if you are just joining us, there's a tsunami warning for all of the pacific rim. this includes northern california and all of the counties that you can hear my voice in with the exception probably of livermore and traci. but this is important information to get to you. so we continue to cover this. we'll take a short break and be back in just a minute. >>> welcome back to you. i'm scott mcgrew. you are looking at special coverage of nbc bay area news and the tsunami and earthquake in japan and the continued tsunami warning here in northern california. you are looking at a live picture of the bay bridge where everything is perfectly normal for now. let me read you the tsunami warning. it is a tsunami warning continues in effect for the coastal areas of california and oregon all the way to the washington/oregon border. we are expecting the tsunami such as it is to hit between 7:45 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. our time. the tsunami warning center has it pinpointed to 8:08, but we'll know so very much more as it hits hawaii. what does this mean to you? well, that's hard to say

there has been a tsunami warning for all territories on the pacific rim the region all the way to hawaii even as far as colombia and peru according to the pacific tsunami warning center well they the wave has also reached a russia's karylle islands to the north reportedly around a meter high but in japan you have a four meter high wave sweeping into the miyagi prefecture you have been looking throughout the day at dramatic pictures of water engulfing cars buildings and ships . now about two hundred people have reportedly been washed away several others missing on japan's sendai island that is a part of the coastal area that is closest to the epicenter of there are currently about fifty fires along the coastline about four million homes without power prime minister not the has been organizing an emergency response team to tackle the disaster according to of their reports they're having a bit of difficulty going to the quake hit areas because of the devastation communication is crippled the international airport is currently closed again that we heard a statement from russia's president dm

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 strong aftershocks in the next days, weeks, and even months ahead. as the rule of soup, you consider the largest aftershocks are usually larger than the main shock. we're talking about an 9.7 earthquake. given tha

[bell] parkmerced is very much within the pacific rim of fire. within walking diff -- distance. this is in your hands, mr. supervisors and lady muspervisors. [bell] president chiu: thank you very much. next speaker. > > i don't know how these work. president chiu: sfgtv will take care of it. >> oh -- i consider myself a model tenant. there were the communal dump sites, as you see before you. i continue to live here because it is the only place i can leav -- live in a single-family home. my objections are population tripling, single family houseing being irradicated, a loss of private garden character and living space, satellite parking lots would create an opportunity for more crime, particularly during nightfall. fool me once, shame on you. fool me twice, shame on me. president chiu: next speaker, please. >> i did not prepare any long speaches. i wonder if you have the answers. one question is ecological. i will have to live for 20 years with construction around me. do we know what the impact on the health of people? i have a big concern about financial security. right now, we

the country has a long history of battling with these forces in the pacific rim. >> in the distance, a first, terrifying sight of the huge wave surging inland. literally nothing can stop it. houses are just crushed. first came the earthquake, now the tsunami. this is a double disaster and even the large building in the fore ground is descroid in -- foreground is destroyed in an instant. according to this official, the waves did not decrease in size, they kept coming and the cycle lasted about an hour. japan is all too familiar with earthquakes. arch of theas dots -- each of these dots marks a quake. pr at this divide the highly active tech tomjanovich -- tectonic plates are active. a sudden jolt triggers the tsunami, lifting the ocean floor and the massive wall of sea water above it. >> all that mament -- amount of land has suddenly moved by several meters. that's an enormous amount of movement. it's an enormous amount of energy. >> the waves surgeryag cross the pacific led to a full alert. dozens of countries feared they would be devastated. but as each hour has passed and the tsuna

environmental protection agency says it is moving fort mobile radiation detectors around the pacific rim. there are already 12 air monitors including one each in san francisco, san jose, richmond and sacramento. now you can see the data from those monitors for yourself on the website. the site will require you to register. we have a link to it on our website at abc7news.com. just click on see it on tv. >>> again the u.s. government is chartering planes to get americans out of harm's way. they are advising all u.s. citizens to defer all nonessential travel to japan. one bay area student who evacuated got home today. lisa amin gulezian has the story. >> i haven't slept in two days. >> john shouldn't be here in his mill valley home, on his computer or even in his bedroom tonight. he should be in tokyo. he is one of 27 oregon university foreign exchange students studying abroad in japan. >> i received an e-mail at 4:30 in the morning, japan time. it was the day before yesterday. i was already packing one bag just in case and it said basically to evacuate japan and the spring tournament was c

