rafters novella river house an unpredictable current and extremely difficult rapids it is the science of international competitions each year tons of america rushing to the polls play bass and boulders and treacherously conceal of those. so dylan currents change cools to follow out nieces on the rocks will pull spring up in the most unexpected places the river floods off any detail study of it is that impossible to chart a best route through the rapids. yes all the boat everybody gets out. let's listen up before we gong we need a breather. i'm going out about this on sand let's have some rest. with half of the journey behind them the team pauses to rest a strain of the rapids has taken its toll. we've covered about half of the distance so for another four difficult records are still ahead of us so let's get go and. the rest is relax on a small flat patch of the bank. when spring comes around it will disappear hundred ten means a body of water becoming part of the river beds. this place can only be reached in winter time when the water level isn't. fortunately we're. all back everybody

house atop a sinking barge. authorities say the owner of the home was transporting the structure to another location when he lost control of the barge. the harbor master along the river says the house appears to be fully furnished. hey, where's my couch? >> floating down the river. >>> jeff joins us now. a little bit better today but still on the gloomy side. >> i thought it was an upgrade. >> i said a little bit letter. >> all right. all right. we still have some pretty sweet weather coming in your seven-day forecast, but a bit of a speed bump coming our way, too. in oakland, we do have marine layer shaping up just back behind the san francisco skyline, but still holden on on to some warmth in the east and south bay. 71 livermore, 71 sunnyvale and 64 in napa. so throughout tonight, while we get cloud cover increasing, we'll see 40s and 50s. throughout wednesday, chance of showers coming our way. so you knew it couldn't last too long here, and ahead we're looking at the mixed bag pattern, some sun, some showers and even cooler weather into the seven-day forecast. so right now we do have the cloud cover that's currently pushing across northern california. it's nothing

. >>> a house boat is stuck in the san juaquin river tonight. it was being towed from sacramento when it first ran a ground. and then the house boat refloated and started again to drift down the river. the coast guard warns the house boat may pose a hazard to other boaters. >>> bike riders will have to slow down on the golden gate bridge or face stiff fines. the district is considering a 10 mile an hour speed limit on sidewalks and access pads and five miles per hour around bridge towers and construction zones. that's to improve sidewalk safety. the highway patrol would help develop an enforcement plan and speeders fined $100. a committee will take up the plan on thursday. >>> cal trans says it has found the $3.5 million to avoid the drastic service cuts it has been warning its riders about. the money will come from defering maintenance and borrowing from a capital fund. officials say the agency will likely have to raise one way fares by $.25 cents and parking fees by $1 a day. the cal trans board of directors will vote on the plan thursday. >>>

woman: so how does water get from the river into your house, or here at school? woman: somebody has to bring that water to us, and somebody has to take it away when we're finished with it. man: the water infrastructure is vital for disease protection, fire protection, basic sanitation, economic development, and for our quality of life. man: you just can't visualize all the assets that are under our feet. we have about two million miles of pipe in this nation. if you're walking around in an urban area, you're probably stepping on a pipe. man: our grandparents paid for, and put in for the first time, these large distribution systems. woman: and in many cases, it's not been touched since. man: we're at a critical turning point. much of that infrastructure is wearing out. narrator: our water infrastructure is made up of complex, underground systems that function continuously. these 10 locations take a look at the history, design, and challenges of our water infrastructure systems. each one represents a small part of what's at stake on a national scale. but understand

virginia, tim rankings home sits in the water >> i don't know how you go about salvaging a house laying in the river upside down. >> reporter: complicating the rebuilding further, more severe weather is on tap tomorrow, forecasters warn there will be a triple threat of tornadoes, high winds and hail. >> damage is still being assessed in this area now several residents told us they have been touched by the support from workers from neighbors, volunteers that have been trying to clear out some of the debris but they still have so much more to do. frank, elizabeth. >> you have obviously spoken to a lot of people what has your experience been like reporting in story? >> reporter: just incredible, the shock that these people have experienced with this. some people stayed in their homes during this, and the fear during the storm, while they were in their homes, some of their homes have been partially damaged some people that were able to get out in the nick of time, some neighbors that were describing stories people whose home was just -- came down immediately in seconds and they were able to get out and

