alaska is pretty high but when you look at rural alaska, as of 20 you draw a line across, we're where the u.s. was in 1959. ... in the winter it gets very cold in alaska. that raises. they dump those frozen blocks into the sewage lagoon. and alaska we call those poopcicles. your priority is going to be for drinking and for cooking. is going to be a much lesser priority for personal hygiene, washing clothing and cleaning the home. when people think about waterborne disease, most people think about pathogens in the water causing illness. we think in alaska water washed diseases are probably of greater import. that is the rushing water. about washing their hands. is lack of water or hygiene and that allows for person-to-person transmission of a variety of different infectious diseases. we have done a different number of studies in alaska. this is one slide. you can see proportion of homes served with hot water. you conceived rates of invasive pneumococcal disease a very very serious illness and deaths in children less than five and alaska. you can see that in villages with less than 10%

alaska is lucky because we have business representatives from alaska. one from the icc, that's the largest single voting delegation. on tuesday of this week, the state department held a virtual stake holder outreach forum and julie presented to many, many people, many alaskans in particular a and certainly the state department wants the input. the first bullet is harnessing the expertise and resources of the arctic economic council to inform the council's work to improv economic and living conditions in the region. now, i actually have some insider knowledge i have reason to believe that when the group gets to ottawa next thursday where they're having their second face to face meeting that that they will choose to adopt a rotating chairmanmanship. i also have reason to believe that the u.s. will be the second chair after canada, the chair at the moment of this new arctic economic council and i also have reason to believe that the business rep for the polar conference alaska will be who sits on the executive committee presently will be the chair during t

true for alaska. there are other areas in the arctic, some of our other neighbors in the arctic and northern canada and greenland and northern russia, also have issues with remoteness and water and sanitation and so what we're hoping to do -- and we've done this with circumpolar surveillance, we're hoping -- and we've learned many things from our circumpolar partners. we're hoping that this alaska initiative on water and sanitation that i explained to you a little bit earlier, can potentially be used as a model and help in pushing that model forward to develop these technologies across the arctic. >> tim, this 10-year study, the new study for the first time in a decade, it's very comprehensive, and it's encyclopedic. how is it going to be used by the leadership of the arctic council to move an agenda forward? >> well, not exactly sure, but it's -- i think one of the things we were supposed to do is to highlight some of these differences and to put this out there in front of them and say, you know, esp

host: how does he get into alaska? guest: they have tugboats and a fleet -- equipment and rigs that move up to the arctic. that is something the company did not focus on as much in 2012, something that they have learned that is as important as the drilling is to get to and from. host: what is the congressional reaction to this decision? senator murkowski, on the energy committee from alaska? host: muted, the main people that reacted was senator murkowski, who is not quite sure , does not want to pop out the champagne, not sure demonstration will let this happen -- the ministries and will let this happen. senator markey out of massachusetts has been vocal against drilling including alaska and along the eastern seaboard. he was critical. with arctic drilling, it is a political issue and something that incites passion and if it is not in lawmakers backyard, they do not care as much. you see images of alaska pristine, home repairs, the arctic national wildlife refuge. i think it should be noted that despite this conditiona

alaska is lucky and the united states, but particularly alaska is lucky because we have three business representatives who are from alaska. representing all alaskans. but we also have permanent participant representatives. one from the inuit. and so the u.s., alaska, has eight of the 42 voting members, and that's the largest single delegation. on tuesday the state department held a virtual outreach form, and presented to many people, many alaskans in particular, a new slide show about what the agenda is, and asked for questions, and certainly the state department wants the input. but i just want to note that under economic development, the first bullet is harness the expertise and resources of the economic council, to inform the council's work to improve economic and living conditions in the region. now i actually have some insider knowledge. i have reason to believe when the group gets to ottawa next thursday, where they're having their second face-to-face meeting that they will choose to adopt a rotating chairmanship, just like the arctic council has. i also have reason to believe th

cutter maple, citka, alaska.ole zimmerman graduating with honors, deck watch officer, cutter melon, seattle, washington. her commission will be presented by her brother captain devin zimmerman, u.s. army. spencer max well graduating with honors, deck watch officer, cutter morganthaw, honolulu, hawaii. ladies and gentlemen, the graduates of 2015. [ cheers and applause ] president of the coast guard academy class of 2015 will join us at the podium for a special presentation. >> oe behalf of the class of 2015 it's my pleasure to present to you our gift, class of 2015 bearing the presidential seal on one side and the class of 2015 crest on the other symbolizing our thankfulness of severalreceiving our commissions from our commander in chief. >> let me take a look at this. that's good looking right there. hey. >> ladies and gentlemen, please rise for the alma mater. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> will now deliver the benediction. >> let us pray. grags lord we thank you for these fine men and women of the united states coast g

