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Returning to the nations largest cities. The next chapter of ukraines political crisis has begun. Now that crimea has decided to breakaway from ukraine and join russia. Is a Vladimir Putin quickly moving quick to approve. We have pro hencesive coverage from our al jazeera reporter stationed around the world. Phil ittner is in kiev, jennifer glass is in crimea, and we begin with Mike Viqueira at the white house. The tough new sanctions announced just moments ago. Bring us uptodate. Reporter the other shoe dropped, the president announced he was authorizing sanctions against certain russian individuals who were instrumental with Vladimir Putin and cohorts have done. In crimeas vote to join russia. U. S. Announcinthey didnt name. They said these sanctions were going to be impose first degree russia stayed on the course that it was on. Theyre obviously on that course and today the hammer comes down on four russians and three ukrainians, including those individuals who purport to be leaders, russian leaders. In very short notice after signing the executive order, heres more of what he had to say. There is still a path to resolve this situation diplomatically in a way that addresses interests of both russia and ukraine. That clues russia pulling its forces in crimea back to its bases. Engaging in dialogue with the ukrainian government. Reporter so the president stressing International Unity citing the fact that the e. U. Over the weekend imposed sanctions of itself on 11 individuals who were responsible for violating the territorial integrity of ukraine and instrumental in bringing crimean referendum to a vote that obviously the administration, the president saying theyll never recognize crimea being part of russia. Weve been here before with regards to russia. It was georgia last time and now its crimea, do you feel like theyre laying down the guidelines saying this cannot continue. Reporter thats a great point. And the president still not giving up, providing an offramp, you heard him talk about it before, about russia getting back to its bases, opening up a dialogue, there is no signs that russia is going to do this. This is after a third call yesterday between president obama and Vladimir Putin. Phil ittner, you have more information concerning those sanctions. Who was targeted by the e. U. Today . Reporter yes, well, del, there are a number of people targeted with these sanction programs and theyre very high ranking. This is pretty much Vladimir Putins inner circle. These are a lot of men who have direct contact with Vladimir Putin. And hes a president , a man who likes to keep his sources and confidants close to his heart. This will definitely have an affect on russian leadership both public and private. But you know, del, one of the things that the e. U. Has always been criticized for when it comes to dealing with russia is that theyre very reluctant to do anything because they have such close trade ties with moscow, but this seems to be different. Europe waking up to the fact that if they dont stand up to Vladimir Putin theyll forever be in moscows pocket. British foreign minister William Hague spoke to this, and tried to wean itself off of its dependence on russia. We have started today discussing the longer term, the need to reduce dependence on Russian Energy over many years to come and many of these sorts of things that will be the biggest costs in the long term. If we make no diplomatic progress over the coming weeks so im, pleased we made this decision, there is agreement in these things, and we stand ready to build on these measures if it becomes necessary to do so. Of course there is still grave concern in europe about how these sanctions may be reciprocated by moscow. We have heard from the kremlin that they will return in kind with their own sanction program, and weve been in touch, actually, with the Foreign Ministry in moscow, and they say that they will be taking action, and that europe is not their only trading partner. They do have options, and theyre taking a Straight Line to moscow. Well see what they have to say about all of this. What did the Ukrainian Parliament saying right now about that referendum . Reporter all along the Kiev Parliament and kiev government saying they will not recognize this referendum. They feel that the Crimean Parliament overstepped its authority. They dont have the power to unilaterally call a referendum. They are saying this is a false vote. Weve heard from the ukrainian president speaking about that very matter. Looking at the aggression in crimea which the Russian Federation is covering up with the as far as called a referendum which will never be called by ukraine and the civilized world i have signed a decree that calls for mobilization. Now in that emergency meeting today or that meeting of the Parliament Today they also said that theyre calling up reservists to head on out to the east of this country, not least of which they think that russia is trying to destable itstabilit now they have to set up a borderline of international frontier. Thank you. We turn to jennifer