river. there's the house in its full glory with a beautiful view of the water. >> they would have done better with a pool instead. let's turn things over to jeff ranieri and talk about these soon to be better days, i hear. >> we're going to mix in more sunshine as we head throughout the week. a lot more improved than what we head on monday. take a look at the time lapse. the sung started to punch through the clouds and we enjoyed a lot of sun and watch the time lapse. fog is forming right near the golden gate bridge as it scoops down across the north bay. meanwhile, 59 in los gatos and 71 for the high. one of the warmest spots on the map, 76. 71 in livermore and 67 for the high in santa rosa today. temperatures going down currently but still holding on to warmth. currently, 69 in livermore. let's get a look right now. we have clouds offshore. it's a sign of the changes coming our way with showers offshore as we zoom out. you're going to notice the compact storm system. it's going to move towards the north but we'll still get the bottom edge of it for tomorrow and that will bring a chance of s

house. >> reporter: with swollen rivers and bursting levees adding to the missouri misery. all of this the result of rains and melting snow pack that ate chicago -- >> i don't know if i'll suffocate, i don't know what will happen. >> reporter: and new york. >> everybody's tired of it. exhausted, okay? it's been out of control. >> reporter: and most of the rest of america. and, of course, we are not alone in tasting ma nature's recent fury. the crushing heat waves in china and russia and europe last summer came in some of the hottest months ever recorded. hot air holds more moisture, which brought flooding that killed hundreds in pakistan. but shifting rain patterns led to droughts in the amazon. typically one of the wettest places on earth. add it all up, and it looks an awfully lot what this man called a nature walk through the book of revelations. >> and so, as the surrounding water gets warmer, it speeds up the melting of the ice. >> reporter: but is today's tornado or flood real proof of al gore's doomsday predictions? well, even those scientists who agree with him, eve

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. >> i don't know how you go about salvaging a house laying in the river upside down. >> more severe weather is on tap tomorrow forecasters warn there will be a triple threat of tornadoes, high winds and hail. cbs news, raleigh north carolina. >>> death toll no arkansas, alabama, virginia is at least seven in each state. they crushed school buses and demolished buildings, piles of rubble in virginia used to be people's homes some of the storm victims pick through ruins others look on in total disbelief. >>> amid-devastation there are signs of life. three tiny puppies just weeks old survived the storm in north carolina. the woman they belonged to said she lost everything else. two of them are named lucky and miracle. >>> in 30 minutes people will gather in san francisco to mark the moment, 105 years ago when that earthquake hit here in san francisco. the quake in 1906 triggered a catastrophic fire that destroyed much of the city the mountain, there thereby a wreath laying dedicated to the recent victims in japan. this is live. since the quake, bay area residents have donated millions

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like house after house here, the rising red river has turned it into an island. this is what it looks like from above. part of north dakota is a giant lake. on the ground, it's sleepless nights. justin and his dad take turns looking for leaks in their plywood mote. you keep a checklist. >> a checklist, that everything's going okay. >> reporter: the red river is lapping at their door. how high is the water here? >> it's about 4 1/2 feet or so. >> reporter: and the only thing between you and it is -- >> this wood there. >> reporter: people here are growing tired. this is the third year of historic flooding in a row. barbara pinto, abc news, harwood, north dakota. >>> in mapleton, iowa, today they are cleaning up and also giving thanks. of the ten tornadoes that hit iowa over the weekend, the worst of them flattened mapleton. more than half of all of the buildings in the town were damaged or destroyed. a lot of people feeling lucky despite the devastation to the structures. >> a rough start to spring. >>> now, for this morning's weather from around the country. the

. >> i don't really know how you go about salvaging a house that's laying in the river upside down. >> reporter: complicating the rebuilding effort even further, more severe weather is on tap for tomorrow. forecasters warn there will be a triple threat of tornadoes, high winds and hail. and several residents that we spoke to said that they were just simply touched yesterday by the amount of workers and volunteers, neighbors that came out to try and clear out some of the debris, but they still have a long way to go. >> a lot of work to do. ines ferre, thank you. >>> meanwhile, another tragedy in north carolina this morning. five people were killed in a highway accident, including three children. it happened last night in the national forest north of the camp lejeune marine base. the victims were found in an suv turned upside down in a canal. investigators don't think bad weather was a factor in the crash. >>> wildfires are still burning this morning across texas. the governor is asking president obama to declare the stricken region a disaster area. in austin yesterday, firefighters use

