people talk about seattle and portland now they talk about seattle and san francisco. or portland and san francisco but san francisco is definitely on the cutting-edge of the coffee scene in the entire nation. >> there's so many romance in coffee is surrounds the sourcing of that and thinking about where it came from and how and coffee is wonderful. >> i know for a fact i was born to make coffee. i have a notice from the dad let the life i live speak for me and let's have a cup of coffee and talk about it. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪much.

portland, oregon, will have their 15th 90 degree day. new york city and indianapolis have only had one all summer long. we also have a possibility for flash flooding. we do have flash flood watches in effect for some of the downpours late afternoon and areas of arizona. we'll do it again and it will keep the temperatures down, but the moisture will not make its way into areas where we really need it, and heats in california, nevada, and also dry in oregon state also after as of san diego and l.a., be careful in the water. yes, dangerous for the swimmers. you got to warn people, but the pictures from the surfers that will be out there will be pretty impressive. >> trying to catch that big kahuna, right? >>> a serious charge of dereliction of duty. students develop a nail polish to combat date rape drugs. sfwlimplts talk about your blurred lines. a traffic nightmare. you're watching "early today." ♪ ♪ fill their bowl with the meaty tastes they're looking for, with friskies grillers. tender meaty pieces and crunchy bites. in delicious chick

it was 91 in portland. this is the summer pattern. this is the pattern we've been in for the majority of the last two months. some could argue all the way back to last winter. here is how it's going to change as we look ahead here. we have a big upper level low that's spinning just off the california coast. that's a game changer here and opening the door for this next hang. that's going to shift the jet stream west -- or excuse me, east, with all the hot air, and that's where all the problems are going to be with the heat and humidity. we're going to be much cooler in the northwest. today we start that cooling trend. 76 in seattle. 79 in portland. that's some gorgeous weather after a really hot period of summertime tempnevada, temperatures were cooler than we expected this time of year. vegas near 100. this little change -- once again, you notice that the changing weather pattern takes longer to move, so maybe this one will stick around for a while. >> maybe. we haven't seen that much of a summer. >> yeah. >> thank you, bill. >>> an a

was no exception. 88 in portland. 97 in medford. very hot in areas of the des either southwest too. there is a change coming. the middle of our country, in the southeast, it's going to get much hotter as we are going to watch cooler temperatures in the west. it's about time the weather pattern gave us at least a temporary switch. temperatures this morning, we're at 63 in moraled. normal is 58. it's still warmer than we should be. that's the thing that's been eye-catching this summer. the overnight lows in the northwest have been exceptionally warmer than they should be, and the daytime highs have also been very warm. right now there's not a lot of weather highlights out out will. there's rain in southern arizona. we did have a little bit of weak cloud cover and a weak stornl down the oregon coastline. keep it warm for one more day, and then the northwest throw will cool us off throughout the rest of the week. if you like the 90s and the heat, in areas of the northwest, today will be your hottest day you're going to see all weeklo va

so, driving around the portland, maine, area still some problems. how's our weather pattern look for today? thankfully, the storm that's responsible for all the flooding is now heading up through areas of quebec. the moisture source, the atlantic, is gone. now there's dry air coming in from canada behind it. there's still hot weather to be found in texas, but that's about it. not a lot of wet weather. in florida, you have a chance of an afternoon storm. it's almost looking more typical summerlike. 75 in chicago's a little weird for this time of year, but the extreme rain, at least, is gone along with the flooding threat. >> and you compare it with the rain threat along the east coast. they have a bigger threat. >> it was strange and to be honest, it wasn't well predicted either as far as record amounts of rain. it was going to rain, but not like this. >> important thing, we're looking okay for the weekend. >> the weekend's looking very nice. >> thanks. >>> still ahead, jodi arias changed her mind about her upcoming sentencing, and check this out. th

