. >> reporter: peter jane is with the department of natural resources. >> they do tend to attack house cats and eat them. they appear to be a favorite foot of coyotes. >> reporter: he said attacks to humans is'scally unheard of -- is basically unhard of. >> there are millions of people living with millions of coyotes and problems are extrily rare. >> reporter: lori may have to get used to living with coyotes. they are in every county of this state. >> department of natural resources said if think you see coyotes around, keep your trash closed up. >>> police are trying to determine how a skull ended up in an area where someone was hiking. it has been taken to the medical examiner's office. >> you note sun can fade your shutters and brown occupant your grass but strong enough to melt your siding. homeowners in eight states, including ours say it's happening to ours. why it's not a direct hit from the summer sun that's the blame. and it could and up heating up things between upand your neighbor. >> anybody in the neighborhood could be up to the same problem. >> how this phenomenon is happ

. >> the department of natural resources says it will continue to -- they have burned it. >> the departmentl resources says it will continue to monitor the fire. >>> the city may get help from thousands of electronic eyes. businesses and residents will be able to incorporate their cameras into the police city watch system. officers will be able to access those cameras quickly after a crime is committeed. >>> underarmor honors a baltimore city schoolteacher for redefining what it means to be an athlete. the teacher trained 12 girls for ten weeks until they could run a mile and track their progress online. she get an underarmor sponsorship gear. >> they can do more than run a mile. those dpicials are fit. >>> coming up, a deadly blast, 7 people killed when a bomb goes off on a bus full of israeli tourists. israel's government is vowing revenge. >> my whole body was on fire. >> man fighting against death after being bitten by a rattlesnake. >> reporter: michael phelps says this will be his last olympics. >> more chances of showers headed our way. and i'll have your complete first warning forec

. >> reporter: lynn bagley is with the department of natural resources. she confirms the shortage. one reason for it, the warm spring, which caused a widespread craving for crustaceans. >> the big crabs, the adult crabs, there are fewer of them now, because they've been fished on. >> reporter: over the winter, the department of natural resources surveyed the number of crabs in the bay. they found a record number of crabs, but many of them are juveniles. that's also factoring into the shortage. >> off these very young crabs in the bay to start the season, it won't be until late summer or fall when they glow to a size when they can be harvested. >> reporter: a time when the customers can enjoy the crabs and the prices. i'm gigi barnett, wjz news. >> it's the crabbers north of the bay bridge that are seeing the shortage. >>> bernadette woods, tell me about this doraco. is it a fancy term for straightline winds? >> is t pretty much is, like last year, haboob came up with the sand storm. there was a big storm with a lot of wind damage moreso down toward d.c., and that word came up. these

contained. >> because of all the draught -- drought condition it's difficult. >> the department of natural resources says the marijuana that was recovered was given to the drug task force, they burned it. it is now up in smoke. i'm kai jackson. >> the department of natural resources says it will continue to monitor the hot spottings -- spots. >>> pret ty soon baltimore city police will get help from thousands of electronic eyes. the new systems will allow businesses and residents to incorporate their security cameras into the city watch system. officers will be able to access registered camera systems in an area near a crime. >>> the man charged with killing unarmed florida teenager trayvon martin is speaking out about that faithful night. george zimmerman and his attorney talked about the killing. his regrets and he reached out to the teen's parents. randall pinkston has the latest for wjz. >> i do wish that there was something, anything i could have done that wouldn't have put me in the position where i had to take his life. >> george zimmerman says his confrontation with trayvon martin didn't las