like house after house here, the rising red river has turned it into an island. this is what it looks like from above. part of north dakota is a giant lake. on the ground, it's sleepless nights. justin lenox and his dad take turns looking for leaks in their plywood moat. >> you keep a check list? >> yeah, a check list making sure there's no major leaks. >> reporter: the red river is literally lapping at their door. how high is the water here? >> it's about 4 1/2 feet or so. >> reporter: and the only thing between you and it is -- >> the wood here. >> reporter: now, people here are tired. this is the third year of historic flooding in a row, george. >> okay, barbara, and you've been there every year. >>> we're going to turn overseas to japan where there was a terrifying reminder of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck exactly one month ago. a six-minute aftershock struck the country not long after the japanese observed a moment of silence for the victims. the searchers of the dead and missing pause to remember. bob woodruff filed his report from the

. >>> this video has caused a river between the san francisco chronicle and the white house. the senior reporter shot it when protesters interrunted president obama's private fundraiser last week in san francisco. he was the print pool reporter for the event. she posted the video in addition to the print arl article. the white house has threatened to exclude the paper from future presidential pools. >> some of the protesters actually videoed themselves and uploaded that and some of the other attendees of the fundraiser videoed it and uploaded. what the white house expects says that the reporters will be at a disadvantage compared to an average person >> a washington, d.c. bureau contacted the white house press office this morning but nobody there would contact on the chronicle controversy. >>> just a moment ago, the atlanta braves announced the punishment for their pitching coach roger mcdowell. the braves placed mcdowell on administrative leave while the team investigates what exactly happened at at&t park this past saturday. the pitching coach used antigay slurs and gesture

for answers, we travel to fall rivers, massachusetts where the borden house appears the same way it didgo. if you think time stands still on the outside, wait until you see who's at the door. >> hello, there. i'm leanne wilbur and i'm one of the owners of the lizzie borden bed and breakfast museum. welcome to my house. please come in. >> that's right. an infamous crime scene is now a b&b. for a price, you can spend the night in the rooms where andrew and abbey borden lived and died. >> this is the room where mr. borden was found here on the sofa. >> that's what makes it so chilling is that you really feel like that body could be right there. it's the same room that it feels in. >> dressed in period costumes for tours, wilbur bought the house a few years back and says people come to visit and like herself speculate. >> do you think she's guilty? >> let's just say i don't think she's completely innocent. >> reporter: what we know for sure is that on august 4, 1892, lizzie told a neighbor that her father, a frugal banker had been killed, hacked to death in the sitting room. shortly later,

river. swallows roads and. turning houses into islands. for russ, watching the water creep closer, this is war. for three days now, he's waged a round-the-clock vigil to keep the river out. fortified by six pumps and this massive plywood mote he built by hand. >> it gets old. i mean it is worth living this close to the river? having to put up with this every year. we've been asking ourselves if we're going to continue. >> reporter: this is why he stayed. the river barely visible from his lush backyard. but 90 inches of melting snow has turned the red into a raging me menace. the rivers here, five of them, all running over their banks. residents from iowa, minnesota, and the dakotas fight back any way they can. >> it came up a lot faster than anybody out here was prepared for. >> reporter: this is your place? >> this is my place. >> reporter: along the cheyenne, in west fargo, rick took us on a tour of his neighborhood. the road to his home is invisible. under 4 feet of water. the water is high here. >> yeah, it is pretty high. >> reporter:

house the homeless. kaiser permanente, which owns the building, says it is unfit for occupancy. >>> a rescue operation was carried out today along the sacramento river but it was fish, some of them in danger, who needed assistance. they spent the past two days trapping sturgeon, stamina, and striped bass. after the fish were captured they were carried to the open river and released. >>> in gilroy, crews sprayed their minds this morning to try to wipe out a destructive test. three european grapevine moths a showed up. they are trying to outline a plan to eradicate that moth. >>> workers in san francsico spent hours picking up 12 tons of trash. city officials say there have been a dozen reports of illegal dumping in the past six months totaling 130 tons of garbage. >> we are asking people if they see suspicious activity to let us know and call the police department so we can get a better heads-up on the type of people so we can chase more actively. >> business owners say the trash does not help their efforts to lure customers and would like to see security cameras installed. >>> patrons rallied at city hall to prevent the eagle tavern from closing. it