glass, what does this referendum mean for ukrainian troops that are still wearing Ukrainian Military uniforms. Reporter thats right, theyre still flying the ukrainian flag over the lack sea fleets. And on ukraineen bases that have not been taken over by russian forces. We have heard by head of Parliament Say today that those soldiers, those ukrainian soldiers either have to join the crimean forces or they have to leave crimea. One of the men on the u. S. Sanctions list announced just in the last hour or so we dont know if thats going to effect anything here, quite frankly. Those sanctions have notthe people here in crimea said we dont care what the west does. Were making our own decisions. The legislature wasted no time in declaring independence in asking to become a part of russia. We still dont know what is going to happen to that military stand off. Youve got sailors in ships in the bay behind me and around the peninsula here. Blockaded on their ships by russian ukrainian sailors. Theyre waiting for some sort of leadership from kiev, but it is a very uncertain situation. Jennifer, im curious, have we heard anything from russian lawmakers concerning this referendum . Reporter you know, were waiting to hear from theyre going to say tomorrow. President Vladimir Putin is going to address both legislatures in russia tomorrow and certainly the people of crimea are hoping to recognize the referendum and recognize crimeas request to become part of russia. For right now were waiting to see what president putin will do. The sanctions are new, but the past couple of weeks any different russia wont pay any attention and do what it wants to do. Now to that missing malaysian flight, flight 370, it now appears the copilot made the planes last transmission to air traffic control. The search for this plane has entered its tenth day. Reporter as investigators in malaysia search the homes of the planes company to captain and f the copilot, it refeels who spoke the last words from the cockpit. It was the man in the right seat. Initial investigation indicates it was the copilot who basically spoke the last time. Reporter that was 27yearold who calmly said all right, good night when told to contact controllers in vietnam. That contact never happened. They revised the timeline saying the two Communication Systems that were switched off on the jet may have both been disabled in the minutes after that final radio transmission. The police have interviewed the family, and are now examining the flights simulator the pilot built in his home. We have dismane dismantled id weve reassembled it, and were getting experts to look at it now. Friends of the captain have been quick to defend him saying he could not have been involved in the flights disappearance. He would have made sure that the crew and passengers, their welfare before thinking of themselves. Reporter they could be anywhere from Western Australia to deep into the indian ocean. U. S. China, france, among others to provide satellite detail. Reporter the pwas added to the search asthma haitian investigators who say the flights disappearance is a deliberate act has refused intelligence assistance in the focus o on the pilots. My understand ising is that malaysia is not cooperating at all. Reporter the flights black boxes if ever recovered, would yield few clues. If this is a sixor seven hour event weve lost all of the good stuff. Reporter joining the search of the plane three investigators from San Francisco who helped find their countrys own missing jet a number of years ago at the bottom of the atlantic ocean. Lisa stark, al jazeera, washington. Meanwhile the loved ones on board flight 370 say they have a lot of questions. They believe they are still alive and are not giving up hope. We believe hes alive. In our hearts we believe hes alive. God is in control. With all the twists and turns that have happened through the week its beenits given us hope. He has created a Facebook Page encouraging people not to give up. President obama welcoming palestinian president Mahmood Abbas to the white house. The goal is to get the Palestinian Leader to agree to framework talks with israel. Bringing nostalgia art back to life. And much more when Al Jazeera America returns. Welcome back to Al Jazeera America. Im del walters. Here are your headlines at this hour. Palestinian president Mahmood Abbas will meet with president obama at the white house. The two discussing the framework fofor a peace deal. But palestinians believe they will face pressure from the u. S. To make a deal that will not allow for an independent state. Reporter this is a funeral for an 18yearold shot in the back of the head by the israeli army. They say for throwing stones. One week later his mother is still in disbelief. I think they could have arrested him, put him on trial, anything, but not kill him. Reporter its this continuing killing and conflict between israelis and palestinians, the u. S. Believed could be resolved starting with the Draft Agreement president obama will deliver to president Mahmood Abbas when they meet in washington. Its thought there is some consensus for a palestinian state on the west bank in the gaza strip territory garnered by israel in 1967. Palestinians would be compensated with equal land elsewhere. But there are questions whether israel is bargain nothing good faith. Complicating negotiations is the fact that israel has continued building illegal settlements here in the west bank. Roughly 10,000 new settlement units since talks began in july of 2013. