vice president moran: thank you. commissioner caen: i would like to make the suggestion that we add something to the resolution, and this goes back to my desire for more storage. when this project first came to was, which was in the year 2000 perhaps, i wanted the dam taller, of course, and under the description of scope of work, it is stated, number one, that the design that could accommodate its enlargement but future generations -- i would like that wording put in the resolution because the scope of work can change, and i want to make sure that this is constructed so we can make it larger in the future if need be, so i would like to add in the last result where it says "approved plans and specifications which includes a designs that could accommodate potential enlargement by future generations." vice president moran: ok. we have a motion and a second. any discussion on the commission? any public testimony? [laughter] any other public testimony? ok, i have a motion and a second. all of those in favor the motion car

commissioner moran: the meeting is adjourned.

vice president moran: any other further comments? at the wing commissioner caen: 's -- echoing commissioner caen's comments, as we go into this planning effort, none of this stuff is simple. the fact is that if he tried to do more storage any meaningful way, rain barrel do not get you there, very frankly, and its storage is the answer, you may need to look at increasing the size of existing reservoirs, and i made the wrong end am delighted to be wrong, i do not think this is what you have in mind. as we look at all the pressures that are on the system, if we cannot work with a little bit -- local options, we have got to go back to the other. it is not simple on any side, and i think we're going to get there, and when we get there, i would like to have as down a base as possible about what the dissemination efforts are so we can have a conversation about that. it is also an old project that has been around a long time. it is a new project to be here asked -- as an mou. i, for one, am very comfortable proceeding to this step, and i am

commissioner moran: we have something that is different. most water agencies note with their customers are. we have a significant uncertainty as to what our relationship will be to our wholesale customers after 2018. that puts in a level of uncertainty that most water agencies do not have. >> absolutely, i think there's a section in here that calls out the uncertainties. both the ones that all water agencies face, plus the ones about our whole positions, and we have to deal with those. that is what we will be constantly pointing people to when we talk about this plan. in response to your suggestion that we make some edits to the plan, what i would offer to the commission is if you could approve the plan with the provider so that we will make changes in those sections, those are merely descriptive changes. they do not get at the numbers and the legal obligations. we could make some changes in that language to beat those sections up without changing the substance of it. staff would be happy to do that. >> -- commissioner vietor: if there is n

in new york city, this is "nightline," june 28th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. an estimated 35,000 murders were committed in the last five years in battles over control of the u.s. market for illegal drugs. but those murders didn't happen here. they happened in mexico. meanwhile, the products keep flowing north and the cash throws south. well, tonight, we get an exclusive look at the drug war as few have ever seen it, on the border, and at a top secret facility. here's abc's peer yeah thomas. >> reporter: on a recent afternoon, "nightline" cameras were rolling as customs agents targeted this 18-wheeler. it was supposed to be carrying furniture. but an x-ray suggested something else was hidden inside. >> wow. >> reporter: jackpot. marijuana. pay dirt. you got what you were looking for? >> we did. we found packages containing marijuana. >> reporter: in the end, the truck contained 100 ottomans filled with 2,300 pounds of marijuana. more than a ton in total. this is a major organization, a small group wouldn't be able to do something like this, right? >> that's cor

in new york city, this is "nightline," june 3rd, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran.t's an old truth in american politics. it's never the crime, it's the cover-up. an arrest warrant was issued today for former presidential candidate john edwards, after his indictment on criminal charges. and while edwards has been convicted of no crime and might never be, these charges could carry a prison sentence, a serious one. whatever the outcome of his case, the electorate is faced with a spectacle of a man who once aspired to the white house but may end up in the big house. here's bob woodruff. >> reporter: with his daughter cate by his side, today, former senator and presidential candidate john edwards said he will fight the charges against him and win. >> i will regret for the rest of my life the pain and the harm that i have caused to others. but i did not break the law and i never, ever thought i was breaking the law. >> reporter: but the government charges he did just that, alleging he illegally solicited donations during the campaign to hide his affair with rielle hunter

