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but conceptually you can do this with a long weir. here's another example of a long weir structure. this is sort of south of monster park along the bay. on the lower left you can see sort of the weir arrangement as it currently exists. one of our concepts would be -- it's a little hard to see, but you can sort of wall off those existing weirs and put some sort of a duck bill type of back flow prevention in there. so we see this as a near term solution to a current problem we have, something we can start doing right away, and i think my engineers suggest that this would probably protect us i'd say for the next 30 to 50 years. if this is all we did, we could probably avoid serious problems with salt water intrusion. start looking at the longer term, i don't really know what you do other than install more pumps. will talked about this is a problem we have to stop. we might have to build seawalls around the city, we might have to firm up large areas, we're just going to have to pump a lot more. and i guess sort of a discussion point i have about more pumping is conceptually that's simpl

the weir structures are the slots underneath. the lower right photo you are seeing a high tide that is actually not happening on a stormy day, not when we're having a lot of wind and tidal surge; it's just a very high tide that's actually topping over the weir and coming back into our system. the problem that we face i think is represented very well here in that if this becomes -- right now this is maybe a several times, several days a year event. probably it occurs for several hours and then stops. so we can sort of deal with that. the issue is, though, if this starts to become a daily occurrence, which it could well be with a sea level rise of a foot or a foot and a half -- not that much -- then we have big problems. i noticed a lot of my waste water colleagues in the audience and i think we all understand what the problem is. it's really, simply stated, it's two things. our treatment facilities aren't designed to handle salt water. we have biological treatment systems that operate in a fresh water mode. salt water intrusion --

in new york city this is "nightline," november 25th, 2010. >> good evening, i'm bill weir. we begin with a story to make you even more thankful for whatever warmth and comfort you have tonight. a tale of love and death on the freezing roof of the world. while thousands have conquered most everest over the year only a few hundred have stood at the top of k-2, because it is steeper, toughest and riskier. the expedition we followed tonight went up with cameras romming, men hoping to document personal glory but instead they captured one of the worst disasters in mountaineering history. >> 11 climbers died. >> you couldn't have asked for a better day in a million years. and only on k-2 does a perfect summit day become a deadly day. >> reporter: on a good day, this mountain kills 1 out of every 4 climbers. >> doesn't take for much to go wrong to be catastrophic. >> reporter: these men and women knew those odds when they posed for this picture. and then tried for the summit. >> if you do fall you release, okay? it's our lives, too, okay? >> reporter: but what they didn't know is t

in new york city, this is "nightline," november 23rd, 2010. >> good evening, everyone, i'm bill weir. well, if there is a tea party movement determined to help all palins prevail, they were no match for the dirty dancing c contingent tonight. though bristol palin lost the "dancing with the stars" trophy, the palin family will not fade fast, because sarah palin is launching a new book signing tour tonight. it will take her to places one might visit if running for the president. the first stop is fenix, and that's where we find john berman. john? >> reporter: good evening, bill. you're going to hear this a million times but i'll say it anyway. no one puts baby in the corner. not even bristol palin. it speaks volumes that bristol palin was "dancing with the stars" over in los angeles, the tango and the cha-cha. meanwhile, here in phoenix, where sarah palin was kicking off a book tour. sarah palin signing books here for several hours. now, bristol came in third behind jennifer grey from "dirty dancing" and a short time ago, i had a chance to ask sarah palin if she was disappoint by the "

bill weir, or, as we call him around the news room, cookie. >> hello. happy thanksgiving.his recipe is for all of those who want to keep the oven off this holiday and go outside, enjoy the nice, brisk autumn. and it's also for those who enjoy a little danger. seasoning their stuffing with cranberries. the threat of a, i don't know, a massive deck fire and third-degree burns. but it's worth it. trust me. because, i don't know, 15 years ago, i was catting around new orleans and stumbled across a deep fried turkey. it changed my life. i've never gone back. so, today, i'm going to show you how to, first of all, season your bird, come up with a delicious marinade we're going to inject into that 15-pound beauty. we're going to fry it in peanut oil using one of these contraptions. you've seen these before. you've got your propane tank, feeding gas through the tube to the burner and there is the kettle. now, step number one is to go to youtube and type in turkey fryer disaster. >> drop and run. drop and run. >> reporter: and there you'll see why exactly you're going to want to rem

