on the morning of december 17th 1903, 10:35 am, orville wright at the controls, takes flight for 120 feet. that is the first time a man has entered into the air in power flying machine. at the end of the day, after four flights where orville, wilbur, they alternate, the fourth flight with wilbur at the controls, 852 feet, 30 miles per hour at an altitude of 30 feet. and they usher in this aerial age, the age of aviation, and how they came to create that moment is very important because not only do the right brothers invent the airplane, but they invent aeronautical engineering in the process that are needed to create actual flying machines. so, beginning in 1899, wilbur and orville wright, they are unmarried, on a bicycle shop leona printing business, they are yankee mechanics. they knows tools, they know mechanical devices, and they take that interest and applying it to printing presses, bicycles, and they apply it to solving the problem of building a flying machine. so, in 1899, they write the smithsonian institution, and ask for all of the literature for orville. they learn about

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then orville is starting to put it on different displayed. in 1926, it goes to england, where it's on the science museum. during world war ii, it's stored west of london during the blitz. but it comes to 1948 where orville with great fan fair, donates the flyer to the smithsonian institution, where it's been on display in the classic old arts building and the opening of the national air and space museum, the wright flyer went on display. and 2003 in the centennial of the wright brothers' first flight, this gallery is open to tell the story of the making of the first airplane. and with it aeronautical engineering. what you see here is the original airplane, the wright flyer. but it has been restored and things changed over the years. the fabric is not the original fabric from 1903 but it's been applied in the same construction as the 1903 airport. so, they made the airplane look better for when it went to england. but in the 1980s, this airplane underwent a restoration. the spruce structural members, the engine, one of the propellors, that's a

hello, fornia is biggest reservoirs, lake orville is so low, the damn can no longer produce hydro electric power. in the columbia river, huge numbers of migrating salmon sickened and died because the water simply became too hot for them. on tuesday, the southern california water authority issued an alert calling on consumers to voluntarily conserve water and prepare for continued drought, all of which raises questions about sustainability as scientists predict the dryness and the heat will continue rob reynolds al jazeera at hoover dam. ah, hello again. the headlines on al jazeera in its 1st press conference and taking over. i've got to stand. the taliban says it will respect women's rights and forgive those who fought against them. but all within the constraints of chevy are law. claims are being met with skepticism from many who fear a return to the harsh rule of 20 years ago. the reports of human rights abuses and cities captured during their advance have already caused concern. robin wright has more from travel. it was very significant. i mean, this really was almost like a key note, i

we are seeing smoke up in the valley up around orville butte county chico paradise parts of sacramento, roseville as the smoke from those fires sort of trickles in in the morning hours. there is the five day forecast and you can see that we've got a pretty i mean, heather and, uh yeah. i mean, it's a good andre. it's a good forecasts because we're not looking any big heat. no red flag warnings. it's just a really a good run of five day numbers. yes no real extremes here. thanks so much bill. appreciate it. well history is made as the university of central florida becomes the very first in the country to use hologram technology right there in the classroom, foxes sydney, cameron explains how the groundbreaking technology will help train future health care professionals. hands earl glass and you like two years old meeting dr. hologram you cfc newest professor, this fall, go somewhere, go somewhere and no, i'm not talking about the guy. i'm talking about the box that he's in your waist. this is a groundbreaking technology that allows us to bring you know, life size. um experiences to our

the water level in one of california is biggest reservoirs, lake orville is so low, the damn can no longer produce hydro electric power in the columbia river, huge numbers of migrating salmon sick and then died because the water simply became too hot for them. on tuesday, the southern california water authority issued an alert calling on consumers to voluntarily conserve water and prepare for continued drought. all of which raises questions about sustainability as scientists predict the dryness and the heat will continue rob reynolds al jazeera at hoover dam. still to come in the sports games we hear from the limpid champion on. why do you feel new technology is damaging athletes? credibility. ah ah, the news news news news with ah ah ah ah ah ah. time for thought his gym. thank you. p u. s. hyphen tennis champion, dominic team says he's really disappointed that he won't defend his title this year, but didn't want to take any risks about number 6 has withdrawn from the tournament with a risk problem, which will keep him out for the rest of the season. team suffered the injury back in jean

