for the entire pacific region again. just to reiterate what i said earlier the latest death toll is at twenty nine at the moment we expect it to increase and there's a warning again by issued by the pacific tsunami warning center it goes a spark a why is expecting a major earthquake saying the tsunami could damage the coastlines of all islands in hawaii and it could go as far as it's a warning is as far as the west coast of the u.s. as well as south and central america but we have been asking a marine geologist about what might happen now now boris levitt tells us that well judy the sheer size of japan's earthquake eight point nine and the chances of a repeat tsunami wave are slim. very. very soon over three. hours. if there's. three off from their own. where you. are you sure are. we. going to be if there's a very. very few. well let's go back to libya and the effects of the political turmoil unfolding there will be fighting is picking up pace leaving the country's ravaged oil industry in the firing line well both sides

thousands are fleeing ground as powerful aftershocks continue as considerable damage and the entire pacific region is on tsunami other as. a powerful earthquake in japan is affected the country's fragile economic recovery infrastructure is paralyzed with even for your own sony hold their operations will bring you more on that in our business bulletin. just he still says retake key areas from rebel groups the locals warn it is that media exaggeration is stoking foreign intervention nato seats are moving closer to libya's shores joy need for you sneer in a few moments for more. of our warm welcome to this is ours the line from moscow with me alice said that our top story now northeast japan has been swung by a major tsunami an entire pacific region is now on alert it was caused by an eight point nine magnitude earthquake that struck one hundred thirty kilometers off the eastern coast sending a reported ten minutes a wall of england causing more widespread devastation thirty two people are confirmed dead but that number is expected to rise with the wave has also reached russia's could all isla

caused by an eight point nine magnitude earthquake that struck one hundred thirty kilometers off the pacific coast aftershocks have been felt within the last few minutes and so far twenty three people are confirmed dead but that number has been rising and is expected to rise now there are also reports that the first wave has reached russia's karylle islands to the north reportedly around a meter high those waves of around a meter high but as you can see the pictures you have massive lulls of waves just eating up everything in its path of the devastation in the devastation there about two hundred people have reportedly been washed away several others missing entreprise. is part of the country that's closest to the peace center of course the damage the quake itself was also felt in tokyo and farson injuries widely reported there are still trying to calculate the economic costs which are infrastructure and right now you're looking at an oil refinery that is a blaze in ishihara chiba prefecture and these are still having a hard time containing the blaze has been going on for quite some time now

the pacific plate.the floor beneath the ocean is constantly shifting. >> it's a pretty large system. it's moving pretty fast. the pacific plate is moving under japan at about ten centimeters a year. which is a pretty high rate. >> reporter: trillions of tons of earth moving four inches a year is a lot, an irresistible force meeting an unmovable object. >> and you do that for a hundred years, you're talking about a big amount that you've got to... >> reporter: compensate for. >> and when it pops back it produces the earthquake and the tsunami because it's doing it under the ocean. >> reporter: japan's level of seismic activity is about ten times that of california. the country has spent billions trying to make itself earthquake-proof. today's video showed buildings in shinjuku swaying but not collapsing. the u.s. has started to install shock absorbers under buildings as well, but has some catching up to do. >> nobody's ever prepared for this kind of earthquake, but compared to japan, probably we're not n

higher ground and there have been several powerful aftershocks there's considerable damage and tire pacific region is on tsunami of. the earthquake in japan has affected the country's fragile economic recovery and infrastructure is paralyzed to go to a saudi holding operations bring you more on that in our business or. in other news of the fighting is being reported in libya as colonel give daffy's support which is trying to pulls rebels rounds of key areas locals warbird media exaggeration mistaking foreign intervention all they say you need do is hold more emergency talks. very warm welcome see this is our sea life from moscow with me allies have it our top story northeast japan has been swamped by a may just an army on the entire pacific region is valid it was caused by an eight point nine that magnitude earthquake that struck one hundred and thirty kilometers off the eastern coast sending a reported a ten meter high wall of water inland causing widespread devastation right now forty four people have been confirmed dead that that number is expected to rise all the. was also reached russi

