god bless you, nice to see you. >> economic damage from hurricane sandy could go... >> superstorm sandy could cost $20 billion. >> our requests are about $78 billion. >> my instructions to the federal agency has been, "i want you to cut through red tape, bureaucracy, make sure that we are getting the resources where they are needed as quickly as possible." >> all the sandy survivors, can everybody get over here? we're going to be shoulder to shoulder. are we standing together until we're all home? >> yes! >> are we standing shoulder to shoulder until we're all home? >> yes! >> laura sullivan: as a reporter for npr, i've covered quite a few disasters and the slow process of recovery. test, test. from katrina to haiti, i've investigated problems with disaster aid and looked closely at efforts to rebuild. for the past year, i've been hearing stories about superstorm sandy victims. a group of them gathered last fall, here at the state capitol in trenton. >> i'd like to bring up one of the families that really can use help. (applause) >> good morning. my name is nancy wertz. me and my daught

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are painting the humanitarian service metals on the 2300 soldiers and air man that responded after sandy. >> it's my privilege to say thank you on behalf of a grateful state and to thank every single one of you for all being ready always there. >> and they were, under terrible conditions. >> we were looking for survivors because we were flying up and down the coast, we didn't know if there were people stranded in houses that were floating in the water. >> making sure the individuals were fed and clothed and the conditions were considered sanitary. >> it was different than anything we have done before. >> moving people and supplies and equipment was a challenge for the guard members some of who responded even though their own homes were flooded. >> i think super storm sandy was probably the worst thing to hit new jersey but the finest hour for the national guard in this state. >> humbling to see how much the people were giving back to us. >> this is the first of many ceremonies, more will follow until the 2300 citizens of the national guard get their medals for sandy. >> they could say i'

why, sandy? sandy: to hopefully give us the resources to go further.emonis: where i got hung up is this notion of how some people don't get paid but they write checks and they invest. and so, out of that $300,000, $50,000 is gonna go towards giving josh his money back. out of everybody in this room, including them, you've written the biggest check in the room. did you know that? -josh: i didn't know. lemonis: and you work here and you don't get paid. and so, i think that level of dedication is the reason that i came back today. sandy, i feel like you should have some equity in the business. -sandy: thank you. -lemonis: you're full time. you're a department manager. and so is chris. you're also a department manager. and so, the idea was $300,000 for 40%. out of that 40%, you're getting 5%, you're getting 5%, and you're getting 5%. that's out of my pocket. -josh: sounds great. that's really cool of you to give me that sort of deal, and i appreciate it. lemonis: you guys do great work. the product's legit. i mean, it's good. every single one of you contri

the sandy hook lighthouse that sits behind us was built in 1764.ng world wars one and two to camouflage the port on which it stands . throughout its long and unique history, this beacon stood fast against the ravages of time and enemy combatants. >> the white house itselfat an interesting story during the revolutionary war.it was actually defended by the british . the patriots were looking to take away the way, took fire on it a few times and had numerous death. >> 1776, colonial forces fired two cannons on the white house. the officer who led the charge and report back to his commander, a young general named george washington that the wallswere too firm to destroy. the cannonballs we bounced off . >> this is battery park. >> the fort is also home to barry potter, the site of the nation's first disappearing gun. artillery pieces hidden underground then lifted by steam power into firing position. >> you can see my breath in here, it's like a wine cellar. >> wild. >> when they brought in the shells, they actually brought in on cart and on rails and t

superstorm sandy had a debt try meant effect on my district. we saw the broadcast and cable networks provide critical information to help us stay out of harm's way and telecommunications networks make sure we can call for help. unfortunately when hurricane sandy ripped through the northeast, we could not rely on several of these systems when we needed them the most. nearly one in four cell towers were knocked out and some of the hardest hits, as many as half of the towers went down and stayed down for weeks. i spent the pass several years what went right and what went wrong. not just during sandy, but hurricane katrina and other major disasters, this act will make this right. it would recognize the important role that wire wls, and mobile, internet, radio and television broadcasting and cable and satellite services play during emergencies. these communication providers near access to help them repair and maintain their communications equipment during disasters. but this bill is part of a larger effort to keep us safe in emergencies. as part of

