reportedly they had fighters onboard to secure the area.hile the evacuees were boarding the planes. they flew to malta here today and they arrived tired here but happy. >> that sounds like a pretty dicey rescue mission. do we have more details on how risky it might have been, martin? >> reporter: well, they had to fly through libyan air. we don't know the clear details. but they had to fly through libyan air space. he was sending planes to bomb his own people, so they are in their own skies so those lumbering transport planes must have had fighter escort as they came in. as i mentioned, lordly there were troops on the ground to secure the area. it would have been a dodgy, risky mission but the british felt it was necessary to evacuate their nation >> as we noted at the top of the ales. >> broadcast, the white house is taking hard lines against libya. with sanctionsd yesterday and today, tough new words for moammar gadhafi. mike vicara has more on this. >> reporter: good evening lester. for the first time since this uprising in libya began,

-- is jarred diamond onboard? is guld onboard on the matter of intelligence, human intelligence is not replicable, he says, as far as he can see and he continues to say that, right? >> of course steve gouled is no longer with us. he -- >> he passed on? >> yes. he said if you replay the tape of evolution, we wouldn't be created the next time around. that we were just an accident. that's what steve gouled says. >> lauken ice league is he still with us? >> no. >> he's passed on too? >> yes. >> every creature alive is the prodetect o a unique history, the nowhere in all space or in 1,000 wor=ds will there be men to share our lonliness. >> that's very uplifting hu? i think it helps us appreciate that we are unique. it's very unlikely as we said so beautifully, that there is going to be >>> is there any center to the universe that is identifiable? >> no. >> there is no center? but your book says from the center of the universe, what does that mean? >> we are central in ways that derive from the principals of physics. it

. >> four americans onboard a yacht, hijacked by somali pirates moving closer to the somali coast.acht was hijacked friday, jan and scott adams out of marina dell ray have been sailing the yacht since 2004 a friend says they were spreading bibles around the world. another american couple is also onboard, an american war ship is shadowing the yacht in preparation for a possible rescue attempt. the quest is heading to a pirate haven. >>> today's top stories, santa clara city council trying to protect money for a new stadium for the 49ers. city's redevelopment agency committed $40 million but a potential roadblock governor brown wants to eliminate all redevelopment agencies. >>> two east bay teens are dead after going rafting in the walnut creek channel. their bodies found yesterday, down stream from their deflated raft, both boys were students at los lomas high school walnut creek. >>> chronicle reports nathaniel ford is a finalist for running the airport in washington dc. >> you can help out head to contra costa county and buy a new car it is as simple as that this holiday weekend,

they did find some weapons onboard. but so far, no one has been arrested. >>> one of the sons of north korean leader, kim jong-il, has reportedly been seen in public for the first time in five years. of all places, at an eric clapton concert in singapore. the 29-year-old second son of the reclusive leader was wearing a black t-shirt. he was surrounded by plainclothes security guards who were trying to block cameras. >>> if you're looking for a cure to the common cold, you may want the to try some zinc supplements. taking some within 24 hours of the onset can shorten a cold by the day. our dr. richard besser has some doubts, though. >> some of the studies show it works. but in those studies, some were taking a 10 milligram lozenge every hour and a half when they're awake. that's a lot of zinc. and many people experience the metallic taste, as well as the nausea. you have to weigh those benefits -- i mean, those problems against maybe a one-day shortening of your illness. >> the new study also claims that zinc will decrea

phyllis mckay is also onboard. the yacht was overtaken by pirates on friday.t know how the four americans are doing. >>> today parents, students and teachers in the mount diablo district will find out the future of their schools. earlier this month trustees agreed to close glen brooke middle and holbrooke elementary schools in concord. last week they weighed in on closing either westwood elementary or silverwood elementary in concord to save $1.5 million. tonight's meeting is at 7:30 at the monte gardens elementary in concord. >>> time now is 5:36. we want to check in with christina. it is cold this morning. this could be one of the warm days if we get a little snow later on. >> yeah, i don't want to overdo it. i don't want to blow it out of proportion, but snow levels falling to 500 feet. snow on the valley floor, not out of the question. in fact, we are actually going to forecast snow on the valley floor in places like livermore where your elevation is close to 400 feet. but that's not until early saturday morning. we have a few days to forecast in between n

