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To plead guilty on charges of engaging in sex acts with minors and receiving child pornography. fogle was in court today. court documents indicate he took the plea deal in exchange for a sentence of not more than 12 1/2 years in prison and restitution payments to victims totalling about $1.5 million. also today, fogles wife said she is seeking a divorce. now to some positive news. keeping the water flowing to las vegas is the goal of a billion dollar project thats nearing completion, deep unde...

Will sue observe the massive $3 million gallon spill. >> i think we might and dodge a bullet, might have been lucky and had a visually appalling situation in the end will not leave us with a lot of negative consequences. >> the spill began wednesday when a dam was breached inside the mine and then spread to new mexico and heading to utah, near lake powell a key water source for the southwest. im joined by erin brockovich, a name that you might seem familiar to you based on a little movie a few y...

If you come across food, assume its already bad or tainted. and you literally stake your life on your water source. im sure theyve comed dysentery and probably a few other things. theyve been on the run in hypothermic conditions, especially today and rough terrain. in terms of survival or at least the mind set youre not in a normal survival pattern. most people want to be found and take timeshelter and cleaning out the water. >> weve got video from that cabin. i wonder when you look at this now ...

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 ...

Vehement about their outrage. but to do something is rare. >> we have sent in special forces to work with the officials at boko haram. limited enough that its not worth talking about yet. but theyre trying. they still dont have a read on where the girls are. >> yeah, hopefully we can do something else to help them. im a mother. youre a mother. this is heart renching when you think about the families with the girls out there. god knows the atrocities committed against them. >> it is heart wrenchi...

Of snow. over the years this crucial water source the sierra nevada mountains has been shrinking before our eyes look at the lack of snowfall by 2015. the devastating impact seen here more than 66% of the state now under extreme or exceptional drought. as the water supply windals, california residents are growing desperate. sara sidner joins us from a neighborhood in los angeles. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is unprecedented. one study shows this is the worst drought in californ...

Of the equivalent of a category 4 hurricane weakened as it passed over land. it may strengthen toward the very top of australia. and that second landfall expected to happen in the next 2 24 hours. derek is on top of it for us. >> for cyclones to continue with its strength and organization, it needs an ocean or some sort of water source to give it that fuel and energy needed to stay organized and to stay that category 4 equivalent as it was when it made landfall across the queensland coast. its j...

Ukraine border. >> so, when you say you see no other explanation, are you saying you think hes going to move into eastern ukraine? >> i wouldnt see that he would go into eastern ukraine. if i looked at it today -- nobody really knows. they dont know what his intentions rrks other than you can gauge by history and what his actions are today. if he was going to protect crimea from a military perspective, theres a water source thats several hundred kilometers north of crimea and he needs a land bri...

Reality to billions of people on the planet. thats why we have a sense of urgency about it. these deaths are unnecessary. >> reporter: four years ago damon co-founded water.org, along with environmental engineer gary white. together they traveled the world, from haiti to africa to india, bringing access to safe sanitation by building wells and toilets, even offering microloans to some of the poorest populations. >> instead of just drilling a well and giving to somebody for free, its how do we he...

Water that comes from the sky. and this is one of the reasons why we have the most productive farm land in america here. make no mistake, this water source is critical to life on the great plains, to the people in the heartland. and they are very worried about the aquifer being contaminated from an oil disaster. >> okay. the pipeline comes in and up on the northwest edge of my property. were in a very fragile soil. we have sand and were right over the ogallala aquifer. you dont have to go down v...