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants his country recognized as a jewish state, palestinians say they did recognize the existence of israel in the as low accor oslo. Palestinians want East Jerusalem as a capitol. With jerusalem as part of our own sovereign state. Reporter International Law mandates return of refugees displaced in 1948. This is a sticking point. Israel is insisting on keeping a presence in the west bank. The differences seem insurmountable and now hopeless for palestinians. Therthey have been negotiatig for 20 years. Since he was born. He was killed, and tens of thousands have been arrested during those years of talk. Reporter there is little time left for peace making. A draft framework with a nine months deadline with differences created over decades may just have a month to resolve. Al jazeera, west bank. Navy seals taking control of an oil tanker in the mediterranean sea. Morning glory had sailed into a port under a north korean flag, but north korea denied the ship was the its. They took control of that tanker. No one was hurt in that mission. Wall street looking to break its fiveday losing streak at this hour with the dow taking off right at the opening bell. Analysts say investors seem relieved on the decision of crimea rejoining russia, and now that it is behind us, and any sanctions punishing moscow likely wont make much of an financial impact. Recalling 364 advance and cadillacs and sedans because of other problems, gm said it will set aside 300 million to pay for the costs. In a positive economic sign for growth the Federal Reserve said Factory Production soared. It comes after an equal decline in january suggesting bad weather and not a slowing economy was behind that drop o off. New poll shows onethird of Americans Without Health Insurance wont sign up despite being required to do so under the Affordable Care act. The reason given that the coverage is too expensive, and 70 of uninsured people dont know about subsidies that might reduce their costs. An electriguitar played by George Harrison before the beatles invaded the u. S. Is on the auction block. Its expected to fetch 600,000. Harrison played that guitar on appearances on british tv before the band came to america in 1964. It will be auctioned off in may. Hand painted designs that faded in the background decades ago. Now it makes a comeback on buildings in americas biggest cities. Welcome back to Al Jazeera America. Im del walters. These are your headlines at this hour. President obama ordering sanctions against russian prominent people. The focus of that investigation into Malaysian Airlines flight 370 is now back on the copilot. Its been revealed that he was the last one to talk to control room before the signaling system was turned off. Meteorologist im meteorologist dave warren coming in from the capitol. Eight inches of snow in some areas. The snow is winding down giving a little break but another storm will follow, but maybe not the amount of snow we saw today. Maybe more rain an maybe ice is in the forecast. One area of snow moves out. Here is a break. Still below freezing in this area. Its a slippery roadway and could get a coating of snow and possibly a mix where you get that rain falling in the cold air freezing before or when it hits the ground. The area of low pressure which will move along the same track maybe a little farther south so not as much snow, but still more rain and ice to the south. Over the next day or two. Thrichmond virginia, just above freezing with that cold rain coming down in raleigh. 46 degrees in atlanta. There is a line of severe storms. Has a history of producing damaging winds as it moves to the southeast, moving through florida. This will watch closely and a watch is likely keeping an eye on storm pro diction centers moving through the southeast. A little snow in the northern plains, another storm across the pacific northwest. In between we have High Pressure as the storm tracks to the south. The high keeps the south so were talking about rain and a little bit of ice Tuesday Morning and early wednesday. Heres the break, but its cold. High pressure will keep that cold air in place. Heres the northnortheast wind. Watch what happens wednesday and thursday. The storm coming into the northwest now. Well move across the midwest, and this will be the first day of spring. On thursday we have temperatures climbing in the 50s and 60s. So a nice warm up expected here along the east coast as that storm tracks east with maybe a little bit of rain. Thank you very much. It wasnt that long ago that handpainted signs dotted sky lines across the country. But high costs and high tech billboards replaced them. But now one by one theyre making a comeback. Art and