teaching and changing and calling for change including causes such as decrying the shootings of young bracken such as the michael brown in ferguson missouri, and the killing of eric garner in new york city. >> i was going to bring that up. president obama when he spoke on saturday used some very stirring language, both to reflect back but also to look forward at the future. he said we know the march is not yet over. the race is not yet won is there. a sense on the ground there, rob, as people reflect on the past 50 years that, indeed there is still much more to be done? >> absolutely. of course. people here are voicing frustration, not only with the highly publicized shooting incidents we just discussed but also the pervasive economic inequality that divides along racial lines action although there are more white people living in poverty in the united states, there are so many african-americans who live in dire poverty in places like selma where 40%. largely african-american population lives blow the federal poverty line where more than 10% of people have no jobs and good jobs are hard to f

we are requesting another round of brack. the basis for that is a measurement of our infrastructure against our current holdings of equipment and our needs. for example, aircraft fleets versus space. that is the kind of analysis that measures the amount of excess infrastructure that we are carrying. with respect to brackgroun, the 2005 one was not wewhat we were seeking. we were seeking one in the 1990's were true savings occurred. why didn't savings occur in the 2005 one? it is because when it came time to reconfigure bases -- that was a time when the defense budget was growing very rapidly -- we decided, the department decided at the same time to modernize a lot of installations at the same time it was consolidating others. that created far fewer savings than a peerure brackground. we are seeking rack authority. i know that is not an easy thing to get both recently have to reduce pail or take it out of tooh and i don't think anybody wants that. >> a lot of americans became frustrated last summer when we saw the iraqi securi

continue pushing that water out towards the bay and water in the area still tends to be a little bit brack issue. >>reporter: desalt plant puts the world trade center through os most is with microscopic memorandum brine to filter out salt crystal and other mineral. water out of the plant then is blended with some well water for taste. then distributed rate through the pipes to residents and businesses in free mont newark union city. sfchlt just just like regular tap water. 10 million gallon of water produce each day gives the district flexibility in the water supply. 40 percent comes from local sources. while 60 percent is imported. in newark david louie abc 7 news. >> well we need every bit of water we can get because there's nothing on the horizon. but at least warm but not hot out 30. that's right. sandhya has our accu-weather forecast. >> hi. wednesday have changed today. it's the on shore breeze but knock the temperatures down and the wind is going to continue to ramp up mean the temperatures fall some more to. noticeably cooler. those who sat in the low 80's like antioch today. forge

>>reporter: next frontier desalt salt water explored. 5 bay area water agency lacked at brack delta world trade center as new source spending 3.3 million dollars to do a study and bailed small scale test plant in pittsburgh shown in video by the contra costa county water district. plant dismantled after the study. future plans on hold. environmental issues are potential hurdle according to the santa clara valley water district. >> that would be the environmental impact in terms of draw of water in the south bay and then the return of the concentrate of salt back into the bay. so the whole mixing of the bay and the environmental impact of that is something that would have to be studied very, very careful. >> something that sensitive could trigger lawsuits. that was the experience in san diego where a 1 billion dollar desalt plant is 85 percent complete. 14 lawsuits and appeals tried to block it. 23 million dollars is being spent to create wetlands to address environmental concerns. when it goes on line in the fall it will supply drinking water to 300000 homes. >> very convenient for that y

we bring you any major development during the newscast plus the latest tonight on 7 news at 11:00 bracking10 also right now on twitter at abc 7 news bay area and on abc 7 news news bay area and on abc 7 news.com. >>> last san jose police officer to die in the line of duty was officer jeffrey fontana 8. officer fontana shot to death on october 28 2001. the officer was just 24 years old. rookie. >> he was shot an killed during a traffic stop at quiet cul-de-sac if south san jose. shooter wanted felon. he's currently serving a second degree murder sentence in fontana death. >> this unites police officers around the bay year and the country like nothing else. bay area law enforcement agency are posting condolence on social media for the officer shot and killed tonight. >> many of those messages feature a badge of black bar across in memory of fallen brother. continue to if the story in the newscast and ahead on 7 news at 11:00 over on channel 7. >> we stay on that but lets move to some other news as well tonight. fast moving development in fact. from the investigation into a passenger jet that

here's the supersized brack in indianapolis. that's where this year's final four is happening. the bracket is 267 feet wide or 165 feet tall and 44,000 square feet total. so your mistakes are really big. >> better not mess anything up. meantime brackets have become such a big deal there's even a science for filling them out. it's been around technically speaking, for a few years. we're talking about bracket bracketology. if you don't have a ph.d. in bracket bracketology, fear not. expert bracketologists say even a novice has a good chance of winning the office pool because filling out the perfect bracket is borderline impossible. it really is. 1 in 9.2 quintillion are the odds. >> like taking a penny, flipping it 63 times and having it come up heads each time. >> while expert analysis may help you out a little bit, bracketologist insist winning boils down to well the way the wind is blowing or simpler, a whole lot of luck. >> that's right. >> stanford missed out on the big dance, but will take on uc davis in the opening round of the n.i.t. tipoff 8:00 at maples pavilion. tomorr

