we were landlocked. we could not get a renewal of women for five months which must be done outside the u.s. why, if you have already had success of renewals? we ended up driving to tia juana with our family in order to return to the uk. we then had only five months to verify. we flew back to the u.k. for the interview which cost about $6,000, rather than processing in the u.s. embassies were rude to me and my bike in the process. -- wife in the process. we were a small company but had been in the u.s. for eight years, and had one of our best years. they seemed unaware of general business and tax accounting practices. however, my wife developeafter h the officer, the visa was approved. afton and there was finger wagging saying that you need to come up was something better than two years' time currently, there is no resolution for these types of green card holders. we will have to constantly trouble in the new at the will of immigration authorities. so how does this affect families? it affects our ability

waterfront property is now high and dry, and boat docks like this one are landlocked. mike hutchins and dottie wagner can't believe it's the same body of water they swam and boated on last summer. this is lake travis then and now. >> i mean, we knew that lake travis would go up and down, but we didn't know that it would be dry in front of our house. >> reporter: boat launches are closed and marinas sit atop rocks. just when drinking water and the relief of a cool dip in the lake are needed most. janet shamlian, nbc news, austin. >>> still ahead on this saturday night, it's as close to the royal wedding as most people will ever get. how the palace is cashing in on princess kate. ♪ tried to make me go to rehab, i said no, no, no ♪ >>> and coming up next, the talent and tragedy of amy winehouse, dead tonight at the age of 27. we'll be right back. er >>> you are looking at the scene right now outside the london home of singer amy winehouse where fans gather tonight as word spread of her unexplained death at the age of 27. winehouse was the first british singer to win five

is still proposes a landlocked facility in yuba city at the same time it pretends to consider a future site for barging. but you are not going to advance that cost in yuba city. yuba city supervisor was here saying this sets up a blank check situation for the city and its rate payers, and i would think the supervisors would want to explore his concerns. there is no slush fund for recology. one would think that the budget and finance committee would want to explore the slush fund. recommendations from an independent analyst and the budget analyst both recommend that the board consider competitive bidding and a contract. we do not even recology have a even. -- we do not even have a contract with recology. over the last 30 days, 12,000 san francisco voters have signed a petition to put competitive bidding on the future ballot. we have done it in the face of a very expensive, hundreds of thousands of dollars, advertising campaign and felony violations of state law, the california election code. we have a proposal expanding the current monopoly is in the face -- the current monopolies in th

the fact for me that the great whale are landlocked and have to stay close to land because they have to have their plankton. and has to be photos synthesized for them to have health. that is amazing. and too they were very friendly with us. when we were in the birthing lagoon, last place you expect them to be friendly the mother's brother babies on the backs to show us their children or they would come and lift our skiff in the air from underneath so we would not be in the water but would be on top of the whale. anyway i fell in love with the ocean and with being in the ocean and kayaking with whales and having experiences that seemed beyond imagination. >> host: next call for linda hogan from cleveland, of ohio. go ahead with your question. >> guest: ocean city. >> caller: hello. >> host: please go ahead. >> caller: can you hear me? >> guest: please go ahead. >> caller: pertaining to politics, sorry. pertaining to the racist logo in popular society. we have been protesting to get rid of this low go far for several years since the 20s and they continue to disrespect popular society i

>> caller: are you surprised you love the ocean even though you are from a landlocked part of the country? >> guest: we are river people. the mississippi, yes. the trading paths and the juries across the gulf of mexico. we were everywhere in the past. so there wasn't anyone who stayed in one place. we journeyed all the time. >> host: rachel in massachusetts, you are done with linda hogan. >> caller: i am delighted to speak with you. thank you. i wish my partner hadn't fallen asleep. he loves greek mythology and he would have been awed to hear about your medea project. we read your works aloud to each other and really love them. >> guest: thank you. >> caller: i have to frame a question. >> host: you don't have to. if you just want to say hi we will move on. >> caller: i live in a community renowned for being very multi-cultural and yet i find we are still very isolated within our little groups. it is very hard to create those bridges. i appreciate how much reading can do that and reading aloud can do that. i wonder if you have any advice or ideas about breaking those boundaries? also i wa

