southern nevada recycles 100% of its wastewater. so for every gallon we put back in the colorado, we can take an additional gallon out, or we send it to reuse facilities. and we deliver it to golf courses and parks and other outside applications. man: water's about a third of our budget. that's a lot of money. the lake right over here, 24 hours ago that was in somebody's house. it's been through a treatment plant. and now it's in our lake and we're watering with it. narrator: these reuse and conservation techniques enable las vegas to exist in the desert. another important form of conservation is preventing leaks. man: every drop counts. all water systems have what they call an efficiency rating. so if you were to measure the water that goes into your system and compare it to the water that goes out, how much is unaccounted for? most states have a goal of 10%. ours is at only 5.5% right now. and we have plans to lower that to 4%. man: we actually have our entire distribution system mapped out in a computerized or electronic format.

system developing across the southern rockies and it has been bringing fairly gusty winds in southern nevadalas vegas, 70 mile per kilometers. this is going to combine with warm air we're seeing down towards the south. that frigid cold air off towards the north and we're looking at a widespread freeziing rain event in the next storm system, so really want to watch out for that. that's the dangerous stuff that could cause power outages. meanwhile, you see that difference, look at that frigid air descending in from canada. winnipeg, minus 22 for your high on your saturday. farther towards the south, even in oklahoma city, you're only going to be getting up to minus 4 for the high. that doesn't count the low and doesn't take into account wind chill, as well, with some of these gustier winds, so it is really going to be getting quite cold out there. not so much the case in eastern asia, actually expecting a warmup through the next several days. high pressure is dominating much of china, korea, over towards japan. we have a weak low, that's been tapering off and we are seeing showers in northern

san joaquin valley as well as southern nevada, and vegetables especially leafy vegetables, across thatea. hard freeze warnings along the coast for many people there. tomorrow's lows look like this, las vegas, 25° when you wake up. of course the temperature will rise fairly quickly but los angeles you're not far behind. we expect to see a temperature of 25°. san diego, park city, going to be a little bit warmer plenty of snow for skiing across that area. this is the look at your national weather, have a great evening. >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york and here are the top stories. it's 7:00 a.m. in johannesburg and the gates to the stadium where the official memorial for nelson mandela will be held. these are live pictures now. more than 100 world leaders plan to attend including president obama and his wife mrs. obama. the stadium holds 90,000 people but many more are expected to show up. al jazeera america will hold extended coverage, starting at 4:00 a.m. eastern, 1:00 a.m. pacific. >>> winter weather advisors

such an approach would result in veterans throughout southern nevada in my district in the country in receiving their payments in a more timely manner rather than waiting until the entire case is adjudicated, which can be very complex as well here. they can get pieces done as they go along. additionally, it seems that such an approach would offer the va better workload management options for some of the best va regional offices could specialize on this medical conditions, which have proven to be more challenging than our complex such as military trauma and traumatic brain injury. my colleague, ranking member has introduced a bill that would provide veterans with better decisions in a timely manner by doing just that. look forward to seeing that logo reappeared i'm proud to say we seem to be making progress that's reducing the backlog, but they're still clunkiness in the operations and effect of nicer lack of effectiveness. for example, i'm concerned the va may be oversimplifying over complicated and complex medical can nations. the va has essentially broken down the coding system with

by the time we get into wednesday night to thursday, the cold air will make it down into southern areas of nevada and even into arizona. we're at 26 in boise. 13 in billings, a sign of things to come. and the cold air is going to spill in and leak all the way to seattle and portland, medford at 28 this morning. you can see the spin on the map north of boise, the center of the upper-level storm and the fast jet stream is roaring onshore through northern california. we're getting a little bit of snowshowers even into areas of the central sierra mountains. much of the heavier snow concentrated in the mountains of colorado and utah. the forecast today temperaturesing are aren't going to warm up much, highs in the mid 30s many areas in the northwest and even kind of to g natural stuff, it's cold enough to make a lot of the powder. so colder, but travel won't be too bad in the west. intermountain west, a different story. >> intermountain west has "empire strikes back" kind of weather. >> good reference. >> the battle over sales tax for internet purchases heats up, the most and least corrupt countries a

