jeff patterson is in cape canaveral for what's next for the program. >> to the ship that has lead the way time and again, we say farewell. >> reporter: it marks a career of historical milestones. its first flight was in 1984. it also played a key role in the construction of the new international space station. and carried the first female shuttle pilot in 1995. on its final flight, "discovery" delivered additional storage capacity to the space station and a robot. the final commander says the shuttle came back in flawless condition. >> because of the kennedy space center workforce here that takes care of this vehicle, it came back as perfect on its final flight as it did on its first flight. >> reporter: but for lindsey and the crew that put it into space and helped maintain, the final flight represents a dift time. the future of the space program is still uncertain. >> i'm getting sadder and sadder about this being the last flight. >> reporter: it appears to be headed for washington, d.c. and to go on display at the national air and space museum. 21 locations across the country are c

today i'm talking to robert patterson he's an associate fellow at chatham house and also the or fellow of a book on the power industry called keeping the lights on well thank you very much for talking now the situation in japan is we've seen several explosions at fukushima nuclear power plant what do you think the chances are that we may see more and the situation carrying on i'm sure that the people working on the site hope that they've got it under control but they seem to be releasing an awful lot of hydrogen from at least three reactors and now from a fuel point as well and hydrogen is an explosive gas if it's confined mixed with air it produces it can produce very dramatic explosions as we've seen so that's clearly a. major concern for them but i think the explosion problem is almost the least of their problems at the moment because what it has done to the reactors we don't know we don't know who hasn't apparently damaged the containment or the reactor pressure vessels themselves although i gather there may be a hole in one of the containment and at unit two but what bothers me an

. >> reporter: russell patterson left his full time job in new york for another job he never expected. taking care of his 77-year-old mother edith who has alzheimer's disease. >> i had my own life. hi an apartment in manhattan and i knew something had to be done. >> reporter: patterson is one of an estimated 15 million americans now caring for someone with alzheimer's or dimensia. 37% than reported last year. >> their friends and family are giving up their time. >> reporter: alzheimer's targets the brain and memory, thinking and behavior. a person's ability to speak, walk or even eat can eventually fail. the new report from the alzheimer's association also highlights the toll the disease can take on the caregiver. >> people caring for people with alzheimer's disease report a very high level of stress. and actually, over a third of them report living with depression. nearly 5.5 million americans have alzheimer's disease or dimensia. many are living as long as 20 years with the condition putting increased pressure on family members and friends. when patterson realized his mother was hav

>>pam: school officials say for children from patterson elementary were sickened after accidentally eating pieces of some marijuana cookies on monday. at least three of those kids went to the hospital. they were treated and released at night. kron 4 explains how the children got their hands on the drug least cookies. >>christine: they say an 11 year-old boy went to the market across from his house where he regularly gets street from clark. on this day the boy got to cookies that the clerks told police he had gone from another regular customer earlier that day. clark also told police he did know the cookies which came in this packaging you see here, were laced with pot. he did c d letters that say gingersnap cookie next to a smiling baker. but there no pot leaf on the packaging by cannabis is under the ingredients list. it reads keep out of reach of children. it the fifth grader to this cookies to school were apparently not knowing it relates to drugs, he shared the with five other kids. the school district said there investigating but as many as nine could've taken a bite. around 2:00 p.m.

. >>> new at 7:00, the patterson woman whose 4-year-old son was kidnapped in january has now given birth to a baby girl. >> she told her how much she loved her. good things. the only trouble i will have is i will have to tell her. >> she delivered the baby five days ago. the baby's father is josi rodriguez, he kidnapped juliani and drove his car into a canal, killing both of them. >>> now to berkeley where police say there has been an incident involving a gun at a school in the third time in more than two months. the student was arrested for bringing a loaded handgun to the classroom. >> we were trying to be as discreet as we could. there was not any kind of indication that there was anything going on. >> the berkeley school tells us that there were two other incidents in which guns were found just last month. >>> vallejo police are trying to trace a two cookies laced with marijuana that made for fifth-graders stick. they told authorities that they shared a cookie from a package similar to this one here. one of the students got the cookies for free while on his way to school and they say

