. >>> in new zealand this morning, moments to remember. everything came to a stop in the earthquake ravaged city of christchurch as everybody joined in two minutes of silence. it marked exactly one week since that earthquake shook the city. officials now fear it's caused at least 240 deaths. new zealand officials say the price tag for this disaster will be around $15 billion. >>> for a huge stretch of this country, meanwhile, february went out like a lion. from oklahoma through the deep south and all the way up to maine, mother nature delivered thunderstorms, snow, rain, floods, even some tornadoes. compared to that, march looks like a lamb.

there are the five new zealand to trees. on the one by the tower, this is in conflict with the code. this is the proposed trees that would replace the five trees. i am done for now. >> what sidestreet are you proposing? >> we're looking to replace this with a 24 inch box. >> thank you. >> good evening, commissioners. i will keep this brief. i am a consulting arborists. i have been serving the bay area for over 30 years. there is a report by -- was not able to be present. i was asked to be here in lieu of him. i agree that there are a lot of hazardous conditions. basically, and these are raised boxes. they were noted by the department of public works and it is recommended that we cut those routes. these trees have hazards. as an overview, i would like to say something about the tree count. but but i don't know the exact data on whether san francisco meets up with other cities. one of the reasons is poor soil conditions. there are no -- petraeus to san francisco as you can see. i am here for any answers along those lines if yo

speaker, i'm sure the whole house would wish to send to the people in new zealand and those sadly at least four british citizens in the earthquake last week. we sent two teams of experts to provide whatever assistance they can. mr. speaker, this morning, i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others and in addition to my duties in this house i shall have further such meetings later today. >> i'm sure the whole house would wish to negotiate itself with the prime minister relation to our brave servicemen and to the people of new zealand. mr. speaker, despite the urgent need to reduce the deficit, the government took the right decision not just to protect but to increase the overseas aid budgets. what capacity does it gives us to the urgent humanitarian situation on the libyan border? >> i think my honorable friend makes an important point. despite the difficult decisions towed make i think it's important to increase the aid budget and sadly what is happening on the egyptian and tunisian borders shows how important that secretary. as secretary-general ban ki-moon 162,000 people

in the playoffs but it was new zealand to establish the lead they would never lose the physicality of the men in black up the bridge and the deciding factor new zealand eventually taking it twenty nine seventy. it's been a hugely entertaining cricket world cup to date three in a row champions australia exiting at the quarter final stage aren't shocking anyone sound south africa being dumped out by new zealand of course the latter occur and seeing the i phone approaches coach offer an apology for his side's elimination the feedback we got. was. due. to be difficult to explain but it. always seemed to do the most to lose is that i know i know this and it's going to dawn and so people who'll say things to us. the highlights of the martial arts here for some help and over the weekend in school the world cup taking place in the country where the sport came into existence some seventy five years ago more than two hundred fifty athletes from twenty six countries taking to the mosque in the capital the majority of podium places going to russian practitioners both in the men's and women's offe

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there has been a lot of bad press for the new zealand christmas tree. while this is not on our recommend a species, this is a tree that you go to when you have had difficult conditions. this is a very windy street. these trees have very good canopies and reasonably good structure and that would not be true of many species of trees in this condition. we must recognize the role that these trees have played and the fact that they have performed well in difficult conditions. the last thing i would say, everyone would like to say that san francisco did not have native trees it but we also did not have the vehicles runaround, the urban footprint that we have. trees are what we used to mitigate the current condition. just the fact that there was not a lot of 80 trees does not argue against having a good tree canopy. >> thank you for your presentation. this is always educational. the tree in front of the courtyard, can you speak to the potential removal of that single tree to accommodate the structure that was approved by planning? >> we did not look at approvi

this was the problem in christchurch, new zealand. the same issues here in the bay area with buildings that will not do well when we're hit by a strong earthquake engineers will be looking at these buildings very quickly of how we can design buildings better and also learn to retrofit buildings that were built before there were good earthquake standards >> bill, as he pointed out, with better buildings as do you in japan can, those really withstand -- might withstand the earthquake but what protection do they have against the tsunami? >> caller: the tsunami is a problem and in japan they have built in many places seawalls to keep tsunamis up to several meters in height and it'll be very important to understand the actual height of this tsunami to see if any of their defenses were overwhelmed. clearly from the footage that we've been seeing on television, there are coastal areas that were just hammered by this wave. >> we're watching right now live pictures coming in from japan in what is clearly an airport that is mostly under water.

