congressional recess and district work periods when you go back on, it is not just to go back to the sandy beaches, but to work. are you able to separate out your life and be able to tend to those? rep. mark takai: a member of the legislature 20 years prior there is almost no separation, especially in hawaii. with your family, we have dinner, say, at the closest shopping mall to our house near pearl harbor, and i am always working, so i am trying my best to spend family time with my family, but my kids grew up through dad being in the legislature, and now they are growing up with me being in congress. i go to their soccer games or their swimming meets with our kids. always on. host: you spoke about coming here as a member of the military. when did you begin serving? rep. mark takai: july 19, 1999. host: did you serve in iraq? rep. mark takai: i served in kuwait as part of operation iraqi freedom. i am proud to be in the army national guard, right now serving as a lieutenant colonel. host: do you still have demands on your time for the national guard? rep. mark takai: absolutely. the reason i know

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work periods, when you go back on, it is not just -- back home, it is not just to go back to the sandy beaches but to work. are you able to separate out your life and be able to tend to those? rep. mark takai: a member of the -- i was a member of the legislature 20 years prior there is almost no separation, especially in hawaii. with your family, we have dinner, say, at the closest shopping mall to our house, near pearl harbor, and i am always working, so i am trying my best to spend family time with my family, but my kids grew up through dad being in the legislature, and now they are growing up with me being in congress. i go to their soccer games or their swimming meets with our kids. always on. host: you spoke about coming here as a member of the military. when did you begin serving? rep. mark takai: july 19, 1999. host: did you serve in iraq? rep. mark takai: i served in kuwait as part of operation iraqi freedom. in 2009 i am proud to be in the -- in 2009. i am proud to be in the army national guard, right now serving as a lieutenant colonel. host: do you still have demands on your time fo

. ♪ >>> jacksonville, florida, with its warm, sandy beaches and subtropical climate, was the perfectlace for 25-year-old corey parker to attend college. she liked it a lot better than the cold winters of her hometown of rochester, new york. >> corey was beautiful. she was very tall. she had a presence about her. some of our best times together was a girl's night in, you know, rent movies and go hang out at the house. >> corey worked her way through college as a waitress. during the thanksgiving holiday of her junior year, she didn't show up for work, so her fellow employees were concerned. >> they thought immediately that something was wrong. so the manager directed one of the cooks to go by her apartment to check on her. >> her apartment door was locked, but her co-worker looked inside and saw her body on the bed, covered in blood. >> this crime scene was one of the worst that this county has ever seen in terms of its just gruesomeness. there was blood all over her bedroom, all over her body, almost as if it had been painted on her. >> the scene appeared to be staged. >> corey's bod

tonight, cloudy brown water laps what used to be a pristine sandy beach along the santa barbara countya shovelful at a time. hand crews are bagging up oil contaminated sand as new crude watches ashore with every wave. just offshore, containment vessels are trying to stop the slick from spreading. crude was floing through the line at 84,000 gallons an hour when the leak was detected yesterday. it took three hours to shut it down. >> we are sorry this accidental release has happened and we are bringing in all the resources at our disposal to respond. >> reporter: you can already see the impact. this bird was coated with oil. santa barbara county district attorney joyce dudley is considering criminal charges and civil liabilities against the pipeline company. >> i don't know if this is a crime scene yet but as i look across this ocean and i see these rocks covered with tar and oil, it almost feels like blood. >> the coast guard ... >> reporter: well, the cause of this spill is still under investigation. and cleanup here could take weeks. they have closed beaches and catch grounds ahead of

it's an outdoor space with a pool and sandy beach area, private cabanas and an outdoor bar. n you apply for a beach tag online but you must be 21 or over. my guess is brittney the pool the beach the place to be. you sounded exciting telling that story. are you going to go? >> maybe after work. it is exciting. >> temperatures close to 90 once again today. we've been locked into this summer-like pattern. our average for this time of year is only 77. we'll stay that way both today and tomorrow. but i am tracking cooler weather as we head into tomorrow. or next week i should say. here's a live look with the clouds. our wind speeds have shifted. we're going to see humid conditions returning. cooler temperatures into next week. we want to show you the foggy conditions at cape may. visibility is down to less than a mile. be very careful driving in those area closer to the shore. philadelphia right now 68 humidity up to about 90%. visibility, you can see decreased about half a mile in cape may down to a quarter of a mile in mount holly. atlantic city is at 8 miles, 4 miles in millvil

