of course, all of this was untreated. in the 1960s, we were still pumping all of our sewage out to moon island, untreated. we would get swimmers here, never knowing, in the middle of summer, why you would have a cold. well, we were swimming in diluted sewage. melosi: the major way to deal with pollution, at least until early into the 20th century, was through the process of dilution. the assumption was that the capacity of rivers and streams, and even the seas, allowed for certain levels of pollution that eventually would purify themself. as we get later into the 20th century, it becomes clear that the volumes of waste made dilution unworkable as a single solution. and so treatment became the ways in which we deal with pollution. narrator: to protect public health, starting in the 1950s and '60s, there was a push to put in wastewater treatment plants across the united states. today, with evolving technologies, the waste travels through multiple stages of treatment, removing tons of solids... settling out microscopic parti

the plant is overloaded, and the excess rainwater, mixed with untreated raw sewage, is diverted straight into local waterways, creating a combined sewer overflow, or cso. there are over 700 communities in the united states with combined sewer systems. the other approach was to separate wastewater from stormwater, using two pipe networks. this separate system simply carries the stormwater away from the city. but even separate systems pollute the watershed. in developed areas, concrete and other impervious services prevent water from naturally soaking into the land. as the rainwater moves over the roads and concrete expanse, it captures trash and invisible chemicals, sending them straight to the nearest waterway -- untreated. when engineers first designed america's water infrastructure -- the drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater systems -- they were some of the most advanced in the world. but the infrastructure is growing old. and population growth and development, particularly in urban areas, have made it difficult for original system designs to meet modern health standards and reli

exxerrs know these risks are real, but when left untreated equaalyy be less likely to eat and may - sleep properly or get routine prenatal care, doctors say. l motedeeression are encouraged to try psychotherapy, exercise, other trratments. but if and alternative therappes have f ffiled, ssri treatment is recommended. experts say each case of depression is unique, profeesional to determine the best treatment options. for david siff. h minutee i'm - &ppoming up... sandy delivers a &phuge blow... to the americann drives thaa had to be and.-3

so especially the untreated secondary roads that saw the snow could be a little slippery. but later on this afternoon, it should be plenty warm. once the sun comes up, we'll jump up into the low 40s and that's about it for today. the breeze will make it feel like it's in the 30s. rest of the country, very cold in the middle of the nation and that remains so this morning with windchills all the way down to 38 in san antonio. but the good news is sunshine just about for everyone. the exception being the west coast, that's where all the stormy weather is. and it is a little chilly out here and i was thinking that if you were out here, i would definitely bring you some hot chocolate with whipped cream on top because i'm a nice by like that. >> hint hint. noted, bill. i will be down there in about 20 minute so is we can practice our duet for tonight. so warm up those vocals. i'll get the hot chocolate brewing. >> please don't. >> all right, bill, thanks. >>> well, a bad break for big tobacco and another firing in the apple maps fiasco. and kate middleton shows off a new do. tha

doctors are studying a new use of the smallpox vaccine that may prolong the life of people with untreatableer cancer. it involves injecting genetically engineered smol smallpox vaccine directly into their tumors. it alerts the immune system to attack only the cancerous cells. if it's approved it would be one of only two options available for people with liver cancer who have stopped responding to chemo and raid aegs asian. the treatment is in clinical trials at 47 sites worldwide including stanford. >>> and we want to thank you for watching "nbc bay area news tonight at 5:00." we have more news coming up at 6:00. of course, next is "nightly news at 5:30" and we will see you back here in half hour. >>> on this saturday night, cashing in. millions go in search of must have deals. the big stores are packed but a lot of folks are thinking small tonight, including the leader of the free world, shopping for that perfect present. >>> television i

