oil fever is now starting to transform the city. >> these men fish in the same way their fathers and grandfathers did. but over the horizon, and they cannot see is bringing change. >> we know there is a lot of oil out there, but no one has told us how much. we don't know yet what it will mean for us. >> but here in the closest port, people already calling this the oil city. it is the hub for a brand-new industry. some local businesses are starting to thrive. many companies are making equipment for the oil companies. >> i think it is a god-given opportunity to come out of poverty and unemployment. those guys on the oil rig will eat, drinkwater, and will be transported and will sleep in hotels. >> that is something the city badly needs. these trains have not moved in years. the sleeping cars are home to squatters. after the trains stopped coming, many businesses ground to a halt. now the city is growing again. oil fever is attracting a surge of new migrants. the oil boom has given birth to a building boom. this gives you an idea of how fast the area has been changing. behind me you can

president address came as rebel forces in libya inch closer to gadhafi hometown and reclaimed 2 critical oil citie cities. >> wherever people long to be free they will find a friend in the united states. >>reporter: failing to intervene in libya president obama says would have left the world watching in epic humanitarian disaster unfold. >> lybian people have been ruled bay tyrant. gadhafi. pl he has denied his people freedom. exploited their wealth. murdered opponent at home and abroad. terrorize innocent people around the world. >>reporter: kind of humanitarian disaster that went on for a year in bosnia before the world responded. >> tonight i can report that we have stopped gadhafi deadly advance. >>reporter: hours earlier rebel recapture crucial territory from gadhafi troops with coalition planes clearing the way. president says he fulfilled his promises no ground troops and quick transfer of power to international partners. nato takes over on wednesday. >> for those who doubted our capacity to carry out this operation i want to be clear. the united states of america has done what we said we w

there are reports that they have -- that the opposition forces have lost the oil city. >> they hit it with heavy artillery and bombs. rebel forces retreated in the face of the onslaught but they intend to fight on. >> i saw two planes coming in very low. if i had been ready, maybe i could have shot down the planes. >> the fighting does not show any sign of letting up. in an interview, the dockery's son vowed never to surrender to the rebels who he called terrorists. -- gaddafi boss' son vowed never to surrender to the rebels who he called terrorist -- gaddafi's son vowed never to surrender to the rebels who he called terrorists. meanwhile, the red cross has warned of rising casualties in the conflict. dozens of civilians have been killed or injured after getting caught up in the fighting. food is becoming scarce. the united nations has responded by sending containers of aid to been gauzy through egypt. the situation in libya is forcing many to leave their homes. more than two thousand have already fled the country. >> our correspondent is in benghazi in eastern libya. i ask him what h

. >> since the air strikes began, rebel forces have been able to retake two key oil cities. they are continuing to advance westward toward tripoli. >>> president obama will speak about america's involvement in libya. ktvu will cover it live. . >>> in japan a tsunami warning that had been issue the following a 6.1 after shock has been canceled. today japanese officials say radiation from that damaged nuclear plant is spreading to sea water and soil faster than originally thought. workers are racing to pump out the radio active water inside the plant. the water must be removed before work can continue to power up that plant's cooling system. >>> san francisco will join more than 150 other u.s. cities tonight holding vigils for the people of japan. it begins at 7:00 tonight right across from city hall. the vigil is to show solidarity with the people of japan and call for the end of nuclear power. today is the 32nd an verse i have -- anniversary of the three mile accident. >>> a fundraiser in napa raised $20,000 for the victim in japan. 200 people attended last nights event. tha

city. this situation today that government troops targeted the oil ports cities and rebels are holding on to these were oil ports. and also targeting his hometown city, the hometown city of omar khaddafi. they're not discouraged. showing a tank and a jet. burned out. >> we shot them, those dogs. >>catherine: with aircraft and weapons. the would need outside help to keep the were killings of gadhafi's in motion. >> there is no authorized use. >>catherine: france, britain are working for a no-fly zone. and the nato secretary general says that a full- scale civil war develops. >> i cannot the imagine the international community and of relations agreeing. >>catherine: u.s. transports are being used to fly refugees that have made it across the border and into tunisia. the egyptians escaped. joining the tens of thousands kept out in the desert. stay with us. we will be back, they're camped out--and the desert. california should be proud. we were the first to ban smoking on airplanes. the first to have smoke-free bars and restaurants. all while saving over $86 billion in health care costs... and ov

