after alaska came under u.s. control the russian american company lost its influence and the russian settlers were offered a choice either return to russia or live in the reservation like settlement of menial check. what became of the money earned in the alaska deal was shrouded in mystery. the official version claimed that the whole payment reach to russia and it was spent on the construction of railways. rumors persisted however that the ship carrying the gold received from the sale of alaska had sunk in the pacific. derrius was born and raised in alaska like many alaskans he refers to other states in the lower forty eight gary is sure that americans have a poor impression of the forty nine most people in the lower forty eight don't know that alaska is part of america. but many believe that it's own country and they wonder what kind of money they're going to have to use when they're here and. i've actually had people compliment you sound just like an american. has lived in the small settlement. since birth ther

after alaska came under u.s. control the russian american company lost its influence and the russian settlers were offered a choice. either return to russia or live in the reservation. was shrouded in mystery. the official version. spent on the construction of railways. ship carrying the gold received from the sale of alaska and sunk in the pacific. for the. face to face with. like many. other states in the lower forty eight. of the forty nine most. part of america. but. when they're here. i've actually had. jerry lived in the small settlement. here. a few english words gary however doesn't speak russian. rather passed away a couple of decades ago and my grandmother modest has passed away soon after that just some distance from here my father is buried in and most of my relatives and one day i will be too. right after the peninsula was sold to the americans the village was built on the sea shore all of the employees of the russian american company who refused to move to russia had been banished here by the u.s. g

after alaska came under u.s. control the russian american company lost its influence and the russian settlers were offered a choice. either returned to russia or live in the reservation like settlement of ninilchik. what became of the money earned in the alaska deal was shrouded in mystery. the official version claims that the whole payment reached russia and was spent on the construction of railways. rivers persisted however that the ship carrying the gold received from the sale of alaska had sunk in the pacific. closer is that so much of an oldish each musician on the mark with the battle for libya is a so-called humanitarian intervention there so noble and straightforward must intervene. hungry for the full story we've got it for. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. derrius was born and raised in alaska like many alaskans he refers to other states as the lower forty eight gary is sure that americans have a poor impression of the forty ninth most people in the lower forty eig

center just issued this out of palmer, alaska. tsunami watch has been issued now for coastal california, oregon, washington, british columbia and alaska. so basically what this means is they are giving you advance notice to let you know that these areas could be impacted which a tsunami at a later time. could be impacted. it has not been upgraded to rng washington. warning would mean it is imminent or happening right now. tsunami watch once again for coastal california oregon washington british columbia and alaska. you want to get away from low lying coastal area. listen for instruction from his your local emergency official. once again get away from the water. tsunami watch has been issued now for coastal california. >> and sandy just a bit clear. watch meaning conditions are ripe for the potential, warning mean one cited on the way. watch means it's potentially. >> exactly. watch is just basically letting you know it's an advisory. letting you know this could happen. >> conditions are ripe. >> correct but warning would indicate

wednesday, it was perhaps 14 what alaska. now, the air 14-going towards alaska know it is going towards canada, washington, canada. and tomorrow, that air could make landfall in the southern california. just off the coast of the bay area. once again, this is not necessarily a plume of radioactivity this is just that wind that was blowing from the power plant at the time the region started being released for. this is not going to be an adverse impact to your help but there could be radioactive elements detected in the air. dissenting and a rigid and from that power plant from japan. if >>pam: scientists are on the lookout. and will measure using rooftop monikers. the man in charge those rooftop- monitors and is not in a panic. >> personally, i do not think the data is anything to be alarmed about. we would have to see an explosion of a pretty significant proportions or. hot highflier to get that. for a sustained amount of time before receipt concentrations that are concerning. >>pam: the nuclear engineering department at uc-be

