the transit of venice.t's when the planet venice transfers between the sun and earth appearing as a black dot moving across the sun. the rare occurrence once helped answer a big question about our universe. >> reporter: for astronomers, it's a twice in a lifetime spectacle. this is nasa video of the 2004 transfer of venice, which won't happen again until the 22nd century, but in the 1700s, the transit ignite the first grace space race, the request for a yardstick of the heavens. andrea wolfe wrote the book, "chasing venice." >> in the 18th century, astronomers believed they could use the transit of venice to answer the most pressing questions of the age, which is the precise distance of the solar system. it was important for trading empire or naval power. >> reporter: scientists decided that by measuring the timing and angles of venice crossing the sun from various points on earth, that they could calculate the distance from earth to sun, but this triangulation required dispatching hundreds of astronomers f

of venice. we left the united states on june 3rd, on june 5th i visited the villa with the national security council advisor and did our usual briefings and the president and i spent some time afterwards talking through this speech. and the president said to me, what do you think? and i said, mr. president, i think it's a hell of a speech and a hell of a line but you're president, you get to decide. and he looked at the speech and i looked at the so-called offending paragraph and said well i think we'll leave it in. and that was on june 5th. and on june 6th we flew to the vatican to be with pope john paul ii and then we came back to the villa and then we flew on the venice for the economic summit. and there was still back and forth from the interagency process, the state department. and the day before the speech, george schultz, our wonderful secretary of state took me aside and said i just want you to know, ken, that i share the department's objection with the speech and with that paragraph and

panic in venice, italy, as a rare twister tears across the panic in venice, italy, as a rare twister tears across the island city. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and good morning. i'm lynn berry. today we begin with confronting russia. this morning the u.s. is challenging russia, questioning that nation over sending attack helicopters to the syrian government. secretary of state hillary clinton says the delivery of those helicopters will, quote, escalate the conflict quite dramatically. she wants the president in russia, vladimir putin, to stop the helicopter shipment. amateur video appeared to show heavy shelling in homs, a day after united nations monitors said syrian attack helicopters fired on rebel strongholds there. meanwhile in moscow, tens of thousands of russians are all across the political spectrum took to the streets to protest against president putin for the first time since he retook that office last month. they denounced the government for rounding up many opposition leaders on monday. >>> well, back here at home, wildfires are still raging out

that is not something that i expected to hear in venice, italy. but clear skies here in the washington, d.c. area. no worries. so, tucker barnes, what about this tornado in italy? >> they do happen occasionally. they are somewhat rare. i just looked up the last time they had a tornado in italy was 2010. so every couple of years, they get them. but that one looked pretty strong. >> that was pretty serious. >> yeah. >> good news here. >> good news here. much better news here. after the rain showers yesterday and all the humidity we've had around here the last couple of of days, we are looking at drier conditions moving in. >> ptl, praise the lord. >> ptl. there it is. official. let's get right to the radar. we're done with the rain shower activity. about 1/4 inch of rainfall yesterday at reagan national. we need the rain. we are looking at bright sunshine here for the next several days. in fact, the forecast this weekend looks fabulous. quiet conditions. couple of fronts coming through. the second in a series of cold fronts just off to the north and

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he took three buses and hitchhiked, making it to my old frame house in venice. i said, why are you here? he said i was in a car and we did drive by and i don't know what to do. you said you would always be there for me. there's the answer and the question. how are we always going to be there for bobby. how are we going to help young people at risk, people who are active, to build new identities? we begin with tattoo removal, legal expunged and and we work on attachment. every individual who wants to avoid being in a gang, who wants to leave the game, they need a role model and mentor, they need someone to be there. there is no single type of person. we need it the merging of former gang members, prosecutors and social workers and public defenders. you have all had that kid. he needs role models, job training, and real jobs. i was happy to hear that in the video, nothing stops the bullet like a job. we need to provide that. bobbie ann smiley did not ask for their fates. a young woman i worked with, who has five children and has been a member of valencia 13, and f

he took three buses and hitchhiked, making it to my old frame house in venice. i said, why are you here? he said i was in a car and we did drive by and i don't know what to do. you said you would always be there for me. there's the answer and the question. how are we always going to be there for bobby. how are we going to help young people at risk, people who are active, to build new identities? we begin with tattoo

