. >> reporter: seven months after super storm sandy tore through long beach, long island, fran is about to rebill her home. four feet of water caused so much damage that she decided, like many of her neighbors, to raise the house on a concrete platform. what caused the delay, a protracted bat. >> caller: her insurance carrier. >> seven months later this is what's going on. not just for me, for everybody else. it's been nothing but frustration. nobody ever expected that it would take this long. nobody ever expected. you figure, okay, a couple of months but then time goes on and time goes on and you just -- the money coming too late. it's coming too late for a lot of people. >> reporter: super storm sandy didn't claim any lives here in long beach, but it affected nearnear ly every one of the 35,000 residents. as memorial day marks the beginning of the summer tourist season. the city has been famous for its boardwalk and its surfing. the iconic boardwalk is being rebuilt and the waves are still breaking. but luke hamlet who's run the long beach surf shop for 32 years says the town still fe

so then we organized the state of the city for long beach.and, you know, we had overflow crowds from every neighborhood. >> bill moyers: you organized what? >> madeline janis: we called it a state of the city. people's state of the city. and we had, you know, hundreds of people. every single person running for office, every person currently in office in long beach all came. and we were able to articulate this broader agenda, with, you know, all of the things that regular people care about. but it came off of the win, the fact that you, people said, "wow, 63% of the people are with us." >> bill moyers: i read that you did a story based strategy with homeowners facing foreclosure, that you're doing it in 11 cities. what's the story there? >> rachel laforest: so there is actually this brilliant organization that moves and does training for organizations in this country called the center for story based strategy. and their premise is exactly what marshall describes. is that values are communicated through meaning. not necessarily through facts, b

long beach is buying buses that may well not be able to be sold in the u.s. a lot of questions.e spokesman for long beach transit said the reason why he bought these buses in particular is that they made the most sense. he said they come with a battery that only has to be charged once per day. >> and that is an important advantage, to the was happened here, jerry brown when he went to china -- melissa: now we know why you went to china. he was working on this deal. >> she went there. he said in their buses. this has all the hallmarks of something that was arranged in sacramento, not an economic deal melissa: out as buffett involved he is an investor. he is benefiting from this government subsidy as well. he is in washington lobbying the government, and now he is getting taxpayer dollars. >> allow taxpayer dollars because the brookshire have the way he owns almost 10%. so he is getting a bailout. so 700 electric buses last year. a country of almost one half billion people they can't sell these vehicles. they seldom in california. melissa: the other thing that drives me nuts about

melissa: this is the city of long beach? we're not talking about a big bad corporation, a restaurant. >> no. melissa: somebody where shareholders are taking home money while everyone else is suffering. you're talking about a government entry? >> yes the government, the city of long beach, california, we, fast-food restaurants have done it. movie chains have done it. melissa: right. >> we're talking about a government entity now saying to its employees who want more hours, sorry because of the president's health care law, we're cutting your hours. which means their paychecks are going to be cut. that is why i say this president's health care law is hurting american jobs. it is hurting care for americans and also hurting their paychecks. melissa: so what is the reaction inside the beltway when a story like that hits? does one side hear it one way, one side hits it the other? it was totally predictable this would happen. not everyone believed it. now it is here and not just big bad corporations but government entities make deci

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nancy from long beach, california. can we hear from long beach, new york? which is in queens. telephoneled from you. also, the great state of california -- i think new mexico should feel a little competitive here. represent uris eight. i took folks out last night from santa fe, new mexico. we had a fantastic dinner and we offer you that when you come to the show. did on the set, and then i get to personally host you for dinner. you have to make the pledge. we get these calls everyday from all over the country. each one is is memorable. last night we had a great time. stories.hear your it is a $2000 charitable contribution that goes directly to link tv. you get to see what happens behind the scenes. you tore through the greenest -- you tour through the greenest tv sets. the holidays are coming up. it is hard to believe. we have not hit summer yet. if you would like to make the pledge, just ask for dinner and a show and my colleague calls you and has when do you want to do it? december or it in may or later in the summer. i do not have any idea -- that is fine, too. you can just

