the island nation is facing an even greater threat. a possible nuclear meltdown at three of the country's five plants. radiation levels are elevated and thousands of people have been evacuated, but is japan keeping a critical design flaw from the public? robert lyles talked with an expert. >> at the moment, i think they have a serious problem. >> when the coolant systems fail, that is not because of an 8.9 earthquake. >> to me, that means there's not enough somewhere. the pipes are broken and i can't believe the pipes broken. >> instead, yani believes japan is not telling the public everything. he should know. the structural engineer pioneered many of the effort quake engineering techniques used worldwide. >> radioactive materials may be released into the air. >> he contacted cbs 35 from china after watching tv coverage, saying the reactor buildings still stand. the only reason one reactor is seeping radiation and two others are unable to control internal temperatures is because -- >> it could be a design flaw in the sense that if it c

incredible new images of the tsunami that devastated the island nation. pushing into a narrow bay lifting boats and pushing everything over a sea wall. moving everything in its path from cars to houses. water eventually rushes through the neighborhood turning streets into raging rivers. boats were crushed when being forced under an overpass. ben tracy reports from tokyo. >> reporter: the port town on japan's north eastern coast is nearly wiped out. and in the area near there authorities now fear 10,000 people may be dead. when the ominous black sea attacked this island nation friday it left behind a massive trail of destruction that is getting worse by the hour. an oil refinery burning down. nobody to fight the fire. entire towns flattened. others still smoldering. most roads in coastal areas now useless. nothing. not cars. not boats. is where it should be. this woman at one of dozens of makeshift shelters said "my home is gone completely and it is dangerous to go back there." people are being saved. these people pulled from a car stuck for more than 20 h

video showing the exact moment the tsunami slammed into a village in the northeast part of that island nation. good evening, everyone. >> there are stories of hope and recovery but they're overshadowed tonight by a growing nuclear concern. let get you caught up on the late developing nuxs tonight, a primary concern involves the crippled fukushima power plant. radiation is leaking from the crippled reactor after yet another explosion and fire. japan's prime minister warning its people to stay indoors and saying, radioactive fuel inside one of the reactors is in jeopardy of medicaling down. >> we're getting new photos of the devastation seen from space. google showing more hard overing images, showing the hard he was hit areas before and after. >> and against the odds, a japanese soldier plucked a healthy 4-month-old baby girl from the debris in one of the hardest hit areas of the disaster. >> japan struggling to cope with three tragedies. the search for the earthquake victims, the tsunami that engulfed the provinces and tonight the escalating threat from the damaged nuclear reactors. >> one of

the latest of the food safety concerns raised since a devastating earthquake and tsunami hit the island nation more than a week ago. meanwhile, at the crippled the daiichi (deye-ee-chee) nuclear power plant, engineers are still struggling to restore cooling systems and stabilize overheating reactors. smoke forced another evacuation today, but workers have managed to get the power back on in some areas. in libya - for the first time - u-s commanders say they're using jets to attack qaddaffi's troops on the ground. in the key eastern city of misrata, qaddaffi's tanks are beginning to retreat, after a week-long assault on civilians. earlier this morning, moammar qaddafi vowed to fight back against all coalition forces imposing a no-fly zone. and starting this weekend... qatar's air force is expected to join in air patrols making it the first member of the arab league to directly take part in the mission. costco is contacting bay area customers who recently bought cantaloupes. about 5- thousand cartons of cantaloupes are being recalled by del monte fresh produce. the reason: possible salmonella co

the united nations' forecast is predicting a radio active plume will reach the islands on thursday before hitting southern california on friday. >> we are 8,000 kilometers far away. >> scientists emphasize the radiation levels would diminish as it travels, and it would have extremely minor health consequences in the u.s. >> whatever comes here, it will be small amount of radio active particles. >> in japan, radiation contamination is a serious possibility. an e-mail from a plant worker reads, my father is still working at the plant. they are running out of food. we think conditions are tough. he says he has much accepted his fate much hike a death sentence. dan? >> bravery is hard to even fathom. alan wang reporting. >>> as concern grows over the chance of radiation drifting toward the west coast, the u.s. environmental protection agency says it is moving fort mobile radiation detectors around the pacific rim. there are already 12 air monitors including one each in san francisco, san jose, richmond and sacramento. now you can see the data from those monitors for yourself on the website. t