he's visiting australia and new zealand to lift spirits and pay tribute to disaster victims in thoseies. his words of comfort to those who suffered are coming up a little bit later. >>> but we do begin with that murder case that has stunned the washington, d.c., suburb of bethesda, maryland. jayna murray was laid to rest yesterday after being killed in the lululemon store where she worked. tomorrow, one of her co-workers is scheduled to appear in court to face murder charges. john hendren has more from bethesda. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, bianna. police say this was a workplace dispute gone lethal. one possible motive, brittany norwood may have been accused of stealing from this store. it's an accusation some who knew her say has come up before. police now say it was a pair of shoes that first tipped them off. the crime scene had two pairs of bloody footprints. but police believe one of them was faked by brittany norwood using a store peer to appear like a perpetrator's footprint and when they found her bound and gagged, they say that her position was suspicious,

among the dead eight bodies identified so far are all new zealanders. the police say they're doing their best to identify the bodies using dna samples collected from family members. also, as time passes, the families who have traveled to new zealand are suffering from stress. >> a senior official of christchur christchurch, new zealand has revealed a building that collapsed in the earthquake had been approved by city inspectors after a previous quake last september. many foreign students are believed to have been trapped inside. the official in charge of construction said at a news conference on monday the city carried out a quake-resistance inspection of the now-collapsed ctv building after last september's magnitude 7 quake. he added that tuesday's quake was far stronger than predicted and the city was not at fault regarding its decision. >>> the governments of japan and china are trying to repair their countries' tattered relations. high-ranking officials from both sides have agreed to work together to promote mutual trust and respect. things soured

. >>> now to new zealand. the grim search for survivors of last week's devastating in christchurch continued -- earthquake in christchurch continued on friday. authorities say the search is focused on the collapsed building where many people are believe to be trapped. 163 people have been confirmed dead in the quake. the number of dead and missing is expected to total about 220. police are trying to identify the remains of those recovered. a japanese rescue team along with teams from new zealand and china, continue search operations at the site of the collapsed ctv building. it housed a language school attended by international students, including japanese. a disaster relief task force says work to remove debris at the site is nearing its end. >> we expect the ctv operation to be completed within the next two to three days. >> meanwhile, many family members of the 28 missing japanese are returning to japan. >>> among the 28 japanese who remain unaccounted for in christchurch are a number of nurses. they were s

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. >> a team of seismic engineers from the bay area head to new zealand. xt what they want to learn from that nation's devastating earthquake. >> new details of britney spears free bay area >> moderating in the northeast, 40 new york. heading to chicago. look at that. it's even above freezing in minneapolis. heading down to spring training, 79 in phoenix. let's take a look at delays and there aren't any. rain around chicago and a wintry mix around detroit. if any of those become delayed we'll let you know with our flight tracker at abc7news.com. >> it's 4:48 now. this just in from nasa television, a rocket that blasted off early this morning with an observation satellite doesn't have the speed to reach orbit. >> ignition of the forest rocket with glory. >> that's the blastoff from the air force base. at first it looked like all systems go with nasa reporting a normal liftoff but 15 minutes later the problem developed. nasa says it has a contingency plan but didn't provide any details. the mission was to analyze how airborne particles affect the air's climat

response to the deadly earthquake in christchurch, new zealand. >>> it's a devastating situation that is effecting us here in the bay area. we will continue our live team coverage of the huge quake and what is effected here in the bay area how we may be impacted. >>> also the opening bell about ready to ring on wall street this morning. japan's nikkei dropped about 2% following the quake. japan's yin down quite a bit. completing an atm deposit in record time... that's a step forward. go! go! with deposit friendly atms, you can make ultra fast, secure deposits with no slips or envelopes. take a step forward and chase what matters.

