i visited nevada, i worked in nevada, i saw the opposition in nevada growing and as it was created. i have watched over many years while nevada has progressively blocked each of the various initiatives attempted with regards to yucca mountain. in my view, there are many, many steps that remain before yucca mountain could never be opened. the views and nevada for which i am using the buzzword of public acceptance for socialist substance, that opposition responds in nevada i believe will continue to block progress towards opening yucca mountain. >> not one single member of the subcommittee that i have seen has come out and shared door view of republican and democratic and i understand there are no members for nevada. is there anyplace in the united states you could build this without local opposition in your opinion? >> i used the example several times today about the isolation pilot plant in new mexico that enjoy is very, very strong local and regional support of the way the process develops as well as a repository site in other countries which is what the prc is evaluating i think p

in the sierra, nevada e. june 1st and we are talking about chain requirements as it it is snowing in interstate 80 and so if you are heading to the high country, you need the chains. there is a weak disturbance to bring in the shower possibility tonight and tomorrow. a we'll be back with more on the unusually wet forecast coming up. >> this weather is not just strange, it is costly. it threatens to damage the crops in the state and could lead to higher prices in the grocery store. the weather is creating spotting on call flower and preventing the peaches from building the sugar content. rain could severely damage the fruit. >> once it gets wet, cherries in the growing period. they will grow and split. because they will burst with the rain. >>> and here's the problem when cherry's split they decay quickly. a harvest could hurt prices. strawberry farmers say without the rain they would face aid glutt. >> you can see debris all over the river as it gathers speed. it roared through the downtown area causing major

. >>> in nevada, amtrak says five people are still unaccounted for from friday's deadly crash. a man working for nevada trucking company drove his big rig through a desert crossing gate and in to two double-decker train cars. the crash killed him and five people on the train. one of those killed with veteran train conductor laurette lee whose family lives in concord. >> she was comfortable as a conductor and she liked that position. she's very good at it. >> a big person with a big voice. and a heart about three times bigger than her voice. she looked out for everyone. >> federal investigators are looking at a number of factors that may have played a role in the crash, including fatigue. distracted driver. and drugs and alcohol. they are also looking in the john davis trucking company which employed the driver. officials say the company was cited repeatedly by

inside the nevada test and training range there's a 1,350 if square-mile parcel called the nevada test site and it is to avoid until quadrants. bookwalter and numbers have changed and shifted and have gone underground over the years, but in essence they are one through 30 with some mysteriously missing. area 516 just outside of the nevada test site, but inside the greater land parcel that is the nevada the trading range, and it is there that my book but the basis of my book centers and that is where many of the most secret and perhaps most alarming national security projects took place but many of the most fantastic ones that kept us all save that kept us out of world war iii with the russians certainly helped pilots in vietnam. so many things went on there and continue to go on today. but with that said i'm going to read two paragraphs of my book about that really speak to what the book is, and when i was researching the book i was able to interview a total of 74 men who had unprecedented access to area 51. 32 of whom lived and worked at the base for extended periods of time and about

the town of empire, nevada, in the remote nevada desert no longer exists becau the company that createdt in 1923 has left.ec here's nbc's mary thompson. >> reporter: 100 miles northeast of reno, the newest addition to empire, nevada, is a three-mile fence surrounding its 130 acres. the fence will keep out cattle and squatters who might wander into this modern day ghost town. a town that lost its 350 residents when its drywall plant shut down. >> we've got the weeds in the lawns to take care of. >> reporter: lonnie dike is a plant manager for drywall manufacturer, usg. the company that owns empire. >> there were a lot of emotional outbursts when it happened. you know, it's a frustrating thing not only to lose your job, but you're going to lose your home, too. >> reporter: he says the plant and town were too costly to operate given demand for drywall was cut in half when construction dried up after the housing bubble burst. a company town since its founding in 1923, usg built most of its 200 homes after it bought empire in 1948. recently leasing those homes to employees and their families

i grew up in nevada. when i led the environmental programs, all work on the processing of nuclear fuel reported to me. i am convinced that nuclear energy must remain a part of our nation's clean energy portfolio, an acceptable solution to the nation's management of nuclear fuel is a prerequisite for nuclear power to play this role. the successful management strategy for used fuel must be founded on strong technical criteria and public acceptance. the gao made a similar observation. for example, there are successful repository programs in switzerland, finland, sweden, and france. our own experience with the waste isolation program relies on our success in achieving social and political success. it stands in stark contrast to the yucca mountain project. it is time to move beyond the 25 year-old stalemate over yucca mountain. i accepted this position with full support for the administration's position. let me turn to statements made in the gao report with which the department has serious concerns. gao presum

