i look at east porterville and it's really bad you know? you live over here. but we got faith that some day we might get the water. >> while many residents i spoke with said they feel forgotten and they feel abandoned, they will have the chance to be heard in sacramento tomorrow. the residents in tule ari county have been invited to attend a hearing in sacramento to talk about the water crisis, and david to discuss possible solutions. a lot of people would like to see the residents in the east side hooked up to the city of porterville water system. >> jennifer, thank you. >>> now to ukraine where the battles continue to rage despite a two-day ceasefire. trying to control the town debaltseve, there was a plan to remove the heavy artillery from the front and that came and went and instead the rebels launched an all-out attack on the center of debaltseve, and they are in control of the town. >>> it has been two months since the u.s. senate released a report about the cia's use of torture, power and mismanagement and deception and still nobody has been prosecuted

we look at east porterville. it is really bad, you know. we got faith and some day we may get the water. >> officials say they are working towards a long-term fix and are close to receiving the funds from the state to begin construction of a new well in the city of portaville. it will provide an additional source to fill up the state-approved tank. the hope is that the country can hook up east side residents to the existing water system. >> jennifer london reporting from los angeles. >>> parts of the east are dealing with melting snow as much as two feet fell in some places. regions are numbering temperatures into the high 40s. more cold weather is now on the way. is that right, nicole mitchell. >> it's hit the midwest, moving into the south and tomorrow. that's influencing an ice storm that we have that has been buried. here is the largest picture. i want to point out that we were talking about the draught in california. we have a low bringing rain from central california as far south as los angeles. this is a huge story for the continues.

they had to pull because it literally did not have enough support, and the homeland security bill, porterville -- border build a couple weeks ago that they had to pull because they didn't have the support of conservatives. these are traditional conservative issues and they had to pull the stuff off the floor. obama and pelosi and reid have to sit back and not do anything and watch the republican struggle and turn these headlines on the round. host: what else is on the agenda? health, and what about new authority to fight isis for the president? guest: well, i think we should mention in the house -- we should mention the senate, but in the house there is a vote on keystone, and that is another big contentious issue that we will be seeing. the senate passed it last week and they got nine democrats on the bill so it is bipartisan. it puts pressure on obama and house democrats to support it. it will pass the house on wednesday. and then obama is going to veto it. biggest veto of his presidency. it will only be the third veto of his presidency. and then the house and senate will have the democratic

porterville, just south of fresno and the relief efforts for residents are running out of money.the city is playing politics with people's lives. we'll have those stories and more in a few minutes. >> it is fat tuesday and that means brazil's carnival is coming to a close. tens of thousands of people packed the samba drone in rio did i janeiro. >> rio and the beach are synonymous especially during carnival, when people all over the world flock in by hundredsens of thousands. but locals know to bring the bare minimum to protect themselves from a possible tsunami. but not a tsunami from the ocean, but rather the hills surrounding rio de janeiro. it's a human wave that comes onto the beaches stealing everything in its path. three months ago on this same beach, this was the scene. beachgoers running in panic trying to vein to escape from the onslaught of thieves. that's why rio de janeiro's police have introduced a new type of sun protection. it's called operation beach. the same special units forces that normally fight drug trafficking gangs is now stationed at the beaches in full c

downtown porterville working its way north to the bayberry--bay bridge.dry conditions in the east and south bay. this is a storm of the pacific in originated from hawaii and carries the rain from the pacific northwest and the way it is turned. iran will pick up a difficult year future cast at 10:00. actinium we might see some light is scattered showers at the state. by about 1:00 whites and rain. rain will come down a little heavier with dyed gray skies. --dark. >> reporter: storm among one has not already headed out here into saturday morning. we're predicting 42 8 in. of rain. which is more that we have can unit--accumulated in a month. when it is all said and done for the 6 in. of rain in the east bay. if you have in years to run against you cannot do that now you will not lead to a saturday or sunday. we have a second son storm--headed our way sunday. it could bring some thunder and other pacific system. in the middle of next week it looks like more dry weather. >> reporter: we are still dry year at the bay bridge. the drive times are still over 20 mi