this is not like your typical wave moving across the pacific. it's moving at a high rate of speed, a high rate of energy. these come across about 600 miles per hour across the pacific. in a energy just being transferred all along the coastline. we are watching out for the possibility of tsunamis along up into the washington down through much of california. we are going to be watching this over the next couple of hours. of course it should shortly hit hawaii and that's going to really give us a good idea of just what kind of tsunami we should expect on the west coast. that should happen in the next hour. we buoys in the pacific, as well. we'll get a better handle on what to expect along the west coast. stay tuned, folks. we have to watch this very closely. we have more coming up in a few minutes. back to you. >> thank you, lawrence. >>> now, every bay area county has its office of emergency services up and running this morning. p and running this people want people particularly near the coast and the by to stay tuned to the news for the latest up

the biggest in nearly a century and a half as alarming warning is in place for almost the entire pacific basin they point nine a magnitude quake off to pansy's to coast unleashed the massive ten meter high waves which reached miles and that was a huge damage authorities say at least forty four people are confirmed dead but that figure is almost certain to rise significantly the disaster caused very injuries and spot fires warnings have been is used to people to move to higher ground in coastal areas the state of emergency has been declared our nuclear power plant in the northeast of japan after its cooling system failed no radiation leak has been reported but the area around the plant is being evacuated there were several strong aftershocks following the earthquake in tokyo widespread panic was reported the capital's transit system was entirely paralyzed a tsunami warning has been issued across the pacific including russia south america the u.s. canada and indonesia. as. well dr robert jacob said professor of nuclear history and culture of the hiroshima peace the disuse says nuclear powe

capital ships region the same areas a massive explosion at a crude chemical plant and the entire pacific region is now on alert for the eight point nine magnitude quake off japan's eastern coast on leash the massive ten meter high waves which reached miles inland causing huge damage it's triggered major fires will take your has been all but shut down millions are without power a phenomenal boarding house that is huge across the pacific including russia south america the u.s. and indonesia ways that already hit parts of hawaii but there's not any major danger that. which one has declared a nuclear power emergency after the cooling system failed either plants out of the machine last following the earthquake in the northeast we're now joined by an expert on chemicals. that was the top up about well threat very many parts of being with us here on auntie's and how serious is the danger at this time. the problem is they're actually very serious because we're talking could be possible destructions of the chemical plants and also the atomic force stations and as to the chemical plant the air did

the whole pacific region including russia's far raised his own tsunami alert is not siblings threatening to wreak havoc beyond the japanese codes. tremendous damage is done to jeff economy and also shock wave of sense across markets all over the world russia being no exception japan's nikkei going down to five week lows more about twenty minutes time in our business from. developing news libya's grip by more violent clashes is colonel dunphy's pull things push the rebels has reported it time seems rockets and tank shells nato and the e.u. stand divided over libya with some demanding the resignation of colonel gadhafi all those urging foreign countries to stay out join me daniel bushell for all the latest from brussels later in the fall it's a. very warm welcome to this is our scene live from moscow one story dominates this hour northeast japan has been swarmed by a major tsunami caused by a massive earthquake the largest in the country's recorded history. least ninety five people are reported dead but that figure is almost certain to rise significantly a train is also unaccounted for in

the whole pacific region including russia's far east is on the tsunami alerts of massive waves threaten two weeks of it beyond the japanese coast . and following news of the quake japan's nikkei tumbles almost two percent to end friday's session on a five week low and sending a shockwave because global markets will be on this in twenty minutes time. did all the news libya's grip find more volunteers our citizens can all be done in school says push the rebels back the proportion attacks using rockets and tank shells. nato and the e.u. stand divided over libya with some demanding the resignation of colonel gadhafi all those the urging foreign countries to stay out join me daniel bushell for all the latest from both sides later in the pulitzer. a very warm welcome to you this is r.t. live from moscow with me alice have a will let's begin with the breaking news first this hour there's been up lost in the north east of moscow a reports suggest a parked car has exploded on a street close to a met. the interfax news agency is quoting with this is a saying there were two explosions well there w