in the end when they got onboard "the quest" they captured 13 somali pirates. pirates were dead. and unfortunately they tried to save the four americans but they had no luck. so phyllis mckay whose mom lives here in the bay area, her mom in san francisco, her aunt here in oakley, has passed away with the three other americans. this is confirmed by the u.s. defense department. reporting live in oakley, bob redell for "today in the bay." >> we'll continue to follow this developing story this morning. thank you, bob. >>> 6:51 right now. budget problems continue to plague states across the country. california is certainly no exception. billions of dollars needs to be trimmed. "today in the bay's" kristen dahlgren is live with a look at where lawmakers stand. >> reporter: good morning, laura. we are seeing the budget crisis here on every level in washington, and now we are seeing protests spread around the country as well. it started in wisconsin, so let's begin with that where we have seen the biggest protests and a stalemate right now of the democratic senators sh

he'll take a short drive over to sfo and hop onboard air force one. this has been a very short visit for the president. less than 24 hours. what is unusual about this trip is he didn't attend any fund-raisers as many presidents have done in the past. yet some of the people he met with are big donors to the democratic party, but he was not here to collect checks. rather the thought of silicon valley's finest. mark zuckerberg was seen in this photo meeting with the last night. a dozen titans dined with president obama at the woodside home of john dorr. also apple's ceo steve jobs, oracle ceo larry ellison and leaders of cisco, yahoo! and net flik. the president was trying to convince the businessmen and women to support his proposals for education, innovation and new jobs. in return he's promised to make it easier for companies to do business by making it easier to obtain patents and offering credits. you see air force one on the tarmac with systems gearing up at sfo. and 8:30 it will leave sfo and take the president north to hillsboro, oregon. that is

with four hijacked hostages and 17 pirates packed onboard. presidents obama had authorized the navy warships in pursuit to use deadly force -- >> it's difficult to pull off a successful operation like this, when you have so many people on a tight, confined ship. >> reporter: the u.s. was negotiating with two pirates onboard the destroyer "uss sterett." until, without warning, the pirates fired a rocket-propelled grenade at "the sterett." >> gunfire erupted on "the quest." >> it doesn't take long for something to go off. >> reporter: the navy launched two ships and assault craft. some pirates appeared to surrender. >> there were no gunshots fired from the boarding team, as they boarded. >> reporter: but it was too late for the hostages. as they searched below deck, s.e.a.l.s encountered more pirates. they found 15 in all. but could not save the americans. >> we are heartbroken. >> reporter: hearing the devastating news back in the u.s., family and friends of jean and scott adam, and phyllis macay and bob riggle, spoke of their sense of adventu

. >> four americans onboard a yacht hijacked by somali pirates.yacht was hijacked friday off the coast of oman. jan and scott adam have been sailing it since 2004. a friend says they were giving away bibles around the world. another american couple is also aboard an american war ship is shadowing, in preparation for a possible rescue attempt a pirate and government official say the quest is heading to a pirate haven in northern somalia if it lands it could mean a long hostage or deal. >> state department says u.s. is concerned about number of deaths in labia. 200 people have been killed, police have violently cracked down on protestors at the son of moammar gadhafi pro promises reform. he has warned of possible civil war he promised libya's congress would meet to discuss a new constitution. >> you a baseball fan? >> i am. >> a little bit? a lot a bit. >> around here at least >> world series champs back in action. we will head down to arizona see how the giants are shaping up so far in spring training. >> bay area city called clueless when it comes

