they were on their way to the pacific ocean, and as i say, they passed here and continued on up the missouri river. they followed the river up to the eastern slope of the rocky mountains. it was pre-louisiana purchase. thomas jefferson had wanted to send an expedition of 12 men out

they were on their way to the pacific ocean, and as i say, they passed here and continued on up the missouri river. they followed the river up to the eastern slope of the rocky mountains. it was pre-louisiana purchase. thomas jefferson had wanted to send an expedition of 12 men out into what was then, they thought, spanish territory. and congress said yes, all right, they would fund them to the extent of $2,500. lewis had been jefferson's secretary. jefferson had known him for years. they were relatively close neighbors in virginia, so he knew lewis, he knew his capabilities, and he knew he was the man who could pull this off getting to the pacific ocean. clark had been lewis' immediate superior when they were in the army together on the frontier in ohio and illinois. he and clark formed a great friendship in the service so when lewis knew that this was coming and he had been selected to lead it, he said there's only one fella that i want to go with me as a co-captain would be william clark. meriwether lewis was a smart guy. unfortunately, he was a shy man and he didn't interact well with pe

the reason, because of these clouds off of the pacific ocean. this is san jose. you can see now a beautiful start here. between the hours of 8:00 and 10:00, already mostly cloudy in san francisco and that means we're going to see a comfortable afternoon with inches more like our april highs. 58 to start. 51 in santa rosa. we're getting our lows with our seasonal averages. so it's a morning like we experience in july but our highs are only going to break into early fall highs. this weather making california the envy of the nation. it's really hot on the east coast and the midwest. your hour by hour forecast, works out like this. 69 at noon. about 72 at 4:00. hooizer coming in at 4:15 in the afternoon. 67 bay side. now our sun rise is closer. we're getting the sun later. before you do so mike has the update you need to know about. >> no major drama but we have major slowing for antioch because of an earlier issue. an accident west in the heat of the slowcounsel. not slow to the scene. the eastbound has -- coming off of 242 on the eastbound. the eastbound side has c

. >>> in southern california, a big surprise for a group of friends out fishing in the pacific ocean.ook at that. an orca swam up and just started hanging out. the whale could be seen above and below the surface and tried following the boat when it left. beautiful, isn't it? >>> and finally in california, amazing and beautiful images from a spectacular lightning storm in the sacramentoal area. fire officials reported more than 2,000 lightning strikes, some of them which caused a number of small fires. and now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is nbc's bill karins. he has your weather for you. good morning, bill. >> i'm a sucker for the lightning photos. they're just beautiful. >> you can tweet those, bill, to many, many followers. >>> good morn, everyone. there's a lot more lightning strikes than the ones we just showed you. we have some in minnesota, wisconsin, and heading toward new england. thunderstorms are rolling right along the mass pike on interstate 90 and they're heading through areas right almost along the outside loop of 495. notice they already kicked

when a drop of rain falls on the west side, it will find its way towards the pacific ocean. the bay side, of course, towards the day. we will be talking about this a watershed a lot today. it is the largest one in the city, 10.9 miles. the focus of our discussion is the collection system, and challenges we have in the collection system, a lot of them are storm water. and when the volume

i live a block away from the pacific ocean. it is the most beautiful place in the world. the people of the city and county -- cpmc is the second largest private employer. making it an ideal place to work and receive care. the commitment to the city is undeniable. the plan to build a state of the art hospital in the mission district. it would create union construction jobs, more than $2 billion into our local economy. cpmc makes investments in programs benefiting san francisco. in 2010, 400 people participated -- i want to be part of this team. i strongly support cpmc and i believe that san francisco's hard-working men and women need this project. i ask you to vote in support of rebuilding. supervisor mar: thank you. [reading names] next speaker. >> thank you, members of the board of supervisors. my name is laura and i am an intern for the general contractor of the cpmc project. as a resident of san francisco, i believe it is essential to rebuild cpmc for myself and others who may need health care services at some point in their lives. many say the large proposed central h