now here in moscow on top story northeast japan has been swamped by a major tsunami and the entire pacific region is now on alert it was caused by an eight point nine magnitude earthquake that struck one hundred thirty kilometers off the eastern coast sending a reported ten me so wall of water in the causing widespread devastation well thirty two people have so far been confirmed dead by the japanese or fourteen but that number is expected to rise with those wave has also reached russia's little islands to the north reportedly around a meter high in japan we know that two hundred people have reportedly been washed away with several others are missing in japan's a sendai city where tokyo has been all but shut down as well with fires in injuries widely reported there as well millions are without electricity we know that the tsunami warning has extended to the number of pacific southwest asian and latin american nations including japan and russia as we were saying indonesia new zealand and chile back in japan are these international airport that's also been closed as a result of the governmen

as it goes over the pacifics the ships would not notice it. it's when it moves closer toward shallow land. they get closer toward the coast. again, it will hit hawaii first and it will wrap around. it's not just one wave but it will wrap around. when that would happen it would be 3:00 a.m. our time. if it does arrive it would be around 8:08:00 a.m.. for now we go to jade hernandez. she is along the coast. >> reporter: i have to tell you we just learned a command post has been set up three minutes from here at a nearby high school. five different fire departments will converge to aid the pacific of fire department in case of possible evacuations. no evacuations have been made so far this morning. no plans have been made to evacuate. of course there are preparations being made just in case. the tsunami warning was called 45 minutes after midnight. i spoke to a couple residents who seem to think that waves are pretty normal for the shift in tides at this point. but with a tsunami warning there is a possibility of flooding. waves are expected to c

after making its journey across most of the rest of the pacific ocean. it is impacting the coast of south america. >> is impacting in any major way? >> not in an extremely major way. it is probably still going to be a hazard in some places along the coast of south america. we are probably looking at amplitudes no greater than maybe one or 2 meters above normal. >> which countries have been most affected apart from japan? >> hawaii, certainly. we had some impact here. some flooding of coastlines, they are having some impact on the west coast of the united states with a damaging and minor flooding. the major impact that eclipses everything else what is happening elsewhere is what has happened in japan. >> hello and welcome. >> see the news unfold, get the top stories from around the globe and click-to-play video reports. go to bbc.com/news to experience the in-depth, expert reporting of "bbc world news" online. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. the john d. and catherin

as we talked about all morning long we are looking at the pacific cold air will mix with the pacific coming at s strong on friday. mix of rain, possible sale, there will be thunder and lightning that's how intense it is expected to be. that cool air really dropping temperatures down as well. we will hold on to showers over the weekend to build with the umbrella way. the time now 6:50 a.m. let's go traffic. >> erica: better news we have been following the aftermath of a multi vehicle accident a couple of lanes were blocked. speeds are certainly improving up to about 40 mi. per hour in some of the slower spots. that yellow and red on there as you make your way into livermore, which passed livermore we are seeing speeds and to the green at about 50 mi. an hour. metering lights were cycled on about half an hour ago, a modest back up in the cash lanes for you westbound ride. and accidents or incidents to report here. checking out the golden gate bridge southbound 101 heavier than last check. >> darya: 6:51 a.m. a power plant perched on the edge of the pacific ocean in san diego county, is

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

coast of america was braced for the worst as giant waves headed across the pacific. people were told to get to high ground. so far several ships and docks have been evacuated -- have been smashed. people were told to get to high ground. >> i have such a close personal friendship and connection to the japanese people in part because i grew up in hawaii where i was very familiar with japanese cute -- culture. that just makes our concerns that much more acute. >> the president said this tragedy was a reminder that ultimately humanity is one and that japan lp come back stronger than ever with help from its friends. >> president obama has also said the world has an obligation to prevent any massacre of civilians in. the u.n. declared after much arguing that the situation in lickia ask -- libya is important. our middle east editor has been there. >> almost a week after the rebel group said it had captured zawaria we were allowed to visit. the square the rebels used as 9 core of their protest has now been captured by gaddafi's men. there are signs of the fight -- a building

we've talked about the warnings goingach in the pacific. obviously some kind of time lag when you talk about tsunami going across the pacific. any idea what the time frame whether we're talking about with tsunami in other places other than japan? >> caller: yes the tsunamis cross the ocean. so there's a lot of time that can be developed to mon tort forecast. the u.s. government runs buoys in the deep ocean to allow us to track the movement of the tsunami so we can tell if a large tsunami is approaching or not and areas that will be affected will get a warning and hopefully an all-clear if we understand that the tsunami is not go to be serious but at this point people will be watching very carefully as information from these deepwater buoys develop. >> what are the areas that you'll be focusing on in keeping an eye on? >> caller: well from past experience we know that areas such as hawaii, the allusions, alaskan coast, potentially the coast of north america could be hit. so these are all areas that we have to watch very carefully. >> now whe

