he told me, he said it was an accident that snow balled out of control and i was in shock and by thetime i looked up, his eyes were filled with tears and i didn't elaborate or ask him anything further. hum. >> where is the rebuttal. >> i am going to show it to you. i think george takes the witness stand and talks not only about the affair, but his reference to an accident that snow balled out of control. take a listen to this. >> you never told christ malholloway while the two of you being romantic that this was an accident that snow balled out of control? >> assumes facts not in evidence. >> your honor,, the witness' answer was nonresponsive and i want to be clear on the answer. >> yes, or no mr. anthony? would you ask that one more time, please? >> you never told her it was ran accident that snow balled out of control. >> never . >> and so the jurors are left to figure out if it was said. was it said sort of a hope or guess as to what happened to his grand daughter or did he know because he was allegedlyy involved? >> and the prosecutor is pretty easy to decode it to the jury in a

you can see traces of snow. but higher runs ever well groomed and george warren is live where hundreds are celebratinging the 4th of july. >> ski season did go on and on. and it officially ends today and there is so much snow, they can probably stay open if they wanted to. only rarely to summer and winter sports converge in the basin. one fits both. >> this morning i went water sking in lake tahoe, then drove over here and have been skiing for an hour. >> snow in the water, water in afternoon, beach at night g times. >> here they're celebrating red, blue and white with skiing on independence day for only the fourth time in 60 years. 25-year-old dana fisco was 13 last time it happened. >> i wasn't here for that. i wasn't drinking champagne for that, either. >> a record breaking winter and spring made this possible. 810 inches of total snowfall. >> this is a great snow skpfs it's well covered. >> in places snow is still 10 feet deep. that is the extreme down hill shoot known as pal yi saids looking like it did in

enter the leading republican challenger against senator snow.ugh, more conservative challenger is beating olympia snowe in the polls, crazy conservative challenger is not. snowe leads 34 43 to 18 showing they are more conservative, but they are not crazy. nicole glass writing on the conservative but not crazy website, frum forum tells us he's being endorsed by organizations that still suggest president obama's birth certificate is still fake and accuses him of returning to his muslim roots. he told ms. glass in an interview "the president, he says he's christian, but yet he exercises a lot of muslim faith too. me personally, i'm a christian conservative, i don't hold any malice to anybody whether they are muslim or jewish or catholic or anything else. i just believe that he needs to come forward with his views a little bit clearer." when ms. glass asked him if he thinks president obama is secretly a muslim, he said "i don't know if he is or isn't, but i don't believe he's a christian. well, i don't believe scott d'amboise is a republican. it's t

. >> plus, the california flood factor, what happens if the snow pack melts all at once and the effort to build a rock wall the old-fashioned way. >> social media sites l transfoe communicate. now there is a brand-new social network but it's for your car. michael finney tells us anyone can now send a message to any car in america. >> i'm using that, are you? >> danielle sent a message to that blue pickup truck. she sent a voice activated message. >> i like your car. >> she is using a new social network that connects drivers through each other through their license plates. >> you can because they have set up e-mail and voicemail boxes for every license plate in america, yours, too. to to see your messages you have to claim your plate. that is register. >> we connected 250 million registered vehicles with a voicemail inbox and e-mail in-box and you can send a message to any car in the country. >> the founder hopes to break the barrier between the world outside your car and create the next big thing in social media. >> it's the final frontier of connectivity because we spend five years of

but this year, the state has been dragging about some of the latest snow on earth. chance to ski in july was a payoff during a brutally long winter not only in utah but throughout most of the mountain west. in california's sierra nevada, the snowbanks were still so high in june, it looked like january n utah more than 65 feet of snow fell this winter at snowbird in utah, a record for the resort. and it's not just skiers who are happy. this is putting smiles on faces hundreds of miles away from here because all this snow becomes a whole lot of water which is great news here at lake meade, america's largest reservoir near las vegas. >> this spring we're going up quite quickly. >> reporter: for gail kaiser whose family owns a marina, it's a refreshing change after more than a decade of drought that left lake meade with half the water it once held. the white ring circling the shore shows how high the water once was. as the level drops, the marina had to be moved again and again to keep boats in the receding water. lake meade created by the hoover dam is important for mo

