>> randall pinkston in pensacola beach, thank you for that randall. >>> now to a disaster half a world away, in japan authorities are considering limiting access to the evacuation zone around the crippled nuclear plant. there's currently a 12 mile evacuation zone surrounding the plant devastated by the japanese earthquake and tsunami. the government says creating a caution area around the plant would limit radiation exposure for evacuees who want to return home. >>> turning to the crisis in libya, where britain will send as many as 20 military advisers to train rebel forces trying to overthrow moammar gadhafi. the rebels have little, if any fighting experience. britain says it will not arm them. the rebels and gadhafi are locked in a stalemate after two months of fighting. >>> after weeks of anti-government demonstrations the syrian government has passed a law to end a half century of emergency rule, but protesters say that is not enough and are calling for an end to the regime. on tuesday syrian troops opened fire on a demonstration in the city of homs. at least one person was killed.

as randall pinkston reports federal officials are now ordering other airlines to closely inspect some of their own boeing 737s. >> reporter: southwest airlines finished inspecting its fleet of planes. now the faa is issuing an emergency order telling other airlines to examine some of their planes for metal fatigue. crews will check for cracks on older 737s using an electromagnetic device. before only a visual inspection was required. >> you have planes flying that in effect have been checked but may have these small cracks that cause the kind of problems we saw on the southwest jet. >> reporter: the action comes after a hole tore open in the roof of a southwest flight on friday. investigators are now examining the piece of metal that ripped o the new faa inspections involve about 175 boeing-made planes worldwide. southwest owns 78 of them and has found cracks in at least five. 737 are known as workhorse of the skies. friday's southwest jet was 15 years old and had logged 39,000 take-offs and landings, putting stress on the fuselage each time. >> every time you take off, you blow up th

randall pinkston shows us now how the disaster is still impacting the gulf region. >>> reporter: a sheen of oil still covers parts of the gulf one year after the blast that killed 11 workers and unleashed around 200 million gallons of oil. families of the men who died will fly by helicopter over the area where the rig one stood. >> my brother is at the bottom of th gulf of mexico. none of them should be there. >> reporter: in new orleans this morning candles were lit in memory of the victims. in a statement, president obama said today we remember the 1 lives lost as a result of this tragic event and thank the thousands of responders who worked to mitigate this disaster. >> reporter: the worst offshore oil spill in the nation's history left wildlife and marshes covered in muck and practically shut down the region's seafood industry. no cause has been determined yet. the gulf coach beaches are clean and open for business but one pensacola beach says large oil splotches lurk offshore. >> the surf brings it in and that's why we will have an effort under way for the next ten years in terms of

and then when he announced it was just before randall he announced it. so i went up to ask him. he said i just got told i had to switchback. that is his answer. when i got on at 16th and church it said balboa to church. so i thought we were going all of the way up. luckily a train did come five minutes afterwards and took us out the rest of the way, but that was the first time i was on a switch back. usually you stand out there 15 minutes and beyond. thank you. >> good afternoon supervisors. i just wanted to thank you for calling this hearing. i am glad i came. it was very educational. i think i look at my role on the mta board as the board not only sets policy and strategy but we are also there to support the staff when they do things to implement these strategies and policies. i want to thank you for coming to do this presentation. it was very valuable. as the transit effectiveness project continues to be worked upon and rolled out there are a lot of things that can help the reliability and the timing of all of our muni lines. not all of them will be easy and painless. and i r

randall pinkston reports. >> reporter: a handful of new york giants players arrived to workout. >> i'mexcited to get back in and get to work and i'm sure the sentiment is the same around the league for the players. >> reporter: at several other facilities the players who showed up were turned away. >> i was disappointed, bringing my workout gear and trying to go back to work. >> felt like you were sneaking into the club, something like that, and they knew that you weren't supposed to be in there but haven't done anything about it yet. >> reporter: there was confusion across the league as players tried to go back to work. late monday a judge ruled to end the nfl owners' 45-day lockout of the players but the owners say they will appeal. >> we are in the process of determining throughout the league as to just how we will proceed. >> this is a huge setback for these owners. they will do everything they can to try to overturn this judge's decision on appeal. >> reporter: in boston a number of players got together to discuss the lockout. they hope the judge's ruling will hope push the owners

