and they feel like fema just gutted them. gutted them. >> kieserman: the fact that that's the experience they had with their insurance companies their engineers, their adjusters in a fema-funded program, that's unacceptable. >> alfonsi: so are you going to make it right? >> kieserman: i am. as you know, i'm doing everything i can in the midst of negotiations to try to make that right. let's face it, i don't have unlimited authority. i can't wave a magic wand and make all of this right for everyone. >> alfonsi: making it right for every victim of the fraud in the aftermath of hurricane sandy is the goal of oversight hearings that senators gillibrand and schumer of new york and menendez and booker of new jersey plan to call for tomorrow. >> cbs money watch update sponsored by: >> glor: good evening. iran says it would allow google and other internet companies currently banned if they respected cultural rules. samsung launched its newest smartphones, the galaxy s6 and the s6 edge. and a massachusetts couple has delivered boxes o

doug quinn is happy that fema is opening cases of 144,000 fema victims who believes that engineering reports were altered in order to lower insurance payments. >> they got caught and did not come forward and volunteer to help us. >> his house in silverton was badly damage in the storm but fema paid $92,000 on a $250 dhous policy. my engineer came out and said this is clearly sandy damage and they said no this is long-term earth movement here before the storm, even though i have pictures before the storm showing it was not there. >> teresa reynolds says her estimate was $175,000 and she got $55,000. >> i don't think you ever get as much as you hope they will. will you ask them to look at your claim again after my plans are approved. >> a group called stop fema now says the agency has to move quickly. it's a step in the right direction for what fema is doing but it's hard to have final when the insurance companies guided by fema strung us along for two and a half years fema will develop a review process and notify sandy victims by mail that they can reopen their cases. i'm nora muchani

. >>> still to come new allegations of fema fraud.storm sandy victims still fighting the government for funds. >>> plus the challenges facing ferguson's next police chief, rebuilding a force and easing racial tensions. we'll talk to one police chief who did just that. ♪ >>> so just a few minutes ago, st. louis county police and the missouri highway patrol assumed control of any protests tonight. a mostly peaceful protest turned dangerous last night when two police officers were shot. die annest tobruk is here. >> reporter: tony the police have questioned several people today, all of those were released and as yet no arrests have been made. but a massive manhunt is still underway for the person or persons who shot two police officers early this morning. [ gunfire ] [ censor bleep ] [ groaning ] >> reporter: the shooting happened outside of the ferguson police department where protesters had gathered after the announced resignation of ferguson police chief tom jackson. there have been several protests here over the course of the summer

what they want is help. >> the president ordered fema to help. fema spent lots of money. nbc's anchors noticed that the private recovery work was much more efficient. there's fema and then there's the faith based fema. >> if you wait for the government you will be in for an awful long wait. >> sam porter is one harry has been talking about. >> the logo. >> he's the leader of oklahoma baptist disaster relief. >> volunteers got bull dosers and cleared tornado debris from more than a thousand homes. >> i have been to disasters all over the world tsunamis earthquakes hurricanes any time there's a storm or any kind of destruction anywhere we are on it immediately. >> fema often takes forever. you government lovers are always talking about fixing government. it never gets fixed. the response to that should not be to throw up our hand and say fema is a copy it and doesn't do anything. >> you need a central agency to coordinate. >> you don't. you just need some americans who care. >> they brut in bob katz and bulldozers and went to work. >> within days the baptists gave them a ne

do you feel fema has been responsive to your concerns? >> not responsive enough. >> reporter: what did they do when you told them you were hearing complaints from your constituents? >> i put them on notice in june. the investigation didn't start until the end of the year. that's a long bit of time where i would have liked these claims to stop being denied, where i would like this litigation to not be continuing. >> reporter: she says she wants to figure out whether this was just negligence on fema's part or something more. senators are hoping to determine whether this is a problem that has been stretching back for years, back to hurricane katrina in 2005, charlie. >> rose: nancy, thanks. shares of lumber liquidators plunged 25% today after a "60 minutes" report last night raised questions about the safety of some of the flooring it sells. lab tests conducted for the broadcast found the flooring made in china, has levels of formaldehyde that exceeded california emissions standards. today in a filing with the securities and exchange commiss

