. >> where can i buy a richter scale? >> mr. richter is selling it. we are going to put a plug in for cold hardware. they are not available. it's a rather complex. >> in fact we don't even use the richter scale anymore. we use a moment magnitude. the richter scale was early technology. >> probably a myth that i hear most often is my building is just fine in the loma prieta earthquake so everything is fine. is that true ? >> loma prieta was different. the ground acceleration here was quite moderate and the duration was moderate. so anyone that believes they survived a big earthquake and their building has been tested is sadly mistaken. >> we are planning for the bigger earthquake closer to san francisco and a fault totally independent. >> much stronger than the loma prieta earthquake. >> so people who were here in '89 they should say 3 times as strong and twice as long and that will give them more of an occasion of the earthquake we would have. 10 percent isn't really the threshold of damage. when you triple it you cross that line. it's much more damag

thousands of years was pristine and preserved by the first t people and we don't pay attention to the richter act when it comes to the large companies that use millions and millions of gallons of water for cooling and swimming pools and so on. as part of this presentation, we should discuss if this so-called water that is used gray water can be recycled. why is it that we don't really mandate instead of saying go slow and try to do this or that where walden -- when here in san francisco everybody conserves water. i think boss wa can help with that. we do have some people that know a lot about our systems and i'm talking about the systems that we have all over san francisco. we have people that are very well versed with these things. and the other and when they present, a lot will be surprised, perplexed, astounded as to houlths -- how little we know when it comes to earthquakes and fires. we have people in general that make statements, but we need the people who really know who can explain to us our well our city engineers in the past after the 1906 fires put in place mechanisms that is has t

ambassador embassy in iraq ended up siding with blackwater, ordering jean richter and a colleague to leave iraq and calling them "unsustainably disruptive" and "unnecessarily hostile" to contract personnel. "the new york times" said the investigators unheeded warnings made clear the state department was alerted to serious problems involving blackwater and its government overseers before nisour square. the trial of four blackwater operatives accused in the massacre again this month after years of delay. "the new york times" exposÉ was risen -- written by james rison. israeli warplanes that killed one palestinian and injured three on strikes in the gaza strip. palestinian militants in gaza have launched rockets on southern israel over the past eight the midst escalating tensions over it is really crackdown following the apparent kidnapping of three israeli teenagers from a west bank settlement. the obama administration has signaled its intent to eventually sign an international convention banning the use, stockpiling, production or transfer of antipersonnel landmines. the white house i

the woman told her friend that a man pushed her into the stall and richter. " please just after midnight on sunday. no arrests have been made. one man drowned after his canoe capsized. it happened last night in wilmington. rescue drivers use scanners to find the body of a 20 year- old man. his name has not been released. two other people made it to shore. no one was injured. no word yet on what caused the boat to flip over. the lawyers for the convicted killer of hoping a pillow case will learn him a new trial. >> they say if a resident of does present bill strengthen their argument. >> to second graders helped each other hang on the hooks on the back frombathroom stall door. a group of students saw them and told the teachers that neither of the boys were hurt. all looks have been removed from that school and other elementary schools in that area are doing the same. a sexual-harassment lawsuit against the state treasurer has been tossed out. the judge gave the a cruiseaccuser to refile the lawsuit. made unwanted sexual advances. the lawsuit was politically motivated. >> jackson would the

>> well, it is a 10.0 on the political richter scale and a stunning reminder to the american people of just how extreme and how far to the right and how far out of touch the republicans and the house of representatives have moved. when eric cantor who is the leader of the tea party in the house republican caucus is viewed as not ridgid enough, tht is not good enough, because congress is going to look for a mainstream agenda to strengthen the middle class, but a tea party chaotic house republican caucus and those who want to continue to focus on the solutions for the middle-class. >> you have the talking points down and it did not take long for the campaign to fund raise off of the loss. last night, you sent out the e-mail with the blast, sign on and good-bye eric cantor and good riddance. to ensure that there would be a democrat on the ballot, your committee just monday suggested tram m -- tramle and most people were, who was this guy? >> well, it was a republican district the day eric cantor lost, and the day after. >> so is all lost? >> no, it is a 40% democratic performing district,

so let me get your take if there is a richter scale and we know there isn't one anymore, is this, michaelings are falling off the wall. 5.0, houses are collapsing and 10.0, san francisco fell into the ocean. what's going on in washington? this is like an 8.5. this is a pretty big deal because it not only has national implications for upcoming elections and all of the rheaume nations about what that may mean, chris. it has even more to say about what's going on inside the gop with its base, with members and again, the tea party argument going back to 2009 about folks who come to washington and absolutely lose their mind and get hooked up in the whole glam of power and money and prestige and forget the folks who sent them there and like elizabeth dole and bob bennett of utah. congressman cantor now realizes, oh, i guess the voters back home do matter and they -- they have made -- sent a very clear signal not just about paying attention to us, but from the tea party side of this as they said to me at the end of my term, we helped elect a republican congress and we can help unelect one, as we

