fourteen industrial facilities are in far you are currently looking at one or refinery in the chiba prefecture. well turning to other developing stories now to libya where colonel gadhafi forces are pushing rebels out of more cities of the embattled leader has already reclaimed the western city of zawiya and one of his sons warns that government troops are heading to the opposition stronghold of benghazi hundreds of rebels left the oil port of rust after reported attacks with walkouts and tank shells the international red cross describes libya as now being in the midst of a civil war and ministers from the gulf cooperation council which represents six arab states have called the libyan regime illegitimate and within the country itself locals are more concerned with how the events in their country are being portrayed as archie's polls the euro has been finding out they're worried that global media's tendency to put drama above reality is encouraging foreign intervention. isn't heckling on the international stage of the minutes and a no fly zone and the bargaining taking place in downtown tripol

are infrastructure and right now you're looking at an oil refinery that is a blaze in ishihara chiba prefecture and these are still having a hard time containing the blaze has been going on for quite some time now now the international airport is also of reportedly shut down i just remind you an eight point nine earthquake hit the northeastern part of the country that's a rather round two for. six local time in egypt that was a middle of the afternoon of widespread destruction being reported now that the russian president has been giving his reaction to the tragedy the media the head of it is pledging support for japan saying that moscow and tokyo can work together to combat this natural disaster. of course we're ready to help our neighbors in overcoming these things either so your earthquake and steve emergency has also been declared and are still on the cool island reaching machinery measures must also be taken to prevent damage or loss of life that she normally has already reached our shores and we must all be consolidated each time now ordering the emergencies minister to present a plan of

inferno going pretty much out of control, with firefighters not being able to contain it in chiba prefecture

fire and still very difficult for officials to contain the blaze this is an oil refinery in the chiba prefecture just northeast east of tokyo. officials are saying that it has been difficult to contain this fourteen industrial complexes are now on far as a result of the earthquake well of course we'll keep you updated on the devastation as the situation continues to unfold in japan well now the russian president has been giving his reaction to the tragedy dmitri medvedev is pledging support for japan saying that moscow and talk you can work together to combat this natural disaster. the commissioner. of course we're ready to help our neighbors in overcoming these pictures just of your quick state of emergency has also been declared on our shores on the cool islands in the region. the measures must also be taken to prevent damage and loss of life that tsunami has already reached our shores and we must all be consolidated each time and now ordering the emergency as minister to present a plan of assistance to japan. plus we'll have more of that for first we'll turn to our developments in the libya w

you're looking at an nhk helicopter capturing images in an oil refinery in chiba prefecture near tokyock smoke seen billowing from the refinery. several fires have broken out in tokyo. the fire department says fires have been reported in several places including reclaimed land of areaki in central tokyo. fires breaking out in several places in tokyo along with surrounding areas like this one you're seeing in chiba east of tokyo. ishihara area. fire, obviously, not contained yet, from an oil refinery. there are also reports of buildings collapsing in and several people injured. we do have a report of one person that has died from the earthquake. that is information we have so far in regard to casualties. obviously, that number is -- will be changing as stories -- as the story develops and we get more information in regard to the extent of damage. the powerful quake has stop bullet trains across the country and trains around the tokyo area. east japan railway company says all lines have stopped and major tokido lines all -- >> okay. taking a look there at an oil refinery fire, one of man

chiba prefecture. >> so much devastation all across the country. we should add there are close to 100,000 u.s. military personnel and dependants in japan. the u.s. military is saying they're all safe thus far. >> that's right. military planes were stuck up in the air circling when it hit. let's check with sam champion. >> elizabeth, george, good morning. it is a gorgeous day in most of california. we expect to see dry, beautiful skies. the northwest will have a couple showers. the systems around earlier have already moved in. just a showery day in portland, 53 degrees there. palm springs, 84, beautiful weather in southern california. r >> america's weather in the next half hour. george, elizabeth? >> thank you, sam. staying live all along on the west coast with special coverage of the disaster in the pacific. [ male announcer ] those with frequent heartburn imagine a day when we can eat what we want and sleep soundly through the night. prevacid®24hr. just one pill helps keep you heartburn-free for a full 24 hours. aflac! oh, i've just got major med

water warnings remained in force of two of tokyo's neighboring prefectures-- chiba and saitama. radiation levels also tested dangerously high in hitachi, located about 70 miles south of the fukushima dai-ichi nuclear plant. two workers at the plant were hospitalized with radiation burns today after they stepped in contaminated water. but crews did get the lights on in the central control room for the first time since the earthquake and tsunami hit. a powerful earthquake struck northeastern myanmar, today. it had a magnitude of 6.8, hoth several strong aftershocks. th quake hit near the border with northern thailand and osla t r iegowionkns n as the "golden triangle" and is a center of asia's opium production. the tremors were felt across much of southeastern asia. at least one person was killed. a roadside bomb has killed two british soldiers fighting with the nato force in afghanistan. officials said today they'd been due to return home to britain in just six days.kn meanwhile, in khost pronce, a nato helicopter gunship accidentally killed two civilians while targeting suspecte