with he have a couple in the portland, architectural tile they employ about 90 people. they have over -- revenues over $109 million a year. we have bulls eyeglass, it employed about 125 people, they have $24 million a year revenue. these are not small businesses. if you look at our craft brewing industry, just that part of the industry alone in portland is worth about $500 million a year. these are not small businesses. >> exactly. "a," they are not small, "b" you mentioned a anybody of things and he with saw in our story about this chocolate maker and i think that's interesting. that didn't strike me as artisanal it, struck me as socially conscious. how do you define the artisan economy? >> i think you identified many of the aspects. it's local, hands made, there are a craft orientation. a lot of autonomy by the people working in it. that tends to be one of the things that we really focus on, the ability to create their own product, business to his follow their interests and passions. it's all about different relationships with the people who buy their products. it's m

or portland and san francisco but san francisco is definitely on the cutting-edge of the coffee scenee's so many romance in coffee is surrounds the sourcing of that and thinking about where it came from and how and coffee is wonderful. >> i know for a fact i was born to make coffee. i have a notice from the dad let the life i live speak for me and let's have a cup of coffee and talk about it. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪. >> hey entices neiman here and this week is no expectation that is the weekly buzz pr this wednesday checkout people in the placing the 24 market street music festive puts on sdmerntsdz from july to october and this 13 join us from high waters at 12:00 p.m. shatter and this week is the summer exams and think about this is the adults camps and learn are about the great outdoors and plus settle into our camping bags for a scene of the crime of the movie and the festival is a outdoor based on the stories feature original songs and colorful screeny this musical is definitely one for the whole family. and that's the weekly buzz invest it is sfgovtv.org and click on test. >> good afternoon. we

the skin, right there, just rest of portland. that is the area of and it's just going to mean more jog and whistle. and it's going to stay to the north and the ground ball. what going to be -- and clear outside but in pal low par ploel. where it's all nothinged. and in is what it's going to look like. you may tomorrowly need the hind semipipers. the mount forecast, the temperatures are limb lar to today. 87 degrees. and in san francisco, again, not overly warm but to get you sunshine and it will be nice nice. and once you get in the patches dch the pamps of malg, it's a little more kmip and liver nm and still form, not 90s for the last. about form, why we will see s sunshine, it's going to be a foggy morning. and i think we may see drizzle comes through the pass. and coming up from morgan hill through 101 and in san jose and that is the same for the peninsula. and the marine layer will be back with with us tomorrow night and do it against tuesday and wednesday. the thing about it, once we hit wednesday, i do think we will be done

willing to put up $10,000 and was confident that he could finish the race, finish the walk from portland maine, to chicago in less than 30 days. that was that bet and find another gambler who was willing to put up $10,000 to say he couldn't. it was interesting because in races like that, it wasn't really a race. you're racing against time, but in walking feats like that there was a lot of fear that someone might try to sabotage him so he wouldn't make it. he had actually brought a food taster along with him when he did the walk from portland, maine, to chicago to make sure no one tried to poison him. even if you made him sick for two days it might be enough for his schedule to be off. and weston was meticulous about his schedule. he scheduled every minute. every race. a six-day race or a walk from new york to los angeles. he had everything scheduled out. when he would sleep, when he would eat, those sorts of things. if he was taken, you know, if he was taken off that schedule, he would be in trouble. [ inaudible ] truman was famous for being a walker. every day he took his constitutional

or portland and san francisco but san francisco is definitely on the cutting-edge of the coffee scenes so many romance in coffee is surrounds the sourcing of that and thinking about where it came from and how and coffee is wonderful. >> i know for a fact i was born to make coffee. i have a notice from the dad let the life i live speak for me and let's have a cup of coffee and talk about it. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (clapping) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ celebrating the wow. turnout this is our third annual to celebrate pride we notice we didn't have community event for pride. we actual had 19 we had godzilla and are you ball weird names i think its unique we're able to have special event we're all women that relax and have fun you know everything is friendly and kind we're all equal i'm happy that (music) >> herb theatre,open rehearsal. listen to the rehearsal. i think it is fun for them, they see our work process, our discussions, the decisions we make. it is good for us. we kind of behavior little bit when we have people in the audience. msk (music) >> we are rehearsing for our most expensive tour; plus two concerts he

