----murio hoy, en los angeles, de un problema cardiaco, elizabeth "liz" taylor.79 aÑos. ----salimos a recoger opiniones en la bahia. take sot concepcion barrios/salvadoren a "que era una mujer preciosa y que por eso tuvo muchos esposos, mucha suerte,mucho dinero" mercedes rosales/nicaragu ense "uy asombradisima, porque una mujer tan linda sobre todo unos ojos que tenia ella, color esmeralda verdad como violeta" angela acevedo/nicaragu ense "pues sorprendente, porque ella era como de la epoca de mi mama, y era muy famosa" lidia flores/salvadoren a "donde quiera que andaba ella ayudaba a muchas personas, si,eso me encanto" luis garcia/salvadoren o "era como le pudiera decir, una,una sirena como mujer" "yo la admiraba mucho especialmente por la pelicula cleopatra" "estamos de pesame" take vo ---y si, nos hacemos eco de las palabras de mi paisana lidia, porque liz taylor ayudo a la humanidad en muchas causas ademas de su condicion de actriz. ----entre ellas, destaca su apoyo a las victimas del sida. ---- descanse en paz, elizabeth taylor. take weather cam in plasma c

>> here lies liz, she lived.o, i don't like liz, i hate that name. >> well -- >> here lies elizabeth, she hated being called liz. >> but she lived. >> boy, did she ever. i have to tell you, barbara, every time you sat down with her, we learned more and more about her and her sense of humor, what was the movie that she wants to be remembered for? >> well, i think -- you know the movie that was her greatest acting role was "who's afraid of virginia woolf." she just left us laughing now, she has a sauciest sense of humor. from this gorgeous face came from fairly special words. that's one of the reasons that i did love her. she was salty. she was down to earth. she never took herself that serious limit and i don't think that she realized what a great actress she was, because she was so beautiful. and that's what was noted first. but, boy as she said she lived. >> she did live. and you showed us sides of her that you hadn't seen before. >> the love of her life richard burton. >> i know you and the ladies of "the view"

for more on all this, we go to our liz palmer in tripoli. bring us up to speed, liz. >> reporter: well, let's begin in yemen, where the beleaguered president saleh has been unable to quash the demonstrations. he's now been forced to say, "okay, i'll go, within hours if necessary, but i have to be able to go with dignity." meanwhile, the security situation is unraveling. we just heard that islamic militants have seized a weapons factory in the south of the country. now, over in syria, where things got very violent last week, amnesty international estimates 55 people have been killed by the security forces in one town alone, now, president assad has made some concessions to release 260 prisoners, for example. but it hasn't worked. we have huge demonstrations again today. many of them sparked by the funerals of those killed earlier in the week. in jordan, things are a little quieter. the king though has been forced to offer concessions there to keep the peace, including some measures that would limit his own power. bob? >> schieffer: and you ha

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tenemos mÁs del fallecimiento de la diva de hollywood, liz taylor. >> tuvo una relaciÓn muy estrechacasa de descanso. >> liz vino a descansar a esta casa hasta que en 1990 la vendiÓ. despuÉs de esto los turistas tanto nacionales como internacionales podÍan visitarla, ya que estuvo abierta como museo, tristemente se encuentra en obra porque se vendiÓ. >> como parte de una aventura nos metimos a lo que queda de la casa y pudimos ver algunos restos de la estatuilla como argentina de baÑo, cruzar por el famoso puente. la noticia de su muerte provocÓ mucha tristeza. >> sin duda que esta bella mujer dejÓ una huella muy profunda y el romance que tuvo con vallarta fue muy bien correspondido y seguramente serÁ para siempre. >> quÉ les pareciÓ, aunque liz taylor no estÁ con nosotros su recuerdo lo seguirÁ estando. puerto vallarta fue un lugar especial para ella. descanse en paz. vez volvemos con mÁs de despierta amÉrica. >> grandes momentos en esa historia de amor con richard burton. >> elizabeth taylor tenÍa un cariÑo muy especial, puerto vallarta no fue la Única ciudad que liz taylor visitab

liz. liz. liz. that's it for this hour coming up as the weather stay with us. for the. we've got. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. all. live.