in new york city, this is "nightline," june 17th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. well, for some people, the only thing more fun than going shopping is showing off what they bought. thus was born the so-called haul video, shoppers mainly women setting up a web cam and displaying the spoils, the haul, of their latest outing, for all the internet to see. well, the twist here came when the videos of certain haulers began to win fans. in some cases, lots of fans. and the devoted shoppers began market movers all their own. here's abbie boudreau. >> hey, everyone. >> hey, everyone. >> hi, everyone. >> reporter: it's one of the fastest growing trends hitting the web. >> we got a haul, people! >> reporter: women of all ages. >> any kind of boot goes. >> reporter: shopping and then posting videos of their catch online. >> i just thought it was cute. >> reporter: perhaps a dream job for many women. >> i love that. >> i love that. >> smells like cake batter. >> reporter: this is elle. >> and honey. and cake batter. >> and this is her younger sister blair. >> i don't really li

in new york city, this is "nightline," june 1st, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. well, today marks the start of the atlantic hurricane season. but it was tornadoes, not hurricanes, that wreaked havoc in massachusetts tonight. at least two confirmed tornadoes touched down there, with four reported deaths so far. the first fatal tornado in that state in 16 years. it didn't look like a massachusetts storm. it looked like a prairie twister, except this one was blowing right up the connecticut river. one of at least two tornadoes spotted in western massachusetts this evening, followed the river right into the town of west springfield, carrying with it a debris field hundreds of feet high and turning the water into a giant swirling caldron. at least four were reported killed in the storms. governor deval patrick appeared tonight to declare a state of emergency. >> we'll do whatever we have to do to meet the needs of people, to protect public safety and to help people get back on their feet. >> reporter: the governor said about 1,000 national guard troops are being deplo

commissioner moran: yes. you touched on the nature of the partnership over an extended period of time and the ability to not bid on other work. that has come out of some discussions on how we make sure they are not in any way compromised in their ability to give us the best advice that they can. i think that has been structured well. i appreciate your work. >> we bent over backwards. all the lessons learned and then some. i really have to compliment harlan and the contracts group. a lot of work went into this and a lot of effort by city staff to get to this point. there are a lot of people from waste water enterprise here today who are looking forward to this opportunity to having a system that we can be proud of and take us into the future. hopefully we can get your consent today to move forward. thank you. president vietor: commissioners? do not run away. commissioner moran: i was curious about your lessons learned. can you talk a little bit about that and what specifically? >> harlan kelly, assistant gener

. >>> good evening, i'm terry moran. well, congressman anthony weiner is now a pariah in his own party with the latest being house minority leader nancy pelosi is upset he didn't warn her of the extent of his misdeeds until right before his bombshell news conference yesterday. weiner may be an extreme case of internet misbehavior but where exactly is the line these days between online flirtation and infidelity? if you wonder whether it matters

i'm not falling for that. >>> good evening, i'm terry moran.l, congressman anthony weiner is now a pariah in his own party with the latest being house minority leader nancy pelosi is upset he didn't warn her of the extent of his misdeeds until right before his bombshell news conference yesterday. weiner may be an extreme case of internet misbehavior but where exactly is the line these days between online flirtation and infidelity? if you wonder whether it matters ask any practicing divorce lawyer. here's david wright. >> to be clear the picture was of me and i sent it. >> reporter: he's a congressman caught in a sex scandal apparently without ever having sex outside his message. >> i have never met any of these women or had physical relationships at any time. >> reporter: the woman who was the intended recipient confirmed to chris cuomo in his case he was at least telling the truth. >> it was internet chitchat. >> it was nothing like a relationship. nothing like that whatsoever. hey, i think you're hot, okay. >> reporter: does that make it any

i'll go into an apple store and they will all go absolutely crazy with me. >> reporter: moran usuallyinto the temecula apple store to record his dance videos with their web cams but he has done it at stores all over the nation. now people come up to him in his hometown. >> i go to the mall. i go anywhere, and i get recognized. i take pictures with people. it's very fun. i love it. people really like what i'm doing. like i think it's really fun and really cool. i make a lot of people happy and people show me that i make their day and stuff. >> reporter: moran wants to be a triple threat: singer, dancer, actor. he already has a manager. and if those long locks remind you of another teen sensation, forget about it. he says the managers and employees at this temecula store are his biggers supporters but couldn't talk to us on camera tonight citing policy. in temecula, nicole gonzales. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, i know you're worried about making your savings last and having enough income when you retire. that's why i'm here -- to help come up with a plan and get you on the right path. i have more tha

