is committed to assist all parents to overcome barriers and conceiving compete for jobs in the local economy we recognize the headwind that has the concerted effort and childcare must be part of that fetter we must continue to grow partnership with the service providers and enhance case management with holistic remedies that reflect our clients demographics and continue to develop realistic orders that are reliable and make sense for both parents we are we've created initiative to confront the challenges of parent what we face my experience it was practical solutions and practical solutions we have made meaningful process proven to the childcare supporters in other county and states that fresh ideas lead to better we're ranked 4 in collections and although the majority of our parents have very low income parents are stepping up for their children 74 percent of families with children are ref child support regularly and we're going to reach 74 messenger for 2015 we manage will open mitch and continue to build a viable program for all san francisco families by leveraging our partnership with re

it's to reduce crimes and improve public health and boost the local economy. >> comedian bill cosby is talking about the alleged sex scandal that exploded last year. lindsey davis what he would say about the sex allegations brought on by two dozen women. >> i am prepared to tell this young person, the truth about life. i'm not sure that they will come like that, i think that many of them say well, you're a hypocrite. >> i'm not even sure what that means, see the full interview on "good morning america." "g.m.a." starts on "action news" at 7:00. a lot of people will be looking forward to seeing a fuller airing of what he had to say. >> you'll see more stories you didn't see last night including the overnight developments of the helicopter that went missing in nepal. >>> a daring rescue on the tennessee riverbank. david. >> reporter: we have jackets on the kids, but another shorts and ts afternoon ahead. what about the weekend call? we'll have in a in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast ahead. [blues playing]. >> bb king and lucille. blues legend bb king has died overnight. he d

also use a commentary currency when they use a local currency to shop local the effects to the local economy will be much bigger and it creates a lot of excitement and color all those benefits and more are win reach for the bay area with san francisco taking the lead bay was started at a grassroots san francisco project in 2012 and have been operating for more than two years based on volunteer effort it grew by 60 percent in 2014 and already has more than 2 hundred and 50 loophole businesses in this network we're not file to become a workers on cooperative and want to create the members into the cooper that's a great start with feasibility next step to it for it to take off it can't do so on hits own we need help to overcome some challenges people don't understand or are superstition of commentary currency they don't want to get involved because their front yard is there any way to partner with the city it will be very helpful i'm open to any suggestions from the commission on how to work together i would like to over administrative review as a expert resource for the commission on the curre

higher mortality rates and despite statements like that and promises, that tracking is good for the local economy5 voters have voted to ban fracking and they say most of the minrel wells belong to out of towners and denton has to live with fracking behind hospitals and, next to parks and, steps from their backyard. >>> i may be an old lady but this is scary knowing there's a gas rig on fire, in my backyard, i guess i can only go to bed and know that if explodes i'll never feel anything. >>> now, fracking is set to resume and denton, the first texas city, to ban it, looks to be the last. >>> so, if you thought it was beautiful from the ground, look at it from above it shared this video.

aso said japan's government will try to encourage quality infrastructure investment to serve local economies and for environmental conservation. aso also noted japan has played a leading role in the operations of the adb. he says japan has the advantage of being able to make proposals based on years of knowledge and experience. >>> japanese professor has come up with a new technology she claims can read minds. she says the brain wave analysis system will help businesses better understand their customers' needs. >> reporter: workers at a major restaurant chain is testing a menu item that's being developed. this device measures brain waves from the frontal lobes of people who tried to product. an application analyzes five feelings how much they like something and their interest concentration, stress and sleepiness. the new menu item is a cheese souffle topped with fruit. the app checks the reaction of the person who sees the souffle for the first time. >> translator: please open your eyes. >> reporter: when she sees the souffle the like and interest feelings surge on the graph. this proves tha

they deliver honoring's even if the local economy is not that great.hat point do you switch mobile strategy to growth? i think we are focused on growth at this point. we think the markets that deliver the best earnings growth this year are going to be the ones that outperform. last year was completely the opposite. staples, theer bond proxy sectors that deliver little in terms of earnings but got a lot of flow. this year, we think it will be growth that drives it. japan,k at europe and those of the markets delivering better earnings growth and they have outperformed. alix: thanks for being here. optimism on this monday. a lot coming up on bloomberg market day. we look at earnings from home depot and what they will tell us about the state of the u.s. housing market. all of that coming up next. ♪ alix: welcome back to bloomberg market day. you have walmart, home depot, earnings coming out tomorrow morning. and lows on wednesday. mark crumpton and scarlet fu spoke to david strasser about what he is expecting. they had a better than anticipated q4 comp. i