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. >>> to the latest on the amtrak crash in nevada. the driver of the truck who slammed into the train was driving at a considerable speed. the speed limit is 70 miles per hour. officials found what they believe to be the driver's cell phone. kron 4's grant lodes has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: six people died in nevada. a truck barreled into this train headed for the bay area and investigators spend monday searching for answers. how did the driver miss the lights and crossing gates that are visible a half mile from the track. monday afternoon the national transportation safety board said they have new video that doesn't show the crash but shows weather conditions were ideal. >> the weather was clear, visibility unrestricted. the horn and bell are in hews through the crossing. the gates are in the down position as the train approaches and passes. >> reporter: on monday they released the triver's game. lawrence r. valli. he was killed in the crash. he slammed on his breaks but too late. >> reporter: he the had six tick

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details about a nevada trucking company under scrutiny for a deadly crash with an amtrak don knapp joins >>> good evening. tonight, disturbing new details about a nevada trucking company under scrutiny for a deadly crash with an amtrak train. don knapp joins us with what we've learned about the company's past. don? >> reporter: the nevada crash of a big rig gravel truck into a dual engine 10-car amtrak train has left six dead and authorities searching for more bodies. according to the train's records, as many as 210 passengers were on board. so far, 28 of them unaccounted for. the big rig driver whose truck skidded more than 300 feet and smashed through crossing gates to slam into the middle of an amtrak train worked for a company with a history of safety violations, according to federal records reviewed by the associated press. >> the truck/trailer combination, double bottom dump semi trailer owned by john davies trucking of mountain, nevada. >> reporter: the ap says john davies trucking company has been cited repeatedly state authorities for crashes, unsafe driving, and operating a tru

in the nevada desert it's one of the most famous mis mystery places in the world. although it doesn't reportedly exist. some believe it's where the air force takes ufos when they crash land here on earth. others believe it's where the air force builds their own flying saucers. the men who worked on them have finally been able to share their stories. much of the metology of area 51 grew as the intelligence department looked for ways to keep an eye on secret missionings. the public essentially filled in the blanks. often with fanciful stories of space aliens. as bob mackenzie told us in this record in 2001, it was all part of a time when americans were living in fear. >> reporter: in 1945, world war ii ended at last. the troops came home, the economy boomed, and americans spread out into the suburbs to enjoy the peace and prosperity they had fought for. then just four years later, the soviet union tested an atomic bomb. americans were shocked and scares. the government launched a media campaign to prepare the public for a nuclear attack. >> in the two story house on

. >>> reporter: it turns out there's an attempted homicide an unsolved shooting in nevada.hat suspect's name is giovanny ramirez, the same suspect in the bryan stow beating who is so determined, he took a polygraph. suspect number one giovanni ramirez arrived early this afternoon at the lapd's parker center for a lie detecter test, a test which just finished about an hour ago. >> i'm sure this is going to disappoint everybody, but this is our agreement with the lapd and the district attorney's offices. we are not going to announce them. >> reporter: he swears wasn't even at dodger stadium on march 31 when two men mercilessly beat giants fan bryan stow. ramirez's lawyers insist he had an alibi that he was babysitting and even though polygraph tests are rarely even admissible in court, his lawyers hope it will convince detectives that ramirez is innocent. ramirez previously took another polygraph in his cell last night. can you tell us without giving away the store how did he do? >> that would be giving away the store. >> reporter: meanwhile we are learning ramirez may be con

