this is a watershed problem. a watershed problem. lichte: the watershed encompasses many municipal boundaries and it doesn't know any local politics. narrator: in the pittsburgh system, 83 cities and towns use the same sewage treatment plant -- alcosan. so all 83 municipalities have to work together to address the problem. schombert: we know we have billions of dollars that will have to be spent over the next 15 to 20 years. you can't do that wisely when you have 83 separate government agencies making decisions. the municipal consent orders and the alcosan consent decree require that the municipalities participate in a long-term, regional wet weather control plan. narrator: the information gathered in the initial research phase of the wet weather control plan will inform the large-scale infrastructure overhaul. and, as this research moves forward, pittsburgh is also working with environmental groups that are cleaning up the watershed. woman: make that connection. man: like a mural on the side of a building? woman: $5.00 to get in. ma

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 reliably satisfy demand. man: our water and wastewater systems really are engineering marvels. because it's buried, it's invisible to us, and we tend to take it for granted. that's a mistake. like any engineered system, it requires maintenance and periodic rehabilitation, and eventual replacement. it's so out of sight and so out of mind, that we don't reali

and, as in pittsburgh, as in new york, part of the answer lies in protecting the watershed. nelsen: we need to reduce the amount of impervious surfaces in our watershed, which are surfaces that don't let the water soak in and then create more pervious surface, whether it's by having driveways that allow water to soak in or different landscaping to try to eliminate the amount of runoff that comes off our land so that the system, even with the development it has, acts more like a natural system and filters that water. water quality and sewage infrastructure isn't the sexiest of political agendas, but by raising the awareness about water quality issues, we can create political pressure to get our issues solved. about 15 years ago, surfrider activists were protesting a beach for being polluted. the city council asked the police to escort them away. there was complete denial of the problem. 15 years later, water quality is on the agenda of every city council person in that local city, and that's completely a result of activists forcing the issue, surfrider and other local groups,

. >> it's the watershed accident. it's become the symbol of everything that's wrong with the industry. >> it focused attention on a major transformation in the airline industry. >> today's regional airlines are really the backbone of the domestic network system. >> tonight on frontline, correspondent miles o'brien journeys into the world of the regional airlines... >> the major airlines created the regional industry as a way of lowering costs. >> ...investigating the financial pressures... >> iwe didn't move those airplanes, they didn't make any money. >> ...examining the experience of the pilots... >> boy, in nine months, you were a captain? >> yeah. >> that's... that's quick. >> almost scary, isn't it? >> ...and asking what government regulators knew. >> it was horrifying. i think anyone that who read that file would have had the same questions that i had. >> tonight, frontline investigates how corners were cut on safety... >> i knew that this company was not playing by the rules, and something bad is going to happe

on a watershed basis, there are more vulnerable and less vulnerable areas of landscape. and there's no optimum solution, but there's a sort of a trade-off curve where, in the end, people have to decide what kind of world they want to live in. funding for this program is provided by annenberg media. for information about this and other annenberg media programs, call... and visit us at...

cornell douglas foundation committed to encouraging stewardship of the environment, land conservation, watershed protection and eliminating harmful chemicals. additional funding provided by: the colcom foundation. the wallace genetic foundation and by the charles a. frueauff foundation. >> this week on "to the contrary" first, is affirmative action still necessary? then, latina voter turnout and behind the headlines: women who lead drug cartels. hello, i'm bonnie erbe. welcome to to the contrary, a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. up first, the supreme court and affirmative action. next week justices will hear arguments in an affirmative action case that could change admissions policies at public colleges and universities. it marks the first time the supreme court will address the topic in nearly a decade. fisher v. university of texas at austin involves a white student, abigail fisher, who was denied admission in 2008. it challenges the constitutionality of using race as a factor in admissions decisions. fisher argues the university's race-conscious policy violate