a lot of -- there lot of low hanging fruit in a japanese companies can deliver on even if the local economynot that great. alix: at what point you switch your strategy from value, dividend buybacks, to growth. stephen: i think we are actually focused on growth more at this one. we think the markets that can deliver the best earnings growth this year are those that will outperform. last year, it was completely the opposite. it was utilities, consumer staples, these bond proxy sectors that delivered a little in terms of earnings, but got a lot of flows and outperformed. europe and you look at japan, those are the markets that are delivering better earnings growth and they have outperformed. alix: the optimistic guy. thanks for being here. a little optimism on this monday. coming up on bloomberg market day, we will talk about the state of the u.s. housing market. ♪ alix: welcome back. i'm alix steel. bigger earnings due out this week. we've got walmart, home depot coming out tomorrow morning, and lowe's orderly results on wednesday. mark crumpton and scarlet fu spoke to analyst david strasser

the ritz where the meeting is going on saying keeping the raiders here is what is best for the local economy. >> thanks. a new study this morning reveals eye opening numbers about what drivers really are doing if their cars rather than concentrating on drives. at&t survey found 27 percent of 2,100 drivers use facebook while driving. 17 percent say they take selfies. 14 percent admit to using twitter. a third of those say they tweeted ought time. 10 percent use video chat or face time while driving. another 10 percent use instagram or snapchat. >> what about the accident rates? that is so dangerous. >> dangerous and costly. you can be fined. >> meteorologist mike nicco is ahead with the forecast. >> morning from the top of the abc broadcast center where we deflate the clouds and bring sunshine to your life. if it does not happen now we have a chance of showers, it will over the weekend and i will show you the warming trend that coincides with the unofficial start to summer. >> also coming up running toward the flames. dramatics rescue and the hero who saved lives. >> positive ticketing people

economy. wood ash is used to enrich the soil in local farm fields. the operator of the hot spring estimates that the switch to firewood will save more than $40,000 a year. >> translator: they used to heat the water using care seen. by using wood the money stays here. >> reporter: with help from the village, izutsu plans to broaden his customer base to hotels and homes. it could help provide communities throughout japan with a path through the economic wilderness. >> i'll have more headlines for you in business next hour. here's a check on markets. >>> people in a town in northern italy are hoping to revive their community with the help of a new local specialty and they're turning to a master sake brewer in japan to give them a hand. nhk world's rua tamea reports. >> reporter: a tiny sake brewery nestled in the mountains of yamaguchi prefecture. the workforce numbers, just two. -- is the owner and the brewmaster. every month he produces a new limited edition sake. recently, he started making a different kind of brew using rice from italy. he's using s

without them, local economies could lose hundreds of millions of dollars. >> there's a lot of people that go up there just to catch the trout that we plant in those streams and if we stop planting them, you know, the money just stops. >> reporter: other hatcheries in the state are now on the list to get their own cooling systems to try to keep the next generation of fish alive. teri okita for cbs news, sacramento county. >> biologist versus also had to explore new waterways to stock because the water levels are too low. american river trout hatcheries chiller is expected to be running by the end of june. >>> brown is the new green at golf courses around the state. some golf courses are replacing their lawns for cash rebates. many cities are offering up to $3 a-square-foot for turf. owners are trying to be pro- active instead of seeing what a 25% cut in water use will mean for their golfing business. >>> a pg&e gas pipeline san carlos is undergoing emergency repairs. pipeline 147 runs between interstate 280 and el camino real. it provides gas for more than 600,000 homes and businesses

strengthening local economies, and intensify demand for land. >> vancouver does not. >> if vancouver has a housing crisis, it's not because of vancouver's economy stops performing well. it's because chinese economy stops performing or a global matter occurs. for people who live and work in prospect. >> they are in favour of it. he wants owners of unoccupied homes. to pay. the leaders say for now, they want to know how widespread the practice really is, so that to compel state and federal governments to act against the vacancy issue. >> we have to talk about housing as a right, not as a speculative privilege. when governments realise that is place. >> all that may be too late for jennifer. >> i think it's a hard thing. and i kind of get emotional when i talk about it. people in my demographic are leaving the city. the odds are against it. i made so many applications, that the last adaptation i'll make is to leave. and i honestly think that if something doesn't change quickly in the next couple of years, i'm not going to stay any more >>> geraldino joins me. this list, once it's formed

