xavier irias: the oldest pipe dates to the 1800s. stephen: xavier irias serves as director of engineering and construction at east bay municipal utility district, a district that serves about 1 1/2 million people. xavier: well, our overall goal here is to make sure that every time you go to your tap and turn on the faucet, that clean water comes out every single time. stephen: the pipes carrying all this fresh water to customers are made with all types of materials, everything from cast iron to steel, polyvinyl chloride, or pvc, to ac, or asbestos cement. as these pipes age, they break at different times in their life cycles. in fact, some of the oldest pipes in these systems are lasting longer than pipes installed in the 1950s and '60s. but regardless of their type, all of the pipes are getting so old that the rate of these breaks and leaks is rising faster and faster every year. xavier: as the pipe gets older, it is going to tend to leak more unless we do something about it. stephen: that's why east bay mud has as many as 25 member

he'll crawl through the pipe come down here and weld the hole in the pipe. reporting from san bruno, mark matthews nbc bay area news. >>> we have a mistrial another bizarre twist in the case of a vallejo police officer who was killed in the line of duty. this morning, a solano county judge declared a mistrial in the penalty phase against henry smith jr. last week smith was convicted in the shooting of officer jim capoot back in 2011. today that jury was supposed to begin deciding if he should be sentenced to death. but two jurors told the judge they have to leave town. there are no alternate jurors remaining after a serious of issues forced several jurors to be dismissed earlier in this case. so a mistrial means a new jury will have to be selected, possibly delaying the sentencing decision for months. >>> she faced a judge today. the former new york prison employee accused of helping two inmates escape. joyce mitchell appeared in court for her arraignment in morning. she's accused of smuggling tools into the clinton county prison. that escape launched a massi

>> the material the pipe? the material type is cast iron. >> did it just they all? >> it just failed. it just cracked back basically. this pipe has been one line 24 seven for a very very long time 24 seven. >> how was your employee? is he okay? >> yes, he is okay. one of the wastewater divers is actually working for them now. he did a really good job. >> good, thank you. thank you for the report. we have a speaker. >> let me give you some history, way back in the two thousandswe had subcontractors dig a tunnel under the force main. your attorney knows about this. now, when a report like this is given-- now, i know this is a general report and you were just going over everything. but, generally speaking when a report is given to the puc and your attorney knows about this why was this close pipe that goes to peter adie compromised. and new allowed a constituent to do this? we need to know the constituents of san francisco we pick we need to know which types these are. i have said it before, and i will say it again. we have the technology to know the status of any pipe.

they come out of the pipe near a manhole cover and emerge on the street a block from the prison. they leave behind a twisted calling card, this tiny note -- "have a nice day." and there's that taunting message they left behind, "have a nice day." >> it's an insult obviously to us. >> reporter: and where will the killers go? the prison is located in the densely wooded extreme northeast corner of new york state, the canadian border is less than 20 miles away, vermont is a short boat ride across lake champlain. as the sheriff drives through town, things are still quiet. >> you're in a residential neighborhood, lots of homes close together. most of these people right there worked at the prison. people totally unsuspected preparing for a beautiful weekend not really knowing what was going on. >> reporter: now, the word starts spreading. automated phone calls throughout the area. >> this is an important message from the new york state police. the search continues for the two men who escaped from the clinton correctional facility. police are reminding residents in the area to remain on

the 5:30 morning check. he eventually spotted a blistering hot steam pipe waiting until may for the steam to be shut out to putlan into action, spending four weeks cutting a hole in the pipe. sweat said that his partner in crime, richard matt, had to shed 40 pounds to squeeze within the pipe. the inspector said they are still investigating how the escape happened. 7 on your side with consumer alert, lifelock is an identity theft protection program. the u.s. government says they are misleading customers about protection. the ftc said that lifelock did not set up a comprehensive program to protect data and say they made false claims with ads. a federal appeals court has overturned some of the convictions that sent rod blagojevich the prison. they said he did not break the law when he was auctioning off the senate seat of president obama. they were disappointed more convictions were not dismissed but they are still hopeful justice will prevail eventually. >> he never intended to break the law. i think for all of us, we would rather see him there with his head held high than be in disgrace. leon: it's not clear ho