>>> investigators in nevada fear casualties may rise in the train wreck. there are two people confirmed dead and they are looking for more remains on the trains. dead include a truck driver and the amtrak conductor. yesterday's crash injured dozens of others 70 miles east of reno. they plan to search the cars today for any additional victims. that train carried about 250 passengers. some of them arrives on buses about 11:30 last night. they included a family of six from san jose. >> tipped the car over and then i could see the flames out the window and a lot of screaming. >> people just kept -- they kept walking to the go ahead getting out as fast as they could. >> leslie brinkley tells us more. >> flames engulfed several passenger cars on this amtrak train after a big rig truck had a crash around 11:30 in the morning 60 miles east of reno. the smoke from the burning cars soared into the sky. 204 passengers and 14 crew members were on board members en route from chicago to emeryville. the crash happened without warning. >> you heard a boom and a jolt and t

the neighbor is called the nevada test site.hat is divided up into a bunch of quadrants starting with area one going up to area 30 giver take some missing quadra is. then there is no law 40. 52 is where the stealth bomber was tested in the 1980's. tavis: what is basically happening out there? what are they doing? >> now, again, everything is speculative because everything that happens is very classified. the suggestions are that the drones that are being used in the war on terror are being built out there. osama bin laden, the raid, it is believed by people that a lot of the early reconnaissance was done by this drone. one of the few things the air force admitted is this strong call the beast of kandahar. it conducts surveillance. one of the great questions about, why does the government need a drone that does not fire a missile? the taliban does not have the missiles to take them down. the suggestion was that maybe we were flying in over iran or north korea. from what i anders down, that was the drum that did the surveillance o

it is interesting to compare this case with the nevada ethics case. the nevada ethics case, and a legislator voting and advocating for legislation, not speech. hear, selling data mining about a government-regulated -- information generated as a result of government regulations, that is speech. that accounts for the difference in the questions. one wonders whether there is not some tension in the propensity of the court to see what is and is not speech. to throw in one further example from last term, and the court found a law school religious group's insistence that those who conduct their bible studies actually believe in the bible, that is believed in their own religious views -- that was described as the majority -- by the majority as conduct rather than speech and therefore could be suppressed on the basis of a regulation that is merely reasonable and not viewpoint discriminatory. defining the sort of speech, the speech-related tax, a speech or conduct is outcome determinative, and not necessarily intuitive. >> when you think about this it post-193

can you see that front bringing significant rainfall to the sierra nevada. even snowfall to the highest elevations. it's going to continue to move out of here. as it does so, high pressure moving in fast. temperatures today on the cool side, in fact, below our seasonal averages, will climb into the 80s and 90s as of tomorrow. so cool today, much warmer tomorrow. i think for the first part of the day, next couple of hours before noon we'll see residual shower activity. highs in the 60s and 70s. as we head through tomorrow and especially friday, saturday, sunday, our temperatures climb. by friday we're also expecting triple digits in the east bay, 90s in the south bay. san francisco a hot one for you frei, saturday, and sunday. 80 degree weather we could hit 90 in the city of san francisco on sunday. very unusual to have these big-time changes coming into play so fast. 72 degrees today, up to 98 degrees on sunday. what a difference a few days will make around here and always what a difference a few minutes make on the road. let's check that with mike right now

. >>> amtrak says there are five people not accounted for from friday's deadly crash in nevada. a man working for a nevada trucking company drove his big rig through desert crossing gate and into two double-decker train cars. that fiery crash killed him and five people on the train. authorities did not find any additional victims in the wreckage yesterday. one killed the train conductor, laurette lee. >> she was comfortable being a conductor. she liked it and was good at it. >> a big person with a big voice. a heart about three times bigger than her voice. >> and she looked out for everyone. >> federal investigators looking at a number of factors that may have played a role in the crash, including fatigue, distracted driver and drugs and alcohol. they are also looking in the trucking company that employed the driver. federal records show the company has been cited repeatedly by the nevada authorities for safety violations. >>> minnesota congresswoman michele bachmann made it official today. she is running for republican presidential nomination. bachmann made the announce in the

the truth is nevada's opposition has always been based on our state and nation and nevada's result withnew efforts to force us to accept the true risk it represents. make no mistake the yucca mountain project was born of politics starting with the infamous 1987 nevada bill and why these politics? the state of nevada had a very small delegation and we were unable to protect the state from the 49 others. you want to talk about diets? is that radiation standard that exists because there's no way to create radiation standards to protect the public from nuclear waste with the 300,000 year shelf life and the gao report shows thousands of e-mails that make a mockery of so-called scientific studies. i'd be glad to present this to you as well. originally they were going to restore nuclear waste to yucca mountain. then they realized they were groundwater problems are going to store up a titanium shield to protect it from dripping water. then they realized that wasn't enough. then they were going to build country bunkers to contain a titanium shield that contained and then the last secretary of en