the small island is best known for white sandy beaches, pristine waters and cool trade winds. >> arubas beautiful. >> i love the weather and the sun. i love the heat. cool. the beaches were gorgeous. >> the casino, you can do all kinds of things. >> the island is 20 mild long, six miles wide, and about the size of washington, d.c. and it's home to about 100,000 people whose slogan is one happy island. >> it's one happy island because everybody is always happy. everything is so relaxed. we have to look at life. we have a very interesting culture it. we have 45 different nationalities. we all speak four or five languages so we do pretty well in that. >> peter has been a journalist in aruba for more than 25 years. praise the online news site. >> aruba has a rich history with being a clone of the dutch and about 30 years now almost we became a separate entity in the commonwealth holland. with its own government. our main income is tourism. almost 100%. >> last year, more than 1.5 million tourists visited the island where the legal drinking age is 18. when natalie arrived in may of 2005, sh

southern caribbean, 15 miles off the coast of venezuela, the small island best known for white sandy beachesne turquoise water. >> it's beautiful. >> i love the weather and the ? there sun. ? there are pools. the beaches are for just. >> you can do all kinds of >> things. >> the island is 20 miles long. six miles wide and about the size of washington, d.c. and hope to about 100,000 people whose slogan is one happy >> island. >> everybody is always happy. we have a very interesting culture. we we have 45 different n nationalities. >> he >> he operates an online site. >> aruba has a rich history being a colony of the dutch and about 30 years now almost. it became a commonwealth belonging to holland, but with its own government. our main income is tourism, almost 100%. >> last year, more than 1.5 million tourists visited the island where the legal drinking age is 18. when natalee arrived, she was just like any other tourist. i recently traveled back to the island with natalee's mother, beth holloway. imagine that 18 year old child of yours coming down here for what she thought was going to be h

people welcome on open arms. >> there was a 10-foot drop straight down and there was no beach. >> reporter: gary a says sandy was a a close call for his beach front house in ship bottom. >> a lot of debris, furniture garbage cans we had sand stack up about 2 feet. >> reporter: now sand is piling up where it belongs, on the beach. engulfed in haze, friday crews continue the first phase of the 128 million-dollar project, to build that long beach island's oceanfront the same or bigger then it was before sandy. ship bottom will be first town to have beaches and dunes up to 415 feet wide and 22 feet high. >> it is very nice to see. it gives us reassurance. it was bad last time. >> reporter: almost three years after sandy some people are still struggling to bounce back, new jersey officials say that building up the dunes is an important step to prevent losses from future storms, still about 50 property owners haven't signed their dune easement and will face i am meant domain. thomas walter's bike shop flooded and says most people believe that positive building up beaches far out weigh negative like restricted view

. >>> reporter: cloudy brown water laps what used to be a pristine sandy beach along the santa barbara county coast. workers in protective suits spent the day cleaning up a solveful at a time. hand crews are bagging up oil contaminated sand as new crude washes ashore with every wave. just offshore containment vessels are trying to stop the slick from spreading. >> you can see where it came out of the ground right there. >> reporter: crude was flowing through the line at 84,000 gallons an hour when the leak was detected yesterday. it took three hours to shut it down. >> we're sorry that this accidental release has happened. and we are bringing in all the resources at our disposal to respond. >> reporter: you can already see the impact. this bird was coated with oil. santa barbara county district attorney joyce dudley is considering criminal charges and civil liabilities against the pipeline company. >> i don't know if this is a crime scene yet. but as i look across this ocean and i see these rocks covered with tar and oil, it almost feels like blood. >> reporter: the cause of of this sp

