>> the most important thing here is a tsunami warning for coastal california and oregon, from point conception to the oregon/washington border, including alaska. a tsunami advisory has been added to include the coastal areas of california, all the way down to the mexico border from point concepcion down. so a tsunami advisory has been expanded, including a we area of the west coast. but we are under a tsunami warning here. estimated times of arrival. crescent city, 7:23, san francisco, 8:08, go away from the coast. listen to your local emergency officials. those waves could arrive without warning. >> thanks very much. we hope most people would heed that warning, there will always be some who want to look for themselves, not a good idea. don't do it, please. not safe along the coast for the next few hours. these are pictures from japanese television. this is an oil refinery that is raging out of control and has been since this earthquake happened now, about three hours ago, 2 hours and 45 minutes ago, 8.8, 8.9, somewhere in that range. this is 20 miles from downtown tokyo. a gas line ruptured, igniting this refinery an

trace amounts have now been picked up by air monitors in hawaii as well as stations in california, oregon, washington and colorado. authorities say it poses no threat to health. but in the quake zone in japan, the danger from radiation appears to be growing. nbc's chief science correspondent robert bazell reports. >> obviously things are not contained completely at this time. >> reporter: there are serious new concerns about reactor 3 at the fukushima site, which uses highly toxic plutonium in its fuel mixture. japanese officials now say there is a high possibility that the third reactor's fuel rods are damaged and it is leaking radioactive water from the reactor itself or from the pumping system being used to try to cool it. there are also concerns about high levels of radiation at 1 and 2. japan's prime minister called the situation grave and says it does not allow any optimism yet. the problem at reactor 3 was discovered when workers stepped into water that had 10,000 times the amount of radiation typical for a nuclear plant. two of them were taken to a special radiation hospital. >> translator: w

. >> la cruz roja presta ayuda a la costa de nuestro país, abrimos refugios en oregon, california y washington donar dinero por el teléfono celular. >> la cruz roja prefiere que las donaciones sean hechas en dinero. >> desde washington. >> en el área de la bahía el bart funciono perfectamente, se anuncio que se había considerado parar el trabajo del tren que va por debajo del agua. >> por su parte, los vuelos de san francisco y las del terminal áreo de japón cancelaron sus víajes, uno de estos tuvo que frenar y cambiar sus destinos, porque estaban ya en el aire. >> los residentes de área de la bahía que están preocupados pueden llamar al 211 que tiene la información más adecuada . >> se pide no llamar al 911 sólo por emergencia . >> mientras tanto miles de residentes de california siguieron lo que pasaba en japón. >> las horas han pasado, maite intentaba seguir con sus actividades cotidianas. >> ella se refiere a la experiencia que vivio cuando vio las imágenes del tsunami de japón, cuando se dio la alarma de las costas de california . >> los que estamos acá también porque corremos peligro, pe

each other. >> the drawdown there, obviously a lot more impact in northern california, possibly along the oregon and washingtona. scott wright, thank you very much for doing your work up there in the air. >> my pleasure, thank you. >> we'll be right back=e=e&&&&&& >>> stay with us all day on abc. the president speaking live in half an hour. we carry that live. >> be sure to watch "world news." have a great afternoon. abababababababababababababababab

this excludes california, oregon, bc and washington.we are not under a watch or warning but certainly all the other areas surrounding the pacific ocean and nearby sea under a tsunami warning. >> sandy this can obviously change too as this progresses we'll know more so we need to be aware of that right. >> absolutely. the threat can last for hours. screws because tsunami has been generated doesn't mean it gets there right away. the largest wave may arrive an hour later or 2 hours later. reason why they tip to monitor the sea level and continue to go track the estimated time of arrival. they have given estimated times of arrival for different country but keep in mind these are not exact time but estimated time of arrival and can vary quite a bit. >> all right. tsunami move at roughly 600 miles an hour over open ocean as we have heard. the u.s. gs david in menlo park still with us. let me ask you a question about the tsunami. are you still on, david? >> yes i'm still here. >> we thought we had dave may have gone away. he 30's i'm sorry. da

