are here as guests of the libyan government which means pretty much that they get to show us what they want to show us and the places they want to show us. today we were able to get away with a single miner who said "you can go wherever you want and you can speak with whoever you encounter." we saw this bustling vegetable market and started asking away. how are things in tripoli? how are things in libya? >> everything is all right. >> reporter: everything is all right? >> everything is all right. no problem. >> reporter: it was a response we heard dozens of times today. >> very good. very good. >> reporter: while other parts of libya may be ready for civil war. that's not what you hear in tripoli. >> you want to make change, you want to make a revolution, i'm with you guys. but the problem, when you start burning your country, you start

us -- shall be constrained to honor us. kinsman, let us meet the common foe. although far outnumbered, let us show us brave. let us deal one fierce blow. before a slide the open graves -- [tone!] pressed to the wall but dyi dyit fighting back. supervisor avalos: thank you. >> thank you. i am a man never -- i am a member of the arab council of san francisco. i have lived and worked in san francisco for over 20 years. what i am going to address to this committee is about the safety of our community. your approval of this report will assure that the residents of san francisco will be feeling safe. i had the privilege of defending workers in san francisco. we had to fight against the power creating a climate of hate and fear. we want to make sure that the city of san francisco continues to raise the flag ship of protecting civil rights. and to and muslims have the right to feel safe and free -- arabs and muslims have the right to feel safe and free in san francisco along with every other minority in the city. i believe this is a no-brainer for this committee. we wanted to make sure that this goes through without

elizabeth cook shows you us some -- shows us some of the action was caught on tape. >> reporter: yeah, some chilly temperatures and a little bit of wind right now but nothing compared to what the storm did here earlier. ist was the last big -- it was the last big winter storm of the season and mother nature showed no mercy. >> it was like a scene from the wizard of oz. >> the whole area was really wild with the rain, really dramatic. >> the chef watched as the fun fell cloud situated -- nun ---- funnel cloud skated across the water toward his restaurant. >> it snapped some of the wires and they had sparks and we all ran out there and checked it out and were calling 911. >> reporter: a tornado ripped through the streets of santa rosa friday morning. >> i've been at this bids for 33 years -- business for 33 years and i've never seen anything like that. >> his mother watched the destruction. >> she said it sounded like a bomb went off. >> reporter: a truck driver was killed when his big rig struck a tree and flipped over between 880 and 238 closing the on ramp and snarling traffic for ov

it can only be won by a people itself taking action this is what the arab uprisings really show us they show us that the out people want more freedom and they chose that make only they themselves can win that freedom without the intervention of the west john larkin if i can go to you i mean if it were looking at from a european perspective because i know you have a lot to say about the european union and i know you have a lot of opinions about democracy in the european union why don't you reflect on what you have see into going on in the arab middle east in libya in tunisia eccentrics cetera and what's going on in the european union. i very much agree with brendan about the inability and undesirability of the impossibility and undesirability of exporting democracy i'm not sure i agree so much with the his overall political interpretation of these events but i'm not an expert i tend to think that revolutions or mass movements of these kinds have multiple calls it's there may indeed be elements of the crowds in north africa and the middle east who want political change but there's also an importa

us to show us just how close those plants are to where you are. >>jonathan: their sixth nuclear power plants in california but only two are operating. one of those is here a diablo canyon, the other way down south near san diego. let's look at these plants. these are both significantly smaller than the nuclear plant that's having trouble in japan. the diablo plant is the closest one to the bay area has two reactors as opposed to the six reactors in japan. those reactors are in the domed buildings at the middle of your screen. each one generates about thousand megawatts of electricity. that plant by the way it also cooled by sea water which is why is located on the coast. the sea water is used as a backup cooling source for the one in japan and were saying this the water as a last-ditch offer equal those reactors now. this other plant near san diego, also has two operating reactors, there you could see once again those to domed buildings are the two reactors. both generate a little over thousand megawatts each. these are no plans, slightly different technology that said be safer in the event of an earthquake. >>pam: still ahead, we will have a report from santa cruz where they are still cleaning up the harbor after was badly damaged following the tsunami on friday. stay with kron 4 and www.kron4.com for continuing coverage on the tsunami, as well as the nuclear meltdown threat. >>jacqueline: a live look upside from the golden gate bridge this afternoon. we are seeing sunbreaks out there. you could see most of the clouds are sliding over the south bay right now. this will make our temperatures drop off dramatically when the sun goes down. the rate now the upper 50s for the m