john baxter and his crew of huskies finished first in alaska's legendary iditerod race.s the first alaskan native to win the race since 1976 breaking a 35-year drought and giving alaska a long awaited homefield win. >>> i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your@o nbc station. >>> well, if you are going to cliff dives, this is the way to do it. for the first time, they were held at the famous easter islands. thousands watched as contestants plunged below into the waters, each one had points for successful summersaults and twists. >>> one grandmother's excitement for the royal numb talls is more like an object session. she has collected 10,000 pieces of royal memorabilia since she was a little girl. it seems her royal obsession cled tloed a career opportunity. a reporting job for the upcoming nuptials. >>> dog lovers in manhattan have officially thought of everything. there's now a solution if you feel guilty leaving pooches in new york city apartments. a doggy nightclub. while the owners are away, the pups enjoy music, upscal

in alaska, the memory of the devastating 1964 earthquake are still with us. we know we're just beginning to comprehend the magnitude of the earthquake and its devastation. we share and support the president's commitment to bring america's resources to bear to help japan recover. we commend the actions he has taken so far. this tragedy as well as the upheaval in the middle east and north africa served as stark reminders of how intertwined our world economy is. world events beyond our control can affect all of us. it makes it all the more important that we control the things we can. i want to speak with you about one of the threats we are experiencing personally. that is rising energy prices. i want to share some of the steps republicans are ready to take right now. the steps will protect america from international conflicts, create thousands of new jobs, reduce our budget deficit, and help bring energy prices back down to earth. nationwide, gasoline prices have risen by 40 cents over the last month. they have more than doubled since january of 2009. a gallon o

it began with a massive 9. 9.2 earthquake in alaska march 27, 1964. >> devastated alaska has begun thetask of rebuilding after the biggest earthquake ever recorded. anchorage was in the center of the severe shock that ripped down fourth avenue the main shopping street. the loss of life was miraculously small. with statistics still being colated days later, it appears not more than 100 lost their lives. however the loss in property is staggering. conservative numbers bring it to $100,000. >>> about 1:00 the next morning, the first wave hit crescent city. there would be a series of four waves. the first wave came in to about here second street. about a quarter mile from the ocean. it was the biggest wave anyone here had ever seen but not one big enough to damage buildings or injure anyone. about 30 minutes later, another wave came, this one some what smaller. that led people to think that may be the worse was over. some people came down and started to clean up debris around their buildings. a third wave came in bigger than the first, and that told some people maybe they ought to seek she

four years later a magnitude 9.2 in alaska. japan's quake quick triggered tsunami warnings in 50 nations along the pacific. just to give you an idea how strong, it was stronger here in the bay area. >> tsunami triggered warning sirens at dawn today. sheriff's deputies went door to door telling people to get to higher ground. officials say the tsunami caused severe damage to the harbor in crescent city. 35 vessels crashed into each other and are sinking. 1964 one was triggered in near southeast alaska. a dozen people were killed, most of them in crescent city. >> right now terry mcsweeney continues our coverage with more on the way officials and residents in pacifica and san mateo county responded. terry? >> just talking to police a couple minutes ago and they say please stay off the beach. if you don't live down here near the beach, don't come down here to check things out. over the course of the morning there have been a number of advisories (inaudible) >> police went through the neighborhood near the pacifica pier about 7:30

four years later a magnitude 9.2 in alaska. japan's quake quick triggered tsunami warnings in 50 nations along the pacific. just to give you an idea how strong, it was stronger here in the bay area. >> tsunami triggered warning sirens at dawn today. sheriff's deputies went door to door telling people to get to higher ground. officials say the tsunami caused severe damage to the harbor in crescent city. 35 vessels crashed into each other and are sinking. 1964 one was triggered in near southeast alaska. a dozen people were killed, most of them in crescent city. >> right now terry mcsweeney continues our coverage with more on the way officials and residents in pacifica and san mateo county responded. terry? >> just talking to police a couple minutes ago and they say please stay off the beach. if you don't live down here near the beach, don't come down here to check things out. over the course of the morning there have been a number of advisories (inaudible) >> police went through the neighborhood near the pacifica pier about 7:30

joining me now is alaska state representative sharon system who has her own story to tell about the t.s.a. representative system welcome to the program. thank you very much thank you and i do have a story it was a very short story because it was my realizing that i was up again right in front of that scanner and was i going to have the ability to actually follow through on the decision i had made and that was if i ever saw that again i was going to say no and i actually i was able to do it yeah yeah and you're apparently quite a hero in alaska for doing it you're a breast cancer survivor and because of this you came into a collusion with the t.s.a. and you what you want tells the story of those. yes the i had gone down to seattle which many alaskans have to do we have a very scattered population over huge area and so we have access issues to especially some of the medical things and we go down to seattle or health care other places too and i came back again after a horrible experience having gone through the the new it was right after it had been initiated a full body scan and then have b

