the whole area can't get out. >> one happy story, we'll be happy to have you home safe and sound, bill weirafter six days, the crisis is still developing. as you heard in bill's report, rescuers were further slowed by biting cold and snowfall as they search for the thousands still unaccounted for. one more challenge for them and one more danger for those left homeless by the disasters. >>> up next, can a nuclear disaster be averted? what comes next? [music playing] confidence available in color. depend® colors for women. looks and fits like underwear. protects like nothing else. depend®. good morning. great day. you can take the heat. 'til it turns into heartburn, you've got what it takes: zantac. it's strong, fast lasting relief. so let them turn up the heat. you can stop that heartburn cold: (sssssssss!!!) zantac. it's irresistible. experience this in your home with resolve deep clean powder. its moist powder penetrates deep, removing three times more dirt than vacuuming alone while also neutralizing odors at their source. it's a clean you can see, smell, and really enjoy. resolve deep cl

in new york city, this is "nightline," march 3rd, 2011. >> good evening, i'm bill weir. the statistic is staggering. if you know six teenage girls in this country, odds are, at least one of them is pregnant. america has a rate twice as high as the uk, three times higher than canada. in recent years, reality tv shows devoted to the hardship of teen mother hood became such hit, their subjects receive magazine cover fame. with a look at the mothers of unplanned consequences, here's juju chang. >> reporter: move over jamie lynn spears and bristol palin. teen moms are popping up everywhere. lifetime's "the pregnancy pact." >> we have to get pregnant together. >> reporter: the fox hit "glee." "the secret life of an american teenager." but the most famous pregnant teens in the spotlight are without a doubt the stars of "teen mom" which chronicles the highs and often lows of teenage girls, dealing with the fallout of babies, baby daddies and vocal grandparents. >> he's my child, not yours. >> let me take care of him! >> reporter: so, where does that leave real girls? >> there's

in new york city, this is "nightline," march 24th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm bill weir. there are indications there could be more huge and potentially bloody uprising in yemen and syria tomorrow, but as for the current revolution in libya, tonight brought news that the u.s. will hand over command to nato to enforce that no-fly sewn. but questions remain. what is the american role going forward. with gadhafi's air force now sm smoldering, what do we do now? martha rad dad went looking for answers with an exclusive interview for tonight's "target libya" report. >> reporter: the man asleep here, miles above the mediterranean sea, is general carter ham. he, and most of his staff, passed out upright, somewhere off the libyan coast. we're in an osprey, the marine corps craft that's part helicopter, part airplane. it's not comfortable. but the commander of all forces deployed for operation odyssey dawn catches a nap wherever he is. ham is taking me to the u.s. battleships here on his first trip since the war began. this is the "uss kearsarge" with more than 2,000 u.s. troops on

this is bill weir with abc news, i met your sister elsa in japan yesterday. >> oh, my god.ank you, lord. >> reporter: yeah, she's okay. she's in good health. the rest of the family is okay. >> i'm so glad you found her. >> reporter: she was telling me that just minutes before the tsunami, she went to the hospital to get her medicine and that's what saved her life. >> oh, really? >> reporter: she wants you to know that she's fine and she loves you. >> oh, i'm glad. i love them, and i love you, too, you found my sister. it's a real miracle, you know? >> reporter: she's going to need your help at some point because the house is gone, but for the moment, she's safe and alive, and that's -- >> oh, good. >> reporter: one small rare moment of sheer joy and relief. what we wouldn't give for a lot more moments like that from this country. thank you for watching abc news. we certainly hope you'll check out "good morning america" for the latest on the

in new york city, this is "nightline," march 25th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm bill weir. the tiniest speck of inhaled plutonium can bring lung cancer, experts tell us, which is why tonight's news from japan is more tire than any since the mop administer quake and tsunami there. authorities suspect a large crack has formed in the core container of a reactor at fukushima. meaning that highly radioactive material, uranium and plutonium, is exposed and potentially spreading through air and water. here now is david wright with the latest. >> reporter: this was the news everyone here has been dreading for two weeks now, since the nuclear crisis began. a suspected breach of the reactor core. today, the prime minister himself called the situation grave and serious. "we need to be extremely vigila vigilant," he said, adding darkly, "this is not a time for optimism." >> think of the little dutch boy putting his finger in this crack and this crack. suddenly, a huge crack begins to open up. >> reporter: the canaries in the react wear the engineers who bravely put their lives on the l

