we talked to stan jones, a former investigative reporter with the anchorage daily news and author of the spill about the timeline of the disaster and the effect it had on the area. this is already minutes. -- 30 minutes. home and it at my was all over the news. by the time i got to work, i knew all about it. the first reaction was disbelief. how could this happen? the second reaction was just shocked at the enormity of it. they spilled i think 11 million gallons of oil. and covered like 11,000 square miles of ocean before it was done. the scale was inconceivable until it happened. >> where were you working and what was your job? >> i worked for the anchorage daily news and i was a reporter at the time, primarily doing investigative work. i had covered oil before the spills. >> can you tell us what the history of the oil industry was in alaska? how will -- large was it during that time? knowe modern industry we today got its start in alaska in 1967 when there was a huge oil strike. operating inan the tankerat is when traffic began. 15 years passed before this spill. , froml industry i

home whichp in my was a suburb of anchorage. it was all over the news. by the time i got to work, i knew all about it. the first reaction was disbelief.-- how could this happen? second, shock at the enormity of it. 11 square miles of ocean. the scale was inconceivable. >> where were you working and what was your job there? an: i worked for the anchorage , also doing business, so i had covered oil in before the spill. >> how large was the industry in alaska at that time? tan: the modern oil industry as we know it today started in alaska in 1967 when there was a huge oil strike. the pipeline began operating in 1973 and that is when the traffic in prince william sound began. 16, 15 years passed before was built. the oil industry in alaska

an: i worked for the anchorage , also doing business, so i had covered oil in before the spill. >> how large was the industry in alaska at that time? tan: the modern oil industry as we know it today started in alaska in 1967 when there was a huge oil strike. the pipeline began operating in 1973 and that is when the traffic in prince william sound began. 16, 15 years passed before was built. the oil industry in alaska , one of the jokes was, even the alaska legislature could not waste it all. a lot of this was spent on state services. so, the oil industry, besides generating all of this money took an acute interest in politics because they were always interested in taxes and regulation. their influence over the legislature became a norm us and it was almost mandatory to be oil friendly to get it to the legislature. -- elected to the legislature. >> who were some of the big companies operating? stan: the big three were and are exxon mobil and conagra foods. the names have changed. early in the day, what was conoco was really are co-, but the big three players have not changed much. the b

seize the anchorage in the airfield and island of guadalcanal. the japanese as expected come back very quickly. the battle of savo island. the key lessons learned in the moment in the battle of savo island, two things reinforced by prewar experience and also observations. the primary challenge is surprise. the japanese did so well because they surprised us. the other is we were afraid of opening fire for fear of hitting our own ships. friendly fire was real danger. it had been a danger not just at savo island but every nocturnal exercise the navy employed and that i have come across. there was a risk of ships shooting at each other when they tried to rejoin operations at night. so he creates a very compact linear formation. a number of researchers said it is logically derivative from the work they did prewar. it is a linear battle formation in microcosm. that is what scott was doing. i disagree. what he is trying to do is address these challenges, surprise and friendly fire, concentrate the force. that will prevent friendly fire. he makes it a li

in 2010, law enforcement officers in alaska determined that girls and women who traveled to anchorage are because of ex rings their market built. native girls are targeted in part because they are considered versatile, meaning they can be advertised on the internet as hawaii an or asian. an averagorage-based sex , heficker who was convicted trapped victims in the sex trade through brute force including beatings, icy baths and sleep deprivation. in canada, an investigation for reporters concluded that indigenous women in canada, which has a similar history, are seven times more likely than a nonindigenous woman to die at the hands of a serial killer. thank you for allowing me to testify today. i'm hopeful new attention on a very old problem will finally begin to stem the crisis of missing and murdered indigenous women. as a nation, i believe we are better than this. please support the families of mmiw to find their loved ones and bring them home. mr. gallego: next, we have the ruth buffalo mandan, house of representatives, 27th district. manned manned good morning speaking foreign lang