. >> estados unidos destinara más en hawaii y alaska, después de la crisis nuclear en la central nucleariva segun las autoridades . >> Él daba detalles. >> la posibilidad es remota, tendria que ser del nivel catastorfico, estamos confiados que el nivel de la radiación ene la área de la bahía es minimo. >> son cinco mil millas de japón a san francisco . >> segun explicaron este monitor funciona a todos horas, envía los datos para ser revisados. >> tenemos que pedirle a dios que nos va a guardar. >> creo en lo que dicen las autoridades . >> beatriz ferrari noticias univisión 14 . >> cabe señalar que las autoridades están pendientes de las personas que llegan de japón. >> hoy en los tribunales se juzgaron a las personas que golpearon a mexicanos. >> las autoridades calificaron como un crimen de odio racia, se pidió a la comunidad latina que no tenga mieda de denunciar. >> es importante que se conozca para poder tomar acción, tenemos que estar alerta de las situacioones como comunidad latina. >s> si los detenidos son encontrados culpables podrían estar diez años en prision. >> ♪. >> vuelven

. >>> well, the alaska airlines section of the oakland airport looked like a luau this morning. the festive dancers and decorations were for the inaugural alaska airlines flight from oakland to hawaii. it was taking off this morning. the new flight is part of the expanding service between the bay area and the hawaiian islands and this morning an alaska airlines spokesman said the new flights are proof that the economy is improving. >> you know, hawaii obviously got hit pretty hard a few years ago. but it's really come back. we're just really filling our planes on all of our routes on the west coast. >> there are going to be four flights a week from oakland and three from san jose. the first flight from san jose left yesterday. >>> well, we are following developing news in marin county involving a tense situation with a big rig truck. we have chopper 5 on the chopper 2. >>> a live look at the big board. the dow is up 21. everyone watching what's going on in the middle east and libya but people are feeling good about the economy and things recovering so that they believe is drivin

in alaska. she's a democrat and i appreciate the link and short notice that she's taken to travel great distance to be here today. thank you for your presence. pursuant to the rules all witnesses will be sworn in before they testify. please rise and raise your right hand to read you from the testimony you're about to give will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? let the record reflect the witness is answered in the affirmative. thank you. thank you again for being here. we will now recognize you for five minutes. >> push the -- there you go. thank you. >> chairman davis and ranking member tierney, also fellow members of the subcommittee so i want to first of all introduce myself, and my name is sharon cissna, and yes, i in a state representative of state house and have been with the legislature now for seven terms. i'm in my seventh and represent a district 22 which is in fact the district in the state that has been universities and medical systems that actually serve the wh

alaska and its affiliate horizon airlines cancelled 95 flights across the country. here in the bay area san jose spokesman said alaska cancelled three flights to seattle this morning. but there were no reports of cancellations at oakland or san francisco airport. the company blames the computer glitch on a system upgrade. >>> air traffic control procedures are being changed this weekend after the lone controller on duty at reagan national airport in washington, d.c. they will asleep early wednesday morning forcing two planes to land on their own. the faa now requires a minimum of two controllers on duty at all times. it has also ordered air controllers to make verbal contact with an airport tower before clearing planes to land. >>> state budget cuts had the oakland school district working overtime to make ends meet, even on a saturday. as ktvu's mike mibach reports, some students are also willing to take the extra step. >> reporter: some students ran, others decided to walk, lap after lap around their school they went for five hours. >> it helps raise money for our