york city, this is "nightline," march 22nd, 2011. >> good evening, i'm bill weir. sure, america has a dozen countries now helping attack moammar gadhafi, and yes, president obama promised to execute a quote, exit strategy this week. but none of that could have mattered to a pair of young americans the moment they ditched their f-15 and rode parachutes into the dark desert. for the latest on the closest of calls in this young war, we turn to the only reporter ever to fly a u.s. combat mission. martha raddatz has tonight's "target libya" report. >> reporter: late last night, the two-man crew of the f-15 strike eagle took off from aviano air base. their mission? take out deadly air defenses in libya. this is what flying in one of those 40-ton, $60 million fighter jets is like, as i learned when i flew a combat mission in an identical plan in afghanistan last year. the takeoff in an f-15 is exhilarating. the power, indescribable. we rocket up to 20,000 feet in just over a minute. our aircraft, like all in war zones, laden with thousands of pounds of bombs. >> confirm t

>> let's go to bill weir on the santa monica coast. right now. waves expected to hit about 8:00 pacific time. >> reporter: good morning, about 8:23 to be exact the waves should hit here in southern california. but there's cautious optimism that the waves will be measured in inches rather than feet. they're closing down beaches from orange county. and things intensify as we go north. the city of san francisco activated their alarms in the wee hours last night. but it's really more weighing on the minds of southern californians as a perfect day begins as to what a devastating earthquake looks like. of course, tokyo, one of the more stringent building codes in the world. a lot of people in los angeles care very much about how much that protected them going forward. there's a nuclear power plant just south of us here. that will probably weigh heavier on the minds of californians today than any threat of tsunamis. but we're keeping our eyes on

. >>> good evening, aisle bill weir. he was born in a bed win tent and came to power in a coup and for more than 40 years moammar gadhafi has stood as one of the most bizarre characters on the world stage. his his team of virgin bodyguards gave his eccentric mystique he ruled libya like any other tyrant and a revolution exploded there over a week ago. yesterday gadhafi's own sons insisted to our christiane amanpour there is no revolution and denied using military force against their own citizens but this is video taken today 30 miles from tripoli and shows something different. it is why president obama has called for gadhafi to step down, sent warships into the region and ordered a seizure of $30 billion in libya assets. this fighting was going on as christiane was making her way to sit down with the colonel himself and she has an exclusive interview with the longtime leader of a nation on the brink. >> reporter: our day began high over the libyan capital tripoli. in a helicopter ride organized to prove that the city is

>> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadened and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," march 4th, 2011. >> good evening. despite what "the godfather" taught us, most self-respecting mobsters hope all their sons find a legitimate line of work. but one chicago hitman had no such parental instrict. he pulls his son into the mob and it cost him. for the first time ever, you're about to hear from the most important mafia turn coat in recent history. the man at the center of what the fbi called operation family secrets. a few nights a month, patrons pile into this trendy phoenix restaurant with no idea that the man making their pizza is a member of one of the most notorious crime families in america. >> stone oven here. >> reporter: his name is frank calabrese jr. and his father frank sr. is serving multiple life sentences for killing 13 people while stealing and loan sharking millions as a made man in the outfit, a chicago mob notorious since the days of al capone. did he have a signature? >> yeah. when he was killing, he wanted to make