the water level in one of california is biggest reservoirs, lake orville is so low, the damn can no longer produce hydro. electric power in the columbia river are huge numbers of migrating salmon sick and then died because the water simply became too hot for them. on tuesday, the southern california water authority issued an alert calling on consumers to voluntarily conserve water and prepare for continued drought. all of which raises questions about sustainability as scientists predict the dryness and the heat will continue rob reynolds al jazeera at hoover dam. a project led by a former child soldier of sierra leone civil war is helping save the lives of children with life threatening illnesses. the project raises money to send kids abroad for treatment address. met some of the volunteers on the streets of free town. c volunteers from the sick picking project working the streets of frito looking for help. 3 times a week, they hit the st. visit wash centers, bus stations, and market, soliciting donations to help be the medical bills of children or serious element was conditioned, cannot b

the water level in one of california is biggest reservoirs, lake orville is so low, the damn can no longer produce hydro. electric power in the columbia river are huge numbers of migrating salmon. sickened and died because the water simply became too hot for them. on tuesday, the southern california water authority issued an alert calling on consumers to voluntarily conserve water and prepare for continued drought, all of which raises questions about sustainability as scientists predict the dryness and the heat will continue rob reynolds al jazeera at hoover dam. ah, hello again. the headlines on al jazeera in its 1st press conference and taking over. i've got to stand the taliban says it will respect women's rights and forgive those who fought against them. but all within the constrain.

the water level in one of california is biggest reservoirs, lake orville is so low. the dam can no longer produce hydro electric power in the columbia river or huge numbers of migrating salmon sickened and died because the water simply became too hot for them. on tuesday, the southern california water authority issued an alert calling on consumers to voluntarily conserve water and prepare for continued drought. all of which raises questions about sustainability as scientists predict the dryness and the heat will continue rob reynolds al jazeera at hoover dam. and haiti, heavy rains brought on by a tropical storm of complicated the search and rescue mission. after saturday's earthquake, nearly 2000 people were killed and thousands more. been left homeless with many still waiting for help. john home and reports from lake i. the aftermath of storm grace in the south west of haiti down pool wasn't quite as bad as fit, but some spent the day bailing out their houses and getting the water out. because this is the only space we have to do everything. we can't live in water

time when the rest of the nation or parts of the state of california like sacramento and chico and orville in those areas are experienced smoke from the from the big fires, but we've had these continuous arrows onshore, so we've had good air quality and we will continue that low is going to sit there for a couple more days. days, and when that happens, we get more of the same. the fog and low clouds. there's a little bit of it tomorrow morning. that's the forecast model. there's the daytime high in using colors to represent the temperatures, and it looks a lot like today. it's almost exactly like today. i think, except the difference between today and tomorrow is going to be the fog tomorrow they'll be fog and i do not suspect it's going to break away from the coast. it'll be there pretty much all day should be anyway. and then the five day forecast, so i'll pop in the weekend here in a minute to look at that top tier numbers. you see the you know they're reasonable. operate ease, low nineties that we're not looking at 100 even into the weekend. so again. we're very fortunate. this is a re

the orville water reservoir supplies water to millions of people, and the plan the provides electricity to 800,000 people. now that electricity is off as e drought has taken in the reservoir.ow as you can with the bathtub ring. it will only get worse as the outlook for the winter is looking grim, as another la nina is expected and that decreases the amount of rain we get. >> thanks, kari. >>> 5:23 right now. next on "today in the bay," "nbc bay area responds." >> a teacher tells us his mortgage company deserved the gold medal in dropping the ball. that's next. emergency planning for kids. we can't predict when an emergency will happen. so that's why it's important to make a plan with your parents. here are a few tips to stay safe. know how to get in touch with your family. write down phone numbers for your parents, siblings and neighbors. pick a place to meet your family if you are not together and can't go home. remind your parents to pack an emergency supply kit. making a plan might feel like homework, but it will help you and your family stay safe during an emergency. it's 5:26. "nbc