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. >> alaska cancela vuelos . >> a pesar de la violencia , se dice que están más seguras que nunca continuan contenedor que vwenia desde asia, el procedimiento dio negativo . >> el grado de contaminante informo que en las vegas se detectaron niveles bajos. >> que de acuerdo a la dependencia no es dañino para la salud. >> las aerolíneas alaska airlains cancelaron vuelos, por que su medio , no funciono , e sistema estuvo fuera por 7 horas el porta voz dice que los pasajeros serán ubicados en otros vuelos sin cargos . >> esto por un actualizacion delsistema . >> la secretaria dnapolitano insiste que la seguridad en las ciudfades dfornterisas esta mejor que nunca. >> que tal buenas tardes . >> la secretaria insiste que la seguridad esta mejor que nunca pero hay dicen que no . >> la percepción es incorrecta dice , pero tal parece que algunos están deacuerdo. >> creo que esta mejor, por lo que hace la policía . >> esta un poco más controlada que en méxico, es más honesto . >> sin embargo representantes aseguran que la violencia en méxico se ah desiminado . >> nos preocupa el hecho que diga lo cont

that alaska is part of america some believe it. or russia but many believe that it's own country and they wonder what kind of money they're going to have to use when they're here and what language we speak. i've actually had people compliment you sound just like in america. gary a school called has lived in the small settlement of check on the law since birth there are more than twenty school cos here his grandfather knew only a few english words gary however doesn't speak russian my grandfather passed away a couple of decades ago and my grandmother. passed away soon after that just some distance from here my father's buried him and most of my relatives and one day i will be too. right after the peninsula was sold to the americans the village was built on the seashore all of the employees of the russian american company who refused to move to russia had been banished here by the us government one of the older buildings is right down below it doesn't have a window in it and built in the old log dovetail design with the dovetail corn

rain and wind moves in rather cold system dropping down from the gulf of alaska. possibility of thunder and the weekend -- i'm not here to rain on your parade but off and on rain turning much cooler. in fact, snow levels will come down maybe around 2500 feet. the moisture that was over us for about 48 hours coming up from the southwest finally gets pushed south because that system dropping downright in the middle of your screen from the gulf of alaska. that's our rain from friday has pushed it right there. we get clearing behind that but just a tiny system caught in between which is producing some rain from about point arena north. so lake county, maybe northern sonoma county could see a few light showers here this morning. colder too. a lot of 30s this morning. there's the system as it clips the northern part of the cape north especially eureka, crescent city. the tail end drags across lake county. look at some of the lows. it's been a long time since i've mentioned this. sonoma 37. we've been mid-50s for the longest time but we lose that cloud cover and temperat

out of the gulf of alaska. finally took that moisture sitting on us for the last 48 hours moves sends it down to southern california allowing skies to clear. this system just moving through kind of skirting on by. shelter, cove, fort brag, maybe northern sonoma coast up towards lake county possibility of some morning showers. but for areas south it won't be that bad. you can see how it's kind of lifting. there's a little line out there. start with mostly clear skies. patchy fog down towards san jose. and 30s, 36 santa rosa, 37 napa, fairfield. san raphael at 38. livermore 38. 40 concord. but not far away upper 30s as well. for the south it will be sunny. cold air mass is in place because the lows are about 15 degrees cooler. it will be a push on the highs. we lose cloud cover, get the sun, temperatures upper 50s low 60s. tomorrow deal with this system going to play right into the weekend as well. cold morningings sunny and clouds. showers possible to the north. northern napa county. northern sonoma county. lake

we do not expect harmful levels of radiation to reach the west coast, hawaii, alaska or u.s. territories in the pacific. >> the president asking americans to stand down from their alarm. and at the same time, the u.s. is deploying radiation detectors up and down the west coast to make sure this is the case. neal karlinsky in seattle tells us about them. >> reporter: it may not look like much, but if radiation from japan makes its way into the air over the western u.s., this sensor south of seattle will be among the first to know it. >> this disc right here that you can see is the filter that is monitoring, that is pulling air through it. >> reporter: the federal government has 100 of these sensors running around the clock, covering about 70% of the country's population. they send data directly to computers at the epa, and so far, they have detected no increase in radiation. >> there's a lot of space between here and japan, so, we don't expect an impact here, but we want to make sure. >> reporter: and in the face of concern about fallout making it across the pacific, extra rad

