be watching the battle of the red river rising and how the communities of fargo, north dakota and morehead, minnesota deal with those rising waters. >> reporter: fargo hopes the more than million and a half sandbags are enough. ahead of tuesday's expected crest. janet schamlian, nbc news, houston. >>> here in the northeast, it was six months ago tomorrow that hurricane sandy swept through the region. battering the landscape and countless lives. since the storm more than half million people have registered for assistance from the federal government. nbc's stephanie gosk is in seaside heights on the jersey shore tonight with an update for us. stephanie. >> reporter: good evening, lester. i'm standing in the middle of what will be the new boardwalk for seaside heights. mayor tells us that it will be ready and open before memorial day but that can't be said for the rest of the jersey shore where progress is definitely mixed. there are homes along the jersey shore that look like they haven't been touched since sandy hit. a beach house swept into the bay by the storm still sits there. last novem

liz: you may get morehead up than you are. over this next issue that we're going to discuss. your reaction to this, flyers beware, your tiny bathroom on the airplane is about to be down sized. after nickel and timin diming y, they are making restrooms smaller to cram in more seats, the average coach bathroom right now is 3 feet by 3 feet. >> i don't know how you fit yourself in. there is a lesson to be learned. profit margins with airlines are thin, people don't know that, it is incredibly regulated stray, and also a industry that has been on receiving end of a lot of taxpayer bailouts, when americans see airlines and how much they hate them, take a mental note, which places do you hate dealing with most. the dmv, health insurance or banks now airlines, they are reflheavily regulated, that cres a industry with a lack of competition, samoa airline are going to start charging people by weight, that was going to be samoa airlines. if we're denying the samoans are a sturdy breed we're being dishonest. if you are someone who is smaller and thinner it makes sense. liz: back to the

jeff manino and karen morehead. i don't need to look at my notes.s -- i tell him, take a look at me. i don't know what's happening around my back or anything like this. so he looks at me and says, you're going to be okay. and i tell him, you'd tell anybody that, you know. and he says, jared, believe me when i tell you, there's worse out here than you. and that's when i remembered my friends. and i said, oh, my god. my friends. my friends are all dead. you know, this is what i thought. and those two -- those two right there, they managed to sit me down and they -- and they managed to -- they managed to -- they managed to get me in the ambulance. they stayed with me until i got in the ambulance. and -- and that's when i think was the beginning of -- of the real message. you know, it turns out that all three of my friends -- you know, all my friends sustained injuries. three of my friends lost limbs. but, you know, i feel -- i feel blessed. when i got to the emergency department, you know, i'm in pain. it's kind of chaos. and they're moving seamlessly.

and if anyone remembered this was the point where we were so close to losing morehead, minnesota and fargo, which is in north dakota. i was just up there and met with the mayor, the mayor of morehead, to discuss what preparations -- flood preparations. local officials base their flood prediction and planning on predictions that come from the national weather service. i know literally in fargo and moorehead they're adjusting to resources according to how high they anticipate are the water to crest for this unforeseen problem of all this snow. they're well prepared, but, again, they need this information. my question is in addition to the modeling and predictions the weather service provides, dr. sullivan, how is noaa working with local officials to ensure that they have appropriate resources in place? >> senator, i think you've just quashed any washingtonians complaints about it trying to be spring in washington. >> ok. thank you. >> we are working very closely with state level and local officials in your state. we began biweekly coordination with federal, state and also tribal sand l

jeff manino and karen morehead i don't need to look at my notes.l him, take a look at me. don't know what's happening around my back or anything like this. so he looks at me and says you're going to be okay. and i tell him, you tell anybody that you know? and he said yeah believe me when i tell you, there is worse out here than you. and that's when i remembered my friends and i said oh my god, my friends, my friends are all dead. this is what i thought. and those two, those two right there, they managed to sit me down and they managed to -- they managed to -- they managed to get me in the ambulance, they stayed with me until i got in the ambulance, and that's when i think was the beginning of the real -- it turns out that all three of my friends -- all my friends sustained injuries three of my friends lost -- but, you know i feel -- i feel -- when got to the emergency -- i'm in pain. but i'm watching all these -- people. doctors and there is -- her name was shannon, michelle endless names. and i try to remember them all.bi i can't. you know and the

i was there and met with them mayor of morehead to discuss preparations as cities and local officialsbased there planning on preparation of the predictions i come from the national weather service. and literally they are adjusting resources according to how high they anticipate the water to crest with this unforeseen problem of all this no. there well-prepared but they need this information. my question is in addition to modeling the weather service provides out is noaa working with local officials to make sure they have the appropriate resources in place? >> senator, you quashed any complaints of it trying to be spring in washington. we're working closely with the state level and local level officials in your state we begin with travel and local officials and, including cross border into canada. back in february we would hold at least weekly briefing on negative briefings are more often if requested. last month we briefed north dandi congressional delegations in sending your office last week. lee monitor this no pact rivers variate carefully to make sure we bring the most current dat