. >>> and that fallout is not confined to the pacific rim. experts in massachusetts say they have found tiny amounts of radiation there in rain water on the atlantic coast but not nudge to be danger us. >>> and 32 years ago today the united states suffered its worst nuclear accident on three mile island. >> it changed profoundly the future of nuclear energy just as japan's diaster letter likely change it. >> reporter: the partial meltdown at three mile island back in 1979 had a crippling effect on the u.s. nuclear power program. since then not a single new plant has been ordered in the united states. that changed last year. president obama announced that his administration would put more than $8 billion in federal loan guarantees towards america's first nuclear power plant in 30 years. >> to meet our growing energy needs and to prevent the worst consequences of climate change, we'll need to increase supply of nu supply of nuclear power. >> reporter: in the quake of japan, president obama and experts have expressed confidence. they say u.s. po

response to japan's nuclear crisis the epa deployed an additional 40 radiation monitors around the pacific rim. one reason, it says is to reassure americans about their safety. the nuclear crisis has grown, so have worries among californians seeing what appears to be failing efforts at the plant. and experts tried to reassure people on this side of the pacific that they're not at risk. among them, a professor of environment health sciences at uc berkeley who has within been to chernyobl, specializing in radio activity. >> kit change in f.one of these catches on fire, another one and the nuclear fuel rods burned they'll be released of more material. surface level winds will be enough to take it to the distance. but that hasn't happened yet. >> to reach the california doctor, smith says would have to reach the jet stream, fires and explosions were not powerful enough to send them that high. >> senator boxer and feinstein calling for inspections of california's nuclear power plants. and they're questioning leadership of the regulatory commission during a hearing today on capitol hill. and to know

. >> this week, earthquake and tsunami in the pacific rim of fire. >> there is nothing radical were on american about holding these hearings. >> the controversial king hearings on muslims in america. >> i am afraid today's hearing may eventually raise suspicion of the muslim community, making us all less safe. >> in wisconsin, collective bargaining rights stripped from public workers. >> this is about the middle- class and doing it in a way to avoid massive tax increases and layoffs. >> in washington, congress tried to get its budget act together. >> we cannot keep on spending money we do not have. >> in libya, ragtag forces hand on. should the u.s. intervene? and npr's shoots itself in the foot again. >> it is time to push bird bird out of the nest. >> let me say at the outset we are putting this program together on friday just as we are getting the details on the earthquake and to none in japan. we do not have a lot to add except that modern science and technology have enabled officials in hawaii and the west coast of the u.s. to warn residents well in advance. as always, the u.s. na

thousands of miles, each of these quakes occurred on the ring of fire, a 25,000 mile line along the pacific rimthat is the most geologically active place on the planet with more than 450 volcanoes. most of the world's earthquakes occur along this line. the culprit? 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 insta

those quakes we know where they happen we know that there will be larger earthquake around the pacific rim the question is when will an earthquake of a particular size happen and i think we're no closer to that than we were one hundred years ago it could be quite honest and it's probably an intractable question and i think we shouldn't focus on trying. instead we should focus as the japanese americans have done so successfully is designing to withstand a different approach i guess when it's hard for nations to prepare the tragedies on this scale space they're expected after alland think the joint british and russian system where three spacecraft that is the atmosphere from all bits could be ticking what we're looking for is the signal signatures in the spirit which are precursors to earthquake phenomena and volcanic eruption phenomena the main damage from an earthquake is not the actual earthquake itself it's usually the fires and. that sort of thing that happened after the earthquake and you can prevent a lot of that if you know if you know things like to turn off the gas mains to turn of