advertising reuniting in new york. Reporter for decades hand painted ads like these appeared on billboards in new york selling everything from vitamins to manicure sets. But with Technology Sign painting soon became extinct leaving behind ghostly images of billboards in its heyday. But now its enjoying a revival. The biggest hurdle was convincing people that hand paint can be a viable source for advertising. And i think thats more than proven now. People are coming to the wall. Theyre looking at whats going on. Theyre wondering what is happening here. Wow, this still gets done. Reporter not only is he keeping sign painting alive, hes grooming a new set of painters, a group of artists anxious to learn the ropes. Came to the bar, and they were painting a huge wall across the street, i just remember thats all i want to do. Reporter the learning is slow, the process painstaking. They may be signs but its a technique of an unlikely source. Michelangelo. Hes using a pounce machine tracing over all the contour lines of the image. While hes doing that the penal hes use something burning holes in the painter. The painter will grab this when he gets to the wall. Hell take a bag filled with dust, and hell rub it over the surface, and it leaves that impression of whatever part of the art work shows. And theyre ready to paint. Well, not quite. It takes thousands of pounds of rigging to get here. It also makes for a hectic week. They call themselves wall dogs often laboring seven days in a row or more battling fatigue and the elements. Weve been working a 15degree weather. With this is something that you have to deal with. The wall is not going to paint itself. Clients are willing to pay a premium for one of these ads because this kind of Performance Art creates an invaluable buzz that you dont get with traditional outdoor campaigns. There is Vladimir Putin<\/a> quickly moving quick to approve. We have pro hencesive coverage from our al jazeera reporter stationed around the world. Phil ittner is in kiev, jennifer glass is in crimea, and we begin with Mike Viqueira<\/a> at the white house. The tough new sanctions announced just moments ago. Bring us uptodate. Reporter the other shoe dropped, the president announced he was authorizing sanctions against certain russian individuals who were instrumental with Vladimir Putin<\/a> and cohorts have done. In crimeas vote to join russia. U. S. Announcinthey didnt name. They said these sanctions were going to be impose first degree russia stayed on the course that it was on. Theyre obviously on that course and today the hammer comes down on four russians and three ukrainians, including those individuals who purport to be leaders, russian leaders. In very short notice after signing the executive order, heres more of what he had to say. There is still a path to resolve this situation diplomatically in a way that addresses interests of both russia and ukraine. That clues russia pulling its forces in crimea back to its bases. Engaging in dialogue with the ukrainian government. Reporter so the president stressing International Unity<\/a> citing the fact that the e. U. Over the weekend imposed sanctions of itself on 11 individuals who were responsible for violating the territorial integrity of ukraine and instrumental in bringing crimean referendum to a vote that obviously the administration, the president saying theyll never recognize crimea being part of russia. Weve been here before with regards to russia. It was georgia last time and now its crimea, do you feel like theyre laying down the guidelines saying this cannot continue. Reporter thats a great point. And the president still not giving up, providing an offramp, you heard him talk about it before, about russia getting back to its bases, opening up a dialogue, there is no signs that russia is going to do this. This is after a third call yesterday between president obama and Vladimir Putin<\/a>. Phil ittner, you have more information concerning those sanctions. Who was targeted by the e. U. Today . Reporter yes, well, del, there are a number of people targeted with these sanction programs and theyre very high ranking. This is pretty much Vladimir Putin<\/a>s inner circle. These are a lot of men who have direct contact with Vladimir Putin<\/a>. And hes a president , a man who likes to keep his sources and confidants close to his heart. This will definitely have an affect on russian leadership both public and private. But you know, del, one of the things that the e. U. Has always been criticized for when it comes to dealing with russia is that theyre very reluctant to do anything because they have such close trade ties with moscow, but this seems to be different. Europe waking up to the fact that if they dont stand up to Vladimir Putin<\/a> theyll forever be in moscows pocket. British foreign minister William Hague<\/a> spoke to this, and tried to wean itself off of its dependence on russia. We have started today discussing the longer term, the need to reduce dependence on Russian Energy<\/a> over many years to come and many of these sorts of things that will be the biggest costs in the long term. If we