tucson, and then in mexico and then as far north as alaska where we have a new house in alaska in anchoragend we serve the cathedral parish there and act as pigs ners throughout the great state of academy of alaska. >>> the wonderful thing about the dominican order, it is not just the priest or the fryers preaching. st. dominic new in order to radically change culture or bring god to culture and in life ven it, you needed a strong component of women, condemn plahtive nuns so even before he founds the order of preachers, he founded the nuns first. >> this is st. dominic 800 years ago. i got to visit it and you have condemn plitive nuns living there. they are from all over the world. so what was for me personally attracted to the order it wasn't a group of guys to preach but going to preach and behind us and supporting us is groups of nuns, of active sisters which come a little later, but begin to teach and very much known in this diocese for education. >> definitely, yes. they offered prayer and they offered education and healthcare and offering help for families in need. >> there was a lot

rivers on on his way back from talk and vietnam with north korean leader , president trump stopped in anchorage, alaska where he dressed troops at a military bases. militaryvestments on quitman and the u.s. economy. it was 20 minutes. [cheers and applause] >> good morning, arctic warriors. [cheers and applause] all right. so this is an absolute honor and privilege to introduce your commander-in-chief, the president of the united states. >> ♪ and i am proud to be an american where i know i am free and i won't forget the men who died who gave their life to me stand up next to you no doubt that i love this led -- this land god bless the usa ♪ president trump: wow, thank you very much. so, we're coming in and we're landing and i say, you know, i have a choice. i can stay in the plane and relax, as we fuel up, right? as we fuel up. or, i said, how good are they out there? somebody looked at me and said, they're the best. you're supposed to be the best, right? i said, all right. so let's go. put on the tie. put on the shirt. but i wanted to be with you and it's an honor to be with you. i have to tell

look at anchorage, sunny and clear start for the northeast and mid-atlantic. seeing record highs in alaska. i promise you they are in shorts and t-shirts right now. >> that's home for you. you know how they're going to roll. thank you, janessa. >>> take a look now at our shot of the day. ♪ harlem the moving roller coaster at the mall of america in minneapolis. this is the first time the shot has been made in the globetrotters' 93-year history. >> banked it in. nice shot there. >>> just ahead, the 750 million reasons to pick up a powerball ticket today. >>> and why your facebook friend list might be a little thinner this morning. but there's one... that blows them all out of the water. hydro boost water gel from neutrogena®. with hyaluronic acid... it goes beneath the surface to plump skin cells from within and lock in hydration. leaving skin so supple, it actually bounces back. the results will blow you away. and now for your body... new hydro boost gel cream from neutrogena® new hydro boost gel cream ♪ when you have nausea, ♪ heartburn, ♪ indigestion, ♪ upset

. >>> the world's most fshe idita in anchorage, alaska tomorrow. the race is now in its 47th year.pans 1,000 miles. expected top prize of ea across that takes place annually on dr. seu seuss's birthday. but many schools will be celebrating today. >> leading the news this morning, something that most of us who are up at this hour can really relate to. being sleep deprived. but now doctors say if your strategy is to catch up on sleep on the weekends, could be even worse for your health. here's nbc's stephanie gosk. >> reporter: monday to friday it's go, go, go. no time to stop and no time to sleep. we tell ourselves sleep is for the weekend. but a new study shows those extra hours on saturday and sunday, as good as they may feel, don't repair the damage done during the week. ? sleep lost can't be sleep gained. the younger you are you're more likely to recover much sooner. but as you grow older in your 40s and your 50s it will take a lot more time to recover. >> reporter: people who don't sleep enough eat too much. the lure of late-night ice cream and potato chips too har disrup abili

