for everyone. get out. his own lieutenant-governor running for governor responded this way, if i were governor i sure wouldn t be sitting on the beach if taxpayers didn t have access to state beaches. it s beyond words. then, she just posted this on twitter, saying it s hurting business on the shore. in fact, she names a particular tavern at the entrance to island state beach park that would be full if the beach was open. the governor defending himself on a local news station this morning. the governor has two residences in new jersey, one down at the beach at the state park and one another. the governor is allowed to go to his residences. i m at my residence. i ll tell you this, i said last monday a week ago today no matter what happened we were coming here as a family this weekend. this is where we live.
alternative facts. i think we will take misinformation and weave a tale around it and misrepresent it. this is not an understudied area. there is a bipartisan effort to look at these issues. they re not going to persuade anybody that they have useful information. former white house counsel bob bauer, thanks. still ahead, new jersey state beaches are closed on one of the busiest weekends of the year because of the government s shutdown. that did not stop governor chris christie from enjoying the shore. must be good to be gov. there s a lot of cash in here.
regulators to cut crucial irrigation water to formers who depend ston deon the sacramento river to keep their crops growing. this as they plan to shut down public showers at state beaches as a way to conserve water. everyone in california has been ordered to cut their water use by 25%. that s why it s so shocking that a public water company is accusing actor tom selleck of tapping into a fire hydrant and taking water he never had a right to. nbc s miguel almaguer has more from thousand oaks california. reporter: known to millions as magnum p.i. it took a real life private investigator to accuse one of hollywood s biggest stars of stealing water. this morning tom selleck is in hot water. a lawsuit claims a truck routinely pulled truck from a hydrant and hauleded it eight miles away to his private plush 60-acre ranch. we have a number of folk
24 minutes past the hour right now. nearly nine miles of california coastline, including two santa barbara state beaches, are closed today on the holiday weekend, no less. incredible. think what about it means. no campers, no picnickers and no beach-goers allowed as they are rushing to clean up an oil spill. stephanie elam got a firsthand look inside the command center for cleanup operations. reporter: we never like to see any oil in california s coastline. reporter: from high above, emergency crews survey the coastline north of santa barbara, tracking an oil slick that is clearly visible in the water. all of the data collected up here is analyzed here, the unified command center. together, seven agencies are coordinating the response to the leakage of more than 100,000
long enough so that we can get them completely clean, get them ready to go back out there, but not so long that they start to develop secondary problems and problems with being in captivity. reporter: and because it s also sensitive and delicate the call has gone out to people here not to take it upon themselves to rescue animals that they found. there are people here who are working on that but of course people can t get to these two very popular state beaches. state beaches that will now be closed until june 4th. alex? hey, scott, i mean, in terms of the cleanup, how much progress have they made? i mean, how much can you see granted with the daylight that slick of oil and see it still coming down on the beach coastline? reporter: you can definitely see progress in terms of the beach cleanup. they say they have recovered about 9,000 gallons of an oil and water mix. remember that there was about 21,000 gallons of just oil that