-sandy, this is marcus. -sandy: hi. lemonis: hi, sandy. i'm marcus. sandy: it's a pleasure to meet you. shauna: sandy's in charge of all of our candy and merchandise. lemonis: and so your full-time job is the candy store? sandy: no. h.r., payroll duties. this is last on my list. -lemonis: yeah. -sandy: yeah. lemonis: i've never seen a candy store or any retail business that has its h.r. director running the merchandise. i guess i shouldn't be that surprised. if they don't see the importance of having their ice cream be special, why would the candy be any different? it's a nice attempt at a theme, but i'm not really sure that the theme's clear to me. when you walk in the front door, it looks like they went to the local convenience store and just said, "give me some lollipops and some sweet tarts." it's not nostalgic. there's nothing really curated. and what's this -- all this bacon? why do you have bacon cotton candy? sandy: people like bacon right now. same thing with the bacon soda. lemonis: i mean, i know the craze with bacon, but how does it connec

they're charged with altering engineering reports on sandy damaged homes. those alterations, prosecutors say, resulted in smaller payouts for sandy victims from the national flood insurance program. >> he is completely innocent. he did not defraud anybody. >> reporter: a stone faced matthew would more after he was freed on bail. the attorney general isn't actually saying why the engineer and his company created the fraudulent documents. smaller insurance payouts for some sandy victims to delay the rebuilding of their homes or in some cases to simply walk away >> the insurance company is scamming the homeowners. they should be penalized in some way or another and held accountable. >> reporter: the head of fema's flood insurance program apologized for alleged underpayments during a visit to long island last august. he agreed to re-examine some claims. but the lawyer for high-rise engineering says what happened here is no crime. >> we steadfastly maintain there was never any intent to defraud any homeowner. >> reporter: tonight news 4 engineering's partner com

today on charges that he and his former employer high-rise engineering ripped off sandy victims. they altered engineering reports that were done on sandy damaged homes, and those altered documents resulted in smaller payouts from the national flood insurance program. now the attorney general doesn't say how many sandy victims were entered not guilty pleas to that 50-count indictment. sandy victims say all of this caused unnecessary financial hardships and may have prevented some families from actually rebuilding their homes. >> when we were in the worst of trouble, the insurance companies was trying to fix the numbers. it was messing up the people something fierce and it was really unfair. >> reporter: his lawyer told me his client is completely innocent and he did anyone, a statement that was echoed by the attorney for high-rise engineering. but complaints and allegations of fraud in this area began popping up more than two years ago resulting in these indictments. we're in long beach tonight. greg cergol, news 4 new york. >> thank you. >>> a 9-year-old brooklyn boy pulled from

high-rise engineering, a firm hired by insurance companies to evaluate damage caused by superstorm sandy. >> he was completely innocent. he did not defraud anybody. he looks forward to being vindicated in court. >> the firm is also named in the criminal indictment. >> we're disappointed that the attorney general's determined to bring the allegations. we maintain there was never any intent to defraud any homeowner. >> reporter: home damage inspection reports were illegally changed to make it look like the structural damage to a home was not caused by sandy. it meant homeowners could not get fema money for repairs. this investigation, which

why, sandy? sandy: to hopefully give us the resources to go further. lemonis: where i got hung up is this notion of how some people don't get paid but they write checks and they invest. and so, out of that $300,000, $50,000 is gonna go towards giving josh his money back. out of everybody in this room, including them, you've written the biggest check in the room. did you know that? -josh: i didn't know. lemonis: and you work here and you don't get paid. and so, i think that level of dedication is the reason that i came back today. sandy, i feel like you should have some equity in the business. -sandy: thank you. -lemonis: you're full time. you're a department manager. and so is chris. you're also a department manager. and so, the idea was $300,000 for 40%. out of that 40%, you're getting 5%, you're getting 5%, and you're getting 5%. that's out of my pocket. -josh: sounds great. that's really cool of you to give me that sort of deal, and i appreciate it. lemonis: you guys do great work. the product's legit. i mean, it's good. every single one of you cont