i'm terry moran. we begin with breaking news tonight. the capture of a major u.s. fugitive. the legendary boston irish mobster, james "whitey" bulger. bulger, wanted in connection with 19 murders, racketeering, and other crimes, was on the fbi's ten most wanted list, which tonight declares him captured. he dominated the boston underworld, was the inspiration for the 2006 martin scorsese film "the departed" -- >> you got something you want to ask me? >> he's been on the lam since 1994. and just days ago the bureau released a new public service announcement in his case. >> he has a violent temper and is charged with 19 murders. call the tip line at 1-800-call-fbi. >> bulger was captured tonight in, of all places, santa monica. abc news's pierre thomas covers tus. and he joins us now from washington. pierre, tell us how this went down. >> reporter: terry, what happened to whitey bulger had been one of the most perplexing questions for the fbi for nearly two decades. the alleged boston crime boss had simply disappeared. at one point the fbi even thought he might be in europe. it

commissioner moran: the list of pending questions is kind of long, beyond a page now. if we can try to work those out . did staff get that or do i need to repeat that? >> we got that. president vietor: other questions or comments on the letter summary from the events calendar? hearing next, next item, please. >> other commission business. president vietor: any other commission business? next item, please. >> report of the general manager. >> good evening, commissioners. i want to make this brief so we can hear from the community tonight. i want to thank the southeast community facilities commission for coming out and having your folks welcome us to this facility. appreciate it very much. and especially on what is now officially the wettest day ever in june in san francisco. it is the second wettest june in history and today was the wettest day in the history of san francisco for any day in june. so great that you're all here. thank you very much. turn it back to you. president vietor: thank you. that is it on the general manager's report. request to take the citizen ad

commissioner moran: so move. commissioner vietor: any public comment? next item please. >> the next item is general public comment. i have no speaker cards, but anyone who wishes to speak on an item within the commission's jurisdiction but not on the agenda, now is the time. commissioner vietor: comments from the public on items not on the agenda? >> yes, if i may. one issue we have been determining over the last year with the california stem cell agency is to give a report to the taxpayers as to how many jobs are created, what kind of infrastructures have been directed -- erected with the use of their money. i was wondering -- do we do that here with the puc where we provide the ratepayers with an expenditure of jobs that have been created? because that is taxes coming back into the city, back into the state that we ought to at least at some point delineate to the ratepayers and let them know where and how their moneys are being used effectively to create these employment opportunities, these construction opportunities, and just the contributions that

terry moran takes us inside the debate on the biggest job discrimination case in u.s. history. terry. >> reporter: well, diane, there's no question at all this is a huge victory, and not just for walmart but for corporate america as a whole. and it will have a tremendous impact on women coming together to fight discrimination in the workplace. for the women of walmart, who charge they've been denied equal pay and promotions because of their gender, it has been a decade of struggle against the world's largest company. >> this ten-year battle so far has definitely been worth the journey. but we are definitely marching forward. >> reporter: but the supreme court just made it a lot harder. justice antonin scalia wrote the crucial opinion for the court, which ruled that the women of walmart had failed to show that the company has an actual policy of discrimination that worked to harm all female employees. "to sue about literally millions of employment decisions at once plaintiffs need some glue holding the alleged reasons for all those decisions together," scalia said from the bench

moran: thank you. we must always bear in mind that we live in a world that wants more than anything to shine as brightly as the beacon of freedom and hope that we represent. and we should always bear in mind that we have the privilege of representing and burnishing ever brighter and we do that every time that in a time of crisis when there is cost and potential consequence, when we show the courage and constantcy that defines us once again we are called upon to be equal to our history. this may not seem like a terribly critical vote in the scheme of things, but to every one of those libyans who have chosen to put their lives on the line for the values that are defined by who america is, it is a big deal. it is fering. it is their lives. it is their hope. it is their future. that's why this resolution should be defeated. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. moran: an we should continue to be proud of who we are and who our nation must be. thank you, madam speaker. the speaker p