. >> hey, liz. stay dry this morning. let's go to the bay bridge toll plaza. i'm going to show you another perspective now. lots of rain you saw in liz's live shot and as you can see on our shot here. we did just get word from chp there is flooding on the lower deck coming into oakland off the decline in the left lane. they are saying that area is completely flooded right now so again, lots of good advice for that liz just gave you both hands on the steering wheel use caution this morning. also northbound 101 ramp to stinson beach that closure that anne was talking about, that's going to be there at least until noon today. they have issued an official traffic alert, a sig alert, so it's closed until further notice. we are hoping to re-open that area by noon. the main lines of the roadway on 101 actually doing okay. that's the good news. again, those wind advisories in effect for some of our bridges, bay bridge, richmond/san rafael bridge, and we are going to jump over and show you a live shot of the san mateo bridge right now. looks like conditions are doing o

so many people this morning talking about liz taylor.aw her star on the hollywood walk of fame. this morning's "usa today" wondering if she was, in fact, the biggest star ever. and truth be told there's not a lot of competition out there. >> i think she's kind of a runaway favorite in that category. coming up on "the early show" we're going to hear some of the many tributes from her friends and fans and look back at her life in hollywood. we have all that coming up. a lot of elizabeth taylor stuff we want to talk about this morning and she is worthy of it. talk about the quintessential celebrity icon. here is jeff glor at the news desk with another look at our top headlines this morning. >> all about the eyes, right? unbelievable. good morning, everyone. a bizarre incident at reagan national airport has prompted a review of air traffic control staffing this morning. early wednesday morning, two airliners trying to land at reagan just outside washington, d.c., called the control tower and nobody answered. and aviation official tells the a

something changed in the decades between liz and lindsay.hing in the relationship between the movie stars and we who watch them. >> yeah, i am on a drug, it's called charlie sheen. >> reporter: we're a lot more cynical about them now. we know how much of a business fame really is. we anguished with gary cooper in "high noon" because we invested so much of our hearts with him over the years. mare lynilyn monroe, here in "t seven year itch" endures not just because she was sexy, but because we let her into our dreams in a way we don't anymore with movie stars. >> maybe you'd like to play? >> no, i'll just watch you. >> reporter: and elizabeth taylor's overpowering glamour will live on because we helped create it. >> every day i pray to god to give me horses. wonderful horses. >> reporter: no, they don't make them like elizabeth taylor anymore. because we don't. elizabeth taylor was a great star. thanks for watching abc news. barbara walters will have more on elizabeth taylor on "good morning america" tomorrow. and we're always online at abcnew

. ---- nos lo presenta, liz gonzalez, desde nueva york.era fue una victima de acoso en la escuela secundaria por su homosexualid ad. un grupo de jovenes lo amenazaba por su identidad sexual y por ser hispano. prevenir el acoso de jovenes gay se ha convirtido en un tema de urgencia despues que se suicido el estudiante de la universidad de rutgers, tyler clementi el pasado septiembre. el joven de 18 anos se arrojo del puente george washington despues que su compa?ero de habitacion filmo un encuentro sexual entre clementi y otro hombre y lo transmitio en directo por el internet. clementi nunca hablo con su familia sobre la humillacion. karina claudio- betancourt, se hace camino nueva york , creo que muchas veces no estan fuera del closet a sus padres, entonces es bien dificil manejar las situaciones. y cuales son las senales de que un nino es acosado? esta mas deprimido, finge enfermedades para no ir a la escuela? ?ha bajado su rendimiento academico? ?no tiene interes en actividad social en la escuela? todos son indicadores de que existe un p

liz liz . klyn . and finally despite enjoying the reputation of being the world's best apparently it turns out you can't always rely on swiss made talk this time literally stood still in london on a time piece which is counting down the days to next year's olympics and sunday looks like it is the one but the jets quickly started that it was a wind up the giants timepiece stops just hours after being on the square the ceremony was part of the city's preparations for the summer games starting next to law i also kicked off the ticket sales for the trade this event and thought i'd be happy with the caucus restarted a few hours later. and that's all the sports news. for the field we've got it's. the biggest issues get the human voice face to face with the news makers. in indonesia algy's available in the green giotto church of media photo the ritz carlton hotel a little hotel to tell me the millennium hotel in china you can see on t.v. and censor telma comes from social mccombs crew.

give us an idea, where is liz taylor figure in that list? >> well, if you're talking about legends, we're not talking about necessarily actress or movie star, she tops the list because she's one of the few women of our lifetime, of our experience, who was as famous for being famous as she was for being an actress. and she was good actress, really good actress. but almost within the first decade of her career, which started when she was very, very young, she became a headline maker for her offscreen life and sometimes that eclipsed what she did in the movies. >> and she is so well known for that. used to say, that she had a way with men. >> yes. well, as my wife likes to say, she was an old-fashioned girl. she married them. you know. indeed she had many marriages. but even those were not even conventional marriages and divorces. you know, she was apparently devoted to the producer mike todd. she even converted to judaism when she married him. and his life ended, you know, tragically much too soon in a plane crash. and i don't think either she

