My toaster oven is in the mail. He was a joy to hang out with. Thats interesting. I like that. I had a similar experience yesterday. I had to get blood work. Went into the office. Ten people in line. No one came up and said it was going to be while so i got up and went to another office. I stuck with bed bath and beyond. I like it when people come up and say im sorry. I hold my tongue. You never know, they could say thats sal castaneda. He is a jerk. He was trying so hard and he was genuine. He really diffused what was anger in me at first. Customer service. Customer service. Civility. Did anybody say youre gasia mikaelian. No. I looked pretty rough. I appreciate the fact that he went above and beyond to do his job and with a smile. It is this tone of civility and doing what is right. He could have pushed me aside and called the next person in line. These are subtle themes that were going to talk about tomorrow. John kasich is joining us. We will talk president ial politics and his aspirations. He is talking about civility and coming together and he will join us tomorrow on the 9. That will be a good interview. Lets follow up on breaking news. New this morning, facebook now says it is hiring 3,000 more people to review videos in an attempt to keep suicides subpoena murders from being posted or live streamed on facebook. This comes in addition to the 4500 people facebook already has doing that job. Facebook as you know has been strongly criticized recently for not doing enough to prevent those types of videos from spreading. Videos that depict violence are against the rules. But users have to report them to the company to be removed. Joining us right now is peter. Peter, real quick your reaction to Mark Zuckerbergs announcement this morning. I think it is a brilliant move. I think that the Public Relations point of view will help facebook. For the general public that uses facebook, it will be at least one step forward in reassuring people that the kinds of things that we have been seeing or that have been possible to see are eliminated. Do you think 3,000 people, whew i will it sounds like a lot for the massive volume that facebook gets, is that enough people to really make a difference and some of the troubling things that we have seen on the site. There are two parts to it. The total will be closer to 8,000 when they finish the hiring process this time. The second part is going to be that this into ades to be a 24 7 this needs to be a 24 7 operation since facebook is around the world. This will be their challenge on how to divide the 8,000 people to monitor 24 hours a day around the world. And so to answer your question, i think that they probably need to take it closer to 11,000 or 12,000. Ive been doing math. And about 12,000 monitors will i think address fairly sufficiently around the world. So theyre going to be a little short but it will be a great a great sigh of relief for many, especially parents, who are using facebook or knowing their children are using facebook. Yeah. Speaking of, Mark Zuckerberg said in a couple of years, he expects to have Artificial Intelligence that will help find these troubling videos instead of essentially relying on human eyes. Part of the issue and that is one of the issues that i work in, is Artificial Intelligence. It is this idea that the Computing Power is just not there to apply it to the kind of systems that were talking about. Translating, were going to still need humans to make some snap judgments i think for quite some time. But Artificial Intelligence is going to help in the process over the next five years. I would argue that its going to be longer than what mr. Zuckerberg is talking about. Can you explain how Artificial Intelligence would work in a case such as this . Are they working for key words . Certain images on the screen . How does it work . We know there are technologies called face recognition. One of the things that i can smile or i can be sad and, you know, smile and eyes and so forth. These kinds of actions and interactions are picked up theirs and pattern recognitions are thrown into place. So there are mathematical formulas that say if you frown for more than 30 seconds there could be something up. Im making this up at the moment. There is also tonal audio alerts that Artificial Intelligence can detect. As well as the types of words and the frequency of words that you use. The words that you use in a particular video or audio message. So there are a number of components that come in. In the end, there will be a red flag that someone else needs to make a decision on. Thank you, peter. Thank you very much. We will head south now where happening now a few dozen students at uc santa cruz are occupying a School Building in support for african, black and caribbean students. They have taking over kerr hall. Theyre not letting anyone inside. We will take you there live. This shows the building from the outside. You can tell that they have taped up paper to close off the windows and doors. You cant see much inside. The demonstration started at 2 00 yesterday afternoon. We know the protesters are blocking the doors with chairs and tables. As many as 150 students started the sitin. They want the school to provide guaranteed housing for those students, the african, black and caribbean students at rosa parks themed house on campus specifically. Demonstrators are demanding all