alaska inch alaska we're far behind at least in terms of rural alaska in terms of the percentage of homes with complete plumbing and if you look at this graph you can see that on the x axis is dead cake, on the y axis is percentage of homes with complete plumbing inch the u.s. we went from 55% in 1940 up to 100% in lower 48 states. alaska is pretty high but when you look at rural alaska, as of 20 you draw a line across, we're where the u.s. was in 1959. ...

murder. 51-year-old scott tomacezcki was arrested on a cruise ship in alaska. roz plater has been digging into the details all day. roz: shortly after his arrest, the police say he confessed to the crime in a matter-of-fact way, showing no emotion. we are also learning new tales about what led investigators to the first big break in the case. 31-year-old scott tomascezki was a longtime neighbor of the murdered couple, the vilardos. armed with a knife on mother's day, he broke into their home, went into their bedroom, then stabbed them. he then searched their home, stealing cash and jewelry. later that same day, he left with his family on a vacation cruise ship to alaska. investigator say it was a 1998 vehicle at the home that provided a case break. >> that case let us to further investigate the brothers. that 17-year-old connection ultimately led us to scott. roz: investigator searched pawnshop records and discovered that he had recently pond a distinctive high school ring on easter weekend. several days ago, montgomery county detectives flew to alaska to track

when you're from alaska, you're going to go to school. there is no irony in the people of the arctic benefitting from the economic opportunities that are available in their region but there is an irony in deliberately limiting their economic futures, while claiming that somehow it's for their own good and somehow in their best interest. now, administration officials have said that the united states arctic council agenda has found the sweet spot between national security and environmental goals. what is missing, i believe, from this equation, are the views of those who actually live in the arctic, like the mayor. what is missing? are the economic development opportunities that would benefit those who live, work and raise their families in the arctic. a prime example of the disconnect that occurs when policy is being driven from thousands of miles away here in washington, d.c. we saw it play out at an event last september. this was entitled passing the arctic council torch. it was sponsored by csis. every speaker who came from an arctic loc

: battle lines aren't just being drawn in alaska they are also being drawn in seattle.tics say the waters that shell wants to drill in are too remote, and too important for shell to proceed as planned. >> reporter: the approval from the federal bureau of ocean energy management to allow shell oil to drill in alaska met with a cheer from the petroleum institute quote: shell says it would like to begin drilling this summer. the u.s. geological survey says the ground underneath the sea holds 90 billion barrels of oil, which would explain why shell has spent $6 billion exploring the area in the past eight years, but this area serves as a habitat for a large and diverse group of species like walruses polar bears bow-head whales and many others. critics say what happened to wildlife in the 2010 gulf of mexico explosion could also happen in alaska. >> we learned unfortunately in 2010 that exploration drilling can result in catastrophic accidents. the deep water horizon was drilling when it exploded and sank >> reporter: environmentalistings say the cleanup of a spill would be

the final issue i want to bring up related to alaska's is the recommendations, two of them. one is the remote community renewable energy partnership. the other is coordination with canada. i am pleased with the direction we are looking putts we are working together in this but with regard to the remote community renewable energy partnership, the qer states the state department with its partnership will construct a high penetration and/diesel hybrid system in a whirl arctic community. it suggests one project they are looking to to help build out. you take into account what we have done in alaska since 2008 we have invested more than $247 million, renewable energy projects across the state through the energy grant funds and funded $5.5 million to 20 emergency emerging energy technology projects, a $50 million the state has invested with its expertise and all it is doing so i am hoping when we are reading what is coming out of the qer it is not just limited to a single project you are looking at with remote community renewable energy partnership but again looking at how we can