165 million americans tonight battling rising rivers, double headed twisters and a furious super storm on the way. >>> punch-counterpunch. the white house wrestling the top republican about whether it's time to get tougher on big oil companies. everyone arguing about our interview right here last night. >>> attention shoppers. facebook offering a whole new way to save money on just about everything without ever clipping a coupon. shaking up the world of online discounts. >>> and, diana's wish. with friday fast approaching, we'll tell you the one thing she said she wanted for her son william above all else. >>> good evening. as we come on the air tonight, one half of this country, 25 states, 165 million people, are battling a conveyor belt of punishing weather. storms followed by buckets of rain. levees breaking, flood waters rising. 12 states are under tornado watches right now. and, in just one day, 39 tornadoes have killed at least ten people. and the total tornado count has now reached 300 for april. more looming tonight, as we said. one of those tornadoes was a half mile wide, nine football fields across and hit vilonia, arkansas, w

house is completely gone. >> on the north dakota/minnesota border where the red river crests sunday, interstate 29 is still under water. porgs closed indefinitely. adding to a springtime mixture of midwest weather that included hail, tornadoes and floods. and this is where the garage used to be. amazingly, you look at the cars, and at first look, only minor damage. now, the storm system that brought these violent storms is moving off to the east. it's going to be moving through during the overnight hours, track through, bringing the threat for damaging winds, spotty hail, and the chance for isolated tornadoes. good news as we head to tomorrow evening, the biggest threat will just be rain on the east coast, so we'll get a little bit of a break, at least for now. >> i don't know how that car somehow survived, but it seemed to. chris, thank you very much. chris warren in merrill, wisconsin. >> we turn overseas to libya after another weekend of fierce fighting, negotiators for the african union say moammar gadhafi has agreed to a deal for a cease-fire with the rebels. the problem is the rebels aren't buying it. step

just in the hooves the prince repented and ordered the river to be named in honor of his daughter chicago washington this remains mistress of the house legend has it that since then the good spirit decides the fate of those who seek to travel. that's most read it i was it. did you enjoy it great. what about the water marina that was great. after just an hour tourists are completely drenched and exhausted they top and toward little strength they have left to drag the boat onto the riverbank. oh super i took a plunge the water is simply beautiful. all done just because of this boat is hazardous. to the sun but people take precautions in these caught just like any other. of this what they do on the bellary of us is safe for us both men and amateurs like me. this small russian bathhouse stars in the bank of the bell lie river it is covered in a thick film secured in a wooden frame there are benches and wood fired stone on the floor inside the temperature is over one hundred twenty four degrees fahrenheit or ninety degrees celsius. just ten minutes in here and a single person in the group is put off by how cold the water is in the belisle

internet is a web of fiber optic cables, stretching around the world, over the river, through the woods and even to grandmother's house. hey, grandma. did you get my e-mail? except in armenia and georgia, where there are fewer cables. >> it's a system that's really meant to be very limited. there's not a lot of backup or redundancy in place. >> reporter: but could it happen here in this country? well, not really. >> because there's so many backup systems in place here, so much redundancy built in, the internet traffic just kind of spreads out and goes somewhere else. >> reporter: the web surfers in georgia and armenia weren't so lucky. it took at least 12 hours to reconnect. and that 75-year-old woman faces charges of property damages, that plunged the people in her region into the digital dark age. for "good morning america," mike marusarz, abc news. >> so, this got me thinking. dan, i'm from a former soviet republic, as well, moldova. so, i did my homework, investigating to see if some relative of mine could cut off the internet there. moldova has 38 internet providers. armenia only has three service providers. >> m

just in the herds the prince repented and ordered the river to be named in honor of his daughter chicago washington literally means mistress of the house legend has it that since then the girl spirit decides the fates of those who seek to trust. that's was the reason i was it. did you enjoy grace. what about the water mary and that was great. after just an hour the tourists are completely drenched and exhausted they tap into what little strength they have next to drag the boat onto the riverbank. oh super bowl i took a plunge the water is simply beautiful. from the school for cooking and this ball it is hazardous the sun but people take precautions in the sport just like any other. the fittest what they do on the ballet reeva is safe both for spokesman and amateurs like. this small russian bathhouse stars in the bank of the bear lie river just covered in a thick film secured on a wooden frame there are benches in a wood fired stone on the floor inside the temperature is over one hundred twenty four degrees fahrenheit four ninety degrees celsius. just ten minutes in here not a single person in the group is put off by how cold the water