while fema says it could reopen and review every insurance claim from super storm sandy. plus deep mist. aliens, meet ors, why did these enormous craters suddenly appear appear? ♪ ♪ >>> after week of relative calm, violence returns to ferguson, missouri. a peaceful protest outside the police station was shattered by gunshots. authorities called it an ambush. two officers shot. both released from the hospital today. tonight the search intensifies for the suspects. at the same time, a city reeling from anger anguish and unrest is facing more turmoil. attorney general eric holder did not minutes words when he talked about the shooting today. he called it disgusting and a courtly a action. >> what happened last night was a pure ambush. this was not someone trying to bring healing to ferguson. this was the damn punk, a punk who was trying to sew discord in an area that is try to get its act together and trying to bring together a community that has been fractured for too long. >> amateur video captured the moment the shooting hand early this morning. it came during that protes

. >>> officials at the emergency administration fema are reviewing sandy claims it could review more than 144,000 claims and this is how some insurance companies assessed the damage. nora muchanic is live at ortely beach, ocean county one the shore towns hit the hardest by the storms. >> this is welcome news from thousands of sandy victims that feel like they got a raw deal from fema, now they get a second chance when their claims were not paid. >> i am cautiously optimistic. >> doug is living out a rented home and battling with his insure company and fema, he was insured for a quarter million dollars he was paid roughly $92,000 not enough to pay his claim in silverton. the only way they reviewed claims was that people were being lied to. >> you can't make what we went through for the last two and a half years go away but we can see that before all is said and done, maybe we'll be made whole to a certain degree. >> the leader of a group called stop fema now is saying it's hard to have faith in an agency that strung you along all along. >> we are looking to get paid in full in a timel

>> no. >> how sweeping are fema's changes? a spokesman tells me the agency will try to resolve all 2200 lawsuits against it including that of mcalinden's meanwhile, the top two flood officials have resigned. in tom's river, brian thompson nbc 10 news. >>> coming up next on nbc 10 news at 6:00 preparing to say good-bye to a fallen nbc police officer. >> we talked to the police commissioner for officer wilson's services and how they're coping with the tragedy. >> security firm on school campuses. one community weighing its options to best protect students without breaking the purse strings. >> nice weather to end the week. changes are moving in for the weekend and i'm tracking the rain and when to expect it. my xfr first alert. >>> nbc 10 news starts now. >>> we come together and we'll get them through it. we'll get the family through it. >> preparing to say good-bye to one of their own. police officers from around the country will make their way to philadelphia tomorrow to honor fallen officer robert wilson iii. officer wilson

fema agreed to reopen claims filed by nearly 142,000 homeowners. that announcement follows concerns that many homeowners have been underpaid. it does not affect some 2,200 homeowners who already filed suit and are in settlement talks with fema. >>> now, your nbc 10 first alert weather. with meteorologist sheena parveen. >> well a nice day today. i hope you enjoyed it. tomorrow is going to be a nice day, too. it's just going to be a little cooler than today, about ten degrees cooler. so today is actually the warmest day since december of 2014. christmas day was the last time we were in the mid-60s. today we got to the low 60s. 61 degrees, that was our high. average high temperature 51 degrees. we were ten degrees above that today. tomorrow we'll be down around average again. 50 degrees. about ten degrees cooler tomorrow. by friday, we are right around the low 50s. right where we should be this time of the year. seasonable weather is in the forecast. today was above normal. rainy as we go into your weekend. we're tracking quite a bit of rain for your

live in berkeley, i'm da lin, kpix 5. >> the plan fema released yesterday would cost taxpayers close to $6 million. it's a 10-year project to thin out the berkeley and oakland hills. >>> it's going to take months to clear the cargo backup at the port of oakland. labor dispute between dock workers and port operators dragged on for months bringing shipping to a halt. now that the contract fight is over, things are beginning to move again. there are still five ships waiting to dock but that's down from 20 just a few weeks ago. >>> some teachers in oakland are illustrating how much work they say they have to do for free. they held a grade-in at oakland technical high school grading stacks of paper. it's to show the public and the district the loads of work they have to do after hours. this is how they are putting pressure on the district to agree to their demands in their new contract. >> the school district says we are only working 6.5 hours a day. we're working 10 to 12 hours a day in reality. >> teacher salaries in oakland are the lowest in alameda county and in the country. >>> more

