although they feel they've learned a lot from their time offline, they balk at the idea of living without the internet for good. >> [inhales sharply] [speaking korean] >> i think a week has been quite enough for me. but if i was asked to do it again to show people the good sides of living without the web, i would volunteer. >> [speaking korean] >> [speaking korean] >> it's just like, if you lived a week without electricity, the house would become a complete mess. so, i would say a polite, "no, thank you" to being unplugged ever again. >> [laughs] [all speaking korean] >> and as the yangs prepare to return to their normal wired-up world, they're considering a permanent change in the way the household operates. >> [speaking korean] >> from now on, i think we should have rules-- rules on how much time we can spend a day on the net. let's say 30 minutes a day. >> really? >> what do you think we should do? >> we should have 5 hours. >> no way. >> 6 hours. then an hour a day. >> only an hour a day. >> it's an hour between the two of you--one hour in total. >> no, no. >> everyone can have 30 min

two nuclear reactors offline outside of washington d.c. could have been caused by a controversial mining method known as fracking all the details at home. north korea's reclusive leader kim jong il who rarely ventures outside the country is heading back home after talks with president medvedev finned russia's republic of. says it's ready to return to six party talks on its nuclear program without preconditions. the man from the national campaign to end the korean war believes it's south korea and its ally the u.s. who aren't really willing to negotiate. there's nothing to stop any party from sitting down at the table now you have the opportunity to stop the production of nuclear material you have the ability to discuss such issues you have the ability to begin to develop a peace process that could lead to demilitarisation and lowered tensions in the region so will they do it will the south koreans and the united states sit down it remains to be seen at this point i think not without the international pressure on the united states and south

this is very much in love with it but life is lived offline and it's on like the way that life was lived online until very recently when the advent of facebook and facebook's insistence on real name policy for its users so you know i mean to me you know and then you do you burn entirely standard online until you spoke came along and all that we're asking google to do is to stay in line with those historical standards so what is it exactly that's in facebook or google's interest here just so they can get more people's names and sell those names that information through to advertisers make more money. it is absolutely all about advertising. both google and facebook understand that people's real means are worth money to advertisers it allows advertisers to link that information back to your credit data and gives them a much broader picture of who you are if all they have is a pseudonym they have all kinds of very interesting web site traffic but they cannot link it back to your real identity and that is why real names are social networks now i'm just curious too do you think i mean the so w

several key members of the russian space agency to lose their jobs in february a defense to lights went offline on the eighteenth of august just last week as the light launched from the baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan like this progress module was went missing as well now despite all of. the russian the russian space agency saying that they are they're confident that they'll be able to meet the supply of food and fuel and components that they they signed up for and that they promised they saying that these are just buying of problems and that the supply of food will continue from the russian side. right peter thanks very much indeed for bringing us the latest on this. the founder of the capital science connections innovation agency dr patrick full access it's unlikely that the rocket could have caused any casualties the launch trajectory of all of these croft tends to pass over very sparsely populated regions or even over the ocean in the case of the u.s. launches so the risk is really very very remote indeed i think that's that's not something that we need to be overly worried about the prov

. >> i think you would be better to take that offline with mr. duffy. >> commissioners? >> i will start, but i am not sure i am going anywhere. it is difficult to see the position from both sides. on the one hand, i don't know why you appeal something that takes you three months alcohol stopping the work that you want. i am not quite sure what to do. commissioner garcia: i am concerned about dealing with things that have to do with code and the authority. i would think that the accommodations thing and all that would have been a rent board issue. someone could come in with -- your alternative would be, and even if weather was awful, walk to take a shower. the loo will be a port-a-potty in front of your house. i would hope that -- i don't want to say that. mr. eppstein would have said, i think it is clear -- what is being done as proposed to be done. it is a serious inconvenience for tenants. i dunno what the authority is or how we solve this problem. if what was suggested blood certainly be a reasonable accommodation to have the appellate be able to do that bathroom. unt