more ground wednesday, after forces loyal to leader moammar gadhafi successfully recaptured a key oil city. despite gadhafi's military advances, his foreign minister reportedly defected to london and resigned. the first major blow to the regime's inner circle. today both the house and the senate are going to hold another set of hearings about libya. yesterday, lawmakers got the chance to grill members of the obama administration. >> this is just, in my opinion, baloney. >> reporter: frustration on capitol hill is growing over everything, from a lack of information about rebel forces, to an unclear exit strategy. >> why haven't we made some plans or had some long-term plans before we went in there? and who's going to pick up the tab for all this? >> reporter: the pentagon says the u.s. has spent more than a half a billion dollars on the libyan mission so far. with another $40 million added to the price tag every month. meanwhile, americans are almost evenly split about libya. the latest ap poll shows 48% disapproving -- approving of u.s. involvement and 50% disapproving. betty? >> all right

we edge closer to the key oil city of ras lanuf, now the tip of the spear in the fight to bring down gadhafi. the battle is close. the charred evidence of fresh fighting is everywhere as is the thud of artillery fire. this is where the fighters are gathering right now. this is the furthest west that we're able to go. just 30 miles west from where we are standing right here, there's a big battle in a place called bin jawad. that is just up ahead where gadhafi's forces attacked today using their advantage, fighter jets to pound the rebels stopping their march towards gadhafi's stronghold in tripoli for now. and for now it is as far as we can go too. lama hasan, abc news, ras lanuf, libya. >>> and we turn next to an abc news exclusive. in the history of unlikely alliances, this one ranks pretty high. a famous liberal democrat, a hollywood actor teaming up with the wife of a conservative republican presidential candidate? so what is the common cause that brought an odd couple together? jake tapper has the story. >> reporter: earlier this year cindy mccain, a philanthropist and the wife o

now been pushed back to the city of ras lanuf we are hearing that this is strategically important oil city it's been in the hands of gadhafi is made now there are numerous reasons being bandied about as to why the rebels are being forced to retreat and retreat so quickly part of that is because gadhafi forces are simply base organized they better trained or they have base of leadership and this is posing some real dilemmas to the international community in terms of what it should do next when it's becoming increasingly clear that these airstrikes are not that successful while the government here in tripoli is insisting as it has done since these coalition air strikes began that the number of civilians continues to climb and that it hovers some way more than one hundred now we do know that they were secondary explosions because in the town of wisdom which is about two hundred kilometers to the south of tripoli there were ports and munitions dump that was hit in those coalition air strikes we went there was a group of foreign journalists and we saw damage to the hospital as well as to severa

today they have recaptured chief oil cities. >> thanks to the air strikes this place was free when we got here. there was no battle. >> 100%, we are sure. we don't accept him as president again, never. >> reporter: libyan government accuses coalition forces of interfering in the country's affairs without trying to find a peaceful solution because of oil. >> what the west wants from libya is not democracy, it's oil. oil is thicker than blood for some western governments. >> reporter: today nato says it will resume command of operations. the 21 nation alliance says the mission will take several days. >> our goal is to protect civilians in threat of attack from gadhafi regime. nato will resume operations, nothing more, nothing less. >> reporter: robert gates says he could not offer a timetable for how long the u.s. could stay in libya. steve harrigan, fox news. >>> the president is expected to talk on libya. >>> syria's president is responding to calls for his resignation with violence. forces have killed more than 100 people during the past few days. as protesters demand greater freedom

