we propose cutting some earmarks out of the funding of noaa which has the regulation and watching out for tsunamis. they cut so much out of noaa which funds the tsunami warning center that there would have to be furlough there's. so we're sticking to where we're at. the short term cr moved us in that direction. we only have six months left. the president, senate democrats, house republicans are sitting down and negotiating and we should get it done already. you can't fund a business two weeks at a time. you can't faund government two weeks at a time. >> has the president done enough behind-the-scenes that relationship between you and the white house has been somewhat rocky during the lame duck. has the president been involved enough? >> i talk to the white house every day. we are talking to one another. we're not always on the same page but we usually are and the overall goal, again, cutting waste, using a smart short scalpel but not a meat axe. senate democrats and the president are on the same page and we're moving in that direction. i'm optimistic we can get there based on the nego

the reason is, because noaa found with their sonar, some large obstacles under water. now a scuba diver has to get in and assess to see what those obstacles are and if they could pose a potential risk to any ships navigating the harbor, until that's done, they can't reopen the harbor. another problem, the storm was coming this weekend and that may hamper those efforts. mary ann favreau, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. >>> still ahead, a leader makes a triumphant return to his homeland. the u.s. not as happy about it. >>> a hollywood superstar plays humanitarian again. this time for the relief efforts in japan. >>> a new app for your ipad that can stream live television. there's some possible interference, though. we'll tell what you that is coming up. >> the radar is dry right now as it scans in that 350 mile radius. another storm headed our way tomorrow for rain, wind and th rsundes.torm thunderstorms. we'll have details on when those raindrops arrive coming up. >>> we want to give you a look at some of the headlines from around the world now. >> president obama expr

in terms of our i would approach the role, noaa i have some gaps in my experience i have some experience that -- i clerked for an appellate judge not on the district court before. one thing he always did was he always read the record of the case very carefully. the temptation and the appellate level because the issues are cleaned up and neat, just beside them as abstract matters of law. abstraction always was to look at the record and look at the record and look at the record because it is important to understand how a case came to the appeals process. i would adopt same approach if i were fortunate enough to be confirmed. >> briefly, madam chairman, in that same article you say it was directed only to policymakers yet you use this language.

if noaa's budget gets cut, are people's lives more at risk? >> absolutely. this is important stuff. it's public safety. it's an investment in our everyday lives. >> republicans counter that it's up to noaa how it spends its budget, as residents along the coast wonder how bad the next tsunami might be. abc news, crescent city, california. >>> and still ahead on "world news" this saturday, tonight, from japan, inside the tsunami simulator. what really happened beneath the ocean floor here off the coast of japan? >>> and at the end of the broadcast, phoning home. the americans here in japan trying to let their families back home know they're okay. sometimes life can be, well, but when it's hard or hurts to go to the bathroom,,/ there's dulcolax stool softener. dulcolax stool softener doesn')t make you go... dulcolax stool softener. easier to go./ make yourself comfortable. sleep is here, on the wings of lunesta. and if you wake up often in the middle of the night... rest is here, on the wings of lunesta. lunesta helps you fall asleep and stay asleep, so you can wake up feeling rested.

we won't know the tidal waves are coming because they laid off the people at noaa. we don't know the tornadoes are happening, and even if we did happen to stumble over that fact despite these cuts, we won't have the emergency operation centers to coordinate, to evacuate people and to rescue and coordinate medical services. so i thank the gentleman for yielding. >> will the gentleman yield on that same point? mr. schrader: absolutely. mr. dicks: we have a number of indian trib that are right down on the coastal waters which -- and several of them are trying to move back because of a tsunami. and this is a great wake-up call. one of the things i'm worried about are the splites. we have new satellites that wre supposed to be procuing. this program is in some trouble, and i'm worried that these cuts are going to affect the ability of noaa to get these satellites in a proper time. and they give us the warning, you know, on major weather fronts. so this is another important aspect of this. and so i think this is -- and fema is another problem. i just want to rise to congr

