noaa warns of an above normal hurricane season. >> the work week commute could take longer than usual beginning tomorrow. there's a major lane change now in effect on a bay area bridge. we'll help you prepare. >> leigh: i'm meteorologist leigh glaser. the sea breeze kicked in. temperatures went down as much as 15 degrees today. we'll look at the forecast straight ahead. >> ama: angelina jolie steps out in her first public appearance since announce herring mass sect mom... yes honey? dad told me that cheerios is good for your heart, is that true? says here that cheerios has whole grain oats that can help remove some cholesterol, and that's heart healthy. [ dad ] jan? ♪ >> ama: be pred for significant detours if you use the san rafael bridge. this is so crews can replace westbound bridge decks. you can see the lane re-alignment and construction zone. westbound vehicleses now move across the median for a quarter mile before moving back to the westbound side. westbound traffic will be slower than normal. the western onramp on eastbound 580 is also closed during construction which could la

they will report their locations to the national, noaa. >> and in a few weeks, this noaa app will letne users to join others in gathering of data. >> find where the whales are concentrated, we can suggest one of lanes be a slow speed lane. >> migrating whales are prone to ship strikes because they are lured close to the coast. >>> now it is time to talk about the beautiful weather outside. >> it's fabulous today if you like 80s and 90s. things are going to cool down as we head into sunday. nice a little cooldown just in time to warm back up the latter half the week. live hd picking up high clouds, they will settle in this evening. we are seeing a little built of low cloudiness. and sea breeze will return tomorrow. that is going to mean the fog will return coastline, as well. check out these highs for today. santa rosa, 97. that is actually a record high for you guys. it broke an old record of 95 degrees. 73 was the high in san francisco. half moon bay, 65. we 92 in napa. 97 in antioch. livermore, morgan hill 92 degrees. a nice setting sun going down the horizon from high definition ea

being briefed by homeland security, fema and national oceanographic and atmospheric administration, noaathey're in the room where they watched the bin laden raid and being briefed on hurricane seasons because it is no longer weather out look. it us a now a situation threat to the country. we have to get used to that because that is the era we've entered right now, already begun. our most recent disaster national hurricane center sandy killed 170 people and caused more than $50 billion in damage, billion with a b. it wasn't a one off freak event, the kind of disaster that will happen now again and again because of the carbon we put in the atmosphere and are continuing to put in. we are now entering the first stages of the disaster years. that's what they'll call it when the history books are written, the time the uncommon became common. just last week, noaa predicted a far more active than normal hurricane seasons with 13 to 20 named storms. last year they predicted 9 to 15 named storms and we got 19. when noaa explained their prediction for this year's extremely active hurricane seasons

when noaa explained their prediction for this year's extremely active hurricane season, they of courser than enge water temperatures in the tropical ocean and caribbean sea. as you can see, as it climbed past 400 parts per million of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, the average number of names storms in the atlantic has shot up over the last two decades. they are getting longer and showing up earlier. between 1969 the average date of the first named storm was july 9th. the past four years including this one we have named the first storm in june and may. tropical storm andrea was early and thankfully doesn't look like it will be that bad. we may not be that lucky with the storms named barry and chantal and dorian and fernand are done with us. as you watch the coverage, you should know i will be covering those storms, too. i won't cover them as if they're some kind of random independent acts of god or fate, i'm going to cover them as what they are, the scientific result of what we are doing to this planet and the planet we are giving to our children. we'll be right back with quick three

agreeing to use this whale motting guide and will help identify the whales and report their location to noaa. >> they coapt -- don't want to hit whales anymore you want to hit an animal on the highway. >> this will let smartphone users join the gathering of data on whales. >> by getting a better idea where the whales are cop send -- concentrated we can suggest one of the lane becomes a slow speed lane. >> my grating blue fin and hump back whales are appropriate -- prone to ship strikes. all three species cease are endangered. >> the 787 dreamliner is once again serving passengers at ma men -- san jose airport. the renewed flights are an economic booster shot to the veil con the silicon valley. >> subsequented to generate $78 million in economic impact in the first year suspicious somewhere in the -- and somewhere in the range of 60 jobs created. >> all nippon airways is running the flights five times a week. ne day left to visit the san francisco museum of modern art. the museum will close for renovations that will take three years to complete. it will include more pace anden hanesed educati

