virginia historical society, library of virginia, valentine richmond history center, national park service, black history and culturalave trail cn to reclaim the african burial ground, and all those people had been doing great work day in and day out for years to tell this story. and yet the city was gun urned over public memory of slavery and of the civil bandages of the healing. even if it had not healed the way we thought it should, maybe we finally stopped talk about it. people remember the ar sure ashe statue and those kind of fights. dare we stir this up again. and all the people who are the care takers say, we have no choice. that memory's there. it's not stirring it up. it's bringing it to the light. here was the message, though, that we told ourselves. this is not just the 150th anniversary of the civil war. it's the 150th anniversary of the most important thing that's ever happened in this country. even though there's no national holiday for it. which is the end of perpetual bondage for 4 million people. it's the centennial of emancipation. ot written into the he mission, but the

valentine's. i'm here with amy. you have animal in richmond valentine style -- panel in enrichment. >> it begins at 10:30 with chimps, otters, and elephants. lots of special treat throughout the day. >> they are getting a valentine's present. >> will we do is we make them special things like this lovely pink pig. this is for the elephants. this will be filled with treats. we-in the yard -- we hide them in the yard. we stuffed the paper with need ig with meat. the lions know not to eat the cardboard. it is like a lion lion p pinata. >> there will be a directory once you come in. >> you are trying to keep the animals stimulated and occupied because they are in a zoo. >> some are more active during the evening and morning hours. you want them moving around during the day. this keeps them from being so bored. we do things throughout the day and the year. chance and primates need to be -- chimps and primates need to be enriched during the day. >> a lot happening at the zoo. a storm is down to our south. that will be moving in. we go back to tony in

a richmond floor scrambled to deliver valentine debut kay after sees got into delivery bands. the owners of mcdonald avenue say the thieves stole 60 from bands this morning. some paperwork was also taken. the florist said about all it could do was apologize and offer to make it up to the customers. we learned san jose bank was also hit. today's robbery happened just before 1:30:00 p.m. at bern know road. police say 2 and 3 men got away with an undisclosed amount of cash. one of the men was armed but no shots were fired and no one was hurt. was busted by federal agents. ahead, behavior of passengers that led to a huge drug hall. police are still looking for the gunman involved in a shoot out last night at nail salon. 5 people were wounded including a little girl. detectives today went door to door to speak with potential witnesses. the 2-year-old girl who was shot is the daughter of the salon's owner. she is now in stable condition after undergoing surgery today. police say the target of the shooting was 27-year-old woman inside the salon. >>> this preliminary confirmation toni

valentine a for dozens. new at six john is live now in richmond with the catch up now underway to keep people smiling tonight. >> reporter: we are standing outside the floorist on mcdonald where the rush is winding down. all day the staff has been playing catch up because of a grinch. >> try to do what you can. >> reporter: one of the big of the days of the year for any floorist. including park florists. >> he got here early, we work really hard to get it all made up, put together. >> reporter: early this morning someone broke into several van around the time they were being loaded stole 60 or more bouquets. >> very frustrating. we are here and try to make people happy and when people pay for them they want them the same day. . >> reporter: some of the paperwork was also taken. >> we don't know what was missing, how to get it there, the flowers it make them, make them up. the people aren't going to get them. we tried to call. >> reporter: they took calls people wondering where their flowers were all day. >> we apologize and say we are doing what we can, we understand, you know, and -- if it opportunities get

valentine dinner to a crashing halt. >> reporter: still no suspects in the vandalism attack in richmond over the weekend.ext, find out what police are doing to try and pull people forward. h@ c c c c cab@a@a@a@a@a

valentine's and sing-along with tony bennett tonight. feed me! saving you money -- now, that's progressive. call or click today. one-million dollars at a richmondmentary school t was set to open. >>> back now at 5:54. the damage could be a million dollars at a richmond elementary school that was set to open. vandals breaking into the nystrom elementary school sunday afternoon. they flooded the auditorium there, splattered paint on walls and the floors and broke windows. and it's happened before. >> they vandalize this second time this has happened. this time they sent a message that you thought we were playing last time, we're serious. this happened before. not to this extent. but we just had this happen six weeks ago. >>> so far there are no suspects. there is a $10,000 reward if you have information. >> reporter: in other bay area headlines berkeley city council may decide tonight whether to get stricter about providing mutual aid for "occupy" protests. this comes after police helped out in the "occupy oakland" demonstrations. councilmembers were consider several proposals to change their policies. >>> today oakland mayor jean quan and the ci

richmond bridge. >> thank you, mike. for the latest traffic and news updates check out nbc bay area on facebook. >> 8:00 now on this valentine'sf our lovebirds on the plaza. a lot of them brought valentines and signs with hearts on them. they're sending love to their families and friends back home. we're so glad to have them here. meantime, outside studio 1a, i'm here with my valentines. we have al roker of course and matt lauer. and i'm going to flash you guys, because i want to send some love to the world. to america. there you go. i'm glad you liked that. >> good thing you remembered the dress. >> no kidding. >> that's a cool dress. >> thank you. speaking of love, we have a family in our studio with lots of kids. we're talking about jim bob and michelle duggar. they have 19 children. but they have actually had some difficulty in their own family. they're going to be here to talk about a tragic loss they endured, and also they're going to talk about something else that happened regarding an alleged extortion scheme that affected a member of their family. we'll ask them about that. >>> also ahead, at age 22, i think some woul