so everybody was trying to get off the exit at applegate. took the back roads to get to colfax. >> we're seeing remarkable footage of the traffic where you are. where exactly are you now? >> we're actually in sacramento right now getting some gas. we actually tried other freeways. we tried 49. then we were going to try 50 to get to 80. 50 required chains. and 89 was closed. 20 was closed for accidents. >> aaron douglas, thanks for your time. i think a lot of people are in his boat trying to get to lake tahoe to enjoy this great snow because it's not happening with all the road closures. >>> it's been a week since the earth rumbled and roared in japan. we've seen stories of suffering and courage. the airwaves bombarded with heartbreaking pictures. nbc's cheryl hurd is live in san francisco's japantown with a look back at what the japanese people have endured and how the world has really embraced them, cheryl. >> reporter: that's right. we are live in the peace plaza in skbra pantown in san francisco. and tonight we got a chance to look at som

applegate all the way to the nevada state line. so trucks like this behind me will be waiting around a little longer. chain controls taking place at applegate for cars and most folks going over dutch flats put on the chains something we had to do to make it safe because look at the roads here. this is just plowed moments ago, and now we're looking at additional snowfall. by the end of the day we might get upwards of 2 to 4 feet right here in the sierra. we'll send it back to you. >> wow, that is natasha stenbock up in blue canyon. we thank her and chance of bad weather forcing britney spears to move that big concert here in san francisco indoors. >> get this, tickets are already gone. it was a free sunday concert. it's going to be at the bill graham civic auditorium instead of the castro. those free tickets available online this morning. and they sold out in a matter of hours. we spotted some on ebay going for a couple hundred dollars. the showing being taped for a network morning show to promote her new album. >> britney not a big

here is what it looks like lower at applegate. this is where the trucks are being stopped. you can see they are lined up along the freeway. folks that have been out for hours, mostly since last night. they are wanting to in position as soon as the road does open. now it looks like 3:00 perhaps at the earliest. here is what some of the folks had to say, they are staying the night in auburn. >> we spent the night in our truck here. >> how was that? >> cold. >> what kind of winter, constant delays? >> it's been a long winter. >> it's been terrible, miserable cold, dealing with the chains, but by the same token it's been exciting. >> and folks here it's been exciting. these are all the cars that are lined up here off the underway waiting to get back on. one said he wanted to do a run over the summit he put chains on and off 40 times this winter. interstate 80 closed, zero visibility. high winds and heavy snow. it may be 3:00 this afternoon until the road opens. >>> we asked for your pictures of the storm. take a look at this scene sent to us by molly in pleasanton. that is her

here is what it looks like lower at applegate. this is where the trucks are being stopped. you can see they are lined up along the freeway. folks that have been out for hours, mostly since last night. they are wanting to in position as soon as the road does open. now it looks like 3:00 perhaps at the earliest. here is what some of the folks had to say, they are staying the night in auburn. >> we spent the night in our truck here. >> how was that? >> cold. >> what kind of winter, constant delays? >> it's been a long winter. >> it's been terrible, miserable cold, dealing with the chains, but by the same token it's been exciting. >> and folks here it's been exciting. these are all the cars that are lined up here off the underway waiting to get back on. one said he wanted to do a run over the summit he put chains on and off 40 times this winter. interstate 80 closed, zero visibility. high winds and heavy snow. it may be 3:00 this afternoon until the road opens. >>> we asked for your pictures of the storm. take a look at this scene sent to us by molly in pleasanton. that is her

caltrans closed i-80 at applegate, but westbound from truckee to the state line has been re-opened. the closure ruined weekend plans for travelers and skiers hoping to get to tahoe. >> always want to go to the snow. picked a bad weekend. >> snow and everything else. better to be safe than sorry. >> alan: the ski resort on donner reported three feet of new snow. the snowfall has pushed the water content of the lake tahoe basin snow pack up to 158% of the average. libarch word that allied air strikes have hit part of moammar gadhafi's compound. his whereabouts are unknown. official says the attacks have been effective in taking out the government's ability to fly in the no fly zone. >> all through the night, cruise missles pounded targets across libya. this video shows international alliance bombing of the libyan air college. in tripoli, antiaircraft fire blazed into the sky. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said the strikes had an affect. >> we have taken out their air defense, attacked their forces on the ground in the vipt of benghazi. >> reporter: benghazi is the rebel ca