committed to encouraging stewardship of the environment, land conservation, watershed protection and eliminating harmful chemicals. additional funding provided by: the colcom foundation, the wallace genetic foundation, and by the charles a. frueauff foundation. this week on to the contrary: first, little girls and big guns. then, bias against women in science. behind the headlines: bpa, a chemical used in plastic that's everywhere and raising health concerns. >> hello, i'm bonnie erbe. welcome to to the contrary, a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. up first, tweeting firestorm. gop vice presidential candidate paul ryan generated controversy this week when he stopped off from his campaign to buy hunting gear for his 10-year-old daughter. the avid hunter said his daughter is ready to go hunting for the first time. he bought her a rifle for christmas last year. ryan fans banded together on twitter to show their second amendment support by posting pictures of their daughters shooting all types of guns, ranging from pistols to semi-automatic weapons. the info

it is a huge refuge for elk and deer, and a bit of a watershed.t the white river and green river. this is an inappropriate activity. people are not aware that utah has a lot of tar sands exposed at the surface, easy to get to. this would be a strip mining project. it would completely due forced this plateau, annihilate the vegetation for these animals. once they're done, there would never have any beneficial use whatsoever besides destroy in the watershed. >> where do these tar sands come from? >> the colorado river was a system that did not make to the ocean and used to be a lake. it drained internally. algae and organic materials provided hydrocarbons. >> i want to turn to a clip from a cbs report on the tartheh tar sands project. according to earth energy resources, there's now revolutionary clean technology involving, of all things, oranges. >> if you get all of this out of the ground, separate the oil from the sand, and put all the land back where it came from cleanly, that is exactly with the calgary, the behind this project says it can do w

c watershed, the basins, all the trustees draining into it. aimak to edge of the water line just awful high your drive. water gotw high the yesterday evening with all the and in some cases big logs that to get quickly pushed down the river. m at the edge of the water. i expect it to get a little bit s line again. cresting at about 8 feet above around 9:00 tonight or 10:00. over and the up bottomesterday to the flood wall and has d and will climb back up again. typical flooding for the area right here at the potomac river. otherwise, 40 degrees right now. d.c.s trick-or-treaters will be cool. you need long sleeves on because temperatures will be near 50 at the beginning of trick-or- treating and falling back into the 40's. that's all from here. in northwest washington along potomac river, you can see so i think weg, little sunshine to start the day. jamee whitten. in northern virginia there's flooding andf closures. first, white's ferry is closed, old dominion drive at georgetown , closed in each direction of the downed trees and .ires road, ro

all watershed moment in maybe, but not everyone convinced it will be for the good. bbc news. story, iore on malala's spoke a brief time ago to the former u.s. ambassador to pakistan. thank you for joining us. he was saying in his report this could prove a turning point with pakistan. what do you think? >> i think there are millions of people across pakistan that certainly hope so. i was very encouraged to die. of course, it is the day of prayer for malala. the chief of the mosque in lahore calls for "and ambassador of hope." that is an enormously significant. religious scholars have issued a fatwah, determining that the attack was unislamic. these are important messages that we hope will unify pakistan and they seem to be. >> how much support do you think there is at the grass-roots level for the taliban policy of not letting girls of education? >> is basically a conservative society. you would find most people are conservative about girls' education. they supported for the first -- for the first few years. they do support -- is long does it support girls' education. -- islam

here eight other nations have land within the nile watershed.ese developing economies have a growing thirst for the watershat would otrwise flow into the nile. in 199formedhe nile basins initiati.le theipurpose is to coordinate water use projects it is a hopeful sign, buthe comi years will surely see some disputes rise to the surface. fortunately, the people of egypt have a long history of respect for the nile's gifts. and today, many egyptians understand the limits of increasingly scarce water resources. kishk: there is no prospects to develop more water resources for the le. the groundwater is limited. these limited resources should be used more wisely in a susinable basis that will sa t resourcesr thts narrator: in ept, humaactionsmodihe e in a bid to control the waters of the nile. in this arid region, water has always played an extremely importaole in the human settlement patterns and e evolution of cultu. most of egypt's popution hugs . buas this population in the human settlement patterns ancontinues to gw, cultu. it is expanding farther