of the great masters, visitors can check out a painting by a giant of contemporary art -- gerhard richter. this installation is sure to cause a stir. designed to look as though he has ripped a hole in the side of the museum. curators have defended their decision to organize the contemporary art show in russia amid political tensions. >> the hermitage, once the winter palace, is one of the wonders of the world, so it is the chance of a lifetime. you would be mad not to take it, and the artists were quite keen for it to go ahead. and true to tradition, the exhibition confronts the big taboos of vladimir putin's russia. on display are portraits of gay men and pictures from a ukrainian photographer which document kiev's revolution. he says he could not understand the calls for artists to boycott the show in russia. >> if you have something to say, then you should say it. we had to take part here. it would have been different if they have stopped us from expressing our views. >> so it is full steam ahead, despite months of controversy over its staging here. >> a lot of food for thought there.

march of 1964, 9.2 on the richter scale. the real concern is along the alaska coast. they're monitoring the situation as far south as oregon. >> all right, david wright on top of the story. thank you so much, david. >>> now we're going to turn next to nationwide crackdown on a problem that could reach into every community in this country. today, the fbi moved into rescue nearly 200 children right here in the united states. most of them, girls, many lured from their homes by sex trackers. abc's cecilia vega was with the investigators. >> reporter: they call this the track. the redlight district just one announced today. a place where prostitutes come to make their money, many of them just girls. how young are we talking? >> the youngest i want to say i have seen is 13. >> reporter: this undercover oakland cop, his face hidden and i'm here for the sting, as the fbi and police try to save as many girls as they can. today, announcing that operation cross country put 281 alleged pitches behind bars and rescued 168 child prostitutes in more than 100 cities from tampa to den

you sit and no one's going to do anything about it because of where we're at that's according to richter's official statement now donald thomas corroborated his story and said in his own statement that the blackwater manager went on to say i could shoot you and kill you here in iraq and no one would do anything about it because that's the way it is here he also went on to compare iraq to the wild west such as the ok corral now i was joined earlier by elizabeth holtzman a former congresswoman of new york and cup troll or of new york city i first asked her about a government official alleging that a blackwater manager threatened his life during an on site review and whether we should question the types of people the u.s. government is engaging in business with. absolutely i mean this is a security for blackwater they were supposed to protect americans not to threaten their lives so that's already crazy and serious questions have been raised about their conduct in iraq and this front page story raises many many more issues about their conduct and not only their conduct book always done about

. >> well, look, this is a 10 on the political richter scale. >> reporter: the first house majority leaderhistory to lose a primary election. congressman eric cantor forced to step down from his post which he will give up on july 31st. >> it is with great humility that i do so, knowing the tremendous honor it has been to hold this position. >> reporter: the man who toppled from that position, little known tea party candidate dave brat. despite only spending about $120,000 to fund his campaign versus cantor's 5.4 million. the tea party believes the underdog won because the republican leader is, quote, out of touch. >> this leadership team wrote a tea party -- rode a tea party wave to offers in the last four years just a growing concern that we haven't followed through. >> reporter: brat says his strong stance on immigration is the main reason for his victory. claiming cantor backed amnesty. on capitol hill some say without cantor an immigration reform deal is as good as debts. the house majority leader reject that claim. >> i have never known mr. cantor to be an ahea advocate for immigratio

number said this is a number on the richter scale for political earthquakes.y be an under statement. it never happened in american history. never. the house number two leader, the majority that gets defeated in primary. this was where they got knocked off in a close race and he has been a big shot on capitol hill so long and heorus. i down from us. he said every charge was worse from the point of view. the big issue in the race was immigration reform. he stated verbally he is for what a lot of democrats call the dream act to figure out a way to get hundreds of thousands of young people who turned out to be good citizens and students and young criminals, but they are in the country illegally because they were brought over as young children and not to remain action or decisions on their own. those would be the first that a lot of republicans ought ven to grant citizenship. theyal them c ont of amnesty an separately put up campaigns and visuals that showed kantor standing with president obama. that was enough. he got wiped out and sets back the leadership and the

. >> this is a 10 on the political richter scale. >> they tossed him out. i'm shocked. >> the people are going to make their decision. and they're tired of what's going on in washington, d.c. in both parties. i think that's the message. >> as for who will take over for cantor, gop whip kevin mccarthy is being talked about. cantor says he would fully support him. cantor also said republicans need to unite and stand together. his defeat shows there could be some other major upsets come november. janelle wang, nbc bay area news. >>> we believe this exchange was our last best opportunity to free him. >> still ahead. did his release put the country at risk. >>> plus, his job was he ticketed me. he should be here to tell me why. >> their right to ticket. but what happens when they fail to show up in court. i'm tony kovaleski. we dig through data to uncover the problem. how they're fixing it next. >>> and sierra lamar's accused killer heads back to court. what happened inside that is only further frustrating her supporters. >>> it's part of their job, but are bay