she hated the nickname liz, she said it sounded like a hiss, but it was something she was stuck with from an early age. even as a child star she was known as one-shot liz, because she always got it right on the first try. >> beauty alone doesn't make a star, doesn't maintain stardom. she had a spark that lit up that beauty. >> couric: born in london her parents moved to hollywood just before world war ii. her beauty and those brilliant violet eyes were first captured on film when she was ten. she grew up quickly at mgm... >> poor lassie. >> couric: ...but it was "national velvet" that made her a movie star. >> you think a race like this is won by luck? >> no, by knowing that i can win and telling him so. >> couric: in 1949 at just 17, taylor started working on a movie with montgomery clift, "a place in the sun." >> aren't you happy with me? >> couric: but she had already found hers. that year she was on the cover of time magazine, the headline cinema sapphires from common clay. in the coming years, she would prove her life was anything but common. and then there were the men. >> some

liz. lemon live . live live. live . liz lemon live live live live live live . some great goals and i've got time to end with a bit of action from the n.b.a. where the chicago bulls have not stopped their third straight win beating the new orleans hornets who were without the injured playmaker chris paul jarrett jack started instead of all the stuff a concussion on monday stephanie jet will finish with a team high twenty three points up paul was badly missed nonetheless the hornets struggled in terms of assists the bones were more consistent with derrick rose their leading man the guard sank a three pointer with nine minutes left on the clock the house getting into a double digit lead for the first time however the hornets remained in the game for a little longer jack time proceedings of seventy seven all with around three minutes to go but it was all for cargo after that and they finally won it i think five seventy seven. so that is the sport's all in to us. well. bringing you the latest in science and technology from around the world. we go into the future cov

she says ray's response was, liz has done this before. she knows what she's doing.pictures from the aftermath of a previous james ray sweat lodge. they show participants sprawled out on the ground. one in visible physical distress. but others smiling. >> fate favors the bold. you'll need to play full-on. 100%. >> reporter: some of the smiles have now faded, however, as ray's followers, one by one, entered the witness stand. >> i finally noticed there were people calling out and not doing well. and not responding. and that's when it hit me. and i realized, oh, dear. >> reporter: ray's defense team argues that his followers signed waivers acknowledging the risks of the retreat. prosecutors say those involved stayed inside the lodge, well past the point of safety because they were under ray's sway. >> i want you to allow your unconscious mind. >> i think it speaks to his sense of omnipotence, that he felt that he could push people beyond their physical limits. >> reporter: one of ray's employees, melinda martin, told me that ray seemed to have disregarded his followers

a liz quiñon fue tras su madre.lusiva y solo para la tijera. la mamá de sabina musiel. aclara si cierto o no. que ella pao ser embargada por firmar como a aval tras horas de espera así reaccionó la señora diana musiel al verse sorprendida por nuestra cámara. >>> señora, solo para preguntarle señora. no tengo micrófono. es cierto que de mandada y que puede perder parte de su casa por parte del señor peralta. >>> la señora decide hablar. admitió ser una víctima de su ex marido. >>> no sé de qué me estas hablando no sé que es lo que me comunicas. y no tengo menor idea. es uno de los presuntos no he sido aval del señor peralta y no lo sene y no loe he sido. y a pesar que@su hija se lo pidió. es obvio el distanciamiento que la familia de sabí ne, tiene con peralta. su relación con peralta. es el padre de su nietos. hoy, mañana y siempre el señor será padre de mis nietos. porque eso mi dios no lo quita. es algo que no vas a poder evitar. es el derecho que tiene. pero hablar del señor, no tengo nada que decir. incluso su p

jeff. >> liz palmer in tripoli.on maximum alert this morning to deal with the nuclear crisis. traces of toxic plutonium were found in soil in five places at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant. it is feared radioactive water is leaking from damaged fuel rods, but they say right now the trace levels of plutonium are not a risk to humans. >>> it's coming up on six minutes past the hour. back over to erica, chris, and marysol. >>> thanks. that's your latest weather. now back over to you guys. >> all right. don't look a day over 21. >> thanks. >> men and women are different, especially when it comes to feeling old. we'll show you ways to feel young at any age. any age. >> any age. that's right. >> we're doing it. >> you're watching "the early show" on cbs. we're feeling young! on cbs. we're feeling young. [ kim ] i was literally falling asleep at the wheel. it got my attention, telling me that i wasn't paying attention. i had no idea the guy in front of me had stopped short. but my car did. -my car did. -thankfull

>> she liked to live and, here lies busy let's, she hated being called liz. [ laughter ] >> but she lived. >> now, we have a slide show of elizabeth taylor on the front page of our website at www.abc7.com. >> cheryl: turning to other news. geologists say it's going to take weeks to clear a rock slide. residents have managed to create a temporary road to get their cars in and out and expert geologist will take a look at the slide to see how to clean it up. monday's massive slide could even get worse as rains continues. there will be a meeting at 4:00 on nelson road at the sheriff's communication center to update residents on the slide and the potential fix. with the ground saturated after days of rain and more on the rain, flooding and mudslide are affecting people in the bay area. amy hollyfield has a look in the oakland hills. >> reporter: it's wet out he here. they have closed a trail in the east bay hills. this is huckleberry preserve and they are checking on other spots to see if they are safe. here is shot of what happened deeper into the trail at huckleberry. a tree came down and to