. >> despite statements like that and promises that fracking is good for the local economy, three out of five denton voters voted to ban fracking. most of the mineral wealth belongings to out of towners. denton residents have to live with fracking behind hospitals, next to parks and steps from the backyard. >> i may be an old silly lady. this is it scary to go to bed knowing there's a gas rig on fire in my backyard. i guess i can go to bed and know that if it explodes i'll never feel anything. denton is the first city to ban fracking, looks to be also the last >>> rates have been higher among whites than blacks. the trend has reversed in a specific age group. children between 5 and 11 years old. researchers say the suicide rate among black children doubled from 1.3 in kids to about 2.5. since the 1990s, the rate for white kids fell to less than one child per million. it's not clear what is behind the trend. >>> supreme court justice ruth bader ofishted a marriage before a same-sex marriage of the the supreme court is considering whether same-sex marriage is constitutional >>> 35 years

corporations to drive their big trucks when we could be you know investing in small businesses and local economiess don't agree with me. >> okay jonas? >> obviously between now and the future we have flying cars like in "back to the future" with banana peels in the future machine. we have to tax something besides gasoline to pay for the roads and/or signs in the sky. and eventually we have to switch the system so we should start to look into it now. however, you will kill the electric car industry if you start too soon. so we should tax the gas and then switch to the miles in a few years. >> okay take a breath. all right, thanks guys. thank you, naomi for joining us. we really do love you. >>> watch out ramon in the battle of who's dog is smarter? suzy's dog happy is on your tail. ramon versus happy, next. you do all this research on the perfect car. gas mileage , horse power... torque ratios. three spreadsheets later you finally bring home the one. then smash it into a tree. your insurance company's all too happy to raise your rates. maybe you should've done a little more research on them. for dr

economy changes thoferb last couple years and began a test och transforming or reinventing the local economy and also reinventing down town and after about 15 or 20 years we have done that. we have a great down town t is walkable and pedestrian friendly and all the eminties of mixed use, lots of retail. all the things you want. about 8s or 9 years go about doing all that wasn't enough, there is still something missing. you want a city to be a place that you have a heart for. it is authentic and unique and a place people may want to go back again and again and what may that be? parks and green space. we had a asset that was over looked, we have a river called the rete river going through the city and have something remarkable-don't think the picture is up there-we have a water fall. believe it or not a 40 foot natural water fall that is only a few yards from main street thmpt story goes like this, the river

reporter: kellye, you know what a rough winter was for the local economy and they are so glad that theayoff wins for both the capitals and wizards especially this big win tonight and many other events are happening this weekend that are giving people cause for celebration, to get out and spend much needed dollars here in this economy. throughout downtown d.c. tonight washingtonians and out of towners seem in the mood to celebrate. wizards fans say that cliff hanger ending gave them extra incentive to hit the bars and restaurants after the game. >> after that three-pointer you better believe it. we definitely need a drink. i mean, a couple shots, at least one glass of wine or maybe one bottle of wine to be honest with you. >> i don't want to leave to be honest with you but i got to go back to work. reporter: all this weekend all the new college graduates are celebrating. >> have to spend some of that graduation money and also graduate on time. we're going to celebrate and probably go out to a club and dancing. reporter: there were other reasons people were out celebrating tonight. why a

undocumented workers are punished by a deportation and forced to leave what happened is the collapse of local economy and industry and devastation for the town where the workers were living and working. so when it serves a role in our economy. i don't think it is a fair system it is based on exploitation but the solution isn't to further victimize and punish those who work in those jobs. thank you. >> just to put a fine point on it, what do you think, why is it for example,, in decades in a very stable well-paid blue-collar job that was unionized and wages were good? that changed radically. with these four aliterate people. but if they were sent back with the beef forced to make those jobs more attractive spin neck in the case of never processors for when the company went bankrupt but we have to look at the transformations with the second half of the 20th century which is a process of the day industrialization not just the meatpacking industry were union jobs have disappeared but it deliberately fight back against the new deal on the part of corporate america to escape unionization and a labor of leg

