much water they save it won't solve the problem. 8 80% of river water is used for irrigation if lake mead reaches deadpool, two states would be completely cut off. nevada has a safety net. a new intake so deep that even at dead pool it could keep the f water flowing. >> it does not draw on the lake what soefrmt. >> reporter: the fountains are fed from a private well. tourists can still have the illusi illusion of an oasis in the desert >> let's get a weekend forecast with angie lassman >> rain is going to be in the forecast that's what we're tracking especially over the next couple days a weekend kind of thing, but it might interrupt plans, other places dryer and still warm in the east here's issue over the next day or some of the system is going to continue to intensify as we get into tomorrow. you sea see the heavy rain. and we do get into snow in the appalachians upmeanwhile in the northeast, a quieter day, a record my boston of 62. and of course lots of plans for the weekend. warm in the east and we'll talk about the super bowl forecast. a lot of preople are headed to arizona. >>> we

it feeds into lake mead and lake powell, which climate scientists say may not fully refill in our lifetime. >> reporter chip yost explains what we can expect, especially in southern california >> hidden in this little community in anaheim hills is a reservoir filled with water that comes from the colorado river. roughly 200 miles away. so we will import water from the colorado river. we will keep it here. and then it will ultimately go into circulation in this area and throughout our city, some of the residents in anaheim are among the millions of southern californians who rely on water from the mighty colorado. but as we've documented in previous stories at lake mead and hoover dam for decades, the colorado has been spread way too thin by the 7 states use it. the federal government has told the 7 states to come up with an agreement to cut the amount of water being used. 6 states did. but the 7th, california refused to sign on saying the cuts unfairly targeted the golden state. the cuts are are are left disproportionately to california, which is frankly not there in the situation. we crowf

, water is an ever more desperate premium as the water levels in the colorado river reservoir at lake meadare a model of water-efficiency and conservation. main culprit? the all-american lawn, a little square of green. robert kern is water police. he patrols the vegas streets, looking for evidence of water violations. >> robert: there's finally some water in the gutter, actually on both sides. this is not their day. we're in an area where there shouldn't be any watering. yet there's water here. so that's what we do, we drive around looking for something like that to give them a little educational visit. "hey, you're not supposed to water today." >> anthony: so you don't wrestle them to the ground, cuff them and drag them in. >> robert: no, no we do not. although we can go to a, a fee. >> anthony: around how much? >> robert: $80. >> anthony: $80. what about the -- >> robert: then it doubles. $160, $320 -- >> anthony: and it just keeps going. >> robert: yeah. >> anthony: it seems to me, a losing battle to try to keep your grass green. do you really need a lawn in the first place? >> robert:

. >> as gorgeous as lake mead is, any time you get a call out on lake mead, you know it's not going to be natural. it's going to be a murder. >> that vehicle has to come from somewhere. if it didn't go somewhere, the people that were driving it did. >> kelsey definitely had what it took to make it. she was definitely insta famous. >> and then there's the respected child psychiatrist with an affinity for beanie babies and magic. >> so it's this former model and this california doctor,and eventually, they collide in a terrible, terrible way. >> like the magician he was, dr. burchard had managed to conceal from view much of his relationship to the insta model. >> a lot of people are looking for a pretty girl to have on their arm. they're looking for a fun time. >> badd barbie, she liked being called that. >> bad is the new good for sure. >> and the good doctor had it bad for barbie. >> he just kept saying he loved kelsey. >> and he was bankrolling everything. >> but what can that come to? what can that lead to? >> and then, one missing model and one missing man. >> and then when you hear

lake mead and powell reservoirs are so large that even one very wet winter cannot fill them up. reporter: as a downpour brings promising news to some areas, homeless advocates are highlighting how these conditions are perpetuating the struggle for the unhoused population. >> we have blankets and hiking supplies. reporter: the unhoused response groups spent much of monday afternoon delivering hand warmers, tents, tarps, hot meals, and more those living along coyote creek in san jose. >> you can't take much more. it's just been two or three months of just solid cold, wet, or both. reporter: we met shane, and unhoused resident who stopped by to collect dinner and supplies preparing to endure another cold night. >> there's people under the bridge right there. i have shelter don't reporter:. as wind rain and snow and freezing temperatures battered at the bay area, conditions have also brought repeated loss of supplies, clothing, and shelter for many living on the street. >> the wind did this and then the flood this and another flood did that. people are really, really suffering. repo