us to show us the family's struggle. what they want is to be with their dog they consider a hero, too. >> you're right, jessica. it's not just the family that considers diamond a hero. the humane society named her one of the top ten valor dogs in the nation. but despite the recognition, her family says what matters most to them is being reunited with their four-legged family member. this apartment in hayward was once the steen family's home until a night in october when an electrical fire ripped through every room. an alarm woke them up. diamond. >> when the dog woke me up, the apartment was already on fire. if it hadn't of been for that dog, none of us would be here. >> darrell managed to get his 9-year-old daughter. >> i saw like little -- >> he dropped her out the window of their second story unit and she was not hurt. darrell suffered third degree burns over his arms, necks, hands and feet. diamond could have easily run out the door to safety, but instead stayed with darren's sister. >> they found diamond laying on top of the mattress and 30% of her body was burned. >> firefighters rescued her and diamond. she is still recovering from burns over a third of her body. the steens lost everything and are searching for a new home. problem is, no one will let them lend to their hero dog because she's a pit bull. >> when i tell them i have a pit bull, they say i only accept small dogs. we all know it's because it's a pit bull. >> 20 landlords have turned them away, so for now, their pet is temporarily living with relatives. the steens say diamond didn't leave her behind, so they won't leave her behind. >> when you're part of the pack, y

thanks for inviting us in and showing us your amazing facility today. >> my pleasure. >> how long haslectric works been around? >> electric works has been in san francisco since the beginning of 2007. we moved here from brisbane from our old innovation. we do printmaking, gallery shows, and we have a fabulous retail store where there are lots of fun things to find. >> we will look at all of that as we walk around. it is incredible to me how many different things you do. how is it you identify that san francisco was in need of all these different services? >> it came from stepping out of graduate school in 1972. i wrote a little thing about how this is an idea, how our world should work. it should have printmaking, archiving, a gallery. it should have a retail store. in 1972, i wanted to have art sales, point-of-sale at the grocery store. >> so you go through the manifesto. with the bay area should have. you are making art incredibly accessible in so many different ways, so that is a good segue. let's take a walk around the facilities. here we are in your gallery space. can you tell me

us in and showing us your amazing facility today. >> my pleasure. >> how long has electric works been around? >> electric works has been in san francisco since the beginning of 2007. we moved here from brisbane from our old innovation. we do printmaking, gallery shows, and we have a fabulous retail store where there are lots of fun things to find. >> we will look at all of that as we walk around. it is incredible to me how many different things you do. how is it you identify that san francisco was in need of all these different services? >> it came from stepping out of graduate school in 1972. i wrote a little thing about how this is an idea, how our world should work. it should have printmaking, archiving, a gallery. it should have a retail store. in 1972, i wanted to have art sales, point-of-sale at the grocery store. >> so you go through the manifesto. with the bay area should have. you are making art incredibly accessible in so many different ways, so that is a good segue. let's take a walk around the facilities. here we are in your gallery space. can you tell me about the current show? >> the current show is jeff chadsey. he is working on mylar velum, a smooth, beautiful drawing surface. i do not know anyone that draws as well as he does. it is perfect, following the contours and making the shape of the body. >> your gallery represents artists from all over, not just the bay area, an artist that work in a lot of different media. how to use some of what you look for in artists you represent? >> it is dependent on people are confident with their materials. that is a really important thing. there is enough stuff in the world already. >> you also have in his current show an artist who makes sculpture out of some really interesting types of materials. let's go over and take a look at that. here we are in a smaller space. project gallery. >> artists used the parameters of this space to find relationships between the work that is not out in the big gallery. >> i noticed a lot of artists doing really site-specific work. >> this is a pile of balloons, something that is so familiar, like a child's balloon. in this proportion, suddenly, it becomes something out of a dream. >> or a nightmare. >> may be a nightmare. >> this one over here is even harder to figure out what the initial material is. >> this is made out of puffy paint. often, kids use it to decorate their clothes. she has made all these lines of paint. >> for the pieces