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," march 2nd, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. and we begin tonight with another difficult chapter in the very public struggles of actor charlie sheen. last night, police removed his twin sons from his care after his estranged wife filed a restraining order against him. in an interview with abc earlier this week, sheen, one of four children himself, said he wasn't worried about his kids being negati negatively impacted by his lifestyle in all of this. i can say, hey, kids, your dad's a rock star, the actor said. here's andrea canning with the latest. >> reporter: police under court orders arrived at sheen's home last night to supervise the removal of the twins from his custody to hand over to their mother. surrounded by friends, sheen remained calm while authorities removed the boys from his home, as seen in this radar online video. we met the twins this past weekend when we spent the day with sheen and the children at his home in l.a. sheen

elana, this is bill weir with abc news. i'm in northern japan right now. and i just saw your sister, elsa. she's okay. and she wanted you to know that and that she loves you. hope you get this message. >>> after all the horrific details coming from japan, there is one absolutely miraculous story of survival this morning. japanese rescuers found a 4-month-old girl in the debris of one village. it's believed that little girl survived three days all alone. >> now, amid the chaos, she was reunited with her father. and just moments later, another tsunami warning came. but it was followed by the all-clear. so, a couple of good stories among the devastation. >> glimmers of hope. >> yeah. what you really need. >>> coming up next, japan's economy takes another hit today. >>> plus, a looming shortage of japanese goods. even the popular prius could be in short supply. . [ shrek ] calm down donkey. it's vacation time! ohhhhh, who ays ogres can't surf? nice moves fiona! ha, ha, ha, i love3d. wooo hooooo! [ shrek ] gingy! [ laughs ] hey do the roar. roooooar! yeah marty

. >>> finally tonight, "nightline" anchor bill weir is in san francisco for an announcement that hading. >> reporter: would he show? and does he still have any tricks left up that mock turtle neck sleeve? yes and yes. >> thanks for coming. we've been working on this product for awhile and i just didn't want to miss today, so -- >> reporter: since his liver transplant and medical leave, apple stock has dipped with every grim rumor about steve jobs. but it shot up today when the ceo unveiled yet another creation and is up 6400% since he came back to apple in the mid-'90s. is invention his therapy? if so, the ipad 2 explains his strength as a thinner, faster tablet computer with more bells, whistles and virtual drums than anything on the market. they boast this will change the way pilots fly and doctors heal and autistic children learn, thanks to the touch screen and state of the art chips inside. but part of the secret sauce is, jobs knows the consumer wants something that they can feel and touch in a sort of visceral way. nothing proves that more than the cover for the new ipad, which

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," march 23rd, 2011. >> good ooepin ievening, i'm te moran. and tonight, we remember elizabeth taylor, who died today at 79. and we're lucky we can call on a colleague of ours that knew taylor as a subject and friend. barbara walters is here with us. you interviewed elizabeth five times. reaction to her death is really breathtaking out there. on tv news, all the way out to twitter. really touched something deep in the country, across the generations, too. why? what was it about her that captured or imagination and held it for so long? >> reporter: well, i did interview her five times, but i also considered elizabeth taylor a friend and many people don't realize this, she had four children, ten grandchildren and four great-grandchildren and she loved them dearly, so, i would like to say that my heart and sympathies go out to her family tonight. but to your question. everything she did was larger than life. she was the most beautiful child star. she w

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city this is "nightline," march 18th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. and, american blood and treasure is on the line anew tonight as president obama prepares to take military action against libya, with u.n. backing, and in cooperation with france, britain and others. despite this pressure, libyan leader moammar gadhafi continued his bloody assault on the opposition, using tanks and heavy artillery to bombard towns. so, what price is the u.s. prepared to pay in libya? once again, afternoon a decade of war, a president is sending american troops into harm's way. >> there is no decision i face as your commander in chief that i consider as carefully as the decision to ask our men and women to use military force. >> reporter: but barack obama has now opened another front in america's wars, libya. >> cease-fire must be implemented immediately. that means all attacks against civilians must stop. >> reporter: for nearly a month now, ordinary libyans have risen up to rid t