lake mead and powell reservoirs are so large that even one very wet winter cannot fill them up. reporter: as a downpour brings promising news to some areas, homeless advocates are highlighting how these conditions are perpetuating the struggle for the unhoused population. >> we have blankets and hiking supplies. reporter: the unhoused response groups spent much of monday afternoon delivering hand warmers, tents, tarps, hot meals, and more those living along coyote creek in san jose. >> you can't take much more. it's just been two or three months of just solid cold, wet, or both. reporter: we met shane, and unhoused resident who stopped by to collect dinner and supplies preparing to endure another cold night. >> there's people under the bridge right there. i have shelter don't reporter:. as wind rain and snow and freezing temperatures battered at the bay area, conditions have also brought repeated loss of supplies, clothing, and shelter for many living on the street. >> the wind did this and then the flood this and another flood did that. people are really, really suffering. repo

lake mead and lake powell, those reservoirs are so large that one what weather will not fill them up.multiple wet years to regain what we have lost in the past decade or two decades. zach: for now, water agencies say the conservation efforts have to stay in place, including the drought surcharges that many retailers have imposed. >> drought surcharges have been put in place by some of our retailers to get people to reduce their water use, because there was a lot less water, so we needed people to do that. that is something the retailers can take into consideration, once our board makes it is as on what we are doing moving forward as far as a ground emergency. zach: for now, keep up the conservation work. >> doing conservation efforts now, just make that a way of life. zach: in the south bay, zach fuentes, abc 7 news. kristen: they plan to build student housing in berkeley has been put on hold by a court. the park is berkeley's campus. it has become a spot were on house people have lived. friday, an appeals court ruled construction cannot be moving forward until an environmental impact

lake mead and lake powell, those reservoirs are so large that one very wet weather will not fill them up. it takes multiple wet years to regain some of what we lost in the past decade or two decades. >> for now, water agencies say the conservation efforts have to stay in place, including the drought surcharges that many retailers have imposed. >> drought surcharges have been put in place by some of our retailers to get people to reduce their water use, because there was a lot less water, so we needed people to do that. that is something the retailers can take into consideration, once our board makes a decision on what we are doing moving forward as far as a ground emergency. >> for now, keep up the conservation work. >> doing conservation efforts now, just make that a way of life. >> keep track of weather conditions and access the same doppler that our team uses anytime you wish on demand on the abc 7 bay area news app. find the app on apple tv, android tbtv, and roku as well. >> new developments on barricades put outside saint anthony's church in east oakland . stephanie sierra is li

the water of the colorado river is collected in the country's two biggest reservoirs, lake mead and lakehose lakes are now three quarters empty. the biden administration asked those seven states to cut their collective withdrawal from the colorado by about a third, but we're a long way from getting there. for more on all this, i'm joined by rhett larson, he's a water rights professor at arizona state university. rett larson, so good to have you on the newshour. could you just elaborate a little bit? i laid out what seems to be the essential issue here, is that -- what would you add to that? >> well, what we're going through right now is a little bit like a bankruptcy proceeding. it's like the river declaring bankruptcy from the very beginning of the way that the states had shared the colorado river, we had made assumptions about how much the river could pay out in any given year. those assumptions that were made now a century ago were wrong, and we're paying the price for those incorrect assumptions. now, those assumptions were wrong, both because the data was bad 100 years ago, it's als

and they will take the snow in come coal, because it will end up in lake mead when it melts in the springcago andmilwa. spring still up there, spring down here. >> wild. okay. a one-two punch. chad, thank you so much. >>> and thanks for joining me. i'm christine romans. "cnn this morning" starts right now.