famously tweeted that president barack obama spoke for him on the need for more gun control after sandy hook. but that was three years and a nomination ago so ated from's n.r.a. event, trump was far more on target. >> thank you very much. this is amazing. hillary clinton wants to abolish the second amendment. just remember that. we're not going to let that happen. i can tell you that right now. we're going to preserve it. we're going to cherish it. i've been watching what's going on, and i've been look at airplanes getting blown up in the air and lot of bad things happening. but if you look at paris, 130 people killed, and these guys came in, boom, boom. you, over here, boom. >> trevor: boom, boom? ( laughter ) i don't know if that's the most respectful way to explain the paris shootings. boom, boom? although, to be fair, trump explains every terrible historic event like that. "hindenburg," huge balloon, boom. huge, flames, humanity, terrible. lincoln assassination, nagging wife. out of nowhere, boom. gets some piece and quiet. julius ceasar, stab-stab. heata-pita. you can hear all that

today is robert's mother's birthday. >> come on, sandy, pick up. >> hello? >> sandy, it's steve. plate for tonight's dinner. go >> oh my god! >> i think this will be the last time i ever see this prison. >> reporter: at last, the final drive to robert's prison with the news that both had dreamed of for all those years. >> hey, robert. >> hello, hello, hello. >> how are you feeling? >> i'm elated. i can't -- words can't describe it. words cannot describe. i'm just so happy. if it wasn't for that man fighting for me right there i wouldn't be out right now. and this is just overwhelming right now. >> i'm outside of these fences man! >> hello. i'm just getting ready to pull out. yeah, it's unreal mom! as long as this ain't a dream, i'm leaving right now. >> reporter: and that very night, robert was together again with his mother, his brother and freedom. >> robert! it's you it's you. this is my boy. he's home! >> how does it feel out here? >> it feels great, man. >> reporter: a few weeks later, we came to see robert here in his new apartment in charlottesville, virginia. his very own

in fact, for hurricane sandy, there was less fema assistance from the department of housing and urban development or the department of transportation. we found these additional disaster aid programs don't have the same requirements and restrictions as the fema assistance. fema assistance is tied to actual disaster damage and is for individuals, governmental entities or certain nonprofits performing government-like functions. fema only spends money on eligible items for eligible applicants, no matter how much money fema receives. fema mitigation funds must be used on cost and official projects to ensure the federal investment is a wise one. fema makes every effort to get money in the hands of applicants as fast as possible to enable rapid recovery from disaster impacts. from the sandy program management office from march, 2016, it appears these agencies have been slow in awarding and especially paying out funds. based on this data, only one-third of the cdbg dr funds have been dispursed and 13% of the fta funds have been paid out. now, this may be worth looking into in greater detail a

department offense medals on those who helped sandy. >>> it is my privilege to say thank you on behalff a grateful state an thank every sing of one of you for being always read and always there. >>> 1k3-9d were. >>> we were looking for survivors because we were flying up and down the coast, we didn't know if there were people stranded in-houses that might be in the water. >>> we wanted to make sure that the people were fed and clothe. >>> clothe -- clothed. it's different thoon anything we have done -- than anything we have done before. many responded even though their own homes were flooded. >>> super-storm sandy was the worst thing that ever hit new jersey, but it was the finest hour for the national national guard. >>> it was amazing to participate in that and humbling to see how much they were giving back to us. >> reporter: more ceremonies will follow until all the 2300 citizen soldier in the guard get their medal for sandy. >>> they would do it anyway they didn't do it for the medal. so we need to say thank you. >>> and the state of new jersey is. nora muchanic channel 6 "action

