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hi, diane, hi, mike. nice to have you with us. >> hi, susie. >> good to be here. >> susie: diane, let me begin with you. what's your take on japan. even though we don't have the acknowledge on the scope. do you think it will have an impact on the global economic recovery? >> there no question it will have an impact. the reaction to natural gas disasters always tends to be heavier. japan is not haiti. we'll see rebuild -- an interruption in economic activity, and some of the interruptions will be filled, like exports to china, by places to europe. and as japan rebuilds, last time with the cobi earthquake, we saw a lot of caterpillar equipment go to japan. and that's what happens, you have a loss in wealth, and that transfer of wealth to other countries as they rebuild. we don't know -- i think it is very important that the fed did not mention japan today because there is more that is unknown about what the effects of japan are going to be, than what is known. the fed didn't want to add anything that would

diane? >> jake, thank you. and now we turn to "20/20" anchor elizabeth vargas, who has covered these issues for years. what is the one thing you most hope people will think about tonight? >> reporter: having women on your work force is good for your bottom line financially. there are two separate studies out that show this. for example, companies that have more women on their work force have a 35% higher return rate on equity and a 34% higher return rate for shareholders. as a result, a growing number of companies but still a small number, are actively trying to recruit women with family-friendly policies like paid maternity leave or on-site child care services. >> since women do so much of the care giving. so, who are your hero companies? >> reporter: only 16% go above and beyond what the government requires, but google, for example 18 weeks of paid maternity leave. seven weeks to fathers. that's more than most companies offer women who have just given birth. johnson & johnson, seven on-site child care centers

and diane, a u.s. official tells abc news that people around gadhafi are concerned about the direction of events and they are looking for a way out. the question, diane, is whether they're doing that for themselves or for gadhafi, made all the more puzzling because gadhafi's state of mind is so difficult to discern. diane? >> could be fast-moving events this weekend. thank you, jake tapper, at the white house. >>> and still ahead right here on "world news," did an air traffic controller fall asleep on the job at one of the nation's busiest airports? >>> and, take a look at these five words. can you memorize them? because we're about to show you how to become a memory superstar. >>> and, elizabeth taylor. the story behind what was considered the perfect kiss. [ sneezes ] allergies? you think i have allergies? you're sneezing. i'm allergic to you. doubtful, you love me. hey, you can't take allegra with fruit juice. what? yeah, it's on the label. really? here, there's nothing about juice on the zyrtec® la

diane? >> miguel marquez reporting in tonight. >>> and we move on now to something on a different front. we want to tell you about a very strange food fight under way between democrats and republicans in washington. it's a duel in the capitol hill cafeteria. jon karl explains. >> reporter: when nancy pelosi became speaker, this was her pet project. she replaced the greasy french fries, or freedom fries, as the republicans called them, bringing in locally grown organic food and lots of recycling. she made everything about this cafeteria more environmentally friendly. everything is recyclable. compostable. no more plastic. these forks and knives are made out of a corn-based material now. the problem is it doesn't always work so well. you see the spoons, well, they tend to melt after awhile when they've been in your soup. now republicans say enough is enough. they've had it with the flimsy utensils, the array of recycling bins and the 475,000 bucks a year it costs to truck it all out to a compo

diane bliss: we are continuing our discussion with erika andersen, i'm diane bliss. erika, as we all know, our country has gone through such a massive shake-up. and individuals' lives were just changed forever and ever, businesses and organizations, everything's sort of topsy turvy. is this the time, a good time, for people to say, should i do something different, should i set my challenge question a little differently? talk about that with our audience a little bit. erika andersen: i actually think it's a perfect time. we've actually had, since the book came out last year, had a lot more interest in it, both from corporations and from individuals, because i think, the recession we've just gone through, makes us all a little more reflective. am i really living the life that i want to live? am i creating the kind of life, and community, and family that i want to have? and i think this process is a helpful tool to help people decide that. diane bliss: i like your phrase, "hoped-for future." it's, you have to have the vision to see the future, but you're encouraging us

