rockefeller plaza. >> i don't think it needed augmentation. a lot of times they cut branches and fill it out. but it is just gorgeous. >> beautiful. with the rain, what a beautiful production. i dvr'd it. >> matt and savannah and hoda and myself. and matt and i home base area. matt and savannah -- t

cities. why? because that is where people are. so we may have a power plant the city that pollutes the air, but if people in the city reduce their energy consumption, you can reduce the pollution there. where pollution that comes from trucks, buses, cars, that is in the city, that is where the people are. so the cities are were the problem is and the cities are where the solution are. and in fact, it is cities that are leading the charge, far and away, compared to federal governments and state governments around the world, cities and individuals. individuals are really making a big difference here. they are buying cars that are more fuel-efficient. a lot of places, they paint their roofs white, which reflects off the sun and reduces the cost of air conditioning. if you think about it in the united states, the only country, the only major developed country, that has reduced greenhouse gases the last couple of years dramatically. why? because we have closed 200 out of the 500 odd coal power plants. why did we do that? because the public went up wind and said to

plant should be located is showing no signs of stopping. >> there is no room for improvement, expansion, or improving. cherise: in march, the city because it was polluting the project. the project started in october but plaintiffs say it is a wrong location for the plant and does not need the needs of the city. peter whelan is one of the plaintiffs. >> i have a fly fishing business i run here in the summer and i am on the river all of the time. portsmouth is one of the few cities in the u.s. that still discharges even today primary treated sewage into the river. cherise: portsmouth portsmouth's attorney says this has been fought over and over and needs to be put to rest. >> this has been there for decades. the city council has considered every conceivable complaint that has been raised. cherise: he says the city is still open to hearing suggestions but at this point, major changes are not possible. >> to simply say shut it down practical. cherise: they expect court proceedings to start in january. they have until december 2019 under current regulations to become compliant with environmental law. the attorney for the city of port

up on mountain davidson and urge you to go the route of the maintenance option while other cities are plantingusands and thousands of trees all over the world our city choose to cut them down to try to bring down the mountain prespanish i think we can't go back the trees form like many others in the audience have said that is a recess pies from city knowledge even if you're in the in the forest you look at up at the cross and the trees it is calming. >> i want to bring up that nap has been less than transparent they've not reached out to the citizens up on mountain davidson what they want to do with the forest and with our new president we'll be spending a lot of money on cutting down trees one agency rec and park that is cutting trees down another agency spending a lot of money to plant trees what's wrong with that picture not good to rush into judgment you're probably under a lot of pressure to pass that i want to say to you what looks good at the moment and all the experts i've been here since 1 o'clock pass this pass this what will the people in 20 or thirty years what were they thinking c

the club and 4 hundred members supports the restoration and the mira loma supports the best plants in the cityvocated for the plans in the general plan we work collaboratively with rec and park personnel in our neighborhood and, yes our forest management that plan before i is esteem with the focus specifically on the impact to mountain davidson the club detailed the concerns to planning on why the draft eir as inaccurate and inadequate and planning response was to all of the clubs comments with respect to mountain davidson in regards to cutting down 16 hundred trees the related impact the carbon wind and mammals do financial costs the tree replacement and closing 2 nine hundred feet of trails and 4re789 access to acres and users herbicides planning said our comments are insignificant not relevant and not supported in essence all the impacts the club cites were less than a significant impact on the draft eir the club absolutely disagrees and building if so imagine accurate addresses not obviously therefore not be certified to be put in place to address the comments in regards to mountain davids

up on mountain davidson and urge you to go the route of the maintenance option while other cities are plantingds and thousands of trees all over the world our city choose to cut them down to try to bring down the mountain prespanish i think we can't go back the trees form like many others in the audience have said that is a recess pies from city knowledge even if you're in the in the forest you look at up at the cross and the trees it is calming. >> i want to bring up that nap has been less than transparent they've not reached out to the citizens up on mountain davidson what they want to do with the forest and with our new president we'll be spending a lot of money on cutting down trees one agency rec and park that is cutting trees down another agency spending a lot of money to plant trees what's wrong with that picture not good to rush into judgment you're probably under a lot of pressure to pass that i want to say to you what looks good at the moment and all the experts i've been here since 1 o'clock pass this pass this what will the people in 20 or thirty years what were they thinking comin

