he made monticello with these wonderful curving lines of a flower beds and woodlands that came up and use of into the distance. what he really did explicitly me was this was a free, democratic card for free and democratic people. it is a demonstration in a sense of his ethics, ideology, aspiration, believe for all of us. yet it is completely on reconciled with the way in which he made a living. mainly the garden was built by slaves. >> host: public spaces always been important in american history? >> guest: of course they have been enormously important. america as a culture is far more turned inward, far more interested in our private spaces. we don't often spend enough time worrying about public spaces. we have your meaningful public spaces that other countries. we have the mall in washington, but it took a long time to get that fully together. we don't have the equivalent of trafalgar square or red square art @booktv square. i think the distinction is not necessarily a meaningful one. i make no distinction between a private garden or hidden card there still expressions , windows int

so he made monticello with wonderful curving lines and flower beds and woodlands that came up in views off into the distance, the mountains, and the river below. and this was a free democratic garden for free and democratic people. so, it's a demonstration in a sense of his ethics, his ideology, his aspirations and believes for all of us but is unreconcilable in with the way me made a live, namely his garden was built by slaves. >> host: have public spaces always been important in american history? >> guest: of course they have been enormously important, although america as a culture is far more turned inwards. more interested in our private spaces so we don't wildfire about public spaces and probably have fewer meaningful public spaces than other countries. we have the mall in washington. we don't have the equivalent of trafalgar square or red square or tianimen square. the stink is not meaningful or useful. so i make no distinction between a private garden and hidden courtyard and a fair ground or public space. they still are expressions of who we are, what we believe. they're window

stick to woodland avenue for blockages there. >> thank you matt.>>longhorn knows what happens when you cross state lines. things get interesting. introducing new steaks across america, like the new kansas city bbq sirloin for $12.99 or the texas 3 chili pepper ribeye, drizzled with onion straws. longhorn steakhouse. you can't fake steak. >>> meteorologist, adam joseph with the accuweather forecast, a little bit a cool down coming. >> this coming weekend a stretch of 70s comes, we have to get through rocky weather on thursday and early on friday, as we look live now all is quiet on double scan live around the region, a few downpours and thunderstorms west of harrisburg tomorrow and they begin to enter the lehigh valley come thursday morning. for now, philadelphia 85 degrees and 83 in allentown and 80 in dover, upper 70s in long beach island to the tip of cape may and the ocean is warmer sitting at 77 degrees, we look to the north and west, we see the low pressure area now in the northwestern portions of the great lakes, associated cold front south o

because of her aggressive nature that's what woodland park may soon do with watodo.t would allow the zoo to acquire another elephant who will get along better with the rest of the herd. but animal rights advocates say that is not enough. >> when i look at the elephants and see the elephants i think it's a very sad commentary on our humanity. >> the el foonts her elephants . >> what would you like to see for these elephants? >> i would like to have them retire to a sanctuary, where they can roam on vast acres of land, where they can swim in the lake and heal from the arthritis and lameness that they have and become as much of an elephant as they can for the remainder of their lives. >> but curator martin ramirez believes that the sanctuaries are meant for elephants to live out their days, not to pro create. ramirez says with 96 wild elephants poached for their ivory each day -- >> if given a choice of a zoo and being being free roaming around in a wild, i would say elephants would be safer in the zoo because they don't have the threats they have in the wild. >> an up

cobb's creek parkway closed and woodland avenue a good alternate and the septa trolleys, route 18, you are riding the buses instead. because of downed wires and in palmyra, a crash near the tacony palmyra bridge. >> there is more to come here on "action news" at 5:00. >> students in one iowa district will wear heart monitors in gym class, the devices are sparking a debate. >>> well, it was another dry and seasonable summer day and i am tracking the potential for downpours. i'll have when in the accuweather forecast. >>> breaking news from the felton view section of philadelphia, from the scene of a motorcycle accident that shut down a part of roosevelt boulevard. by rising sun, in the outer lanes frmg the motorcyclist is still on the scene and crews are working on him. no word on his condition, all northbound lanes are blocked on rising sun at the crash scene. they will continue to update this, and the condition of that motorcyclist. >> health check tonight, a new device is tested to relieve cluster headaches. they are more painful than migraines.adaches. lets go to registered nurse an