yet we are told by noaa that the 28% cut in this bill for noaa would dismantle our early warning system. to save a few million dollars. that's just wrong. you know, there was just an article, people are beginning to realize other things that are cut in this program to save a few dollars. $285 million is not a few dollars but consider what happens when you cut $285 million out of the program integrity section of the internal revenue service. they collect $10 from every $1 we spent. and so you cut out $285 million and it costs you about $3 billion. in revenue that should be collected. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is issued an additional minute. mr. moran: the only point i started by suggesting and i'm sure it's not in contention, this is no way to run a government. we have a responseability -- responsibility on the probabilities committee to fund these agencies, to determine our priorities, to reflect the interest and the will of the american people. this process does not do that. the bill h.r. 12 does not do that. -- h.r. 1 does not do that. the american people deserve better.

we won't know the tidal waves are coming because they laid off the people at noaa. we don't know the tornadoes are happening, and even if we did happen to stumble over that fact despite these cuts, we won't have the emergency operation centers to coordinate, to evacuate people and to rescue and coordinate medical services. so i thank the gentleman for yielding. >> will the gentleman yield on that same point? mr. schrader: absolutely. mr. dicks: we have a number of indian tribes that are right down on the coastal waters which -- and several of them are trying to move back because of a tsunami. and this is a great wake-up call. one of the things i'm worried about are the splites. we have new satellites that we're supposed to be procuing. this program is in some trouble, and i'm worried that these cuts are going to affect the ability of noaa to get these satellites in a proper time. and they give us the warning, you know, on major weather fronts. so this is another important aspect of this. and so i think this is -- and fema is another problem. i just want to rise to c

yet we are told by noaa that the 28% cut in this bill for noaa would dismantle our early warning system. to save a few million dollars. that's just wrong. you know, there was just an article, people are beginning to realize other things that are cut in this program to save a few dollars. $285 million is not a few dollars but consider what happens when you cut $285 million out of the program integrity section of the internal revenue service. they collect $10 from every $1 we spent. and so you cut out $285 million and it costs you about $3 billion. in revenue that should be collected. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is issued an additional minute. mr. moran: the only point i started by suggesting and i'm sure it's not in contention, this is no way to run a government. we have a responseability -- responsibility on the probabilities committee to fund these agencies, to determine our priorities, to reflect the interest and the will of the american people. this process does not do that. the bill h.r. 12 does not do that. -- h.r. 1 does not do that. the american people deserve better.

we won't know the tidal waves are coming because they laid off the people at noaa. we don't know the tornadoes are happening, and even if we did happen to stumble over that fact despite these cuts, we won't have the emergency operation centers to coordinate, to evacuate people and to rescue and coordinate medical services. so i thank the gentleman for yielding. >> will the gentleman yield on that same point? mr. schrader: absolutely. mr. dicks: we have a number of indian tribes that are right down on the coastal waters which -- and several of them are trying to move back because of a tsunami. and this is a great wake-up call. one of the things i'm worried about are the splites. we have new satellites that we're supposed to be procuing. this program is in some trouble, and i'm worried that these cuts are going to affect the ability of noaa to get these satellites in a proper time. and they give us the warning, you know, on major weather fronts. so this is another important aspect of this. and so i think this is -- and fema is another problem. i just want to rise to c

noaa operates out of the lawrence livermore national laboratory. so far, the scientists say they've not found any evidence that dangerous levels of radiation from japan will reach the u.s. but they are continuing to monitor wind changes and rain patterns. >>> the crisis in japan is affecting some california students in that country. the california state university chancellor says he wants all csu students currently studying in japan to return as soon as possible. a dozen of them are from san francisco state. chancellor reed also suspended the japan program until further notice. according to the san francisco "examiner," 35 stanford students are also on their way back from japan and 17 uc berkeley students have been accounted for but are not being ordered to return. >>> there seems to be a smartphone app for almost everything. today we're learning about a new app that can help you get some help from someone nearby if you are having a heart attack. jade hernandez joins us live to explain how it works. >> reporter: if you know cpr, at any time you can