. >>> home from super-storm sandy is dealing with another big blow. we'll explain. >>> crews are turning to a substance known as gorilla snot to help solve a dangerous dust problem. ♪ ♪ to the women who know what real values are, you inspire us to bring you real value every day. >>> tonight a college student from chester county tries to spin her way to a big win on wheel of fortune philadelphia week. she is hoping to win enough money to pursue her master's degree. you can watch her at 7:30 on 6abc. you know those blue hens if they do anything, they do it well. >> reporter: when i interviewed, she was hoping to win enough money to move out of her house with her parents. this is kind of funny. let's look at kelly drive, we have an accident inbound approaching sedgely drive. we have fire crews and police crews on the scene. chopper 6 heading to the scene. mill creek is closed erickson avenue for emergency construction because of the slope failure. stick to route 7 or 41. >>> we're tracking the last showers of the morning, millville mays landing. millvill

in fact, for hurricane sandy there was less fema assistance than from either the department of housing and urban development or the department of transportation. we found that these additional disaster aid programs don't have the same requirements and restrictions as the fema assistance. fema assistance is tied to actual disaster damage and is for individuals, governmental entities or certain nonprofits performing government-like funks. fema only spends money on eligible items for eligible applicants no matter how much money fema receives. fema mitigation funds must be used on cost beneficial projects to insure the federal investment is a wise one. fema makes every effort to get money into the hands of applicants as fast as possible to enable rapid recovery from disaster impacts. in the most recent data provided by the sandy program management office from march 2016, it appears that these agencies have been slow in awarding and especially paying out funds. based on this data, only to one-third of the cdbg dr funds have been dispersed and only 15 percent of the other funds paid out. thi

get on their feet from the foundation and various ckednoany. >> ptiaple are hit hard by hurricane sandy and are struggling and we are helping out. in toms river ir i nora muchani, channel 6 "action news." >>> a pennsylvania state senator >>> a pesind a dems and ratic p are charged with a federal indictment for the alleged role in the bribe a m and fraud sche. larry farnes faces robbery and fraud charges. larry farnes faces robbery and fraud charges. collir e stur i road program for chapman's daughter and in exchange chapmanhappesed her position in the dems and ratic committee to aid in the election. >>> some cit6 ens in philadelfedia got a chareste to interact with a therapy dog. caring paws brought this to broad street in center ciery . pet therapy helped seniors with pet urerapy helped seniors with narrator: the constitution says the president shall make nominations for the supreme court and the senate votes. no exception for election years why is pat toomey refusing to do the job pennsylvania elected him to do? toomey refuses to consider anyone president obama nominates, even a forme

after sandy, some areas needed help in the form of fixed up dunes and beaches. now new sand graces the beaches in ocean city at a cost of about $57 million. it may not look like anything more than your typical beach but the engineering is there from 37th street to 59th street. this is where the ocean city beaches benefitted from a 57 millioned replenishment project from the army corps of engineers. the beaches are now higher, about nine feet higher than ocean level. doug burgin says this project was important not just to protect the beach but also the valuable homes here. >> vitally important for anyone who owns property, obviously. also for ocean city because of the tourism industry and memorial day weekend, summer coming up. it's nice to have wide beaches for everyone toç enjoy. >> this is part of a three-town deal with strathmere and sea isle city. one other point to mention, talking about the cancellations, right now we've seen the rain let up a little bit here. it's misty at the shore, foggy but just up the street, they're still planning to have their memo

white sandy beach with sand imported from marco island.oasis playground with a saltwater pool and spa. putting green steps away from the 16th tee of isleworth country club. and a covered area with a wall of florida doors that fully open for true indoor-outdoor living. plus an english garden. [ latin music plays ] a lot of times, people who buy homes on the golf course in different parts of the country, they don't have the privacy. but this home provides you this. >> oh, this house is perfectly designed for feng shui, where the trees are planted -- >> that's true. >> your vistas, the water. we've had so many people come to this house, and the minute you walk in..."ahhh." >> yeah. it's relaxing. >> you just feel it. very relaxing. you have a gentlemen's retreat, complete with wood built out -- >> the cave. >> the cave. the man cave. >> let's go look at the man's cave, buddy. >> all right. [ latin music playing ] >> the gentlemen's retreat is styled after a northwest mountain lodge, with an authentic antler chandelier, full bath, and fully eq