ahora durante las primeras horas de esta jornada por supuesto que era el estado de california, washington y oregón la tarde hora del pacífico repito podrían ver ya llegada de esta peligrosa ola a sus costas. la zona de panamá, colombia, ecuador, perú podría ver la llegada entre 4 de la tartarde de la tarde y más aún entrada en la noche después de las 7 de la tarde de las costas de chile hablando reitero de hora del pacífico eran las que potencialmente recibían la llegada de esta honda al moverse esta honda no lo hace de forma pareja depende de muchos factores de la intensidad, de la densidad del wallaagua, las corrientes marina y no afecta los puntos en monterrey causó problemas en la costa este del país no dejó ninguna consecuencia. >>>josé: luis carrera gracias por esta cobertura. >>>vanessa: vamos a una pausa pero no se el mandatario enfatizó que el país estaba listo para ayudar a los amigos. prueba de la alianza es que mucho antes que japón pidiera ayuda el pentágono movilizó varios buques de la marina en la zona algunos están siendo cargados con algún otro tipo de suministro con transporte de

it is a tsunami warning continues in effect for the coastal areas of california and oregon all the way to the washington/oregon border. we are expecting the tsunami such as it is to hit between 7:45 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. our time. the tsunami warning center has it pinpointed to 8:08, but we'll know so very much more as it hits hawaii. what does this mean to you? well, that's hard to say as we take a look around the bay area. let's go to christina loren. kris key ta christina, they are talking about a 1 1/2-foot wave height, that sunt doesn't sound like much, but they are taking it seriously. >>> yes, a wall of water is what a tsunami is. it is going to push-up all kinds of water. when you are talking about a wall of water with a major force, tsunamis can travel up to 650 miles under the ocean with that resistance. then you are talking about the possibility of flooding. we are not letting our guard down this morning. the situation does seem to be improving. at first we were calling for a three-foot wall of water, but now it looks like one foot or a foot and a half in some places. the ocean floor topography

coastline close lie we're still under a tsunami advisory including the coastline of california here, and washington, oregon and alaska. levels expected to be less than three feet. and dangerous currents and surges still suspected. greatest going to be into harbors and marine yaz. it's advised to stay off beaches and away from beaches. once again a tsunami advisory still in effect for the west coast. peak wave heights this morning crescent city over eight feet a rena cove, almost nine feet. 8.7. san francisco just over two. monterey harbor 2.4 at 12:13 p.m. where the harbor damage took place, the wave heights were higher. >> thank you very much. >> in half moon bay, people took the warning seriously heading for higher ground. we are there with w.that part of the story. leanne? >> reporter: once people here found out that a tsunami could hit, many got into their cars and left with their personal belongings. they started calling and texting. let us show you what it looked like at one gas station at about 4:00 in the morning. people lined up to get gas in case they had to travel far. highway 92 over the hill w

west coast specifically the states of oregon california and washington have been on high alert since early friday morning the tsunami there did not cause any serious damage those were just strong waves on six feet high on average that's the height of a tall person evacuations nevertheless it's been earlier ordered in parts of washington and oregon scientists look knowledge they overstated the threat with defended their actions saying they took the proper steps and learned the lessons of the two thousand and four indonesian tsunami that killed thousands of people who didn't get enough nor ning the fears of tsunami causing any serious damage in the u.s. mainland really diminished after the waves hit the islands of hawaii this morning waves of about six feet again were recorded there and again there have been no reports of destruction there in hawaii roadways and beaches were empty is the tsunami struck the state which had hours to prepare sirens sounded throughout the night and residents in coastal areas were sent to refuge areas and community centers and schools while tourists were mo

