so asian coasts as well as new zealand, australia, all of them are still keeping a close watch on whatld be brought from this tsunami. >> right. >> jacqui jeras, thanks so much. appreciate that. a lot of folks who have evacuated, they're going to be really glad to hear this, but not really clear, jacqui, whether they'll be -- >> don't go back until they say it is all okay. >> we don't know if that means all clear you can go back to your hotels or homes, right? >> they have a siren system, so my guess is that they also have some type of an all clear siren that they'll be sounding. in addition to that, i know prior to this when the warnings were issued, the coast guard flew along the coast lines and made announcements that way. i would expect the same on the flip side of this event. >> wow. i was really feeling for those families with small kids that were, you know in parking lots and evacuation centers because this now will be great news including our thelma gutierrez vacationing on the big island. >> it is a scary thing. it is a threat that they're going to be dealing with for eternity

a teenager from new zealand news saved herself from the jaws of a shark used a body board to defend yourself. the sharks struck and rick into her wet suit, but she escaped serious injury. more details at our website -- bbc.com. do check it out. >> the latest headlines for you this hour on "bbc world news." america's most senior uniformed officer saying he supports the plans which would lead to the lifting of the ban on openly-gay people serving in the military. a meeting between the dalai lama and president obama will go ahead according to the white house. this is despite china's protests. take you back to washington now with the top brass have been testifying on capitol hill about whether don't ask, don't tell should be repealed. so allowing openly gay men and women to serve in the u.s. military. our special correspondent has been chasing the story some more for us. >> this was rather a showdown. at one phase, john mccain told the defense secretary he was deeply disturbed by his bias against openly gay men and women serving in the military. we have a global perspective from israel and russi

i said you're from new zealand, why do you care about this? he looked at me and said because if you fall, everything falls. if the united states is gone, china rushes in and they take the south pacific. it totally changes if we fall. so we're looking at a brief period of time. every time we give up some of our rights and look at that and say we give them a little bit, what are you are doing weighing in the balance do i believe our freedom is going to last? do i believe it's secure? we've all grown up feeling secure, didn't we? how many of us believed five years ago the things about our freedom that we believe now. how many said five years ago we could lose our freedom in a heartbeat? john did. why, john? >> i've been talking about some of the stuff you talk on your show since 1992. i used to read a paper called "the federalist" that -- it's not a bootleg paper but militias at the time which are now the tea parties. militias were considered taboo. bad people. they weren't. they were talking about some of the things talked an about now. >> glenn

. >>> an amazing story out of new zealand.en notice commotion in the water. we'll talk to her exclusively this morning. first, back inside to erica hill at the news desk. good morning again aircrafterica. >>> senior intelligence officials say it's all but certain. al qaeda will attempt an attack in the u.s. by july. that sobering assessment coming yesterday on capitol hill. the consensus is al qaeda will deploy operatives in the u.s. those operatives are new recruits without a trail of terrorist contacts and their weapons very simple devices. >> what is the likelihood of another terrorist attempted attack on the u.s. homeland in the next three to six months? high or low? director blair? >> an attempted attack the priority is certain i would say. >> mr. panetta? >> i would agree with that. >> the official also said the suspect in the christmas day bombing attempt on a detroit bound airliner umar farouk abdulmutallab, is cooperating with authorities. >>> three american soldiers killed in northwest pakistan this morning. they die

. >>> a 14-year-old girl down in new zealand single-handedly fought off a shark using her boogie board. the shark swam up to liddie yesterday and bit through were wetsuit. her first instinct was to hit the shark on the nose. she was back on the beach again today. >>> a german shepherd fished out of a river in los angeles was reunited with his owner today. 4-year-old spiky the dog was rescued by helicopter after he got stuck in fast-rushing water last month. he wasn't injured, but he did bite the rescuer who saved him. that meant the dog needed to be checked for rabies until today. i tested negative. the fire fighter has a broken thumb but says it was well worth it to save the dog's life. >>> mr. las vegas canceled his famous show tonight to go before law makers in richmond. talking about wayne newton, of course. he testified before a virginia house of delegates committee on behalf of his tribe. he asked for official recognition of the tribe from the commonwealth. newton's visit paid off. the committee voted unanimously to recognize the tribe. newton was born in virginia but moved out o