a 4-6 and the pacific southwest and as seventh in the pacific rim of fire. >> @ tomorrow is a critical period. high tides. that means and seismically active errors the lush areas >> reporter: he predicted other earthquakes before they happen. that time it was combination of numerous other strange occurrences. >> have started to disappear. the hot springs slowdown in cool down as they did before in it has six in 1952 and 1979. then they went up again. this interruption cycle. it has done before before other quakes. there are other clues. >> reporter: will have to make 80s to see if the predictions come true. >> vicki: switching gears for a moment to is march madness. will get a look at the women's basketball team. and the giants-a key player. alicia what happened to the pitcher brian wilson. whether he not play was more >> vicki: cardinal women advance. samper took on the pavilion overnight there is just not much of the fight. 86, 59 as they took a first step to the final four. they will play monday night against st. john's. bad news for giants fans. brian wilson is are fine. his a musc

around the pacific rim there are a lot that we caught up. on and ninety so we can based on those recorders for now obviously we can't give. achree forecasts too far afield like us kohls why and islands too so that today's forecast results turn out to be you very good and we almost in the air nailed it well where it wasn't any size logical information available to suggest that this huge earthquake was on the cards. yes i think so why wasn't it active i wonder. does it mean say it again i'm just asking it was the only information available do you think beforehand that this sort of earthquake that we saw today the eight point nine that was on the cards and it might happen imminently. well for that for that trend that you meant because last year there has like chile event is about same oh maggie two we actually. expect such a big. subsume from this size so i will say because rare earth to predict so for tonight i mean now as first thing happens and i mean we can. forecast in an hour or so. ok well thanks ever so much for being on the program is

about earthquakes we know where they happen we know that there will be large earthquakes around the pacific rim the question is when an earthquake of a particular size and i think we're no closer to that than we were one hundred years ago it could be quite honest and it's probably an intractable question and i think we shouldn't focus on trying to predict them instead we should focus as the japanese americans have done so successfully designing to withstand earthquakes a different approach i guess. we'll recap now of our top story the northeast of japan has been swamped by may just an army caused by a massive earthquake the biggest in the early a century and a half of the tsunami warning is in place for almost the entire pacific basin now the eight point nine magnitude quake of japan's eastern coast unleashed the bass of ten metre high waves which can reach miles in the causing huge amounts of damage a train is still are unaccounted for in the coastal area hit by the tsunami but we do know that at least nineteen fun leave people are reported dead but that figure is almost certain to rise signif

quakes we know where they happen we know that they will be larger earthquakes right around the pacific rim and if you call the. question is when will an earthquake of a particular size seven and i think we're no closer to that than we were one hundred years ago can be quite honest and it's probably an intractable question and i think we shouldn't focus on trying to predict instead we should focus as jeff and north americans have done so successfully is designing to withstand earthquakes it's a different approach oh yes and so rather than probably try and design systems they don't fail when you quake happens ok joining us live from camera that was kevin mchugh director of the australian air science particle said. thank you. some of the news now and european leaders are holding a second round of emergency talks over the libyan crisis may so has announced around the clock surveillance of the countries and space and that is drawing up plans for a no fly zone the organization is waiting for the go ahead from the united nations security council before moving forward on his no bullshit smaller de

seismologists be alarmed that japan's disaster is just the start of a decade of trouble from the pacific rim if that's there at all to dot com online right now. time now to have a quick look at some other international news that's making headlines this hour an explosion at a weapons factory in southern yemen has killed over one hundred people including children dozens of others have been injured the plant was seized by militants who clashed with government forces it was then looted by civilians meanwhile anti-government protests continue to shake the country as thousands rallied in the capital on monday it comes a day after the president scrapped his offer to quit by the end of the. italy's prime minister has appeared at court hearings where he faces corruption charges have been scary music used of tax fraud over the sale of film rights by his mediaset company it's his first personal appearance of a courtroom in almost eight years despite being involved in four trials including one for allegedly paying for sex with an underage girl but it's going to denies all the charges. germany's nuclear