. >> if we have a third of the households unable to support themselves that is a drain on the local economy. >> there is a message that black lives matter. participants hope the economy is making it more difficult. >> the wages being paid not to makeup for what it costs to live here. 2,000 apartments built, one bedroom is $1800. no one is making that on $ten an hour. >> up from $eight just two years ago, the cities in mountain view are passing ordinances soon along with four other south bay cities. >> david, thank you. a daily city woman waited seven years to get justice for a murdered son has gotten some closure tonight. and vic lee shows how it's ended tonight. >> does that word justice mean anything to you? >> mondayica gonzales waited seven years. today, the wait is over. martin martinez wil sentenced. about 50 family and friends gathered eager to hear the decision. martinez stabbed a 17-year-old to death at a party in 2008 and was arrested the next morning. it took six years to go to trail. there are endless delays. and that was complicated >> we're pleased with the results. >> no matt

. >> if we have a third of the households unable to support themselves that is a drain on the local economy. >> there is a message that black lives matter. participants hope the economy is making it more difficult. >> the wages being paid not to makeup for what it costs to live here. 2,000 apartments built, one bedroom is $1800. no one is making that on $ten an hour. >> up from $eight just two years ago, the cities in mountain view are passing ordinances soon along with four other south bay cities. >> david, thank you. a daily city woman waited seven years to get justice for a murdered son has gotten some closure tonight. and vic lee shows how it's ended tonight. >> does that word justice mean anything to you? >> mondayica gonzales waited seven years. today, the wait is over. martin martinez will be sentenced. about 50 family and friends gathered eager to hear the decision. martinez stabbed a 17-year-old to death at a party in 2008 and was arrested the next morning. it took six years to go to trail. there are endless delays. and that was complicated >> we're pleased with the results. >> no

. >> the regatta generates money for the local economy with souvenirs, food and the local hotels are almost at capacity. we're live along the banks of the schuylkill. >> thanks jesse. >> kelly drive is closed. if you're coming to and from the city you may want to take 76 or martin luther king drive. we do have more detailed information on the closures and how to get around on our web site, nbc 10.com or on the nbc 10 app. there is a law enforcement run going on in bucks county until 11:00 this morning. police say expect traffic delays from route 202 in bucks county to route 214 in newtown township. the time is 9:08. crews come to the rescue of dozens of dogs in ocean county. where police say several of the dogs were hiding wand -- and the pope speaks out. >>> the storm known as ana is now a tropical storm. it was upgraded this morning as it closed in on the carolinas. the national hurricane center warns of strong winds, rough turf and rip currents there. lifeguards won't be on duty until memorial day weekend. meteorologist michelle grossman has been following ana's track. any impact

lower rents, milwaukee, albuquerque, and detroit, more frustrate with their city's lifestyles and local economies. >> makes sense though. you're paying a lot to live in a nice place. paris. >>> the newest hot button issue relating to our drought is bottled water. so many people drink it but many people are getting angry t bottled water companies. getting their water from actual public land. >> natural springs all over california provide water for the bottling industry though no one really knows how much water is being used. now a lot of people want some answer to those questions and what bottlers are facing a flood of criticism. >> the governor, for example, created a plan 3 1/2 weeks ago but nothing was said about water bottling, nothing was said about fracking. >> starbucks has been bottling ethos water in california but the company announced last week it's going to find a new source outside of the state in the next six months to save all the water that we can get here in california. >> use a refillable container even then. >> couple of ways to skin a cat, so to speak. >>> 4:47 right now. rob,