. >> state forestry officials within the department of natural resources have confirmed the causes of the fire was a discarded fumble substance found near what is being described as a marijuana grow area. as you can imagine, sheriff's deputies are now involved. >> it was june 24 white well fires scorched 50 acres -- when wild fires scorched 50 acres. >> they asked us all to evacuate. >> one month later, forestry officials say even though the fire is still smoldering, it is common for a fire that size. >> the fire is controlled and contained. we have a very secure fireline around it. we do not anticipate any escapes or problems in the future. >> the story surrounding this fire has switched gears. we are glad that while forestry officials were investigating the cause, they made a startling discovery. several marijuana plants out in the open near where they found evidence that a discarded flammable material that investigators feel started the fire. >> our best investigators were out there and determine the source was close to a marijuana patch and as a result, turned it over to the count

maryland's department of natural resources tells me operating a business in a the ransaction is done at drops tubers off inside the - trout fishermen say tubers bring alcohol and throw trash in the water.kloch says the fines won't stop him from his 3 "i think the ccurts will overturn any fines when they sse i'm not running a commerciaa enterprise in state park land." land.""people sometimes leave big stuff. that'ssthe problem, but littleecans and stuff, that's not the ppoblem. they shouldn't leave it, but it doesn't really ffect the fishing. i don't think." kloch charges abouu 22 bucks a person, depending on the tube, for the rental nd taxi service.he only had four customers today.itts only wortthwhile for him about five weekends out of the year-- iicluding last weekend, when gessler, fox45 news at 5:30. tonight?brandi proctorr has nig? our traffic edge report. report. mapbelairfiber295map895 thousands of thousands of people ouu there still trying to recover from the storm from more than a weee ago.we'll talk with a representative of the maryland insurance administration on whht to d

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officials from the delaware department of natural resources really want residents to reduce their risk by avoiding high- mosquito areas and always keep insect repellent close buy. >> when you think of heroin, you think of alleys and badly lit city streets. >> we report on who's getting high off of heroin today. >> he was smart. the life of the party. >> got it? >> yeah, i got it. >> reporter: he played soccer and graduated from high school and loved sports, but at just 24 years old, this man for a a middle class baltimore suburb died from a heroin overdose. >> you'll never see him again and talk to him. you be you know, it's just so hard. >> reporter: dan, like so many others is the new face of addiction today. >> it scares me that heroin has crept into suburbia. >> reporter: harry pain says heroin abuse is a growing problem. an epidemic in some parts of the country. >> the drug killed nearly double the number of americans than a decade ago according to the cdc. a third of those who died were people under 30. cost and availability are what make heroin one of the most sought after drugs

investigatoos say the fire may have started at a marijuana farm.the state department of natural resources forest service says a queen anne's county drug task force has now taken over the investigation. we are seeing the aftermath this morning following strong storms that moved through the area last night. night.in one case... a firefighter was fell through a floor after lightning sparked a fire at this home in annapolis.the firefighter fell inside this home on coventry place near coachway road... while trying to put it out. &pwe're told the firefighter is now okay. lightning is also to blame for a house fire on clifton avenuu in arnold.it started just after 5:30 last night.after the strike... smoke was billowing from the roof by the timm firefighters arrived.no one was hurt. the bay bridge is back open this morning after last night's storms caused a shutdown.evening commuters backed up along route 50 near the bay bridge... after the bridge was shut down to let the storms pass. heart-wrenching video out of colombia... watch what rescuers discover when they lift a manhole cover. it's a 3 ye

so there's a lot of concern over that. >> narrator: but officials from the department of natural resources are confident they can handle it. >> we're smart enough to know when we're not smart enough. and the large mine permitting team has the capability of going out and acquiring consultants and additional professional expertise, and we're not shy about doing that. >> narrator: the process of permitting a mine can go on for years. the open-ended procedure means that the company can keep responding to agency questions. >> if the company can meet all the standards in their design, then we may have no choice but to permit it. if they can show that water quality will be protected, and that air quality will be protected and the fish and wildlife resource will be protected, then, you know, essentially they're due a permit. >> obviously the intent here is that, okay, to allow the project to go ahead if they can meet these requirements. >> as long as they keep beefing up the design, you know, at some point, you know, you would think we would have no choice but to say, "yeah, well, you're going to

here at the taste of chicago-- the city's largest food festival-- illinois department of natural resources working with its partners has found a sure-fire way of getting people to try it. by grilling it up and giving it away. >> you just mention the word carp and people make a face first and then i convince them to try it and then they go into the store and buy it. >> reporter: free food means long lines and open minds. >> it's really fantastic. it's really well seasoned and it's moist. it's yummy. people should try it. >> reporter: in case it catches scientists are also studying the longterm prospects of keeping up with potential demand. james garvey is the director of the center for fisheries, aquaculture and aquatic sciences at southern illinois university. >> see you've got some nice resolution now. >> reporter: for the last year garvey has been sailing the illinois river and literally counting asian carp. using sophisticated equipment much like the sonar on a submarine the team is scanning the waters. the siu research is important for commercial fishermen because knowing how many fish

