woman: when i was running for office, i met someone who knew mayor hartsfield, who, in the late 1960s, said, "i don't know who the next mayor will be, "but i know they'll have to fix the water and sewer infrastructure." woman: the city had chronic sewage overflows into the chattahoochee and its tributaries. fecal coliform bacteria levels were in the millions of colonies per hundred milliliter, which was a significant public health threat. and this had been occurring for decades. but neither the federal epa nor the epd back in the '90s were willing to take action under the clean water act to make the city fix its plumbing. so in 1994, we started upper chattahoochee river keeper. we filed a clean water act lawsuit. in 1997, we won. and so for the past decade, the city has embarked on a program to clean up the river. now, with 1,800 miles of sewer system, three sewage plants and combined sewer overflows, it took a number of years to figure out what would be the solution. we are facing a crisis in infrastructure. bethea: a huge change came about when mayor shirley franklin became the mayo

that could be impacting travel delays or travel across parts of the hartsfield airport today. as we head northward across north central we have another system that would track eastward into the great lakes center today. another storm system bringing in showers from seattle down into portland. you could be looking at traffic delays. chicago you should be fine temperatures in the upper 50s later on in philadelphia. high temperatures in the northeast a lot caller today than what we have been seeing. 54 the high in new york city. 57 boston. further off to the south very warm 80 high in new orleans and 80 in dallas. a a it is 10 minutes after the hour. a new warning about bayinga bigx day. it could cost americans thousands of dollars a year. >> your husband announces he is quitting his corporate job to become a painter. we will answer the questions coming up. [ female announcer ] do you know what's in your anti-aging lotion? because if it's on the label, it's on your skin. that's why we created new puristics totally ageless without those chemicals. powered with a naturally derived

57 in new york. 78 in atlanta, possibility of severe weather today if you are traveling through hartsfieldson airport you want to use our flight tracker delays will develop there that will affect the rest of the country. >>> this morning deputies will resume their search for missing morgan hill teen see rather mar concentrating on areas in san martin and gilroy. >>> live look at the bay bridge breezy from time to time. [ inaudible ] >>> i'm kristen sze. >>> i am eric thomas. the communities of gilroy and san martine will be the target of searchers looking for clues to the whereabouts of 15-year-old sierra lamar. >> she vanished three weeks ago tomorrow. >> reporter: a couple significant things about today's search. it is not taking place around her morgan hill home much of the searching to this point had taken place there. it is taking place in gilroy and san martine. another thing significant, the family wants to keep this in the public eye this is doing that. take a look at searches that have happened in the past few weeks. last week hundreds and hundreds of volunteers turned out to the

flying through hartsfield, don't be surprised if there's some delays there. there's the heavier showers down approaching richmond at this hour. a little disappointment. i think our mondays are underplaying the rain. it's got the heavier stuff here. it's actually over this part. as we go through the morning, don't be surprised if the green is more over us as opposed to the shenandoah valley here at 9:00 and the showers will be on and off through the evening hours. tomorrow looks pretty good actually. friday as well before things change by the weekend. 60ish today with the showers here and there. tonight about 50. some 40s north and west. tomorrow 70. sun returns, maybe a few morning clouds. 77 on friday. saturday morning should be okay. you got any plans, got a softball game, little league, soccer, want to get out and do some work, should be final. showers and storms approach the area. a wet sunday into monday as we cool down by tuesday into the 50s. 5:50. monika is in with time saver traffic. >>> a couple of issues in virginia this morning. early on. i think

now the airport being granted this loophole is hartsfield jackson atlanta international.aiting for the results of a security threat assessment delays the hiring process. this decision begs the question, will other airports demand the same process? >>> and i'm keeping an eye on the massacre trial underway in oslo, norway today. developing today, emotional testimony from survivors taking the stand against confessed murderer breivik. the 33-year-old admits to killing 77 people in norway last summer. a 24-year-old woman testifying today she was just 23 feet from the bombing outside a government building. she was left in a coma for a month and woke with amnesia. the key issue for the court to decide is whether breivik is mentally competent. >>> now to the ukraine. dozens of people gathering to recognize the worst nuclear disaster in history. 26 years ago today, the reactor explosion at chernobyl. experts say the radiation affects a bad explosion about 400 times more potent than the bomb dropped on hiroshima. now to this day, laura, officials say about 5 million people remain i

keep in mind, hartsfield jackson atlanta is the busiest airport.nce airline workers have been fingerprinted, they can receive a security pass, but they do not have to wait for the results of a security threat assessment. the question is, will this lead to other airports to ask for the same protocol? >>> well, now to syria, this video coming into our newsroom shows a massive explosion in the city wiped out parts of a residential area. at least 16 people killed. this is despite u.n. monitors on the ground tasked with overseeing that u.n. truth deal. >>> the associated press just releasing these photos of what appears to be a missile in north korea. these photos taken almost two weeks ago in pyongyang. analysts who have studied these photos say the authenticity of the missile is questionable. some even saying it is fake. now, jon, officials say this only adds more doubt to north korea's military capabilities. >> okay, marla. thank you very much for that. >>> it's an unwelcome decoration in some san jose neighborhoods. we're talking about graffiti. the

anyone trying to take off orland at hartsfield, jackson may have a few delays. 78 degrees a high. city, 54. 91 in dallas. 82 in atlanta. wrapping it up in new york with 59 degrees. that's your expected high. back to you in the big apple. >> reynolds wolf, thanks. >>> you bet. >>> it's 17 minutes past the hour. an early read on your local news making national headlines. we have papers from washington, d.c. and orlando. let's start with the washington post. his mouth got him in trouble. marian berry causing a diplomatic ruckus over nurses. he said if you go to the hospital now, you'll find a number of immigrants who are nurses, particularly from the philippines. no offense, let's grow our own teachers and nurses so we don't have to skrouj around in clinics and having to hire people from somewhere else. >> some people find that offensive, others not so much. but now the philippines investor wants him to apologize. he says berry is blaming asians, it's discrimination and violence. barry said he will not apologize. he did apologize over another outrageous remark that he got in trouble