make no diplomatic progress over the coming weeks so im, pleased we made this decision, there is agreement in these things, and we stand ready to build on these measures if it becomes necessary to do so. Of course there is still grave concern in europe about how these sanctions may be reciprocated by moscow. We have heard from the kremlin that they will return in kind with their own sanction program, and weve been in touch, actually, with the Foreign Ministry<\/a> in moscow, and they say that they will be taking action, and that europe is not their only trading partner. They do have options, and theyre taking a Straight Line<\/a> to moscow. Well see what they have to say about all of this. What did the Ukrainian Parliament<\/a> saying right now about that referendum . Reporter all along the Kiev Parliament<\/a> and kiev government saying they will not recognize this referendum. They feel that the Crimean Parliament<\/a> overstepped its authority. They dont have the power to unilaterally call a referendum. They are saying this is a false vote. Weve heard from the ukrainian president speaking about that very matter. Looking at the aggression in crimea which the Russian Federation<\/a> is covering up with the as far as called a referendum which will never be called by ukraine and the civilized world i have signed a decree that calls for mobilization. Now in that emergency meeting today or that meeting of the Parliament Today<\/a> they also said that theyre calling up reservists to head on out to the east of this country, not least of which they think that russia is trying to destable itstabilit now they have to set up a borderline of international frontier. Thank you. We turn to jennifer glass, what does this referendum mean for ukrainian troops that are still wearing Ukrainian Military<\/a> uniforms. Reporter thats right, theyre still flying the ukrainian flag over the lack sea fleets. And on ukraineen bases that have not been taken over by russian forces. We have heard by head of Parliament Say<\/a> today that those soldiers, those ukrainian soldiers either have to join the crimean forces or they have to leave crimea. One of the men on the u. S. Sanctions list announced just in the last hour or so we dont know if thats going to effect anything here, quite frankly. Those sanctions have notthe people here in crimea said we dont care what the west does. Were making our own decisions. The legislature wasted no time in declaring independence in asking to become a part of russia. We still dont know what is going to happen to that military stand off. Youve got sailors in ships in the bay behind me and around the peninsula here. Blockaded on their ships by russian ukrainian sailors. Theyre waiting for some sort of leadership from kiev, but it is a very uncertain situation. Jennifer, im curious, have we heard anything from russian lawmakers concerning this referendum . Reporter you know, were waiting to hear from theyre going to say tomorrow. President Vladimir Putin<\/a> is going to address both legislatures in russia tomorrow and certainly the people of crimea are hoping to recognize the referendum and recognize crimeas request to become part of russia. For right now were waiting to see what president putin will do. The sanctions are new, but the past couple of weeks any different russia wont pay any attention and do what it wants to do. Now to that missing malaysian flight, flight 370, it now appears the copilot made the planes last transmission to air traffic control. The search for this plane has entered its tenth day. Reporter as investigators in malaysia search the homes of the planes company to captain and f the copilot, it refeels who spoke the last words from the cockpit. It was the man in the right seat. Initial investigation indicates it was the copilot who basically spoke the last time. Reporter that was 27yearold who calmly said all right, good night when told to contact controllers in vietnam. That contact never happened. They revised the timeline saying the two Communication Systems<\/a> that were switched off on the jet may have both been disabled in the minutes after that final radio transmission. The police have interviewed the family, and are now examining the flights simulator the pilot built in his home. We have dismane dismantled id weve reassembled it, and were getting experts to look at it now. Friends of the captain have been quick to defend him saying he could not have been involved in the flights disappearance. He would have made sure that the crew and passengers, their welfare before thinking of themselves. Reporter they could be anywhere from Western Australia<\/a> to deep into the indian ocean. U. S. China, france, among others to provide satellite detail. Reporter the pwas added to the search asthma haitian investigators who say the flights disappearance is a deliberate act has refused intelligence assistance in the focus o on the pilots. My understand ising is that malaysia is not cooperating at all. Reporter the flights black boxes if ever recovered, would yield few clues. If this is a sixor seven hour event weve lost all of the good stuff. Reporter joining