in the playoffs but it was new zealand to establish the lead that would never lose the physicality of the men and block out the break in the deciding factor bench to take the twenty nine seventeen. it's been a hugely entertaining cricket world cup to date three in a row champions australia exiting at the quarter final stage arland shocking england sound south africa being dumped by new zealand of course the latter occur and seeing the i phone proteas coach offer an apology for his side's elimination. explain. always to the team. is that. and it's going to. and so people who'll say things to us the highlights of the martial arts here for some bowlers happened over the weekend in school the world cup taking place in the country where the sport came into existence some seventy five years ago more than two hundred fifty athletes from twenty six countries taking to the in the couple the majority of putting in place is going to russian practitioners both in the men's and women's offense despite such noodles us feud or . putin being experts in a combat sport no less some moves popularity rem

drug be a new zealand fans will be hoping the hong kong sevens title they want on sunday won't be the only world they lift this year well the term and is the fifth of eight seventh's in the i.r.b. sevens calendar but it's far and away the most prestigious title loss went to the northern hemisphere in two thousand and six england. winning and not occasion on the were hungry for more navigating tough passage to the decider normally seeing off. in the playoffs but it was new zealand to establish the lead they would never lose the physicality of the men in black out the break and the deciding factor bench to taking it twenty nine seventy. it's been a hugely entertaining cricket world cup to date three in a row champions australia exiting at the quarter final stage aren't shocking anyone sounds south africa being dumped out by new zealand of course the latter occur and seeing the eye calling proteus coach offer an apology for his side's elimination we go out. to explain. to the team. is that. and it's going to. and so people who'll say things to us the highlights of the martial arts here f

the most recent one was in christchurch, new zealand, right here. japan sits to the north, of course, but japan sits at the intersection of three different tectonic plates. they are the eurasian, philippine and pacific plates. today's earthquake was right there, 80 miles offshore. the edge of the pacific plate in the middle got wedged underneath the eurasian plate. that's called subduction. this grinding of plates pushes up the ocean floor which can, in the view of some, generate this massive shock wave. that shock wave ripples out and creates the actual tsunami, traveling at 500 miles per hour. as that tsunami travels toward the shoreline, it hits the continental shelf right there. . the waves bunch up and get much higher. we want to show you what it looks like from noaa's perspective. the black area right here off the coast of japan, that is where the waves were the highest,30 feet. the tsunami then travels to the east. hawaii, about 3800 miles away, you can see there the waves were about seven to eight feet high, minimal damage. then the waves co

new zealand. mexico. central and south america so approximately we'll have to see what happens in the coming hours here as sandy has been telling us as well. >> goodness. remember few years ago 5 or 6 years ago the indonesian earthquake approximately that created terrible tsunami you saw washing ashore on the beach. so rare to see these kind of images as they happen but really does demonstrate the power of p.m. tsunami waters as they race so uncontrollably across land. >> here you see an area where obviously there's normally more water here but it is all pushed out. >> right. >> it is a little difficult to see exactly on the left-hand side of the screen you see a lot of things crunched up. marked up against the shorelin shoreline. this, the tsunami waters rush across shore and then of course reversed as they receded carrying things back toward the ocean after wiping them out and going inland they pulled everything back as they swept back out to sea. >> we have seen airport just submerge in water from this

>>catherine: in world news, a moment of silence in new zealand people will remember the victims of last slick if everybody stopped what they were doing. if there morning the estimated two injured 40 people killed. some chinese students are still missing. today new zealand's prime minister goes out to their family. >> we are fearful about the lives of those chinese students. our hearts go out to the families, >>catherine: the 6.3 quake last tuesday destroyed office towers, a church as thousands of homes across the city of christchurch. the chinese students, the prime minister talked about, they were among more than 100 students killed in a language school. there have been crashing to protests and libya. hundreds of people at a pro gadhafi rally. secretary of state categorically and said libya is at risk of collapsing into a self war. the international community is considering new moves to get him out. it appears it's not going to be easy. in yemen, hundreds of thousands of people rallied in cities across the country. the president is accusing the u.s. of instigating these mounting protes

