>> y piden por la hija de 3 años que dejo joel, y quieren que sea enterrado en méxico y escuchar su voz ayuda que su hijo acepte la muerte >> los quiero mucho >> trabajadores dicen si a la huelga >> y le mostramos a unas candidatas del concurso celebrando a mamá ella es de guatemala nuevo impuesto a los refrescos, como un arma contra la obesidad infantil, que ya se ha convertido en un problema gordo en el pais. --desde los angeles, claudia botero nos explica. --desde los angeles, claudia botero nos explica. trt 2:00 impuesto para 1: luchar contra los refrescis >> los que compren estas bebidas gaseosas lo pensaran dos veces >> la obesidad es una epidemia >> uno de mis hijos me han dicho q tiene un poco de diabetes >> mi hijo esta obeso >> ahora legisladores estan estudiando la posibilidades de aumentar precios de las bebidas gaseosas >> 85% para educar a los niños y 15% para programa estatales >>otros como él se oponen >> es fuente de ingreso para el estado que esta buscando de dónde sacar dinero >> dice que podría afectar el negocio, pero sabe el daño que puede causar la bebid

. >> joel brown is in washington. good morning, joel. what's the latest as time runs out? >> yeah, betty. you know, this bargaining on the budget has been a nonstop back and forth between the capitol and the white house. but still, the first government shutdown in 15 years is now closer than ever. president obama says he needs an answer this morning from congressional leaders working to avoid a government shutdown at midnight. >> my hope is, is that i'll be able to announce to the american people sometime relatively early in the day that a shutdown has been averted. >> reporter: it was another all-nighter for congressional aides, still trying to reach a compromise on federal funding for the final six months of the fiscal year. the president says his fourth meeting with house speaker john boehner and senate majority leader harry reid last night yielded progress, but still no deal. >> we haven't settled issues in 40 years. we're not going to settle them in a few hours. >> resolve this issue now and make certain that we resolve it in a way that no member of our armed services

the pastor joel osteen brings his message to the bay area. i'm linda yee, i'll have his story. ,,,,,, this is cory mcdonald, a-k-a "mister twister" the clown, >>> apparently some clowning around went too far in santa cruz. this is corey mcdonald, otherwise known as mr. twister, the clown. usually he is known for his good will but last night, the 42-year-old dressed in his clown outfit got into an argument with a couple of teenagers after declining to take a picture with them. the cup of water and some punches were thrown. the scuffle was enough to knock mr. twister's red nose off, belief it or not. no arrests were made. all three got citations for public fighting. >>> well, your pg&e bill is about to go up. >> that's right. pg&e will be adding about 30 cents a month to your gas and electric bill this year. by 2014 it could be almost $7 more a month. it will be used for repairs and maintenance to pg&e's natural gas system. state regulators gave the utility the okay for the $120 million rate hike before last year's deadly gas explosion in san b

joel brown is monitoring the story from washington and joins us live. good morning, joel. what's the latest on the storms? >> reporter: local reports describe a tornado a half mile wide. one small town an arkansas resident put it this way -- the town is gone. the tiny town of villonia, arkansas has been nearly wiped off the map. a twister tore through the town on monday, killing two people and destroying more than 50 homes. dozens of residents remain unaccounted for. statewide, five people are dead from storms and flooding and 100,000 are without power. in some areas, the trail of destruction is nearly three miles wide. tornadoes touched down in texas and oklahoma. days of relentless rain forced evacuations and rescues from arkansas to illinois. more storms are expected today, with another major system moving in later this week. >> this is the worse i've ever seen. i talked to two or three people who have been here and they said this is the worst since '82. >> nowhere is the flood greater than in poplar bluff, missouri, entire communities are headed to higher ground after