"action news" got a tour of its new adoption center on sandy brock road in media.t has a new kennel support ring that features a surgical suite and medical space upgrades. >>> rock star jon bon jovi and his charity opened a center today to help people in toms river, new jersey, still recovering in superstorm sandy. the singers and the members of the jon bon jovi foundation cut the river this morning for the b.e.a.t. center on the 1700 block of hooper avenue. b.e.a.t. stands for bringing everyone all together. it is a one-stop shop that includes a food pantry, a soup kitchen and job training. >> we're here to effect change directly and the soul kitchen or the b.e.a.t. center is a microcosm of what we believe in community. bringing people together to help each other and not judges. >> officials say one in 8 people in ocean county struggle with hunger and are financially unstable. now they're getting some help from jon bon jovi. >>> let's get the accuweather forecast from accuweather and you. >> yes. and we do have some more showers on the way tomorrow morning. but i

in some places the damage is worse than it was after superstorm sandy in october of 2012. hurricane joaquin passed offshore in october but it still turned up enough surf to deplete beaches. a winter storm in january also wash aes away part of the coastline. >>> drew peterson tried to hire someone to kill the prosecutor who won the case that sent peterson to prison in 2012. a jury found him guilty of killing his third wife. prosecutors are challenging that wiretap evidence in the case they say was improperly obtained. >>> president obama this morning is talking about the u.s. decision to take out the head of the taliban. mullah akhtar monsieur was killed in a u.s. drone strike friday. obama says monsieur was targeting personnel and troops who were sent to afghanistan to assist and train the country's military forces. >> and it is my responsibility as commander in chief not to stand by but to make sure that we send a clear signal to the taliban and others that we're going to protect our people. >> since monsieur took over leadership less than a year ago, the taliban has step

a new animal shelter has been up unveiled, the the facility on sandy bank road includes a state of the art surgery suite with grooming rooms and treatment areas. >>> that is a look at some of the newspapers from around the delaware valley. >>> you could see the inside of one of philadelphia's most ambitious, rehab projects today. >> north broad street's divine already rain hotel is under going a transformation. the building was once a graffiti covered eye sore but no more. there are apartments and restaurants coming to the fame as you dress. you can see for yourself from 3:30 until 8:00. the developer say new residents will move in this november. >>> worker survived frightening fall on the job. >> huge pay out he is getting after nearly being killed inside a popular museum. >>> plus, i was running down the road, like a chick when his head cut off i guess. >> people run for cover with severe weather strikes for second straight day. why this storm could have been much worse. >>> also candid comments from the queen, the rare criticism captured by her own cameraman. >>> don't are surprised

sandy christian borella added:" whatever it takes to give young men hope for a different and better waylife. for far too many, there isn't hope, choices, or guidance." as always we welcome your comments. visit us online at www.pbs.org/newshour, at facebook.com/newshour, or tweet us @newshour. >> and finally, on this national astronomy day, a photographer took 200 photos of washington state's mount rainier last june and blended them into this image, that will now be a postage stamp to commemorate the centennial of the national park service. for more go to our website. that's it for this edition of pbs newshour weekend, i'm alison stewart. thanks for watching. and good night. captioning sponsored by wnet captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: lewis b. and louise hirschfeld cullman. bernard and irene schwartz. judy and josh weston. the cheryl and philip milstein family. the citi foundation. supporting innovation and enabling urban progress. the john and helen glessner family trust. supporting trustworthy journalism that informs

incentives offered to the sandy recovery improvement act. none of those have fully met with the intentions. continued valuations of those programs to see why they are not being taken up at the level we designed them to and go back and improve those systems would help them meet the maximum good that they were intended to affect. >> thank you. earlier this week, the white house held a conference on resilient building codes. including in the fact sheet issued by the white house, it stated that fema is developing a more detailed plan to be put forth for additional public .iscussion has fema finished reviewing all of the comments that arrived in determining that it will definitely go forward with rulemaking on disaster detectable concepts? when can congress and stakeholders expect the proposed rule to be issued? mr. nimmich: thank you for the question. the deductible process has on where we reached out heavily to the user group. and as miss clark indicated, we have received more than 150 detailed response to the advanced notice of the rulemaking.

