. >> they moved to the sea side, to carlsbad, california, just h. and jason harper signed on as a math teacher and volleyball coach at a local high school. >> jason was the typical southern california surfer, beach volleyball public schoolteacher. >> he met the third of those tall friends. andy tom kin son. he and has wife kristen taught at the same school. charles bad high. >> on a campus of 3,000 students, you notice people at the same level. i'm 6'6" and i'm 6'9." so you do notice after a while who they are. >> the two became fast friends, surfing, pickup basketball, poker. guy things. and then jason and xwully started a family. jake first then jackie. j names. >> even if that meant not playing cards with the boys or going on a surf trip, those kids all came first. >> so were there times when you wanted to do something with him and he said sorry, i got to stay home? >> absolutely. absolutely. >> yes. >> paul was here in theter aces at sunny creek, a brand new gated place not far from the beach. these were their neighbors. so many enableds now you

to show you it's a small world, pam ran into a good friend of mine in carlsbad. >> steve wright. i don't know if he's up this early. you can't go anywhere without running into great viewers and there he was.>>> we do have an extremely cool day. low clouds did not get chewed up completely yesterday so they are still there. it will be warmer today. the system has swept to the east and you can see the locale -- the low cloud deck hanging on. this is a vigorous system going into the rockies and down into the four corners. there will be a breezy and blustery day but a little warmer. low 70s for some inland which is the coolest days since june. went from the west and southwest. there is a delta breeze. santa rosa, 53. 60s for some if you have cloud cover. if you do have clearing, it's on the cool side. calistoga, 53. bodega bay is also in there. we could get some 40s aboard -- before everything is done. i slightly warmer afternoon. 60s, 70s and a couple 80s. this man yesterday, i don't think you took a breath for like five hours. >> next time you golf, have me along as your announcer.

over the past decade who knew >> do they have legoland in the states >> we do i believe it's in carlsbad, california, if i'm not mistaken? >> there we go one in florida, too, i'm being told but there's certainly one in and around the oxfordshire area. it's somewhere around there. >> and you've been >> i did it was a great place to go as a child. >> or last year. >> yeah. maybe last year. but it's always an excuse now with young children around you know, cousins and god children we've got to take them >>> still to come weeks after the gop failed to replace obamacare, there's still major finger pointing going on we'll tell you who the president is targeting on twitter right now. >>> but first as we head to break, here's today's national weather forecast from nbc's bill cairns >> good thursday morning to you. hurricane franklin overnight made landfall in mexico. quickly weakening over the mountains. we'll see what damage was done when we get to daybreak. it does look like for the most part a rain event in the mountains on the coast minor wind damage. as i mentioned, quickly weakening. down

in our carlsbad unit, there's les potential to do that than another, say, a new build, a project we're building in huntington beach where there's much larger water storage. that's really the issue. if you have more capacity to store you can produce more off peek and cut back on on peek. this is active for us working with the california electricity commissions. there is really a power-water nexus important to understand. >> in between the hours of 11:00 and 2:00 p.m. everyday, california is pushing no cost power on the eastern grid to arizona and talked about how that could be used in terms of pumping. the biggest single water user in arizona is the central arizona project pump water, in fact can be done in times intermittent power is cheaper and helps out. we talked a lot about the colorado river, making sure with regard to storage, water banking and wheeling, one thing we really haven't talked about is surface water in arizona and how that is utilized. talk about for a minute the importance of arizona's own watershed, our northern forest for example and how we can better utilize and t

in our carlsbad unit, there is less potential to do that than another new build like the project we arebuilding in huntington beach where there's much more water storage and that is really the issue if you have more capacity than you can produce more off-peak and cut rack. this is all very active while it works for us and work with the california electricity commission because there is really a water nexus that is important to understand. >> between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. everyday, california is pushing no cost power on the eastern grade to arizona and talked about how that could be used in terms of pumping the biggest single lottery user in arizona is a project to pump water and in fact could be done at times when intermittent power is cheaper and it certainly helps out. mr. buschatzke, we talked a lot about the colorado river and with regard to storage and water banking and wheeling and what we really haven't talked about his service water in arizona that helps utilize. talk about for a minute the importance of arizona's own watershed for northern forest brings out and

in our carlsbad unit, there's less potential to do that in other, say, a new build like a project we're building in huntington beach where there's much larger water storage. and that's really the issue. if you have more capacity to store, then you can produce more in off-peak and cut back in on-peak. this is active work for us in working with the california electricity commissions, because there is really a power/water nexus that is important to understand. >> okay. as i -- between the hours of 11 and 2 p.m. every day, california's pushing no-cost power -- >> right. >> -- down the eastern grid to arizona and talked about how that could be used in terms of pumping. you know, the biggest single water user in arizona is the central arizona project to pump water. and if that can be done at times when intermittent power is cheaper, then it certainly helps out. >> right. mr. buschatzke, we talked a lot about the colorado river and making sure that through, you know, with regard to storage and water banking and wheeling, one thing we really haven't talked about is surface water in arizona and