a man who is believed to be a neighbor is in custody right now in alaska.ld learn more about him today. surae chinn is live this morning near the victim's home with what we know so far. good morning, surgeriae. >> reporter: good morning, mike. what i can tell you is tomaszewski is a neighbor, his home is right next door, just beyond those line of trees. police here are standing by, they've been here all week long police here have divulged very few details until this apparent break in the case. wusa 9 has been able to confirm with authorities in juneau, alaska, that the vilardos neighbor, 31-year-old scott tomaszewski, had been arrested on a warrant issued by montgomery county police. detectives searched his home and seemed to be concentrating in the garage yesterday. tomaszewski has not been charged yet. he was he arrested saturday as a fugitive from justice, according to police in juneau, alaska. 65-year-old dick vilardo and 67- year-old jody vilardo were found stabbed to death on mother's day. police tell us they were murdered sometime after returning fro

one, how do we monitor these emissions reductions and does this option plan encompasses alaska and u.s. territories? >> is your question for rick? >> rick but i actually wanted to bring john and nancy if he had any idea for monitoring if you can come back to alaska. >> i think tracking u.s. emissions is fairly straightforward. i like to rely on wri to do that. [laughter] but there are many institutions that track emissions and look forward to what the policies are are. i tend to stay away from the eia and others which tend to not be very good at forecasting what's going to happen. if you're looking for a forecast of renewables i recommend my former employer greenpeace but i think whether the u.s. is on track will be well-known in the u.s. for quite some time. i don't think there is any shortage of institutions that are going to be willing and able to focus attention on any short-term incidents that might or might not exist frankly including my institution which tracks the shutdown very carefully and be constantly point out to the administration that they rely heavily on incorporating d

environments like alaska. i don't know that we committed to a particular level of network service, and we certainly can provide information back to the committee, but, again, we're always willing to work with any initiatives that will enhance safety and make the system more efficient as well. >> good. we would like to work on that and with our pilots on that initiative. finally, mr. baker, you mentioned in your testimony a lot, you talk a lot about the importance and success of the industry working with the faa to address many of the safety issues. one of the things that struck me is that you're doing that in a way that i think is very useful but also doesn't go through the rather formal and cumbersome rule process it can take, again, back to the original question of years. can you highlight examples where you've been working on a more informal basis with the faa to make progress on some of the safety issues that give proper input from industry? >> i think we've work together well on a number of issues as it r

they aren't just being drawn in alaska but also seattle 2,000 miles away. critics say the waters shell wants to drill are too remote and too important for shell to proceed at planned. >> the approval from the federal bureau of ocean energy management to allow shell oil to drill in alaska melt with a cheer from the petroleum institute: >> shell says it would like to begin drilling this summer in the sea. the adjustment geological survey said the ground holds 90 billion-barrels of oil which would explain why shell has spent $6 billion exploring the area in the past eight years. this area also serves as a habitat for a large and diverse group of species like walruses, a threatened species of duck, as well as polar bears bow head whales and many others. critics say what happened to wildlife in the 2010 gulf of mexico oil rig explosion could happen in alaska. >> we learned unfortunately in 2010 that exploration drilling like what shell proposes can result in cat traffic accidents. the deep water horizon was drilling in the gulf of mexico when it exploded and san

i have lived in alaska and have family in alaska. i had a comment about the oil and gas leases.tly obama tied up a bunch of land surrounding and were -- andwar, and it seems like obama is fine -- as long as he is making decisions as to how that land is developed, but he will not give the benefit of the doubt to allow -- alaska to manage their own land and local people know best had to manage the resources and land. host: new york, hello. you are on. caller: i was looking to piggyback onto the earlier environmental discussion. i am very confused on the definition of pristine area on earth. it seems that if the scientific research is true and we are over 400 parts per billion, which was designated as a no turning back point as far as permanent damage to the climate if that is true is there a such thing as pristine area on this earth? if we drill in there or not, are we not permanently damaging these ecosystems, whether we drill or not because of the atmospheric change of the planet in general? if that is true, the ad -- the idea of attacking corporations seems futile and point was

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. >>> a rockville couple found murdered in the home and the neighbor arrested in alaska. how detectives tracked down the suspect and the evidence he had with him. >>> and one of the warmest days of the year so far and scattered showers and storms out there on storm team >>> welcome back. still tracking showers and thunderstorms out there. see them making way across the region. the strongest right now just down to the south and west of d.c. in through porgs of northern virginia. this one now has a lot of lightning associated with it. just to the west of anne arundel. the george washington parkway dumped on right now. that's a great road this time of day, isn't it? i think we're probably dealing with traffic there. again, just south and west of washington and now starting to make the way over the potomac. i'll continue to keep you posted. >> thank you, doug. >>> president obama thanked first responders for their work in the deadly amtrak derailment up in philly. he met with them briefly on the way to an event in new jersey today. amtrak service between philadelphia and new

