an alternative to that is air jets. air jets do not do that. it has a pedestal sink and a matching toilet. it has a wonderful medicine cabinet here with a great feature now, so there is actually a locking compartment so you can put your medicines in there. >> there you go. excellent. and it has got its little shaving mirror or whatever. makeup mirror. normally, this would be recessed, right? >> yes, it would be pushed on the wall, so you have to be again mindful about that. when you are doing the construction, you have to leave a little opening for a period >> one of the big issues we always have is coordination and construction between the fixture's and the trade. the plumber might come along and put a vent pipe or some of the plumbing lines in the wall light real -- right where you want to resist the medicine cabinet, so we need to have the architect or someone coordinate between the contractor and the various subcontractors just to make sure that the homeowner gets what they had in mind when they designed it. >> absolutely. even in a bathroo

then they move through a water bath before passing under air jets that remove excess water as theflow into the frye they stay here for a couple of minutes as paddles gently distribute them in contact with the oil evenly. they are moved, cooled, salted, flavored, and then passed through a computer to check for any imperfections. then they are sent on to their journey into a b that will hopefully find its way into a ste ar you soon. >> i eat at least a bag day. i walk it off. >> they go through about 50,000 pods of kern county potatoes a day at california chips, but each one is needed because it takes about 100 pounds of potatoes to make just 25 pounf potato chips. that's no smallotatoes. for "california country", i'm tracy sellers. so now thawe've learned about a couple of varieties of potatoes, the next question is what do we do with them? here's the chef with a couple of ideas for you. >> hi. i'm richard sluzarz, chef here at the grand hyatt san francisco. and one of the-- what we're gonna talk about today,r what we're gonna prepare today is mashed potatoes. and why--why we're gonna

with fires, and today, the libyan air force jets were varmint to ordered to fire is-and a-some-refused. and retreat to an island. also, the processing of of violent crackdowns with more government stepping down. he is accused of setting war on his own people. >>catherine: 600 mi. to the east celebrations are no in the hands of anti-gaddafi protesters. as many as 600 people could have been killed. and the and might be near for the his 42 year rule. britain's foreign secretary is saying that he could be seeking exile in venezuela. through venezuelan government is denying that. >> the turmoil was crude oil up by $4 per barrel. pamela? people in the bay area are trying to find out desperately. what happened to their friends and family and many o and were horrified. and what they are seeing? >> >>reporter: these people sit and watch. >> i heard the there were snipers on tops of buildings and shooting at people. and people were getting hit by shotguns. >>reporter: they rely on the cellphones. >> if there was not for that? nobody would know. there is really a massacre:on. >>reporter: for fear

today air force jets were ordered to fire on them. two refused. libya's justice minister quit to protest the violent crack down. moammar gadhafi's embassador accused him of declaring war on his people. 600-miles to the east, celebrations now in the hands of anti-moammar gadhafi protesters. 600 people may have been killed there. signs tonight that the end might be near the end of moammar gadhafi's rule. catherine heenan, kron 4 news. >>> dry weather the next couple of days, rain will be back later this we >>> authorities are investigating graffiti messaging threatening president obama and jerry brown. the messages stated that both men must die. >>> from medwood city to oakland, we have crews all over the bay to bring you the news that affects your world. >> reporter: in daily city, gunfire led to a police stand off with a pair of suspects who barricaded themselves in this home. six hours into the stand off, s.w.a.t. broke a window in the home to throw a phone inside. that's when the suspects surrendered. police say they found weapons and ammunition

today air force jets were ordered to fire on them. two refused. libya's justice minister quit to protest the violent crack down. moammar gadhafi's embassador accused him of declaring war on his people. 600-miles to the east, celebrations now in the hands of anti-moammar gadhafi protesters. 600 people may have been killed there. signs tonight that the end might be near the end of moammar gadhafi's rule. catherine heenan, kron 4 news. >>> dry weather the next couple of days, rain will be back later this week. even low snow levels again. i will tell you all about it coming up in just a few minutes. ñ [ female announcer ] shopping with nutrition in mind shouldn't be hard work or cost more money. now there's simple nutrition, only at safeway. green tags throughout the store call out what matters most to you. ♪ there are 22 different nutritional benefits highlighted. ♪ and with our low prices, now safeway makes bringing home the right choices easier than ever. that's simple nutrition. ♪ that's ingredients for life. safeway. >>> authorities are investiga