a new zealand woman won the women's title and the men's was won by a scrermen contestant, 10 minutes change. >> gold 75 is diamond. what type of anniversary is 80th? 80th anniversary. a pennsylvania couple is finding out. mitchell and mattie adkins are celebrating having tied the knot when she was 23 and he was a mere 17. younger man! they celebrated surrounded by their kids, great grandkids and great, great grandkids, all 66 of them. in case you didn't know the 80th is known as the oak anniversary. you have to get someone a tree. >> ok. don't have to worry about that one. [laughter] >> all right. 6:39, 30 degrees on tv hill. we're going to take a look at the morning's headlines when we come back. >> thankfully the roads are slick but not too bad overall. that's next. tony? >> right now the storm is pulling away but there is another one on the horizon. your seven-day forecast in a moment. a little bit of fog. 35 degrees at the top of the hour. >> it's 6:43, and in the headlines two people are hospitalized after a home invasion in anne arundel county. the anne arundel fair to departme

so we were out in new zealand and they're amazing guns because you can talk a little bit about this, ey're not normal. >> larry: why not normal? >> they're made-up weapons. we had to create these new weapons like you do on any science fiction film. i want to make sure their gun technique is good. we don't have to teach michelle because she knows what to do. joel was a cherry. we had to put him through boot camp. >> i'm left handed. he had to switch me. that's how the military would teach you to shoot. >> larry: you can't be a left-handed gun shooter? >> you can be left handed navi. >> larry: did you get to sympathize? >> absolutely. i'm on the same ride that jake and sig. i came there to study this beautiful species. part of the ride is -- we're in a way peacekeepers but part of the ride is understanding the beauty that they are. this relationship that they have between animal and plant. >> larry: stephen out to feel bad trying to destroy them. back with more on this salute to "avatar." >>> breaking news, says it was an accident, an arizona grand jury says it is manslaughter. we're ta

tsunamis were recorded on chile about eight feet high and we had some recordings in new zealand as well as hawaii only about three feet deep. as we go forward we will watch the waves continue to move across the pacific basin and we are concerned about russia and japan heading into eastern times 11:00, 12 midnight. larry, here are the largest earthquakes we've had recorded, the stron u.s. happened t.5, 200 miles away from the one that happened today. when we talk about what happened in haiti, this earthquake was about 500 times more populated. >> jacqui, you stay close. we'll be checking back with you. let's go on the phone to senior vice president, cnn international. he is currently situated in santiago, chile. what is the situation there rolando? >> well, it is obviously late in the evening now. most people have settled in for the evening in santiago. this is a population that is used to earthquakes. they have a long history of earthquakes, but by any standard this shook up the population, partly because it covered so much territory. as the day went on, larry, we got to see more and mo

you'll see on tv jamaica does, new zealand does, australia does, south africa does -- but not the united states. we hope within two or three months we'll be promoting ourselves. [applause.] >> good. now, that's the kind of leadership that harry is showing. let me make one last point about airlines in particular. there are two things that we can really do to help improve the airline industry. the first is on energy. part of the reason that airlines are getting squeezed all the time is because their fuel costs are huge. that's the single biggest problem for most airlines, is fuel costs that skyrocket or are unpredictable. and so if we've got a smart energy policy that is encouraging the use of electric cars and improving gas mileage, and making sure that we're looking at alternative fuels like biofuels that can be used for trucks, all those things will help to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and, as a consequence, will, over time, stabilize fuel prices in a way that is very helpful to the airlines. the second thing that we need to do is we've got to upgrade our air traffic control sys

he's been named conservation ambassador by new zealand. bill: a cucapoo.think about that all day and get a chuckle out of it. bill: where else would you go? have a great tuesday, everybody, we'll catch you tomorrow, right here. martha: "happening now" starts right

. >>> a teenager in new zealand survived a shark attack thanks to her quick thinking and her boogie board 14-year-old lydia ward and her brother were waist-deep in water yesterday when a five-foot shark grabbed her on the hip. she bashed the shark in the head with her boogie board a number of times until it finally let go. she said she had read about a surfer somewhere who fought off a shark with his boogie board, so she tried to -- decided to do it herself. >> i knew it was like right beside me, but i didn't actually feel it biting me. i just hit it with one short shot of the boogie board. >> the shark's bite left holes in lydia's wet suit and it did penetrate her skin, but she didn't need any stitches. good for her. >> lucky she was wearing that wet suit. >> what a souvenir to have, huh? take a look at this, right? >> something to tell your boyfriend. you think you're tough? you think you're bad? >> i survived a shark. >>> it is an always entertaining day, media day for super bowl. >>> also, the capitals going for a franchise record. can they do it? that's the big question tonight. >>>