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joel brown in washington for us. thank you, joel. >>> another top official in the libyan government has defected. the country's ambassador to the united nations reportedly defected to egypt yesterday. earlier this week, foreign minister moussa koussa defected to london. he's being questioned about the inner workings of the gadhafi regime. and it is believed koussa played a key role in the bombing of pan am flight 103 over lockerbie, scotland. >> moussa koussa was personally responsible for the actual organization of it. the orders to do it clearly came from moammar gadhafi himself. a a >> british officials say koussa left his family in libya, and described his state of mind as, quote, fragile. koussa is not being offered immunity. >>> it's reported that japanese government plans to bail out the tokyo electric power company, which owns the crippled fukushima nuclear power plant. a japanese newspaper reports this morning that the government plans to inject tepco with public funds and offer debt guarantees. but will not

joel brown is in washington with details. good morning, joel. >>> good morning to you. the microcracks in a plane's fuselage can be too small for inspectors to see with their eyes. the emergency inspection order requires a more powerful tool. >> reporter: inspectors will use sophisticated electromagnetic technology to look for cracks on 175 boeing 737s worldwide. most of the planes in the u.s. are owned by southwest airlines like the one involve in friday's emergency landing in arizona. a five-foot hole popped open near a joint on the passenger cabin while the plane was cruising at 35,000 feet. >> it was not believed that this was an area that could fail until we see it now. >> the 15-year-old jet had almost 40,000 takeoffs and landings. >> fatigue happens in all aluminum-type aircraft, all metal-type aircraft. >> reporter: following the incident, southwest inspectors discovered three more jets with sub surface cracks. the ntsb is wrapped up its on scene investigation, now the focus shifts here to washington where in depth analysis begins on the section of the plane tha

joel brown has been tracking the storms overnight from washington. good morning, joel. what's the latest? >> betty, good morning. no mercy this tornado season as residents spent another night scrambling for cover across several states. it's like a recurring weather nightmare. >> i went in my bedroom and i crawled under that bed as far as i could get and waited under it. >> reporter: for the second straight night a powerful line of thunderstorms including a pack of tornadoes pounded the southern plains. hundreds of homes were damaged from east texas to tennessee. arkansas took another direct hit. at least one person died. days of relentless rain have washed out highways and every night brings more trouble. monday, flash floods and a monster twister left ten dead. nathan ford and his family barely escaped last night when his home was crushed by fallen trees. >> the living room, the dining room, the bathroom, the bedroom. [ thunder ] the kitchen, the whole house shifted. >> reporter: a lightning strike in michigan sent nine people to the hospital, one in serious condition,

. >> joel brown is in washington and he joins us live. good morning, joel. any progress in those late-night discussions? >> well, betty, they say they're narrowing their differences. budget talks don't get much more dramatic than this. time running out, on 11th hour meeting, and the president rushing back to washington to help negotiate. but we're still at a stalemate. there was still no deal when congressional leaders walked out of the late-night budget talks at the white house. >> we've narrowed the issues significantly. >> there's an attempt on both sides to continue to work together to try to resolve this. >> reporter: coming off a day on the road, the president had arrived bang in washington in hopes of brokering a compromise. afterwards he made an unexpected talk in the white house briefing room, turning up the heat on lawmakers. >> we're going to keep on pounding away at this thing because i'm absolutely convinced that we can get this done. >> reporter: more than 4 million federal employees are in jeopardy of losing their pay if the government's force

joel brown is in washington with the latest. good morning, joel. >> betty, good morning to you. well, he has tried to stay above the fray, but with the clock winding down, the president's put himself right in the middle of washington's budget battle. president obama is putting the pressure on lawmakers to hammer out a budget deal. >> nobody gets 100% of what they want. >> reporter: the president says he'll summon congressional leaders to the white house every day until an agreement is reached, but time is running out. if a budget's not passed by midnight friday, the federal government will be forced to shut down. house speaker john boehner says both sides are still far apart. >> we're not going to allow the senate nor the white house to put us in a box where we have to make a choice between two bad options. >> reporter: democrats agreed on $33 billion in cuts, that's a little more than half of what the gop was asking for but republicans say it's still not enough. >> they talk about compromise, but their goal is to shrink government up so small, they can drown it in a bathtub. >>

