mcarthur foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its financial strength to work for a wide range of companies, from small businesses to major corporation. what can we do for you? >> and now, "bbc world news." >> targeting tripoli a third night of bombing by coalition forces in libya. the u.s. says gaddafi's grip on the country is weakening. celebrations as air strikes check the advance of libyan forces in the east. but for how long? >> the truth is that colonel gaddafi's forces have not gone away and the cease fire that he declared appears meaningless. >> and the debate over the aims of the operation intensifies, president obama says the libyan leader has to go. in other news, protests in yemen gather pace. the president refuses to step down despite a number of high-profile defections. >> welcome to "bbc world news." explosions and anti-aircraft fire have been heard near tripoli as allied forces enforce the no-fly zone over libya for a third night. dozens of targets have been hit, but the coalit

mcarthur foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its global expertise to work for a wide range of companies. what can we do for you? >> and now, "bbc world news." >> colonel gaddafi's troops force rebels from strong holesd, while his son threatens a new, bigger military onslaught. >> it's time for action. we are moving now. everybody is going to be so excited. >> in brussels, the talk continues as the international community tries to decide what action to take. >> nato is united. nato is vigilant. nato is ready to act. >> saudi arabia protestors call for a day of range. the government promises tough ability to promote stability. welcome to "bbc news." coming up a little later for you, while the muslim community in the united states has been angered by a congressional committee. why the most expensive musical in broadway history has had its opening postponed for a sixth time. hello. pro-government forces in libya have stepped up their onslaught against the rebels who are said to be fleeing after

mcarthur foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its financial strength to work for a wide range of companies, from small businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you? >> and now "bbc world news." >> president obama says supplying weapons to opposition fighters is on the agenda, and calls on gaddafi to give up power. >> it's fair to say that if we wanted to get weapons into libya, we probably could. we're looking at all our options at this point. >> london appoints a new group to help decide libya's political future as fierce fighting continues across the country. gaddafi's force has launched a ferocious counterattack on the rebels. we report at the center of intense fighting. >> we've been hearing sustained artillery fire and the rebels themselves are firing rockets just up ahead. >> welcome to "bbc news" broadcast to our viewers in pbs in america and also around the world. coming up for you, with just a month to go for the royal wedding here, we have a list of the do's and don't's

police armed with the scene and daniel is there, 66/mcarthur.se. you can see macarthur in the background. the police are focusing on to silver cars. one is involved. the one that is banged up with police tape searching the area. a gun was used in this carjacking that went wrong. right now, the distilled and 60-camden bay just opened the road, and with the suspect running off. they're focusing their search and other areas. we will be right back after this. like men's polos in every color! just $9.99. half off juniors arizona bottoms bath towels are only $3.99... and gold and silver fine jewelry sparkles at 70% off. get even bigger savings with jcp cash. 10, 15, or $20 off. no exclusions. unlike other stores we don't make you come back to save! we make spring styles sparkle -- you make them bloom. go to jcp.com to see everything on sale. we make it affordable. you make it yours. jcpenney. now at 6:30, our top stories. more news, more crews, right now our top stories. >>pam: 5300 people are confirmed dead in japan thousands missing that number is c

. >> assuming a person stands in the area with the highest level, 120 mark barton will be the -- mcarthur- would be the exposure. >> let's get the latest fa japan with our correspondent. we hear, chris, the response from japan's government saying that the radiation level levels are minimal. yet today the iaea reiterated that the plant remains serious. what is the latest you are hearing? >> i think this set-back they have had in their efforts to cool the plant over the last 24 hours is evidence of what the iaea is saying. the smoke and steam rising from the plant, steam sill rising from the plant after several hours. the chief cabinet secretary in that briefing admitting they don't really know what is causing that steam. they are sending back the workers into the plant again to carry on working on the reactors because the radiation levels ares stable. but they can't tell what is going on inside the row actors because they haven't got the monitoring devices up and running. so it is really very difficult for them to know exactly what kind of risk the workers are facing. that is why the iaea

. >> reporter: over a slice of space sandwiched between 580, lakeshore and busy mcarthur boulevard that could soon double as lake merritt's only off leash dog park. >> i think it's needed but i also think that that exact location is a little exposed. and it's surrounded by busy streets on all sides. >> reporter: even some dog own, like joanna worried this simply isn't the place for a pup not the least because of the nearby tot lot where children roam. >> we have two other parks with dog parks immediately adjacent to tot lots and we haven't had problems like that. >> reporter: oakland city councilwoman has been helping to plot the park for a decade and despite mounting friction and dueling facebook pages on both sides, she says this is the perfect place for lake merritt's dog part. >> it is a high use area. and that's why it's also a very dense area with lots of people and dogs and a place is needed for those folks to be able to walk conveniently to exercise their dogs. >> reporter: sounds practical enough. but neighbors worry, when all sides come together for a public meeting wednesday,

not quite yet to the mcarthur tunnel. we'll check out another live shot for you.walnut creek. traffic southbound towards highway 24. the normal slowing westbound near university. also a new accident just reported in oakland. westbound 580 at lake shore. that could be a developing hot spot. the bay bridge toll plaza is backed up right now just to the 880 overcrossing. luckily it's been quiet on the peninsula and the south bay. you can get your traffic information by going to abc7news.com anytime. jenelle? >> thank you, frances. a break through from a u.c. berkeley lab, a biofuel for cars. altered e-coli bacteria. if they can produce two to three times more than what they're doing right now, they could start thinking about industrial production. the journal nature chemical biology is publishing this report. >> a central valley man faces attempted murder charges after driving 30 miles on the freeway with his wife clinging to the hood of their minivan. she jumped on the vehicle last friday night to try to stop her husband from driving because he had been using drugs.

