those folks may be stuck in fort lauderdale until friday. those poor people!ouldn't be a bad place to be. dallas they got that football coming up sunday, the super bowl. that's going to be adding into the equation. i have friends heading out to dallas. i'll check with them a little later, see if they are getting down there today or if there's going to be a delay. if those folks aren't getting to the northeast until friday, you gotta wonder if this is really going to cramp the style of people getting set up and going in that super bowl mode. no matter where you're flying, call ahead of time, it's a mess. terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. >> tailgating could be cut short. terry, thanks a lot. pg&e found serious problems on natural gas lines in the east bay after the san bruno pipeline explosion. that's according to documents released by the state public utilities commission. these documents show leaks were repaired in several stimulus including concord, livermore, newark. those were classified as grade 1 or hazardous. the exact location of the repairs not listed. in

which means that even sunny fort lauderdale, florida gets a taste of the storm. there isn't any place to fly. >> nationwide, there were over 3,000 cancellations today. that is the second day in a row that has happened. reporting live in chicago. back to you. >> all right thank you very much and obviously, what a contrast the rest of the country compare. pg & e has hired 300 people to work around the clock. they say the review will take six weeks. the utility told the state it is searching records from 20 field offices. it was reported to be seamless, but it had seams. and suspect wells. the blast killed eight people. up to 30% of the pipelines may lack proper documentation. >> parents in san jose stunned tonight. a child care worker charged with molesting five girls. investigators say that 25-year-old keith woodhouse molested after-school students at trace daycare school where he worked. all of the victims younger than ten. he has been working at the center since august. parents of the 60 kids in the program has been sent letters about his arrest. >> a school sho

, too, las vegas, in fact in miami-fort lauderdale last year, more than half of all home deals were paidh almost half in las vegas. a lot of those homes are extremely cheap. they are foreclosed properties and buyers are seeing opportunities to snap up these properties because they think that we're probably at the bottom when it comes to home prices. this could also be a good thing when it comes to clearing out that inventory of foreclosed properties. need to see that happen to return the housing market to normal. not seeing this in the bay area. zillo.com says 20% were paid in cash nearly double three years ago. of course it is you have to get a loan these days. so all cash is an option if you do have it. stock market right now is a little lower. not a lot driving it this morning. earnings are somewhat disappointing from a number of companies. another quiet day economically. we got a boost yesterday from a report from the federal reserve that said credit card spending rose in december by 3.5%. that was a first gain after 27 straight months of decline. another showing of increased consume

the plane was able to turn around and land at fort lauderdale airport. no one was injured. >>> when we come back here tonight, a frightening problem in hospitals across the country. why so many alarms are being ignored and so many patients are dying because of it. >>> anyone who has spent any time in a hospital knows they are not restful places, the modern medical technology that saves patient's lives can themselves be could so noisy that critical warning signs are too often missed and patients are dying. our story tonight from nbc chief science correspondent robert bazell. >> reporter: the cost of repetitive noises resound in high-tech intensive care units across the country. but alarms that could warn of a patient whose heart has stopped or is in some other life-threatening danger go off constantly and they are often false and often ignored. >> it is a very big problem, a severe problem. national patient safety goal and something that needs serious attention. >> reporter: louise valeroe is director of cardiac services in brooklyn, new york. a recent su

more than half of all sales in the miami/fort lauderdale area were cash last year. 42% in phoenix. nationwide, 28% of sales last year were paid for in cash. nissan says it will be able to meet the backlog of orders for the new electric vehicle by the end of the summer. nissan took more than 20,000 preorders for the vehicle as of last september. 40% of those people followed through and bought the car, but so far nissan has only delivered 20 to the u.s. back to you, scott. >>> facebook founder mark zuckerberg has one more he wants to defend. 31-year-old man has been ordered to stay away from zuckerberg. his sister and girlfriend as well. the restrainer order claims he attempted to follow, surveil and contact zuckerberg and he used language to threaten his personal safety. he allegedly visited the facebook offices in palo alto to ask for zuckerberg and asked for money. he was stopped outside his home last month. the man also allegedly sent flowers and notes to the facebook founder. a hearing is set to occur february 22nd. >>> countdown to current tv for keith olderman olbermann. we ar

human services, rockville, maryland; ron tannenbaum, president and co-founder, intherooms.com, fort lauderdale, florida; dr. w. douglas evans, professor and director, public health communication and marketing program, george washington university, washington, dc; sandra de castro buffington, director, hollywood health & society, usc annenberg norman lear center, beverly hills, california. the media obviously influences how people create their opinions, particularly about addiction and treatment issues in behavior health. and doug, why don't we review what we mean about media today. some time ago, marshall mcluhan said that the medium is the message and that is more true today than ever. media have proliferated and they now permeate our society. we're surrounded by it constantly 24/7 and users increasingly are defining what the media are and what those media mean to the rest of us. and mark, why is it important for the media to really understand addiction, treatment, and behavioral health? i think as doug just said, it's 24/7, people rely on the media to get their information and, as the media