the hole is at the bottom of this pipe. and i'm told that if they had shut the water off, meaning cities many cities on the peninsula would have woken up this morning without any water at all. rather than turn the water off, san francisco's public utilities commission decided to keep the line pressurized, and the water flowing, even though a huge amount was washing down the hill and into a storm drain. >> i had to guess, it would be 15 million gallons. >> reporter: that's one-fifth of the daily water use for san francisco and much of the peninsula. if they had cut the water off on this broken main daly city san bruno, pacifica and the san francisco jail would have been dry. so they kept the line pressurized for hours. >> long enough to allow the wholesale customers to reconfigure their systems so that all the retail customers stay in clean water. >> reporter: the break in this pipe was caused by rust. the pipe was installed in the late 1920s, and a spokesman for the puc says there's 320 miles of old pipe that they are replac

he found the pipe to escape in may. four months later, he finished cutting the hole in the pipe. en joyce mitchell failed to show up for a getaway car, the two were forced to flee into the woods and split up. sweat was shot and captured two days later and held in solitaire confinement. the superintendent at the facility, two correction officers were placed on leave following the escape. a review by the inspector general is ongoing. >>> new details about the possibility explanation for the man that killed five service members in chattanooga last week. authorities are investigating if two of mohammad youssuf abdulazeez's kwan fansacquaintances were aware of his intentions months before the attack. officials are calling this a manifesto rather than a diary. a families spokesperson said he expressed anti-american feelings and became drawn to extremeist views. the it says the family knew he was dealing with depression and drug, alcohol abuse but did not see this as a serious threat. they said in a quote, there's no word to show our shock horror disbelief. rand paul could introduce legi

. >> we haven't even gotten the pipe exposed. >> reporter: the intersection won't be open for in time for evening rush. tomorrow's rush hour, that's still up in the air, too. people in this neighborhood are hopeful, though, this fix will do the trick. >> they have worked on this corner i can't tell you how many times they have been underground here with problems with the pipes. they frequently have had flooding and water backups and working underground. so they can't seem to get it fixed. >> reporter: for now drivers can take green tree road as an alternate, nikki burdine, wusa9. >> we have an update. about 49 people are still without water in the area. wssc officials hope the water will be restored by tonight. >>> the heat and humidity looks like it's here to stay and could we be in for a repeat of yesterday's stormy weather? howard bernstein is track be all the latest developments. howard, how bad is it out there? >> reporter: stifling. one of the things going on right now, the winds are so light. you have the heat and the blazing midday sun and all the humidity and it's not getting

now they've got to dig up that roadway to fix the big pipe. the burst also sent water into several families' basements and for one this is all deja vu. >> the second time in six months. >> reporter: that this has happened? >> same way like this time. >> you can hardly blame him for being frustrated. dozens of homes and several shops in the wheaton park plaza are without water and the wssc is not sure what caused the pipe to bust. >>> despite a warning over the possible terror attack over the 4th of july holiday thousands of tourists are making their way into the d.c. area. to be clear, d.c. and federal officials dew point know of a specific -- do not know of a specific threat on washington, but if you see, something you are urged to say something. >> coming here it crossed my mind, but once i got here, there's so much to see you don't think about it very much. >> i don't have any anxiety about it. obviously we came down, feel safe. there's protection all around. i know they're here. >> there are more than 18,000 feet of fencing around the natio

the pipe is just at a low point so all of the water is draining in here. about 25 homes without water right now. >> that's correct. we will do our best to get them into service as quickly as possible. john: folks are going to be without water for quite some time. wilson lane to the beltway from bradley, you will definitely have to turn around if you are driving that direction. jummy: also happening, a rally outside the u.s. capitol denouncing planned parenthood with dr. ben carson. protesters are calling for congress to defund groups -- the group. this comes after a second video released that appears to show organization leaders discussing prices for fetal tissue. planned parenthood says the videos were deceptively edited to support false claims. the coast guard expanding its search for two missing teenage boys off the coast of florida. planes and boats are patrolling funny 7000 square nautical miles -- 27,000ical miles for the teenagers. their boat was found capsized on sunday. their families are hopeful noting that life jackets a cooler were missing from

