it is an honor to serve with the three other asian-pacific islander members of the board

it shows rain in the pacific northwest. an active pacific but the to trajectory of all that activity moving into northern california. so we're in good shape. it stays to the north. but it shifts out over the next 36 to 48 hours just a little bit. that's awful it takes to drop temperatures down. instead of 70s and mid-70s like we might see this time of year because of the proximity of the jet stream and the moisture of the cloud cover, looks like we'll see temp temperatures in the 60s the next couple of days. still very nice much like today. the moisture is still going to move north. that's when temperatures will really start to increase. we'll see mid-70s. maybe some low 80s by the weekend. as you look at these temperatures note that we're going to be dealing with certainly increased pollen counts. we have noticed tree pollens are obviously trending medium

a migs day will in the pacific northwest. a little chilly this morning, but it this afternoon will be your reward. overall all all in then's trav won't see any problems it at the airports. saturday a little bit of shower activity in medford. sacramento, a 30% chance, also. still remaining cool in much of coastal california. valleys looking mice. and nice. and easter, a new storm system moves in.nice. nice. and easter, a new storm system moves in. if you're watching us on kgw news channel 8 portland, see plants and animals native to pacific shores including sea lions and otters at steller cove at the oregon zoo and that's your pacific event of the day. >> is that otter doing the backstroke? >> you've never seen that? >> beautiful. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. there are very few sure things in hollywood, but it seems tyler perry's madea franchise may be one of them. perry runs as a sassy grandmother in madea's big happy family. it will come out on top this easter weekend with an expected $

three months later, michael kirby returned to pacific and the tigers' starting lineup. the team's missing center, michael nunnally, returned the following fall. as for steffan johnson? three months after he was expelled from pacific for sexual assault, he was given a full scholarship to the university of idaho. head coach don verlin told a local newspaper he recruited johnson after talking to the associate head coach from pacific, ron verlin, who just happens to be his twin brother. >> barry brennan: unbelievable to sit there and say "oh, wow. okay, well, we can use a guy like that. oh, he has a sexual assault and has been found guilty?" how in the hell do you end up at another university within three months? >> couric: beckett brennan and her family are not giving up. they sued the school for violating her civil rights. last fall, a judge ruled against them, and the brennans are now appealing that ruling. >> welcome to the cbs sports update presented by viagra. at the slow lair row texas open today, in only his 12th start, graham steele wins his first pga tour champion

that system is way ahead in the pacific.'s check your ride with george. >> george: no hotspot, no problems and a choir ride. look at the bay bridge, westbound it's an easy commute on all the approaches no back about of the maze. freeway looks good. light traffic at the heart. san mateo, our camera at the toll plaza very light traffic, that's the westbound or commute direction of richard san mateo. golden gate, 101 a little fog again this morning think fully what we had yesterday did not account for any delays. marks? speak-e thank you, the faa is spending another controller and a manager as well. the controller was reportedly watching a dvd. he was watching the movie cleaner for more than five minutes. there follows at least five cases of controllers falling asleep. all eyes on wall street stock futures are pointed lower once again. he has hinted that is coming out as well. yes and stocks closed- the were cited in the month. the dow was down a hundred and 40 after being down over 200. the s&p down 15 the nasdaq dropped. >> j

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

a decision on whether not to outsource its fire department -- pat storiestop st >> justine: what pacific gas and electric company is telling people in the not to expect. >> james: as i phone users no service in san francisco is spotty at best. we will tell you about a new upgrade. >> live, from the bay area's news station, this is the kron 4 morning news. >> justine: did tuesday morning, a live look from our roof camera -- good. a quick check on our weather and traffic. >> louisa: storm tracker, no rain, that is how will he keep it. pretty good looking forecast. stay tuned. >> erica: golden gate, traffic is flowing freely, strong wind advisory. overnight construction for another, the details coming up. >> james: thank you, new details this morning, san carlos city council voted late last night unanimously not to outsource its fire department. opting to have other options. reggie kumar was there and has more. >> reporter: the city council unanimously approved the fire operations. many people were opposed to a private company taking over fire operations. many of the people help these signs

