sam cooke. >> songs that really touch people deeply. >> i have come to a place where i call it the soundf maternity. bob dylan calls it eternal young. i think there are certain songs that help you live without fear. when you are living in fear, you invest in violence. fear is expensive, just ask president bush. inn love. and what marvin gaye says is true, war is not the answer, only love can conquer hate. these things are not cliches, they are truisms. if we implement them, you will see a transformation in the bay area, richmond, oakland, the mission. all places where we need to dismantle the violence, the fear, the unnecessary pain that goes on. >> you are a person that has lived a pretty miraculous life. pretty extraordinary what you have accomplished, the range of people you have been able to touch with your music. you chose a beautiful word in spanish for your foundation -- miracle. could you talk about what the foundation has been able to do? >> we are able to empower and give young people a way for them to develop their own decisions. i started with my own vision. there are people

. >> good morning i'm sam cook almost a brand new look. how is the weather looking. steve is here with the forecast. >> we do have more of the same usual low clouds and fog. it looks like today it will burn off. sunshine and breezy on the cool size. cool and sunny and breezy. a little bit below average. a lot of 60s and 70s. temperatures carrying over today. now here is south. >> good morning on the golden gate bridge traffic ruled pretty good heading down to the toll plaza. the fog is not a big issue on this span. this is a look at it. same thing goes. traffic is smooth. 6:01. let's go back to it. >> wear starting our 6:00 with developing news the father of teenage girl of holster is now holly store. authorities tracked down ramirez in snobbier dean know county just before 5:00 this morning. >> she did not appear to be physically harmed. >>> chemoing san jose school children safe as they head to school. he's in san jose to talk about a new speed limit that's under consideration. tara. >> well, we're here the great topic school off of great street. and as you can see

elizabeth cook with what's behind the trek. >> reporter: 24-year-old sam fox is preparing to embark on a journey few have ever completed. >> few people have successfully hiked the entire thing. >> reporter: he plans to go the entire trail from canada to mexico, 2,650 miles of treacherous terrain. those who complete it take several months. sam plans to do it in two. that means he will need to cover 44 miles a day for 60 days. that's over 100 marathons with no days off. >> somewhere around 100 to 150 people attempt the entire trail each year and between 30 and 40% finish it. >> reporter: sam has been training for the past 11 months with a challenge he knows will test him physically as well as mentally. >> i don't think you can actually prepare for something like. >> >> reporter: so why are you doing this incredibly grueling trek? >> to thank my mom and to honor her. >> reporter: sam's mother was diagnosed with parkinson's disease 10 years ago. he is doing the stroke raise a quarter of a million dollars for the michael j. fox foundation for parkinson's research. so how do you think she wi

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host us and sam rockwell, who is selling stuff out on the street right now i see, he and i used to just move in on saturday morning and leave sunday night at daniel's house. and daniel would cookare of us. we would all play ukulele. jon does and daniel does. >> jimmy: is it fun to hear people play the ukulele? no? seems very out of -- >> we might make a sequel. so i have to stay -- >> jimmy: i'm glad you mentioned the sequel because, and i know jon -- jon doesn't want any part of this, but, jon, i have some ideas i would like you to hear us out on -- >> we discussed this already, jimmy. >> i think it's a good idea. >> jimmy: if you give me a minute to make a little pitch here. i know this is not something you want to do. okay, so -- first of all, here's an idea. "cowboys with benefits." what do you think? >> let's move on. let's talk about this movie. 'cause that's kind of bad luck to talk about sequels. >> jimmy: i don't think it is. "cowboys and gary busey." kind of the same film. >> kind of the same. >> jimmy: what do we have? oh, this is a big hit. "cowboys and kardashians." >> all right, that's a good joke. let's move back to olia talking about our movie. >> i think it's

cooked and well presented. they described pippa, quote, an asset. of course, she is. you know, sometimes it's the little things in life that make >> thanks so much. >>> let's get to sambin, we're going to pan to every face in this crowd this morning. because this is my band of storm survivors. since the subways just opened -- good morning, marine. where are you from? >> holly springs, north carolina. >> who is this? >> my beautiful wife, jennifer. >> were you expecting to be here this morning. >> yes, yes. >> what does the sign say? >> semper fi, north carolina. we survived irene in nyc! >> and everybody else did here. good job we're all here this morning. >>> let's get to the boards. there's more tropics on the board here. take a look at jose, this one not expected to be a threat to the u.s. mainland. we're going to watch that. see that other tropical depression on the lower end, that could easily become katia. we got to watch that very carefully. very comfortable this morning. little cool for me. but, okay, it's nice. philly coming in at 78. gets up into the 80s. also nice on the west coast. portland at 78. but inland, that's where all of the heatatnd fires are roa

sam, thanks so much. great piece there. really like that rap. we'll be back. >> thank you very much. we'll never stop sharing our memories, or getting lost in a good book. we'll always cookeer for our favorite team. we'll still go to meetings, make home movies, and learn new things. but how we do all this, will never be the same.

cooking creme. megyn: there is a bright spot in the heart of california's farmland. it is bugs are crops and jobs. but it may have more to do with mother nature, than uncle sameart of the central valley which is known as at nation's salad bowl because it produces 70% of the country's fruits and vegetables. but there has been a serious drought here the past several years and now those things look like they are turning around and the future looks promising. >> this year is the sixth wettest winter in california and we are 80%. this year is a good year. >> reporter: sean has been through the best and worst of times as a long-time farmer in the central valley. but water is beginning to flow again and conditions for the surrounding farming communities are beginning to look green in more ways than one. >> we'll see more corn on cotton. more vegetables and more jobs coming up into the area. the unemployment rate is coming down. >> reporter: farmers credit mother nature with a larger than expected snow knack the sierra. it helped turn a three in year dry spell into thriving and growing businesses. add to that an easings of federal environmental restrictions aimed at

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