and france, it is also south korea and taiwan, new zealand and possibly other places like australia andjapan, which are considering it. i think they're a number of factors that go into it. they don't have the backdrop of the dmca which in itself encourages both an appropriate policy for terminate repeat infringers and also the adoption of a widely agreed an industry accepted technical measures. so they don't have that backdrop. and also in a lot of other countries isps when they were approached about doing something on a voluntary basis were quite concerned about being at a competitive disadvantage and what to make sure they would have a level playing field. and so having government involvement and regulation is one way to achieve that result. >> mr. robertson, i did do a disservice in your bio. i bet it. is enormous. you are at the hands of every major piece of legislation. everything that is going through the parliament. you are close with the music industry. you're close with your chair with the internet caucus, so to speak. can you from your perspective if you can talk about the u.k

czech republic makes it, new zealand makes it and canada. >> perfect in the climate here, right?we get nine vintages per decade where the conditions are right, where it's so cold that the grapes will freeze like little marbles on the vine. >> the difference is you don't -- >> this -- >> this is very sweet. >> it's a dessert wine. >> indeed, indeed. so, it's sweet. there's almost a pound of sugar per quart in this. so very sweet. >> wow. >> so, we have like lemon roulad, the red grapes like pinot noir, the merlot, and even surprisingly, blue bay cheese. >> the thing about this one is the flavor is so intense. because unlike regular wines, during processing you're not heating it. with processing, by squeezing the water out and then you've got the flavor left. >> the grapes are harvested at 17 degrees fahrenheit. so, they're like frozen little marbles, and when they squeeze them, the water actually forms as ice crcrystals. they remove that, so it removes the water and concentrates the juice. so you have a wonderful flavor of apricot -- >> it is delicious. >> honey and sweet -- >> i'

somewhere a strong business in australia and new zealand, looking at opportunities in china as we speakwe think we're not too late to the party in china based on the fact that no one has really done a terrific job in the disinfecting of hard surfaces area in china in the whole home care segment which is just starting to grow. that business in china is in its infancy with a lot of regional brands driving the business. primarily latin america, but also in asia. >> mr. knauss, good to have you on the program. we appreciate your time tonight. we'll see you soon. that was don knauss, chairman and ceo of color racks. a look ahead at the asian trade, how they may be impacted from the selloff on wall street today. back in a moment. ♪ ♪ ♪ when it comes to protecting the things you care about... ...leave nothing to chance. travelers. insurance for auto, home, and business. >>> this is a special edition of cnbc's "closing bell." market selloff, live from the new york stock exchange, maria bartiroma. >>> welcome back. 2.5% selloff in the dow on wall street today, stocks suffering the worst one-day

. >>> a new zealand teenager survived a shark attack by using her boogie board as a weapon. said she had no idea it was there until it grabbed her hip. >> i had no idea what it was but i looked to my brother and saw it was a shark. i knew it was like right beside me but didn't actually feel it biting me so i just hit it like with one short shot of the boogie board. >> the shark's teeth went through her wet suit and pierced her skin but she didn't need stches. >>> a new jersey boy is alive thanks to his younger brother. tristan held onto his brother sage's hand to keep him from going on. a neighbor and his dog heard the commotion and called 911 for help. >> he sounded the alarm. >> isaw a little red at and there was movement to the at. just hold on, hold on. help is coming. >> i never let go, so i would never let go of him. >> sage was taken to the hospital to be checked out but didn't have any serious injuries. >>> what a way to start a marriage. a couple's honeymoon was ruined after a thief broke into their car and stole all their belongings. they were only gone 15 minutes.

following this morning's earthquake, tsunami warnings were issued for hawaii and australia and new zealand. california and alaska are under a tsunami advisory as well. a scientist says several tsunami waves have come ashore, the largest was about 9 feet high near the quake's epicenter. >> people along hawaii's coast will be evacuated this morning. this is video from the last big evacuation in 1986. a meteorologist from hawaii tells our sister network, cnn, some folks are already hitting the stores stocking up on supplies. >> we're already getting reports from local markets here that people are hoarding up on food and signs are going up as well that we are looking at possibility of people just putting up signs and saying, you can only take two or three items of this type of thing. canned good, especially. >> we are learning more almost by the minute on this massive earthquake. we'll update the story throughout the morning and rest of the day here on hln. for right now we'll move onto the day's other top stories. >> nows of people in the northeast are sitting in the dark this morning because