police say the fifth graders at grace patterson elementary did not know they were eating marijuana-laced cookies. this says medical cannibis. >> there is some fine print on there. unless you're reading you won't know i.s not just the kids who didn't know. investigators say the clerk at this store also had no idea that cookies he handed to this 11-year-old boy contained marijuana. the boy calls the clerk who gives him treats a friend. another clerk jose chavez says he can't understand how this happened. >> we don't sell marijuana here or marijuana cookies here, none that have. >> police say cookies came from a regular customer who gave them to the clerk yesterday morning. the boy took the cookies to school and shared them with five classmates during lunch b a half hour later four boys walked into the school office feeling nauseous. a yard supervisor found packaging and the school called paramedic autos this is about wise decision-making skills, someone gives you something, then maybe check it out before you eat it. >> and it's a lesson about dis-maigsing skills for someone may turn into s

some parts of patterson, new jersey are underwater after the passaic river spilled over its banks. bridges connecting two parts of that town are now shut down and the mayor is threatening to forcibly remove anyone not evacuating voluntarily. >>> it is now official the standoff between national football league owners and players has resulted in a player lockout. negotiations broke off yesterday hours before the current contract expired. and a reminder, before you go to bed tonight, turn your clocks ahead one hour. daylight saving time begins at 2:00 am for most of the country. yes, that means an hour less sleep but a welcome extra hour of sunlight tom. lester has more front japan right after this. >>> we're back now in tokyo. people around the world have been glued in front of tv's and computers looking at the clips of when the ground here shook and the water surged ashore. some of the pictures have been horrendous and others inspiring. here now a look at the images in japan. in the hardest hit corner of japan, survival. in the middle of so much destruction and loss, hope. a group o

the students at grace patterson elementary say they shared one of those cookies similar to this one on a playground yesterday during their lunch hour. one of the students reportedly got the cookies for free at a gas station convenience store while on his way to school. the store clerk tells ktvu a regular customer left him the ginger snaps and then he passed them on to a student. hernandez said he let the fifth grader have them without knowing what was in them. >> i'm scared because i have kids too. i don't want my kids going to school and eating something. >> reporter: three of the students were taken to the hospital and released last night. officials say today all four are okay. >>> hundreds of union members are protesting in san jose tonight in solidarity with workers from wisconsin. we first told you about this during our 5:00 newscast. now ktvu's robert handa is live now with why this dispute over unions is hitting home in the south bay, robert. >> it's interesting frank, first of all we're here in downtown san jose where about 1,000 union members have been protesting and supporti

now a school district spokesperson says that a student at grace patterson elementary school was given two individually packaged cookies by someone at a convenience store. students shared one of the cookies with three other students at lunch yesterday. in the afternoon all four students began feeling nauseous. a teacher read the print on the packaging on one of the cookies and found out about the marijuana in the cookie. >>> we are learning more this morning about the state drug detective accused of drugs he seized from criminals. he's the former commander of the contra costa county anti- narcotics team. this morning the contra costa times reports that he and private detective christopher butler tried to find a buyer for two bricks of military grade explosives just days before they were arrested. he and butler are set to appear in court tomorrow for their arraignment. >>> time now 6:05. this afternoon barry bonds heads back to federal court in san francisco. he's expected to re-enter his not guilty plea at this final hearing before the scheduled beginning of his perjury trial in just t

school officials say the grace patterson elementary student got them from someone at a local convenience store on the way to school monday. they ate the cookies at lunch, got nauseous, realized they had ingested pot. three students were checked out at the hospital. all four are fine. >> a private investigator already faces charges of trying to sell drugs with a former top narcotic agency. it reports chris butler is now also accused of offering to sell two bricks of c-4 explosives to an informant. prosecutors say state drug enforcement agent norman weld stole marijuana from police evidence rooms and sold it. this is video from an earlier court appearance. welch was in charge of the state-run narcotics task force in contra costa county. both are due back in court tomorrow. >> barry bonds due back in court a few hours. he's expected to reenter his not guilty plea during this last hearing before the perjury trial starts april 21st. the former giant slugger now faces four counts of lying to the grand jury in 2003 when he denied knowingly using steroids and one count of obstructing justice. bo