it is good for national defense and will potentially help our community avoid brack grounds. senator: it has been 10 years since we had a category three hurricane hit the united states, perhaps the longest in the last 100 years. colorado university has said that tornadoes are down and hurricanes are down. to a significant degree. many of the predictions we have seen our alarmist. the results of climate change have not occurred. i do not think we should not be ratifying legislation based on damages that might occur from climate change until we see the damage. i would oppose the amendment because it sea levels rise, we will have to spend money. if it does not, we do not. senator: briefly, these are not perspective damages. they are current. the flooding is occurring. chairman: sensing the need for a recorded vote, pull the committee. clerk: mr. grassley? mr. sessions? mr. crapo? mr. graham? mr. portman? mr. toomey? mr. johnson? ms. ayotte? mr. wicker? mr. corker? mr. purdue? mr. sanders? ms. murray? mr. wyden? mr. white house? mr. warner? mr. merkley? ms. baldwin? mr. kane? mr.

future which we hope to avoid a reserve fund such as this could help states deal and maybe avoid a brack scaledown or closure. i ask support for my amendment. >> opposition? this is meant to be flippant. doesn't that deepen your port? the next amendment then would be by senator graham followed by senator toomy. >> thank you, mr. chairman. this amendment will increase the oco account by $38 billion and i don't know if we have the charts on isil. in 2011, we entered into sequestration and there's a chart somewhere around here that would show you where isil is today in terms of territory they hold. they didn't basically exist then. the reason i'm trying to increase -- they're probably coming there. the reason i'm trying to increase the oco account is because the president rightly said we may leaf more troops behind in afghanistan we planned. the number is going to climb if we are going to be successful. overseas contingency operations in 2015 are completely dencht in terms of what we expected in 2011 and we pay for this increase by taking the savings outside the 10-year window and moving th

he was walking with friends on brack dale and humboldt -- brookdale and humboldt when somebody owned fire. neighbors performed cpr but he died at the hospital. >> the possibility of mistaken identity always exists. the possibility of retaliation always exitists. we're not able to say at that point in the investigation exactly what led up to the shooting. >> detectives are reviewing surveillance to see if it provides any clues. counselors will be on hand at the high school to provide grief counseling. live from oakland, tara moriarty, back to you. >>> repair work is expected to start today in san francisco on a water main that burst yesterday morning. the 12-inch main broke about 8:30 between arlington and san jose avenue. the san joses filled with water and mud and -- streebts filled with water -- the streets filled with mud and water. it was closed for several hours as crews cleaned up the mess. the san francisco public utilities commission is investigating the cause of the break. >>> a new report finds a cost of fixing leaks on the new eastern span of the bay bridge has now topped

our state, a reserve fund that could help states deal with these challenges and then maybe avoid a brack scaled them enclosure would be appropriate so i would like to ask support for my amendment. thank you. >> opposition? this is meant to be flippant. doesn't that deepen your port? the next amendment than would be by senator graham. followed by senator toomey. >> thank you mr. chairman. this amendment will increase the account by $38 billion and i don't know if we have the charts on isil. anyway and 2011 we entered into sequestration and there is a chart somewhere around here i thought that would show you where isil is today in terms of the territory they hold. they didn't basically exist then so the reason i'm trying to increase right. they are probably coming there. the reason i am trying to increase the account is because the president has said we may leave more troops troops behind an afghan assembly plant. their 3000 soldiers today in iraq and the number is going to climb. if we are going to be successful overseeing contingency operations in 2015 are completely different in terms o

while brack has been controversial, i do believe we need to consider efforts to allow the defense department to shed what may be as much as 25% in excess infrastructure. it does not necessarily need and use these resources to invest in high priorities. i would appreciate your views. while the focus today is on the defense budget, the pentagon simply cannot meet all these national security challenges without the help of our other departments and agencies including state, justice homeland, the intelligence community. i would ask as you speak to comment on the interagency necessities that are facing the department. let me commend all the witnesses working hard. let me commend the chairman. i look forward to your testimony. >> secretary carter. >> thank you, mr. chairman, ranking member reed and all the members of the committee. thank you for inviting me to be here today with you and thank you for confirming me as secretary of defense. i'm honored by the trust and confidence of president obama in appointing me and the senate for confirming me. my care and respect for the men and women of the fin

authorities arrested 22-year-old david jermichael mcdaniels they say he was not one of the ones on spring brackospitalized. an investigation is under way. and today, christians around the world are attending palm sunday services. pope francis led has at st. peter's square ushering in holy week. during the service he said a prayer for the victims of the germanwings plane crash. >>> and a french prosecutor said that seven bodies from that germanwings aircraft have been identified. joining us from a site near the crash site carl penhall is on the phone with us i understand carl that many relatives of those on board that flight have made their way there and they want to get to the that crash site. so what kind of arrangements are being made for them. >> reporter: the issue right now is the closest any grieving relatives can get is a spot about 2 1/2 miles away as the crow flies from the actual crash site that is because the terrain is so rugged and so dangerous, trying to get there on foot or even closer evening the investigation teams have to be flown in by helicopter. ordered a backhoe into actio