>> she liked to live and, here lies busy let's, she hated being called liz. [ laughter ] >> but she lived. >> now, we have a slide show of elizabeth taylor on the front page of our website at www.abc7.com. >> cheryl: turning to other news. geologists say it's going to take weeks to clear a rock slide. residents have managed to create a temporary road to get their cars in and out and expert geologist will take a look at the slide to see how to clean it up. monday's massive slide could even get worse as rains continues. there will be a meeting at 4:00 on nelson road at the sheriff's communication center to update residents on the slide and the potential fix. with the ground saturated after days of rain and more on the rain, flooding and mudslide are affecting people in the bay area. amy hollyfield has a look in the oakland hills. >> reporter: it's wet out he here. they have closed a trail in the east bay hills. this is huckleberry preserve and they are checking on other spots to see if they are safe. here is shot of what happened deeper into the trail at huckleberry. a tree came down and to

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she hated being called liz. >> and barbara walters interviewed her on five occasions during 30 years, night line will air a special edition of walters looking back on the interviews. >> and we have to move on with weather. a lot more rain is coming. >> we'll be counting rain in inches and snow in feet. so there is a lot to talk about from our sutro camera. there are build ups there. we're starting to see showers popping up around the bay area and have seen lightning strikes there. is a live picture, it's snowing right now. we're panning around here. truckee reporting heavy snow. and and let me show you live doppler 7. you'll see what's happening. there are showers in the north bay. spotty as you can see here around novato into the east bay there is some moderate rainfall around pleasant hill. and sycamore valley road so just be aware of the fact that as the sun destabilizes there could be thunderstorms as well. and there is some rain around gilroy. heavy rain, wind for morning commute. localized flooding is possible. there is a satellite and radar. front went through and front over tw

this week, a woman who was once known worldwide simply as "liz" died. elizabeth taylor's first movie was released when she was just 10 years. her movies made her a star, but the life she lived in the public eye contributed to her legend. married eight times, twice after richard burton. she traveled the world with her children following her daily life. she had three oscars and many of her hollywood costars described her as a life-long friend. when one of those friends rock hudson came down with a then barely-understood illness, she raised money against aids and sometimes, that brought her here to san francisco. >> i am here once more to ask for your help, your compassion, and your love. i am here for those who cannot be here to ask for themselves. >> we begin tonight with the year elizabeth taylor began this part of her life's work, the year rod hudson revealed that he had acquired aids. we reported on the effect of the actor's revelation here in san francisco in july of 1985. >> people who have been working on the aids issue for the past few years seem

two days after liz putback at buzzer, howard comes through for the bulldogs with the game winning free-throw. >> they end up going to double white. aztecs up in double overtime after the fade away jump shot. aztecs play uconn. >>> the zags officially got jimmered by the player, your candidate, jimmer fredette and byu wins. >> and the sharks hosting the blue. pavolski with his first career hat-trick. plenty of folks in the south bay without their hats. >> join us 11:00 and we have a whole bunch more sports with march madness underway. good night. ,, ,, ,,,,,,,,,,

no fue adoptado pero pasÓ a formar parte de la familia. >> conocÍ a liz taylor en puerto vallarta y una. >> me hacÍa de comer, siempre fue muy amorosa, amable, amorosa conmigo. >> incluso elizabeth y richard invitaron a vivir a sergio una temporada en londres. >> estuvimos viviendo como cerca de 6 meses y me gustaba mucho porque me llevaban mucho de viaje y me gustaba mucho ir a los sets. >> la Última vez que sergio hablÓ con liz fue hace 4 aÑos para invitarla a un homenaje que le estaban por realizar en puerto vallarta. el cual quedÓ pendiente. >> siempre... tenÍa un gran presencia y era una persona... a pesar de lo grandiosa que era muy sencilla y muy amena. y entonces, pues yo la describirÍa como maravillosa. >> y efectivamente, como sergio lo comentÓ elizabeth taylor fue una mujer maravillosa y su recuerdo permanecerÁ intacto y aÚn ahora seguirÁ ayudando a los que mÁs necesitan con su fundaciÓn. >> vaya historia que nos presentÓ miriam, acerca de sergio. el familiar mexicano que tuvo. >> volvemos asÍ despuÉs de esta pausa. ya volvemos. ♪ ♪ >> sras. y srs. tenemos una historia de im

a newer on theic liz art tadz on a new york politician at the movies. who will win?coming up, the magic stun the heat, and if there was a work stoppage in the nfl, one league is ready to step in and fill the void. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning.ç four years after a retired fbi agent mysteriously vanished inside iran, u.s. officials say they have proof he's alive and may be in southwest asia. it remains unclear who is holding robert levinson, but the man's family says they are, quote, tremendously encouraged by a break in the case. >>> in a surprising turn, a federal judge in florida who ruled president obama's health care law unconstitutional is now allowing it to be implemented in the 26 states that challenge the overhaul while the obama administration pursues an appeal. >>> a baby boy who was starved of oxygen during his birth is alive and well after doctors tried a radical new treatment on him. medical staff cooled jamie's brain for three days to

