. >>> well the orville dam is turning into an expense oef fix. the price tag on the massive fix. >> fake news. >> president trump to reports he was trying to fire >>> the cost to repair and reconstruct the ruptured orville dam has sky rocketed. california department of water resources says tonight it will now cost -- brace yourself -- $870 million, up 32% from the last estimate. a spokesperson tells the sacramento bee that it's just how now been able to figure out the cost of recovery that including removal of debris and relocating power lines. the largest expense is the reconstruction of two damaged spillways. that will top $500 million. >>> more to come as we continue here. the president is back home tonight but facing tough questions. what we have learned about mr. trump's reported desire to oust special counsel robert mueller and the explanation behind it. >>> fuming marijuana growers finding out why california is face ago lawsuit from those trying to cash in on proposition 64. >>> and new fallout tonight from the gymnastics sexual assault sc

that's what a group of independent consultants says led to the spillway failure and crisis at the orville dam last winter. >> the findings ecowhat our investigative unit uncovered after spending six months looking into the safety issues. senior investigative reporter stephen stoch ins joust with the report. >> the forensic team spent much of the past year lookingt( into the root cause of the spillway failure there in orville. here it is, the team's final 584-page final report. and in report puts much of the blame on bad design and poor construction out at the dam, while much of the rest of the blame is aimed at the culture, at the department of water resources as well as federal regulators. the report also raises many of the same issues we uncovered in our reporting. after six months examining records, talking to industry and outside engineering experts and even touring the spillway construction site, our investigation in september uncovered safety issues not just with the spillway but with the entire orville dam itself. issues like cracks in the headworks or flood control outlet and cracking

dam. it went into a garage in orville to be sold to contractors. >> joe why would the people who are in charge of overseeing this dam of making sure that it is safe, why would they not one to make sure it could withstand the heavy rains so that all the people downstream were protected? what was the motivation? >> the motivation was, it is simple. it is called prophets versus safety. what happened was, the water contractors in their contracts, they were obliged to spend money for the maintenance. they did not do that. they said you do not need the maintenance done. in 2005, the dam was inspected. they told dwr there were problems with the dams spillway. nothing was done. do you know why? people hired some phony engineers to go up there and say the dam was fine and people got paid off. it is a toxic environment up there that nobody paid any attention to. >> i think people are paying attention now. we did reach out to the department of water resources board but they said at this time there were not going to comment. thank you for coming out and laying out the allegations. this is something that w

>> happening now on our home page, state lawmakers are urging the delay of new licenses for the orville dam. a congressman from butte county says they shun be issued a 50 year license to operate until the cause of the last year's collapse is identified. appear the warm and cold contrasts on the nasa map in the u.s. right now. sfx: squeak sfx: stair creak sfx: clink sfx: deep breath sfx: grunt sfx: tinny headphone music sfx: feet shuffling sfx: slice sfx: gasp sfx: inhale. exhale. sfx: lights scraping on roof sfx: metallic scrape sfx: grunt covered california. it's more than just health care. it's life care. >>> thomas allen day junior of riverside. >>> a tribute and in sacramento, the california senate adjourned today by honoring the 33 californians who lost lives in the las vegas shooting massacre on october 1st. of the 5 people who died, 33 were from california. east senator who had someone perish from his or her district read the name of the victim and spoke process the family and community life. >>> san francisco says it's making progress towards a major goal. they had a report low numb

last winter, more than 190,000 people had to be evacuated below the orville dam because of down below. >>> highway 101 is reopening after the deadly mud slides. the highway had been closed since the mud slide hit on january 9. >>> throughout mornings on 2, we help many of you get to where you needed to go during a rainy commute. >> we are drying out now. let's take a look outside at a beautiful start. i thought we were going to take a look, well, here is a look at the rainfall amounts. some of the north areas received more than we expected which is good news. santa rosa picked up more than an inch. and piedmont a little more than a half an inch. pacifica, a quarter of an inch. anywhere from a few one hundredths in the south bay to over 2 inches in the north bay. here is a look at the system that is moving out of the area. we are picking up on a few returns, partly cloudy skies over the bay area and there is a look at the scattered activity over the santa cruz mountaintopens -- mountains. the east bay, maybe a few showers on the east edge of antioch. as we head up into the sir era, it

>>> the city of orville is suing the state department of water resources over their role in the orville dam spillway disaster. the lawsuit was filed hours ago. attorneys say it's the first of many lawsuits to come. it claims supervisors new maintenance was not being properly done. they pretended it was. on top of this alleged neglect, the suit claims a toxic work environment. it included racism, sexual harassment, and theft.>> they are responsible for this debacle. you will find notes that said the embankment was done when in fact it was never done. you will see some shocking things about the arrogance and atmosphere that was created up around this damn. there is a picture of a noose in this document of 100 pages. you will ask, what's the relevance of a noose? the noose was hung out in the maintenance room to intimidate an african-american maintenance man that spoke up. >> the city is demanding millions of dollars for infrastructure damage, and cost associated with last year's flooding, it forced nearly 200,000 people to evacuate. >>> fishermen, swimmers, tourists, at fisherman's wharf have