an unexpected storm surge in maryland is forcing officials to take the wastewater treatment plant offline. five major airports around new york is closed. hurricane irene forced cancellation of thousands of flights, affecting passengers here in the bay area. we're live at sfo. >> reporter: a relatively quiet time inside sfo because the airlines cancelled so many flights early and people didn't need to show up. today's 389 flights to -- 38 flights to the east coast were cancelled, and another 30 cancelled for tomorrow. this is what crushed dreams look like. they couple from poland to visit the u.s., including new york. >> empire state building, rock rob rockefeller center. >> now the family is looking at plan b, visiting relatives. >> it's not fair. my dream was to see new york, and i didn't see the hurricane. >> reporter: already the three major airports in new york city are closed. washington, philadelphia, and boston are handling some flights but airports are expected to see cancellations tomorrow during the brunt of the storm. a big effect at sfo appears to be on international travelers

one of its reactors is offline.ally went offline after a piece of siding ran into the reactor. they put it offline while they assess the dj and go through unusual emergency operations. they say this is an usual event, the lowest level emergency status you can have. the company says there's no threat to the airy or employees. we'll keep an eye on that. >> athena, appreciate that. i want to quickly show you one of the problems, even in areas that is not prone to flooding. this say storm drain. it's apparently all clogged up. cleanup crews yesterday were trying to clear them out of debris. but you can see, a lot of debris covering up this morning drain. this could cause a problem as the rain increases and it simply gets overwhelmed. this whole area could end up being flooded. i want to listen in to our affiliate wcbs here in new york. >> you've done a pretty good job. i've been tweeting throughout the past 18 hours we've been here, a lot of people from spring lake, delmar, have been tweeting me to check on their proper

in reading the report, i found it everything i had heard from me-- the pac in board meetings and offline. i appreciate that you were able to memorialize it in a report to us. it is an interesting but concise summary of the year. if anybody wanted to understand the pac and get the level of how important you are to us, i think they could see it in this one report. it is incredible. i just do not think the public understands the commitment to the volunteering and being able to be the buffer of some of that heat that i witnessed at those meetings, the community conversations. i am really in off of the graciousness of pac members in not engaging in the anger, but really taking that information in and of passing it on to the board. i am grateful for that. that really does speak to the years of buildup and trial and error and how you have been able to find your footing and move well within the district. i want to thank you all for that. i also want to talk about the bit of push back that happened. i think it is great. i also felt empowered enough to push back on the push back and not feel we ar

. >> we understand that two nuclear reactors have been taken offline. as you mentioned a lot of -- a lot of tour sites have been shut down, correct? >> reporter: i've seen those reports also, that the nuclear facilities have been idle for now. tourists are wandering around with into where to go. everything been shut down that they would go see. commuter lines, even more utilized in b.a.r.t. this is a city trapped in the city even though businesses are shuddered. one footnote, the capitol building, the pentagon, not as full as usual. congress is on recess. this is a city that's half empty, anyway, perhaps forefortuitous timing. >> yeah. scott macfarlane from our washington, d.c. bureau reporting live. thank you. >>> b.a.r.t. protests -- turning back to regular news -- becoming a regular event -- there have been four protests and now there's talk about another one. allie rasmus has more. >> reporter: well, this group "anonymous" is calling for another protest on monday, also at 5:00 at the civic center station. they started to send out treats -- tweet to

a nuclear power reactor went offline on saturday after a piece of aluminum siding struck a transformer. power was a big problem everywhere the storm's threat. more than 3 million utility customers spend some part of the weekend in the dark. pitt >> we are trying to help people manage their situations and help prioritize the infrastructure to get power restored to those communities. we expect that will take days. if the storm hit hard on saturday taking lives in north carolina, virginia and florida. the extent of property damage is anyone's guess. it is not over yet. >> kron 4 will continue to follow the storm. check www.kron4.com for the latest updates. the worst of irene is now pushing out of the northeast into into canada. it is a tropical storm. still a few showers but nothing to that. the flooding concerns will still be with us for a couple of days, at least for the people in the northeast and especially new england. claw for san francisco and oakland. by the action in, sunshine in most places with the exception of the coast. to mergers in the upper 80s and low 90s. we're starting

he's accused of several crimes including a conspiracy to take a british agency offline. look at this little guy. that's him? they say dave's laptop had a folder with passwords of 750,000 people on it f how did that happen, jake? he's free on bail, not allowed near the internet arngd he gets to keep the cool shades. >>> ford says it's aware of three fires and one injury from the problem. we're talking about f-150s, f-250s, and some lincoln blackwood, modelle years 1997 to 2003. ford says dealers will fix the problem for free. >>> time now for your punch line. after all that to real a deal on the debt, someone's going to take the heat. who is that going to be? >> obama changes from yes, we can, to yes, we cave. president obama turns 50 this week. if you'd like to get him a gift he's registered at bed, bath, and can i still blame bush. >> the president has got to be pretty upset about what's taken place here. >> i want to thank the american people. ite been your voices, your letters, your e-mails, your tweets, your phone calls that have compelled washington to act in the fi