first though, and -- authorities in new zealand have given up hope of finding anyone lying under therubble nine days after an earthquake hit christchurch. 80 people are unaccounted for. the mayor of christ church says the operation has switched to recovery mode. rescue teams and will continue their work. >> we have not given up a rope, and nor have be rescue teams. we hope against all logic that we will find people in the rubble. but it has been a long time now since we had contact. it was only a day ago we remove the last living person from the rubble. since then, no contact, no noise the determination -- to determine the location of the deceased. >> but teams from a number of nations, including the u.k., the u.s.a., japan, taiwan, korea, china, new zealand -- they typically work in their own national units. where possible we have tried but teams and in areas where they can focus on places we know some of their countrymen are liable to be located. they work on a shift roster. they do 30 minutes on, 30 minutes all. they rotate. they're the most amazing, dedicated people. they have re

william isrince visiting christchurch, new zealand to see the aftermath of the powerful quake there. the prince will also visit the scene of last month's mining explosion that killed 29 people. as he will also go to the flooding areas of australia. >> at least in christ church there was no tsunami. when the earthquake struck, the building's collapsed. prince william knows christchurch. he has been here before. he never would have imagined seeing it like this. he was taken through the main business district. this was once a bustling hub. now street after street of abandoned shops and. 500 buildings will have to be demolished. >> the scale of it is unbelievable. >> taken aback i think by the scale of damage. there were only one or two buildings that dot through without any significant damage. >> williams spent two -- some time with the teams. the world's attention has understandably refocused on the aftermath of the japanese earthquake. remindsilliam's visit us that this city is engaged in the long process of the earthquake recovery. the next couple take place tomorrow. he will be join

the new zealand christmas tree has gotten a lot of bad press. they were small trees. today they are huge. these trees have issues and they need to be resolved now. >> i was walking on the sidewalk, which is new zealand trees. there are serious issues for these trees. this does not make sense. these are the wrong trees for that sidewalk. you cannot see the stop sign. and i personally experienced some of that. >> one other thing i want to say is that this is huge. this church has a lot of people who come through the doors. we rent the building out. there is community organizations that use the building. [bell] so safety should be an issue for -- a priority for the sport and the borders supervisors. for most and upfront -- a priority for this board and the board of supervisors. president goh: the tree in the middle of the courtyard area, did you assume or presume you would be able to remove the trees? were you routed to dpw? could you just explain that? >> we had a landscape architect who worked as a consultant with our architect. we designed the building to actually rem

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coming up, one week on, new zealand pays tribute to the victims of the christ church earthquake with two minutes of silence. >> ♪ will all leave the town in ruins ♪ >> screen siren jane russell has died. he may be under intense international pressure to step down, but in an exclusive interview, libyas embattled leader came out fighting. he insisted the people loved him and that outside forces from al qaeda or in setting the protest. the u.s. ambassador to the un branded the performance as "delusional." we spoke to the man at the center of libya's unfolding crisis. >> it was colonel gaddafi's first interview for western journalists since the crisis started. he agreed to see the bbc, abc news from the united states, and "the sunday times." the interview was held in a restaurant overlooking tripoli port. he said the u.n. sanctions against libya was illegitimate. he was asked if he would ever leave the country. >> [laughter] as if anyone would leave their homeland. >> you are known as the leader here. you have been the leader for many years. there are plenty of people in this country who

new zealand's government says it will end rescue operations in the earthquake hit city of christchurch, the country's ministry of civil defense and emergency management informed reporters on this on thursday. it said the hopes of rescuing anyone else alive from the rubble are gone and the focus is now on recovery. authorities say they have so far recovered the bodies of 161 people. they say the final death toll could reach 240. >>> and we'll be back with more news in 30 minutes. i'm gene otani in tokyo . this is rainwater .. collected from the roof and sent through underground pipes into this 1500 gallon tank rainwater collected from the roof flows through the gutters and into the underground pipes. then these hoses. carry water from the cistern to the plants. harvesting rainwater cuts down on run-off into the sewers & could save an average of 50% on your water bill! now that makes sense.

prince william is on a tour of the disaster-stricken areas of new zealand. the u.n. security council has approved a resolution authorizing all necessary measures to protect civilians in libya from a tax dodge from attacks by colonel gaddafi's forces. -- from a tax by colonel gaddafi's forces. >> hello and welcome. >> see the news unfold, get the top stories from around the globe and click-to-play video reports. go to bbc.com/news to experience the in-depth, expert reporting of "bbc world news" online. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur 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? >> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet los angeles.