brought eight goats to take care of that unmanagable weeds and poison ivy that was hit by hurricane sandyof the problems connected pygmy goats i am not a sure how old he is but the sharpest horns with a napoleon complex and he is territorial compared to the others. >> in she is doing the work she is getting paid for. >> raptor took over my bag. if you have to be careful when you touch them they are not open to the public because they cannot touch a thing else. he may get poison ivy is a this is a cost-effective way to take care of the problem. >> it reduce its staff labor and to get machinery in here it is very difficult and challenging. >> the alliance has a long history to choose environmentally friendly methods. >> brent -- he is up front and sweet and not doing much to solve it but we have a hard worker they will be here through october. >> union goats. [laughter] >> i think you are right. it is not time. -- nap time. >> and went to college near central park i just loved it. >> imagine living here with the apartment overlooking prospect park only to be told to get out and they're indi

but all of it, every single bit can be traced back to one day, december 17, 1903, on a sandy stretch of beach near kitty hawk, north carolina. on that day orville and wilbur wright laid the first brick on what would become the foundation for our industry. and people like charles lindbergh and jerry cobb and elon musk have been building on it ever since then. now, for the last four years you've studied all the greats who came before you, and you've learned from your own mentors here at vaughn college. and now it's time to make your own contributions to the great legacy of american aviation and american aerospace. but you won't just be defined by those contributions. one day it's going to be your turn to give back and to help cultivate a new crop of risk takers. i guarantee you, some bright kid someday is going to call you up for advice, and you may be too busy. you're going to wonder what you could possibly say to them that they would find useful. take that call anyway. because that conversation will have the potential to change someone's life. and that is how you build your legacy in

. >>> another victory for the sandy hook families. they can gain access in the internal documents and can depose in the remmington lawsuit. targeting a young man adam lanza. the gun maker is trying to stop the discovery face and asking the judge to throw out the case. >>> terrifying ordeal for passengers to pittsburgh on a flight from the dominican republic. forcing the plane to land in ft. lauderdale. four people hospitalized for injuries described this morning as non-life threatening. everyone on that plane said it sure felt like a near death experience. >> i thought it was over. i thought we were all going down. the plane just dropped. it was like it nose dived and dropped out from underneath. >> it was like in the movies when you see a crash and everyone flies up. >> it dropped. everybody flew in the air that wasn't in a seatbelt. people, the flight attendant in front of the plane, i saw her go up and hit the top of the plane. >> two attendants in the back really -- their faces were smashed. one got a cut nose and in the forehead.

a trip from sandy hook all the way down to cape may over the course of friday during this summer, 2016going to look for people and places that the general public does not know about. i was trying to started today, but that did not work. i prepared everything except checking the weather report. have a great day after i found brown betty yesterday. the new tires, new tubes. ♪ a couple of new tires. she is ready to go. this thing is dirty. hose her off. >> looking like a brand-new girl ready to take on this epic journey with me, decidedme, decided to take her out for her very 1st test ride. it has been two or three years since i have written a bike. ii cannot wait to hop on. it must be friday the 13th i made a few feet before my left petal fell off. if you are going to take an epic journey you probably need two pedals. >> since i cannot startedi cannot started this friday, i want to take the opportunity to have our viewers tweet me @chasingrohan or the show @chasingnews, and tell command tell us why should come to your town. >> say what you want, but these people were card. take a look fo

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. >> our meteorologist sandy pa tell tel is here with us. >> live doppler 7 hd is showing you quiet weather this is ground clutter in the south bay. it is been snowing in the sierra, nevada. here is a time line from earlier this evening showing you the rain and the snow flakes. nice to see it pretty late in the season but that'll continue as we head towards tomorrow. here is an area of low pressure sitting here off the coastline. this is bringing us this unsettled pattern over a thousand lightning strikes in california just today alone. >> we do have clouds around and a chance of showers will continue through saturday. isolated thunder and hail is possible. we have been using this system to rank storms from one through five all season long from winter to spring. five is the severe storm and one is light system and the current one we are going with the one. scattered showers will continue through saturday and rainfall amounts 500 to 4/10 of an inch. there is a potential for thunder and hail tomorrow. tomorrow morning if you are a commuter at 5:00 a.m., you are looking at cloud cover, this mo