such an approach would result in veterans throughout southern nevada receiving payments in a timely year manner. manner.y additionally, it seems that such an approach would offer the va better workload management options where some of the best va regional offices could specialize on those medical conditions that have proven to be more challenging such as military sexual trauma and traumatic brain injury. my colleague, ranking member michaud, introduced a bill that would provide veterans with better decisions in a timelier manner by doing just this. we seem to being making progress but there is some clunkiness. i am concerned that the va may be oversimplifying some of the more complicated medical conditions. the va has essentially broken down a coding system with nearly a thousand medical conditions and endless variables into three lanes -- easy, medium, and hard. complexity is usually defined at the va as the number of medical conditions in a claim. i'm not sure that is an adequate way of looking at it. it is important to note however, that the number of conditions does not necessary dic

such an approach would result in veterans throughout southern nevada my district in the country in receiving their payments in a more timely manner rather than waiting until the entire case is adjudicated which can be very complex is we will hear. they can get pieces done as they go along. additionally it seems such an approach with better workload options where some of the best offices could specialize which have proven to be more challenging and complex such as military trauma and -- my colleague has introduced a bill that would provide colleagues with the better decision by doing just that and we look forward to seeing that move forward. i am proud to say that we seem to me making progress since reducing the backlog that there are still some clunkiness in the operations and the effectiveness or lack of effectiveeffectiveness. for example i'm concerned that the va may be oversimplifying some of the more complicated and complex medical conditions. the va has essentially broken down the coding system with nearly a thousand different medical conditions and endless. into just three lanes, easy

bringing widespread snowfall with it from the dakotas even towards the lake and down towards nevada and southern portions of kachlt could see up to 30 centimeters of snow. a lot of wintery weather here in the central and western u.s. due to the dip in the jet stream. that has another story to it, though. you have this dip out here. you have all that snowfall. then in the east it's pulling in warm air from the south. so it actually almost feels like summer out here in new york and washington, d.c. by sunday. look at that. 23 here for your high. compare that with minus 23 in winnipeg. that's the big difference with that jet. very messy here in europe. that's something that's going to be the topic throughout the rest of the week. the brit till isles, still looking at gusty winds, 120 kilometers per hour. a football match had to be canceled due to large hail falling on the players due to the storm system that rolled through here. all that energy moving towards the east t. iberian peninsula will be seeing foul weather for the next several days. that's a look at the world weather. here is your extende

southern california. snow up in the sierra nevada. ting all associated with a december dropping really fast towards southern california. that did clean out the air a little bit. cooler, windy. the wind advisories go until 10:00 tonight. some of the higher elevations on the coast, 25, 35 miles an hour. 30s to 40 to upper 40. napa is 36. a big difference there. not too many locations have that strong of a breeze. it will continue to do so tonight into tomorrow especially as we head -- not too bad but once the low gets into southern california then we'll see some of that rain down there. san diego, santa barbara, l.a., not a lot. temperatures in the 50s or the very, very low 60s for everybody. 57. vallejo, there were 38 this morning. 58 novato. petaluma at 58. oakland, 59 to brentwood, 59. so you get the idea, get the picture here. upper 50s, low 60s. mid-50s to almost 60. red woo city being one. sunny, breezy looks good. nice but cooler on the week. sunday/monday. >>> we tant to take you -- want to take you outside. there's a beautiful s

the areas of orange from southern idaho into nevada that's a wind chill warning it's going to feel very cold because of the wind factored in with those cold temperatures. winter weather advisories in place because we're going oget snow and wind chill and icy spots on the roads. then you go to california where it's not sunny nice warm cozy california it's called hard freeze in the mountains and a freeze warning issued for places down even just east of los angeles. a lot of weather going on and a big concern is there's fog, cold temperatures, if you see fog that means the little bit of water vapor will glais over, you won't see the -- glaze over, you won't see the ice and your tires will slide. cold freezing rain and ice in the northeast but what's happening is warmer air is going to continue to erode that cold air in place so eventually by the time we get past around 9:00 a.m. in new york city, the roadways will improve. until then drive like there's ice on the ground because that's going to be the situation maryland to delaware aall the way to boston as well. great lakes you are going o

the strongest gusts are in southern idaho northern nevada.'re only going to have those powerful gusts 50 to 60 mph pushed down now towards even wyoming down to new mexico. it's going to be blustery and that will bring in cold wind. it's picking up pushing that cold air from washington state into parts of montana, and even tomorrow in north dakota. we're expecting to get potential blizzard conditions. because of that air, the cold whether, a lot of snow and wind, you won't be able to see. typical blizzard conditions. we expect this into north dakota over the canadian border, but the snow stretches all the way to the peninsula of michigan. the snow, you can see it as it pushes through parts of idaho. look at the satellite and radar for washington. you can see a counterclockwise spin starting to come down. light snow for bellingham. wind gusts building up to 40 mph. wind chills dropping down to 25 degrees. it's freezing up here. it is never in the low 30s for a high temperature for western washington in early december. it's just 20 to 30 degrees