tsunami of cars and boats and even buildings being carried away by the waters, of course, on this island nation. japan is very well experienced with earthquakes and its buildings and infrastructure has long been heralded as being seismically upgraded to accommodate these natural occurring events. 8.9, though, is tough for any city, any nation to handle as we know here in the bay area having experienced large earthquakes over the years. let's check in again with jacqueline bennett who is monitoring the situation as well. >> well, talking more about these tsunami times and when they too potentially hit parts of japan -- could potentially hit parts of japan and russia, even as far away as guam and taiwan, could hit okinawa within the next three hours. this is 1:00 hour time and also in russia could make it there about the same time, the next two to three hours. guam was in the next three hours and again we're talking about hawaii, too, something a bit closer to us. these tsunamis can be fairly devastating especially with a quake of this magnitude and that dent, 15.2 miles. that's a moderately deep

ikea, h & m clothing and applied materials are moving their employees to the southern part of the island nation. and bmw asked employees to leave the country. >> new technology arriving in the santa cruz harbor today helping teams there get a better picture of the tsunami damage. and noaa deploy aid team to the harbor. the boat has sonar on board creating a 3 d image of the harbor floor. surges triggered by the quake sunk 13 boats and did $25 million in damage. and there are world news with more on the disaster in the pacific as response teams working to get aid to the hardest-hit areas. that is right after this newscast. >> california public utilities commission is demanding adecisional pipeline records from pg&e. yesterday was the deadline to turn over documents verifying the condition of underground pipelines but the utility said koit only find a third of the records for lines installed before 1961. today the cpuc said pg&e failed to verify records that it did hand over and may recommend imposing fines and penalties against pg&e. >> there is california lawmakers set to take a vote on the bud

when the ominous black sea attacked this island nation friday, it left behind a massive trail of destruction that is getting worse by the hour. an oil refinery in the quake zone is simply being left to burn down. there is nobody to fight the fire. entire towns are flattened, others still smoldering. most roads in coastal areas now useless. nothing, not cars, not boats, is where it should be. >> this woman at one of dozens of makeshift shelters said "my home is gone completely and it is dangerous to go back there." yet people are being saved. these three pulled from a car. they had been stuck for more than 20 hours. this 60-year-old man was found clinging to what was left of his roof. he had been floating nine miles out to sea for two days. some barely cheated death. this man jumped in a cab, telling the driver to outrun the oncoming tsunami. >> he wanted to stop at stop signs and i kept yelling "go, you don't have to stop, don't rrrry, go, go, go." >> all along the coast conditions in cities and towns are becoming dire. 1.4 million households are without water. 2 million without power. food

when the ominous black sea attacked this island nation on friday it left behind a massive trail of destruction that is getting worse by the hour. in oil refinery quake zone it is simply being left to burn down, nobody to fight the fire. entire towns are flattened. others still smoldering. most roads in coastal areas now useless. nothing, not cars, not boats is where it should be. this woman at one of dozens of makeshift shelters said "my home is gone completely and it is dangerous to go back there ." yet people are being saved. these three pulled from a car. they had been stuck for more than 20 hours. this 60-year-old man was found clinging to what was left of his roof. he had been floating 9 miles out to sea for two days. some barely cheated death. this man jumped in a cab telling the drive to outrun the oncoming tsunami. >> he wanted to stop at stop signs and i just kept yelling, go, go, go, you don't have to stop. >> reporter: all along the coast conditions in cities and towns are becoming dire. 1.4 million households without water. 2 million without power. food and gasoline are running out