>> all right, joel brown in washington for us. thank you, joel. >>> a report by the congressional budget office on the 2011 budget deal concludes we will not see that estimated $38 billion in savings. at least not this fiscal year. the cbo finding says it produces less than 1% of the savings promised by september 30th. the actual cut just $352 million. the reason, many of the cuts are in so-called slow spending accounts and won't have an immediate impact. >>> north korea says it has arrested and is preparing to indict a u.s. citizen who has been held captive since november. the north koreans won't say what the crime was that was committed, but a south korean news agency reports the korean-american is being detained in the north for allegedly preaching christianity. >>> still more trouble this morning at japan's crippled nuclear power plant. engineers are trying to figure out how to remove the spent fuel at one reactor, where radiation is surging, and temperatures are rising. officials say radiation levels in the sea near the plant

>> joel brown in washington for us this morning. joel, thank you. meanwhile on capitol hill, the budget clock is ticking. lawmakers have until friday to pass the 2011 budget. either that, or face a partial government shutdown. staff members worked through the weekend to try and fashion an agreement. democrats say they'd go along with cutting $33 billion from this year's budget. six weeks ago the republican-controlled house passed a bill calling for $61 billion in cuts. the senate never took it up. >> americans as a whole are very upset about the size and scope of the federal government. we're trying to reduce spending and our democratic friends are hanging on to old ideas that every time you try to reduce spending you're being cruel and mean. >> both republicans and democrats agree a government shutdown would not be a good thing. >> at the end of the day, the american people don't care who has bragging rights at the end of this. they want to make certain we are responsible and work together, both political parties. >> tomorrow, house republicans are

joel brown is in washington with more on this. good morning, joel. >> betty, good morning to you. with suggestions from the white house that gadhafi's inner circle is crumbling around him, we saw libya's leader on state television last night in what appeared to be another bid to hold on to the loyalists he still has. these cheering supporters refused to leave moammar gadhafi's tripoli compound, so they can stay on as human shields. >> we are not surprised with the no-fly zone. we will always protect our leader. >> reporter: on state tv thursday the ruler released a statement saying he's not the one who should go. but that's exactly what rebel forces are demanding. they fired rockets to try and retake the oil town of brega. still their weapons proved no match for gadhafi's better-equipped troops. officials estimate about a quarter of gadhafi's forces have been knocked out of action. but still have a 10-to-1 advantage over the rebels. >> what the opposition needs as much as anything right now is some training, some command and control, and some organization. >> reporter: on capitol

joel brown has more now from washington. good morning, joel. >> betty, good morning to you. yeah, it was the highest profile resignation yet. the sleepy air traffic controllers have woken up washington to the dangers, and lawmakers want answers. the faa is trying to put the issue of sleepy air traffic controllers to rest. following seven incidents where staffers dozed off on the job, air traffic chief hank krakowski abruptly resigned thursday. the faa is also beefing up shifts, adding a second person to overnights at more than two dozen airports and conducting a sweeping review of the entire system. >> we'll get to the bottom of this. but i want the flying public to know we're not sitting around trying to, just make excuses. >> reporter: the shake-up comes after a medical flight with a sick patient couldn't make contact with a sleeping controller in reno wednesday. >> they're not answering the phone line either. >> reporter: the pilot eventually landed safely, but the incident only added to growing concern over controller exhaustion. >> people are being scheduled to a point

joel brown live in washington, thank you, joel. good luck covering this today. >> thanks, joel. >>> you think about all. -- what they consider nonessential employees who will be cut off from a paycheck, don't go to work. the soldiers who don't get paid over in iraq and afghanistan. very tough times for their families if they can't get something done. >> and i believe a lot of things will continue. security here on the homefront and that kind of thing. a lot of nonessential things will affect all o us. >>> phillip garrido backing out of a plea deal in his kidnapping case. why his attorney is challenge the actions of the grand jury. >> on the day of the giants home opener barry bonds could learn his fate. what he is facing if he is convicte coming up. >> what's being kept a secret at at&t park until tomorrow. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, you >>> here's a check of today's top stories. the driver who hit a chp officer in san jose has now been arrested for dui. it happened just before 2 a.m. as the officer responded to an accident on the north