roberta gathered more information. >> i spoke with paul and the studier of the west coast and alaska tsunami warning center. he says california and san francisco bay area should expect waves about 10 hours after that initial earthquake did begin. which was about 9:46 our time. so you tag on ten hours to that, that's when we'll begin to see the higher waves here. there's no word yet on how big these waves will be, but it's a tsunami watch in effect for the entire west coast of california. the entire coastline from the canada, washington border all the way to the california mexican border. this is nothing to be alarmed of at this particular time because it is a tsunami watch. it is not a warning. which means it is imminent. >> we're going to go live back to ken and dana in the studio. >> thanks for keeping us updated. we are looking at these amazing pictures and this looks like another set of waves. another tsunami that is going hit this. this is the miagi area. i'm not really sure. we are going to talk to grace. grace lee is with us. you are fresh from hawaii here. i know in hawaii, t

i don't know if alaska the great. all the days it's you so far with katrina. thanks gary and thanks for being with us here on r.t. welcome to the business news for this our new rules the russian state companies having spelled out by president read that if he says regulation needs to be significantly improved in order to help the country's investment climate. we are pretty much in order to reduce the influence of state companies on the investment climate we need to do three things first of all to publicize the show jewel of state companies privatisation of the next three years then to eliminate practices where government ministers hold positions on the board of directors in competitive companies and thirdly state companies need to establish a procedure for publicizing planned procurement including prices and information about contracts. because a lot of the group with bank of the president's plans have been widely welcomed by the business community in russia many see it as a way forward to attract critical investment. since russia is the states all the seventh

we do not expect harmful levels of radiation to reach the west coast, hawaii, alaska or u.s. teratoyys in the pacific. we deplied experts to help contain the damage in japan. we are sharing information so the responders on the scene have the benefit of american team work and support. >> the u.s. environmental protection agency reiterates the same message. they even added new radiation monitors. kron 4's da lin reports, all of the monitors have come back with regular readings. >> reporter: there is no need for people in the bay area to worry. so far they say the radiation levels here are normal. >> there are no elevated levels of radiation in the bay area. we don't anticipate radiation levels going up. and -- but we are monitoring it. >> reporter: this device in san francisco is what they are using to measure radiation levels. it is one of dozens along the west coast. eric is in charge with maintaining the san francisco device. >> i don't think there is a reason to be concerned. >> reporter: the bay area is simply too far away from japan to be effected. at least right now. jap

in alaska. she's a democrat and i appreciate the link and short notice that she's taken to travel great distance to be here today. thank you for your presence. pursuant to the rules all witnesses will be sworn in before they testify. please rise and raise your right hand to read you from the testimony you're about to give will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? let the record reflect the witness is answered in the affirmative. thank you. thank you again for being here. we will now recognize you for five minutes. >> push the -- there you go. thank you. >> chairman davis and ranking member tierney, also fellow members of the subcommittee so i want to first of all introduce myself, and my name is sharon cissna, and yes, i in a state representative of state house and have been with the legislature now for seven terms. i'm in my seventh and represent a district 22 which is in fact the district in the state that has been universities and medical systems that actually serve the wh

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one alaska flight out of oakland international was cancelled and three others were delayed by as much as two hours. officials say passengers will be rebooked or put on other airlines. >> conditions in the sierra are perfect for skiers, but not for drivers. excess snow is making driving especially dangerous. this is eastbound i-80 a few minutes ago at king vail. chengs are required from placer county to the donner lake interchange. no chain controls on highway 50 but there's a high wind advisory from sacramento to el dorado county line. have you had enough yet? >> leigh: truckee right now, 36 degrees and reporting light rain. so temperatures starting to drop off, the snow will start accumulating there. yeah, in a nice way, most of the bay area seeing the setting sun. this is a shot from the high definition east bay cam. spinning around and looking across the bay, we show you another shot from the sutro camera, the marin headlands -- they're changed it -- ocean beach there. you can see the clouds and clear breaks, too. it -- checking in with live doppler 7hd. most of the activity is mov