a devastating tsunami making its way across the pacific.it just hit all ye, it didn't cause any damage. we have a tsunami warning across northern california, at 8:00 a.m. this morning. it will come after high tide closer to low tide. we don't expect major damage. however we do have beaches evacuate. >> darya: we have the tsunami warning around the bay area. jackie says all is at the department of emergency services. what are they doing there? >> reporter: i'm at the emergency management. this is the operation center. they are coordinating between other agencies around the state to determine what the next move is. earlier this morning this is video of all the department heads in here. everything from law-enforcement to transportation. the fire chief was inside. you can see the fire and rescue branch. perron conference calls, computers. communicating with all of the departments around the city. everyone is trying to coordinate efforts this morning. they were called here around 1:00 a.m. this morning once the tsunami warning went out to the fa

night, we have the chair of the treasure island board of directors and chairman of the asian american pacific celebration committee c laudine chang. [applause] >> good evening, everyone. thank you so much for celebrating -- joining us on this joyous occasion. welcoming and celebrating lunar new year. i am delighted to be your mistress of ceremonies this evening. this year, the chinese new year started on thursday, february 3. lunar new year, 4709, symbolized by the year of the hare. we all know it as a chinese new year but lunar new year was actually celebrated by many ethnic groups within the asian american pacific families, including vietnamese-americans, caribbean-americans, and others. in san francisco, we celebrated with our parade. -- korean-americans, and others. we celebrated the whole month to welcome everybody. it is supposed to be a year of good luck, a year of prosperity and good health so on behalf of mayor edwin lee, i want to welcome you here this evening. [speaking chinese] so we have the celebration in san francisco welcome the community to celebrate the chinese new year for

higher ground as aftershocks continue to shake the country there is considerable damage and the entire pacific region is on tsunami alert. asian equity markets for dragging the region's benchmark to its biggest weekly loss sense all goes to the strong earthquake rocks japan will have more on the global markets are performing in a moment. to diffuse forces retake key areas from rebel groups while locals warn that media exaggeration is still looking for an intervention made to feel so moving closer to libya's choice while here people are still refusing to rule out military intervention join me for you searing a few moments more. live from our studios in moscow you're watching r t thanks for joining us well we go straight to our developing a story a major tsunami has struck a northeastern japan a sending a four meter of wall of water inland which is causing widespread devastation now this tsunami was this which is currently under way was caused by eight point nine magnitude earthquake that struck about one hundred thirty kilometers off the pacific coast aftershocks have been felt within the last

and countries across the pacific area including russia south america the u.s. and engineering which are have all been put on alert for any tsunamis headings their way of one of the first waves have now reached america's brain and any major threat appears to be fading for more let's cross to argue worse course for down it if you can get it what's the extent of the danger for the united states. well as of now the situation on the u.s. coast looks encouraging to you as islands of hawaii have been forced to be hit by some of the first waves of the tsunami but of course it looks it lost its power along the way from the epicenter of the earthquake off the coast of japan there have been no reports of this structured very hawaii and of fears of a strong destructive impact on the u.s. the west coast but of course the mission and now that we know that the first little bit first waves that hit the u.s. the name of the west coast and that is the state of oregon and we can say for sure that it's not ass. as it was previously thought it would be the experts say the impact is

new year but lunar new year was actually celebrated by many ethnic groups within the asian american pacific families, including vietnamese-americans, caribbean-americans, and others. in san francisco, we celebrated with our parade. -- korean-americans, and others. we celebrated the whole month to welcome everybody. it is supposed to be a year of good luck, a year of prosperity and good health so on behalf of mayor edwin lee, i want to welcome you here this evening. [speaking chinese] so we have the celebration in san francisco welcome the community to celebrate the chinese new year for many years now but this year we are particularly excited and very happy because this is an historic year where we are hosted by our first chinese- american mayor. [applause] this is another historic occasion. [speaking chinese] at this time, without further ado, i want to bring up our mayor, mayor edwin lee. [applause] >> thank you, claudine. good evening, everybody. happy new year. i am very honored to join supervisor chu, a supervisor carmen chu, eric mar, and jane kim, and supervisor campos, supervisor mir