incoming students to take a diversity training class. A School Spokesman says administrators have been working to increase campus diversity. School officials are monitoring the situation on this wednesday be morning. For now they are allowing the sitin to continue. The prosecutors Closing Arguments in the garciatorres trial are getting underway right now. He is accused of kidnapping and killing 15yearold sierra lamar in 2012. Alex savidge is at the Santa Clara County courthouse to explain how the two sides, alex, are making their cases to the jury. Reporter yeah. Good morning to all of you. This trial just resumed a short time ago. We watched as people filed into the courtroom here in san jose. What will be a packed courtroom for this highly watched trial here. Now, the prosecution will continue first with its Closing Argument. Theyre trying to overcome the major hurdle in this case as they try to get a conviction. Thats the fact that sierra lamars body was never found. They say it is clear she was murdered and the defendant is the man responsible for killing her. Garciatorres accused of kidnapping and killing the 15 yearold girl who disappeared back in 2012. Sparking major searches here in the south bay. During Closing Arguments yesterday, the Deputy District Attorney told jurors that the only trace of the morgan hill teenager that was ever found was inside the defendants car. Prosecutors also showed the jury photos of sierra lamars clothing and they say the clothing was covered with dirt, which indicates the teen was either on the ground or dragged. Now, after the prosecution wraps up its Closing Argument, which could happen today, the defense will take its turn. The defense is going to have to be very strong, very emotional in the way that they start their Closing Argument and say dont believe everything that youve heard. Wait until you hear what we have to say about this case. What the the District Attorney knows that if they dont prove beyond a reasonable doubt that sierra lamar is dead, the case is over. Reporter now, the defense in this case has offered up a theory during this 13weeklong trial that its possible that sierra lamar was never kidnapped, was never killed, and may in fact have simply run away. Thats an idea that prosecutors call absurd. Now garciatorres never did take the stand during this trial. But if he is convicted on the murder charge, he potentially is looking at the Death Penalty in this case. Again, once the prosecution wraps up their Closing Argument, which should happen later on today, the defense will get its turn for a Closing Argument. After that, the prosecution has a chance for a rebuttal. And then finally after a lengthy trial here, this case will be handed over to the jury. They will make their decision. Thank you, alex. New this morning, an investigation is underway into an officerinvolved shooting that left one man wounded in san jose. It happened about 11 30 last night on Mount Frazier drive. Police were responding to a report of a family disturbance. According to officers during the interaction one officer fired his gun at a man. He was taken to the hospital with life threatening injuries. This is the third shooting involving a San Jose Police officer this year. That officer has been placed on routine paid administrative leave. Today a number of Bay Area Police departments will be honoring officer whos have died in the line of duty. Across the country, 144 officers were killed in the line of duty last year. The San Mateo County police chief and safes association is holding the event at 10 00 this morning in redwood city. It is at the san mateo history museum. Oaklands ceremony starts at 11 00 at the Police Administration building. Among the officers San Jose Police will be honoring today is 11year veteran matthew. A motorcycle officer who died in june after he was struck by a minivan attempting to make a left turn. The driver stayed there at the scene. Three weeks before his death, he actually met a man at a coffee with a cop event and took a picture with the individual. It turns out the man was the driver who hit him. Today michael will be among 13 fallen officers honored at San Jose Police headquarters. Coming up on mornings on 2 the 9, the call for the firing of stephen colbert. The backlash for the late night talk show host over a monologue about President Trump. And a big win for the warriors against the utah jazz. How the team made history last night. Fit me Matte Poreless Foundation make fit happen from maybelline new york. Beyond matching skin tone. Fits skins texture. Blurs pores. Controls shine. Our most natural look. Now, in more shades than ever maybellines fit me make it happen maybelline new york. Breaking news. We are hearing that a Freight Train has hit a pedestrian. That person has died. An investigation is underway. All right, President Trump is meeting with lawmakers today in hopes of reviving the Republican Health care bill. Paul ryan says they are close to securing enough votes to pass the stalled legislation. It would repeal and replace obamacare. Republicans have disagreed whether to keep provisions of the Affordable Care act such as insuring people with preexisting conditions. President trump wants to push through the bill before the weeklong recess on friday. With a range of issues being addressed on capitol hill, hour question of the day is this which are you most closely watching. Take a look at the poll results. We can see as we pop it up, 48 of you say health care is number one on your mind. 9 say budget. Only 9 say the government shutdown. 