and noaa deploy aid team to the harbor. the boat has sonar on board creating a 3 d image of the harbor floor. surges triggered by the quake sunk 13 boats and did $25 million in damage. and there are world news with more on the disaster in the pacific as response teams working to get aid to the hardest-hit areas. that is right after this newscast. >> california public utilities commission is demanding adecisional pipeline records from pg&e. yesterday was the deadline to turn over documents verifying the condition of underground pipelines but the utility said koit only find a third of the records for lines installed before 1961. today the cpuc said pg&e failed to verify records that it did hand over and may recommend imposing fines and penalties against pg&e. >> there is california lawmakers set to take a vote on the budget deficit. special needs groups protested outside of the capitol. few people expect lawmakers to sox the crisis by tonight. >> democrats need four republican votes to place a five-year tax extension on the j

but every time we get the day's weather, we use noaa technology. every time we get alerts for tornadoes or earth quablings, it's noaa's technology. in the wake of the tsunami in japan, we passed a measure to hamper our own ability to detect tsunamis. currently, 30% of the tsunami detection systems are nonoperational and think cuts we made yesterday put us in jeopardy. in the pacific ocean, in the atlantic and in the gulf, we're all in jeopardy because of the cuts yesterday and noaa won't have an opportunity to repair them and destroy them -- and restore them, degrading the quality of our warning. this is senseless and it's time for the american people to speak out about this senseless policy. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from new york rise? >> to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. clarke: i rise in support of those in the middle class. today we are debating two bill which is if passed will leave am

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 continued on to the east and of course hitting the pacific coast. we want to tell you also that japan is one of the most earthquake-prone nations in the world, accounting for 20% of all quakes greater than 6.0, brian. >> tom costello in washington, thanks. >>> japan may be the most prepared nation on earth. this is hardly their first major earthquake. but no two are alike. this one gives the experts now a lot to study and of course it's still going. hundreds of aftershocks and another separate quake this afternoon. among those experts, dr. lucy jones, seismologist at the u.s. geological survey. doctor jones, how long does it take your instruments to reflect a shaker like this after the first shake in tokyo? >> it's actually

it's a weather channel version of a noaa dispersion model it's called. we put a plume, we estimate a plume size, we put it in the model and this is what it shows based on the current wind flow pushing this plume offshore. now, what we also notice is the plume gets very thin and fine and very dispersed as it moves off of japan. now, if we go through time in the future, this will take us through sunday. we notice that briefly the plume goes onshore, then flips back offshore as the winds once again come in that favorable direction. but indeed, the folks in northern japan need to pay close attention to this. the other situation that we really can see here is that the intense plume doesn't go very far from japan and that's why we're not concerned for anything being transported to the u.s. in any significant kind of quantity. >> all right, bryan norcross at the weather channel, thanks as always. so, again, it's a huge local issue in japan, and facts are one thing, fears are another. and just seeing and hearing the media coverage all day, even if it's designed

. >> reporter: noaa expects the survey of this area to be completed by tomorrow. it will be up to the harbormaster to decide when the entire harbor can open. back to you. >> there's a tsunami preparedness meeting tonight in santa cruz at the police d. the meeting was actually planned before the tsunami. santacruz county leaders will talk about how to get the county ready for an even worse situation. >>> the harbor in crescent city removes -- remains closed. they've removed 850 tons of debris. there are still 15 boats under water. there are plans to bring in a crane to refloat the boats and remove some of the debris still clut iring the harbor. >>> the allied attack in libya turned to enforcing the no-fly zone. attacks continued. in chile, president obama said the operation stops short of removing moammar gadhafi from office. >> it's u.s. policy that gadhafi needs to go. but when it comes to our military action we're doing so in support of u.n. security resolution 1973. that specifically talks about humanitarian efforts and we're going to make sure that we stick to