joel brown is in washington with a preview. good morning, joel. what are the details around this debt reduction? >> reporter: betty, i think both sides are going to have some issues with this. if you thought last week's budget battle that almost shut down the government was tough, this will be even tougher. president obama's deficit reduction plan is expected to include a mix of spending cuts and tax hikes. >> the point is that balance is essential. the burden has to be shared by everyone. >> reporter: in a speech this afternoon, he'll push for reforms to the nation's costly medicare and medicaid programs and an end to bush-era tax cuts for the wealthiest americans. the president's proposal is vastly different from the one republican congressman paul ryan unveiled last week. >> this is the path to prosperity. >> reporter: ryan's plan trims more than $5 trillion from the deficit over the next decade through steep cuts to programs including medicare. it also lowers taxes for higher income earners. >> in a sense, the president needed paul ryan's hous

>>> all right, joel brown joining us live in washington. thank you, joel. >>> federal inspectors are trying to find out why three workers in nebraska were exposed to excess radiation. it happened april 3 at the cooper nuclear station southeast of lincoln. the officials say the amount of radiation workers received was higher than expected but did not exceed safety limits. >>> here in new york, aviation officials are investigating a ruppway collision between a jumbo jet and a smaller commuter aircraft. it happened last night on a taxi way at kennedy airport. the wing tip of an airbus a-380 the largest plane, clipped the tale of the comair jet spinning it like a toy. air france flight seven was heading to paris. the conair jet was headed to boston with 66 people onboard. the passengers from the smaller plane was shaken. >> suddenly a big bang from one side of the plane. it sounded like smashing glass or something -- something's broken. >> both jets were towed away for inspection and repair. >> the mayor of washington, d.c. has been released fr

she learned a lot, i think, from joel lash. by now accustomed to making the role of first lady one of real significance as a traveling ambassador for the first, for the roosevelt administration, during world war ii she makes an enormous number of visits. in fact, she's away from washington so much that a washington newspaper has a headline, "mrs. roosevelt stays at white house overnight." [laughter] here she is visiting enlisted men at a base in the galapagos island off the coast of ecuador during a morale-building trip to latin america. here she is in england inspecting troops. why, she's certainly the first first lady to ever do this sort of thing. of course, she's traveling without franklin. and in washington here she and mary mcleod bethune are visiting a residence for african-american women war workers. once again eleanor's making history by showing that she and the roosevelt administration really care in the plight of people who are at the margins of society. but she continues to play her official role as white house host

joel brown is one of the few people not in london. he is down at the kennedy space center. what's the feeling down there? >> reporter: a lot of excitement. good morning. there is a definite buzz in the air at kennedy space center and a lot of it has to do with the guest list, president obama and congresswoman gabrielle giffords. just three months after being shot in the head in the mass shooting in tucson she will be here to watch captain mark kelly commanding endeavour to fly off for the last time. president obama just the third signature u.s. president to watch a shuttle launch in person and the fact that this is the final launch of space shuttle endeavour. it's the next-to-last shuttle launch in the complete nasa shuttle program. as many as 750,000 people are expected here up and down the state coast to watch endeavour take off today. crowds could rival the numbers they saw back in the 60s and '70s watching the apollo moon launch. >> so joel, where will congresswoman gabrielle giffords be watching the launch? will we see her? >> reporter: we are not expecting to see her.