snow leopards are found. they have traditionally killed snow leopards and their yaks -- were killed by snow leopards. we're helping them understand the importance of snow leopards and giving them tools to protect their cattle more successfully. this is a great partnership. the next one is the sahara conservation fund. the reason we chose this group is because there is not a lot of conservation organizations working with this area, and we have a couple of species that represent this zone. this is an important conservation group that is wanting to make a difference in this very critical space. we have a couple of red necked ostriches. and we support the conservation programs with this species. since the opening of the lemur forest, we've been working to save the important species in madagascar. we are working witht madagascar since 2002. if you don't know about the iucn, the united states government has the endangered species act. this is a global consortium of zoos, aquariums and governments that were to estab

go back a couple of weeks ago, they were dying for some snow.ver the past day or so, they had so much snow they were not able to get to some of the resorts. there has even been some strong thunderstorms with tornadoes over the past day or so as well. >> what advice are you telling residents in the affected areas? >> it varies from top to bottom. further south, the rest is mainly for the snow. everywhere, there has been a risk for wind. it has come in bursts. driving has been difficult. for the south, for people travelling on some of the roads, it could be affected by this note, they have to bear in mind the change -- chains. there is a bit of good news. in the next few days, there will be this cold and arctic air and it will slowly eased away. it will finally start to settle down. >> thank you so much for that update. more now on our top story, the political storm in britain engulfing the world's second biggest media company, news corp.. "news of the world" has provoked a huge debate about how the media should be regulated. to tell us more, i'm

a lot of snow in the rockies as well.or the high country in the west, looking at the remnants of that record snowfall. and which means all of the rivers are running high, fast and cold right now, across the country. including throughout california here. as we continue to see that snow melt coming out of the high country. a little bit of that going on today. but not at the coast. our temperatures continue cooler than normal. for this time of the year. we did see some nice clearing out there. and temperatures were up a degree or two. but the fog bank continues to cling to the coast, as you can see here. it will repeat this performance tomorrow, so it will be pretty slow to go in the morning. but we will look for a gradual warmup as the fog gives way to mostly sunny around the bay. that means hot across the interior, we will look for mid to upper 80s to prevail under mostly sunny skies and some cloud cover in the morning and it will clear out early, though and bayside, we will look for mid to upper 70s in the east bay, and o

thank you and can you suggest a good place to catch and find many snow herrings. sure. into the temple. why don't you go there. thank you. i go now. going into the temple, the temple gate is closed for the night and the temple wall is too high for me to climb over. i have to look for away inside, okay. what is he doing but to leaning against the wall. it must have been a gardener that left this. okay. i use this. i found many snow herrings. they were all sleeping. each of them standing on one skinny leg. so, i will capture them. wait. wait. wait. i know. snow herrings are very expert so take your time to watch them. so, watching them. they're sleeping. [snoring] i don't need to use my wonderful idea. i won't have to call out to them at all. i just go. [snickering quietly] they're still sleeping. how can i get it done. i should have brought a big bag or something like that. any way i just put his head - and then then stash him in my kimono. i can't get in front of them. easy. this is a big hour. my next victim. [snickering quietly] next. bet i capture 150. my body is ful

. >>> then as if snow and skis aren't rare enough. there was another big surprise out and about this fourth of july. >> i'm jeff ranieri, it cooled off a little bit today, and clear skies for those fireworks celebrations. 85 in san jose, 67 in the city fofan srancisco.an coascoe wntinue through te he t night, we'll call it cool here with phelenty of 60s coming bac. the possibility of thunderstorms in our forecast. right now, more pictures of this fourth of july. the celebration's happening near coyt tower in fisherman's wharf. ♪ [ woman ] sam begged and pleaded... so i sent him to camp. we'd earned lots of points with our new citi thankyou card... and i put them to good use. he told me about his bunkmates, and how he signs up for every activity. ♪ he even hangs out with the camp director. just like that. [ male announcer ] the new citi thankyou premier card gives you more ways to earn points. what's your story? citi can help you write it. sweetie i think you need a little extra fiber in your diet. fiber makes me sad. oh common. i dare