agreeing to use this whale motting guide and will help identify the whales and report their location to noaa. >> they coapt -- don't want to hit whales anymore you want to hit an animal on the highway. >> this will let smartphone users join the gathering of data on whales. >> by getting a better idea where the whales are cop send -- concentrated we can suggest one of the lane becomes a slow speed lane. >> my grating blue fin and hump back whales are appropriate -- prone to ship strikes. all three species cease are endangered. >> the 787 dreamliner is once again serving passengers at ma men -- san jose airport. the renewed flights are an economic booster shot to the veil con the silicon valley. >> subsequented to generate $78 million in economic impact in the first year suspicious somewhere in the -- and somewhere in the range of 60 jobs created. >> all nippon airways is running the flights five times a week. >> one day left to visit the san francisco museum of modern art. the museum will close for renovations that will take three years to complete. it will include more pace anden hanesed edu

joining me at the table now, a gentleman we had booked to discuss hurricane seasons, warning from noaa, is and we hope folks will not have destruction. we hope the tornado there avoids devastating circumstances. irwin, before we get to hurricanes or other disasters, since that is front of mind as we watch this system move towards the oklahoma city area. a few weeks ago we were covering moore. we had a man named paul douglas, meteorologist, weather guy, and he made the the point that all of us kept thinking about. he said, it's not that we're getting more tornado. it is not a climate change effect the way that hurricanes probably are, but what it is, is ve we are spreading out toward farm land, empty land and disappear and no one would be the wiser, are now places where people have houses. how much -- how smart are we right now about where we're developing in regards to things like tornadoes and disasters? >> first of all, thanks for having me, chris. so the thing is, that we are, almost all of us, live in some kind of potential hazard risk. 90 million americans live over seismic areas

of course noaa. this information will go into their nationwide weather system. and it's available whether you're a barge pilot or kayaker. >> reporter: what he was supposed to say is how this works. an infrared beam gets shot out into the bay. and what they can do is determine the thickness of the fog and send that information to barge pilots and everyone else. hopefully it will result in much more safe navigation out on the bay. this is only being employed in one other place. mobile alabama and they are reporting much fewer accidents and a lot better navigation as a result. reporting live from the port of oak -- oakland, i'm ken bastida. >> thank you, ken, and we'll be right back. >>> before deciding on the signature tower for the new span, donald mcdonald tried 10 different designs he and his team also experimented with 10 different cable systems. four profiles for the road deck and various configurations for lighting. the final concept won a decision competition in 1998. >> sponsored by at&t u verse. we think possible. before u-verse high speed internet. yeah

. >> greg carbon at the noaa storm prediction center in norman, oklahoma, thank you for joining us. appreciate your time and expertise. >> good evening, rachel. >> can you tell us about conditions where you are in norman and how norman faired in this storm tonight? >> we've lost power in parts of norman. seems some high winds or perhaps lightning may have taken out the power awhile ago. we are still experiencing pretty gusty winds and occasionally torrential rain. it appears the tornado threat diminished quite a bit. the storm complex that brought tornadoes to oklahoma city has gusted out and cold air associated with massive amounts of rain is cutting off the inflow to the storm, likely producing an environment less favorable for tornadoes. >> cutting off inflow, less favorable environment over the course of the night. when will that become more clear? over how much time do you need to see that as a continuing trend before you decide that's what's happened? >> about an hour ago i was asked that question, i said we probably have about another hour of relatively high potential for tor

but a noaa hydrologist says the problem is not enough rain and snow over the lakes in the winter and too much evaporation, fuelled by warmer water temperatures. >> evaporation is having a much more significant impact on the system than it used to. >> reporter: so basically, the precipitation can't keep up with the rate of evaporation? >> that's a good way to say . >> reporter: impacting boaters big and small. >> this island was totally underwater. >> reporter: russ clark runs a fishing business on michigan's west coast. now there are places he can't do. >> i think we're all hoping and confident that the water levels are going to come back. >> and keep the great lakes a source of pleasure and profit for america. anne thompson, nbc news, toledo, ohio. >>> we are back in a moment with the reason a lot of americans say they are driving in circles. >>> ignition and liftoff. liftoff of sds 7. and america's first woman astronaut. and the shuttle has cleared the tower. >> look at that grainy videotape. hard to believe it's been 30 years. but it was in fact 30 years ago today sally ride becam