. >>> the families of 28 japanese students missing after an earthquake in new zealand will be drivingo an area near their language school on wednesday. local police have not allowed the relatives to visit the collapsed ctv building in christchurch citing the dangers of after shocks. the foreign ministry official said 40 people including japanese are believed to be under the rubble. emergency rescue teams from several countries including japan are at the site working. they say the number of dead and missing from the earthquake could raise to 240 with 159 people confirmed dead. police have identified 16 of the bodies using dna samples. >>> facebook and twitter serves a different purpose after the earthquake in new zealand last week. social networking services aided people in getting information they badly needed. websites were flooded with requests for information on the whereabouts of family members fraensds. many survivors posted messages letting others know they were safe. this message was written by a 38-year-old japanese student. he attended a different language school from the one

trying find earthquake survivors in new zealand. >>> welcome back. it's 4:49. new this morning, all hope appears to be lost trying to find earthquake survivors in new zealand. authorities say there is no chance of finding anyone following last week's devastating quake. the operation has now moved more into recovery. rescuers have pulled 161 bodies from the rubble but more than 200 are still listed as missing. >>> the army private accused of helping wikileaks could face the death penalty or life in jail. the army filed 22 new charges against private first class bradley manning yesterday. investigators say he gave thousands of classified documents to the antisecrecy group. the 23-year-old is currently being held at a marine base in virginia. court of hearings should begin in may or june. prosecutors, however, say they will not recommend the death penalty. >>> 14 democrats in the wisconsin state senate losing money as they stay away from the state capital. senate republicans have voted to fine the democrats $100 a day while they are out. and they also took away the

it is in new zealand pine 30- year? ." it is more money but will last to 50 years. >> the important thing about maintenance is not deferring to much. it just gets worse and worse. then when you are selling the property, more likely than not, you will have a pest inspection, which is where we have an expert go through. he sees there is dry rot or fungus or structural problems. then there is a number in that report which is how much he estimates repairs to be. if you had spent $2,500 every five years to seal your deck, that might prevent you from having the $45,000 report you just got. >> we do that almost immediately upon receiving a listing from the cellar. the first thing we ask them to do is to get it passed report to find out what the damage is so there is negotiation up front. that is something that is known. we almost never have a zero report. >> to those usually come off the bottom line? >> i would say yes, oftentimes. >> it will affect the list price in some way. >> how much does parking? >> i see people putting gar

to finish fourteen iran short new zealand made a cautious two hundred twenty one for eight out to jesse ryder is eighty three in reply south africa cruised to one hundred make the two after twenty four overs fella cost of the all at one hundred seventy two momi one thursday india is past offending chad is a straight he also has finished on two hundred sixty six after they won the toss and chose to bat first as the skipper ricky ponting smacked his first century for thirty months in reply india's sachin tendulkar hit fifty three thousand francs thing and brought the tie home to his fifty seven not at eight fours and india twenty five with a victory on the side will now rest for the semi final showdown his rivals pakistan . it's obviously has been a very high pressure game or it's taken a lot out of our systems mentally physically shaw you know we need to relax for a few days we're going to stand out and make our plant and orderly we're going to face and then go forward again. formula one now and it seems that mclaren have left their pre-season worries behind them is that you former champ

this morning new zealand marked the time the quake hit with a moment of silence. a national state of emergency remains in effect. the quake may have done as much as $15 billion in damage. >>> in this country, some dangerous midwest weather to tell you about. in ohio, all 88 counties are threatened by flooding. heavy rain and high wind soaked the region. in findlay, the water is expected to be 6 1/2 feet above flood level, but that's not all. a tornado touched down south of columbus. >> my son's here and i had the outside lights on and he said, mom, the bins are gone, the barn's gone, the roof's gone, you know. so, yeah. i knew it was bad then. >> tornadoes also hit kentucky, indiana and illinois. now to washington and efforts to overt a government shutdown. the house is expected to vote today on a two week extension of the current funding measure. that bill runs out on friday. the extension cuts the budget by $4 billion and gives lawmakers more time to come up with a funding plan for the rest of the fiscal year. the senate is likely to go along. >>> in wisconsin t