thank you and can you suggest a good place to catch and find many snow herrings. sure. into the temple. why don't you go there. thank you. i go now. going into the temple, the temple gate is closed for the night and the temple wall is too high for me to climb over. i have to look for away inside, okay. what is he doing but to leaning against the wall. it must have been a gardener that left this. okay. i use this. i found many snow herrings. they were all sleeping. each of them standing on one skinny leg. so, i will capture them. wait. wait. wait. i know. snow herrings are very expert so take your time to watch them. so, watching them. they're sleeping.

but as you travel north, you'll find something you don't expect this time of year, lots of snow.tony guidea has more. >> reporter: some say the world will end in fire, some say in ice. robert frost's words clearly when not on the minds of holiday skiers at crystal mountain, washington. >> it's great, getting tanned too, all the snow is awesome. >> reporter: 50 feet of awesome, all across the west this weekend skiers are flocking to mountains flush with snow, 40 feet at arapahoe base inin denver. 70 in squaw valley. >> fourth of july and on skies. >> reporter: but record snowfalls mean dangerously swollen rivers. nowhere more evident than minot, north dakota where heavy rains compounded the massive snow felt melt. thousands are still home its while many returning this weekend found conditions unlivable, flooding for sewage into their homes with. >> we're just start now to get home, people are moving in and i'm moving out. >> reporter: a huge wild fire continues burning in northern new mexico but it no longer threatens the los alamos nuclear land it scarred a mountain on a nearby r

. >> snow. got a, got aconfession ♪ ♪ want to grow up ♪ ♪ want to see the world ♪ want to grow up ♪ want to grow up ♪ ♪ want to be in movies ♪ [applause] >> janelle wang, ladies and gentlemen, abc 7 view from the bay and her 49er posse. thank you. fantastic. the judges are stunned already. ladies and gentlemen, the winner of last year's amateur competition, the general sales manager for koit radio, mr. scotty bastopol. >> thank you, debby. wonderful. scotty b, koit, light rock, less talk. 25 plus years in the bay area. pretty cool the it's funny, i'm a native here and i often traverse this beautiful, beautiful city and i find myself behind a cable car at a spop -- stoplight and i look and see one of the brake men saying give me the green light, give me the green light. then i look closer and realize the rider's having so much fun, it's such a vibe. it's not really a cable car, it's more of a cable bar. >> ♪ i'm ready to go right now ♪ ♪ i'm ready to go right now ♪ i'm ready to go right now ♪ a l

we have corn snow. we have spring conditions.nd right on liftoffs, keep going. >> it's awesome to be out here july fourth. get some good slushy spring turns. it's amazing. >> reporter: but it's summer. >> oh, yeah. i forgot that part. >> reporter: skiiers who arrived early to the mountain were treated to another summer sight. a bear ran across the bottom of the hill and was spotted later beneath the chair lift. while some are still counting the days they've skied this year, others have already started counting for next year. one man telling me he's already got three days in the 2011-2012 ski season. i'm brian hickey. >> good stuff. >> oh, yeah. what i want to see is jeff ranieri out there skiing in his board shorts. speedo? >> i need a chromo key on wheels today. i'm on fog watch tonight. it would be nice to be up in the snow. i got to my facebook tonight. some of the comments coming in really making me jealous here. one of them, one of the best ones, peter ross baty is up in napa looks forward to this hot weather. also some pool

they saw more than 55 feet of snow. they say this weekend, the folks who love to ski, well, you got it. you can also ski, ride a bike and do it all in one day. mammoth is saying they will close to skiers after monday. >> some tahoe ski resorts will be open. this is a live picture as well. one is hall pine med -- alpine meadows. squaw valley, kirkwood and sugar bowl will also be open. >> a bear attacks a man who was camping in the lake tahoe area. it happened at the camp richardson row sort. the bear's claws left shallow scratches. black bears like these are causing more and more headaches in the lake tahoe area. experts say most of the problems come with the bear tries to get food. the man said he had no food and has no idea what attracted the animal. >> that will wake you up. >> a little bit of a warning. >> sal, is the toll plaza awake now? >> we have, well, it's awake. it's doing well. there's no major problem. there's people coming through but on this friday before the 4th of july, you will see traffic is moving alo