the snow here across parts of the rockies because all of that will eventually melt and get into lake mead and they will use it for drinking water the rest of the year. >> chad, what a storm. thank you so much. >>> vladimir putin promising to strengthen russia's ability to launch nuclear missiles from land, sea and air. he made that vow on defender of the fatherland day celebrating russia's military. clare sebastian is live for us. what was president putin's message -- who was it aimed at? >> yes, this is an annual holiday in russia to honor veteran soldiers and men in general. he delivered these prepared remarks i think targeting soldiers and veterans, but the population in general most likely. and it is interesting because we've heard all this before. russia is beefing up its forces and paying particular attention he said to its nuclear triad. we know that russia is doing this, we know in fact for decades they have baern more than been normodernizing their nuclear weapons. but suspending their participation in the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty with the u.s., and we've seen u.s. officials tell us

skiers will take the snow and so will lake mead later this year when it melts.he rockies and it movesevere weather is in the deep south tomorrow, but it did move farther to the east by the time we talk about thursday. there will be some significant thunderstorms with the potential for tornadoes here. almost a spring type storm as we move into the end of the week. and here is tomorrow with the severe weather. and here is thursday. all the way up even to the ohio valley and cleveland. >> we'll take it, i guess. thanks for warning us. nice to see you chad myers. >>> and thank you for joining me, i'm christine romans. "cnn this morning" starts right now.

lake mead in nevada and lake powell in arizona, there's at about 25% of their combined full capacity, there are real fears that this crucial water supply for the west is on the brink of disaster. >> and that is a problem for people all over the west, including ranchers high in the colorado rockies. >> all right. who wants this one? >> reporter: rancher carrie donovan is a former colorado state senator. she's alarmed by the amount of land being bought by investors for water rights. >> scarcity does equal value, right? >> reporter: she tried to make colorado's anti-speculation laws stronger, but that effort failed. colorado has pretty strong laws on this. you can't move water out of state. you have to use it for a beneficial use. so how do they make money on this? >> they'll probably make money because the state will be forced to create a system that doesn't exist right now to allow more flexibility in how a water right is used. >> so these private investors may not be buying this under the rules that exist today, but this might be a long-term play. >> yeah, i think you're exactly right

and they will take the snow in come coal, because it will end up in lake mead when it melts in the spring. that is great news. but up to the north, there could be snow around chicago andmilwa. spring still up there, spring down here. >> wild. okay. a one-two punch. chad, thank you so much. >>> and thanks for joining me. i'm christine romans. "cnn this morning" starts right now. >>> people we are hesitant whether we should open the barricade that we set up in the room. >> open it. >> get the. [ beep ] out! >> that's what was happening as all going on. it was horrific. some people lived through it once. others more than once. sadly, we'll talk to some of those people. >> it's unbelievable to think, is it the cop or someone that i should be worried about? is it a threat? >> yeah. so, good morning, everyone. poppy is on assignment. lots of questions, right? what would you do in that situation during a mass shooting? dozens of michigan state students barricaded in their classroom when there was a knock on the door, was it the police or the killer? yet again, president biden demanding action on

two decades of climate change-fueled drought have brought reservoirs at lake powell and lake mead dangerouslyose to what's known as dead pool, when water level becomes so low it no longer flows through the dams. this is a stanford professor and former climate advisor to president biden david hayes. >> the crisis is incredibly severe. thenterdepartment is faced with potential for not being able to make deliveries of water out of the hoover dam to the city of las vegas or to the state of california. period. the water levels behind the dams have become so low, they may not be able toake delivery. and that is the worst of all possible worlds. amy: the environmental protection agency announced federal protections for alaska's bristol bay watershed under the clean water act in a major victory for environmentalists and indigenous groups, which have fought against the development of pebble mine for over two decades. the move will bar a proposed gold and copper mine that would have destroyed the world's largest sockeye salmon fhery. alannah hurley, executive director of the united tribes of bristol ba

skiers will take the snow and so will lake mead later this year when it melts.he rockies and it moves in to the plains tomorrow. and even into des moines. and the potential for severe weather is in the deep south tomorrow, but it did move farther to the east by the time we talk about thursday. there will be some significant thunderstorms with the potential for tornadoes here. almost a spring type storm as we move into the end of the week. and here is tomorrow with the severe weather. and here is thursday. all the way up even to the ohio valley and cleveland. >> we'll take it, i guess. thanks for warning us. nice to see you chad myers. >>> and thank you for joining me, i'm christine romans. "cnn this morning" starts right now. ♪ >>> it's terrifying, man. it really. we don't know what to do at all. we were listening to the police scanners hoping for the best. >> you never think it will happen until it actually happens. we all thought we were safe in the second floor in the cafeteria, but obviously we weren't. we were told to evacuate. we all ran out. it was terrifying. it's scary. >> it