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 --

bill weir looks at the cream of sports illustrated annual bill weir looks at the cream of sports illustratede 50 list of proffering athletes. it's a wealthy subject for tonight's "sign of the times." >> reporter: say you have a promising youngster on your hands. he dazzles the youtube audience with coordination and drive, while you have your eye on a new yacht and/or vineyard. so, which game should you encourage? well, the folks at "sports illustrated" have crunched the numbers, and the fortunate 50 provides a valuable glimpse. >> we may not be going to the ballpark quite as often, we may not have the 50-yard line seats, but we're consuming sports more than ever in more ways than ever. >> wade, there he goes! >> reporter: dwyane wade, kobe bryant, shaquille o'neal and yes, the newly loathed lebron james. >> here comes james again, the freight train has left the >> here comes james again, the freight train has left the station. >> reporter: all take advantage of a game free of closeup spoiming helmets and intermittent at-bats. a game that allows one superstar to take over primetime, not inclu

bill weir has our report. >> we're introducing iphone 4. >> reporter: so, how can the most successful ceo in america go from this -- >> this is beyond a doubt the most precise thing, one of the most beautiful things we've ever made. >> reporter: to this -- >> we're not perfect. >> reporter: -- in just 39 days? well, it began with an antenna. a stainless steel case study in form versus function. >> this is part of some brilliant engineering, which actually uses the stainless steel band as part of the antenna system. >> reporter: more bells, whistles and battery life than any smart phone in history, there was no room to put the antenna inside, so apple put it on the outside of the iphone 4, knowing that the occasional sweaty palm might weaken the signal in certain areas. they could have covered it in plastic, but then it wouldn't have been the sexy device that makes people sleep on the street to buy one. apple sold six iphones a second. and then, a few complaints spun into the company's worst image crisis in years, spread virally on the very devices apple created. >> i have my new apple

bill weir, abc news. >> marlena's family is now making funeral plans instead of praying for her quicky. >>> investigators in salt lake city of looking into a fireworks mishap. the frightening explosions were cas hundreds of people ran for safety. a fire spokesman called it a catastrophe. the damage could have been more disastrous. ten people were hurt though none seriously. >>> the tv show "jersey shore" of course is a big hit with millions of fans but the governor of new jersey, well, he's not amused. governor chris christie told jake tapper that the show is not good. >> mtv's jt jersey shore" positive for new jersey in which or negative? >> what it does is take a bunch of new yorkers, drops them at the jersey shore, tries to make america feel like this is new jersey. it's a beautiful place. we've got another six weeks or so of summer left. come to new jersey. >> governor certainly was not the only critic of the show. many italian-american groups have panned the show as offensive. >>> in sports, alberto contador road into the tour de france. meanwhile, seven-time champion lance armst

bill weir, abc news. >>> at least 19 people are dead after a stampede at a german music festival. organizers of the love parade face some tough questions about crowd control. hundreds of thousands of people were funneled through a single highway underpass into this site. witnesses describe a very desperate scene as people literally piled up on top of each other or scrambled over others who had fallen. >>> hundreds gathered outside paris to mark ten years since the disastrous concorde air crash. shortly after taking off the supersonic jet plowed into a hotel. all 109 on board were killed, along with four people on the ground. the cause of this crash is still unresolved and widely debated. the concorde was taken out of service in 2003. >>> in washington, a raging debate is shaping up over tax cuts. the central question here, should the cuts enacted under former president bush be allowed to expire? as david kerley explains, the battle is on track to take center stage in the upcoming fall elections. >> reporter: believe it or not, republicans and democrats actually agree on something.

i'm bill weir. bianna golodryga enjoying some time off. happy to have sharyn alfonsi back with us. >> very glad to be here this morning. good morning, everybody. it's saturday, july 24th. and the gulf is bracing for something that's never happened before. a huge storm system, hitting a giant oil spill. bonnie has been downgraded to a tropical depression. but it is expected to gain strength as it heads toward the gulf coast. it's expected to hit as early as 9:00 p.m. tonight. and nobody knows just how bad the combination of storm and spill might be. >> right. it could bring waves up to ten feet high through that oil-slicked water. we're looking at pictures of spill cam below the ocean. we've seen it for so many weeks now. the cap still sealed. but soon bp may have to reel in the robots that are watching it. they're trying to decide how many ships to pull from the spill site. almost all workers have been evacuated, which will set back cleanup efforts. we'll have the latest on all of this, coming up. >>> and also this morning, there's a new s

