. >> some of the fund is reserved for places like superstorm sandy. >> up next, on news at 6:00 we'll join a gaming session that introduced atari. and a guy that created the first ever video game, talking about pong. and we're up next with the this forecast. >> martin kaymer tried to bring the u.s. open back in par 3. rockies >>> consumer advocates are questioning a decision to add wi-fi hot spot by biggie backing the customers' gateway. they seek to expand the customers' wi-fi point but allows a second network that gets of the wi-fi customer can use. that mean the customer allows the customer to control the second wi-fi signature. >> this looks at a customer at that point. >> we god enough band width. to make sure your speeds are the sim in the future. >> lieutenant means customers are paying for electricity and modem that guests doesn't have to spend. customers not want to supply a public wi-fi signal can get it dig abed. >> it's an old school gamers paradise. the s sun sunnyvale library was turned into at gamer sanctuary. >> it's great to have people who don't know me, like me. and

it will fund a variety of projects of risks against big stormlation superstorm sandy.there is restoration of beaches, assault marcs and urban areas. new york has the second most projects. >>> one the latest lures in the grocery aisle, named natural. it's a better choice. a consumer report survey found that 59% look for foods labeled natural when they shop. as alicia vitarelli she is us it's just a claim. >>> the consumer reports shopsmart says be aware it doesn't always mean what you think. >> the food and drug administration doesn't not adequately define what natural means a manufacturer can make the claim when a product contains artificial ingredients. >>reporter:it complains that soya sauce is naturally brewed but it contains a preservative. and the chocolate syrup can brag it's natural. but it isn't. >> it contains coloring agents. whole foods dr. knapp soda proudly calls itself all natural has coloring. there are ways to detect a misleading "unnatural label." made with natural ingredients naturally flavored and naturally brewed. they are meaningless terms making f

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one year after superstorm sandy, we'll take stock of the recovery here on the jersey shore. norm: and we'll show you an amazing story about one house's survival. rich: and we'll show you how all three of our project houses turned out. oh, look at this! it's overwhelming. the power of the water is just amazing, isn't it? kevin: what is this community's future? it'll be our house, just ten feet off the ground. norm: look at that. we don't want to go through this ever again. i'm going to rebuild my entire house. kevin: you sound optimistic, but this is not going to be easy. and also... on this special episode of "ask this old house," we'll show you what you can do today to prepare for the next big storm. wow! that 2x4 went right through the osb and through the window! kevin: and we'll talk to meteorologist jim cantore. if you go into a hurricane warning, you're going to get hit.

and a public hearing will be held on new jersey's proposed coastal development rule following superstorm sandy. that followed a hearing last night in long branch where they said the new rules would put more people at risk. the state said the new rule will make it easier to rebuild. a final hearing next month in tuckertown. >>> a bridge in montgomery county is set to reopen in a next few days. starting monday, the greenwood avenue bridge in jenkintown is expected to be opened. and it took nine months. the bridge connects jenkintown to chettenham. cheltenham. >>> repairs to i-95 bridge are moving quickly. cruise are working around the clock to get that bridge opened. officials closed that bridge earlier this month when some of the support columns were found to be tilted. they hope to have the southbound lanes of the bridge reopen by labor day. >>> this just in. new video into the nbc10 newsroom. this is a live picture from center city. you can see what our photojournalist is capturing, a tree down on a parked car. >> uh-oh. >> maybe a couple of cars, it looks like. you can see half of the tree s

the plaque was presented at the re-opening of a tourist attraction damaged during superstorm sandy. >. >>> a draft of bob dylan's "like a rolling stone" was sold at an auction for $2 million. he was 24 when he recorded the song in 1965. sotheby's says the selling price is a world record for a popular manuscript. >>> and frank sinatra's first new jersey driver's license is on the auction block. ♪ i've got you under my skin >> and the first driver's license was actually signed by sinatra when he was 19 in 1934. it was issued to his address in hoboken, a year before he got his first break in show business. the bidding which ends tomorrow night is up to at least $2,500. >>> a tie, a draw, that's all the u.s. soccer team needs against germany to advance in the world cup in brazil. here's team usa practicing yesterday. after a dramatic win over ghana and a somewhat disappointment draw with play tomoow. w w firstgr a tie. >> we're not thinking about a tie. u.s. takes on germany tomorrow at noon. >>> this is a great story here. an 8-year-old boy from the pittsburgh area doesn't have to wait u