new. zealand england won the toss and batted first captain andrew strauss was quickly out for five and slower delivery until correctly do sham and in about cindy passes two things and thirty one foot so then jonathan trott martin the park combined face sixty four run it stands for much of the space center of the world cup before forty four eighty six on the tone of this leading scorer. in all them also hit sifting england could only manage two hundred twenty nine for six didn't impress the crowd so in they needed a decent bowling display trailing his openers were having none of this and both his and the centuries people trying to hear smacking graeme swann for six percent tremont wasn't quite quick enough to have him removed cotton balls. brought up his deserved time by dispatching swann to midwicket. his hundred winning runs the fourth travel it's so sure lancaster missed on two hundred thirty one from the last stay in colombo to face new zealand on tuesday a batting performance is under par but we thought that pressure is a big night and if we can get chose three early wickets hopefully tha

overs to spare in their world cup quarter final in colombo to set up the last four meeting with new zealand england won the toss and batted first but to andrew strauss was quickly out to five slowed to moving into incorrectly doing and in balancing departed england thirty one six zero then johnson trott running the party combined face sixty four run stand for much in his fifth or century of the world cup before falling for eighty six become torn and score. in more than also hit fifty five england could only manage two hundred twenty nine for six which didn't impress the crowd so in the needed a decent voting display trying to pass for having none of this and both it would be a centuries old tarango yes mccain went on for six. crisp trim it wasn't quite quick enough to have him is caught and bolt. brought up his deserved time by dispatching swann three wickets. and trying to reach his hundred twenty runs with a four after emmett so trying to finish on two hundred thirty one for the last and staying full of both those new zealand and choose their. batting performances on the park. but we thou

it's social life has finished on two hundred thirty one for the last staying for numbers to face new zealand and change their batting performances under par but we thought that you know pressure is a big night and if we can get two or three early wickets hopefully that might be enough to. make that pressure count and fortunately do and there on your plate outstandingly well and you know it was a very flat which if anything it got flatter in the evenings. you know maybe with early out played it we lost a better side and we go home without tail between our legs finally golf and tennis very upstate and open leader paul lawrie by equalling the european tour record the englishman canidae ten under par sixty in the third round in malaga very behind the tree here was only one under after seven holes then seven more birdies and an ego and came within inches of the fifty nine after his stunning second shot at the profit or eighteenth instead tapped in for birdie to go eleven under and within one shot of the lead very is tied for second with competitor mark foster who had six bodies on the back nine f

southwest asian and latin american nations including japan and russia as we were saying indonesia new zealand and chile back in japan are these international airport that's also been closed as a result of the government has issued a state of emergency at one of its nuclear plants all through schooling system failure so there are no reports though of a radiation leak twenty powerful aftershocks have been reported since the first quake which was the strongest ever recorded in japan since records began in vietnam. hundreds and it's also is thought to be to six the biggest ever well earthquake has now also been felt in hawaii measuring sample point five on the scale with the tsunami raised expected to hit that shore within just a few hours time. for more on the effects it's having in the wider pacific region including russia is paul recessed told our correspondent and he said now we have he said what's the latest information that we're getting from russia cycling region right now is the threat of further tsunami waves hitting russia's shores especially in the suffering region of the island is ver

if new zealand can do it, the united states can do it. host: can we do it without tax increases, in your view? guest: no. the simple truth is the government has grown too big, waited too long to restructure and, frankly, promised to much. in my view, to put us on a more prudent and sustainable path, it is about 2 to 3 to 1, spending cuts to tax increases. but w have to reimpose t top statutory budget -- we had it from early 90 through 2002, ones that expired in 2002 things have been totally out of control so the first thing is to put tough budget controls that wld be an effective 2013, reach an agreement on short-term spending for 2011 and for 2012, and it should include specific -- debt targets, and if not met, automatic spending cuts and temporary tax shirt -- surcharges to make sure we do not continue to worsen the surge which. host: medicare and social security. guest: our first -- big challenge so far is health care. the last health care bill, the one-year anniversary yasser -- yesterday, but when not help the spirit that will worsen