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but first, here's bill weir with more on the milestone. >> reporter: yeah, diane, this is the company that once fit inside a dorm room. but just over six years later, they have completely reinvented the way human beings interact with each other, and reached that epic figure in a dizzying amount of time. now the question, can these young people manage this explosive growth while protecting the sometime intimate details of a half billion lives? it is an engine of human connection. give facebook a few vital facts about yourself and it gives you a direct line to your past, present and future. >> my daughter found her on facebook, for me, and the rest is history. we're married. >> reporter: it's where old flames are kindled, medical advice is swapped. >> facebook saved my life. >> reporter: and the american teen lives and breathes. >> a world without facebook, i think i would die. >> reporter: and this is why the company has exploded. over the past 15 months, facebook has added eight new users every second. each of those people has around 130 friends, and will share 70 different bits of li

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along with sharyn alfonsi, i'm bill weir.ga, hope you're sleeping in somewhere this morning. it is sunday, july 25th. and from furry little creatures to vicious undersea predators, we're taking an up-close look at the secret world of cannibal squid this morning. >> who knew? >> this is really fascinating. a team from national geographic attached critter cams to some of these skid to see how they behave down in the depths and they don't play nice. this is calamari that could eat your face coming up. >>> and we've all been fascinated with this story, the barefoot bandit, a folk hero. the teenager who evaded police for years was finally captured this month, and his lawyer is finally speaking out. he's spoken to him at length. he has some interesting things to say. >> let's start off with the news and andrea canning fill in for ron this morning. hello, again. >> good morning, bill and sharyn. hello again, and good morning to you all. >>> there is heavy flooding in the midwest as more than 7 inches of rain puts parts of chicago un

weir not at that stage yet, but there will be some sense of the grand concourse throughout all parts of the building. dd now, alphabetically, it's my great pleasure to introduce the two studio managers of jenny holster's studio. jenny holster could not be us today because our meeting date kept shifting and she had made plans and canceled her plans and bought plane tickets and canceled her tickets and she was just unable to change her plans another time. so jenny is internationally renowned, she's in many, many museum collections. the guggenheim, the whitney, the new york moma, museums throughout the world. she's perhaps most or best-known for her text-based light work that you can see in times square, where all of a sudden instead of advertising, you'll see a phrase that says "lack of charisma can be fatal." and you'll say what is that? but it's art. jenny was really a pioneer in doing the kind of text-based light art. so i would like to introduce -- jenny will be working in the light column in the railing on the mezzanine level, and i'd like to introduce her two studio managers who

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and bill weir has been with both sides in phoenix today. bill? >> reporter: that's right, diane. the judge in this courthouse behind me agreed with president obama today, that when it comes to america's borders and the people who cross them, it is the federal government who gets to call the shots. not arizona. >> reporter: there are more than a dozen parts to this new law, but today's injunction blocks the four most potent and controversy. those that make it a state crime to live and work in arizona without immigration papers. and those that require arizona cops to stop and check the status of anyone "reasonably suspicious" of being here illegally. >> by no means is the battle over. the next step will be a review in the united states court of appeals and ultimately, likely to the supreme court. >> reporter: the ruling comes from judge susan bolton, a clinton appointee, who in ten years on the federal bench earned a reputation for being meticulous and objective. she writes that "there is a substantial likelihood that officers will wrongfully arrest legal resident aliens under the

bill weir has more. >> reporter: it is an engine of human connection. it gives you a direct line to your past present, and future. >> my daughter found her on facebook for me. and the rest is history. we're married. >> reporter: it's where old flames are kindled, medical advice is swapped -- >> facebook saved my life. >> reporter: and the american teen lives and breathes. >> in a world without facebook, i think i would die. >> reporter: this is why the company has exploded. over the past 15 months facebook has added around eight new users every second. each of those people has around 130 friends and will share 70 different bits of life with them each month. pictures, passions, causes, home movies. so much that facebook is now a virtual sea of information that rivals google in scope. but the growing pains have been sharp. young founder mark zuckerberg has struggled to balance the privacy concerns of his users with the need to turn all of their information into money. >> so you get on facebook and you hope you have enough friends who are interested in you