planes can cause snow to fall by flying through certain clouds causing ice crystals and more snow.is a prime example as many lower level clouds are punctured creating more snow to fall than normal. however, one scientist says these clouds are very specialized and it isn't often that planes fly through them. giving pilots yet another reason to think they're god-like. >> up there making it snow. >> really cool, though. >> yeah, that is interesting. >> no snow here. >> no complaints, right? we're good. >> 77 degrees out. no humidity. gorgeous. >> very good. that's how we'll keep it. at least for a few more hours. and then things start to creep back up later this afternoon. so today is going to be a good one. just at h little hot, but it's summer. july in d.c. let's take a look. grab your coffee or iced coffee and look at the weather with me. we have clear skies, hardly any clouds. the temperature is still in the 70s. and we still have some comfortable 60s. look at stanton about 66. it's 68 sterling. frederick, you're at 73. and it's 75 at annapolis. here is the satellite view. so much

i'm used to seeing snow everywhere. as high as it's ever been. >> reporter: not just skiers who are happy. this is putting smiles on faces hundreds of miles away from here. all this snow becomes a whole lot of water, which is great news here at lake meade, america's largest reservoir near las vegas. >> this year we're going up quite quickly. >> reporter: for gail kaiser, it's a refreshing change after more than a decade of drought that left plague meade with half the water it once held. >> this is where i used to play here, way back in these koefz and tho coves and the coves are not there anywhere. >> reporter: the whitewater is how high the level once was. the marina had to be moved again and again to keep boats in the receding water. >> sad when you're watching it go down and down, and then with the change, it's like such a drastic change to be going up so fast. >> reporter: for water lovers, lake meade is a recreational place in the nevada dezered, last fall it reached its lowest levels ever. the long southwestern dr

there's still snow melt out there.ow melt to speak of, we have low clouds and fog moving into the bay this evening, continuing our below normal temperature pattern here. we saw temperatures peeking out in the mid to upper 80s across the interior. mid to low 70s in the east bay with 60s on the peninsula and back to the beach, we'll be slightly warmer, but close to this as again, we're looking at a weather pattern that keeps us below normal for temperatures. upper 80s, should be in the 90s across the year and mid to low 70s for the east bay locations. our weather pattern continues with a very stubborn fog bank glued to the shoreline. it will back by midday to the beach, but there it will linger through the day and then we'll look for cooler air to move into the area by the beginning of the week. that will continue our cooler than normal weather pattern and by the end of next week, we're looking for things to warm up, which means we'll be looking for low 90s across the interior after the morning low clouds give way to mos

you can sigh traces of snow here. in other resorts there is enough for a big summer ski weekend, 4th of july. we're live now this afternoon. >> reporter: it doesn't look like it here, but there is so much snow that they can probably stay open a few more weeks if they wanted to. and for only the fourth time in the squaw valley 60 plus years of history they fired up lifts today for independence day. frequent winter storms made it possible. about a quarter of the total snowfall fell in just one 12-day period. the lower mountain is dirt and rocks, some of the runs at the top have better coverage today than in december. >> today, this morning i went water sking in lake tahoe. then, drove over here and then went skiing for an hour. two hours. it's been great. >> same outfit? yes. same bathing suit. >> this season we've shattered snowfall records, receiving 810 inches of snow. right now there is a six to 10 feet up top here with more in places. >> can you believe it? six to 10 feet, still. the ski season came to an end at 2:

skiing and snow boarding., gwen is back with a look at our 4th of july weather. >> yes, as far as today is concerned the day before the big celebration, hot and humid conditions out there today storms in our forecast. let's lookout side where we have the national monument for you and the folk life fest very well kicking off on -- festival kicking off on the mall keep your eye to the sky as your forecast is just ahead [ mr. connally ] i was paying too much with cable. it was crazy! paying so much you want better quality. it was like you were trapped because that was the only system that was in our neighborhood -- was that cable. i was just getting too frustrated. [ male announcer ] stop paying for second best. now you can switch to verizon fios tv, internet and phone for just $99.99 a month for a year -- with no annual contract required. i always heard great things about fios, but the first time i saw the picture it was just like "wow." [ male announcer ] call now and we'll include over 60 premium channels, inc