loyal to libyan leader moammar gadhafi, launched a new air strike, opposition forces in a key oil port cityending oil prices higher once again about $1.06 a barrel. >>> beginning april 1st the cost to pick up garbagings resigh can goles and -- recyclables, and compostables will rise about $10 per home. city council will give final approval tonight. >>> should dogs be banned from bay area beaches they have roamed for years? there is another public hearing on proposed restrictions on off leash dog walking in golden gate recreational area. protestors are expected to be outside the meeting opposing any new limits on dogs in areas where they have been allowed for several decades the hearing starts 5:30, fort mason san francisco. >>> 5:22 a.m. a young bay area pitcher survive add serious injury on the mound now he is inspiring a new break through helmet designed to protect pitchers. >>> welcome to sheen's corner. >> charlie sheen has a new gig as the actor fights for custody. how he is using a new web cast to reach out to his kids and fans. >> welcome to sheen's corner. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, a spo

rebels have been able to retake two key oil cities. now they are closing in on moammar gadhafi's hometown. japanese authorities now warning radiation is seeping from that damaged nuclear power plant into sea water. a lot faster than they first thought. new readings are showing radio active contamination in the ocean has spread a mile north further. >>> testimony resumes in the perjury trial for barry bonds. kimberly bell is among those scheduled to take the witness stand. >>> the eldorado sheriff county saturday when he disappeared. walker's body was found in a tree well. investigators say it may have crashed into that tree but we have not heard whether or not he was wearing a helmet. >>> burnt debris is all that is left after a three story apartment building blew up over the weekend in canada. it happened yesterday in woodstockon -- woodstock, ontario. >>> there are reports that government forces in syria have opened fire on demonstrators killing more than 100 people over the past few days. protestors in syria are demanding reform. on

taking control of an oil port city.e fighting for muammar khadafy took back a city that rebels held close to tripoli. >> this morning, fighting continues west of tripoli, close to the capitol than ever before and forces loyal to khadafy tried to crush the rebellion but there are reports that rebels are fighting back. both sides declare victory. >> a small, peaceful protest is threatening enough. police open fire with tear gas and rubber bullets. >> at the heart of the struggle here, libya's largest refinery is still operating but guards to the gate and worries about the future. >> what is happening outside the gate, the refinery. >> i'm trying to say, we are libyan. we are for the whole country. >> by some estimates, crude oil production here has dropped by 50% or more, a massive hit to the small economy. another huge hit, cheaper foreign workers leaving by the thousands. >> this is the last stop for many refugees leaving libya, right beyond this gate this is tunisia where they hope to find a camp. most of the workers o

there are reports that they have -- that the opposition forces have lost the oil city. >> they hit it with heavy artillery and bombs. rebel forces retreated in the face of the onslaught. but they intend to fight on. >> i saw two planes coming in very low. if i had been ready, maybe i could have shot down the planes. >> the fighting does not show any sign of letting up. in an interview, the dockery's son vowed never to surrender to the rebels who he called terrorists. -- gaddafi boss' son vowed never to surrender to the rebels who he called terrorist -- gaddafi's son vowed never to surrender to the rebels who he called terrorists. meanwhile, the red cross has warned of rising casualties in the conflict. dozens of civilians have been killed or injured after getting caught up in the fighting. food is becoming scarce. the united nations has responded by sending containers of aid to been gauzy through egypt. the situation in libya is forcing many to leave their homes. more than two thousand have already fled the country. >> our correspondent is in benghazi in eastern libya. i ask him what

meantime reports say forces are stepping up their attacks on rebel positions, they're a major oil port city. 20 people were wounded and other reports say forces are close to recapturing the closest eastbound rebel held city to tripoli. >> there is a high end luxury yimts being offered on daily deal web sites. >> then the bay area city junking junk mail. how you can stop those unwanted pamphlets. >> get ready for a spring preview. i'm sandhya patel and will show where temperatures get into 70s coming up. >> and thank you. and the tiny little fish that are causing a big mess bringing boat traffic to a stand still in a southern you can see >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> a smelly mess in a marina. millions of dead fish clogged king harbor today, it's believed they swam into the harbor to escape a red tide, possibly then suffocated. a red tide is a naturally-occurring bloom of toxic algae that can poison fish. and there is a story where where you owe more than your home is worth. >> and michael finney is here about the number of homes now underwater. >> things get