joel brown is in washington with details. joel, good morning to you. >> terrell, good morning to you. it was an especially bloody weekend in libya, with gadhafi's forces pounding one rebel stronghold, and then at the dictator's compound, nato warplanes turned the table. the overnight air strike targeted the heart of moammar gadhafi's regime. his compound in tripoli. state tv showed the rebel from what it said was a library, and office. a libyan official reported four people hurt. it's unknown if gadhafi was present when the attack occurred. while his compound has been hit before, this strike was the most significant yet. and comes just hours after u.s. lawmakers hit the airwaves to demand more be done to drive the libyan dictator from power. >> the people around gadhafi need to wake up every day wondering, will this be my last? the way to get gadhafi to leave is have his inner circle break and turn on him, and that's going to take a sustained etch for the through an air campaign. i think the focus should now be to cut the hea

we explore this with joel naroff, the president of naroff economic advisers. he joins us from philadelphia. and catherine mann, a professor of economics and finance at brandeis international business school. she's in boston. professor, when you look at the numbers overall, what are they telling you for this month? >> well, i think what we're seeing is a virtuous cycle developing in the services sector. now of course that's the most important part of the economy. it's the part of the job creation engine that really has been lagging for quite a few months now. manufacturing has been solid and that's excellent and good. but until we get a virtuous cycle developinging in services, particularly the upper income services like business professional and technical,we're not going to have a self-sustaining recovery. and we are seeing job growth there. i think as companies start getting contracts, they start hiring workers to fulfill those contracts, i think we're starting to see that virtuous cycle develop. >> suarez: joel naroff we're often told when we do this segment

joel brown joins us now from the nation's capital. joel, good morning. so what's the latest on the budget talks? >> reporter: sydnie, good morning to you. negotiators were at the bargaining table until 3 a.m. but they woke up this morning and there is still no deal. democrats and republicans are said to agree on about 70% or so of the budget cuts in this thing. but the question is, this morning, whether harry reid and john boehner at some point today with just hours left will go back to their respective caucuses and say, look, we have negotiated as much as we can, we fought as hard as we could but this deal is take it or leave it. we'll see. >> is there one major sticking point? i know there are probably several but they have to figure it out. >> reporter: several, frank. really just depends on who you talk to. democrats say the republicans are holding up this budget deal because of -- they don't agree on regulations on abortion and environmental protection. republicans say no, this is bigger than that. we're concerned about the budget cuts but it's not

steven and joel are fabulous and i will be missing them this year. they are graduating and going to an adult program for adults with developmental disabilities where they will continue to make art. i'm thankful to my principal and susan for helping this become a reality. i have an amazing administration. the visual and performance arts department made it possible and i love projects because it promotes our students as artists and not just an individual with a disability which is so important inputting people first. it will be on the cover of "school time" in may, 2011, so we are excited. >> just so great to see the mural. when heidi unveiled it said it is wonderful and it is wonderful and reminds us of true diversity. thank you. >> i encourage everybody to go into the main hallway. the video is great but it doesn't do it justice. >> thanks for joining us this evening. president mendoza: item b is the student delegate report. >> last friday, we had our eighth annual youth summit called striving for success, even though i couldn't attend it was great.

joel, thanks very much. joel brown live in washington, d.c. thank you. >>> time now 5:39. anger, grief and demand for justice as survivors of the deadly san bruno explosion offered solutions for strengthening safety rules for that industry. the puc has been criticized for how it regulates natural gas pipeline and like pg&e's line there that erupted last year. hundreds of people attended the meeting last night at the san bruno senior center offering their own remedies. >> the fines need to be severe. so i would propose for the eight people who died $100 million each, throw in another $200 million for the people who were injured and lost their homes. so bring it to a $1 billion fine, which is about the level of profit that pg&e makes in just one year. >> my brothers and sisters were burned-out side of the house. there was over 600 to 800 degrees outside. so all the hairs, flesh on their bodies burned off. so... i want something to be done. [ crying ] >> nearly a dozen chp officers stood by watching the proceedings closely to make sure everything was okay. >>> caltrain expect