river thames. big ben over there. houses of parliament over there.leton? how do you go out? where do you go? the two people to find out, nick watt and bianna golodryga. >> they got their lessons from nick watt. i got a tour of how they roll in the city. he's the man to turn to. >> i tried. i think after the wedding, we'll have a bit of time, we'll all go out on saturday night and see it. >> knees up. >> knees up. for now, i showed you all i can. >> as far as british culture, is this it. driving in the backseat of a rolls-roy rolls-royce. have you reached the peak? >> yeah. by day, they hang out in fabulous west london. >> who cuts her hair? >> richard ward. so we're coming up to beauchamp place. we're coming up to a nightclub. boujis. that can mean star, i think. >> i like how you say it. boujis. >> oh, you were just mocking me? >> yes. >> tuesday nights are the big night. they never pay for any drinks. >> you picture george and robin hanging out here? >> i think we're a little bit old. not you. maybe the rest of us. but william, probably not the bes

a house boat ran aground in the river near sacramento.s being towed when it ran into some trouble. there's no pollution threat and no injuries reported. the coast guard said there could be a potential hazard to navigation in the area. if they're looking into what went wrong. an oil slick reported in san francisco aquatic park has now disappeared. the park service investigated a sheen which was reported in the water. nobody was able to determine the source, it was evaporated by 10:20 a.m. and no further action will be taken. >>jacqueline: we've been seeing increasing cloud cover through the afternoon. that will continue tonight as the storm approaches the coast line. it is moving towards northern california and oregon. we will see light rained out there tomorrow. tonight and tomorrow, increasing cloud cover this evening will keep us warmer over night. more morning temperatures mild to start the day 4:00 p.m. expecting a light rain to pick up at this point and temperatures much cooler than today. five to 10 degrees cooler than what was soug

. >>> a large barge carrying a two-story house is stuck on a river in central, california. owner was trying to move the house from one location to another when he lost control. officials say the barge doesn't pose a danger to river traffic as long as it stays grounded. it will be a long time before that guy sees that house again. 8:04. now let's go outside again to meredith. >> thank you, natalie. al has a check of the weather. >> thank you, meredith. we have nice folks here. march of dimes. what's happening with the march of dimes? >> hello. i'm nicky fleming and this is my daughter lauren the 2011 national ambassador for the march of dimes. we are here with all the volunteers encouraging everyone -- [ cheers ] >> -- to go to the local kmart and donate or go to marchforbabies.org. >> all right. let's check your weather, see what's going on. good cause. huntington, west virginia, wsaz, nbc 3, news channel 3. thunderstorms, showers. temperatures in the low 70s. today we can see the frontal system bringing heavy showers and thunderstorms. we have a tornado watch in effect str

clay levees, even plywood to hold back the water from five rivers, all now running out of their banks. in some places, it is not enough. which house is hers? >> the last one on the end. >> reporter: we found joellen harris, visiting from south carolina, standing at the edge of the water that swallowed her sister's neighborhood. >> i was thinking, oh, my friends back at work would never believe this. >> reporter: this is your place? >> yeah. >> reporter: this is how rig and his neighbors on west 15th avenue get home. >> probably be, i thought that was the worst one until this one hit. >> reporter: their homes are now islands, surrounded by sand bags and high anxiety. how have the past few days been? >> very stressful. the stress level is very high. i think a lot of headaches, stomach aches. >> reporter: and barbara pinto is with us now from west fargo tonight. barbara, we see you standing in the water. this is the third year you've returned to this region. they get socked every year. >> reporter: they do, david. but what's so striking about this year is how prepared they were. they started in february, timing millions of sandbags.

. >> reporter: i'm on the second floor of this family's home, like house after house here, the rising red rivert it looks like from above. part of north dakota is a giant lake. on the ground it's sleepless nights, justin and his dad take turns looking for leaks in the plywood moat. you keep a checklist? >> to make sure are no major leaks. >> reporter: the red river is lapping at their door. how high is the water here? >> it's about four and a half feet or so. >> reporter: the only thing between you and it? >> the wood there. >> reporter: people are growing tired, the third year of historic flooding in a row. barbara pinto abc news, harwood, north dakota. >>> and weather news doesn't stop there, a line of severe storms whipped up four tornados in johnson county, texas on monday. winds up to 110 miles an hour whipped through that rural area turning homes and barns into nothing more than twisted wreckage. at one point more than 90,000 customers had lost power. and also cleaning up in central wisconsin from violent storms that blew through on sunday. the national weather service confirmed two torna