the search of the plane three investigators from San Francisco<\/a> who helped find their countrys own missing jet a number of years ago at the bottom of the atlantic ocean. Lisa stark, al jazeera, washington. Meanwhile the loved ones on board flight 370 say they have a lot of questions. They believe they are still alive and are not giving up hope. We believe hes alive. In our hearts we believe hes alive. God is in control. With all the twists and turns that have happened through the week its beenits given us hope. He has created a Facebook Page<\/a> encouraging people not to give up. President obama welcoming palestinian president Mahmood Abbas<\/a> to the white house. The goal is to get the Palestinian Leader<\/a> to agree to framework talks with israel. Bringing nostalgia art back to life. And much more when Al Jazeera America<\/a> returns. Welcome back to Al Jazeera America<\/a>. Im del walters. Here are your headlines at this hour. Palestinian president Mahmood Abbas<\/a> will meet with president obama at the white house. The two discussing the framework fofor a peace deal. But palestinians believe they will face pressure from the u. S. To make a deal that will not allow for an independent state. Reporter this is a funeral for an 18yearold shot in the back of the head by the israeli army. They say for throwing stones. One week later his mother is still in disbelief. I think they could have arrested him, put him on trial, anything, but not kill him. Reporter its this continuing killing and conflict between israelis and palestinians, the u. S. Believed could be resolved starting with the Draft Agreement<\/a> president obama will deliver to president Mahmood Abbas<\/a> when they meet in washington. Its thought there is some consensus for a palestinian state on the west bank in the gaza strip territory garnered by israel in 1967. Palestinians would be compensated with equal land elsewhere. But there are questions whether israel is bargain nothing good faith. Complicating negotiations is the fact that israel has continued building illegal settlements here in the west bank. Roughly 10,000 new settlement units since talks began in july of 2013. Israeli Prime Minister<\/a> Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> wants his country recognized as a jewish state, palestinians say they did recognize the existence of israel in the as low accor oslo. Palestinians want East Jerusalem<\/a> as a capitol. With jerusalem as part of our own sovereign state. Reporter International Law<\/a> mandates return of refugees displaced in 1948. This is a sticking point. Israel is insisting on keeping a presence in the west bank. The differences seem insurmountable and now hopeless for palestinians. Therthey have been negotiatig for 20 years. Since he was born. He was killed, and tens of thousands have been arrested during those years of talk. Reporter there is little time left for peace making. A draft framework with a nine months deadline with differences created over decades may just have a month to resolve. Al jazeera, west bank. Navy seals taking control of an oil tanker in the mediterranean sea. Morning glory had sailed into a port under a north korean flag, but north korea denied the ship was the its. They took control of that tanker. No one was hurt in that mission. Wall street looking to break its fiveday losing streak at this hour with the dow taking off right at the opening bell. Analysts say investors seem relieved on the decision of crimea rejoining russia, and now that it is behind us, and any sanctions punishing moscow likely wont make much of an financial impact. Recalling 364 advance and cadillacs and sedans because of other problems, gm said it will set aside 300 million to pay for the costs. In a positive economic sign for growth the Federal Reserve<\/a> said Factory Production<\/a> soared. It comes after an equal decline in january suggesting bad weather and not a slowing economy was behind that drop o off. New poll shows onethird of Americans Without Health Insurance<\/a> wont sign up despite being required to do so under the Affordable Care<\/a> act. The reason given that the coverage is too expensive, and 70 of uninsured people dont know about subsidies that might reduce their costs. An electriguitar played by George Harrison<\/a> before the beatles invaded the u. S. Is on the auction block. Its expected to fetch 600,000. Harrison played that guitar on appearances on british tv before the band came to america in 1964. It will be auctioned off in may. Hand painted designs that faded in the background decades ago. Now it makes a comeback on buildings in americas biggest cities. Welcome back to Al Jazeera America<\/a>. Im del walters. These are your headlines at this hour. President obama ordering sanctions against russian prominent people. The focus of that investigation into Malaysian Airlines<\/a> flight 370 is now back on the copilot. Its been revealed that he was the last one to talk to control room before the signaling system was turned off. Meteorologist im meteorologist dave warren coming in from the capitol. Eight inches of snow in some areas. The snow is winding down giving a little break but another storm will follow, but maybe not the amount of snow we saw today. Maybe more rain an maybe ice is in the forecast. One area of snow moves out. Here is a break. Still below freezing in this area. Its a slippery roadway and could get a coating of snow and possibly a mix where you get that rain falling in the cold air freezing before or when it hits the ground. The area of low pressure which will move along the same track maybe a little farther south so not as much snow, but still more rain and ice to the south. Over the next day or two. Thrichmond virginia, just above freezing with that cold rain coming down in raleigh. 