>>> a report on a near disaster. 50 years of bad decisions leading up to the crisis at the orville dam. the call for consequences. announced it will be closing its location at the northgate mall in san rafael. it >>> sears announced that they will be closing their location at the northgate mall in san rafael. it's been one of the longtime anchor stores there. that is not the only trouble, the sears at westfield oak ridge in south san jose is also closing. macy's is leaving its location at the downtown galleria. as well is closing its furniture store in nevada. emily turner says that when these big stores close some small shops are also in trouble. >> reporter: we all know the battle that brick-and-mortar retailers have been raging against online sales trying to keep customers here. what happens when they sometimes lose? the answer is not great for malls.>> if the parking lot doesn't tell you the story then this shopper will. >>> sears announced its closing its doors in northgate mall.>> i grew up here, it's always empty. i understand. >> reporter: it will become the most recent vacancy

. >>> new at 11:00, an investigation into the safety of orville dam has prompted a suit. our investigative unit uncovered several issues that raised questions he the safety of the oroville dam itself. this followed damage to the spill way. the officials admit they were not expecting. lawyers from a prominent bay area legal firm will hold a news correspondence to announce the filing of the lawsuit against the department of water, resources on, behalf of the city of oroville and its 188,000 residents. the lawsuit which cites our investigation several times claims warnings of safety issues when ignored by dwr for years that the citizens remain at risk because the safety issues have not been adequately addressed. >>> coming up, we're learning new details about a horrific story out of southern california. 13 children starve bid their own parents. >> we are clearly waking up to a reality, an injustice, that has been during for some time. >>> "today" show host ann cure giving her first interview in years. what she's saying about matt lauer and the me too movement across the coun

jeopardize the state's large o orville dam.an jose forced 14,000 residents to evacuate. >>> march was a snowy one in the northeast. a late season blizzard dumping . march also saw destructive tornadoes in several parts of the us. one outbreak in the midwest killing two people as twisters hit missouri and illinois. >>> straight line winds following that system also affecting new york and michigan. damage from that wind event costing $2.1 billion. >>> in april, more tornadoes. this time in the nation's capitol. a rare ef0 twister touching down near dc tosses tied balance business sin. several of the cherry trees uprooted. the month of may delivering wind and baseball sized hail to denver. damaging property in what now the most expensive hail storm in colorado history. $2.2 billion in damages. >>> may also seeing historic flooding in parts of missouri and illinois. 20 people were killed. >>> in june, 12 states affected by severe hail and wind damage. from wyoming to new york. minnesota was especially hard hit with damage to buildi

jeopardizing the state's orville dam.in san jose forced 14,000 residents to evacuate. march was a snowy one in the northeast. a late season blizzard dumping . march also saw destructive tornadoes in several parts of the us. one outbreak in the midwest killing two people as twisters hit missouri and illinois. straight line winds following that system also affecting new york and michigan. damage from that wind event costing $2.1 billion. in april, more tornadoes. this time in the nation's capitol. a rare ef0 twitter touching down near dc's tidal basin. several of cities' famous cherry trees uprooted meanwhile the month of may delivering wind and baseball sized hail to denver. damaging property in what now the most expensive hail storm in colorado history. $2.2 billion in damages. >>> may also seeing historic flooding in parts of missouri and illinois. 20 people were killed. >>> in june, 12 states affected by severe hail and wind damage from wyoming to new york. minnesota was especially hard hit with damage to buildings and

. >> it's blaming the state for decades of mismanagement resulting in orville dam failure. -- the lawsuit is nearly two weeks after dam safety experts released the final verdict on the dam crisis. >>> there could be a major roadblock for smart trains expansion in the north bay. >> tracking books could soon be easier for the san francisco library. the multimillion dollar change that could be made inside of the books. >>> new at 6:00, sea lions making a comeback along west coast. what scientists has helped triple the population. >>> good morning. tracking a couple of storms that will bring us significant weather. here's the first one. a quick snapshot from our storm impact scale. it's one, light. it begins tomorrow and goes through friday. it starts out as steady rain and becomes showers. about a quarter to a half inch. we'll mess up a few of the commutes. i'll show you that hour by hour look coming up. >>> looking live outside at the bay bridge toll plaza. you can see it is backed up. this is a normal commute we're seeing right now. we'r woman: so, greg, it's a lot to take in. woman 2: and