unit 1 reactor is offline right now.the employees are safe, there's no threat to the airy. they call this an unusual event, the lowest level of emergency. so that reactor will stay offline until they can assess the situation there. but they assure us that there's no threat to the area. around here, immediately as i said, it seems to have calmed down. it looks like it's all heading your way, john. >> athena jones in oldtown alexandria, near d.c. the winds picking up here in long beach, just outside of new york city. the gateway, if you will there, they're worried the storm will come off the water, come through here and bring the surge. they're worried about it in the heavy populated areas of new york city, the winds could cause damage and power outages. another big urban area where they're worried about the surge and the flooding is the city of philadelphia. that's where we find our don lemon this morning. don? >> hey, john, you're exactly right about that. i lived here in 1999 when hurricane floyd came through and sat on

two nuclear reactors are offline in virginia all as a precaution. no major damage thus far. we'll follow this developing story and bring you updates as they become available. >>> rebels in libya appear to have made a breakthrough battling qaddafi forces in tripoli. in the past few hours, they stormed the area. rebels have largely overcome the resistance inside and have hauled off crates of weapons. qaddafi's whereabouts in the meantime still unknown. his son seif al-islam turned up earlier today countering rebel claims that he was in custody. >>> closer to home a vandal attacked san francisco city hall early this morning. several doors and windows all damaged on a building that is nearly a century old. kristy seifkin is in san francisco with more on how police saw the attack in progress and promptly made an arrest. good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon to you, frank. the front of city hall has beautiful detailing and last night someone targeted that in an act of vandalism breaking several doors, the glass out of the doors with his bare hands. crews were sweeping and va

number of those concerns had to do with the impact of the shoreside power system at pier 27 come offline, as well as the difficulty to analyze the long term development rights as currently drafted, since we are still working on those. the high school academy proposal, which you all have written about, has been presented. there were comments about problems for ferry building and other businesses, if the embarcadero were closed to vehicular traffic. it was a very informative discussion. i believe the planning commission spend a lot of time on it. they are also interested in finding out more about how to proceed going forward so that they do not have approval rights on the projects themselves. i think there will be more discussion coming and i am sure we will update you at the next port commission meeting. just wanted to make sure that you were aware of that, and for anyone that was here today, following this online or on tv. thank you so much for helping us with this complex issue. august 25 is right around the corner, so we look forward to working with everyone. next on the report is the

. >> reporter: near by at the nuclear power station, both reactors remain offline while they're checked for damage. the strongest east coast earthquake since world war ii was caught by security cameras at a virginia convenience store and in a liquor store in district heights, maryland. in the nation's capital, the washington monument remained closed while inspectors analyzed cracks near the very top. and at the washington national cathedral, the tops of three spires, gargoyles and other decorative features came crashing to the ground. one lesson of this quake... >> i can't get through. at&t is down. >> reporter: ...is the same lesson learned on 9/11 when cell phone systems became overloaded, hampering first responders. nearly ten years later, congress is still fighting over how to solve the problem. meanwhile, at the national zoo, many animals, including flamingos, lemas, and great apes, sounded the earthquake alarm before humans felt a thing according to senior curator randy smith. >> our gorillas and some of our orangutans took on the trees. >> reporter: as for the washington monument

already 2/3 of the country's nuclear reactors are offline.y this time next year they all could be. but that would leave a series hole in the country's electricity provision. 80,000 people are still unable to return to their homes near the plant and there is evidence that radiation has been found in the food chain. today, as every year, they remember those who perished in hiroshima on august 6, 1945. but now it is fukushima which is pushing forward the nuclear debate in japan. >> tens of thousands were caught up in the powerful earthquake and massive tsunami in march in japan. many were left without homes and schools. we returned to see how some of the youngest survivors with are coping. >> life for this little boy has changed so much. he and his family are responsible for distributing food handouts in their shelter. like many others, the family share one of these tents. >> the earthquake just got bigger and bigger. when the tsunami came i was really shocked. it was so dark and black. >> i try not to think about tsunami. i play my tv games to