let me show you animation came from noaa research showing the propagation of the tsunami from the pointearthquake all the way over to the bay area about nine and a half hours and extended all the way down to south america. the force is unbelievable. the tsunami advisory is still in effect, dangerous currents could still occur. here is accu-weather seven-day forecast. slight chance of rain tomorrow. periods of rain tuesday and wednesday and thursday. so next week is going to be a wet and active week. >> let's go to larry beil. if you are football fan, these are tense times. >> and for warrior fans with the game with orlando. settlement talks, new the circus has begun. lockout went into effect minutes ago. can reasonable people fig [ male announcer ] this...is the network. a living, breathing intelligence that's helping business rethink how to do business. in here, inventory can be taught to learn... ♪ in here, machines have a voice... ♪ in here, medical history follows you... even when you're away from home. it's the at&t network -- a network of possibilities, creating and integra

noaa the agency that's charge of tsunami warning and i know that the folks at the pacific tsunami warning center on oahu are working very hard right now to make these forecasts accuratery. >> given the fact that they've had these earthquakes on wednesday. 7.4. followed with numerous earthquakes after this and then this crescendo of this 8.8 or 8.4 quake can we expect more rumbling after this or an earthquake of this magnitude be it? > caller: well, there willcc1: certainly be strong raveaftersh. major damage.secc1: after all we just saw the tremendous damage in christchurch, new zealand, after an aftershock of a muscle larger earthquake. so there could be continuing problems for some months. >> educate us for a moment of the type of faults that run through japan as opposed to the time faults that run through the bay area? the different types that there are. and would you know right off hand likely what type of fault that this was that struck in japan? cccaller: yes this was an that was on what we call a subduction zone. it's a place where the sea floor, the pacific ocean is actually slidi

they come from equipment mounted on a noaa boat that did an underwater survey of the harbor. >> we canee 70 feet, we can almost see bank to bank the whole way up. >> the sonar images paint an instant picture of known and unknown objects. >> they think it could be the back end or pieces off of this boat that sunk. >> before bad weather called off operations, divers were able to investigate and what they found was a dock box. >> just gotten lodged and dungd in the water but it did show up on the sonar. >> it was one week triggered by the tsunami surged into the santa cruz harbor, doing estimated $25 million in damage in the harbor infrastructure alone. upon reflection, boat owners feel fortunate. >> when you look what happened in japan, we have a lot to feel grateful about. >> at least for now, the harbor is set to open on monday. karina rusk, "abc 7 news." >> all the stormy weather brought beautiful to sebastopol, a viewer sent this photo of a double rainbow. if you come across a weather-related the, please take pictures for us. upload photos to ureport at www.abc7.com or e-mail us. >>

noaa they were fighting not for reconciliation of grievances but independence. that circulated largely domestically, and it was in prince, was ordered to get to the french court. congress doesn't do it, it was done by committee and they do it in the most like a difficult way, it was on one ship. if it is important, you put it in two ships. maybe you would like to translate it, i should think so. it got lost somewhere and was intercepted. there was another one, and i present this to french court and didn't even send it, very seriously, congress really thought the declaration was a domestic audience. a familiar document to people broadside, new york did not vote yes on july 4th, and -- >> host: the only colony to -- >> guest: the only one that did not vote. week later, was not enthusiastic about this. we were up too which meant congress could having gross. a copy of the book, the background of the book was such a familiar document to people now, inscribed tendency -- this was signed, and the unanimous declaration of the united states of america -- [talking over ea

integrated ocean observing system or i use led by noaa. will lift a veil of secret off the ocean. >> working in a vacuum is personally unsatisfying and professionally unsatisfying and all of a sudden to have 100 times more information overnight is really revolutionize the way we are doing our science. >> researchers say working together they can get a better picture of the ocean health and create policies to protect it. in pacific grove, abc 7 news. >>> scientist have discovered a new sea bird. first knew species of sea bird found in 55 years. the sparrow size black and white storm petrol discovered last month in a coastal area off chile. the bird was lakely missed by darwin when he sailed the same area a haven't century ago. how big a deal is this? if we had won the lottery we could not feel better. >> when we continue tonight. high school star makes the winning play then collapses and die. we learn what happened to had heart. >> fat deposit a check in his daughter account and the money goes missing. i'm michael. coming up on 7 on your si