in long beach, california we found this internet item warning that "dateline" was in town. so it's not surprising that some of the men who came to our house in long beach quickly realized what they'd walked into. >> and you know what the show is called? >> "dateline." >> that pattern has continued during this most recent investigation in flagler beach, florida. >> come on in. it's freezing. hurry. >> this man suspects a set-up and won't come in the house. >> will you flash me? >> there it is. white suv. >> at first, this man won't even get out of his car and wants to take our male decoy for a ride. >> i don't want to get in the car. i don't really know you. i would rather just walk down there. you know? >> can i talk to you for a minute? >> on the ground now. on the ground. >> both of these men were arrested and charged with felonies, and both later pleaded not guilty. so because more and more men seemed wary, we came up with an alternate location. instead of at the house, the decoy would now suggest meeting right across the street at the beach, where we set up five remote-

explosion at disneyland has been accuses of another blast happening an hour earlier. 22-year-old long beach residents christian barns charged with using a destructive device, prosecutors revealed he set off two water bottles containing dry ice. one called a loud boom inside of a trash can near toon town another insifd a food vending cart f convicted he faces six years in state prison. disney is the parent company of abc 7. >> the state assembly approved a measure allowing undocumented immigrants to allow driver's licenses saying anyone who pays taxes should be given the opportunity to drive legally ask want to make the roads safer. >> public safety issue. there are three million undocumented folks in california that are here. and they have kids and they need to go to school and emergency room. and they krif. -- drive so. in my opinion it's better they have a license. >> but detractors says it gives a secure document to people who could broken the law. the measure now heads to the senate. >> coming up here a silicon valley lesson in digital responsibility. design stod make kids safe, and civ

. >> long beach is great all year long but it comes alive in the summer. >> reporter: there's still a lot of work ahead. a $44 million project is under way to rebuild the boardwalk. part of the iconic two-mile long walkway will open later this morning. >> the boardwalk is a huge attraction. people just come here to walk on the boardwalk, ride their bikes. >> reporter: people are celebrating the return of summer and their little paradise is slowly getting back to normal. >>> overseas, the european union lifted the arms embargo on syrian rebels fighting the assad regime. meanwhile, senator john mccain decided to conduct some personal foreign policy. mccain slipped across the syrian border yesterday to meet with rebel leaders. tara mergener is in washington with details. >> reporter: mccain has been a strong advocate for u.s. action in syria. in contrast to the obama administration's more restrained approach, his visit could put pressure now on washington to intervene. senator john mccain crossed the border from turkey into syria to meet with military commanders waging war against the ba

> until 1933 when the reilly act went into effect after the disastrous 1933 santa barbara -- >> long beach. >> destroyed elementary schools. they were brick. if the kids were in school, we would have lost thousands of kids. that banned brick construction and required seismic designs to be incorporated in buildings. >> there was a major -- there are a number of thresholds over the course of the development. the big one is in the mid '70s, but a whole threshold, series of these thresholds. many of the older buildings, like the 1 across the street have been upgraded to meet some modern standards. this is the williams building that we were talking about that is the replacement of the building that was damaged in the 1906 earthquake. it was built just like it with the plans. >> this building they were going to dynamite it. in '06, they dynamited buildings to clear the path. >> from an interesting point of view, spencer is here, this building is incorporating into the brand-new building next to it, which makes the new building an addition. it is not a new building. it is a brand-new building mee

> until 1933 when the reilly act went into effect after the disastrous 1933 santa barbara -- >> long beach. >> destroyed elementary schools. they were brick. if the kids were in school, we would have lost thousands of kids. that banned brick construction and required seismic designs to be incorporated in buildings. >> there was a major -- there are a number of thresholds over the course of the development. the big one is