. >> and of course army helicopters hovered above the ground and air force jets hovered overhead. tens of thousands of protesters will not leave as long as hosni mubarak remains in power. and with 8 million, many shops were shuttered on monday. long lines for bread, essentials. there is one assignment of violence over well into the city last week. >> one assigned. >> shooting. >> police stations were abandoned, looted, and inmates got out, and started taking all of the weapons with them. >> and 2000 americans have been helping with the state department to get out of the country. just getting to the airport can take hours. for those, the event little choice. >> we recall the last day that you are either going to get out for your going to live here. >> what started as a campaign on the torture, police brutality has been the online grassroots campaign for the protesters in egypt. and into the reporter kimberly sakamoto. >> this is called we are hosni mubarak this was put together by an anonymous facebook user. he has been playing a critical role in putting some of these protesters to

air. the jet stream diving well to the south.s going to keep rain in the forecast as we head throughout our tuesday forecast and winds that cold top 30 miles per hour. it will be gusty as we head throughout tuesday and temperatures on the cold side, only in the 50s. look at our future cast showing just the spotty showers for tonight. as we head to tomorrow morning north bay gets the rainfall. but it's not until tuesday evening that we'll see the heaviest rainfall here, back across the bay area. look for close to an inch for the north bay and a half inch for the east and south bay. so a decent soaker on tuesday and once again, one to two feet of snow expected across the sierra. bring your patience. it's going to be dangerous and slick in the mountains otherwise, tomorrow at 6:00 a.m., low 40s and mid 40s in the south bay as well. our numbers tomorrow? feeling like winter as we've been previewing. 58 in morgan hill and welcome back to reality. 55 in livermore and mid-to-upper 50s to walnut creek. 55 in the city of san francisco. an

libyan military base that's now in an area completely under control by opposition forces by the air from libyan jets frontline all of this battle between the opposition forces and those still loyal to colonel gadhafi is happening in a wire around fifty kilometers to the west of the capital tripoli now inside the city it's completely controlled by opposition forces but they are ringed by mercenaries and troops that are loyal to colonel gadhafi and those protesters those anti-government forces that are still inside the city of there where they say that they are planning to make a push against those those forces that are loyal to the current regime lots and lots of news coming out of libya not just out of libya but a bounce libya is really newspapers reported that colonel gadhafi private jet is being in in minsk in bellary starts now arrived back in tripoli now this is the same jet that was believed to have been refused entry into levanon last wednesday colonel gadhafi has appointed the head of the foreign intelligence service in libya to try and make some kind of contact to get these opposition forces

. >>> jet blue air ways is flying into the future of air traffic control with the federal aviation association blue will now use satellite technology to locate a plane every second. right now controllers use world war ii era radar that changes locate every five to 10 seconds. the new technology is up to $42 billion. >>> and we've got a little bit of coastal fog to talk about tonight. maybe some valley fog later on. live storm tracker ii. we will show you out here in the avenues of san francisco. we have a little coastal fog here and then up toward stinson beach. a little coastal fog shouldn't be much of a player tomorrow but it'll be around. overnight lows, there'll be the fog at the coast and a little bit of fog in san rafael, napa, vallejo and out toward fairfield. this valley fog will be short lived. should show up after the usual spots then be gone by 9:00, 9:15, 9:30 something like that. friday as we go -- february as we go through time we're looking at a dry month pretty much. watch the yellow line. no rain in the forecast. all the way through the 13th. then it looks like things open up.

. >>> jet blue air ways is flying into the future of air traffic control with the federal aviation association jet blue will now use satellite technology to locate a plane every second. right now controllers use world war ii era radar that changes locate every five to 10 seconds. the new technology is up to $42 billion. >>> and we've got a little bit of coastal fog to talk about tonight. maybe some valley fog later on. live storm tracker ii. we will show you out here in the avenues of san francisco. we have a little coastal fog here and then up toward stinson beach. a little coastal fog shouldn't be much of a player tomorrow but it'll be around. overnight lows, there'll be the fog at the coast and a little bit of fog in san rafael, napa, vallejo and out toward fairfield. this valley fog will be short lived. should show up after the usual spots then be gone by 9:00, 9:15, 9:30 something like that. friday as we go -- february as we go through time we're looking at a dry month pretty much. watch the yellow line. no rain in the forecast. all the way through the 13th. then it looks like things open

a $35 billion deal to build tanker jets for the air force. the new tanker is based on the boeing 767 passenger jet, and will be built on the same production line. the huge contract means tens of thousands of jobs for boeing workers, mostly in washington state, and kansas. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch," stocks in asia snapped a losing streak this morning. ashley morrison is here in new york with the latest on that. good morning, ashley. >> good morning to you, betty. well, asian markets rose for the first time in four days, with japan's nikkei gained nearly 1%, while hong kong's hang seng added nearly 2%. >>> today, wall street gets the very latest on consumer confidence and how much the economy is growing. on thursday, stocks finished mixed. the dow lost 37 points, its third down day in a row. while the nasdaq gained almost 15. >>> american employers are planning the largest pay raises since 2008. according to a survey by the hr firm towers watson, large and medium-sized businesses are pulling back on hiring and wage freezes, and planning the la