randall pinkston reports on the new efforts to find thousands of missing bodies. >>> japanese and u.s. rescue teams are intensifying their search for u.s. bodies in what could be the last chance to find victims swept out to sea. an estimated 16,000 people are still missing, after an earthquake and tsunami ravaged japan. for the next three days, 120 aircraft and 65 ships the scour the hardest-hit areas. >> the japanese side does the actual recovery. we don't actually put hands on any remains. but we can help find them. >> reporter: near the crippled fukushima daichi nuclear plant, search teams are wearing protective gear to guard against radiation. people within 12 miles have been evacuated. six miles beyond that, evacuation is voluntary. >> reporter: japanese officials say the order will probably remain in effect for months. the plant's owner released this video, taken 18 eight days -- taken eight days ago, which shows the extensive damage inside one of the reactors. smoke rises from the complex. >> reporter: japan's prime minister admits, even he doesn't know if the plant is stabiliz

randall pinkston, wjz eyewitness news. >> the environmental protection agency says it's increasing itsing of air, milk and water nationwide. >>> the baseball commissioner speaks out against smokeless tobacco. in a letter regarding a campaign for tobacco-free children, he says he believes smokeless tobacco should be banned in the major leagues. the ban needs to be added to the next collective bargaining agreement. >>> it's the day baseball fans around here have been looking forward to for months. orioles regular season debut. they will play defending division champion tampa bay rays in florida now. the orioles are looking to build on their streak. buck showalter came to town last august. >>> after the series in tampa the orioles face the detroit tigers. in the home opener monday. stick around for full orioles coverage then. >> shout out to number 5. if you just moved to town we want to you understand why the interest in sports. right there. we're talking about one of the most beloved men in the history of baltimore. and here's what makes it work. brooks is the nicest guy you ever met. >

as randall pinkston reports for wjz, there is a new operation under way to recover this. >>> japanese u.s. rescue teams are intensifying their search for bodies in what could be the last chance to find victims swept out to sea. an estimated 15,000 people are still missing, after an earthquake and tsunami ravaged japan. for the next three days, 120 aircraft and 65 ships will scour the hardest-hit areas. >> the japanese does the actual recovery. we don't actually put hands on any remains. but we can help find them. >> reporter: near the crippled fukushima daichi nuclear plant, search teams are wearing protective gear to guard against radiation. people within 12 miles have been evacuated. six miles beyond that, evacuation is voluntary. japanese officials say the order will probably remain in effect for months. the plant's owner released this video, taken eight days ago, which shows the extensive damage inside one of the reactors. smoke rises from the complex. japan's prime minister admits, even he doesn't know if the plant is stabilized. radiation from fukushima has contaminated vegetabl

randall pinkston, cbs news, new york. >>> if you have a smart phone, do you ever wonder who is keepingck of all of that data? how your personal information can get used without you even knowing it. . >> and coming up, a controversy in england. i'm dennis sonado. what was under this tarp that has people furious. ,,,,,,,,,, "know the species, know the stain." lanolin-free coat, i know it's an alpaca. walks in here, looks says "hey look, it's a llama!" cleaning the stain like he would a llama stain. time he's wasting. ♪ call 1-800-steemer surrounding budget talks in congress. if lawmakers can't agree on a spending plan . >>> president obama hopes a private meeting at the white house will stop the stale meat. the federal government could shut down on friday if they don't agree. daniel notingham reports, both parties blame the other side. >> reporter: government budget talks are stalled. unless something changes, that paves the way for the federal government to temporarily shut down friday night. the finger pointing has already begun. >> tea party republicans refuse to recognize that their

if you have any questions, who has worked on similar projects including the presidio, randall's island in new york and here in san francisco. she really led us in a needs assessment and trend analysis and a reevaluation of existing facilities and really based on all the above we come up with this refined community facilities program. briefly, the population of treasure island is generally expected to mirror that of san francisco. we do think that based on a you would see that we have slightly fewer young workers and seniors than the young san francisco populaxz÷u the needs assessment performed really evaluated different groups and categorized the needs into several categories as you can see here. and then what we tried to do here is not just look at the needs but identify the facilities that will be provided to meet those needs. it is a little bit too complex to show here multiple facilities on the island either existing or providing they will meet each of the needs and there is a separate matrix that provides the space required to meet those needs. those circled are those that will be

yesterday, we would just awarded $5.5 million to rebuild and revitalize the nature center at the randall museum here it is an incredible project that we are very excited about. [applause] i believe this week, we break baird had mission playground, where we are going to have a beautiful new soccer field. we will make improvements to mission pool and create a new children's play area. [applause] next week, the rec and park commission is expected to award a contract to the lowest bidder to get the delors park playground project off the ground, which will break ground in may and be concluded in december. soon thereafter, we will invest another $11 million to revitalize and rebuild dolores park, and we have another $6 million or $7 million in glen canyon. on the capital side, there is so much good that is happening. on the recreational program side, we have special programming going on. we have some great stuff happening. tomorrow night at harvey milk, we have a great exhibit, and saturday is dov best in both parks, so there is a lot happening. thank you. >> next, we are going to -- superviso