. >> the election marks a watershed moment for the world's second largest oil producing nation. and a critical supplier of crude oil to the u.s. its number one customer. >> woodruff: that's all ahead tonighs nehour >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: carnegie corp >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made posble by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: more jobs, less unemployment. the september numbers offered the latest look into the u.s. economy, and the latest fuel for the fight over economic policy in the presidential campaign. it was the kind of news that president obama hoped for, just over a month before the election and two days after a sub-par debate outing. >> more americans entered the work force, more people are getting jobs. >> brown: indeed, september's unemployment rate, calculated by a survey of households, fell to 7.8%. that's the lowest since the president took office. a second survey, of b

>> watt >> a watershed moment, i think. >> because people were engaged. >> a moment in time when you are double and triple screening it. that's the difference from the past. you had someone typing maybe on a blackberry whool they're watching their television set. they have their computer here. and it's changing the way that people actually watch. they're watching with more input >> to me the takeaway is is you don't to wait for the network polls which are after the candidates are going at it and the more nuanced nature rather than asking do you think the president or governor won this debate. you have people talking about medicare as well as big bird. so you have a better clearer picture of what these americans were thinking in social media. >> warner: howie and lauren, thank you very much, we'll see you again. >> brown: finally tonight: an historic and nonpartisan event. this one on the baseball diamond. >> and a standing ovation for miguel cabrera and his teammates are there to greet him. >> brown: it's a major league milestone that no one had reached for nearly half a century, unt

a fight over the university of texas' affirmative action program is the first watershed case the court will hear. the outcome could limit or end the practice of using race as a factor in college admissions. the high court is expected to issue rulings on gay marriage, also, and voting rights. >>> a suicide bomber kills at least 14 people including nato soldiers in afghanistan. this bomber wore an afghan police uniform and drove a motorcycle packed with explosives ramming into a group of soldiers. the taliban has claimed responsibility. >>> your washington nationals taking on the phillies right now at nats park, the magic number to clinch the nl east is one. so a nats win or braves loss is all we need. today's game one of a three game series with phillies, the last regular season games of this year. >>> after tonight's game just about everyone will hop into their cars or jump onto metro leaving the area around nats park a ghosttown. where is all the housing, businesses and restaurants that were supposed to come along with the new stadium? local lawyer mark towie led the team that helped

pours water and unconnected sewage from homes that are unsewered in mexico down into the watershed, and that's out the mouth of the river where the sewage flows north or south, depending on ocean currents. the rapid growth of industry along the border has also created severe pollution problems. most mexican factories do not treat their wastes before dumping them in the ocean. carolyn powers: you don't see toxics in the waters so the beauty that you see behind me is very deceptive in that you don't see the chloroforms, you don't see the lead, you don't see the arsenic, you don't see the toxins discharged from the maquiladoras in mexico that come down the tijuana river untreated and actually pollute the marine mammal fisheries, and as well as the recreational users here in imperial beach. the unseen risks have resulted in very real health problems for anyone venturing into these waters. gary sirota: i remember, i used to go into the ocean when i had a cut and i'd heal myself. and now when i go into the ocean i almost always have to come out-- peroxide my cuts to make sure that i don't

infrastructure is dangerously old, without outdated facilities and combined sewer overflows polluting the watershed. the city faces strict consent decrees and lawsuits, along with a severe lack of funding. man: when i started working for the city of atlanta in the late '70s, we were approaching that point in time where a lot was going to be needed, in terms of rehabilitation and upkeep. most of the very large pipes were at least 80 years old. we had needs that were identified in the '50s and in the '60s and in the '70s that were deferred. woman: we are urging that we all try to find a way to overcome the obstacles and limitations that might exist. woman: when i was running for office, i met someone who knew mayor hartsfield, who, in the late 1960s, said, "i don't know who the next mayor will be, "but i know they'll have to fix the water and sewer infrastructure." woman: the city had chronic sewage overflows into the chattahoochee and its tributaries. fecal coliform bacteria levels were in the millions of colonies per hundred milliliter, which was a significant public health threat. and this had bee