sandy spring road. 4500 block. when they arrived they found a man in 20s inside the home suffering from gunshot wound to upper body and say he was taken to a hospital where he later died. police are on scene as they conduct their investigation. they're interviewing witnesses and they cannot confirm a motive at this time and don't know what led up to the shooting and do believe the victim and suspect knew each other. they're asking anyone with crimes division. police are on the scene of san sandy spring road. this is a big thorough way. if you are headed by this area look for police cars on the shoulder and possible slow downs later this morning. liver in burtonville, mem anjali hemphill, local news. >> we want to get back to that -- all right we want to stay on this story the fbi investigating a stabbing in row mok virginia as a possible act of terrorism. >> the suspect attacked people as they were going no the complex and they said they have never seen him before. >> we realized something wrong 10:30.

once you get inland, north central, it's not sandy of soil. you have the threat of too much rain in too short of time, flooding out basements and after 10:00 tonight, before the dawn hours, areas north and west, could get a heavy thunderstorm happening. tuesday, a stray shower, we move in a different direction, the pattern becomes dry, pleasant, wednesday and thursday look great. mostly dry, the threat of showers is out of the tristate. better weather, as heat and humidity, familiar to august, will return to the near 90- seven-day forecast. friday 88. keeping that numb at the present time in to saturday and sunday with the greatest threat over the weekend of showers on saturday. basically we got today, part of tomorrow with the stray shower and on saturday the threat of rain. in between, very nice weather shaping up. heading out the door this morning, for whatever you have planned expect temperatures to top off 80 degrees, no matter >>> we will talk about the subway status, signal problems, delays as a result. a stall inbound, upper level of t

many call this the worst natural disaster since super storm sandy. thunderstorms could bring more rain and search teams look for possible survivors. >> we are going door to door. if anyone is unaccounted for. this is a tight knit community but if anyone is missing, making sure everyone is accounted for. lauren: president obama will travel to louisiana to survey the damage. that's happening tomorrow. donald trump and mike pence visited the state back on friday. nicole: after locally transmitted zika cases found in two neighborhoods in the miami-dade county. health officials warning besides florida other gulf states are vulnerable to the virus. >> the ones that are at most risk george are those along the coast. i won't be surprise if we see cases in texas and louisiana particularly now where you have flooding in louisiana. there's going to be a lot of problems getting rid of standing water. nicole: you don't want to hear that. more than 100 zika cases reported in florida. congressional lawmakers in both parties remain lock in battle over billion dollar

sandy will remain at lenox hill hospital for a couple nights. after that she'll have to learn two things she hasn't really been able to do. >> on one side i feel good. sandy will be relieved of this. on another side i feel nervous and i'm scared. i don't know the plans god has for my daughter. >> reporter: they have four other children. sandy is their baby. >> although she is this way, she is also smiling. she wakes up with a smile on her face. >> reporter: and hopefully she'll soon be able to smile without suffering. lauren glassberg, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> hope it goes well. so many talented performers got its own tkts booth today. the one in times square is always a hit, but there is a special popup booth open for a limited run of just three months. it starts selling today at lincoln center box office on west 62nd street and the booth will sell discounted tickets for the full range of performing arts across new york city. >>> growing concerns tonight about the spread of the mumps on long island. 20 cases. >> i'm liz cho. coming up at 6

a total of 71 people have now been busted for filing false applications for sandy funds since march of 2014. >>> a fire island marina that was damaged by superstorm sandy is finally getting an upgrade starting next month. it is a $5.5 million project at the watch hill marina. it will be closed to ferry service through next summer. project to clean up the hudson river. the man raising the questions? the state's environmental conservation commissioner. the recently completed dredging of contaminated sediment left too much industrial waste behind in the upper part of the river. the clean up needs resume because unacceptable levels of toxins remain in the waters. >>> from now through saturday, you connecticut's 6% sales tax on clothing and shoe purchases that total less than 100 bucks. >> it is a big savings. it just ends up costing so much money. i think anywhere where you can save something take advantage of it. >> connecticut officials say the tax-free holiday is likely to cost the state around $4.5 million. they're hope that's offset by a big boost for businesses. >>> in bridgeport, po