the leader he stated the government will " fight till the last bullet. " italy is sending in air force jetsuate citizens. in yemen thousands are calling for their leader to step down. he has been the target of widespread protest for three weeks. he said he will not step down before the end of his term. he's also pledged that security forces will not tire. medical officials report 11 people killed. bahrain the king has ordered the release of political prisoners after a week-long of demonstrations the leading member of bahrain says the prison release is " a good step, a positive gesture ". it is not clear how many prisoners the king will release. we're showing you the masa protest as a funeral for one of the demonstrators shot was taking place. the leader of the biggest opposition party plans to return home. >> mark: >> james: bir nearly a live look from some from cisco is cold. san francisco it is cold. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. >> darya: bay area home sales have a chart to its sales are still higher than there are in the p

jets. the international air transport association says there was only one accident for every 1.6 million flights in 2010. an estimated 2.5 billion people flew safely on nearly 37 million flights. there were only 17 accidents involving aircraft built in north america or europe. >>> new help will be available today for commuters who use those clipper cards. >> clipper card customer service center is opening in san francisco this afternoon. the center at the east end of the embarcadero bart station will be unveiled at 2:00 today. commuters will be able to buy cards, add value to them, trade in damaged cards and get some answers to some commuting questions at the center. >>> 4:46. taking some of the pain out of that dreaded dentist visit. the tool that has dentists and their patients buzzing. plus... >> this is your brain on drugs. any questions? >> well, we have seen what drugs can do. next, what happens to your brain every time you pick up your cell phone. >>> i suppose to some it seems odd. how birds will change plans. have fined "children's hospital 0- thousand dollar >>> welcome back. state saf

germany there as well as the one nine hundred eighty six attack on libya by united states air force planes and marine jets now in recent times since two thousand and four colonel gadhafi he's undergone something of a rehabilitation this coincided with the war in iraq and the need for an ally in the area in the region and also to do with the oil in libya a major producer of oil some of the largest reserves in the world located in libya and high oil prices at the time so we could be in for a very interesting investigation should get daffy or any of his associates be put on trial in the hague well what we're looking at at the moment is the international red cross have described the border between two news here and libya as a humanitarian crisis forty thousand people across the border fleeing from beilenson libya in the last week alone now around one hundred thousand people are extra estimated by the u.n. to have fled libya in total some coming here to egypt where i am going up the order elsewhere now the also there's been a mass exodus of foreigners who have been in the country we've seen in the past few day

germany there as well as the nine hundred eighty six attack on libya by united states air force planes and marine jets now in recent times since two thousand and four colonel gadhafi has undergone something of a rehabilitation this coincided with the war in iraq and the need for an ally in the area in the region and also to do with the oil in libya a major producer of oil some of the largest reserves in the world located in libya and high oil prices at the time so we could be in for a very interesting investigation should get daffy or any of his associates be put on trial in the hague thank you very much for that update artie's peter all of our reporting from the middle east. now the violence in the arab world has sent or oil prices spirally with some suggesting it's only the beginning of a huge hike that affects the global cost of everything from food to transport and also threats to stifle economic recovery now some are suggesting the u.s. could have a certain interest in removing gadhafi so as to gain control over it libya's oil reserves are his law of the storehouse more. can you share. egypt. the

. >> a scare mid-air forces pilots of delta airline passenger jet to make an emergency landing. >>> is this -- >> a college fraternity house becomes a crime scene. >>> bloody clashes and more deaths across the middle east. one country's warning of a civil war. they w to have fun rafting after the rain. but today >>> good evening. they wanted to have fun, rafting after the rain. but today searchers found the bodies of two teens who died in an east bay creek. the boys told friends they were rafting in walnut creek. >> this is cost? >> it is not. >> reporter: after apartments reported -- after parent reported the two teens missing, the searchers found the raft deflated. the body of one of the teens, matthew miller, was found in the creek. two hours later, the body of 17- year-old gavin powell was also found. >> it's a flood zone, we had the recent rains. it makes the river, we will not -- well not the river but the creek actually swell. the debris that's in the water, branches, rocks, other debris causes causes and obvious. >> reporter: the wall nut creek channel figured into another trag

ties with all these companies raytheon boeing these are the companies that have the air of president obama and those jets flying over cairo alexandria sue as in other cities they're american so if this is a sudden switch by the americans to suddenly think well maybe we can put more of their baradei and i think it may be too late. author and journalist afshin rattansi from london there are you watching r.t. live from moscow there's more news and analysis on the situation in egypt on our website r.t.e. dot com and still ahead on the program out of side but not out of mind the people of ukraine capital kiev demands to know what happened to the or eccentric mayor has been missing from public life for several months. and all spear of the presence of weapons of mass destruction drew american into a war with iraq but could at the same happen whether iran and we'll look at how the u.s. media is ratcheting up the public suspicion. russia's security services say they know who might have organized the deadly suicide bombing at a moscow airport last month investigators told russian president medvedev they are steppi