i don't have someone who comes and cleans my car in a van. >> that's in portland?t i think it's indicative of government spending. >> but the state budget has already been cut by $5 billion. and the governor, christine gregoire, says they're at the bone. >> to cut people off hospice i think is immoral. to cut children off health care, to cut their education so they don't have a chance at a decent future, i think that would result in an immoral budget. >> she says she doesn't understand why so many of the state's high-tech ceos, who are always complaining about the woeful state of american education, are so opposed to paying this tax for schools. these businesses that want the educated workforce, they're against this. what do they say to you when you challenge them on this? >> i tell them-- i have the utmost respect for them. these are great ceos. and i say to them, "here's the problem: you always want us to invest more in education, and now you say no. so my question to you, if not this, then what? don't just tell me no." >> well, what do they say? >> they don't ha

this area near the town is about 75 miles east of portland t started on tuesday night. yesterday's gusty winds helped spread the flames and so far there are no reports of any homes being damaged by that fire. >>> expect to be closely watched at this year's outside lands festival. the new high tech measures being put in place to keep concert-goers safe. >>> people painting to rent a home to find out it is being sold. the scheme this man is accused of that cost the victims hundreds of dollars. >>> and we're to have a good start on this friday eve. take a look at the east shore freeway, we'll give an update coming up. >>> back to quiet for us. but that is not the case on the hawaiian islands. >>> welcome back a 21-year-old man from san francisco has been arrested accused of setting up a craigslist rental scam. he tried to scam two women out of a 1500 security department. and the police arrested him they discovered he was out on bail on felony charges in san francisco. anyone else who believes they are a victim of his scam are asked to call the police. >>> neighbors want al

he actually brought a food taster along with him when he did the walk from portland, maine to chicago to make sure nobody tried to poison him. even if you made him sick for two days, it might be enough for his schedule to be off. was meticulous about his schedule. he scheduled ef mvery minute. he had everything scheduled out. when he would sleep or eat. those sorts of things. if he was taken off of that schedule, he would be in trouble. >> a couple of comments. it seems that the speed that you referred to seems phenomenal especially over that period of time. number two, true man was famous for being a walker. evide everyday he took his constitutional walk. >> referring to the speed of the pedestrians in the competitive races, i think -- it's hard to tell. we have to photographs, much less moving pictures. it's a shame. it was still the age of line drawings and engraving but the way people described westinn's walk really sounded similar to what race walking was today. they said he had a wobbling walk. he moved his hips. i had a feeling that he walked fast much like modern race walkers

or portland and san francisco but san francisco is definitely on the cutting-edge of the coffee scenee's so many romance in coffee is surrounds the sourcing of that and thinking about where it came from and how and coffee is wonderful. >> i know for a fact i was born to make coffee. i have a notice from the dad let the life i live speak for me and let's have a cup of coffee and talk about it. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪ we are definitely pioneers in airport concession world a world of nationally if not entirely or internationally >> everybody is cop us right now. >> the people that were in charge of the retail this is where that began. >> i didn't think we would have a location at the airport. >> we've set the bar higher with the customer commerce. >> telling me about the operator and how you go about finding them and they get from being in the city to being in the airport. >> so first, we actually find a table and once we know what we want a sit-down we go to the neighborhoods in san francisco and other people seminary of the retail let us know about the rain water and are excited to have the loc