one of the two nuclear reactors at the calvert cliffs plant, one of the facilities went offline. early sunday morning, unit 1 reactor went offline automatically when a huge piece of aluminum siding dislodged from a building and came into contact with the main transformer. all the employees are safe and that the calvert cliffs pass silt both safe and stable. they said this unusual event or an unusual event has been declared. that turns out to be the lowest of the four emergency classifications by the nuclear regulatory commission. they have declared an emergency, not a big one but nevertheless, they have declared an emergency at the calvert cliffs plant, unit number 2, the reactor there, safe and operating at 100%. and speaking of power, it is worthy of our consideration to take a closer look now at these numbers. that are just out now. these are the 4:00 numbers. the very latest. what we are seeing is that clearly all of them are on the increase. power outages across the area are climbing. dominion, virginia, 116,000 without power. pepco has 31,000 powerless. in montgomery county

another reactor at the plant remains offline even though regular checkups have been completed. the utility has yet to obtain consent from local governments to restart their operations. following the nuclear accident in fukushima, irregular practices of power companies and the central government have come to light triggering public distrust. >>> many children were left without a mother or father after the earthquake and tsunami last march. now the youngsters must cope with deep emotional scars. in fact, giving these children proper emotional care is one of japan's more pressing issues. nurse ris and centers for child care are taking up the challenge. nhk world reports. >> reporter: 5-year-old kanta horiuchi in iwate prefecture lost his mother to the tsunami. she was listed as missing for nearly four months. kanta often bursts into tears for no apparent reason. or went ouz on his own to look for his mother. now, he hardly ever talks about her. >> translator: it was good that they finally found mom. >> translator: stop. that makes my heart prickle. >> translator: kanta doesn't wan

safety systems at a nearby nuclear power station automatically took two reactors offline. as could other east coast nuclear plants will have safety inspections but remain open. no major injuries were reported but the quake did leave its mark. >> it felt just like a walt disney world ride to me. >> reporter: with rattled nerves and minor structural damage up and down the east coast. so it was the strongest tremor to hit the east coast in 67 years but betty the title for the biggest ever on record goes to the 7.3 magnitude quake that hit south carolina in 1886. >> yeah, doesn't really compare to that. joel brown in washington, thank you. >>> the quake rattled the nation's capital. as we report the white house capitol and pentagon were evacuated. president obama vacationing on martha's vineyard was on the golf course at the time. he did not feel the quake but was quickly updated by his advisers. >>> tremors of this size happen about once a year in california but only once a century on the east coast. lucy jones, a seismologist at the u.s. geological survey says the reason the

safe systems automatically took two nuclear reactors offline that are about 13 miles from the epicenter of the earthquake. live in washington, danielle nottingham, cbs 5. >> thank you. >>> today rebels in libya are claiming a major victory as they overran moammar qaddafi's compound. the wild celebration erupted in tripoli throughout the day. but there is still no sign of qaddafi. troops loyal to the libyan leader clashed with rebels outside of tripoli and nato pledged to keep launching air strikes against loyalist forces until qaddafi is removed. >>> without question, libya remains a very dangerous place tonight. want you to take a look at cnn's sarah side ender reporting in tripoli with gunfire blasting in the background. >> let's pull back a little bit. let's just pull back. i'm getting hit by some of the shells. [ loud gunfire ] it's getting too loud and a little bit too much separating but we are trying to get away -- just got hit a hill bit from one of the shells from one of those guns. >> some analysts say that libya could be completely in rebel hands within three days. and more o

several nuclear plants along the east coast were taken offline by safety systems. but there are few reports of any major damage. >> the very good news is the damage and any injuries that have been reported are very minor. no significant destruction. >> reporter: the unexpected quake leaving many shaken but little to clean up. kristen dahlgren, nbc news, washington. >> thank you very much. >>> tonight there are questions about the potential for a catastrophic earthquake along the eastern seaboard. how are faultlines different in that part of the country? nbc ba yy area has more from meo park. george, what are experts saying there tonight? >> reporter: the interesting thing is quakes do happen on the east coast, but they're rare. the last time it happened near the epicenter of virginia, you have to go to 2003. they had a 4.5. let's go to 1897, there was a 5.6 back then. the usgs says the fault is one of several small faults that were created when the appalachian mountains were formed. seismologists say this of a shallow earthquake at a depth of four miles. that's why