one passenger onboard was hurt in last night's shooting.estigators say several other passengers were onboard that bus when the bullets smashed through the windows. one passenger was hit in the face with shattered glass. last hour we found out the gunman was targeting someone mon board that bus. ktvu's jade hernandez has been on it and will bring us a live interview at 8:30. >>> this morning the government released its weekly jobless report and the numbers are the best we've seen in nearly three years. claims fell by 36,000 last week to their lowest since 2008 this could mean fewer layoffs and more hiring by companies. right now unemployment is still at 9%, which is considered high. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke said it could take up to five years for the unemployment rate to return to a more normal size of below 6%. >>> about an hour ago verizon and apple stores opened their doors for customers looking to get their hands on the iphone 4. our consumer editor is at a store in san francisco. >> reporter: the fact is those lines are alr

somali pirates have hijacked an american yacht and have taken the four people onboard hostage.rd is here with the latest on this story. jeremy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, dan. the boat is owned by a retired california couple who have been sailing around the world for the last seven years, distributing bibles to churches and schools in remote villages across the globe. a goodwill mission dramatically interrupted yesterday on the high seas. jean and scott adam, seen here in pictures on their website, are experienced sailors. aware of the pirate threat. as they approached the notoriously hostile waters off the horn of africa, the adams cut back using their radios and satellite systems so they couldn't be tracked. but the somali pirates found them anyway, friday afternoon, 275 miles off the coast of oman. the adams and two other americans were abducted. the outlaws that plague these waters are undeterred. despite the harsh prison sentence handed down just two days ago for this somali pirate. he was sentenced in new york for 33 years in prison, for kidnapping and bruta

this is based on a onboard unit, which is a satellite navigator and that satellite navigator provides all the information necessary to toll the truck and this will apply to more than 12.000 kilometres of national roads in france. >>friedman: that really makes you a europe wide company. i know you have been expanding outside italy, what are your activities in emerging market countries, in asia, or elsewhere? >>castellucci: of course our main target for next year is to continue to invest into the italian network to developto the bottleneck the network, but we are also proceeding very fast on the internationalization >>we are building or managing toll roads in india and brazil, we are participating to new tenders and we are talking to potential partners to consolidate the business in those countries. >>friedman: and are there other markets that you are interested in: china, south east asia, the middle east thatyou are interested in? any of those places? >>castellucci: yes, but for the short and medium term our main priority is to go deeper in those countries where we are present, india a

the costco, maxi cozy and first restraint systems included in the recall are certain alpha omega, onboard ts, mico, inspira, avenue and uptown brands. if you have one of these seats you have to provide the company with the entire serial number on the seat. reporting live in oakland, christie smith, "today in the bay." >>> thank you for the update, christie. we have an important deadline for parents to pay attention to this morning. parents with sick children have until the end of the month to enroll their children in more affordable health insurance. this is under the new rule set down by federal health care reform and new california law. after the deadline children with pre-existing conditions will still be covered, but it could cost up to double with a charge to healthier children is. this morning health care experts at the oakland children's hospital will present coverage options for bay area parents. the event kicks off at 10:00 this morning. >>> all right. the time is 6:08. let's go to christina to take a peek at the forecast. >> good morning to you. well, we've got more rain on the

they've been presenting whale carcasses from being brought onboard to be process and the government saidhey could no longer guarantee the safety of the crews. >> i would just wonder how whale meat and eating it is regarded in japan nowadays. i know in china the basketball player yao ming has started a movement to discourage people eating shark. any movement regarding whale meat? >> no, there's not. the issues of the right or wrongs of the whaling itself is not debated here. as for the meat, most people have eaten it but very few people eat it regularly. although there are whale meat restaurants here. even though most people don't regularly eat it, more people i think object to what they see is unjustified foreign interference into a japanese cultural tradition. >> thank you very much indeed. the life of the playboy model who married a millionaire then dried from an overdose is the real life story depicted by ana nicole. a work here in london. there will be plenty of interest in how successful it proves to be. >> big, blonde, and brassy. anna nicole has arrived at the royal opera house. >

