coast. 70 in seattle. 95 in sacramento. phoenix 108. billings 73. 90s from dallas to detroit. near 80 here in new york. 88 in miami. a winter storm way out in new zealand is being blamed for stirring up dangerous surf in southern california. it may have claimed at least one life. the search has been called off for a boogie boarder who vanished off huntington beach. the 24-year-old had gone into the rough waters with friends despite warnings from lifeguards who were ending their shifts for the night. security is being increased across the country as the tenth anniversary of 9/11 approaches. abc news has learned that the fbi and intelligence ancies are now ramping up, concentrating on landmarks and transportation hubs. agents are urgently hunting for any clues of a terrorist plot. they say a major concern is the lone wolf, a home-grown terrorist who had done little to draw attention to himself. there s added controversy this morning about those new airport scanners. german offici
supply chain to households, costing an estimated $3.9 billion. supermarkets are genuinely, i think, trying to avoid food waste once they have purchased the product. but by rejecting certain forms of food before it gets to them, particularly in fresh produce, saying actually no, this carrot doesn t look like, we re not going to buy it, what ends up happening is that food is wasted before the supermarket purchases it. reporter: supermarkets are aware of our fleeting fancies and how we ve evolved into fussy eaters which is why they try to make sure any surplus at store level is reused. one way is to donate it to charities. we get in the region of about 3,000 tons of food a year. we reckon that that s less than 1% of the edible food that could be used to feed people in need across the uk. so i think on those statistics, everybody would admit and agree that there s more that we can do.
let s turn to andrew breitbart of biggovernment.com, well-known conservative activist. we richbted him on this program, he could not do it, said he had scheduling problems. here s what he had to say with fox s sean hannity about shirley sherrod. i have not asked that she i have not asked that she get fired. i have not asked for an investigation into her. the whole point was to show that for the naacp to spend five days on national tv saying that the tea party is racist without any evidence when we can prove that the central argument didn t happen and the mainstream media won t play it as you know, joan walsh, breitbart kind of fancies himself as a new media guy taking on the liberal press. how badly has he been damaged by this whole episode? you know, that depends on how the media treats his garbage in the future, howie. he should have already been discredited because he did the exact or not exact same thing. he did a similar thing to acorn. you know, when law enforcement l