. >>> we turn to the nevada desert where investigators are looking into the cause of a deadly accident that left an amtrak train engulfed in smoke. and sent almost 100 people to the hospital. miguel almaguer is on the scene. >> reporter: tonight, we know at least two people are dead, although that number could climb and as investigators comb through the wreckage, they believe the tractor trailer driver tried to slam on his brakes, but there so many unanswered questions. with federal investigators now on scene, the search for additional bodies was underway this afternoon. the whole of the amtrak train so badly damaged, investigators couldn't quickly confirm the number of dead. >> she's out there! >> reporter: the chaos and confusion of friday's catch was captured by cell phone. fire and smoke billowed from the train as survivors scrambled to safety. >> i heard a big bump and a big, old large scrape and it shook out and hit something. >> reporter: a tractor trailer slammed into the side of the number four passenger car as the barrelled through the nevada desert. 218 people were aboard. t

. >>> amtrak says there are five people not accounted for from friday's deadly crash in nevada. a man working for a nevada trucking company drove his big rig through desert crossing gate and into two double-decker train cars. that fiery crash killed him and five people on the train. authorities did not find any additional victims in the wreckage yesterday. one killed the train conductor, laurette lee. >> she was comfortable being a conductor. she liked it and was good at it. >> a big person with a big voice. a heart about three times bigger than her voice. >> and she looked out for everyone. >> federal investigators looking at a number of factors that may have played a role in the crash, including fatigue, distracted driver and drugs and alcohol. they are also looking in the trucking company that employed the driver. federal records show the company has been cited repeatedly by the nevada authorities for safety violations. >>> minnesota congresswoman michele bachmann made it official today. she is running for republican presidential nomination. bachmann made the announce in the

>>catherine: now to the latest on the amtrak crash and nevada that killed six people on friday. five people are still not accounted for. the driver you are looking at his photo 43 rolled lawrence valley was killed. we are learning that he was traveling at a considerable speed. 438-year-old. we do not know exactly how he was going he was 43 years old. the speed limit there was 70 mph new video is showing that one of the conditions was ideal for him to stop. >> clear visibility with unrestricted. bell were in use prior to the crossing. the crossing gates were in the down position. >>catherine: he skidded 300 ft. catching his semi truck on fire before slamming into that amtrak. two vehicles behind them stopped in time. we are learning more. lawrence >>reporter: warranlawrence vally was working for john davis trucking. they are not commenting but for the record but they have their own story. his name is lawrence valley and he is the man driving that semi truck that crashed into the aiamtrak train. and john davis trucking was this company that worked for. and only two collisions allo

it has been two days since she died in that amtrak crash in nevada. she was the conductor on that train, and her children say it was a job she loved. >> she was comfortable being a conductor. she liked the position. she was good at it. >> the train left chicago and was on its way to emeryville when a tractor-trailer smashed into the gates and into two double decker cars. the truck driver died, and so did five people on the train. >> we were still expecting to be able to say no, that wasn't my mom's train. and this time it was. it's hard. it is not something you wish on anybody. >> investigators with the national transportation safety board were back at the crash site today. they are looking for evidence to help them figure out why the driver slammed into the train. visibility was excellent and the crossing gates and the warning lights were working and should have been seen from well over a half mile away. >> at this point the team is still working on the vehicle. the tires and brakes were our focus. but exactly where that stands as of this time today,

this had to do with accusal rules for the nevada legislature. under these refusals, they legislate or is not allowed to vote. he is not even allowed to abdicate in favor or oppose legislation where he has a personal interest in the matter , in the particular facts. this was a challenge, so the facts did not really matter, but the particular facts are ones where this legislators chief campaign manager and his shoe supporter becomes a lobbyist and now is representing a party who has an interest in this litigation. the court holds in an opinion by justice scalia, joined by all but kennedy and a leto -- alito -- it holds the statute is legal under the present amendment. it is that voting and advocacy is first amendment protected and thus the nevada statute violates freedom of speech. the court said no. essentially it said no because voting is not speech. and the courts as the key point here -- they legislate toward's about is the commitment of his proportion share of the legislature's power to the passage or defeat of a particular proposal. so it is