joel brown, cbs news, washington. >> our time right now is 4:38. at 4:42, you no longer have to worry about a screaming, crying child because you're now on a child-free airline. we'll explain shortly. >> no controversy there. >> parking in one local community just went high tech. all you have to have is a smart phone. >> up next though, a quick check on the forecast to get you out the door. we're back with your weather first in two minutes. >> we're expecting cloudy conditions and yes, light rain after this morning turning to snow in some locations. temperatures will be in the 40s by 9:00. and we should see the rain tapering off though by the afternoon. mostly cloudy conditions by 1:00 p.m. 48 degrees then we'll be topping out our highs in the low 50s. may see some variable cloudiness but overall, kind of a gray and chilly, wet start to the morning. we're seeing some snow reports coming out of montgomery county this morning out of clarksburg. so, you may see the rain changing to snow in some locations. here is a look now. i'm tossing back to traffi

as joel brown tells us the late night deal came with little time to spare. >> reporter: just minutes before the midnight deadline, president obama walked to the podium to announce the government would not shut down. >> the washington monument as well as the entire federal government will be open for business. >> reporter: the president top senate speaker harry reid and john boehner announced they would not shutdown. >> we fought to keep the government spending down because it really will in fact help to create a better environment. >> both sides had to make tough choices but tough choices is what this job is all about. >> reporter: the deal may be done but it's not official yet. there wasn't time for them to turn it into a bill and sign it. so they raced to make another bill to keep the senate open for another week. because the two sides had reached a deal, the top white house budget official ordered federal agencies not to shut down at midnight. that was welcome news for about 800,000 federal employees who were preparing to stay home without pay starting to today. this budget battle

and we will have a live update from cbs news reporter joel brown in washington about 10 minutes -- in about 10 minutes here on cbs 5. >>> it's 5:07. for about a week and a half it was feeling like summer and now we're kind of taking a little step back. >> a little bit of winter weather but not too bad. scattered showers, right, lawrence? >> yes, not a total washout. definitely a step backwards as we are seeing showers around the bay area and boy, it's going to be chilly in many parts of our area today. you have those scattered showers continuing, some pockets of some moderate amounts of rainfall as we take new for a closer look toward the san jose area. you can see this yellow showing up, pockets of moderate amounts of rain. out the door be careful. it will be wet on the roads and occasionally you can see showers coming down pretty good. it's going to scattered on and off throughout the day today so you'll likely sneak a little sunshine in between some of the clouds and that could actually give rise to some of those thunderstorms especially in the afternoon. that cold air dropping fro

i'm joel brown. coming up. morning. >>> showers in the bay area right now, castro valley, hayward, light to moderate amounts of rainfall, isolated thunderstorms today. we'll have more coming up. >> keep the umbrella handy. lawrence, thanks very much. it is 6:11. >>> phillip garrido expected to plead guilty this morning. he and his wife, nancy, facing numerous charges including kidnapping, rape and false imprisonment in the jaycee dugard case. dugard was just 11 years old when she was abducted in southlake leak back in 1991. -- south lake tahoe back in 1991. she was discovered 18 years later. he face 431 years in jail. nancy garrido could get 181 if convicted. she has pled not guilty in the case. >>> also this morning, the announcement of a verdict in a civil trial connected to an alleged gang-rape in santa clara county. the case involves two members of the de anza college baseball team. sued by a young woman who says she was raped at an off-campus party four years ago. she is seeking $7.5 million in damages. si

so why do the followers of pastor joel olestein cry? >>> who provides the fastest internet service and how do mobile and at&t merger up? the answer in tonight's consumerwatch. >>> here it comes, details on the next rate hike from pg&e. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, world. and tonight, tens of thousands are expected to pack lion to see a mega >>> given hope an inspiration to millions of people all over the world and tonight tens of thousands are expected to pack hp pavilion to see a mega pastor speak. linda yee is in san jose with a look at why millions around the globe are so inspired. >> reporter: 12,000 people, at least 12,000 people expected here tonight in san jose. earlier today at a book signing hundreds waited in line just to meet him. >> i will be praying for you too. >> i will be there tonight. >> reporter: a minister with almost rock star status. he is popular. joel olestein has made it his mission to give people hope. >> thank you. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: even when life seems so unbearable. >> i just get so emotional becaus