after that, david applegate of the u.s. geological survey will discuss the threat of earthquakes and other july 6 -- your logic hazards. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] host: good morning, friday, march 18. we will open up the phone lines for your comments today on the story that is most important to you. we will put the phone numbers on the screen right away. unfolding news about the u.n. security council and possible air strikes against libya, and continuing crises in japan and the budget story at home. the most significant new was story. we will go to your phone calls right away to hear what is most important to you in a week of unfolding big issues. we will go to the newspapers as we are waiting for your calls. as you can see, britain, france, and the united states are lined up for air strike against coffee -- gaddafi. it suggests in the newspapers the airplanes may well immediately. "the chicago tribune" tells us american officials expect

we're looking at i-80, east of king veil, eastbound 80 is closed from applegate to colfax. look at the pictures here, whiteout conditions, zero visibility. just north of auburn here, it's closed eastbound 80, westbound 80 is closed from the state line to alta. there are chain controls on 80 and 50, and it's a slow ride. this is not just a cute weather story here. the heavy snow causing problems for building and propane tanks. >> reporter: it's one thing to witness this heavy pounding snow and wind from outside the car. >> it's getting worse. >> it's not letting up. >> reporter: it's another to see it from inside. i shot this video while riding in the car. watch how quickly the winds blow snow and create a truly blinding situation for drivers. everything outside the windshield is a sheet of white. >> these conditions have led to jackknifed big rigs stuck, crunched and battered cars along i-80. even a small avalanche. i am standing on i-80 westbound. check this out, this is is the number two lane of i-80. a snow slide making snow hip deep, blocking the number two lane. >> how

here's interstate 80 near applegate. pack your chains. rain here usually means snow up there. roadwork eastbound 4 through pittsburg, various lanes blocked until 7:00 as well as portions of the dumbarton bridge. we'll have more updates coming up including a check of mass transit in a little bit. in the meantime, back to you. >> thank you. >>> several developments in japan at this hour. the 50 workers who are the last line of defense at the troubled nuclear power plant are getting ready to return now. charlie d'agata reports, they were ordered out overnight as radiation levels soared. >>> reporter: efforts to prevent a full-blown nuclear disaster suffered a frightening setback overnight. >> the workers are said to have been evacuated to a safe location. >> reporter: a dangerous spike in radiation levels forced workers out of the fukushima dai-ichi nuclear power plant. but a short time later officials say the levels came back down and the operation resumed. crews have been desperately trying to cool the reactors since last week's earthquake and tsunami damaged the plant but a st

a live look at to applegate, and rain for us means snow in palo. the it world start difficult to navigate. they got a foot of snow yesterday and are looking at more inches to date. let us go to south san francisco where kate thompson is, more on the heavy rains. >> reporter: high winds up and down the peninsula. you can see the strong winds knocking over a basketball hoop and a frontier. also, ripping a real estate signed from its post. that traffic once it is bouncing up and down like a piece of rubber. also eight st. coming down in somebody's yard. their roots wrapped completely out of the ground and it fell across the driveway. kay thompson kron4 news. >> to the latest in japan. it is now suspected that the reactor core at the unit one of the troubled plant may have been breached. this raises the possibility of more severe radioactive contain the did to the environment. japan police agency says that the official pap will -- the death toll has topped 10,000 people. more than 17,000 people are listed as missing. the 6.8 magnitude earthquake that h

problems at this point in time but a bit of slow traffic as they are screening all cars and trucks at applegate. >> nothing compared to what is coming friday. >> heavier snow for the weekend. >> we want to thank all of you. >> have a great day, midday