the accident that we're talking about happened in nevada near reno on friday. five passengers still unaccounted for. the amtrak train was on its way from chicago to emeryville. the ntsb now is looking at having a briefing on the accident. we'll have the latest for you at 8:00. >>> a san mateo muslim woman who lost her job at abercrombie and fitch after she refused to remove her religious head scarf is suing her former employer. she filed suit in san francisco against the clothing retailer. she had been working for the hillsdale mall location when she claimed in 2010 she was fired for refusing to remove the head scarf while at work. she was told when she applied that her clothing would not conflict with the company's "look policy." >> i don't know why they did what they d. they didn't have an issue when i got hired. to have an issue after i was working there for four months was surprising. >> abercrombie prides itself on requiring what it calls a natural classic american style. but there's nothing american about discriminating against someone because of their re

in nevada, it is an early primary.way to determining who the republican nominee is going to be. >>> checking stories across country now. some students across connecticut aren't sweating the sweltering temperatures, at least not in class. the heat, coupled with the lack of air-conditioning in some buildings, has prompted early dismissals. the new franklin county courthouse in franklin, ohio, has a glass stairwell. making it basically a peeping tom's dream. security guards are now warning all women to avoid it. >>> two upper michigan, the u.p., ellen raymond, the only cheer leader from her 1938 class at the high school finally got her varsity letter, 73 years after the fact. good things take time. >>> texas rangers draft a college baseball player even though he will likely never play again. jonathan taylor is partially paralyzed after a collision on the field. we are going to tell you why the rangers called his name. ♪ [ male announcer ] and just like that, it's here. a new chance for all of us: people, companies, commun

>> and the nevada crash of a big rig gravel truck into a dual engine 10-car amtrak train has left six dead and authorities searching for more. according to the train's records, as many as 210 passengers were on board, but so far, 28 of them are unaccounted for. >> reporter: the big rig driver whose truck skidded more than 300 feet and smashed through crossing gates to slam into the middle of an amtrak train worked for a company with a history of safety violations, according to federal records reviewed by the associated press. >> the motor vehicle itself was a truck/trailer combination with double bottom, dump, semi trailer, owned by john davis trucking -- john davies trucking of mountain, nevada. >> reporter: john davies trucking company has been cited repeatedly state authorities for crashes, unsafe driving, and operating a truck with tires so bald the vehicle had to be taken off the road. it's not yet known if any safety violations played a role in this crash 70 miles east of reno. but the ntsb says it's one area they will be looking at. >> the vehicle factors, focusing on vehicle r

new details about a fiery amtrak crash in nevada. what investigators hope to learn from the driver's cell phone coming up. >>> everything from parents to dogs, you name it, the push to ban all pet sales in a bay area city. >>> and charlie sheen is winning! once again. his return to hollywood for a new sitcom. news on that and much more coming up. ♪ [ woman ] sam begged and pleaded... so i sent him to camp.

abc7's lilian kim has more. >> reporter: lee died in the amtrak crash in nevada. she was the conductor on the train and her children say it was a job he loved. >> she was comfortable being a conductor. she liked that position and she was good at it. >> it left chicago and on its way to emeryville when a tractor-trailer smashed through the crossing gate and into two amtrak cars. truck driver died and so did five people on board the train. >> we're still expecting to be able to say no, that wasn't my mom's train. this time it was. it's hard. it's not something you wish on anybody. >> investigators with the national transportation safety board were back at the crash site. they are looking for evidence to help them figure out why the driver slammed in the train. they say visibility on the day was excellent. the crossing gates and warning lights were working and should have been seen from a half mile away. >> at this point, the team is still working on the vehicle. and that was part of the tires and brakes are focus. >> investigators will also be visiting john davis tr

. >>> the man accused of beating giants fan bryan stow may be tied to an attempted murder in nevada. los angeles television station reports that ramirez is possibly linked to a shooting near las vegas two months before the attack at dodgers stadium. police file show a man believed to be ramirez wearing a blue dodger cap, shot and injured a man inside a home in henderson, nevada. that shooting was in reportedly retaliation for the 2005 death of ramirez's daughter. nevada police are not commenting on the report, but ramirez is scheduled to take a lie detector test today in the bryan stow case. >>> also today suspected serial killer josef naso could get an important answer from the judge. last friday he pled not guilty to killing four women in northern california. now acting as his own lawyer, he told the judge he should be released from jail due to lack of evidence. the judge ordered him to write a written request. the deputy district attorney says she will respond to that request today. >>> well, overnight the space shuttle endeavour made its final landing at kennedy space center. com