snow. denver is a prime example as many lower level clouds are punctured causing more snow to fall than normal. however, one scientist says these clouds are very specialized and it isn't often that planes fly flew them. >> send them through. more snow. i love it. >> yeah? >> yeah. >> interesting. >> denver is a good place to go for that. don't bring it here. are you buying that? >> no, it's not that i'm not buying it it. i had never heard that. i know that contrile clouds are that little stream you see behind the plane. i remember after 9/11 when there was no flying allowed, this was not as many sirius clouds that we normally see. didn't know that about the snow. so i'll have to look into that. great to be here. today will an rain free day. great to see you. happy july 4th, independence day weekend. let's talk about the weather forecast. and which day i think we will see some showers. that would be sunday. until then, enjoy this afternoon. it's going to be fantastic. right now it is 68 degr

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and in california, would you believe snow skiing at lake tahoe on july 4th. >> snow, skis, bathing suits. >> reporter: a day of fun and a celebration of freedom from sea to shining sea. curt gregory, nbc news. >>> and while there were no fourth of july celebrations in an orlando courtroom yesterday as jurors in the first-degree murder trial of casey anthony began deliberating her fate. >> reporter: as the jury gathered dozens gathered at the spot where caylee anthony's remains were found. two signs of a very separate facet to this case, the public response and the now private deliberations. >> they are going to consider second degree murder, a manslaughter, third degree felony murder, and two types of first degree murder, by the way, premeditated and felony murder, and they don't even have to agree on which one it is, as long as 12 people think it's first degree murder, and there are six other counts. so it is complicated. >> members of the jury -- >> reporter: after wade ing through the judge's instructions and waiting for around six hours, the jury will get back to work today reviewing

they say it still has snow miles six to eight feet deep. at a time when squads are to be kicking up dust they are building snow ramps for the one final day of skiing and boarding. >> we will have a top to bottom terrain park with a jump. if not two. >> reporter: the significant of saturday's reopening, that is open to the public, will mark the latest state in summer that it has ever been open. >> never this late t. is historical. >> reporter: you can believe this is this much snow up here? >> not believe it. >> reporter: it is not the latest that a california ski resort has been open. back in 1985 on august 13th, yes. almost filled but didn't. mammoth ski resort opened on august 13th. in tahoe, back to you. >>> requiring rural residents to pay a fire fee. homeowners in unincorporated areas to pay $150 a year for fire protection. they argue rural areas already pay for cal fire services, supporters must gather half a million signatures to put the measure on the ballot. >>> next time go out to a concert you might not need a ticket. the paper o

should you bring shorts or snow gear. there will ablimited number of ski runs open this holiday weekend. this season there has been nearly double the average snowfall around lake tahoe, that's 67 feet falling in squaw valley, 52 feet in alpine meadows, if you are not in snow supports, temperatures around the lake are expected to be around 80 degrees this weekend so. something for everyone. let's check in with marla in the newsroom. good morning. >> good morning to you. we're following the search for one man swept over a bridge and into the reservoir. another man also swept in the water died. it's going to be busy in the back country. there is a lot of snow runoff. so park rangers urge campers and hikers to be extra careful. also a strike by golden gate ferry ticket takers shut down the ferry system. we'll tell you how commute commuters can get to work. we'll have cool whale video to show you off the coast. and we'll tell you about new laws that take effect today, that cover everything from traffic school to styrofoam. >>