could go with a tsunami if you remember your eighth grade science every single earthquake in the pacific rim offshore everyone no exception produces some tsunami that's that's the simple geology of it these plants are supposed to be certified put when i was an investigator for the government investigating s.q. certification at the shoreham nuclear plant we found out that these certifications are very often think that in fact the company that faked it the company that we caught faking it and we had a jury agree that they were caught faking it is a company which is now a unit of short construction which will be constructing a south texas nuclear plant we tokyo electric quite a combination yeah that was my next story my next question is going to be who is stone and webster and and shaw and stone webster was the company right that faked it and they got busted shaw and now they are going to join with the japanese company to build the power but it why and this is you know this is making my head explode why on earth greg palast would president obama push for over fifty billion dollars for these kin

at a premium price, raising rices around the pacific rim. reporting live, tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> worried about the economic impact of japan's tsunami and earthquake weighed in the united states today. japan has the world's third largest economy. the dow dropped 51 points to close below 12,000. nasdaq was off by 14 points. we continue our coverage of the earthquake and tsunami on our website, on www.ktvu.com. on the home page you will see an updated section on japan. >>> authorities are looking for an inmate who escaped last night. they say nathan simpson was convicted last year. he is 6'1", 150 pounds. anyone with information on him is asked to call 911. police arrested a 30-year-old man on charges connected to an investigation of lewd acts with children. samuel cowper is held on bail. two children have accused him at his parent's day care. one says he committed lewd act said from the time she was three years old till she was 7 years old. >>> this school is recovering from a huge hit by criminals over the weekend and it wasn't t

we've talked to you about this before it's ring of fire is that arc of a quake zone in the pacific rim. very prone to earthquakes and again we see the result of that tonight with this 8.8 earthquake. so that news continues to unfold people are trying to keep in touch with loved ones in japan using social networking. >> nbc bay area's george kiriyama has been doing just that. george has been in contact with them. sometimes the social media sites the only way that george has been able to communicate with these folks. what have you been hearing from them? >> reporter: well, i'm talking to a couple mooch friends. one on facebook and one on twitter. my friend on facebook she works in an office building in tokyo on the ninth floor of this high-rise. she says during this facebook chat she said it started with a tremor, then after one minute the shaking got worse. the coffeemaker fell. folders fell. she started to shake inside and out. it last a few minutes. longer than most japanese people have felt at least what my co-workers telling me, what she's saying. inside on the ninth floor. she's --

response to japan's nuclear crisis the epa deployed an additional 40 radiation monitors around the pacific rim. one of the reasons it says is to reassure americans about their safety. meantime, one nuclear expert and former congressional advisor talks about how much radiation could reach the united states and what is causing the highest concern tonight. >> the worst problem right now is that spent fuel pod. we haven't been talking a lot about that. but when that catches fire and if there is no water in the pond it will catch fire that will spew heavy radio active smoke out to the area and it that could force the evacuation of the workers and they won't be there to try to keep the water levels up in the reactors so you could start to see the cores two and number three melt. i don't know number one reactor would probably go as well and then you might have the other fuel pools also catch fire once they get drained of water. you are look at a serious situation. the radio activity would spread over hundreds perhaps thousands of scare kill lee mow meters. this radio activity is very unlikely to reac

alerts were generated around much of the pacific rim, from south asia to alaska, hawaii, canada, the mainland u.s. and south america. newshour correspondent spencer michels reports from san francisco. >> reporter: civil defense sirens blared across hawaii, 3,800 miles from japan, as the warnings came hours before the first waves hit. >> we have water and stuff at home already. we just need gas. charging up our phones and everything. better be safe than sorry. we just pray for the best, though, hope everything works out for everyone. >> reporter: most heeded the appeals to move away from coastal areas, escaping seven- foot waves that swamped beaches. as the day wore on, there was some flooding, but only minor damage and no injuries. it all came just a year after the chilean earthquake triggered similar alerts. >> i think that, because of the last tsunami situation that hawaii had, that we have some practice. so i really felt like people knew what to do. everyone had a very good response, i think, just because they've had practice and they realize how important it is. >> reporter: seve

