he heads up to vancouver island and he has onboard alexander mckay, a very experienced trader who in fact crossed the continental north 10 or 12 years before louis and clark was alexander mackenzie of whom many of you know cross the canadian north but is nowborder but is now the canadian north of 1793. so alexander experienced first traders on board of the ship and they pick up an interpreter on the way up to vancouver island of the harbor and they end up in what is now the island near. and the interpreter said you don't want to go into the sound. the indians here have bad memories of earlier traders and resentment. he ignores them and goes in any way. i write throughout this book in a number of places about the native american tribes and the different cultures. i'm not going to go into any detail at this point other than to say it was an irony that out of all of the native american tribes in north america that his parties ended up coming against two of the wealthiest ones and one of them with their incredible herds of buffalo and the other being the northwest coastal indians with th

some boaters off the coast of vancouver island went out to look for some killer whales and they ended up meeting what may be the smartest seal in the world. we're giving him a lot of credit here. i think he deserves it. they were hunting that seal looking for some lunch. the seal saw the boat and jumped right up on the there for a while and he went back into the water and he got back in the boat when he realized the whales were still there. the end of the day though, the seal won. the whales finally gave up and swam away. and those fischerman have a great story now. >>> well, pause lee park will soon be open to the public. fans of the late rock legend buying tickets online tomorrow for tours that will begin on october 3rd. it's going to cost you about $40 to get in. e was where the superstar recorded, produced and mixed most of his biggest hits. his family is seeking permission to the city -- from the city to use pause lee park as a museum, recording studio and a concert venue. >>> lifetime television is creating a biopic about brittney spears and are calling it brittney, of course. i

. >>> a seal leaping onto a boat off the coast of vancouver island to escape a pod of hungry orcas. they circled the boat. the seal did fall off several stay put and outlast the whales. and the seal now dubbed gerald went back into the water. >> they should call him lucky. [ laughter ] >> as far as our weather goes, drying out a little bit. but the showers will be back again tomorrow, and maybe again on friday. a little more raining be in the forecast. here's the mountain cam. and you can see we up there. at least partly sunny. those clouds are beginning to part as we dry out. doppler 4,000 shows that. we did have the showers that are now drying off to the east. we're seeing some breaks in the clouds. a row of showers and thunderstorms coming through. so we might not be out of the woods for another shower, isolated thunderstorm. you can see the line going from north to south right there, and over the trinidad area. a lot of storms and showers still moving in there as well. as far as the moisture goes, out in the west, we did pretty well, a half inch to an inch and everybody got a ni

that when you live on one of the best ways to see it is from a kayak especially if you're in vancouver island, british columbia, these videos sent to us by our friend brad. and when he needs to get a better look at what's happening under the water -- >> no. >> no! >> anyone? no. okay. >> he sees a bunch out there. particularly harbor seals. right now it's the pupping season. the little pups come up to the kayak. hi, how are you? >> if you want to have an adventure like this you can go up to see the pups for yourself. but ifou penn island, british columbia, and hanging out with the wild coast adventure, you may have caught something like this. >> oh. >> whoa! >> so magnificent. >> every single -- >> please tell me you got that. >> whoa! >> it was up close and personal. hello. >> you were impressed by that? >> watch what i can do. >> incredible. that breach caught by a number of angles. >> that is just spectacular. >> see the kayakers in the background, reverse, reverse. just a gorgeous, gorgeous scene out there. we a lives by all kinds of things we take for granted like machinery, elevators, a

that when you live on one of the best ways to see it is from a kayak especially if you're in vancouver island, british columbia, these videos sent to us by our friend brad. this is lucas, out there. and when he needs to get a better look at what's happening under the water -- >> no. >> no! >> anyone? no. okay. >> he sees a bunch out there. particularly harbor seals. right now it's the pupping season. the little pups come up to the kayak. hi, how are you? >> if you want to have an adventure like this you can go but if you were in the area of penn island, british columbia, and hanging out with the wild coast adventure, you may have caught something like this. >> oh. >> whoa! >> so magnificent. >> every single -- >> please tell me you got that. >> whoa! >> it was up close and personal. >> that is mom hello. >> you were impressed by that? >> watch what i can do. >> incredible. that breach caught by a number of angles. >> that is just spectacular. >> see the kayakers in the background, reverse, reverse. just a gorgeous, gorgeous scene we are surrounded in our daily lives by all kinds of things we