in 1895, more than a hundred years ago, -- opened at what is now our pacific campus. we have been with san francisco through thick and thin. in the late 1890's, the california campus created a contagious cottage before there was treatment for diseases like it. and tuberculosis. st. luke's was one of the pioneers in the use of radiation therapy to treat cancer. for many years, are pediatricians struggled against discourage of polio including the development of some of the most advanced treatments at the time. we remember the days when the davies' campus was a place where some many young men and people of color came for treatment. we have a system of care as represented here. this does not mean more important, it means more acute. that includes outpatient care and the blue services. we provide a comprehensive set of services to the residence of san francisco. this is no longer just delivered in hospitals, this is delivered in thousands of offices and clinics. if we looking more details about what we provide for outpatient care, you can see not only physician offices but

only rainy spot around boise and just a chance of showers in the pacific northwest. again, not a rainy all day event, just showers up and down the west coast. but only 48 and chilly in 60s. flagstaff, beautiful, 68. >>> wednesday forecast coming up. >> all right, bill, thank you. >>> also coming up, wall street idles, and a scrub surface for your internet reputation. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. plus the showbiz world buzzes over rumors of a new heavy weight couple. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. libyan evacuees say pro gadhafi forces are staging a massacre in the sieged city of misrata with the army using tanks and snipers against residents. that comes as a government spokesman says the regime is ready to discuss political reform. however, he insists colonel gadhafi, who waved to supporters outside his tripoli compound last night, has to stay. >>> in a major policy reversal, the obama administration now says it will pros

still the moisture feed come ofç the pacific.'re in the 50s, but that chance of rain will continue along the northwest coast. well, if you are watching us on kntv nbc 11 in california's bay area, look through the lens at an american west photographed before 19th century development at pick touring modernity at the san francisco modern museum of art in san francisco. that's our pacific event of the day. >> bill, thank you. >>> a look at entertainment. with ticket sales at the box office sharply down, this weekend, a family film came to the rescue, "hop," a combined action animation comedy about a rabbit who will one day be the easter bunny took the number one spot coming in well above expectations with $38 million. >>> source code collected $15 million in second place, and in third the horror film "insidious" with better than expected $13.5 million. after a ram belling charlie sheen was booed, heckled, and abandoned by an audience in his first tour show saturday night in detroit. last night in chicago sheen went to a talk show for

we are back and forth if the pregnant mother is on the pacific and. last year, we had a crisis with h1n1 in our maternal area. somehow we avoided deaths. but that scared the heck out of us. we really need to be able to combine maternity services and intensive care support at one hospital, which is why despite having the women's and children's hospital equivalent at the california campus i now feel strongly we need to combine those services so that we can have the backup for our mothers. secondly, in a point that was sort of brought out tonight, much of general care, including maternity care, is very local. you go to the hospital that is near where you live. we are in presidio heights. we have a lot of patience from that area. as we move our facilities to the tenderloin, i think we will naturally become the site of service for most of that community. that has happened throughout the city. thank you very much. president olague: i am going to call some more names. [names are called] if a culture name, please come to the microphone. -- if we called your n

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

at this point in time, we would have to go back to the union pacific. there's a union pacific representative in the audience that would be capable of responding to this. we would have to go to them to request an extension. at that point, depending on their ability to extend would determine our ability to provide that extension through the facilitation agreement. supervisors chu: it sounds to me that there is an agreement currently in place until the end of may. should there not be action taken at this point, you would have to request an extension of those rates? >> correct. supervisors chu: let me ask another question to the department. with regards to the franchise agreement, i understand the distinction between the landfill contract and the distinction between transportation, which i think is important. just speaking a little bit about the conversation about franchise agreements, can you talk a little bit about -- i know this is more the subject of what the lafco study was about, but what was in other agreements? when i read the lafco report, some thi

it was taken from fort berry to the pacific coast dream machine show. it will be on display from 10:00 to 4:00. the vintage missile can knock down a enemy plane. >>> and problems with the endeavor hydraulic system forced nasa to delay the shuttle. that did not stop president obama and first lady meeting with the crew. they met with congresswoman gabreille giffords who was wounded. but at cape canaveral for the launchh today . the obama's flew to florida after touring the torn turnover damage. >> the coast guard's largest ship captured picture was cutter heely. the 420 foot long vessel is an ice breaker. ♪ today also brought a change in the helm at the heely. captain beverly took control . heely is on the job breaking ice in the arctic ocean . >> san francisco officials are going on the offensive against greece. they went door to door to inform merchant about a new disposal ordinance for used grease and oil. it cost three and half million to repair. there will be new disposal requirements. >>> and construction on the transit center in san francisco is fo