run off yet much snow remains. >> the snow i've never seen still here in july. >> reporter: this family usually visiting lake tahoe. >> we've never seen it this high. we were actually shocked how high it is. >> reporter: lake tahoe is about 5 feet above it's natural rim meaning there's less beach to be found. but water officials say the water level is not unusual rather that it rose so much all in one year. >> we have 111 years of record high. >> reporter: the >> reporter: while beach real estate may suffer with a higher lake, the water supply is a long term good. >> it ensuring at least a couple of years of good river flows, even if we get really dry after this point. >> reporter: and plenty of beach remains and ample tourists this year have found it despite a higher lake. >> this summer we've been busy. fourth of july was busy. >> reporter: officials say that the lake levels should stop rising and actually should start dropping in the next couple of weeks as the evaporation of the lake off of the vast services of lake starts to out pace the run off coming in. south lake tahoe, ken pri

water sports and snow sports still happening. i guess that the four are weekend early edition. i want to thank you for joining us. >> face the nation is coming up next. the debt ceiling talk on the front of everyone's mind. next on cbs 5 in our next news caps coming up at 5:30. enjoy the rest of your weekend. ,, i tell ya, i work a long day, every day. i hang my head out the window. oh man, we're delivering everything you can think of: plywood, cement. i, i enjoy the breeze on my tongue. well uh, and every weekend, seems like we're headin' down to the lake. we're pullin' a boat or somethin'. i don't know why. i just do. it's not a problem. i don't mind as long as we always stop at chevron and get that techron stuff. my ears flop around too. check it out. [ male announcer ] your car takes care of you, care for it. chevron with techron. care for your car. it's hard work; i need a nap.

. >> reporter: that's right the sierra nevada is still dusted with snow. but this report today rings the alarm about extreme drought. it also warns of extreme flooding. >> the natural resources defense council says the bay area is at risk. highways, sewer plants, airports and more. vulnerable to rising seas. a new report calls it a slow moving tsunami. it's climate change. seen in a dramatic increase of extreme weather that began about 20 years ago. >> rainfall patterns are going to change, our snow and ice are disappearing, sea levels are going up. these changes are inevitable. we need to do what we can to slow the climate change but we need to deal with the impacts that are going to be unavoidable. >> reporter: a big problem for the bay area is as sea levels rise, salt levels will move farther and farther up the delta making it more difficult to get clean fresh drinking water. for those relying on snow melt, spring melts will be earlier, late summer and fall run off may drop close to 40%. while heat and droughts worsens and erosion damages the coast. off

look at all the snow. >> nothing like skiing in shorts. officials say the last time it was open on independence day was back in 1999 in squaw valley. >>> we are following some developing news in oakland right now. police were called to 62nd avenue and hayes street an hour ago. you can see from these pictures the street is closed. and officers are marking multiple bullet casings found in the street. we do not have any word of any injuries from this shooting. oakland police tell us they are still investigating and right now they don't have any further information it provide us but when we get it we'll pass it on. >>> people in alameda county with busy preparing what they hope is a delicious world record and it's all for a good cause. organizers at this year's alameda county fair have been working all day in an attempt it make the guinness book of world records for the largest hamburger. it's made up of more than 600 pounds of meat, 100-pound bun and more than 100 pounds of trimmings. after it's weighed, the burger will be cut up and sold for

up to 80 centimeters of snow has been recorded so far this week in the atacama desert in northern chilethe snow stranded a bus carrying 36 people who were rescued by soldiers on wednesday after 48-hour ordeal. china is the world's largest copper producer with many mines located in the desert or rather chile is the world's largest copper producer with many mines located in the desert. the snow suspended digging in the mines sparking concerns over a rise in copper prices. >>> time to check on some of the stories we've gathered from broadcasters around asia. we begin with this item sent by ddi india. at least 37 people were killed and more than 30 injured when a train rammed into a bus in utar pradesh on thursday. a senior police official said the bus was carrying 68 members of a wedding party. state-run indian railways carries around 14 million passengers every day, but has a patchy safety record due to aging infrastructure and insufficient safety measures. >>> a fire at a coal mine in east china's shandong province left at least 28 miners missing. government officials say the 91 miners w