sat sandy point they have 10,000 spots. so if you plan on going, go early this weekend. we are live in edgewater, cheryl conner, abc7 news. leon: you are lucky it didn't rain today. have fun out there. cheryl: so lucky. leon: all right. now go from the breaches to the pools right now. steve rudin standing by in d.c. washington where d.c. mayor muriel bowser had an annual summer kickoff event. a steve: i could not resist not stepping in the pool. this is beautiful. a lot of folks are enjoying themselves. the pool opened up a half hour ago. thanks to the mayor. muriel bowser. she was here. we will show you what it looked like here when she decided she would jump in the pool. a lot of folks are surprised she did jump in. they had the countdown and then there you have it. everyone enjoying themselves. having a great, great time here. this pool was completely refurbished at oxon run here. this is the first time everyone is seeing this. it will be open tomorrow, sunday, monday from noon until 6:00 p.m. then it will open seven days a week starting a couple of weeks. the best ne

still ahead, unexpected construction as the homeowner tries to rebuild after hurricane sandy. >> how it? you know the lyrics. in big talkers, customers turn into a choir showing off their philly pride in one of the city's iconic restaurants. >>> a long island home already damaged by hurricane sandy is now destroyed once again. the temporary stilts it was standing on gave way and the whole thing crashed to the ground. moments from the crash the home could be seen tilting to the side and it fell. as construction crews tried to push it back into position and horrified neighbors were looking on. >> it was just unbelievable. all i could say was oh my god. oh my god. >> they say slow funding was to blame but the homeowner was already paid the money for this part of the repairs. >>> here at the big board with big talkers, and play that funky music papas. this is going wildly viral, with dads toting the ultimate accessories, their babies. ♪ ♪ ha, ha, ha. i told adam he has to get involved with this. it's called groove-a-roo. it's not just for moms but cool dads. watch as they break out the a

talk about sandy, right? >> the ocean temperatures continue to be unseasonably high. one place to get away from the ocean? up in the poconos. how about that? >> that was good. >> camel beach water park, a nice place to escape the heat. let me tell ya. it's near 90 degrees. higher humidity right now. and a lot of people looking for different ways to escape the heat. you can see these temperatures, they are high, but this doesn't say how high the humidity is. we have high humidity throughout the area. and in some of the neighborhoods, talking about chester county, montgomery, bucks, delaware counties here. collegeville 90 degrees. that's current temperature now. bensalem 88. new hope 88 degrees. so it's going to be a hot holiday weekend. for this time of year. memorial day weekend is usually pretty cold. but not this time. 77 degrees the average high in philadelphia. of course, it's cooler at the shore. now in philadelphia, in the low 90s tomorrow, which could be a heat wave, by the way. sunday, not quite as hot. monday on the cool side. that's actually closer to the av

residents were affected by super-storm sandy back in 2012. they were able to to get their homes raised and they managed to find the boat. the exact age of the boat was not qurmd by archeologist, they reached out to local university to find out more. >>> a momma duck and her ducklings were reunited thanks to firefighters in south jersey. they are called to grant road after several ducklings fell down the sewer drain. they lifted the drain and jumped in the drain and pulled the ducklings to safety. >>> the sun set yesterday on the hottest day of the year, but it's just a start of what's expected to be a heat wave. many people are expected to escape to the jersey is shore for the holiday weekend and soak in that refreshing sea breeze, that's where we find katherine scott live in atlantic city, the shore the place to be today for sure, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, it's definitely the place to be it's such a relief from my hot house, a nice breeze along the boardwalk. this memorial day it's something that people wait all yearlong for.