nevada. off and on showers in southern california. >> 60 degrees in los angeles. mostly 60s from dallas to atlanta. 14 in the twin cities. and just 10 in billings. >>> new crash test results are released overnight. which cars are scoring the highest? >>> and the country's newest megamillionaire. wait until you hear how many tickets she bought. >>> and passenger beatdown. a man on a bus armed and determined. new video shows how people onboard stopped him. >>> welcome back. a new list of the safest cars on the road was released overnight, with 39 models getting high marks in crash tests. the small cars that performed the best, include the honda civic hybrid, mazda 3 and toyota prius. the ford fusion, honda accord, mazda 6. you can see the full list at abcnews.com. >>> whole foods is propping the most popular brand of greek yogurt. it is to make room for products free of modified organism. >>> allowing passengers to make cell phone calls during flights. delta's ceo ruled out the calls, saying they would be disruptive to the travel experience. jetblue and united are i

light snow making its way throughout the plain states and the good news for southern california, southern nevada. looking at wet weather temperatures about 59 degrees and gorgeous day and some snow down in parts of southern alaska today. >> how about on hawaii? >> we did have snow in hawaii. >> yes. >> about 12,000 feet above, they got some snow. that's what's going on around the country, but we're going to >>> this is what al was trying to show you. look at how the start to the day is in san francisco. temperatures mostly in the 40s. headed towards the 60s for today. about 60 degrees today, we'll be in the low 60s. about 60 degrees, mid-60s in the east bay and the trivalley >>> that's your latest weather. you guys ready for nearly 70 degrees on sunday? >> i thought we were going to the islands or something. >> thanks very much. >>> the future of the popular reality show "duck dynasty" could be in doubt this morning. suspended the show's star over remarks made in a magazine interview. people are already weighing in, including sarah palin. >> reporter: the "duck dynasty" characters led by their p

the cold air surges to the west all the way in to southern california in to nevada.eezing temperatures the next two nights. las vegas, bakersfield, 30. 20s both nights in fresno. some spots breaking records and that's nothing compared to the midsection. it will feel like minus 40 in bismarck tonight. john, diana, back to you. >> thanks, jim. here's a rest of the forecast now. warmer than normal in the southeast with scattered showers from virginia to the carolinas. mostly dry in the northeast with the exception of a few showers across upstate new york. >> mostly 40s in the northeast, 70s dallas to atlanta. 30 in the pacific northwest. frigid five degrees in billings and 11 in denver. >>> two sky divers have been killed in an accident in southern arizona. witnesses say the divers had opened their chutes when they slammed in to each other a few hundred feet above the ground. the parachutes collapsed and the victims fell. one died on impact and the other pronounced dead at the hospital. >>> dense morning fog blamed for highway pileups in belgium involving 130 vehicles.

grenada is tucked against the sierra nevada mountains of andalucia in southern spain.lona. it's not line san sebastian. it ain't madrid. any reason sentient person who looks at spain, comes to spain, eats in spain, drinks in spain, they're going to fall in love. otherwise, there's something deeply wrong with you. spain is the sort of place that never really made any sense anyway. but in the very best possible way. this is the country that gave us the spanish inquisition. also anarchy. this is where devout catholicism mixes with surrealism, modernist cuisine. with traditional tapas. christianity and islam spared space. the effects of influences of all those things are right here to see. you can almost look back through time and through the mists of history and see the venetians marching up across the vega. or are those feral hippies? many of them made things interesting. >> when you ask what do you do? and you say we are staging the moon landing. wherever you are on the ideological spectrum, some things are constant, it seems. some stereotypical expectations. it's true,

southern part of the state. >> reporter:2nd, there will be -near normal to drier than normal conditions for the colorado river basin. >> reporter: nevada's lake mead, is a key source of water for southern california and 3rd, researches say that there is -a chance that el nino conditions.. late in the rainy season.. could bring moisture to the state.. especially southern half. >> reporter:finally, even though this report predicts a dry winter it also notes that just two or three good storms could easily make it a wet one. in the newsroom, charles clifford kron 4 news. >> pam: after receiving the go-ahead from doctors the teen set on fire, while sleeping on an a-c transit bus, returned to school today. this is video of the gender- neutral senior - sasha fleischman - being dropped off at maybeck high school in berkeley earlier today >> reporter: >> pam: sasha is wearing a black skirt and walking with a noticeable limp. sasha spent 3-weeks in the hospital with 2nd and 3rd degree burns after being set on fire last month. doctor's expect sasha to make a complete recovery. >> pam: meantime, the 16- year-old oakland high school student charged w