and in major 7 magnitude quake in the pacific rim of fire. >> tomorrow and for the next eight days, aally active areas and increase the probability of quakes. >>dan: said he knows of what speaks, he shows an article from a newspaper showing his earthquake prediction several days before the loma earthquake occurred. then like now his predictions are based just on the tides. but also on the frequency of a number of other strange occurrences. >> pets disappear in large numbers. pets shown in the lost and found,. whales beached themselves in santa cruz and san francisco. the hot spring slow down and cool down like they did in 1906, 1952 and 1979. >>dan: 3 now none of those other factors are playing a role in the bay area, will have to wait eight days to find out whether those predictions come true. dan curman, kron 4 news. >>reporter: here in menlo park, usgs scientist refute the idea that anyone can predict when an earthquake will occur. a former employee claims that the san francisco bay area will experience a major earthquake over the next few days. however earthquake scientists say, t

this is a heads up that we live on the other side of the pacific rim. we live exactly opposite of where japan is, and there is nothing that would stop the same thing that happens in japan from happening in california. >> the u.s. gets about 20% of its electricity from nuclear power plants. most are over 30 years old. >>> let's bring in now our chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. and also, weather playing a big part of this, not only in japan, but jet streams as it comes over here to the west coast of the united states. >> that's right, raj. you know, the experts saying should some sort of radiation cloud form, we heard from them tonight, we are not under any sort of radiation risk at this point, because that radiation would just have too far to go to the u.s. across the pacific in order for it to hold up. of course, that is at this point. meanwhile, this 9.0 earthquake that occurred on friday. it has produced hundreds of aftershocks. just in the past 48 hours alone, i've counted this up, 68 aftershocks at 5.0 and greater. the largest one coming yesterday

reporter: california like japan sits on the pacific's ring of fire stretching 25,000 miles around the pacific rimh. more earthquakes occur here than anywhere else on the planet. from the magnitude 6.3 that shattered much of christschurch new zealand just last month to the massive 8.8 quake that destroyed 370,000 homes in chile in february last year, movement on the ring of fire gets the blame. the pacific plate beneath the ocean is shifting constantly. >> this has been a bus ear year by any standard. >> reporter: a professor of geo physics at cal tech says where a quake hits can be at least as significant as how big it is. the closest california has come to a notable quake recently is the 7.2 that rocked mexico's baja peninsula last april. >> if you took that same earthquake and moved it, say, into an urban area, we'd still be talking about earthquakes in california. it would have been a very damaging event. but it was in the middle of the desert. >> basically the san andreas fault is locked and loaded and ready to rumble. >> reporter: thomas jordan is director of the southern california earthqua

east asian summit happening in honolulu and will be talking about their shared interest in the pacific rim and we'll continue to monitor this and if any more punish information comes out of it, we'll bring it to you. more information at -- at ktvu.com. >>> the police chief godone says the investigation investigation into the plain clothes unit includes that unit's supervisor. that -- surveillance camera captured some of the raids and now the fbi and district attorney's office are investigating the cases. >>> a 20-year-old man has been arrested and is in jail in hour -- this morning after being charged with raping a 13-year- old girl. sheriff deputies arrested him after reports that he was captured by bystanders raping the girl in a public park restroom. deputies found that man he was also on probation. richmond police are increasing patrols after a rise in violence over the weekend. there were two murders 4 hours -- within 24 hours on friday and saturday. an 18-year-old was shot and killed and a 27-year-old man was shot to death in a parked car off 45th street. before this weekend there ha

this is the volatile pacific rim. there are a great deal of problems we ought to be careful. the congresswoman of hawaii is feeling the brunt of it. ms. hirono: will the gentleman yield? i thank the two gentlemen from oregon for bringing this matter to our attention. i think we make a very serious mistake that in a fervor to cut budgets and do it in a meat ax way that we're cutting very, very -- the very programs that we're going to need to rely upon in times like this and times like this meaning the kind of devastation that has hit japan. of course, hawaii is the first u.s. state to be hit with the -- with the tidal wave that follows -- followed that disaster, and it's still playing out. we still haven't done the all-clear sign in hawaii, by the way. the kinds of cuts that we're contemplating in h.r. 12, fema will have a major impact. i also want to say before i go further that our hearts go out to the people of japan and we stand ready to assist them in any way. i think that it so important during a time like this that we have the resources to employ the best technology, cu