. >> cristián castro está dándose su tiempo, se ve liz, se ve que la está pasando bien y la está disfrutandonido como 7 diferentes aparecidas. >> y qué va. >> pero nunca ha andado con una como esta, va con una muchachita que puede ir en serio. >> sí señor. >> llevarla a un evento tan importante como premio lo nuestro, y la boda de angélica vale. >> qué sabes quehora está en méxico van y van a cenar con la mamá y en dos semanas está anunciando su boda. >> así es cristián castro. >> no se va a casar en dos semanas. >> pero el culpable no es cristián castro, pero con las chicas que ha estado no lo han puesto contento y él ha tenido que seguir explorando. >> quiero récord que aro señor orlando segura, con gabriela la conoció en diciembre y en febrero se estaba casando. >> verónica castro dijo uy! dios mío pero tan rápido. >> no me extrañaría, lo que trabajes e pe fuera. >> de pronto ya está anunciando su boda. >> pero que vuelva con valeria liberman, es el amor de su vida a final de cuentas. >> les voy a cambiar de al parecer la ex asistente de gabriela spanic, está a punto de salir de laárcel.

she hated being called liz. >> taylor's son michael released a statement saying we know quite simplyorld is a better place for mom having lived in it. her legacy will never fade. barbara walters interviewed her a number of times over 30 years and tonight's nightline will air a special edition with walters looking back on the interviews at 11:35 right here on ab abc 7 tonight, we have lt a legend. don sanchez, abc 7 news. >>> indeed. when abc 7 news at 9:00 continues here tonight, the first pictures of the so-called fukushima 50 as they battle radiation poisoning to save the power plant. >>> also tonight, a young athlete who was told that he would never walk again, and you will see where his can-do >>> danish f-16 fighter jets took off today as the international coalition continues to epiforce a no fly zone over libya. good evening, once again. stronger signals today from president obama that america is ready to turn the lead over to other nations in the air war in libya. but as abc's jay tapper explains that does not mean is out of harm's way. >> reporter: president obama is eager to

. >> each of these, we are looking at and an liz will-- analyzing carefully. but we can't draw some general, sweeping conclusions about the entire region. >> reporter: and president obama makes his pitch monday evening in a televised national address. he'll have to sell u.s. military action in libya to an american audience already weary from two long warrings in iraq and afghanistan. jim? >> at the white house for us, thank you. elsewhere in the region the government of syria has sent the army into the main port city of latakia the latest city to be swept by protest against the rule of president bashar assad. the government says at least 12 people have been killed, reportedly by ungown-- unknown gunmen firing from roof 207s. for more on the policy challenges facing the president we are joined by john dickerson. good evening. >> good evening, jim. >> a quick question to start with, what does the president have to get done tomorrow night? >> well, he has to outline the exact shape of u.s. policy in libya, most important is the military role. how involved will th

. >> hey, liz, thank you, yeah. it's busy we want to focus on things in the road.here are right shoulder problems, that pothole in livermore near grant line that may cause a problem. live at chopper 5 over the dumbarton bridge there, actually working their way towards 280 into san francisco. we are getting word of a brand- new accident. so far it looks like the dumbarton bridge not seeing too many delays, things moving well in both directions. over to our maps we go, let's update you on the problem northbound 280 at geneva. two right lanes blocked, injuries five to six cars involved in the accident making traffic very slow and go as you work your way in and out of san francisco. unfortunately, we lost our camera there. but things are very busy. altamont pass seeing delays, as well. we have that pothole reported right at grant line. you have caltrans and chp on scene there. also as you work your way towards the bay bridge as liz showed you the no metering lights traffic busy off the eastshore freeway. we have some mass transit problems to report. ace train is not ru