he's randall eley, president of the edgar lomax company. >> susie: call it the incredible shrinking big box. electronics retailer best buy is going to open up smaller stores in the next few years in an effort to be more competitive. on the drawing board-- stores with about 10% less square footage than they have now, and stores that only sell mobile devices. best buy wants to boost its online sales, as well, hoping to ring up $4 billion in revenue in the next five years. >> tom: postal rates are going up on sunday. but if all you're mailing are birthday cards and the occasional bill payment, it won't affect you. the 44-cent first class letter rate stays the same. what's going up? rates to mail packages, magazines, and advertisements. the postal service has been losing money as more and more people use the internet for things that used to be mailed. >> tom: you have an extra weekend-- this weekend-- to file your income taxes this year. before monday's deadline, some last-minute tips. tonight-- a tax idea to help future generations. here's kevin mccormally, editorial director at "kiplinger

randall pinkston has more. >> reporter: 13-year-old gavin anderson plays the saxophone in his schoold. >> i like the sound mix. >> reporter: but making that music could be creating a breeding ground for bacteria, especially since many students share instruments or buy secondhand. >> it's the first time i have heard that. >> reporter: a new study in the journal, general dentistry, shows used wood wind and brass instruments are jammed with potentially harmful germs. researchers tested the mouth pieces, chambers and cases of 13 high school instruments. six had been played for a week, the others hadn't been touched in a month. they found 442 different bacteria. >> bacteria that cause staph infections that cause upper respiratory infections, that can cause infections in and around the mouth and the oral cavity, fungal infections which can cause things like candida in the mouth or red patches around the lips or inside the mouth. >> reporter: experts say the scene to clean the instruments on a regular basis inside and out. and it's best to use cleaning kits specifically designed for your in

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things first of the united states has completely lost faith in the capability of nato or the local randall's to regain the initiative on the ground the second point is that as of now introduction of the predator drones into libya and carl think the united states has retaken before the responsibility for the endgame in levy united states policy might as well issue me its name from the drones itself the predator policy. well britain italy and france are sending military advisors to libya in a move that has once again cause critics to call for the allies to obey the regional un resolution. asking what do you think about it we're going to r.t. dot com and have you all say. that you can have a look at that the majority of our viewers think that the military advisors will simply pave the way for a full scale invasion and so well a third believe it just says to prolong or and hence western interests well twenty two percent of you are skeptical if the tactic will be successful at all and six percent hope that it's a softening up mission before peace negotiations would get out about the arctic up com

. >> i'm randall pinkston in clinton, mississippi. behind me an 18-wheeler tossed by the winds like a toy earlier today. the driver somehow survived. >> stay on it. stay on it. >> reporter: earlier, storm chases captured these dramatic images of a tornado touching down west of jackson, one of the hardest-hit areas in the state. cars and trucks flipped over. businesses and homes ripped apart. downed trees knocking out power for thousands. residents heeded early warnings. >> they told us to take cover and i went in the bathroom here and shut the door and the roof fell on my head. >> reporter: so far, no one is reported killed. another driver traveling near here says her pickup truck was also lifted up. she said "my life flashed before my eyes." a storm to remember. >> couric: this weather system is moving east tonight, set to bring a weekend of potentially damaging storms up and down the coast and through the tennessee valley. don teague is in tennessee tonight. don, the weather has been especially violent this season. >> reporter: it's

that means if somebody was on there, they would have to dead head back to san jose randall, get off, across, and head back again. i've been on street cars where after we were all forced to get off on glen park on a sunday morning, i had to wait 43 minutes, not five minutes. central control needs to ask those questions. the expectations people all in wheelchairs board up front. if something happened in the subway, they could be in the back and hidden. that communication is lacking. commissioner wiener: thank you. >> my name is janet tarlove. i own a business in glen park and glen park is particularly well served by public transportation. the exception is the link between b.a.r.t. and the other buses in the area and the j church, the station at that location is very unsafe and inaccessible. and the glen park community plan outlines a solution to that which i think would be worth considering which is a street level stop. i think supervisor wiener was alluding to that in his remarks. and just another note regarding the merchants providing the customer service for muni, our own experience