37 say none of the above. I would love to read your comments. Kevin says budget. To see what funding will provide to fight poverty in our county. A couple other viewers weighed in with different issues. Veronica says i am closely watching the trumprussia fiasco. We will keep checking your responses throughout the day and share them with you at 9 30. Thank you for using ktvuthe9. Safety improvements will be added and protected bike lanes will be added in a busy part of San Francisco. They unanimously approved the measure that covered a onemile long stretch of upper market between octavia and castro street. It includes new bike lanes and clearer markers for current lanes. That means there is a lane for bicyclists next to the curb and then a row for car parking and then lanes for traffic. The Fire Department has raised some objections due to concerns that fire truckswould have to park further from the curb and be more vulnerable to muni lines and overhead power lines. Is a batha says he is not surprised by the racism encountered by a fellow African American ball player at fenway park. He tells the news day that he has never been called the n word except in boston. He says the issue is talked about among africanamerican players and they expect verbal abuse when they play at fenway. He was asked about boston following the racism encountered by Center Fielder adam jones on monday night. Jones says a group yelled racial slurs and threw peanuts at him. The red sox issued an apology and fans stood up and gave jones a standing ovation. Tuesday was a rough day for bay area baseball teams. First the as got pounded by the minnesota twins. Santana had seven strikeouts in six shutout innings. He got plenty of support with the twins smacking six homers. Dozier hit one deep for his first solo home run of the game. Then a tworun homer in the 4th. Then in the 7th, dozier notches his second home run of the game. The twins won it big. The as and twins face off again this evening. Then the giants got pounded by the dodgers. Matt moore hit a line drive in the 2nd inning scoring two and the giants led 20. But the dodgers bounced right back and took a 54 lead. And the dodgers loaded the bases. And then a tworun single and the dodgers smothered the giants. They go at it again tonight. This is game one, western conference semifinals. Curry does his magic and scores. The warriors are up 10 in the playoff series against the jazz playing their first game in more than a week. The warriors did not look rusty at all. They jumped out to a 90 lead and never looked back. They shared the ball well. 32 assists and just 7 turnovers. It usually takes a while to get that rhythm and youre usually sloppy. That says a lot about the veteran group to stay locked in and keep the turnovers low. If we can do that, we have a great chance of winning. Last night was the first time in nba playoff history where one team, the warriors, had five players with at least five assists each while the other team didnt have a Single Player reach five assists. Incredible. The next game is tomorrow night at oracle at 7 30. What made a huge difference was just greens defense. Phenomenal defense. There was a point in the game where the other team had stolen the ball and he stole it right back. Thats what you do. Did your nap strategy work by the way. If they had lost, i would have said no. Implement the same strategy tomorrow. Kid bop is coming to the bay area. We will chat with two of the new members of the group about the chart popping songs. We know how much it cost to keep uc Berkeley Safe last week during the ann coulter controversy. We will look at who is picking up the bill. Welcome to maxx you. You are whimsical, vibrant, statement making. We see what makes you unique. So we have something for everyone, at a price thats just right for you. Maxx you. Maxx life. T. J. Maxx food. Water. Internet. We need it to live. But what we dont need are surprises, like extra monthly fees. I see you, fee, played by legendary actress anjelica huston. You got me, mark. We just want fast internet for one, simple rate. 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A couple weeks ago we asked you on the question of the day, who do you think should have to pay for the cost of a controversial speaker. 46 said the group hosting the event. 20 said the city. 19 said the speaker. 15 said the venue. Tom has more on who will actually be footing the bill this time around. Reporter last thursdays Law Enforcement activities at uc berkeley during the ann coulter protest and counter protest ran up half a Million Dollars in overtime for university police, Berkeley Police, the Alameda CountySheriffs Office and a host of other agencies. University and Berkeley Police simply had to have assistance. In resent months, berkeley has become this hot bed of protests and political activity around free speech. That is overwhelming the resources of both of those departments. Reporter there was a large presence of Law Enforcement and there was no violence. But the county Sheriffs Office ran up 80,000 helping out, money it now wants back. We entered into a memorandum of understanding, a contract, with the university that they would reimburse us the cost of