the business is on its fourth loan and used money to stock supplies after superstorm sandy and to expandm a sit down restaurant to a small market. >> we definitely wouldn't be where we are without help. >> just over 12 months. the money isn't cheap. annual interest is 30%, almost six times what a small business loan from a bank would be. >> getting that money even at that high rate worth it. >> it is worth it. it's high interest, of course. when you're a business owner and need the money and your business needs it, you're going to accept it. >> while it worked for him, there have been reports with small businesses running into trouble with high-interest loans from other lenners. while they think the cost of the loans will come down, the average annual interest rate is about 50%. >> rates aren't cheap. how do you justify that higher rate to clients. >> you're paying for speed and convenience. they would much rather have a choice of taking the loan than not have the option at all. i think for the value we provide, we're priced fairly. >> lenders like on deck have been criticized for taking

we have already seen the superstorm sandy cost of more than $60 billion. costtion on climate change homeowners who live in coastal communities and their flood insurance through his have gone up with sea levels rising. fema flood maps released show an expansion of new york city's floodplains by wonder square miles. that is 45%. -- and 100 square miles. state real costs to my and the people live there when the storm strike. rebuilding a home or business is very expensive. suffering the loss of a child or family member because of a storm , you do not recover from it. these are real costs. these are insurmountable losses. to realize that is the fact of the change in our climates. we have to address the issue had on. if we address it head on, we will save lives and lower cost and protect families homes and businesses. we also know for the economy when we look to reduce carbon emissions among well so gain greater innovation and business opportunities and clean energy. showed thatort stakes that do participate in regional greenhouse initiatives have seen carbon p

. >>> superstorm sandy victims left without aid to ild. now we know what held up the money. >> and finally a breakra the storms. i'm watching to see i w ndst d >>> we will be on strike at 12:01 saturday morning. >> right now septa strike, nbc 10 has learned that septa regionalailke off the job at 12:01 after both sides couldn't agree on a deal. this affects thous o commuters who will have to make alternate plans to get to work. the last time this was a regional rail strike was back in 1983. george spencer has been following the story and joins us live in center city. tell us how things fell apart. >> reporter: jim, it seems that the ultimate frustration was really septa's atems to keep the union talking and delay the strike. in the end they had four years to talk. all of rl lines across the delaware valleare being brought to a halt and the union is telling aus of its workers to walk off the job. they serve some 60,000 commuters on a regular work day. pennsylvania suburbs, north delaware and trenton. septa had wanted the union to accept the

it provides reliability to things through superstorm sandy, through the polar advisor texass vortexes. no co 234igss, great jobs, great tax base. these are the models of kind of plants you would like to have in a market. in fact, few were to take indian point out of the market, new york would have a lot of trouble, meeting their own greenhouse gas emission goals. >> mary thompson was in south carolina, a nuclear power plant is being built there. down there will be a renaissance against? since nuke fuk /* -- since if canaschima. >> the first of a kind is difficult and it becomes a little more acceptable. but because of their size and their cost, it's very difficult to justify. >> one of the things you said in your presentation, not only analysts agree, you are making a strong case natural gas prices are going higher. >> yes. >> that's just because you also have, it's like you guys are almost an engineering economics lab. this is the most sophisticated analysis. you understand it's commodity markets? >> yeah, we are bullish on natural gas, but we are not significantly bull ir. we have a

a town hit hard by superstorm sandy. he lost everything he owned. he'd just moved into a rebuilt home last week. the fire department will memorialize the volunteer firefighter tomorrow night and he'll be laid to rest saturday. >>> fire chases customers and employees from a delaware county landmark. this is all that's left of the tollhouse tavern in norwood. the flames broke out just after midnight. the fire started as a grease fire in the kitchen and quickly spread. everyone got out safely. >>> we have new information about the death of michael ward, once known as birdie africa. a medical examiner has ruled his death a drowning due to extreme intoxication. he was found unconscious in a hot tub on a carnival cruise ship back in september. in 1985, birdie africa became the face of the disaster. he was the only child to survive when philadelphia police bombed the radical group's headquarters. 11 people were killed including birdie's mother. he went to live with his father, took the name michael ward. he was 41 years old when he died aboard that cruise

we have already seen superstorm sandy costs more than $60 billion.in action on climate change also cost homeowners in coastal communities through flood insurance premiums have gone up the sea levels rising causing greater flooding. famous flood maps released a year ago shows -- 100 year floodplain. that's 45%. all of new york city is now having to be contemplated. it also has real cost to my state and the people who lived there when the storm strike. rebuilding a home or a business is very expensive. suffering the loss of a child or family member because of a sto storm, you don't recover from it. these are real cost. these half insurmountable losses and effects of nafta realized that if the effect of the change in our climate. we have to address this issue head-on. if we addressed the issue head-on we will save lives. we will lower costs. we will protect homes and communities and we will protect businesses. we also know that for the economy when we look to reducing our carbon emissions we also gain greater innovation and business opportunity in clean