he took three buses and hitchhiked, making it to my old frame house in venice. i said, why are you here? he said i was in a car and we did drive by and i don't know what to do. you said you would always be there for me. there's the answer and the question. how are we always going to be there for bobby. how are we going to help young people at risk, people who are active, to build new identities? we begin with tattoo removal, legal expunged and and we work on attachment. every individual who wants to avoid being in a gang, who wants to leave the game, they need a role model and mentor, they need someone to be there. there is no single type of person. we

wanted to show you this, check out what happened in italy this is venice is it a waterspout or a tornadois probably over water part of the time then over land another part of the time very intriguing from venice, italy of that tornado rare sight there thankfully, didn't do too much damage. beautiful picture. how about this -- beautiful to me because i like tornadoes let me put that out there. maybe not beautiful to everybody. clouds back to the coast bay cleared doppler showing just that it is clear inland and the coast where we have clouds they are not spilling over to san francisco or sfo any more no more flight arrival delays. you can see the clouds are starting to clear from north to south, look for increase in sunshine along the coast. drizzle around san francisco 58, 57 san rafael 60s bay shore, 70s inland. clouds are socked in the monterey bay now. low to mid 60s inland where the sun is breaking up. with the afternoon sun, cooler today, clouds, cool weather will return tonight maybe drizzle along the coast warm to hot this weekend. check out how much we drop from five degrees in o

wanted to show you this, check out what happened in italy this is venice is it a waterspout or a tornadois probably over water part of the time then over land another part of the time very intriguing from venice, italy of that tornado rare sight there thankfully, didn't do too much damage. beautiful picture. how about this -- beautiful to me because i like tornadoes let me put that out there. maybe not beautiful to everybody. clouds back to the coast bay cleared doppler showing just that it is clear inland and the coast where we have clouds they are not spilling over to san francisco or sfo any more no more flight arrival delays. you can see the clouds are starting to clear from north to south, look for increase in sunshine along the coast. drizzle around san francisco 58, 57 san rafael 60s bay shore, 70s inland. clouds are socked in the monterey bay now. low to mid 60s inland where the sun is breaking up. with the afternoon sun, cooler today, clouds, cool weather will return tonight maybe drizzle along the coast warm to hot this weekend. check out how much we drop from five degrees in o

, they intended to leave enough canals so as to allow cars into the city of venice. i'm not suggesting this compares to that city, but the principle is contained. that is it. i would urge you not to vote to approve this project. i would also like to support some of the last things said about the very dodgy presentation in terms of parking. thank you. gregg's next step -- >> next speaker, please. after that, man mcguire. >> hello, my name is emse isesme. me and my twin sister, who is actually at the pool right now with my mom, swimming, we have been learning to swim there since great months old. -- eight months old. it would be like closing down my home. i would like -- i would really like to not have that happen. i'm very much against this. thank you. >> thank you. and after nan, tim. but that is a hard act to follow. -- >> that is a hard act to follow. good afternoon, commissioners. i will approach this from a slightly different angle. i have come to port commission hearings over the years and i'm always hearing about revenue. i think one of the reasons the port is

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dozens of boats in the venice lagoon were smashed.ust a few reports of injuries from that tornado. >>> firefighters say they are making some progress today in batting those wildfires in hyde park in northern colorado, but it's still only 5% contained. the blaze began saturday by lightning. it has grown now to 68 square miles and damaged more than 100 homes and other structures so far. thousands have been evacuated. one woman died when the fire burned her cabin. at least 18 large wildfires are burning in nine states. >> good lord. >> a mess. >> suddenly our rainy day looks kind of peaceful. >> yeah, for sure. >> you don't. >> no. >> what happened with you? >> go ahead, run it down. >> basketball. you know, just a basketball injury. >> that's all? >> me against seven guys. >> didn't happen at home? >> did not happen at home. no. >> basketball court. >> no, nothing to do with a family matter. everything is fine. my wife still loves me. >> how many stitches? >> five stitches. >> five stitches? >> five stichts but just so you don't get the

but you know this is national basketball team are preparing to head off to venice we left for a last shot at a limpet qualification this week the squad trained one final time in moscow on choose their on michael kravchenko caught up with them then. one win and one loss that's how the russian national basketball teams played out the two recent friendlies against macedonia and greece but team russia's coach feels the results are the least of his worries when playing in practice matches the results to me or less important you know i've never been a big practice game guy in terms of. the results and it's always proven to be the case that that we do better in the in the actual tournaments than we do in practice games and i hope that continues team captain andrei kirilenko who's had some highs and lows in the past season losing out with says come on bianco is in the upper league final but snatching up the most valuable player award at the twenty two ground also reiterated his coach sentiments saying listen friendlies are not about getting a result but really trying the different sets are n