noaa is predicting the major rivers cob could be overflowing.his is the los gatos creek trail where parts of the trail are under water. that's because upstream the santa clara water district released water from the lexington reservoir to prevent it from flooding. we also have been talking with the usgs. they have been keeping an eye on just how saturated the ground has been. and given all the rain we have had in the days leading up to now, it is very saturated, up to 95% in certain parts of the bay area. >> any additional water that comes from the next week of our storms has the potential to destabilize the deep hill slopes and generate landslides. >> reporter: jackie dwyer, one of our viewers, went out to shoot pictures of mangled umbrellas in san francisco. we bring this up because it does bring up the issue of wind. and there's going to be wind today. that doesn't seem to be a huge part of the storm, the rain, but the wind gusts could be anywhere from 25 to 30 miles an hour. something you want to keep an eye on the you are going to be crossin

noaa is predicting no major rivers to overflow. this is the scene along the los gatos creek trail where parts of the trail are under water because upstream the santa clara valley water district had a release of water from the lexington water reservoir to prevent it from flooding. they are monitoring the saturation levels in the ground, that's how much water is still in the ground, and right now it is at 95% in certain areas which means there's the potential for landslides like the one we saw in the santa cruz mountains earlier this year or this week. wind will be near 25 miles per hour as we heard christina loren mention to us. enough to bring trees down and to trash the umbrellas. we thank our viewer who sent us these pictures you are looking at. she went around the city yesterday and was taking pictures, there were about 20 of them. expect to see more today. reporting live here in san francisco, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> go out and find the broken umbrellas, bob. >>> we want to check in with christina to find out when th

how is fema working with noaa to coordinate tsunami preparedness and response plans? >> we work very closely. as they are the subject matter experts on the hazard and then supporting the states and territories as they map their inundation zones, one of the areas we help them in in their new mexico ready progra tsunami ready programs is in the warning systems. the governor did not have a tsunami warning system prior to the last event, particularly the outdoor notification systems which we saw worked very effectively in hawaii during the last crisis. so we continue to work with noaa as they give us the warnings to activate through our national warnings system was how we originally got the calls out to the states and territories we did have a tsunami warning and working with the grant programs we provide for them to build and develop the warning systems. this is the other part of looking at where we are making progress with the homeland security funds is building warning systems for these type of events that fortunately we had a lot more warning. as we saw with american

guest: i would have to hand off to our colleagues at noaa. there certainly is a tsunami threat for puget sound. the candy from locally generated events like a landslide and from a more distant event. is my understanding that puget sound is relatively protected from a pacific-wide tsunami. they do not get much movement in contrast to some areas on the coast. crescent city, calif., had waves of 112 feet. there are places on the coast where the waves are focused and concentrated. host: we have a couple of minutes left. let's take a call from charleston, south carolina. that is on the map with the earthquake risk. you are on the air. caller: dr. applegate, i wanted to ask you about the subduction zone around charleston. i was wondering about the probability of an event happening again. guest: the good news is that there is not a subduction zone. most of the subduction zones are found from the pacific basin, the ring of fire. there is a small one in the caribbean. we do have potential for subduction zone earthquakes there. we do not think there is

how is fema working with noaa to coordinate tsunami preparedness and response plans? >> we work very closely. as they are the subject matter experts on the hazard and then supporting the states and territories as they map their inundation zones, one of the areas we help them in in their new mexico ready progra tsunami ready programs is in the warning systems. the governor did not have a tsunami warning system prior to the last event, particularly the outdoor notification systems which we saw worked very effectively in hawaii during the last crisis. so we continue to work with noaa as they give us the warnings to ti thr >> working with the gront programs we provide for them to build and develop those warning systems is the other part of, again, looking at where we are making progress with these homeland security funds is building warning systems for these types of events that fortunately we had more warning with this one, but you can have the earthquake occur and the tsunami occur after that. the warning piece of this, the mapping, and the understanding of those hazard