face adjudge in juneau alaska. scott tomaszewski charged with murder armed robbery and burglary. kevin lewis is following the latest develop its. kevin: i got a text from a local reporter in the courtroom and telling me that scott tomaszewski waved his extradition back to maryland. his demeanor stoic. the recorded possession in police confession tonight. >> sporting an orange jump suit scott tomaszewski appeared in court at 5:is a our time. the 31-year-old is accused of robbing and brutally stabbing his neighbors, the vilardos. captain frank with major crime says during in a recorded sit-down interview,

san francisco with a high of 60 was 17 degrees cooler than north pole alaska. not the north pole but north pole, alaska. 17 degrees warmer than san francisco today. i'm happy to report we'll be milder overnight in alaska. 52 degrees. fremont, 51. san jose, 53. what is not happening? because we're stuck in this pattern for so long, we have a ridge of high pressure but it's in the perfect position to keep us chilly because the low pressure area in front of it will not move. we continue to get the winds wrapping over and down the ridge. that will continue to feed in the onshore flow by one more day. thursday the ridge gets close enough. the onshore flow, chilly flow from the ocean gets minimized. three days we'll be above average. as soon as sunday, that ridge moves out low pressure develops off the coastline. that will bring back the onshore flow and temperatures drop once again. 26 straight chilly days but only three milder than average days. it will be sunnier milder away from the water. near the coastline, not that much of a change even in to the weekend. we s

. >> and a short time ago the police in juno, alaska confirmed that a man identified tonight as the 31-year-old had been arrested on a warrant issued by montgomery county police. he had lived next door to the couple in rockville. >> and hank silverberg is standing by live now from that community where the neighbors are just getting this news tonight. hank? >> reporter: the break in the case did come from neighbor whose became concerned about him. they had not been seen at all, none of them, since last week when the couple was found murdered, so they began look ing into the house. they saw that the lighting were on in the garage. there were pollen covered cars -- [ no audio ] >> the lights were on 24-7 in the garage. not inside -- not on in the house so they came here. we don't know what they found inside, but they beban searg chinthe garage and -- began searching the garage and they did that for most of the day. we found out in the last hour or so that scott, 31, one of the three children who had been seen here recently, was arrested in juno, alaska and is in custody. this has been a r

we do have those people based in alaska. >> yeah. and my last question then for you is regarding spent nuclear fuel. very little in the qer about nuclear energy and really nothing about the back end of the fuel cycle. we have been working on this and i truly appreciate how you have intersected with not only senator cantwell and myself but senators alexander and feinstein on this issue. but why didn't, why didn't we address this in the qer? >> well, again, the qer was on infrastructure and moving energy around as opposed to the concern nuclear power. i think you're correct. we could have put together in there in terms of transportation of spent fuel, for example. we do have in our budget request for fy 16 $6.9 million, i think, to specifically address the transportation questions of spent fuel, including the kinds of rail casts you would need, et cetera. so that's in there. but otherwise, yeah, we did not address that in the qer. but ag talking about that, including the storage options and the transportation option, developing consent

scott tomasheski appeared in an alaska courtroom where he waived extradition, which means he'll be sent back to maryland soon. we have more from the satellite center. >> reporter: today, more than 3000 miles from his home in rockville, maryland, scott tom shelf ski faced a judge for the first time in the case of a brutal double murder he has admitted to committing next door. >> you can go back to the other state without being extradited -- >> reporter: 31-year-old scott tom shelf ski agreed to be sent back to maryland to face murder charges. the man who police say admitted to stabbing his neighbors to death in a mother's day burglary gone bad said nothing of substance in his brief hearing. >> you are free to go back and you would be giving up the right to go through the extradition process. >> reporter: prosecutors say montgomery county pd will likely bring him back from alaska sometime next week. he'll be arraigned in rockville, just a few miles from the murder scene. investigators say a tip led them to connect him to a previous burglary at the balardo home 17 years ago, then to anothe