and our firm is a business and land owner on venice boulevard within a block of the project. and i also live in the city and our daughter was born at cpmc where we witnessed first hand the fantastic and dedicated staff at cpmc and also the deteriorating facilities. for example, we were surprised when they said you can't plug in a music device because we're at full electrical capacity and obvious that a new hospital is really important. my wife and i are fortunate to be playing -- planning to stay here in the city. something that's getting harder to do each year for families. unfortunately, our family is moving -- other families and friends moving out of the city to more communities with more up to date facilities such as hospitals. having an earthquake safe hospital facility in the city of san francisco is critical to families living in the city in case of an emergency. it's so rare to find an organization that's willing to spend over $2 billion on a major project without any public financial assistance. it's hard to understand why the city would provide assistance to success

. >>> a rare tornado rips through venice, italy. take a look.stroyed the roofs of more than a dozen buildings and as it turned into a water spout over the lagoons, it tore through several of the islands surrounding venice. the twister smashed several boats and ripped up trees but fortunately did not damage the historic center of venice. good thing there. >>> coming up, the video seen around the world. lady gaga hit in the head by a pole. now she's sharing the bruises it left behind. >> did you see that? she kind of kept right on going. >>> this one might surprise you. you know philips who won american idol? as he recovers from kidney surgery, his parents by his side, thieves stole thousands from his family's business. the destructive way they got inside and what they took. we're going to check in with tmz. >> some ugly behavior, folks. >>> here is today's trivia question. the name of what flower means fleshlike. is it the tulip, the orchid, the poppy or the carnation. the answer is coming up a little later but if you want to take a guess right n

its capabilities as you pointed out so well this one is the first i'm on that first drawn out of venice wella that they just unveiled so can we expect more from them in other countries in the near future is going to take a while for them to catch on i think it's caught on it's a question is technology how much of it can they get their hands on and how rapidly can they develop and field these things and the answer is turned out to be not very quickly so we're going to see more of it particularly with people like chavez sure we know that the drug cartels in mexico already fly them so you know there's utility in this technology for criminality as well as nation states and we're going to see more of it but your viewers need to keep in mind these capabilities are not difficult to defeat the one that you just described the broad area maritime surveillance system that's different at eleven miles and thirty hours in durance and so forth but the one that mr chavez says is very easily defeated and that's the standard in most places these days you can you can either interrupt or destroy the optics

can we bring it down to green from venice to leavenworth -- van ness to leavenworth? >> that is a population of 1048 people. the deviation for district to up to -2.7% and a deviation for district 32 -5.44%. chairman mcdonnell: discussion? >> i propose it. chairman mcdonnell: it depopulates 3 and we heard from public testimony from the russian hill community association it would split their organization. we have heard from them several times, we have received written testimony as well. commissioner alonso: no. commissioner leigh: no. vice-chair lam: no. commissioner mondejar: no. commissioner melara: no. commissioner pilpel: no. commissioner tidwell: no. chairman mcdonnell: we can go back to cathedral hill played a wanted to suggest another block there. >> there is no population there. there is only buildings. >> i thought west there might be. is there population? >> this highlighted area has 164 people in it. it would bring the deviation to- point -- 4.9%. 2.37. the population of the selected area is 164 people. >> thank you. commissioner tidwell:. commissioner tidwel

is 1 market street will be shut down from the embarcadero to venice.eral nearby streets will also be shut down. when the market reopens will depend on how long it takes for the crews to clean up. >>catherine: attendance records have been a " broken from the opening day of the alameda county fair. nearly 37,000 people attended yesterday in pleasanton. the fair features of the events, a new concert format, special rights and it all runs through july 8th. >>stanley: coming out, have you ever wondered why there are so many private cars and the transit only areas on market street? that is coming of the next edition of peoplebehavingbadly@kron4.co m area close back in '08, we didn't have these u-verse wireless receivers that let you move the tv around wherever. no siree, bob. who's bob? and if you didn't have a tv outlet, well then you couldn't watch diddly-squat. you talk a lot. you have no idea how good you have it. that's not working. [ grunts ] [ male announcer ] get a wireless receiver in time for the olympic games. get u-verse tv for $25 a month with f