or portland and san francisco but san francisco is definitely on the cutting-edge of the coffee scene nation. >> there's so many romance in coffee is surrounds the sourcing of that and thinking about where it came from and how and coffee is wonderful. >> i know for a fact i was born to make coffee. i have a notice from the dad let the life i live speak for me and let's have a cup of coffee and talk about it. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ . >> roll call commissioners respond when i call your name. commissioner mondejar. commissioner singh. commissioner rosales. all members of the commission are present. the next is announcements the next meeting will be held on tuesday august 19, 2014, at one p.m. at city hall room 46 b the prohibition of sound producing devices. please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. please be advised that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room meeting room responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic devices. c ann

it would be instruct thank you very much to find out what they did in portland and whether the planning department or the building inspection do so the inspectors i think planning is fib the two department can figure out that >> rentals in condominium situations with a little bit more difficult i think if there are condo unit being suzette sub let then i think the hoa has to allow for this the homeowners association and if they don't allow it they wouldn't be able to do it so far as the amount of time i would be supportive up to two hundred and 80 days so long as it's a hosted situation if they've got an center room they should be able to use that extra room for up to 90 days if they're not there it allows them to make their payments and pay their taxes but still have to be the preliminary tenant they're not taking space away from anybody and nobody is going to rent something for a 90 day period underlines in under the circumstances violations i think there is some i asked some of the staff for the amazes i think that that was not certain what we would be charging but $400; right? and i

or portland and san francisco but san francisco is definitely on the cutting-edge of the coffee scenee's so many romance in coffee is surrounds the sourcing of that and thinking about where it came from and how and coffee is wonderful. >> i know for a fact i was born to make coffee. i have a notice from the dad let the life i live speak for me and let's have a cup of coffee and talk about it. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪much. >> good afternoon. i'm supervisor yee representing district that. i want to thank you all for being here today, we're here today unified for children and families yes (clapping) we are honored to have not only mayor ed lee but assembly member tom who is on his way to join us today. thank you. (clapping.) this is a special day for san francisco children we'll be introducing the final version off our legislation the children and families first initiative today at the board of supervisors meeting the final result was much, much input. from mire colleagues and from mayor lee's office the reward for working together is a strong, strong piece of legislation supported by not only by me but

artisan brewing in portland is worth about $500 million a year.hese are not small businesses. >> a they're not install, b in our story that dwarte did, they did not strike me as artisanal but socially conscious. how do you define the economy? >> local, hand made, there is a craft orientation, a lawsuit of autonomy, and the ability to create their own product, to create their own businesses, to follow their interests and passions, it's all about different relationship with the people who buy their products, more about appreciation than consumption. if you look back at the industrial economy you're looking at things that need to be schools but when you look at the artisan economy these products they're producing are things that you appreciate, you have a narrative with them, the narrative between patron or what i call the consumer. the work life is changing this idea that we separate the social and the production part of the economy. that's changing a great deal the idea of -- >> in other words there's less separation in the artisan economy between

or portland and san francisco but san francisco is definitely on the cutting-edge of the coffee scenee's so many romance in coffee is surrounds the sourcing of that and thinking about where it came from and how and coffee is wonderful. >> i know for a fact i was born to make coffee. i have a notice from the dad let the life i live speak for me and let's have a cup of coffee and talk about it. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good afternoon, everybody. thank you, everyone for being here and i want to thank you for joining me and the board of supervisors for this special occasion to sign our next two year budget 8.6 he million dollars this city is worth it. it is as i may say an historic time and budget navigate as i signed this budget i'm reminded and i think the supervisors know this as well it is really the first time in 6 years we've had a budget deficit under $100 million the supervisors feel it as we've gone to every district and 4ri7bd to the needs of the district and make sure the budget reflected not only citywide values but our neighborhood as well i want to thank you president chiu and supervisor