ultimately they left the word impossible on the sandy beaches of kitty hawk north carolina as they flewve the shore. mccullough tells the story of an american story in the era of thomas edison and henry ford at the dawn of the american century. we have the author of "the wright brothers" with us right here david mccullough. you've done it again, sir. >> thank you, chris. >> john adams, harry truman and now you've discovered it's like discovering the statue of liberty like lee iacocca and there it was all the time we grew up reading the landmark series, "the wright brothers," how do you do this? how do you find the iconic american story that others have walked past and not stopped to examine? >> i don't know. i've reached a stage in my working life and in my life when i'm look ging back at what i've been doing. i never thought too much about is there a theme or is there the repeating approach or whatever but i realize that almost everybody that i've written about was out to accomplish something difficult against the odds, against public opinion or even against -- in the face of public ri

ortley beach became known as sandy's ground zero and its scars still evident. storm victims say with very little sand separating the ocean from local streets, they fear the upcoming hurricane season which starts? just about two weeks. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> yeah, we've already seen the first tropical storm of the season, hurricane season hasn't even started yet. now we have some cool weather, down to 39 in allentown this morning. got another cool night ahead. a lot of you are going to need jackets tomorrow morning. you're not going to need them over the weekend. it is going to be a warm one. we also have some showers over the weekend, but neither day is going to be a washout. it was a great day for baseball out there at citizens bank park. beautiful blue skies. still bright and sunny. 71 degrees. the winds south at 7. look how low the humidity is. 22%. and with that kind of humidity, you're not getting any kind of rain and the pollen keeps going up. as we don't get rain. we've had very lit

started but they say it was likely caused by humans. >>> well, more than 12 miles of beach destroyed by super storm sandye being replenished, and improved. engineers say it will protect thousands of homes from future storms. "eyewitness news" new jersey reporter, cleve bryan, has more on the work just underway on long beach island. >> there are pipes. there are bulldozers, and lots of other heavy equipment not the most eye-pleasing scenery for trip to the shore. but something many people at long beach island welcome with open arms. >> like 10-foot drop straight down. there was no beach. >> gary says sandy was close call for his beachfront house in ship bottom. >> a lot of debris, a loft furniture, garbage cans, we had sand in my driveway, about 2 feet. >> now sand piling up where it belongs on the beach. engulfed in haze, they continued the first phase of 128 million-dollar project to build up long beach island's ocean front the same or bigger than it was before sandy. ship bottom will be the first town to have beaches and dunes up to 415 feet wide, and 22 feet high. >> it is very, very nice. gives you l

and selling the tests. >>> happening today in soegs county, a project to rebuild a beach destroyed by superstorm sandy will finally get under way. new jersey is using $128 million in federal money to reconstruct dunes and shoreline on long beach island part of a pro sandy strategy to build a stronger coastline for future storms. state officials will join the army corps of engineers to kick off the project later this morning. >>> new information this morning, the university has hired a law firm to investigate the school's purchase of the shutter showed boat casino. the university approved a $350,000 contract with the law firm. stockton bought the property intending to hold classes there but then a legal dispute the site only be used as a hotel. the university is selling it to a florida developer buying the now closed revelle casino. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. with meteorologist bill henley. >>> coming up on 20 minutes before 5:00. a pleasant morning, the temperatures have cooled down. skies have dried. we have a few scattered clouds around but nothing more than that right now. 56 degrees

congressional recess and district work periods, when you go back on, it is not just to go back to the sandy beaches, but to work. are you able to separate out your life and be able to tend to those? rep. mark takai: a member of the legislature 20 years prior there is almost no separation, especially in hawaii. with your family, we have dinner, say, at the closest shopping mall to our house, near pearl harbor, and i am always working, so i am trying my best to spend family time with my family, but my kids grew up through dad being in the legislature, and now they are growing up with me being in congress. i go to their soccer games or their swimming meets with our kids. always on. host: you spoke about coming here as a member of the military. when did you begin serving? rep. mark takai: july 19, 1999. host: did you serve in iraq? rep. mark takai: i served in kuwait as part of operation iraqi freedom. i am proud to be in the army national guard, right now serving as a lieutenant colonel. host: do you still have demands on your time for the national guard? rep. mark takai: absolutely. the reason i know