your doctors are playing a key role in a new treatment that may prolong the life of people with untreatable liver cancer. the new treatment involves injecting a genetically engineered smallbox vaccine directly into the tumor. once injected the vaccine alerts the immune system to attack the cancerous cells only. if the treatment is approved, it would be one of only two options available for people with liver cancer who have stopped responding to chemo and radiation. the treatment is in clinical trials at 47 sites worldwide, including cal pacific medical center or stanford here in the bay area. >>> people ignored warnings to stay off ocean beach today despite a recent sewage spill there. the beach was closed wednesday when water started leaking out of a manhole on the beach. san francisco's public utilities commission believes the release was 90% storm water, 10% sewage. despite the smell, people continued to stroll on the beach. no word on when that mess would be cleaned up. we will be right back with weather and sports. >>> welcome back to nbc bay area. the guys on the farm know a lot about

. >> reporter: that unexpected leak of untreated water happened before six years ago. separately there are occasional discharges into the ocean part of the combined system that combines sewage with rain runoff running through the same pipes. in those release, the water is treated making sure no solids escape into the ocean. >> the beauty of a combined system is that we protect the bay and ocean because we treat the water. in san francisco we treat it and that's good. but it has a downside and when we have these heavy rains that fall in a short period of time, our system reaches capacity and we do these discharges. >> reporter: you can see the sign is still up which means the city is still advising people not to get in the water and given the storm conditions that are on the way, would you have to be crazy to get out there, which means we will be bringing you people in the water over the next couple of days during our coverage. [ chuckling ] >> joe vazquez, cbs 5. >>> and we'll have more on the come storm a bit later. chief meteorologist paul deanno will be back to tell

there is also an existing condition that's a mental health concern or a substance use disorder, untreated, those behaviors affect the successful treatment of the diabetes or what have you because of compliance to medications, lifestyle changes, whatever. so, i would add that. the other thing i would want to add is that in the screening brief intervention referral to treatment area, grants that samhsa gave to the states for demonstration of sbirt, in wisconsin, we elected to do that in primary healthcare settings. and, just a couple of barriers that i want to mention, in terms of really implementing that into primary healthcare settings, one is that primary care physicians simply do not have the time themselves, we found. they see patients for a very short period of time. they deal with an average of seven problems during that short period of time, and to take the time to really talk with somebody and screen them about substance use is very, very difficult. so, it would require, i think, probably the type of shift in the training that we spoke about earlier. dr. clark, i want to move on to

. >>> untreated high blood pressure can take a real toll on the heart. but now california researchers have shown how it can also damage the brain. and get this. in people as young as 40! dr. kim joins with us more. >>> reporter: well, what's bad for your heart is bad for your brain. this is sobering news. researchers at uc-davis have shown for the first time that high blood pressure speeds up the aging process in the brain. what's more, they found brain damage even among young people with prehypertension. >>> reporter: high blood pressure has been linked to brain atrophy, cognitive decline and dementia later in life but this is the first time scientists have detected brain injury in running whyer patients with the condition. the concern -- in younger patients, with the condition. the concern it could lead to earlier dementia. the good news bay area experts say you can influence your brain health later in life by knowing and treating high blood pressure and by knowing risk factors you can change. >> for example, for young people, weight gain being overwei

doctors is studying a new use of the smallpox vaccine that may prolong the life of people with untreatableiver cancer. it involves injecting genetically engineered smallpox vaccine directly into the tumors. once injected, it alerts the immune system to attack only the cancerous cells. if approved, it's one of only two options of people with liver cancer that has stopped responding to chemo and radiation. it's in clinical trials in 47 sites worldwide, including cal pacific medical center and at stanford. >>> coming up next, we will bring you the latest on the growing unrest in egypt following the president's sudden power grab. >>> plus, how technology is pushing cursive out of american classrooms. >>> and a look back at the very long and very diverse career of larry hagman. ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing a brand new medicare prescription drug plan. it's called the aarp medicarerx saver plus plan from unitedhealthcare. and it's for people who want the lowest part d premium in the united states... only $15 a month. and copays could be as low as a dollar. so call unitedhealthcare now to enro