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," march 8th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. tonight, we're going to begin with personal finances. jobs are still scarce and tax day is on the horizon, so many americans are feeling added pressure to get their financial houses in order. and for the millions of people who buy her books and watch her on tv, that's where suze orman comes in. but lately,orman has reversed some of the key points of advice she used to give. tonight, she tells vicki mabrey why. >> look how tall you're are. you're a real man. >> reporter: deonte murphy and his mom wanted to thank suze orman for making their american dream come true. last time they met was seven years ago. >> do you get an allowance? >> yes. >> how much do you get? >> $10. >> reporter: a chance encounter on his 10th birthday, where suze taught them both about saving. >> what if i told you, if you put it in the bank, the bank will pay you to put it there. >> reporter: his mother cut back on hair and

. >>> good evening, i'm bill weir. missiles and muzzle fire are lighting up the north african sky tonight as america and her allies continue to destroy the defenses of moammar gadhafi. the mission, according to president obama, was to stop the libyan dictate they are slaughtering more of his own people, but getting rid of gadhafi, not our job. for the moment, that task is still in the hands of a ragged group of rebels, and with more american blood and treasure on the line alexander markardt set out to find out. >> reporter: hundreds of cruise missile attacks against military posts. two slamming into a command and control facility in libyan government compounds. earlier this morning at first light, my team and i traveled from the city of tobruk to the city of benghazi. the heart of this rebellion against this mercurial dictator moammar gadhafi. america and its al lies have vowed to protect the people here. the city was deserted. there were roadblocks everywhere. almost no one in the streets. the shops were shuttered. fo

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," march 30th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. well, when americans watch reality tv, we aren't really looking for models of good behavior. but lately the bad behavior you see on some tv shows has sunk to a new level. in the old days, think 1993, mtv's "real world," a cast member could be expelled for getting physical. now it's almost as if the shows want the cast to brawl, scratch and scrum. but the question is, how is watching them fight each other affecting us? here's andrea canning. >> reporter: it's the disturbing brawl between two teenage girls caught on tape by their friends, looking on and even egging them on to keep fighting. what was it like being involved in that fight? >> i was upset, scared, shocked. >> reporter: the alleged attacker is janelle evans, the star of mtv's "teen mom." >> mom, shut up. >> reporter: in this video licensed by abc news, evans can be seen attacking her former friend who says the fight was all over janell

this is bill weir with abc news.ctually in northern japan and i just saw your sister elsa and she's okay and she wanted you to know that and that she loves you. hope you get this message. unfortunately, those moments of hope are all too few and far between. we come back, we'll take you even into a worst hit area if you can believe that, find more stories of courage among the most isolated survivors when "nightline" returns. even though i'm a great driver, and he's... not so much. well, for a driver like you, i would recommend our new snapshot discount. this little baby keeps track of your great driving habits, so you can save money. [sighs] amazing. it's like an extra bonus savings. [ cackling ] he's my ride home. how much can the snapshot discount save you? call or click today. [music playing] confidence available in color. depend® colors for women. looks and fits like underwear. protects like nothing else. depend®. good morning. great day. with resolve deep clean powder. the moist powder removes three times more di

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," march 29th, 2011. >> good evening. i'm terry moran. we're going to begin with the revelation of a record of safety violations at america's nuclear plants. the united states is home to 104 reactors across 31 states. some of them located on fault lines. but nuclear regulatory commission safety records show more than 50 safety violations at u.s. nuclear plants from 2007 through 2011. and now there's a move on capitol hill to block licenses for new plants. here's pierre thomas with our report. >> reporter: this is the dresden nuclear power plant in illinois. located within 50 miles of the 9 million people who live in and around chicago. but less than two years ago, in 2009, the nuclear regulatory commission cited them for allowing unlicensed operators to work with radioactive control rods. the workers allowed three radioactive control rods to be moved out of the reactor core when they should not have been. worse, the workers initially ignored alarms.

to all here in the west i'm bill weir. and perhaps, some of you in coastal communities spent the day like we did, here at the santa monica pier, waiting for a tsunami. but the size of the waves that came, is a tiny reflection of what's still unfolding in japan. where tonight, nuclear officials are warning of a possible nuclear reactor meltdown. they've been watching three facilities near the epicenter all day. at one of them fuel rods are exposed. if they stay that way, they could release radioactivity and a disaster of monster proportions. the disaster in northern japan is just beginning. and an aerial of what was a town of 71,000 people completely under water. no structure still standing. and japanese media is reporting that authority there's have found 200 to 300 bodies on a beach in sendai the center near the epicenter of today's massive 8.9 magnitude quake. but this is just part of what is a history devastation for in ally ally. it is saturday in japan. still try to grasp the most violent ever recorded in their land.