i reached out to noaa, the national oceanic and atmospheric administration and said hey, we have a unique opportunity to talk about the amazing oceans found right off san francisco. and they were delighted to partner with us. we have a beautiful graphic talking about these really significant marine sanctuaries right off the golden gate bridge, the cordell banks, the gulf of the farallones and monterey bay aquarium and it's really a unique time to talk to our visitors about the oceans and how it influences us all. so traveling exhibits are really helping the zoo and people are really enjoying them. just to let you know, come september we have another traveling exhibit that is going to be called "bugs." and i will let you imagine what that is about. in january, 2014, we'll have another traveling exhibit called "the scoop on poop." i will let you think about that one, too. [ laughter ] i want to point out on july 4 we're going to have a special red white and zoo day and anybody showing up with a flag and i mean anybody, carrying a plastic flag and you get a $2 discount and every day is a dis

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

. >> well, i think what noaa puttous the what we put out in late in may. >> which is what? >> 16 storms, well above normal in energy and a lot of activity into the united states that originates off the african coast and a lot more activity this year in the caribbean islands than we've seen in the past couple of years. >> so you're in florida, south carolina, north carolina, the southern united states particularly prone to these hurricanes and they worry about these hurricanes? and they've gotten off lightly in the last couple years. what are you telling us? >> that area and up the east coast is particularly accessible and our first tropical trouble maker of the year may be in the caribbean, and in the gulf. folks in florida bankrupt to ar get an unwelcomed reminder the tropical season is about to start. keep your eye on the caribbean and southeast gulf, folks, because that may be an app ties tower what is coming later. >> amazing. joe, you've been prescient on all of these developments. good to talk to you and sorry for the rush on time. i want to update you on the latest o

i noaa dixon. i know mental health, so, please, i'm asking you kindly, don't cut more funding. please consider us because we need our funding for our community that is crying for help. don't cut the youth and don't cut people living with hiv. as it is, we're already dying out there and we need more money. seriously. thank you, and, yeah, have a good evening. >> thank you, you, too. next speaker. >>> good afternoon, my name is anthony garcia, and i want to [speaker not understood]. five years ago when i came to san francisco, i came with a [speaker not understood] and a viral load of 600 million. these two services that instituted for me at la raza, stone wall, and aides housing alliance that i'm now able to see a brighter future in my life. it is sad for me to see that these services are cut for my brothers and sisters present in this room and they're not able to benefit of these services because every day, less available and less shorten, even shorter. so, at the same time i seen this beautiful city that there are bus stops making like things services with touch screens and so

so, have your noaa radios on and do everything you can to protect yourself and your families. >> ginger zee with us tonight. ginger, a tough day for you and for so many families rebuilding in the tornado zone. ginger, thank you. >>> as ginger pointed out, the severe weather on the move and bringing flooding worries with it. it was last night, we showed you the giant sinkhole in oklahoma city, caused by the storm. so, we sent abc's alex perez out to find it today. and he's right there. alex? >> reporter: david, that sinkhole, another sign of how serious the situation is here. authorities are still trying to figure out the exact extent of the damage. sucked down into the earth, this massive sinkhole, snarling traffic near downtown oklahoma city. another consequence of those monster tornadoes and the torrential rains that came with it. >> it's not just a tornado. but the water, the rushing water is crazy, as well. >> reporter: oklahoma took a pounding. tonight, emergency workers are still searching for the missing. >> it's been hard to handle, this magnitude of disaster throughout the stat

. >> and in a few weeks this new noaa mobile app now being tested will let smartphone users join the gathering of data on whales. >> by getting a better idea where the whales are concentrated, we can suggest that one of the lanes becomes a slow-speed lane. >> migrating blue fin and hump back whales are near shorelines where there's plentyiful cril. >> 113 cats were removed from a house last july. the kit 's were held as evidence in the animal abuse case but now that the woman has been sentenced, the cats are cleared for adoption. they are doing well and they are not camera shy. >> for more information, go to abc7news.com and click "see it on tv". >>> just ahead, you can bottle courage but now one company claims you can smell like a hero. >> forget coffee and cigarettes. the new nationwide band -- ban. >> this is where it all started. >> and california's long history of tobacco use, some of the artifacts that have local researchers asking, what were they smoking? thousands of years ago. >> leigh: i'm leigh glaser. we'll check in with live doppler 7hd one more time. plus, if you're doi