it took the 45 minutes today. jay: a pipe ruptured, sending millions of gallons of water onto the avenue. >> 2.5 million gallons of water two hours. that is a lot of water. jay: the water flooded homes and businesses, shut off water to nearby homes. >> everyone is trying to get down to d.c. >> road repairs. jay: crews worked to mend the pipe and eventually reopen the road. this is the third break here since 2011. in the coming months, they will replace a long section of pipe here. >> it does not mean, just because it has broken two times, that we did not do a good job repairing it. we validated the fact that it is an old pipe and longer than one section of pipe needs replacement. jay: we do not know exactly when the new hype is going to be put in. we were simply told in the coming months. if this is between now and then, this old-could break again -- this old pipe could break again. leon: complicating matters, a stormwatch for tonight. the threat of more rain and storms lingering into tomorrow. steve rudin is here now with a

>> reporter: i can tell you the culprit is old pipes. there's been a little bit of progress since last night when they started but the emphasis is on little. i just got word that there is everything you can imagine in that hose. there's now pepco folking out here looking at transmission lines. this has been one big headache for them. under all that water is a broken 16-inch pipe and it's making things pretty tough around here. i caught this woman has she came out to get the mail. >> it is a mess. i tried to get home last night from a game and my friend was driving and we came down bradley and we couldn't get to my draw. >> 25 homes have been without water since last night. fortunately for her, she's not one of them. drives were hit especially hard this morning on this popular rout. >> not a typical repair. we like the ones that are cut and dried can but there's a gas line and storm drain running through this. >> reporter: it's also in a low point and all the water is draining right where the water needs to be done. pushes are working over

sky is over the park where the pipe was reported protecten around 9:30 last night. d, and water is flowing through the park and into a creek that runs into the bay. no customs are affected and craws inspecting the pipe for damage. how long will it take? no one knows. >> a news conference you continues on twitter@abc7newsbayarea. back in a moment. we have had a lot going on today. coming up at 4:00 how much is a human egg worth? a woman is going to court to fight prices that are not fair. a rage against robocalls and solutions to stop that big problem. >> a last news going on today. well keep you inform all day about the latest on the madyson middleton case and we have just a couple of days a memorial service for the slain police officer. >> you can follow us online and we will streak the news conference talking about maddy middle ton. thanks for joining us today. >> try to stay cool. it will be a hot one. >> yeah! yeah! [cheers and applause] ha ha ha! i'm terry crews, and i'm ready to give somebody that million dollars today here on millionaire. [cheers and applause]

increasing the pipe size along folsom street, particularly when there are more residents in the mission. there's new buildings going up all the time and i don't really see any increase in the sewer system capacity that we so desperately need. so i'm here to reiterate, thanks for the grant money and hopefully a permanent solution can be found. thanks. >> thank you. no further comments from the public, any further comments? yes. >> i would like to request -- i mean, i have been on this commission for seven years now and i have heard a lot of flooding stories about 17th and folsom. i know there has been work and all kinds of possibilities looked at and i have followed the affordable housing and what has happened within the city family to really take care of that property on the corner? that piece i think is heading in the right direction, but i just have not really heard about what the solutions are, that are going to address these ongoing flooding issues at 17th and folsom. so i would like to request that we have a presentation from the puc on what we can do to solve this problem permanen

homes are flooded in the wheat.area after a pipe burst. several homes on whiteman road have been evacuated and part of georgia road has been blocked off. pat collins is talking to home owners and will have a live report at the top of the hour. >>> we are learning more about preparations for what could be one of the biggest fourth of july celebrations washington has ever hosted. there will be more restrictions this year for events including the festival, the parade concert and the fireworks, of course. coming up at 5:00, we will have a live report on what's being done to address concerns about the terror threat. >>> he took the bait and now, montgomery county police want to track him down. this suspect got into a bait car at chevy chase village and triggered a police aharm. by the time officers arrived the man was gop but k-9 dogs traced his scent into the district. police found someone broke into several other cars but nothing was reported stolen from them. >>> brand-new law now in effect in maryland and virginia. here are all the ones you