delta flight 1846 had just taken off from fort lauderdale, florida, early sunday morning and en route to minneapolis. the 737 suffered a contained engine failure. small pieces of the engine flew out the back. the jet quickly returned to the airport. >> there was a big explosion, a flash that went all through. and it was -- i was very close to the wing, it was on the other side. but the guy that was across the aisle from me, he dove. he hit the dirt. i mean, we all were very nervous. >> there were 125 people on board the flight. they changed planes and continued to minneapolis. >>> the four americans held hostage aboard their yacht appear to be headed to somalia this morning. pirates plan to be in touch with the hijackers said sunday the warship was watching the boat as it sailed towards northern somalia. their yacht was hijacked friday. experts say scott and jean adams, phyllis mckay and bob riggle are taken to somali territory it will be much harder to get them to safety. >> ideally for the united states, they'll intercept this ship, there will be something of a military standoff, ho

delta flight 146 took off from fort lauderdale. it didn't get far before that pilot was forced to turn around and make an emergency landing. >> we were a couple thousand feet up and then there was a terrible shorterring on the airline. and everybody just you know got rigid. >> the plane landed safety. investigators say fan blades from the jet engine shot out the back. they found them on the ground later. luckily no one was hurt. >>> an alaskan skate maker is under going -- representativessen went a body scan. she says the tsa called for the pat down. she was oledly to -- she will take a ferry home from seattle. >>> the crew of the discovery is ready for the shuttle's final launch after it was postponed more than 3.5 months. >> the team did a great job and figured out a very difficult. >> there was a crack in the shuttles tank. five mep and one woman will leave thursday for the international space station. >>> broccoli is supposed to be good for everybody. a new hybrid of what some call the super food might be bad for a particular g

safety wayne lions a top prospect out of fort lauderdale, florida, considered one of the best prep playerse nation. stanford light on bay area recruits and go nationally. defensive end kevin anderson out of palo alto high down the block so an easy recruit to get tortion watch him play any how. evan and kevin will watch andrew luck this upcoming season and the little brother of shane sko patrick. stanford while they are perceived differently now than they were a few years guy. >> the biggest change i have seen is when we go into a school nowadays the coaches don't shoe us towards the high gpa kids that don't play really well. that was our first year which is we have a great kid for you. he doesn't start for us but he is really smart and his counselor loves him. >> that is hilarious. like stanford, cal's recruiting cast ranked among the top 20 in the nation. one survey had the bears as high as 15. gigantic villomi. the defensive lineman at grant high school in sacramento. molalla is five star recruit. todd barre out of lakewood high might end up playing at cal. the bears look to beef up defe

it's a beautiful day in fort lauderdale. >> could be 80 today. there you go. somewhere cold. >> it has been a long, tough road for congresswoman gabrielle giffords, and it is far from over. she was shot in the head six weeks ago, and over the past few weeks we've heard about how well she's doing. well, this morning we'll speak exclusively with giffords' chief of staff and find out just how well she is, in fact, doing. >> we'll get you that in just a moment, but, first, we want to check in with jeff at the news desk for a closer look at some of the top stories we're following for you. >> good morning to you. bernie madoff says big banks and hedge funds willfully ignored signs of his massive fraud. in his first interview he told "the "new york times"" they had to know, but the attitude was sort of if you're doing something wrong, we don't want to know. madoff says he is helping to recover billions of dollars for victims of his ponzi scheme, but he won't discuss criminal cases or provide evidence. >> bernie in this interview has been taking the classic old-fashio

host: we go back to fort lauderdale, fla., a democrat.ler: this seems like another scare tactic. every time something sneezes, the oil prices go up. they find another way to gyp the people out of more and more money. summertime, when winter time, more money. holiday time, more money. they will be bragging about the fact that they have another jump in there prices that they give to their executives. it is becoming a real. we're going to see another year like we did last time. we will start complaining -- food, material, anything delivered, it will cost more money. everything did we use in our life -- it is going to be a domino effect. i hope it will not be as worse as it was before. host: here is the "financial times." it is the only newspaper this morning that has this story. here is the front page this morning of "roll call." majority leader harry reid will have his work cut out for him next week about balancing the competing demands of the caucus against the march 4 deadline to avert a government shutdown. dustin, fla., a republican. ca