were allowed to roam further but not to anchorage because now everywhere has an owner. almost all the islands belong either to the national park or to private owners. that's why we can't live the way we used to. the bank has a kitchen. the toilets. nearly lived with his parents on the boat with his two siblings he likewise has three children he sent the two daughters to a boarding school on the mainland but because the house felt so empty they took in their neighbor's son they had two little boys and were happy to get one. that was. going to jade is now their son. and just as he learned from his father new year he will soon teach him to dive and fish with. only a few sea nomad tribes still practice this technique. among you and jade i heading back to the mainland to visit new year's family it's a long journey. from coast serene to bond to rock in the province of corroboree. now your parents have been living there for twelve years the village and the harbor were built with donations after the two thousand and four tsunami. he has a job to do his carving to stakes that wi

with the storm raging, the crew sent out a distress signal and managed to steer the ship to an anchoragere. two rescue vessels were forced to turn back by the severe weather conditions. so in their place, a team of helicopters have been airlifting passengers to safety, hoisting them one by one from the deck. with winds gusting at 38 knots and 20 foot waves smashing into the whole of the ship. for passengers still on board, rescue could not come soon enough. below deck, hundreds more passengers in life vests were waiting their turn. translation: they have started to evacuate. there are hundreds of people on board. both passengers and crew. they are being flown to hustad on the mainland, about two kilometres from the ship. rescuers say eight people have been treated for minor injuries but no one is thought to be seriously hurt. very frightening. we went up on a helicopter to with a sling for two hours together. it was very scary. the viking sky remains at anchor along a stretch of coast known for shallow waters and dangerous reefs. with the majority of its passengers still trapped on board

saturday they held a ceremonial start and 11-mile sprint in anchorage. 52 mushers and their dog teams race across the alaskan wilderness. the winner is expected in nome in nine days. >>> thousands came together in selma, alabama, to commemorate a historic day in the civil rights movement. they walked arm in arm yesterday across the edmund pettis bridge to remember the 54th anniversary of bloody sunday. in 1965, peaceful voting rights demonstrators were beaten by state police as they tried to cross the bridge. >> 54 years ago, my great grandmother and all the activists in my family marched with king for the voting rights. this year we march for medicare for all. >> among the marchers yesterday were several presidential hopefuls, as well as 2016 democratic nominee hillary clinton and civil rights activist jesse jackson. >>> the family of a world war ii veteran in iowa wanted to do something special for his 93rd birthday. they succeeded in a biwa they put out a call for people to send barney hanson birthday wishes. it was their way of honoring a man who served aboard the "uss mississippi

. >>> the iditarod sled dog race kicks off tomorrow morning in anchorage, alaska. >> 52 mutcherson theirs will be participating this year. they're taking a slightly different route this year. there is a jumble of ice on one river that relies on the race route. all teams will make their way through about 1000 miles of remote countryside to finish. the finish line is in nome, alaska. >>> straight ahead this morning, this california dog is on the mend this morning. how veterinarians and human doctors fixed his heart. >>> let's end outside and look at where the traffic cameras. we will be right back after this. >>> welcome back. the lights on at the bay bridge toll plaza. traffic is stacking up, especially coming out of the maze working your way from oakland to san francisco. your approach off the eastshore freeway looks pretty good. checking drive times, traveling westbound 80, highway 4 to the maze, it will only take uat minutes to make that 15.9 mile trek. westbound 80, that is starting to heat up a little bit heading through the altamont pass. delays are east of there coming out of tracy

. >> for "sunday today," harry smith, anchorage, alaska. >> good luck blair, we highlight tother lifehe was a classic conductor and a pop composer and a jazz pianist. previn can do itll, he was born in berlin in 1929. his family led t nazis. by then, he was a prodigy studying at the paris conserve toir. his parents moved to los angeles and he became a united states citizen in 1943. e was drafted in the army in the 1950s and played in the b and. his first job was with mgm studios, composing and conducting music for movies. he wour oscars. previn won 11 grammy awards over his career and crossed pop culture with his marriage. he serve as music director for the symphony in houston and los angeles and pittsburgh. previn died on thursday at home ink new yty, he was 89 years old. the russells travel to a different swim meet every saturday. but now... it's thursday. good thing they discovered gain flings. the only detergent with concentrated gain, oxi boost, and febreze odor remover. mmhmm. smelling is believing. and gain flings can hiya karate stink too. try new improved gain flings. hsmell