in an average year, 4,000 to 5,000 tons of trash ends up in long beach. man: we've created a system to deal with flooding but inadvertently created a pathway for pollution to get into our waterways. narrator: los angeles county is beginning to develop ways to reduce the infrastructure's impact upon the environment. on the front lines of protecting the beaches, are the crews that clean out the stormwater system. man: this big vactor truck works on the same principle as your vacuum cleaner in your house, only this thing sucks up the whole house. some of the storm drains collect a lot of trash. i started cleaning drains in '93. they were horrible because they hadn't been maintained so much. now this is a priority. you have trash, animal waste, and it ends up on our beaches. that is a health risk. that is one of the main reasons why we have to close the beaches after heavy rain. narrator: but even when it's not raining, water still enters the stormwater system, carrying pollutants. here on the west coast, a lot of our storm drain systems are separate from the

was an entire generation coming out of nyu, usc, ucla and i was kind of an orphan, abandoned in long beachat a college that didn't really have a film program. so i even redoubled my efforts at that moment to attend those two universities. and every time i went in with my application for transfer, they kept saying, no, your grades aren't high enough. and then i remember one teacher at usc said, "you're probably going to vietnam anyway." well for me, before i went to film school i was interested in maybe becoming an english major or becoming an anthropology student. i wanted to go to art school and become an illustrator. those were the options that i was playing with. i didn't know very much about film at all. i was interested in photography and it was really out of my interest to become an illustrator. i ended up at usc film school, didn't know anything about it. i thought: this might be interesting. (george lucas) i got in there and within a month i had discovered something that i loved, something that i was very good at. i was learning the techniques of filmmaking and i learned them very

long long beach is out what physics will miss us really interesting as well john let me ask you something are we about to win in other words you've been on the shown over the years we've talked about best we've set up a a conflict between the paper versus physical we've encouraged the world to take physical delivery to push the paper pushers like j.p. morgan into bankruptcy and to cause a default on come backs to stop the world from being strangled by the tyranny of fractional reserve banking and everything that goes with market manipulation whether it's live bore or c.d.'s or everything that goes with it if the inventory in these exchanges is now at vase ecclesia zero are we now on the threshold of a major default john. i think i think so i think that's what we're getting to i think actually the banker shot themselves in the foot with the most recent read all the paper prices and i always emphasize the difference between paper physical because as you pointed out we are also seeing a divergence very much so between the is the goal and the paper prices of precious metals so that i think th

he serves as the executive director of the port of long beach. the previous director resigned, as a result of a ktvu investigation into questionable expenses at a strip club in 2008. he is expected to start in july. >>> police are looking for a man who exposed himself to two girls. the girls said they were walking behind a business when the driver blocked their path with his suv and exposed himself through the window. the girls say he was white, late 40ys. wearing an american flag baseball hat and a black sweat shirt and driving a yukon. >>> bart's board of directors is set to make a decision on a policy for bicycle riders to get around easier on bart. right now certain morning and afternoon trains don't allow bikes. bart ran week long tests in august and march and received positive feed back from riders. officials learned a lot from the trial periods and now making more room for bikes that will make it easier for all riders. >> the big issue is getting in and out of the cars cars and we don't want bicycles blocking the doors. it benefits everyon

i live on long beach island. fun. >> and you and nate write a lot at the jersey shore? >> the three of us wrote a lot of this record in jersey north. we probably worked down here, right? >> for sure. in between like eating too many hamburgers, yes. >> so were you inspired by cheese balls? >> we've had some dark weekends as far as things we've eaten. >> talk to us about the album. it's multiplatinum now and it's great and fun to ride the wave. are you eager to get more music out there quickly? >> whatever feels natural. it's all about the art and this album is really special for us just because you know, we have been doing this for a long time and got big off something we've been just proud about the music and nothing more so hopefully we do that the second time around. >> and for those who don't know how you got the name fun, you had to reject a kind of ridiculous other name first. >> ice cream came first but there was something about it that we liked and i guess that was the essence of ice cream was fun. >> fun,