. >> one thing we learned is she didn't like to be called liz, it was elizabeth. >> reporter: the doctor a star in his own right for his research met her several times. she got in to the funding business after her good friend rock hudson died of the disease in 1985. >> she suddenly -- it hit home that was something that hit all of us and something that was not going to stop and she wanted to put her so to say star power to finding a solution. >> reporter: which is what he continues doing today. 30 years after the disease started hitting san francisco's gay community. this fundraiser in the city was magic johnson was part of her work and with the group she helped start. she has help raise more than a quarter billion dollars. >> at the time it was thought of as something for only gay men and she raised the issue that it was broader than that. >> reporter: part of her fund racing was for a hospice, 15 room aids facility the only one of it's kind in california. the money goes mostly to help for nutrition. >> lets me focus entirely on healing. >> reporter: casey has aids and didn't know much

liz was the invention of the press. her horse-riding skills helped her land a big role in "national velvet" back in 1944, when she was just 12. that film made her a star, and she always called it the most exciting movie she ever made. >> mother, we won. >> that led to a long-term contract with mgm which she later resented, but that contract led to an oscar, her first, for the film "butterfield 8." >> elizabeth taylor. >> her second oscar came for her gritty, hard-to-watch performance as a dramatic, abusive wife in "who's afraid of virginia woolf." >> but i am not a monster, i'm not. >> the recognition of the industry helped heal her wounds, criticism from roles like the overhyped "cleopatra" and the resulting media frenzy. the role earned her a million dollars and that was a hollywood first. but her off-screen affair with co-star richard burton, who she later married not once, but twice, overshadowed the production, which then opened to bad reviews. in all, elizabeth taylor married eight times. there was a singer, eddie

i hated the name liz. about -- she didn't like to be called liz. >> say elizabeth. >> and she's on the front page of every newspaper. >> yeah. >> i love after seven husbands, later in life, she said to diane sawyer, my only wish after seven husbands, listen to this -- >> if there's anybody out there that would like to take me for dinner, i'd love to go. i still need a nice, attractive, handsome -- well, good-looking -- enough money to pay for the dinner. >> if we'd only known. >> she gave up on marriage. but she never gave up on men. she said that would be unrealistic. >> i just love her in "a place in the sun." every part of that movie. she was about 17 when she shot it. and every look is just spectacular. >> it was. >> remember, abcnews.com. your three words on elizabeth. >> love for you to share your memories with us, about her. we'll be back. hold up. why are we stopping? just need to refill my walgreens prescription. [ shouting in native language ] i don't know what he's saying right now. he says you'

actress liz taylor has died. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the attack is responsible for wednesday's bus bombing will learn israel has an iron will to defend itself, and he promised an aggressive response. this after a huge blast in jerusalem killed one person and injured dozens of others, some of them seriously. police say the device was placed in a bag next to a bus shelter at the central city bus station. the bomb detonated near jerusalem's bus terminal, a busy part of the city. dozens of ambulances rushed to the scene with medics fearing the worst. >> there were no injuries on the bus. most of those wounded were in the station. perhaps the explosion was in the station because it appears there was no blast inside the bu it remained intact. >> the explosion was heard across the city. it is the first time since 2004 that israeli public transport has been the public target of a bomb attack. officials have been scouring the scene of the blast looking for evidence that could lead them to the perpet

. >> something we learned very quickly is she didn't like to be called liz tayloror. >> reporter: a super star in his own right for his research into hiv and aids met taylor several times over the years. she got into the aids funding business after her good friend rock hudson died of the disease in 1985. >> this was something to hit all of us and something that was not going to stop and so she wanted to put her star power to finding a solution. >> reporter: which is what dr. levy continues doing today 30 years after the disease started ravaging san francisco's gay community. [ cheers and applause >> reporter: this fund-raiser in the city with magic johnson was part of her work with the american foundation for aids research, the group she helped start. she is said to have help raise more than a quarter billion dollars. >> at the time aids was thought of of something for only gay men and she started to raise the issue that it is not just a gay disease it is broader than that. >> reporter: part of her fund- raiser was for a hospice in the castro. a 50-room aids facility. the only one of its

. >> reporter: -- more liz lemon. >> there are other things in life, like having a career. >> reporter: the obama administration report finds women have eliminated the gender gap in education. now, just as likely as men to have a college degree. young women actually are more likely to have a degree, reversing the norm of 40 years ago. after booming for decades, the rate of women entering the labor force has now tapered off. about 61% of women work. but the report says women are still paid about 75% of what their male counterparts are paid. >> it's one thing to know something intuitively, it's very different to have the evidence that actually backs it up. this report gives us that evidence. >> reporter: it's a conclusion that does not sit well with women around the country. >> it's disgusting, aggravating, annoying. i find it all the time when i'm job hunting. >> i don't understand why that still exists in 2011. >> reporter: beyond the workplace, the changes at home are even more striking. women are delaying marriage an average of five years later than they did in 1950. they're having f

liz appleberg is part of the group mothers for peace. >> since 1973 we have been fighting the diablo canyon. >> reporter: they kept track of their efforts for 38 years to get diablo canyon shut down. even though she and most of the members are now grandmothers, they are working as hard as ever, now trying to put a stop to pg&e's relicensing request which would allow the plant to operate until at least 2045. >> it's foolhardy to keep it running. even more foolhardy to try and relicense it for 20 years past what it's supposed to run until. >> reporter: in 2008, the u.s. geological survey detected a previously unknown fault called the shoreline fault which runs under diablo canyon. pg&e says the plant can withstand a 7.5 magnitude earthquake. >> all of our systems, component structures, they have been tested to a level of ground shake and it's designed above that level. >> reporter: but appleberg doesn't trust pg&e and wants more studies done. >> we're looking for and want an expert who can help us to determine how to discover if there are more faults out there. >> reporter: while apple