. >> and in a few weeks this new noaa mobile app now being tested will let smartphone users join the gathering of data on whales. >> by getting a better idea where the whales are concentrated, we can suggest that one of the lanes becomes a slow-speed lane. >> migrating blue fin and hump back whales are near shorelines where there's plentyiful cril. >> 113 cats were removed from a house last july. the kit 's were held as evidence in the animal abuse case but now that the woman has been sentenced, the cats are cleared for adoption. they are doing well and they are not camera shy. >> for more information, go to abc7news.com and click "see it on tv". >>> just ahead, you can bottle courage but now one company claims you can smell like a hero. >> forget coffee and cigarettes. the new nationwide band -- ban. >> this is where it all started. >> and california's long history of tobacco use, some of the artifacts that have local researchers asking, what were they smoking? thousands of years ago. >> leigh: i'm leigh glaser. we'll check in with live doppler 7hd one more time. plus, if you're doi

a recommended action was simply be that you have identified the noaa, nsf, we, have capable personnel that can conduct research. at thelook particularly programs that have been funded in the prediction program in the weather area, you will see that we have an unprecedented return on investment in those programs. i would encourage congress to make funding available to make similar investments in the area of mitigating wind disastrous. thank you. >> thank you. we now recognize our second ms. ballen, for five minutes. >> i am with an organization supported by the insurance industry and the kitchen research and communication. as a research organization focusing on litigation, we have been supportive and provided testimony on hearings for the effort to reauthorize the program. we have worked in partnership with the number of projects with all the agencies. interestyou for your in this important matter. given the threat of when storms, the frequency of events s, the research is much less than it should be. he coordinated, well funded research program -- a coordinated, well funded research p

listen to the noaa weather radio for that. up to eight inches of rain possible.. flood watches for the next two days or so. we are talking about a foot of rain in florida. something they do not need. heavy rainmaking it up the eastern seaboard. two to four inches in new york. heavy rain. not just a little bit of rain. >> not welcome at all. >> no. >> all right. thanks a lot. >>> in philadelphia there is joy amid the ruins of a collapsed building. a survivor was pulled from the rubble overnight. at least six people died when the four-story building collapsed onto a thrift story. search and rescue on going. let's get the latest from chris welch. >> reporter: a late night breakthrough as crews on scene uncover a 61-year-old woman more than 12 hours after the collapse. >> they were digginging and they felt her and she was able to respond. >> reporter: others weren't as lucky. >> our thoughts and prayers go out to those who lost their lives and their families. at the same time we pray those who survive will recover not only physically but certainly mentally from the t

over 90% of the noaa weather stations don't middle the smarts for recording temperatures mitchell point is we're in a cyclical pattern, and i've made this point, and what is going on here, these people are using the fact that people do not know what's glowing -- going on to try to get their agenda out. i want to ask you this, neil. do you think this is brought up now for a different reason? maybe to distract people? we start arguing about this stuff again? because of some of the other things going on? maybe you should opine about that. >> neil: maybe you should just answer the questions and not answer them. i just notice it's hot outside. the good point is taken, one and all. >> guess what, neil, it's 90 in new york, in the 70s thursday and friday, cooling down across the country. >> neil: it's summer. hello, it's summer. joseph, awful a pressure, my friend. thank you very much. making his final appears with us. gold stocks recovering a bit after taking a big hit ahead of the president's speech. several major players lost a third of their value this month alone and charles cane is right

those options include telework, the noaa announced recently it's expecting several strong storms this hurricane season. >>> northern virginia community honored high school students who are enlisting in the military after graduation. it was a privilege for me to help recognize several dozen seniors from fairfax, loudoun and prince george's county. this was last night. several generals helped inpir kids for their mission ahead. they put on this enlistment ceremony last year for the third year. the organization's motto is first to say thank you. it's a very young national organization with chapters popping up all around the country, mostly parents who just want their kids to get some recognition going into the graduation season for the choice they've made to serve in our armed forces. >> wonderful. thank you. >>> it's 5:41. time for traffic and weather on the 1s. let's check in with tom kierein. good morning, tom. >> there's the wilson bridge. look at that gorgeous sunrise over the potomac river this morning. starting off with a chill in the air. weather and traffic on the 1s. now at 5:4