. >>> we are learning more about one of the buildings that collapsed in new zealand's earthquake trapping more than 100 people inside. what a report released just months ago found about that building's structure. >>> you have mail. or maybe you don't. what google is saying about lost e-mail. >>> good morning. on highway 4 we're off to a nice start coming in from antioch and heading west. i'll tell you more about the morning commute straight ahead. >>> good morning. we have mostly clear skies. temperatures 30s and 40z. we'll have sunshine in the morning and increasing clouds in the afternoon. by this evening a rather decent system moves in for rain and wind. highs today before that arrives will be in the 50s to low 60s. >>> well, the owners of a building that collapsed in the new zealand earthquakes say a recent report did not find any structural problems. police believe up to 120 bodies may still be inside the canter bury television building. many of them foreign students. the confirmed death toll from the 6.3 quake in christ church a week ago is now 155. a lawyer for the ctv building own

well-developed low that is he heading in toward new zealand fit a t rain for australia, some heavy rain spots showing up across the gulf of stlienteria and also western here expecting almost 200 millimeters in the next day or so. that's a lot of rain headed your way. there is going to be those flooding concerns. so do stan the watch and watch those river levels as they could start rising. now, for new zealand two swers are headed your way, spreading a little bit more and getting quite heavy in parts of the south island here, along the coastline. picking up on some heavier downpours throughout the day. for christchurch as well a couple scattered showers possible through tuesday. things get a ltl me aive on wednesday, especially through the morning hours. rain is possible. also gusty weather. gusts expected to hit 90 sclmz per ho kilometers per hour in the morning hours of wednesday. thhaveheosbity of causing quite a bit of damage and further destruction. also, temperatures too they're going to be cooling off tuesday night into wednesday morning. only 9 degrees for your wednesday morning

meantime the new zealand government has a provincial holiday to mark the impact of the quake. 166 peoplewere killed in that trumbull. we will be back with more the couple of minutes. a big story along with the nice weather we got arid of the rain. but we do have gust of wind. lots of us are sick or hurt we have four times as many emotional problems as other kids i'll have to move over and over again. i'm twice as likely to drop out of high school. there's a 50-50 chance i'll end up homeless. not everyone can be a foster parent but anyone can help a foster child. >> james: the stockmarkets open. there way acquisition news. west digital corp. advanced 8 1/2% in pre-market trading. they have agreed to by hitachi, the company's got it for 4.3 billion. anytime we have mergers and acquisitions is seen as a good thing. trading expected to be positive, but it may turn negative by the end of the day. >> darya: price of gas, it is skyrocketing. it is still jumping 505 per gallon in the past month. we are live in emeryville with jackie, what we have seen higher prices, lower prices, hard to save $4

new zealand and mexico central and south america well let's have more on the effects it's having of the pacific region including russia's far east let's talk to our correspondent lisa no way i mean what is the latest that you're getting of from russia a solid invasion well unfortunately we have a loss and he said we'll try to bring her back later but. ok well let's just come back to that they had her again let me reiterate that the whole pacific region is on a tsunami watch including of the western coast of the u.s. how why is bracing for a strong quake to happen they're expecting in the next few hours. also as far away as central and south america they're all on a tsunami watch just to remind you are the pictures you're looking at the devastation caused by an eight point nine magnitude earthquake that had hit the northeastern up parts of japan of the epicenter around one hundred thirty kilometers off the coast sendai city that's a coastal region devastated by the tsunami that followed the quake ok now we've managed to get our correspondent back on this plane you tell us though there's

point out that with respect to two of these airlines, canada and new zealand, they are producing some of their space because of less of a need for the space, resulting in a reduction of revenues. as you know, it will have no direct fiscal impact on the airport because of its policy where it necessary with a projected budgetary shortfall, they would realize approval of this resolution -- they would realize. we recommend approval of this resolution. supervisor chu: are there any members of the public that wish to comment on item number two? seeing no one, public comment is closed. we have a motion to send the item forward with recommendations. done without objection. mr. clerk, are there any other items before us? >> that completes the subcommittee agenda. supervisor chu: thank you very much. the subcommittee is now adjourned. >> i work with the department of environment and we are recycling oil. thank you. we can go into a refinery and we can use it again. they do oil changes and sell it anyway, so now they know when a ticket to a. hal>> to you have something you want to get rid of? >>