. >> blue bell is hugely important on to the local economy. million annual impact on the region. >> reporter: the company has recalled more than $100 million worth of ice cream but it does not expect to lay off any of its 3800 employees nationwide while it cleans its four plant. joe robertson is with blue bell. you have a lot of outbreaks and recalls out there, and you don't really see the amount of support that this company has received. why is that? >> when you're in a business for 108 years and you're headquartered in a small town like this, i think that's the difference. >> reporter: can blue bell bounce back from this? >> absolutely we can yeah. >> reporter: blue bell says it is implementing new testing procedures and will renew production only when it's confident the product is safe. for some here, that can't come soon enough. manuel bojorquez, cbs news, brenham, texas. >> axelrod: up next, we remember ben e. king, the man who gave us an american classic. o breathe. it can be hard to get air out, which can make it hard to get air in. so

other officials have been complaining that the rules hit jobs and hurt local economies. e're seeing conflicts over local control of frac-ing in places like colorado and pennsylvania and new york tony. >> but the conflicts over frac-ing in new york are the opposite of what we're talking about in -- texas. >> that's right. frac-ing has been banned by the democratic state government in new york, but a few towns that want the economic benefits of drilling are fuming. they have come out with a proposal to counter the state's frac-ing ban. they are talking about seceding with the state. so i'll have to find out the impact that has on my tax situation, but pennsylvania has no such state-wide ban on frac-ing for oil and gas. >> so else do you have coming up tonight? >> great show tonight, we're looking an unaffordable housing in some of america's biggest cities. some people are pointing fingers at foreign investors. we're looking ativan kufr. the canadian city is ranked the second most unaffordable city in the world, and some are saying it is because of the chinese. >> i can't wo

very high portion of their salaries are going to the landlords all lot less money is the one to local economy or u.s. job growth this study also criticizes building restrictions estimating have a san francisco and san jose had allowed taller buildings with more units in recent desk decades rinse would be lower and the u.s. economy would be nearly 10% bigger >> grant lodes: now how ridiculous is ran in san francisco? we briefly talked to greg with abound as people are making fun of the man is this in him as gone viral san francisco bhilai won their room one bathroom $1,500 a month you see the parliament is less than pious aunt iran coverage continues on line on my kron4.com a severances a woman will dress sublease directed the bay area's strong showing among the top-10 expensive places at the left in the country and the hurdles first-time buyers face and this spring is all kron4.com >> pam moore: the last of basketball at the domination hoping to lift their team to a playoff series lead kron 4 jr stone spend some time with them tonight at oracle arena >> jr stone: that is all about the golden

they are driving up the prices and are not adding to the local economy. they are not there most of the time. they are not spending at the dry cleaners or restaurants. the other issue is the uber luxury conkos which are making normal condos for high owners unaffordable. we are talking 80 million, and the porsche tower. most is foreign money. >> we have about a minute left. >> the property taxes are $80,000 a month. >> the last question, we get a mortgage deduction for real estate. should we have reduction for reject. i only have about sa seconds up. >> i think -- 15 seconds each. >> i think we should we don't. if you rent an apartment and pay $6,000 it's done. no deduction. >> i'm an advocate for fax incentives for home owners. interest and capital gapes. there has been research where taxes are reduced or eliminated and home ownership rates go down, valuation plummet. the idea of encouraging folks with rates rising. anything we can do to make permanent home ownership sustainable is a good idea. >> victoria steiner, real estate broke. er. and sherry with th

race organizers say this race will bring $3 billion to the local economy. this is the second time in a month that someone in an s.u.v. intentionally crashed into the store. customers were surprised when they arrived and found the business closed and badly damaged. >> i don't know what happens to people where they feel that dissipate. i wonder about that, especially on mother's day. >> the store is closed for the day and will reopen once the damages are repaired. there were no injuries. mr. >> smoke, i looked out the window and i see in the fire under the stairs in the laundry room, i told everybody to ghetto. go get the hose, turn it off, but it was too high. >> flames from one of the homes quickly spread to the attic of a second house. it took firefighters about an hour to put out there three- alarm fire. investigators believe it started accidentally, but the exact cause is still under investigation of the red cross is assisting those who lost their homes. >> >> an early season grass fire this morning and firefighters say it could have been a lot worst if

and what happened was the collapse of the local economy, the collapse of the industry and devastation for the town where the workers had been living and working. so that undocumentedness serves a role in our economy. i don't think it's a good or fair system. it's a system based on exploitation, but the solution is not to further victimize and punish those who are working in the low wage jobs. thank you. >> thank you. i just want to just to be a little, put a fine point on it, what do you think -- why is it for example and in that case, you know we know that meat packing used to be a very stable, you know, well paying blue collar job. it was unionized wages were good. it wasn't a fun job, but it was a good job. that changed radically and the influx of undocumented, in this case clearly poor, illiterate people completely replaced them. if those people were sent back to guatemala, do you think the meat packing industry would be forced to raise wages and make its jobs more attractive again to americans or is that just gone forever? >> brief answer sorry. >> in the case of agriprocessers,