diane bliss: dr. stearns we have the marvelous opportunity to be sharing this information with public television audiences, why after all these years of work have you come to public television? dr. ann kaiser stearns: well i've been a fan of public television for a really long time. if you came to my house in baltimore you would find the do-op tapes, you would find uh, macneil lehrer's briefcase you would find peter, paul and mary album and all the brain programs that i show to my college students. i believe a great deal in public television and for the pleasure of being a part of this i thank you so much. diane bliss: it is marvelous to have your insight, you have been a teacher, a researcher and a practitioner for over thirty years in this whole area of people going through crisis and so much of the wisdom that you put into the book is now being shared, all kinds of different crisis that this applies to. dr. ann kaiser stearns: yes one of the things in my research that i noticed right away is that w

diane? >> all right, david, see you here. >>> and the latest official toll from the disaster in japan is now more than 4,300 dead. twice as many, 8,600 are missing. but we learned today that just when it seems hope is lost, something happens that demands you hope again. rescue teams, calling out, probing the new snow tonight as the temperatures drop. we were there with one team, no state of the art equipment, just shovels. and their voices saying "anyone here? make a sound." you have to get a sense of the immensity of what they have to try to do. it's -- it's inconceivable. sometimes the team, joined by family members. this aunt looking for her nephew, one step at a time. and this family, crying out, a loved one still trapped below. the team squeezes into narrow cracks, crawls under the rubble. nearby, there are always makeshift morgues. it's where a husband comes every day, searching for his wife. he checks the list of the dead first, then, the living. his wife was last seen here in front o

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they said it this way, diane. one millionth the dose someone receives from walking around in the sun or from rocks. no reason to worry, but it is here. >> one millionth of that walking around dose. okay, david muir, thank you. >>> and the official toll, we should tell you, tonight, is more than 6,500 dead. more than 10,000 missing. and clarissa ward is in japan and tells us an entire nation stopped today. clarissa? >> reporter: diane, out on the street, we saw it everywhere we looked. amid so much loss, the people here taking a moment to pause to reflect, to catch their breath. sirens sound as leaders of parliament, whole towns in shelters, observe a moment of silence. for the exact minute, one week ago today, the earthquake shattered their country, the tsunami wiping away the life they knew. and today, a new look at just what it was like to be inside the tsunami, facing that wave of water. the car races and races but it is no match, submerged in an instant. today, in the wake of those waves, the search for the mi

diane? >> clarissa reporting from japan tonight. clarissa ward. >>> and as martha said to us, another band of brothers in japan is being asked to make the ultimate sacrifice. more japanese workers being asked to go inside that plant and an almost certain death sentence. it is that last ditch effort to save their countrymen and david muir, just back from the quake zone, looks more closely tonight at the physical details of the danger they choose to face. >> reporter: we have not seen their faces yet, but the world knows their valor. and today, what appears to be the first words from one of the workers at fukushima. "in the middle of the tsunami alert last friday, at 3:00 a.m. in the night, when we couldn't even see where we were going, we carried on working to restore the reactors with the realization that this could be certain death. as the hours turned to days, fighting fatigue and empty stomachs, we dragged ourselves back to work. there are many who haven't gotten in touch with their family members." and they know what history has

diane? >> all right, lama. let's turn to the pentagon and our senior foreign affairs correspondent martha raddatz. martha, what about that, they want help. so, what is the u.s. to do? what would it take to enforce a no-fly zone? >> reporter: well, this would be a huge endeavor. it would probably be a couple of squadrons of fighter jets. there are 12 jets in a squadron. plus an aircraft carrier with dozens of fighters on board. then you would need tankers, aerial refueling, you would need awacs, airborn warning and control planes, and first, you could have to go in and take out the anti-aircraft batteriebatte just in case. and by that, i mean, bomb them in libya. >> should the u.s. be getting into this? is this a u.n., european matter? >> reporter: well, you would really need a u.n. security council resolution or at the very least, nato unanimity, and we don't have either of those. but you do want to leave your options open. the president said that today. because if things in libya took a terrible turn for the w