and on this island nation, access the by sea to many areas is blocked by sunken boats clogging the harbors. bill whitaker, cbs news, on the road to den sigh, japan. >> mitchell: we have an update tonight of last night's cbs evening news. covering the disaster in japan, cbs news reporter lucy craft said she had not heard from her 17-year-old son attending boarding school in den sigh. we are happy to report tonight he has sent her a text message saying, "i'm another mom. stop worrying." and still ahead on tonight's evening news, qaddafi's forces on the advance in libya. >> mitchell: the arab league today asked the u.n. security council to impose a no-fly zone on libya. the white house said it welcomed the call, but time for such a move may be running out. mark phillips file this report we satellite phone from the oil port city of ras lanuf, which qaddafi loyalists recaptured from rebel forces. >> reporter: the qaddafi regime has been very anxious to demonstrate that they have taken back significant chunks of territory from the anti-qaddafi rebels. today, they organized a tour of foreign jour

. >>> and some dramatic new images of that tsunami, that devastated the island nation, they are beginningo surface. pushing everything over a >> just incredible video. a wall of water pushes into a narrow bay lifting boats and pushing everything over a sea wall and the torrent moves everything in its path and rushing through neighborhoods and turning streets into raging rivers and the boat there was caught and crushed under the overpass. unbelievable video. just beginning to come out of japan. and some shocking new images in a moment. the earthquake struck powerful 8.9 magnitude tremor, you can actually see the road split here. and watch it, as the quake continues for several minutes. and in the distance, the sign is blaring. and in a voice on the tape says officials are telling people to evacuation. >>> this is all that remains in parts of northern japan. after friday's devastating event. just take a look. violent waves picked up a bus and dropped it on top of a three-story building there. and another area, an entire house was crushed by an elementary school. more than 2800 people have b

. >>> well, overnight another earthquake hit in the pacific ocean near the island nation of vanuatu. registered as a 6.5 magnitude. the tsunami warning center says there's no danger of a tsunami. no reports of any serious injuries or damages. it's located in the pacific ring of fire though. that's the arc of faults where most of the world's earthquakes and volcanic activity occur. >>> back here in the bay area the city of pinol filling it's $1.5 million budget gap by making cuts to public safety expenses. last night the city council voted to permanently close one of the two fire stations. it's already closed ten days out of every month. the move will save them $900,000 a year but it worries many people including the fire chief. >> they can be waiting for an additional six to seven minutes for a fire engine. >> very painful. nobody wants to close a fire station. >> the city manager adds 45 city workers have already been laid off to cut $4 million from the budget in the last three years. no firefighters are expected to lose their jobs. the city council also decided to leave any open po

> people who live in san francisco's japantown have already begun efforts to get helped to the island nation. yesterday, members of the japanese cultural and community center gathered at their headquarters to get a relief fund under way to get money to the hardest hit regions. there are ways you can help. just log on to our website, cbssf.com. click on "links and numbers" for a list of agencies that are coordinating relief to japan. >>> let's check weather. julie watts will take care of that. >> starting off with rain in the north bay just now moving in. in fact, hi-def doppler showing that now. let's go ahead and take a closer look at parts of the north bay and see some of the cells as we speak. you can see santa rosa nice moderate cell passing through right now getting showers in petaluma, all the way into wine country, sonoma, napa, showers this morning, as well. eventually, the heavier rain we see in the north bay will taper off as it moves south so showers for pretty much everyone by the end of the day but no, not a rainout for everyone. we'll time that out for you coming up in a bit. i

. >>> some dramatic new images this morning of the tsunami and the devastation on the island nation. just unbelievable. a wall of water pushes into a narrow bay lifting boats, pushing everything over that seawall there. the torrent moved everything in its path. water eventually rushed through the neighborhoods there, turning streets into just raging rivers. the boats in the bay got caught up in the flow and some were crushed when they were forced under an overpass. unbelievable pictures. >>> today the tokyo stock market plunged on the first full day of trading since the earthquake on friday. the nikkei average dived more than 630 points. that's about 6.3%. japan's central bank injected about $184 billion into the money markets there to stabilize the country's financial system. the bank of japan wants banks to continue lending money, though, to meet a surge in damage for post-earthqua rebuilding funds >>> the santa cruz harbor will be closed until next weekend at least. it was damaged in the tsunami. 18 boats sank, another 100 were damaged, when the wave came in after the 8.9 quake in