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on the "newshour" tonight: we get the latest on the fierce fighting in the oil city of brega and the exodus of refugees fleeing the violence. >> woodruff: plus, we talk to libya's ambassador to the united states, ali suleiman aujali who denounced moammar qaddafi last week. >> brown: then, as states battle public sector unions, we have a newsmaker interview with afl-cio chief, richard trumka. >> woodruff: spencer michels reports on the outcry over hikes in insurance premiums in california. >> the new higher health insurance rates for individuals have sparked protests and calls for the government to step in. >> brown: and hari sreenivasan examines mexico's deadly drug wars, as president felipe calderon visits the white house. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> you can't manufacture pride, but pride builds great cars. and you'll find in the people at toyota, all across america. >> oil companies make huge profits. >> last year, chevron made a lot of money. >> where does it go? >> every penny and more went int

as fighting in libya extended to the vital oil exports city. powerful ground and air assaults were launched on the port. forces loyal to gadhafi launched against the eastern part of libya and despite old equipment and little training, thousands of rag tab rebels recaptured the town after hours of fighting. gadhafi told supporters in tripoli, that he would fight to the last drop of libyan blood. >>> the man of accused of illegally downloading illegal documents release ed on wikilea facing new charges, one of which carrying a possible death sentence. two charges were filed. the most serious is aiding the enemy, which is a capital offense. manning is in custody in washington, d.c. awaiting court ar shall proceedings. >>> president obama signed a measure today to keep the federal government in business for two more weeks. democrats and republicans can't agree on the spending plan for the rest of the fiscal year. top aides are predicting another measure will be required. >>> students hope there's some money left over for them when congress passes th

a few minutes where colonel gadhafi forces are pushing rebels house of more cities heavy fighting is taking place in the oil port city of ras lanuf with reports of the tanks on the government's troops will experts claim the libyan leader is planning to bomb oil and communications facilities in the east a poor thing is in tripoli with the latest. after a week of heavy fighting in the strategically important town of as is a we are rebels there have finally been overthrown by gadhafi is false as the latest reports we have from the town is that the city center is quiet that most people have deserted their hoods and that gadhafi streets are now moving from house to house carrying out a race at the same time the other focal point weeks into the city of ras lanuf according to libyan state television to quote him this city has been cleansed of al qaida supporters for several days now gadhafi is wolf planes have been pounding in particular residential areas in the east of the latest reports coming out from there jeff his forces are in control there too now here on the ground while it certainly does seem as if gadhaf

>> tonight battle for lynnia, rebel forces retake two key oil port cities as qaddafi's army retreats in the face of allied air power. also tonight, defining the mission, the secretaries of state and defense take to the airwaves ahead of president obama's speech on libya tomorrow. >> japanese officials briefly overstate radiation readings at the fukushima plant. but even the real numbers are still too hot to handle. and memory masters, could you remember an entire deck of playing cards in order? they can. t captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> good evening, russ mitchell is off tonight. events are moving swiftly on several fronts in the battle for libya. here's the latest. rebel forces are regaining lost territory in the oil producing region. nato is taking full command of the military operation and powerful explosions are reported tonight in tripoli. the rebels are advancing westward from the rebel stronghold of benghazi where our mandy clark is reporting tonight. >> reporter: battles back in rebel hands, ras lanuf was a key hold for qadda

news we have the rebel fighters have just taken over the chant of ras lanuf that's a strategic oil fort city it is an oil refinery there and there are oil pipelines that more important than that this is the final destination in terms of the rebels being able to retake land that they lost in the last few weeks fighting if the rebels continue to advanced towards tripoli which is what we're hearing from them if they plan to do they will from now on the on the offensive and this raises a whole host of new questions to the coalition partners in terms of where or not they will continue to support eight only which some part of the city in the misrata the two hundred kilometers from tripoli they're a very different story is unfolding and we are hearing that the government brought in reinforcements and shelling the town now just once again the french say that they took hours five of libyan planes and. since we have a smarter we're also hearing from the american administration that some one hundred . missiles would fly it over the weekend that some of those also fired from an american warship in the m