diane?every place we travel we run into so many children. and, of course it's from the devastation that we see them being taken in by some of the aid organizations, coming to help. but also, just standing with their mothers, for three hours in line at a grocery store, just to get a little water and rice. so we thought we would examine more closely who they are and what they'll remember. they are the tiniest survivors. some of them will remember. it's not the devastation. the way it made everyone around them feel. this child inconsolable. a massive wave engulfed her town on friday. so many toddlers plucked from the rubble by rescue workers. and raced into the amples of their mothers, who had been terrified. fire crews airlift this baby here, to sendai where the death toll so far is 300 and counting. the homes, the schools, the world the children knew, washed away, in seconds. and some have no one left behind, like this tiny survivor now dependent on the care of the red cross in miyagi. but th

thank you so much, diane. >> you know, diane talked about that hope. >>> we have a little more right now. one of the most dramatic and heartbreaking images from this disaster, that fishing village on the japanese east coast, swept away by the tsunami. almost all of the 17,000 villagers were feared to be lost. but clarissa ward got some better news this morning. >> reporter: good morning, george. well, overnight, we traveled up by a small fishing village called manami sunraki. where there was a brief moment of good news. today in japan, what many may call a miracle, in the remote town of manami sunraki. a town completed washed out. people were feared dead. people remain missing, 1,000 confirmed dead. in a long this stretch, there is no power and little food and water. >> we are tinning our push up to the north. but it is incredibly difficult, because so many of these roads are blocked off, and you have to approach them on foot. actually, you can see a perfect example here, the road has literally collapsed, and almost entirely swallowed up this car. thousands of homeless are flooding i

>> reporter: that's right, diane.e 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 nationwide disaster drill. there are family ou

diane? >> all right, martha. they don't know how many of those there are, which makes the next 24, 48 hours still very dangerous. thank you, martha. >>> but another mystery, gadhafi's opponents. as we know, the coalition led by the americans now finds itself in common cause with those rebels in libya. but are we really on the same side? abc's alex marquardt is in the heart of rebel territory and tracked down the leadership. >> reporter: the rebels today displayed a trophy of their new might, one of gadhafi's tanks captured thanks to help from coalition fighters above. the u.s. and 21 other countries are backing these rebels, but how much do we actually know about them? leading the fight against gadhafi is a man who worked with him for decades, head of his feared interior ministry, general abdul fattah younis. in that role his job was to enforce loyalty to gadhafi. younis told us a few weeks ago he stepped down because gadhafi had gone too far killing protesters. then there are the rebels political leaders. what d

thank you, diane. >> thanks, george. as we've been reporting, a san jose family is waiting anxiously for any word on their daughter who was in japan when the earthquake hit in the hardest-hit areas. kimberly tere is in san jose with that story for us. kimberly. >> reporter: diane, as you can imagine, a lot of anxiety in one san jose home tonight as they await any word on their loved ones. you just heard george say it, communications are difficult in japan. it's difficult getting any word on loved ones. megan walsh is using the internet right now any way she can to get information about her sister, cannon. the 25-year-old arrived in japan the day before the earthquake and tsunami struck. she taught english in a port village for two years but just moved back to california maybe six months ago. over the summer she was back in japan to attend graduation for some of her students. >> a visited her in 2009 and met a lot of the people that have lost their homes and stuff, so it's difficult not only not knowing where she is but j

hello, george. >> reporter: hello, diane. good afternoon from narita just north of tokyo where we have been experiencing aftershock after aftershock, at least ten of them since last night when we arrived. definitely a couple of them on the stronger side. now we are also learning today from the japanese government that the tokyo electric power company is holding off on these rolling blackouts, but they're urging everyone to limit the electricity use. the reason for not doing these rolling blackout, it would be a major inconvenience for many of these residents, some train lines have been shut down to ease the pressure. the rolling blackouts could still happen, but at least for now, if every resident cuts back, these blackouts could be avoided. also this afternoon, the japanese military gave a tsunami warning off the northeastern coast at one point sirens went off and the town of soma near fukushima. and a public address system order residents to higher ground. but meteorological agency says it has not detected any tsunami. also