another person speaking out-- the daughter of a sandy hook shooting victim. "(erica (lafferty) smegielski- daughter of sandy hook victim)- "for someone to be able to make a joke about gun violence in the world that we live in, in the country that we live in, where 30,000-plus americans are murdered or killed with a gun every it's distasteful, it's disgusting, and it is-- i know he likes this word-- not presidential of him." " erica smegielski sent this tweet to the republican presidential nominee--- saying- you think gun violence is a joke? would love to tell you about mom's life and gruesome murder. smegielski is the daughter of the principal-- killed in the sandy hook massacre. since the shooting-- she has be a vocal proponent of stricter gun laws. a 20-year-old from virginia is undergoing a psychological evaluation after spending three hours scaling the trump tower. the police say the man was staying at the new york hotel... and wanted to meet with donald trump. around four o'clock-- witnesses noticed him climbing the building using suction cups... he made

within days of sandy hitting. but at that time, it wasn't president obama who was criticized for his visit. in the since of new jersey at least, very timely visit. it was christie who was criticized for being seen by some as cozying up to president obama for complimenting the federal response. for giving him a hug at one point. so it really works both ways here. and we will see what president obama has to say as well as the response to that. the white house is mostly concerned with the local response, with reaching out to people, with connecting with them. and most importantly for disbursing federal fund already on the way. >> i was waiting in ohio for president obama at the time and he cancelled his events and instead went to the jersey shore and i recall michelle even after the election when obama won there were folks who had supported romney who felt that chris christie had really -- some say he cost romney the election. whether that's true or not. but they did not like that he did. . that's a good point. >> es

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my mom was the principal at sandy hook school in newtown. she died that day protecting the young children in her care. when it came time to vote on background checks, pat toomey crossed party lines to do the right thing. that's who he is, and i'm grateful. independence usa pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> she's got it. >> "american ninja warrior" is back and tonight the competition returns to philadelphia where 30 competitors will challenge an even more difficult course. for the first time in the show's history four women will compete in the philadelphia finals. see how they do right here at 8:00 on nbc 10 and you may remember i tried to tackle the course myself when "american ninja warrior" came to town. see how i did by visiting the website nbc 10 or tapping on the nbc 10 app and i can vouch for how challenging it is. go ladies, for sure. for glenn and all of us here at nbc 10, thanks for watching. i'm keith jones. up next, "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. we'll see you later. >>> tonight, paying the price. ma

and again, worse since hurricane sandy or supe sandy. and let's go ahead and check in with the current conditions in cleveland. 64 degrees right now. we have the flow from the south and that is significant and i can see that punishing them. and now, new tomorrow, we're going to start to experience the cold front. and let's talk about the timing on this. the future cast. morning, notice what happened. more cloud coverage and still a good amount of sunshine and we're warming up into the upper 70s and 80s by lunchtime. by this afternoon and evening, these temperatures are still pretty high. 7:00 p.m., 87 degrees and that is a lot of heat in the evenings. we'll use the atmosphere starting to trigger off thunderstorms. and this evening, there is more isolated in nature and this is going to be a situation where we see the stronger storms overnight. and during the hours, we're going to hear a lot of rumbles of thunder, and we push ahead into thursday afternoon. and we get that second batch of storms. though, this is twofold. and we should start

whether it's super storm sandy or new jersey and where christie worked with the president it's important to go will and see devastation and i think this was a very good move by the trump campaign and he think after obama goes hillary will go. >> as a great observation in which order hillary can go and you mentioned comparisons at the start of conversation and comparison chris christie threw himself into the conversation to make was about hurricane sandy and part of the statement christie relesioned is president obama should do what we did in new jersey put politics aside and put victims first. it's interesting to think back on the visit and hug that was not a hug. i'll go on the record. >> and a say it was not a hug. >> christie i remember that. >> how people pointed to that this is not about politics or mitt romney or race. >> the president during maybe i'm geting too deeply into thinking through the motive behind. it but it did leave me with questions when i read this release from christie. it brought me back to that very controversial step to welcome the president into his state durin