the site went offline, after hackers gained access and published it online. the security company monitors viruses worldwide. gary davis says the attack on b.a.r.t. looks like the work of so-called hacktivists. >> they will disrupt their website just to make a point to say i can. i did something, you couldn't stop me. >> reporter: davis says they look more to embarrass, whereas cyber terrorists are after sense tich classified information in return for money. >> they'll go in and try to extract the most sensitive information. >> reporter: davis says anyone can be a victim of cyber terrorists or hacktivist, but he says usually these groups aim big and target corporations. >> the average person they're not interested in. they're more interested in drawing the notoriety associated with an organization and their members more so than just a person, yourself working at home. there's not that level of interest. >> that was george kiriyama reporting and we will continue to follow the investigation into the signer crime on our website and tomorrow on nbc bay area news.

will fall by 60% if all of the reactors close by next spring if scheduled maintenance takes them offline. there is a snapshot of what would happen if you lose 20% of your electricity, which is what nuclear power provides this. we have an aging nuclear fleet. we have not billed a new reactor in 30 years. 25 or 30 years from now this commission will have to decide whether to extend the life of older reactors. i have advocated building 100 new reactors, and even if we did that we would still barely replace the reactors that we have, and the need for electricity in this country because the energy administration institute estimates that the increase in the need for electricity will be up by 31%. we will need all lot of clean, reliable electricity in this country, and we cannot afford if we want a high standard of living and good jobs to lose 20% of our electricity. if we do not have nuclear power we will have to rely on coal and gas, which are dirtier, and who knows what the price of gas will be, and relying on when let -- know windmills is the energy equivalent of going to war on sailboats.

now, though, is that where the storm is actively brewing, and just ahead of it, the coast guard is offline. we had to move our assets, our ships, our boats, our airplanes out of the path of it, so that they wouldn't get rendered inoperable. my advice for everybody upwind of this storm is to stay home, use some common sense, don't do any fool-hearted things. the surfers need to stay home. we're working a case right now off of ocean, virginia. we have a 30-foot sailboat with two people on board, that is running -- that is being battered by the storm, and we don't have any boats to get to them. the locals are trying to do their best, but they need to stay home. >> sir, is that the only situation you do have, like that? the one you just mentioned, where two people in this boat are getting battered? do you expect more to come? is that the only active one you're working on right now? >> to my knowledge, that's the son-in-l only one that's active right now. we anticipate there may be more upwind as this thing works its way up the eastern seaboard. these may be people who decided to ride out the s

and we already are starting to prepare to take tunnel 1 offline. narrator: the construction of tunnel 3 is vital for maintaining the sustainability of new york's drinking water infrastructure. but the pipeline is useless if there's not a reliable supply of clean water within it. hurwitz: the city bought up land around the reservoirs to prevent it from development. it provides assistance to local residents to see that there's no pollution of the reservoirs. it's much more cost effective to prevent pollution and to protect a source of water than to remove it at the drinking water treatment plant. lloyd: what epa said to us was, "you can have an exemption from filtration "if you keep this undeveloped, "and if you can manage the wastewater so that it does not pollute your water supply." and we feel that we've reached the point where we can really keep it clean enough to drink unfiltered for the indefinite future. and new york city is in a small club of cities that actually have that filtration avoidance waiver. narrator: while municipalities are respon

you heard catherine said the two reactors are automatically taken offline because of safety systems. as we back this out, this was not a west coast earthquake. the effect certainly widespread. people were feeling this in the carolinas, and in new york president felt this as he was golfing. it was even felt in michigan and that is almost 600 mi. from monroe. --from man row. >> more cuts could be coming, are trying to cope with cuts they stand to lose $1 million in funding that is in state tax revenues fall below the estimates triggering automatic cuts to education and social services. that could lead to higher tuition rates, fewer course our friends, and fewer >> omany students are anxious about the rising cost. >> it is seems like there should be other ways to make up for this instead of raising fees. >> it is kind of angry that they keep raising the prices. made in this state should be raising taxes. >> you have to go to financially and renegotiate your loan packages because it can no longer pay your seats on the amounts the were given at the beginning of the year. >> it is pretty a