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California, also hawaii and alaska are paying the most. areas in green pay the least. missouri has the lowest state average at 1.70 a gallon. the high evident, california, 2.83. four, three, two, one -- happy new year! yeah. >> this is a rehearsal at mortuary. 1 million people will jam the streets to ring in 2016 on thursday night. the big apple tops national geographic list of top new years eve celebration. las vegas comes in second. rio de janeiro rounds out the top three. new york seems t...

South carolina. you work into mt. pleasant. they recorded 24 inches of rainfall. you do the math for the surface area of south carolina, that equates to 65 billion gallons of water. you take niagara falls, that is how much that flows over the falls in ten days is what occurred in south carolina this weekend. to layout the land of the palmetto state, we are indicating the purple and pink and that is where the heaviest rainfall came down. the state average was 8 inches of rainfall. you take that a...

In the shooting. >> oh, man. kn anything more on this man who shoot him? the father, i guess? >> reporter: we spoke to the dallas county prosecutor who says the 26-year-old james minter has an extensive criminal history, including for assault, crimes involving weapons, and domestic violence. minter is making his initial court appearance right now and the d.a. is asking for mime dollars bond hitches facing three counts of attempted murder which carry touch life in prison. the suspects former girl...

Those improvished areas are these entrenched difficult problems of no job base no education no hope that nothing ever tends to get done about? >> well you know thats got to be a part of it. its a very complex situation. you have thousands of people on the street. i suspect you had thousands of different motivations. clearly, a lack of opportunity is one of them. i did a little homework. the unemployment rate in the center of our major cities are national or state average. thats got to be a part ...

With. my first question -- how badly has your picture-perfect town of carmel been affected by the drought? >> well, were in the same situation as the rest of the state. fortunately, weve been working on water conservation for many years and have now reduced our per capita consumption down to a remarkable 50-gallons per person per day which is roughly 1/3 of the state average. >> that is remarkable. id like to talk about your position as head of the regional water authority, as well. what is the ...

Desalination. third, desalination plants are environmentally problematic if done done right. you have to figure out how to bring in the saltwater without harming marine life. you need to feel -- figure out how to address the large energy depends without increasing your carbon footprint, and you need figure out how to responsibly dispose of the brine created without letting it create dead zones on the bottom of the ocean floor. >> yeah. if not desalination then what are some other viable options?...

Announcement. we are expecting to hear from city officials, the mayor, potentially the police chief after we hear from the d.o.j. today. carol? >> sarah sidner reporting live from ferguson missouri this morning. lets dig deeper with jeff rorda. a former missouri state representative and has staunchly supported missouri law enforcement officers and their tactics. he joins me live. welcome, sir. >> welcome, carol. >> glad youre here. last year you told cbs, quote, whatever has happened in america ...

The great success of a blankfeinable slate after screwing workers. thats what it is. >> bankruptcy leaves businesses with a clean slate. bankruptcy leaves cities with communities in ruin and thats what we have here. in detroit, the unemployment rate is double the state average. property value has plummeted. the city is hemorrhaging residents. residents still face water shutoffs. what a turnaround, governor. kevin orr officially surrenders control of spending and operations today and make no mist...

So, in the police and fireside of the pension house, their pensions were not cut. their cola was cut by about 40%. and on the civil side, their pensions were cut by about 4.5%, but that was significantly better than the almost 26% we would have had to cut back if bedidnt gbwe didnt get that money. so, theres some reductions, but the pensioners, thankfully, and i appreciate their efforts, voted for our restructuring plan by over 82%. so, that was very helpful. >> thomas? >> so, we have a crime ra...

Heyday. it garnered the nickname electric city for the streetcars that ran through the center of town, but when the mine dried up, the prosperity dried up as well. scranton saw a resurgence in the 90s, but this day and age this town is struggling. >> scranton is not having a good time in terms of employment in the sense that our unemployment rate, the last that was published, the data came out of the state is standing around 9.2%. thats in june. which is higher than our state average. our state ...