so when you go back home it is not just to go to sandy beaches back home but also to work. are you able to separate out your personal life and also attend to those things back in your district? >> believe it or not, i was in the legislature for 20 years prior. there is almost no separation. especially in hawaii. you know when you're out with your family, we have dinner. let's say the closest shopping mall to our house which is near pearl harbor, pearl ridge. i'm always working. so i'm trying my best to spend family time with my family. my kids grew up through dad being in the legislature and now they're growing up with me being in congress. i go to the soccer games or the swimming meets with our kids. and always on. >> you spoke about coming here as a member of the military. when did you begin serving? >> july 19th 1999. >> did you serve in iraq? >> i served in kuwait as part of operation iraqi freedom in 2009. i'm a proud member of the hawaii army national guard right now serving as a lieutenant colonel. >> do you still have demands on your time for national guard? >> abso

army corpse of engineers will shore up to 13 miles of beaches and dunes on the popular island. in 2012 hurricane sandyvastated much of long beach island. money for the project comes directly from the federal government. >>> well quite a bit going on now with the first named storm of the season. this one will remain to the south going over the weekend but it is subtropical storm ana, first of the hurricane season and technically doesn't start until june 1st and not unusual to see a storm develop this early, maybe impacting us going into next week with some rain. otherwise, for tomorrow morning, we have some dense fog in the forecast. advisory. mostly for parts of new jersey and delaware. i'll show you in a second. and then talking about your morel's day weekend and it has a look on the warm side. here's the dense fog advisory for atlantic cape may, cumberland counties. visibilities dropping to a quarter mile or less at times overnight and early tomorrow. this will go until 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning and be careful there. otherwise we have an air quality alert for other areas in new jersey aside from ca

ocean county dozens of sandy victims are demanding dune protection and wider beaches. became known as sandy's ground zero. storm victims say they're worried about having very little sand separating the ocean from their streets. >>> a near record catch off the coast of cape may. a crew reeled in the second largest shark ever caught in new jersey. happened saturday according to the park press. took more than an hour to get this 820-pound 11-foot maco shark aboard the ship. >> now back to our top story. >> a scare up there. a window washer left dangling eight stories up in wilmington all because of a problem with scaffolding at the bank of america building on king street. the man wasn't hurt but he did hang there for about 30 minutes before rescuers could get to him. >> new at 4:30 joining forces one local police department could soon be patrolling the streets of a neighboring town. why that has some residents and police worry. >>> well cool down is coming. i'll let you know what to expect as day turns into night. and i'm looking ahead to the memorial day weekend in my exc

sandy. in union beach monmouth county they handle wastewater from eight municipalities. the plant handles 8 million gallons of wastewater per day. the rebuilding project will provide more than protection to the plant's main incinerator, pump stations and other buildings. >>> today a hearing is scheduled in the fight between caesar's atlantic city and the man who wants to build up the pier shops at caesar's. mark blasting's attorney says he took over the pier's lease for nearly $3 million. caesars filed a federal lawsuit claiming it never signed off on the transfer of that lease. it's 6:18. we have new information about a budget battle in the atlantic city school district. last night the school board voted to reject the budget for the upcoming school year. according to the press at atlantic city they want to cut nearly 200 jobs. >>> volunteers in a delaware county community are the driving force behind an initiative to keep students safe going to and from school. the city of chester has a program called community safe corridors. here's how it works. usually more than 2 do

emergency preparedness and efforts are made to approve emergency information sites and sandy information sites that beaches had power but -- way too soon. >> but massive traffic jams into cape may county because not all the barrier areas were clear we had sink holes and gas leaks. >> a sink hole can knock out power. it can tell a customer when power might return. >> when we'll estimate their power will be restored. this mobile animal shelter, countless pets in the wake of hurricane katrina and some died as well when they refused to evacuate without their pets. >> people have and died because they would not leave their pets behind, because people would not leave without their pets. >> pet owners need to plan ahead, go to a website like ready pets go. there is a checklist and what to do before a storm arrives. >> well, the doctor is a vet, and pet owners need to have a bowl, food and carrier and that sort of thing if need be. that is reddy set go pets.com. back to you all. >> thank you. >>> in burlington county everyone made it out safely from a home that caught fire earlier today, this is the scene at 1:00