. >> did orville and wilbur take passengers questioning >> i'm sure they tried. [laughter] it be like me showing up to "the five" i'm going "is it 5:00? who are you? how do you prepare for stories?" i understand weather, but this is something else. i will add that flying is necessary. with problems going on in this country, there is crime. you can't avoid that, but you can avoid this: write it out. they need to reboot the airlines. >> turn it on and off. the solution is not to moderate alcohol content. instead, monitor the drunks, leave the decent folk alone. it's like gun rights. go after the people that break the law, not law-abiding people. cut off the, but leave everybody else alone. >> to that, the faa is putting the pressure on airports. "keep an eye and people drinking, how much they are drinking. put pressure on the concessions." every time i've gotten on the flight recently, the first announcement is "you better not have brought outside alcohol onto this plane." start for nine hours in the airport, that made space might be the only thing you have. >> may

i want to show you this before and after of the lake orville dam in california. they don't have enough to go into the spillway so they shut down the hydroelectric dam there. a few years before, they were inundated with floodwaters, which is called weather whiplash, which is the new normal now as things get hotter faster and with extreme consequences. >> that picture was just so, so eye-opening. we heard last week the president announcing policies on emi emissions. we heard 20% of cars by 2030 will have to be electric vehicles. if all of that is actually implemented, will it be enough? >> it would be a start, but a very small one. it would be a dixie cup of water going into a five alarm fire frankly. ultimately what science agrees on now unequivocally is the only way to stop this from going out of control is to stop using fuels that burn. and the faster we do that, the better. the more life that can be saved. look around you, everything we touch is in some way based with fossil fuels. everything has to change, but it would be a start. >> a start is better than not

meantime, we are here at lake orville and you can see how far the water level had dropped. normally, the level would be up to where those rocks change color. they're about half full. that is adding to the state's already precarious power situation. back to you. >> no question about it. dan simon, thanks. >>> still to come, chicago in mourning after a violent night. a police officer killed. a second officer hospitalized. the latest on the investigation coming up next. i don't just play someone brainy on tv - i'm an actual neuroscientist. and i love the science behind neuriva plus. unlike ordinary memory supplements, neuriva plus fuels six key indicators of brain performance. more brain performance? yes, please! neuriva. think bigger. millions of vulnerable americans struggle to get reliable transportation to their medical appointments. that's why i started medhaul. citi launched the impact fund to invest in both women and entrepreneurs of color like me, so i can realize my vision and give everything i've got to my company, and my community. i got you. for the love of people.

lake orville, 20% capacity. typically in august, it's at 71. therefore, they had to halt all hydro electric output. it's going to be a long season and still another heat wave moving in the pacific northwest. >> if you don't think this moment is different, i'm not sure what you're watching. great report. thank you very much, my friend. >>> the american red cross has been on the front lines helping those displaced and impacted by those fires tom was talking about. so far, the red cross has provided nearly 2500 overnight stays and shelters and hundreds of relief items. adam has been helping in communities near the dixie fire. thank you so much for taking the time to join us. i'll start with giving people context of what's actually happening. how many shelters do you have open in northern california and how many people are you assisting at this moment? >> good afternoon, phil. thanks for having me. right now, we have about 15 shelters open just across northern california and the numbers last night, we accommodated about 280 evacuees. >> we know the

authorities say there's not enough water in the orville to power the edward hyatt power plant, the first time the plant has closed since the dam was completed over 50 years ago. it can normally produce enough power for 80,000 homes. the shutdown has been in the works for a while. other sources will be tapped to make up for that lost power. >> the water levels, hot, dry, then the smoke that we're getting from the fires. this weekend is not going to be great. >> if you're going to be outside making plans it does look like it improves towards tomorrow. in terms of air quality if you are planning to go to santa cruz, our temperatures will be warmer. it's going to be a popular destination this weekend because the highs will reach near 70 with early clouds clearing out. a lot of our bay area beaches will once again be popular with some of these last couple weeks before the kids go back to school and thinking, we haven't been to the beach this summer so half moon bay will have those temperatures in the upper 60s and then some mid 60s for tomorrow. about 67 degrees for a high on sunday. maybe a