air mass. finally a dip in the jet stream enough to bring us cold air and the onshore flow to bring the fog backthe mix heading through tomorrow. so at 11:00 a.m. that's when we'll see our temperatures rise to where we expect them to end up tomorrow. but for today, 56 degrees at 11:00 a.m. in oakland. turning to 70 and 50 in livermore. 57 degrees in san jose turning over to 70. much cooler tomorrow so enjoy it today. back to you guys. >>> i'm going to approach that shot. we'll take a live look at the bay bridge because it is tying in with your forecast. you are talking about breezy or windy conditions. there's the bay bridge, the upper deck and camera in san francisco there is shaking. the lower deck has one lane blocked heading over to treasure island. typical construction zone today lasting until 7:00. but we see the build up of the upper deck out of oakland into the city. no metering lights yet. here are the maps. another concern is the wind through the altamonte pass. here are the windmill farms. there's a reason they placed them there. we get gusty conditions there heading up over the hill

. >>> air fares are going up. jet blue is the first airline to add a fuel charge.t's charging a $35 fee for one way tickets. it's likely other airlines will follow suit and that could spread to other roots as well. today apple and news corp will celebrate the launch of the daily. that is the new newspaper supplied. >>> and borders is preparing to file for bankruptcy protection by next week. according to bloomberg news the struggling bookstore chain is working out details of a financial restructuring. it could include closing 200 stores and so far there is no mention of which stores might be effected. >>> california big cycling race. >>> some high school students in oakland have learned their college entrance exams are aloft. what this may mean for their college dreams. the moment you feel run down or achy nip flu-like symptoms in the bud, with oscillococcinum. get oscillo and feel like yourself again. oscillococcinum, nip it in the bud. >>> welcome back to the morning news. there will be a zero to rang -- tolerance for drugs. last years race was dominated by the he

hundred people spend several stressful hours circling mid-air before their plane vanished to make an emergency landing in siberia a passenger jet took off from the city of but was diverted to nearby novosibirsk technical failure. in the wake of a terror attack such as last month's a domodedovo airport that killed dozens the finger of blame is inevitably pointed at the media well in a chilling coincidence a popular video game released before the attack depicts a terrorist siege at a moscow airport r.t. spoke earlier with the man behind the grand theft auto series. about the line between violent video art and reality. the american embassy in tehran is in the hands of a moslem students to not. be running one thousand seven hundred demonstrators in the american embassy there. are teams sitting down with the man behind this video game one nine hundred seventy nine revolution as well as many more director producer and writer of documentaries and video games for over fifteen years as well as the mastermind of the groundbreaking grand theft auto franchise movie and the thanks so much for joining us thanks for having me the video games

air crash in honduras. the deputy minister is among the victims. according to honduran airline officials, the jet crashed monday morning on a routine daily flight. it is reported the plane lost contact with air traffic control. you are watching "bbc world news." in iran, at least one person is reported killed. thousands of anti-government protesters clashed with police in tehran. china is officially the world's second-largest economy. it has overtaken its regional rival, japan. an assistant to the russian job who handled the tile -- trial of khorokovsky said the sentence was not his own, but the words were handed to him. moscow court authorities immediately denied the allegations. >> the verdict in the case came at the end of december. a few days later, he had six years added to the eight in prison he was already serving. his supporters pointed out that this conveniently kept him inside during some crucial elections. the judge read the decision at breakneck speed in a low voice. his assistant and press secretary has claimed the verdict was not his, but one that had been dictated by more senior ju

. $35 billion deal to build air force tanker jets.he boeing 767 jetliner. it means thousands of jobs in washington state and kansas. >>> the space shuttle discovery is in orbit this morning on its 39th and final flight. during yesterday's launch discovery was hit by pieces of foam, insulation from its fuel tank. you can see there. nasa says they don't think the shuttle's heat shield was damaged. they will make an inspection, to be sure. it is five minutes past the hour. back over to chris, or we will switch to marysol. let's get over to her, and she'll update us on >> narrator: this weather report sponsored by neutrogena cosmetics, recommended by dermatologists. >>> now to the latest on charlie sheen. this morning his top rated cbs sit comis on hold for the rest of the year, and people are now wondering if he is err coming back. after an astonishing outburst yesterday. john blackstone has this report. >> morning train is leaving. >> reporter: actor charlie sheen may have gone too far this time with a public rant about his high profile