joel anthony sparks the ply. heat win going away 94-73. >>> bulls and pacers, derek rose score 36. the ashton kutcher look alike knocks down the three. chicago up five in the time minute. bulls win, 96-90. they lead the series, 2-0. >>> the bruins finally showed up for the nhl playoffs. they beat the canadiens in the game three. in for the goal, bruins win, 4-2. >>> penguins and lightning, check out the big hit behind the net. that leads to an outnumbered attack for the pens and that they make tampa pay giving pittsburgh a 1-0 lead. let's take another look at the hit. then lovejoy sacrifices his body to the make a play. penguins win, 3-2. they lead the series, 2-1. >>> finally, it's the oldest and most prestigious marathon in the world and now it may be considered too easy. the boston marathon is finished in a staggering 2 hours, 52 minutes and 3 seconds. international body likely won't recognize it. they say a strong hail wind and a downhill course has made the once toughest race in the world easy for the runners. i don't care what they say. it's impressive no matter what the cour

joel brown has the latest. >> reporter: these cheering supporters refused to leave moammar gadhafi's tripoli compound so they can stay on as human shields. >> we are not afraid. we will always protect our leader. >> reporter: on state tv thursday, the ruler released a statement saying he's not the one who should go. but that's exactly what rebel forces are demanding. they fired rockets to try to retake the oil town of braga, still their weapons proved no match for gadhafi's better- equipped troops. officials estimate about a quarter of gadhafi's forces have been knocked out of action but still have a 10-1 advantage over the rebels. >> what the opposition needs as much as anything right now is some training, some command and control and some organization. >> on capitol hill thursday, top military leaders acknowledge the rebels need help. but said if anyone is going to arm or train them, it shouldn't be the u.s. >> do you know if there is any time in the future there are going to be boots on the ground in libya? >> not as long as i'm in this job. >> now that nato is in control, the pen

i road in last night with joel smith and he said with a wink and nunl, never turn down a trip to san francisco or new orleans. we have one still left. all right. i'm going to talk about a shared resource in the west and my first thing here is all important dividing line on the upper and lower basin colorado line. this photograph was taken lo 1880's and you will see the lower right, the founder. john lee is actually my grant grant grand father. you might think it's remarkable to be a descendant of the guy, but he had 21 lives and by my count about 2500 descendants right about now. let's go to the next. you probably all know the overview of the river. those that never heard of the colorado river let me give you facts. 7 states and two nations share it. the fastest growing part of the nation by percentage or numbers. including utah, arizona, and nevada and california just on sheer numbers. 8 percent of the land area in the united states and it has 60 million acre feet of storage and that's closest to the highest in the world relative to it's annual flow of 15 million acre flow a year. i

. >> yeah, thanks joel. well, precipitation is still roblematic but there's this >> there's a tendency for more wetness in tropical climates. it's kind of if you shift the whole frequency distribution of temperature to the warm side and naturally the tail shifts as well and you get

. >> i'm joel smith and i want to pick up on peters comments. i'm very impressed by this workshop on assessing the climate change and it begs the question, should all utilities or those officer time size be required to look at implications of climate changes over 30 or 50 - whatever the planning verizon is, the things peter is talking about. in britain and correct me if i'm wrong, their required to look at the long-term plan and suggest if their robust against a long term plan. i think it's making water managers look very seriously at this. i throw that out as a possibility. >> i'm at,mwah. they have asked me to lead our climate change commitment and people ask the same thing. what do we do? what are we doing? is this real? to synthesize and follow up, i like peters comments. one of this things we do when we talk to more and more people is seeing a transition from a world we were focused on and meeting a regulatory world and now we're being asked to look external and further from the small boundaries of our communities and where do we sit. some