welcome, dan. >> reporter: thank you, diane. >> we heard him say, speak up, speak up.ut so often, you're not believed. what do you do? >> reporter: the most important thing is to stay in touch with loved ones if you can. and if there aren't loved ones, speak to up anyone. there are elder abuse hotlines in every state. talk to your grocery clerk. tell someone, let them help you chronicle what's happening. if you can, take a look at bank accounts very carefully, look for any forged signatures, et cetera. but the most important thing is to stay in contact. >> if you're on the outside looking in, are there telling signs, the most telling signs that it's happening? >> reporter: there are a number of warning signs, particularly when it comes to financial abuse. number one would be suspicious changes to legal documents, like a title or a will or power of attorney. stark changes in spending habits. up or down. mickey rooney is saying he couldn't literally buy things. that's one sign. but the other side of it is, why are all these new purchases occurring or subscriptions or ser

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diane? >> alex, i want to ask jake tapper at the white house and christiane amanpour about these things. christiane, let's start with gadhafi. defiance again tonight. has any nation given him an exit possibility, something he might accept? >> there have been negotiations before all this started, before the no fly-zone to try to get him to step aside, but he's refused. one of the complicating issues is that his possible war crimes have already been referred to the international criminal court, and that basically leaves him no way out. beyond that fact that he's always said i will not leave. >> jake, limited intentions can lead to long wars, as we know. what is the white house saying about an exit strategy, a firm exit strategy? >> president obama told congressional leaders yesterday that the kinetic activity that the u.s. is involved in, the fighting will be a matter of days not weeks, and then the u.s. will come back to a support role for other countries to enforce the no-fly zone so they do

. >> reporter: good evening, diane. we did a little comparison shopping today, and at current prices, two gallons of gas is roughly the same cost as this t-bone. the gas it takes to get you to the steak house is now more than the beef. outside chicago, autumn geis-lombardo says it's unreal. in the past two weeks she's watched gas jump up 45 cents a gallon, and she nearly fell over when it cost her $64 to fill up. today we went with her as she and her children made all of their trips in one drive spending as little time on the road as possible. >> i was really shocked when it didn't stop till 68.04. >> reporter: outside atlanta when they do go shopping, mark and lisa mcintire told us they buy much more in bulk and they drive to the store slowly to help save on gas. >> you know, you got to drive a little slower sometimes too. >> reporter: really? >> of course. you save. >> reporter: you do this? >> yeah, i do. >> reporter: the average cost of a gallon is now up to 3.52. here's who is getting paid. just 2.35 of that buys t

>> reporter: diane, this affects domestic partners who own property tonight. the change to the tax code, it is a bit complicated. that is why same-sex couples attended a seminar in san francisco earlier today, led by tax experts. so here it is. the change affects domestic partners in three states, california, nevada, and washington. those are the states that recognize domestic partnerships, and also have community property laws. domestic partners who own property together should file joint state returns for 2010, but they have to file separate federal returns. and now they have to include their combined income on those federal returns. in the end, the domestic partners could end up qualifying for a tax break, because they can avoid the so-called marriage penalty that heterosexual couples are required to pay. >> many taxpayers are actually going to save a lot of money. just in my practice, i have thousands of -- hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayers' checking accounts today because we've gone back and oemded their tax returns. so i think the community a

after that, and interviewer interviews diane sawyer. then we will hear from the iraqi ambassador to the united states. on tomorrow's "washington journal," we will talk about the military strategy against libya. nora been some held joins us. then fred hochberg on of merit -- on u.s. american president barack obama strip to land america. then rebecca adams will discuss the health care law and what the mean. "washington journal" each morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. in advance about the political arrests in the middle is. morocco's foreign minister will talk about the challenges his country faces, live from the brookings institution. and from the carnegie endowment for international peace, the president of the american university in cairo will give her perspective on the recent changes in egypt in the arab world. that is live at 1:00 eastern. now vice president joe biden talks about increasing graduation rates. his remarks are just under 20 minutes. >> when i have spoken to the leaders and the business community in my state over the last coup