out but the threat of nuclear meltdown means they could still be more to come after bennett athey mcarthur japan. so here we have this country this devastated country still reeling from the earthquake from the tsunami and there is so much sadness and so much confusion as the people continue to search for friends and relatives and their government is telling them to stay inside to shelter in place to tape up their windows did you see what i just saw some of these pictures that have been coming from japan so that many of these people don't have windows to take and they certainly don't have shelters to shelter in place there are no homes you know i think back to friday when all of this happened you turn on most of the news stations here in this country or in japan and you hear this word over and over containment they will evacuate three thousand people just to be safe yes there's a problem but it's being contained at first no one was saying the other seaward chair noble now i can assure you i'm not a rocket scientists or a scientists of any sort but we knew on friday that at least three of th

accident northbound 1 before you get to the golden gate bridge near the mcarthur tunnel. there you can see live traffic pictures from chopper 5. it sounds like this is a sole lower car accident. a driver lost control so one lane is blocked there. if you are heading towards the golden gate bridge in san francisco, unfortunately, as you can see, we are starting to see backups now as you head towards the tunnel. all right. on the golden gate bridge itself, traffic is moving across okay. if we can go back to our live picture of that you can see traffic is free-flowing this morning across the span but notice this drive time between novato and san rafael. that continues to grow due to a traffic alert and now four separate incidents along the stretch through san rafael. the rain was really coming down hard and it sounds like one of those accidents is clearing but again, just a mess right now through marin. slow from novato all the way down to the 580 interchange and then we finally see speeds improve. all right. we are dealing with wet weather and winds, as well. wind advisory s

this is berkeley shot, headed westbound towards the bay bridge toward mcarthur and traffic is flowingems into san francisco. >> eric: it's 5:37. >>> a warning that doctors are giving parents of teenagers. >> and new radiation concerns over a crippled nuclear power plant in japan. >>> president obama set to explain the u.s. mission in libya. what he is expected to say coming up. [ male announcer ] dandruff, meet micro-beads. any last wishes? new selsun blue deep cleansing micro-bead scrub goes to the source wiping out flakes before they flake. new selsun blue deep cleansing. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> kristen: officials in japan say growing amount of radiation are seeping from a crippled nuclear power plant into sea water and soil. workers are racing to pump out the contaminated water which is emitting radiation levels hundred thousand times above normal. the bought must be safely stored before work can be completed. it could take weeks. and contamination in the ocean has spread a mile north of the nuclear site than prfl expected. >> eric: tonight pre

he later thought that her commissioning that book had laid the foundation for his being awarded a mcarthuroundation genius grant. her authors thought of her as a ma -- maternal figure. they said of jackie, an editor becomes kind of your mother. [laughter] elizabeth crook who wrote "raven's bride" recalled her as extremely motherly and she sometimes felt that jackie was looking after her as a mother hen would. many of her younger colleagues remember the same thing. scott moyers, a high literary agent in new york, but then was a junior assistant to jackie, remembers being sick one weekend, and she wasn't to the store and brought him back medicine. she reproached him for going outside with his hair wet, and then she sponsored him when he ran a marathon to raise money for leukemia for which his own mother died. not only did his children books rise from her experience as a mother, but her colleagues and authors all remembered a maternal strain in their editorial work with her. betty thought jackie was a closet feminist. [laughter] although that may sound like an intentionally provocative remark

someone shot and killed a man sitting in a car near 37th street and mcarthur boulevard at 10:00 last night. two other people were in the car when it happened. they were not seriously injured. >>> the east bay law enforcement scandal could impact several other court cases. one suspect who is accused of dealing drugs could be back on the street this morning. the man is charged with selling marijuana and is scheduled to appear in court this morning, but his case could be thrown out because narcotics officer norman welsh investigating that case is accused of stealing drugs from the evidence lockers and selling them back on the streets. this is the first of what could be many cases that end up getting tossed. welsh pleaded not guilty to stealing and veling the drugs and is out on $400,000 bail. >>> 6:03 right now. with the unrest in the middle east continuing this morning gas prices all over the country continue to rise. and no one is feeling the pain at the pump worse than here in california. aaa says the average price for regular gas in california is $3.89 this morning. area cities have