mark phillips file this report we satellite phone from the oil port city of ras lanuf, which qaddafi loyalists recaptured from rebel forces. >> reporter: the qaddafi regime has been very anxious to demonstrate that they have taken back significant chunks of territory from the anti-qaddafi rebels. today, they organized a tour of foreign journalists through bin jawaad, when which is the further to the west the rebels have come. they've been beaten well back and the town is under clear government control, if quite badly shot up. the government has also taken back as far to the east as ras lanuf, a major oil-refining facility on the mediterranean coast. it, too, had fall tonight rebels and was a major strategic gain for them but now the qaddafi forces are clearly in control as well. that's a mixed blessing at this point as the refinery is largely on fire with a massive plume of dense, acrid smoke still towering into the sky and carrying on for miles to the western horizon. libya is a one-industry town, and right now a lot of it is going up in smoke. but this has strategic importance, too

forces loyal to moammar gadhafi launching a new air strike against opposition forces in a key oil port cityere are no reports of casualties today. >>> anti government rebels claiming victory in another city, people there say pro gadhafi forces entered the city but were beaten back. rebels need to regroup after loyalists pounded them with helicopter gun ships, artillery and rockets near tripoli. >>> u.s. defense secretary robert gates is in afghanistan on a two day trip to visit troops alleyed leaders and afghan officials he wants to get a closer look at progress and the war on terror and stability of the afghan government. obama administration is getting closer to making moves toward reducing troop levels. both is u.s. and afghan governments agree u.s. military should remain involved in afghanistan after the planned end of combat operations in 2014. >>> 4:35 a.m. oakland police have a new clue in a 30-year-old murder mystery investigators have create add forensic rendering of the victim scientists believe he was in his 20s. 6 feet tall, blond hair his burned body with no head no limbs no in

front line is that rebel fighters have now been pushed back to the city of ras lanuf we're hearing that this is strategically important oil port city is firmly in the hands of gadhafi his men now there are numerous reasons being bandied about as to why the rebels are being faced to retreat and retreat so quickly part of that is because gadhafi forces are simply base organized a better trained of a have basically leadership and this is posing some real dilemmas to the international community in terms of what it should do next we also know that the army has essentially changed its strategy it's changed its tactics whereas days ago we saw them working through the desert and this is essentially the terrain that they were looking and fighting on we saw him using long convoys of tanks now they're operating in small mobile units and so he this is posing a problem to coalition pilots from the sky it's very difficult for them now to tell the difference between those who are rebels and those who are gadhafi fighters because all of them now are using small tanks with mortars but certainly in terms of gadhafi troops it's giving them

although the rebels captured the key oil port city of ras lanuf yesterday, they are under heavy attack there today as well as in the cities of zawiyah, cities both outside tripoli, the capital. for more, let's go to mark phillips, who is in tripoli this morning. mark, what's the latest? >> well, bob, the situation here can best be described as murky this morning. both sides are effectively claiming victory. at least the government side is proclaiming a kind of victory, saying that it has recaptured several of the towns which the rebel forces have taken over the past week. and the streets here in tripoli were full this morning of people celebrating and firing guns in celebration in the air. but the situation on the ground appears to be unsettled-- one way of describing it. >> schieffer: where do you see this ending? are we at kind of a stalemate here? >> i think we are in a kind of stalrmate. i think neither of the forces, either the government or the rebels, have either the will or the organization to completely knock the others out. >> schieffer: mark phillips reporting from tripoli.