the companies say it isn't true, but fema says it will reopen as many as 144,000 claims. in another report on the same "60 minutes" broadcast, a potentially poisonous flooring was exposed flooring that is made in china. today the c.e.o. of lumber liquidators defended his product, but he also made a surprising admission, and here's carter evans. >> reporter: when "60 minutes" went undercover at three chinese factories that produced laminate flooring for lumber liquidators it exposed excessive levels of the cancer-causing chemical formaldehyde in the parts that make up the wood board. at the time the company president told anderson cooper the flooring complied with strict standards set by the california air resources board also known as carb. >> we neefer going to sell something that's unsafe. >> >> reporter: employees at the factory told a different story. >> [inaudible]. >> meaning it didn't meet the company's standard. today lumber liquidators liquidators c.e.o. rob lynch revealed carb's preliminary test revealed high levels of formaldehyde before "60 minutes" report. >>

fema is in the process of notifying people about the review. >> and we are looking at more eagles news this noon, demarco murray is reportedly due to a visit to philadelphia today. this comes after long time friend sam bradford was announced as the new quarterback. jeff skversky is here now. >> hey guys, a source confirms that former cowboy demarco murray is on his way to philadelphia to meet with chip kelly and the eagles if all goes well with the meeting, murray would become an eagle by the end of the day. but do not count out the dallas cowboys for making a late offer. the last four seasons with everyone's favorite team, the 27-year-old is a to time pro bowler and rushed for over 1800 yards last year and had 13 rushing touch downs and no one had more. and sam bradford was murray's college roommate in oklahoma. and was recruiting him to come to philadelphia as well. here is what he said yesterday. >> absolutely, i am trying my hardest, i called him and texted him and we are in communication, if we could land demarco, it would be a great pickup, he is a great player and a close fend o

i have a question for fema. look, if you're a state, a governor, you already don't have a plan for a hurricane, you're already a bad governor. so i want to know, what i want to know is, big changes are going to happen related to climate change that we didn't already have before? we had tornadoes. read the bible. we have had floods for time in memorial. david: that's right. one of the governors involved, cheryl is bobby jindal, governor of louisiana. we know katrina, another hurricane will new orleans in the future. what happens if they lose federal money? >> there will be egg on the face of the president at that time. what is interesting, not just about fema. we've seen the push into regulation through the epa. look what the administration does with the epa recently, really overstepping. david: outrageous. >> it is scary. david: comingp next do do if you're the president don't like a business for some reason or another? do you cut off their funding? we'll debate operation choke point. we'll look at what is going

. >>> homeowners who suffered flood damage the federal emergency manage see, fema said it is going toeview all flail claims from that storm as eric a pitz reports, some families have been living in ter temporary home for more than two years. >> our camper 26 feet. this is my daughter's room. we gave her the queen size room so she would have her own sense of normalcy. my husband sleeps here on the couch, which i make every night and every day. and over here is the kitchen table which i fold down and i sleep on. >> this is how faith viskin and her family have been living since sandy flooded that i had home with eight feet of water in october of 2012. >> it's terrible. you make do with what you need. you find out you can be a simple person. >> her only desire is to get her family back home. >> every day is a fight. how many letters do we need to write today? how many phone calls do i need to make today? how much to get my family through each day? >> my hardest part. >> plus their bills amount to $2,500 a month. >> homeowners insurance, flood insurance, mortgage even though i am not there

. >>> a neighborhood group is suing fema over its fire prevention plan for the east bay hills. earlier this month fema announced it would pay $5.6 million to remove tens of thousands of eucalyptus trees in the hills. however they object to that. several other organizations have asked fema for the funding to cut down the eucalyptus trees. >>> santa clara valley water district is due to consider a very aggressive dry conservation move. they are planning on reducing water use by 30 minutes. now that recommendation will be talked about today. a 30% reduction would be among the largest in the bay area. >>> right now 5:11. and we are following developing news from vallejo. an active search under way for a woman who may have been kidnapped for ransom. coming up at 5:30, the potential clue that investigators are now focusing on. but first. >> it was terrible. it was like metal on metal scraping. real loud. and men yelling. oh my god, oh my god. >> a woman in martinez crushed by a gravel truck as she sat in her car. the efforts to save her. >> good morning. we are looking at a commute w