from iowa, a kentucky senator, randall paul. that is later today on "road to the white house." >> this year's student can competition asked students to consider washington, d.c. through their lands. today, they addressed a topic to better understand the role of the federal government. >> starting at a very young age, [unintelligible] how does our federal government help us to get them. in 1948, my great uncle was diagnosed with polio. in 1955, there was a polio vaccine. since the first vaccine was invented, it has been used in most of the world. we are still searching for a cure for many of the diseases in the world today. people search many hours a day for vaccinations that will help cover immune system fight off bad viruses. >> if you talk about the priority plan for the institute that i direct, which is the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases, our top priorities over the next several years is an hiv vaccine, malaria, tuberculosis vaccines, and a universal flu vaccine, and namely one that you can give once or

it happened wednesday as randall and roxanne that parker and their two -- roxanne parker and their two young daughters were driving home. they were on interstate 290 on snoqualmie pass when a wall of snow fell and crashed into the windshield of their car. the parents suffered cuts on their hands, face and neck, the two girls were unharmed. >>> marin county officials say a storm two weeks ago caused more than $2 million in damage bringing high winds and heavy rain. damage includes a sliding road in mirror woods and scores of fallen trees. the storm hit northern and central california particularly hard knocking out power causing mud shieds and shutting down roads -- mudslides and shutting down roads. >>> the recent unsettled weather is heading out of the bay area. in fact, the rain showers have been on the decrease. you can see a few pop-up cells across parts of the bay area, but the bulk of the action is now focused in central california and especially down towards southern california from los angeles and san diego. with the clearing skies overnight temperatures are dropping off. here's

it happened wednesday as randall and roxanne that parker and their two -- roxanne parker and their two young daughters were driving home. they were on interstate 290 on snoqualmie pass when a wall of snow fell and crashed into the windshield of their car. the parents suffered cuts on their hands, face and neck, the two girls were unharmed. >>> marin county officials say a storm two weeks ago caused more than $2 million in damage bringing high winds and heavy rain. damage includes a sliding road in mirror woods and scores of fallen trees. the storm hit northern and central california particularly hard knocking out power causing mud shieds and shutting down roads -- mudslides and shutting down roads. >>> the recent unsettled weather is heading out of the bay area. in fact, the rain showers have been on the decrease. you can see a few pop-up cells across parts of the bay area, but the bulk of the action is now focused in central california and especially down towards southern california from los angeles and san diego. with the clearing skies overnight temperatures are dropping off. here's

randall pinkston, florida. >>> airline passengers are about to get a little more support from the federal government. the department of transportation is extending its passenger bill of rights. under the new federal guidelines in an airline loses your bag, it not only has to pay for the lost luggage, but it has to refund your baggage fees. you will also have to pay more if passengers are bumped from an oversold flight. extra fees for things like food and pillows and blankets have to be disclosed online before the ticket is sold. airlines will pay bigger fines for leaving passengers stuck on the tarmac for long periods of time. >> well, that's a wonderful idea because sometimes you are stuck out there for a long time. >> i would hate to get stuck on a tarmac with my 3-year-old and my 8 and 10-year-old, yeah. i think it's a great thing. >> carriers will also have to do more to inform passengers about the delays or cancellations both at the airport an online. the expanded passenger bill of rights takes effect in august right during the peak of summer travel. >> and a project that began with

happened on wednesday as randall and roxannea parker and their two young daughters were driving home on inter7890 at snoqualmie pass when a ball of snow crashed into their car, breaking their windows and the sunroof of their car. two men nearby helped the family escape. the parents suffered cuts on their hands, face and neck. the two girls were unharmed. >>> it's amazing with all the snow we had over the past month, no real major avalanches. >> they were seriously taking care of it, out there all the time, resorts and highway 50. >> absolutely. >> no problems like this in this morning, though. >> no, we're looking good. we'll have the forecast in just a few moments. our temperatures finally turning around although still chilly out there. 43 in san jose now. closer to 40 degrees right about sunrise. so over the course of the day again, nice mild warm-up there. low 40s to low 50s through the next hour or so. and then for your lunch hour, mid-50s closer to the coast. upper 50s, low 60s for on land areas. some areas like santa rosa will warm 25 to 30 degrees over the course of the day. a