they will use and air nine conduct widespread spraying for mosquitoes t will be in davidson woodland. and santa clara crews will continue with the mosquito spraying. one woman that got by the anyone 2005 after getting bitten. she went to bed not feeling well and woke up paralyzed. >> this could happen. police don't fight spraying. don't fight deep. >> a spokesperson said that the chemical have been sprayed have been rigiously tested and it only targets mosquitos and poses minimal risks to humans and pets . >>> for the recent deaths lancastered to west nile, the first case involves a 74-year- old woman from sacramento county. she apparently died from july 26th and had an underlying health condition. >>> construction crews continue to work on sir francis drake boulevard. a portion of the roadway was damaged last month when the big rig flipped over and spilled 4,000 gallons of gasoline and the chp said that the cleanup effort have been take place a few days a week since that accident. crews are working to replace the part of the road that was saturated with the gas and lanes will be shif

woodland park has unsuccessfully try to artificially insem nature chai 112 times.irez says with 96 poached for ivory each day. >> if given the cost between a zoo and roamming around in the wild, i would say they are safer in a zoo because they don't have the threat that they face in the wild. >> there you go. perfect. >> ramirez hopes providing an up close and personal special will inspire everyone to join the effort to save the elephants. tanya moseley, al jazeera, seattle. >> finally, a scare was realized keetch watch, a role coaster got stuck at the worst place. the 230 foot peek, people walking down the stairs right along the side of the track. like you see those sometimes when you are on the ride. you never think you are going to actually use them. nobody was hurt. the coaster is called nitro. advertised as gutter reforminging which sounds quite appropriate for what they had to live through. thanks for joining us. itch richelle carey. i will be back with another hour of news. stay tuned. "faith lines" starts right now. >> let us bow our heads for a word of pra

fogging is scheduled tonight and tomorrow night in davis and woodland to fight what vector control describes as intense west nile activity. >>> the fire that damaged the old hotel may have started from welding work. a construction worker suffered minor injuries. crews were installing steel studs before the fire started. they are interviewing witnesses. one of two contractors was cited for a safety violation last year. >>> the community is rallying around a iraq veteran who was wounded last year. get well cards, letters and drawings from kids. he was walking back from a store when he yelled as a speeding car to slow down. the people in the car turned around and shot him several times. >> he comes home after serving our country thinking he's safe and he's walking to his house and he gets shot. how would you imagine that. >> the young father and purple heart recipient survived three tours of duty in iraq. he's in intensive care. a facebook support page have been set up. >>> federal regulators announced a $5 million fine for three east bay men accused of defrauding investors. the mortgage fund l

man was kidnapped at 62nd and woodlands overnight, tied up, thrown into a back after van, apparently other men already other people already tied up in the back of this van. one of them stabbed nine, ten times. the van drives through boathouse row, one of the most familiar sites in philadelphia, and starts throwing these tied up kidnapped people into the schuylkill river. so that is the reason for water search and the problem is you have got very dark area right there, it is not roll lit up, other than the both houses themselves. so you're going to see police search lights, see the marine unit woken up, called out, maybe even helicopter to help search, they don't know for sure how many victims they are talking about, this is very popular spot for those who run, jog, and bike every morning, so, it will be a very busy scene there. you will hear from jennifer joyce and our man chris fox over there with the live truck, very shortly. so, big breaking story this happened just around 2:00, as well, police learned of this, as they were, you know, overnight, when they were over here, we're exp

and thrown in with a little bit of the story from steve keeley, one person kidnapped at 62nd and woodland streets, tied up, thrown into a van, where others were already tied up, one of the guys was stabbed several times, all were apparently thrown into the river. we can see divers here, we've not seen a diver enter the water at this point, you can see, officials down there, combing the area, along the river, looking for evidence, possibly looking for more bodies again. right now all we have is two confirmed bodies in there. we believe both men, so again, we're waiting for mow details. another thing we can tell you is that correct with we first arrived on scene, down over thereby the police tape. we've been pushed back couple of times, as we were standing there, police continue to find more evidence, more clues, so we've no idea just how large this crime scene could possibly be, you know, we'll keep you updated as soon as we net more information. >> jenny, i know you did just get on the scene, very good question, any word on how police, i mean, did somebody see a person tossing these in th