more than 650,000 homes were destroyed or damaged in hurricane sandy in 2012. thousands of people lost everything. >> we were able to respond in a way that the big bureaucratic agencies can't. >> reporter: tammy shapiro is one of the organizers of occupy sandy grew out of the occupy wall street movement. when the hurricane struck they had a network of activists connected and waiting. >> very quickly, we just stopped taking clothes. >> a relief supply registry, using a wedding registry. >> we put the items we needed donated on that registry. and then, people who wanted to donate could buy the items that were needed. a lot of what we had on the wedding registry was diapers. they needed -- flash lights. >> reporter: how transportable is your experience here following hurricane sandy? >> for me the network is key. who has the knowledge? where are spaces that goods can live if there is a disaster? who is really well connected on their blocks. >> this was taken in port-au-prince in haiti. >> the album of disaster images shows shot after shot of good intentions, just

in hurricane sandy, absolutely was one of those instances. and while i am a fiscal conservative and not going to apologize for that, i'll say again, there are situations where the existing system is overwhelmed, sandy one of those. i can't speak to the vote those folks made. i'm not aware of exactly what was in that package and if there were things in there that were superfluo superfluous or not. in situations like that, i think you have an obligation as a nation to step in and provide assistance, because the reality is, if you don't, many of these people, as you just saw, have lost everything. they have lost their cars, they have lost their homes, their clothes, everything. and if you're going to get them back on their feet, and they're not going to become subject to federal poverty programs, there is going to need to be some type of assistance. >> right, and going back to some of those who criticize president obama for not visiting sooner, the expire louisiana delegation, including congressman scalise, who i just mentioned, signed a letter

one-year-old sandy diaz from threatening tumor on her face at lenox hill hospital. we heard from the doctors today midway through the procedure. and they say everything is according to plan. and that sandy is doing well. >>> changing the conversation about domestic violence. one survivor is using her career as a makeup artist to help other victims of. -- to help other victims. cbs 2's vanessa murdoch reports. >> we have to keep going. >> reporter: 11 years ago, the we'll call her lily, nearly killed her. he claimed he just wanted to talk. >> he suddenly pulled out a knife from his socks and i don't know, he just started attacking me right there. >> reporter: he stabbed and slashed her so violently, she spend three months recovering in the hospital. >> us women, we no longer feel attractive, no longer feel pretty because we feel damaged. >> reporter: makeup helped transform her life. at first it was a necessity. learn how to hide some stuff, um, how to, um, fix my scars with makeup. >> reporter: each brush stroke helped her heal. now she is a professional and uses he

my mom was the principal at sandy hook school in newtown. she died that day protecting the young children in her care. when it came time to vote on background checks, pat toomey crossed party lines to do the right thing. that's who he is, and i'm grateful. independence usa pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. >>> wouned warrior theft. someone stole thousands of dollars worth of bicycles meant to help injured veterans. >> post-olympic surge. our local athletes indulge once the games are over. >>> hero's welcome. chase utley gets several standing ovations and hits a grand slam in his very first game back in philadelphia. >>> nbc 10 news starts now. >> good evening, i'm jim rosenfield. and we begin with a big blow to the wounded warrior project. thieves managed to steal nearly $40,000 worth of bikes and equipment from the veteran's group. police say the bikes were supposed to be used at the veteran organization's bike race this past weekend. nbc 10's brandon hudson shows us how the group now plans to get back on track. >> rep