record high today was 102 in portland. didn't quite get there. today another day of watching a lot of large fires. 37 large fires burning. specifically northern california and the pacific northwest. red flag warnings in pink are widespread today. today will be a dangerous fire day. as we do watch washington state, least there we do have rain this morning. there will be cloud cover, and the temperatures will be much cooler today in many areas of the west. you can see on the radar there some of the wet weather moving up right where we need it. over central portions of the state. again, with more thunderstorms, we could spark more storms later today. that'syesterday. still hot conditions in areas of southern california. zoolg in the days ahead it doesn't look like we're going to be as hot. hopefully the northwest has seen their scorching heat for the summer and will be done with it. >> that is certainly welcome news. bill, thanks. we'll check back in with you later. >>> what does president obama know about a new supreme court justice that the rest o

yesterday it was also another hot day, portland you did it again, 93 degrees. now that is 15, 90 degree days so far this summer. many more than cities associated with hot weather like st. louis, chicago or washington, d.c. and it's going to be close as i said, today will be about 89 in the northwest. that's your national weather. now here's a closee interior california, upper 90s. you don't consider portland, oregon, one of the hottest spots. >> by no means. but it sounds like you have a poem going there, surf up, heat up, august is winding down. >> no one wants to go back to school. >> hopefully we'll have a good labor day forecast. >>> denying fellow air travelers the right to recline. an accident results in one messy foam fest. you're watching "early today." to pitch in for an industrial-sized smoker. before earning 1% cash back everywhere, every time. and 2% back at the grocery store. even before he got 3% back on gas. all with no hoops to jump through. norm used his bankamericard cash rewards credit card to enter the bbq masters invitational. where he smok

we'll take 83 in portland. that's a good weekend. by the pool and 58 on sunday.ne and warm. who knows? could be one of the warmest weekends we have for a while. what's in store past the weekend, really no complaints. even into seattle, next chance of rain doesn't evolve until tuesday. shaping up for a nice stretch. snoo thank you very much, bill. >>> new to entertainment news. at the box office this weekend it looks like the heroes in a half shell will stay top. teenage mutant ninja turtles is -- >> another chance to go long. >> yes. >> marvel, guardians of the galaxy, should stay in second place. >> we could see the double feature. >> sure. >> and get the expendables 3 with the 17 stars expected to gross $22 million. i wonder how many of them -- >> i guess it's never too early to care about fashion, and northwest, daughter of kim kardashian and kanye west, made her modelling debut. >> she has her ears pierced? some people do pierce the baby's ears. >> might be the diamond earrings. get this, she has a purse valued at close to $3,000. >> that's nothing. mommy pro

here is what happened to portland harbour, you can see where we had the run off into portland harbour. so the run-off is going to include anything on the ground, garbage, trash, it's not a pretty picture. it makes you think gis about throwing things that the groundwater. >> we see a lot of uprooted trees as well. >> bitter news for new jersey taxpayers. they'll foot the multi-million bill for the governor's legal fees related to bridge-gate. >> i'm john terrett in the shadow of the empire state building, about to take part in the als ice bucket challenge, i'll be doused in freezing cold ice-filled water. i'm having serious second thoughts - i mean serious second thoughts, just saying. >> people over the u.s. taking ice-cold baths for a good cause. one of our own decides to take the plunge. america mobile app, available for your apple and android mobile device. download it now >>> new jersey taxpayers are not only paying to investigate chris christie's role in the bridge gate scandal but will pay the millions racked up by his office. federal investigators are looking into lane closures

or portland and san francisco but san francisco is definitely on the cutting-edge of the coffee scenee's so many romance in coffee is surrounds the sourcing of that and thinking about where it came from and how and coffee is wonderful. >> i know for a fact i was born to make coffee. i have a notice from the dad let the life i live speak for me and let's have a cup of coffee and talk about it. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ for tuesday, august 26, 2014, is now called to order. roll call please. thank you mr. haney. complauf u ms. maufas. dr. murase. ms. norton. ms. wynns. president fewer. ms. jones mr.