northwest and way out in the pacific. look at all that cold air that is moving our way by mid-week. our forecast for this sunday is pretty nice. mostly sunny. a few high clouds. daytime highs in the upper 60s. low 70s. coast temperatures will be in the upper 50s. san mateo a high of 65. no flight delays and san francisco airport due to weather 64 downtown san francisco. north bay temperatures, just a little bit warmer. we get a light offshore wind, 72 in santa rosa. napa valley coming in at 72. 67 in hayward. east bay locations will also be in the upper 60s and low 70s. monterey bay, 65. 66 in santa cruz. 72 degrees. warmer monday, tuesday cooling off and clouds come in. rain will return and winter that won't let go. >>> we recently aired a report about a san francisco man that raised some eyebrows. michael finney is clarifying the story and putting it in proper context. >> our report focused on concerns on the death of his brother. born just 13 months apart they had been inseparable. >> we do everything together. we're v

we are here with supervisor farrell from district2, which includes the marina, pacific heights, st. cliff, and the neighborhoods surrounding the presidio. supervisor farrell started his first term this january, so he is new to the board. we will get to know him and talk about the toughest issues facing the city. welcome, supervisor. thank you for joining us. tell us about your background -- where you grew up, went to school, the kind of jobs you have worked. >> i am a born and raised san franciscan, first and foremost. very proud of that. i am also a born and raised district 2 residents. i grew up close to the palace of fine arts. my parents still live in the same set of flats i grew up in. i went to grammar school at stuart hall in district 2. i went to high school in st. ignatius. i'm a very proud wildcat. i went to college at loyola marymount college in los angeles. i had a scholarship to play baseball down there. ended up going to ireland and getting a master's degree at university college dublin. came back to the states and went to law school at the university of pennsylvania.

so as we just heard almost twelve thousand tons of radioactive water dumped into the pacific and continue to be done to the government saying this won't pose a threat to people all the environment is that accurate. i disagree i mean they had no choice but the radiation a releasing into the water will get absorbed by the fish and i'm sure they'll be quarantined fishing within the within the area to prevent. human consumption and when you talk about the nuclear waste mean absorbed by by marine life there in the pacific let's talk about the pacific concerns here because if nuclear waste gets into the global oceanic currents what are the world wide implications that oughta be aware of. well do you know it's called by a look humiliation and what'll happen is the radioactivity they're releasing is going to be absorbed by the ground and the grasses and then the little fish and the bigger fish. so as you get up the food chain those fish swim much further so you know you could be hundreds of miles away from fukushima and a case of fish there was that there was feeding at the edge fukushima so i do

as radiation floods the pacific, the fish we eat are about to begin their yearly swim from japan, straight to the u.s. >>> and great white fright. jaws goes surfing just feet from where kids were playing on shore. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm mike marusarz, in for rob nelson. >> and i'm peggy bunker. less than 70 hours and counting until a threatened government shutdown, which could delay some tax returns. >> the president will likely ono summon lawmakers back to the white house today. working towards an agreement before the witching hour, which comes friday at midnight. >>> and emily schmidt is now tracking each development from washington. good morning, emily. >> reporter: peggy and mike, good morning to you. president obama says he will summon the key budget negotiators back to the white house today and tomorrow, if that's what it takes to reach a budget deal. but after yesterday's meeting at the white house, democrat harry reid says he is not optimistic about reaching an agreement. though this year's budget still doesn't have a bottom line, president obama says it soon could. >> we

it happened at the bank of the west on pacific pacific avenue. officers thought the luggage might be explosive, to police closed off the block and recrowdded traffic. while the bomb squad was working, grant anderson of santa cruz wandered up and asked about his suggest suitcases. police allowed him to get hit bag and then arrested him for trespassing. he has a history ofber fearing with interfering with business in the area. >>> capitola is back open for business. crews removed mud and debris from streets and sidewalks. business owners hope the weather today will attract visit you'res. this mobile home park was nearly destroyed. officials are working to replace a sex of the fight -- a section of the pipe before more showers are forecast. >> another peninsula city is doing away with its police force. half moon bay city leaders met to decide whether to contract out their police force. they have little crime, and the police force has seen its budget slashed by 20% to pay a legal settlement. they're not the only city with this situation. san carlos m