the protection would add beaches in california, washington and oregon to a total of about 28,000 acres. this stops human activity that could damage places where snowy provers nest and -- plovers nest and lay their eggs. >>> yes, there's fighting among the parties but amazingly there's been a lot of cooperation and progress. >> the governor delivers a message to the people of california on youtube today. we'll have more on what he has to say. >> believe it or not, there's an iphone app that's claiming to cure gay people. what some folks are doing to try to get that app off the market. >>> it's now been almost three months cincy was inaugurated as -- since i was inaugurated as governor of california. i thought it was time for me to check in and give you a report. >> governor brown took to the -- took to the internet today. >> some big things have been going on in our capitol. yes. there's fighting among the parties but amazingly there's been a lot of cooperation and a lot of progress. >> in a three-minute -- 3:15 pep stock, the governor noted that the legislature has slashed the deficit

. >> as we mentioned, california and all the way up to oregon and washington under a tsunami warning is morning. we're going to bring in california emergency officials jordan scott with the state office of the emergency services joining us by phone to talk about the preparations here. >> good morning, jordan. obviously you're monitoring things. >> good morning to you both. right now it's the coordination effort primarily to establish communications and make sure that we're in touch with all the local officials and other state agencies that may be involved in anything like this. so the priority here is just making sure everybody has the resource that they need and the abilities to deal with the situation as it continues to develop. >> after the indonesia disaster, of course, do you feel we're well-prepared along the coast in terms of alerting people and responding quickly for the emergency issues that come? >> california is very well prepared for this kind of thing. we've gone through the process of maps for different coastal communities. based on a number of different tsunami scenario

we've got a lot of rain out there this morning from the california coast north right through oregon and all through washington state. the snow at pretty high levels, up the cascades at the pass to deal with that. seattle, a little break. heavy rain, more or less showers continuing currently. a batch of very heavy rain from eureka up to crescent city. the forecast, very active. eventually some will work its way into san francisco an california and oregon but then it could spark storms this afternoon. lynn, wednesday's forecast not much better for west. we'll give you updates coming up. >>> all right, bill. thanks very much. >>> also coming up, japan's crisis hits wall street, a&m thrives on the ipad. why are american millionaires complaining? the early morning headlines ahead. >>> donald trump will give a stern talk to a jail bound contestant. >>> miami heat and the best shot of the night not made by a player. you're watching "early today." good morning. welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here is some of your top headlines this morning. moammar gadhafi's forces are advancing toward the rebel capita

> caller: beginning in british columbia and then working down across the washington/oregon, possibly into the northern california area. noaa the agency that's charge of tsunami warning and i know that the folks at the pacific tsunami warning center on oahu are working very hard right now to make these forecasts accuratery. >> given the fact that they've had these earthquakes on wednesday. 7.4. followed with numerous earthquakes after this and then this crescendo of this 8.8 or 8.4 quake can we expect more rumbling after this or an earthquake of this magnitude be it? > caller: well, there willcc1: certainly be strong raveaftersh. major damage.secc1: after all we just saw the tremendous damage in christchurch, new zealand, after an aftershock of a muscle larger earthquake. so there could be continuing problems for some months. >> educate us for a moment of the type of faults that run through japan as opposed to the time faults that run through the bay area? the different types that there are. and would you know right off hand likely what type of fault that this was that struck in japan? cccaller: yes this was an t

running from seattle, washington solved to oregon to eureka, california.e first few flights coming in from tokyo. those slowly resumed after the massive quake and this was a harrowing experience the most violent they've ever felt. these are california residents that a felt earthquakes. the were seeking refuge from the effect of nuclear fallout. they are going to stay here until their unborn baby in her toddler might be impacted by the rhodesian. at sfo, kron formed by the- radiation. >> in san bruno, hundreds of boats are damaged. $17.5 million in damage and that could be climbing. by the emergency declaration of this harbor is closed until sunday with selvage operations continuing. in santa cruz, rob fladeboe. >> gabe slate's tech report big tech companies are donating monday. setting up ways for digitally donate. offering online resources to gather information about relief efforts. microsoft has donated $100,000.20 google has a donated to one rickety thousand dollars. $250,t and verizon are offering free cellphone calls to and from japan. and itunes is e