you can see in the house behind me, the water, the river has started to go down a little bit. this despite more than an inch of rain last night and 15 inches of rain over the last few days. that same storm system that has been moving through, bringing tornadic activity to the south has been dumping a lot of rain here. the levee runs on both sides of the black river through town. it is the south levee that has been problematic. more than three dozen overruns, the water spilling over the levee as well as several holes busted in the levee. 1,100 people have been evacuated. they have been putting people up at a coliseum. >> what is that going to mean for the levees today? yesterday, when we spoke with the governor, there was talk that one of the levees may need to be breached to free things up. >> the governor of missouri is fighting the governors and leaders in other states. it would happen along the mississippi river and would flood 130,000 acres of prime missouri farmland and that land would be lost for about a decade. missouri says no. the army core of engineers and other stat

river. panhandle and homeless encampments are scattered around the landscape of the riverside area like most cities in america the housing collapse caused great financial suffering here the problem is that on the occasion show her situation is actually getting worse it is getting tougher and tougher in my own family i have to send her out of work despite her own family struggles linda whitlock shows up here homeless encampment and sack lunches every week she's been doing this for seven years providing a lifeline. to go back to dump her food from behind bars. but it's not just the homeless asking for a handout some of the people standing in line do have a home but were embarrassed to be shown on camera california ranks sixteenth in the nation when it comes to food hardship and riverside rank number two among all us metro areas. at the riverside county food bank requests for food have risen twenty five percent in the past three years we are able to help maybe as much as three hundred to three hundred fifty thousand people per month there's almost seven hundred fifty thousand people who are living at or below the poverty cr

river valley, the treasured serenity has been shattered. >> the ground just romlls. >> reporter: for dirk and his neighbors, the shaking began last summer. >> and it's like a loud thunder clap and the house shakes at the exact same time. >> this has split and cracked here in the sheet rock. >> reporter: it seems like your house is kind of separating. >> yes, my whole house is kind of -- that's a good way to put it. >> reporter: susan showed us the cracked walls in her home. >> this house was swaying. you felt like you were on a roller coaster, going down a hill or sitting on a row boat in the middle of the ocean with somebody rocking the boat. >> reporter: the shaking got so frequent, he installed a plum line to keep track, posting the results on youtube. >> 4:54 p.m. and we got some really big swaying going on now. >> about 1,050 earthquakes. >> reporter: scott orbrooks is a lead detective on the case. these dots represent the earthquakes that have occurred since last summer? >> yes, sir. just since, basically, since september. >> reporter: the earthquakes are rattling the countryside in what's known as the fayetteville shale. just since 2005, more than 3,000 gas wells have been drilled

river. he's worried about airline maintenance, too. >> ten years ago, maintenance was virtually all done in-house by the airline that's flying the airplane. now, heavy maintenance is mostly done by people who are unrelated to the airline that's flying... that's flying you as a passenger, and sometimes not even in this country. >> o'brien: so we decided to examine the airline maintenance industry, and started at its annual convention here in phoenix. they call themselves mros, for maintenance, repair and overhaul. it's a highly competitive business. mros from all corners of the globe were here, trying to drum up business with u.s. airlines. so what's the advantage? why would... why would a u.s. airline fly an airplane all the way to turkey to get maintenance done? what's the advantage to going to turkey and your company? >> firstly, the quality is very high, and secondly is that the pricing... the pricing is very reasonable for the... >> o'brien: labor... labor is cheaper in turkey? >> yes, the labor is cheaper, yeah. >> o'brien: most major airlines now outsource the majority of their heavy maintenance, some as much as 70% or more. it's a

river when it rides. the water is gonna get in your house. it's time to get your belongings and move to higher ground. some of the people who live near the edgewater mark, you still have a few people still trying to drive through the standing waters. that's what you -- when you end up with the swift waters. >>> 7:48. a national gas pipeline blew up today in egypt. look at these pictures. we just got these pictures in. this is a pipeline that sends natural gas from egypt to israel and jordan. so far, no injuries have been reported. the cause of the explosion is not known yet. another natural gas pipeline blew up in february. that one was determined to be a suspected terrorist attack. >>> people in ecuador are being told to leave their houses because this volcano blew up and is spewing ash into the air. the ashes have been reining down on a nearby town covering everything in sight. this particular volcano has been active since last week. >>> 7:49. it's now just two days until the royal wedding in london. very early in morning, british troops held a full dress rehearsal along the route of the wedding pre