. >> yeah, we have members as far away as new zealand. >> rushkoff: last summer, we followed alen and wife liza out to california, where every year, blizzard entertainment throws a giant party for its fans. >> oh, my god. they're all playing the game. >> rushkoff: sure, games like warcraft aren't for everyone, but the number and variety of people here was impressive. this is pc bang, u.s. style. they get it once a year! america's enthusiasm for this genre may not be quite as widespread as it is in korea, but it also seems to be fueled by a somewhat different desire: the urge to connect to other people. >> we've all spent hundreds of hours together. my traditional-style friends who i have outside the game, none of them do i spend 16 hours a week with, week in and week out. i mean, i've known some of these folks for years. >> people who do not game and do not have the experience, do not understand friendships, the connections, and how close you can get to someone that you've never seen. >> rushkoff: but just like the gamers in korea, a sizeable number of american players struggle with c

and those countries are the developed -- all developed countries, so u.s., europe, japan, new zealandaustralia, canada, et cetera; and the major developing countries, so that's china, india, brazil, south africa, indonesia. korea and mexico are kind of in a halfway house, but they're still traditionally considered developing. and there are some additional countries. i don't have them at the -- at my fingertips. there're some additional countries that would not necessarily be considered majors but who nonetheless did step forward and make their own commitments with respect to actions. so that piece of it is basically, in terms of meeting the deadline, that got done. that's done. >> okay. >> so now we're just in the world of what countries are going to be reflected as part of the copenhagen accord. >> okay. and in relation to that, what are the next steps in the accord process? >> well, there's -- >> leading on to cop [inaudible]? >> yes. so there were these two steps we've already just talked about, the making your commitments and the associating, which is -- that part -- not quite ove

you'll see on tv jamaica does, new zealand does, australia does, south africa does -- but not the united[applause.] >> good. now, that's the kind of leadership that harry is showing. let me make one last point about airlines in particular. the first is on energy. part of the reason that airlines are getting squeezed all the time is because their fuel costs are huge. that's the single biggest problem for most airlines is fuel costs that skyrocket or are unpredictable. and so if we got a smart energy policy that is encouraging the use of electric cars and improving gas mileage and making sure that we're looking at alternative fuels like biofuels that can be used for trucks and all those things will help to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and as a consequence, will over time stabilize fuel prices in a way that is very helpful to the airlines. the second thing that we need to do is we've got the upgrade -- got to upgrade our air traffic control system which is a little creeky. -- creaky. it's safe to travel. i don't think anyone to think, creaky, that doesn't sound good.ñr what it is, i

>> >> guest: he was an austrian who came to english and who talked in new zealand philosophy and died here not so long ago at a great age. he did two important things in his life. first of all, he wrote a book called the open society and its enemies in which he identified the nature of totalitarianism. and contrast it with said nature of truth democracy and republican governments. that is one of the important things he did. secondly, he wrote to an excellent book on how science operates what is good science and what is bad science. and i think really he has had more influence on my thinking and writing than almost anybody else and one of my proudest possessions is a wonderful letter he wrote to to me when my book "modern times" was published and he read it and he strongly approved of the book and of course, you lived through all of those years. and he wrote me this wonderful letter which i have framed and it hangs over my desk. in a way he is my favorite philosopher. i think he is particularly important today because it is a vice as to how science should be conducted and how my hypoth

>> karl popper was an austrian who came to england, who taught in new zealand, philosophy, who then came to england, and who died here not so long ago at a great age. he did two very important things in his life. first of all, he wrote a book called the open society and its enemies, in which he identified the nature of totalitarianism and contrasted it with the nature of true democracy and republican government. that was one of the important things he did. and secondly, he wrote an excellent book on how science operates, and what is good science and what is bad science. and i think, really, he has had more influence on my thinking and writing than almost anyone else. and one of my proudest possessions is a wonderful letter he wrote to me when my book, "modern times," was published and he read it and he strongly approved of the book and the opinions he expressed in it because he lived through all those years. and he wrote me this wonderful letter, which i have framed and hanging over my desk. so in the way, he is my favorite philosopher. and i think he is particularly important today, bec

was done basically by january 31st and those of the developed countries, the u.s., europe, japan, new zealand and australia and that kind of etc., and the major developing countries so and that is china, india, brazil, south africa, indonesia, korea and mexico are in a half a house but still traditionally considered developing and not additional countries -- i don't have them at my fingertips but there are additional companies -- countries that wouldn't be considered major's but did stempel run and make their own commitments with respect to action. so that piece of this is basically in terms of the meeting the deadline that that got done so now we're just in the world one of what countries are going to be reflected in as part of a the copenhagen accord. >> okay, and in relation to that one of the next ups in the encorps process? >> well, well -- >> leading up to this? >> so there were in these two steps we've already talked about bamenda making your commitments in the associating that part isn't quite over yet. beyond that there are a number of elements in the accord but that by their terms w