46 degrees in atlanta. There is a line of severe storms. Has a history of producing damaging winds as it moves to the southeast, moving through florida. This will watch closely and a watch is likely keeping an eye on storm pro diction centers moving through the southeast. A little snow in the northern plains, another storm across the pacific northwest. In between we have High Pressure<\/a> as the storm tracks to the south. The high keeps the south so were talking about rain and a little bit of ice Tuesday Morning<\/a> and early wednesday. Heres the break, but its cold. High pressure will keep that cold air in place. Heres the northnortheast wind. Watch what happens wednesday and thursday. The storm coming into the northwest now. Well move across the midwest, and this will be the first day of spring. On thursday we have temperatures climbing in the 50s and 60s. So a nice warm up expected here along the east coast as that storm tracks east with maybe a little bit of rain. Thank you very much. It wasnt that long ago that handpainted signs dotted sky lines across the country. But high costs and high tech billboards replaced them. But now one by one theyre making a comeback. Art and advertising reuniting in new york. Reporter for decades hand painted ads like these appeared on billboards in new york selling everything from vitamins to manicure sets. But with Technology Sign<\/a> painting soon became extinct leaving behind ghostly images of billboards in its heyday. But now its enjoying a revival. The biggest hurdle was convincing people that hand paint can be a viable source for advertising. And i think thats more than proven now. People are coming to the wall. Theyre looking at whats going on. Theyre wondering what is happening here. Wow, this still gets done. Reporter not only is he keeping sign painting alive, hes grooming a new set of painters, a group of artists anxious to learn the ropes. Came to the bar, and they were painting a huge wall across the street, i just remember thats all i want to do. Reporter the learning is slow, the process painstaking. They may be signs but its a technique of an unlikely source. Michelangelo. Hes using a pounce machine tracing over all the contour lines of the image. While hes doing that the penal hes use something burning holes in the painter. The painter will grab this when he gets to the wall. Hell take a bag filled with dust, and hell rub it over the surface, and it leaves that impression of whatever part of the art work shows. And theyre ready to paint. Well, not quite. It takes thousands of pounds of rigging to get here. It also makes for a hectic week. They call themselves wall dogs often laboring seven days in a row or more battling fatigue and the elements. Weve been working a 15degree weather. With this is something that you have to deal with. The wall is not going to paint itself. Clients are willing to pay a premium for one of these ads because this kind of Performance Art<\/a> creates an invaluable buzz that you dont get with traditional outdoor campaigns. There is Something Different<\/a> about seeing someone on scaffolding at a high haventa f painting that turns heads. It was worth it in our minds. Reporter a concept advertising 100 years old and enjoying a resurgence. This time less likely to fade away. So thats how they do that. By the way, the hand painted signs are commonplace in new york city but some states still ban them. California, hawaii, maine all having laws against outdoor advertising. A sixyearold from colorado taking a giant step to pursue his dream of going to space. Connor jackson started an online petition drive to save nasa. He gathered so many signatures that the Kennedy Space<\/a> center took notice and invited him for a witness. They e changed gifts, a gift of 9 to help save nasa. The dow is up 187 points. Hi, im lisa fletcher, and you in the stream. Chocolate made in a 3d printer, food innovations are everywhere. Are they going to catch on . Find out. Im casey cap listen, and im keith caplin, and were here","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"archive.org","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","width":"800","height":"600","url":"\/\/ia902807.us.archive.org\/13\/items\/ALJAZAM_20140317_160000_News\/ALJAZAM_20140317_160000_News.thumbs\/ALJAZAM_20140317_160000_News_000001.jpg"}},"autauthor":{"@type":"Organization"},"author":{"sameAs":"archive.org","name":"archive.org"}}],"coverageEndTime":"20240620T12:35:10+00:00"}