it is not only a boom for them, for their paychecks, but it's money that goes back into local economy we need in california right now. but i also think, you know, the issues of education are really the pressing issues for job creation in california. >> and i really believe that jerry brown will come at some point to the realistic need to restore things that he has cut from things like the disabled. i think he'll do that. what ithink he will hold best on though is there will be no new programs. >> okay. there will be no new programs and no tuition hikes at uc campuses which was a hot issue here and nationally for two years. in other words until about the time he's ready to leave office and prop 30 expires, i notice you're both smiling about that. terry nosehow to lead. >> and leave. [laughter] >> and leave somebody else with half the problem. [laughter] >> and it's a good thing because you see, you can project to 2017-18 based on this flow of money. what made up this huge new money was the growth in the economy. that is not going to continue. no matter what anybody says. >> okay. final

. >> reporter: despite statements like that, and promises that fracing is good for the local economy,five denton voters had voted to ban frac-ing. opponents say most of the mineral wells belong to out of towners, yet denton residents have to live with frac-ing behind hospitals, next to parks, and steps from their backyard. >> i may be an old silly lady but this is kind of scary going to bed knowing there is a gas rig on fire in my backyard. i guess i can only go to bed and know if it explodes i'll never feel anything. >> reporter: now frac-ing is set to resume and denton is the first texas city to ban frac-ing looks to be also the last. and so where does that lead denton today? a spokeswoman for the city says the ordinance banning frac-ing is immediately unenforceable. and just to give you an idea of how widespread the support was for the state law that prohibits the bans five out of six delegations voted in favor of this ban. >>> heidi thank you. >>> up next demilitarizing the police. president obama announced new steps to rebuild relationships from the police and the communities the

but it's also putting $6 billion in disposable income into our local economy. so this is going to stimulate jobs. it's going to stimulate new business. people who live on minimum wage don't invest in the stock market. they don't take vacations to bermuda. they don't sock their money away in a swiss bank account. they spend it in local businesses. and so this is an investment in our economy. but it's also an investment in our social fabric. this increase will give people hope who right now are hopeless. and you can't expect to have a society that functions when this significant portion of your population are living in hopelessness. >> absolutely. well, i know a lot about that, growing up as i did with a single parent. and in many ways, if you don't have these kinds of things as the basement no one is going to make it where it is livable for people that have been marginalized. for example, the vote in los angeles that you helped to champion, it couldn't have come at a better time. we did some research. under current minimum wage in l.a., someone would have to wor

there are merchants warehouses, the local economy i mean businessmen basically. we can use the money instead of shin things from outside the country to buy things within the country and it will also help the economy of the country that being said, it doesn't mean that the problem that we don't have entry points, because we have other problems, such as bringing stranded yemenis from all around the world. fuel there isn't enough within the country we have to bring it from other entry points. eventually i think we'll do that through sea. >> how do you distribute the aid if the infrastructure is degraded to the point you just simply can't get it to more remote parts of the country? >> it's not the infrastructure within the country. we're not talking only about roads. we are also talking about establishments as such, but roads within the country there are alternatives, so there is a chance of creating alternative routes from distributing from one area to the other. that's not the problem. the problem is security. how can even if there is the best road in the world, if

saying this is devastating because we're heading into memorial day weekend and a big part of the local economycerned with the wildlife in this area. i'll have to tell you that so far today i have not seen any birds or any fish coated in oil. i think they are hoping they are getting a handle on this as you pointed out. most of the oil that spilled stayed on shore. this is one of those rare spills where it was a pipeline that spilled on shore, went into a culvert and then into the water. >> what could you tell us about the company that owns the pipeline? >> plains all american is a huge company with huge profit. it has had run-ins, for lack of a better team with the epa and justice department. in fact back in 2010 they paid out a settlement of $40 million. that settlement was to improve some of its pipelines. part of that settlement $3 million in fines. it was all connected to 10 spills in tech oklahoma kansas and louisiana. plains right now being very apologetic about what happened here and saying they are nowak tifl worker er-- now actively working to clean the spill. >>> the endangereder blac