the sanitary sewer system, so if you dump something in the storm drain, it goes right to the ocean untreated. alamillo: we haven't had a major rainstorm in the last year or so yet there's a lot of water in this creek here. i would say 20% of it is natural and the other 80% is runoff. shapiro: the purpose of the smurrf is to treat dry weather runoff, which is coming from storm drains. dry-weather runoff occurs when people waste water through washing their cars in the street, hosing down sidewalks and parking lots, their irrigation systems overspray. narrator: in a city of 12 million people, those seemingly small bits of wasted water accumulate to enormous amounts. shapiro: so all that ends up in our streets, ends up in catch basins, storm drains, into our storm drain system, and for some of the city, parts of the city, it ends up here at smurrf. 350,000 gallons come here on a daily basis, producing recycled water, and that can be reused for landscape irrigation and indoor toilet flushing. the pumps can only handle so much water, which is generally when it's not rain, the dry-weather runoff, s

. >> we probably had about 270 million gallons of raw untreated sewage. >> we also saw this domestic ducks swimming around. sandy must have blown him in from a farm or park. we mentioned the army corps of engineers. they had trucks out here today hauling debris to a landfill. they will have more trucks tomorrow. they bring the stuff to a landfill in virginia. sam ford, abc 7 news. >> anyone going 10 miles over the speed limit will pay $50 instead of 75. others will pay $100 instead of $125. aaa says it just makes people resent the government's debt of slowing down. >> let's get a check on the traffic situation. no one is doing much beating much to there. >> this is passed washington boulevard toward duke street. we are also seeing some slowed traffic on the outer loop starting around river road. the interlude delays began -- this is from old georgetown road, an early crash has been cleaned up the travel is now open. that is the latest. >> coming up this is now the headquarters of a growing relief effort for the victims of sandy. we'll introduce you to the woman who started it all. >>

plants which are not set up to do that so essentially any practice that allows people to release untreated waste water into the environment around us is a bad idea and should be stopped immediately. affect not only the cattle but ducks and all of the aquatic life not to mention people with. the plate at dinner so there's a lot of people and animals and aquatic life that are going to be affected by this which to me found a very valid reason to stop this practice so only unique story with oil companies and cattle rancher sort of on the same side here but what's what's the bigger takeaway here in your research in this story what's sort of the bigger picture that we should get from this well it's like anything out you know we've got this story about some atrocity that's been committed and you know you've got the e.p.a. which is a government agency and you've got a lawyer and then you've got native american you know it's got all the players in there and it's very easy to point to big oil it's very easy to point to the e.p.a. but the takeaway for me with this story is like the takeaway for any o

some of the sewage facilities are dumping untreated waste into the bay. they have to be rebuilt.er supply system has to be rebuilt. this is something that the federal government has the experience of doing, and i know local officials would welcome them with open arms. >> jamie: you know, the u.s. army corps of engineer, one of the federal authorities has been asked to be brought in by you and congressman king and others, you know, i made the point yesterday that they helped put electricity into bagdad and kabul and this is long island. everyone there, including yourself, still waiting, it is hard to believe. >> total frustration. i understand, those who have not had power, kids sleeping in cold rooms. this is our katrina on long island. we need a better response from the federal government. >> jamie: senator, your talking out will hopefully get you that. thank you for being with us. >> thank you for the

journal found one-third of the women would not have developed the full-blown disease had it gone untreated>>> congressman jesse jackson jr. has resigned. in a letter to house speaker john boehner, jackson cited his ongoing treatment for bipolar disorder, and admitted to, quote, my share of mistakes. there's a house committee investigation into his dealings with rod blagojevich and a probe into possible misuse of campaign money. >>> the violence in syria continues today. at least 40 people were killed in the town of aleppo. this is not the first time this hospital has been shut. earlier this year an artillery shell hit a maternity ward. >>> secretary clinton and president obama and mahmoud morsi brokeringed a cease-fire. no sirens, have you heard any? >> reporter: no, that's right, alex, all quiet, no sirens here. there were a couple earlier in the day in the south. they turned out to be false alarms. the cease-fire went into effect 9:00 last night local time, which is about 18 hours ago. so it's a hopeful sign. of course, it's early days yet. when the cease-fire was announced yesterday, th