federal investigators are looking at the records of the driver and the nevada trucking company he worked for. it turns out the company has been cited repeatedly for crash, unsafe driving and tires so bald it was taken off the road. >> she put her work in and she's following the rules and this guy just, -- >> reporter: lee's friend says she was the 5'4" of nature. she was nicknamed the general. >> what was she like? like nobody else. >> she had a giant heart. >> she did. >> and as strong as her permit personality could be at times she was also well known for her generosity and caring for people. >> reporter: she worked her way up from ticket taker in martinez to conductor. they said she loved going to work but was thinking about retiring in the near future. reporting live in concord, patti lee. >>> san francisco's famously boisterous pride parade seemed to have a little bit more energy this year. john sasaki was live where developments spurred new hope. >> reporter: the so called dykes on bikes started the parade with a roar. castro was full of thousands of people celebrating gay rights.

there has been a deadly collision in nevada this afternoon. a gravel truck slammed into amtrak's california zephyr at a crossing east of reno. one of the cars of the train burst into flames. at least two people have been killed, including the truck driver. dozens of passengers have been injured. the train was en route from california to... from chicago to california. in the upper midwest, the waters are rising. the mouse river in minot, north dakota, surged today to a level that broke a record set in 1881. the river is nine feet over flood stage and rising. jamie yuccas of our minneapolis station wcco is in minot. jamie? >> reporter: scott, minot's mayor says more than 2,000 homes are underwater right now and that number is expected to double throughout the weekend. now residents like amy broton can only watch the waters rise. >> i've worked every day, raised two kids by myself in that house. there won't be a house to go back to anymore. so, now we'll start over. somewhere. >> reporter: amy broton is one of 12,000 evacuees-- about a quarter of

in the sierra nevada a lot of rain. about half inch at lake level and there will be rain today that's the front we had yesterday. the wrap around though could still produce a few showers. june started off very wet and guess what it ended very wet as well. san francisco it was a record for the day, but it is not the wettest june. 2.57 in 1884. so if you thought, man, this must be the wettest june ever no it's not. 2.41 has fallen so far. yesterday though .81 broke the old mark of .22 going back to 1952. i mean talk about shattering it. not only san francisco but santa rosa down to san jose. rodeo over an inch. oakland an inch plus. napa .9. san jose was the really leader of the pack. they had to break .02. they had .6. incredible. other rainfall records around the state chico my old stomping ground yesterday 1.19. brentwood .86. in january that would be good rain but for the end of june it's amazing. crescent city with rain, vacaville and sacramento all records for the day. still some on the mendocino sonoma border. so w

thank you very much. >> firefighter ben rupert from nevada. of the fire fights who came from the norgern california and nevada area and firefighter mexico. canada and boston as we said before. it is quite a brotherhood and quite an impressive show of all men and women who share the same risk and burden. >> that's right, john. you can just imagine great to have that interview there. you can imagine how much it means to the firefighters in the san francisco area and lookk and speak to the firefighter and like those who made the journey to share support and grief and sympathy . put yourself in thatuation and people from around the country came to honor your colleagues and comrades and you can imagine how much it means. >> they do it on their own time and expense . even though that young man, john, you talked to and he was frightened by the cameras. this is etched in his memory forever. >> he took a lot away from it. >>> and he will remember this and the sacrifices and he may choose to go and knowing the sacrifices these men made. >> one of the th

well i see them as a huge resource and that's why i purchased this land in nevada eighteen and a half thousand acres with that i also purchased the grazing rights the allotments on the public lands and that's another five hundred sixty thousand acres i am asking the government to convert it from cattle grazing to horse grazing and i'd like to create this eco sanctuary so that you or your viewers could come with their families and visit and instead of going through a rain forest come to nevada come and see your wild horses what we can do for these children for these tourists to enjoy their western culture and try to create this eco sanctuary and guess what over the next twenty years we would save them one billion dollars i mean that's huge i suppose now that the country is broke and we deal in trillion suddenly a billion doesn't sound a lot but it is to a lot of people out there but what do you suggest to viewers who care about this situation is there or is is there some way to participate in this or lobby for the us yes please go to my website saving america's mustangs in america has

