every river is different and the river bed of every river is different. some's gravelly, some a clay, some might be granite, who knows. the flood hydraulics of every river are different. >> uh-huh. >> what do you do? do you take willie-nilly whatever the company says? the compone says, -- the company says, oh, looks okay to us, we have five foot cover here, looks okay to us, and unless you see, quote, imminent danger, do you do something then? how does this river compare with other rivers? >> that will be the subject of our investigations. we will have to go -- we have obviously begun to interview exxon and gone to its control room, and we will go to its integrity management plan, not just the data, but the plan itself pursuant to those regulations, the operator has a responsibility to -- >> it sounds like phmsa on its own doesn't do any of that. >> our job is to review the procedures and the management integrity plan for the operators. it's the operates' responsibility to operate its pipeline safely and pursuant to our regulations, they are supposed to p

we have no river frontage but are very close to the river. we put up most high quality grass a which we sell. it had not been cut this year because it was too muddy after the big may flood. july 1 was a pretty hectic day. the river was in full flood mode for the third time this year and geological survey forecast the river to be at 14 feet. at that level, the water covers most of my hay pass sure and inches from getting into any shop and barn and less than a vertical foot from being inside my house. there were some pretty nervous people at my house that way. my wife and family had gone to bed and i was getting ready to do the same when the laurel volunteer fire department showed up. the owedor was really strong when i walked out the door and i got to tip my cap to them, driving around in the dark looking for houses next to a flooding river. it was a mandatory evacuation and we found a motel in billings at about 1:30 in the morning. we got home the next day i walked out and found we had a problem. oil had come over the ditch next to the river

we want to make sure that this river, like the rest of the rivers in montana, are completely restored for this generation and the generations to come. >> brown: at the same time the oil industry, oil production, transportation is an important industry in your state as well. has a lot of support there and a lot out west. is this causing you to rethink any of that support? >> well, this pipeline actually is an older technology pipeline. we no longer lay pipelines in the beds of rivers. the newer technology is is that we actually horizontal bore 25 feet and deeper beneath the beds of the river. so if a catastrophe like this were to occur, it would be separated from the water flow. but unfortunately this one was only buried five or six feet in the bed of the river. and with the yellowstone river raging at historic levels it's like a thousand mini-bulldozers that are cutting new channels in the bottom of that river, tearing down huge trees and moving bolders from the rocky mountains towards north dakota. this is the natural nature at work, and this pipeline probably just wasn't very deep..

sue river to the missouri river. it's not a logical. in fact in its day it made sense in comparison to other states in the northwest territories if that were iowa it would look of a different. but when i know what came up for statehood with that proposed border, samuel, a congressman from ohio, opposed it. and what is important about it is that in opposing it, they reminded congress about the jefferson's original vision of 74 and how congress in 1787 st from that division. it then went on to say this. what has been the effect of this change? of the fertile region between the ohio, the leaks and the mississippi, and that's those five states, ohio, indiana, illinois, wisconsin and michigan has been reduced from 12 to 14 states to fight that the most. it can never have but ten votes in the senate. as an equitable compensation to the western country for this flagrant justice, on a would make a series of small states on the opposite bank of the mississippi river. vinton then proposed a straight line border for the norther

they flow on the river, i flew over the river. from an airplane you can barely see any oil at all. you can't see what's happening on those lowlands, those prairie areas. what happened is the river was crested, it was at flood stage, when the pipe burst. now the river is coming down, and those areas that are outside the river channel are now losing the water because it's draining back into the river or its infiltrating and what's left behind is this black goo. they tell us they've flown in the river, but the river is too high to put boats on, so they say the furthest we've seen it is 15 miles. with all the profits exxon mobile has, they haven't bought a $2 calculator to know 48 hours, it's running 7 miles per hour, that's enough to get it to the north dakota border and we are now much more than 48 hours, and yet they say well, it could only have gone 25 miles. well, of course, oil floats on top of water, water is moving down very quickly, so it's moving along -- some of that oil moved to the north dakota border. >> are you satisfied with how exxon mobile has responded to the leak si