. >> that's micah mcarthur, star of one of the hottest youtube videos now laughing hysterically as his unemployed father rips up a job rejection letter. micah is in the house, checking himself out on the monitor. we'll talk to his parents about the funny video. >> it's the best. plus latoya jackson calls herself the maverick of the jackson family. she's taking on a new challenge now on "celebrity apprentice." we'll talk to her about that and the latest developments in the case of her brother motorcycich death. >> we all fly a lot. are you afraid of germs and bed bugs? what you can do to avoid leaving the next flight with cold, flu or unwanted guests. >> on the casey anthony case prosecuting attorneys and lawyers are laying the ground work for the case. kerry sanders has the latest. good morning, kerry. >> reporter: well, good morning, meredith. for the past two days and again today lawyers will argue what evidence they believe the jury should hear when this trial begins in may. if convicted, casey anthony of murdering her 2-year-old daughter the prosecutors say they plan to ask for the

now farther away or a few miles away. 80 westbound looks okay if you're driving out to the mcarthur maze. no major problems. the wind advisories have been lifted. >>> more rain just pound marin county overnight. jade hernandez has more. >> reporter: we've been monitoring the creek level. the creek is just above four feet as of 4 this morning. that's not where it was yesterday. the ross valley fire department monitors it. it. anything over 1315 would have led to flooding. ktvu checked with drivers. runoff poured into one liquor store. neighboring business owners had to shut their doors and put out the sandbags. >> heard a louder sound of the rain and the water coming down. came outside and saw lots of mud. hope my house will hold up and my neighbor's house will hold up. >> reporter: they also had to deal with a sewage spill yesterday. this is one of the manholes that popped up yesterday morning. sewage leaked from this one and two ajape gent -- adjacent ones. they estimate it to be one fifth the volume of an average swimming pool. about 9,000 gallons. reporting live, jade hernandez, ktvu,

of course at the toll plaza we have about a 20-minute delay backed up to the mcarthur main. >> san jose international. that's southwest flight 1522 on its way to san diego -- on time. rain moving into the santa clara valley. there's a lot of rain moving. it's been exactly has advertised. we said light rain before 7:00. around 7:00, 8:00, things are picking up. talked about how the official temperature has gone from 49 to 46. even by observer in santa rosa talked about temperatures dropping. this is a very cold dynamic system. i cop spend an hour -- back over, that's an intense line. back over towards southern napa county, marin county, back to san francisco and now starting to light up towards santa cruz mountains and santa cruz proper. today's rain and wind and that's a cold rain around 7 a.m. to noon is the main focus time. half inch to maybe three inches of rain. i've seen 50 in some of the higher elevations. i saw a gust of 57 miles an hour. flood advisories are out. yellow causeway and clear lake. a tremendous amount of water is being released from shasta and kens wick upstream. th

somebody shot and killed a man sitting in a car near 37th street and mcarthur boulevard.were in the car at the time but were not seriously injured. >>> east bay's law enforcement scandal could impact several court cases. one suspect who is accused of dealing drugs could be back on the streets this morning. now the man charged with selling marijuana is scheduled to appear in court this morning, but his case could be thrown out because narcotics officer norman welsh investigated the case. welsh is accused of stealing drugs from the evidence lockers and selling them back on the street. this is the first of what could be many cases to get tossed out. welsh pleaded not guilty to stealing and reselling those drugs and is out on $400,000 bail. >>> right now we want to check the forecast this morning with christina. >> good morning to you, brent. we have a foggy start, but we'll see a beautiful afternoon. partly cloudy conditions when the fog lifts out of the atmosphere. high pressure is firmly in control. that's going to bring temperatures now in the upper 40s to low 50s into th

. >> meet ten month old mica mcarthur who has caught the world by storm with his infectious laugh promptedob rejection letter. take a look. >> joining us is marcus, mandy and baby mica. welcome to all of you. mica was pretty amused by that. you get this job rejection letter, you start ripping it up. can it you have any idea you'd get this kind of reaction? >> not at all. we had never done the whole paper ripping thing with him at all, so we had no idea. and i certainly wasn't doing -- he was just sitting next to me on the couch, so i wasn't even trying to -- >> does it have to be a job rejection letter or any pain sner. >> paper? >> any paper tends to work. >> nothing? >> a little smile. >> sorry, let me try. all right. this is going no good place. >> first of all, he's a very good baby. he was here yesterday, he's put up with us today. how did this thing end up on the internet and become such a sensation? >> well, actually, it was just a few hours after i filmed it i thought i'm going to post it. i'd never posted a video on ucht tube before, but i thought this one is so fun and instead of

as general mcarthur said so delicately put it years ago, again, this is secretary gates, i have great respect for secretary gates, i think he's one of the true outstanding secretaries of defense this cupry has ever had. the reason i'm here today, i bring a photograph of a flag-draped coffin it's called a transfer case, being escorted off a plane at dover air force base. it is time to bring our troops home. they have been in afghanistan for over 10 years. i would also say it is time that this congress meet its constitutional responsibility to debate war and whether we should be there or bring our troops home. in recent weeks, i was concerned to hear our government and military leaders say it could be 2014 before we start significantly downsizing our troops in afghanistan. mr. speaker, that brings to my mind trips to walter reed and bethesda, so i will ask this question -- how many more young men and women must lose their legs, their lives, for a corrupt government that history has proven will never be changed. -- be changed? why should they be dying and losing their legs if karzai who