. >>> leading the news in the guardian, italian fighter jet crash causes woodland fires after a midair collision. they were on a training mission, narrowly missing a village in italy, four you members missing. >>> and birds igniting in midair in california. a solar electric generating plant that uses 300,000 mirrors is scorching one bird to death every two minutes. experts saying that 28,000 birds will die within a year. we could talk about that. first buzz, though. >> weird story. >> it's like a magnifying glass. >> makes sense. >>> first buzz, start with this young lady, mo'ne davis. amazing girl. an eighth grader, 5'4". she has a 70 mile an hour fast ball, great curve ball. she started playing baseball at the age of 7. >> must watch. >> and how she was found? throwing around a football. perfect spiral. what do you have? >> yeah, that's going to be the biggest thing of the night tonight, that game. want a laugh and giggle, dumb men drinking, putting their smallish-size buddy in an infant high chair seat. this goes on for about six minutes. >> is he stuck? >> yes. >> some people have

. >>> leadings the news in the guardian, italian fighter jet crash causes woodland fires.lided during a training mission nearly missing a village in eastern italy. four crew members are still missing. >>> in "usa today" why birds are igniting in mid air over california. wildfire officials say a cutting edge solar electronic again rating plant that uses more than 300,000 mirrors is scorching one bird to death every two minutes with its focused rays. experts say as many as 28,000 birds will die within a year. that is amazing. >>> other stories we're following. at least 36 people are dead and 7 others missing after heavy rain led to several landslides in he reshima, japan. >>> texas governor rick perry's new mug shot is making its way around the internet. he turned himself in on tuesday. this comes after being indicted by a grand jury on a pair of felony charges for alleged abuse of power. >>> after getting his mug shot taken seems it was time for a sweet treat. perry tweeted this pic last night and then added ice cream cone at sandy's. yeah. he's roughing it down there. >>>

fogging is scheduled tonight and tomorrow night in keyis and -- davis and woodland. >>> people in hawaiire ready for two major storms set to hit the islands this week. shoppers flooded home depot and costco to stock up on supplies. hurricane julio will hit later this week. many hotels are waiving fees for people who want to postpone their travel fees. >> they are not expected to be major hurricanes but they are category 1. my sister said people are waiting in line for half hour for gas. you can see the satellite perspective of the hurricane approaching hawaii. category 1 hurricane azell. julio with wins at 45 miles an hour. hurricane warnings posted for the big island with azell. and hyl clowe is shifting north -- julio shirting north. by tomorrow night the category 1 approaching. this will be city significant rain and wind producer with winds 82 miles an hour. our main headline. we warmed up. compare the numbers from yesterday. 60s, 70s to 80 degrees. santa rosa 69 on tuesday to 85 for today. warmer weather pattern will stick around. the hour activity to the south -- shower activity to

. >>> the spraying targeting mosquitoes will be in davis, woodland where west nile activity is intenseclara county crews will conduct fogging in san jose. many people have questions. but a woman who was bitten by one of the mosquitos and said that the disease has changed her life. she went to bed not feeling well and she woke up paralyzed. after hearing about the recent deaths, she thought it was important to speak out. >> this could happen. please don't fight spraying. don't fight deep. >> a spokesperson for the chemicals said they have been rigor rigorously tested and only targets mosquitoes and not humans and pets. >>> no other detail released. >>> the time is 5:46. today is the national day of mourning in australia for the more than three dozen australian citizens who died when a plane was shot down in ukraine and crashed. [ singing ] >> australian prime minister tony abbott spoke at the memorial service this morning. and he promised the victims' family whoever is responsible will be brought to justice. 298 people, including 38 australian citizens were killed when the flight crashe