as the host city for the top figure skating event after a huge earthquake and tsunami hit the island nationearlier this month and president medvedev considers moscow's new role to be a big honor i don't know what it was originally offered help in the capacity as opposed. to chosen as the venue as far as i understand this is a token of respect for the capabilities and i'm rich and rich. and funny to football with a twist as the new born sport of kung fu football is fighting for its place in the sun in china the most populated nation in the world has been surprisingly show in terms of global football betting to score a goal in their solitary world cup appearance in two thousand and so that could this be the solution blending the beautiful game with local traditions a new undertaking is only four years old but the country's only specialized school has recently found a sponsor and by college in beijing or costco's eager to get the ball rolling students may be far from bending it like beckham or packing a punch like bruce lee in the end of his football one for our back kicking and a stance to ma

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. >> that's an island nation surrounded by water, so it didn't take long for the tsunami to hit the landre. we want to go to nhk. their english version and let you listen in for a minute. >> several fires have broken out in tokyo as well. the fire department says fires have been reported in several places, including adiake in central tokyo. that is the area where it has been reclaimed land along the coastal areas. right now you are seeing fire breaking out at an oil refinery in chiba. northeast of tokyo. >> helicopters also covering live, where obviously a large tsunami has hit an area engulfing big parts of the city. the tsunami had moved upstream quickly and engulfed the area. you're seeing live footage from the helicopter. where a tsunami has engulfed farmland, homes, cars, we do not know the number of casualties at this time. a major earthquake hit japan on friday afternoon about an hour and 40 minutes ago. the magnitude was 8.4. one of the largest earthquakes ever to happen in japan. the agency issued a tsunami warning for japan's pacific coast. that tsunami engulfing the area. a la

bahrain in fact you haven't heard much at all from president obama in response to the unrest in the island nation are his loyalists or has more on why that may be. because god is great. the final words of this imported peaceful protesters in bahrain. before he appears to be shot allegedly by bahraini security forces since martial law was declared this week the bahraini government has crackdown on pro-democracy protesters clearing them out of pearl square where they've been demonstrating. and viral videos the details can't be confirmed have been surfacing on the internet appearing to show police shooting protesters. point blank it's reminiscent of another uprising against an autocrat and i want to address the situation in libya when images in reports of violence against protesters they could doppies hands in libya reached the u.s. we saw the president take a stand. i think has lost legitimacy to lead and leave early on president obama called for plans for a no fly zone over libya now here at the united nations the security council has since taken the lead on that but meanwhile the united states ha

applied materials are moving their employees mostly to the southern part of the island nation. bmw have asked their employees to leave the country. as a result. the terminals there are packed. >> the people are really scared including me because we don't get exact information. >> at san francisco international airport, most on board the japanese airlines flight from tokyo are glad to be leaving the country. many describe as a place of controlled chaos. >> police throughout the bay area are planning sobriety checkpoints aimed at drivers who take the st. patrick's day celebration too far. aaa are offering free tows to drivers who have had too much to drink. you can reach them at 1-800-222-2457 and find that information on our website at www.abc7.com. >> and there is no embarrassment. if you really need it, you need it because the consequences can be deadly. >>> let's take a look at the forecast and see where the rain is coming back as we know it's one of those visitors. >> it's going to come back. most of us will be dry tomorrow. the north bay will get pounded and rest of us will

it's been more than a week since the 8.9 earthquake and tsunami wreaked havoc on the island nation.ry efforts coupled with the threat of nuclear disaster sent people online to find real-time photos, videos and, of course, the latest news. yahoo! users wanted to know more about the threat of radiation exposure and how it's treated. after multiple explosions rocked the fukushima power plant, searches for preventive measures including potassium iodide tablets spiked 150% this week. people wanted to understand how far radiation can travel, which other countries could be affected and they also looked back at the history of other nuclear disasters such as chernobyl and three mile island. and in addition to finding out how to help, concerned citizens also sought information on how to prepare for emergencies in their own homes. searches for emergency kits ramped up across the web this week. in other news, the study that shows fish oil could help prevent macular degeneration sparked lots of interest online. this week searches for omega-3 fish oil were up 63% this week. and march madness prov

