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Do you get customers afraid to buy a new bike? >> absolutely. people they dont want to invest money in something that will just disappear. >> reporter: in san francisco bikes have vanished at the rate of 3 every hour. ramirez isnt surprised. >> you can cut this with a bolt cut bertha long in one snip. >> how long could it take to steal a bike -- >> with just this. >> half a second, maybe. >> this is where many end up, hundreds of them, piled in a police warehouse. since over 90% of bikes are unr...

Wasteful spending. once she sets her sights on obamacare, joanie is going to unload. >> okay. >> from castrating pigs to guns. >> chris matthews is here. thats going to be great, in just a few minutes. also john thune joins us exclusively. >> also "morning joe" gets to go to the met gala. actually lewis did. he brings us his report. were back in just a moment. honestly, the off-season isnt really off for me. ive got a lot to do. thats why i got my surface. its great for watching game film and dr...

Friends that were cycling for $1.3 million. she claims that great pain and suffering. it is person to note that the driver was traveling 50 miles per hour. and she was doing 55. and she was not intoxicated at the time of the crash. well bring in our legal panel. a list. and doug, burns. to you firstissa. >> it is a ridiculous. negligence on the part of the kids on the bikes. >> because they were wearing dark clothes >> and shoo was going 55 at night. a cautious driver would slow down on outlying...

Did. >> reporter: pam dorr rode into greensboro, alabama when its main street was on life support. even the catfish had moved on. >> 75% of the businesses downtown were vacant or abandoned. >> reporter: but dorr has a special gift using whatever is lying around to build possibility. so this is bamboo. >> this is bamboo. its an engineered bamboo tube in a hex shape lined with carbon fiber. >> reporter: wild bamboo was a local nuisance. and this stuff grows all over. >> everywhere. and it turns ou...

To search that luggage as fast as i could search it with one dog id beat you ever time. >> reporter: roberts has taught mary, a three-year-old lab, to detect a wide variety of bomb-making materials. >> good girl! >> reporter: most of the doogs here failed at becoming guide dogs because they were too energetic or too easily distracted by smells. thats what makes them ideal for detecting explosives. labs in particular have a strong food drive, which is why food reward training works so well. basic...

In fact, in a country where by custom and history women rarely drive cars and almost never ride bikes she is not just the leader of around a dozen female riders, shes the best rider on the new afghan national cycling team and a symbol of hope for all afghan women. winning medals in regional competitions and shaping a dream. >> translator: to wave the flag of afghanistan in the olympics, to prove to the world that women in afghanistan have progressed. >> reporter: salma and her teammates only rid...

A young man, about whom we once seemingly knew so much and now, about what matters most, seemingly nothing at all. and the real question is the simplest of all. why? why perpetrate so staggering a hoax with nothing seemingly to gain? and until manti teo shares his side, diane, of a story as bizarre as any i can remember, that, it appears, is all were going to have. questions. >> and getting more bizarre with every hour that passes. >> reporter: indeed it is. >> thank you, josh, great to see you ...

Being vigilant about locking up your bike, a better one. we hit the streets with hal ruzal, a legendary bike mechanic in new york city. >> they have a helmet on the head, a messenger bag, theyre well-dressed. >> reporter: and they have a secret weapon. this is an expensive, top-rated steel bike lock. >> done. >> reporter: oh, my gosh, that takes two seconds. >> exactly. >> reporter: professional thieves swap stolen bikes with thieves in other cities so they can easily sell them. still hal says t...

Photo of jerron studying in his whirlpool bathtub made him something of a local celebrity. merced, california, is in the middle of a depressed real estate market, where home prices have collapsed, and where rents are low, even for large well appointed houses. this house shared by jerron and his roommates boasts 4200 square feet of living space and six bedrooms. each of the roommates pays about 300 bucks a month in rent. compare that to cramped campus dorm housing that costs $13,000 a year, with ...

Fish. >> were giving them the technology. were going to be able to give up and its not just with their ideas. >> were giving access to cheap bicycles and its not dependent on anybody else. its dependent on the people that make the bikes that will increase access to bicycles and improve a whole lot of peoples standard of living. >> i really miss by bamboo bike when i dont have it. >> and, next, one last little ride.