exception in the pacific northwest. if you are waking up and need to grab your umbrella from medford to portland and seattle, boise, salt lake city a chance for shower or thunderstorm today. south of there fine. you look great in southern california, nevada and arizona the next two days in a row. >>> if you're watching us on kiem news channel 3 eureka, california. see photos of abandoned schools in remote settings. learn about the history at more is gray museum of art. >>> an early look at entertainment. paris hilton had a scary run-in with someone she labeled quote a psycho intruder. police arrested a man who tried to grab hilton's boyfriend as the couple arrived at a courthouse to testify against a break-in suspect. the man is being held on $20,000 bail. >>> katie holmes' $50 million lawsuit against "star" magazine for suggesting she had a drug problem has been settled. the tabloid publisher will make a substantial charity donation on holmes' behalf and issue a rare apology on "star's" cover. >>> here's the first phot

it's not even that rainy in the pacific northwest. just a slight chance of showers today. our 48 hour rainfall totals, this isn't a lot. maybe a half inch at most as we go throughout the next 48 hours. mostly in the mountains. just shower activities for a lot of the cities from medford, portland, northward. forecast for today, there's the showers from seattle to portland. further to the south, sunny and still warm. we could be near 100 today in phoenix, but a little cooler there in l.a. san diego, you're looking great along with vegas. you could use the pool for the first time this year. thatdown through the west coast. of course weekend forecast coming up. >> and in the meantime you're saying 100 degree temperatures. that sounds like an april fool's joke in some places. >> it was in yuma, yesterday, i. >> wall street ends march like a lion, the price of oil roars upwards and one of the most expensive homes. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. the easter bunny's son may just get more attention this weekend than his famous father. >>> coming up, openin

great problem in this traffic, especially when this big and huge hospital which is the california pacificical center is going to be built. i know if this were built in our neighborhood it is going to create a huge traffic in our district. so, i would like to request that

all kinds of debris swept up by the tsunami even houses and cars are now floating the pacific and slowlyg our way to the coast. now more from tokyo. >> enormous chunks of towns washed out to sea are now being floating in open waters. sailors from the u.s. navy seventh fleet say they've never seen anything like it. houses and cars bobbing in the ocean are a threat to shipping traffic. >> it stretches 500 miles across the pacific, like new york all the way to michigan and it's headed straight to the united states. >> it will move with a powerful current called the north pacific gyra carrying 200,000 destroyed buildings. they say a year from now we'll see things that easily float, boats and children's toys, two years out, fishing supplies and nets will come ashore. three years, shoes, plastic furniture and even entire dining stets. sat reminders of a disaster so enormous, parts of japan will finally come to rest half a world away. >> eric: secretary reports gate is in iraq today on the eve of the eighth anniversary the fall of baghdad. he says the united states could extend troop presence b

my 91-year-old mother jenny was a patient at cal pacific medical center. if the ambulance was 10 minutes later she would have been dead. she has a language disability and they could not understand what the problem was but the doctors are smart and figured it out. she is a p with the help of the doctors and their professionalism and they took care of her and now she is stable and she recovered so i just want to say i hope you support rebuilding the project. thank you. >> thank you. >> wait for you to reset. >> good evening, commissioners. i'm eric brooks. i'm here representing the san francisco green party and the local grassroots organization. our city, as you know, and in strong opposition to this plan, as it is currently before you. so what we need to talk about is the actual meeting the true meaning of earthquake safety and hospitals. we need to remember back first of all in the 1906 earthquake, that it was not the failure of buildings that was the issue. it was the failuror water systems and the failure of access to transportation, especially of our em

mary's, california pacific medical centers, the old presbyterian hospital's, kaiser hospital. i know this is really breathtakingly exciting. i'm sorry it is so slow. ucsf picked up mount zion. and, of course, san francisco general hospital and chinese hospital. showing up here in a minute. what does it cost? you will have other people talk to you about this. you already cited this i think pretty well known fact that both the most consolidated and most expensive of the counties in our state. again, just to emphasize the point, hospitals are paid $7,349 per patient per day on average compared with los angeles county, not necessarily an inexpensive place to live or work, where the figure is $4,389 per day on average. supervisor chiu: i'm sorry, before you move on on that, that is a pretty stunning figure. could you talk about the various explanations for that? >> tried to explain that? a lot of other people will be talking about that. supervisor chiu: great. thank you. i would say certainly, the question of consolidation and public control over health care costs is an important i

he will then attend a private dinner in pacific heights. $38,000 a plate fundraiser. the cost is raising eyebrows but those in the neighborhood don't seem to be bothered. he matter their political affiliation. >> some people would enjoy it. it would be nice.