. >> alan: 20 people were injured when a truck slammed into the amtrak treason in a nevada desert. investigators say skidmarks shied the truck driver tried to stop before crashing into the train. the nevada trucking company he worked for has been repeatedly cited for crashes and unsafe driving in a january inspection, authorities found tires on one truck so bald the rig was deemed an imminent hard to public safety. >> a second patient has died after a car crashed into a san jose nursing home. 100-year-old suzann infant day died from her injures. the crash also killed another women, a resident at the home. five other patients were hurt. police believe the 90-year-old driver hit the al sell -- accelerator before crashing into the building. grief counselors met it to with residents and staff. >> the mother of a young man arrested for refusing to pull his pants up on board a usairways flight spoke to jones methodist church in san francisco today. donna doyle talked about the incident in which her 20-year-old son was arrested after he did not immediately pull up his pants as flight atte

>> what a scene in the nevada desert tonight. thank you, lisa. >>> and, now, we move to what they're calling a noah flood. big, deep and historic. the river in minot, north dakota, broke through the levees. it's rising so fast, you can watch it inch up the sides of homes, as now 40,000 people brace themselves. hundreds of businesses likely to be lost. and abc's david kerley has the story tonight. david? >> reporter: good evening, diane. this water is moving very fast. in fact, watch this ball travel down central avenue in just the next couple of seconds. it is rising fast, too, about a food every four hours. down river, they are actually trying to evacuate as quickly as possible, but for thousands here in minot, it's too late. water is swallowing parts of minot, and this isn't even the worst of it yet. already more than ten feet above flood stage, another four-plus feet of water is coming. cassandra martin moved to town just ten days ago, and already knows her house is under water. were you able to get everything out? >> no. we h

meanwhile ramirez may be involved in an attempted murder in nevada from january.uspect in that case has the same birth date and description and a first name that is similar to giovanni. >>> and checking the roads this morning, 880 has been our hotspot all morning. live to chopper 5, they are clearing the box truck we have stalled in the road northbound 880 at oak street. you saw that tow truck moving off the scene there. looks like traffic is improving along 880 but we are getting word of a new accident north 880 right at fifth. traffic crawling in some spots. 880 is open northbound at 7th street. that was closed all morning long for a big rig accident and a fuel spill so give yourself some extra time. lots of green on our doppler this morning, lawrence. >> here comes that rain again. what a band of rain we have moving onshore right now. check it out. you have yellows and oranges. a pretty strong system pushing onshore. that will bring with it some heavier rainfall with the possibility of some isolated thunderstorms to go along with that. so a wild day for the bay

henderson, nevada's second largest city.every 82 homes in southern nevada is in foreclosure. half of the home sales here are foreclosed homes. it is no surprise that the main thing on voter's minds here is the economy. >> travis ward and jamie miller work on a 30-passenger hummer limousine, a symbol of the las vegas fast life surrounded by a nevada economy that's hit the skids. >> it is just bad here. everything is slow. a lot of people are out of work. they did build too quick here and now people are leaving because there is no jobs. everything is empty. look at the lot here. >> reporter: there brake shop is the only business operating in the shopping center. >> if there are no cars coming in, i don't get no hours. how can i afford to pay for my kid? >> reporter: how will this impact your decision on who you vote for for president next year? >> it will impact it some. it is picking the lessor of two evils. i know i don't want obama in there again. >> the only thing i can say i was happy about was finding osama out there. th

. >>> a nevada trucking company is under scrutiny tonight for friday night's fiery crash with an amtrak train. six people are dead and 28 unaccounted for. lillian kim joins us from the newsroom with more. >> reporter: the name of the trucking company is john davis trucking of battle mountain, nevada. it has been cited repeatedly for crashes crashes and unsafe driving. a driver of a tractor-trailer smashed through crossing gates and into two double decker amtrak cars, killing the driver and five people onboard. investigators will be looking at a number of possibilities that may have played a role, including fatigue, driver in attention. the company has been cited for having tires so bald it had to be taken off the road. at least 20 people were injured, including the assistant conductor, who had to have surgery. >> i just know his right arm was really bad and he almost lost a finger, and they had to put it back on and his right arm was messed up. you don't go through an impact like that without your whole body feeling it. >> the train conductor was among the people who died. she is from c

