friend of his had a flotation device so he gave gibson his life vest. gibson said he was separated from the others and was alone in the sea for at least nine hours. then finally off in the distance he saw some rocks and a beach. >> being a basketball fan, i said you have to be like the lakers. you can't be like miami who let dallas come back on them. you have to continue to struggle. dance with the girl you brung. keep swimming. my knees buckled because the wave was powerful. i thought i would die here. >> reporter: gibson said at that point he began to pray. >> i need just a push to get to that island. as i'm back floating i got close and i made a turn and huge wave came and pushed me toward the island. >> reporter: once on land, a small fishing boat came by and gibson was rescued by the mexican navy. even though it's been almost a week since the boat sank, gibson has not given up hope his seven comrades will also be found alive. >> if i made it to an island, they can. i just hope they are somewhere on one of those islands out there waiting to be helpe

actor, director, mel gibson's drunken out andwurst comedian, robin williams, self imposed check in at a rehab clinic spotlighted alcohol abuse. but the problem hits much closer to home than hollywood. a new study of teenage drinking and drug usury vels that one-half of all used 17 years old say that marijuana, cocaine and alcohol are common at house parties where parents are present. is substance abuse the new national pastime? we'll ask joe call fon oh, director of the national center on addiction and substance abuse. kaf if. for such a small if i live to a hundred. if social security isn't enough. if my heart gets broken. if she says yes. we believe if should never hold you back. if should be managed with a plan that builds on what you already have. together we can create a personal safety net, a launching pad, for all those brilliant ifs in the middle of life. you can call on our expertise and get guarantees for the if in life. after all, we're metlife. >>> welcome secretary califano. >> nice to be with you. >> pleasure to have you with us. mel gibson was arrested in malibu, califo

gibson, however, did not join in that criticism.ive in san francisco tonight monty francis, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. >>> governor jerry brown signed a new law this weekend making easier for schools to punish student who is bully other kids online. elise kirschner spoke to the bay area lawmaker who introduced the legislation. and the mother of a victim of cyber bullying. >> there's been an anti-bullying law on the books here in california for the last 15 years, it's never included social networking sites like facebook here. back when the law was introduced, there were 20,000 users, now it's approaching a billion, and half of all teens say they've been bullied online. >> you have 3500 in one month. >> receiving text message after hurtful text message. >> she was a lesbian, she had aids and was spreading it. she was bisexual. >> after months of being cyber bullied, her daughter couldn't take it any more. >> december 11th of 2008 she went into the bathroom at delmar high school, took her sweatshirt and hung herself. >> now she's

gibson did not join in that criticism. he has hope that the other seven who are still missing are somewhere on a remote island like he was just waiting to be rescued. live in san francisco, monty francis, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, monty. >>> southern california's playing host to perhaps the most famous couple in the world who don't get their fame from hollywood. prince william and catherine are drawing plenty of crowds. tracie potts joins us from santa barbara county with the latest. >> reporter: this is a perfect day to get all dressed up for a polo match, that's what hundreds of people did here today. we've seen the royal couple in the last day of their trip here to the united states, smiling and shaking hands, lots of photo ops, but today for the first time we got to see them in action. >> in california, where seeing celebrities is no big deal, even vip's are impressed. >> they've managed to carry themselves royally. >> prince william and the duchess of cambridge made a grand entrance, smiling but answering no qu

charles gibson is now sharing his harrowing experience with local media.ve more on the story. >> after i saw the ship pointed this direction, just like the titanic, it went slowly down into the water. >> charles gibson is the latest returning bay area survivor, describing the last image he had of the sinking ship. >> i saw the ocean and the wind and the high waves. and at that point, a huge wave came and knocked me off the ship and i was in the water. >> it was that huge wave caused by a sunday storm that capsized the 115-foot boat in a matter of seconds. all 27 passengers and crew were tossed into the sea of cortez. just off the coast of mexico. >> there is a lot of chaos. because it was pitch black. the ship went down. and it was dark. and there was a smell of diesel, the burning fuel on your body. not knowing where you were. >> reporter: at first, gibson and several of the crew and passengers clung together, using life vests and coolers like these. despite their team work, the force of the violent waves finally broke them apart. now, alone, gibson, who