it is easy for me to call the pacific campus and get the medication. if it were a separate hospital, a small hospital, it is very hard to pull that off. i am happy to say that cpmc makes it easy to pull off. the rely on each other to make the best medicine available to residents of san francisco. some looks sees a lot of low- income patients. st. luke's is cpmc. it opens its doors to the community. thank you. president olague: our next speakers -- president tierney: our next speakers. >> thank you for the opportunity to speak. i have been an x-ray tech at st. luke's campus for over 20 years. when i first started there, i was a technologist working a couple days a week. it did not take long to realize this was a place i wanted to work. i feel that our patients and my co-workers are family, and everybody is treated like that. as the lead tech in the breast health center, a work with a number of clinics and community groups such as celebes health center, mission neighborhood health center, the lifting of breast cancer agency, and the lyon-martin clinic. f

brown, what is very important, having cal pacific become a center of excellence in san francisco. there was a lot of talk about community tonight. the community for me is it is a big community. 805,000 resident departments and hundreds of thousands. on any given day who are tourists or visitors here or commuters coming in here for work and also 30% of people who come to cal pacific from outside san francisco and that's also the case for other fine hospitals. i think a of the 6,500 jobs are because we are a regional center. we have to continue the splens. we have to rebuild a new facility and new facilities -- there are centers that people continue to come from long distances because the care is superior as are the facilities. one other thing, i just wanted to add about the consolidation. i think it is important, as was pointed out by a couple of physicians who testify in cases of where there is urgent care needed, sometimes it is important that the services all be in the same place. there were concerns expressed about the seismic quote. there are going to be seismic issues no matt

the move is in response to toxic water spilling into the pacific ocean from damaged fukushima nuclear power plant. the plant was damaged when the tsunami hit last month, causing radiation to leak. samples of water had in the pacific ocean there have tested as high as 7.5 million times the legal limit for radioactive iodine. the plant owner says the levels fluctuate dramatically and that radiation dissipates quickly when it touches the salt water. and that it should have no impact on the environment. however, some country have still banned imports from japan. >>> the oakland police department and east bay spca are working together to train officers in how to better handle encounters with animals. today, opd released a 90-minute dvd to show the public how the department plans to deal with confrontations with pets. this comes after a couple high-profile shootings where police shot and killed animal these came in contact with. >> we want to teach them the physical skills that they have to evaluate what is animal doing what is animal behavior and what steps can we take to control the anima

out in the pacific we have several systems headed our way which will not only cloud assault and coolest down, but also give us a chance of the sprinkles or two for sunday. we have to get a check of your morning ride to george. >>george: hot spot free ride from the bay area, a project at the bay bridge ride westbound. traffic is moving well no delays. no metering lights yet. the san mateo bridge commute an easy one with traffic lighter than usual. the golden gate bridge ride 101 southbound

precious metals prices transnet this trading read on news i think belongs to the pacific oil pipeline. despite a slight decline on monday the russian currency still remains its high and its high against the dollar believes several factors other countries are sectors of the country's economy would benefit from a proper strengthening of the ruble. as for stronger wills i was a bit well actually this is not true bill strong strong is the u.s. currency is very weak so if you look at the baskets of dollar in europe so the change is not so significant of course it will high all prices is very supportive and severe strengthening the ruble there's no doubt of this but still we think that before the new boats to save five percent or strengthening of ruble about five percent is not really bad for russia and talking about the circus which will benefit from ruble strengthening your bets is definitely consumers and especially retailers so you will see further strengthening your frugal will be absolutely

now and then, at the museum of history pacific event of the day there.efore make up and after makeup. before and after. >> okay, i'll go with that one there, bill. >> natalie portman has gone to vegetarian for the sake of her unborn baby. she said her body was telling her to have eggs and dose want to know what sex the baby is saying jewish superstition. >> witherspoon says quote sometimes i will sit in my car and cry because i can't get out. once one of the richest couples in england, now ozzie and sharon osbourne oh the u.s. in back taxes and face losing one of their homes. >>> comics stolen over a decade ago from nicholas cage, wants it back. but first claims goes to the insurance company that paid him off for that. >> can you imagine owning a $1 million economic bocomic book a having it stolen? >> i'm sure, i think of him more as owning cars not comic books but hey. >> i think maybe bad movies. >> and this coming to us from channel 2 in alaska where on nearby spy island discovery of the new world stopped a mama and her cubs in her tracks. in between