i would like to say thank you very much to moran for not just a bully, but doing a great job for sitting in my stead as i have been away for the last meeting. the other thing is, i would also like to make some comments, saluting the staff here on upcoming retirement. patricia beasley with the housing and it inspection division will be retiring, i think, june 24. along with that, and gerald mcdermott, an electrical inspector, also towards the end of this month. ann aherne, an anchor for the commission for quite a few years, will also be retiring in july. the category here is that they have a boy served the city and have more importantly always put their good work through the efforts of the department, and for that, we will always be thankful. also, i would like to commend the staff. dan lowry, chief building inspector. steve penelli, the chief plumbing inspector. rosemary, a housing inspector. john, and the acting senior building inspector. they have provided a whole range of categories of performance ranging from addressing nov's and inspections. when i look at the numbers, it is really

terry moran reporting in tonight from the supreme court. >>> and now to politics. and the 5'2" gladiator who continues to shake up the arena. today, tea party favorite michele bachmann officially declared her candidacy. she is still in a statistical dead heat with front-runner mitt romney in iowa. and heavy-hitter republicans are watching her every move. especially today in waterloo, iowa. abc's john karl was there. >> oh, it's so nice to see you. >> reporter: michele bachmann is taking iowa by storm. making it official -- with the kind of feistiness that has made her a tea party hero. >> we cannot afford four more years of barack obama. >> reporter: once considered a fringe candidate, bachmann starts as the front-runner in the critical first-in-the-nation caucus state of iowa. bachmann has something of a home-field advantage in iowa. she grew up right here in this house in downtown waterloo, living here with her three brothers until she was 12 years old. brags about being an uncompromising conservative. she tells us she has a titanium spine. now, is there some sug

moran: thank you. we must always bear in mind that we live in a world that wants more than anything to shine as brightly as the beacon of freedom and hope that we represent. and we should always bear in mind that we have the privilege of representing and burnishing ever brighter and we do that every time that in a time of crisis when there is cost and potential consequence, when we show the courage and constantcy that defines us once again we are called upon to be equal to our history. this may not seem like a terribly critical vote in the sche of things, but to every one of those libyans who have chosen to put their lives on the line for the values that are defined by who america is, it is a big deal. it is fering. it is their lives. it is their hope. it is their future. that's why this resolution should be defeated. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. moran: an w should continue to be proud of who we are and who our nation must be. thank you, madam speaker. the speaker pro

moran: thank you, mr. chairman. imagine if just two weeks after secretary gates put some of our nato allies for skipping on their commitments to the structure that is a key to our economic system and the open societies that safeguard our prosperity and our way of life, imagine if now we turned our backs on nato. what a global embarrassment. now is the time to stand together against a murderous dictator, to give democracy and opportunity in a part of the world that has not experienced it. a part of the world which is vital to america's security. that's why i urge my colleague to reject this legiation. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from florida. mr. rooney: mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to my friend and colleague, mr. lynch from massachusetts. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized for two minutes. mr. lynch: thank you, mr. speaker, and i thankhe gentleman for yielding. i rise in support of mr. rooney's resolution. m

. >> other members of the commission, andy moran, art kane is here, various members of the puc, the general manager for water, power, waste water, business services, and juliet ellis, external affairs. one of our stars is shelly campbell, our product manager. thank you. [applause] we're also joined by the department of the environment had. -- hea. d. we are going to wait for the fire trucks to go by. this started with the dpw project and we are a client now representing the dpw is ed riskin. >> thank you. as the general manager and commission president referred to, dpw has been with this project for over a decade it has really become a labor of love for the department. it is an extraordinarily complex building project, unlike our typical library or fire station that we work on. and it is not because of the exceedingly high environmental performance, but exceedingly high seismic performance, business continuity performance. this will be one of the most advanced office buildings in the country. it is really a great partnership that we have working with the puc to make this happen, but also wi