in new york city this is "nightline," november 11th, 2010. >>> good evening, i'm bill weir. there are a gazillion super fun things to do on a carnival cruise. lobster and steak served every meal. but for the 3300 passengers aboard carnival mren door this week it was spam cold showers and frustration as they had a vacation gone horribly wrong. david wright was there to welcome the vessel on its from mature return to harbor. >> reporter: as dawn broke over san diego bay, six tiny tug boats nudged the giant ocean liner slowly through the channel. the passengers manned the rails. it looked like a picture perfect homecoming. at least it looked that way from a distance. >> fun. lots of fun. >> reporter: on shore, hundreds of spectators ready to welcome the carnival splendor in includes lissa who came from kansas city to sell t-shirts. >> i'm a housewife out of kansas city, and saw it on the news and decided, well, they probably need a souvenir. >> reporter: these read, "i survived the 2010 carnival cruise spam-cation." how much? >> $20. >> reporter: profiting from tragedy. >> i kn

reporte >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city this is "nightline," november 17th, 2010. >> good evening. thanks for joining us tonight. some have dubbed it the freedom grope. others call it gate rape. but whatever the nickname, there is no denying that american passengers are in a huff over the new tsa patdown procedure. for a nation long weary of shoe removal and liquid limits, full body touching and revealing body scans have been a tough sell. but the tsa insists they are vital for ever shifting security demands. and tonight, neal karlinsky items us why. >> reporter: to hear the increasingly loud rallying cry, you would think america's airports have turned into a peep show, where passengers are being groped and molested. >> how is it the freest country in the history of the world is now subjecting their citizens to panty patdowns? >> reporter: the field generals in this crew said against the tsa include a random passenger with a camera. a toddler. and a talk show host. john tiner, a would be flyer from san dieg

>> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," november 5th, 2010. >> good evening, everyone. it is called the girlfriend experience. the pinnacle of prostitution. a service sold by women so exceptional they attract men of means willing to pay up to tens of thousands of dollars a night. many thought former new york governor eliot spitzer could have been the first jewish president if not for his appetite for the girlfriend experience, and thanks to a new documentary called "client nine," we get a tour of this highly selective world, gimded by the madam, the customer, and the call girl he risked everything to be with. like most successful industries, the world's oldest profession offers something for every taste and budget. and at the very high end, there is a very exclusive group of women. >> i have rich lowered. i don't go out with pool men. i've got no reason to do so. i don't call prostitution an escort i escorting selling your body. you don't sell your rent. >> reporter: with beauty, perso

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," november 4th, 2010. >> and good evening, everyone. we begin tonight with the gospel of healthy eating now heard throughout the land, from the school caffeine ka to the white house. but sometimes even more important than what you put into your body is what you keep out. and that is the idea behind today's hottest diet trend, going gluten free. gluten is a protein found mostly in wheat products. it is harmful for some. but for most doctors say cutting it out entirely can be dangerous. here's terry moran with details. >> reporter: victoria beckham is doing it. so is gwyneth paltrow. it may not sound sexy being going gluten free is hot in hollywood right now. and those who do it say the results range from weight loss to more restful nights to clearer skin. it's today's "it" diet. this summer, chelsea clinton's massive nine-tiered wedding cake was baked with gluten free flour, 45 pounds of it. jenny mccarthy goes so far as to credit the diet with curi