bill weir reports on the emotional debate from phoenix. >> reporter: there are more than a dozen partsunction blocks the most controversy. those that make it a state crime to live and work in arizona without papers. and those that require arizona cops to stop and check the status of anyone reasonably suspicious of being here illegally. >> by no means is the battle over. next step will be reviewing in the united states court of appeals, then ultimately likely on to the supreme court. >> reporter: the ruling comes from judge susan bolton, a clinton appointee who in ten years on the federal bench earned a reputation for being meticulous and objective. she writes, there is a substantial likelihood officers will wrongfully arrest legal resident aliens under the new law, and the surge in stops and arrests will divert resources from the federal government's other responsibilities. while the latino community rejoiced in their victory, most of the state supports the law and some filled the airwaves with anger. >> when does it stop? when's enough enough? >> reporter: echoing their frustration wi

here's bill weir with a look at the marriage of politics and the internet. >> thank you. >> reporter:was 2000. it was john mccain who first tried a radical experiment. a website to accept political donations. a decade later, internet social media has completely changed the political sphere. >> who is barack obama? the answer is right there on my facebook page. >> reporter: 76% of congress uses social media now, and well over half have facebook pages. but while politicians try to harness the power of a few million virtual friends it is the citizen who has the most to gain in this brave new world. >> nine out of ten videos watched during the 2008 presidential campaign that mentioned obama and mccain were produced by citizens trying to influence each other. so the last people to arrive at the party are the politicians themselves. >> reporter: sparked by a single angry voice, facebook can be a lever of revolution. we've seen it in iran and myanmar. when leftist guerillas in colombia let a little boy die in captivity, oscar morales poured his outrage into a facebook page. >> just today we

i'm dan harris in for bill weir, who has the day off.he town where chelsea clinton is supposedly getting married. it's a village in upstate new york. it's abuzz with rumors about whether or not the former first daughter's wedding will be held there, we're going to go underco undercover and investigate. >>> plus, we've got some tips on how to save money the next time you buy a new tech toy. did you know that you could trade in some old electronics? just like you trade in a car? our "gma" tech guru, becky worley, will tell us about it. i don't think you can trade in a co-anchor, but i like you. >> for a cell phone. >> for an iphone. >> i don't know what the right side of that deal is. >>> first, we'll start with ron claiborne over at the news desk. good morning. we're not trading you in. >> no. >>> good morning, everyone. the stepmother of missing oregon boy kyron horman has left the family home and moved to a town where her parents live. kyron's father believes that his estranged wife and someone else were involved in the boy's disappeara

. >> i'm in for bill weir.th. >>> also this morning, we have another edition of "your week in three words." that's our chance to take a peek into your lives. we're also impressed with the energy that's in the videos. >>> we're going to begin with the latest round of the nasty and public battle between mel gibson and his ex-girlfriend, oksana grigorieva. there's now a photo online of grigorieva with broken teeth, which she says was taken just hours after gibson punched her in the face. it comes after the release of that steady stream of audio recordings of gibson allegedly threatening her. our clarissa ward has the latest. >> reporter: radaronline, has released a photo of ex-girlfriend, oksana grigorieva, allegedly taken just hours after she claims she was punched in the face by gibson, at his malibu mansion on january 6th. the russian-born singer says the blow left her with a concussion. the image appears to show damage to grigorieva's front teeth. but some experts are questioning the authenticity of the injuri

bill weir joins us with a preview from new york. are you keeping an eye on bonnie for us?we'll take you down to the gulf and talk to experts. it never seen this kind of dangerous mix of powerful storm plus an oil spill. a lot of speculation about what it might do. also we have geezer bandit now the bouquet and back street boy bandits. are they more creative the criminals or the police that are naming them more creative. and tour de france winds down some say there is no question that lance armstrong has used performance enhancing drug. lan dis' first interview with the provocative allegations and one texas couple says i do and ceremony is being held at pa museum where the rare corpse flower is blooming giving the odor of rotting flesh. they'll talk to us about that. >> are they trying to prove their love can survive anything? >> that probably is if you can get through that and dirty socks aren't that bad. >> that is proof of love. have a great weekend. >> we're going to talk to sports wildcard leading giants will try to keep their hot streak going in arizona. last night th

here's bill weir with more on that story. he joins us, live, this morning from california.e you, bill. >> reporter: good to see you, robin. good morning to you. steve jobs is a college dropout. he's a cancer survivor. he was once fired from his own company. he has seen tough days. but of late, he's become known as this modern-day thomas edison. inventing in secret. unveiling with flash and rousing success. all turning apple golden again. and his fans around the world can't wait to see what he's come up with next. but today, they can't wait to see how he will deal with being far less than perfect. legend has it, in the early days of apple, steve jobs would encourage his engineers to make the guts of their computers beautiful, although few people would ever look inside. from the type face of his ad campaigns. >> this is how you turn it on. >> reporter: to the cut of his turtleneck, he's long been obsessed with design. the way his products look and feel. and iphone 4 was no exception. >> this is, beyond the doubt, the most precise thing, one of the most beautiful things, we've