head coach gary patterson told us there's a critical reason why. >> every student athlete that comesc.u. gets a background check if they're going to be on scholarship so we go very deep. >> reporter: when you say "background check" are you meaning criminal background checks. >> there are a lot of different stories out there. >> reporter: as for fauonuku, in an interview at the family home he denied threatening to kill anyone, claiming it was a pellet begin in his hand, and not a pistol. last november he admitted to one count of second-degree felony robbery in juvenile court. his crime will be considered a delinquent act and not a felony paving the way for him to attend the university of utah on a football scholarship which has a school policy prohibiting the signing of felons. armen keteyian, cbs news, south jordan, utah. >> couric: and for more on this investigation you can go to our web site cbsnews.com. coming up next, apple's steve jobs back on the job. goodwill store from opening. why some people say it's bad for >>> a bay area neighborhood trying to stop a goodwill store from o

vallejo school officials say for children from patterson elementary school were sickened after accidentally eating pieces of some marijuana cookies on monday. at least three of the children went to the hospital. there were treated and released later that night. kron 4 moreen kelly explains how the kids get their hands on those drug least cookies. >>christine: this is the convenience store were vallejo pb says that 11 year-old boy got the pot cookies. the boy regularly get streets from court here. the clerk said monday he passed on cookies a guy from another regular customer. police say the clerk was not aware that there was anything wrong with the cookies and was distraught to learn what he had done. >> he was visibly on and off the upset and he knows the can't he was upset. >>christine: you could see the label, next to a picture of a smiling baker there no pot leaves on the label the can of this is mentioned three times and a smaller fund here on the ingredients list and a warning here and again down below in red letters were also reads keep out of reach of children. the fifth grader to th

. >> all four students attend grace patterson elementary school. vallejo police have not finished their investigation yet. >>> frustration for thousands of bank customers who are cut off from their accounts. the problem and the low tech solution some are having to resort to. >>> a clean-up project creates a bigger mess. we'll have a look at the cause and effect. >>> all day long. that's about eight hours. >> now a way to get a workout without ever leaving your desk. >>> and here at my desk in the weather center at cbs 5, in san francisco, we're monitoring our live high-def doppler radar. rain and wind on its way, we'll pinpoint when you should expect it as eyewitness news continues. ,, ,,,,,,,,,, spilling dirt onto the roadway. >>> traffic moving smoothly again on northbound 680. that's after a dump truck overturned spilling dirt on the road. it happened about 12:30 this afternoon just north of cootman road. look at the traffic, all three lanes blocked for three hours causing the backup for miles. drivers forced to use that center divide there just

and this is video of patterson. neighborhoods a emerge falling off at the reef.sidents half of look at late this weekend. firefighters are using rafts to rescue people. heavy rain was seen from marilyn of we have to mean. >>marty: 2 head, an update on the situation in japan is a couple days after and how full faith and on me. >>isabel: here is video out of japan, the defeat at the store shelves. people going hungry, this power is out. we will have warm when we come back. [ ryan ] i got this new citi thankyou card and started earning loads of points. you got a weather balloon with points? yes i did. [ ryan ] points i could use for just about anything. ♪ ♪ so i used mine, to get a whole new perspective. ♪ [ male announcer ] the new citi thankyou premier card gives you more ways to earn points. what's your story? citi can help you write it. >>live, from the bay area's news station, this is kron4 news a morning news. >>isabel: it is 930 p m taking a live look if i has long free 55th little over half. if >>marty: is likely to stay that way through the day. let's find

