chairman, is another core noaa mission. we proposed to increase our investments in fisheries science, in the stock assessments, surveys and monitoring needed to underpin successful management of these programs to ensure we have the information needed both to end over fishing and to realize the economic opportunities that restored stocks represent. with respect to achieving a better mission balance, this budget proposes a carefully chosen set of targeted investments that improve the balance between our oceanic and our atmospheric programs, our extra measurial and intrameasurial policies and the long-term and immediate benefits our nation receives. in the interest of time, i will highlight just two of the many points that are salient here. first is great importance of our partnersships in research, in data acquisition and conservation action. noaa could simply not accomplish its mission without the talents and compass its of our external partners. second, as the president has stated on numerous occasions, we must not let imme

it's a research test bed within noaa. and right now the national -- we get our forecast information from the national weather service. and they provide information to us base ed on forecasting models that use big, big grids. and, so, there's essentially one grid square over the city of san francisco that tells us how much rainfall is going to fall in san francisco in any given period. and we have radar to assist us to actually look at what's falling in the city in real time. what we're looking for noaa to help us do is understand on a much finer scale for our city, how much rainfall is going to fall, 6 to 8 hours from now, that kind of window so the operators can use that information to empty storage boxes and turn on pumps ahead of time. and the grid we would be using is much finer than the current grid. and we're just pulling up the slide. one more. so, the map on the left of san francisco shows us the grid size that is currently used in our forecasting. and the map on the right shows what forecasting grid we're trying

fisheries management is another court noaa mission.we propose to increase investment of fisheries science and monitoring the management of these programs to ensure we have the information needed to realize the economic opportunities. with respect to achieving a better mission balance this budget has a carefully chosen set of investments that improve the balance of the oceanic and atmospheric program the intramural funding, the research and operational activities and the resulting long-term and immediate benefits the nation receives. in the interest of time i will highlight many of the points cv and. the first is in research and data acquisition and conservation noaa cannot accomplish its mission without the talents and capacities of our external partners. second as the president has stated we must not let pressures killed investment in the future. the budget proposal targeted investment of habitat restoration, research and activities that set the stage for long-term environmental sustainability and economic vitality and enhancements. i

what is noaa's proposed solution? >> we did make soured and actively preemptively issue a disaster declaration for new england fisheries for just that reason. there is not a sign or a request from it gustation attached. the declarations made by the executive branch and appropriated by the legislative branch as the congress sees fit. >> these aren't normal times, you agree? >> they are challenging times. >> let me ask you this. some of your colleagues from noaa testified before this committee recently and i sent them a letter opposing the question, dr. sullivan and asking for a written response, eight days ago. >> i'm not familiar with the letter, senator. >> i'm waiting for your response and wondering, is there any particular reason if you know at this time why noaa decided not to respond to the written request for information. >> i don't have the answer, but i will surely look into it at the end of the hearing. >> can i have your word what the response by the end of the week? >> my responses need to go through, but i

in the water and transmit the data by satellite to noaa, research on how the ocean is getting more acid and this is part of an exhibit that monitors air and water conditions an the bay. >> a warning of a service outage at chase bank. >> get ready for a shock if you are firing up the grill, which includes ice cream and hamburger s and chips is record high because of a jump in beef prices. >> workers and shoppers say ad match guarantees are not applied consistently from store to store in wall met. >> toys 'r us is reviewing the strategy after a consumer complaint. if you have a chase bank account, it could be a rough week, customers got mail wanting their debit calls could have lower approvals and some transactions will be blocked as the bank upgrades the system. that is the bloomberg business report. >> we are turning our attention to sizzling water and not just one or two days, right? >> it will be around for several days and each day your body will breakdown and be more susceptible to the haze is we will check on the elderly and young and the fire danger starts today and lasts through

. >> reporter: noaa confirmed the boat's origin thursday with help from the japanese consulate. the confirmation means it's officially the first debris to reach california's shore. >> this is incredible. nothing like this was supposed d to happen. 5,000 miles across the ocean it was found and it survived. nobody ever expected this. >> reporter: the tsunami destroyed 80% of the town and the recovery process has been arduous. >> the town is intense. there's a lot of pain and trauma but there's also hope. one of the things that is sustaining us is they have not been forgotten. >> reporter: news of the boat has actually lifted spirits in the town. it would be lovely if the boat could come back. >> reporter: a noaa spokesperson says the school wants it back. they will do what they can to make sure it is returned. there have been 1,600 reports of debris but only 27 of them can be firmly traced back to the tsunami. it is expected more of these items will show up over the next couple of years. live in san francisco, kim bber tere, nbc news. >>> a few months ago state attorney general ha