a 54,000 square foot school is planned in a wooded area near woodland terrace housing complex.ns include an outdoor play area. it focuses on kindergarten through grade five. this company has schools in four cities and hopes to open in d.c. by 2015. >>> if you feel like you blinked and summer is nearly over, you are not alone. at least one official in maryland wants summer to last longer for school kids. the washington reports peter franchot will launch a petition to get school start dates after labor day. it could be better for families. >> going to school and then coming back for the labor day. >> yeah, you always take that monday off, don't you, right after? >> there's a lot of things we haven't thought about day camp and summer programs for kids. >> students in all of maryland's school districts head back over the next couple weeks. you can find your school start date on our website, www.nbcwashington.com. >>> imagine looking out back at your child's kiddie pool and seeing a wild animal taking a dip. check out this video from a guy in southern california. he heard his young

because of her aggressive nature, that's what woodland park may son do with watoto.ld allow the zoo to acquire another elephant who would get along better with the rest of the herd. animal rights advocates say that's not enough. >> when i see the he will facts, i think it's a sad commentary on our humanity. >> she says the elephants are screesed -- stressed with highway knows behind them and less than an acre to roam? >> i would like to see them retired to a sanctuary where they can roam on vast acres of acres of land. >> given a choice, i would say the elephants will be safer in a zoo because they don't have the threats they face in the wild. >> there you go. perfect. >> ramirez hopes that providing an up close and personal experience will inspire everyone to join the effort to save the elephants up. tanya mosley, seattle. >> more than two-thirds of elephants at zoos are over the age of 30. growing herds is proving to be quite difficult . >> calling it a night, baltimore is set to rein in the current curfew for a harsher one. some say the new one is too strict. we w

mosquito spraying is planned for tonight and tomorrow night in davis, and woodland, where vector controlials say west nile virus activity is intense. >>> new at 10:00, did the systems fail? that's what a fremont woman is asking after a man she says tried to break into her home last year, was arrested again. that man, jamala morris is under arrest for sexually assaulting a woman and tieing up her daughter last weekend. >> reporter: according to these court documents, moore faces three prior felony convictions. he was released in april from alameda county jail after serving his sentence. this past victim says this recent case could have been prevented had he stayed in jail. when his mug shot flashed on the news last sunday under acquisitions he robbed, and tied up two women and sexually assaulted a mother inside their apartment, crystal broke down. >> i broke down crying. i broke down crying. it made me remember that could have been me. if i didn't catch him at my window. >> reporter: last august, the 31-year-old says morris, a friend at the time attempted a break into her apartment with a

janet shanle on, nbc news, the woodlands, texas. >>> happening today, the new owner of the los angeles clippers and the team's fans will get together for a meet and greet. the sale of the nba team to former microsoft ceo steve ballmer was complete. the fans invited him to a festival to meet them. he paid $2 billion for the l.a. clippers. >>> police say a 15-year-old boy who was arrested for posting online threats to school students did it as a prank. officials say the teen wrote the post to get reactions from his friends. he had no intention, he says, of carrying out the threat. detectives started investigating after they received dozens of phone calls about posts on instagram late saturday. the posts included foe tows tows of guns and a message on instagram saying someone was going to open fire at the school. parents were upset at the thought of a school shooting. >> as parents we should be, you know -- we should be parenting our kids that if you're angry or, you know, kind of what are the boundaries of, you know, pranks. >> i just think he's stupid because you make a threat, even if

that will be in davis and woodland where west nile activity is described as intense.uestioning the safety. but we spoke to one woman who contracted the west nile virus in 20 05. she says she went to bed with a mosquito bite and woke up paralyzed. she says it's important to speak out. >> it changes your life. it really does. i am a very independent person by nature and you can't be any more when you need a wheelchair or a walker. >> reporter: she is an advocate for the spraying. she wants people to realize west nile is here and it is serious. state health officials announced two deaths linked to west nile virus. the first a woman from sacramento county. she died july 26. she did have an underlying chronic condition. the second is an adult from shasta county but no other details about that person. a spokesperson for vector control says the chemicals being sprayed have been rigorously tested and they pose minimal risk to humans and pets. they do say if you are concerned keep your pets inside with the windows shut during the fogging and spraying. dave and tori. >> pam, go