she attends grace patterson element school in vallejo. she along with several other students got sick after eats aunty's edibles gingersnaps. police say a convenience store clerk gave the cookies to an 11-year-old student. the clerk was unaware the cookies contained marijuana. >> they asked if i wanted to try it, and then i tried it. it tasted nasty. so i kept on drinking my chocolate milk. >> three of the kids felt dizzy after eating the cookies and were treated at nearby hospitals. >>> talk about pain at the pump. >> anything to help now. some drivers turning to alternative fuels. in isn't just a green story, but it's green about saving cash. jean joins us from berkeley with the details. we're all ears. >> reporter: we've all talked about paying $4 a gallon for gas, and it looks like that day is here. some people have been willing to pay more for alternative fuels. up the street at uc berkeley researchers are looking for an affordable alternative fuel na can go into any car, and tonight they're onto something. kyla wagner and filing up

week, i had the opportunity to visit the largest single site employer in the state of ohio, wright-patterson air force base. i was told if the government shuts down, thousands of people may be asked not to come to work. and if we don't pass the short-term c.r. this is one place that would suffer from a shutdown which is responsible for numerous national defense programs that depend on continued funding. without funding, programs like this across the country will not get off the ground in a timely manner, may incur programmatic delays and costs, jeopardize the national defense programs they support and put thousands of jobs, including small businesses, on the line. we must d the responsible thing an pass the short-term resolution which will buy us time to find a long-termres. lugs to our budget crisis. madam speaker, people across america and especially in ohio have spoken very clearly that washington needs to cut spending. nobody said these cuts would be easy but they're absolutely essential to help put our country back on a fiscally sustainable path that will create jobs an strengthen our e

coming our next hour we sit down with walt patterson a nuclear physicist and associate fellow a chap and house as he says his expert opinion of the situation in japan. probably is that they may have water levels rising and falling they may have few works but we know that they have had a few were exposed which has produced the the reaction the reaction between the more. metal quieting and the water that produces the hydrogen so very very certainly had some feel very much they may well have fueled ceramic fuel pellets that are now also circulating through the core and that will be calling up channels and generally generally changing the configuration with geometry of the core and unless the reactor number three reactor engineers know what is going on there are liable to do something wrong. well if you are in the affected areas you can always share your experiences by logging onto our facebook account and r.t. news as well on a word our page also features the latest videos analysis and news on the situation in japan as well as all our other top stories if you know something you think th

well in about twenty minutes time here in our to you we sit down with a wall patterson a nuclear physicist associate fellow a chatham house and say he's going to share his expert opinion on the ongoing situation in japan. problem is that they may have water levels rising and falling they may have fewer we know that they have you were exposed which has produced the reaction the reaction between the more. metal in the water producing the hydrogen so we certainly had some fuel gram there may well have fuel ceramic fuel pellets that are now also circulating through the core and that will be clogging up channels and generally generally changing the configuration of the geometry of the core and unless the rear the reactor and you know what is going on there are liable to do something wrong. coming your way shortly here in our city in our sun in our attention to that of libya where colonel gadhafi forces have gained more ground retaking rebel held so things are world powers have so far missed imposing a no fly zone over coffee extra in the country the issues are still to be discussed they are by

our next hour we sit down with walt patterson a nuclear physicist and associate fellow at chatham house as he shares his expert opinion on the situation in japan the problem is that they may have water levels rising and falling they may have few works but we know that they have had a few were exposed which just produce the the reaction the reaction between the morton. metal cladding and the water but produces the hydrogen so we have certainly had some fuel damage they may well have fuel ceramic fuel pellets that are now also circulating through the core and that will be clogging up channels and generally generally changing the configuration of your material in the core and unless the reaction unless the reactor engineers know what is going on they're liable to do something wrong. but turning our attention to libya where colonel gadhafi forces have gained more ground retaking many rebel held cities major world powers have so far dismissed imposing a no fly zone over the conflict stricken country and the issues that are still said to be discussed by the u.n. i don't see support asli repor