. >> guest: karl popper was an austrian who came to england -- who taught in new zealand philosophy.ame to england and who died here not so long ago at a great age. he did two very important things in his life. first of all, he wrote a book called "the open society and its enemies" in which he identified the nature of totalitarianism. and contrasted it with the nature of true democracy and republican government. that was one of the important thing he did. secondly, he wrote an excellent book on how science operates and what is good science and what is bad science. and i think he had more influence on my thinking and writing than almost anyone else. and one of my proudest possessions is a wonderful letter he wrote to me when my book "modern times" was published and he read it. and he strongly approved of the book. and of the opinions expressed in it. of course, he lived through all those years. he wrote me this wonderful letter which i have frames. -- which i have it framed and hangs over my desk. he's my favorite philosopher. and i think he is particularly important today if his advi

she was in waist deep water at a new zealand beach when a shark hit her. over. >> i wasn't sure what it was. i looked towards my brother's face, and he was just shocked. i looked to my side and just saw this massive -- i wasn't quite sure what it was still. i knew it was, like, right beside me. but i didn't actually feel it biting me. so i just hit it with one short shot with the boogie board. >> the shark's bite broke her skin but she did not need any stitches. >>> 1 out of 5 children had to get food from soup kitchens or other emergency food agencies last year. here's one of the stories susan hendricks working on for the next hour. good morning. >> good morning, robin. it's really sad. the recession has left so many american families with bare refrigerators. you'll hear president obama's plan to help hungry children and their parents. >>> plus, a stranded grandmother says she got kicked out of a greyhound bus station. how greyhound is now responding to the whole thing. >>> and this. check it out. you're looking at copsycles. police officers stripped down

you'll see on tv jamaica does, new zealand does, australia does, south africa does -- but not the unitedpplause.] >> good. now, that's the kind of leadership that harry is showing. let me make one last point about airlines in particular. there are two things that we can really do to help improve the airline industry. the first is on energy. part of the reason that airlines are getting squeezed all the time is because their fuel costs are huge. that's the single biggest problem for most airlines, is fuel costs that skyrocket or are unpredictable. and so if we've got a smart energy policy that is encouraging the use of electric cars and improving gas mileage, and making sure that we're looking at alternative fuels like biofuels that can be used for trucks, all those things will help to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and, as a consequence, will, over time, stabilize fuel prices in a way that is very helpful to the airlines. the second thing that we need to do is we've got to upgrade our air traffic control system, which is a little creaky. and one of -- don't worry, i mean, it's safe

he was a man beloved by indigenous people of alaska and the arctic nations and new zealand and by thehawaiians. he will be sorely missed. in particular i would note that we in alaska honored and cherished him. residents of southeast alaska said that he walked into the forest, but his spirit an memory live on. he was tied to the lands of alaska as a fisher and gatherer. he studied and recorded the landscapes of ancestors as a scholar and member. he served alaska as superintendent and teacher for the city school, a teacher in fairbanks, a professor in education at university of alaska southeast. as a commissioner of education for the state of alaska and trust eef the sea alaska heritage institute. throughout his life he united alaskans with the lakota and strengthened our bonds with indian tribes across the nation and other indigenous people throughout the arctic and south seas. he contributed by ensuring that the cultural and linguistic community survived in the schools and our daily lives. throughout his professional life he championed three important education issues. first, early le

you'll see on tv, jamaica does, new zealand does, australia does, south africa does, but not the unitedtates. we hope within two or three months we will be promoting ourselves. [cheers and applause] >> that's the kind of leadership that harry's showing. let me make one last point about airlines in particular. there are two things that we can really do to help improve the airline industry. the first is on energy. part of the reason that airlines are getting squeezed all the time is because their fuel costs are huge. that's the single biggest problem for most airlines is fuel costs that sky rocket, or are unpredictable. and so if we've got a smart energy policy that is encouraging the use of electric cars and improving gas mileage and making sure that we're looking at alternative fuels like biofuels that can be used for trucks. all those things will help to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and as a consequence, will, over time, stablize fuel prices in a way that is very helpful to the airlines. the second thing that we need to do is we've got to upgrade our air traffic control system