all together there will be 12 people onboard the space station representing the u.s., russia and italy. this is the last mission for the discovery which is nasa's most traveled space ship. once it lands back on earth it will be retired to a museum. >>> as moammar gadhafi clings to power people in san francisco are showing support for libyan people. today protestors came together in the united nation's plaza street on market. the protestors called for the world to cut ties with gadaffi once and for all. >>> the united states has made its strongest statement yet on libya. less than a half an hour ago sanctions were placed on moammar gadhafi's regime. scott goldberg with why they met on a rare saturday session. >> reporter: president obama is calling on moammar gadhafi to step down and leave libya. the president made the comments during a private phone call to germany's chancellor. his strongest statement yet on the uprising in libya. thousands are trying to leave the country. british citizens struggled through a massive crowd in tripoli's airport to board the last government plane. >> ve

that happen to be from california are somewhere off the coast of somalia held captive by pirates onboard a 58-foot long yacht called "the quest." mckay has been in touch with her mom who lives here in san francisco through e-mail. the last communication just before valentine's. she and her friend recently joined the couple in india for a trip to aman. she indicated they were aware of the problem with somali pirates but the skipper of their yacht, the man from california, had done research and thought they were going to be far off the shore, obviously that's not the case. she also has a niece who lives in oakley who indicated the family is very anxious to find out what is going to happen to them. last night a church in santa monica held a vigil for that couple from california praying for their safe return. >> we are broken hearted, of course. we have been in prayer, love and support for that beautiful family. >> reporter: perhaps this little tidbit gives the family some hope. apparently there's reports that a navy warship is shadowing this yacht called "the quest" off the coast of somalia

these people have been onboard the ship for now well over 24 hours. i'm sure they are uncomfortable. they slept last night on the ship. >> lehrer: relief did come today for hundreds of europeans trying to get out. we have a report from eastern libya, where qaddafi's rule has been thrown off, but the evacuations continue. again, we are not naming or showing the correspondent. >> reporter: they drove bulldozers through the walls of the barracks where colonel qaddafi's hated militia had their headquarters. no everyone comes to look. they can't quite believe what what they did. opposite, the police station burned and shot to pieces. the people of benghazi are exhaust exalted but the foreigners caught up in this couldn't wait to leave. now they don't have to because h.m.s. "cumberland" came into shore this morning. people queued to get on board. some had been living in the town others made perilous journeys from miles away across the desert or along the coast road. the children don't understand the danger they've escaped. their parents do. >> it was very,

the eastern conference with the regular season champs have onboard start against yet safety making it seem to last to the same stage last year it's all about their lives. while newcomers groth travel to must meet the horse finally. of course travel to kazakhstan to face the playoffs begin on wednesday with the final series taking place in mid april. so the stakes are about to be raised when the playoffs get underway but for now let's check out the latest highlights from the kontinental hockey league enjoy. live live. live . i'll be back with another update on less than two hours from now meanwhile tell us what you think on the stories that we bring to you head for the arts in sport news channel on you should thanks for stopping by. for the for. the biggest issues get the human voice face to face with the news makers. the official. from the. video. and. now with the palm of your. libyan protesters refused to back down amid mounting police brutality colonel gadhafi struggles to keep his decades long power. russia races to get its citizens who were working in libya to safety. planes have

there were four passengers onboard. no one was hurt. >>> a san jose city council committee will meet this afternoon to talk about changing the name of the airport making it even longer. right now it's officially called the normal minuetsa san jose international airport in honor of the mayor, congressman and transportation secretary. but in an effort to spurt business the committee will consider making it the norman minuetsa san jose silicon valley international airport. >> as long as the code doesn't change i have to book my flight, i don't care. that's fine with me. >> way too long. it's too complicated and too difficult to remember, too difficult to type in in the computer. so many reasons. >> among the factors the committee will consider is what benefits the name change might bring versus what it could cost. the decision would be made up to the city council. >>> san jose's new police chief will be sworn in tonight at city hall. a ceremony for chief chris moore starts at 5. san jose mayor chuck reed will deliver openi