i lived a block away from the pacific ocean. good for me it is the most beautiful place in the world, of the people here deserve the best health care. conc is the second biggest employer. with so many local employers, isn't is making it an ideal site. i support, and i believe strongly the project has been thoroughly studied. i want to be part of the team, including 50% more space, postpartum care. but i believe i deserve structurally save hospitals. gooi believe the hard-working mn and women get this done. i urge you to vote. thank you. good night. >> i have been a gynecologist at st. luke's for 17 years, and i was a member of the blue ribbon panel. i believe this does hurt st. luke's about a decrease security, and this does affect our census on a day-to-day basis. the proposed site will allow us to grow. for many years we have been well-supported by the clinical services of the california campus. we really appreciate the diligence of the board to verify and insure this is a solid plan for san francisco, but we must maintain our

for tiny island where they believe she spent her final days after the plane was washed into the pacific ocean. the group is spending more than $2 million with hopes to confirm that theory about finding the wreckage. >>> today on ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00 we're following the search in northern california after marine county man was mauled last weekend while camping the area the search is focused on. thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news we'll see you the next time news breaks. be sure to join us here and we're always here for you at ktvu.com. [ female announcer ] safeway presents real big deals of the week. or how to keep from driving all over for the best deals. you don't need to run around. safeway gives you real big club card deals each week. this week, the farm comes to you. fresh sweet corn is an amazing 6 for a buck. arrowhead water is just $3.33 a case. and honey bunches of oats just $1.88 a box. real big deals this week and every week. only at safeway. ingredients for life.

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but today, just a few miles from the pacific ocean, it is some of the most valuable real estate in allf north america. >> it was solely an act of good will, an act of trying to take care of the veterans they had from the spanish american war and the civil war. >> carolyn na barry is descended from the heiress who made this gift and part of a lawsuit against the v.a. filed by the american civil liberties union. the original deed include a condition the land be used to establish and maintain a branch of a national home for disabled vets and a permanent home for thousands is exactly what it was. >> they had their post office. they had a trolley system that went all the way downtown to the beach. everything was provided for them. they had a special uniform. it was a marvelous place to live. the grounds were gorgeous. i mean, they were just gorgeous. >> mark rosen balm is the lead attorney for the aclu. >> at one point, this campus housed as many as 4,000 veterans. beginning with the vietnam war era, the vets were kicked out, literally kicked out. >> around 200 veterans live on the property

the plant faces the pacific ocean as does fukushima daiichi. the disaster knocked out power at the fukushima plant leading to meltdowns and explosions. onagawa's automatic shutdown and elevated position prevented major damage. the iaea experts will examine what impact the quake had on its control and cooling systems, pipes and pools of nuclear fuel. >> when we look at all the three units, at this point, because it's the beginning of the mission, we have not any focused area to which we look at. once we look at information, we decide where we will look and what areas. >> reporter: they'll also research the seawall around onagawa. the structure is believed to have helped the plant withstand the tsunami in contrast to the break wall at fukushima daiichi. the iaea experts hope to use their findings to strengthen the quake resistance of plants around the world. kaho izumatani of nhk world from onagawa. >> the operator of fukushima daiichi is trying to learn from the mistakes made during last year's disaster. the accident lowered public confidence in

the plant faces the pacific ocean, as does fukushima daiichi. the disaster knocked out power at the fukushima plant leading to melt downs and explosions. own onigawa's shut down prevented major damage. the iaea experts will investigate what impact there was on the demonstration of the pikes and pulls of nuclear fuel. >> when you look at all three units, at this point, because it is the beginning of the mission, we have not any focused area to look at. so once we look at the information, we will decide where we will look and what areas. >> they will also research the sea wall around onigawa. the structure is believed to have helped the plant with standard tsunami in contrast to the break wall at fukushima daiichi. the iaea experts hope to use their findings to strengthen the quake resistance of plants around the world. nhk world, from onigawa. >>> indonesia, one of the merging economies, wants it maintain an annual growth rate of at least 6%. the government set up a new ministry to help achieve a goal. earlier gene otani asked senior common tator