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. >> reporter: and that's exactly what the prime minister said last night, diane. stay calm, but then he warned of possible more radiation to come. you spoke of the hundreds of thousands of evacuees now headed away from the nuclear power reactors. that have caused so much trouble. now, the question about the band of workers who stayed behind. at what risk? the line of cars stretched for miles. a race to get out of the danger zone. 200,000 people and counting trying to get away from those battered nuclear reactors. evacuation shelters had trouble keeping up. and many people in the shadow of those reactors are now terrified and angry. this man said nuclear power is the most frightening thing, more than the tsunami. the government, nobody tells us, the citizens, what is really happening. their anger comes after the prime minister of japan told the nation the leaked radiation level is now rather high and there is high chance for further leakage of radiation from now on. over the past couple of days, one reactor exploded after another. then, yesterday, the first fire br

. >> reporter: diane, the rebels are fighting on the doorstep to gadhafi's hometown of sirte. taking the city would be a hugely symbolic and divisive step with a march to tripoli. rebels are on the march with his stronghold in their sights. but gadhafi's forces are fighting back. since saturday, the rebels have been on a roll pushing west, recapturing key oil towns without a fight now trying to take gadhafi's hometown, the first stop in the west in the plan to match on tripoli. their lightning fast advancing, their turnaround has been paved by international air strikes. coalition jets swooping in, taking out gadhafi's tanks and missile launchers, giving the rebels the upper hand. >> we would have fought but it would have been a massacre just because of the weapons they have. we would have been no match. you know, no matter how brave we were. >> reporter: hawfick mansori grew up in austin, texas, and now is here. trying to give the story of the struggle against gadhafi, an ending many are hopeful they'll see. >> it's going to be really happy for us, tragic for him and i think w

>> reporter: good evening, diane. well, i read some of the quotes from christiane's interview with colonel gadhafi to the u.s. ambassador to the united nations, dr. susan rice, and she said, first of all, it sounds just, frankly, delusional, and she pointed to the part of the interview where he laughed and said how he can laugh when he's slaughtering his own people only underscores how unfit he is to lead and how disconnected he is to reality and noting the treasury's department's announcement that it had frozen $30 billion gadhafi's assets, she noted the figure, quote they have no resources to seize. they've led a clean and uncorrupt life," she said sarcastically, of course. >> $30 billion, so any action plan yet from the white house? >> reporter: yes, in fact, two naval ships are repositioning, one to the red sea, the other into the mediterranean, and there is more talk of a no-fly zone being imposed but a lot of serious questions about the nitty-gritty of that. who would be in charge of that, the u.s., the u.n., na

our subject tonight is diane sawyer. i do not remember the exact day, but about 35 per 40 years ago, a very bright young woman walked into the cbs news room in washington. everybody looked up bewrayed they realized instinctively that someone special had just entered. abc news has kindly provided us with a brief promotional film about diane's career. let's take a look. >> for more than three decades, diane sawyer has been one of the most respected and passionate journalist on television. as anger of good morning america, -- as anger -- anchor, she has shown the worst that sheet -- there is nothing but she cannot do. her career began in 1968 with a literature graduate decided to take a noun likely turn -- unlikely turn. she practiced shooting with a camera herself. she next went to washington to observe a presidency firsthand. she stayed on to help nixon write his memoirs. in 1978, she returned to the news, cbs. in 1984, she made history by becoming the first woman on "60 minutes." in 1989, she joined abc news to create an