the city's many paper plants and steel mill thriving. fast forward to today, and the picture is quite different. almost all of the paper plants have disappeared and the largest employer drastically downsized. when the recession hit, it hit hard. in 2008, forbes named middletown the 10th fastest dying city in america. city manager: this is what downtown used to be when it was the heart of the city. jessica: city manager doug adkins. doug adkins, city manager: at the worst part of the recession, we had 3000 vacant houses in a city of 50,000. it was a disaster. it was a perfect storm for us. jessica: today, there are signs of life once again. 30 new downtown businesses have opened in the past few years, eight more on the way, and $750 million is being spent on new construction. ami vitale just invested in this 40,000 square foot commercial building that will house several businesses, including a restaurant and yoga studio. ami vitori, business owner: i see opportunity, and i believe in the spirit of middletown and the people in this area. i

the club and 4 hundred members supports the restoration and the mira loma supports the best plants in the cityvocated for the plans in the general plan we work collaboratively with rec and park personnel in our neighborhood and, yes our forest management that plan before i is esteem with the focus specifically on the impact to mountain davidson the club detailed the concerns to planning on why the draft eir as inaccurate and inadequate and planning response was to all of the clubs comments with respect to mountain davidson in regards to cutting down 16 hundred trees the related impact the carbon wind and mammals do financial costs the tree replacement and closing 2 nine hundred feet of trails and 4re789 access to acres and users herbicides planning said our comments are insignificant not relevant and not supported in essence all the impacts the club cites were less than a significant impact on the draft eir the club absolutely disagrees and building if so imagine accurate addresses not obviously therefore not be certified to be put in place to address the comments in regards to mountain davids

plants will be out. in addition, 23 cities to the north are being encouraged to issue red alerts. the government has prioritized economic growth over the cost of widespread environmental problems. how will we improve the area code do we close factories? do we been cars from the road? that will be an inconvenience. there are some things we need to do long-term. >> china's smog problem stems from the burning of coal for electricity and heating. this tends to spike during the cold and winter months. france,from china to paris public transportation was once again -- this all due to a spike in air pollution. authorities warned the small could worsen tomorrow. state health officials call for long-term measures. 48,000 deaths in france each year. from frida kahlo to oscar wilde, there is a host of exhibitions to catch here in paris over the christmas break. >> time is running out for a rendezvous. a look at the man behind the famed comic book. across town, the star-spangled banner bleeds. the civil war abolished say -- abolish slavery but not racial segregation. the color line profoundly

i had the impression from the industry that bp's record as a weak operator and the texas city plant, osha record, the fact they basically had a culture and a strategy that emphasized financial engineering at the expense of operating discipline was pretty well known in at the industry and i came to the conclusion after talking to people for three or four years, if you had called up people in the oil industry on the morning of deep water horizon and said the following thing happened, whoa who do you think was operating that platformor, ha would have gotten the majority for bt. so that was there. the second parallel was the preparation for actually mitigating the disaster. in both cases there were a lot of paper plans saying we can handle this and then the reality was they arnott able to do so. and then the kind of public relations narrative and learning howl to deal with all of the communities and traumas. i think probably bp had the benefit of 20 years of learning about corporate crisis management that exxon -- in those days, '89, the whole philosophy how you communicate and telling p

. >> but the tree was that planted by the city and the tree volunteered and kind of - >> in. >> those other trees were planted most likely by the city caltrans or refer to undocumented trees. >> i thought the small one was volunteer. >> and it was. >> okay. >> so since you're up there can you give me a sense of the chronology that might occur in the process of removing the trees and then replacing the trees and while at the same time at some point the sidewalk might be repaired. >> how does that go. >> sure so we would if approved for removal we've remove the trees within the next month or two after the trees are removed the large trees we need to remove the stumble another month we can bump that up to try to recognize the priority level to the board of appeals and try to satisfy the public so repair sidewalk will then occur after we removed the tree a good amount of sidewalk to repair within a few months of tree removal we'll go ahead and repair the sidewalks in that area we'll be looking at a few months. >> the replacement tree comes in. >> after we repair the sidewalk so we'll repa

two former flint officials who oversaw the city's water treatment plant were also charged.chuette says he is making sure the people of flint are not forgotten. >> there are some, i know, who simply wish that the problems of flint would just go quietly away. and there are voices out there that hope that the poison iing the water in flint could be swept under the rug. well that's not how i operate. that's not how we operate. flint deserves better. and the people of flint are not expendable. so to move on is unacceptable. people in positions of responsibility who broke the law must be held accountable. >> that announcement from yesterday brings the total number of officials who've been charged in connection with this water kroo i sis to 13. >>> officials in texas say planned parenthood will no longer receive funding from the state medicaid program. according to a legal notice obtained by the texas tribune the organization's medicaid funds will be cut in 30 days. the organization had previously received just over $3 million in medicaid funding. the move could reportedly affect