we will take you to alaska next. ♪ mark: welcome back.y has always been one of the most dangerous jobs in america. though state and federal government regulations have helped reduce the risk to the fishermen, further efforts are needed to safeguard the world passes deadliest catch. world's deadliest catch. >> a fisherman is saved from an icy death. the commander pilots dozens of these each year. people get injured and hurt and we have to come and take them out of harm's way. >> it is a dangerous place. cause of course, if you are not prepared. in the small town, commercial fishing has been the greatest source of income. and the leading cause of death. fishing fatalities have dropped significantly since congress passed a law governing in 1988. alaska's fishing industry worth more than $6 billion a year has still lost more than 400 fisherman since then. classify had not known a lot of people who died in fish and because they did not have a piece of equipment or did not know how to use it -- living butfish for a he teaches other fishermen to

the reason [indiscernible] show try to avoid alaska taxes. all goes back to the fact that right now the price of oil is low and it is truly incredibly responsible when the price of oil is low and the technologies and every structure don't exist to send shell out there because shell will try to cut costs, as they did in 2012. in the company -- and the company was fined a total of 12 million dollars to mobile and $12 million to shell for violating environment laws including the clean air act as well as the clean water act. amy: on tuesday, the port of seattle voted. shell signed a lease to station is rigs in the puget sound while it drills for oil in pristine and highly remote waters off the coast of alaska. the port of seattle's board called for a legal review of shell's plans and a temperate postponement of its docking. the move came after a wave of activism in seattle challenging shell's effort. nermeen: on tuesday, activists set up a tripod to try to block work. meanwhile, thousands of kayakers will try to block the arrival of the rig on sa

>> in alaska?ery select developments associated with the reservoirs we'll probably find. so i don't think it will be like the gulf of mexico where there's a vast number of companies and opportunities. there will be a few players who really know how to do it the right way. >> marvin thank you for being here and explaining it all to us. marvin odum is shell oil president. really appreciate it. >> thank you. >> time for a c nbs news update with sue herera. >> hi kelly. the s.e.c. is charging a father/son team with a $1.1 million insider trading scheme. sean stuart, the son worked in the health care investment group of jpmorgan and another bank where he allegedly tipped his father, robert stuart, about upcoming mergers in the health care sector. >>> an american airlines jetliner bound for st. louis returned to los angeles international airport because of a bird strike. flight 1258 with 132 passengers on board landed safely this morning and taxied to the gate. the strike happened just minutes after take

use alaska as an example. we use alaska for the choice. that's how we come up with choice. we used alaska and how they were given so much better quality of care and quicker wait times than anywhere else and they don't even have a va hospital. who wants to take that one? you know that market very well. >> if i might, i know alaska a fair bit, and about a decade of public service experience. i would offer the following. i think it takes both. >> okay. >> and i think the real question at the end of the day is which things fundamentally are done best by the va directly? which things have enough demand where it justifies building it, and which things ought to be supplemented by the private sector because it's either not -- there isn't enough demand to justify a build or where it makes sense to spread the supply simply because of the amount of resourcing that's needed to deliver services. i think that's always been true. i think that's true in the dod system. that's why you see tricare constructed the way it is. and alaska has a joint use facility in anchorage, but when you get o

scott tomaszewski is back in maryland, extra data from alaska late last night. he faces first-degree murder charges in the deaths of the vilardo couple, found dead may 10. one week later, abc 7 was the first report that tomaszewski was arrested boarding a cruise ship in alaska for stop he is being held until monday. there is hope tonight that a garden will heal a southeast washington neighborhood that has been shaken by violence. volunteers planted a peace garden and woodland terrace, the same area where charnise milton was killed wednesday night. she was shot as she was walking home from her job as a reporter. the message is big. >> the garden represents life. >> peace and love. kellye: when the vegetables are fully grown, they will be given to the community for free. tonight, the first signs of relief, people in the ravaged states are now hoping to recover from the deadly weather. at first -- >> we have to continue this fight. our children's lives are important. kellye: [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its ca

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face adjudge in juneau alaska. scott tomaszewski charged with murder armed robbery and burglary. kevin lewis is following the latest develop its. kevin: i got a text from a local reporter in the courtroom and telling me that scott tomaszewski waved his extradition back to maryland. his demeanor stoic. the recorded possession in police confession tonight. >> sporting an orange jump suit scott tomaszewski appeared in court at 5:is a our time. the 31-year-old is accused of robbing and brutally stabbing his neighbors, the vilardos. captain frank with major crime says during in a recorded sit-down interview, he confessed to murdering the vilardo around 1:00 a.m. on mother day. and shared details only the killer would know. is it premedicated murder or a burglar that made too much noise and killed to cover his tracks. frank would not elaborate. they nabbed him as the princess cruise ship docked in juneau saturday morning after he was in a 30-day luxury vacation with his mother father and 28-year-old sister. his dad has a