sandy. christie also visited point pleasant beach today. christie's appearance comes a week after the unofficial start of summer because he was out of the state engaging in some presidential politics last weekend. >>> visitors to wildwood will notice something new this summer. police added signs along the boardwalk with this message for parents: please stop telling your children we will haul them off to jail if they're bad. we want them to run to us if they are scared, not be scared of us. well police say they overhear hundreds of parents threatening their kids with jail every season. they hope that these new signs will serve as a reminder that officers are there to help. >>> coming up on "action news" tonight 42 arrests after police recovered 10,000 bags of heroin. we'll tell you about the alleged ringleader in this delaware drug operation. >>> and you may have noticed something strange along the ben franklin parkway. we'll explain this unusual display on eakins oval. cecily. >> well, it was a dry and very warm day but i'm tracking finally

. >>> a program to restore bay and ocean beaches wrecked by superstorm sandy has also saved tens of thousandsshore birds. scientists feared the birds might die out after the storm wiped out their feeding grounds in 2012. volunteers worked with the government to restore the birds' habitat, particularly along the delaware bay. the population of the red knot birds have held steady and slightly increased since sandy. >>> in new jersey students in mercer county are making a push to preserve memories of super storm sandy. several other universities have made similar efforts. they want to document the stories of residents and first respond beers for historical preservation. >>> it was a special holiday weekend at the please touch museum. volunteers dressed up as super heroes. the group visits sick or terminally ill children. >> it feels pretty amazing to make a child happy and to see the smiles on their faces and how excited that they get. we hope we brighten their day a little bit. >>> super heroes at yesterday's event included the scarlet wish hawkeye and black widow from the avengers and star lor

. >> happening today in ocean county a project to rebuild a beach that was destroyed by superstorm sandyder way. new jersey will use $128 million in federal money to reconstruct dunes and shorelines on long beach island part of a post-sandy strategy to build a stronger coastline for future storms. state officials will join the army corps of engineers in ship bottom to kick off the projects this morning. >>> a bill that would soften the penalties for carrying small amounts of marijuana is a step closer to becoming a law in delaware. the bill cleared a panel yesterday and it's now headed to the house for a vote. it would make possession of an ounce or less a civil offense with a $100 fine no jail time. smoking marijuana in public or moving vehicle would be punishable by a $200 fine and five days in jail. >>> a new jersey lawmaker introducing a bill that would change the way police related deaths are handled in the state. assembly woman sheila oliver wants to remove local prosecutors from any death involving a death caused by an officer. the state attorney general would take over. the bill

a beach replenishment project in ship bottom it will restore 13 miles of beaches and dunes severely damaged by super storm sandy's part of an appropriation by congress to return the beaches to better condition than they were before the storm. you can step back to the franklin institute and learn about the ruthless leader gangus kahn and it's called bring the legend to life and see artifacts and one of earliest guns and a sword carried by one of marco polo's guards. it opens to the public officially on saturday. >> that is cool. time to see if traffic is cool ton or not so hot. >> lets see if we kahn get home tonight. >> oh! it will take time on the schuylkill expressway westbound side we are backing up approaching the boulevard 36 minutes should be 14 to get from the vine to the blue route doesn't help that the kelly is shut down for the regatta, police activity on 70 westbound all jammed up through that neck of the woods and jammed on 375 in gloucester county. warning in delaware closing 95 at 202 the concord pike starting at 10:00 until tomorrow morning outbound delays on septa's airport and lines because of