. >> reporter: dave and his friends aren't the only ones, department of natural resources police tell us that since 2003, there have been 3 serious wrecks here at the south jetty, with 6 people hurt, and one person killed. that one death keith says should be all it takes to light up this wall. >> there has been three accidents, a fatality. one death, what do you have to have three deaths to meet a mark to have you have to put lights on it or five deaths? >> reporter: one is enough for this commissioner. >> it's a shame it takes an event like this but i think it's important that something be done. >> reporter: he wants to see lights on the jetty, calling it a navigational hazard. as for who puts them there, that's another story. he sent letters to dnr, army corps of engineers, the coast guard, asking for a solution. >> to see what we need to be doing to make this the narrows safe when it comes to boating at night. >> they got to figure out who owns it. the army corps says dnr built the jetty and maintains it. dnr says they gave the county a grant to build the wall in 75 so they own it.

here deep dish pizza eli's cheesecake things of that nature also be an exotic yes asian carp sliders courtesy of fish illinois department of natural resourcesback to you >> tom skilling seven day forecast >> the weather looks nice for the start of the the taste for sure beautiful day tomorrow with light wind lots of sunshine a look at this right in the heart of the heat last week at this time. now to the west. look at the 86 degrees canada northwest territories and not far from the arctic regions midnight sun is out this time of the year pretty amazing. ifseven day forecast. could brent widely scattered much needed to thunderstorms. these heat will build after that talking about mid-upper 90s by the middle of next week. my air conditioner is all set. the action whether airconditioner ready to go but not tonight. see you later. >> 40 "moms to be" the military connections honored with a baby shower in the loop up to "operation shower" hosted by northern trust bank. spouses serpent and the national guard army navy and marines. receipt so-called shot or nt box collection of gifts donated by various companies. stint shameless criminal stealing a

. >> we thought that the negotiations with representatives from the department of natural resources theyresented a case for us. unless somebody stepped forward these parts were going to be closed. >> this group raised $279,000 to save this park. east of morgan hill from the budget. at least $20 million of the $54 million was hit in by state park and recreation officials came from these from backpackers and other reallocated fees for extended use. >> this is obvious the money provided by the california and citizens juit does not make sense that it should not go back to the california parks. particularly in these difficult times. >>reporter: they're demanding that things are made right. to keep these state parks open. if not want their money back. and morgan hill, kron 4. >> jacqueline: temperatures have been below average. with nearly closer to average with upper 80s on the inland valleys and low 90s by sunday, monday. we will have less fog. and we will see fog for the coast in the bayshore. it will not be quite that extensive. temperatures will be continue to increase by monday. going ou

he's then a field conservation warden at wisconsin's department of natural resources. >> they advisede that the bank had been robbed and that the suspects were last seen heading west out of town. >> peery learns the two robbers have jumped out of the getaway car and are fleeing on foot. the driver of the car, 50-year-old rudolf frenzer continues on with several officers on his tail. before long, warden peery has a gray four-door sedan in his sights. >> i assumed that that was probably the suspect vehicle. and my assumption was correct. >> copy, plate number 252, paul, john, john. >> rusk county deputies jeff wallace and riley comit are both in communication with peery and zeroing in on the suspect's location. >> i heard the warden peery say he was in pursuit of the suspect vehicle heading southbound in my direction. so i then took some back roads and tried to get over to the area where he was. >> peery chases the suspect at more than 100 miles an hour. when he makes a wide turn around a corner, the suspect's car goes into a ditch on the side of the road. the officer takes advantage. >