meantime at walt patterson a nuclear physicist and associate fellow at chatham house he believes that the crisis at the fukushima power plant will have long lasting effects for the global nuclear industry this interview is coming up next hour but for now here's a preview. there's been quite a substantial body of opinion in japan including among sees mol adjusts but building nuclear plants anywhere in japan is not a good idea my personal feeling is that building nuclear plants anywhere is not a good idea for basically economic reasons they are very expensive they tend to be unreliable they are a kind of electricity which is very inflexible and difficult for an electricity system to use because you could lose a thousand megawatts in two minutes and in recent years of course that has been the major controversy about nuclear power investment all over the world private investors do not want to spend money on nuclear plants for quite understandable reasons they don't think you could get their money back but now the safety issue has come back again and that will complicate things even furthe

unions lead us to a less secure air travel an american hero offer his take on the issue of net patterson contributor at pajamas media that welcome to the program british and i see you what is it that you hate about democracy. unions are democratic institutions in the workplace workplaces are not democratic well actually that's not true i mean i feel that the union movement in america has been very anti-democratic for a long time people like their leaders the they voted on their own rules they vote on on whatever they're going to ask for whatever they're going to give up its majority rule with your i don't know you mean much more democratic you're getting state senators in wisconsin who are elected to do it who flee for them because they're union members not a member of a union. but they're fleeing democracy to pay their union masters who don't want them to vote for this wisconsin whether they're not a member of a union first of all and secondly i don't know that it has any do with their union masters union message even though you don't think that by the way have either shall we call scot

pakistan we're also doing offensive operations the pentagon has been denying and lying about it and patterson it was shown in one of the state department cables that were released said that no in fact we've been doing ground offensive operations that really caught my attention because it meant that the war had extended there into another country without benefit of congress on this case or the un it was to say and it meant that we could be destabilizing a country there in the direction of a military takeover of people who really might be allied to that and put nuclear weapons in their hands it seems that for the president to be covertly valving us in a war in pakistan right now on the ground or even in the drones as we just saw it right on is the most reckless irresponsible act i can imagine in terms of it's dangerous for us in the world in the world of actually getting nuclear weapons and they're accusing bradley manning of where the source was of endangering americans i'd say that the president's policy it's looking good for president's policy is what americans will let me ask you this i mea

we have a fresh accident 580 west at self-patterson pass road. there is not a lot of detail on the chp website. we will keep you posted there. up next we have a look at 880 neath oakland coliseum. a little bit dark out there. traffic is flowing well. it's a bit wet out on the roadways. make sure you take it slowly. here is a look at the bay bridge toll plaza traffic is flowing well. here is steve. >>> thanks. we do have drizzle, not much. it's hard pressed to show i. morning drizzle and then fog low clouds will give way to sunshine and warmer weather tomorrow after patchy fog at best. it will be sunny and warmer to upper 60s. saturday looks good. sunday clouds return but maybe not until late in the afternoon. i will go forth with those plans. until that clears out, we start off within cloudy to mostly cloudy -- cloudy to mostly cloudy skies. the rain line is to the north. we have overalls there is nothing there. radar just won't pick it up. the beam overshoots its very, very low level stuff. 40s and 50s on the temps. low 50s around 50, 51. everyo

the gray patterson elementary got it from someone on a local convenience store on the way to school monday. they say four students eventually ate the cookies at lunch, got nauseous, read the packaging and realized it was pot. all four are fine. >> fremont police are hoping surveillance video of a moving van will help them nab a sophisticated gang robber who held up a hi-tech company. employees say 15 masked robbers, 15 carrying rifles and handguns stormed in on sunday morning. they tied up and gagged five employees before taking a significant number of computer parts. >> about an hour from now some unwanted pound puppies will get the ride of their lives. they're headed for the big apple in style and hopefully new homes, too. terry mcsweeney joins us live from sfo with undoubtedly the cutest passengers ever. terry? >> i think you're right about that. you know, operation chihuahua is what it's called and what it boils down to, supply and demand. san francisco had an oversupply of these chihuahuas, the demand is high. puppies heading out on virgin america and they'll be welcomed to new homes.