the day after the arrest, the police scoured two moms where anderson lived and at time diane guerazzi filed this report we were still using the name of the young girl, but be stopped using her name after she learned she was a victim of molestation and bleeped out from diane's report. >> reporter: they descend on this mobile-home park and used extent-detecting search dogs to collect evidence, concentrating their efforts in and around this mobile home, where according to neighbors curtis dean anderson sometimes stayed with friends. >> he would huddle with his beer and give you a strange stare as you drove by in your car and didn't seem like the type of person you would want to say hi to. >> reporter: people say they noticed anderson easily because he used to canes to walk. neighbors say they didn't know of his past, a three-strike candidate having been convicted of theft and kidnapping. police say anderson spent more than six years in san quentin after being convict in the early 1990s. as part of the investigation in a his past, searchers with dogs combed through this boards house on no

thank you so much, diane sawyer throughout your career. as a woman and an anchor and as a woman, i come from kenya. how do look at africa being called that country with women in the media in africa when you are anchoring, how do you look at women in africa compared to men as journalists and u.s. and anchor, how do you advise to work with them locally and africa? -- in africa? >> i'm from east los angeles, california. you mentioned a student journalists are inheriting a new media that contains the world. what would be your advice to someone like me that comes from a community that is full of negative press like gang violence? >> you've got 30 seconds. [laughter] this is like television. to the women in africa, we need as journalists and it is the most profound respect and we salute you. also, when we travel, we depend so much on women journalists to be there with us helping us open our eyes and ears. about not being paid, i think there is a seismic shift and there is a whole lot of anxiety about getting the job that locks in because there i

but i'm very relaxed about it, diane. i think it is -- it's proceeding it's moving forward in the right direction and we will have what we need in the next few days. >> reporter: moammar gadhafi. will this intervention be a success if he's still in power? >> well, i think we have to separate the two sides of the equation, if you will. the united nations security council resolution was very proud, but explicit about what was legally authorized by the international community. and we are 100% committed to enforcing it and helping others enforce it. there's nothing in there about getting rid of anybody. it is about protecting civilians, providing humanitarian assistance. but also, enabling nations to use whatever means necessary in order to bring that about. >> our thanks to diane sawyer for that. >>> and in just a moment, you can see what the rich know about survival that you don't, as the family of bernard madoff tries to sell you a $2,000 disaster kit. what's all this? big news! we have another way to help you save. oh, re

i'm diane dwyer. we have team coverage of the ongoing aftermath. elyce kirchner is covering the threat of the meltdown. kimberly tere is in santa cruz. but first, nbc's lee cowan has the latest from japan. >> reporter: good morning from tokyo. it is sunday morning here, where things are slowly starting to return to normal, but that is far from the case up in the northeastern part of the country where tens of thousands remain homeless. millions are without power. essentially that spire part of the country is cut off from the rest of the part of the country. the roads were impassable, the railroads are in complete disarray, apirports are closed. military units are getting in. the u.s. is supplying help. two warships are on the way with aid. this is going to be a long, long effort. on top of that, there's news of a nuclear power leak. we've been talking about the last several hours about shortly after the earthquake, there was an explosion that damaged the buildings around one of the reactors. there was a radiation leak. they evacuated a region around

i'm diane dwyer. we begin tonight with the battle for democracy in libya. fighting between moammar gadhafi's forces and anti-government demonstrators s

it's out of control. >> unfortunately, diane knows kids off the block can't save everyone. >> i will anything else in my life. this is the most rewarding thing i've ever done in my my sister's new boyfriend told her that he thinks sundays are just for watching football. believe that? [ thinking remain calm. answering incorrectly has... but i just -- [ thinking ...consequences. but you're smart, right? you ordered off mcdonald's dollar menu at breakfast. got the premium roast coffee, the savory sausage burrito. everything's so good and just a buck each. you made it happen, so... you got this. he's a jerk. [ thinking well-played. mcdonald's dollar menu at breakfast. the simple joy of being smart. >>> that wraps it up for us here on "our world with plaque enterprise." to watch my full interview with john legend go to "black enterprise.com/our world. next week we tackle mental illness and what caused r & b singer ginuwine to try suicide. thanks for watching "our world with black enterprise." try capzasin-hp. it penetrates deep to block pain signals for hours of relief. capzasin-hp. take