the department of natural resources said crabbing in the upper chesapeake bay is slowing because the crabbing season started early because of the warm spring. they reached record levels in the bay this year. more than 750,000 this year, up more than 75% from last year, but most are still juveniles and can't be caught until late summer or early fall. have to wait until then. >>> we now know who will be the third american women to run the. that means felix will get the final spot on the olympic team. the sprinters were supposed to race last night, more than a week after they finished in a dead heat during the olympic trials. >> i pretty much told her, allison, i'm not in the right place to run this race. i don't want to do a run off or a coin toss and you can run this and i wish you the best of luck in the 100 and 200 in the relays. we wish both women the best. >>> well, today a team of researchers will begin an expedition to try, once again, to solve one of this country's great histories. kristen dahlgren has more on the expedition. >> reporter: she was a pioneer of flight whose feat m

the department of natural resources says that crabbing in the upper chesapeake bay is slowing. t's likely because the crabbing season started early because of the warm spring. crabs can still be found at record levels in the bay. and an annual survey found there are more than 750,000 this year. that's up more than 75% from last year. but most are still juveniles and can't be caught until late summer or early fall. >>> this morning we know who will be the third american woman to run the 100 meter dash in the olympics. it didn't take a runoff to determine it. geneva tarma called off the highly anticipated race with her training partner felix. that means felix will get the final spot on the olympic team. the sprinters were supposed to race last night more than a week after they finished in a dead heat during the olympic trials. >> i pretty much told her, allison, i'm not in the right place to run this race. my decision is where it was before, i do not want to do a runoff or a coin toss. and you can -- you can run this and i wish you the best of luck in the 100 and 200 in the relays

of engineers. it is looking at things we need to reconstruct. how will we do that? how do you wanted to come back? natural and cultural resources, the departmentf the great history we have, the environment, and everything else as we move forward. we're going to have the four breakout sessions. we will go into this later about how we will integrate systems. these six recovery support functions are not stovepiped. someç of you mayç think you nd to go into each and every break out. theyç do cross over. that all depends on each other. çremember that as we workç toe integrated and move forward. they all work together. when we go out and to the fieldç using a presidential declaration as the starting peace -- piece, when we go and setup a joint field office,ç last year we haa record 98 disasters declared in the united states. about 0.5% or five of those, we deployed in federal disaster recovery coordinator to work with the communities and works through the issues. we still have folks out there from hud and other agencies providing recover its support functions. whether it is presidentially declared or not, who do you need out there immediately

for his son's experience, after team leaders led the group into the bay, after the department of land and natural resources officials warned the group they were not allowed to hike or kayak in the area. >> the people have shown poor judgment and extremely poor character. you lied to me to my face. and you know it. shame on you. >> reporter: in a statement to abc news, owner of bold earth teen adventures, they did, quote, the very best they could, under extremely difficult circumstances. the rogue wave swept five other people away with tyler that afternoon. all were rescued. one of them, another 15-year-old boy, is now recovering in a honolulu hospital. >> you saved lives on wednesday. you saved other families from this great sadness that we now feel. >> reporter: but the search for tyler ended monday evening. officia officials classifying tyler's disappearance a fatality. the his parents say, at this point, they are not considering legal action. >> our thoughts with them and their family. thanks, john. >>> we're going to turn, now, to a major consumer headache. for the last six months, the popular pain rel

of busy right now. the word from the state's natural resource department says the supplies are variable and the prices are high. that may sound conflicting, but the department says there is a survey that was out and the crab population in the bay had rebounded to record levels. remember that? well the problem is, most of those crabs, even though they are here, are undersized when it comes to taking them out of the ocean and cooking them. now they are not going to reach market size until later the summer or the fall. >> let's think of them as sliders. >> the u.s. women's gymnastic team heading to london for the olympics is one of the strongest ever assembled. >> just nod and say yes andrea. >>> as teresa garcia tells us the women are heavily favored to win the competition. >> reporter: gabby douglas and her teammates on the u.s. women's gymnastics team hope to soar above the competition in london. douglas eked out a win over favorite jordan wynn from the olympic trials. she moved two years ago to train. nicknamed the flying squirrel, douglas says the crowd helps motivate her. >> they are like come on squir