the special wish carried out at liz taylor's funeral. >>> hundreds of people were evacuated and shops and businesses flooded with at least a foot of water in and mud. it came as quite a surprise with no time to set up sandbags. most of that water though has since receded. >>> not far away in santa cruz county, a huge tree came crashing into a woman's home. a neighbor called 911. firefighters say she barely escaped being crushed and is lucky to be alive. >>> pg ande customers who don't want a smart meter may soon be able to have it turned off, but they'll have to pay for it. the utility plans to charge customers between 135 to $270 to have that device turned off. and it will charge them $20 or more to keep the signal off since someone could have to go out to read the meters. they must still approve the proposal. >>> actresses elizabeth taylor proved to be an original, even beyond her life. she was buried in a small private affair yesterday. but the ceremony started 15 minutes later than scheduled because one of her final wishes was to be late to her own funeral. a public memorial has n

she hated being called liz. >> her son michael releaseded a statement saying "we know the world is a better place for mom having lived in it. her legacy will never fade. barbara walters, by the way interviewed elizabeth taylor and tonight's "nightline" will air a special edition of walters looking back on the interviews. that's at 11:35 right here on abc7. tonight we have lost a legend. don sanchez, abc news. >>> to japan where government workers in tokyo are handing out 240,000 bottles of water to households with infants. this after the governor of tokyo announced the radiation level in tap water is about two times higher than what is recommended for babies. the radiation from the could you could you she ma -- the fukushima nuclear plant has leaked into seawater and vegetables. they are struggling to cool down the over heated plant. >>> let's go back to our weather and prepare for a sloppy commute. >> now more for what we can expect. >> rain and wind and it will get heavy during the commute. it will be nasty for the morning hours. let me show you live doppler 7hd. we have pockets of

liz is part of group mothers for peace. >> since 1973 w ve been fighting the diablo canyon. >> reporter: they kept track of their efforts for the last 38 years to get diablo canyon shut down. even though she and most of the members are now grandmothers, they're working as hard as ever now frying to put a stop to pg&e's relicensing request, which would allow the plant to operate until at least 2045. >> it's fool hearty to keep it running but more to try and relicense it for 20 years past what it's supposed to run until. >> reporter: in 2008 the u.s. gjigeological survey detected a previous unknown fault called the shoreline fault na runs underneath diablo canyon. they say it can withstand a 7.2 magnitude earthquakes. >> they've been tested to a certain level of ground shaking and it's designed over and above that. >> she doesn't trust pg&e and wants more studies done. >> we're looking for an sfert to help us to determine how to discover if there are more faults out there. >> reporter: while shenz pg&e wants to continue operating diablo canyon, she'll continue her mission as long as she c

liz. lemon live live . thank you. i. think. how. some terrific goal was then i we have got time to some action from the n.b.a. where the chicago bulls have not stopped their third straight win based on the new orleans hornets who were that they play make a curse pull out jared jack started instead of all that he suffered concussion on monday is dead but he just would finish with a team high twenty three points but cole was badly misnomer that was the hornets struggled in terms of assistance or more consistent with derrick rose their leading man by the gods. three points with nine minutes left on the clock the heist getting into a double digit lead for the first time however the hornets remained in the game for a little longer time proceedings were seventy seven zero with a with three minutes to go but it was also a car go after that and they finally won it i think five seven seven. so that is the sport for the moment and that's it for me i'm back to more of it here in a couple of hours with more sports. we'll. review the latest in s

back to you, liz. >> thank you, gianna. >>> just like new moms, fathers can get depressed too. a new study says 40% of depressed fathers spank their 1- year-old kids compared to 13% of fathers who weren't depressed. it's strongly tied town employment rates which are hire than a decade ago. >>> a diet rich in vitamin b may help some women suffering from p.m. new research found women who ate more foods like spinach and fortified cereal were less likely to suffer from pms. the same wasn't true for women who got b vitamins from supplements. >>> have you started your office pool for march madness? are you into the hoop? >> do we have one here? >> absolutely. >> i haven't checked my e-mails yet for today. >> long weekend. >> it was. >> teams were selected yesterday and no team from the bay area is going dancing. >> out of the west coast conference, the bulldogs of gonzaga. coach makes his 12th straight ncaa tournament appearance with the bulldogs. >> that's the reaction from st. mary's after being left out of the tournament. the rival gonzaga was the only team from the west coast tha