new radiation monitors in alaska, hawaii and guam. so far all the monitors have regular meetings. >> reporter: epa says there's no need for people in the bay area to worry about radiation. radiation levels are normal here. you are looking at it detector be used in san francisco to measure radiation levels. there are dozens of these a lot less coast. they are monitoring these devices closely, the bay area is simply too far away from japan to be affected. japan is more than 5,000 mi. away. in the newsroom kron 4 news. >> reporter: stay with us for continuing coverage of the japan quake, require recovery. we have a section set up on our web site to followed the latest developments. nagle on boys are meeting to consider ways to golf course and no fly zone over libya. they pass a resolution yesterday, it was enacted to prevent khaddafi forces from attacking libyans who are trying to relieve him from office. he promises to make any response. obama administration will participate in the no-fly zone and help. coming up on the morning news, we

hundred twenty five million dollars this spill is ten times larger than the exxon valdez spill in alaska and is believed to be america's largest environmental disaster to date with throwing away the next generation's most viable resource and that is water one of the best sources of water anywhere in the world and maybe the best source of freshwater in proximity to one of the world's largest fastest growing populations. and you know with all the and all the lawsuits and all the carrying on that goes on in the in the press and you know the vanity fair's and in the u.s. news and world reports and all at that where the authors are warning people to believe that that we're absolutely script in appalachia down to nothing. in order to get the mineral is patently untrue it's patently untrue when you look around at the forest and mountains that we have a recent environmental impact statement from the e.p.a. estimates over eight hundred square miles of mountains of already been destroyed this includes the permanent destruction of over four hundred fifty individual mountain summits across the regio

. >>> technicians have fixed a computer glitch at alaska airlines. 12,000 passengers were affected by the cancelations. here in the bay area, san jose airport spokesperson said alaska canceled three flights to seattle, but there were no reports of cancelations at the oakland, and san francisco airports. the company blamed the glitch on a system upgrade. >>> tomorrow, customers flying on the nonstop flight out of hawaii, will be greeted by a party. >>> today is the last full day readers of the new york time can read unlimited stories on the website for free. starting tomorrow, the paper is going to start a digital subscription plan. that is going to limit users to 20 online articles. if you want to read more, you're going to be asked to pay from 15 to $35 a month. stories accessed through internet links aren't going to be included in that internet article limit. >>> the search is on for a poisonous egyptian cobra now missing at a new york zoo. as a precaution, zoo officials have now closed the reptile house. they say they are confident the snake is in a section of the building not acce

we do not expect harmful levels of radiation to reach the west coast, hawaii, alaska or u.s. territories in the pacific. >> the nuclear fall out is our top story tonight at 7:00. john is live in oakland hills where he has been gaging. >> reporter: whatever is coming into california will come from the pacific ocean. everyone we talked to seems concerned about the dangers from a radioactive plume. >> reporter: at oakland's fire station 1 the home of the city's office of emergency services the officials say the radiation from japan is not a threat to northern california. >> we see little or no threat to any health concerns or any direct harm to anybody in the bay area. >> and in downtown oakland it is hard to find anyone who was worried. >> i think it is inconsider at that people are taking the iodine tablets when we should send it over to japan. >> is there anything i need to do? anything i can do? no, nothing to do. >> reporter: one man expressed concern and doubts what the government here or japan is saying. >> like anybody's fears we will start glowing and in this case i am