gibson says he swam for hours, and a friend of his had a flotation device so he gave gibson his life vest. he was alone in the sea for nine hours, finally off in the distance he saw land. >> a lot of things go through your mind when you're trying to survive and stay alive. and so beak a basketball fan, i said, you have to be like the lakers, youen cats be like miami. you have to continue to go with it, the side stroke brought you here, keep stroking. >> he made it to a remote island where he was finally rescued by the mexican navy. some of the survivors have leveled criticism at the captain and screw. gibson did not join in the criticism. he has hope that the other seven still missing are somewhere on a remote island like he was, just waiting to be rescued. monty francis, nbc bay area news. >> he had a good attitude about the side stroke. >>> governor jerry brown just signed a new law, making it easier for schools to punish students who bully other kids on line. elise kirschner just spoke to the bay area lawmaker who introduced that legislation. elise? >> reporter: back in 196 when t

you around this little boy for the past twenty years larry gibson and his family have been fighting to preserve their ancestral home place on kafer down outside charleston west virginia when i met with the coal company to ride on my property here me and my family members and they tell me it we don't give a damn about people and have her car and we don't give a damn about the people on top of that mountain all we care about is property we are making and it was the dollar it was her body and the power. no in between there and it is a vice president cultural reduction in eugene kids from magical and i can rightly tell me this gibson created the stanley heirs foundation refusing to sell his family's fifty plus acres to coal companies for mountaintop removal began his family cemetery was surrounded by mountain ridges today the family cemetery looks out on reclaimed mountaintop removal sites eighteen years ago when i came back and it took me four years a criminal family cemetery and in one thousand nine hundred ninety and now on the third arrest eighteen year ago when i started this i couldn

we have debbie gibson.ing the headband. elizabeth rocking the lace glove. >> i never wore this in the '80s. my first time, i'm psyched. >> doesn't it make -- it brings back such nostalgia. all of us have huge smiles on our faces. so, thank you. >> we'll spend a lot of this hour reliving parts of the 1980s. >>> but we have a few other stories we'll be talking about. for example, one of the richest young women in the world, only 22, worth a billion dollars. bought one of the most enormous mansions in the united states, the spelling mansion, built in the '80s, i think. huge mansion she just bought. why does a woman like this need all that space? and what is it like to be that rich? nick watt is going to find out in a way only nick watt can. >>> also ahead, hollywood sweethearts nick lachey and vanessa minnillo. we congratulate them. they just got married. it was top-secret. so, how did they pull off their dream wedding? we got inside scoop and we'll share it with you coming up. >> great. all coming up but firs

gibson uses the land of k. for him to educate the public about the effects of mountaintop removal one of the biggest questions people asked me if i have a picture of the mountain before was destroyed. here people know. i said you take a picture of a mountain for it's going to be here for every. day by day seventy five hundred acres of active mountaintop removal mine continue to encircle his property another family cemetery sits across the ridge on the active mine site although regulations require the family members have access to the cemeteries requests are often not easily granted on memorial day of two thousand and six gibson and a group of supporters make a trip to the cemetery i want a day where we're going to go on the mine site in the cemetery over there and we've got to how lord around in different things going on and i it's just to me it's the whole idea would be short and probably count forty or gold it could get to cold even under a graveyard. after filling out a jennifer case and release forms the gr

gibson. we pray in your merciful name. amen.ease join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the presiding officer: the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington, d.c., july 25, 2011. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable christopher a. coons, a senator from the state of delaware, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president. following leader remarks, the senate will be in a period of morning business until 4:30 this afternoon. at 4:30, the senate will conduct a moment of silence in the memory of officer john j. chestnut and detective john m. gibson, united states capitol police who were killed 13 years ago defending this capitol against a crazed intruder. at 4:30 p

gave me a big smile and said charles don't say i never gave you anything. >> reporter: gibson spent 16 hours alone before making it to an island. he was exhausted and slept. >> i remember waking up seeing two guys by the same boerlds where i was and i yelled to them, watch out for those rocks, and all of a sudden they flew away. they were these big birds but i was hallucinating because i hadn't had water. >> reporter: after he and the others were rescued, some said the crew of the feshing boat fended only for themselves but gibson says he saw them. as for the search that continues today, he holds out hope for the seven men missing. >> i just hope they're somewhere on one of those islands out there waiting to be helped. >> the coast guard station says a c 130 conducted its fifth day of searching off the mexican coast with no sign of the missing. >>> we're getting some new pictures of that doomed fishing veszyle, the eric, charles gibson shared these photos from aboard that ship. one photo shows the bunks below deck where the fishermen were sleeping last sunday when it began to sank. the