the submarine docked in china monday after carrying out six deep sea dives in the pacific ocean last month. it reached a record depth of more than 7,000 meters, breaking the previous record of 6,527 meters, set by japanese manned submarine. tension has been building in the south china sea. last month china announced that it was integrating the disputed islands and two other disputed island chains to create a new city called sunsha. >>> a ragged chain of rocks in the east china sea is casting a shadow over diplomatic relations between tokyo and beijing. the object of the dispute, the senkaku islands, saying they are part of the chinese prefecture. surveys indicated the presence of oil resources in the area. decades later, the dispute remains very much alive. >> public opinion in china is once again focused on the territorial dispute with japan over the enkaku islands. the prime minister of tokyo planned to purchase the islands from its owner. noda said earlier this month that the central government is considering similar plans. trance tran t . >> translator: the point is to take over

she disappeared during a flight over the pacific ocean 75 years ago this month. the international group for historic aircraft recovery believes she crashed into a reef off a remote island and survived there for some time but their $2.2 million search found no con includesive evidence. >>> more extreme weather. the strongest typhoon in over a decade hammers china. every ar we pi a necity to plore. t thankso hotwir this yeawe got ttake becae they g us ridiculoly low pces on rlly niceotelsand ca. we hit ston the sprg-- even caut a game and wi the mon we save we tk a trip to s francis. yosee, hotre check the mpetitio' rates they caguarante theilow pric. so, whe to nex hoabout the? ♪-o-t-w-i-e... ♪ hotre.com >> oh! >> this is one of those oh snap moments, right? not the view you want when you're sightseeing off a giant glacier. the boat, crew and australian tourists that took this wild video barely escaped from this iceberg tsunami with their lives. it's unbelievable. a powerful typhoon that battered hong kong overnight is weakening causing widespread flooding as it m

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. >> while we're in the pacific ocean, she'll be doing this up in space.his will be her version of swimming. about 11 minutes, right? >> so if we go from noted three to the lab and we'll start out on the bike. >> in terms of hills and stuff. >> so i can get a profile of what the race looks like. yeah. now i'm feeling it. i'm feeling it. i'm doing all right. so this will be how many miles? >> 18. >> 18 miles. so we're going to have to do this on time. i don't have a distance here. >>> you're going 17,500 miles. i'll be done like that, what i am a saying? i'll be done way before you. >> maybe an hour roughly? i would say -- >> 18 miles an hour. that sounds good. we're back to noted three. >> okay. >> a transition. get a little walk. not really. a little float. then we jump on the treadmill. of course you need a harness. if you were just on the treadmill and you ran, you would float away. so you need to get your harness on that will connect you to the treadmill. here you can do distance in time. so i can get the four miles done this way. >> you ran the boston

the plant faces the pacific ocean, as does fukushima daiichi. the disaster knocked out power at the fukushima plant leading to melt downs and explosions. own onigawa's shut down prevented major damage. the iaea experts will investigate what impact there was on the demonstration of the pikes and pulls of nuclear fuel. >> when you look at all three units, at this point, because it is the beginning of the mission, we have not any focused area to look at. so once we look at the information, we will decide where we will look and what areas. >> they will also research the sea wall around onigawa. the structure is believed to have helped the plant with standard tsunami in contrast to the break wall at fukushima daiichi. the iaea experts hope to use their findings to strengthen the quake resistance of plants around the world. nhk world, from onigawa. >>> one of the world's natural wonders, australia's great barrier reef, is under growing pressure from shifting tides of climate and industry. a recent conference sounded the alarm over the future of the wo

i would have been coughing up the pacific ocean. up the nose, out the ears.re so calm and so chill about it. very australian. >> is that it? that's a very australian kind of thing. just chilly willie. >> i don't know. but in my house, there is a bigger reaction from seeing a cockroach. >> i can relate. all right, thanks so much. we will be very careful as we go diving. we haven't done the australian dive yet, and that's kind of why, the great whites. i'm like, nah. >> good reason. >> life in suburbs, it used to mean living the american dream. what happens to that dream when your job goes away and you can't find another job? ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] you've been years in the making. and there are many years ahead. join the millions of members who've chosen an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. go long. >>> okay, if you're one of those people who dreads going into the gym to get in that workout, tech experts come up with something for everybody. they create a solution for you. they put your full body workout in a