. >>> new on "action news" a home damaged by super-storm sandy is destroyed again. the long island home owner was waiting on fudged to finish up up -- funding to finish up construction, the home collapsed, and efforts to save it were unsuccessful. >>> dave a little bit of rain. >> reporter: a little bit of rain in south jersey, we have a dip on your windshield, closer in south jersey and delaware, there's where the showers are. they will be pushing off the coast you can see them sliding east/northwest. we look outside, we have cloudy skies and we'll look at sunny breaks coming back into place in center city and elsewhere across the region. 55 degrees as you head out the door. winds are calm currently. comfortable enough, maybe a light jacket that does you pretty well, i think. future tracker 6 shows you how we are starting out clothed and through the afternoon we are going for a mix of sun and clouds. there's a slight possibility of an instability shower popping up in a couple of places today. 64 degrees by 10:00. 69 by noon, nice this afternoon, 74 degrees is the h

in fact, for hurricane sandy there was less fema assistance than from either the department of housing and urban development or the department of transportation. we found that these additional disaster aid programs don't have the same requirements and restrictions as the fema assistance. fema assistance is tied to actual disaster damage and is for individuals, governmental entities or certain nonprofits performing government-like functions. fema only spends money on eligible items for eligible applicants no matter how much money fema receives. fema mitigation funds must be used on cost beneficial projects to insure the federal investment is a wise one. fema makes every effort to get money into the hands of applicants as fast as possible to enable rapid recovery from disaster impacts. in the most recent data provided by the sandy program management office from march 2016, it appears that these agencies have been slow in awarding and especially paying out funds. based on this data, only one-third of the cdbgdr funds have been dispersed, and only 13% of the fta funds have been paid out. n

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. >> for the latest on the weather situations, let's check in with sandy. >> the next few days here in the bay area we will be looking at a warming trend. looking at live doppler 7 hd you can see a good imprint of the fog. et cetera pushed into san jose, santa rosa. half moon bay reporting visibility down to five miles. here's a look at those temperatures. most of you in the 50s and sixty. movado dropped down to 48 degrees. here's what the morning commute is going the look like. the top of the transamerica pyramid is obscured by the fog. low visibility could slow you down. plan accordingly. foggy for the morning commute. warming trend the next few days. warming pattern by week's end. good coverage of gray skies. tomorrow modern's commute will include overcast conditions across a good part of the bay area. at 11:00 the fog pulls away from inland communities and even around the bay but it's going to sit right near the coast. we typically see this as we head towards summer. temperatures right now, upper 40s to the low 50s excuse me for tony morning. and you will be dealing with the fog fi

a treasure hidden beneath a sandy sea bottom for 1600 years. >> this sunken treasure was lost for nearly0 years. it was discovered off the coast of the ancient mediterranean port, which is now modern-day israel. thousands of coins featuring roman emperors came in two cl umbs. -- clumps. but also discovered lance and anchors after two divers initially saw the cargo last month. >> it was amazing. i died here every other weekend and i never have found anything like that, ever. >> archaeologists say the artifacts are on board a large merchant ship which most likely sank in the early fourth century. >> probably because of a storm, when the ship came to the harbor or came out of the harbor, they were trying -- the sailors were trying to throw anchors. we found the broken anchors and full anchors. >> past excavations had uncovered some relics but nowhere near this haul. brent: tens of thousands of people are celebrating their soccer team winning the premier league. take a look. >> lester has seen nothing like it. hardly enough room for the buses to get through. the streets are a sea of blue and

. >> our meteorologist sandy pa tell tel is here with us. >> live doppler 7 hd is showing you quiet weathernow. this is ground clutter in the south bay. it is been snowing in the sierra, nevada. here is a time line from earlier this evening showing you the rain and the snow flakes. nice to see it pretty late in the season but that'll continue as we head towards tomorrow. here is an area of low pressure sitting here off the coastline. this is bringing us this unsettled pattern over a thousand lightning strikes in california just today alone. >> we do have clouds around and a chance of showers will continue through saturday. isolated thunder and hail is possible. we have been using this system to rank storms from one through five all season long from winter to spring. five is the severe storm and one is light system and the current one we are going with the one. scattered showers will continue through saturday and rainfall amounts 500 to 4/10 of an inch. there is a potential for thunder and hail tomorrow. tomorrow morning if you are a commuter at 5:00 a.m., you are looking at cloud cover, thi