, on the pacific states, washington, oregon and california.t most of the united states will not be affected by this, but, of course, there's a big concern on the west coast, george. >> that's right. we'll hear from the president at 12:30 eastern. the press conference would be moved back to get more briefings on the situation. >> we should point out there are about 100,000 military and dependants in japan. so far, we're hearing everybody is okay on those military bases. but there's great concern about this nuclear plant that's been declared a nuclear emergency. martha raddatz is joining us. your sources are say despite japanese officials saying we've got this under control, even though they're evacuating many people, they're quite worried about this. >> they are. the official i spoke to very early this morning said the japanese are worried about this. of course, they do not want the population to panic. there are no leaks right now, but they have declared a nuclear emergency. now, these reactors at the fukushima nuclear power plants are boiling

pacific gas and electric company is under fire over the san bruno gas line explosion. they're accused of missing some key pieces of your information. expected to vote on governor brown's budget proposal will tell you what programs could get cut. >> james: rain is falling, it does and falling on my lawn. will have the latest coming out. >> erica: live look in san as say, no. garn warned 01 complete check on your commute coming up. >> will: the aftermath of the massive earthquake and tsunami in japan, we're told the 180 emergency workers there were evacuated from the new killer plant are getting ready to return to work. they ordered the workers to leave because of dangerous levels of radiation. they're desperately trying to prevent a meltdown following three explosions and fire. helicopters are preparing to: down there are concerns that may not work. radiation levels have gone down. radiation levels where about 300 times the normal level. it can be and healthy if your proposed tariff for a long time. all little radiation was detected in tokyo. nuclear scientists all over

the whole pacific region including russia is a follower used designing tsunami alert as massive waves threaten to rake big belong the japanese caves. and shockwave the skulls of course of global markets to make a closing of the five week low russia no exception the markets are down you have to point out walk into a few minutes down the road. and in other news live years prepon your body clashes as colonel get down keys from the seas push the rebels back these reports of the times using rockets on tank shelves later on the stand devoid of over libya with some demanding the resignation of colonel gadhafi to all those the urgent foreign countries to stay out join me don't you bushel for all the latest from brussels but from the looks of. a very warm welcome to you this is r.t. along leave from here with me analysts have it all one story dominating this hour but all these japan is being swarmed on my own major tsunami caused by i'm not quake the largest and the country's recorded history the entire pacific region is now on alert the eight point nine magnitude quake on feasting coast unlea

military operations in the pacific region. then former reserve charm alan greenspan discusses the economy. later, federal officials discuss plans to build high speed rail. >> a house subcommittee today looked at u.s. military capability in the pacific region. among the topics, china's rapid modernization and the moving the u.s. marine corp. facilities and operations from the japanese island to guam. witnesses including officials from the pentagon, u.s. officials, and the navy. this is just over an hour and a half. >> good afternoon, and we're calling this meeting of the readiness subcommittee to order. several of my members will be coming in in a few minutes, so just to let the witnesses know, they are in other meetings right now in subcommittees that are overlapping, and also, we expect to have a vote probably at about 2:30, so we may break briefly and go to that vote. we want to welcome our witnesses here. we think this is going to be a crucial hearing for us on our readiness in the pacific region. we have three witnesses th

electric company since the loss in san bruno commission's proposed fine would not be issued until pacific gas and electric company has a chance to defend themselves and that would be a hearing on monday the of what the allegations are that they failed to comply fully. >> mark: the government's star witness took a stand in the barry bonds perjury trial saying that he was ordered to researched the effects of steroids. he also says he saw the home and king's personal trainer leave this spring attaining bedroom with a syringe. he testified the use of the to disappear once or twice at each sperm training. -- spring training. >> darya: we'll be right