to be any other boat docking facility possibilities or something like that, something about the watershed 1/15th or something, i'm not sure, that was in the newspaper article, so there's a little problem that i'm looking at. it can be a very large problem because of the water issue. currently, puc hasn't yet come together on how to do the recycled water again at golden gate park nor to do with other watering of the golf course, so when i look at it, is it ever going to be lake merced being used as a storage area for fresh water, for recycled water, san francisco has to come up with 25 million gallons of recycled water and currently there's puc of 2.5 to 3 million gallons a day, so i don't know how it's going to be, that's the bigger picture but when you start narrowing it down with the northlake they use in fresh water and separating out different lakes, that's kicked around a little bit. they also don't have a set plan, a puc for the reverse osmosis of the water that's coming out of the ground water. my problem with that is every time i go to the water type place, i have an issue with wh

it's a watershed moment as recession hits the u.k.'s poorest children the hardest the situation is pretty bleak for children and families out there in our children having to go without what we consider some basic essentials such for example when they're old ones for now it's achieving a warm coats him winter these are pretty shocking statistics in the u.k. in twenty twelve and we believe that we really need to take action in glasgow for the first time the cupboard is almost bare for mother of three sharon more it's a daily struggle to provide the basics for her kids. she's not alone three and a half million children are living in poverty in the u.k. and a quarter of their parents say they've gone without meals so their children can eat . a child in poverty has to forgo the things other families take for granted eating healthfully having a friend round for tea days out natalie mother to two year old noah puts all she can afford into the gas meter but it's still not enough to heat their home it's cold but if they. keep warm in the house

the prosecutor calls the extradition a watershed moment in the fight against terrorism. more tonight. >> radical islamic creature entered no plea as he stood in front of the district court judge in new york city. he was dressed in a blue prison shirt revealing his amputated arms, which are usually covered by prosthetic hooks for hands. the terror suspect is charged with attempting to set up a terrorist training camp in oregon. >> the camp would have trained al-qaeda sympathizers here in the united states and have them trained in explosive training and frankly, soldier training. >> two other defendants entered not guilty pleas. one of them is charged with terrorism conspiracy in connection with a 1998 bombing, killing 224 people, including a dozen americans. >> he received the statement of responsibility for the bombing three days before the bombing actually happened. >> this is the second time a creature brought to this court to answer charges. the blind shake was convicted here in 1995 for plotting to blow up the new york city bridges and tunnels. this case is a culmina

snow in the mountains helps the watershed. the streams in the rivers. five-day forecast with your bay area weekend pops into view it's dry after a crazy period of rain around here. tonights game the weather looks great. it will be chilly by that ninth inning and by time folks drive home temperatures will be in the low 50s. >> but i bet you nice beauty shots tonight. thanks. >>> the incredible energy we have seen in the playoffs continues to build here at at & t. less than an hour we will set up the starting pitchers for you when we come back. live from the place to be in san francisco tonight. >>> baseball commissioner bud was among the dignitaries who made a world series visit to the va medical center in san francisco today. and joining him were giants president larry bear and former giants stars gaylord perry and world war ii veteran and san diego padres announcer came along. it's all part of major league baseball program to honor military veterans. >> this is a thing we started five years ago or in that area. we've increased our participation all ove

douglas foundaonti committed to c encouraging stewardship of the environment, land conservation, watershed protection, and eliminating harmful chemil.ca additional funding provide by the colecom foundation, the wallace genetic foundation, and by the charles a.frua foundation. this week on "to th to the con y p. >> first, mitt romney's surge with women voters. then tragedy mars the first u.n. international day of the girl child. behind the headlines, wage theft, a little known problem that costs mainly women workers millions of dollars. at hello, i'm bonnie erbe. welcome to "to the contrary," a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. up first, pushing for women. will a more moderate mitt appeal to women voters? that is what the gop presidential hopeful is counting on as he moves more towardthe middle on women's rights. romney generated buzz this week over remarks he made about abortion, saying access to abortion is not on his legislative agenda. regardless, he added he would defund planned parenthood and prevent use of federal funds for abortions. he continues to cal