as will i-90, 84 and the in the pacific northwest. the interstates through midwest will be wet and windy. highways will be dry in the northeast and southwest. >> if you are flying, possible delays in seattle, memphis, chicago, kansas city, atlanta and san francisco. >>> in western tennessee today, heavy rain and threat of tornadoes could hamper the search for a 20-year-old nursing student. >> holly bobo went missing. her mother called 911 to say he saw a man dressed in camouflage, dragging her from the family carport into the woods. hundreds of people have come out to look for her on foot and horseback and on atvs. her parents are heartbroken. >> i want her back. >> i want to tell her i love her. for her to call us, please, in any way she can get in touch with us, whatsoever. >> well, holly bobo's cousin is country singer, whitney duncan. she recently tweeted, lord, have mercy. i feel like i'm walking in a nightmare, a sentiment their whole town now shares. >>> we have a sad update to the story of the mom who drove her minivan full of

if you are not familiar, we currently have a california campus and a pacific campus, and the plan is to build a bigger campus and consolidate those services into one larger hospital at the old cathedral hill spa on van ness, and that is going to have a huge impact, both in terms of the neighborhood in district 2, not only the new campus, but what happens to the pacific and california campus. also, is a huge job creator. we're making sure to do it in a way to we have every constituent buy into the project, create a ton of new jobs, and move forward with a health care system that benefits all of us. otherwise, some of the other issues coming up -- francisco reservoir in russian hill is going to be an issue that comes up. we have a huge project on doyle drive that is getting finished in the next couple of years. we need to make sure we wanted to the impacts. it is going to be a big deal. after leaving here, i am going down there with the mayor and the head of our department of transportation to really make sure we understand exactly what is happening at this point in time in the project

at fukushima in air above the united states and similarly once you done fis nuclear waste into the pacific it's going to start showing up elsewhere in the pacific and it's going to potentially damage other fisheries and other industries that rely on a clean pacific this is an unacceptable thing for the japanese government to be doing is the government out of control is the part of operate out of control with this crisis now. well i think the situation unfortunately at the reactors is actually quite out of control you know now news is coming out today that levels of radiation in the sea right there at the reactor site are seven point five million times beyond regulatory limits the fact is that tepco does not have the situation under control and i really think that they're dumping this nuclear waste into the ocean because they don't want to pay to retain it and to deal with it otherwise and that's unacceptable we know that russia has been asked to help or should more help of come from the international community in the post few weeks. i mean it's quite clear that this is an international dis

all kinds of debris swept up by the tsunami, even houses and cars are now floating in the pacific oceang their way to our coast. here is more from tokyo. >> enormous chunks of entire towns washed out to sea by the tsunami are now being floating in open waters. the navy says they have never seen anything like that, houses, cars even tractor-trailers bobbing in the ocean is a threat to shipping traffic. >> the debris field is massive, stretching as much as 500 miles across the pacific. it's headed straight for the united states. >> it will move with a powerful current called the north pacific gyra carrying 200,000 destroyed buildings toward washington, oregon and then california. they say a year from now we'll see things that easily float. >> boats and plastic children's toys. two years out, fishing supplies and nets will come ashore. after three years, shoes, plastic furniture and even entire dining stets. >> sad reminders of a disaster so enormous, parts of japan will finally come to rest half a world away. >> eric: robert gates is in iraq today on this eve of the eighth anniversary of

steve richards, pacific gas and electric company and congresswomen jackie spirit hurled eight meetingain-held eight meetings. dozens of residents turned out to hear what actions pacific gas and electric company is taking to prevent another explosion. >> anyone who's in the pacific gas and electric company system should be very interested in what's happening in some remote. if they have one running to their neighborhood, they should fully be apprised of that. and, the issue of confidence in knowing that it is safe. >> james: the fed our roof reviewing the maps, reports, emergency plans. pacific gas and electric company has committed to testing more than two-thirds miles of its gas pipeline by october of this year. they've also reduced pressure and some of the alliance. >> justine: big story this morning, officer involved shooting, we have recruited just arrived we plan to have a live report to to get to the latest information might come back. james lick, san francisco, marne weather, traffic on the other side of th. >> justine: welcome back to the kron 4 news. 4:40 a.m. here is a look