. >>> well fema is going to take a second look at some superstorm sandy victims insurance claims. the agency agreed wednesday to reopen claims filed by nearly 142,000 homeowners. this announcement follows concerns that many homeowners have been underpaid. the move will not affect some 2200 homeowners who have already filed suit and are in settlement talks with fema. >> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist brittney shipp. >>> good morning. as we head into your thursday expect plenty of sunshine. temperatures warming close to average. not quite as warm as what we saw yesterday. yesterday was a treat with temperatures into the low 60s. as far as today is concerned, we're going to stay in the low 50s for most of our region. but at least it will be dry. and as we head into the rest of your weekend, we are going to see rain moving in. so if we take a closer look we are seeing clear conditions, but plenty of sunshine is what you can expect as we head into the rest of today. so if we take a closer look at your headlines, plenty of sunshine today. weekend rain expected. a

private companies handled the cases for fema and an official for the agency has confirmed at least one potential fraud case from late 2013. but the senators say they were never notified and they believe many more homeowners were denied claims based on altered engineering reports. >> many people lost everything and then when it came to getting collection from their insurance companies they find out that the insurance companies were playing games. >> the insurer does not earn money by reducing the value of the claim to the policyholder. and so there's no financial incentive for an insurer to do this. >> more than 1100 sandy victims in new jersey are suing their insurers and fema for under payment claims filed after the 2012 storm. >> let's turn to karen rogers. things are mild right now but you say by this afternoon it's going to be very different. >> yeah, absolutely right. i think february was so cold that people just have been hang on for march and now that it's here all kinds of weather problems. let's take a look at storm tracker 6 live double scan. we're dry in our current region.

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naturales que regularmente afectan a regiones del paÍs la agencia federal de manejo de emergencias femaayudar a la comunidad hispana en momentos de necesidad. >> la comunidad hispana es la mÁs grande de estados unidos donde sea que vayamos vamos a encontrar comunidades hispanas , nosotros invitamos a todos los jÓvenes que hablen espaÑol que estÉn interesados y que estÉn entre 18 y 24 aÑos a que vean este programa. illia: reciben los jÓvenes 5500 $ para ayudar a pagar la universidad como incentivo. >> todos se merecen la misma ayuda pero la gente no sabe, porque no entienden el idioma del inglÉs. fernando: el programa le enseÑa a los jÓvenes el manejo de situaciones de emergencia y como prevenirlas. >> esto es para todos los hispanos de estados unidos. fernando: el paso es Ésta habrÍa el plazo es hasta abril y deben ir a la pÁgina medicore o llamar al nÚmero en pantalla. illia: gracias fernando. ya regresamos. illia: al regresar les traemos consejos para evitar sanciones a la hora de llenar su declaraciÓn de impuestos. illia: muchos hispanos estÁn siendo penalizados por no contar con cob

. >> reporter: new fema rules would complicate the ability of governors who are skeptical of climate change to receive federal disaster preparaedness money requiring states including changes in weather pattern. >> this is another example of the inmates in washington, d.c. this is coercion. think about what the obama administration is doing. if you want some of your own tax dollars back you have to submit to our liberal ideology. >> it is astounding that a governor of louisiana, a state hammered by natural disasters as well as by the oil spill a few years ago would complain about the fact that the federal government wants state and local governments to do best job they can at planning for future disasters. >> reporter: the policy wouldn't effect funding for disaster recovery but rather for disaster preparation. jindal says in louisiana that means the potential loss of $2 billion over five years. >> these are dollars used for things like elevating safehouses. for medical responders in st. tammany parish to shelter in place to help people who have critical needs. >> reporter: governor j

anyone affected will get a letter from fema about the review process. nora muchanic will have more on that coming up at 5:00. >>> i looked but couldn't find one, not a single cloud in the sky. >> not as warm as yesterday but you will not hear a complaint out of us. the sun is still shining. >> too bad i would give you a dollar for every cloud you found. despite a step down in temperature this is normal for this time of year. right now in philadelphia 51 degrees, washington near 60 and 62 in richmond with the northerly wind, notice to the north buffalo and binghamton, that is because of the deeper snow pack there and snow around our region we were able to move the temperatures out of the 30s and 40s. peak wind gust 38 miles per hour it was very breezy at times, near 30 miles per hour in allentown and 36 for millville and atlantic city close to 40 miles per hour. high pressure is in control squashing the clouds and the high pressure stays in control and as we look ahead to the accuweather forecast, we'll have a chilly overnight and 50s stick around and ch