even though in recent times we see very few big storms make landfall with the exception of superstorm sandy, it is a reminder we need to keep our guard up. take a look at the names. is your name on this list? starts with arture. i like bertha. teddy, vicky. no erica. no jenna. no lester on this map. >> no mike. >> we've got some storms that are firing today across the upper midwest. please make sure you keep your guard up for isolated hail, >>> that's a look at your weather. now here's erica. >> mike, thanks. >>> up next on "today," selling your selfie. how your mug could get you some quick cash. that's right after this. ♪ ♪ new hershey's spreads. bring the delicious taste of hershey's chocolate to anything - everything. with new hershey's spreads, the possibilities are delicious. >>> if you've never taken a selfie with your camera phone today, you might be in the minority. with more people snapping shots of themselves -- >> he nailed that one, didn't he? >> companies are taking note and offering to pay up to use your picture. >> jenna is in the orange room with more on how this works. i'm

superstorm sandy actually came in to our area. folks in new jersey, new york area are very familiar with it. and the communications networks and problems that i witnessed firsthand were particularly severe during that time. and we experienced power outages and wireless and wire line services were unavailable due to flooding and other storm conditions of which i know you all are very familiar. as technology transitions move forward, i just think it's paramount that we have reliable, consistent access to these critical safety resources like 9-1-1 and others. which, again, i'm sure you all are very familiar with this. what was made crystal clear in the experiences we saw in my region in places like fire island, new york, and mantoloking, new jersey, is how technology transitions can pretty significantly impact consumers in ways that's not always evident at the outset. and there have been a lot of very strong feelings about this. so i guess the first question would be, simply, do you agree that there are many instances in which a copp

superstorm sandy actually came in to our area. folks in new jersey, new york area are very familiar with it. and the communications networks and problems that i witnessed firsthand were particularly severe during that time. and we experienced power outages and wireless and wire line as much ass were unavailable due to flooding and other storm conditions of which i know you all are very familiar. as technology transitions move forward, i just think it's paramount that we have reliable, consistent access to these critical safety resources like 9-1-1 and others. which, again, i'm sure you all are very familiar with this. what was made crystal clear in the experiences we saw in my region in places like fire island, new york, and man loeken, new jersey, is how technology transitions can pretty significantly impact consumers in ways that's not always evident at the outset. and there have been a lot of very strong feelings about this. so i guess the first question would be, simply, do you agree that there are many instances in which a co

in superstorm sandy, on the southwest border, many other occasions. i'll be candid with you -- in many cases when we provided by support to the department of homeland security we found that sometimes the left hand did not know what the right hand was doing. one component of the department of homeland security was not well integrated with another. it made not only support to the department more difficult but it reflected a broader lack of cohesion across an absolutely vital part of the federal government. that's why secretary johnson's unity of effort initiative is so vital, historic. it's transformational. uni of effort is going to enable department decision making to be much more transparent and much more cohesive, better integrated across planning, programming and budget execution in the department of homeland security. that's an absolutely vital enterprise and the quadrennial homeland security review is going to provide the analytic and strategic foundations that's going to help turn the vision of the unity of effort initiative into reality. and in

you as well for your very strong and effective ad voebvocacy for folo have been impacted by superstorm sandy. of course, i would appreciate the opportunity to understand these issues even better by visiting new jersey. >> now the state has some very well publicized issues with administering cdbg grants in this context particularly with contractors and approval process. as hud awaits new jersey's amended plan, will you commit to working with me and the state to ensure proper contracting procedures are put into place and that the housing application process is as efficient as possible. all of these funds do nothing if at the end of the day it doesn't make its way to effected people. >> i agree with you. as a local official this has been my concern ensuring that wherever resources come from, whether local, state, federal that the rubber hits the roads and that the lives that are meant to be impacted positively are impacted. if confirmed, i certainly will work with you to ensure that we do our best job on -- that hud does its best job on its end to ensure success. >> you know the subcommittee he

will help rehabilitate affordable rental housing in far rockaway queens that was damaged by superstorm sandy. while we remain committed to securing housing for all americans, we cannot act alone. congress needs to extend the mortgage forgiveness debt relief act for families who have lost their home in a foreclosure or have sold their home in a short sale, so they are not punished with a large tax bill to move into affordable housing. it is time for congress to pass housing reformer station. the work of the senate banking committee was an important milestone, lawmakers need to keep moving forward. we know it can create a better system that provides americans with mortgage credit while supporting affordable rentals for those who choose not to buy. we can create that system without putting taxpayers at undue risk. we need congress to act, passing legislation is the only way we can achieve meaningful and sustainable housing finance reform. before i close, let me say that all of you are here today because the onset of the crisis found the financial industry unprepared to deal with millions of tro