this time to get out of the pipe. after that, they cut right through the chain and lock holding down the manhole cover. >> if there was a rabid tiger running around the neighborhood or a rabid lion or something that could kill anybody, well, these are those animals. these guys are those kind of animals, like rabid animals that could kill anybody at the drop of a hat. >> reporter: a closer look reveal the men had likely been using some type of metal great to conceal the hole they were cutting in their cell. investigators also believe they may have used a hacksaw to keep the noise down. >> new york state police department of correctional services and state and local federal law enforcement partners are conducting a full investigation in to the escape of these two inmates. >> the escapees left a message for those coming for them. this yellow post-it note is found on one of the pipes they cut through. dripping with sarcasm, it reads, have a nice day with a smiley face on it. >> sure they are taunting, being arrogant, going

they turned off the steam to the steam pipe that provided heat to the prison on may 4th. he was able to short circuit by able to cut through the steam pipe with a hacksaw. took him over a month to do it. interesting detail they hit a sewer pipe at one point and thought they could escape through that ala "the shawshank redemption." one other detail they have, the two joked about the fact that "the shawshank redemption" character took 20 years to escape and it took them 10 to escape from their real one. there was the question of who was the mastermind. richard matt escaped twice before. once successfully. it was assumed he was the mastermind. investigators telling the new york times, it was david sweat. sweat was moved next to matt's cell in 2013. another inmate at one point heard the sawing and asked matt about it. he said i was just stretching canvases. he is known for drawing pictures. >>> thank you, miguel. prosecutors say the death of sandra bland is treated as a murder investigation. the police claim the 28-year-old woman hanged her receive with a plastic bag in the t

taste become to 1927 with the original construction at the system so it's an older pipe. >>reporter: crew finally able to cap it 13 hours litter. after diverting the water which comes from the crystal springs reservoir. you can fill 20,000 bath tub with 1 million gallon of water. now imagine 15 million. the amount lost represents 20 percent of the world trade center that serves san francisco in a day. still the san francisco public utility commission decided it would be much worse to shut the line down used in san bruno and pacifica and by the san bruno jail. it would depressurize the system all the way down the line so all of the dmawnts were federal off the pipe lane would no longer have water. not only the home in terms of drinking water. all of the hydrant on the corner of every street. >>reporter: keeping the system flowing helped keep the drinking water safe for residents. if the water gets depressurize then yes the system has to be tell chlorinated again so you need the chlorine residual in the pipe to keep the water quality where it need to be. >>reporter: p uc s

i think the other part is that you want to interconnect to the broadband pipe. mp to broadband -- you don't want that to be closed. net neutrality addresses some of that, but you and like to make sure the conditions of this merger are going to survive court cases. betty: going back to your wireless assets some people , estimate the value of your wireless assets to be $60 billion or so. what will you do with those wireless assets? there are reports that for you to leverage them up you're going to have to partner with a wireless company but if you don't, might you spin off those assets? might you separate dish into video and wireless spectrum? charlie: i think we have talked about this on one of our conference calls. we have looked at different structures. we continue to look at different corporate structures so that you may end up with assets in different formations and the reason you would do that is to have flexibility for how they could get put to use and the timing of when they could be put to use. we have looked at that. we have not made any decisions on that

. >> the most likely thing that was the cause of the pipe was cold water getting into the pipe, and colder apparently causes these to explode. >> an 83-year-old steam pipe buried beneath the city street has exploded, sending up a plume of deadly, hot steam, temperature, 400 degrees. it roars like a jet engine on full blast. and there's concern it may be contaminated with asbestos. dazed and confused, mccullough and his passenger jump from the truck into the scalding steam. >> and i tripped and fell. i remember rolling on the floor, screaming in agony, in pain. just steam everywhere. something told me, greg, get up and run. i don't know what it was. something said, greg, get up and run. >> more than 80% of his body is burned. >> i'm running around saying "help me" to people. and i'll never forget this one lady. as i'm running down the hallway, she's there, as i'm running, she's staring at me. and i said, "help me, help me." she just grabs her bag. she looked scared like she didn't want to touch me. i was some kind of monster or something, you know, some scary alien. >> but at least one go

one of the things he did, the piping that runs from the seacock to the manifold, it is almost like octopus tentacles. the standard size of pipe was seven inches and he thought that six would be sufficient and save a little money. it would probably be ok for a smaller ship. he cut one inch of pipe out. it means that water cannot gush and he constrained water's ability to move quickly. he was really, the moment the ship left the yard, it was a disaster. i will tell you a subtle point. i have never talked about it. there is a tradition on the lakes. when a ship is launched, the time the ship is out, you refer to it as a feminine. when a ship has a shipwreck, you refer to it as an it. they no longer refer to it as a she. i refer to the eastland as she until they put the machinery in. every subsequent reference, i call it it. the eastland was in front of her. i never called the eastland a she. from my mind, the moment machinery went in, it was a questioner: [inaudible] mr. mccarthy: great question. i deal with it in the book. the aftermath is, as soon as they raise it, the navy takes over come