there is talk about noaa, but noaa really deals with oceans and atmosphere, not the ground we live on more than anything else and it keeps coming back to me the agency that seems to have the role and mission would be the usgs. but again, i wouldn't want that to displace the important work that you currently do. last question before i turn it over to mr. mccollum and we'll have votes in 10 or 15 minutes, what happens under this proposal under your budget with extreme gauges? they are very important to the west and all over the country really. >> we do have some funding reduction in that area but we are trying to absorb it all in administration and not actually taking any actual cuts to stream guages. but of course you all know it is predicated on crop traitors in many cases so we have -- >> states are having hard time with their resources. >> states are having problems and we issues with of course, many cases where we're vulnerable elsewhere in the federal budget what happens with army corpse's budget and other -- army corps's budget and other places. we have $300,000 in reductions but

how is fema working with noaa to coordinate tsunami preparedness and response plans? >> we work very closely. as they are the subject matter experts on the hazard and then supporting the states and territories as they map their inundation zones, one of the areas we help them in in their new mexico ready progra tsunami ready programs is in the warning systems. the governor did not have a tsunami warning system prior to the last event, particularly the outdoor notification systems which we saw worked very effectively in hawaii during the last crisis. so we continue to work with noaa as they give us the warnings to activate through our national warnings system was how we originally got the calls out to the states and territories we did have a tsunami warning and working with the grant programs we provide for them to build and develop the warning systems. this is the other part of looking at where we are making progress with the homeland security funds is building warning systems for these type of events that fortunately we had a lot more warning. as we saw with american

>> noaa. -- no. >> i followed future generation. it was a new coal plant. 2.0 -- isn't that what future generation is? >> no. >> using hydrogen turbine? >> yes. >> my point is, if just for clarity, when we are retro- fitting, that really was a bullish plan? ?hat is -- bush plan >> it certainly was a bush plan. this future generation is slightly different because it is burning in an oxygen atmosphere. >> thank you. i got the answer that i needed. we want to decrease our reliance on imported crude oil. senator obama joined senator money to push a legislation through the senate. what is the position on the those technologies? >> if there are new coal-to- liquid technologies. i'm not talking about the old ones invented during world war two by germany. in the new ones, we have to capture the carbon dioxide. indeed, the national academy of sciences has issued a report looking at the mixture of coal and biomass gasification methods to then create liquids with carbon capture. >> it is my understanding the carbon footprint is actually lower

noaa, nasa is in this area. in my district i have the lawrence berkley lab as well as the university of california-davis campus where research is what it's all about. in the continuing resolution, 700,000 jobs. that's a big number. and we just don't focus on that. but we're talking about real people. this is the job next to you that's going to be lost. sandia laboratories was in my office not more than an hour ago talking about nuclear power and how we're going to deal with it. i told them if the republicans get their way 5,500 researchers at the national labs are going to lose their jobs. so what of tomorrow's energy systems? $1.7 billion would be -- would be taken out of the department of energy's future energy research. so solar, photo-voltaic, advanced biofuels, the research for tomorrow so we can actually wean ourselves from foreign oil gone, gone. you go, what is this, just a feeding frenzy? is it wise? is there any real thought put on this? i think the answer for me is no. i think you saw that. i notice t

we wanted to show you a wave projection from noaa, showing you what wave heights would be.ere the waves were the highest, 30 feet there. the tsunami then travels on east, 500 miles per hour or so, hawaii, right there, 3,800 miles away. the waves there were about 7 to 8 feet high. minimal damage. and then we saw the tsunami continue on towards t s the pac u.s. coast. japan the most earthquake prone nation in the world, one of the most. and it accounts for 20% for all quakes greater than 6.0. back to you. >> thank you, tom costello. >>> all morning we've talked with meshamericans that experie the quake. dante, good morning to you. >> good morning. how are you, carl? >> good. you were at a meeting in starbucks when the quake happened. >> yes, i was in tokyo, and we were in the middle of a immediameeting, 2:00, 2:30 in the afternoon and roughly 2:30, everything around us started shaking, and people thought it was the construction going on across the street, but as everyone looked outside, even the construction site and workers had evacuated the area. it quickly got worse and wo