battle of szabo island, they surprise and destroy two cruiser formations that are screening the anchorage of guadalcanal. it is one of the most one-sided japanese victories over the entire war. more than 1000 allied sailors die with the sinking of four and the shameful this of the navy's performance can be seen in a number of ways. a senior u.s. commander, captain of the cruiser chicago, fails to sound the alarm after he makes contact with the japanese, inexplicably steaming away. two picket destroyers, the patterson and the blue, failed to detect the japanese forces passing right through their midst. turn reports to what he calls a fatal lethargy of mind to point out what he calls -- to point out the factors that enabled michalek to route the american force. even though this is left unmolested, the japanese failed to explore their victory -- exploit their victory and withdraw. it seems what mcconnell actually feared was that it was a counterattacked by american aircraft carriers, which ironically at that moment were in the process of withdrawing from the area, in accordance to the confer

we talked to stan jones, a former investigative reporter with the anchorage daily news and author of the spill about the timeline of the disaster and the effect it had on the area. this is already minutes. -- 30 minutes. home and it at my was all over the news. by the time i got to work, i knew all about it. the first reaction was disbelief. how could this happen? the second reaction was just shocked at the enormity of it. they spilled i think 11 million gallons of oil.

this in anchorage, alaska.streets, crowds of people line the streets saturday, cheering the 52 mushers and their dogs. the trek officially starts sunday. a thousand miles or 1600 kilometers across the state. the course was lengthened a bit this year, but, derek, this is interesting, to bypass a section of the behring sea, that is not frozen. >> very interesting. so last year they broke the record and this year they don't expect to because there is too much snow for the dogs to traverse. >> interesting. thank you. thank you for being with us for "newsroom." back after the break with more news for you. stay with us. so, it was me, one other mom and twelve boys. pranks were big. they came in third, but... they had so much fun. at country inn & suites by radisson, we're on the way to wherever you're going. ♪ ♪ t-mobile will do the math for you. right now, when you join t-mobile, you get two lines of unlimited with two of the latest phones included for just one hundred bucks a month. want more from your entejust say

school was flooded with more than enough donations to get the fourth graders there is a field trip to anchorageeporter: as braverman faced brutal winds, the school in a river town got ugly dog dough for new ipads. and fingers crossed when braverman hits the finish line, she will soon hear about the new tables and learning carpet for the school there, all paid for by her pack of ugly dogs. donations all told of more than $60,000. for a rookie musher and her ugly dogs, that is a race well run. for "today," harry smith. >> thank you to the ugly dogs. love the little boy that thanked the ugly dogs. a beautiful story and we appreciate what miss braverman is doing. before we go, we want to raise a glass on this st. patrick's day weekend. thanks to guinness for these personalized pi ed pipt ed pin. >> i can't drink my face. >> that feels wrong. >> happy st. patrick's day, everybody. have a great parade. >> that will do it for us on this saturday morning. tomorrow on "sunday today," willie sits down with woody harrelson to talk about everything from his early days on cheers to police latest movie on ne

they begin the ceremonial start in anchora anchorage. tomorrow is the restart.eal race begins and they will continue up to gnome. widespread depths of 10 to 15 inches are already on the ground. here's the other thing to know, a lot of these locations could potentially pick up as much as an additional foot of snow before the race ends. christy, likely, most of the teams will end tuesday or wednesday the following week. given the amount of snow, it's more likely to be on wednesday. >> puppies running in snow is a nice play there there. it is worth noting, alaska is not the only area getting hit, there are 75 million people this morning under a winter alert. >> let's focus on the northeast. you got boston, fork, philadelphia, that are expected to get several inches out of this next system. here's a look. it really starts to develop overnight tonight around the arkla-tex area. it will bring snow to texas, illinois and noticohio. by tomorrow afternoon and evening it starts to push into the mid-atlantic and into the northeast. yes, places like philly, about two-to-fou