a shelter was set up in patterson but last night it was empty. the rain plus snow runoff is keeping the river high and it is expected to stay that way for at least five more days. >>> another big danger lingering from the recent storms. landslides, several slides in recent weeks have already forced people out of their homes. len ramirez on why one expert says more may be on their way. len? >> reporter: well, ken, the landslides are popping up all over the bay area right now including this one behind me here. just off sierra road in the east foothills of san jose. now, fortunately this slide which you can see here the earth just broke away and is going downhill in several spots there. this slide is in an area that is unpopulated but that is not the case with another slide in the almadden valley. the sun is out, clouds are gone and it has been days since the last rainfall but that doesn't mean the threat is gone. >> i don't know if it is safe to be in this house. >> reporter: she is talking about living on a landslide. slow moving but active enough

. >> the students attend grace patterson elementary school. the police say they are still investigating the incident. >>> just how much do people depend on online banking? bank of america customers just got a 48-hour crash course. the risky moves some had to take while the computer was not an option. >> a relatively new supermarket chain is about to open its doors. how you can tell it is listening to its customers. >> the impact broke this and it chipped a lot of the paint. >> as if a costly tow isn't bad enough. this car was also damaged in the process. what we've learned about the company. [ music ] ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, the public utilites commission says muni's condition is the . >> state regulators have pomona on the hot seat. the public utilities condition says mun i's condition is the worst among california's transit systems. investigators found a series of violations on the muni line that could pose danger to the safety. they call the accusations overblown and unfair. they are aware of the problems work tirelessly to keep it running. >> fre

police lieutenant about 20 minutes ago who confirms the kids feeling sick were students here at grace patterson elementary school in vallejo. it apparently happened shortly after the lunch hour yesterday when one of the students shared a package of cookies with his or her classmates without realizing the cookies were laced with pot. according to police that student reported getting the cookies from a stranger at a local convenience store on his or her way to school. the cookies were individually packaged. and according to police when the teacher here looked at the wrapper of one of those cookies after the child reported feeling sick there was some sort of writing and notation about it being a cannabis cookie. the students went to the hospital after reportedly feeling sick and nauseous. they were all released later in the evening. coming up later this morning we're hoping to hear back from a spokesman from the vallejo unified school district. to find out how they're helping with the investigation because vallejo police are looking into this and trying to find out who gave that student the cookie

>>terisa: for fifth graders were sickened here at patterson elementary after eating pieces of some marijuanao the packaging the cookies came in. police say an 11 year-old boy was given the cookies by convenience store clerk and he shared them with as many as eight of his classmates. the court tells police he thought the big to goods from another regular customer and didn't know there is anything wrong with that. police are now looking to talk to the customer. reporting live, kron 4 news. >>jeff: the tragic death of teenagers that went into the canal prompted county officials to put together it out reprogrammed and keeping the cal save. he'll reach will be focused primarily toward high school kids and will reinforce just how dangerous this canal is. officials want to remind the public that the canal is not meant for recreational use. then what input from the public on places along the canal that the better sighted your fencing. in walnut creek kron 4 news. >>terisa: here in san francisco, san francisco muni board has agreed to pay a $1.4 million in taxpayer money to settle claims from an acci

gary patterson's a terrific coach who appears to run his program right with real discipline. any great coach will tell you discipline is the linchpin of a championship team. what stuns me is that schools think they might actually be getting ahead by keep something guys with discipline problems around. that's a proven loser and it's kind of desperate, so -- >> we're in the month of march. does march madness mean anything to you? >> oh, yeah, it's the greatest period of temporary insanity in the world, you know. i love it. >> you referred in one of your columns to the college sports being nothing but a farm team for professional sports. >> that's true enough but i'm not sure there's anything wrong with that. we always act like that's a bad thing. i don't know why. college campuses or farm systems for all sorts of professions, aren't they? >> what do you think of the different concepts that young players ought to have to stay out for a year and get their grades and -- >> i'm all in favor of freshman and eligibility. i think it would cure a good 50% of the ills in college sports