onboard an incredibly sensitive camera. its key components are made here in britain in these clean rooms at a high-tech firm. here they specialize in making photo graphic sensors, tiny devices. this is one of them. the people are delighted at what they're finding. >> it's fantastic. it's something you can't get working in any other industry really. it's an environment where we get to see the results of our endeavors and are published in a wide community of people are excited about these discoveries. >> who knows how many more planets they'll find, all the time raising the chances of discovering an alien world where it's possible there might be life. >> the main story down here on earth, just before we leave you, briefly the battle for the future of egypt today became a pitched battle on the streets. we'll show you the pictures from tahrir square. there are some clashes going on between supporters of the president and the demonstrators who for days have been calling on him to go. at least three people have been killed. one d

that is getting the mortgage banks onboard. only one major bank committed to the project. >>> a southern california woman says her son's school overreacted when officials committed her son to a psychiatric hospital because of a picture he drew in class. the mother says her son suffers from separation anxiety because his father is in the army and deployed overseas. our nbc station in los angeles with an incident that could happen in any classroom in the state. >>> i said can you do this? they're like, yeah. and i'm just like -- like what? can i get a lawyer? i mean how is this happening? >> reporter: cindy says what happened to her son could happen to any school age child and that's why she's speaking out. on monday, her 6-year-old son jack was committed to a psychiatric ward against her wishes after he drew a violent drawing of school and wrote that he wanted to die. they said well, you know, they were really concerned with, you know, the pictures that he drew. and i said well, you know, he plays video games and it's just a pic

breeched app and the ship did not take on water. 80 tourists, including americans and 35 degree, are onboard "the polar star." the cruise is set to end in argentina on sunday. >>> officials have come up with a modest approach to the intrusive full-body scanners. not new machines. but software that doesn't show the contours of a person's body. it shows an outline with a red box that highlights anything suspicious. it is now being tested in las vegas, washington, d.c., and atlanta. >>> it appears that coffee can either be a big help or hindrance. it depends on who is drinking it. british researchers say caffeinated coffee gives women a big boost in brainpower in stressful situations. but it has the opposite effect on men. they say coffee scrambles a man's thinking and impairs his memory. women who had a few cups completed puzzles much faster. >> that story swings a lot on this shift. >>> now, for highlights from the college hardcourt, here's sara walsh at espn news. >> good morning. the upsets continue in college basketball. and tuesday night was no different. bo ryan, hosting number ten, purd

to be part of that interview process and look forward to working with that person when they come onboard and finally just want to remind everybody about the school planning summit. all parents and school site staff are welcome to attend the summit. i've been there for many of the last several years in various capacities to support the school site council. it is a great place. if you're not sure what a school security council supposed to do whether you serve on it or not, it is a great opportunity to learn about that. the school advisory committees as well. members will be participateing with their school sites. and will also have an information table. we look forward to connecting with parent leaders across the school district. thank you very much. any questions? >> with you just reiterate the date and time for the summit? i think it is really important for people to hear this again. >> yes, it is saturday, february 12 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. >> thank you. commissioners any questions or comments for the pac? commissioner? commissioner fewer: do you have any openings on the pac? >> w

there were no passengers onboard. federal officials are now investigating that crash. >>> president obama today stepped up pressure on libyan leader moammar gadhafi to leave that country and re leng wish power, and signed an order imposing financial sanctions in the u.s. now the security council is following suit. the group voted unanimously to bar the travel and freeze the foreign assets of gadhafi. pro-democracy supporters in the u.s. have urged the u.s. and u.n. security council to take that stand. many of these demonstrators gathered again today at u.n. plaza in the city to show their support for the people of libya, as well as other countries as well. >> my message to the u.s., and to the u.n., the security council, we do not want invasion of the country. what we are asking for are simple things. we want a no-fly zone to prevent gadhafi from using any kind of air force, bringing in any kind of mersenaries from other countries. we want all his assets outside of libya to be frozen, him and his supporters. >> presid