kevin, long beach, new york. my mom turns 82 in june, has a crush on miller. i'm taking her to the show. see you on june 1st. tell her not to throw anything at miller. sometimes that happens, elderly women throw their garments at miller. matthew, richmond, virginia. bill, just heard that parts of "killing kennedy" will be shot here. production begins in june. looking forward to that. terry, china. love "killing lincoln" and "killing kennedy." i hear they're doing well in china. another what if my opponents try to marginalize me? most people won't be swayed. you get attacked, that's it, you're gone. finally, a new high-tech super wheelchair greatly helping u.s. military people who lost limbs fighting in iraq and afghanistan. the so-called track chairs cost about $15,000 each. many business people have emailed me wanting to underwrite a chair or two. that is fabulous, because these chairs bring a sense of freedom to our wounded vets, because they can literally go anywhere. here's the address where you can help out -- actiontrackchair.com. it's a legitimate chari

the 41-foot boat left hawaii for long beach on thursday.he skipper arranged to check in regularly with friends on the voyage, but the boat has not been heard from for several he days. no distress or injuries have been reported, say the coast guardant anyone with information is asking to contact the coast guard. >> >> rolling stones, getting ready to start it up at the oakland coliseum. >> it got pretty good reviews when it opened friday. the hot ticket, the price of tickets. still a few tickets when we checked this afternoon. some starting at $170 each, including the service charge. on stub hub, someone offered a pair of tickets, center stage, 12th row for $2,500. no word if they sold at that price. >> >> they have got to be -- >> former governor bill richardson weighs in on the immigration debate. hear what he says is the key problem in the republicans plan. [ male announcer ] fact: the 100% electric nissan leaf... is more fun than ever. sees better than ever. ♪ charges faster. and will charge. cool. and heat. from your phone. fact: leaf n

america where you are not likely to lose your cell phone, philadelphia and seattle and oakland and long beach and newark. >> apple's app store has reached a major milestone on thursday an ohio man downloaded the 50 billion app. gift certificate have awarded to the >> covering fremont, palo alto, north bay, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> good morning, at 5:12. the city of san francisco is stepping up security at bay to breakers race after the deadly boston marathon bombings. the biggest changes is cameras. this year there will be surveillance video at the start and the finish. there will be more officers including special ops and bomb technicians just in case of the strict rules are if force, no alcohol, no floats, though large backpacks no wheeled objects and no pets. >> with the big race a few daysing a they are asking for help in solving a fatal attack that happened after last year's race when a map was attacked on may 20 by a group of people in golden gate park after he and his friends got in an argument with a group. he died several days later. police have released photos of

number of hours, you're considered a parttime employee if you're under 30 source to the city of long beach california said for or 1600 parttime employees we're going to get your numbers below 30 hours, because if you're above 30, you have to be considered -- >> neil: spillover. by the way, the hours and parttime and what qualifies, that is all spelled out in the bill that all these senators insisted they read, including max bachus, who, when caught on the subject, said, actually, didn't read it by definition. i want your reaction. >> if either of you actually read the healthcare bill? >> i don't think you want me to waste my time to read every single word in the healthcare bill. that's statutory language. it takes a real expert to know what it is. we hire experts. they're right here. they work for me. they work for secretary sebelius. >> neil: if those are the experts you're hiring, fire them, and fire yourself. i tell you, senator, when that many people let you down and surprise you with costs you might not have seen coming, the buck has to stop with somebody, but unfortunately it's stopp

coast guard says group left honolulu for long beach on thursday but concerns started to grow when both the coast guard and friends lost contact with the sailors. last contact anyone had with them was friday night. the coast guard is now trying to track a possible satellite phone signal that was picked up about 460 miles northeast of honolulu. >>> and divers have found the body of rancho cordova man who drowned in the american river. 23-year-old christopher hair was -- harris was found 9:30 last night. harris tried swimming across an inlet without a life jacket. according to witnesses he was halfway across when he started having difficulty. he disappeared in an area that's nearly 20 feet deep and crews say the thick silt at the bottom also made the search difficult. it took them hours or four hours to find his body. >>> referee in utah has died after being punched by a 17-year-old soccer player. 46-year-old ricardo was attacked during a game last weekend. police say a 17-year-old player in a recreational league punched him in the face after he made a call that angered the teenager. poli