this is his as dry as like orville spin is like shasta's been. the groundwater spin his dress fuel moistures have ever been in my tenure, so it's a little bit spooky for sure. and i think the best thing we can do, frank, i appreciate you asking, that is, i think we need to conserve wire. i think we need to when you're trying to get the hot water for your t put it over here. don't waste it and run in the sink. take it out and water the plants with it. shorten your showers. all the things we started. doing in the seventies as you guys all remember many of you remember and we quit doing we've got to keep doing that, so i hate to be preachy, but i've been here before. i mean, 77. this is worse than 77 77 was a biblical drought in terms of california. so yeah, we'll see how it goes from fingers crossed for something in october when it usually gets going. yeah. alright bill. appreciate it. thank you. the senate just voted to spend more than a trillion dollars of your tax money. i'm caroline shyly in washington. i'll have details on the infrastructure b

sacramento and you see these red and there were some yellows up around the feather river canyon up around orville here from those big fires, and then you step out a little further. and you see, we're all that smoke goes and it's you know that you know that the jet stream travels that way. so you know the smoke is going to go that way. but it's just when you see it visually current air quality look at that. i mean all although, you know down in texas. you got yellows, mostly from the smoking. see the jet stream kind of just drew it in. but all that all that smoke activity and so in the bay area, we've been very fortunate to have that low. that's just to the left of us. keeping things onshore, cool and kind of breezy or not cool but mild to warm and breezy, so without low there were in good shape in terms of smoke and the high fire news. you're not gonna get a red flag warning without low sitting there. i'll see you back here in just a few minutes with the five day okay? look forward to that, bill. thank you. we want to get back now to that breaking news. we've continue to follow in oakland here. t

one of the hydro electric plants at lake orville has been shut down for the first time in the reservoirs, history. water levels at lake oroville have reached a new low, just 642 ft. above mean sea level. the plant can produce enough power for 80,000 homes and businesses. but right now there just isn't enough. water. authorities say the shutdown was expected and plans are in place to try and deal with the lost power. drought conditions are getting worse in other parts of the western us the water levels at lake powell in utah and arizona have also reached historic lows. lake powell is the second largest reservoir in the united states. boat ramps have been closed and houseboat rental companies have canceled bookings through the rest of this month. well now it's time to check in with ktvu meteorologist kyla grogan about the temperatures we've been seeing some pretty cloudy skies around the bay area. kyla yeah, dana kind of an interesting day because we actually had the marine layer retreat a little bit earlier. today was a little bit of a compressed marine layer. however we do have smoke up

north bay, and they're advising that if you smell smoke, try to stay inside water levels that, like orville have hit a record low this week, state water officials released new reservoir numbers today, right now, like oroville is at 642 ft of water a new historic low now the last record low was back in 1977 when the reservoir was that 654 ft of water experts say that climate change is believed to be the root cause, and cal fire warns that the lack of rain, coupled with record temperatures, is a recipe for wildfire. we are tracking the potential for some smoke around here. the red flag warning up near the dixie fire and your forecast. i'll see you back here in just a few minutes. also the first day of school just days away for many bay area students coming up the new safety protocols that some districts including vaccine mandates, also ahead. the coronavirus vaccine still under an emergency use authorization, but one of the shots could be fda approved as soon as next month. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ hey google, turn up the heat. ♪ ♪ ♪ receive a chargepoint home flex charger or a public ch

orville chico, they're getting hit hard in the morning hours because that smoke is settling down into those inland bay valleys. i'll be back tonight at 10 11. the updates, bill. thank you. we'll see. then the dixie fire burning in northern california is now the second largest fire in modern california history it has burned over 600,000, including more than a third of lassen volcanic national park and with a combination of lightning, strong winds and extreme dryness. the firefight is an uphill battle. the fire has already destroyed the parks. historic mount harkness look out tower. several cabins at juniper lake and the parks pined force and win wildflower meadows. and right now it's still out of control. it was at 31% containment yesterday. today, it's only 33% were coming up our sports director mark yvonne, yes, has an update now on a pitcher chris bassett just a day after he was ♪ unlock a summer of possibilities in a new chevy. expand your options...and your perspective. ♪ find new summer adventures. find new roads. enjoy the open road and make no monthly payments for 90 days o