the pacific ocean bringing in that marine layer. you know what, today is one of the nicest days of the week because we have that cloud cover lingering. enjoy it. we're not going to see as much at this time tomorrow and really nothing to talk about in terms of the marine layer for wednesday. peak warmth, triple digits back in the bay area. for today, not too bad, 65 in livermore, 67 in concord, 74 in sunnyvale. the weather headlines tells the story. heating up starting today by about 3 to 5 degrees from yesterday. we'll take you up another 5 to 10 degrees tomorrow and then triple-digit heat on wednesday. so if you're trying to stake out which day is best for a run, mowing the lawn, you want to pick today or tomorrow and just go ahead and rule out wednesday. talk about you. make it early. >> wednesday. >> i'll mow my lawn today. i'll get you tomorrow two tomorrow and take wednesday off. >> thank you. we'll tip you extra for that. >> thanks, christina. >>> coming up -- more people hospital iced from spain's running of the bulls this mo

when a drop of rain falls on the west side, it will find its way towards the pacific ocean. the bay side, of course, towards the day. we will be talking about this a watershed a lot today. it is the largest one in the city, 10.9 miles. the focus of our discussion is the collection system, and challenges we have in the collection system, a lot of them are storm water. and when the volume of storm water exceeds our capacity and our treatment capacity, that is when we have something have dis. ccsd throughout the presentation is when the system needs hydraulic relief. on the screen now, we have a map with several members along the side. those are the criteria established collaborative labor with the regional water quality control board of the 1970's. we did our capital improvement program to be able to achieve them. from the lower right, and the middle, we have 10 occurrences. that is where the channel basins are. getting to the north and south on the eastbound side, there is very good performance. the side with 10 occurrences is challenged because of the large size of that area

japan conducts research whaling in the antarctic and pacific oceans under an international accord. >>> russia's prime minister reopened old wounds this week when he visited a russian-held island claimed by japan. japan's foreign ministry protested the visit, but prime minister dmitry medvedev says he doesn't care. medvedev on tuesday visited kunashiri island off hokkaido. japan claims sovereignty over the territory, along with three neighboring islands. the russian leader told journalists he's indifferent to japan's reaction. he said he doesn't want to waste time answering questions on the matter, and as if to make sure the issue remains a bilateral irritant, he even suggested more russian reporters should cover his next trip. >>> more and more readers are -- or more and more readers have a glow on their faces when they start in on a book. they are using smartphones and tablet computers to read the latest business tech's crime thriller or novel. publishers around the world are reshaping the market for electronic book readers and newcomers in japan are also fighting for their share. >>

it was located in the pacific ocean. we're presently standing in the formal dining room of the dpov nor mansion. it was originally two rooms and the door curtain was taken down providing extra space and making it a very large room to use. we're also in front of the side board here that was built in the 1818 e 20s and given to the governor's mansion when he left ufrs. one of the fun stories we always like to share with the children that they seem to enjoy, there was a governor steward that rode his horse up to the front steps and proceeded to feed his horse oats out of this plate warmer as part of the side board. now, the comment was that he probably should not be feeding his horse in the governor's mansion. and his comment to them was i have had to feed more people in this home with probably less manners than my horse has. the lovely portrait up here is mrs. critendid kwho lived here at the mansion during the times of jesse james and frank james, the lauslessness that we were worried about the safety of people with train

la nina happens when an area of the pacific ocean is cooler than normal. it redirects the jet stream farther north causing major storms to bypass the south. economic losses around lake travis are closing in on $2 million. both launches are shut down and jones town mayor dean armstrong says the location of the city's main park is no longer so choice. >> it's been right on the water. >> reporter: and now where is it? >> there's no water. period. nothing. >> reporter: to get an idea of just how far the lake levels have fallen here, scott, all you have to do is look at these steps. i'm standing where the water level was three years ago. about 12 steps down. to get down to the marina below now you have to descend 80 steps. >> pelley: wow. anna, thank you. meteorologist david bernard for wfor in miami is our cbs news severe weather consultant. david, we just heard anna talk about these back-to-back la ninas. when duds that end? >> the good news, scott, is that the la nina is slowly weakening. in fact, we're transitioning, at least potentially, to a weak el nino