as nbc's john yang shows us, she's using art to empower others. >> reporter: the roots of the little black pearl workshop reached back to monica haslett's experience as a young artist in alabama. >> it started out, i think, as kind of my own personal therapy, but it ended up being a very inspiring experience. >> reporter: she studied painting at a birmingham high school for the arts. but when she entered the working world, she didn't think she could turn her passion into a career. >> learned about the masters, but there were very few people that looked like me. >> reporter: so after establishing herself in the corporate world, hazlett started this after-school haven with classes in pottery, painting, and filmmaking. >> little black pearl is a result of my own need to ensure that children see people that look like them that are successful as artists. >> reporter: it's gone from a weekend project in her basement to a full-time job in a custom built 40,000 square foot center. did you have any idea you'd end up in a beautiful facility like this? >> i'm still in awe and i realize that it'

the authorities say single figures show there have -- the mourners would not agree. >> they gave us pictures they failed to show us what happens. on friday, protesters tried to get into green square. security forces or shifting to kill. the regime says it will only open fire in self-defense. the protesters to stay away from state hospitals. gaddafi told the bbc that all the people loved him. not here. this is the grave of a 32-year- old killed last friday. he left a child and a pregnant wife. >>, the rebels in the east are preparing themselves for the possibility of a showdown with gaddafi. in a gauzy, there is the sort of men willing to volunteer, but there is no great enthusiasm for any military intervention by the western ties. >> everybody here -- they do not want military international. we saw what happened in iraq. >> further along the coast, there was more enthusiasm for the idea of a no-fly zone. for the rebels here, this guy is the danger. -- the sky is the danger. planes haveafi's been sent three times. everyone is scared that it will happen again. in fact, at two of the three pilots have been sent to at

renewed the conditional use on the 2003 and also they sent us a letter saying it expired and we already extended what the -- for the conditional use. so -- and they sent me the -- i'm showing something right here. they sent us the email and then approved it sixth months for us to submit a site permit and we did, ok? i have one of the files -- because the original is not clear. i talked to the building department. they're saying that they don't have the building permit but that's not true. because i have the building permit with me. so because they didn't issue us a new permit number while we redo the conditional use. that's why the permit is turned 1998. president goh: can you turn that -- we can't -- 180 degrees. thank you. >> so, and also i talked to the planning because we submitted right on the time what they give us at that time. so when i talk to the planning, they're saying that we didn't submit the right plan because every plan is the same but that's not true. because i have three submittals. because planning told me they only received one submittal but that's not right. i have one by myself because it's not clear but i already showed the original to mr. sanchez. i

player, it took his mother's courage to learn about real sacrifice, and now mark strassmann shows us he's usinge and the american spirit to help save others. >> reporter: on many dallas mornings, a ray of hope comes by bus. >> hold your breath, please. >> reporter: mobile mammograms, free of charge to low-income women like tammy garrett. without this bus... >> i wouldn't be able to get it at all. >> right in here. >> reporter: 4,500 women receive mammograms through this program last year. 20 of them had breast cancer. but there's another story of how this bus and its mobile mammograms got into neighborhoods like this one. a bus powered by a mother's legacy and a son's commitment. that son is bradie james, a linebacker for the dallas cowboys. >> this room right here had nothing in it. >> reporter: he started foundation 56, a breast cancer outreach program. his mother, etta james, died of the disease in 2001. there was nothing like this for her? >> nothing. nothing like this. >> reporter: if there had been? >> she would still be here. >> reporter: in 2000, bradie james was a college standout at l

us and al lies launched an attack against libya. scott goldberg shows us the airstrike. >> reporter: us and britain fired cruise missiles from warships and submarines in the mediterranean sea. it strucker than 20 integrated air system and other facilities. >> reporter: the operation dubbed "odyssey dawn," is part of an international campaign to stop attacks by libyan leader muammar gaddafi against his own people. >> we cannot stand idly by when a tyrant tells his people there will be no mercery. >> reporter: earlier in the day french fighter jets destroyed remember ises in if the rebel- held city of benghazi. the strikes came after an emergency summit of top officials from the us, europe and arab countries, attended by secretary of state hillary clinton in paris. gaddafi called libya tv to say the state will defend itself and vowed to supply his citizens with weapons so that they can retaliate. libyan officials claimed that the attacks hit civilians, but that couldn't be verify. the no-fly zone was authorized by the united nations thursday and since then, as secretary of clinton putted, gaddafi has defied the world and his attacks on