scott tomaszewski was arrested when he departed from a cruise ship in alaska. scott: -- reporter: 31-year-old scott tomaszewski has confessed with grisly details about this double murder. this is where the young man lived for many, many years with his parents. he committed the crime right next door. it was 1:00 on the morning on mother's day. he was armed with a knife when he broke into his next-door neighbors home using a side window near the garage. this is a photo police have released showing the cruise ship he was on this past weekend. when he committed the crime, he proceeded inside the home to richard and julianne vilardo's bedroom. that is where he stepped the couple repeatedly. while they lay dying, he rummaged through the home, stealing cash and jewelry. >> there is no crime in this neighborhood. we keep our windows open our doors open. yes, it has changed. >> our neighbor is installing a security system because of this. what are your thoughts? chef but i am not going that far. reporter: we knocked on the door of the home, but we got no answer. scott t

neighbor of the rockville couple found murdered in their home mother's day weekend is in custody in alaska. 31-year-old scott tomaszewski will appear in court tomorrow. he is in rockville with what is next in this case. -- our team is in rockville with what is next in this case. reporter: 31-year-old scott tomaszewski was arrested over the weekend. take a look at this. this is the victim's home, but also the suspect home. he confessed to this double murder on tuesday morning. he is accused of breaking in stabbing the vilardos to death and then he left on a cruise with his parents and sister just hours after the crime. and then he17 years ago he broke into the very same home. police searched his home and found crucial evidence including bloodsoaked [indiscernible] >> what kind of guy gets on a flight and goes to a cruise in alaska with his parents after that? it is a total lack of emotion. john: if he weighs his extradition rights committee could be flown back to maryland by the end of the week as he faces armed robbery and two counts of first-degree murder. jummy: right now, police are try

it's also home to the spring creek correctional facility, alaska's only maximum security prison.t's here that we encountered carl abel, one of the most memorable killers ever profiled on "lockup." it didn't take long for him to make clear his opinions of some of his fellow inmates. >> all of these inmates can say what they want to say. they're punks. people in control know they're punks. abul first came to spring creek in 2003, after he was convicted of murdering a co-worker. >> i caved his head in. caved it in totally. i think the biggest fragment of bone they found was a size of a half dollar. i probably got a little out of hand later on. i kept hanging out and beating on him some more. there was -- it was -- are you really interested in the gory stuff? i was interested in how the decomposition would be. it was pretty nasty. it was kind of twisted there. >> the raw interview footage goes on to reveal perhaps the most grisly aspect of abuhl's crime. >> your sentence is what? >> 70 years. i got six months, too, for cruelty to animals. >> for what? >> cruelty to animals. >> what h

. >> scott thomas was released friday in the alaska department of corrections and is seen brought back to our court appearance on monday. he faces charges for the murder of his neighbors dick and jody va lardo. he was arrested in alaska while on a vacation cruise with his family. >>> a man and woman in at tacoma park have been arrested for the killing of 73-year-old cecil brown. cecil brown was found dead in the back yard of his home in the 800 block of colby avenue last august. neighbors were shocked when they learned of these arrests. >> they seemed like such a loving couple. they got along so well. it's a shock. it's a shock. >> medical examiner determined the cause of his death was due to blunt force trauma. larlane brown and zada were arrested yesterday at the airport. >>> 19 arrests and an issue of seven more warrants in prince william county. the operation was prompted by the november 2014 murder of -- dealings involving cocaine, lds, pharmaceutical mills, marijuana and marijuana -- pills, marijuana and marijuana wax. >>> former house speaker speaker dennis hastert was spaying a

scott, shanosky was arrested on a cruise ship in juneau, alaska. abc 7 broke word of his arrest last night. kevin lewis has been coming through charging documents. a lot has come to light in the past few hours. kevin: scott lives in this him. police say he was a suspect in an easter weekend break-in at the home directly across the street, and when dick and jodi vallarta were killed last sunday, detectives went looking for tomasscott. >> i think everybody would have a difficult time making sense of that. it makes no sense. kevin: accused of murdering his neighbors, dick and jodi vallarta. police say he then stole pricey items, including a rolex watch worth $7,000. >> these folks worked 24/7. kevin: officers arrested him in juneau alaska. he was on a cruise with his family. detectives say they found blood-stained money while searching his room on the coral princess. >> even if you gave a reason would it make sense? kevin: neighbors described him as strange and antisocial. the 2002 will do in high school grad was still living at home with his mom and