nasa and noaa and all the major american scientific organizations, the join joint cs of staff and our military leaders, a who's who of america's top corporate leadership, the property casualty and insurance industry, the conference of catholic bishops, the list goes on. mr. president, it is time for us to wake up and meet our solemn responsibility to our country and to its leadership role in the world. and we can do so in a way that allows us to do big things that will help the american people. as the president said, that is our job, that is our task, we have to get to work. i thank the distinguished chairman of the finance committee and his ranking member for their courtesy. i yield the floor. i had remarks prepared to deliver on a bill that senator baucus and i worked on together, the safe act, which will help from the beaches of rhode island to the mountain glaciers of montana, and i would ask unanimous consent that those remarks be put into the record rather than keep him waiting any longer. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: i yield the floor. mr. baucus: f

and a tornado itself and to get more data so that people could -- so the national weather service, noaa, could get better warnings. we all go out there and try to protect the public. but tim had a very hard morning. you can hear it in my voice, i'm sure. >> since samaras has an engineering background. what a tragedy he was killed with his son. >> there's no other -- tim, tim would never put himself in danger. certainly wouldn't put his son in danger and to get left turned by that storm or right turned. they don't know where he was. but that was a very dangerous storm to chase. we knew it. we saw chasers just in pickup trucks driving into the tornado. we were looking at him and we're on live tv and, where are these guys going? where are these people driving to because the tornado is forming right there and so many people got too close at times as it -- it didn't start as an ef-1 almost. it started as a multi-vortex, large tornado and people were under it when it started. we were about seven miles away. we were in a perfectly safe position and i'm sure tim was, too. he wanted to put the l

the ship belonged to the noaa l. launch was actually awhile ago. last june in wisconsin.the ship was actually not damaged. while talking about things on camera. take a lack at this. >> up next. seems the yankees and red sox can bond over the and red sox can bond over the buk >> one last check on the weather. sandhya is here. sound like it will warm-up again. >> indeed. you will see that on our temperature trend in a moment. fog first thing in the morning. here along the coast and bay look at live doppler 7 hd and into the afternoon for some of you here. 60 agrees in half moon bay. 63 in san francisco tomorrow. 65 santa cruz. inland years going to continue to come down so antioch upper 80's today. tomorrow sunny mild not as warm as today. 80 degrees 78 in concord. 75 for sap jose. oakland 66. napa 73. up to 84 in clear lake. check out the temperature trend for livermore. go from 80 degrees tuesday really starts to climb as far as the temperature close to 100 degrees friday and saturday before you see the temperatures dropping off a few degrees for the second half of your w

this is the noaa weather radio. you need to get one. this is simple. this is 30 bucks. listen to this. this sound right here. that could wake you up at night. that could save your life if you are asleep. now in the past, these things went off all night long for every county. they don't do that anymore. they only go off for the county you tell it to do. you tell it your county. ft. wayne, it's headed to the east. there's a lot of wert still here. it's a derecho we're worried about. i don't see it yet. don't go to bed without at least turning on the tv, looking at a radar on the internet. it could save your life tonight. it's calming down as it usually does during the afternoon hours. this is what didn't kaup down today. this is all that smoke. this is the fire, five fires now no colorado. they have burning acres and acre, thousands of acres in some spots and well over a hundred homes lost to these fires. and the air is so dry. trees are dry. many of the trees are dead. colorado pine beatle killed half the trees across parts of utah. it's been a huge drought out there. th

. >>> noaa says 12,000 -- 12,000 people will be on furlough days. deadly tornadoes in moore oklahoma behinded everyone how vital noaa is to safety. >>> yesterday, a fire spread in southern california to 9 square miles in the angeles national forest. about 1,000 firefighters battled rugged terrain, shifting turred winds. so far there's -- shifting winds. >>> the fire in new mexico's santa fe national forest is currently the largest of several wildfires burning in the west. officials say residents in nearly 140 homes have been evacuated. no injuries have been reported. >>> rosemary has some pretty good news for you today. a little bit cooler? >> yes. and the signs are already out there, areas along the coast started out mostly sunny yesterday, fog this morning. i'm seeing the fog float into portions of the bay. oakland, mostly sunny, partly cloudy. the onshore breeze will be strengthening, the marine layer is thickening. and those will help lead to the cooldown for the afternoon. right now, the onshore breeze, reaching into fairfield at about 13 miles