. >>> it tastes better in victory lane >>> another a threat of venice for the a's and giants, 93,000 here, a great sports weekend we recap all and a couple minutes. >>> and new kind of fairy tale princess bested suitors for the top of box office " brave " the pixar film about a scott as princess earn $66 million. the lucky 13th pixar film to open number-one. madagascar are three abraham lincoln vampire hunter prometheus and snow white rounded out top five. 89 police dog shot by a car thief last month had a reunion with its human partner still wearing a cast bodie joined sacramento police officer randy van dusen for the western states endurance run the last lap, that is a 100 mi. race. he said knowing bodie was there helped him get through the race. >>> i knew you would be here waiting. >>> bodie expected to retto

i lived in venice, california. the rent was affordable. but this was to in the morning. the house had a wraparound porch. i was walking up to my house, and there was a shadowy figure on the porch. i did what any concert -- god- fearing a young woman did. i reached for my can of mace, and i was prepared. i looked at the chateau -- shadow, and i heard the voice and knew it was bobby. with all the sensitivity of a new social worker i said, what the -- are you doing here? he told a story that his foster uncle, worked at martin luther king hospital. he convinced his uncle to break into my personnel file. he got

. >> reporter: emotions stretched to their limits in venice, florida, where one mom died protecting her little girl from debris during a tornado. forecasters say 24 tornadoes have been spawned because of the storm system and there's a chance of even manufacture before it's all other. high winds knocked out less trickty for 35,000 residents and even as crews worked to restore the power they must still deal with all the water in many areas understanding more is on the while. while the slow-moving storm continues to churn just off the coast. jay gray, nbc news. >>> now here is a look at some other stories making news early today in america. how about this? a wedding party met a small flight after the dock they were standing on collapse sending everyplace right into the lake. everyone was okay and they were laughing about it. the groom said he could feel the dock leaning and tilting before the whole thing gave way and the bride was remarkably good natured about the whole thing. good for her. >>> in california. a couple spent money to buy a house next door and knock it down. they're looking

. >> and then when you think of venice, of course you think of vacation, right? >> you might picture the canals and gondolas but probably not that. a tornado. up next, the damage done when wicked weather hits one of the world's most beautiful cities. >>> fortunately, nothing like that around here, as we take a live look outside. a beautiful morning for you. we will get the latest weather and traffic from tucker and lauren, coming up next. 7:11 now. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ [ multiple sounds making melodic tune ] ♪ [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, every innovation, every solution, comes together for a single purpose -- to make the world a safer place. that's the value of performance. northrop grumman. >>> a wave of deadly bombings in iraq. topping this morning's headlines. 63 people are dead. more than 200 others hurt. in five coordinated attacks in and around baghdad and other cities. the attacks which targeted shiite pilgrims are one of the deadliest since u.s. troops pulled out. >>> syria is now a full-blown civil war site. that is the assessment from th

a cosmic spectacle called the transit of venice. -- venus. this was the last in -- a once in a lifetime ban. >> it only happens twice every 130 years. >> these events provide a unique opportunity to study things that are relatively difficult to understand. >> light -- like the atmosphere of venus. >> this represents one of the best ways we have to detect and measure properties of planets around other stars. >> to celebrate, museums and observatories around the world through viewing parties like this once at johns hopkins university. and it was standing room only. >> people really love the sky and they are interested in what is going on out there. >> we hope this is a good opportunity to understand more about the universe around them. >> it is too dangerous to look at the sun. it was through specially filtered telescopes and eclipse glasses that millions of people looked up around the world. >> astronomy in some ways as the most democratic science. anybody can go out and observe an event like this. >> a spectacle that will not be seen again fo

they took this thing to venice beach in the middle of the night and buried it in the sand.filling it up with gold coins, chocolate gold coins. now, they dug this thing down deep. buried it. went back the next day way metal detector. and acted as though they made a big find. so they start to make a big scene on this beach. before you know it, the entire beach is in on it with these guys. digging this treasure chest out of the sand. >> [ bleep ]! >> at one point you hear people chanting -- "open it," "open it." >> we have nickbuddies joining us. before the big reveal looks like you almost got halted in your tracks. almost got kicked off the beach. >> stop. did you guys find this? you can't flant here. >> no. >> tell us what happened. >> pretend we couldn't get it open and i heard them say, hey, guys, stop. >> get out of the -- >> put it here -- >> we saw a little bit in there. >> so i -- >> doing her job. we respect her and we're glad she was good sport about it. >> just describe the hysteria going on on the beach as you guys are digging this thing out of the sand. >> i loved