. >>> the magnitude 8.9 earthquake is the latest catastrophe on the pacific rim. n be felt here in this country. tom costello explains. >> this occurred on the pacific ring of fire, a 25,000-mile string of volcanic and seismic activity right here. 90% of the world's earthquakes and 80% of the tsunamis happen right within that ring of fire. the most recent one was in christchurch, new zealand. right there last month. japan sits up to the north of that, of course. but it comes at the intersection of the eurasian, philippine, and pacific plates. all of them coming together. this earthquake was right there, 80 miles offshore. the edge of the pacific plate, it kind of got wedged, got caught underneath the you'euras plate. that's called subduction. the grinding of plates that pushes up the ocean floor, which generates massive shock waves in laymen's terms. it can ripple out and create the actual tsunami. traveling 500 miles per hour. the tsunami, as you can see, hits the continental shelf right there. and waves can bunch up and get much higher. and as the tsunami hits la

pacific slamming into hawaii and california. >> chile devastated day after day by volcanic eruptions which spread havoc around the entire rim ofthe pacific ocean. thousands are dead. over 2 million homeless. whole cities have been reduced to shambles. in a year marked by tragic earthquakes, chile has been hit by the biggest tragedies by far. every pacific island felt their colossal forces. along the california coast it swept in at an angle ripping installations and causing heavy damages. japan and okinawa felt the impact. 1960 emerges as the most disastrous earthquake year of modern time. >>> looking inside the shanobel power plant. the role scientists played in designing the plant. >>> and we'll tell you about plans to allow tourists to visit the shanobel nuclear spill zone. >>> japan's damaged nuclear power plants have -- next month the world marks the 25th anniversary of the worse nuclear disaster in history. the 1986 reactor leak and explosions in the ukraine. it spewed radiation upward and led to 31 radiation deaths in the near by area. in recent years, united nations scientists have said their earlier estimates of 12, 12

but get a pacific rim are high surf for advisory in effect from right now until 11:00 p.m.ls anywhere from 13-16 ft.. if you like the surf be very careful. mild coastal flooding is also a possibility as the storm system moves its way through. in terms of how much we're expecting anywhere from an introduction into the house a little more in the santa cruz mountains. everyone else on average half an inch of rain. this is not the only one we're watching we have another one on sunday that will probably give the same amount of rain. we're ready saturated as it is so that will be good. we will be worried about possible trees coming down, and maybe even some urban slush advisory's keep it to into www.kron4.com we will let you know, cold weather with this storm system but their highs friday, saturday, sunday. all of this rain will mean snow and the sierra. if you plan on having up there this weekend, we are looking pretty good heavenly 99, 13 less open 47 runs. sugar bowl also looking good. 124- 219. when asked what, it what, when 24-219, 72 runs. now, here is a look at the traffic

this is the volatile pacific rim. there are a great deal of problems we ought to be careful. the congresswoman of hawaii is feeling the brunt of it. ms. hirono: will the gentleman yield? i thank the two gentlemen from oregon for bringing this matter to our attention. i think we make a very serious mistake that in a fervor to cut budgets and do it in a meat ax way that we're cutting very, very -- the very programs that we're going to need to rely upon in times like this and times like this meaning the kind of devastation that has hit japan. of course, hawaii is the first u.s. state to be hit with the -- with the tidal wave that follows -- followed that disaster, and it's still playing out. we still haven't done the all-clear sign in hawaii, by the way. the kinds of cuts that we're contemplating in h.r. 12, fema will have a major impact. i also want to say before i go further that our hearts go out to the people of japan and we stand ready to assist them in any way. i think that it so important during a time like this that we have the resources to employ the best technology, cu