she does not have a history of provi people at the california pacific and davis campus. the answer here is a development agreement that is very specific and as you saw in the pact that she gave you, there is an example that very specific about the amount of money, overtime, devoted and i would suggest that this commission, planning commission, when you approve the entitlements, you have a specific development agreement that embodies all of our recommendations that we have been working with this hospital on for three years. we have had far more than three hearings. it has been six. it is wonderful to hear these people again pointing out the good things that cpmc has done and the areas where they have come up short and i think it is a real issue in the tenderloin that people in the tenderloin are not going to feel comfortable going to this massive hospital like they do feel comfortable going to st. luke's. st. frances, rather. you see that result in the charts barbara garcia provided. i would like to see. if -- cpmc match that level of care in their emergency room and i do

due to this location, called the pacific ring of fire. and quakes are pretty much a regular occurrence there. because of this, japan's building codes are some of the most strict in the world. those codes were reformed and strengthened after an earthquake in 1995. that caused major damage in the city of kobe. >>> as you can imagine, we have teams working around the globe on this story. we'll have complete coverage on a special edition of "good morning america" coming up >>> welcome back, everybody, to "america this morning." as you can see there, we are following a major international story this morning. overnight, shortly after 1:00 a.m. eastern time, 2:46 p.m. local time in japan, a major earthquake struck the northeastern part of that country and has now triggered a major tsunami that's washing away boats, cars, homes, businesses. the extent of the damage and the death toll is rising at this point. but still unknown, as we begin to finally get glimpses in the coming hours, if not days. the extent of the damage and destruction being done

and pacific territories as the concerns arise overexposure. the epa are the monitors radiation throughout the area that measures levels of air, and drinking water, milk, rain. officials with the u.s. nuclear regulatory commission says they do not expect tomfoolery these and levels to affect japan. it was nearly one week ago. it is expected to climb over 10,000 people within 450 thousand people staying in shelters. as you can see in this video it is cold, snowing in japan. >> reporter: falling the latest headlines just in at the japan, first the radiation force a hospital to evacuate some 100 older patients. 14 did not survive. it is taking a very hard to call on the elderly in japan. at least 20 people have fallen ill due to possible radiation contamination. 19 injured, two missing. also with the japanese government has warned that a massive power fire earlier--power failure is possible. the u.s. military is now collecting donations for families in japan. >> mark: bay area weather and traffic. now, here is a look at the weather. >> james: this

news though is that as a lot depends on the weather the wind is now going in the direction of the pacific ocean but from what we know from other in the planet x. rays in case of an explosion inside one of the reactors at the fukushima plant the radiation would be spreading in waves and these part of russia this region is the closest to japan the coral islands for example are some two hundred miles away from from fukushima people here are closely monitoring the situation and agassi's the first group. also partly because shame accidents were shown on their t.v. . literally can't believe their eyes that all this was happening in such of the city on saturday they'd been trying to call the emergences ministry the line was always busy to find out whether there is any threat to their health and what preventive measures could be taken citing from where they could gather these characters to measure radiation levels for themselves to anding up to wine. bottles of red wine to prepare themselves for a possible. radioactive emissions but still a lot of runs out of people and the reaction has been diff

the qdr addresses training in the pacific. general, can you describe the current training in this region and are there any efforts by paycom to lead a comprehensive approach to develop a truly effective solution to training issuing in the future? >> thank you, ma'am. there is an effort on the part of dacom to start an eis which i think the funding is in the current year's budget that would address wholisticly to address paycom across the pacific region, excuse me there. so i think that addresses partially the issues on guam. we've discussed the sighting of ranges of guam and the need of individual training in terms of small arms and those issues and where the broader degrees of training could be conducted throughout the -- throughout the theater. one of our prime considerations, though, as we have discussed is that we maintain ready forces throughout our region. we think that's critical as a deterrence aspect so it's very important at the combat and commanders level we're able to train our marines, soldiers, airmen across thei

in recent years, the patient population of pacific has grown a lot. we now serve 200 to 350 patients every meal. we need to install more grills, a steamer to do the job. as union shop steward, we have asked cpmc to upgrade the equipment, but they cannot because the kitchen does not have the necessary ventilation to support the new equipment. as a result, food service workers struggle to serve food on time to patients. in the last four months, we had to make food trays 1300 times because food was too cold to eat by the time it reached the patient. that does not make patience happy at all. as food service workers, we pride ourselves on delivering good, healthy meals to help patients heal their index. i believe with the new cathedral held project, we can do so more consistently. as a union shop steward, i will make sure to meet with the management regularly to ensure that we do that. we have formed a food and nutrition committee to review the issue regarding the food- service department to provide the best for our patients. please do not allow an opportu