of the oil rich city of russia that we are hearing reports that he. has been said and that this has been funding. and can crown it into a parking lot and a mosque. the russian president to final on. which can sail from russia to libya to initially getting the military equipment as well as. the russian government is that they say that even though it is standing still if we can get this in any way so that they can go find. that this will be easy to keep coming in. which the u.k. says something that the duffy vision is going to be able to go against gadhafi has again that interfere with fine foreign is launched the focus on the children. will feel that he says that the incoming incrementation of. backfire my colleague an unemployed could take from the grave insult on a donkey nation take a look at these if we can we just become very much comes out of these clashes. after the liberation chance the rattle of kalashnikovs is the most common sound in the kazi ever since ravel seized weapons depots in eastern libya rifles became the ultimate symbol of masculi

in trying to get control or garner control of the oil reserves of this rebellion started in the oil rich city of benghazi that's where many of the forty six billion barrels of reserves that libya have are near that's where the oil production largely happens and it's started by the national front for the salvation of libya which reports hundreds on the internet tied to the cia that there's many reports indicate that this opposition group is financed and trained by the cia so that's one of the indicators that people see that they say the u.s. is already involved in this and also we're hearing lawmakers call for a no fly zone in libya this is something that for people is reminiscent of the iraq war this is rhetoric that we have not heard in terms of involvement in egypt or tunisia or other countries where people are dying sudan and people argue that we're hearing it here because it's all about oil it's all about the oil interests it's about those reserves it's about the u.s. corporations that operate in libya that are already halting production and having to get out of there because of the unres

meantime troops loyal to qaddafi have driven protestors out of the strategic oil groups. a cityhat has fallen into opposition hands. the president of the international red cross says doctors in libya are seeing a dramatic rise in the number of casualties, mostly civilians. military setbacks, though they did get a major political. french president nicholas sarkozy even shook hands today with two representatives from the counsel. >> gas is going up nationwide. they're trading barbings over who's to blame. they know gas prices have doubled since president obama took office and accuse the obama administration of consistently blocking efforts to increase domestic oil production and even says the president's current plans could send prices even higher. >> the white house has its way. the epa is about to impose a backdoor national energy tax which means the gas prices would only go higher. >> democrats fired back saying a republican budget plan would cut spending for renewable energy. that could lessen our dependence on oil. >> transportation officials say they're working on a short-te

for the east rebels say they took control of to keep oil cities. they waved american and libyan flakes on the outskirts. --legs. nato announced it will take over all military operations. >> the no-fly zone, with today's decision we will beyond. will the acting incoordination with our international and regional partners to protect the people of libya. >> reporter: air will allow the current coalition led by the u.s., u.k., france to stand down. that may please some legislators to criticize president barack obama for u.s. involvement. former secretary of state madeleine albright says the president made the right move. >> i think he handled it very well, the reason we intervened this is terrible things are happening on the ground near libya. people were being killed, gaddafi himself had said he was going to slaughter everyone. we had an international support for. >> reporter: the first set of data will be to take charge of the no-fly zones >> justine: . facing mounting concern over the proposed mission president barack obama is scheduled to address th

city. government troops targeted the oil ports cities.argeting khadafy's hometown. the violence is escalating and the rebel forces are not discouraged. they showed about a tank and a fighter jet. >> we shot it down one of your planes, you dog. >> with aircraft weapons that they need outside help to keep gaddafi's warplanes on the ground. the they have increased surveillance. >> there is no authorized use of force! >> france working to use a no-fly zone and nato is saying that a faithfu stillif tl score scale war develops? >> u.s. transports are using if refugees that made it across the border to tunisia. the egyptians also escaped to join the tens of thousands of people camping out here in the desert. >>jacqueline: the rainfall towards northern california. and if this is going to be pushing into the bay area over night. not that heavy. you can see on futurecast light shower activity. overnight, isolated sprinkles here, there, 4:00 a.m., light over he were, sahayward, and in the south bay. however, it should have died down with increasing

latest word is that rebel fighters have taken over the strategically oil important port city of ras lanuf now there is a major oil refinery there as well as a whole lebaran of oil pipelines what we are hearing is that the rebel fighters are combing the streets looking for gadhafi as man this one comes off to earlier wins in the towns of. the brig are there we've been told that gadhafi is meant abandoned their military vehicles and escaped in civilian cars there has almost been a hundred eighty degree turnaround in the fighting in the last few days and both the coalition powers as well as the rebel leaders themselves are the first to admit that this is because of the a strikes and by the international community now the takeover is also important because it is the last city that the rebels are reclaiming asked to this point they will essentially be on the offensive and what we're hearing from the rebels is that they now advancing towards the capital city of tripoli the next major city on the map is the city of sept this is some six hundred kilometers away from tripoli it is the hometown of