we're concerned whether this park will be able to be open by then or not and that will impact our local economy. >> we hope you are able to get it open and the other state beaches opened as well. that's the santa barbara county supervisor. we should know that refugio beach is closed. they expect 1,000 people would come through here on memorial day weekend and el capitan threatened by the spill but opened for now back to you. >> so frustrating, so close to the holiday weekends and such a beautiful environment. paul, good luck, keep us posted on the efforts and send our best to those people doing that hard work too. paul vercammen, live for us at santa barbara. robert and arlene holmes, you may not have heard as much about them as their son james because they are the parents of this accused mass murderer. their son james shot 12 people dead at a movie theater in aurora, colorado. that's not disputed. one of the victims was just 6 years old. and now that he's on trial for murder, you might be surprised to hear what his parents are saying and just imagine for a moment during commercial break, that

are not in their hotels, they're out out wallets in hands pumping thousands of dollars into our local economy. >> close to the river, the color of money blooms. brisk sales for merchandise for this annual philly staple of springtime. >> it's going to be like one of the biggest memories we're going to have in our college experiences, yeah. >> you'll have a shirt for it? >> yeah, exactly. who knows. >> tens of thousands of crew hopefuls are straining using synchronized strokes in hopes of winning at the largest college competition. >> it's remarkable how the speed of these boats have increased over the last couple of decades. >> lightways and a calm schuylkill almost ideal for crewing, except for the heat, of course, a stark contrast to last year. a late afternoon downpour delayed the championship heats for two hours. >> saturday morning, kind of all hell broke loose the way i like to think about it. the sky opened and tsunamiing everywhere. >> for the rest of the day, high heat which fuels a hunger for food. >> we came from connecticut this morning and this was worth the drive. >> and the desi

they have a local economy. they can smuggle oil and gas.iquiti sze, loot government buildingings, sell weapons. once you control territory and population, we're talking of a population of millions that are now under their control. you can raise money. >> richard engel, chief correspondent for nbc news, it is always great to see you even when we talk about truly terrible things. all right. still ahead, honestly, i promised it. i mean it. 0 >>> okay. so ireland is about to vote in just a few hours on a referendum on gay marriage. it's a referendum passes, ireland will become the first country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage by popular vote. lots of countries have marriage equality at this point, but ireland would be the first to extend those rights by a nationwide popular vote by everyone. now, the polls look really good for the pro marriage equality side so far. polls out this weekend show the referendum support as high at 69%. but you know what? the polls also looked really good to defeat the anti-gay marriage called prop 8 in el

officials with local leaders to help combat crime improve educational opportunities and boost local economies in those communities. >> we're all hands on deck efforts to change the odds for communities start happening because we're providing job training and helping to reduce violence and expanding affordable housing. >> president says that safety is his top priority. >> what a day for the president to come out here because it was hot and muggy. felt like august. >> it did, it did. it's all right. hot and muggy better than cold and snowy. it did rain in some areas. the threat for more showers still with us. nbc 10 first alert meteorologist sheena parveen has a first look at the forecast. >> yeah. definitely more of a summer-like day today. the humidity up this afternoon fueling some thunderstorms mostly in delaware right now. few moving into the lehigh valley. but these are the ones we're watching at the moment. not too much in the way of lightning right now. but we certainly have seen lightning in this particular storm. middletown seeing some of the heaviest rain. and that's where you see th

the minimum wage has not kept pace with overall cost of living and it is not kept pace with the local economy. you see where we are now. we are well behind where we should be that the minimum wage had been actually paid to the economy. >> host: i certainly think there are those businesses that are able to increase their employees wages more aggressively and should be applauded but i'm also noticing this trend especially with jobs that are less skilled the automation. you go into a convenience store now and there's anybody checking you out. you check yourself out in maths seems to be an increasing consideration. i suppose it's worth a conversation and we should talk about in our efforts to micromanage wages are we in fact going to see more women -- disc is certainly a criticism that is then raised the efforts to make sure people get paid a decent wage i still think the data don't carry that out and there are a lot of job categories that are -- there's nothing you can do. nobody wants to hire a robot to watch their children. not raised on what we have right now as well as home health aides and