elana, this is bill weir with abc news. i'm in northern japan right now.saw your sister, elsa. she's okay. and she wanted you to know that and that she loves you. hope you get this message. >> bill weir, bringing good news to a family. that's good to see. >>> we want to go back to sam at the smart screen. we've been seeing the one-two punch, of the earthquake and the tsunami, reshaping the coast of japan? >> we're getting the pictures in. and it's amazing to see. we've been talking nuclear all day. but the waves, the tsunamis, changed the coastline. we'll take the southern zone first. you look at what is a beautiful stretch of beach along here. and watch what happened once the wave came in. this area right here that is all water, that is your a bay, was not there before. once the wave came in, the power of the water completely carving out the land in that zone. we'll go to sendai, in the northern section there. this is a town, about 1 million people lived in this area. a nice, open stretch of beach there. look at the after shot. and look at this zone right

i want to bring in bill weir now, he is standing by, he was there when it hit this afternoon earlier. >> reporter: that's right, diane. people are back enjoying the pacific tonight after spending the morning staring at it with sort of an uncertain dread. nothing like a six-hour tsunami warning to make you take stock of how ready you are or aren't. the quake-driven water sloshed across maui and headed for the mainland at 500 miles an hour. it drove an eight-foot wave into the piers of crescent city, california, toppled boats in santa cruz and swept five wave watchers out to sea. one is still missing. since experts say it's only a matter of time before america's big one, many are taking stock tonight and realizing their disaster plan is a disaster. >> we've got water -- >> reporter: well, this is enough for two people for one day. >> yeah. pretty much. >> reporter: donnell james is the epitome of laid back, west coast preparedness and a stark contrast to the regimented japanese, who never forgot the 1923 quake that killed 100,000. every september, they mark the anniversary with a nation

bill weir looks at apple by the numbers. >> reporter: 33, the number of seconds the crowds cheered for jobs, during his first appearance since taking a medical leave. three, the amount of dollars caple's stock jumped when he did. 6400%, the percentage that the stock has jumped since jobs returned to apple. $500, the amount steve wasz wazniak got. $325 billion, what the garage start-up is worth today. $666.66, the price of the apple 1. not that they were satanists. they just like the poetry of repeating numbers. $499, the base price of the ipad. 15 million, the number of ipads sold in the first 9 months. 300 pounds. that's how much the beatles tape track weighed when they recorded the "sergeant pepper's" album. and 3.4 pounds, how much power at your finger tips. 16.5 pounds, what a mcintosh or an average tuna weighed. 44 ounces, what an ipad weighs today. holding around 500 songs. 2001, the movie that inspired the name ipod. >> and we call it, the ipad. >> reporter: several million, the number of times people chuckled when the name ipad was announced last year. and zero, the number of t

our co-anchor bill weir is here right here in japan, as well.'ll see you back here from japan tomorrow night. until then we hope you have a good night at home in the united states. >>> convenience store shelves were void of food. >> escaping the disaster, quake survivors describe harrowing destruction and aftermath. >> helping victims of the quake. why a couple walked their donation to japantown. >> college students demanding more funding for campuses. the forecast as budget talks drag on way past governor brown's deadline. >> 7 on your side is answering your tax questions tonight. online at abc 7 news.com, and you can give us a call. >> new and heart breaking stories of devastation and december separation coming out of januarian tonight. >> plane loads awrifd personal accounts of the deadly earthquake, tsunami and aftermath. usgs seismologists inkris kreesed the magnitude of the quake to 9.0, making it the fourth-strongest earthquake ever measured.