. >>> an alaska airlines plane is out of service after a rat turned up onboard. someone spotted that rodent before the plane was about to take off from seattle thursday. so the plane had to return to the gate and the passengers were able to board another plane. now the airline says that plane isn't going to return to service until maintenance crews are sure the rat didn't do any damage to equipment or chew through any wires. >>> if you're flying out of the area, you should center no problems getting out. light winds, mostly clear skies, a nice warm-up in store for today. will you be out and about? just a bit of a haze this morning. outside of that a cool start. i'll show you when we expect that rain to arrive. for today, mostly clear skies. by tonight the flow will return and by this evening we've got coastal clouds hanging along the coastline. we'll turn mostly cloudy by monday evening and it is monday afternoon that the system again is expected to roll through. most of us are likely to see some rain on monday but it continues to bring us unsettled weather into

i think we need to be transparent and onboard. if that's it, if we have taser international trying to entice us with the first 2,000 tasers for free and we pay the car trinls and calibration and training and you know we do just increase their bottom line, we need to know that. we need to put that forward. just don't say, don't worry about the money, i want to know where the money is coming from, how much it's going to cost and i want to know if they're giving it to us for free and what the consequences going forward in terms of our budget. that's really significant. i think after our march vote, they significantly changed their warnings. i think it's incumbent upon us as a citizen review board not only for the department but for ethe citizens of san francisco to know what kind of liable we're opening the city up to. i think you should get an opinion from the city attorney and you look at that language that says do the research on your own, don't shoot here, don't shoot there, and if you do shoot there, what are you going to fall b

missing after a ship sank off the coast of south korea the alexandra had twelve russian citizens onboard and got into trouble sixteen kilometers off the port of long it was reportedly damaged after it collided with another ship a helicopter and several patrol boats are involved in the search and rescue operation one person has been found alive so far. as there is a car bomb explosion in northern iraq have killed at least seven people and wounded around eighty others the attacks happening in new york city. two car bombs were aimed at police patrols device exploded outside a building that houses the kurdish security forces no group has so far claimed responsibility for the attacks. a south sudanese government minister has been shot dad in his office and what appears to be a personal dispute to me their new mill was killed by his brother in law who also served as his driver in the city of the juba the man also killed a guard protecting the minister before turning the gun on himself it comes just days after a referendum results confirm that south sudan will become africa's newest independent

out of control before coming down and exploding a military official at the scene confirmed that all onboard had died. there was poor weather at the time although the cause of the crash is still being established . western australia has been hit by fresh flooding following heavy rain several people had to flee their homes after a river burst its banks while roads and bridges have also been cut off more rain is predicted and water levels are expected to rise further well the area was struck by devastating floods last december and huge swathes of the east are also recovering from a record breaking. student in mexico is refusing to end her hunger strike demanding to be invited to britain's royal wedding of the nineteen year old is a massive fan of the british monarchy and has been surviving on water for dying days even though the u.k. embassy says he can't go but staff will reply to her letter the teenager says she won't give up until she gets an invite to prince william and kate middleton's wedding in london in april. now a grave in ease rail is now an unlikely tourist attraction because the p