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we could find that the obama administration ordered noaa to deny the existence of mermaids and we don'tncinnati or something. >> obviously this is government run amuck, glen. >> is this correlated in any way to the legalization of marijuana? >> i think -- >> it's colorado, and you know colorado in particular. >> the people who watched animal planet had been smoking marijuana beforehand. >> and pringles consumption going up. >> we talk about michele bachmann and sarah palin and theories of crazy. 20% believe there's a link between childhood vaccines and autism. >> that's not funny, that's -- >> you can float crazy theories out there and they find traction. >> you can find people to believe anything. we have more information in our pocket now than ever before and yet people will believe anything. however, the existence of the sport synchronized swimming does prove the presence of mermaids, i'm sorry. >> mermen. i'm glad that someone is investigating lizard people. thank you, that's all for now, i'll see you back tomorrow at noon when i'm joined by jeremy skahill, until then can you find u

the story in noaa book about administrator assistant who was investigating america west back in 2003ed them to hand over a sample of their loan data and ten boxes of files arrived at his office and he tools around the man found a borrower was listed as an antiques dealer and he went through these boxes of files and pull out another and another and every file said the same saying listed the borrower as an antiques dealer and clearly the loans were forged but they had already been bottled up and sold off and you can blame government for making life easier for companies like america west. lending to people with poor credit have explicit political backing then of course the america wests of the world will operate with greater impunity but by focusing solely on government's failings we tacitly excuse the behavior of loan officers who lied on forms and wall street banks who practiced loans without asking the difficult questions and the rating agencies who close their eyes and put a aaa on finished securities. in his famous as a milton friedman wrote the social responsibility of business is

there are consultations with the other affected agencies including noaa in particular. those are proceeding along. so we're helpful that this will be -- and, obviously, senator, a as you know, an environmental impact statement is a major deal particularly for such a large area as the, as this, the mid and south atlantic. but nothing, nothing on the horizon as far as we're aware in terms of issues that would be out of the ordinary in terms of an eis. >> certainly, secretary jewell, you've expressed support. i'm looking forward to collect more data so we'll be in a better position realizing that some of the data's about 30 years old. so for us it's an important part of the equation when we look at the revenues and the opportunity for job creation in our atlantic ocs. from the southland perspective, we think about the companies that would go out and shoot the seismic and perhaps discover the resources. after discovering the resources, the question that we're going to ask is will we have the opportunity to gain, get those resources? my question is you look at the company's

noaa is now reporting 11 tornadoes confirmed today in missouri, oklahoma, illinois and iowa.ing for more damage reports to come in from the oklahoma city area. from what we are able to bring together so far, no areas of widespread destruction. 1it(áhpáhut know, no major facilities no, malls, no hospitals, no nursing homes, nothing that holds a lot of people. no apartment complexes. we did get reports earlier tonight, eyewitness reports of a mobile home park overrun by one of the wide tornadoes. we have nothing to confirm that any one was injured there. right now we wait for authorities to give us more information in oklahoma. this, though, from the weather channel, where one of their crews was covering this storm and it was the tornado is were just dropping from the sky in areas that weren't being predicted first to the east and south and then to the east and these storm0átáq)s were in the middle of it all and you can see the damage that happened to the weather channel vehicle. we are told that some minor cuts and brutes to some of their em-- bruises to some of the employees.

is issued, that could mean the difference between them taking shelter, being proactive, getting a noaaeather radio, saving lives down the road. we need to keep sharing how powerful and destructive the tornadoes can be. thoughts and prayers go out to the people of oklahoma city metro area, i live in norman, three miles south of that ef-5 damage path, have friends that were effected by it. this area is getting hit hard this year. >> you have had some couple of weeks, i've got to tell you. i have been amazed by it myself. are you surprised considering the amount of warning how many people are still out on the road? >> yes, actually and we also were storm chasing, tracked that moving downtown. today, two to three feet of water in oklahoma city, cars under overpasses, a terrible thing to do. they're more worried about hail damage than having a tornado funnel winds through the overpass and suck people out. people worried about material things, hail dents in the c car versus being in a tornado shelter. everybody knew this was coming. there were tornado watches issued well in advance. there's