continues. [ music ] ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, already begun efforts to get help to the devastated island nation . >>> people who live in san francisco's japan town have already begun their efforts to get help to that devastated island. today members of the japanese cultural and community association have gathered together to get that fund. it will get monetary help to some of the hardest hit regions. for some the images of japan brought back memories. >> it was an 8.9 and now it is up to a 9 magnitude. i mean, the one here just pales in comparison. and then you see the pictures of the devastation and whatnot. it's horrific. >> he is absolutely right. earlier today the usgs announced it is upgrading the magnitude of japan's quake to 9.0. there are ways to help the victims of the quake in the tsunami. go to our website cbssf.com and click on links and numbers. you will get a list of agencies that are coordinating emergency relief. >>> we turn to roberta now and un settled weather for us. >> we do have an advisory in effect in the form of a high surf advisory due to a series of storms stacked up a

the tsunami wave destroyed and damaged two-thirds of the east coast of this island nation. and now, government officials north here in the miyagi prefecture, which is home to sendai, the worst-hit area, say there could be 10,000 people dead in that one place alone. the government is calling on all people here to conserve electricity. it's warning that electric power will be rationed because so much of the electricity comes from the nuclear power plants that are now shut down. my team and i took a helicopter tour up north. we saw the devastation firsthand from the air. as we make our way through the outskirts of tokyo, life looks surprisingly normal. the trains are running again. three days after the powerful earthquake shook even this capital, hundreds of miles from the epicenter. last night, there was an explosion at the fukushima power plant. as we're driving, we hear that another reactor is overheating. >> translator: we're assuming that a meltdown has occurred. with reactor number three, we're assuming the possibility of a meltdown. >> reporter: as we continue to make o

i am talking about 16 island nations that have a need for the program. unexploded ordnance cluster bomb issue for the countries of laos and cambodia that has been going on for 30 years -- and still do not understand what happened there. i think my time is about ready to go. >> i will get answers on all of these. let me respond on usaid presence in the pacific. here is an area where we're finding large energy deposits. i am sorry that congressman burton is gone. in the new guinea planned mass there's a huge deposit that exxon-mobil is developing. we're in competition with china. it is unbelievable. they're spending enormous amounts of money. they have a huge diplomatic presence across the pacific. it would be great to have usaid office in new guinea to fly the flags of people know we care about them. that will be on the chopping block. it stands for a bigger challenge we're facing in that region of the world. >> china has about a $600 million development program for the pacific island nations. what do we have? zero. >> the chairman of the subcommittee on

. >>> there's another earthquake overnight in the pacific ocean near the island nation of vanity. a magnitude 6.7 but the tsunami warning center says there's no danger of tsunami. no serious danger or damage has been reported. it is in the pacific ring of fire in the arc of earthquakes faults around the pacific ocean where most of the world's earthquakes and volcanic activity occurs. >>> this is a story we first told you about. overnight we received a sad update involving an accomplished big wave surfer. ktvu's claudine wong has details about this tragedy occurred on the bay area's best known surfing beach. good morning, claudine. >> reporter: good morning, dave. take a look behind me because you can see the lights lit up. that is where mavericks is. that's pillar point at the end of that where the big waves are. that's is where he was surfing yesterday when he lost his life. waves were reportedly 40 to 60 feet high and he had been apparently surfing all day. this is video from the scene. he was a professional surfer visiting from hawaii. he apparently gotten a big endorsement dea

cal state pulling its students from the devastated island nation. in a memo released today, csu's chancellor is calling for all students studying in the japanese school program to come back to the u.s. he's also commanding all 22 cal state students to stop sending students to japan. official at san jose state tell us they're also concerned about a potential problem for students there. >> not only are we worried about the nuclear power plants but also any other similar situations that may arise. fuel shortages. food shortages. et cetera. just to be on the super safe side, since safety always comes first, we would like to bring students back. >> the school says they will assist in bringing students home and at the same time they will help japanese international students to get back to their homeland as well. >> the nuclear threat over there has bay area emergency responders here on alert. >> want to show you some of the dramatic images at the centers of japan where people who may have been exposed to radiation are being screened. back at home, bay are