protect not only the people of the state of hawaii but the west coast as well as anywhere in the pacific rim is to set aside labels and to recognize that it is funding like that that goes to save lives and that is what we can rely upon. so when we remember this unfortunate and tragic day, let us also remember how fortunate we were because we had information and we were prepared and how inexpensive being prepared is when you look at the investments that have been made. thank you very much, and i yield back to the gentleman from oregon. thank you. mr. schrader: i appreciate the very kind remarks and, indeed, our hearts go out to the people of japan much like they did in new zealand. very concerned about the health and welfare and i'm sure this country will come to their aid like it does in any disaster and like a lot of our friends did when we suffered similar consequences, whether it's katrina or the horrible attacks on 9/11. we had our brothers and sisters around the world come to our aid, and i appreciate that. i guess i'd like to ask how much time we have left in the hour, if i may. the sp

big, international story affecting millions of people on the pacific rim and lots of news coverage will be coming out as the death tolls become clear and also the damage. we are going to talk national politics today and we want to move to wisconsin. with the union vote in the assembly, the legislation is now sent to the governor for a signature. a reporter for "the wisconsin state journal" is on the phone with us. tell us about what the mood was like inside the chamber as the legislation passed. guest: hostile. there was about an hour or two of debate yesterday. the republicans called off debate and voted as they filed out of the chamber. their democratic colleagues, along with some protesters shouted "shame" at them. host: the governor is expected to sign the bill, but the budget aspect has not been addressed because of the missing democratic senators. what is the next legislative step? guest: that all depends on when the senate democrats return. it appeared they were headed back yesterday for sure, but so far, they have not shown up in madison. they just have to wait for them and shak

she was a faculty director of the pacific rim bankers program and the ebert mccabe faculty fellow. she was also my professor when i earned my m.b.a. last monday, she passed away after a lengthy illness. as a student, i wanted to acknowledge her accomplishments over the course of an extraordinary life. . born in 1944 in utica, new york, karma was educated at nearby elmira college and earned masters and doctorate degrees at the university of rochester. she joined the faculty at the university of washington in 170. initially the department of economics and then at the foster school of business. the turning point in her creesh was a two-year stint as visiting economist at the federal reserve board from 1980 to 1982. in her worked work with the banking sector of the research and statistics, she developed the ability to provide penetrating analysis that paints an accurate assessment of the current economic situation. in other words, she learned to find meaning in the disparate data. car men's time at the fed led her to realize teaching was her true calling. she returned to the university

. >> all part of the pacific rim here.l to think that that movement could affect us in california? >> is there anything affected at all or not. >> this is a subject debate among scientists but most would say these are probably unconnected and it's just a random coincidence that they occurred at the same time. but again, some scientists believe that a giant earthquakes do have a physical connection when they occur closely in time. >> all right, we will see how that pans out. once again, steve kirby, we appreciate your time this morning. >> and expertise. >> very much so. thank you very much. now we want to go to sergeantry dell from the chp in crescent city, that is the area further north we were saying was going to see the bigger waves and swelz. let's see what's going on there and what precautions they are taking. are you there. >> caller: yes i am. so far we've had numerous tidal surges coming into the area and it has produced damage to the harbor and we have traffic control for 101. >> we're showing here in san francisc

rim of russia, the baltic states, belarus, ukraine and most of poland. so what this means is that all the killing that took place, organized by both hitler and stalin from atlantic to the pacific, the tremendous majority of this mass murder was concentrated in this relatively small territory. >> the is visit booktv.org to watch any of the programs you see here on line. typed the author or book title and the search bar in the effort left side of the page and click search. you can also share anything you see on booktv.org easily by click share and selecting the format. booktv streams live on line for 48 hours every weekend with top nonfiction books and authors. booktv.org. >> and this time we went, "washington times" senior editorial writer james robbins argues that the tet offensive was actually failure for the north vietnamese and that the u.s. media and lt-