noaa put out their preview for spring. this is not going to be a good year for areas shaded in red.o davenport, to st. louis. look at the snow melt going on there. we've had a little bit of rain in the last couple of days. but we have had very warm temperatures. we're taking the big snowpack. we're melting it down. there's more rain forecast in that area next week. the flooding is not going to be good. in northern california to portland, eureka, sacramento, san francisco, a heavy dose of rain. elsewhere, a beautiful dose of warm weather on the east coast. it's cool around the great lakes. it's friday, friday. got to get down on friday. >>> here's a look ahead at our "morning menu" on this friday. is it the french answer to taking off pounds? an international weight loss sensation. we'll show it to you. >>> plus, come on. norman, the scooter-riding dog is here. taking us to the streets right here in times square. join us outside. >>> and do you take the crown away in court? taking a teen beauty queen's crown away in court. that's coming up ahead. [ female announcer ] we asked coffee

the national weather service as well as noaa updating us every hour so we'll continue to track. that still a good idea to avoid the local beaches. today, partly cloudy disease outside this morning, cool start in the 40s. returning mostly cloudy by this evening, and the rain is expected to return by tomorrow. so get out and enjoy today! we'll break down the numbers for you for the afternoon, and we will pinpoint that storm coming up in just a bit. >>> right now the search is on for the driver of a tractor- trailer involved in a deadly bus accident in new york. fire officials say 13 people were killed when a worldwide tour bus was clipped this morning. look at that video. officials say that bus skid need a pole and the top of the bus was almost end tired sheared off. police say the driver of the tractor-trailer did not stop after the accident. that bus was carrying more than 30 passengers. six other people suffered critical injuries. 11 had minor injuries. >>> now to the very latest on the developing situation in japan following the deadly earthquake and tsunami. the 8.9 magnitude

that would be something for the noaa to speak on. looking at the situation from a worse-case possible scenario that big waves would come in and that's why we did put these closures in place. to ensure that the safety of all the personnel operating in all those ports and also try to minimize the amount of damage that could potentially occur. >> what are you advising folks there at this point to do? >> right now, the civilians are in the population we're asking them to continue to listen to local law enforcement authorities that are giving them instructione instructions on when it's safe to return. right now we're still monitoring to see if it has subsided and monitoring the situation to see where it stands. >> i know you're extreme lly bu there, thank you. >> thank you. >>> and for more on the tsunami, let's bring back in ellen from miami, florida, good morning, once again. >> good morning, ann. >> just a short time ago the governor of hawaii had a news conference in which he said the tsunami warning is not over. he said the waves are

i know noaa has been putting people in the low-lying areas to evacuate.t county is low-lying and crescent city area is also very susceptible to tsunamis so i think people are generally smart about this stuff around here and heading inland. >> all right. good ideas. >> all right. >>> thank you so much. let's go back out to our reporter len ramirez standing by along the santa cruz coastline. what are people doing? >> reporter: right now, people are watching it. we have had, you know, the tide really rise since the last time we talked. it went pretty much as high as the -- i guess you call it the moss line on the rocks under the cliff here, it went as high as that. so it really isn't into a danger zone yet. but it pulled back twice and now it's coming back up. and it looks like right now it may be peaking and a few minutes from now i'm sure it's probably going to suck back again. >> len, i don't want to interrupt. let me interrupt for a moment. you can't see these pictures but we have live pictures from chopper 5 of the inner harbor, i believe, where a lot o

that is something we do in conjunction with noaa and others. so everything that could be done to be prepared for such time as that mechanism needs to be used has been done, but i would go back to what the chairman has he is. there is nothing that indicates at this stage that that's going to be required under the circumstances as we now understand them. >> americans shouldn't be concerned at this point? >> that's correct. >> i want to stress. i don't think there is any real disagreement here. basic physics and science tells us there can't be any risk or harm to anyone here in the united states or hawaii or any of the other territories. so that's something that we feel very comfortable with. it's really just based on the basic facts and science that's involved here. >> mr. chairman, could you tell us, three days since you stood there before, why did the situation deteriorate the way it did? can you explain to us what happened? we have seen the pictures of the reactors. what has happened since you were here on monday? >> well, the situation contin