. >>> a few lucky families have been able to make it out of island nation, if only for a short time. for this woman it was tears of sadness and relief. she says that she is relieved jen broad is allowing her and her doubters to live with them in the east bay until she feels safe enough to go home. she says people are really scared of more earthquakes and possible exposure to radiation from the nuclear power plant in japan. >> i guess it happened right when they left, the explosion, so they are feeling that these two need to make sure that they are healthy and protect the. >> her husband had a ticket to come with his family but decided to stay in japan to help the government. >>> the japan earthquake is being felt by bay area car dealers as well. companies like toyota and honda have suspended production for at least a week. that will impact the shipments of some of the most popular cars into the bay areas, like the prius and honda fit. dealerships are concerned about the supply of japanese vehicles which account for almost half of new car sales locally. and japan also does have a numb

the magnitude 6.5 quake struck near the island nation. no serious injuries or damage have been reported but it is in the pacific ring of fire in the arc of earthquake faults around the pacific ocean where most of the world's earthquakes and volcanic activity occur. >>> time now 6:05. in other news an accomplished big wave surfer has died at one of the bay area's best known surfing beaches. claudine wong has more now on when the surfer went under and the frantic efforts to save him. >> reporter: good morning, dave. we've been trying to get a hold of friends this morning but obviously it's been a very difficult night and very difficult time for the entire surfing community. that's why we've moved from mavericks over here to pacifica because this is the spot where a lot of surfers show up early in the morning. this entire surfing community is still mourning. we know there are maverick surfers here in pacifica. certainly everyone will be talking about that. we are learning more details this morning about what exactly happened at mavericks yes

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it struck near the island nation of vanaatu. now, vanuatu is in the pacific ring of fire, where most of the world's earthquakes and volcanic activity occur. by the way, japan and parts of the west coast are also included in that area. >>> 7:50. the surfingty is mourning a tragic death. an accomplished wig wave surfer has died while trying to surf at one of the bay area's best- known beaches. claudine wong has more on what went wrong and the efforts to try to save him. good morning, claudine. >> reporter: good morning, tory. yes. we're getting daylight out here. we've actually seen one surfer make his way into the surf. we were at the maverick but came here for two reasons. first because of the large community here and second while the elite surfers, many surf here and if the surfers didn't know the surfer who died personally, they knew of him. now, he was in hawaii with his two young daughters but has friends here and had just come to town to surf the mavericks. he was out at pillar pint and the accident happened -- pillar point

dryland is now the no. 1 center in that nation -- treasure island is now the no. 1 center in the nation. we have been doing a lot of work, we worked for the villages. we have done some work for the coast guard. these young men are familiar with project and our hope is we can get them on the projects and they can work with the contractors and become employed by the contractors and purchase some of the homes. the department of labor has recently given as $180,000 for a sustainable garden. you are all welcome to come and see it. it is 70% finished already. to have the grocery store there would be wonderful. we can have fresh produce delivered to the grocery store that is grown on treasure island. >> i'm representing the san francisco planning and urban research association. we have been on board with this project really since the beginning. one of the things we pushed hard on was to have the best units there to make all of this work. -- to have enough units there to make all this work. the original plan had much fewer units which would not have sustained the commercial development, the fer

by 2080 island nations will be under water.be jellyfish. these are the claims that make headlines and sell books. is there science, in your opinion, to back that up? >> yes, but this is not what's going to happen. this is what could happen if we don't change. >> worst case scenario. >> right. it should not happen because you can change your ways and do the right thing. we are incredibly wasteful and destroying habitat, doing all these things wrong that we could turn around. for example, in this country our fish management system is pretty good actually. we have come a long way. >> what's the biggest piece of progress that's been made? you have said in the past that overfishing is basically one of the biggest problems. i know trawling, you think may be public enemy number one. what changes are happening? >> with oceania, we are now working with the fishing councils on the west coast. we set aside in the mediterranean and off the west coast a million square miles to no more offshore oil drilling, no more bottom trawling, period.