it's possible to give kids who face all the challenges who are facing that kids in that school in patterson, new jersey, a school that actually sets them up to graduate from college, you know, not just a few kids to beat the odds but a whole building of kids, you know, to actually get on the same trajectory in kids in much more privileged communities. today we know that's possible. we have hundreds of schools that do that. and i just think it shows -- i mean, >> it was about simply someone who imposed order on a school. it was a movie about discipline, right. >> yeah, but it was also holding up that school as a success story and i just think we would never do that today. i mean, hollywood would never hear the end of it. we would say that's not a success. this is a success. and so i just think it's an image that tells me how far -- how far we've come. >> the bar was low enough in 1990 that you could describe it as a success a school where kids were not getting killed. >> yeah. >> is essentially -- so in that sense we've made progress, right. [laughter] >> it's huge and dramatic. not to under

. >>> today, students at grace patterson elementary school in vallejo will be instructed on how to be very careful and way ir-- and way irof their surroundings. this is after four fifth graders became sick after eating a cookie laced with marijuana. police say one student gave out those cookeries -- cookies. >>> and the ntsb is conducting a hearing in washington, d.c. they are investigating the deadly san bruno pipeline explosion. jackie speier is there. the ntsb chairwoman actually credited her for hing to arrange these hearings -- for helping to arrange these hear -- hearings. >>> pg&e has offered to buy homes damaged and destroyed in the explosion and fire last september. so far, only two families have agreed to take a buyout. sixteen others are considering the offer. families who take the pg&e buyout can still sue but pg&e hires the appraisers who considers the value of the home. >>> a huge sales jump in detroit for gm. the sales increased by nearly 50% last month. gm said it sold 207,000 cars in february for a 49% increase over the same month last year. the company says an improv

the patterson woman who tragically lost her son, juliani cardenas, is a mother us, once again.abitha cardenas has given birth to a girl last week. >> it's not really like a replacement. but it's something that kind of helps, you know. >> cardenas says she plans on telling her new a lot about her older brother but it will be difficult to tell her what happened to him. pictures of juliani are all around the house, even above the crib. the father of the baby girl is also the suspected kidnapper of juliani cardenas. yesterday, investigators confirmed that a body found in the delta last month is that of car nene dis. police say he -- cardenas. police say he drove his vehicle -- jose rodriquez drove his vehicle into the delta and it was confirmed it was jose rodriquez. >>> 7:55. we want to check in once again with sal keeping a close eye on the commute and how is the 101 doing in the north bay. it's not all that good because we had the truck accident on southbound 101 heading down to the civic center. that's why the traffic is really slow. we're gonna do the contra costa commute now

. >> reporter: gary patterson is a geologist in memphis and he showed us old buildings across his citysays would never make it. they were built long before current codes with old brick masonry. school buildings, police and fire departments. >> areas that may receive the most damage, you would expect those fire department buildings may not be operational. >> reporter: the scientists suggest we test early warning systems which were working in japan and may have made a difference. they're pushing for more aggressive building codes and new rules to reinforce more of our oldest buildings. >> if you look at haiti, chile, christchurch and now japan, i think it would be the question, why aren't we looking at this hazard and why aren't we getting ready or prepared for earthquake? >> reporter: fema is planning massive drills across the country. next month in memphis, for example. they're hoping everyone takes them seriously. steve osunsami, abc news, memphis. >> sobering news. >>> now turning to japan. new concerns this morning that many citizens may not be far enough away from the crippled nucl