for to what else house but we're basically is the biggest bully on the block in the better period recorders are there fred upton the local is the rivers are state area and congress isn't here to the world fortune and the shooting took a public park that was judit to the city on the condition that it remained a public perk forever and sold off a huge chunk of it to private developers to put it a private golf course. in exchange gave them a couple dozen acres of other layer that turned out to be highly contaminated from their factory which you're now paying to clean up at public expense this is actually the kind of evil this happened before the stewards emitter or freeman this is the kind of thing that emergency financial manager could do if they come into a city and state well the cities to go got some major problems hey one of the ways we make up for it will sell off a public park to a private corporation to develop into a golf course eight weeks of money that way for the city we don't our leading teams and a limiting access to public parks for lives and so forth all the line you know the great transition for corporate benefactors and

house where dana bishop grew up. >> it's incredible. you don't think things like this happen here. >> reporter: while in north dakota, at least five people were rescued from their homes after the red river crested at more than 38 feet. >> there's no hurry over it. you take your time. >> reporter: 500 members of the national guard are monitoring the levees. so far no breaches have been reported, but more rain today is sure to slow the river's decline. and we have a particularly dangerous situation on our hands in the storm prediction center. as we head into the overnight hours, this storm system, as it moves east, affect ing morethan 40 million people over more than 20 states. and it's not going to be over for a few days. we're going to see this cold front march across the u.s. on monday and then again on tuesday. we're not going to be in the clear until later in the day on tuesday. and behind that cold front, places like where i am here in wisconsin, lester, are going to see some huge temperature changes. lower 80s today to the mid-50s tomorrow. almost a 25-degree cooldown. but, again, we have a very dangerous situation on our hands tonight. >> chris warren from the weather channel for

rescue in the sacramento river of the chinook that were freed, wild life agents say 53 of them were endangered. dozens of sturgeons, bass and steelhead were rescued. >>> the white house has declared a federal disaster in california. powerful waves generated by the earthquake in japan caused extensive damage to came's coast. state officials estimate more than $48 million in damage was done. mostly to harbors in crescent city and santa cruz. the declaration frees up funding for emergency repair work. >>> had some sprinkles around the bay today. let's go to our chief meteorologist, bill mart -- martin. >> we did have sprinkles throughout the area today. come in close he, this is very light at be. i think by montera and millbrae and burlingame you are probably getting some light sprinkles, sprinkles down around redwood city, out towards the dumbarton bridge. newsance stuff, this is not shutting you down. it's not making a mess of the afternoon commute. just nuisance showers. tomorrow looks good. highs tomorrow easily in the upper 60ss, low 70s. extended forecast, we're back to the shower it looks like wednesday night into thursday. it doesn't look like a big deal but it'

flooding in north dakota houses are so bad that people are getting around in boats. if this is not a riverr creek it's a flooded street. there's an ongoing flood warning for the area. a big runoff from melting snow and even more snow is in the forecast. a big flooding problem also in kentucky the rain has stopped here but it will clearly be a long time before things dry out. if spring storms really clicked things around the state leading to a lot of down trees, smashed cars and a lot of roads have to be shut down. >>pam: gasoline prices keep going up, oil has surged 25% since february. experts say we could see prices go as high as $5 a gallon by summer. the national average for awhile regular is $3.90, while the average in california is $4.18. the never applies to oakland, san jose and san francisco the average is up to $4.23 a gallon. >> i don't have to worry about cast for about a week. >>pam: tourists and virginia got a break today from the high price of gasoline, they got to fill look for free and thanks to a promotion offered by shellfish and kroger in virginia. hundreds turned out wo

clay levees, even plywood to hold back the water from five rivers, all now running out of their banks. in some places it is not enough. which houseast one on the end. >> reporter: we found jo ellen harris visiting from south carolina, standing at the edge of the water that swallowed her sister's neighborhood. >> i was thinking, oh, my friends back at work would never believe this. >> reporter: this is your place? >> this is my place, yes. >> reporter: this is how rick zeist and hi neighbors on west 15th avenue get home. >> it was probably -- i thought that was the worst one before this one hit. >> reporter: their homes are now islanded surrounded by sandbags and high anxiety. how have the past few days been for you guys? >> very stressful. the stress level is very high. i think a lot of headaches and someaches. >> reporter: adding to those headaches, all of this rain. in this neighborhood, it could take weeks for all of the water to recede. barbara pinto, abc news, west fargo. >> we were talking about baseball-sized hail. as you heard about that, a lot of folks saw hailstones this big. can you imagine what that would do to your h