so sandy and her parents moved to a crucial risky next step. when, god willing, she's going to be able to get rid of this. >> the malformation is all the way through and goes behind the airway. >> reporter: the surgical dream team for removing the big cluster of lymphatic vessels and fluid, the doctor is world renowned in the field. >> anatomically everything is distorted. the nerves are not in the right place. >> reporter: th will dramatically improve her life involves pioneering medical techniques that weren't even around when dr. wayneer started this important work. >> we had to wait for the patient to fully wake up and determine whether or not we had damaged anything. >> reporter: advanced electrical monitoring shows doctors where nerves are and how they're responding to surgery. it is expected to take five hours to remove 90% of the mass with results doctors hope will be similar to this patient. photos at 2 and 9 years old. this mother says her four other children are protective and sandy will return to the loving home as a miracle baby. d

today is robert's mother's birthday. >> come on, sandy, pick up. >> hello? >> sandy, it's steve. set another plate for tonight's dinner. i'm going up to pick robert up. >> oh, my god! >> i think this will be the last time i ever see this prison. >> reporter: at last, the final drive to robert's prison with the news that both had dreamed of for all those years. >> hey, robert. >> hello, hello, hello. >> reporter: how are you feeling? >> i'm -- i'm elated. i -- can't -- words can't describe it. words cannot describe. i'm just so happy. if it wasn't for that man fightin' for me right there i wouldn't be out right now. and this is just overwhelmin' right now. i'm outside of these fences, man! hello. i'm just getting ready to pull out. yeah, it's unreal, mom! as long as this ain't a dream, i'm leaving right now. >> reporter: and that very night, robert was together again with his mother, his brother, and freedom. >> robert! it's you. it's you. this is my boy. he's home! >> reporter: how does it feel out here? >> it feels great, man. >> reporter: a few weeks ago we came to see robert h

sandy kenyon has its story. >>reporter: she has a deal with the records thanks to the music she makes in her home singing live online. while justin had to depend on you tube to break th friends use an app that is much more spontaneous and interactive. >> hello, everybody. >> the connection between artist and audience has never been closer. >> ? just take a look at us ? ? >> 17-year-old hail low knox is using ann april called you now playing an original song live for her 84,000 followers who get of the comments are positive and i'd say the community as a whole is really amazing. >> young performers play to each other and to millions of fans who thanks to this app, can now feel apart of her suck sus. >> it keeps growing. the more i go live, the more - it's fun and simple. ? -- >> the interaction begin was a picture posted o >> this picture is what those see on twitter or tumbler. look, hailey is with sandy and they watch it on you live now. >> hailey picked up the george star at 7 and started performing at 11. 2 y

hurricane sandy was that kind of event. it looks like a category two hurricane. it was because of the immense ocean waves and we have had almost a foot of rain. >> they will take a look at the 25 years since hurricane bob. what we can all do in order to prepare. ed: a new way to solve problems on the computer rail -- commuter rail. let's take a look at how numbers heather: provocative questions is the effort to legalize recreational marijuana in massachusetts. ed: right now 4 states, colorado, washington, oregon and alaska have all legalized pot use. the district of columbia has also done the same. question 4 would allow adults 21 and older to use and cultivate marijuana. the drug would be regulated and taxed by the commonwealth. yes on 4 advocates dispute >> we have not seen a single credible study that shows marijuana is a gateway to anything. if there is a gateway it is two things, tobacco and alcohol. we have seen early use of that. ed: watch the entire conversation on the record sunday at 11:00. we examined the question of legalizing marijuana. heather: the

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sandy, pick up. >> sandy, it is steve. set another plate for tonight's dinner, going out to pick up robert up. >> oh my god. >> you think this would last be the last time ill ever see this prison. >> the news both have dreamed of for all those years. >> hey, robert. >> hello, hello. >> how are you feel sing? >> i am elated. i am so happy. if it was not for that man fighting for me right there, i would not be out right now. it is just overwhelming right now. >> i don't know how -- i am outside of these fences, man. hello? >> just getting read did to pull out. >> yeah. >> it is unreal mom. >> it is not a dream, i am leaving right now. that very night, robert was together again with his mother, brother and freedom. >> robert. [ laughs ] love you! it is you! my boy. he's home. ♪ how does it feel out here? >> it feels great. >> a few weeks later we came to see robert in his new apartment in charlottesville, virginia, his own apartment. he tells us there is no room for bitterness. there is too much to do. so here we are. >> ye