. >> we do not expect harmful levels of radiation to reach the west coast, alaska, hawaii or u.s. territories in the pacific. >> we have seen no radiation, by the way, even on incoming cargo or passengers that comes close to reaching a harmful level. >> in tokyo, experts say radiation levels are below harmful levels, but anxiety is on the rise. and the pentagon is organizing a voluntary evacuation of american military families and citizens who want to get out. >> now, there is a lot of american expertise with regard to nuclear energy that's being called upon to help in japan. tonight we've learned of another american resource that's being looked into, the super soaker, the converted 747 used to drop huge amounts of water on wildfires. we talked with the company that runs it tonight and they say they're in talks with what role they could play. they likely wouldn't be used to put out fires at the plants, but might play a role in dealing with the radiation. they promise more information tomorrow. >> thank you, gavin. let's check in now with jeff ranieri checking the weather patterns

anyway, computer crash at alaska airlines affected more than 1 # 1,000 customers, the system used toare flight plans, a total of 140 flights canceled for both alaska airlines and horizon. 6 flight in the bay area canceled, several flights that weren't canceled arrived hours light at their destination. the system was is back up. >> the stanford women survived a close one to advance to the sweet 16. >> dennis has it all, come on, give us the latest on last night's events. >> good morning. it wases a close one last night but the stanford women did hold on, they both north carolina to move on. on the men's side, last year arizona missed the tournament for the first time in 25 years. so to uconn, they made up for it last night. williams facing off against kemba walker for a trip to the final four, williams also had 20 and kept the wildcats in. cats have the lead with about 7 minutes to go in the game. but with three minutes to go, dunks home two, gave uconn a 7 point lead. they are going to the final. another tight one butler and florida. the forced over time at 57. then it was mack again

officials say the west coast and alaska tsunami warning center websites slowed to a crawl last friday as people logged ton get information about the tsunami. they added more bandwidth to fix the problem, but budget cuts could make it difficult to coordinate a complex system that provides tsunami information. >>> rain greeted commuters for the beginning of the workweek here in the area. right now, we're in a bit of a lull, but another one is on the way and should bring showers as early as tonight. after rain tomorrow, things should clear up and be clear until rain returns thursday night. rose will be up in about 8 minutes with a full updated forecast. >>> also, people in a bay area congregation say they have been evicted from their church, and today they are protesting. >>> thousands of california students are converging on the state x including many from the bay area. we'll explain why. >>> work crews on a school campus can mean improvements to the educational process, but in this case, it means recovery from a devastating attack. >>> b.a.r.t. finally got two cars off the tracks at 4:

that is the one coming down from the gulf of alaska to bring the cooler temperatures. low to mid-50s friday, saturday and sunday and scattered showers furnishing into rain for saturday and sunday. for sure, one day will be dry in this forecast, that is monday. here is sue. >> good morning. we have some overnight rain, pooling on the roadways. so just be aware they come up quickly the big puddles of water. and we have a solo spinout and you'll find a lot of this when the roads are wet. the ramp to eastbound 80. eastbound 80 at north texas, mass transit is running on time. a good way to avoid the slick roads, no problems there. let's take a look 280, no issues coming out of cupertino and no problems, no metering lights so far this morning, its breeze on your way through san francisco. >> it's 5:11. >> still ahead, the impact the earthquake and tsunami on apple's launch of the ipad 2 in japan. >> and political unrest. >> and vacation hassles may go away from county workers but >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> federal reserve is upbeat about t

i e-mailed to you folks, many of the comments that were made, but i've also witnessed exactly how alaska does deal with this, and the minute i got back to alaska, the thing that was amazing to me is my legislature passed this into the house on how i had done the right thing, that it was the right thing for me to have done, and they have put out a resolution that is to come to you, and it goes through all of the different things that -- and the most important is how important air travel is to us, but how alaskans have been harmed. we are four times -- we travel four times what the rest of the united states does. all the other members of the citizens that travel, and i think i'm supposed to be ending here. i hope you'll read the rest of my comments and any other questions, please ask. >> thank you, and thank you for that testimony. we'll bet the balance of your testimony into the record. i'd also like to ask unanimous consent that the resolution from the state of alaska be entered into the record. without objection, so ordered. i'd like to recognize myself for five minutes, and then each m