sad fact is within five months, superstorm sandy, of course, hit the jersey shore, the reason for they three months later. big structure problems, everyone knowed increased competition, falling revenues from gaming, right across the northeast. >> as many states have casinos, hurt atlantic city hard. i've been there a few times, been to revel. i had a hot streak where i rolled the dice for seven hours straight. >> needs to adjust their al rhythms. >> for how long? >> seven hours? you played for seven hours? >> rolling. >> how much -- were you winning? >> i'm going with you next time. absolu absolutely. >> fear not, the cup of joe is not in danger even with the drought. there is a lot of coffee in brazil. jane wells is here to explain. hey, jane. >> i don't think i can do anything for seven hours, wow. >> come on, jane. >> on to coffee. i can drink coffee for seven hours and feel i already have. futures up and down, but down still, nearly 20% from their highly caffeinated highs this spring. everyone is trying to figure ought how bad the drought will be in brazil, the largest producer of

yesterday and want to commend you for your could strong and effective advocacy for folks impacted by superstorm sandy. of course, i would appreciate the opportunity to understand these views better by visiting new jersey. >> now, the state has some well-publicized issues with administering cdbj grants, particularly with contractors and the approval process. as hud awaits new jersey's amended planned for the third funding, would you commit to work with me and the state to ensure proper contract procedures are put into place and the housing application process is as efficient as possible. all these funds could nothing if it doesn't make its way to affect the people. >> i agree. as a local official this has been my concern ensuring wherever resources come from, whether local, state or federal, that the rubber hits the road and the lives meant to be impacted positively are impacted. if confirmed, i certainly will work with you to ensure we do our best job on our, that hud does its best job on its end to ensure success. >> you know, the subcommittee held a hearing on section 8 rental assistance voucher re

superstorm sandy demonstrated the frailty of our inner structure, knocking out power days and we, adding off telecommunications networks. while new i.p. systems can be more efficient and traditional landline services, a do not have the same backup power capabilities as the older networks. circuit-switched technologies are supported by a robust and dependent power sources, and continue to function during prolonged outages. many of the new ip systems rely on a backup power. the spec of units are indeed the responsibility of the consumer and therefore it is important that consumers are educated and are aware about these issues and of they can prolong the life their infrastructure at home. as more consumers switch to i.p. based systems, we must ensure that the technologies provide the same kind of support, or that consumers are where they may not. in conclusion, what is important are the values we apply to the communications network, not the technology used to deliver it. the fcc chairman has found four universal values. while technology may change, the expectations of consumers do not. cons

. >> a lot of people assume when it comes to storm damage when it comes to superstorm sandy, you thinkor flood insurance. >> exactly. hail, hurricane, tornadoes, those things are covered. earthquakes and floods, if you're in an area at risk for that, look for additional insurance to make sure you're covered. >> next pet insurance. now, i thought it was a myth, and that it wawasn't really necessary, but it is necessary. >> you don't really need it for just annual care. that should be part of your budget for your pet. but for those people who will do anything for their pet, you're much better off paying a little bit each month to make sure you have pet insurance rather than racking up a huge credit card bill at the end of the day if a big injury or illness happens. >> how much does it typically cost a year? >> you can get plans as little as $10 a month. and over the course of the life of the family, between $2,000 to $6,000. >> let's talk about long-term insurance as well. people assume medicare or medicaid is going to cover the costs of aging. important to know that's not the case. >> m

in my state, we are seeing a changing climate every day. 2.5 years ago, superstorm sandy devastated coastalelt on the entire atlantic coast. that was just two years aft

there may be hurricanes like the great superstorm hurricane sandy that wiped out a lot of infrastructure in my region, or there may be other uncor unforee events that impact our transportation infrastructure. but this one we've been seeing coming for years. this inconvenience in delaware, this closing of the critical bridge on 495 that has put so many at inconvenience, was nowhere near the biggest transportation disaster we've had in recent years. just last year in washington state, the skagett river bridge, built in 1955, literally collapsed after a truck drove into its framework. 71,000 drivers were using that bridge on a daily basis. and i think many of us remember that way back in august of 2007, tragedy struck minneapolis when its i-35 west bridge, which extends over the mississippi river, literally collapsed under the rush-hour traffic weight. more than 100 cars were thrown into the water. 13 people lost their lives. 145 injured. mr. president, if we don't act soon together, we're going to face many more such tragic incidents like these. and we have to address this problem and get