. >> structural engineer is co-authoring a report on the napa earthquake for fema. he saw our first story and the photos concerned her so much that she added schools to her report. >> we would have been mourning the loss of students had it been a different time of day. >> california is home to stringent school construction standards. >> i get many people from around the world coming in and asking why california schools do so well in earthquakes. >> schools have come a long ways structurally but the non-structural elements are another matter. >> i don't know that all the non-structural hazards have been evaluated and mitigated as well as the structural hazards. >> for example, take lights. overhead pendant lights come from napa. >> they have it very strong and fighting with others. >> sit a little disheartening. >> unacceptable since with the exception of a 5.3 kuwait in 1957 there hasn't been a significant earthquake during school hours. some schools may not have had a tsa review in years or decades. another danger displaced funture show and shove equipment show up

we had issues with fema for quite a while. >> reporter: officials say they first thought fema would pay the entire cost of constructing a new firehouse but the agency later decided that the building could, instead, be rehabbed. city leaders then determined an yishl plan to reb oe vat and expand was too costly so a less expensive option had to be drafted. >> it's time to get back into a regular station. >> reporter: the firefighters say, enough is enough. >> they're here 24 hours a day to protect and serve the citizens of ocean city and they do deserve better. >> reporter: city officials say the process of bidding and awarding a construction contract will take place over the next couple months. the hope is to have the firehouse ready to use by the end of this year or early 2016. until then the firefighters will stay in the trailer. live in ocean city, i'm ted greenberg, "nbc10 news." >>> next all new on "nbc10 news" at 5:00 if you drive, chances are, you've hit, well too many potholes. >> but what are something like these small yellow pieces could prevent the seasonal craters from ever o

fema has worked towards vegetation management. they say cutting down tall trees doesn't get to the root of the problem. >> every place this has been done there is an immediate outbreak of hemlock, broom and poison oak, and they are very high fire prone. >> he believes the better approach is to removal the ground plants. >>> no rain in sight, instead, record warmth. here is a live look abc 7 news meteorologist is here with the weather. >> well ama, let's put it to you this way you will be hot enough to sweat it. looking at the east bay hills camera it really is just a beautiful view here. there are a lot of high clouds around. here are the records that are in jeopardy for tomorrow. we had a few records today in gilroy and salinas, liver morris expected to tie at 85. san jose expected to pass their record coming in at 83. and san francisco, you will be getting close. 74 is the forecast obviously, not that close. 81 is the record for the day. i'll be back with a look at perhaps if there are any changes in the forecast as we head towa

. >>> fema is going to be taking a second look at every flood insurance m fm sup sandy.es after accusations of underestimating the damage. a group of senators formed a tax force on this issue. fema also wants insurance companies to give homeowners access to the engineering reports. there are about 144,000 claims from superstorm sandy until 15 states and that includes maryland and virginia. and about 2,200 are involved in lawsuits. insurance compa nothing wrong. hi doug. >> hi, guys. it all. we can all just kind of do this right now because last week at this time -- it is one of those days you want to chill out, it's so nice. right? >> yeah. >> if you've got some time completely different. last week at this time we were talking about 4 to 10 inches of snow. everybody was like this last week. but today you can chill out. >> last thursday. >> a week ago today. >> doesn't it seem like that was ages ago? >> not to me wendy. not to me. out there right now take a look we're dealing with plenty of sunshine and most of that snow and most of the area is now gone. 58 degrees, winds