officially, they're not expecting the records to be broken because new snow has just fallen in and around anchoragew down the dogs as they traverse the racecourse, which is over a thousand miles, by the way. >> all right. derek, thank you. >>> thank you for being with us for "cnn newsroom." i'm george howell at the cnn center in atlanta. to our viewers here in the united states, "new day" is next. for our viewers around the world, "troubled waters," a cnn freedom project documentary is ahead. thank you for watching "cnn newsroom." >> dragon right now. as soon as the pedals make contact, latching pause will engage and hold the pedals against the opposite ones on the ida and contact pins will depress and we should hear the call out. kind of like how you get 24/7 access to licensed agents with geico. hmm? yeah, you just go online, or give them a call anytime. you don't say. yep. now what will it take to get 24/7 access to that lemon meringue pie? pie! pie's coming! that's what it takes, baby. geico®. great service from licensed agents, 24/7. they seem to be the very foundation of your typical bank. ca

today's run is ceremonial and only 11 miles long to the city of anchorage.w and the last time competition was 9 1/2 days. this year's race is scaled-down as each team is limited to 14 dogs . >> the many organizations deliberate history but of women achieving the right to vote securing the right for women to vote and the work of women is bringing quality an opportunity to everyone. more than 100 women representatives are now the highest number in history . >> people watching will see people who look like them and share their experience. sharing their experience and the rest of that. >> international women's day is friday march 8 . >>> up next, a new state-of-the- art hospital opened about an hour ago in the city of san francisco expect the mayor says this will help the city keep ahead of the curve when it comes to healthcare, when we return alive report from the california pacific medical center hospital . >> larry baer apologizes for his actions, a public dispute with his wife now under investigation with sfpd and major league baseball. even if no one in you

. >>> and alaska's 47th iditarod kicks off in anchorage this weekend with a short fan-friendly run thene 52 teams will line up to start the competitive portion of the foremost sled dog race in the world. this year's top prize expected to reach $50,000. >> i see that video and i just want to take all those dogs home. that's all i want to do. >> so cute. >> they are so cute. >> feed them, snuggle. >> feed them and snuggle. >> we also coming up this morning have a cool story that involves spacex roaring its capsule into space. the goal of this demo mission centered around a flight dummy named ripley. i don't know how he feels about being called a dummy all the time. but we'll talk about that coming up. >> he has a name at least. right? >> right. >>> we start this half hour with the terrifying moments for a teenager who found herself trapped when a small plane crashed into her house. >> a hero throwing caution to the wind rushing in to save her. abc's zachary kiesch joining us with more. zachary, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, whit. this is an incredible story. imagine you'

equipment was under piles of snow or being repaired in anchorage.t took a wild to get out there and get it cleared, and then that really exacerbated the disaster. host: and if you look at the size, the in normandy of this spill -- and the enormity of this spill, how strong was it? guest: 1300 miles of coastline. prince william sound, it is the place where the big alaska pipeline ends, it is also home to quite a huge fishing community and a big part of alaska's fishing industry. host: this map really gives you a sense of how it spread over a two-week period. you have been up to the region more recently. what does it look like today? prince william sound is beautiful. bydez is a port surrounded majestic mountains, the water is blue color, the water life is abundant and visible. but there are still places where you can find oil on the coastline under rocks. there are deposits. you can never actually cleanup and oil spill. host: what happened to the captain of the exxon valdez? guest: he did not ultimately face criminal charges. host: and what happened

rivers on on his way back from talk and vietnam with north korean leader , president trump stopped in anchorage, alaska where he dressed troops at a military bases. militaryvestments on quitman and the u.s. economy. it was 20 minutes. [cheers and applause] >> good rn