looking at things like the moran power plant or marriage equality -- those types of things, i think that calls for the involvement of the city attorney's office, and that is kind of how i make my decision. supervisor chu: the other question has to do with the $1.1 million that is expected to be received as a settlement. we have not seen this one before. >> yes. there is a proposition that past several years ago, which mandates that any recoveries that you get on business practice cases has to be used for consumer protection or affirmative litigation has to go for that use. the settlement that we are -- hold on one second. this one -- i wanted to see what i could talk about. the 1.1 settlement that we are receiving is a case involving land america, which is a mortgage fraud case brought by the attorney general's office, the district attorney's office, and my office, and we were about to provide the proceeds. that $1.1 million that we will be receiving is our portion of that settlement. supervisor chu: all right, why don't we go to the budget analyst report? >> madam chair and members of t

vice-president moran: here. commissioner caen: here. commissioner courtney: here. >> commissioner vietor is excused. >> we have to work harder. mr. secretary, if would call the next item. >> that would be the approval of minutes of the special joint meeting on may 5, 2011. >> moved and seconded. link electronics, inc. model number: pdr-885 software version: 3.0c address the commission on the items not on the agenda today. we have no speaker cards. >> do we have any speakers? seeing none, moving on to communications. >> the commissioners have received electronically copies of all of the letters in the summary. are there any questions regarding the staff report admitted in this packet? >> i have a comment on the letter summary? regarding the impact of climate change and storage and those of you who have been around for awhile now that i have been a big advocate of more storage. i would point that in your direction for observation. >> i had a conversation with staff a little while ago about the same subject. the conclusions of that are som

>>> good evening, i'm terry moran. one reason eating disorders are so difficult to treat is that patients' troubled feelings about their bodies can be so hard to unravel. and it's all the more difficult when the patient is not an adult or even a high schooler but a young child. and yet a government study covering the years 1999 to 2006 revealed the shocking fact that hospitalizations for eating disorders increased most sharply, by 119%, for children younger than 12 years old. here's andrea canning. >> reporter: this is taylor call, an active 6-year-old pre-k student who lives outside houston. a year ago taylor came home from school and said something that shocked her mother, tonya. >> we were at home and she just out of the blue just said, "mommy, why is my tummy so fat?" and it took me back. and i asked her, well, why are you asking me this? and she said because a girl in the bathroom at school asked me why i was fat. >> reporter: do you think sometimes your tummy is too big? >> sometimes. sometimes. >> reporter: and

>> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," june 16th, 2011. >> good evening. we begin tonight with political scandal. democratic congressman anthony weiner resigned today after weeks of fallout over lewd pictures and messages he sent to women on the internet. house minority leader nancy p o pelo pelosi, who was among those prominent democrats calling all week for his resignation, released a stamd saying, quote, congressman weiner exercised poor judgment in his actions and his reaction to the revelations. today, he made the right judgment in resigning. so, why did weiner finally agree to go? here's jonathan karl. >> reporter: tod >> today, i am announcing my resignation from congress. >> reporter: even in the end, it was uncomfortable and awkward. >> i'm here today to again apologize for the personal mistakes i have made. and the embarrassment i have caused. i make this apology to my neighbors and my constituents, but i make it particularly to my wife. >> reporter: to announce the end of h

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," june 15th, 2011. >> good evening. for more than a month, police searched central florida for a beautiful toddler named caylee anthony. after her mother told police a nanny had kidnapped her. now, almost three years later, that mother, casey, faces the death penalty. she's accused of smothering her child, hiding the body in the trunk of her car. and after four weeks of presenting an avalanche of largely circumstantial evidence, the prosecution wrapped its case today. ashleigh banfield is there and brings us this report for our series "crime and punishment." >> the question is whether or not this was an intentional act designed to cause the child's death. >> reporter: casey's story? after the child died accidentally, her father george helped spin a cover up tale and dispose of caylee's remains. but prosecutors were quick to point out how kay sip's behavior said otherwise. >> how did she appear? >> completely normal. >> she seemed happy. she was in