. >> reporter: it was two years ago this week that a continental regional jet from newark, operated by colgan airhed on approach to buffalo, killing 50 people. investigators found both the pilot and first officer did not sleep in a bed the night before the flight, having commuted to newark from florida and washington state and unable to afford hotel rooms. >> we did recognize that they were likely impaired by fatigue. >> reporter: and yet two years after the crash, an abc news investigation found little has changed. >> it's a big concern, it matters. our passengers deserve better. >> reporter: an estimated 70% of regional pilots, hundreds of them, commute to their bases and end up in what are called crash pads the night before they report for duty. we saw pilots coming and going all hours of the day and night at crash pads just blocks from laguardia airport in new york city. inside this one, stacks of bunk beds, 24 in all, crammed into rooms in violation of all housing and fire codes. about $25 a night, hot bunks, bring your own pillow case. >> i happened to have a bunk mate that snored louder th

combination of the two along with a cold air mass and very strong jet stream means we will have rain moving in. so cooling continues. rain in the north bay and then for everybody i know there's already rain on the peninsula. low 50s and five day get ready. cold air on its way friday and that will take us into friday and saturday morning. could make it very low saturday morning and clearing and cold saturday into sunday morning with freeze advisories out. pam and dave. >>> oh, boy. well, in the last half hour the labor department released the latest weekly unemployment numbers. and they are better than expected. 391,000 people filed for first time unemployment benefits last week. that's down 22,000 from the week before. continuing claims are also down. >>> shareholders who want to know what apple will do when co- founder steve jobs is no longer with the company will have to try again. they want the company to disclose plans for who will lead apple after jobs. but the idea was voted down at the annual meeting yesterday. the issue came up because jobs is currently on his third medical l

jets. the international air transport association says there was only one accident for every 1.6 million flights2010. an estimated 2.5 billion people flew safely on nearly 37 million flights. there were only 17 accidents involving aircraft built in north america or europe. >>> time now 6:25. a family of rare golden eagles has halted the construction of dozens of homes in dublin. bella the resident eagle has lived there since 1989. over the years she has had dozens of babies and on valentine's day she became a new mama once again producing as many as three eggs. kb homes was in the process of building around 80 houses in the area. but now that they are taking a break, because of bella's babies. >>> coming up, san francisco police tackling a heated issue today. what officers could soon carry alongside their guns. >>> and attention auto burglaries on the rise near a popular bay area shopping center. how thieves are choosing their targets coming up. >>> and the battle is about to heat up here in san jose between the police officers union and city leaders, who want some significant cuts. we'll break

watching the jet stream pull all that cold arctic air to the east. we've got a touch of it.t's why it's so dry here and why we're going to be so cold the next couple nights because that dry air is going to cool rather rapidly once the sun sets 5:42 this evening. let's take a look at that accu-weather 7-day forecast, chilly nights through saturday morning but temperatures the low 60s near the coast. mid to upper 60s around the bay and inland until the clouds increase with that chance of rain on valentine's day monday and a better chance on tuesday. have a great day. here's frances with an update. >> mike, still keeping my eye on one trouble spot for you in the south bay. it's cupertino and it's the north 280 connect ramp to northbound 85 where an overturn crash is still blocking the right lane of the connector ramp but they expect to clear it the next ten minutes. heading there shortly, i don't think you need to change your plans at all. a live camera shot at the san mateo bridge. westbound traffic on the right heading towards foster city. heading across the dumbarton bridge,

the coldest air of this season coming our way as this jet stream is dipping not only right across the bay area but as far south as southern california. that'll be with us as we head throughout tomorrow. for daytime highs only in the 40s at this point and for the weekend, yes, some gradual drying as we head into the chinese new year and also presidents' day into monday, you'll see the rain stays with us here throughout friday but then as we advance us into saturday that rainfall pushes out and we'll actually get a little bit of sunshine moving on in. let's get a look at these numbers tonight as we've been previewing. it'll be cold out there with plenty of 30s in the south bay and for tomorrow the numbers staying in the upper 40s to near 50 degrees across the south bay and the east bay. i'm being you know kind of conservative on these numbers. it's going to really struggle to get to these upper 40s to near 5 z degrees as this artic blast takes hold of the bay area. 4 flee calistoga. 48 and sonoma and 48 and san rafael. your seven-day forecast, we get some sun in here as we head into sat

sending it through canada and at the same time this dip in the jet stream, when the winds go north to south like this it drags the cold airith it. that's why it's been so cold over the last six weeks. this weather path were will be different this week. we'll go to a zonal flow where we'll see the jet stream off the pacific. that means we're going to see an increase of wet weather on the west coast about five to eight days from now. so enjoy the great weather while it lasts because this weather pattern change for the middle of the country will warm up, on the west coast, probably an increase of rain storms. temperature wise this morning, a little colder in portland and seattle than it's been the last couple morning. 40 vegas. today's forecast not bad. we'll see temperatures in the 50s. it's going to be sunny today and much of nevada, arizona looking good today and sunny. l.a., one of the warmest forecasts in the country, call it partly cloudy in the northwest. that's a look at your thursday salem, oregon, 50 and partly cloudy. lynn, the good times in the west coast roll right into the weekend for the forecast coming you. >