tokyo well it was nearly eight thousand times stronger than last may's last month's earthquake in new zealand that devastated the city of christ church we do now know that over seven hundred people have died in japan as a result of that earthquake and tsunami but that number was rising hourly and could be much higher as thousands are still reported missing do of course stay with us here on r.t. as we continue to cover the events unfolding in japan. it's into the. eating. what we also do know the turns the prime minister in the government can be declared a state of emergency at the fukushima one and two power plants as engineers are still trying to confirm. whether a reactor at one of the stations has gone into meltdown it's an automatic procedure the government is at pains to states after nuclear reactors shut down in the event of an earthquake allowing officials there to take. action the government has also been swift to give out advice to people who are.

in new zealand the storage fees and i've given up hope of finding any more survivors after last week's devastating earthquake hit the city of christchurch official saying there are no switched from a rescue to a recovery operation and will now look for the remains of victims and the death toll currently six hundred sixty one but police are estimating the final figure could be as high as two hundred forty most died in multi-story buildings that came crashing down moving away from the rescue operation now also allow the teams to use heavy machinery on the collapsed building. and your judge has delayed the trial for the russian businessman viktor booths suspected of trying to sell weapons to a terrorist group the defendant chose a new team of lawyers who requested additional time to study the evidence the judge also ordered a move to a better detention facility and now i have an extra month to submit motions before the hearing takes place in the beginning. october could speak of not guilty to all of the charges brought against them conspiracy to kill u.s. nationals the russian businessman

. >>> time now, 7:36, today the new zealand government has more bad news for the country following lastth's earthquake. the government's treasury expects the earthquake will cut the rate of growth in half. also today, police barriers were relaxed for the first time, allowing people inside businesses to find their valuables. >>> here in the bay area, a group of brentwood residents is reaching out to help victims of the quake. the new zealand fund is operating through the orphans relief fund. >>> a search continues in spain for a missing 22-year-old california college student. posters with the face of austin taylor bias are now posted across madrid, where he disappeared more than a week ago. the san diego state university student was spending his spring semester as a spanish university. his father and other family members are now in madrid to take part in the search. >> i just want to say thank you for all being here. it's hard for me to talk about it, but thank you. >> we always told him, never be by yourself. always pair up with somebody. i think the problem was, he got a little overcon

if >>pam: the new zealand earthquake new details of the final death toll could be 240. today, two minutes of silence was held to mark exactly one week ago since the earthquake devastated the city of christchurch. rescue crews are still sticking to the rubble. the 6.3 magnitude quake destroyed thousands of homes, churches, buildings of this city of 350,000. 154 bodies have been pulled from the rubble and many more are still unaccounted for. >>this just in to the kron 4 news room news room jerry brown is going to be changing government responsibilities. he has been getting a lot of criticism from local law enforcement. and he is saying that the state should oversee more dangerous parolees and juvenile offenders. not putting them in county jail or monitors of the the local officials. the governor has been thinking about that and pushing for what enforcement related duties given to local government. he thinks that it is one which to save money and always going to rethink that because of concerns from law- enforcement. stay with us. we will be back after this quick break. it

general warrant special compensation from new zealand christians killed during the quake. they cited the club's policy as freezing. the embassy official says chinese quake could games have less overtly current drought but future brenner. --but their future bread winner. high level contact with those of gaddafi the rebels' plight in libya is trying more serious by the hour as gadhafi's forces corp. appeared to be tuning momentum. libyan government took a tremendous honor " tour of recaptured areas. >> reporter: driving east mile upon mile of vehicles discarded weapons, ammunition littering the roadside evidence of a rebel retreat and outgunned come out started by governments forces. the first stop on this organized checked. this has been their police station is not clear what happened but as the first sign of any real bottle as you're driving we saw the occasional to demand by to three dozen are some policemen we have seen most of the stores closed sometimes leaving this list isn't as a real person and as far. azeris massed operas while they've been blown up, shopping fired