because of her aggressive nature, that's what woodland park may soon do with watoto. it would allow the zoo to acquire another elephant who will get along better with the rest of the herd. animal rights advocates say that's not enough. >> when i look at the elephants and see the elephants, i think it's a very sad commentary on our human terri. >> alene says the elephants are stressed with highway noise behind them and less than an acre to roam. >> what would you like to see for these elephants. >> i would like to see them transpired a sanctuary where they can roam on vast acres of land where they can heel from the arthritis and lameness as they can and become. breed something difficult to do. unsuccessfully tried to artificially you know sem nature chai 112 times. she says with 96 he will facts poached for their ivory each day. >> if given the choice: al jazeera, seattle . >> when you look at a concept like gaza, people say war is hell. what can you do? >> indisriminate and wrecklets attacks violate the laws of war but the executive director believes calling attention

that's when she grabbed a treat off a tray in the woodland hills as she had done before.s time about an hour after her manicure, she was sick, head ache, blurred vision, hallucinations. >> i think the most frightening part about it is i had no idea where it came from. >> reporter: but she was about to find out. thinking she was having a stroke, she rushed to the west hills emergency room where according to her lawsuit against blush salon, $46,000 in care and overnight stay and multiple lab tests showed thc in her blood. >> they determined that the only thing she ate that day was a home baked cookie from her beauty salon. >> reporter: thc is the potent chemical in pot that causes a high user usually want but when nickerson took the cookie she was looking for at best a sugar rush. >> i like sweets but i do not like drugs. i have never, never in my life taken drugs. >> reporter: nickerson and her attorney say blush management denied providing the pot laced cookie. a woman who answered the phone there today said they have entered litigation and have no comment on the matter.

that's when she says she grabbed a baked treat off a tray in blush salon in woodland hills as she hadny times before only this time about an hour after herman any cure she said shoot go sick, couldn't speak, was disoriented, light-headed, blurred vision, headache and hallucinations. >> i think the most frightening part about it was that i had no idea where it came from. >> reporter: but she was about to find out. thinking she was having a stroke, she rushed to the west hills emergency room where according to her lawsuit against blush salon, $46,000 in care and overnight stay and multiple lab tests showed thc in her blood. >> they determined that the only thing she ate that day was a home baked cookie from her beauty salon. >> reporter: thc is pot's potent chemical. it causes a high users usually want but when nickerson took the cookie she was looking for at best a sugar rush. >> i like sweets but i do not like drugs. i have never in my life. >> reporter: nickerson and her attorney say blush management has denied providing the pot- laced cookie. a woman who answered the phone there tod

one is causing ducks to modify the pools their woodland been disappearing or what is going on ? >> cell to migratory birds like waterfowl have very delicate and refined migration patterns that have evolved over eons. what we are seeing a look at it from the perspective of a mallard who is leaving her winter grounds may be in the national wildlife refuges, mississippi and is heading toward an american prairie feeding and resting. have very narrow window. looking for a place to make a nest if that did not exist in south dakota she would go to north dakota and in the islands, we have iran cultural development, or lancaster energy development, constraining her availability. if she does not make that decision in a two week window of time she's not trying to have a successful nesting season. we're seeing birds leaving they're migrating earlier in the spring. basic pattern is changing because of their response to whether, we believe. and then the habitat availability for a shrinking. and what the climate assessment tells us is that what areas will get weather and dry areas voted dreier

