. >> reporter: rick miller works for edf renewable energy, the california-based company that owns the wind farm. he says the repowering process will cost $35 million and will be partly offset by federal production tax credits for wind energy. turbines like this will produce enough electricity to power 12,000 california homes for a year. >> the turbines are becoming much larger, larger rotor diameters, taller towers. we've been able to reduce the number of turbines required to produce a tremendous amount of energy from the same site. >> reporter: that means there aren't as many for birds to hit. companies can also place the turbines more strategically. scientists believe fewer turbines and better placement are key to protecting wildlife. >> 300 meters above ground -- >> reporter: ecologist sean smallwood has been studying birds in the alta mont since the late 1990s. he advises companies on where to put their turbines to minimize bird deaths. this wind farm called windeasta, "beautiful view," is one of the first. >> the repowering that happened there was very effective, i think. it prob

. >> reporter: rick miller, of e.d.f.e energy, which owns the wind farm, says the repowering process will cost $35 million and is facilitated by federal tax credits for wind energy. >> the turbines are becoming much larger, much larger rotor diameters and much taller towers. so we've really been able to reduce the number of turbines required to produce a tremendous amount of energy from the same site. >> reporter: and that means there are fewer turbines for birds to hit. companies can also place the turbines more strategically. >> three-hundred meters above ground. >> reporter: ecologist shawn smallwood advises companies on where to put their turbines to minimize bird deaths. >> this is where the old turbines were, and this is also where the burrowing owls nest. and so the fatality rate was pretty high. >> reporter: this wind farm was one of the first to get new, more efficient turbines. >> when we re-powered, we put the new turbines up on the top of the hill, where the burrowing owls are not. so our burrowing owl fatalit

miller finding kevin pays for the call. rick nash actually gets a 700 career points. the devils up in ottawa taking on the senators. we go to a shootout. three of the wind so far this season have been in overtime or a shootout. in basketball, it was the knicks preseason finale. knicks down by third team. a little later on, knocking down. a points for the night. keeping the pressure off for the fourth order. two of the 16 points of the night. the celtics go on to win it. finally, this is kind of fun. sumo wrestlers in japan tried to purchase a bit in another sport. short distance running. this is in japan. it was posted to twitter by a fellow wrestler. you can hear everyone's hysterically laughing in the background. the average weight is 418 pounds. two of them had a close finish. i love the laughing in the background. juliet: thank you. robert: 6:49 a.m. time to check in with mike woods. mike: we have a cooler weather making a comeback. sixty-two is your average high. forty-eight is your average low. dropping it down so far to 54 degrees. dropping a little bit more as

and can ben miller who is a fox news contractor. rick, start with you. that nbc reporter over his coverage of the incident? >> yeah, i happen to be watching msnbc as he described the scene as it unfolded and from the very beginning, he failed to report on a few key facts. one, the individual broke out of a line where palestinians were trying to get into a certain secure area, and he failed to tell us that. and he failed to describe that the individual had camoflauged uniform and trying to pretend he was a israeli defense soldier. that is two key facts and i don't buy that amondid not see the knife in the guy's hands. he had to be confronted by the anchor who corrected him. i saw two open hands with nothing in them. and the anchor on msnbc. actually, we are running video showing that you are wrong. it was an atrocious situation that amonmulldin was in the wrong and biassed reporting. >> and even after his filing of that report. he said his comments on twitter. i witnessed the shooting of a man running down the stairs to the damascus before being gunned do

miller. [applause]. >> i studied at miami under this professor. he was in the civil rights movement. he marched with john lewis, the selma hero. he was also jailed for marching in the movement. rickmeyer. [applause]. >> his wife is here. she served me some mighty fine meals during my stay thus far, sumo meyer. [applause]. >> a writer can't dream of a moment like this when their book has been selected in a citywide program to be read by everyone at the same time. i will be coming back in a month with a some multiple multiple multiple-- what do we used to call those? yeah, multiple-choice questions. i can't thank the library enough where i used to go on saturday mornings with my 50 cents. there was never a car in my family, but i could go to tokyo, i could go to paris. i could go to memphis, tennessee. i could go to chicago if i could get myself into the library. the genius behind all that has been pat liszewski cock. [applause]. >> i will be returning to the city-- i'm going on a 24 city book tour and i will be returning to the city october 21 , to appear at the ohio state university. that invitation came from the vice provost of diversity in the inclusion at the ohio state univer