clinton along with the mcdougals had taken out to finance their development in whitewater, a house on the white riverof the whitewater development. but more important, there was public allegation by a municipal judge in little rock called david hale who claimed that when he was president of a company called capital management, that president clinton -- then-governor clinton -- came to him and asked him to take out a loan for capital management from the small business administration, represent to the small business administration that capital management needed the money to run its business when, in fact, the money was going to be used by president and mrs. clinton to help pay back their loan. now, if that was true, that would have been a federal crime, a false statement to a government agency. so there was, i think, most people felt a factual basis for janet reno to ask for, to appoint an independent counsel. secondly, while the initial cry for the appointment of an independent counsel came from republican senators, there were also several democratic senators including, i remember, senator bradley, i

house and here is for the washington monument is. the mall as we know and now selling again memorial so the period but i am talking about the mall ended in the potomac river began just off to the left seat to see the effects of urban development and finally that is dupont circle with the populated urbanized area was much smaller than washington that we know anything from up on connecticut avenue up faster howard university goes north on seventh street none of those made it to the map because those were not considered the main parts of washington's city. that gives a sense of the city that is relatively smaller of course, they and the city we know now of washington. i will talk about this washington history talking on three different points but first the relationship of african-american history and the second of urban reform and why washington was an example for all the way and. first-come a washington was the site of remarkable the african-american activism and to talk in general terms three groups of made up african-american the first it was for free african americans black washingtonians were free rather than enslaved if that meant there was an enormous

river. on sunday afternoon families converged to walk or go to the zoo. a small note here, which is when i was writing all of this, i kept -- i went to robert sandler has house and i looked at where he lived, but looking out, it looks into the park, which part of it was the zoo, and i kept thinking to myself, if i was three-year-old child, what would i remember most about the zoo? i had a three-year-old daughter, and i thought, it would have to be the animals. so it took only a couple readings to determine there were ostriches, and, again, history, so circular. i was doing one of these readings in seattle, and someone came to me and said how do you know there were out stretches -s in the zoos. and somewhere in the back of my cabinet was an article about the fact there had been ostriches at that zoo. in' 1947 in the house across from the zoo a child fell mysteriously ill with a fever that waxed and waned. robert sandler was two years old, his twin -- he had a twin, elliott -- was an active toddler in perfect health. truth being stranger than fiction, we talk in the book how keane are activated or inactivated to start canner sir, and if you want to find a role

house speaker john boehner has said any proposal for tax increases is a nonstarter. >>> in the upper midwest, nine rivers minnesota had to dig up its baseball field to use the dirt to protect homes and businesses from the rising water. >>> a massachusetts mother who withheld cancer drugs from her son has been charged with attempted murder. she withheld chemotherapy treatment from her 7-year-old son to protect him from sild-effects. her son died of lieu chemoin a, even though doctors had given him a good prognosis. >>> investigators looking into that collision at jfk airport this week are taking a closer look at the size of airport runways across the country and whether they can accommodate the supersize planes that seat more than 500 people. john berman has more on the safety concerns. >> reporter: it was like an ocean liner hitting a dinghy. the airbus a-380, with a wingspan the size of a city block, spinning the commuter jet like it was a toy. >> roll the emergency trucks to mike. we've been hit by an airbus. >> reporter: the small plane had just landed. was heading down a taxiway to its gate. he says

house will be in order. >> yesterday, i had the opportunity to tour overland flooded sites in north dakota. riverevels hit record highs and thousands of north dakotans volunteered their time and effort to save homes an lives. mr. berg: today i'd like to recognize the thousands of high school students that helped fill and stack sandbags that protected property and lives. together they helped the county residents, they helped protect their homes as the river rose. without the help of these young volunteers, many north dakotans would have been left unprepared. unprepared for the overland flooding that affected our state. these students are students that care about their communities. their dedication exemplifies the spirit we see in north dakota and the next generation of leaders. i'm pleased at their efforts to protect -- that their efforts to protect our communities worked. i'd like to recognize them today. thank you and i'll yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the house will be in order. will the members please remove their conversations from the floor. for what