he is 22-year-old christian barns of long beach. the charge, possessing a destructive device.e say he has indicated this was "an isolated incident with unanticipated impacts." he is cooperating with investigators. he is being held on $1 million bail. according to california penal code, possessing a destructive device carries as many as seven years in prison. and an "outfront" update. an attorney for robert bails confirmed the army staff sergeant agreed to plead guilty to charges of premeditated murder in the killing of 16 afghan villagers. in exchange for avoiding the death penalty. the decision to seek a plea deal which was first reported by the associated press must be approved by the judge and the commanding general of the division. the u.s. military alleges bails left his outpost in the middle of the night and single-handedly attacked two villages. a hearing is scheduled for june 5th. >>> the judge in the major nadal hassan case has ordered a medical evaluation. hasan was shot on the day he was accused of killing 13 people in a shooting spree at ft. hood. he is now paralyz

lidle is the executive director at the port at long beach. he is the permanent replacement for omar benjamin who resigned after filing expense reports for trips to a strip club. >>> bicyclists will soon be allowed to board bart at any time of the day. >> reporter: you are not free to do so this morning. that five-month trial period begins july 1. on that day the rules will be relaxed.this trial period is going to start on july 1. on that day, that is when the rules are going to be suspended. the rules that are banning bikes during rush hour right now. at that point, july 1, bikes will be allowed any day an time in all but the first three cars of a train. relax never in the first car of a train. the trial period will last until december 1 when the bart board will decide whether to keep allowing bikes on board or to go back to the old rush hour rule. at a board meeting last night most of the speakers were in favor of bikes. >> to be able to take my bike on the bart at any time of day would expand my world tremendously. >> being able to use bart

lidle is currently the executive director of the port at long beach.idle is the permanent replacement for omar benjamin who resigned after filing expense reports for visits to a strip club. >>> and bicyclists you may soon be able to get on bart anytime you want. it's a temporary program that kicks off later this summer. kpix 5 reporter anne makovec joins us from the glen park bart station in san francisco with more. good morning, anne. >> reporter: good morning. it is a 5 month trial period that begins july 1. on that day bart will relax the rules on the ban during rush hour and they will be suspended and they will be allowed anytime any day except three trains during rush hour and never in the first car of the train. the trial period lasts until december 1 when the bart board decides whether to keep allowing bikes on board or go back to the old rush hour rules. people i spoke with here this morning have mixed feelings about this. >> i think it's a good thing. i think that if people are respectful, it can work out pretty well. >> when they come on they

and yesterday we got some vintage christie when the governor spoke at a town hall in long beach islandthe back story. ever since superstorm sandy wreaked havoc last year new jersey wanted to create a system of protective sand dunes along it's 127 mile atlantic coast. some homeowners don't want to sign easements giving the state permission to build the dunes. they say the government will eventually decide to use the easements to build board walks, public bathrooms and other beach projec projects. christie didn't mince words on that point yesterday. >> i don't want to build a road. i don't want to build a bathroom. i don't want to build a shower. i don't want to build a hut. i don't want to build anything except a dune, okay? any knuckle head neighbor of yours who is telling you, you sign that easement, christie's coming in here, he's building showers for people, a bathroom there, a hotdog stand. before you know it there's going to be a dairy queen. i'm telling you, it's going to be unbelievable. let me use a word that is indelicate. and there's some children here. i see one. there may b

how about your neighbors in long beach? leslie has called in from chesterfield, virginia.can we hear from vienna, virginia, annandale? and nablus, maryland? wendy calling in from california. anybody calling in from the district of columbia? a caller from el paso, texas. how about houston, austin? we urge you to call. if you are watching from galveston, the ireland, or up there in huntsville, give us a call, 866-359-4334. kerry has hauled in from knoxville, tennessee, james the michigan, north dakota. patricia from gold river, california. nettie from los angeles. barbara from los angeles. a lot of people are calling in from california. it definitely california is at the top. troy from bakersfield, clarence from santa barbara. can we hear from the mexican border? .an we hear from mendocino we are asking you to go to the phone right now and let us know you are in the house. we cannot do this without you. only together, your call makes a difference. 866-359-4334. f'swill send you richard wolf book and the full speech, $125, the book and dvd. a missouriall him and minnesota, as