in that case but he had information that helped us identify him. >> reporter: he was arrested in alaska saturday while there on a cruise. police think the couple were killed just after midnight on mother's day. the family left for their cruise left for the airport, to travel across-country very early morning hours on mother's day. >> reporter: police say searches revealed evidence linking the suspect to the murders, including bloodstained money in his wallet. >> to think that you know someone just down the road to do something who have horrific. >> reporter: they moved into the neighborhood days before the murder and they joined long-time residents. >> a lot of sleepingworrying. not much sleeping. >> reporter: the family hasn't spoken publicly since this arrest but released a statement which they had read at the press conference in essence, thanked montgomery officials, state's attorney police for solving this case or bringing this to the point of an arrest in the course of a week and they, like other people here in this community, were very very upset by this and didn't know what to th

the juneau, alaska, please confirm the man is arrested. he lives here, he was arrested on a few fugitive from justice warned from maryland. this home is just to the south of the vilardo home, longtime neighbors. we found multiple law enforcement officials here montgomery county police saying they are not ready to confirm the arrest, but that we learned that multiple law enforcement officials believe that with this arrest, this double homicide they believe has been soft. the police detectives and crime scene investigators have been at this house all day, combing through the garage and the home of the neighbors just to the south of where the murder took place. the only thing separating the homes is the wooded area where the body of the man was found. his wife, jody, was found in their home. the police said it appeared that a burglar may have come through an open window when attacked the couple in their bedroom. both victims suffered blunt force trauma to the head. neighbors said they had reported to the police that the vehicles at the home n

he was extradited from alaska late last night. he faces first-degree murder charges in the death of nick and jodie velardo, or found dead one week later. tomaszewski was arrested while boarding a cruise ship in alaska. he is scheduled for a bond review monday. the police have arrested two people in the killing of a 73-year-old man in takoma park. he was found dead in august 2014. tonight, laura lane brown and her fiancÉ were up in custody. brown died of blunt force trauma, but there is no known motive. one man is dead, another injured after a car crash in prince george's county. a vehicle struck another a long highway at farmington road. one driver was killed, the other injured but is expected to be ok. investigation continues into the cause of the crash. in southeast d.c., an important step towards healing. this was a deadly double shooting during the thursday morning commute, shutting down i-295. a community reporter was shot and killed as she walked home from work. as richard reeve shows us, neighbors are trying to find peace i

and does this action plan encompass alaska and u.s. territories? >> the question is for rick. >> rick or i was going to actually sort of bring john in and see if he had any ideas for what's needed for monitoring and then can we come back to alaska? >> i think tracking u.s. emissions is fairly straightforward. i like to rely on wri to do that. but there are many institutions that track u.s. emissions and look forward to what the policies are that would drive reductions. i tend to stay away from the eia and others, which tend to not be very good at forecasting what's going to happen. if you're looking for a forecast of renewables, i recommend my former employer, greenpeace. but i think that whether the u.s. is on track will be well known in the u.s. for quite some time. i don't think there's any shortage of institutions that are going to be willing and able to focus attention on any shortcomings that might or might not exist. frankly, including my institution, which tracks the coal plant shutdowns very carefully, and we constantly point out to the ad

what about alaska air?rge: alaska air is fighting it out with delta for a seattle have right now. that is really challenging their yields. when the big guys move like this, i think it's hard. you get in a market share war and the fair start going down. start -- the fares going down. olivia: will there be amended this year? george: i don't know if there will be anything big. the small stuff could still happen. the small players, jetblue, and others could definitely take over candidates. olivia: george ferguson, thank you for joining us. my favorite thing about alaska airlines, the most punctual airline in america does right the weather. the next time you cannot land at laguardia because of the rain, it is [indiscernible] next up, foreign policy. we all run and spend as much money and time and security and get rid of liberties or whatever we want to do to respond. fif♪ pimm: what will define america's foreign-policy strategy in the 21st century? both obama ands the bush administrations lacked a coherent forei