building where class warfare breaks out under its roof starring tall -- tom adams did -- middle stint -- sandy miller. >>> he will provide overnight -- the plan was approved on monday by the county planning commission and would not change the outside appearance of the building but some community members opposed the plan because of possible traffic problems in the area of lucas valley road. they will consider the plans on the 24th. >>> more information coming out regarding how prince spearheaded a solo project nationwide, and in particular here in the bay area. the program he said to have funded right here in oakland. >>> and we will tell you how 18 people managed to walk away despite this plane hitting a truck. i want to show you some cutting edge technology. this is a vhs tape. push that tape in and hit play. this is a flip phone. have you seen these before? it's called a compact disc. oh. looks like we're getting a facsimile. what year is it to you? it's old. you'd rather use newer technology? definitely. well, i've got something to show you. this is the 2016 chevy volt. it uses extended ran

in sandy springs, shomari stone, news 4. >>> right now still tracking a couple of showers. storm team 4 radar will have some showers, most likely through early tomorrow morning. show you what is happening right now. the showers on the radar. most of the area dry. we did see some showers earlier tonight. they came through just about everywhere and now some showers around the beltway, ba winchester area, leesburg, frederick , but still seeing showers through d.c. up to bethesda, northwest tysons corner, reporting a little rain, too t. what you need to know for tomorrow morning, overnight showers. a nice few days and watch for saturday. see you in a minute. >>> could be new charges on the way for the man who police say intentionally rammed his hummer in to this tyson silver diner. a 74-year-old man hit while walking in the diner has died. andrew sharon was pinned by the suv on may 4th. the suspect is hospitalized. his name is samuel abato. right now he is charged with malicious wounding and destruction of property. he was a cook at the diner and had taken bereavement leave jus

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. >> here after sandy, there was very little inconvenience. >> reporter: in avalon, public works crews are racing to rebuild beaches also hit hard by recent nor'easters. they're trucking 50,000 cubic yards of sand from the community south end washed by the ocean back to where it came from in the north end. you're going to find beaches in good shape from a tourism perspective. >> reporter: noise that officials say is necessary and for barbara stout's family, avoidable. >> i'm going to move further up the island to find a quiet beach. >> reporter: ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. >> now, your nbc 10 first alert neighborhood weather with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> shore weather's going to be best at the start of the weekend and cloudiest and wettest and coolest at memorial day itself. it's 87, it's not cool here now. 87 philadelphia. at least humidity's low. and just about as warm in the delaware valley across into the lehigh valley. philadelphia itself, we have temperatures up to 90 degrees now. down to 89 in pens port. 88 society hill. 87 winchester park and somerton.

meteorologist sandy patel is here with the forecast. >> we're going to continue to see the cooler than average conditions. so if you like tay, next two days you're going to enjoy. let me show you the east bay hills camera from earlier this evening as the sun was getting ready to set. we saw quite a bit of cloud cover rolling in. the marine layer developed. and that is really what's taken over. you can see it right there across the bay area. so tonight just about everyone dealing with cloudy skies as you'll see here on live doppler 7 hd. this is how your morning will begin with the cloud cover. let's check out what the temperatures look like. they're comfortable. they're in the 50s. and most areas that were in the 60s have dropped out of the 60s. we do have a pretty good delta breeze out there. exploratorium camera at pier 15, overcast skies. isolated showers are possible tomorrow. remaining cooler than normal really for a few more days. a warmer pattern is setting up for e end of the work week. so take a look at our timeline tonight. 11:00 p.m., we have the cloud cover. we go into tomo

. >> sandy's sister was gunned down outside fairfax county police sully station in 2006. >> i worked that day that her sister was killed. i worked the crime scene. >> a time of pain but for some it brings comfort. >> it's heart-wrenching. it's fun. you get to see everybody. share your experiences together. the people here have come from all across the country. many of them will be back here at the memorial tomorrow night for candlelight vigil. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. maureen: thank you. still ahead at 6:00, to where some drivers in the district will soon pay $1.55 more an hour for a >> a disturbing case that troubled the loudoun county sheriff investigators for three decades. tonight they are getting high-tech help to try to solve it. i'm roz plater in leesburg. i have that story ahead. leon: coming up next, finally coming home. the story of a maryland sailor killed in the attack at pearl harbor. how he is finally being laid to rest. doug: yet another cloudy day in the nation's capital. no rain yet. but any chance we see showers? the fo leon: breaking news we are