thousands of people heeded such warnings from washington to oregon to northern california, leaving escape routes jammed with traffic. others took it all in stride, as in southern california, where surfers in redondo beach took the opportunity to hit the water. >> woodruff: coming up: we'll have more on the devastating earthquake in japan; plus, president obama's news conference; and shields and brooks. but first, the other news of the day. here's kwame holman. >> holman: libyan leader moammar qaddafi kept up his assault today on rebels in the east. government and militia forces shelled areas around the key oil port of ras lanouf for a second day, killing at least five people. libyan state television showed qaddafi loyalists celebrating in the city's residential areas. but rebels still were holding the oil facilities. qaddafi supporters also celebrated in zawiyah, just outside tripoli, as the government let journalists tour the newly recaptured town. we have a report on zawiyah from jonathan rugman of independent television news. >> reporter: this event, apparently timed for our benefit an

oregon and washington today. showery weather it continue. bring the umbrella. much of the coastal areas. california look dry today for the most part. san francisco should be pretty nice. l.a. at 74. phoenix really warm. tucson, too. in the mid to upper 80s. as we go to tonight into tomorrow, another storm moves on shore. this one is going to have a lot of moisture with it. notice the rain this time does make it into san francisco and into sacramento. if you are watching us on krnv news 4 reno, nevada, visit an interactive exhibit exploring some of the most mystifying objects in the universe. black holes at the fleischmamn planetarium and science center. >> love the planetarium. >>> here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. one mu release plays strongly at the box office this weekend, and the others, not so strongly. the blockbuster "battle los angeles" performed like a brock buster opening in a top spot to a strong debut of $36 million. in its second week out, the animated western spoof "rango" showed surprising strength with $23 million. the good news ended there. "red rid

en el centro del pacífico, pero debe continuar avanzando y afectar primero washington, oregon y progresivamente hacía california, lo que ha ocurrido en hawai es alentador. en caso de méxico tendría efecto continúa marchando hacía el sur primero california y luego a baja california sur, y ya lo mostré en mis otras intervenciones, el otro golfo interior no tiene preocupaciones porque la olalegaría a la parte exterior la ola llega hasta aquí y todo lo que es la península de baja california rompe la ola y la ola no tiene por qué sentirse aquí en toda esta zona interior así que estos estados tendrían 0 impacto. sin embargo de ahí hacía el sur sigue el impacto todo el estado costero incluyendo jalisco y incluyendo chiapas también pudieran tener impacto en las próximas horas repito no estamos pensando en una situación como la que hemos visto en japón que las imágenes son realmente impactantes una catástrofe de gran envergadura, todos los países de centroamérica están en alerta porque estas olas con el paso del día continuar avanzando afectando en primer lugar, guatemala el salvadsalvador, nicaragua, costa rica, y fina

sacerdotes en los estados de oregÓn, washington, alaska y montana fueron indÍgenas de las reservas o las escuelas de misioneros jesuitas. >> las autoridades de salud de californiaecomiendan s mÉdicos para estar protegidos. >> la bacteria es conocida como crkp. ya se han registrado mÁs de 350 casos entre junio y diciembre del aÑo pasado. es una bacteria muy agresiva en el aspecto que ya que se establece en el sistema de paciente causa complicaciones. >> sus sÍntomas son parecidos a un... con la fiebre. el doctor castillo dice que en la costa Éste causÓ varias muertes y es preocupante porque es resistente a los antibiÓticos conocidos para combatir infecciones, por lo que se le considera peligrosa y mortal. >> sobre el tiempo las baterÍas han sido expuestas a diferentes antibiÓticos y por medio de sobrevivir han mutado genÉticamente han llegado al punto que tienen resistencia a muchos antibiÓticos. >> las autoridades informaron que 53% de estos casos se detectaron en hospitales generales y mÁs del 40% en casas de convalecencia. sin embargo especifican que es un grupo vulnerable el que corre el riesgo de contraer esta bacteria. >> incluye pacientes de la tercera ed