. >>> and a computer crashed, alaska airlines forced it to cancel 140 flights today. a transformer powering it blew. and five flights and one from oakland international airport were canceled. leaving passengers scrambling. >> we were supposed to fly out of ?an stan and we couldn't fly out of there because i couldn't get out of there. we came to oakland to get back to seattle. the only option we had -- >> alaska's partner, horizon was impacted and in a joint statement, they are working to get things bobbing to normal. >>> the passing of a political pioneer. how geraldine ferraro is being remembered tonight. >>> and a frightening scene inside a tripoli hotel. what she told reporters before she was taken away. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> we have such a nice ring to it. >> former democratic vice presidential candidate, geraldine ferraro has died. ferraro made history when she was chons for a running mate in 2004. but they lost in a landslide to ronald reagan and george bush. ferraro was diagnosed with blood cancer in 1998 and underwent treatment for years. she was 75 years old. >>

>>> a computer glitch leads to the cancellation of 150 alaska airline flights. the deadline now looming today for the passengers infected. >>> good morning, traffic on the upper deck of the bay bridge off to a nice start. getting into san francisco we'll tell you why later today the bridge may not be looking so good. >>> good morning, right now traffic is moving along okay on the east shore freeway. although in the last few minutes you can certainly tell things have picked up quite a bit. it's more crowded heading out to the bay bridge toll plaza. >>> time now 6:25. yosemite national park is completely reopen to visitors today after being battered by the winter storms. crews doctor been clearing -- crews have been clearing trees and debris after the winter storm. >>> passengers on alaska airline flights were canceled because of a computer glitch. you have until the end of today to reschedule without having to pay a change fee. 152 alaska airline flights were canceled because of the computer problems. 12,000 passengers were effected by this. that computer glitch

because look at this system digging down out of the gulf of alaska. a very cold dynamic system but it's not due until friday. today though is our between day. we'll get clouds developing in the afternoon but overall highs upper 50s and low 60s. the system that brought us the rain ended yesterday morning and then just kind of hung out most of the day. the wind picked up no doubt about it. you can see the system moving into the north especially up right there. but most of that is drifting east. so if you're maybe northern sonoma possibility of showers. farther south probably more sun. 30s though. santa rosa 37. napa 38. 38 fairfield. 38 livermore. 38 san raphael. don't forget those 30s. 40s for everyone else. and that's a big difference compared to where we have been all week long. this system is looking better and better with time and it's going to park it right about here and just sit there from about friday there sunday. a cold morning relatively compared to what we've had lately. sunshine and then some clouds popping up. showers north. lows in the 3

the biggest tsunami threat could come if there was a massive earthquake 9.0 or larger in southern alaska sending a huge wave that could flood the port of oakland in four or five hours. if we look at the maps that scientists have developed here, it shows you just why oakland and alameda are most susceptible to that kind of flooding. they are geographically situated at the end of the golden gate strait and could bear the brunt of a big wave like that. they say up to 165 structures in that area would be threatened. now, of course, we saw some of the devastating effects that a relatively minor tsunami had on santa cruz harbor. experts tell the "contra costa times" that area would actually be spared and really any other areas south of santa clara county, they would likely miss any heavy damage. now, another factor that makes the port of oakland such a vulnerable area to that kind of flooding is the massive ships in this area and also the huge cargo containers that are parked here and, of course, the thousands of employees who work here, as well. scientists say it is, however, unlikely that it

let me repeat that: we do not expect harmful levels of radiation to reach the west coast, hawaii, alaska, or u.s. territories in the pacific. we've also deployed some of our leading experts to help contain the damage at japan's nuclear reactors. we're sharing with them expertise, equipment, and technology so that the courageous responders on the scene have the benefit of american teamwork and support. >>darya: president barack obama is saying that the u.s. needs to learn from it that japan increases. there are more than 100 nuclear reactors in the u.s.. they provide 20 percent of our electricity. >>mark: we will be right back. coming up, and announced that for the beta breakers. >>darya: data breakers is not until may. it is already sold out. you cannot to get an entry form any more. this is the first time this has happened. you're looking at two months before the race on may 15th. they have announced that all of the spots are taken. you are supposed to get one of the spots but they are to notorious for having people joined and. this is the 100. both are sponsored by zazzke which is anot