and of the river bed and mobility of specific rivers? every river is different.the river bed of every river is different. some are gravel, clean, granite. who knows? the flood hydraulics of every river are different. so, what do you do? do you just take willy-nilly whatever the company says to you? "is ok to us. it looks ok to us." unless you see an imminent danger, is that it? or do you ask them about hydraulics and the river bed and how it varies with other rivers? >> that will be the subject of our investigations. we have obviously began to interview exxon and gone to its control room. we will go to its integrity management plan, not just the data, but the plan itself pursuant to those regulations. the operator has a responsibility -- >> it sounds like fimsa does not do any of that. and that is, look at the specifics of the specific river. >> our responsibility is to review the operating and maintenance procedures and the integrity management plan for the operators. if the -- it is the operator's responsibility to operate its pipeline safely. pursuant to our r

to the program i was at the sheriff from st petersburg will be exploring its less canals and ever river and there is what it's all schools also known as the venice of the north a little ways on the focal points of the city join the summer months are a great way to see the whole become so. many of simply displaced churches cathedrals and museums are visible from the inside the canal trip to the store to stay in the city may be an ideal way to sign up enjoying a visit. to see the great grand vision of the city was to create a windows to your. from a swampy scarcely populated region the area became a fine european capital. saw expensive the construction of the largest houses on the face of the countless channels cutting through the city such great architects as first truly and sincerely hope for the dream to life six years later and as you can see in the smoke of modern day st petersburg the old ways and bridges still dominates the northern capital perched on the banks of the never river you can see how the city is something very special crisscrossed by canals. to recreate the whole atmosp

kharaghani: the los angeles river is approximately 51 miles. concrete reduces the size of the river that you need to carry the water because it speeds up the flow of water. if you'd like to remove all the concrete and to have natural system to carry the water to protect you from flooding, you need to have almost one mile on each side of the river set aside for transport of rain. so in order for the city to have use of those lands around the river, concrete made it possible to have minimum land so the water can be rried to the ocean in the fastest possible way. but, unfortunately, because of population growth and poor housekeeping, people are putting a lot of pollutants on the street and the streets are the openings to our stormwater sewer system. in an average year, 4,000 to 5,000 tons of trash ends up in long beach. man: we've created a system to deal with flooding but inadvertently created a pathway for pollution to get into our waterways. narrator: los angeles county is beginning to develop ways to reduce the infrastructure's impact upon the

in this river are fish. we will take the right hand over our left and use our thumbs like fish fins and let your fish swim through the water it takes a big dive. >> and growing next to the river are a bed of flowers. opening one hand onfinger at a time watching the flower petal blossoms. we will take our other hand and turn it into a butterifiy much the butter fly will fly, fly, fly the and land on the flour and watch it fly away. drinking can a deer. take your thumb and the outside a n antlers. the deer hears a noise and in the distance is a hunter with a low and arrow. he sees that deer and aims for it. see your target and takes a shot and he misses and the deer escapes. the hunter's frustrated. i can't believe i missed that. he decides that hunting deer is not a night idea next time he will aim for an apple. thank you participating, you can sit down. give yourself a clap. those are very basic hand movements we use to tell a story. so, the next story we will show you is going to take place in this forest t

the big sioux river to the missouri river. it's not a logical but in fact in its day it made sense in comparison to other states in the northwest jerkily. if that were on a lot it wouldn't look all the different. what when iowa camp for statehood with the proposed border, and samuel, a congressman from ohio opposed it, and what's important is in opposing it, he reminded the contras about jefferson's original vision of 1784 and how the congress in 1787 straight from the division. he then went on to say what has been the effect of this change? the vast region between the ohio, the leaks and the mississippi, goes illinois, wisconsin and michigan has been reduced from 12 to 14 states to five uppermost that can never have ten votes in the senate. as an equitable compensation to the western country for this flagrant injustice, i would make a series of small states on the opposite bank of the mississippi river. he then proposed to streamline border. iowa had a nonvoting delegate their who opposed this straight line. what's interestin