. >>> we all grew up reading the story of "snow white" you remember the movie?>> now the classic tale is coming to a theater near you. two films set to be released, the duelling queens, julia roberts and charlize theron. mirror, mirror, which would you rather see? an interesting hollywood tale. we'll look at battle between the two snow whites. >> which would you rather see, carl? >> i can't answer that. >> and how you pronounce charlize theron's name? >> charlize theron. that's how you pronounce her name. >> we'll leave it at that. a check of the weather, since it is coming down -- first to the news, because chris is waiting inside. chris jansing is inside with the top stories. >> where it's nice and dry. good morning. >>> we begin where crew, trying to clean up after an oil spill in the river. a pipeline beneath the river bed ruptured sending a plume of oil downstream. exxon deeply regrets receipt lease and estimates about 1,000 barrels of oil spilled for half an hour before it was shut down. >>> that severe weather sweeping the nation is bringing triple digit

no one will get hurt. >> snowed idea an ak47 was pointed at her husband's head.ut shots fired. and the pirates were beside themselves, trying to find the other crew members. >> like a ghost ship at this point. >> that's exactly right. they started to get a little hingy. where is the crew? >> frustrated, a pirate the captain called the leader left the gunman and hostages on the bridge and took the captain to look for the crew members who were hiding. >> he was unarmed both times. >> you go wrth an unarmed pirate below decks. any thought once you get below decks to just clock him? >> it would have been no problem at all. i could have done just that. >> why did not you had. >> i have two men and three men on the bridge. it does nothing. it doesn't solve my problem. >> the power cut off, the captain escorted the leader through darkened passage ways. up ladders work into offices. >> i'm walk around making loud noise down with my feet. you want to go to the d deck. i was able to speak like. that i was able to walk a little slow. but heavy. >> were there any close call

a lingering snow pack that hasn't been seen for 15 years. that snow and record rains here in california were caused in large part by la nina, cooler water temperatures in the pacific that change weather patterns. that helps end california's three-year drought. but la nina was followed this spring by a stronger than normal jet stream pattern, creating winds that collided with warm water from the gulf of mexico, causing severe storms across the southern u.s.. that led to all those tornados and record flooding. meteorologist jan null studies weather patterns. >> any time the atmosphere stays in the same place for an extended period of time, then you're usually going to start seeing some unusual weather events. >> reporter: and the weather may seem worse than normal because many of the storms have hit heavily populated areas. chicago, buried in record snowfall, tennessee flooded, large parts of joplin, missouri destroyed. >> those the damage in urban areas, not only bumps up the dollar figure but also the fatalities and that makes it something t

in someplaces the snow is still 10 feet deep.the coverage is better now in some parts of squaw than it was back in december. >> down here in the about flats fog blue south with great fireworks display. >> absolutely perfect viewing. sandy here now with more. >> that's right. all in the timing. we did have some fog tonight but it cleared out from the san francisco coast line allowing for the spectacular displays. this afternoon you probably notice the fog was back near the coast and combination of the fog with stronger sea breeze. on shore flow coming off the cooler ocean waters knocked down the temperatures especially along the coast. san francisco was running 14 degrees cooler coming in at 67 for high today down 7 half moon bay. 7 degrees. 61 degrees redwood city down 17 degrees. they felt that breeze coming in at 82. but inland areas only down a couple of degrees where we still have the heat. mid to upper 90's there. we see a turn around in the temperatures tomorrow. numbers rate now look like this in the 70's still in our inla

. >>> a setback on the road to recovery for giants fan brian snow. details avenue emergency surgery. >>> and three people sadly presumed dead after going over a water fall in yosemite. an update on the investigation as we learn more about th it's really delicious, mom. it's not too well done? nope. but it is a job well done. what are you reading, sweetie? her diary. when you're done, i'd love some feedback. sure. your mom and i read that thing cover-to-cover. loved it. thanks. would you mind if i cut the lawn this weekend? only if you let me talk to your mother on the phone for hours on end. done. [ male announcer ] u-verse brings peace to the family. at&t u-verse lets you record four shows at once from any room and play them back on any tv. get u-verse tv for only $29 a month for 6 months. in the network, everyone can get along. >>> the power of nature on display tonight at yosemite but with deadly consequences. after three hikers got a little too close to the beautiful rushing water all three swept away and now presumed dead. we go yosemite tonight