washington state, oregon, california, all under that advisory until further notice.blizzard i was hinting at, yeah, as of today. around the great lakes, grand rapids, duluth, watertown. picking up three to six inches of snow. not a lot of available moisture but with winds 35 to 40 miles per hour, i'm telling you that's going to blow that snow all around and it's blowing snow that defines a blizzard. i think you will be close to blizzard conditions today. this is what it looks like on your satellite imagery. the big picture shows you, good 80% of the country having a very calm day out there. >> all right, buddy, i got to remind you, you go to bed tonight, you spring forward with those clocks. daylight savings time begins 2:00 a.m. sunday morning. rebecca, let's get over to you. >> lonnie, we appreciate it. coming up next, he called it a sustained sense of vertigo. an american quake survivor in tokyo is going to share his story here with us on "the early show" on cbs. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] introducing purina one beyond, a new food for your cat or dog. be

california, washington and oregon haven't experienced tsunamis since 1964. >> how do we prepare for it if we can't predict when it will happen? >> that's the problem for a tsunami. of course there are evacuation routes all over california. but are people psychologically prepared for a disruption on the san andreas fault? generally not. they're better than they were five years ago when we had the anniversary of the san francisco earthquake which was in 2006. people suddenly got back into the thought that, my god, this could happen. schools started doing exercises and people started retro-fitting buildings and so on and so forth. it's taken 22 years, for instance, since the quake in 1989 and still the bay bridge, one of the major arteries from the east bay across to san francisco is still not finished. california really isn't taking this seriously enough. maybe the events in japan, chile and new zealand will remind them that they could be -- and i don't want to be alarmist -- but they could be next. they must prepare. >> dire warnings from simon winchester this morning. thank you very mu

special connection to these events because we have the cascadea fault off of coast of washington, oregon, and northern california. and about a 250-mile stretch of the cascadea fault is locked tight. with great regularity since the last ice age, 12,000 years ago, the furthest back that we can reach in our studies, this fault locked up, has snapped, and created earthquakes of 9.0 magnitude, very similar to the 8.9 richter scale magnitude earthquake that struck japan early this morning. our hearts go out to the japanese people, and to their friends and relatives who are here in the united states. we have an obligation and we have an ability to mitigate these problems to plan for them, and to reduce the risk to the american people and to oregonians. legislation past in the congress addresses these risks in a comprehensive way. by uniting the risks of fire, wind, flood, and earthquakes we can better allocate scarce resources in this era of scarce resources so that we can better get -- get a better buy on the federal dollar. different agencies are involved in reducing the risk of earthquake, we know about fema and how

special connection to these events because we have the cascadea fault off of coast of washington, oregon, and northern california. and about a 250-mile stretch of the cascadea fault is locked tight. with great regularity since the last ice age, 12,000 years ago, the furthest back that we can reach in our studies, this fault locked up, has snapped, and created earthquakes of 9.0 magnitude, very similar to the 8.9 richter scale magnitude earthquake that struck japan early this morning. our hearts go out to the japanese people, and to their friends and relatives who are here in the united states. we have an obligation and we have an ability to mitigate these problems to plan for them, and to reduce the risk to the american people and to oregonians. legislation past in the congress addresses these risks in a comprehensive way. by uniting the risks of fire, wind, flood, and earthquakes we can better allocate scarce resources in this era of scarce resources so that we can better get -- get a better buy on the federal dollar. different agencies are involved in reducing the risk of earthquake, we know about fema and how