terrace here is just beautiful as impressive views of the never river. and the one thing i would recommend here for you out there that space. with a top floor restaurant and dance floor downstairs venue is popular with a large party groups and up to all your enjoyment when i turn off your dinner in the gym while the beach you call it can give you a make over. so what other water theme places can you visit in simpson is part of one of the historical symbols of russia's military fleet has been turned into a museum and stands proud and gives to the city's central impeachments the overall recruits that is one of the associated with the revolution of nine hundred seventeen and now the warship is besieged by thousands of tourists every year. is seeming with the first to raise the red plum isp like on the ship standing for the bullshit power of the cruise itself as witnessed many battles before i think of the main military ships of the baltic fleet. when the weather was hot and sunny there are many places in the city where you can enjoy beach will start to down

it's driving up the river's level downstream. so the water to the air, people started soaring over san francisco's justin herman plaza today thanks to the return of the skip line. check it out. >> some day campers took rides today. >> what are you thinking going through there? >> oh... >> and this is a lot of fun this, time, a ride is not going to be free. it will cost you $29. and looks like they had fun and i like height so that is okay. >> i do, too. >> not a big speed person. and there whatever you have planned outdoors looks like it's going to be hot. >> going to get toasty. temperatures into triple digits. so you need water. and that might be the way to do it. and beyond we're going to have a stretch of hot days inland. there is a live look showing you clear skies looking towards golden gate bridge. there is a bouncy camera there. and wind, 20-25 miles per hour. taking a look at the satellite picture, we have no fog to speak of. taking a look at clear skies this resulted in warmer conditions today, 8 ows around the bay. the

he was discovered in the middle of the river in 15 feel water. they had been swimming in their river and got in much deeper weathewater. this is a video of another dramatic rescue that happened while they were searching for the other man. the river level changes from to fade to 15 ft. in a very short distance. we will have more >> we're initially you video of a dramatic red river rescue when we return. >> this is a quick look outside and are temperatures may get into the triple digits once again today we will start to cool off with the fog in the sea breeze moving in >> national news the senate gets back to work today to reduce. lawmakers have been trying for for zero weeks. they're no closer now than they were before the of july 4th holiday weekend >> finding games turn into flames after a july 4th fireworks barred went up in smoke will let you know where that was in adjustment. >> the displayed last about 20 minutes. the weather was perfect. i saw fireworks that i have never seen before. smiling faces, sparkling stars. >> yes, they were very ni

and what's the current situation of the operation on the river. probably been hearing that divers are in the process of recovering the bodies of those who were trapped in the post as it sunk to the bottom of the healthy river now they have had some problems due to see the well high currents and high winds in the in the area also the fact that the ship is leaking fuel that may all this comes together to make their job a lot more difficult they are starting to bring out now in the process of identifying those who died will be getting under way. we are hearing though from the emergencies ministry they say that it's very unlikely that any survivors any more survivors will be found at the time being. sure the one you. gave was a sweep in the bottom of the river the boats being searched by sectors index to examine it closer but there is never a bad visibility the waves are quite high and this is also making the one of the difficult part in charge specialist there is almost no chance of finding any more survivors so both banks and the ship will be checke

so their search led them to the nearby schuylkill river. philadelphia developed technologies to pump water from the river into the city. these technologies established engineering concepts that are still the basis for our water systems today. europeans flocked here. it was a destination point to see the new world technology. when charles dickens visited us in 1840, he was truly blown away by high water pressure on the fourth floor of the hotel he was staying in. nowhere in europe had he experienced that. this technology was doing something to support the life and the growth of the city. philadelphia, throughout the 19th century, was the major industrial city of the united states. all of these industries used water from this system. and it served as a prototype for many american cities, including pittsburgh and new york. man: new york city went to philadelphia and said, "you know, we're thinking of developing a hudson river water supply -- what do you suggest we do?" and they said, "we've had "a lot of problems on the schuylkill. "don't go t

gushed from a pipe beneath the river bed. regulators warned of violations along the river last year. they are criticizing exxon for down playing the incident. >>> cleanup crews are scrambling to limit the damage to yellowstone river after an exxon mobil pipeline ruptured. it started when a 12-inch pipeline started to leak underneath the river. a change in pressure was detected and the line was shut off within six minutes. >> at this time we do not know it. this is very unusual event. obviously we have large amount of oil enter the water very quickly. >> officials estimate up to 1,000 barrels or 42,000 gallons of oil spilled before the leak was stopped. cleanup crews are trying to soak up the oil and prevent it from spreading. sheens were reported hundred miles from the leak but they said most of the damage was limited to a ten-mile stretch. they say the o oil company was down playing the environmental effect. the timing of the spill couldn't be worse. the river has been surging for months, pushing high waters through farmland