portland, washington state. mexico, canada. el berta, they were in canada. they went all over the play. going all of those places, you can see they rarely lost. this was an awfully good team. but the barn storming is a part that most people had the opportunity to see the kansas city monarchs. this is the way that most baseball fans had the chance to see the kansas city monarchs especially outside of the cities. the towns teams knew how great the monarchs were. a ball player can recognize another ball player, no doubt about it. so when they saw the kansas city monarchs, they recognized how good these players were. this picture right here, this game was played in blue rapids kansas. so that 1939 and that shows how popular they were the teams were willing to pose with the kansas city monarchs. this was at a time when racial divides could be pretty tough but the kansas city monarchs were welcomed almost every place they went. so because of his great innovations, jl killconson so we have pictured here is a member of the baseball hall of fame in cooperstown, new y

and this time, it was a walk from portland, maine to chicago.$10,000 wager he could walk from portland to chicago in less than 30 days. and again, this was considered practically impossible. at the time. he -- he succeed. he won the bet and again along the way, huge crowds in buffalo and erie and cleveland. when he got to chicago an estimated 25% of the population of the city was waiting to meet him. another huge sensation and this solidified westin's reputation as a celebrity, a celebrity athlete and he was just westin the walker. the name westin was synonymous with walking. he was a clever guy. with his fame at its peak he decided to take his act indoors. in the 1870s, roller skating became a popular sport. it was a fad, really. i think general sherman was a big fan. but anyway, towns and cities began building roller rinks, places where you can go roller skate and westin would stage walking exhibitions in these roller rinks, walk against time. he would attempt to walk 100 miles in 24 hours. and he'd pull into a town and hire a band and he woul

and this time, it was a walk from portland, maine to chicago.and he made a $10,000 wager he could walk from portland to chicago in less than 30 days. and again, this was considered practically impossible. at the time. he -- he succeed. he won the bet and again along the way, huge crowds in buffalo and erie and cleveland. when he got to chicago an estimated 25% of the population of the city was waiting to meet him. another huge sensation and this solidified westin's reputation as a celebrity, a celebrity athlete and he was just westin the walker. the name westin was synonymous with walking. he was a clever guy. with his fame at its peak he decided to take his act indoors. in the 1870s, roller skating became a popular sport. it was a fad, really. i think general sherman was a big fan. but anyway, towns and cities began building roller rinks, places where you can go roller skate and westin would stage walking exhibitions in these roller rinks, walk against time. he would attempt to walk 100 miles in 24 hours. and he'd pull into a town and hire a ba

the portland mavericks.o 1977, a team of castoffs, characters, who shockingly became successful winners at a time when an independent ballclub with no major league affiliation was unheard of. >> nobody would touch us except the mavericks made it possible for a second chance. >> reporter: that's steven katz a second baseman on the team. >> there were a lot of good players. they were discarded. they were discarded one way or another by college teams, by pro teams. >> reporter: the owner of the team was ex-minor leaguer and television actor bing russell who also filled in as interim manager. >> they couldn't stand him. they couldn't stand him! >> reporter: his son, right there. actor kurt russell. >> he had been a double-a player and he blew out a shoulder and that ended his career. he was a good player! and he was a terrific hitter. >> reporter: for five seasons they were always a huge draw. the 1977 team's attendance was over 125,000 for 33 home games. >> during the games, the gays would leave the dugout when

fred is in portland. he's working on season five of "portlandia."und a way to keep him involved in a segment we're calling "fredex." now "fredex" is not a promotion with fedex. we do receive no money from them. we should, but we don't. to recap, what we do is every week, we send fred a package with props, three props and a sealed question. we sent it on monday. fred opens it, puts on the three prop, he creates a character and then he improvises an answer to the question tht we sent in the envelope. so here is this week's addition of "fredex." >> fred: hi there. i'm fred. i'm in portland, oregon right now in the trailer shooting portlandia. hi, everybody. and -- here i've got this box. unopened, as you can see. you'll notice the whites are very taken care of. this never got dirty. this was very well taken care of. fedex is just a company that consistently takes care of their packages. what time is it over there? oh, yeah? yeah. blonde wig. [ laughter ] and then there's this in here. i assume it's glasses. oh, there's shades. [ speaking in foreign lan