is noaa doing that? >> as it links to thought, simply because we like at things that help drought and plays a role would've forecast of what is legally to in these conditions. coordinating from the standpoint of research and information, but the key aspect is its problem oriented. it defines rought as the problem and says work with your partners as effectively as possible. it's been widely said that no one agency can do all of this. that's fairly clear. the end result is we have to go back up then to respond to our mandate and measures of accountability. where it becomes critical is working with partners such as the water utilities and others in ensuring we are coordinating to provide information and planning to support their activity. in the case of the information system under public law 109430 that has been the approach we've taken. >> ms. mulroy. >> i'd like to echo what he just said. i can give you a concrete example of it. the single most important thing congress can do is force in the region to co

. >> reporter: noaa confirmed the boat's origin thursday with help from the japanese consulate in san francisco. the confirmation means it's officially the first debris from the tsunami to reach california's shore. >> this is incredible. i mean, nothing like this was -- and it was 5,000 miles across the ocean, it survived, and it was found. this is incredibly meaningful to the locals because nobody ever, ever expected this. >> reporter: the scientist says the earthquake and tsunami destroyed 80% of that town and the recovery process has been arduous. >> the town is intense. there's a lot of grief. there's a lot of pain. there's still a lot of trauma. but there's also hope. one of the things that is sustaining us is knowledge that they've not been forgotten. >> reporter: she said news of the boat has lifted spirits in town. >> it's that lost child coming home and it will be lovely, yes, if the boat could come back. >> reporter: a noaa spokesperson says if the school wants it back, they will do what they can to make sure it is returned. >>> a question now, is the city of oakland ready f

. >> reporter: noaa confirmed the boat's origin thursday with help from the japanese consulate.means it's officially the first debris to reach california's shore. >> this is incredible. nothing like this was supposed d to happen.

. >> the wire pier is a platform for us to do research working with local researchers and with noaa to really understand what's happening, the dynamics of the bay waters, the surface currents, the tides. >> the exploratorium will officially open to the public next wednesday. >> looks beautiful with the glass walls there. >>> up next, you might not like it, the big changes to the spelling bee. >>> if you can believe it, the scripps national spelling bee just got tougher. competitors will now have to know the definitions of the words they're spelling. organizers say a multiple choice o vocabulary test will be part of the pri limb nair rounds and count for 50% of the score. this year's competition begins may 28th in richmond. >>> kami sherp pa climbed to the summit of mount everest six times working as a guide in nepal. he's made 20 other climbs to other himalayans peaks. he works as a plumber and has local mountains in his site. >> mt. shasta and maybe other mountains around. >> congratulations to him, getting his citizenship is one of his dreams, he wants to launch a travel service for

the area -- which they would -- have an opportunity to benefit from the data, if they want to use noaa services in a capacity, they would share the cost. >> [speaker not understood]. we could charge the nbc affiliates. >> mr. cruz had a fantastic idea as well as developing sort of a local weather app that we could sell to the residents of san francisco for planning their picnics this weekend or whatnot. >> you know, i'd actually be quite interested in working with david beale i guess on the climate change work and modeling. because i think this could be a very cutting edge tool, to be able to do rainfall prediction. and, so, if there's a kind of way to add that to the scope or a piece of it, i think it would be a really great piece to change the modeling to what puc already does not. >> a should be like noah's ark. >> is there a second to that amendment? >> public comment? >> public comment, there be not two peep to accept that, there we go. is there a motion to approve? >> so moved. >> all right. second? >> second. >> all right. moved and second. public comments? mr. cruz did you want

and, so, in this case noaa had a product called the emergency management response application which was very nascent. i told dp, i need everything to get this live within 72 hours. they came up with $200 million and it went live. if i had to bid that through, you know, through our channels, i might see it five years from today. but now we've run the slide. and on the first day that irma was in social media, we had 250,000 hits. on the second day it was over 3 million. and people could actually navigate through this tool. and what i was saying, they could validate using gps encrypted photographs where the response was. but it helped close that public trust gap and that's really where being able to move as much information as we can out into the public domain as we talk about cop. and obviously we need to look about cyber concerns as well. but certainly there is a responsibility to share, and especially with the general public because those are the ones that are going to say yea or nay in terms of how we're responding to an event. >> in the service of managing information during a disaste