there are three buildings on treasure island that are listed on the national register, and on yerba buena island, there is a collection of senior officers quarters listed as the district on the senior register as well as two other structures listed individually. those will all be rehabilitated and repurchase as part of the program. if we look at the land plan itself, this is the physical framework for all the various implementing documents that rich talk about that will be an attachment to the dda and that will be realized through that agreement. as you can see, the compaq footprint allows for 2/3 of the island acreage to be preserved in public parks and open space. and this is the underlying -- this is the actual land use plan which will be attached, consisted to what you would see in the development plan as well as our design for development. that document is authorized by the redevelopment plan, and it contains design guidelines and standards that will apply to all new development, so this is a very general land-use the zoning map that describes generally the location and types of uses

he says in the past history of japan, this small island nation has made it miraculously economic growth. thanks to the effort of everyone of the japanese citizens. that is how the nation of japan was built. there is no room to be pessimistic or dysenteries. -- or to be descanting courage to -- discouraged. we cannot do so. we are going to create japan once again from scratch. that is the strong resolve that we all must share. he says that he hopes that all of the japanese people will face this challenge together. the prime minister calls on each and every citizen of japan within their family, within the local community, within their workplace, and within their schoolmates -- they will work hand in hand and do what they can. he hopes they will think about what they can do to make a contribution and keep their wishes to get there and be united so that we can overcome the crisis and it can rebuild and recover. the prime minister says he has that resolve any will work hard. he says that this is the message he wanted to convey to the people of japan in marking the seventh day after the earth

he says in the past history of japan, this small island nation, as so they say, we have made a miraculous economic growth thanks to the effort of every one of the japanese citizens, and that is how the nation of japan was built. with the tsunami and earthquake, we do not have any room to be pessimistic, or to not be encouraged. we cannot do so. we are going to create japan once again, from scratch. that is the strong resolve that we all must share. he says that he hopes that all of the japanese people will face this challenge together. prime minister kan calls on each and every citizen of japan within their family, within the local community, within their workplace, and within their schoolmates, to work hands-in- hand, and do what they can't. he says they will think about what they can do to make a contribution and keep their wishes together and be united so they can overcome the crisis, and make a step toward rebuilding and recover in the nation. as one member of the japanese citizens, prime minister kan says he has that resolved and he will work hard. -- resolve and he will work hard. h

yoe the island nation of japan. it will take them some time to rebuild. a lot of the road are impossible due to deep water. >> mark: bay area weather live look from san francisco on the left, the golden gate on the right. sunrise coming at hour later today. watching a rain the latest on the forecast. >> louisa: you'll wake up to wet roads out there, you will need when shall wipers. we will show you where the cuts proposed continue, it down toward south san francisco, also the east bay as well. we have seen the showers picking up and pushing through the livermore valley. solano county had any flood advisory that has since expired. we do have a high tide advisory, along the peninsula you could get swells up to 16 ft., but we are not done with the wet weather. more storms are pushing through this entire week. by tomorrow into the evening we could pick up 1/4 an inch, to three-quarters of an inch of rain. we have the weakest or moving it thursday, it looks like we will only pick up one quarter of an inch. by the end of the week fairly significant storm moving

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we have very strong allies in the pacific island nations. they vote with us in the united nations. they are some of our strongest supporters. china is making a big pitch towards them. what we hear constantly is they need help with climate change because they are seeing results. they are evacuating their islands. we have a lot of good that we can get in our relations with a lot of these small nations around the world by investing as we have in this budget in trying to help them mitigate the climate change issues. we have not just coming to say these are nice things to do, but we think they fit into our overall strategy of keeping our friends, building for friends and stronger relationships to benefit us in the future. >> thank you. you did not prior advertise, but you gave very good lobbying effort for those programs, so i'll ask you again if you can reply in writing. i have time left. the committee, you know, of course; supported mexico in the fight against drug violence. the appropriations exceeded $1.4 billion pledged. i was encouraged last week, i'm sure we were with president o