the 80 officers to go out to berkeley that day. Reporter while the university is in Alameda County, this is a planned event that the undertook. Pew tall aid is provided as a normal cost with no expectation of reimbursement. The problem is every day there is a planned protest on campus, the sheriffs deputies are requested, it runs up a similar tab. And its not like anybody is profiting off of doing this. They are probably actually costing some departments like ours money in resources and time and effort and logistics and all of the energy that goes into it. Reporter the University Says the cost of protection is justified giving its role to not only protect and educate students, staff and visitors as well as provide a forum for free speech. Ktvu fox 2 news. 25 people are facing charges after a may day protest turned violent in portland, oregon where police were pelted with fun cans of pepsi. A protester offered the police a can of pepsi like the controversial pepsi commercial. Later cans were thrown, glass bottles, smoke bombs and paint at officers. At least one was hit by a full pepsi can but was not injured. The charges range from Disorderly Conduct to arson and assault. A story we have been following throughout the morning. James comey is testifying in front of a u. S. Senate Committee Investigating russian connections to the election. Senators want to know what the fbi found out about the reports of russian government hacking into Democratic Political organizations and releasing stolen information to hurt Hillary Clintons campaign. California senator Dianne Feinstein asked comey why he decided 11 days before the president ial election to announce publicly that he was conducting a new investigation into Hillary Clintons emails from her time as secretary of state. Hillary clinton gave some of her first extensive comments about losing the election. Yesterday the democratic nominee spoke at the women for Women International event in new york. She blamed in part russian interference and james comey for her de feat. But she also took responsibility. I take absolute personal responsibility. I was the candidate. I was the person who was on the ballot. And i am very aware of, you know, the challenges, the problems, the, you know, shortfalls that we had. But i was on the way to winning until the combination of jim comeys letter on october 28th and russian wikileaks raised doubts in the minds of people who were implying to vote for me but got scared off. The former president ial nominee is currently writing a book that will cover the ups and downs of her 2016 campaign. Late show Host Stephen Colbert is being criticized for comments he made during a rant about President Trump monday night. You attract more skinheads than free row gain. You have more people marching against you than cancer. You talk like a sign language gorilla who got hit in the head. If was a comment though that were not going to show you here about President Trumps relationship with russian president putin that a social media labeling colbert mow phobe i can and calling him to be fired. There is a hashtag that many people are using. A lot of people say he went over the line. It is interesting. He comes from cable tv. When youre on the big there are different rules. It is interesting to see how they will respond. Not just him but there are a number of late night hosts that talk about trump. I saw that trending yesterday and i clicked on the firecolbert. And half of them are supporting him. They want to get in on the topic and talking about it. The other half are people who are upset with what he said. Its trending but not everyone who is trending that hashtag is against colbert. Some people are saying, hey, thats youre president. You should expect criticism. Right. Coming up on mornings on 2 the 9, Breast Feeding in high school. A new bill just approved in one state that should help teenage mothers graduate. Plus plus reporter vallejo firefighter recruits getting a rare opportunity to gets hands on experience. The Training Exercise about to get underway that involves burning this house in vallejo house down completely to the ground. We will tell you about it coming up. Sweet cinnamonsugar on the outside, crazy on the inside. Crave those crazy squares. Sweet cinnamonsugar on the outside, crazy on the inside. Crave those crazy squares. Welcome back to the 9. So much happening in washington this week. A number of issues. I would like to think we all care about them. But if you had to pick one, which issue are you closely watching. 45 of you said health care. 9 say budget. 9 say government shutdown. 