of senior positions in the justice department during the reagan and george h.w. bush administrations, including assistant deputy attorney general in the civil rights division and deputy assistant attorney general in the environment and natural resources division, attorney general in the office of legal policy. he was a graduate of yale university law school. thank you for being here, sir. please proceed. if you would, turn your microphone on. it's in that box in front of you there. >> thank you very much, senator durbin, for inviting me here today. i'm delighted to be here. let me just summarize briefly my written statement. the first point i make is that care has to be taken in defining the term "racial profiling." and in particular, i think that it's important to bear in mind that racial profiling is disparate treatment on the basis of race. good police activities that happen to have a disparate impact on the basis of race are not racial profiling. the second point i make is that the amount of racial profiling that occurs is frequently exaggerated and that care needs to be taken in analyzing the data in this area. all that said, racial profiling, as i define it, is a bad policy. and i oppose it for the reasons that many of my co-pa

department in an era of dwindling public resources. i do not think the opponents are anti-kids. they are deeply passionate about preserving natural areas in golden gate park. i am sympathetic, even though i fall on the other side of this project. i just want to talk briefly about what our parks are and changes in our parks. we hear a lot about keeping car parts exactly the way that they are and they should not changed. of course we need to embrace our parks for what they are. these parks change because our city changes. it is not what it was 50 or 100 years ago. the needs of our community are constantly changing. parks of first and foremost are for people. it is for the use of the people of san francisco and visitors and people and adults. keith if that means to sometimes make a physical change to a park, we need to do that. i do not believe in freezing a park in time because that is the way it was 50 or 100 years ago. i think this was an excellent project. it will have excellent benefits for the people of san francisco. >> supervisor farrell. supervisor farrell: i want to agree with your comments. i fully agree with the personal

department at the world health organization. he was president of dartmouth college before joining the world bank. kim is the bank's 12th president. kim its expected to help developing countries cope with rising prices for natural resourcesnd food. >>> at first glance the people on the russian east coast seem firmly rooted, they revitalized city turned it into an energy hub. but many young people feel wistful about a bygone area. >> reporter: the days of the czars return at this ball in russia. ♪ men and women perform the dance. the way it was done in the royal court of 19th century russia. recently, many young russians have become keen on live as it was lived when the romanovs ruled. >> translator: i am wearing a silk hat and gloves. i came dressed in a costume from the time period. >> translator: the atmosphere, mood and costumes are all great. >> reporter: she learned the dancing in a college course and was charmed by its elegance. she was especially drawn to the images of court women in formal gowns. she said the world wasn't so frantic in the 19th century. to get an idea of what life was like, she started making her own period dresses. so far, she has made more than 20. >> when you dance the court dance it feels so

the department of energy the responsibility for department of interior-funded radiological monitoring at former u.s. nuclear test sites, has long been overseen by the committee on natural resources. the second section, which confirms the continuing eligibility of u.s. manage straits to participate in judicial exchange programs is primarily overseen by the committee on the judiciary. and the third section involving a domestic work force issue is overseen by the committee on education and the work force. all of these committees have reviewed the bill, waived additional action and consented to today's suspension consideration of the bill. i want to thank those committees for their consideration and their input. and at this point, i ask unanimous consent to enter into the record the letters from the chairman of judiciary, mr. smith , the chairman of the education and work force committee, chairman kline on this bill. thank you. and with that, i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from from american samoa. mr. faleomavaega: i express my deep appreciation to the gentlelady from florida, chairman of the house committee on fo