nevada. you can see thirty to thirty five centimeters of snow also some rainfall in southern portions of california. that is going to be developing a new storm system still seeing the snow off your towards the north but the big thing is that once this new storm starts to develop its canadian gathering all that warm out how to that activity pushing towards the northeast getting a lot you into this thing this is a reason to be or whether we wanna watch after the weekend but i've added a few easily. the mini summer that is one of the happening here in new york and washing the seal it up to twenty three by sunday. thus the cure was whether his accent forecast. aye aye aye the eye. that's a slight sour from all of this year and it is. the offer. did. ch. he he he he he. from here. you name meaning me was i. i was today is the man is not so the japanese were the sweet red beans and brown especially the action of pretty keen on them. don't worry. from the dee

southern portion of the coast. this is actually moving to the bay area, going all the way into nevada, so the high clouds streamingif you look up today, see those high clouds, this is where they are coming from. 67degrees right now, santa rosa, 63 san francisco, oakland, you're checking in right about 56, one of the cooler spots concord, 62 outside the door, san jose right now 59 into the afternoon, you're looking at just 66 by 3:00, san jose, expected to top out at 68 this afternoon. 60degrees as we settle into about 6:00 and sunsetting, oh, anywhere from 5 to 10 minutes before the 5:00 hour these days, so for today mostly sunny, temperatures will be at their warmest for today, 66 hayward, 68 mountain view, we're looking at near 70 degrees in some areas like santa rosa, santa cruz going to nice and warm, already in the upper 60s to 70s, half moon bay, temperatures beginning to drop off slightly tomorrow. a bigger drop coming wednesday, thirst that possibility a slight chance at this point, the models keep pulling back on that possibility of us getting any rain, we're going to turn cool and turn breezy. your bay a

nevada. if i back it up a little bit more, you will be able to see the system off the southern california coastline. drawing in those high clouds. we still have a ridge in place. i have a 12-hour time lapse on this. you can see how it's slowly starting to break down. it starts here and then it ends right about here. we have a system that's going to be dropping in over the next couple of days. it's going to take until tomorrow night and into thursday morning and it eventually will cool us down. it will bring back the onshore breeze and that will improve our air quality. for today, hazy skies continue. widespread 60s in the forecast. not as warm as yesterday. just a tad cooler in most areas. as we get into wednesday, though, a bigger drop in temperatures and then thursday will be the coolest day. behind the system that's going to improve our air quality, breezy conditions expected. thursday and friday could be a bit breezy. i want to show you the forecast model. unfortunately, we won't see any rain. we may pick up a little bit of drizzle wednesday night into thursday morning as this moves through. wh

nevada. then 48. 64 in monterey. santa ana winds. gusty offshore winds in southern california. 74 today for los angeles.warm here, but still it will mild with 61 this afternoon in fremont, as well as san jose. look for 62 in morgan hill with cloverdale coming in at about 64. if you are thinking already for the raiders tomorrow, yu, it's going to be sunny and mild. low 60s and the sun setting at 4:52. the accuweather seven-day forecast, spare the air today, milder tomorrow. the warmest day monday, a little change tuesday and a little cooler tuesday but the coolest day is thursday with extra cloud cover and dry. below average for friday. so no rain. >> disappointing. >> the driest san francisco on record now. >> thanks, lisa. in sports tonight the san jose sharks open their three-game road trip in nashville against the predators. last night at oracle arena the warriors tried to avenge last week's loss to dwight howard and the rockets. here's abc7 news sports director liri beil with this morning's sports. >>> good morning, everybody. warriors backup center jermaine o'neal had surgery on a torn ligament in

winds, very gusty conditions and in southern california, going from the the mid-70s today to the upper 70s tomorrow. starting out in the single digits in the sierra nevadaternoon high 48. 61 in sacramento. once again, we will look for a dry afternoon and temperatures coming up a few degrees today. right where we should be for the middle of december with low 60s in palo alto, san jose and oakland today. upper 50s at the coast. santa cruz 63 degrees today. and we will look for another sunny afternoon. if you are headed over to oakland tomorrow where high temperatures will be in the low 60s for the raiders. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. spare the air today. milder tomorrow. monday, tuesday just a few degrees of cooling. a cold front will bring our temperatures down slightly, increase the clouds by thursday, and we are back to sunny conditions on friday. so looks like the next week dry as well. we could be dry right through christmas, the end of the year. >> all right. not good about the rain but i'm glad to see the temperatures warm up. >> right, right. >> thanks, lisa. in sports tonight the san jose sharks open their three-game road trip in n