this is interstate 80 near applegate so chains required on the roads towards the sierra and tahoe. ' little standing water in the middle lanes nothing too bad though heading into san francisco. no major problems because of the rain. back to you. >> thank you. >>> it's 5:01. just the past 30 minutes plant officials say workers evacuated earlier from the crippled japanese nuclear power plant were allowed to return. they were forced out when there was a surge of radiation at the plant. we'll have a live update from charlie d'agata in japan in a couple of minutes. >>> you might be surprised where the biggest threat from a tsunami is here in the bay area. christin ayers is in oakland, where a big wave could mean some very big problems. >>> reporter: good morning. scientists tell the "contra costa times" that 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 alamed

highway 80 closed from coal fax to applegate. we'll have a live report on why you'll want to think twice before heading that direction. that will be around 6:45. >>> still ahead, how thieves managed to steal rifles from a sheriff's department. >>> plus a pivotal day in the chauncey bailey murder trial. the man who confessed takes the tap. what he told jurors. >>> and a live look outside. we'll send it over to jeff. a lot of traffic, but things seem to be slowing down in terms of the weather. >> certainly we're starting to see of the hmoes tveut o,ai out,ut b more rain and wind on p tap. your full-time line in minutes. ♪ [ male announcer ] unrestrained. unexpected. and unlike any hybrid you have ever known. ♪ introducing the most fuel-efficient luxury car available. ♪ the radically new, 42 mile per gallon ct hybrid from lexus. ♪ welcome to the darker side of green. >>> someone stole semi-automatic rifles from to sheriffs vehicles. the pickup trucks were parked in a locked garage. the investigators say someone pried open the lock,

jenna fischer and christina applegate are the four leads.tephen merchant. >> jimmy: i love stephen merchant. i heard sudeikis just kills in this movie. >> richard jenkins. >> jimmy: i cannot wait to see it. >> sudeikis is like jack lemmon. he's unbelievable. >> jimmy: i'm so psyched. >> we had no idea how funny that guy is. and owen, owen is just the coolest guy in the world. he really is. he's the easiest guy we ever worked with. >> jimmy: oh, is he really? he seems like a laid back guy. >> he's top-notch. >> we worked with jimmy, you know? >> jimmy: he does know that. you said there was a "funny or die --" >> oh, there's a great "funny or die" that we put up yesterday with owen that's, you know, pretty cool. >> jimmy: you should check that out. >> kind of sums up -- concept of the whole thing. >> jimmy: we have a clip from the movie here. with sudeikis, i think. when he tells owen, "hey, i got it too. i got a hall pass too." >> great. here's from "hall pass." >> i got a hall pass. >> what? >> can you believe it? i got a hall pass. >> when

we have seen some pretty traffic shots up by truckee and here's one by applegate.ired now on interstate 80, highways 530 and 88. remember our radio partners, kcbs 740-am and 106.9-fm. that's your weather and traffic. back to you. >> thank you. >>> a new mexico woman is suing chili's restaurant. she says a sewing needle pierced her tongue while she was eating a side of mashed potatoes. the 23-year-old woman says she pulled a 2" long needle from her mouth after eating at a chili's last july. she says employees quickly took the needle and refused to give it back when she requested it for testing. she says it then took 52 days for the restaurant to send that needle to a lab. that's not good. neither is this. check your freezer. some frozen dinners are all being recalled. >> nestle recalling lean cuisine simple favorites spaghetti with meatballs. some customers had complained that they found pieces of red plastic in the meatballs. the recalled packages were produced in october of last year. >>> well, it's like priceline for pants. gap inviting shoppers now name their pr