>> first of all, let me answer his point about gibson because this is a good and fair point. we established the gibson inquiry because it hasn't been able to make much progress until criminal proceedings have been brought to an end and there is a good reason for this. clearly you don't want to jeopardize a police operation which you do so if you start questioning witnesses through a public inquiry process at the same time they're being questioned through a police processing. that's the reason for doing it. believe me i want to get on with this issue and the faster we can set up other elements of a inquiry i'll be happy. what we have done here is followed absolutely to the letter the correct legal processes. that is what the government has to do. my right honorable friend the secretary of state is that quasi judicial role. he has to follow that. i note that the leader of the labour party said yesterday that the issue of competition is plurality is a separate issue from the very important issue we're discussing today. what i would say is these processes must be followed properl

mel gibson hasn't done anything silgts subtle for the last few years, so why shut down his divorce be different? gibson settled with wife robin for a staggering $450 million. >>> 21-year-old harry potter star daniel radcliffe says he has given up drinking completely. he says he is love lucky pap ratsy never daut hip at his worst. >>> david beckham and his wife may not be american, but the fourth of july is very important for to them. they got married on the 4th and a spokesman announced they will be waiting a bit longer to have their daughter. >>> publishers are prepared to offer arnold schwarzenegger's soon to be ex, maria shriver, a record advance for a tell-all memoir. for a look into her life both as a kennedy and with the terminator, sources say shriver could earn more than the all-time record advance, bill clinton's $15 million. would you bet she would do it? do you think she would take it? >> not yet. no. she doesn't need the money. why spill all the secrets? >> especially when you have kids. they have four kids. >> he does it first, then all bets are off. >>> well, this comes

the destroyed -- -- >>> this day in history, july 6th, 1957, althea gibson claims the women's single title at wimbledon to become the first african american to win at london's club. again althea gibson this day in history in 1957. >>> investigators looking into widespread cheating at the atlanta schools. >> now education officials say they are going to say who is to blame for falsifying the test results. >>> might be homeless pretty soon. >> economist say the recession ended two years ago. why some kids say they are not sure that statement is true. you are watching, "good morning maryland" first and only at 4:30. denny's new tour of america menu. 50 star cuisine. the new tour of america menu. starting at $4.99. only at denny's. america's diner is always open. [ female announcer ] the counter. in most homes, it gets all the action. bring it. getting it clean again is easy with bounty. in this lab demo, one sheet of bounty leaves this surface as clean as 2 sheets of the bargain brand. ♪ why use more when you can use less? ♪ super durable. super absorbent. super clean. bounty. the one-s

gibson settled with wife robin for a staggering $450 million. >>> 21-year-old harry potter star danieliffe tells gk thanks to drinking his life went off the rails so he's given up drinking completely. he says he's lucky the pop rah city never caught him at his worst. >>> david beckham and his wife may not be american, but the fourth of july is very important for to them. they got married on the 4th and a spokesman announced they will be waiting a bit longer to have their daughter. >> and finally radaronline reports publishers are prepared to offer arnold schwarzenegger's soon-to-be ex, maria shriver, a record advance for a tell-all memoir. for a look into her life both as a kennedy and with the terminator, sources say shriver could earn more than the all-time record advance, bill clinton's $15 million. she's a kennedy. kennedy don't thinking to talk in those terms. what if arnold came out with his first. maybe she won't want to beat him to the punch. >> she's a classy lady. i don't think she'll want to air her dirty laundry. that's amazing. >> you wouldn't think the next president woul

kendis gibson reports. >> reporter: for the past decade brian, julianne and their kids have been comingo mcgrath beach but this may be their last trip here. it is set to close in november. do you feel you're losing a family member? >> we do. i feel safe here. it's great for families. >> reporter: amid the pristine beauty of california's state parks there is an ugly reality, finances. they've seen their budgets cut by 43% since 2003 and cash-strapped california is shutting down 70 of its 278 state parks to save money. the closures are first for california, and another devastating blow to its park system. state parks ranger eric delstrom could only hire four workers instead of 12 to handle mans nans and repairs at four of its parks. >> it's frustrating to keep the doors open, lights on and keep water and sewer working and starting to catch up to us. >> reporter: california isn't alone. minnesota closed all of its state parks this holiday weekend because lawmakers failed to reach a new budget. in washington state, they're not closing but they're charging. $10 where it used to be free. sque