oregon, boise, idaho. news channel 7. periods of rain and 49 degrees. as we take a look along the west we have rain from washington, oregon, all the way down into california look for snowshowers new england into the eastern great lakes. plenty of sunshine. 28 degrees in chicago. 51 in new york. beautiful along the gulf coast with showers along the . utheastern coast of florida. >> well, we're seeing some improvement if you have to get out that front door and hit the highway right now you'll probably find wet roadways but we're seeing a lot of clearing right now. we don't think that these showers will be that heavy as we head throughout the remainder of your day. just spotty activities anticipated as we head through the next couple hours. by noon a lot of clearing, a good amount of clearing for your ride home tonight. by 6:00 p.m., we're looking towards clear conditions, 60 for your thursday. another round of showers on tap for the weekend. have a great day. >>> and that's your latest weather. matt? >> al, thank you very much. when we come back, the abduction that changed america. john walsh talks about the nearly 30-year-old murder of his son adam and how

washington oregon y hacia el sur lluvias, y algunos avisos todavía de tormenta invernal pero estos pudieran dejar lluvia y en colorado denver elevado pero todos estos sectores con niebla ligera norte de californial valle de ohio y louisiana y todo el delta mississipi y estará en próximos días hasta una semana y esta corriente atmósfera, mire que va a pasar, inflexión en próximos horas permitiendo aire frío del norte y cálido del sur y si vive en el corredor de texas, mississipi y pudiera haber tormenta y algunos tornados este es viernes y el sábado, y aquí lo tenemos y la lluvia extiende hasta grandes lagos y el noroeste, pero en la noche madrugada más frío todavía y mañana se recupera temperat a temperaturas y más de 40 grados sin lluvia en general la lluvia viene el domingo y el sur con condición primaverales. 66 miami, siga con más de "primer impacto." >> el popular nel eje sic ibuprofeno podría quitar más que undolo orden cabeza una investigación determinó que los que toman esta pastilla una a dos veces por semana tienen 38% menos riesgo de desarrollar el mal de parkinson. >> y un pe bé está sano y salvo gracias a avance de las ciencia en el reino unido tuvo que ser congelo aldo tres días p

special connection to these events because we have the cascadea fault off of coast of washington, oregon, and northern california. and about a 250-mile stretch of the cascadea fault is locked tight. with great regularity since the last ice age, 12,000 years ago, the furthest back that we can reach in our studies, this fault locked up, has snapped, and created earthquakes of 9.0 magnitude, very similar to the 8.9 richter scale magnitude earthquake that struck japan early this morning. our hearts go out to the japanese people, and to their friends and relatives who are here in the united states. we have an obligation and we have an ability to mitigate these problems to plan for them, and to reduce the risk to the american people and to oregonians. legislation past in the congress addresses these risks in a comprehensive way. by uniting the risks of fire, wind, flood, and earthquakes we can better allocate scarce resources in this era of scarce resources so that we can better get -- get a better buy on the federal dollar. different agencies are involved in reducing the risk of earthquake, we know about fema and how

oregon say there's really nothing to worry but. >> the levels that there detracting would have to be hundreds times higher to close any minute threat to the public. >> how white, california, washington levels the radiation levels in all of those states falls below levels of concern. to 7.0 earthquake struck in northeastern a u.s. monitoring agency. says a 7.0-magnitude earthquake has hit northeastern myanmar. the quake struck thursday night near the southeast asian country's borders with thailand and laos, about 70 miles from the northern thai city of chiang rai. the u.s. geological survey says it struck at a depth of 140 miles, exceptionally deep. but it could be felt as far away as bangkok, where buildings swayed. the pacific tsunami warning center says it was located too far inland to generate a destructive wave. one person is reported dead at this point. 9:22 a.m. we'll be back with more as we continue our team coverage of the big storm. you can see it storming really get up there all lot of rain, wind, the james lick is moving slowly. >> darya: simeon on strong track of the heaviest rain is falling open the north bay in the east bay. petaluma, novato or other that it's going to