officials say they first thought fema would pay nearly the entire price of a completely new fire house, but the agency later decided the existing building could be rehabbed instead. on top of that an initial plan to renovate and expand was then determined to be too costly so it took time to draft a less expensive option. >> it's not an isolated incident when you have fema involved and, you know, just like people are dealing with recovery of their own homes and things of that nature. >> reporter: city officials hope to have the fire house ready to use again late this year or in early 2016. until then, firefighters will stay in the trailer. >> it's an embarrassment to the city and it's an embarrassment to the neighborhood. >> reporter: and i've learned there's a growing cost for the trailer as well. fire department officials tell me that so far the city has spent more than $40,000 to rent the trailer. that's exceeding its value of $30,000. live in ocean city, i'm ted greenberg, "nbc10 news." >>> peco customers may soon be paying more for electricity. next the reason the utility wants to

fema has worked towards vegetation management.g down tall trees doesn't get to the root of the problem. >> every place this has been done there is an immediate outbreak of hemlock, broom and poison oak, and they are very high fire prone. >> he believes the better approach is to removal the ground plants. >>> no rain in sight, instead, record warmth. here is a live look abc 7 news meteorologist is here with the weather. >> well ama, let's put it to you this way you will be hot enough to sweat it. looking at the east bay hills camera it really is just a beautiful view here. there are a lot of high clouds around. here are the records that are in jeopardy for tomorrow. we had a few records today in gilroy and salinas, liver morris expected to tie at 85. san jose expected to pass their record coming in at 83. and san francisco, you will be getting close. 74 is the forecast obviously, not that close. 81 is the record for the day. i'll be back with a look at perhaps if there are any changes in the forecast as we head towards the second h

he wants congress to pass the response act, which would establish a subcommittee under fema's national advisory council. that would address the training of first responders to handle these types of derailments. >> we have to make sure that when trains come through a community, if there is a derailment, that there's an action plan ready to deal with a derailment. >> just last week philadelphia city council passed a resolution asking the federal government to force rail companies to build safer tankers. there have been two crude oil derailments in philadelphia since last year. >>> today new flood insurance regulations went into effect in bucks county as part of the regulations, fema has created new flood maps. if you live in an area that's at risk of flooding, according to the map, you will be required to buy flood insurance because flood losses are not covered by homeowners insurance. >>> despite a mostly cloudy day, we warmed into the 50s today. >> chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is here now with the very latest. i was thinking that the snow would be over, glenn. >> no w

to lock everybody up in fema concentration camps in this country, turns out we had a little bit of it wrong. it's not going to happen under the communist dictator "nobama," it's going to happen on the dictator hillary clinton. i don't know if the freak-out has officially started already. but you can't say we really need camps for adults in this country. you can't say that as a democratic politician anymore without the right losing their minds for approximately a decade. but that is what hillary clinton said today. and this is what she meant by it. >> i have decided we really need camps for adults. [ laughter ] and we need the kind of camps that you all run. i mean, really, where, you know, none of the serious stuff, none of the, you know, life-challenge stuff, more fun. i think we have a huge fun deficit in america. [ applause ] and we need to figure out how to fill that fun deficit, certainly for our kids, but also for the rest of us. >> the fun deficit. that of the hillary clinton today speaking in atlantic city before an organization that runs summer camps for kids. everybody sayin

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fema has created new flood maps. if you live in an area that's at threat of flooding, you'll be required to get insurance. >>> skies are clear right now, we're going to see a nice dry day and a pretty good warmup too and see something we didn't see much of yesterday sunshine. and that's going to warm temperatures up. nice clear view looking across the delaware of center city. right now 34 degrees in philadelphia. the wind much less than yesterday. right now at 8 miles per hour out of the west-southwest. a few clouds at the pocono mountains, could be looking at snow flakes at this time tomorrow. there are some cold spots this morning. millville also just below freezing and close to the freezing mark for wilmington. currently 34 in saint davis, just a little bit chillier in new town square. typical for this time of year. it's still winter and the last days of winter. spring arrives later on friday. later tonight, we'll start to see clouds. first thing tomorrow morning see the rain moving into northern minnesota. it's g