two hundred people spent several stressful hour circling mid-air before their plane managed to make an emergency landing in siberia passenger jet took off from the city but a technical failure forced it to divert to nearby novosibirsk. more news in about half an hour's time but first we report on the nature and wildlife of the caucuses that's coming your way next. southern russia. this faraway place by helicopter. special permission to travel around here. to film the landscapes. this close. i can't tell you how beautiful. weather is right i'll go. to. this place. a long time ago the people of the caucuses used to shepherd droves of sheep across the above go lambs were often targeted by hawks even today their primal instincts occasionally bring hawks back to this past. this is a bearded vulture. of this kind bigger nests on low lying logs of thirty or forty kilometers from here. when they go hunting they might cover up to fifty kilometers in search of food. they're interesting creatures. the above go is situated close to the greater northern slope of the caucuses mountain range from the grassland you can get a panoramic view of

and that, in turn, made them less effective than the swept-wing jets that the u.s. air force were flying. >> you mentioned the problem of flying off of the sea of japan with the cold, you know, the cold water. >> right. >> that was, the sea of japan is north and east of korea. >> right. >> there's another sea to the south and west, the east china sea. >> right. >> to what extent did our carriers operate in the east china sea? >> they operated, early in the war they operated there, in fact, most of them operated in the east china sea? i guess, okay. but as the war went on, they got more and more responsibility for interdicting supply trails down from the north. and most of hair targets were going to be -- their targets were going to be in central korea and on the coast. so they ended up shifting the aircraft carriers over to the, to the sea of japan. >> i have one comment and a couple questions. >> uh-oh. >> one is in respect to a program that was on the military channel just this past week where they were talking about the comparability between the f-86 and the migs, an

this after 757 jets were voluntarily grounded yesterday to perform maintenance checks on air data computers. one of the planes was at sfo. we checked and there are no delays right now. united says the computers are fully functional, but they recently discovered that the airline had not complied with some faa requirements. >>> ahead we'll tell you what happened when berkly ace controversial resolution dealing with guantanamo bay detainees. the desire for freedom continues to spread in the middle east, we'll tell you where protests are breaking out today. meteorologist mark will be back in a few minutes, getting ready for more rain. we'll tell you how much. also. >> we try to work to teach both beautiful and enchanting and make sure it does everything it's supposed to do. >> san francisco -- and this morning we checked on final touches for some of the floats. [audio not understandable] >>> anti-government protests in the middle east are spreading to the persian gulf. this is video by amnesty international on youtube, a protest in bahrain. it's the third day of pro- democracy demonstrations an

the central american airlines jet crashed monday morning on a routine daily flight. it lost contact with airraffic control. the latest headlines for you, in iran at least one person is reported killed. china is now officially the largest -- second-largest economy. it surpassed japan its longterm rival. an assistant to the russian judge who handled the tribal of the tycoon has said the verdict and sentence were not his own. a spokeswoman for the court has said speaking out will probably get her sacked. the judge immediately denied the allegation. the verdict came at the end of december. a few days later he had six years added to the eight years in prison. supporters pointed out they have conveniently kept him inside during crucial elections. the judge read the decision in a low voice. now his press secretary has claimed the verdict was not his but rather one that was dictated by more senior judges. in an interview with a russian website, an official said the judge came quite depressed by the end. >> he began to write a verdict. i suspect what was in that verdict did not suit his superiors so

air mass this is. in the pacific northwest that's where the exception is. the jettream starting to dip down, that's why we have rain back in the forecast around seattle. it's mild, at least. temperatures are in the upper 40s. even with sunshine today, we're only going to be 49 in phoenix. very rare for this time of year for that to happen. that's a quick look at your thursday forecast. one of the best forecasts in the country, 71 and sunny. friday forecast, lynn, is coming up and let's turn up the heat a little bit. >> why not? thanks, bill. >>> also coming up jobs rise, earnings shine, but wall street is flat. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. plus on the alleged lindsay lohan jewelry heist. >>> coming up -- one celebrity brings a fan to tears at the knicks game. i have two words for you, goalie fight. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. the most powerful storm to hit australia ripped across the coast leaving several thousand peo