i talked to joel about this. it would be great to have a collection of real on ground so you can deal with the explicit issue of climate change whether or not reservoir rules have been adjusted already. what's actually been done? what changes have we seen? success stories would be very valuable to a lot of management in different places what has not been done? unfortunately, my list is longer here. a few flood examples in 2002 the california flood management task force held a hearing and a number of speakers came and talked about climate change and change of the way we do flood changing and maybe i'm miss reading the flood change task force but i would argue they ignore that and nothing they recommend took climate change into account. we no, fema, flood map's don't incorporate future risks and some say they don't adequately incorporate flood risks. the story we heard from david on often does but insurance companies are interested in this because they obviously have a financial stake in that and we may see some ch

joel rifkin, an out of work landscaper who admitted murdering 17 women in 1993. >> you think you do have a serial killer on your hands? >> reporter: fred klein, who prosecuted rifkin, says new york is not unique. >> the fbi will tell you at any given period in time there are several serial killers active in metropolitan areas who are completely undetected. >> reporter: eventually, he says, most killers make mistakes. >> rifkin was caught only because he was driving around with a dead body in a pickup truck that had no license plate on it. >> reporter: meanwhile, the search for clues and perhaps more bodies stretches over many miles. a baffling and brutal crime spree. apparently the work of one prolific killer. ron allen, nbc news, new york. >>> when we come back, you might be surprised to see where bob dylan is performing these days. >>> in case you haven't noticed, gasoline prices continue to go up. the average price of a gallon of regular jumped 19% over the last three weeks, according to the lundberg survey. that puts the price at $3.76 a gallon. tucson, arizona, had the lowest averag

. >> after joel lot of the suspects during the chase he said he came back to see what he could do to help brian stowe, his friend who was also an emt was at the scene already. >> they also spoke to the police after the incident. >> they have. >> yeah. and it's good to see that someone is coming forward. >> it does appear to be a positive step forward. they make it clear that there were other people, a large number of people coming out of the stadium at the time, the same time they were so quite possibly others saw the same incident and they to can come forward with as much information as they can to help flesh out the suspects. . and there is still that 100,000-dollar reward leading to the arrest. >> absolutely. >> thank you very much. >> and you can see more of the interview with that couple tomorrow on the cbs early show. it starts at 7:00 a.m. right here on cbs5. >>> during that game stowe was worried about the crowd, he texted his family members saying that he felt scared. joe vasquez with what you can do if you feel that way. >> reporter: you're never going to stop all fights bu

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northland church and its prominent senior pastor joel hunter have been on the cutting edge of using new technologies, and they are helping others follow suit, especially churches in other parts of the world. their online worshippers, they say, are demographically much like those who attend the main service. but the online ministry allows northland to connect with people who wouldn't have been comfortable attending a church. at the same time, clark says northland has created a worldwide church community. >> the relationships the apostle paul had that we see throughout the new testament were often carried out by letter and i don't think there's anything that substantially different than what we are doing here. still, some question the nature of a virtual religious community. >> there's a level of trust and support and accountability that you get in a face-to-face relationship with someone which i don't think is possible online. >> reverend henry brinton of fairfax presbyterian church in virginia believes that, especially in the christian tradition, there are limits to how much worship can

and on to the arm of rocker, billy joel. and while over the years she has known her share of heartbreak and breakups, the california girl with the easy smile continues to captivate. from the big screen on "national lampoon's vacation." and it's "vegas" sequel. to the world stage, doing humanitarian work with united nations. even serving as a delegate and "gma" contributor at the 2000 democratic convention. >> it's so exciting to be right here, on the floor. look at this. >> reporter: but now, after playing the roles of model, mother and american muse, later this week, brinkley takes on a new challenge, broadway diva. >>> and joining us now to talk about her big broadway debut is supermodel, christie brinkley. it's so exciting to have you in the studio this morning. >> thank you. thanks for having me. >> broadway. wow. what made you decide to do this? >> they asked. i wasn't going to spend the rest of my life wondering, i should have, should have, could have. what if? they asked if i was interested in doing this. and so, i as

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