. >> reporter: and now fema has stepped in issuing new guidelines demanding states consider climate change when planning for disasters or risk losing funding. but governor scott has repeatedly insisted there is no policy against mentioning climate change. >> first off that's untrue and our department of environmental protection, there's lots of conversations about this issue. from my standpoint like every issue my goal is, instead of talking about it, let's do something about it. >> like spending millions protecting the environment and defending florida from storms. north carolina kentucky, have passed laws considering climate change. dangerous in a state like florida particularly vulnerable to rising oceans. >> now they have to walk this tight rope, they can't talk honestly about climate change. difficult for them to move forward and make plans. >> she left her job in december. fixing the problems she said became too difficult because no one could talk about it clearly. jonathan betz, al jazeera miami. >> and as always there is lots more on our website wherever you are aljazeera.com. get

fema has worked towards vegetation management. they say cutting down tall trees doesn't get to the root of the problem. >> every place this has been done there is an immediate outbreak of hemlock, broom and poison oak, and they are very high fire prone. >> he believes the better approach is to removal the ground plants. >>> no rain in sight, instead, record warmth. here is a live look abc 7 news meteorologist is here with the weather. >> well ama, let's put it to you this way you will be hot enough to sweat it. looking at the east bay hills camera it really is just a beautiful view here. there are a lot of high clouds around. here are the records that are in jeopardy for tomorrow. we had a few records today in gilroy and salinas, liver morris expected to tie at 85. san jose expected to pass their record coming in at 83. and san francisco, you will be getting close. 74 is the forecast obviously, not that close. 81 is the record for the day. i'll be back with a look at perhaps if there are any changes in the forecast as we head towa

. >> more than 1100 sandy victims in new jersey are suing their insurers and fema for underpayment after the storm. >>> tom wolf is laying out his first budget plan at the state capital, today wolf called for more money for public schools and gave proposedor several pennsylvania taxes. >>> it's a heist that police say is straight out of a movie $4 million in gold was stolen in a bold highway theft. >> reporter: police say that you can be $50,000 richer today if you have information about a brazen highway theft that took place here. along this stretch of i-95 in north carolina. today residents are scratching their heads over a heist that seems lifted from a movie scrip. >> it doesn't make sense. not this close to home. >> approximately $4 million in gold bars were being transported from south florida to massachusetts. and engine trouble caused them to stop. >> i'm going to the truck stop. >> that is when three armed men overpowered security according to police the suspects ordered the victims to get on the ground and while on the ground the suspects tied their hands behind their backs and

fema and the state are expected to cover 94% of the repair costs. >>> the weather and atmosphere in san jose were at top-notch. a sellout crowd yesterday for the quakes's first regular season crowd in the largest stadium. many enjoyed the biggest outdoor bar in america. here's the first regular season goal at their new digs. >> harris garcia, track it go, the opening goal. >> the -- tracking it. >> the team beat chicago 2-1. >>> keeping lawns and gardens green this summer is going to be difficult but landscaping pros say it is not impossible. >> john ramos discovered they are coming up with new ways to battle the effects of drought. >> reporter: visitors to san francisco's garden show in san mateo were greeted by the usual lush greenery. >> some people are saying i have this lawn and i've turned the water off now it's gone brown. >> reporter: nearly every display featured hardscape materials and drought tolerant plants. an acknowledgement of california's dry conditions. one display captures rain coming off a roof, uses it to wash clothes, sends it through a decorative fountain and water

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fema and the office of emergency services are expected to cover most of the repair costs. it caused about $360 million in property damage. >>> it is a new era for the san jose earthquake with the big kick all for the stadium. >>reporter: 18,000 fans watched history unfold sunday. as the san jose earthquakes walked with a with a win 2- 1 over chicago fire. in the first season opener. >> it's a great stadium. everywhere last an amazing view. >>reporter: they came early to beat the long lines and some -- >> we thought let's give it a shot put the kids to work. >>reporter: looked for pop up parking lot like dave johnson selling spots at 20 bucks a pop. >> what made you decide on $20. >> the parking lot across the street is 25. >>reporter: once inside the stadium. >> biggest bar in america. >>reporter: fans grabbed a drink for the first time at the largest outdoor bar in north america. >> i shouldn't be working i should be in there checking out the bar. >> do you want 0 come? >> sure. i'm going to take a day off guys. >>reporter: sunday's game lotest ticket in the town that eve