wife to be well enough to be at the launch. >>> and a collision between an american airlines jet and two airsouth of new york city. the national transportation safety board said the plane was carrying 260 people to brazil from jfk and it came within a mile of two c-17s last month. the warning system on the boeing 777 alerted the pilot to the impending collision so they reacted. >>> and the story of amanda knox will be seen on the small screen. a made for tv movie will air this month on lifetime. knox is serving a 26-year prison sentence for the murder of her british roommate whose father criticized the film which shows a reenactment of his daughter's murder. >>> the stars are starting to arrive for the super bowl and peyton manning, eli manning and chad ochocinco took part in festivities. they were powering the mechanical bull by running or pulling ropes. ty murray and randy couture took turns getting thrown off the bull all in the name of fun. that's what you do when everything around you is frozen. that's the news. now back to amy. that's a good time in texas. >> got to heat it up some way

you combine the cold and warmer air along with a very active jet stream. that's going to be a big time event for the sierra nevadas. the advisories kick in tonight and go in tomorrow. the low ends up somewhere around sacramento around 6 a.m. saturday morning. so any precipitation would fall in the form of snow. the warning starts at 1 p.m. today and goes through 4 a.m. saturday. so cooling continues. heavier rain in the afternoon. lighter rain right now. there could be bursts of moderate. low 50s on the temps to a few mid-50s. tomorrow it's all upper 40s as the cold rain settles. friday night, saturday cold air sunday morning. it will be brisk and breezy. >> thank you. >>> newby czar-- new bizarre statements from moammar gadhafi and why one berkeley professor said we could be seeing gas price up to $8 a gallon. >> and why flames have been rising. >> >> and some schools aren't making the grade. ; >>> there's a crash in front of san francisco state university between winton and holloway, so it's southbound between stonestown and san francisco. this has been

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two air force colonels, reportedly refused orders, to attack their countrymen and flew their fighter jets to malta to request asylum. several members of gadhafi's government, including diplomats posted abroad, announced support for the people fighting the regime. foreign oil companies began evacuating workers and families. joining an exodus of thousands. >> it's been quite frightening. we've had gunfire in the night. we saw some chaos in the streets. it's getting worse, not better. >> reporter: late daf there was unusual moment on libyan state television. gadhafi appeared, being interviewed by a reporter. he said i'm here in tripoli, i'm not in venezuela. don't believe those broadcasts. it was impossible to independently confirm where gadhafi was, but he appeared to be in front of his home in tripoli. brian. >> ron, thanks. >>> the nation of libya is about the size of alaska. it has about the same population as new york city. it's 90% desert and the median age of the population is 24. the young have been driving these revolutions, and in this case they're going up against an icon, a chara

it's continuing to tap into the moisture and this cold air and that's going to drag down as we head throughout tomorrow, along with the jet stream. that will keep rain in the forecast. and it's not only going to be rainfall for tomorrow, but also those windy conditions at times. we'll look at those winds, 15 to 30 miles per hour throughout the bay area and tomorrow, temperatures only remaining in the 50s. so through tonight, just those spotty showers. and as we head into tomorrow, we'll see some rainfall into the north bay for the morning commute around 8:00 a.m. and by 6:00 p.m., that's when the next round of stronger rainfall will be moving through the bay area with also that wind. heaviest rainfall looks to be the north bay with possibly an inch and a quarter to a half inch in the east bay, down into the south bay at this point. for the east bay, tonight, showers and low to mid-40s. and by 11:00 a.m., we're talking 50s. and mid- to upper 40s right into san francisco. let's get your numbers for tomorrow. it's going to be, well, it's going to feel cold, but this is actually, of course, right where we should be for this t

air flight throughout the country. farecompare says united, continental and jet blue are checking on fuel charges.y as 150 of its more than 600 stores. the medal of honor among the title of giving electronic arts a killer quarter. investors also waiting for the company to release star wars which analysts say may be the most expensive game ever made. amazon closer to offering a streaming video service. held talks with hollywood studios about offering their content but it's delayed plans to launch to get more content and deal with technical glitches. i'm jane king with the bloomberg business report. >> a showdown vote may come as early as today to repeal the nation's healthcare reform law. they will try to force a vote in the democratically controlled senate. president obama has threatened to veto. republicans argue the law will explode healthcare spending and hurt our economic recovery. democratic senator majority hairy reid says it won't go anywhere. >> a popular cancer-fighting drug may cause a serious health risk of its own. avastin suggests the patients who take it run an increased risk of deat

it will also commission 600 new jets and more than 1,000 helicopters including gunships and transport craft. a series of air defense missiles including the s-500 system currently under development will be deployed across russia. the defense minister did not mention the military unit stationed off hokkaido, the center of a territorial dispute with japan. but it is believed that priority will be given to reinforcing the unit. during a visit to the islands early this month, the russian defense minister says his country wants to modernize the military units and boost russia's control of the islands. >>> meanwhile russia that -- has criticized the united states for supporting japan in this territorial dispute. however, russian foreign ministry spokesman said u.s. support for japan's claim to the islands is nothing new. >>> russian foreign ministry spokesman made the comments to reporters on thursday. however he said that japan's handling of the dispute has become more extreme and it's s significant that the united states has expressed its support at such a time. on monday the russian foreign minister summoned th