they believe she crashed off a reef off the pacific ocean 75 years ago. group will look over the data to see if there's anything they missed at first france. >>> speaking of plane, american airlines is becoming the first airline to install new seats. the seats will only be available in first class and business class from new york to california. >>> pepsi has landed sports wiggest -- biggest show. they reached a deal with the nfl to sponsor the super bowl's halftime performance. >>> hey, sal, you are watching san francisco? >> yes. the president, by the way, guys is gonna be leaving the south of market area getting down to the airport. slow traffic coming out of the livermore valley. 80, if you are driving from richmond to el cerrito, that's becoming more slow. bay bridge toll plaza is backed up for a 20, 25-minute delay. let's go to steve. >>> we have a lot more clouds out there. a much bigger fog bank. it has been out hear for -- it has been out there for a which. i think the -- has been out there, and almost -- almost everyone has cooled down. 50s and 6

researchers spent weeks looking around a remote island in the pacific ocean where they believed she and her navigator crashed 75 years ago. the group isn't giving up hope, though. it plans on analyzing video and data collected to look for evidence that might have been hard to see at first. the group is also planning another voyage next year. >>> america's first woman in space has died. sally ride lost a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer yesterday in california. she made history in 1983 as the first american woman to go up into space. president obama called ride a national hero, a powerful role model who inspired generations of girls to reach for the stars. after retiring, ride continued to advocate math and science education, especially for girls. sally ride was 61 years old. >>> prosecutors and defense lawyers expect to finish seating the jury in drew peterson's murder trial today. eight people have been chosen so far. the former police sergeant charged with murdering his third wife, kathleen savio, in 2004, peterson is also a suspect in the 2007 disappearance of his fourth wife,

. >> we're down in the pacific ocean, she'll be doing this up in space.his will be her version of swim. about 11 minutes you think, right? >> so if we go from node three over to the lab and we'll start out on the bike. >> so in terms of hills and stuff you can -- >> so i can get a profile of what the race looks like. i'm feeling it. >> climbing a hill. >> now i'm clipimbing. this would be how many miles? >> 18. >> we'll have to do it on time. i'll be done way before you. >> maybe an hour roughly. i'd say -- >> 18 miles an hour. that sounds good. we're back to node three. so a little transition. get a little walk between hand, well, not really a little float. and we jump on the treadmill. so get on, you need a harness, of course, because if you were just on the treadmill and you ran, you would float away. and so you need to get your harness on that's going to connect you to the treadmill. and here you can do distance and time. so i can get the four miles done this way. >> you ran the boston marathon. >> finally. >> that's pretty amazing. >> i flew in decem

have even more spreading through japan being taken by the wind being taken by the waters of the pacific ocean globally karl there are reports that . the government of japan and tepco are actually bringing people back into cities within a few miles of focus shaimaa this make any sense. absolutely not but as an independent commission of the japanese diet the japanese parliament declared just a few weeks ago what we have are captured regulators in japan frankly it's more than that you have a captured government a government captured by the the nuclear industry the nuclear establishment and a point i'd like to make which mainstream media has not touched in all these many months that coke and pepsi have nuclear power worldwide stokley general electric and westinghouse eighty percent of nuclear power plants worldwide are manufactured or designed by either general electric or westinghouse what happened in two thousand and nine well a company called toshiba bought westinghouse and later in two thousand and nine a company called a touchy product made with general electric and its nuclear division so n

it was located in the pacific ocean when this occurred. we're presently standing in the formal dining room of the governor's mansion. it was originally two rooms and eventually the door curtain dividing the two rooms was taken down providing extra space and making it a very large room to be used for larger functions. we're also in front of the sideboard here that was built in the 1820s and given to the governor's mansion by governor ed war edwards when he left office. the only other known sideboard that is like this to exist is the one in hermitage home in nashville, tennessee, andrew jackson's home. one of the fun stories we always like to share with the children that they seem to enjoy, there was a governor's steward, a bachelor governor that the story says he rode his horse up the front steps of the mansion, into the dining room, and proceeded to feed his horse oats out of this plate warmer as part of the sideboard. now, the comment was that he probably should not be feeding his horse in the governor's mansion, and his comment to them w