and it seemed a little closer than it was. >> reporter: gibson swam 16 hours in shark invested water hanging onto an ice chest until he reached land. >> if someone is going to survive, it's going to be charles and he's got the physical strength and themental will and strength to survive. >> reporter: the mexican navy with the u.s. coast guard aircraft similar to this one are searching for survivors in the california gulf waters about two miles offshore. the 115 foot long fishing vessel sank sunday during a storm. seven americans, mostly from the bay area, are still missing, including frederick hahn's father-in-law, don le, from san ramone. >> he organized these events and everybody you would see on that boat was either a family member or a close friend who he's known at least 20 years plus. >> reporter: family members of the missing just put together this facebook page. it includes flyers with pictures of the missing fishermen. >> our hope is that they have found themselves on an island somewhere, one they haven't searched yet. they have expanded the search radius due to the current.

charles gibson talked about his harrowing experience as a passenger on the fishing boat that sank offthe coast of baja california. he described what happened after being knocked in the water without a life jacket. >> there's a lot of chaos. because it was pitch black. the ship went down. it was dark. there was a smell of diesel. the burning fuel on your body. not knowing where you were. >> this is search video from earlier this week. gibson says he watched the ship sink and described it as being like the titanic. 19 fishermen from california are among the survivors. seven others are still missing. the mexican navy is continuing its search. >>> the inspectors are examining the rollercoaster that an army veteran was riding before falling to his death. 29-year-old sergeant james hackermer was ejected from the 208-foot tall ride of steel coaster in upstate new york last night. he had lost back legs in the war in iraq and was rebuilding his life. out on a family outing at darrian lake theme park resort outside buffalo. the amusement park officials say the safety restraints of the ride appe

. >> reporter: continues for eight men missing at sea, charles gibson and others told their stories of fear and survival. gibson is the police chief of the contra costa community college district. >> extremely large winds and water contributed to the dangerous conditions, most likely caused the ship to take on water and sink. >> reporter: the 27 american tourists, most of them from the bay area, were making their annual fourth of july fishing trip. 66-year-old lee ikegami was sleeping when the waves struck their boat, causing it to sink in the gulf of california. his wife tells the story. >> he and some others were on one side of the boat and the boat flipped over very fast. he said they were thrown into the sea. he said he was fortunate enough that when he was thrown in, he came up right by a raft. >> reporter: others spent 16 hours in the water before fishermen and military boats rescued them. many were sun burned and dehydrated. the coast guard confirms one man died. >> local fishermen, members of the mexican military, the mexican state secretary of tourism, and the american consula

not knowing where you were. >> gibson said watching the ship sink reminded him of the titanic. the search will continue tomorrow. mexican authorities are asking the u.s. to send special dive teams to help. >> the shuttle astronauts made quick to do lists. they used the shuttle's 50-foot robot arm to inspect the heat shield. the only glitch, the eye chart for a vision test. atlantis four person crew is prepared to dock with the international space station tomorrow. >>> even before the atlantis returns to earth all across this country pending layoffs launched thousands of nasa workers into uncertainty. mark on the former employees struggling to find work. >> we are there with you now. you look great. >> we're all crammed in. >> aboard atlantis, they are the final four. the last four shuttle astronauts. a bitter squeak mission and milestone for nasa employees. he has developed nasa space suit for almost 50 years. >> it's not a one person activity, this is represent of team work of folks. > now the team is breaking up. from texas to florida, more than 9,000 shuttle jobs are going a

gibson is the police chief of the college district. >> extremely large winds and water contributed to the dangerous conditions, most likely caused the ship to take on water and sick. >> the 27 american tourists, most of them from the buy area, were making their annual 4th of july fishing trip. this 66-year-old was sleeping sunday morning when two waves struck their boat, causing it to sink in the gulf of california. his wife tells a story. >> he and some others were on one side of the boat and the boat flipped over very fast. they were thrown into the sea. he was fortunate enough that when he was thrown in, he came up right by a raft. >> other survivors spent more than 16 hours in the water before fishermen and military boats rescued them. one man died. >> local fisher men, members of the mexican military, the mexican state secretary of state tourism and the american consulate have been helpful in helping us get through this turmoil. >> his wife knows he's safe, she's not sure if their friends are among the missing. until her friends come home, she'll try to focus on the questions tha

charles gibson is from the bay area. he's now sharing his heroing experience with us. he described what happened after being knocked into the water without a life jacket. >> a lot of chaos, because it was pitch black. the ship went down and it was dark. it was the smell of diesel, the burning fuel on your body. not knowing where you were. >> gibson said he watched the ship sink and described it as being like the titanic. 19 fisherman from california are among the survivors. mexican authorities asked the u.s. coast guard to continue searching for the missing tomorrow. >>> checking on the bay area headline, golden gate ferry riders won't be seeing ticket riders anymore. the bridge district is eliminating seven full-time positions. tickets will be available from vending machines until a month ago. special tickets to at&t park will be sold by agents at the ballpark and online. >>> new hope tonight for the santa cruz harbor badly damaged by the march tsunami thanks to a $1.4 million grant, there are 57 new jobs available. a position repairing tsunami damage could be yours.