my co-anchor bill weir has our report. ♪ >> reporter: it is election season in west virginia.here's ted nugent with the anthem. and a hopeful senator on stage. but there is no disputing the star attraction. >> sarah palin! >> reporter: a name that is nowhere on the ballot but everywhere in this crowd. >> i'm pro-life and i think we should have our guns and i love my gun and i'm going to vote with someone who agrees with that. >> i like the fact that she stands for god, country, patriotism and keeping this country into capitalism, not socialism. >> reporter: this is the kind of adoration sarah palin has tasted from nevada to florida this fall. >> she's like me, she's a real person, she knows what the real world's like. >> hey, thanks, bless you. >> reporter: while riding the tea party express into uncharted political lands and electrifying conservatives unlike any breathing republican. though she hasn't been a candidate or held office in 16 months, her name recognition is higher than ever. she gets more magazine covers than anyone who refuses to do magazine interviews. and when

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," november 10th, 2010. >> good evening, everyone. as long as there have been pre-teen girls, there have been parents agonizing over how they dress. young ladies come into their own fashion sense in that 8 to 12 range and as a group, they spend an astounding $10.7 billion of their own money annually. chasing that market are all manner of xecompanies, and they are daunting opponents for parents fighting to keep kids kids as long as possible. my co-anchor terry moran has our report. >> reporter: roll out the pink carpet. it's a big night at macy's department store in manhattan. there's madonna and her 14-year-old daughter lourdes. and there's taylor munson. she's 17 years old. and that's why it's a pink carpet. this is an event -- girls. >> what have you learned working with your daughter on this line? >> she's actually very focused. very, very detail-oriented. and she takes her job very seriously. i'm happy to know that. >> reporter: and this night l

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26 that anything that was enacted in 2010 that is in violation of the provisions of the act have a weir from election day to be revalidated, but under the new rules. that is where the new scrutiny is going on in sacramento. on the one side, the statute actually says the tax, the tax that is in violation of prop 26 has to be revalidated. it doesn't say the act. in that case we could have a situation where the sales tax which was eliminateded under the fuel tax swap and replaced with an excise tax, if that is found to be in violation of 26, and we don't get a fwirds vote of the legislature to restore the excise portion of the fuel tax swap, we could lose the equivalent of 17 cents a gallon. the other professor is the whole fuel tax swap is undone, and we return to a world where we had prop 42 plus the spill 46 over -- spill-over for transit. and the loss of the excise tax. we have had discussions with drafters of this to give us some breathing room to figure it out. this did not draft prop 26 with the fuel tax swap in mind. it is possibly a casual bystander. they don't see the state losin

my co-anchor bill weir got her in the middle of her victory celebration. >> barbara boxer, congratulationsu get a giants world series win and a political win in the same week. >> yeah, there was something very special about beating the texas rangers because the big texas oil companies came in here, supported my opponent, supported a proposition which would have rolled back our clean air law and we defeated all of those texans. >> you're anomaly tonight as a democrat and you were there in 2006 when president bush said, we took a thumping and that was 30 houses that the republicans lost. there is seats they lost in the house. what would you call this tonight? twice that many. >> well, i think it's very clear that these are tough and rough times and that people are impatient and, even though we explained the fact, as i did to my constituents, that we brought this country back from another great depression and that we are moving in the right direction, people want it to go faster, better. i understand that. >> a democratic victor there. let's go back to bill weir for some final thoughts on how

but weir has refused gop demands for the right to challenge a signature on vote by mail or provisional. >> san francisco will soon have its first target store. the city's redevelopment agency has unanimously approved plans on mission street. city official estimate it will create 250 permanent jobs and bring in an estimated $1.7 million in sales tax revenue each year. the 100,000 square foot store is slated to open in early 2012. target also wants to open another store on gary. >> they can't sell coke and popcorn, right. >> that's right. that's how we used to do it. >> 5:36. let's check with mike and talk about the big changes and today is the day we start to notice, mike. >> let's take a look at our highs compared to average. all week starting with record sunday and monday, now below everywhere except san jose where you're 2 degrees warmer than average. san francisco will drop down to around 3 degrees below average. you can see why when you step outside where the clouds are back. 50 oakland, 51 mountain view. the rest of us 50s until you get to concord and los gatos, mid to upper 30s f