this is video from sky fox over the scene as it unfolded on sandy spring road. no word on the circumstances surrounding that shooting. >>> 5:45 is the time now, live look outside. it's very pleasant. yet again on this wednesday morning. but, enjoy it while you can. >> changes are coming. >> that's right. >> i stopped see i'm a team player. >> i understand. >> i didn't pick up the ball. i should shtaken the shot. >> that's exac >> i'm going to get the rebound and take it now. st. mary county going back to school and montgomery county monday notice my theme for the entire week it's all about going back to school. see. there you go. >> it's about educating our children. >> there you go. >> no one will excited about monday getting here than one wisdom martin. >> he'll smile 4:25 until 1. >> 2348 something in the afternoon. >> until the viewers -- >> me might be nice during the commercial breaks next week. >> he might be. >> no promises. >> 6 degrees here in town now. 61 gaithersburg and 63 -- see they put us altogether in the same studio and it gets crazy. around th

the red cross says this is sandy... and damages could be more than a billion dollars. more than 8-thousand people are staying in shelters right now.. not knowing what will be left of their home when they return. sot tasha remondet, flood victim right now i'm just really overwhelmed. i don't know if i want to cry, do cartwheels. i don't know what i'm feeling right now. this is tragic. officials say less than 20-percent of flooding victims have flood insurance. taylor swift is pitching in to in a statement to c-n-n-- swift called the situation "heartbreaking" and encouraged others to help out. check this out! lightning lights up the night sky over new york city. photographer anthony quintano snapped these electrifying photos from across the hudson river in hoboken, new jersey. the storms also brought some much- needed rain to the area. the national weather service says some parts of new york city are in a moderate to at ea high desert area of san bernardino county we're taking a live look at the blue cut area of san bernardino county we're taking a live look at the blue

my mom was the principal at sandy hook school in newtown. she died that day protecting the young children in her care. when it came time to vote on background checks, pat toomey crossed party lines to do the right thing. that's who he is, and i'm grateful. independence usa pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. i'm hillary clinton, and i approve this message. michael hayden: if he governs consistent with some of the things he said as a candidate, i would be very frightened. gillian turner: he's been talking about the option of using a nuclear weapon against our western european allies. max boot: this is not somebody who should be handed the nuclear codes. charles krauthammer: you have to ask yourself, do i want a person of that temperament controlling the nuclear codes? and as of now, i'd have to say no. [bill o'reilly sighs] >>> good morning, everyone. jessica boyington right now checking on the roads. we're watching out in blue bell for a downed tree that actually was caused from last night's storms. stenson avenue is clos

. >> well, a local firm is accused of cheating superstorm sandy victims. >> collecting the in surance machine thy they were entitled to. thand -- >> breaking news just sweet birthday sur praise that brought this grand ma to tears. ? ? ? ? kill them with kindness ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? >> superstorm sandy victims cheated out federal aid they deserve ina local engineering firm altered claims to make it seem like homeowners did not qualify for any money from the federal flood insurance program. >> sharon crowley explain house the alleged fraud was uncovered. >> matthew did not talk to reporters as he left the nassau county criminal courthouse in mineola, long island today. he has plead not guilty to fraud forgery and practicing engineering with without a at geb high-rise engineering a firm hired by insurance companies to evaluate damage caused by superstorm sandy. >> that is completely innocent. he could not defraud anyone and looked forward to being in vated in court. >> the new york attorney general means the firm in the 50-count criminal indictment. >> we're disappointed the attorney g