she hated being called liz. but she lived. >> reporter: and boy did elizabeth taylor live. the last icon and first global superstar. she once told me that she couldn't remember a time when she wasn't famous. famous for her acting, illnesses, jewelry, friends, marriages and divorces. above all, for her stunning beauty. whether glamorously thin, or later unhappily heavy, time never dimmed her legendary violet eyes. >> she was born with a double set of lashes. and she was so rapturously beautiful little girl that you couldn't believe it and full of composure. >> every day, i pray to god to give me horses. >> reporter: pushed by her mother, elizabeth was a movie star at 12 years old. >> how do you do? >> reporter: her career spanned 70 years and more than 50 films. >> i feel all the time like a cat on a hot tin roof. >> reporter: opposite the screen's greatest leading men. >> i love you. >> reporter: she was the first actress to earn a million dollars for a movie -- >> elizabeth taylor. >> reporter: and won two oscars, her last for this searing 1966 performance. >> maybe georgi

. >> the world's going to miss liz. my world stopped today and i know everybody who loved her and worked with her and had the privilege, of being in her space is going to feel sad for a long time. >> i feel like a cat on a hot tin roof. >> reporter: she ee pit ms. ed for half a century, winning movies and starring in her own personal love life that the tabloids devoured. she was married eight times and at the center of scandalous affairs. one of her husbands, former senator john warner from virginia, had only kind words for her wednesday. saying he would remember her heart and soul were as beautiful as her classic face and majestic eyes. taylor was one of the original stars here on the hollywood walk of fame. but in the latter part of her life, she used her celebrity to shine a spotlight on an issue close to her heart. she was one of the first to bring the hiv/aids epidemic to the mainstream media. she worked with dr. michael got leeb who was one of the first physicians to describe what would eventually be called aids.

. >> osgood: liz taylor died this past week at the age of 79. this morning we'll be remembering her life and career both on and off the screen. she appeared in more than 50 movies, winning two oscars along the way. our critic david edelstein will be offering an appreciation of elizabeth tailor the actress. then we'll be taking a look at elizabeth taylor the very public celebrity and the remarkable interview she and her then husband richard burton granted to 60 minutes 41 years ago. >> i think it is one of the greatest exercises in marital togetherness, having a spat. >> reporter: john blackstone will show us paintings emblematic of the modern american west. the fast draw will take a closer look at all the cameras watching our every move these days. we'll celebrate washington's cherry blossom festival and more but first the ed lines for this sunday morning the 27th of march, 2011. nato air strikes in libya have helped rebels to retake the town of ajdabiya in the east. while the rebels celebrated pro government forces were seen taking off their un

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liz. can. still. be. chloe unwelcomed across town peter lavelle targeting libya is this a mission to protect innocent civilians or a rush for regime change with no plan for the people the war against gadhafi and the law of unintended consequences. can. still say. to discuss what is happening in libya i'm joined by a dallas lifer in cairo he is a professor emeritus at the american university in cairo in london we have sami ramadani he's a senior lecturer in sociology at london metropolitan university and in washington we cross to bradley blakeman a professor of public policy and politics at georgetown university and former deputy assistant to president george w. bush and another member of our cross talking yelena who got ha right a bell i'd like to go to you this is cross talk you've been on the program before and you know how it works here i'll be very blunt with you over the last few hours complain about let's go back a week ago and then let's look at the last few hours a week ago a military intervention

host: liz sly is joining us from tripoli right now. what is the level of awareness there about the involvement of nato right now versus the u.s.? how are people interpreting the leadership of what is happening over the skies? guest: i don't think there is a clear understanding of what is going on. libyan state television, anti- western propaganda. other people do watch other channels but they don't follow the ins and outs. one of my concerns is that the people who want gaddafi gone are pinning too much hope on this mission, and they are expecting it to go further than it actually will. host: is there a mood about ground troops? did they feel it would be more helpful to the rebel movement? are they concerned? guest: people are not really talking about that. it may be an issue in the east where the rebels are fighting. here you have a city that is firmly in control of the government. people are even scared to voice their opinions in public, let alone fighting. that is not something really being discussed. yes, i do think there are people

later on we'll bring you more liz taylor memories.rning america," how she made an impact on fans not just here in the u.s., but >> i've known elizabeth since i was 17. we were at mgm together and we went to school together, a little schoolyard, a little schoolhouse, so we've known each other all these years. and we're the same age. and it's been a long friendship. of course, we had a bumpy ride there for a little while when she sought company of my husband permanently, which was an unusual occurrence. and we passed through that. we got over that. and then elizabeth went on to find great romance and love with richard burton. and then we -- you know, through the years we remained friends. i spoke with elizabeth about two to three weeks ago. i just called her up to see how she was doing and, you know, if she was keeping her courage up. and she said it was really tough and she was not happy with the way things were going, but that she was doing the best she could. and she said, old age is not for sissies, which we all know is true. >> isn