in fact, the national weather service is now onboard for snow levels to fall down to 400 feet. we'll tell you what that means for the rest of the weekend and who else in the east bay can expect the white stuff coming up. back to you. >>> all right, christina. we are watching for that snow perhaps in livermore as you are tracking that. right now we are also tracking that rain. you mentioned concord coming up through antioch and probably hitting the antioch bridge, keep in mind highway 4 is getting hit hard the next few minutes as well as concord, the east bay hills, san ramon, danville, 680 near the dublin interchange. no major issues on 580, but flooding reported on the highways on and off overnight. a 14-minute drive here. travel times around the maze looking good so far, but as the traffic picks up we are bound to hear more reports of trees down and more flooding on the sides of the roadway. stay to the middle of the highway if you can. we'll take a live look at the bottom of the screen here, this is 880. the camera is shaking quite a bit because of gusty winds. and the glowi

it took in officials have checked the cargo they are confident that there was nothing suspicious onboard and as a result they have allowed this for gate on the supply ship to go through. as a correspondent paula slayer reporting for us coming up on our stay in the anniversary cost of three plane the dependents from unfazed by recent reports of grave crimes allegedly committed by the forthcoming. class america's defense budgets about to be slashed by almost eighteen billion dollars but some say that's just a drop in the ocean compared to the massive cuts other areas are facing. the european union is launching a mission to help italy deal with the wave of immigrants from north africa more than five thousand people poured in from choosier alone during the past week and officials agree the situation is out of control the wave of migrants comes just as europe seeing a vicious debate of multiculturalism as the leaders of major nations admit it's not working despite the current mood however one outspoken critic from austria has gone on trial for speaking out against the rights of religious grou

now currently cosmonauts and astronauts spanned opportunity six months in space onboard the i.a.s. that's here in this simulation we're talking about eighteen months how do you think this crew is coping so far. they're doing very well that. everybody was really surprised that everything is going to go everything one of the reasons for that it's. really very interesting call of simulating the first wark on the mars what we can see you know is that the two are going to take a break in this special chairs because each of the space you would see is a board thirty five killer gone. also if you would expect a real mission. we could expect to after ten or fifteen minutes astronauts would have to take a small break. now i know this simulation is trying to be as realistic as possible what about these astronauts phycologist do you think at some point they really feel like they're on the red planet. well i mean the. major point here is that there really everybody of them is really focused on their toes and that's the main reason why this is so real and so close to reality. now just by this ac

out of control before calming down and exploding a military official at the scene had firm that all onboard had died there was poor weather at the time although the cause of the crash is still being established. and western australia has been hit by fresh flooding following heavy rain several people had to flee their. homes after a river burst its banks walled roads and bridges have also been cut off more rain is predicted and water levels are expected to rise further well the area was struck by devastating floods last december and huge swathes of the east are also recovering from a record breaking. now a grave in ease rail is now one of a likely tourist attraction because the person buried there is one harry potter but it's not what you're thinking this is the final resting place of a teenage british soldier killed decades ago that's not stopping wizard fans from flocking to visit those artes poles lior found out this potter story has anything but a happy ending. harry potter is good and buried in israel but before you die hard potter fans collapse from the shock we're talking about a very

control before coming down and bursting into flames a military official at the scene confirmed that all onboard had died there was poor weather at the time although the cause of the crash is still being a fabulous. now while blockbusters are known to draw huge crowds a grave might seem an unlikely tourist attraction unless the person buried there is one harry potter but it's not what you're thinking this is the final resting place of a teenage british soldier killed decades ago which isn't stopping wizard friends from walking to visit and as polis later found out this potter story has anything but a magic ending. harry potter is good and varied in israel but before you die hard potter fans collapse from the shock we're talking about a very different harry and a somewhat different plot this hour we both who you signed up to the army to the british army when he was only sixteen or seventeen years old and he did it by lying about his age but he couldn't cheat death and died in battle near hebron in one thousand nine hundred eighty nine potter fans found the grave that will far as he's had long for

they went onboard to find the four americans dead. 13 somalis were captured.ead as well. reporting live in oakley, bob redell for "today in the bay." >> so sad. thank you, bob. >>> 7:57 right now. we want to switch gears to check the forecast with christina. >> good morning to you. grab a jacket before you head out that front door. it is chilly out there. temperatures in the 30s right now. we'll end up in the 50s later on today. lots of sunshine. 55 degrees in san jose. that's our forecasted high. 58 degrees in almaden valley. 54 in redwood city. typically we see highs right around 60 this time of the year, so it will be cooler than erage today and tomorrow. showers arrive late thursday into friday. snow levels coming down to 500 feet. flurries possible in san francisco even. we'll find out how it looks on the roadways with mike inouye. >>> it is getting crowded out there because of the return after the holiday weekend. it is slowing through hayward and northbound 880. the second of two accidents is clearing from 92. the first one is further south near 216789.