for cynthia mcfadden and bill weir and all of us at abc news, good night, america. >> jimmy: hi, i'm jimmy kimmel with festive news from target. now through new year's eve, you can download their original holiday album, "the christmas gig," for free. featuring cool, contemporary artists like guster, jason schwartzman's band coconut records, blackalicious, crystal antlers and more. [ bells ] oh, my goodness, it sounds like santa is here. >> ho, ho, ho. >> jimmy: you okay, santa? >> i said, "ho, ho, ho!" >> jimmy: santa, you're supposed to be down here. okay there you are. okay, well, are you all right, santa? santa? >> ho, ho, ho! merry christmas, jimmy kimmel! have you been naughty or nice? >> jimmy: i haven't been naughty, i've been nice. yeah. >> okay, here you go. ho, ho, ho. >> jimmy: should i open it now? oh, there's nothing in this. >> i know. ho, ho, ho. i got you a target christmas album. go to target.com to download it. >> jimmy: but that's free. you got me a gift target gives away for free? >> the best things in life are free. ho, ho, ho. merry christmas! see you next year!

that might be as good as weir going to do. >> commissioner olague? vice president olague: the neighborhood didn't get to where they were at because they were not vigilant. there's a history of neighbors meeting with the neighbors and it was a lot of work and whatever. that's why i think there is still this hypervigilance when it comes to this, want to make sure they conform to what the neighborhood vision is for the area. >> commissioner moore? commissioner moore: i hope that the developer and architect can rise to this occasion. >> commissioners, the motion on the floor is to approve the amendment for staff recommendation and instead of requiring mandatory d.r., encouragement of the project sponsor to work with community. that would include a public hearing and information -- an informational public hearing on the project. i won't go into all the recommendations of staff, they have been stated by staff and you. on that motion, commissioner commissioner antonini:. >> aye. >> migser moore. commissioner sugaya. the motion passes. >> if we can take out

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," november 19th, 2010. >> good evening. we begin tonight with love and relationships. online dating is no longer taboo. 74% of singles now say it's how they look for love. the incentive for dating sites to figure out better ways to match up singles is thus enormous. and that's where one site created by a team of self-professed dorky dudes with math degrees has found a way to shine. but is there really a formula for love? jeremy hubbard takes a look. >> this is going to be interesting. >> reporter: you are about to be a voyeur, an evens dropper on that awkward ritual nobody as the first date. >> hopefully he is not a serial killer. >> reporter: it's a friday night, a new york city bar, two young singles eyeballing each other for the very first time. >> hi. nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you. how are you doing? >> good. great. >> reporter: pam is an actress. ruben is a doctor. they met online. now comes the hard part. breaking the ice. clumsy conv

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with cynthia mcfadden, terry moran and bill weir in new york city, this is a special edition of "nightline," a very british wedding. november 16th, 2010. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. and we're going to begin with the big announcement. prince william, second in line to the british throne has proposed marriage to kate middleton, his girlfriend of nearly nine years. dharting the course of the british crown for a new generation. prince charles is thrilled, buckinghall palace says the queen is delighted, and the parents of the bride to be say they are extremely fond of their future son-in-law. and for the first time today, we heard miss middleton tell her side. it's a love story. let's remember that. because this story takes place not just between two young lovers in the magical private space all young lovers create -- >> katherine, can you tell us how prince william proposed to you and can you spare us no details? >> reporter: this is love in the flash and glare and gossip of the world's media. love on the battlefield of modern fam