37 say none of the above. Some of the none of the above are probably things that you have gotten in comment. Jim says budget. I want the wall built. Democrats are just whiney crying babies. So sad to see. Jc has another option, war with north korea. He could fire on north korea judge university because he is annoyed. Im worried about the executive order. It is a clear violation of u. S. Constitutional rights. Nick says nuclear war with fill in the blank. And then scott c says im focusing on my own issues, things that are in my control. Interesting. I have a mantra, im upset or worried about something but it is not in my direct control, i say to myself, there is nothing that i can do about it now and it frees me to work on my next project or issue. What about the weather, do you ever get upset with the weather. There is nothing that i can do about it now. Do you see what i did there, steve. I like that, sal. Weather is a business of sales, not production. Im looking forward to thursday at this point. You and a lot of other people. There are some that enjoy the warm temps. This may be the warmest day for the next week or maybe even ten days or longer. It looks like the whole pattern will change starting tomorrow. I put a little bit of fog on the coast. There is some on the mendocino coast and a little inching closer to the sonoma coast. Most of the coast is fogfree. Bay and inland warming up fast here. Possible records. All of the records on this date were set in 2013. Mountain view would set a record at 8. Sfo would be one short at 84. The record is 85. San francisco, the record is 79. I went 78. San jose i went 90 degrees. That is the record as well. We will be flirting with some record temps on this may 3rd. Tomorrow we will be dealing with bigtime fog. Look at that. 73 mountain view. Hayward at 74 already. Were getting warm really, really quick here. The fog is there. But its just its slowly working its way to parts of the marin and sonoma coast. Not enough of a west wind. Half moon bay and oakland show a west breeze. There is a ton of fog in Southern California trying to take the turn. The commy by nation will get together but not until tonight or tomorrow. Until then it will be sunny and warm and hot for many. That system will not only give us a big increase in the fog, but it could give us rain on sunday. More likely Southern California. 60s to 90s today. Most inland locations in the 90s. Cooling begins tomorrow. For gasia, it is about a big cooldown by friday. For you. Thank you. My fellow east bay residents thank you too. Fire officials are concerns about this years fire season. Cal fire says after fire years of drought the rain caused weeds to grow. Sacramento firefighters are Holding Daily wildland fire exercises. These are trees, brushes, grasses that have grown tall because of the rape. Now when we get into hotter weather in july and august, the fuels dry out and could lead to extreme fire behavior. This is a good time of the year to clear dead and dry vegetation from around homes and create the defensible space. Something that i did this week. I had guys come over and we had branches touching our rooftop. You did tree trimming. Yeah. Shut it down. Get it down. Get it down. In about 30 minutes, the vallejo Fire Department recruit academy is conducting a live Fire Training burn. And allie rasmus is there. Preparation is underway. Allie. Y. Allie. Reporter yes. That training burn is going to involve this house behind us. This is on springs and carolina street in vallejo. Over the next day or so, they will be burning this house completely to the ground as part of this Training Exercise. It involves recruits and recruits from a number of bay area Fire Departments. It is a unique opportunity. Im going to bring in anthony lee. How unusual is it to have this handson experience in an actual house. It is very rare. Usually we dont get an opportunity to see the fire behavior and unique fire conditions and smoke conditions on the inside. We just put it out. With this training burn, it gives the recruits to see the stages of fire and smoke conditions. With our lead instructor, he is able to dictate and narrate all of the conditions and what is transpiring inside of the structure. Lets go inside. Chip our photographer is heading in. This is an actual house. I mean, it was donated to you by a church. Yes. In vallejo, specifically for the firefighters to learn from. Friendship Ministry Church donated the structure to us. We came in and were able to do modifications to it. It was stripped to the studs but we built it up to hold and contain the fire so we could do multiple burns without doing much damage to the structure. You see the fuel load. Yeah. 28year veteran captain will lead the new recruits through fire behavior and the different stages of fire as it goes through. As you can see, we built a burn pile here. He will narrate as he applies water. The stages of fire. The different types of fuel components. And everything that goes along with it. The smoke conditions, inversion layers. What are the things that the recruits can learn here in this kind of exercise that you really cant learn in a classroom or learn anywhere else. It is unique. If you can take a look at this kind of drawing that we that we did right here. It shows the different stages of fire and its growth. And when we arrive and when we could facilitate a change. And when its not attainable to facilitate a rescue or be able to extinguish the fire. It illustrates to the new recruits as he shows them here and demonstrates with the fire what they can do. How did you get permission to do this . Because its spare the air day. Yeah. This is a residential neighborhood. So taking time to plan this burn took four to five months. We had to go to public agencies and our own agency to make sure that it is all okay. A long time coming. A long time planning. Yes. We needed approval from all of the resident as to. Thank you so much, anthony lee talking about the Training Exercise that will start here in about half an hour or so. We will be out here to watch it, observe it. Theyre going to basically burn this house down over the next day so they can see how exactly