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it's a time capsule from one of thomas edison's first phonographs. s thomas mason, sending his laughter from 134 years ago. >>> a picture in the news. an ancient volcanic lake on the big island in hawaii, roaring back to life. tonight, lava rising to a record high, just feet from spilling onto the floor of the crater. and scientists are watching it carefully. >>> and, a video, back in the news. perhaps the most famous rendition of "happy birthday." marilyn monroe singing to president john f. kennedy. ♪ happy birthday mr. president >> well, tonight, we have this new image. look at it. paint pink. it's in color. a version seen for the first time offering a new angle from the orchestra pit. it was filmed by a member of ella fitzgerald's band. the film goes up for auction next month. and we really do want to hear from you, so, tell us which pictures, people and quotes capture your imagination every day. we are reading them at abcnews.com or tweet them to us, #instantindex. >>> coming up here, how much does your dog know about you? new science tonight abou

a sound recording of thomas edison from 187-2348 what experts say is the oldest recording of an american voice. it also contains history as first ever recorded musical performance. he made the recording on a phonograph he invented. >>> the ongoing controversy going on over traffic cameras. when people comes through the district, it becomes the wild, wild west and they lose their minds, they lose their bearings, they lose their manners and drive like bats out of hell? i don't think so. >> just how much are those traffic cameras raking in. we'll have a full report. tucker, something tells me it is more than we make. >> this >> that is a guarantee in my case. i'll have the weather and julie wright will have the traffic coming up after the break. >>> we're taking a live look at the beltway right now. this is the oxon hill area. things moving along pretty well. i would say this may be one of the few days, maybe one of the last days that you will be able to get away without using a seat warmer, what do you think, on the way? it's warm enough you don't need one. >> i want to remind you that man

thomas edison etched it on tinfoil in 1878.r the summer, it made its way to the lawrence berkeley national lab. researchers there have had a lot of success in digitizing some of the world's oldest audio recordings. >> when edison recorded that thing, he used a stylus that impressed the sound vibrations vertically into the surfaces. >> incredible. the 78-second recording also features a man reciting a pair of nursery rhymes and what may be the first ever blooper, because he laughed twice after reciting the wrong words. >>> pretty electric out here. the giants are in the driver's seat of the ,, last nig arms as detroit >>> and dennis o'donnell has tonights sports right, live from at&t park. dennis? >> reporter: kenny, last night it was all pats. madison bumgarner did have a lot at at&t. no score in the second. prince fielder just never stopped running from first base. marco scutaro's throw is there. fielder makes the first out of the inning at home plate. and the tigers do not score. bottom of the second inning, gregory blanco's

thomas edison etched it on tinfoil in 1878. over the summer, it made its way to the lawrence berkeley national lab. researchers there have had a lot of success in digitizing some of the world's oldest audio recordings. >> when edison recorded that thing, he used a stylus that impressed the sound vibrations vertically into the surfaces. >> incredible. the 78-second recording also features a man reciting a pair of nursery rhymes and what may be the first ever blooper, because he laughed twice after reciting the wrong words. >>> pretty electric out here. the giants are in the driver's seat of the world series. we'll take you inside the clubhouse, next. [ laughter ] [ girl ] wow. you guys have it easy. i wish i had u-verse when i was your age. in my day, we didn't have these fancy wireless receivers. blah, blah, blah. if i had a sleepover, i couldn't just move the tv into the playroom. no, we had to watch movies in the den because that's where the tv outlet was. and if dad was snoring on the couch, we muscled through it. is she for

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the record was made on a phonograph invented by thomas edison. it begins with a 23 second clarinet solo and than a man believed to be a st. louis newspaper writer recites two rh he gets new mary had a little lamb but flubs a line in old mother hu bbard. >> we do that every day. >>> a michigan woman's halloween decorations are stirring up more than just a few scares. the woman set up head stopes in her front yard referring to her neighbors. there are names, initials, other than a rest in peace nosey neighbors. folks in the area are not happy about this. they say the stunt is retaliation because they called the city to complain about the woman parking a huge rv in her driveway. i love it. that is hilarious. i think it is funny. >> it is funny but -- iguess if someone goes by and they have a small child in the car. mommy, why is your name on the tombstone. >> drama. you need to make good with the neighbor. >> bury the hatchet. >> just not in their backs. >> right. >> coming up, hurricane sandy pounding cuba with deadly force. we are staying on top o

this was on a sheet of tin foil invented by thomas edison and meet in st. louis in 1878. this was a quick accord that solo any man or reciting nursery rhymes. experts said california berkeley are using technology to develop this for digital preservation. >> she has had several records and more of words but the latest is lady gaga.. searchers named a group of ferns after the pop star because it looks like something she would actually wear. stew of them are new to science. this is one species from costa rica. these scientific words are from mexico. lee the leader give them even more reason why these -- are more unique. your kron 4 7 day around the bay warm weather on the way for saturday, sunday and eat least decent conditions and the chance for showers could be returning. we will be right back the giants had their big victory came number one of the world series. and they are planning up again with -- game 1 was last night. all and president obama and mitt romney are going to be hitting the campaign trail they will be focusing on the swing states and the wet start for some