according to a government study, that go untreated but tonight dr.s going to show you a new kind of surgery that literally changes the way our brains work. >> for as long as edi can remember, she could not get the sad thoughts out of her head. >> i mean, my mother used to say to me, smile. why don't you smile? and i would, you know, give a -- something like that maybe or just think, what is there to smile about? >> at 19, her blank face reflected what would later be diagnosed as severe depression. >> that expression is the best i could do. >> what's it like to look at it now? >> i feel sorry for her. you know? i just -- i feel bad for her. that she couldn't smile. that she couldn't talk to people about, you know, what is going on with her. that would lead her to cut her wrists several months later. >> it was her sophomore year. academic and social pressures were the trigger. and one night -- >> for reasons that are inexplicable to me even now, got up and started playing with a razor and -- >> you cut your wrists. both of your wrists? >> yeah, uh-huh.

sue sanlg treatment facility as it spewed untreated sewage in to the chesapeake bay in connecticut.his is hit by sandy. each one spilling raw sewage. we have to talk about the water and let's do so with elizabeth cohen and chad myers. good to see you. elizabeth, just hearing that person talking about wading through the water, not your average lake water, how toxic are we talking? >> that reminds me of the days following katrina, actually. you want to avoid the water if you can. not only sewage but what you can see and dissolved industrial toxic compounds. you really want to stay away from it if you can. you certainly don't want to drink it. state the obvious. >> let me talk to you, chad, because when you hear from the may why are of new york, mayor michael bloomberg, he said the drinking water is safe. we see it in the hudson and the east river. how did the plants fail? >> they were inundated with water. they were flooded and the water went in to the plants. you see the rings. that's where the sewage is treated and some partially treated and so much untreated and the water that come

area doctors are playing a key role in a new treatment that may prolong the life of people with untreatable cancer. the new treatment involves injecting a genetically engineered smallpox vaccine into tumors. once injected, it alerts the immune system to attack the cancerous cells only. if the treatment is approved, it would be one of only two options available for people with liver cancer who are not responding to chemotherapy and radiation. the treatment is in clinical trial at 34 sites worldwide. >>> it may come as a surprise to some people in silicon valley where keyboard is king but california decided to keep cursive in the classroom. they have decided it's important to teach kids the skill of cursive riding. it's been a growing trend not to teach it and saying it's a waste of time. supporters say it helps to develop fine motor skills and gives students a chance to develop their own unique stamp of identity. california educators say it will remain a third grade staple in the classroom for now. >>> is government too big? we sit down with larry gerston for a closer look at government at a

. >> reporter: that unexpected leak of untreated water has happened before. six years ago. separately there are occasional discharges in the ocean not accidents. they are part of what the city calls its combined system. a system that combines sewage with rain runoff running through the same pipes. in those releases, the water is treated making sure no solids escape into the ocean. >> the beauty of a combined system is that we protect the bay and ocean because we treat the stormwater. in many cities anything on the street goes right into the local body of water. so in san francisco we treat it. that's a good thing. but it has its down sides. when we have these heavy rains in a short period of time, our system reaches capacity and we do these discharges. >> reporter: long-term, the city's puc says the city will spend billions, that's plural, billions of dollars over the next two decades to revamp the sewer system but it still be a combined system so every now and then you have this situation where sewage goes in the storm drains and into the beach in some parts. >> yeah. okay