well, when he went, got out of the league they went as far as the pacific coast, they went to portlandashington state, idaho, they went down to mexico, went over the border into mexico. they went up to canada. they went all the way to saskatchewan, alberta. they went all over the place. going to all those places you can see they rarely lost. this was an awfully good team. but the barnstorming is the part that most people had the opportunity to see the kansas city monarchs. this is the way that most baseball fans had a chance to see the kansas city monarchs especially outside of the major cities. this picture here is a barnstorming picture. you can see the towns' teams they knew how great the monarchs were and most -- a ball player can recognize another ball player, no doubt about it. so when they saw the kansas city monarchs they recognized how good these players were. and this picture right here, this game was played in blue rapids kansas. that's the 1939 and that shows how popular they were, teams were willing to pose with the kansas city monarchs and this is at a time when racial di

or portland and san francisco but san francisco is definitely on the cutting-edge of the

he actually brought a food taster along with him when he did the walk from portland, maine, to chicago make sure nobody tried to poison him. even if you made him sick for two days, it might be enough for his schedule to be off. westin was meticulous about his schedule. he scheduled every minute. every race, a six-day race or a walk from new york to los angeles. he had everything scheduled out. when he would sleep, when he would eat, those sorts of things. if he was taken off that schedule, he would be in trouble. >> no question, but a couple of comments. it seems that the speed you referred to seems

he's in portland working on "portlandia" season five.ve found a way to keep fred involved in a segment that we have been calling "fredex." we receive no money from fedex, i need to stress this. this is not a promotion. this is just an idea we came up with and forgot to ask them for money before we did it. [ laughter ] so to recap the way it works, on tuesday we sent fred a package with three costume props and a question in a sealed envelope. the idea is that fred, who is one of the best in the world of all time creating characters will put on these props, create a character and then answer the question that will be asked of him by someone off camera. here's this week's video of fredex. >> fred: hi, i'm fred. i'm up in portland, oregon, right now, shooting "portlandia." wish we could be there, but here we are doing fredex. i love this company so much that i actually sometimes send empty boxes to myself, just to support the company. [ laughter ] i'm just such a fan. so everyone in the audience, what are your names? oh, that's cool. [ laugh

portland, oregon. officer mark james is with the city of portland's traffic division. he deals with the normal traffic issues, duis, crashes, and speeding drivers. it's late afternoon on mother's day. officer james is parked on northwest bridge avenue, monitoring the cars heading downhill. it's a stretch of road where drivers tend to go faster than they are supposed to. >> it's posted 35 miles an hour. both the bridge access and the bridge itself. who knows why people speed. i guess to get some place faster, but it is a problem area as far as speeders go. >> it's raining lightly, but that doesn't slow down some drivers. a vehicle flies by officer james' parked car going well behalf the speed limit. >> the driver in this incident was going at 52 miles per hour, as they passed me in this 35 zone. >> officer james hesitates for a couple seconds to give the driver a chance to decelerate. >> i thought maybe they would slow down once they saw me. >> but police radar shows the driver clocking nearly 20 miles above the speed limit at the bottom of the hill. officer james takes

i'm here in portland, oregon. working on "portlandia."in mind, i just wanted to say that -- what a great company. [ laughter ] after a hard day at work, nothing is better than fedex. [ laughter ] i'm going to open this up. where are you guys from? wow. you liking new york? so cool. [ laughter ] this is portland behind me, by the way. see those trees? i live right there in that tree. right along that branch. okay, so there's like a hoodie. is this a hoodie? it's like a skull on fire. look at that. what is this? there's eye holes. but not quite where -- oh, yeah. look at this. a wig and headphones. hello, i'm a surgeon at john hopskins hospital, and we are trying to have a new day of doctors here where -- we're trying to have a new day of doctors where we don't dress up like all the other doctors around the country. [ laughter ] please come to our hospital. we do all kinds of surgery, no questions asked. [ laughter ] whatever internal maladies you may have, john hopskins is number one and any other hospital that says that they could do the