it was a sunday afternoon when the holiday river cruz area run into difficulties on the. catastrophe came swiftly if you think of it is that people are basically buried alive as if in the middle soko forgets who managed to get zero three the windows there was my ten year old daughter ashley i couldn't risk in her she swallowed too much water when it was a realised my child was absent. the bowl garriott now lies at the bottom or the river that the view of the vessel sank in less than three minutes it flipped into the right password i went down there we were literally thrown out of you and that's how we survived our whole family was on that ship we lost everybody my wife abel grandchildren thirty two vessels passed by and didn't even care to stop and reach out a helping hand we spent around two hours in the water before we were rescued i swam around searching for survivors and couldn't find anybody outside the world of children on the ship they were all in the game true it was impossible to get out of there my grandson would be five years old tomorrow if he went on the ship

party down the river and make our special night time it's raining nice and if you want to be a little bit more to do something more special you can ask a order about spirits out just for friends and scud there and eat and drink and have a good time in. the cellar fishing for their guts watch. and . looked out. the winter canals one of the most poetic coolest old st petersburg it was described to alexander pushkin's famous queen of space mobile as a popular meeting place for lovers the area is especially lovely when seen from the water when you sell in a boating costume look on the beach book the frames they want to come out magnificent like something movie sets. moving to the next location and out of sight seeing standing on your feet consuming take it's full circus plus preacher temperature spot complete complex is in russia. opens in two thousand and eight it brings a new concept in five star hotels to the very center of st petersburg just a few steps from the river palace square and the hermitage popular with locals and visitors this is a she one therapy it's it's best whether you'

that line would also cross the yellowstone and other rivers. but despite the spill, many people, including the governor, remain strongly in favor of transporting oil to state's refineries to feed the nations appetite for fuel. >> lehrer: and finally tonight, the analysis of brooks and marcus-- "new york times" columnist david brooks, "washington post" columnist ruth marcus. mark shields is away. mark shields is away tonight. david, the news of the world thing in britain, sarah ellison said a few moments ago, told ray that we're not immune from this. we the united states and the american press is not immune from this kind of stuff either. what do you make, what do you think about that? >> well there are some ways the british press culture is very different than ours t is more incestuous than ours they all shower together and edin so they know each other since they were eight years old. there is also a bad boy ethos in some of the tabloids, we break the rules, we get story, we snoop, we're rats. and we don't quite have that tabloid culture but th

the boys found themselves on the wrong side of a raging river. we'll bring you their story in a live report straight ahead. >>> plus, the heat isn't over yet. temperatures are expected to climb again tomorrow, and that is prompting some warnings, and san francisco police are looking for a gunman tonight after three people were shot in broad daylight earlier. the news starts now. >>> good evening, i'm garvin thomas in for diane dwyer. they were told to be prepared and they were. boy scouts are home safe tonight after a memorable trip to the sierra. a rising river cut their camp in two, stranding dozens of them on the wrong side. kimberly terry is live on walnut creek with how they got out and what the young men are saying about the experience. kimberly? >> reporter: cigar vin, you said it. the boy scout's motto be prepared and in this case it seemed to be very important. >> reporter: these troops are back after an adventurous summer camp. they were among about 280 others camping on one side of a rifrner in the sierra. on tuesday, unseason abable r

the program i was at the show from same kid is that i will be exploring it's less canals than ever river unserious was a tall school also known as the venice of the north the waterways of the focal points of the city join the summer months are a great way to see the whole the council. many a c.p.s. place churches cathedrals museums a visible from the beach or the canal trip to the store to stay in the city may be an ideal way to sun king sure his visit. he's a great scram vision of the city is to create a windows to your. from a swampy scarcely populated region the airy became a fine european capital. and so spend a little extensive construction of the largest houses on the price of the countless channels cutting through the city such great architects as first truly grossly unfair house for the dream to l'arche centuries later as you can see in the smoke of the modern day st petersburg the most ways and bridges still dominates the capital perched on the banks of the never river you can see how the city is set up in various crisscrossed by canals. to recreate the whole atmosphere of they