finding reading taken at the noaa observatory in hawaii. i appreciate you bringing this up. senator heller is next. >> the number of hearings in the house and senate that is always a topic of interest to most. i want to begin by congratulating senator franken on your grandchild. i didn't realize you were so young. i'm expecting my second by the end of the year. >> i blame my children. [laughter] i want to delve into further as most have on this issue and i want to thank everyone who spent time and those that testified today for your input given that this is the topic of discussion that could allow the from directions. we heard about climate change and i want to talk about another topic you can discuss for example sage crass lifting. we had 944 individual wildfires last year. it burned over 613,000 acres. we think we burn rhode island every year in the state of nevada. obviously the trend is troubling. we have done a lot of litigation and there are examples of that in the state of nevada. the leak is a good example of their efforts and how a

if you are are in the area we recommend noaa weather radar and nws tweets if you are on twitter.bennett creek state park and a long line of thunderstorms. another severe weather statement as of 30 seconds ago has just come in to remind us a tornado warning for western pp newton and western jasper and eastern cherokee counties for another 15 minutes. the long and short of it is the watches and warnings are coming in faster than i can read them to you and from all across the st. louis area. back to oklahoma city as you will be able to see from the radar in the oklahoma city area, actually, looking at st. louis now. and you can see the leading edge again with that pink -- with the about pink area. this is st. louis we are looking at on the right-hand side of the screen. coming right into st. louis proper. the red boxes are warnings and the large yellow box is for severe thunderstorms. so if you are in the st. louis area right now even the cardinals aren't playing. time to get in touch and have a plan for you and your family if you are in the area right now. i want to get back to okl

got some amazing news last night, i understand that employees of the national weather service and noaa be furloughed due to sequester issues and that's a no brainer in my opinion, it's one of those duh moments. we shouldn't be furloughing our weather employees during the peak of severe weather and hurricane season. >> yeah we still need those very clear and really life-saving forecasts that we've seen over the past couple of weeks. j. marshall shepherd thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> more on the storm is ahead. >> we'll hear from another storm chaser who think nothing of getting right into the center of the storm. we're at the exclusive el chorro lodge in paradise valley, arizona where, tonight, we switched their steaks with walmart's choice premium steak. it's a steakover! this was perfect. it was really good! one of the best filets i've had. see, look how easy that is to cut. these are perfectly aged for flavor and tenderness. you're eating walmart steaks. really? shut up! oh, is that right? are you serious? best steak i'd ever had! i would definitely go to walmart and buy steak

in the wake of recent tornadoes in missouri and oklahoma, noaa, the national oceanic and atmosphericortedly cancelled plans to furlough spr 12,000 workers due to s sequestration. a move that latest storms "remind us how important every single employee within noaa is to the health, safety and well-being of this nation." >>> congress heads back to work after a week-long recess. the first item of business, immigration reform. on "meet the press" this morning, senator chuck schumer, a member of the senate so-called gang of eight said they were undeterred from their cause, despite all the controversy surrounding washington right now. >> these so-called scandals have not diverted us one iota. you have on the gang of eight three of the people who have been most critical of the president on some of these other issue, but i think the eight of us realize how important this is. important parn probably thimpor than any of these scandals for straightening out this system. >>> and who knew what in the irs controversy that rages on on cnn this morning. house oversight commit daryli darrellize darre

chris says he would never want it harm the fish, and he tagged them all the time for noaa. >> i didn'tto harm him in any way, cause any type of stress, so i did want - what i to do which is have a good time. >> tweeters say he is more concerned about his own good time and not concerned about the shark. >> thank you, trace. >> sure. >> less than 24 hours after a run, a moderately new president, wait until you hear what that man is saying today. >>> plus, kelly's court, a moderator blamed in part for the death of five people trying to take cover from this tornado. >>> breaking news on the case of the football player -- >>> fox is alert from the g-w8 l summit. actually a lot going on there. brand new hour here of "america live." hello, everyone, i'm megyn kelly. there are plans for a new trade's aagreement. we are with to get involved in a more significant way. president obama going to face president putin today over whether america should be getting more involved here as we now apparently are. senior white house correspondent wendle goaler joins us with more. wendle? >> reporter: syria's