>> noaa, but the situation -- a solution cannot simply be military. it will have to be diplomatic and political, even themough goddafi's apparent ability to listen to reason made it important for us to invade militarily. >> when france internet of, it was hit with an idea of developing their defensive capabilities of your. but now all of our partners want to rush to the nato umbrella even though we have our own back garden. you feel that the defense ha principals are a long less rigid long-lost concept? >> i do not know what i have let go. i do not think i have let go of anything better integrating the command structure. there is the initiative of major european countries which is led to the launch of british and french planes. you're very familiar with europe and know full well that the defense of europe rests on the main armies, the british and french. with whom would you want us to build with but a majority partner? we stand united with europe and the european problems. that german sensitivity does that -- does not spontaneously carry out military

ability to listen to the different sides of an issue and in terms of our i would approach the role, noaa i have some gaps in my experience i have some experience that -- i clerked for an appellate judge not on the district court before. one thing he always did was he always read the record of the case very carefully. the temptation and the appellate level because the issues are cleaned up and neat, just beside them as abstract matters of law. abstraction always was to look at the record and look at the record and look at the record because it is important to understand how a case came to the appeals process. i would adopt same approach if i were fortunate enough to be confirmed. >> briefly, madam chairman, in that same article you say it was directed only to policymakers yet you use this language. in your words, the article was a small step towards reformation of thoughts on how welfare rights might be recognized through constitutional adjudication. >> i am sorry for interrupting. there are two articles in question. the quote is from an article in referenced previously, the one that cont

impose is a satellite system jointly done by noaa, nasa and the department of defense which is no longerhere. we have had to break it up because of problems that we had. and we need to look at our programs so that we don't allow gaps to occur if the coverage for things like weather. you know, i need to get people thinking about earth science as the study of our planet, its atmosphere, its oceans and the topography and land so that we don't do dumb things like an earth satellite because it's talking about global warming. that's not -- that is not what i do. i don't do global warming. i do earth science. and so we should talk more about that. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i don't do global warming either. [laughter] >> yes, sir. >> we're on the same side there. thank you, ms. edwards and now i recommend the real veterans of this committee, mr. rohrabacher the gentleman from california. >> did somebody say global warming? [laughter] >> i want to thank you, general, for mentioning the earth objects. and again, too many people take this issue so lightly and it would surprise no one if tomorrow

ocean shores is one of seven communities designated as tsunami-ready by noaa. awful images from japan tsunami-ready isn't necessarily tsunami-proof. experts say what happened to japan can and will be duplicated in the pacific northwest sometime in the future. that's because a huge fault runs from cape mendecino up to vancouver island in british columbia. experts say it can produce a magnitude 9.0 quake and tsunami like what hit japan. >> the earthquake is inevitable, speaking as ale geologist. >> reporter: this shows what happens when the tsunami comes, wiping out major portions of ocean shores. there is only one way out of town and emergency officials concede when the tsunami hits, not everyone will escape. >> if something like that happened here it would be a dire situation. >> reporter: in california, two nuclear plants is it not far from known earthquake faults. the operators say the plants will with stand future quakes but nuclear power opponents question that. the west coast is on what's known as the pacific ring of fire where the plates that form the cru

guest: i would have to hand off to our colleagues at noaa. there certainly is a tsunami threat for puget sound. the candy from locally generated events like a landslide and from a more distant event. is my understanding that puget sound is relatively protected from a pacific-wide tsunami. they do not get much movement in contrast to some areas on the coast. crescent city, calif., had waves of 112 feet. there are places on the coast where the waves are focused and concentrated. host: we have a couple of minutes left. let's take a call from charleston, south carolina. that is on the map with the earthquake risk. you are on the air. caller: dr. applegate, i wanted to ask you about the subduction zone around charleston. i was wondering about the probability of an event happening again. guest: the good news is that there is not a subduction zone. most of the subduction zones are found from the pacific basin, the ring of fire. there is a small one in the caribbean. we do have potential for subduction zone earthquakes there. we do not think there is