the japanese consulate and noaa have confirmed the boat is tsunami debris. only 27 pieces of debris found along the u.s. coast have actually been confirmed as coming from japan. most of it in hawaii, washington state, and oregon. >>> new video tonight of a protest in oakland. a few dozen people marched to police headquarters and back. the action was to show support. seattle grand jury resisters. they're four people taken into custody for resisting a federal investigation of an occupy protest in seattle last year. the four have since been released. >>> it took months of haggling before today the city of san jose reached agreement with the police officers union on a new two-tier pension system. and we're live at police headquarters with what exactly will change and why some are calling this the worst such deal in california. >> reporter: police put up the signs that they are hiring, but today it became official that in-coming officers will have a reduced pension and they'll have to work longer to collect the money. in the shadow of city hall tonight we met 22-

the japanese consulate and noaa have confirmed the boat is tsunami debris. only 27 pieces of debris found along the u.s. coast have actually been confirmed as coming from japan. most of it in hawaii, washington state, and oregon. >>> new video tonight of a protest in oakland. a few dozen people marched to police headquarters and back. the action was to show support. seattle grand jury resisters. they're four people taken into custody for resisting a federal investigation of an occupy protest in seattle last year. the four have since been released. >>> it took months of haggling before today the city of san jose reached agreement with the police officers union on a new two-tier pension system. and we're live at police headquarters with what exactly will change and why some are calling this the worst such deal in california. >> reporter: police put up the signs that they are hiring, but today it became official that in-coming officers will have a reduced pension and they'll have to work longer to collect the money. in the shadow of city hall tonight we met 22-

noaa as declared an abnormal mortality event.estigating causes into their things that are impacting them we do a lot of teams get information that in turn can impact us. we eat a lot of the things, using the oceans in similar ways so what we learn from them definitely goes to our health. >> well, will it get inside our food chain? who knows. investigations are underway and marine biologists are looking to everything from biotox ins to possibly radiation traveling across the pacific from the fukishima plant. >> quite a journey and trail to follow and interesting connection between the sea lion and human and what potentially could come to be. thank you, dominik. >>> they may be called man's best friend but these k-9s will bring you down if you are on the wrong side of the law. an inside look at police dog training. and honoring an american folk legend. how oklahoma is paying tribute to its native son sentencinger woody guthrie. ♪ from the redwood forests to the gulfstream waters, this land was made for you and me ♪ there's a reason

. >> the wire pier is a platform for us to do research working with local researchers and with noaa to really understand what's happening, the dynamics of the bay areas, the surface currents, the tides. >> reporter: workers are still installing the finishing touches in time for next wednesday's grand opening. still, this is one of the few places you'll find people celebrating a remodel project that may never end. >> we're still building it. and it will always be a constantly evolving institution. we're always making new exhibits, new experiences. >> reporter: nbc bay area news. >>> california lottery claims powerball is a boon to state schools, but still ahead, how the ball really bounces. coming up, a reality check on the powerball mask. >>> this week, california saw record lotto sales since becoming the newest powerball member, and it doesn't hurt that tonight's drawing is a whoping $70 million. in theory, this should be a big win for public education, which benefits from the lottery, right? investigating the claim that powerball will provide a shot this the arm for schools in this m

you need a noaa weather radio on tonight if you have one. if you don't, go out and buy one tomorrow. you have to think about this, piers. we should have had over 90 tornadoes in march. we had 17. there wasn't a spring in march. now we're making up for that. the weather is warm, the weather, the hot and the cold makes this, this was at least in my opinion from this view, a half a mile wide tornado, probably somewhere around 140 or 150 miles per hour at its core, knocking things down for miles. probably 30 or 40 miles. tomorrow, the weather service will go out there and confirm that that was a tornado, but you don't have to be a weather man to figure that out. right now on the ground from mississippi, crossing the border into alabama, one man was killed in pickens county. i can't really believe only one killed in that size of a storm. the reason that was is because there were plenty of warnings and it was in a very rural area. if that storm rolled through a metro area, any kind of a city, there would have been a lot more fatalities than that.