"nightline" anchor bill weir is live in phoenix where he finds it is already pitting neighbor againstbor. hey, bill. >> reporter: that's right, george. president obama's justice department argues that immigration is a job for the feds. the republican governor in this state, jan brewer, says the feds haven't done enough, but it is the real lack of immigration reform that's filled so many arizonans with anger and now so many latinos with fear. outside the maricopa county jail this morning, vacant tents. raised to hold the expected surge of immigrants without papers. and around hispanic neighborhoods, vacant apartments. struggling businesses and empty school desks. proof that the threat of a crackdown has caused an exodus. now that a busted taillight or suspicious behavior could lead to deportation. >> diplomacy may be the greatest asset in these days to come. >> reporter: as cops across the state study instructional videos on the new law, protesters paint their signs and organize. some vowing civil disobedience. a decade ago 1.6 million illegal immigrants were captured on the mexican bo

bill weir, abc news, phoenix. >>> now here is a look at your forecast.lo with 80-mile-an-hour winds, flash flooding and baseball-sized hail. wet from texas to the carolinas and florida. thunderstorms in much of the west. >> 101 in phoenix. 88 in albuquerque. 92 in billings. upper 80s from kansas city to indianapolis. mostly 90s from boston to miami. 95 in new orleans. and 92 in dallas. >>> if you are just joining us if you fight to sleep in the middle of the night, why go one more round ? you don't need a rematch, but a rethink. with lunesta. lunesta is thought to interact with gaba receptors associated with sleep. lunesta helps you get the restful sleep you need. lunesta has some risk of dependency. when taking lunesta, don't drive or operate machinery until you feel fully awake. walking, eating, driving or engaging in other activities while asleep without remembering it the next day have been reported. abnormal behaviors may include aggressiveness, agitation, hallucinations, or confusion. in depressed patients, worsening of depression, including risk o

weir's going to have to definitely pressed down on that. -- we are going to have to definitely press down on that. people calling in from other parts of the country, they should come here to arizona. we will see the problem that we have that is just ridiculous. the obama administration seems to want to give a legal aliens it that way to citizenship and we cannot afford it. we are going broke as it is right now. the government is not going to take a terrible law, and we the people are going to have to start. there are militia groups out there and if things do not change fellow militia will have to take over. thank you for my fault. -- thank you for my call. host: "they should use visas that are temporary and enforce." bobby, democratic line. caller: good morning, susan. there are federal laws on the books back from when reagan was president. similar to the problems they have now. the law is that they find the employees, higher than the second time. if they cannot get jobs, it will not cause the government anything. if the children that are born here, give them a passport. take them wi

this morning, house majority leader stanley weir would talk about the economy and job creation. will be at the american enterprise the two. you can see that live on c-span starting at 11:15 eastern. also discussion on how the stimulus package is affecting private spending. that is also at the american enterprise institute. coverage of that starts at 12:30 p.m. eastern and you can see that -- see that on c-span freak. "washington journal" continues. host: joining us from the capital of pennsylvania is gov. ed rendell, a democrat, from harrisburg. i just want to read a little bit from "the new york times" this morning about something that happened in the senate last night. it said the senate rejected a house version of an emergency spending bill that also contain billions of dollars for domestic programs, including $10 billion to help states and local school districts avert teacher layoffs. what is the impact in pennsylvania? guest: a double impact. not only that money but the money the president has proposed. and interestingly, the senate passed once and house passed ones for exp

weir not proud of this deficit, the worst year under bush was this one, where speaker pelosi ran the congress. this was bush's worst year for deficit right here. so we go from 2009 to 2010 with president obama and he's three times the bush level of deficit and this year is even higher. one way to measure these things, deficit as a percent of gross domestic product, all the stuff we make in america. this is running about 3.1%. this is about 9.9% right here. now these numbers are consequences. the consequences are your children and your grandchildren, but it also could precipitate a crisis a lot sooner. we don't know what that crisis looks like. what happens when you go to the bank and your a.t.m. doesn't work? you've worked all your life, you have savings in the bank, there isn't any money, you can't get any money out because the dollar bill isn't worth anything. we've seen high inflation, that's not pretty. what happens if the banking system stops working because we pushed this too far. what is the civil unrest, what happens with our just in time food inventories, when there's no mor