but yesterday, a spokesperson said he would be released fort lauderdale.ng to multiple reports that has happened. the reports say he's headed back to join protesters at cairo's main square. in the meantime, those anti- government protests say they will not leave until president hosni mubarak steps down. over the weekend, the new president met and offered concessions about granting more press freedom and rolling back protesters. the protesters sate the only could session they will -- said the only concession they will accept is mubarak's leaving. we have a special tab for this at ktvu.com. >>> back here at home, any moment now, a vacaville charter school will start handing out highly-sought after registration packets. as allie rasmus explains, spots are very limited at the school and some parents camped out since saturday to get them. good morning, ali -- allie. >> reporter: good morning. pretty soon these parents will find out if their students will be able to go to school. enrollment for new 9th graders will begin any minute now. i don't know if we can sh

. >>> a new engine is being put on del dah flight 1846 bound for minneapolis from fort lauderdale justefore 8:00 a.m. florida time. the plane returned to the airport and made an emergency landing. >> we were probably a couple thousand feet up and all of a sudden there was a terrible shuttering on the airline. >> the plane sand -- plane landed safely. no one was hurt. the jet will be put back in service once it get as new engine and passes a safety inspection. >> this morning, rescued teens are continue the search for a missing california hiker. dr.brian karako of redondo beach parked his car at the tran station on saturday intending to hike to the peak. he last used his cell phone at noon on saturday. that's when a snowstorm hit. family members say he's an experienced hiker and was carrying a day-pack with food, water and extra clothing. >>> the search for missing snowboarder on shasta ended with the tragic discoverily bod -- discovery his body. alex gugrew of redding last called his family and said he was gonna take one more run down the mountain. >>> two people recoveringerring from

the 737 had just taken off from fort lauderdale but was able to get back. 125 people were on board.set to allow college students and professors to carry concealed weapons on campus. supporters say the armed students might potentially prevent a massacre. the university of texas >>> a scary situation off the coast of east africa this morning. somali pirates have struck again, capturing a yacht with four americans on board. they're frantically trying to get their hostages to somalia but are being shadowed by a u.s. warship. cbs news correspondent mark phillips now has the very latest. ♪ >> reporter: in their hometown church in santa monica, hymns were sung and prayers said for jean and scott adam, now being held hostage by somali pirates. >> jean is a very, very kind woman, very generous, very faith-filled. >> reporter: the couple had been sailing around the world since 2004, distributing bibles. also being held, two crew members, phyllis mckay and bob riggle. the hijacked yacht "the quest" is now reported to be heading for the pirate coast of somalia. >> typically they're after a larg

fort lauderdale, florida. mark, independent caller, you are next. caller: great subjects. that blow you just read kind of lead into -- blurb you just read kind of leads into what i wanted to go into. he led an earlier caller -- you had an earlier caller ranting and raving about all tri-liberal judicial activists -- ultra- liberal judicial activists going on. the fact of the matter is an activist judge is one who rules against you. to the point that date will against your political point of view, they become eight judicial -- become a judicial activist. going back many years, a judicial nominations walked through very easily with not a lot of fighting over it. in recent years, it has become almost impossible for any of these nominees to get there as long as there is a way to hold up by a hold. host: we will leave it there. at russell wheeler. activist judges, legislating from the bench -- i don't know what those terms mean. they are used by both sides of the political spectrum to criticize judges whose opinions they don't like. i would caution against the view that no nomin

next is tony from fort lauderdale, florida. good morning. caller: good morning. your last comment about the hostages in iran. i was involved on the uss nimitz on the fuel team. we trained for the situation that the oil fields would be shut down. all this will go back to israel. i talked to the jewish rabbis in south florida, are you ready for ezekiel 38, 39. the wealth of the world are worried about making money. there is no way out of this one. guest: i would agree with you said that this has made things measurably more dangerous for israel. that is why i do not seek a settlement between the israelis and the palestinians. there is a hardening of attitudes in israel and it is quite understandable when they seek the enemy is up -- when they see the enemies of their country now moving all the way from "the today show" all we down to bahraithe tunisia to ba. the saudi royals should stetp down. guest: there are 7000 princes and 25,000 princess's. most of the jobs are in the hands of the family. they are not like the british royal family. they have direct ties to ever

human services, rockville, maryland; ron tannenbaum, president and co-founder, intherooms.com, fort lauderdale, florida; dr. w. douglas evans, professor and director, public health communication and marketing program, george washington university, washington, dc; sandra de castro buffington, director, hollywood health & society, usc annenberg norman lear center, beverly hills, california. the media obviously influences