beach, not too hot. again stay in the sandy gravel areas that we just learned. take a look outside. plenty of clouds out there. gray skies scattered showers the story this morning. right now temperatures hovering around the 60-degree mark for the cooler spots. mid-60s in places like concord and livermore, warmer inland with more breaks in the clouds. for the most part we are looking at hi-def doppler and not tracking any showers. we have seen scattered showers throughout the day. 20% chance of showers in the forecast today. mostly cloudy staying cool today 20% chance of showers. more sun however as we head into the weekend. milder conditions for this holiday weekend. here's the low with moisture around this low that's bringing us those showers. but the low will push east as we head into the weekend and that means fewer showers for us at least fewer shower chances. high sierra today travel forecast a chance of some scattered thundershowers. throughout the valley today cloudy, cool, scattered showers there as well as along the coast. take a look at sunset, 8:18 tonight, and tomorrow m

sandy. >> today they took their message to the state capital. nbc 10 jersey shore bureau reporter ted greenberg tells us why they're so worried. >> reporter: there's very little sand between the ocean in ortley beachand the still scarred community known as sandy's ground zero. >> so many of us are so frightened. >> reporter: dozens of ocean county storm victims brought their demand for dune protection and wider beaches to the statehouse in trenton today. >> save our homes! >> reporter: about two weeks before the start of another hurricane season. >> we have put our entire savings into fixing our home repairing our homes, and we are so vulnerable to storms. >> reporter: they also voiced frustrations. >> i can't get into my home. >> reporter: and anger. >> you have a rent program? >> better believe it. >> reporter: about red tape they say has slowed their recovery. >> i moved 12 times in 2 1/2 years. >> reporter: organizers are calling this a town hall style rally, a jab at the nearly 140 town hall meetings governor christie has held all over the state. >> the governor has taken the sandy rebuilding effort and tried to use it to his -- for his political capital, and it's a shame. >> reporter: a spok

. >>> is there reason to celebrate in new york's rock away beach an area hit hard by hurricane sandy. large portion of the rock away boardwalk is finally opened. it was destroyed by sand any 2012. community leaders and lawmakers secured 480 million-dollar from fema to fix it and beach goers are happy to see all of the progress. >> it is exciting to see the rebuild of the boardwalk because it is beginning of the future of rock away and future of the resiliency of building back better and stronger. >> beach lovers have something tolls look forward to, second section of the new boardwalk is scheduled to open on july 4th, what timing. >>> coming up, tom brady fighting his suspension in his role in deflate gate and fans are backing him up. we will show you how they turned out in support of him over the weekend. >>> good morning i'm howard eskin. phillies are still looking for that are first series win on the road yesterday. it was not likely begins one of the hottest teams in baseball. let's go to washington. the phillies, we're tied at one. fourth inning, sees an hernandez started at seco

. >>> is there reason to celebrate in new york's rock away beach an area hit hard by hurricane sandy a large portion of the the newly constructed rock away boardwalk is open. it was destroyed by hurricane sand any 2012. community leaders and lawmakers secured 480 million-dollar for fema to fix it and beach goers are happy to see the progress. >> it is great to see rebuild of the boardwalk because it is beginning of the really the future of rock away and future of resiliencey and coming back better and stronger. >> something tolls look forward to, second section of the new boardwalk is scheduled to open july 4th. what timing there. >>> will you spend part of your holiday outside? you will need sun screen and a hat. it will be warm out there today what experts say you need to do to protect yourself. the answer to treating your dog's fleas and ticks is staring you right in the face. nexgard, from the makers of frontline® plus. it's the only soft beef-flavored chew that kills both fleas and ticks. vets recommend it. and dogs, well they're begging for it. nexgard is for dogs only. and hasn

sandy. >>> welshing with the turn off a giant key they ushered in the beach season in ocean city today but it is a bitter sweet start for summer for one shore business owner. his surf shop went up in flames just last weekend. "eyewitness news" new jersey reporter cleve bryan is live on the boardwalk now you with how that business owner plans to pick up the pieces, cleve. >> chris boardwalk is all about food and fun but this is a hallow feeling for the seventh street surf shop is closed because of the fire. they have this boarded up, you can see damage on the sign right now. instead of selling surf board they are swinging hammers. >> as crowd cheered the kick off to summer near ocean city a's music pier, two blocks of the boardwalk there is a much different sound. demolition is underway at seventh street surf shop a stapel since 1986, gutted by fire last saturday. >> we ran in with the fire extinguisher and wall of flames in the bathroom in the ceiling, through the ceiling and it was just too late. it went up faster then you can imagine. >> reporter: are the the owner lost hundreds of thous