a lot more to it than a pickup and noaa weather radio. >> you come on home. you're my friend. just come home now. thanks, chad. >> i'm trying. >>> as the sunrises over california, we're getting a clearer picture of the dangerous wildfire burning out of control. the fire exploded in size yesterday reaching a massive 25,000 acres taking six homes with it and threatening thousands more. what's worse, firefighters aren't even close to getting it under control. it's only 20% contained. meaning it could rage on for another week. stephanie elam is live in palmdale. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, carol. yeah, they're estimating they will be able to get full containment a week from today because as you can see there is a lot of wind out here. and the crews are still coming in as you can see right here trying to get a hold of this angle of the fire which is still very active. >> two, one -- >> reporter: by air and land, a full scale assault ons massi ma wildfires raging out west. more than 1,000 are battling the powerhouse fire about an hour northeast of los angeles. the unpre

we just hit 400 parts per million of carbon in the atmosphere measured at the noaa observatory on mona laou in hawaii. what does 400 parts per million mean? well, look at it this way. for at least -- at least -- 800,000 years, and perhaps millions, we have been in a range on earth between 170 and 300 parts per million of carbon in our atmosphere. 800,000 years minimum. homosapiens as a species have only been around for about 200,000 years. but just since the industrial revolution and the great carbon dump began, we've blown out of the 170-300 parts per million range and have now hit 400. this is really serious. we already see the effects. in alaska, per m perma frost is milting and native villages once protected by winter ice are being eroded into the sea. in the carolinas, roads to the outer banks have to be raised as seas rise and storms worsen. coral reefs are dying off in florida and the caribbean. in rhode island, we've measured almost ten inches of sea level rise since the 1930's at our newport harbor tide gauges. rhode island fishermen going out to sea from point judith are repo

noaa scientists project that within 15 years, portions of louisiana highway 1 will flood an average of 30 -- three-zero -- 30 times each year. state and local officials raised 11 miles of highway 1 by more than 22 feet, so when hurricane isaac brought a six and a half foot storm surge up the gulf, those raised portions were unaffected. go up north to milwaukee, wisconsin, and you find that milwaukee's metropolitan sewage district spent $3 billion in 1993 to increase the capacity of its sewer system based on historical rainfall records dating back to the 1960's. but extreme rain storms in the midwest have changed drastically. milwaukee experienced a 100-year storm three years in a row. milwaukee experienced 100-year storms in 2008, again in 2009, and again in 2010. the university of wisconsin projects that these storms will be even more common in the future. so milwaukee took steps to improve the ability of nearby natural areas like wetlands to absorb that extra runoff from rain storms. this eased the pressure on the city's wastewater system. the g.a.o. infrastructure report also found

. >> i might add noaa and the national science foundation started by the ready nation in which they brought together the physical scientists and engineers to discuss the issues of whether, you know, acknowledging forecasting has got us so far and we are better at it, but the property damage. the move has been studied. there is a report and i can provide that link to you in which we are now working with social scientists. i was on a rapid nsf project in moore, oklahoma and we did involve social scientist in the universe about them as well as ourselves can engineers and other universities. >> thank you. i would like to take a look at that. it is something we oftentimes overlooked. with inflation here, we should make sure that we include social sciences because you can do the research ui to know how to mitigate damage to property threats, to human life is no one is implementing those we don't know -- we are not sure about the incentives of how to get people as you take that into account, we have research sitting on a shelf not doing anyone any good. that is something important we have to make

the sequester cut billions from transtort portation repair funding. 7% of noaa a's budget, which tracks storms. do storms like these change the conversation in washington? >> they change the conversation for senators and congressmen from the states were these things happen. it change it is for them. if you are from florida, want to run in florida hurricanes is the thing. it brings them in contact with government and what government can do the federal government is the only responder big enough to handle something like a katrina, like a huge hurricane, what happened in moore, oklahoma. if the federal government doesn't adequately fund the agencies, that is directly felt by people. whatever their thoughts for the federal government the day before a disaster, the day after, they are looking for uncle sam to come in and help. >> everyone hates uncle sam until they lose their house. >> fema and all of these organizations are very important. in florida we went through a hurricane in 2006 nowhere near as disastrous as a katrina. even with that you saw unprecedented physical damage to the -- to