. >> i think that wasn't specific about the ones that are currently in the piping versus the ones that start from a scratch. >> again to reiterate the calendar is there as a way to underscore that hour process that we are doing here or not created to elongate gait a long process as is it is created as extra scrutiny if we think that is important we're experts 80 on to have the project sponsors what we feel is right or best for the city not intended to open the door for additional protests so those are commitments i made on your behalf to move those things along within a long process as it stands. >> oh yeah. a long process. >> commissioner lee and i don't know if there are other but commissioner vice president moshoyannis. >> as we moved the president or vice president nicole you're the the president and planner that knocks double on that i was thinking there should be an industry tap there. >> i go agree and whether or not in particular person or if audrey is not available waiting for you know. >> - >> the person to come off of the vacation the process can continue but the industry wr

philadelphia commissioner agrees the pipes are old, and heto do more. >> we don't really know where or when it's going to break. >> reporter: the commissioner said the water department is replacing about 30 miles of pipe a year at that pace it would take 77 years to replace all of the cast iron in the system. >> i'd like to replace more pipes than i do. the question is finding funding for that. >> reporter: the commissioners continue to use a point system to grade pipes based on age, use and other deteriorating factors. it's the best way to replace a pipe before it breaks. but it's not perfect. the water main that flooded odessa washington's house was tested three weeks before it broke. >> the test results showed that there was leakage. >> at the end of the day, do you really know the condition of the system. >> i think it's a pretty good handle on the system. it's in reasonably good condition. >> what is going on. >> for odessa washington questions remain. >> how can you let pipes go that long without redoing them. >> she knows this likely w

the other part is that they interconnect to the broadband pipe. e ramp to broadband -- you don't want that to be closed. net neutrality addresses some of that. you want to make sure these programs will survive court cases. betty: some people estimate the value of your wireless assets to be $60 billion or so. what will you do with those assets? you're going to have to partner with a wireless company but if you don't, might you spin off those assets? might you separate dish into video and wireless spectrum? charlie: we have looked at different structures. we continue to look at different corporate structures so that you may end up with assets in different formations and the reason you would do that is to have flexibility for how they could get put to use and the timing. we have looked at that. we have not made any decisions on that yet. it is something worthy of looking at. betty: is there anyone out there you would never partner with? charlie: i don't think we would ever say never. the people i know in this industry i have a tremendous amount of res

detailing that he and his accomplice used hacksaws to get out of their jail cells and cut into the piping that they were able to slip in and out of their cells at whim. they made it to an underground passage way and they found a sledgehammer left behind by a construction worker. they used that hammer to get further out. they were able to do a dry run. getting into one manhole. rejecting that manhole thinking it was too close to houses. the next day, making the real run into a manhole popping out of a manhole that was less populated. also sweat detailed that he was the mastermind it was joyce mitchell who had the idea of killing her husband. mitchell's attorney saying that simply is not true. mitchell did not pick up the men so they tried to flee on foot to canada. sweat telling authorities, he had a number of close calls. he was hiding in a tree as an officer walked right by him. he remains in the hospital this morning. he is under heavy guard from what the hospital tells us. he remains in fair condition. john christine. >> kyung lah in albany. >>> new changes underway at the prison. clin

good anyone see which way the masked man in the pipe horse went? kind of a transportation i remember. john bull, resplendent against the union jack thrills the crowd. over 60 years old and still a showstopper. a 1920 wagon weighs a ton and a half and is 15 feet long and 11 feet high. these elephants like the wild animals in the parade, come from ringling brothers. performing in milwaukee in conjunction with this celebration. you'll notice he's kneeling in the direction of mr. ed. the traditional closer for a circus parade, the big scene caleo, built in 1903, this wagon known as the america wagon performs regularly up at the you museum at baraboo. the practical closer are these gentlemen. but there is still more to come. mr. forest tucker a music man who does know the territory leads off a display of musicianship and precision marching and drilling as bands and drum and bugle corpses fill the eye with color and the ear with music. ♪ >>