by think thomas edison said success is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration. i think business is a team sport. if you look at something like google or facebook, attracting the size of the team that you really needed to make facebook successful when myspace didn't succeed and many of the other things didn't succeed, takes i think a lot of money and have to lower abroad people away from a lot of googles and other companies in order to really be successful. and you see what happens on facebook. they say we can't afford to give equity to guys who were sitting in my dorm room that are going to create the value that needs to be created going forward. you can see i got who how much do sophisticated investors decided they needed to pay deliver a leader away from google chrome not only because of that one person as if one person could do it all, but because that represents a certain of i'm with shareholders about what's going to great value for the person and for the company generally, and a team that she can assemble around her to be able to do it. some board of direc

i think of thomas edison, for example. what kind of mindset makes a great inventor?'s a good start. but the mindset to be curious. and to get angry when things don't work properly. to observe how things work, what's efficient about them and then have the curiosity to find out a better way to do it. >> and ask the right questions? >> yes. >> why can't we have a better whatever. >> right. >> fill in the blank. >> emotion and anger is good as well. >> anger? >> that's how it started with me for the vacuum cleaner. the bag became clogged and wasn't picking up the dust and i would have to bend down and pick it up. >> do you think the world doesn't appreciate inventors enough? >> young children really interested in invention and engineering and somehow it getting knocked out of them and by the time they get to university or high school, they start to do academic subjects. you produce 12 times as many lawyers as you do engineers. but the trouble is the world is changing and international trade means that export, you have to have something unique, better technology. and so u

it was made on a thomas edison phonograph in 1878. you can get this. a piece of tinfoil.talking and music. [inaudible] bill: that is very cool. martha: edison invented that device in 1877. also, the worlds first recorded blooper. a man was reciting a nursery rhyme and forgot that words and started laughing. you can come out that on your iphone. bill: that's nice. the brutal murder of little jessica ridgeway. a 10-year-old girl disappeared walking to school in colorado. her remains were found five days later. then 17-year-old, this gentleman confessed and he was turned in. >> we need to make sure that he never gets move. for all the others just like this committee to put them away, and lock them up, never let them go so they can hurt no more children. bill: live in jefferson county court, golden colorado there, good morning. reporter: good morning. the initial appearance just happened. charges were not officially filed against him. he will still be treated as an adult temper early. we expect him to be charged as an adult. the big break came in this case on tuesday night wh

. >> gretchen: oldest american audio recording made by thomas edison has been uncovered. ♪ ♪ >> gretchenph. it was recorded way back in 1878. >> meanwhile, another hollywood liberal jumping ship from team obama. >> i can support obama for a second. i have come around as this as a liberal a but there is no way i can support obama for a second term. >> as i said earlier. >> more snyder added if the president gets re-elected, people who are entrenched in the system are going to get more entrenched. john lovett another celebrity who supported the president but can no longer do it. he recently blasted the president's tax plans. >>> meanwhile, the panda and tigers, pablo sandoval known as panda himself slamming three home runs in game one of the world series against detroit. he is the fourth player to do so in a world series game. giants won in front of their home fans 8-3. >> game two tonight also be in san francisco. it will be fox broadcast network. >> plenty of talk about the yankees. what happened to them? they are not in the world series. big question, highest paid player in sports, alex

thomas edson of the world. there was a huge difference. edison invented manufacturing and kept manufacturing here. his lightbulb was manufactured here up until a few years ago. now it's not. >> guest: apple was here less than a generation in terms of manufacturing. that was the departure from the way we did things for a long time in the country. a creator comes up with the idea. designers help perfect the idea. you make it here and salesmen sell it. there's a whole chain of events. in the case of apple, all the more more than -- manufacturing was eliminated in the country in less than a generation. we're not saying he shouldn't have built a plant somewhere else. that's not the point. the fact none were kept here is what is typical. and different. is it any surprise that apple is such a rich company they figure out ways to make more money. who paid the price here domestically? we say it's the middle class. >> guest: another example that where we talked about earlier there's no stick. if whatever the company is move their production overseas, fine. there has to be a penalty. so that at least the pla

thomas edson of the world. there was a huge difference. edison invented manufacturing and kept manufacturing here. his lightbulb was manufactured here up until a few years ago. now it's not. >> guest: apple was here less than a generation in terms of manufacturing. that was the departure from the way we did things for a long time in the country. a creator comes up with the idea. designers help perfect the idea. you make it here and salesmen sell it. there's a whole chain of events. in the case of apple, all the more more than -- manufacturing was eliminated in the country in less than a generation. we're not saying he shouldn't have built a plant somewhere else. that's not the point. the fact none were kept here is what is typical. and different. is it any surprise that apple is such a rich company they figure out ways to make more money. who paid the price here domestically? we say it's the middle class. >> guest: another example that where we talked about earlier there's no stick. if whatever the company is move their production overseas, fine. there has to be a penalty. so that at least the pla