looking at surveillance video from inside the three story, 3,000 square feet closet burglar i'd in the woodlandsg some sort of protective suit with a hoody steals mill ynz of dollars of designer purses. that person carefully takes one purse after another. in this clip, the suspect is on a ladder throwing down goods. >> on this video all you do size him going shopping. >> reporter: the suspect seems to take his time. spending 40 minutes inside that closet. stealing pricey birken bags, rolex, chanel watches and diamond. friday night. police say some one broke into theresa romer's bathroom window. she wasn't home. >> this guy was professional. completely covered. kind of in a white, gray, one-piece jumpsuit. had gloves on. >> here is another clip of surveillance video from outside romer's home. police say the person on the bike is kidded a person of interest. that person is seen riding by. dropping his water bottle. and then, getting on his cell phone. also, stolen. romer's locket. inside hair from her deceased son. >> 90 minutes. went to a country club for dinner. they came back. didn't bother get

i'm delighted to welcome to the show staysdy woodlands, a cnbc retail analyst. nice to see you, stacey. i'm going to start by giving you a curveball. home depoit, they were great. then i look at target and there are a huge number of problems. my question for you, stacey, are problems at target self-conflicted or is it a statement on the u.s. consumer? >> target's issues are largely self-is inflicted. number two, we've seen some of the most promotional environment out there in years. you know, everybody has been talking about when will this commercial environment end and when will it get better? when will we see gross margins improve? we're not seeing signs of that. target guided down just a couple weeks back and, really, the main issue is they've been driving their sales through promotions and, therefore, profitability of the margin is really going to get hit here. >> what has an outsider, brian cornell, and he's only really just got his feet under the desk. he's been very advice knowledge, reading copy, speaking to employees about their vast challenges. what ca

of may, 1864, the union army of the potomac crossed the rapid ann river and passed into the dense woodland the locals called the wilderness. near the bridges, brass bands played the national airs along with other soldier favorite that stirred the men's souls with optimism and hope. none could know, but the final campaign of the war had begun. by the end of may the armies had crossed many rivers. the bloody battles of the wilderness, spotsylvania courthouse and the north anna river had pushed human daring and suffering to the extreme. but the soldiers valiantly fought on. soon after the fight along the north anna river, u.s. assistant secretary of war charles dana hoped to transfer the lingering soldiers' optimism to the war weary northern home front. to boost morale back home and garner political support to continue the war effort, dana proudly proclaims, the rebels have lost all confidence and are already morally defeated. this army has learned to believe that it is sure of victory. even our officers have cease to regard lee as an invincible military genius. on the part of the rebels, thi

so it's mostly found in the woodlands as you would imagine where there are deer and where they like tove been bitten by the tick, it causes swelling of the tongue and apparently a severe reaction of hives and itching. and the throat can swell. so the center of disease control and prevention is recommending that people same as they do with lyme disease ticks, to steer clear of brushy areas, cover yourself up to avoid getting bitten. although you could say maybe it's, you know, a tick that could help you become a vegetarian. >> wow. that is a glass half full way to look at that. you know, we do that when we're outside with our kids. take a check every time. this is something -- these are people with no previous reaction to red meat. now they don't know they've been bitten and they have a horrifying reaction. >> absolutely can be. >> do the tick check for sure. ice bucket challenge. >> i threw down the gauntlet. i got issued the challenge. now this is all to help support the als association for research. and so i am now tossing it back to you. all right? >> i want to see that you did it b

so mostly found in the woodlands, as you would imagine, where there are deer. people have been bitten by the tick and causes swelling of the tongue and apparently severe reaction, hives and itching. and the throat can swell, as i mentioned. so the centers of disease control and prevention is recommending that people, same as they do with lyme disease ticks, to steer clear of brushy areas, cover yourself up, try to avoid getting bitten. although you could say maybe it's, you know, a tick that could help you become a vegetarian. >> wow, that is a glass half full. >> i don't know. >> well, you know, we do that whenever we're outside with our kids in the woods, tick check every time they come in. lyme disease is terrible. and this is something -- usually people with no previous reaction to red meat and they have been bit and don't know they have been bit and they have this sometimes horrifying reaction. do the tick check this summer, for sure. >> absolutely. >> ice bucket challenge. >> i threw down the gauntlet. i got issued the challenge. this is all to help suppo