. >> "nightline" anchor, bill weir, is in california, now, with more. bill?, rob and vinita, california was an anomaly on this night. a counter culture symbol in the west. it proved to be a firewall for democrats. and senator barbara boxer held her party here in hollywood. going back to washington for her fourth term. this puts her there until age 75. californians seem to appreciate her insider credentials, much more so than former hewlett-packard ceo, carlyfiorio fiorina, who ran as a strong business leader. and meanwhile, meg whitman, spent $160 million of her own money. the most expensive nonpresidential campaign ever. got beaten handily by jerry brown, the former california governor from the '70s, early '80s. he was the youngest governor back then. he would be the oldest governor now. a rare bit of democratic joy out in the golden state. vinita? rob? >> thanks a lot, bill. >>> also in the golden state, it is still illegal to smoke pot. voters defeated proposition 19, that would have allowed small amounts of marijuana to be grown and smoked. the measure wa

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news with cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, and terry moran in washington, this is "nightline," november 3rd, 2010. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. we're going to begin tonight with politics. with the new political reality here in washington after last night's election, well, the relationship to watch here is the one between president obama and the incoming republican speaker of the house, john boehner. to push his agenda forward, to keep the confidence of his supporters, each man will need the cooperation of the others. so, will they surprise us with a partnership? or is pennsylvania avenue going to be once again a partisan-free fire zone? the wave crashed across the country last night. turning dozens of blue congressional districts red and launching a new tea partiers into the senate. >> we've come to take our government back! >> reporter: and so this morning washington woke up to a new reality. speaker boehner. >> last night, the president was kind enough to call me. we discussed working together on the american peop

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city this is "nightline," november 18th, 2010. >> good evening. we begin tonight with america's obesity epidemic. a study released last month by the national bureau of economic research found that obesity-related medical expenses costs the united states $168 billion a year. nearly 17% of total medical costs. where does the money go? well, tonight, we visit an alabama hospital especially outfitted to accommodate extreme little overweight parents. john donvan has our report. >> reporter: in one of the largest hospital centers in the nation, size matters. just not in the way anybody really wants it to. the size of obese patients who, by their sheer weight and dimension, when they get here challenge the system from the teams that handle emergency case s -- >> it takes more of our people to help move the patients if they are not able to move themselves. >> just to do any invasive procedure we need help. >> reporter: to doctors who need to get breathing tubes into in this case,

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," november 26th, 2010. >> good evening. it's been a november full of bumps and bruises for the white house. but until today, at least, no blood. president obama is sporting 12 stitches in his lip tonight after being hit by anner rant elbow in a pickup basketball game. this afternoon, the president was seen sitting in a window with an ice pack on the lip during the delivery of the white house christmas tree. the elbow wield earl ray decerega of the congressional hispanic cause us can institute said he learned that the president is both, quote, a tough competitor and a good sport. the president believes in the power of prayer, as barbara walters learned earlier this week when she sat down with him and the first lady for their first joint interview in a year. >> reporter: i first interviewed the president and mrs. obama together two thanksgivings ago, when mr. obama had not yet taken office. they teased each other. >> you got a little lipstick on the

but weir has refused the right to challenge the signature on vote by mail or provisional ballots. >>everal northern california district attorneys are banning together to two overtock.com over charges the online retailer is making false and misleading statements. it advertises that it offers the cheapest prices on many items but the d.a.'s argue the site routinely inflats its comparison prices to boost the discounts it claims to offer consumers. they want them to pay fines and restitution. more at 5 a.m. >> san francisco will soon have its first target store. the city's redevelopment agency has unanimously approved plans on mission street. they have had several vacancies in the past year. city officials estimate the new target store will create 250 permanent jobs and bring in an estimated $1.7 million in sales tax revenue each year. the 100,000 square foot store is slated to open early 2012. target also wants to open another store on gearry. >> you skipped school this morning, didn't want to get out of bed. >> that's my story and i'm sticking to it. >> yeah, heard the heater kick on a