crescent city 7:23 pacific standard time san francisco 8:08. latest from the tsunami warning center. once again it's a tsunami watch for california which of course includes the bay area coastal communities once again estimated time of arrive crescent city 7:23. san francisco 8:08 tomorrow mornin morning. >> as you have said this is no time to be heading to the coast to see what is going to happen. >> absolutely not. this is a time to get away from the beaches. get away from the low lying areas and obviously listen to your local emergency officials. this is a time to get out of the water. tsunami are series of waves takes hours in some instances to arrive here and this is the estimated time of arrival giving you an idea as to how long it may take before the waves arrive and obviously they monitor sea level changes and warning center west coast warning center but it could be a matter of hours or minutes. they are not exactly precise. these are estimated times so just get away from the water if anywhere near it. >> all right sandy thanks very much

countries across the pacific region including russia's far east are on tsunami alerts but the threat appears to be fading with hawaii reporting no major damage. in other news more violent clashes rock libya is colonel gadhafi forces push the rebels back the e.u. says it's not ruling out a military option now increasing fears of a possible intervention. leaving its eight pm you're watching r.t. my name is kevin owen here in moscow and one main story dominating the news tonight the northeast of japan has been slammed by a major tsunami following the biggest earthquake in its history at least ninety five people are reported dead but that figure appears very conservative the real number looks likely to be many many more for example police say hundreds of bodies have been found drowned in the city of sendai the capital of the worst hit region the eight point nine magnitude quake off the eastern coast unleashed ten metre high waves which reached miles inland causing huge damage aftershocks are continuing tonight in japan tokyo was brought to its. still paralyzing the capital's transit syst

it's been surging across the pacific. it hit at 2:40 in the afternoon in japan local time and it's been working towards the west coast ever since across the pacific. folks in hawaii are bracing for it. let's listen a little longer. >> are there any shores similar to waikiki where we would see that as well? >> oh, i'm sure there are. but i don't know, i guess at this point it's not much sense in trying to figure out what's going to could we know something's coming. just wait and see what it is. we keep talking about the wave heights and six feet, eight feet and all this. and it's just impossible, you know? you know something's out there. there's some energy coming. and we'll have to just see how it translates at different beaches and coastal areas. 3:07. we are waiting to hear from our friends on kauai if the waves make it onshore. we are in touch with several hotels out there. these cams are not especially close to the ocean. so i'm not sure we are going to see anything here. it's all we have to look at. >> where are we l

the pacific, north american, your region, and philippine. when these plates grind together, the friction can trigger an earthquake like the one that struck japan on friday afternoon local time. there are many potential sources of this version of around the pacific rim. this area is of the ring of fire because of a number of active volcanoes along these tectonic boundaries. 90% of the world's earthquakes occur there, with japan situated in the danger zone. >> all right, we're joined by a member of the german research center for it geosciences. what can we expect in the next few hours? are we talking about more aftershocks? of course, we had the tsunami. >> the tsunami is moving in already hit taiwan, indonesia, hawaii, and already off the coast of oregon and parts of california. so far, the significant destruction has been reported from these tsunamis. i think it is safe to expect that along the coast of the pacific, we do not have to expect too strong destruction that all. however, japan is completely different. we will have to expect very s

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total number of pacific bordering countries on alert earlier today, 52.of countries now sending aid to the japanese, 45 and counting. likelihood one of the wealthiest, switzerland, will ever see a tsunami, zero. 1,000, roughly the number of calls to the state department from americans worried about friends and relatives in japan. number of americans known to be dead from the quake, zero. number of questions president obama took today on the earthquake, three. number that concerned the damage fukushima nuclear power plant, two. 700, percentage increase in radiation reported outside the plant as staff worked to decrease the pressure inside. 55, number of nuclear power plants in japan overall. 11, numbers shut down today because of the earthquake. question mark, number of days much of japan will be in the dark. the earth's rotation sped up today from the kick it got from the earthquake, 1.6 micro seconds. the length of time the first quake lasted, two minutes. what that equals in microseconds, 120 million, which is why it must have felt like forever. >> sadl