and war planes hit forces again today near the major oil port city. 20 people were wounded. report say the government is close to recapturing the closest rebel-held city to tripoli. and gaddafi showed up before midnight a hotel hosting foreign journalists to do interviews. he stayed about an hour, then left without speaking to other news organizations waiting outside. >> triple a is out with startling gas price numbers tonight. we're paying 50 cents more per gallon. the survey puts the average price in california at $3.91 a gallon. bay area prices in oakland highest in oakland and san mateo. and lowest prices in santa cruz, fremont and vallejo. there is a look at other bay area cities. they're all higher than this time last month. concord has gone up the most by the way. up in eureka, they're paying $4.06 per gallon. >> prices came at a perfect time for one local company and wayne freedman reports they sell both and hope to be expanding soon. >> if you want to find an angry person these days look no further than any gas station or pump. >> i got to pay insurance. >> and yet

probably because gas pipe bursting and then there is also here an oil refinery ri on fire so officials will i'm sorry it's in another cityere the oil refinery is on fire. so l emergency crew have a lot to dweel in various parts of northern japan as they try to get a handle on exactly how the damage is. the only encouraging thing watch the water as it moves forward over the farm land is that this happened in day late hours with several hours of daylight left so they can get a better handle and quite frankly see what they are doing more readily. >> sandy is telling us that as of right now there is no tsunami warning watch or advisory for the west coast but that could change and right now cindy with the west coast tsunami advisory team on the line for us. can you tell us a little bit what the threat is and what you will be doing in the coming days. >> oh, sure. my goodness we are really busy. right now the entire west coast of the united states all the way up to most of alaska is in a watch. so you are actually under guidance as we speak right now. >> and watch. not a warning but a watch. >> a watch. yes. we have at least s

oil markets. nick schifrin is in the port city of ras lanuf. >> reporter: we've heard a dozen air strikes here. and i can hear the distant rumble. the strikes have hit oil facilities, the oil refinery behind me. and right here, this town, is where colonel gadhafi's troops are trying to stop the momentum of the opposition. in the air and on the ground, gadhafi is not going quietly. in ras lanuf, we had been there five minutes when planes started streaming overhead. the opposition has looted most of the anti-aircraft guns from army barracks. most of the fighters aren't even trained to use them. and they shoot them wildly, hoping to hit a jet. this 22-year-old fighter is a student in college, studying mechanics. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: what do you know about firing a weapon? >> i'm killing. fight. fight the animals. >> reporter: are you scared? >> i'm not scared because my god is for me. you know? and my father. >> reporter: for often than not, the jets miss their targets. but for the opposition, this has been an extremely deadly place. gadhafi forces have pushed back hard here. and in a city just

from the air, they are hitting strategic assets hard, dropping bombs in this oil city, four miles east of tripoli. and on land, firing from a hilltop. after a day of fierce fighting in this eastern town, hundreds of armed rebels, members of the opposition, regain control. driving his forces out. meanwhile, pro-gadhafi forces seize three dutch marines as they were helping to evacuate their nationals. now, the netherlands are trying to negotiate their release. this, as humanitarian help is on the way, with two u.s. ships. and at least 800 marines are in the mediterranean waters. in a bizarre entrance on wednesday, the libyan leader drove himself in a golf cart for yet another long and rambling speech. the colonel remained defiant. saying it would be a bloody war. and thousands of libyans would die, if america and nato enter libya. and he is in denial, believing his people are still supporting him. while the opposition wants the u.s. to enforce a no-fly zone. but so far, the u.s. is resisting, saying that would be a big operation, in a big country. robin? >> all right, lama. thank you. >>