this particular one found on vancouver island. that whole area around it was clearcut in 2012, and that's idea of this video -- to bring attention to the process of clearcutting. the canada government still allows it. and the arborial collective and ancient forest alliance are trying to sign petitions to protect trees like this, to protect ancient growth forests because they're so important to the global ecosystem. >> i'm watching, and there's nothing you can do. people are doing this legally. >> there is something you can do. you can speak up and sign their petition at ancientforestpetition.com or ancientforestalliance.org. ? >>> get rdy for an all-new pokemon go experience. >> you get to play pokemon go with grandma? that's awesome. >> find out if they'll be trading in knitting needles for the love of the game. >> aww. >> yeah. pokemon. [ laughter ] ? >>> and what's inside -- >> your ear? >> putting ear wax candles to test and watch things get really weird. >> three, ew. what is that? >> should you do a taste test? verify? sendi

this particular one found on vancouver island. idea of this video -- to bring attention to the process of clearcutting. the canada government still allows it. and the arborial collective and ancient forest alliance are trying to sign petitions to protect trees like this, to protect ancient growth forests because they're so important to the global ecosystem. >> i'm watching, and there's nothing you can do. people are doing this legally. >> there is something you can do. you can speak up and sign their petition at ancientforestpetition.co visit the website at ancientforestalliance.org. ?? >>> get ready for an all-new pokemon go experience. >> you get to play pokemon go with grandma? that's awesome. >> find out if they'll be trading in knitting needles for the love of the game. >> aww. >> yeah. pokemon. [ laughter ] ?? >>> and what's inside -- >> your ear? >> putting ear wax candles to >> three, two, one -- ew. what is that? >> should you do a taste test? verify? sending your kids to school with an allergy medicine that may make them

the group was off the coast of vancouver island, when they noticed the whales suddenly go into their hunting mode. but this seal proved to be one slippery character and outsmarted them all./// >>> thanks for joining us. "c-b-s this morning" starts right now./// <<<>>> >>> good morning to our viewers in the west. it is thursday, august 25, 2016. welcome to "cbs this morning." the number of earthquake victims in italy jumps dramatically overnight, the desperaea we just made it into one of the hardest hit towns. >> more than 20 tornados rip across indiana, tearing through homes and businesses. people are trapped inside, as buildings collapse around them. >>> and hillary clinton hits back after donald trump calls her a bigot. trump campaign manager is in studio 57. >>> we begin with morning with today's eye-opener, your world

a seal off vancouver island escapes a pod of killer whales by jumping on a guy's fishing boat.be covering that. nbc -- nba star james harden's new shoes they got as much blowback as steph curry's dad shoes but we don't have time for that story either. kfc comes out with chicken scented sunscreen i'm sure it's finger licking good but story that's not making it either and the last one -- >> i do not -- >> starting today npr won't allow comments on any of their stories online anymore frances, that we simply say no comment. frances instead much more importantly when we come back the incredible recovery of a little boy who made medical history with a double hand transplant. we're back right after this. soon, she'll type the best essays in the entire 8th grade. get back to great. sixteen gig lexar flash drives just three ninety-nine. office depot officemax. gear up for school. gear up for great. >>> a quick update on a breaking story we're following out of central italy. we now have a confirmed death toll. that death toll stands at 37 people after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit the a

. >> this all happened near cortez island north of vancouver, some kyackers had high powered cameraso capture the whole encounter and two whales stuck around for a while. >> they do it when they are excited and you can see the video that when baby breach, they had a good feeding, and they are really happy, baby got everything that he or she needed and then the baby comes shooting out of the water and mommies just as exciting. >> great show. group leader made sure that the group was safe, they did stay back a bit of the distance. >>> well, what is believed to be the world's largest aircraft flew for the very first time. >> what does it look like? well, take a look, it is airlander ten but they have affect nately named it, the flying bump. they call it the butt blimp for reasons you may, i guess understand. the bum is a mixed of a blimp, helicopter and plane and it can stay in the air for days at a time. it is design to useless steel and carry heavier load and other air ships and it runs on, helium gas. >> it looks like a big butt to me. >> yes. >>> just saying what is obvious. >>> com

vancouver. they were out there paddles between two islands when they heard a mother humpback whale and a car nearby there. they are. look at the show. they paddled in for a little bit of a closer look. that turned out to be much closer than they anticipated. >> when baby came up, i actually said to the group, all right, guys. back pedal. she wasn't close to us. but when momma come up, that was shortly after it was apparent we needed to get back and get back fast. jonathan: yeah. that tour guide is getting some criticism now for allowing the group to even get that close to the whales. they say they followed the rule, they back pedaled away even though whales can swim much faster than kayakers can paddle. when they start breaching right in front of you, time to back pedal real quick. alison: i would imagine it's like terrifying and exhilarating all at the same time. jonathan: the things wul you. boy, oh, boy. alison: amazing. all right. well, let's talk about our weather. a little more pleasant today. jonathan: compared to what we have come through? alison: yeah. jonathan: next week will feel like it