now have a new source of even greater uncertainty -- that the earthquake that has plagued the island nation of japan, the ensuing tsunami, the nuclear disaster that has struck japan -- all that have has introduced the possibility that the world's third-largest economy mightin me -- might be consuming less oil in the future than was earlier assumed. world oil markets have again reacted, this tile to falling to under $100 per barrel as we try to better understand the size of the scope of the disaster thatture japanese friends and allies are facing. what can congress do to help ease the burden of high prices for u.s. consumers when oil prices are determined mostly outside our borders, as i think they clearly have been? i think a realistic, responsible answer has to be focused on becoming less vulnerable to oil prices -- oil price changes over the medium and the long term. and by doing so, we become less vulnerable by using less oil. i believe that increased u.s. oil production can play a significant role in world oil marktsz. the united states has fairly market resources compared to the rest o

. -- 16 island nations that really have a need for this program. and would like to push for the countries of laos and cambodia -- it has been going on now for 30 years and i still do not understand what happened. >> i will get answers on of these, but let me respond about the usaid presence in the pacific. here is an area where we are finding large energy deposits off of papua new guinea. there is a huge deposit the exxon mobile is developing. we are in a competition with china that is unbelievable. they are expending enormous amounts of money. they have a huge diplomatic presence. the least we could do is have a usaid office in delaware new guinea so that we can fly the flag -- in papua new guinea so that we can fly the flag and people will know we care about them. >> china has a $600 million program. what do we have? 0. >> we have worked with the united nations significantly, and china is working very hard to undo that. >> first of all, madam secretary, let me compliment you on your energy and clarity. after arriving here from intings in europe's

buildings are gone and at the end of the month, the navy will officially turn over the 3,100 acre island to the nationaldlife refuge. >> brewbaker hopes once that's done bird watchers, history buffs and anyone else would be able to take tours of this once secret area. >> years down the road, we may be able to have hiking areas and things like that, trails, a net work that may come through here. >> reporter: in the meantime, the land is already being reclaimed by some of the its original inhabitants. >> we'll have puddle ducks, shore birds, harens and stuff. >> this one salt marsh was leveed for farm land. now it is hope that progress will turn back the clock more than 70 years. >> a point -- health impacts of redeveloping the hunters point shipyard and want the city of san francisco to disclose the levels of toxic contamination found there. they will gather today to discuss plans of san francisco for the environmental health issues and challenging a lawsuit. this meeting is scheduled to start at 6:00 this evening. >>> the new 49ers stadium saga continuing with a bold move from city leaders. santa clara

climate change, one quick example, they have strong allies in the pacific island nations part of the vote with us in the united nations, some of ourpp strongestor supporters and china is making a big pitch toward the embed we hear they h need help dealing with climate change because they see the results to evacuate b the ireland. we have a lot of good we could get in our relations with the small nations around the world by investing as we have in the budget to mitigate the climate change issues not just saying these are nice things to do but they fit into our overall strategy of keeping friends and building friends and strongerng>> relationships to benefit in the future. >> thank you. you did note, prioritize big cave the very good of lobbying effort. i won't ask you again to issue your reply and right thing. the committee has supported mexico and the fight against drug violence. the appropriations exceedscour 1.4 billion dollars pledgedwe who are married that i was encouraged lasth week with president calderon but the violence continues in last year they found performance de measures

he says, and the past history of japan, this small island nation, as so they say, we have made a miraculous economic growth. thanks to the effort of every one of the japanese citizens. and that is how the nation japan was built. with the tsunami and earthquake, we don't have any room to be pessimistic or to be discouraged. we cannot do so. we are going to create japan once again from scratch. that is the strong resolve that we all must share. he says that, he hopes that all the japanese people will face this challenge together. host: some words to the japanese nation from its leadership. as we take our next telephone call, let's take a look at photographs "usa today" published in their paper, their photographers capturing aspects of the japanese crisis. columbus, ohio. jerry is a republican. you are on the air. caller: i would like to comment about the nuclear issue as well as the budget issue. just these designs of the nuclear reactors -- even though there have been flaws pointed out, these are 40 years old, and yet at the same time we have not had a massive meltdown like we had at chernob