those are the historic averages for this date, like orville without 34% of its historic average, lake shasta 44% trinity 51 folsom 35 as a result of shutting down the hydro electric plant at lake oroville, california is now being forced to import energy from other states. let's turn our attention to the weather. and of course, air quality is on everyone's mind. we're actually doing okay right now, but certainly it is quite hazy out there, but i do have some improvement on the horizon. so that is some good news as we take a live look outside towards the east bay. that is they want to creak and certainly could see it's plenty hazy. there were expecting that tonight. we are expecting that tomorrow as well. but then as we move forward. we're going to see some improvement. right? as we get sunday into monday, we're going to see cooler temperatures, which will be kind of nice as well for those of you inland and also just kind of improving air quality right now, though, the haze is there no doubt about it, but also some heat. santa rosa right now at 88 degrees 64 in san francisco and low sev

troublesome additionally our upstream reservoirs um alright historic blows whether it be shasta under 30% orville reservoir even san luis reds away the one you see when you drive through pacheco past the last bono's historic lows, in fact, that reservoir is nearly empty. there's elk gravy grazing in the reservoir right now, because the floor of the water level is so low. wow. okay, so if the reservoirs continue to drop then what i mean, you've already asked people to reduce their water usage. while we were going to offer more incentives to for people to. not only did you save money but we need every drop counts right now. number one and number two. there's we sell in a hotel basic some of the retailers might have some restrictions and people washing their cars, restrictions and lawn watering other sorts of restrictions. okay, so gary, your final message to people who are watching this segment at home and seeing those pictures. heather folks gotta concern. it's getting scary all right gary kremen of the santa clara valley water district really appreciate you coming on this afternoon some really tr

today is the first day of classes and guys orville roseland and right school districts the roseland district in santa rosa had a vaccination clinic just yesterday about 55% of sonoma county students are vaccinated. the goal is 70% as the school year begins today was also back to school for the south san francisco unified school district. it's the first time students there were back in class since march of 2020. the district has upgraded its ventilation inside classrooms. it's also purchased 30 hospital grade machines that use ultraviolet raised to disinfect entire rooms. parents we talked with say they're confident the district is doing its best to keep kids and staff safe and that after more than a year at home, nothing compares to the experience of in person learning. i think it's very important because the zoom, it's one thing. but being in person is another's and they're really excited about that. when you think about socialization and teaching some of the important pieces that come along with really building relationships and learning to work with other individuals, i think it's extreme

it starts to move down these canyons feather river canyon into orville into chico. and then the same with the dixie fire or the tamarack fire, which has been doing that to sacramento. so there's the air quality pretty good in the bay area. you see all those grains across the country that the story is more of the same, which has been week after week of smoke transporting itself from up in this region in our region all the way across the country and you can see all those yellows that smoke from our fires. that's impressive stuff, and it's been going on now for a number of weeks. as you know, so it's definitely. not going to end anytime soon as those fires continue to burn aggressively beautiful out there right now. that's oakland. and you can see that the twin towers there. the federal buildings, um some cumulus car alto cumulus clouds their little bit of fog at the coast this morning but didn't stick around very long at all. and we had a beautiful day. we have greater quality in the bay area and as a matter of fact, for this time of year, the air quality is outstandi

. >>> hey, let's take a look, right now, this is the orville reservoir in california. second largest reservoir in california right now, it's at 643 feet. feet in 1977 this thing really provides water for millions a few more feet down and it's going to stop being able to produce electricity, as well and they've also got heat problems right now in california 18 million people out west from washington state all the way into arizona, under heat watches, heat advisories above-average temperatures in the west below average here in the east with temperatures in the 70s, low to mid 80s anywhere from 5 to 10 degrees below average. but when you head out west, completely different look at these temperatures triple digits for palm springs into friday. tucson, phoenix, even reno and those temperatures are anywhere from 10 to 15 degrees above average. and back to tokyo, they had an earthquake overnight, magnitude 5.8. it was 5:33 in the morning, wednesday. let's check in with craig. craig, did you feel the earthquake >> buddy, i -- no. and, you know, i can sleep through hurricanes s