it is off the richter scale. i am 100% disabled from ptsd.hey come to work and they transfer from the east coast out here to the west preparing for retirement. i get one and they last anywhere maybe 2-3onths to years. and then they are gone. host: your average wait time for an appointment would be what? caller: 90 days. the one i just had, she told me and made that i might have to wait 120 days for another appointment because they don't have doctors. host: more from the internal audit. 90 v.a. clinics report altering appointment dates. saidyees at 24 clinics they felt threatened or coerced to enter specific desired dates. workers at 14 sites reported facing sanctions over scheduling practices. those at two sites said they were written up for not following supervised orders to cook the books. sites required follow-up .eviews that is from the veterans affairs department. zach from pennsylvania. good morning. democrats line. caller: good morning. all, i get private insurance. i'm also a vet. to gets me three months a colonoscopy and six months t

an epic earthquake had hit japan. 9.0, near the top end of the richter scale.hen a huge tsunami crashing up the coast. it was like watching a disaster movie, this one horribly real, and john and terry's son zack was now in the middle of it. >> what did you think? >> unreal, this can't be happening. are you sure it's where zack is? are you sure it's in the same region? and we were looking at maps and, you know, everything was pointing to, yeah, it's exactly where zack is. and. >> so we just prayed. >> enormous waves you see here were hitting noda and kuji, the towns where they were teaching. the frantic calls began to no avail. >> what happened when you would try to call his phone? >> it would say all circuits are busy. and you'd get a busy signal. >> and the minutes went by. >> uh-huh. >> and then an hour and two hours. what did that feel like? >> hell. >> as a parent, you never think oh, my child's been killed. you don't think that. you just wait. just wait and pray for the best. >> and remember, zack had wanted to come home months earlier but terry and john h

the quake registered 7-point-9 on the richter scale.have been more than a dozen aftershocks. a tsunami warning was issued, but later cancelled. so far, there are no reports of serious quake damage. a tornado caused significant damage in ohio. the national weather service confirmed that it was an "e-f- 1" or "e-f-2" that touched down in brunswick yesterday evening, about 30 miles southwest of cleveland. at least ten homes were damaged ... the roof of one of them was ripped off. police have been going door-to- door to check on residents. no injuries have been reported. the mormon church just kicked a woman out because she won't stop calling for women to be ordained priests. that decision was made by an all-male panel at the "church of jesus christ of latter day saints." the panel convicted kate kelly of advocating policies that are contrary to church teachings. they say she was too aggressive in trying to change other church members' minds. kelly says being forced out is painful and tragic for her family. an ambitious pilot named after am

peter guber and karl richter donna believe otherwise.0 year yield of four percent by the end of the year. thank you for joining us. how can you go so against the --in right now? >> error all there are a lot of things changing in the economy. consumer deleveraging for the past three or four years. finally coming to an end. we see a labor market stepping up. faster pace of hiring. that is supporting income growth as well. housing finally turning the corner. with all that yesterday with homebuilder sentiment. we should see further evidence today. to forecast the near-term, i think it is a bad way of doing things. >> what is the theory and pushing against bill gross and madame lagarde? what is the core economic idea that gives you optimism they don't have you go >? looking atally been the past four years. back when people started looking at the new normal economy at the end of the recession, we dissected the data and looked at each component of gdp and how they performed relative to past economic figures. >> so you're saying comparing figure

i want to commend especially gillian mueller in addition to john richter for their work on the issue itself, the working group work -- the working group collaboration, i should say, that resulted in this report that senator heller sighted. this is a substantial report on a very difficult problem. here's what the problem is. the problem that the working group addressed but also our legislation addressed that i'll talk about in a moment. here's the problem in terms of days. the backlog is especially high across the country. the average backlog in days is 241 days. unfortunately in pennsylvania, it's even longer. about half of our state, in the western part of our state, 316 days; 294 days in philadelphia in the eastern part of our state. so to have a veteran and his or her family wait that long for the processing of claims is, in a word, unacceptable and should be addressed. and that's why we introduced the 21st century veterans' benefits delivery act, which was developed from the findings of the working group and the report that was produced. this is a commonsense approach, a bill tha

we have exactly ander richter who helped co-author a paper by the dallas fed.und and uncertainty. translation, with rates at zero there may be a risk and a link putting up certainty and slower growth in the same sentence. welcome, alexander. tell us about the hypothesis that you have written about in the research paper. >> thanks, rick, for having men on. i appreciate it. what we find in the paper is since 2008 which is when the fed lowers the interest rate to zero are, we find there is a strong negative correlation between real gdp growth and uncertainty. prior to that, the correlation was weak. are interestingly enough, you might think this is just due to recession. when we condition on quarters where the economy was in recession since 1960 which is about 34 quarters we find the correlation is also fairly weak. there is something going on since 2008 driving the stronger relationship between uncertainty and real gdp growth. >> in layman's terms, what you are saying is that all the talk that many like myself and all the traders on the floor since the crisis tal