and then once richard matt and david sweat emerged from the sewer pipe joyce mitchell was going to drivem over to her home. and as matt phrased it he was going to take care of the glitch. that's how he referred to lyle mitchell. >> now, richard matt that's the one who gave joyce mitchell the pills, they were having an intimate relationship. everyone has talked about the relationship as she was head over heels for him but he was using her. that they would have killed her very quickly into this escape. could he have had real feelings for her? >> well it's possible that he had -- he was certainly amorous with her. yes, it's feasible that he may have loved her. but it could have just been on a very animal level. from what i understand he would demand sex from her and she would comply in the secluded area of the prison tailor shop. >> the night of the escape she's supposed to give the pills to her husband. she's supposed to show up at the manhole and drive off with them. she gets cold feet hours before this was supposed to happen before she was supposed to give her husband the pills. you are

the car. >>> millions of gallons of water gushing out of a broken pipe in san bruno. the water is flowing through the junipero serra county park into the creek crystal springs road looks like a lake. the water slowed down a bit. the pipe supplies water to the peninsula but customers are unaffected. >>> the warm weather is a factor in today's first "spare the air" day for smog in 2015. the bay area quality management district issued the notice because air quality is expected to be unhealthy today. it's caused by wind, high temperatures and exhaust. commuters are urged to find different waste of commuting rather than driving alone and roberta gonzales joins us with more on one very hot tuesday. roberta. >> let's kick-start with the "spare the air" day because it is the first of the season. the areas most affected will be the santa clara valley where we are anticipating unhealthy levels of pollution and it's trapped very close to the ground because we are lacking a breeze. south-central bay, moderate quality air in the east bay, that's also where that pm is trapped close

the steam pipes that they had in the institution, they have cable tv in the inmate cells at clinton.e heard of that before. but they would put the schedule for the heating system and the steam pipes right on the tv to tell the inmates when these would not be functional. so essentially, they gave the inmates a blueprint when the pipes wouldn't be active. and i think that was instrumental in helping them escape. >> how about that? now that he's at five points and will be spending -- he'll have this one hour a day for exercise and you use the word juice, will that even matter at this new place? >> no. >> will he even see other people other than guards? >> maybe medical staff, counselor, case manager. but he's not going to be mingling with any other inmates. he's going to be in complete isolation. and generally, in the new york system when somebody escapes, they put you in the special housing unit for up to five years. on the other hand they are going to need him to testify against joyce mitchell and possibly officer palmer. so if that's the case they may move him to yet another institut

washington or director ram i know we have residents design guidelines in the pipe there's a lot of stuff i completely understand would those changes to those guidelines employ to this property as you understand today are we apply an old set of standards to a new issue? >> not really well, i would as a whole set of standards we'll look at all of the neighborhood throughout the city and realizing that the modifications that may occur in one area such this. >> right. >> a mid century development like something older in an establishment we try to look at each other individually there are certain basic standards for example coin and parcels it is accepted they be a little bit taller that's an standard in our residential guideline we implement that throughout the city we are always pushing back you know the top floor a back like outer sunset we're moving back the top third floor because we don't want to change that streets facade in this particular neighborhood you don't have that really consistent pattern you've got a distinctive like like a country club for a southwest corner of the city bui

the pipe was fixed this weekend but there could be sewage in the water. for you, you want to avoid donaldson run, especially if you have children or pets. >>> today, montgomery county leaders are talking about the purple line. the county council will discuss governor hogan's plan to scale it back. last week, the governor said maryland will contribute $158 million to the project. the counties would have to make up the difference spending $50 million more each. it would run 16 miles from bethesda to new carrollton. the council is working to cut $51 million from the budget. the cuts could come from schools or police funding. >>> taylor swift is bringing her 1989 world tou to d.c. the pop star taking center stage at nats park for two sold-out shows tonight and tomorrow night. the navy yard ballpark station will be open late. the last trains will both depart at 12:39 a.m. and all connections for the blue, orange, silver and yellow lines will be made at the l'enfant plaza station. >>> right now, still have this issue on 29 southbound at 108. a crash also one ot