kendis gibson, cbs news, los angeles. >>> newlyweds prince pm and wife catherine -- prince william and wife catherine are in canada. they greeted the duke and duchess of cambridge at the airport earlier this afternoon. they began their visit by laying a wreath at the national war memorial before meeting young canadians at a barbecue. the couple is set to celebrate canada day tomorrow, then on july 8 they fly to california. >>> well, it hasn't been open a year and already, a popular east bay swimming pool is closed for repairs. the problem now, a sewer backing up at the richmond plunge. the city is using cameras to determine just what's causing that backup. disappointed swimmers say, well, they just hope the pool reopens soon. >> great pool. it was re-opened because a lot of people got together and put up money and pressured politicians and all of those to get it going. >> the plunge re-opened last august after a battle to raise money to save it from the wrecking ball. the city hopes to have the current problem resolved by the weekend. >>> everyone is looking forward to the holiday week

. >> reporter: master sergeant william gibson is unusual.h he lost much of his left leg after being shot in iraq, he became the first above the knee amputee to return to the battlefield. still, like thousands of other wounded warriors, he knows well the difficulty of the recovery process. >> when you get in the hospital and you really slow from fifth gear to first gear, that's hard to accept. >> reporter: but a new effort to smooth that difficult transition and many others facing wounded warriors and their families. over the next 18 months, this piece of ground will be transformed into the first-ever stateside wounded warrior family center. it will be operated by the uso, a group that knows a thing or two about boosting the spirits of service members. >> we have learned that healing is much more than just a physical process. true and complete healing encompasses physical, emotional, social, spiritual and family healing. >> reporter: as it begins construction, the uso is also launching what they have dubbed operation enduring care, a $100 mil

that's your eye on entertainment, kendis gibson, cbs news. hollywood. >>> good morning and welcome back to 9news now, starting at 5:00 a.m. happy friday, i'm andrea roane. >> and i'm surae chinn in for mike hydeck. angie goff will have traffic in just a moment and we have olga breese in for howard bernstein. >>> that's great if you're planning to cook out and go to the beach and spend some time of the shore? you can have the typical summertime weather to do that by the time we get to the end of the three day weekend for most of us. right now though starting off

gibson spent 16 hours in the water before swimming to a rocky island. >> it was surrealistic. i mean, i'm here, and as i saw the ship pointed this direction, just like the titanic. it went slowly. i could read the name, eric as it went down in the water. >> gibson said he was so exhausted, he started hallucinating waiting for rescuers. he says he believes the seven could be still alive, especially if they reached one of the islands in the area. >>> congressional leaders are meeting with president obama at the white house, to continue debt negotiations. house speaker john boehner says the republicans will not budge on their stands. they will not support a plan to reduce the deficit about $4 trillion over the next seven years. boehner favors a smaller deficit reduction deal. we will have more on today's white house meeting. >>> in about an hour, the space shuttle atlantis will dock at the international space station. the four person crew spent their first full day. the shuttle appears to be in good condition. the main mission is to deliver supplies to the space station. this is

gibson is with the montana department of fish, wildlife and parks. a lot of ranchers who raise crops and cattle feed are wondering if this year's crop will be so contaminated, they won't be able to harvest it. >> because of the high flow of the river, we're not able to access probably 99% of the riverbank. all of our islands are inundated, a lot of the shores are inundated. there's swamps backed up, away from the water a lot, so we're not able to access the shores, the islands. there's actually enough debris and high enough water and dangerous enough water in the yellowstone now that we're unwilling to put a jet boat on it to get to some of those areas. >> reporter: gibson and others say it may take three weeks before the river begins to go down. there's no doubt that many people here are worried. about 200 residents showed up for a town hall meeting wednesday night to tell federal, state, and local officials about their concerns. >> we've been calling that 1-800 number about three times a day and we've had no response. >> reporter: several spoke of