. >>> not so long ago i told you about thomas smith and his idea for 30 amazing things.said from january of this year, up until september of next year, 2014, he's going to do 30 amazing things, capturing them all on film with his go pro camera. the first thing was a color run. he's got number two and number three checked off his list. first up, number two, jump out of an airplane in kauai, hawaii. >> a gorgeous place to do that. >> he was bringing along his girlfriend, chelsea. to accomplish amazing thing number two. here comes thomas, it's chelsea. it's chelsea's turn. >> you can see the entire island of kauai. >> tandem jump but they're doing an awesome job. keeping her form perfectly. >> eventually they make it down to the ground. walks on over to her. suddenly we see the title for amazing thing number three. >> he asks chelsea to marry him. he gets down on one knee. >> from the look on his face she's surprised. we see the ring go on. there's a high five. boom, number two, number three, checks off the list. we've got thomas, we've got chelsea joining us, "right this m

thomas jefferson. i picked bessie smith. there was a piano in the classroom.y're still talking about that in sacramento. there was something about that music. even though the music that icing on this album is more modern -- that icing on this album is more modern than my father's taste in music, that is my first love. tavis: windy recall the first time you performed publicly with your father -- when do you recall the first time you performed publicly with your father? washe first performance speed -- was the california state fair at 3.5. i remember it vividly. when you developed all ive of jazz -- my mom and were talking not too long ago. we were talking about the fact that when you a child, we were a very spiritual family. it is one thing to lean on your mom and dad's relationship with god. at some point, you have to develop your own relationship when you start going to things on your own. it is one thing to be introduced to jazz by your father. at some point, you develop your own love for it. evolution of the developing your own unique style and taste and af

well to talk more about what has happened sean thomas to join the studio last year ashley smith still we mentioned there talked about the siege. how significant is that we reading too much into this will this be part of the inquiry and we will certainly be part of the inquiry but we may be giving more attention to that but let's look at the timing of this you have the waco siege which ended on april nineteenth seventy four people killed in a very significant very big fire reminiscent of the images that we're seeing seeing that was the culmination of a fifty day standoff between a.t.f. agents and the branch davidian david koresh he set the complex on fire killing himself and these seventy three others to that was twenty years ago almost to the day one day shy of that then two years later so eighteen years ago in oklahoma city bombing the federal building the murrayfield you're building there also happened on this date and kind of eerie as well the sixty sixth anniversary exactly to the day of the texas city texas fire and explosion which killed twelve hundred people that was at a month

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smith coming up. . >> now from abc7 news, i am eric thomas.arching if a man who shot from a car and hit an off-duty paramedic in the head. the victim is quinn boyer, who is in critical condition now. the shooting happened before noon yesterday on keller avenue in oakland. the video from sky 7 shows where he landed. witnesses say a man in a brown car opened fire on boyer's car. he drove away and slammed town a median and went down a ravine. they do not know what prompted the shooting. and how is the traffic on this wednesday morning, leyla gulen? >> we look at the san mateo bridge and we have a report of an accident in westbound lane just before the toll plaza so just out of involvement it does not seem to i affect traffic too much but where it is affecting traffic is 101 northbound in palo alto. we have a report of a crash there. beyond san antonio road, and it is slow going away from the south shore freeway. eric? >> our meteorologis ♪ ♪ if loving you is wrong ♪ i don't wanna be right [ record scratch ] what?! it's not bad for you. it just ta

smith sat the cme, thank you. >> thank you. >> president obama's nominee for labor secretary, thomas perez, has a senate confirmation hearing tomorrow g.o.p. report slams him for what they call a questionable deal. basically brokered between the city of st. paul, minnesota and the justice department. everybody does that; right? next guest broke the satisfactory a year ago about the case. joining us now "wall street journal" editorial board member. mary, you've been all over the story. it's so complicated, that's why no one's addressing it because they don't get it. >> yeah, well, i'll break it down. it's a very simple story. tom runs the state i think you're discriminating against minorities, pay me money. >> it's that simple. >> it's that simple. the banks pay up, and all the sudden the supreme court says we're going to hear a case that could completely invalidate the legal fear in doing that. he goes to the city of st. paul says you got to withdraw the case from the supreme court because i, mr. perez, my legal knowledge trumps that of the supreme court. it's not just this, tracy, but a bigger story. >> that's like strong arms. >>

thomas jefferson was frequently here. james monroe was here. henry clay. margaret smith. once while mrs. madison was serving at the head of the table the vice president offered to do the honors for her and she responded oh no, watch with what ease i do it. and he had to admit she did it with unparalleled ease. >> and looking at their life when they returned there, how was it compared to when they lived in the white house? >> i think they were besieged by people who wanted to associate themselves with the mad sons. many visitors in addition to -- political visitors in addition o family and friend. sort of like the washingtons nd the jeffersons. everybody wanted to meet the great percentages. so they had people in the house with them. not only relatives but many political visitors as well. >> she was devoted to him and getting his papers together in that role. was she happy doing that? >> yes, that the point she loved her husband very much. that is where he wanted to stay and so she stayed as well. the descriptions of her at this time werent the same. she's described as content, adam and e