bill weir, abc news, san francisco. >> he said, he wasn't going to miss that. the new ipad looks pretty good. i wonder if bill's going to be in trouble at home. >> i thought the same thing, george. he might want to use that to call home. >> call home right now. >>> we're going to call to juju chang with the news. >> good morning, everyone. we begin with a major vote in ohio, to restrict the rights of unionized public workers. despite ongoing protests at the capitol, the senate there has approved a bill that would ban strikes and penalize anyone who participates in a walkout. unlike the proposal in wisconsin, that's captured so many headlines, the ohio bill includes police and firefighters. it could become law as early as next week. >>> now, a radically different labor dispute. football fans have been dreading. nfl players and owners have until midnight tonight to reach a new collective bargaining agreement or trigger the first work stoppage since 1987. little progress is reported. at issue, how to divide $9 billion in revenue and whether to extend the season to

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the configuration of the weir i just showed you, they are quite long and we don't have too many sort of pipes, small pipes, like that that just end and you can put a duck bill on the end to prevent the flow from coming in. but conceptually you can do this with a long weir. here's another example of a long weir structure. this is sort of south of monster park along the bay. on the lower left you can see sort of the weir arrangement as it currently exists. one of our concepts would be -- it's a little hard to see, but you can sort of wall off those existing weirs and put some sort of a duck bill type of back flow prevention in there. so we see this as a near term solution to a current problem we have, something we can start doing right away, and i think my engineers suggest that this would probably protect us i'd say for the next 30 to 50 years. if this is all we did, we could probably avoid serious problems with salt water intrusion. start looking at the longer term, i don't really know what you do other than install more pumps. will talked about this is a problem we have to stop. we might have to build seawalls around the city, we might have to firm up larg

our bill says, weir going to coordinate this response so everything that you said is what we do. and it's high time we did it because i don't want to see a private citizen getting calls because there's no faith in the government right now. because we're just not coordinated. so i hope you'll take a look at this and i think you'll like what you see. again, if you have -- if you want us to make it more clear, we'll make it more clear. i want to thank so much this panel. you have been excellent witnesses. and i look forward to the day that we pass trevor's law out of this committee and bring it down to the floor, we have everyone support -- everyone's support and we move it through. trevor you know, life takes so many twists and turns and it's a mystery why. but clearly your life took a twist and a turn in a way that has given you the power to communicate your story and the empathy and compassion that you bring to this and frankly your common sense side as well. it's extraordinary. and just thank you, you know. you could have gone on with your world and put this behind you and said,

and third, what are the consequences with the bill isn't passed. weir here for the simple reason that the last congress that my good friends on the other side ran never passed a budget, never passed a single appropriations bill. we're here because the democratic majority failed to do its work. we're also here because the current democratic majority in the other body has so far failed to do its work. i remind my colleagues, we actually passed legislation, sent it over. ial remind my colleagues that the one proposal in front of the senate that got the most votes us the republican h r. 1. -- h.r. 1. but nevertheless they failed to give us something to negotiate against. it's their obligation in the senate at some point to have a common negotiating position. i don't know how we can sit down and negotiate otherwise. we're here because of a democratic failure in the last congress and this one. second, what does this bill do? it's common sense, it cuts and reduces 25 programs, saving $35.5 billion. most of those programs -- $3.5 billion. most of those programs

and third, what are the consequences with the bill isn't passed. weir here for the simple reason that the last congress that my good friends on the other side ran never passed a budget, never passed a single appropriations bill. we're here because the democratic majority failed to do its work. we're also here because the current democratic majority in the other body has so far failed to do its work. i remind my colleagues, we actually passed legislation, sent it over. ial remind my colleagues that the one proposal in front of the senate that got the most votes us the republican h r. 1. -- h.r. 1. but nevertheless they failed to give us something to negotiate against. it's their obligation in the senate at some point to have a common negotiating position. i don't know how we can sit down and negotiate otherwise. we're here because of a democratic failure in the last congress and this one. second, what does this bill do? it's common sense, it cuts and reduces 25 programs, saving $35.5 billion. most of those programs -- $3.5 billion. most of those programs