. >> and anchorage, alaska. >> hi, i'm from colorado springs, colorado.mal, animal >> might be t best o. >> wow. welcome back to "today." thank you for being with us on this thursday mornin all right, y'all, the crowds keep building. we have a lot of hs and handshakes. >> spring fever out there. >>> we want to get right to your lot goiause there's on at 8:00. the u.s. has joined the rest of the world in grounding all boeing 737 max-8 jet liners after new data revealed similarities between two catastrophic crashes. nbc's tom costello covers aviation for us and has the very latest. >> reporter: hoda, good morning. so if you are flying today, tomorrow, or next week, you will not be on a max-8 or max-9. but if you're flying today, you may be facing big cancellations nationwide. not only is that he snowstorm rolling across the country that's affecting travel, but then this entire fleet of max jets now grounded. so the airlines are trying to move planes around to cover that. it is all because of the connection, the possible connection, between the i plane cras

bethel 15, anchorage nine above. fairbanks two consecutive days above freezing.31 in uk ta vick, highs this weekend are going to be anywhere from 20 to 40 degrees above average. this is where climate change is happening. we're going to be there, and next week we'll be live from alaska bringing you the latest on what researchers say is an environmental disaster that is rolling on with >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we can see the clouds rolling over the south bay and at times some sunshine because we are seeing patches of fog moving through the tri-valley, and as this dissipates and lift lifts, will see mostly sunny skies. high temperatures load to mid-60s today and for the weekend gets warmer with highs reaching into the low 70s. we won't see the dry weather lasting that long. by the middle of next week, we have more rain coming in, along with cooler temperatures. >> that's your latest weather. >> so wait, you're heading to alaska? this is exciting. >> the sea ice is melting at record rates. alaska is warming far faster than the rest of the united

recreation of prince william to anchorage makes the population center of alaska, makes it a favorite of local ists who use it for fishing, camping, sightseeing, hiking, and there is also a cruise ship that is the area. we do not know the economic impact that will be all that. there is hunting, lodging, transportation. is the sudden trench, as we know, of the alaskan pipeline. perhaps most devastating of the event is the timing of the spill. the resources of prince william put in jeopardy. a lot of fisherm are coming in r the purpose of spawning, and n important time for them. beal fisheries had to canceled, and that means not only lost jobs and income but also lost revenue for the united states. the more valuable even is the salmon fishery. be affected when they return to the spring in the -- area in the spring and summer. their life time of cycle that they are most dependent on the marine environment impacted by the spill, and there is a good chance many will not survive. the effect will be felt down the years when the adults are not available for spotting and will be likely ripplin

we had an astronaut speaking at the dinner back in anchorage. it was very inspirational. one of the young kids came up to me, and he had been hired recently by nasa to work on the rocket that's going to go to mars? . >> nice. >> and it was just incredible. this inspiration of this young kid who worked really hard, you got to earn it. right? but we want to be able to help you do this in a way that i think changes the culture. as you mentioned, the idea of the challenger exploding which was a horriblen tragedy is not the image we want. it's the neil arm strong. and i think it's your greatest asset. we want to help you with that. we need to inspire the next generation of americans. mr. o'connell, do you have any thoughts on how congress can help you with that or what you can do i think partnering with the media like i said, hollywood, on some really good movies lately just to bring that inspiration is something that we should look at taking advantage of. what do you think? >> absolutely. and i would not underestimate the power of private enterprise here where you can do cool

he grew up there in anchorage. leif's mom was a librarian. his father was a principal, and he and his sisters grew up exploring and experiencing everything that is alaska, all things great. he attended east high school. he left to get his undergraduate degree in finance from here in washington, d.c. at georgetown university, my alma mater. he then went on to law school, went out to the university of arizona, and then shortly after he got his law degree, he returned home to anchorage thinking that he was going to practice law there. he wasn't there for too very long when then-appropriations committee chairman ted stevens tapped leif and said, look, i'd like to have you come back to washington, d.c. and work for me on the senate appropriations interior committee. and so it was at that time that leif made the big move, leaving from anchorage coming back here to washington, d.c. to work with his mentor and my mentor, ted stevens. and there's a lot of stories that go on around here. i've enjoyed getting to know the great senator from vermont, sena