so we take conditions that were previously untreatable, and we now can treat them. well, that's a good, but what we've done is sort of increased the overall level of expectation of what health care can provide. or we take a treatment that was developed for a very limited use and make it more widely available. so we have arthroscopic surgery that was intended to correct very bad medical problems for people, and now it might be used so that the 60-year-old who has a little tennis elbow can continue to beat his grandson at tennis, rather than just saying well, maybe, at some point, not every attempt to rebuild a human being ought to be part of what we expect in society. it is not only the expectations of society, but the fact that most medical expenditures are paid by health insurance that blinds us to the actual costs of medical care. patients may not even know the total amount of a bill, unless they've exceeded their insurance limits. just in 1960, i was reading that 50% of the payments for health care came from people's pockets themselves. and now it's down to about

one-third of women diagnosed with breast cancer would not have developed the full-blown disease if left untreated> two weeks after winning his tenth term in congress, jesse jackson jr. resigned. jackson cited his ongoing treatment for bipolar disorder and admitted to, quote, my share of mistakes. jackson's resignation amid a committee vegs into dealings with impressined former governor blah voi given. >>> the violence in syria continues. rebel leaders say 40 people killed in an air strike on a key hospital in the city of aleppo. this is not the first time the hospital's been hit. earlier an artillery shell mitt the maternity ward. >>> warning sirens sound in southern israel but to this point the cease-fire between the israeli government and hamas militants brokered by the united states held firm. martin fletchers live in tel aviv. good day. any blairing of sirens or quiet of late? >> reporter: good morning. it's been very quiet. there were two sirens, alarm that went off earlier this morning, turned out they were believed to be false alarms. so far, so good. the cease-fire went into effect at 9:0

>> this is from nitrates, from washing machine soap, from untreated sewage, from fertilizer runoff, orwater from deep into the ocean. all those things will cause algae blooms. they're deadly to fish. but to people they'll kind of get your eyes stinging, smells like a smelling salt when you break that thing off. it also smells like fish a lot because the fish are dying underneath it because of all of the algae using the oxygen. if it gets on you, it will give you a rash. but it won't kill you. don't swim in it. don't eat it. >> how long does that last? >> it dissipates when the nitrate goes away. as soon as the source of all of the bloom -- of what they're eating, as soon as that source goes away. >> it is pretty dramatic. >> there is a number one football team in the nation named after that. the crimson tide. so just not the australian crimson tide. >> now i get it. cool stuff. thank you, chad. appreciate it. you might be one of these people, by the way, we're talking lottery, millions of people. millions of people will line up to get their chances to win half a million dollars, drawin

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our aging water systems which annually discharge billions of gallons of untreated wastewater into u.s. surface waters would cost $390 billion to replace over a 20-year period. construction of seawalls which has now become a common source of discussion in the new york harbor would cost about $20 billion. many more aspects of the military sequester will be discussed by our panel, and we will begin with carl kinetta, co-director of the project on defense alternatives. >> thank you, richard. richard said that some of us are looking at the current situation as a golden opportunity. i think it might be a way that we can parse the country politically. the question where exactly does that opportunity sit, we might be looking at the military end of things and others are looking at so-called entitlements. i want to begin by setting a framework for thinking about a military policy in this period. what i think it's most important for the country to recognize is that the principal strategic challenge that we face today is economic in nature, not military. that's what distinguishes this period from

military medical supplies and that afghan soldiers and police were dying in the facility from untreated wounds and malnutrition because their families couldn't come up with the necessary bribes to pay the hospital staff for their care. the afghan surgeon general was complicit in the corruption. u.s. army lieutenant general william caldwell was instrumental in covering it up by not only delaying an investigation but by limiting the scope of it when it did occur. neither general callwell nor general yatali have been disciplined for their conduct. last week i was in afghanistan and i visited the hospital. i left afghanistan confirming my belief that the greatest threat to the future of afghanistan is not the taliban but the perversive corruption that permeates every level of afghan governance and the lack of leadership by the united states in confronting it. mr. chairman, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until >> also today the white house briefing with jay carney, and that's and you can