shell ran an oil rig aground on an island in alaska during a storm. the company will be allowed to drill six exploratory wells in an area 70 miles off the alaska coast. >> tonight on "the communicators" -- we met up with an author who says we are in a new phase of human development and through robots another technology, we are likely to enhance the human condition. >> robots is an especially interesting one. 2014 was the year of robot angst. i don't know if a day when i that i didn't see some kind of story about how robots are stealing jobs from humans and we are all going to end up out of work. there are robots that are better bartenders and humans, better waitresses that humans, and so on. the thing i find that i think is missed a lot is that every revolution or advance in automation has resulted in better jobs for humans. we are really worried about robots taking our jobs and we have a hard time imagining what we are going to be doing not 200 years from now but even 10 years from now. i think history has shown we will figure out a way to combine wi

in alaska delisting the humpback would make things easier on oil and maritime industries. may be a bit of both. >> it's supposed to be a strictly biological opinion or biological analysis not consider considering the economics. and -- but there are economic concerns that bring the humpback population into focus. >> reporter: for captain black the endangered species act has given her a nearly lifelong relationship with individual whales. >> some of them we know you know by name because we recognize them and i have seen them over 20 years, the same animal. i hope to keep doing it for a lot longer and i hope to help with the research and conservation and make sure they stay a healthy population here. >> reporter: the endangered species act as by all accounts saved humpback whales now we'll see whether it has done enough to let them survive on their own. >>> the world's most valuable private coin collection is going on the auction black. it features 650 coins dating bake to the beginning of the united states. it is expected to bring more than $200 million. >>> thanks for watch

the police say he confessed during questioning in alaska. alison: 7 on your side with health matters and a confirmed case of measles in fairfax county. health workers are tracing the patient's steps to warn anyone who may have had contact. jay korff has the details. jay: this has public officials concerned. the measles is very contagious and it can be deadly. according to fairfax county and d.c. health officials, the person who had measles and is no longer contagious had traveled internationally. health officials say this at all between may 10 and may 16 went to some highly populated places in the d.c. region, including embassy suites in northwest the ifc building on pennsylvania avenue northwest, the shelby apartments in alexandria, multiple locations on the innova fairfax medical campus, including the emergency room in the north tower, along with the woodburn medical park. if you want to any of these locations and come down with symptoms associated with measles -- fever-like symptoms with a rash -- you are encouraged to review your fascina

take a look at shares on alaska the last year.with delta because the people who oversee this survey are bringing up the question has alaska opened more reward seats in response to competition from delta. >> in seattle, alaska airlines has delta airlines breathing down its neck. and they are a giant competitor. i think alaska has reacted to this by becoming a better airline. part of the better includes better reward availability for their frequent flier program. >> by the way, i put that question to the head of marketing for reward travel at alaska last night and she said no, we're doing it because we realize it's good for the long-term results of the business. guys. >> phil, are there more seats but more restrictions in that? maybe the frequent flyers expire sooner? the points? >> are there more seats or more restrictions, i'm a little confused with your question. >> are they doing this, increasing the seats because they say you only have a certain amount of time to use these points? >> no, i don't think that that's the case. in f

we have in my state a critically important piece of infrastructure, the trans alaska pipeline system, it's something that i worry about and recognize that without insuring that that pipeline has the resources that it carries, it is a piece of infrastructure that could face declining health and strength and it's something that i worry about. it's one thing to write a report outlining infrastructure challenges but another to set up pro actively to solve them every day. any modernization of energy policy should in my view visit the de facto ban of oil exports. the qer is too light in that regard. i was pleased to see it recognize the unique issues that impact the arctic and valuable role the united states can play as chair of the arctic council. i was with secretary kerry on friday as we were up. but understanding our role as an arctic nation there is key and i appreciate the focus being given. we know we have significant infrastructure challenges and know we're going to have to work together to solve them. that goes for the members of this committee as well as we work on a broad energy

just a little bit more kind of alaska and then regional specific. you know, after 9/11, congress mandated that airports install explosive detective systems, and there was a promise of federal cost sharing, that 90% to 95% of federal cost sharing. i think most airports have abided by that, have implemented that i also think that most airports have not received in return the promise of reimbursements. i think in alaska, the anchorage airport, it's about a $20 million reimbursement for an airport our size. that's a significant amount of money. it's obviously much larger in some of the bigger airports. would you consider making sure that these outstanding reimbursements are part of the president's budget request if confirmed? the president's budget request if confirmed? because right now, i believe that that's an issue that hasn't come up in the budget even though there was a reliance by many, many airports throughout the country on that promise. >> as i understand i think you're referring to in-line baggage systems in particular in airports and the pro