from marin county and once again i wanted to hopefully show you this shot here of interstate 80 at applegate, raindrops making a mess of the camera. chains required to the sierra now on 80 as well as 50 and 88. to get the latest travel conditions, remember our radio partners, kcbs 740-am and 106.9- fm. back to you. >> thank you. >>> let's take a peek at some of the morning's top stories now. protests get heated at cal. 17 people were arrested accused of refusing to leave the uc- berkeley building there. they were taking part in a rally as part of national day of action to protest budget cuts and fee increases in higher education. >>> the final day of federal hearings into the san bruno pipeline explosion begins in 40 minutes in washington. engineers are scheduled it testify today. yesterday, san bruno's fire chief said he was not aware of the gas line transmission under his city until it finally blew up. >>> and the interim prime minister of egypt has resigned. ahmed shafiq was named prime minister by ousted president hosni mubarak. shafiq's resignation meets a key demand of the opposition p

this is applegate turkey. again, these birds are organic, vegetarian, grain-fed.um. >> no pesticides. >> absolutely not. you put the veggies in there and cheese. and you've got a great lunch. >> my little sandwich. this is unfamiliar territory for me. >> okay. this is like a vegetarian garden in a box. >> okay. >> you have your brown rice. as you can see, you have an array of cheeses. and a ton of vegetables, from carrots, to peppers. so, you really, are again, getting a loft vitamin b, antioxidants, cancer-fighters. high-quality and extremely tasty. >> black bean and cheese enchilada. doesn't take long to prepare. >> just like that. >> i did try this. these are the gourmet chicken meatballs. >> yeah. they're only 40 calories per. and if you heat them up with vegetables, they have spinach, which is great for iron. garlic and cheese. you get your calcium. lowers cholesterol. it can lower high blood pressure. no fillers whatsoever. all-natural. >> no preservatives. >> no preservatives. these are organic. >> i'm going to be shopping. >> excellent. >> and some small o

after that, david applegate of the u.s. geological survey will talk about the threat of earthquakes and other geological counters. each morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. later on, general david petraeus on the war in afghanistan. he is in washington this week and met with president obama and testified on capitol hill. live coverage at 9:00 a.m. eastern. earlier today, ekda kenny visit to the white house. two years after the federal government give assistance to the banking industry, taxpayers have broken even on their investment. we will have that hearing shortly. later, president obama talks about japan following last week's earthquake. >> president obama met with the irish prime minister today and told reporters he would travel to ireland in may. enda kenny took office last month after his party won a parliamentary election. he emphasized cooperation between the u.s. and ireland. >> hello. it is my great pleasure on st. patrick's day to welcome the new prime minister. we're thrilled to have you here and we want to congratulat

applegate. he serves as the senior science adviser for earthquake and geologic hazards. could an earthquake of the magnitude of the one in japan have been in the united states? guest: i appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. we have two zonesf the united states that do have the potential to generate similar kinds of earthquakes. part of the pacific plate is diving down beneath north america. one part is off of alaska. in 1964, we have a magnitude 9 earthquake. it caused a significant local tsunami. the other is a small micro-plate linked to the pacific off the pacific northwest. we call this area cascadia. it runs from british columbia to california. a magnitude 9 earthquake is definitely possible there. ho: we have a chart of the united states. it has the hazard zones. we always think about the west coast of the united states, hawaii, and alaska as places more prone to it. but there are hot spots here. one is an area around missouri and another is around charleston. talk about those. guest: one thing we emphasize is that earthquakes are a national housing. they a

good morning to david applegate. he serves as the senior science adviser for earthquake and geologic hazards. could an earthquake of the magnitude of the one in japan have been in the united states? guest: i appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. we have two zones of the united states that do have the potential to generate similar kinds of earthquakes. part of the pacific plate is diving down beneath north america. one part is off of alaska. in 1964, we have a magnitude 9 earthquake. it caused a significant local tsunami. the other is a small micro-plate linked to the pacific off the pacific northwest. we call this area cascadia. it runs from british columbia to california. a magnitude 9 earthquake is definitely possible there. host: we have a chart of the united states. it has the hazard zones. we always think about the west coast of the united states, hawaii, and alaska as places more prone to it. but there are hot spots here. one is an area around missouri and another is around charleston. talk about those.