waterfront property is now high and dry, and boat docks like this one are landlocked. mike hutchins and dottie wagner can't believe it's the same body of water they sam in and body on last summer. this is lake travis then and now. >> i mean we knew that lake travis would go up and down, but we didn't know that it would be dry in front of our house. >> reporter: boat launches are closed and marinas sit atop rocks. just when drinking water and a relief of a cool dip in the lake are needed most. janet shamlian, nbc news, austin. >>> we still have more ahead on "today in the bay." thousands of elevators and just a handful of inspectors. nbc bay area opens the doors on elevator safety, and we found some that never get inspected. which ones may surprise you. [ male announcer ] get ready for the left lane. the volkswagen autobahn for all event is back. right now, get a great deal on new volkswagen models, including the jetta, awarded a top safety pick by the iihs. that's the power of german engineering. hurry in and lease the jetta s for just $179 a month. ♪ visit vwdealer.co

then it's landlocked which is going to be a huge challenge for this new country and in particular when it comes to oil it has 80% of the oil that was in the unified sudan but the only way that that oil gets out to export is through a port that is in the north up to the red sea. >> woodruff: and that oil, in fact, is an issue that is unresolved. how do you see them working through this? >> yes, it is unresolved. and it's one of those issues where both the north sudanese government and the government of south sudan are going to have to cooperate to keep the oil flowing it is sort of a mutually assured destruction where if either of them disputes then the oil flow could be cut off. and both of them need it but the government of south sudan is particularly vulnerable because the southern budget is 98% dependent on oil so unless that oil keeps flowing, they are very, very vulnerable. and they really have a huge need to diversify their economy. >> woodruff: rebecca hamilton, what are the other main challenges facing this new country? >> can i just say before the challenges that it's a huge m

you know, the fact for me that the gray whales are landlocks and they have to stay close to land because they have to have their plankton and that has to be from the sun. it has to be photo synthesized for them to have health. that's amazing, and then, too, they were very friendly with us, and when we were in the birthing la goops, the last place you expect them to be friendly, the mothers bring their babies up on their backs to show us their children or lift up our skiff from the underneath and we'd be on top of the whale, and so anyway, i just fell in love with the ocean and with being in the ocean and kayaking with whales and having experiences that just seemed beyond imagination. >> host: next call for linda hogan here on in-depth comes from cleveland, ohio. cleveland, go ahead with your question, please. >> guest: a good ocean city. >> caller: hi -- >> host: please, go ahead. >> caller: hi -- >> host: yes, go ahead, we're listening. >> caller: back to poll tibs, -- poll politics sorry, but we have been protesting to get rid of this for several years since the 20s, and they continue

>> caller: are you surprised that you love the ocean even though you come from a landlocked part of theountry? >> host: thank you, chris. >> guest: well, we're river people. you know, we were the mississippi and, yes, the trading paths and the journeys and across the gulf of mexico. we've all, we were everywhere in the past. so there wasn't anyone that stay inside one place. stayed in the one place. we journeyed all the time. >> host: rachel in amherst, massachusetts. you're on with linda hogan. >> caller: hello again from amherst. i'm so delighted to be able to speak with you, linda. >> guest: hi, rachel. >> caller: hi. well, i wish my partner hadn't fallen asleep. he loves greek mythology, and he would have been awed to hear about your medea project. [laughter] but we've read your works aloud to even other, we -- to each other, we really love them. >> guest: thank you. >> caller: and, let's see, i guess i have to frame a question. >> host: no, you don't have to. if you just wanted to call and say hi, we'll move on. >> caller: well, just quickly, i live in a community that's renowned f

it's landlocked. the fish never see the ocean, never see a river. they move from tank to tank. fed fish meal and they go straight from the fish farm to the market. but more and more fish farms happening in the open sea. >> so it says within the body of the story, atlantic salmon, some 90% of what arrives at tables comes from farms. more than 1.4 million tons each year. in terms of packaging, it's not really an atlantic salmon is it? if it's from a fish farm? >> that's a question for the marketers. it certainly is different. and i mean this is a source of, again, a source of concern and question for the consumer. it's like, well, what is the difference between a wild salmon and atlantic salmon. one thing i asked brian about when he was writing the story because wild salmon is eating different kinds of food because it's in the wild. a farmed salmon doesn't have that pink color so a dye it to make it look more appetizing. >> oh, no. i hate it when that happens. >> truth in advertising in fish. chilean sea bass is from the pasaic river. >> they do that with red meat as well. >> joe