a fire burns. Learn the fire science firsthand. We will have an update for you on the story at noon. Thank you, allie rasmus. The state of nebraska is taking a big step when it comes to accommodating High School Students with newborns or who are pregnant. The bill would require schools to make a designated space for Breast Feeding students where the students can pump and store milk. It would require policies on how to handle absences and course work because of a pregnancy. It was designed to help more High School Moms graduate. In the first nine months of last year, paper book sales rose almost 7 . I love it. The association of american publishers say hardcover sales were up by 2 . Ebook sales dropped by 16 . Some people just like holding the book in your hand. Do you agree. Yes. I like hardcovers. Ebooks may be dropping in popularity but they are still selling. They generate more than 1 billion a year. Kids bop was developed in 2001 and has been named the number one childrens artist for 7 years. Now the kids are heading out on tour, coming to the bay area next month. And my kids are excited. For more, im joined by two members of the group. Eye zea morgan and juliana. How are you . Hi, sal. How are you. Well, im great. Im recording this so my kids with watch it later. Your brand, the kids bop thing is really big. Ill tell you why. You guys sing popular songs, but you make them kid friendly or family friendly. There are a lot of songs that i like. But the words might not be quite right for someone 6, 7 years old. You make the songs fun but they sound great too. Yes. Thank you. Thank you. What do you like best about singing songs, you know, from people like katy perry and all of the popular artists . Its just so fun to like jam out to it and just dance along with it. Did you ever think when you heard music on the radio that one day you would be in this group that essentially sings the songs and people like me buy them to play them . Youre being heard by a lot of people. How does that feel . When i was little, i always wanted to be a kids bop kid because i used to listen to the album and watch the videos. When i became a kids bop kid, it was amazing. All of our albums are being sold and i was like oh my gosh people are listening to our music. We get to have amazing fun. I know youre starting your tour. I see a video of you at lego land. Youre traveling all over cities. Do you ever get kids who come up and say you guys are new. Are you prepared for people coming up and recognizing you and i think my kids would probably recognize you after a little bit and say can i have your autograph. Can you sing a song . You guys will be known by a lot of people. [music] all the fans are really supportive. And theyre always so nice to us. Yes. Theyre very kind to us. They always make edits of us. It is really cool. What do you think is the hardest part about doing this . I see you have to dance and sing. You know, theres probably a lot of demand on your time. Do you still go to school . What is your lifelike . Is it kind of like a regular kid or is it just a little different . Yes. Our parents always make sure that we have life as a regular kid. We do homeschool so that we can keep up with our grades and stuff. School is our first priority. Yes. We also have to do chores much thats what a regular kid has to do. Were regular kids. We want to have fun but we get to do this amazing job. Congratulations to you two being the newest members. They Just Announced the whole cast this week. Have fun on tour and thank you for joining us here in the bay area. Thank you so much for having us. Thank you. All right. We put more bye. Bye, guys. We put more information about the tour on ktvu. Com. Look for it under the web links section on the mornings on 2 tab. And you can find it on our mobile app as well. Youre one of those nice dads that plays kids music in the car. There are some lyrics that my kids are not ready for. But i like the song so it is a good alternative. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the summer of love. Next, the elements being incorporated into what is a very special show. This month the San Francisco base ballet is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the summer of love with a very special show. Ktvu has a look at the historic time that went into the depths. [music] reporter the 23yearold San Francisco based billion a was created to build an American Ballet Company with the distinctly american accent. This month, the ballet will present here and now, a ballet based on San Franciscos 1967 summer of love, a summer that impacted cultures worldwide to this very day. As far as the summer of love, it seemed a perfect fit for the ballet. Reporter artistic director of the ballet says this ballet is a major theatric cal work partially based on a drug trip including clothes of the time, big sets and projections from many bay area artists including jefferson airplane, sly and the family stone and the mamas and the papas. These were turbulent times. Some of the same issues still exist. Our issues of love and existence and peace, not war. Many of the issues are still with us today. So its going to be very timely. Even though it is a celebration of this era of 50 years ago. It was above all things this time of openness and experimentation and exploration. This is a soundtrack of our lives. There are so many for me there