plus crews are finally fixing up 12 miles of beach at jersey shore after super storm sandy. >>> also fire fighters now appeared to have the up are hand on that huge, forest fire that has torched hundreds of acres in burlington county. kathy? >>> a subtropical system hundreds of miles away, will impact our weekend weather. i'll show you how with the seven day coming up. >>> and another woman has accused bill cosby of sexual assault, find out what potentially makes this case much different from the others against the comeed yan. >>> we will begin at 6:00 o'clock with breaking news right now a pedestrian has been hit, and, pinned underneath the duck both in the chinatown and and i'm chris may. >>> i'm guess chris may. the accident happened the at tenth and arch street, less than an hour ago where you see first responders, and working to do what they can we will work to get and and as soon as we have more details. we had a chance to speak to his older brother jose 30 minutes ago. he says his brother is innocent. police put out this mug shot of manual cintron, 24ers just within the last h

a program to restore bay and ocean beaches that were wrecked by super storm sandy has actually saved tens of thousands of birds, shore birds. scientists fear the birds might die out after the storms wiped out feeding grounds. volunteers worked with the government to restore the bird's habitat particularly along the bay. the red nutt birds has held steady and even increased slightly since super120r78 sandy. >>> the secretary of the navy made the announcement yesterday that this will be the third navy vessel named "u.s.s. new jersey." senator bob menendez pushed for the sub to be named after the garden state. >> i suggested to him that it would be great to finally once again, particularly in the sub submarine class recognize new jersey. >>> the new "u.s.s. new jersey" will be completed and commissioned in about six years. >>> and good morning, everyone. jessica boyington with your first alert traffic. we're starting things off right this memorial day on the garden state parkway just north of the cape may toll plaza. everything is moving along fine in both directions. headed to or from

beaches there. you know, but it doesn't have the atmosphere that the jersey shore has. >> reporter: 2 1/2 years after sandy, there are still thousands of homes that need to be rebuilt or repaired. but obviously the lure of the beaches is too irresistible for so many as we have seen this weekend. in asbury park, brian thompson, nbc 10 news. >> well the entire weekend was really beautiful. saturday, a cool day, but we got warmer each day, plenty of sunshine, too. same thing today. and as we go into tonight, we're going to be staying warm with our temperatures, also staying dry. there's a chance we could see a heat wave in the forecast this week. either way it's going to be hot, we just need three days to hit 90 degrees in a row. and that could happen. but some showers might cause it to not get to 90 degrees. some of the days, thunderstorms are returning in the forecast. live look out at center city from the adventure aquarium in camden. sunny skies, 86 degrees, still very warm outside. it's been windy today. but those winds will start to diminish later on this evening. tomorrow and wednesday, i think we'll b

sandy victims. >> i've lived in nine places since the storm. >> reporter: who took a so-called bus for progress tour. from little egg harbor to union beachnd stafford township. jersey shore communities also hard hit by the storm to show that 2 1/2 years after sandy, thousands are still not back in their homes. >> i'm living on a houseboat in my backyard. >> right now i'm at a standstill. >> reporter: the new jersey organizing project spearheaded today's trip which mainly took issue with the state's largest and often criticized recovery program. >> it's like a part-time job. you have to constantly call department of community affairs but yet nobody nobody ever gives you a call back. >> reporter: a dca spokeswoman says the agency understands people's frustrations and is empathetic to their individual struggles. see says the department has already had 16 r.e.m. information sessions along the coast and nine more will be held this summer. the dca also insists it's making real progress with the r.e.m. program with nearly half of its $1.3 billion budget dispersed to homeowners. >> i just have to pak up everywake up every day and say this is wha

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