. >> randall will you come over and help me with this?t we all really enjoyed was that carriage moment where they're first getting into the carriage, now they're married, william and kate getting in, and they have this sweet little exchange where, from the people who have looked at their body language, and what their lips seem to be saying, they're saying, are you happy? and they're having this very, it's kind of a personal moment, obviously, in front of literally millions of people. >> like he's going to say no. >> talk about this. >> don't ask me that question. >> we talked about the kiss yesterday, of course, the two kisses yesterday. very nice moments. >> double dipping. >> double dipping. >> very sweet. >> can we get -- lonnie, what's your favorite. >> only because the bride's beautiful. but that sister pippa in that gown that she had. >> i knew you were going there. >> oh, look at that. >> she looks great. >> she looked fabulous. >> alert security. ,,,, 3q lysol knows a real clean isn't just something you see... ... it's something y

, david kyles, trey murray, ivan aruke, joe ragland, tyler richardson, ben smith, garrett stutts, randall voutravers, josh walker, and dometric williams. i say to the team if i have mispronounced your name, i'm terribly sorry. you certainly did not do anything wrong in the tournament in terms of winning the n.i.t. and congratulations to all of the shocker basketball fans. i simply would add that the coach has made a decision to stay at wichita state. good news for kansas, good news for wichita state and an exemplary action on the part of the coach after a very successful team effort and winning the n.i.t. and then staying at wichita state university. so good news for kansas, good news for wichita state and good news all the way around. by the way, we're not going to shut down the team. they're going to keep on fighting. and i think the signal there was not four quarters, let's go play hard, but that the four minutes are up, so i yield back the balance of my time. mr. roberts: madam president, i note that a quorum is not -- is not here in the senate of the united states, and i would like t

host: and comment on twitter -- right here in washington, d.c., randall joins us. caller: hi, i think over all republicans are very unpatriotic because we ask these young people -- especially the ones who did not want to pay taxes -- people going to war, people risk their lives, and they make the ultimate sacrifice. the least of the rich can do can get us into the treasure of the most, and that is money to help keep the nation's solvents and pay for a lot of things. -- keep the nation solvent. most -- i did not understand those middle class whites who both republicans and actually vote against the interest in the long run because -- small southern town -- people blackmailed by their bosses. they kind of act like this man -- mentality, where they realize corporations paid more 50 years ago or 30 years ago. this country stride under bill clinton and rich people paid more money. i do not have understood what is wrong with these people. they are not the rich. i did not know what their affinity to the rich is. host: let me ask a question -- have you paid your taxes yet?

we can do this without making people's lives miss randall. we can do it without taking cuts because if you do it all too soon we will be back in the recession. host: another call from florida on. john is a republican. caller: thank you for taking my call. i'm a republican that grew up in an entirely democrat family so say a prayer for me. i understand the importance of the fiscal debate and i thought it was good, a little drawn out. but i had to add something in there. dragging abortion into the debate, i just don't think that was right. i think abortion is something between a woman and her god. and it embarrasses me to be a republican and have something like that dragged in there. i hope that somebody in congress will step up and introduce some legislation to where they can't tag abortion to a budget debate. guest: john, thank you for your question. i think you have hit on a very sensitive issue. we are not only talking in the discussions about the budget, whether we're talking about 2011 or 2012, about abortion, which is a very personal kin

during this morning's session the chamber -- at the chamber conference faa administrator randall babbitt talked about air traffic controllers who fell asleep on the job and the new faa bill waiting congressional actions. we'll show you his comments on this break until 1:20 eastern. >> well, take an airplane anywhere in the world. that is our industry. it's a great one. and let's work together to promote it, and we have ed bolen to thank for that quote, and it's so appropriate now to introduce the administrator of the faa. and while he needs no introduction, i would just say that in 1995, that was the year that randy became, after a long-flying career, ending his career as captain at eastern airlines, he then came and in 1995 -- he and i both became presidents at the same time. he became president of alpa and i became president of ata. and we worked together and it was a great working relationship, and we had many successes because we were able to work together on issues in which we all had agreement. he is the kind of person who is able to bring people together. he's had a great career a

. >> tom: our market monitor this friday evening is randall eley with the can loam. >> susie: and finally tonight, not everyone gets a special movie to celebrate their birthday. but the late comedian charlie chaplin does, thanks to google! the search engine produced a short film in chaplin's unique slapstick style to mark his 122nd birthday tomorrow. click on what google calls "the doodle" at the top the home page to watch it. tom, that google now has a team of workers who do nothing but doodle all day. great work if you can get it. >> susie: that's "nightly business report" for friday, april 15. i'm susie gharib. have a great weekend-- you, too, tom. >> tom: good night, susie. i'm tom hudson goodnight, everyone. we hope to see all of you again next week. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program was made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org