citizens onboard was hijacked friday in the sea, off the coast. >> the government confirmed that four americans were kidnapped by pirates. we condemn this act. it is unacceptable. the government will try all it can to get information regarding this. >> reporter: the ship belongs to a retired california couple jean and scott adam. coo a contractor cording to their website, they have been sailing around the world handing out bibles since 2004. the other two americans have not been identified. the attack comes just days after a pirate was sentenced to 33 years in prison by a new york court for the 2009 hijacking. that incident ended in a dramatic rescue when navy seal snipers killed pirates who were holding the ship's captain. earlier this week, pirates said they would target americans in retaliation for the sentencing. hijackings have increased in recent years. international warships trying to protect vessels. but multi-million dollar ransoms are fueling the attacks. pirates hold about 30 ships and more than 660 hostages. >> we request the international community work with the governmen

-- is jarred diamond onboard? is guld on the matter of intelligence, human intelligence is not replicable, he says, as far as he can see and he continues to say that, right? >> of course steve gouled is no longer with us. he -- >> he passed on? >> yes. he said if you replay the tape of evolution, we wouldn't be created the next time around. that we were just an accident. that's what steve gouled says. >> lauren ice league is he still with us? >> no. >> he's passed on too? >> yes. >> every creature alive is the prodetect of a unique history, the nowhere in all space or in 1,000 worlds will there be men to share our lonliness. >> that's very uplifting hu? i think it helps us appreciate that we are unique. it's very unlikely as we said so beautifully, that there is going to be >>> is there any center to the universe that is identifiable? >> no. >> there is no center? but your book says from the center of the universe, what does that mean? >> we are central in ways that derive from the principals of physics. it's not

because you say, okay, globalization is happening, outsourcing is happening, i'd better get onboard.y competitors are doing it. and, you know, my goal with this book, really, is to lay out what i think is the situation empireically, describe it and then i think once people see the landscape in the way that i'm proposing, hen you'll get this -- then you'll get this networking reaction of solutions that are all around. and as the ceo sees it and as the people who work for him see it or his networks of suppliers see it, the whole world will be reconfiguring around this. but i think in the short term the, what i see happening are the forward-thinking ceos who think of demographics in some important way, have changed their thinking radically because of the recession. so before 2007 what i heard on this book was so contrary to my instincts that i wondered whether it was so, and it was that. the baby boomers are getting old, they're so rich, they're going to want to leave the work force early, what is corporate america going to do? hundreds of millions of years of expertise are walking off

we just completed that testing process and selected three new deputy chiefs that we hope to have onboard by the beginning of march. >> reporter: rainy says the department is moving toward a cultural change along with reorganization but says it is a slow process, there is a difference between writing policy and implementing it. the attorney for oscar grant's family says bart is moving in the right direction. part of the grant case positive legacy. >> there is ongoing discussion about training officers on tasers and making sure that they choose the right weapon, if you will. that is a nationwide thing. >> bart is counting on riders to help out as well. while there are 350,000 daily passengers there are only 50 to 60 officers during a 24 hour period spread out over 100 miles of track. heather ishimaru, abc 7 news. >>> alameda county prosecutors decided not to file charges against two oakland police officers who killed an unarmed man last fall. 37-year-old derek jones was shot and killed as he was running from police. the officers were responding to a report of a domestic dispute. they opene