that's going to push to the south with this aggressive jet stream dropping all the way down to southern california. that's goin to drag in more cold air rainfall as we head to thursday. going to stay mainly offshore, but will still bring rain at times and temperatures staying cold in the 50s and low snow staying with us through friday. as we head into the morning hours, scattered rainfall as we head to thursday morning from the north bay to the south bay and the midday, more consistent rainfall and here is what you can expect for the noon hour chance of rain, isolated thunderstorms and throughout the p.m. hours, more rain and wind and also that dangerous surf continuing to kick up. for tomorrow, it's going to be similar in terms of those temperatures with upper 40s and low 50s on the map. little below average for this time of the year as we take you throughout the peninsula. san francisco, 53 and as we head up into orinda, 50, napa, 49. sonoma valley, cold pockets of air there. just 50 in santa rosa. on your seven-day, we keep a chance of rain in it. heavier rain monday and tuesday. we've waited long enough and as i've been saying, it

the jets were founded on the air data computers. one of those planes was at sfo that we did check with the airport earlier this morning right now we're told there are no delays,-- delays. united said the computers they were checking are fully functional -- the airline admitted they didn't comply with faa requirements in the past. the fbi expects to have results back this morning after unyou are -- after running tests on a suspicious neighborhood. a virginia spokesperson said a -- said a clerk became ill after evening up an envelope -- after this. the third building will stay with us until the fbi identifies what that is. >>> we will ally continue our storm coverage on ktvu with weather and traffic updates to the next hour and also throughout the day on our website. >>> looking ahead -- her doctors say congresswoman gabby giffords is making a tull recovery. but there's one one new -- there's new information on an attack covering the protests -- protests in egypt. >>> good morning. beautiful shot if you are puttering around the house.

as we showed you weeks ago on "world news," this winter's jet stream was blocked, creating kind of a bulge across the u.s., allowing arctic airflow south. every wet storm became a snowstorm. now, the block is weakened and that lets milder air flow across the country, shoving arctic air back to its normal place. with welcome relief. >> winter is not quite over yet but the pattern we're looking at for the next couple of weeks may be the beginning of the end of winter. >> reporter: so, while winter may not be over, for many communities around the country, this much-needed thaw will allow us to dig out and get out. for the first time since december. now, of course, there will be march and april snowstorms that deliver snow and ice, diane, but we're really excited about this. let me show you the numbers. just a week from today, oklahoma city at 77, dallas at 80 degrees. atlanta, 77. look even into new york and boston. those numbers, new york at near 60 degrees just a week from now. and if you go back to what you said about that amazing 31 degrees below, the coldest temperature ever in the state of oklahoma. if they get to the 70s,

air force, which was operating the two cargo jets, says it is cooperating with the investigation as wellckers return to green bay as super bowl champions today. the pack won big 21-3 and held on for a 31-25 victory over the pittsburgh steelers last night. aaron rodgers was named most valuable player. >>> plenty of celebrities were there to watch the game, including former president george w. bush and wife laura, and there was the new york yankees slugger alex rodriguez, being fed popcorn by cameron diaz. there was some controversy. some fans got angry after they were not allowed to use the seats they bought. >> we want seats! we want seats! >> what a mess there. temporary seats built for the game were declared unsafe. originally more than 1,200 ticketholders were displaced. >> 2,000 people don't have seats! thousands of dollars spent. no seats! none! >> it's terrible. we're just beside ourselves. i don't know how this is going to come out. we can't see the game, the crowd will go into hysteria. i can't see a positive outcome. >> i am a psychiatrist, and i can guarantee that someone here

jets to malta a couple days ago. at some point you have to expect that there will be greater divisions in the air force as they continue to be called on to hit civilian targets. >> lehrer: mr. vandewalle, what about tanks and heavy armor of any kind? do the anti-qaddafi people have access to any of that and how much of that could be in the qaddafi forces? >> again, the information here is pretty sketchy. mr. mcgregor, for example, mentioned the 32nd brigade and the 32nd brigade is indeed headed by qaddafi's son hamid and is usually the brig gain that would have been sent into benghazi, for example, at least it has in the past. so we don't know if it was, for example, that brigade. what has happened to it. but we do know that one of the brigade headquarters in benghazi has been overrun and so the forces... the opposition there should have had access to some of the weapons that were left by that brigade. now, of course, it's not clear whether or not they can really effectively use those weapons. what we've seen primarily in the east so far is people with small arms and not really very heavy artillery, for example. on the