will be spreading plenty of snow across the pacific northwest. so british columbia, canada looking at 15 centimeters of snow and also across the great lakes looking at significant snowfall again. now, further to the south, things are going to be severe here. winds are strong. looking at the threat for severe thunderstorms, tornados not out of the question and do watch out for damaging winds as well as large hail in louisiana and also mississippi. now, all of that precipitation then heads toward the eastern third of the country. we've already had reports -- numerous reports of minor flooding in the region along the mississippi valley and also in the northeast due to the recent rainfall and the snow mount. as that precipitation heads to the eastern third of the country that's going to be raising the flooding risks here as well. we've got 15 in atlanta today. 28 in miami. 21 in houston. and 25 in los angeles today. now, we head in to europe where we starting to see that frontal system beginning to slide in to central europe today. so that will be br

pacific gas and electric company is the first to testify. school cuts are looming for to bay area cities we'll tell you why officials said some layoffs could be prevented. as surprising confession by the couple accused of kidnapping and holding jaycee lee dugard captive for nearly 18 years. bad >> james >> james: we're tracking the storm, with a green expected tonight. we'll break it down in a minute. >> erica: starting this morning offering with no hot spots complete check of your bridges straight ahead. >> will: the latest on the investigation to december in a gas line explosion pacific gas and electric company is expected to the first to testify before the national transportation safety board in a public hearing and the sea. there will also release thousands of cases of documents from the blast that killed eight people destroying 38 homes. there will include lab tests, stay with kron4 for the latest on the december a gas line explosion. --similar in a gas line explosion. a very nervous morning for anyone working at any school in the state

territories in the pacific. let me repeat that: we do not expect harmful levels of radiation to reach the west coast, hawaii, alaska, or u.s. territories in the pacific. we've also deployed some of our leading experts to help contain the damage at japan's nuclear reactors. we're sharing with them expertise, equipment, and technology so that the courageous responders on the scene have the benefit of american teamwork and support. >>darya: president barack obama is saying that the u.s. needs to learn from it that japan increases. there are more than 100 nuclear reactors in the u.s.. they provide 20 percent of our electricity. >>mark: we will be right back. coming up, and announced that for the beta breakers. >>darya: data breakers is not until may. it is already sold out. you cannot to get an entry form any more. this is the first time this has happened. you're looking at two months before the race on may 15th. they have announced that all of the spots are taken. you are supposed to get one of the spots but they a

all the way across the pacific in our way. energy has to go somewhere and as you approach the coastline it starts to run into the very shallow waters. and so that start to give some of lift to the moisture and moves it onshore and you will see wave after wave. what you will see is you will see that initial wave begin to make its way onshore. you will probably see that water recede. don't go out toward the water then, folks. that's when we'll likely see another surge of that moisture and that's the when a lot of people of get killed from tsunamis. they think hey this is neat i have never seen the water out this far and they go out to check it out and the next wave gets them. >> it just keeps coming t lose a little steam going the thousands of miles from hawaii to here, though, does it not? >> it attenuates and disperses when it goes across the pacific. that's why the projections for hawaii are larger than here. as you watch in japan, of course, they had a much larger tsunami there. so not as big here but still dangerous. this i

welcome to our viewers across the nation, including the pacific time zone. today we begin with rebels in retreat. opposition forces in libya are in flight once again including the key port of ras lanuf, following a barrage of rockets by moammar gadhafi's forces. meanwhile, secretary of state hillary clinton and defense secretary robert gates are expected to get tough questions today as they brief congress on the mission in libya. steve handelsman has more. >> reporter: as the u.s. role in the libyan air war gets smaller and nato gets set to take over command, moammar gadhafi is not giving up or getting out. his forces counter attack, pushing libyans back, targeting civilians in rebel-held towns. >> gadhafi is using snipers to shoot people down and let them bleed to death in the street. >> reporter: at secretary of state clinton's meeting with u.s. allies in london, topic one was the dictator. qatar's prime minister. >> we urge gadhafi and his people to leave and not to cause any more bloodshed. >> reporter: but so far, it's the libyan leader's call and he sa