an insurer to do this. >> more than 1100 sandy victims in new jersey are suing their insurers and femad after the 2012 storm. >> if you can make it to the weekend is there any good between then and now. >> a lot going on with the weather. and a lot you have to plan around myself included. let's take a look at storm tracker 6 live double scan around the region you're fine commuting this morning. we're dry through the area. starting to see those first flakes in harrisburg, not yet in our region. let's go outside. we want the see what it looks like. it's pretty out there to start you off. sky 6 looking live in hd at the center city skyline and seeing lots of blue. we're going get some sunshine but for those clouds overtake the region. look at the temperature though. 26 degrees, it's cold out there. the wind chill just 17. colder than yesterday morning. bundle up. the dewpoint 11. a lot of dry air in the atmosphere. we'll need to moisten that up before the snowfalls. the winds northerly at nine and the barometric pressure is holding steady. satellite6 and action radar are showing the cloud

bobby jindal says the obama administration is using fema dollars to get states to and i'm quoting submitl ideology. the new rules don't affect federal relief. but it may affect whether fema approves a state's funding for disaster planning. >> okay. >>> nine minutes before 9:00. >> big news. his holiness, coming to the u.s. after the break, when the pope is expected to arrive and some news and where he will be visiting. >>> christie houston told a new york radio station she's at piece with whatever happens because it's god's will. she said "if he works a miracle, thank god and if it happens the other way, i'm all right." bobby christine non's condition has not changed. she's still in a medically induce the coma. >>> there is a man from new york recovering from surgery who feels really good this morning. a get-well card from his father included a lottery ticket inside. it hit the jackpot. that ticket was worth $7 million. he said it was a good think he was already sitting down because he was so shocked after scratching off that ticket. he will collect a lump sum of $4.5 million. has not sa

fema has created new flood maps.f you live in an area at risk of flooding you'll be required to buy flood insurance. >>> you won't have to deal with flooded roads this morning. things are nice and dry out there. >> let's find out what you will have to do deal with. katy zachary has that. >> nice and dry is what we like guys. this is a live look at new jersey right now in cherry hill where we're seeing headlights picking up. no issues to report on 295. the garden state park way is looking clear this morning as well. right at spring dale road you will find there's road construction that's affecting things in the right lane and shoulder. you're going to just need to move over to the left of center and left-hand lane for that. no reported time on when that's going to be lifted. moving into pennsylvania right now, a live look at route 422 or rather a live look at your drive times between routes 29 and 76. about eight nine minutes in both directions. in a few minutes, we'll take a look at area bridges. mass transit is repo

fema and the offices of emergency services are expected to cover most of the repair costs.60 million in property damage. >>> the arrival of spring means it's time for gardeners to get serious, but the lack of water will prove a big challenge for those trying to keep things green this summer. kpix5's john ramos talked to professionals looking at new ways of gardening in our drought plagued state. >> reporter: visitors to today's flower and garden show in san mateo were greeted by the usual lush greenery, but inside the message was a little different. >> some people are coming in with older gardens and going i've got this lawn and turned the water off now and it's brown. perhaps we should think of something else here. >> reporter: nearly every display featured hardscape materials and drought tolerants plants and when water was evident, it was of the recycled variety. 1 display titled living waters captures rain coming off a roof, uses it to wash clothes, sends it through a decorative fountain and waters a garden without a drop coming from the tap. >> we don't have to change o

. >> structural year marianne phipps is koor thorring a report on the napa earthquake for fema.he stories we revealed concerned her so much she added schools to her report. >> had it been another time of day, it would have been a different story and we would have been mourning the loss of students. >> reporter: california is home to stringent school construction standards. the executive director of the seismic safety mission says our schools are the envy of the world. >> i get many people from around the world coming in asking about why california schools do so well in earthquakes. >> experts tell us schools have come a long way structurally but the nonstructural elements are another matter. >> i don't know that all the nonstructural hazards in classrooms have been evaluated and mitigated as well as the structural hazards have. >> reporter: takes for example lights. overhead pendant lights fell in napa. they can be sharp and weigh up to 80 pounds. >> one piece is kind of swinging around like this. that's a dangerous featuring >> dangerous but not unusual. lights fell in 2010. no