some of the worst floods are in patterson and other towns in new jersey. >>> in connecticut, repairs under way on railway tracks left dangling when floodwaters washed away their supports. >>> north texas cleanup continues after severe storms and at least two tornadoes there. >>> there is tragedy in pennsylvania. this morning, a fire at a farmhouse has killed seven children. all from the same family. that fire broke out last night about 20 miles north of harrisburg, pennsylvania. the children's mother was near the house in a barn apparently milking cows. another child 3 years old, the only sibling to survive, saw the smoke and told the mother. the children's father we are told was sleeping in his milk delivery truck at the time. the children ranged in age from 11 months to 11 years old. >>> on this ash wednesday, roman catholics in philadelphia are watching new developments in their church. 21 priests put on leave for what a church leader calls a great and evil crime. cbs news correspondent elaine quijano is in philadelphia this morning with more on that. good morning to you, elaine.

at that time, to my understanding, tesla, he did in fact work with -- i believe it was thomas patterson. finding out thomas edison was a liar and a thief and he was stealing people technology and information and using it for himself. host: we heard mitch mcconnell, talking about the focus rather should be helping out japan in the wake of the earthquake. this is a usaid press release about the media it release. initial 100,000 in the immediate disaster relief assistance has been provided as the u.s. government continues to work closely with japan and stands ready to provide additional assistance if required or requested. usaid has deployed two search and rescue teams. one team from fairfax county and the other from los angeles county. comprise approximately 150 personnel and 12 canines trained to detect live victims -- scheduled to arrive in japan this morning here is "usa today" with their story. international aid efforts come together quickly. a massive international relief teams, fundraising efforts, are pouring into a disaster-stricken japan. also, we told you about the search and re

week, i had the opportunity to visit the largest single site employer in the state of ohio, wright-patterson air force base. i was told if the government shuts down, thousands of people may be asked not to come to work. and if we don't pass the short-term c.r. this is one place that would suffer from a shutdown which is responsible for numerous national defense programs that depend on continued funding. without funding, programs like this across the country will not get off the ground in a timely manner, may incur programmatic delays and costs, jeopardize the national defense programs they support and put thousands of jobs, including small businesses, on the line. we must d the responsible thing an pass the short-term resolution which will buy us time to find a long-termres. lugs to our budget crisis. madam speaker, people across america and especially in ohio have spoken very clearly that washington needs to cut spending. nobody said these cuts would be easy but they're absolutely essential to help put our country back on a fiscally sustainable path that will create jobs an strengthen our e

. >> reporter: downstream in patterson, firefighters were helping people get to higher ground by boat. often dangerous rescues because of swift currents. all of that is just round one. with torrential rain now forecast for the next two days, it is all hands on deck. even these inmates from the county jail were put to work, with guards watching, making sandbags to go. at this strip mall they know what a few more inches of rain can do. >> last year around the same time, got about four inches that flooded out this entire area. >> reporter: while floods drench the northeast, tornadoes blow through the southeast. as many as 16 tornadoes reported on wednesday from louisiana to florida. part of an intense weather system stretching so far across the country, as many as 100 million americans may be affected. >> i grew up here. i'm 33. so it happens. >> reporter: 33 times? >> not quite that many, but yeah. like most here in the flood zone brian tries to take it in stride, taking a row boat to his house. most people say it usually doesn't get this bad. the fear is it could get much worse. new je

erika davis attended grace patterson elementary school.edible ginger snaps. the cookies contain cannabis. police say a clerk gave the cookies to an 11-year-old not knowing they contained marijuana. >> they asked me if i wanted to try it and then i tried it and then it tasted nasty. >> yeah. >> i kept on drinking my chocolate milk. >> three other students say they felt dizzy after eating those cookies. they were all treated at nearby hospitals. we'll have a quick update on your wednesday morning forecast coming up in just a minute. >>> good morning to you. showers are really starting to subside. now you can see the clearing over the bay area. they're all pushing off to the east and that will be the trend as we head throughout the day today. a few on and off spotty showers. right now the bulk of the moisture is well to the east of the east bay. so that's good news. in fact, by noon, we're looking at a mostly clear bay area. that trend will last into tonight and more showers move onshore tomorrow morning. let's check your drive with mike. >>