diane? >> my goodness. thank you, rob. >>> we have new video from the coastal city in japan, showing the incredible force of friday's tsunami. this video shows waves whipping through the streets, water sweeping away boats, cars and homes in its path. the devastation and deaths in the tsunami has been so overwhelming, that cities such as this one we're told have run out of food and people have very few places to seek shelter. we'll continue to monitor the aftermath of japan's earthquake throughout the weekend. right now, reporter george kiriyamma is on the way to japan toollow the situation for us. he'll be live and online starting tomorrow. >>> coming up next, at 6:00, our coverage continues of the disaster in japan. we'll take a look at how the united states is responding to the crisis. >>> a man with his whole life ahead of him was gunned down in the east bay while his fiancee could only watch. now his family is asking for your help. >>> it was a beautiful day around the bay area today. but rain just migh

i'm diane dwyer. tonight we have an extended hour-long 5:00 newscast and we begin with the very latest developments in japan where it is 9:00 a.m. on monday. japan officials today acknowledged it is likely up to 10,000 people died in the earthquake and tsunami. that's five times as many deaths than officials have been estimating just yesterday. right now there are still thousands upon thousands of people missing as well. in some areas, the population of entire towns have disappeared. and now to the power plants. cooling systems failed at another nuclear reactor today. hours after an explosion sparked fears of a nuclear meltdown. we're told the radiation coming from the plant has decreased, but officials are keeping everyone out of the area. >>> evacuations along japan's northeastern coast are still going on right now. government workers have set up radiation checkpoints as far as 100 miles from the fukushima nuclear power plant. hundreds of thousands of survivors in the region are now living in evacua

as diane eastabrook reports, many small businesses are afraid to raise prices, despite gasoline costs eating into profits. >> reporter: the prices phillip's flowers and gifts has been paying for roses and other blossoms have been stable in recent months. that's the good news. the bad news? it's costing the chicago area florist a lot more to bring product up from south america. buyer barbara ergo shows me one of many bills she recently got. >> the freight bill for the product for 122 pieces cost $424.40. the fuel surcharge that's on it is $110.34. >> reporter: wow. that's a lot. >> it's huge. it's 26%. >> reporter: just as business was starting to pick up speed for companies like phillip's, pump prices-- climbing toward $4 a gallon-- threaten to put the brakes on it. big shippers like airlines and trucking companies are getting around higher fuel prices by passing them partly onto customers. that's dealing a double whammy to smaller companies like phillp's. it's not only paying higher shipping costs, but spending a lot more to gas up its own delivery trucks. chairman and c.i.o. jim phi

i'm diane dwyer. we begin tonight with the battle for democracy in libya. fighting between moammar gadhafi's forces and anti-government demonstrators s escalated today. nbc's stephanie gosk has the latest from benghazi. >> reporter: we're watching two big battles today in libya. one very close to tripoli 30 miles to the west in the town of zaua. that has been held by opposition forces for days until friday, when gadhafi decided to strike back and to strike back forcefully. there were dozens that were killed on friday and today, again, pro-gadhafi forces have surrounded the town and they are firing inside. in the east, there is a battle over the oil terminal. opposition forces say they've actually taken control of that town from gadhafi forces and pushing gadhafi to the west. rebels say they eventually want to make their way to tripoli. >>> internet services in libya appear to be completely shut down. yesterday google confirmed that all internet traffic coming in and out of libya has stopped. the same thing happened during egypt's revolution where many prote