i'm terry moran. when an earthquake and tsunami fatally compromised a nuclear plant in japan in march, americans asked whether a similar disaster could strike here. well now only three months later we've got the spectacle of an american nuclear power plant surrounded by floodwaters and thousands are evacuating the area around the los alamos nuclear lab due to a wildfire nearby. officials say the appropriate safeguards are in place. but a new investigation suggest existing evacuation plans are inadequate. so could it happen here? here's abc's jim sciutto. >> reporter: we now know all too well what it looks like when natural desaflters and nuclear power plants collide. today, a fast-growing and unpredictable wildfire in new mexico came within one mile of the nation's pre-eminent nuclear lab, the los alamos nuclear laboratory. at the same tie, massive flooding of the missouri river has turned fort calhoun nuclear power plant in nebraska into an island. >> we have stranger, bizarre weather patterns that a

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," june 29th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm bill weir. it's been nearly four years since american exchange student amanda knox was arrested in italy and accused of killing her english roommate in a sexual encountetethat turned deadly violent. knox, along with her boyfriend at the time, was convicted in 2009, but today, the 23-year-old got new hope that she will not pass into middle age in a foreign prison. abc's elizabeth vargas has the story for our series, "crime and punishment." >> reporter: this was the scene when american college student amanda knox was convicted for violently killing her british roommate meredith kercher, while studying abroad. >> knox and her former boyfriend were found guilty. >> sexually soughting and killllg miss kercher. >> reporter: fuhr chaos amid cheers and outrage in per reej ya, italy. a nightmare come true for knox's family. just an hour after hearing his daughter's 26-year prison sentence, knox's father curt and her s

moran said. and so i hope you'll change your mind. and regarding some of the things that i've heard, and i was not going to speak on this. did you have something, jay, you want to say? regarding -- regarding some of the things i heard about these horses starving to death on the plains and everything, there are a number of people in this country that are willing to put up millions and millions of dollars. in fact, i know some of them who have bought ranches and want to take these wild horses and put them into an area where they'll be safe, they will be protected and they will be cared for. and we're talking about maybe in addition to the ranches another 600,000 or 700,000 acres that would be used for these horses and for them to be able to survive. if you have ever looked at the way they transport these animals for slaughter, they cram 20 horses into a trailer built for 10. they don't feed them they don't water them properly and the horses are so mistreated it's unbelievable. in addition, you ought to see what they do in the slaughter

moran: mr. speaker, we were asked to come into libya by the libyans, by the arab league, by the gulf cooperation council, by the european union and by the united nations security council. today we are standing with those who believe in freedom, in human rights and in the rule of law. but also today as we debate this issue, muammar gaddafi's forces continue their merciful assault on combatants. in cities throughout central libya. the libyan transitional national council, which needs our support, is grossly short of weaponry, money, training, but they are the boots on the ground fighting -- dying to dislodge gaddafi who is a bad guy. we need to be on the other side, not giving a comfort to gaddafi so that he can thank us for the resolution and this vote. we need to make clear, we don't support him. we do support people who are fighting for the same values that detype our country. 30 years ago people were killed just this week. the cutoff of operation and funding for the nato operation is to aside

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," june 23rd, 2011. >> good evening, i'm bill weir. for years, he was right next to osama bin laden on the fbi's most wanted list. not only was whitey bulger charged with 19 murders, but for two decades, he was the g-man's snitch, shielded from prosecution until he disappeared. last night's arrest of the boston crime boss ends one of the most gruelling manhunts in history, and abc's david wright has the riveting details for our series, "crime and punishment." >> reporter: he was the dillinger of our day. a gangster to wiley that in boston, at least, he became almost a folk hero. only today did we find out what whitey bulger really looks like. a big difference from all those grainy photos from long lenses. perhaps that's why the bearded bulger seemed to be smiling. captured on camera. right after the fbi finally knocked on his door. a door to a rent-controlled apartment here in santa monica, now sealed off with police tape. >> the arrest marks the en