he actually brought a food taster along with him when he did the walk from portland, maine, to chicago to make sure nobody tried to poison him because even if you made him sick for two days, it might be enough for his schedule to be off. and westin of meticulous about his schedule. highway scheduled every minute. every race. a six-day race or walk from new york to los angeles, he had everything scheduled out. when he would sleeve e sleep, when he would eat, those sorts of things. and if he was takien off that schedule, he would be in trouble. yes? >> no question, but a couple of comments. it seems that speed seems phenomenal, especially over same period of time, number one. number two, truman's famous for being a walker. every day he took his constitutional. >> referring to the speed of the pedestrians and the competitive raise, i -- i think -- and it's hard to tell, we have no photographs, much less moving pictures. it's a shame. it was still the age of, you know, line drawings and engravings. but the way people described westin apes walk really sounded similar to what race walking is

is reliving a childhood memory or the need for speed, crowds came out for the soap box derby in portland, oregon. participants competed for several awards, including best in show and crowd favorites. >> how fun. >> a get out today. >> a mix of sunshine and clouds today. fingers crossed that everything goes ok for the games tonight. a better chance for wet weather by the middle of the week. >> double have the latest tonight. -- doug will have the latest tonight. [dramatic music] ♪ >> oh, hey! hey! [cheers and applause] what up? what up? baby, what's up? what up? what up? what up? what up? i haven't even started. hey, how are you? >> so nice to meet you. >> come on in. >> thank you. [cheers and applause] >> yeah. yeah. well, hello, and welcome to millionaire. today's first contestant suffers from a condition she calls fomo. from brooklyn, new york, give it up for jennifer belliveau. hello, jennifer. >> hi. >> hi. you look nice. all right-- >> oh, thank you. >> a condition called fomo. >> that's right. i suffer from fomo. it's the fear of missing out. if my friends are dog

portland, oregon, will get close to 90. phoenix sizzling with a high of 107. just everywhere else will be in the 80s. >>> a sudanese woman who refused to recan't her christian faith in the face of a death sentence has arrived in the u.s. merian ibrahim was cheered by supporters. her husband who has u.s. citizenship previously lived in new hampshire and has family already there. ibrahim who was able to leave sudan after the high court overturned the sentence. >>> president obama hosted a celebration honoring special olympics last night packed with a-list celebrities like katy perry and stevie wonder but only one amazing talent was called to the stage just to embrace the president. >> i love you, obama. >> i love you. >> you know, presidents need some encouragement once in a while too. [ laughter ] that felt really good. that was nice. thank you, tim. >> that was tim harris, he's a special olympian with down syndrome and has his own restaurant, if you can believe it, in albuquerque. >> good for him. great to see so many special olympians yesterday at the white h

protesters did the same this portland, oregon and from los angeles to north carolina, people wore red in a show of solidarity. >>> don't shoot was the message for protesters here at home. hundreds marched from malcolm x park to the steps of the national portrait gallery. the diverse group was united in one cause, to express their outrage over the shooting of an unarmed 18-year-old teen. >> lives of young black men matter. and when they are unarm ed and when they are interacting with police, they should not have to worry about whether they have a target on their book. >> they also honored the work of a grad wounded during protests in perfecting soferguson. coming up, jay gray will be live on the ground there. if you have to get going, you can stay with news 4 all day and follow the developments on twitter and facebook. and you can done load the app for updates about the situation in ferguson. >>> this morning investigators are trying to figure out what caused the ground to collapse trapping two workers in a trench. the men were working on the found days of a home. at some point the gro