. >> reporter: this is diane eastabrook. coming up, i'll take you to austin, texas-- a city that's getting charged up over electric vehicles. >> tom: in japan, the owner of the crippled fukushima nuclear power plant, tokyo electric on america's nuclear power growth until new safety guidelines are put in place. in japan, meantime, lucy craft reports the owner of the fukushima power plant may soon be under management, the japanese government. >> reporter: reports here say the government may temporarily nationalize tepco, which is confronting tens of billions of dollars in compensation to residents, fishermen and farmers who have been dislocated by the radiation disaster. a government takeover would ensure the company could meet those obligations, analysts say. the complex operation to stabilize fukushima's six damaged and leaking reactors could drag on for weeks. this weekend, trace plutonium turned up on the site, raising more alarm. tepco is the region's largest utility, and provides power to a third of japan's population, b

diane von furstenberg is here.n that make the world a better place. >> she has a number of boards that bear her name. and a grant. we'll share that. >>> let's get to sam, who is standing by at the most colorful and fragrant place on earth. the philadelphia international flower show. >> good morning, robin. i'm in one of the major exhibits with jamie rothstein from floral designs. >> it's a pleasure. >> tell me what we're seeing. >> what we're talking through a recreation of a parisian home set in the 19th century. >> it's stunning. >> it is. the french were passionate about flowers inside their homes and outside their homes. and they made fresh flower arrangement, as well as flower arrangements made of all different types of materials. >> and the feeling here is french, french, french, for the show this year. john, good morning. >> thanks, sam. >> this is something that i didn't know much about. these are called -- this is from the 18 -- >> 1850 to about 1890. >> and all of these you see around them, they're really

. >>> good evening, i'm diane dwyer and you're watching a special edition of nbc bay area news. we're in instead of nightly tonight because of the pga golf tour. as we've been reporting, fears are mounting that more than 10,000 people are dead in japan. millions are without power or clean drinking water. and rescue workers continue to search through the rubble. kristen dahlgren has the latest for us from tokyo. >> reporter: days after the quake now and japan is a nation still grappling with the sheer size and scope of the destruction. amateur video shows the massive wall of water, as it erased virtually everything in its path. doors here now show the unmistakable stains of the water's reach. but the marks left behind on survivors are just as telling. >> translator: i grabbed something tightly, holding my daughter's hand, but i lost my grip when i was swept away in the debris and the water. >> reporter: along the coast, fires still rage out of control. in this area alone, as many as 10,000 are unaccounted for. >> translator: i still have people who i haven't been able to contact

>> reporter: it was a fascinating and dramatic day at the court, diane. this is a case about seeking justice, about how our law should deal with claims of sex discrimination at the biggest company in the world. and some of the different ways men and women look at the world seem to play out on the court itself. on the plaza of the supreme court, a few protesters gathered, while inside, the highest court in the land, some of the women of walmart, the plaintiffs here, watched from the gallery. on the bench for the first time in a gender discrimination case, three women justices sat to hear their plea. and all three tore into the case. justice ruth bader ginsburg, who more than any other lawyer in america advanced the cause of women's rights before she became a judge, grilled walmart's lawyers about revealing internal statistics. "the company gets reports month after month," she said, "showing that women are passed over for promotion and there is a pay gap. isn't there some responsibility on the company?" theodore boutrous said the statistics were misleading

stacked. >> you can watch a special edition of world news tonight, disaster in the pacific with dianeawyer here on abc 7. it begins at 5:30 on abc news at 5:00. >> the manhunt underway for a prison escapee. >> the message that got hundreds of south bay students up early. 10,000 more gathering right now in sacramento. >> the problem that had dozens >> closed captioning brought to you by manci >> right now authorities in solano county are looking for an inmate who walked from the prison camp in the delta. nath than simpson was last seen last night. he was serving time in the camp for vehicle theft. he was set to be paroled in september. he was last seen wearing orange-colored jeans and a shirt with c. d. c. r. on the back. developing news in oakland where schools has been dismissed for oakland pride elementary. they broke into estimated 30 classrooms and ransacked them over the weekend. a school spokesman said it appears the vandals broke a window to get in and did significant damage. oakland police are gathering evidence hoping to find clues about potential suspects. more on this story