most disturbing an organized group has taken that uponism to remove the trees those plants were required by the city after the storm of 1983 to help with soil in the rock area it is time to be serious and san franciscans deserve a vote at the ballot box. >> good afternoon. i'm rosa resident of san francisco i would like in support of plan but as long as that includes side redevelopment of sharp park golf course and little rest it is daily impacting our endisagreed speciangered speciee those peas and you've heard earlier from the sierra club our esteemed organization that told you a simple solution i don't know this is part of natural areas plan you you know it is very simple plan and until it is resolved i stand opposed to a very sad day here in san francisco so thank you for your time. >> good afternoon, commissioners my name is bob a board member of the trail counsel 15 miles of that mile trail goes to san francisco and connections with 17 of its windfall parks a number of times over the decade i worked side by side with the folks to insure the continuation of the green space in the park system fo

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up on mountain davidson and urge you to go the route of the maintenance option while other cities are planting thousands and thousands of trees all over the world our city choose to cut them down to try to bring down the mountain prespanish i think we can't go back the trees form like many others in the audience have said that is a recess pies from city knowledge even if you're in the in the forest you look at up at the cross and the trees it is calming. >> i want to bring up that nap has been less than transparent they've not reached out to the citizens up on mountain davidson what they want to do with the forest and with our new president we'll be spending a lot of money on cutting down trees one agency rec and park that is cutting trees down another agency spending a lot of money to plant trees what's wrong with that picture not good to rush into judgment you're probably under a lot of pressure to pass that i want to say to you what looks good at the moment and all the experts i've been here since 1 o'clock pass this pass this what will the people in 20 or thirty years what were they thinki

up on mountain davidson and urge you to go the route of the maintenance option while other cities are planting thousands and thousands of trees all over the world our city choose to cut them down to try to bring down the mountain prespanish i think we can't go back the trees form like many others in the audience have said that is a recess pies from city knowledge even if you're in the in the forest you look at up at the cross and the trees it is calming. >> i want to bring up that nap has been less than transparent they've not reached out to the citizens up on mountain davidson what they want to do with the forest and with our new president we'll be spending a lot of money on cutting down trees one agency rec and park that is cutting trees down another agency spending a lot of money to plant trees what's wrong with that picture not good to rush into judgment you're probably under a lot of pressure to pass that i want to say to you what looks good at the moment and all the experts i've been here since 1 o'clock pass this pass this what will the people in 20 or thirty years what were they thinki

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the housing funding pursuits in construction and will include a similar update in the city's biannual capital plant. tida will engage with tie-dyed as a third-party entity. this is a treasure island homeless initiative development nonprofit that is been working closely with the development in the community since the inception of this project in the 1990s to ensure and monitor the implementation the project in the benefits including the affordable housing responsibly stores the city. while this is not a perfect solution, what we are presenting to the board today does give me a greater confidence and comfort that over the future years when many of us will no longer be serving , that there's enough accountability mechanisms in place and oversight as well as commitments to the mayor's office that we will be able to build the affordable housing along with the market rate housing for this development and colleagues, i submitted the various amendment before you today. may i ask the city attorney if i need to actually read them into the record? or if my description is enough? >>[inaudible] [off mic] thank

plant's red color symbolized the blood of christ. they called it la flor de nocha buena, or christmas eve flower. in taxco, this showcased the poinsettia power. street mosaics in the citye plant. >> it is the christmas plant. >> jim faust, horticulture professor at clemson, university is an authority on the plants. >> poinsettia, or poinsettia? >> yeah, most academics horticulturists will say, poinsettia, and he said himself, poinsettia. >> poinset, 19th century politician lived in greenville. >> joe poinsett, first ambassador of the united states to new mexico, an avid plants person. he was involved in the exchange of plants to and from mexico and the united states. and so he happened to, in 1828, send the first poinsettias to this country. >> americans became enamored of the plant that blooms only once. around christmas. >> it is really in the early 1900s when poinsettias become unpopular that you start to see stamps, christmas cards and stuff that really start to have much more of their red and green, as the dominant colors. >> so the red and green we associate with christmas coincided with the popularity of poinsettias? >> yeah, absolutely. >> by the 1960s and 1970