the captains of the two boats which were at the side of the volga river cruiser disaster but didn't stop to help are facing arrest. italy has approved a tough austerity budget and debt of hurting a full scale financial crisis the country's national debt is the second highest in the eurozone but too big to bail out if it ran aground cardiff university economics professor patrick men for it says the e.u. countries are heading for default as a wealthier nations no longer want to pay for the costly rescue of others. their heroes rich countries like germany and france particularly germany are not really willing to pay the bill. for the. countries like greece and portugal and then if the risk of the default is seen as rising in the bigger countries like spain and italy even less are they able to pay the costs of the debt servicing that's needed and so there's no bailout really impressed by these rich northern countries and therefore the other countries have to think of some way of getting by and that's going to be default there was never any question that one of the reasons why it might be in

yes that's it i think one of the main symbols of the summer all the canals and waterways in the river behind us they really you know make the city come along its elf price and what it's really what what makes sense to just very special place because it's like the business and our friends i have also read this quieter than your columns here as are the buffalo like on the one hand it's a pride of kind of historic post up on that hand disliking to this and i mean. well peter the great had tens of thousands of soldiers you know build all the canals and waterways in the city while keeping his what in his purpose was his purpose it was a quest to make every sense rationale like being if he's a hero and a scientist berky's i guess that they must hear him again place. i mean i think you can walk around some parts of the city and it looks like our. saw you you could be in most cities you were there was something like you say also during the summer you know a boat trip is a fantastic way to see pauses in petersburg not just in the city but you've got your company's office as well and you've got

the scene that unfolded yesterday was one of a quiet sunday afternoon river cruise along the volga many many people do this is very popular among tourists in the summer to travel along the vulgar in pleasure cruises upstream was its final destination and then around two pm the ship got into difficulties and whatever happened of the ship actually sank within three minutes it was such a fast sinking that the chaos that ensued on board caused much of the problems that we see now. there were many children on board the ship it seems maybe a third of the passengers. on board the ship were children just hours just before the ship began to sank sink a group of about thirty children had gathered on one of the upper decks in the play room to hold either a party or gathered to play together in the play room a lot of eyewitnesses reported that those children because there were so many of them in various parts of the ship they struggled to get out and some of the eyewitnesses accounts have been extremely harrowing of families torn apart in the struggle to try and escape into the water not even time

everett's or is this supposed to get their feet wet in stone river. so-called stern rivers are scattered across to the nine national park they are in fact a mass of the rocks covered with lichen. it took geologists a long time to understand when and how such rivers of stone came about they eventually came to the conclusion that the rocks began a long downhill slide after there's a cold wind and water eroded the mountain slopes over hundreds of years. it's thrilling and wonderful grain and rocks. this is my first trip into the wild in a year. another custom vehicle and a cold bike join balanchine gregorio on his way to the remotest outposts of the national park even driving such cross-country vehicles over tiger road solo is a risky offense. it could break down as any time there are no communication facilities in this out of the way place if something goes wrong help will be a long time coming that's why a small caravan on wheels is a safer bet. i got my daughter in perth you are in for you know it is a beautiful place of many tourists come here but yo

look, this is a river that's on fire.y of water, having to be sprayed down with other water in order to put it out. this is the river just outside cleveland, ohio, burning out of control in june 1969. the fire costs tens of thousands of damage because the blames were high enough and hot enough to damage some of the railroad bridges that span that river. this is not hell. when the river caught fire in 1969, it is not the first time to have done so. it did in 1952 as well, a million and a half damage that time. in 1952, the river also caught fire in 1948, also in 1941, also in 1936, also in 1922, also in 1912, and three times in the 1880s. by the time the 1969 fire of the river and the river burning through those railroad bridges, time magazine describes raw sewage spurting daily into the river from busted pipes. they wrote some river, chocolate brown, oily, bubbling with sub surface gases oozes rather than flows. "no visible life, not even low forms such as leashes and sludge worms that usually thrive on waste." yum. by 19