noaa scientists working in rhode island found winter flounder incubated in warmer water are smaller when they hatch than those incubated in colder water. smaller juveniles are easier prey when predators return with the warmer spring water. the juvenile winter flounder used to have time to settle to the bottom of the bay and to grow larger before the abundant bottom feeders like the sand shrimp were present. but now warmer water brings the shrimp in earlier, while the flounder are still small enough to eat. so, warmer waters load the dice against winter flounder in narrangansett bakers and the fishermen who rely upon them pay the price, a real price. this is not unique to rhode island. you can go find examples all over the country. over on the pacific coach ocean acidification driven by higher levels of carbon dioxide in the water is killing off baby oysters as they try to form their shells in the acidified water. again, i don't know how many colleagues care about baby oysters, but oyster farming is a serious cash crop on the pacific coast. an oeus ster hatchery in -- oyster hatchery in o

you noaa takes itself pretty seriously, but as we all saw saturday, it sometimes steps back and allowspresident makes fun of his opponents and himself. >> these days i look in the mirror and i have to admit i'm not the strapping young muslim socialist i used to be. >> he took a shot at republicans in congress. >> one thing they all agree on is they need to do a better job reeting out to minorities. and, look call me self-centered, but i can think of one minority they could start with. some folks still think i don't spend enough time with congress. why don't you get a drink with mitch mcconnell, they ask. really? why don't you get a drink with mitch mcconnell. >> reporter: he didn't spare his liberal critics. >> maureen dowd says i could solve all my problems if i was more like michael douglas in "the american president." i know michael's here tonight. michael, what's your secret man? could it be that you were an actor in an aaron sorkin liberal fantasy? >> thank you. thank you. >> reporter: comedian conan o'brien followed with his own jabs at poll tish yaps. >> when you think about it

severe ones over parts of the heartland so a good day to plan your travel carefully and have your noaa weather rate joe programmed and turned on to your parish or county in louisiana. watching for severe weather meaning we could see frequent lightning, heavy downpours of rain from st. louis to joplin all the way to tulsa, oklahoma and then on tuesday we'll watch for areas a little further west to see another severe weather outbreak. normally spring is a busy time but not necessarily a busy time for temperatures like these dropping down into the mid-20s for rapid city and i'm getting down to 0 for chicago and for minneapolis, rather, so we are seeing a cold front coming into the northern plains. >> aye-yie-yie. i was squinting to see if that was really something like 20 something degrees. >> deeply offensive, i have to say. >> i was in florida i would say nanny, nanny about oo-boo to you. >>> a search for a missing hiker was suspended citing rough conditions on granite mountain. this was one of two avalanches. the second on red mountain killed a fee meal hiker. the avalanche on granite

so it's a night to have your noaa weather radio through much of the carolinas.omorrow morning the threat is to the mid atlantic, tomorrow evening we'll finally be done with this storm. we've warmed back up to 42 in denver, yesterday we were in the 20s the entire day, but you can see this big contrast right there where that front is. it's been so warm and sticky across much of the area of the east which has been kind of a nice break from the cold, but that's what's driving this. cold air will be through here, and everybody will cool back down. it's going to be feeling like late winter again by the time we get to tomorrow evening. jenna? jenna: rick, thank you so much. >> reporter: you bet. rick: right now a hearing on capitol hill on the biggest emerging threats to the u.s. and one key issue involves the syrian rebels who are trying to oust syrian president bashar al assad. formerly bin laden's number two, this alarming development raising questions for the obama administration, of course, as it expands american aid and support to the rebels. chief intelligence c

we have from noaa a moderate risk. in red across oklahoma and send trat -- central parts of texas. where you have the greatest risk for tornados and damaging wind gusts and large hail. keep in mind the red zone is the highest concern today. you can see severe weather anywhere from parts of texas all the way up into western illinois and southern iowa. you still do have the risk for strong storms. gregg, as we head into the next couple days the system heads eastbound and we'll continue to see the risk for severe storms spreading east as well. gregg: heading our way. maria molina thanks very much. >> thanks. gregg: this storm could up dump as much as 20 inches of snow in the denver area. that is more than three times the average snowfall for the entire month of april in the mile-high city which is less than 7 inches. snow of course is nothing new for colorado in the month of april. it is actually their fifth snowiest month of the year. and the snowiest april on record? well, 1933 when, 33.8 inches, nearly three feet of sn

both the coast forward and noaa provide vital services for our nation. they carry out a wide array of civil and military presponsabilities that touch every aspect of the u.s. maritime sector. they protect the nation's maritime economy, defend our maritime borders, safeguard our ports and save those in peril on the sea. last year the coast guard responded to some 20,000 search and rescue cases nationwide and saved more than 3,500 lives. they saved millions of dollars in property, stopped thousands of undocumented migrants from entering the country and seized hundreds of tons of drugs. the coist guard also deploys forces in support of our troops, conducts humanitarian missions and leads the response to pollution incidents. perhaps nowhere is their important better known than in my own home state of alaska. we have a great tv show about the coast guard too. our economy is based on the fishing industry, the state transportation and other maritime commerce and recreational boating. we are proud to be home of the nation's largest coast forward base and with cu