of previous events prior to the nidis legislation. nidis' ability is strongly dependent on an enabling observational capability. these include the usda natural resources conservation services, the usgs water census under the department of interior's water smart efforts, stream flow and reservoir levels from the u.s. army corps of engineers and the national weather service cooperative program. the university of nebraska at lincoln works actively with nidis to improve and inform drought planning at every level. while onset is important, warning of drought intensification, warnings of duration and the potential recurrence are also critical. to achieve the thoroughly national drought early warning presence envisioned by the nidis act requires improvements that nidis has begun to address. these include understanding drought variability and forecast reliability from a season to a year and even to a decade. including understanding the role of precipitation vents in ending drought. collaboration among researchers, resource managers and the public to enhance the use and the value of our existing observation networks and the transfer of successful tools and approaches to regions not yet having active early warning systems. mo

of the power grid. this isn't exotic. we just had another public hearing on the energy and natural resources committee and were warned yet again of what the department of homeland security documented back in 2007 in their aurora exercise that our power grid nationally interconnected, vital to the modern economy, is fragile, is vulnerable to cyber attacks. we've seen this unfold overseas. estonia was the victim of a comprehensive cyber attack. and they saw also in 2007 banks, media outlets, government entities that collapsed. bank cards, government phones, mobile services over a three-week period completely shut down. is there a real threat? absolutely. are we doing enough to face it? i don't think so. i don't think we've yet done enough. there's legislation that's been brought forward by a whole group of senators, led by senators lieberman and collins, that i hope this body will turn to in the days ahead and find ways to balance. as senator blumenthal said previously, we live in a country where we must continue to respect the powerful, passionate commitment to individual privacy and civil liberties. but i think we can, with narrowly targeted, approp

of the support resources it can carry out its mission. the entire project has been authorized but because of the nature of this project, the defense department will have to impress phaser face or implement of funding and the congress will have to implement until the command control center is complete. this would require more than one or two years. we have already talked about the constrained budgets facing a sequestration. hard choices need to be made within the department of defense and i'd know this has been and will continue to be a hard choice. but i also believe that projects for this mission for cyber, missile defense, nuclear command and control, these threats will not likely dissipate. can you speak to why a new stratcom headquarter continues to be a priority for the air force as well as part of a joint command effort that is imperative for our national security? >> thank you, senator. as you know the air force has been supportive of the development of this project. if confirmed i will continue to do so. i do think the command-and-control capabilities will provide -- the secretary of secretary of defense and the president and the nat

decades of experience in the financial world stated in his testimony before the senate energy and natural resources committee that if the paramount issue is taxpayer recovery, he believes the department should have some flexibility may emphasize flexibility to subordinate when necessary. in conclusion with your support, we look forward to continuing to promote opportunities for the united states to stay at the forefront of innovation in clean energy generation manufacturing for supporting projects that create jobs and administering the title 17 programs we are continuously striving to improve our systems and processes in order to manage loan, transactions and portfolios in the most effective and efficient manner possible all the while with the interest of the u.s. taxpayer is our foremost concern. thank you very much for inviting me here today and i look forward to responding to your questions. >> thank you very much, her frantz. dr. hogan, you are not recognized. the red box gives you the chance to stop. >> chairman whitfield, stearns, ranking member roche and dig at, i thank you for the opportunity to discuss the department efforts to improve energy efficiency of the federal govern

decades of experience in the financial world stated in his testimony before the senate energy and natural resources committee that if the paramount issue is taxpayer recovery, he believes the department should have some flexibility, and i emphasize flexibility, to subordinate when necessary. in conclusion, mr. chairman, with your support we look forward to continuing to promote opportunities for the united states to stay at the forefront of innovation and clean energy generation and manufacturing while supporting projects that create jobs and reduce pollution. in administering the title 17 programs, we are continuously striving to improve our systems and processes in order to manage loans, transactions and portfolios in the most effective and efficient manner possible, all the while with the interests of the u.s. taxpayer as our foremost concern. thank you very much again, mr. chairman, for inviting me here today. i look forward to responding to your questions. >> thank you, mr. frantz. dr. hogan, you're now recognized for five minutes, and there is a little box on the desk that when it says red, that means stop. i won't stop you immediately, but it'll give you some semblance where y