snow in the sierra, nevada and from wyoming up to montana, scattered showers in southern california. in the dakotas and great lakes. showers in kentucky and warm up in the east. >> 40s from boston to new york. 55 in washington, d.c. 60s and 70s across the south. just shy of 60 for los angeles. >>> here's a really nice christmas event that lots of kids in the oklahoma city area won't soon forget. the guy in the santa hat is nba star kevin durant. >> the oklahoma city thunder forward and his brother sponsored a big toy give away at a local church yesterday. durant signed plenty of autographs for everyone. >> some toys were donated but durants bought most of them. he likes to see people smile. kevin durant is an awesome dude. >> he is making people smile just because he likes it. absolutely a great guy. >> he makes them smile on the court as well. >>> coming up, big change in guidelines for people taking blood pressure medication but the new information has doctors debating. and later -- ♪ >> a new broadway show that brings to life one of the most iconic singers of our time. you are wat

nevada with upper 30s this morning. 46 later on. the northern syria, snowpack, water equivalent. just 15% of where we should be. the southern better and the southland 25% of normal. really not looking good here with 58 in montry. another milddy in sacramento. 66 for you. and for the weekend and into the early part of next week and even into next weekend, look at san jose. high temperatures in the mid-60s each and every day. each a little milder after christmas and staying dry through the period. average high should be about 58 in the south bay. low 60s today. return for san jose and palo alto san mateo 62. 60 in san francisco with 59 half moon bay. mid-60s up in the north by. the accuweather seven-day forecast, not much of a change on the seven-day panel with temperatures still into the mid-60s. christmas eve, christmas day, the day after nice and mild. and little change right through next weekend. then, of course, new year's eve into the next week. so don't shoot the messenger is all i can say. >> we aren't getting the wintry weather this a lot of people like around christmas but people can get out and enjoy the bikes and

conditions for most of california especially in the southern part, second there will be normal to dry conditions for the colorado basin area including nevadahere's a chance that conditions late and rainy season could bring more sure to the state. finally, even though this predicts another dry winter just two to three storms can turn this around. >> charles clifford, kron 4 news. >> paul volcker's friends, fans, and family are grieving the loss of the actor after he crashed. now investigators are slowly getting more clear pictures of what happened. cnn and see nichelle turner has details. >> investigators stated that the crash that killed paul walker involved a single speeding car. his fast and furious co-star vin d iesel visited the crash site. >> the moment that this car driven by his friend crashed, >> we have confirmed to the zero daytow doa's. >> there were no other cars around them and there was only one car and when they hit, you can hear the exhaust. there was only one car. >> the pavement is scorched with skid marks. it was unclear if it was in the car that walker was then. this has a reputation of getting fast drivers on this part

nevada. i will speak with someone from the civil air patrol about how they were finally found. that when "360" continues. (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. >>> in crime and punishment tonight, day two in the trial of a woman accused of murdering her husband just eight days after they got married. jordan graham pushed her husband while they were at glacier national park and he fell off a cliff. that much is known. the defense says she pushed him in self-defense and that his death was an accident. the prosecution says it was murder. one problem for the defense is that itially graham lied about what happened and went to pretty dramatic lengths to cover her tracks. those lies took center stage at the trial today. kyung lah reports. >> reporter: jordan graham walked into what would be damaging second day for her defense in her murder trial. prosecutors played video of police interviews where the jury saw and heard graham lying to police. in the first video, graham was matter of fact and unemotional as she tells police a story, that her husband cody johnson took off from home in a dark c with washington plate

nevada. >> renewed fighting in the central african republic. after a lull the violence erupts again. plus, i'm in southern england with a puzzle for you. what have this place, the "the daily telegraph," the humble commonwealth and world war ii got in common. that's coming up later. >> i'm john henry smith, if you think lebron james looks larger than life, imagine how he looked with ben mcilmore last night. i'll explain, ahead in sport. are >> welcome back in good morning everybody. i'm david shuster, and these are the top stories at this hour: president obama is now in hawaii where he and his family will spend the next 17 days on vacation. before leaving he held a press conference and took questions on a range of issues including the heath care problems and the controversies over n.s.a. spying >> gay couples in utah are celebrating a federal judge's decision to overturn a ban on gaye marriage. some couples rushed to tie the knot. the state government said it will appeal the court's conditions. >> ramping up pressure on the leaders in the central african republic region. hundreds died in the week-lopping f