. >>> just ahead, four years later sandy hook elementary ushers in a new school. >>> southest under a tropical storm watch and bill is >> two system wills impact the u.s. both look to be on the minor side. this is headed for the tropical banks. it should be no more than a brush ton coastal areas. what is more of a concern is what will happen in the gulf. they do have it hitting into northern portions of florida thursday, thursday night and becoming a strong tropical storm. that's a much bigger story. i ahead. well, temperatures are northern rockies will be very warm. look how hot it still it in washington state. not quite as bad today in sacramento or fresno. pretty warm on the west there. it is back under a team of six after spending a full year in total isolation it was the longest to understand how a yearlong deep space mission would understand astronauts. "early today" back in two. ck in. but entresto is a medicine that helps make more tomorrows possible. ? tomorrow, tomorrow... ? ? i love ya, tomorrow ? in the largest heart failure study ever. ive and out of the hospital than a l

. >> reporter: this is sandy jones home in cleveland heights. 30x48. the vaughn tiny and pretty much dormant. imagine her surprise when she got a bill from cleveland heights for one mowing. a bill for $605. sandy jones is almost 75-years-old and you would be hard pressed to call her elderly. this is the first time she mowed her grass since july. and same time at this property. she was informed cleveland ht administrative fee. >> i was flabbergasted. $605. i couldn't possibly imagine what this is for. >> we are in the middle of a drought. if this yard wasn't mowed in five weeks, could this yard need mowing after two and a half weeks. >> the young lady checked the file. she said the lawn was in disarray. he made it neat. no response after a week and she called us. we went to city hall. >> mr. harris wasn't in and butler got an answer quickly. >> we cut a house at 895 and billed the wrong address. >> sandy's address is 985 and not 895. a simple number is responsible. what's next? >> we sent her a voided copy of the bill. >> sandy had to go to doesn't know

the sandy beach add materially to the region. think of the peace of a camp like this where trees lift themselves 300 feet from the springy turf with the incense of redwood, pine and fir. at patrick's point, for ofs give way to meadows and meadows in turn to the sea. one stretch the beach is being cleaned from debris to prime ocean brathing. undergrowth is deep and work is being carefully done to preserve it. >> one of the interesting activities of the boys here is the making of redwood signs to mark trails and places of interest. unusual talents among widely r varied lines are being uncovered among the enrollees. >> from roads along the tumultuous big sur river there are vistas of rapids, waterfalls, stately forests and lofty mountain peaks. just before it plunges into the pacific, the big sur traverses a beautiful valley about 250 feet above sea level. they're comprised in this outstanding state park area variously named from the big sur river, and fiver's woods and fiver's point which is in the same vicinity. mountain streams a

it's being called the country's worst natural disaster since hurricane sandy... this morning, the death toll from flooding in louisiana continues to rise. officials say at least 13 people have died as a result of flooding in the state. jackie ibanez, has pinion says: "it's getting bad. we're losing a bunch of homes." the flooding in louisiana claims more lives and homes... as the water moves down stream. governor john bel edwards tours the hard hit parishes of livingston and ascension... where thousands have lost everything. edwards says: "we have thousands and thousands, tens of thousands of homes that obviously have been damaged. we have schools that cannot open. so, we have an awful lot of work to do." evacuations continue... with tens-of-thousands forced from their homes since the rain started last friday. the mayor in sorr three-quarters of his town is underwater. lambert says: "some have inches, some have feet. my house has probably 5 feet. it just depends on what part of town you are as to the inundation." while many have lost everything... the flooding ha

kerry: a local engineering firm is accused of cheating superstorm sandy victims out of insurance money. dari: sharon crowley shows us how dozens got allegedly shortchanged. >> matthew did not talk to reporters as he left the nassau county criminal courthouse in mineola, long island today. he has pled not guilty to fraud, forgery and practicing engineering he was a project manager at geb high-rise engineering, a firm hired by insurance companies to evaluate damage caused by superstorm sandy. >> he was completely innocent. he did not defraud anybody. he looks forward to being vindicated in court. >> the firm is also named in the criminal indictment. >> we're disappointed that the attorney general's determined to bring the allegations. we maintain there was never any intent to defraud any homeowner. >> reporter: home damage inspection reports were illegally changed to make it look like the structural damage to a home was not caused by sandy. it meant homeowners could not get fema money for repairs. this investigation, which started two years ago by the new york attorney general after lawy