is noaa doing that? >> server in the case of droughts and floods, want to add. so it plays a role and when we put out a forecast saying bill likely conditions. welcome a likely to flood. ♪ is cordate from the standpoint of research and coordination, but it is problem oriented. it defines drought as the problem and says, work with your partners as effectively as possible. there is no one agency that can do one of this which is clearly clear. but the result is we ought to go back up the chain to respond to our mandate and measures of accountability. where it becomes really critical is in working with our partners such as the water utilities and others in ensuring that we are coordinating effectively to provide information and planning to support their activities. and in the case of the national driver ever mesa system under public block about 9430, that is the approach we've taken. >> yes. i would like to echo what he just said. i can give you a concrete example of it. the single most important thing that congress can do is force interagency cooperation. we -- to

noaa estimates almost one million tons of the carbon dioxide we dump into the atmosphere is absorbed into the oceans every hour. one million tons of hour. we know with scientific certainty that carbon pollution causes the oceans to become more acidic. indeed, we measure that carbon pollution has caused the global p.h. of the upper ocean to increase nearly 30%, by some measures nearly 40% since preindustrial times. in rhode island, the ocean state, coastal activities define our heritage, our culture, and also our economy. our coastal waters are spawning grounds, nurseries, and shelters for fish and shellfish which we enjoy and from which we profit. our shores and coastal ponds are barriers to protect our coastal communities from ocean storms and that naturally improve water quality. our oceans and coasts make coastal states like ours, mr. president, who we are. we will continue to take advantage of the ocean's bounty, as we should. we will trade, we will fish, and we will sail. we'll dispose of waste. we extract fuel and harness the wind. we will work our oceans. navies and cruise shi

probably have already mentioned that according to national oceanic and atmospheric administration, noaa, and nasa, 2012 was the warmest year on record in the united states and the nine warmest year on record have all occurred since 1998. i wanted to talk about some of the effects we're feeling in our home state of oregon. we have a reputation for quality wine, including the orld renowned pinot noir grove. the pinot grapes grow in temperature range from 57-61 degrees. a minor change causes significant damage to them. also the district i represent includes the shell phish industry. there's a thriving fishing community there. there's dun je ness crabs for sale in the -- dungeness crab for sale, but in recent years the changes have caused low oxygen content in the water, hypoxia is the condition that results, it's creating dead zones in our oceans, it kills fish, crabs and other marine life. this is a serious problem that is affecting the industry other there. there's a shell phish hatchery over in tillamook that supplies three quarters of the oyster feed to produce shell phish up and town

wednesday and they're dangerous because a lot of people are sleeping and that's why we talk about your noaa ahead the first severe weather event of the season and why everybody needs to watch closely and continue to tell you. all right, guys, back to you. >> alisyn: thanks. and let's get to some of your headlines and tell you what's happening if your he' just waking up. a three-story blaze takes the life of a fire captain. captain goodwin fell from the collapsed roof trying to put out the fire and started in a fabric store. andrew tried to rescue the captain and severely burned. he's currently in stable condition. >> new reports by the cia, made a secret deal with pakistan to carry out drone strikes in 2004. the u.s. carried out a targeted strike that killed a men am i a pakistan and the pakistani government took credit for that and the cia was granted air space to down the u.s.'s enemy. washington state governor looking at the devastating landslide at whimby island. it took out a stretch of road and determining if it's stable enough for people to go home. the governor is amazed there are n

] plays]ps today's ceremony start with decades of work when two sailor ' remains were recovered by noaad navy divers. even though they got great information, they were not able to provide a dna match. the monitor was a revolutionary ship. it changed modern naval warfare in one single day. the ship was different from its predecessors because, one, it was an iron ship made entirely of iron. it was a transition from a wooden ship to the age of iron. probably more significant was the revolving gun turret. the monitor was designed by a swedish man who designed it with two guns, where many catori said 40 tons or more, it had two guns protected in a heavily armed. that could brocade -- it could rotate through her 60 degrees. and it was separate from the navigation and that changed everything. on march 1, 150 years ago tomorrow, the monitor met on the field of battle with css virginia and the slug it out. much to a draw. but what change that day was the course of naval warfare. them this weekend, the history of the union's first ironclad monitor and the final fate of to occur. -- in the final f