are so many moments of recall, i remember what i was hearing when that event happened. Reporter the audience will float through the key issues of a vibrant era, 50 years ago, including vietnam, drugs, free love and spiritual openings through music and dance. You can be high minded and think it has to be classical music. For me some of the most brilliant Musical Artists are pop artists, in particular artists from this time period. [music] we are happy to welcome artistic director to talk to us about this amazing creation. Ill say first of all a lot of people dont expect those songs to be put to ballet. Thats true. Although it is classic ballet. We have created ballets to any type of music. Our founder didnt shia way from sinatra. Plus he loved classical music. It runs the gamut with what we do. Was it difficult to come to this point, putting it all together when youre talking about something in 1967, bringing it to the stage in 2017. Yes and no. The project has had a long process. I talked to mcintyre two years ago talking about the project, knowing that the summer of love was upon us in a couple of years. It seemed the perfect fit. If michael was here, he would be creating to it for sure. Do you feel a certain responsibility to, quote, get did right . This is San Francisco. It happened here. People are going to come here with High Expectations to see your show. Well, its true. We arent just trying to copy what happened in the summer of love. And its really mcintyres reflection on it as well. Although we are celebrating 50 years ago, the issues are still present today. He is talking about love and acceptance. Peace, not war. So these things are still relevant today. Sadly that we still have to remind people and for people to be in touch with their own humanity. So much of the movement that i have seen on tape of the summer of love. A couple of us were not born yet. The other one was probably in diapers. It is free flowing, expressionism. Im doing my thing while he is doing his. I think of ballet as being very exacting. Down to the millimeter of where i put my leg or how he holds my hand. How do you join the two. He studied classical musics but breaks off and does jazz. Our dancers have to be incredibly trained. Theyre classical technicians in classical ballet. Were not doing the tutu thing. The precision required in classical ballet is required in mcintyres movements. We call it contemporary balance eye. The performers are pretty young. Have they learned anything about the 60s by participating in this show . Yes, they have. They have. I mean, they have seen footage of that era. Theres been a lot of talk about that in the studio. What i love is that they are being introduced to these songs that maybe she wouldnt have been. We played the mamas and papas. What 23yearold knows who the mamas and papas are. Were educating them in many ways. So many of the tunes are classics. Do you find that the dancers were excited or thrilled to embark on this adventure . Absolutely. In 1967. They are so willing. They are so willing. What is thrilling for any dancer is to have work created on them. That is the most special thing. Sometimes we perform works that are licensed that are already created. When a ballet is actually tailored to your gifts and ability. I never attended a lot of ballet. Maybe even a nutcracker here and there. When you bring the 67 theme to it, it interests me because that is an era that im interested in. Do you expect a lot of people or first time people to come to the ballet and see this based just on that. Absolutely. It is a great entry point. If you love athletics and you love music, that subpoena what ballet, what dance is and what is required of the people. The dancers are artists and athletes. So you combine that and you have this great music. And we have two other ballets on the program too. It is a fantastic evening of dance. Wonderful. We want to give you more information about the ballet. It is on ktvu. Com. Look for it in the web links section under the mornings on 2 tab. You will also find all of the information that you need on the ballet celebration of the summer of love on the ktvu mobile app. Thank you so much for joining us. Tuesday. Congratulations. Did you know that he is a dead head. Yes. He loves the dead. My mom was a fan. [music] its day one of were playing zombie tag im tired, but im teaching them hopscotch. Im starting a garden with my neighbors so our kids can eat better. And we feel happier i have more energy at work. 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I certainly hope youre with us tomorrow on the 9. We are being joined by Ohio Governor and former republican president ial candidate john kasich. He will join us live in the studio. We will talk about a number of things as he is here to discuss his latest book, two paths america divided or united. Stay with us. We hope to see you back here for the 9. Meanwhile, youre on assignment today. Yes. Out the door. We will be holding down the noon newscast. Enjoy the sunshine. Thank goodness it is cooling. Youre heading out the door. Live from new york city, its the Wendy Williams show. Wendy how you doin . We wont judge, but were judging. Its going to be juicy. [ applause ] now heres wendy [ applause ] [ applause ] wendy wow. Thank you for watching our show. [ applause ] say hello to my cohost, the studio audience. Yes. Lively ones how you doin