a nevada trucking company and one of its drivers under scrutiny after a deadly truck train crash. >>> christy is in emoryville where the train was headed when it was hit. >> reporter: good morning yeah, five individuals are still missing and that investigation is continuing to look into why that truck driver didn't stop even though the arms at the crossing gate were down and lights flashing investigators are looking into what may have been going on to cause him not to stop perhaps was he talking on his cb, looking in his side view mirror or was he talking on a cell phone and john davis trucking company that employed that trucker is now coming under fire as well. the reason for that, is that the department of public safety cited the company for many things, in recent years unsafe driving, cargo violations, oil leaks, drivers not using seat belts and several other things and they have been cited for two crashes in the past two years. but experts say this investigation is so early on at this point it is hard to determine if those violations are in fact unusual for the trucking industry.

the 43-year-old from nevada show he got his license to drive big rigs last month. the crash killed five people. and one crew member also died in the crash and two other victims still have yet to be identified. >> a teenager trapped when a sand tunnel he was digging over the weekend on a santa cruz beach caved nchl the teen is in critical condition. the 17-year-old was on high school camping trip with a group from the creekside community church. he was trapped under about six feet of sand roughly 15 minutes before they dug him out. his church going to be holding nightly mayor sessions for him this week its official. north bay congress woman lynn woolsy announced she'll retire next year. and she was first elected to congress in 1992. today, listing many accomplishments that includes her opposition to the we'll be right back. >> i -- war with iraq. >> i voted to bring our troops home from iraq. i would not keep quiet when my leaders want immediate to close my mouth. >> woolsy said she made this announcement a year early so those looking to succeed her would be able to

it's time for tonight's tool time award and tonight it goes to in nevada cabot who's running for congress republican mark abbott she is running in a special election this september at this point he doesn't have an opponent yet about not stopping mark from going on the air with his first t.v. now is will see in just a moment marcus decided to scare voters in his district. one simple in time america became its own worst enemy there's a lot of money they have to spend it all to control their passion obama just kept raising the debt limit and their independence he can't buy new dependence to adapt to our fortunes and that is how our great empire rose again. it's not too late to stop this nightmare i mark emmert and i approve this message it's your cars on the tires a promise to. our. oh mark there's nothing like some lighthearted fear mongering to introduce yourself to the people might send you to congress really it's just classic you know the fake news report from a chinese t.v. anchor that tells the success of china's takeover of a debt ridden america thank you for warning us of the red mar

i decided that i'd schooltime award and tonight it goes to a nevada cabinet who's running for congress republican mark he is running a special election this september at this point i didn't have an opponent yet about not stopping mark from going on the air with his first t.v. in just a moment marcus decided to scare voters in his district one single in time america became its own worst enemy their borrowed money they have spent it all to control their president obama just kept raising the debt limit and their independence he can't the new dependence their debts to our fortune and that great empire rose again. it's not too late to stop this nightmare i mark approve this message because sure cars on the tires of bob's bridge are. oh ard there's nothing like some light hearted fear mongering to introduce herself of the people might send you to congress really it's just classic you know the fake news report from a chinese t.v. anchor that tells the success of china's takeover of a debt ridden america thank you for warning us of the red mar army is a marching to the u.s. capitol as we speak

tren que venia a emeryville, en el area de la baha, choc contra un camin de carga cerca de reno, nevada- el tren de amtrak partio de la ciudad de chicago y fue embestido por un camin de asfalto en la ruta rural 95, 60 millas al este de reno... testigos dicen que dos vagones se incendiaron.. los heridos fueron transportados en helicoptero .. --- habian cerca de 200 pasajeros en el tren.. una de las victima era parte del personal .. . las personas que resultaron ilesas fueron puestas en autobuses y enviadas hasta sacramento donde tomaran otro tren para llegar a emeryville.. recuerden que emeryville est a un lado de oakland aqui en el area de la baha.. una vez ms 2 personas murieron cerca de reno, nevada en un choque entre un camin de carga y un trn que tena como destino emeryville, justo al lado de oakland.. . cu - anchor ---la deportacin no solo separa familias, sino que tambin es un factor de riesgo para la propagacion del sida. ---este es uno de los temas que se abordo en el sexto curso sobre migracion y salud global que culmina hoy en el area de la bahia. ---pilar nino nos explica....