thank you so much, diane sawyer throughout your career. as a woman and an anchor and as a woman, i come from kenya. how do look at africa being called that country with women in the media in africa when you are anchoring, how do you look at women in africa compared to men as journalists and u.s. and anchor, how do you advise to work with them locally and africa? -- in africa? >> i'm from east los angeles, california. you mentioned a student journalists are inheriting a new media that contains the world. what would be your advice to someone like me that comes from a community that is full of negative press like gang violence? >> you've got 30 seconds. [laughter] this is like television. to the women in africa, we need as journalists and it is the most profound respect and we salute you. also, when we travel, we depend so much on women journalists to be there with us helping us open our eyes and ears. about not being paid, i think there is a seismic shift and there is a whole lot of anxiety about getting the job that locks in because there i

. >> abc's diane sawyer is in japan and will continue reporting tonight from the quake-stricken regionhere's what she found in one of the hardest hit areas. >> after one walk down one street and you'll see what we mean. the bookstore. not one car, not one truck but three all piled in on top of each other. you can see it's layered. stacked. >> you can watch a special edition of world news tonight, disaster in the pacific with diane sawyer here on abc 7. it begins at 5:30 on abc news at 5:00. >> the manhunt underway for a prison escapee. >> the message that got hundreds of south bay students up early. 10,000 more gathering right now in sacramento. >> the problem that had dozens of bay area clipper card >> right now authorities in solano county are looking for an inmate who walked from the prison camp in the delta. nath than simpson was last seen last night. he was serving time in the camp for vehicle theft. he was set to be paroled in september. he was last seen wearing orange-colored jeans and a shirt with c. d. c. r. on the back. developing news in oakland where schools has bee

. >> abc's diane sawyer is in japan and will continue reporting tonight from the quake-stricken regionhere's what she found in one of the hardest hit areas. >> after one walk down one street and you'll see what we mean. the bookstore. not one car, not one truck but three all piled in on top of each other. you can see it's layered. stacked. >> you can watch a special edition of world news tonight, disaster in the pacific with diane sawyer here on abc 7. it begins at 5:30 on abc news at 5:00. >> the manhunt underway for a prison escapee. >> the message that got hundreds of south bay students up early. 10,000 more gathering right now in sacramento. >> the problem that had dozens >> closed captioning brought to you by manci >> right now authorities in solano county are looking for an inmate who walked from the prison camp in the delta. nath than simpson was last seen last night. he was serving time in the camp for vehicle theft. he was set to be paroled in september. he was last seen wearing orange-colored jeans and a shirt with c. d. c. r. on the back. developing news in oakland where sch

after that, and interviewer interviews diane sawyer. then we will hear from the iraqi ambassador to the united states. on tomorrow's "washington journal," we will talk about the military strategy against libya. nora been some held joins us. then fred hochberg on of merit -- on u.s. american president barack obama strip to land america. then rebecca adams will discuss the health care law and what the mean. "washington journal" each morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. in advance about the political arrests in the middle is. morocco's foreign minister will talk about the challenges his country faces, live from the brookings institution. and from the carnegie endowment for international peace, the president of the american university in cairo will give her perspective on the recent changes in egypt in the arab world. that is live at 1:00 eastern. now vice president joe biden talks about increasing graduation rates. his remarks are just under 20 minutes. >> when i have spoken to the leaders and the business community in my state over the last coup

quickly we get out, secretary of state hillary clinton sat down for an exclusive interview with diane sawyer. >> i think it's moving well. the work that the united states and our allies have been doing to take out the air defense systems will enable the united states to do what we said we would do, which is to fulfill this initial phase and then to transition to the no-fly zone and the work that will be led by our partners. >> reporter: will it be nato? >> nato will be involved. we do have a lot of nato members who are committed to this process and, you know, they want to see command and control that is organized. but we also are integrating others from outside of nato. but i'm very relaxed about it, diane. i think it is -- it's proceeding it's moving forward in the right direction and we will have what we need in the next few days. >> reporter: moammar gadhafi. will this intervention be a success if he's still in power? >> well, i think we have to separate the two sides of the equation, if you will. the united nations security council resolution was very proud, but explicit about what was l

. >> this morning we're live in japan, with diane sawyer, christiane amanpour and david muir. and we ask the question, is this only the beginning of the devastation? >>> and good morning, america. joining us is "world news" anchor, diane sawyer, is who is there in sendai, japan, where the scope of the destruction is staggering. powerful aftershocks still rocking that region. >> japan and the world trying to deal with two overlapping crises, the humanitarian disaster and effort to control the nuclear emergency. as we said there was a third meltdown overnight. 11 injured in the blast. and after american officials detected radiation onboard "the uss ronald reagan," it was moved offshore. the americans have scrubbed down and believed to be out of danger. and, robin, we should emphasize the nuclear experts still believe that the chances of a full-scale meltdown are remote. but this humanitarian disaster even worse than we feared. >> the death toll may top 10,000, with reports of thousands of bodies washing ashore in one of the hardest hit villages. the disaster has also dealt a pow

our subject tonight is diane sawyer. i do not remember the exact day, but about 35 per 40 years ago, a very bright young woman walked into the cbs news room in washington. everybody looked up bewrayed they realized instinctively that someone special had just entered. abc news has kindly provided us with a brief promotional film about diane's career. let's take a look. >> for more than three decades, diane sawyer has been one of the most respected and passionate journalist on television. as anger of good morning america, -- as anger -- anchor, she has shown the worst that sheet -- there is nothing but she cannot do. her career began in 1968 with a literature graduate decided to take a noun likely turn -- unlikely turn. she practiced shooting with a camera herself. she next went to washington to observe a presidency firsthand. she stayed on to help nixon write his memoirs. in 1978, she returned to the news, cbs. in 1984, she made history by becoming the first woman on "60 minutes." in 1989, she joined abc news to create an

we should note on tuesday, diane sawyer will sit down with president obama. be seen across abc news and on "world news" with diane sawyer. we're always on at abcnews.com and "good morning america" and this week tomorrow morning. i'll see you tomorrow night, good night, everyone, from new york. >> there are people who have been in capitola for 15 year never seep anything -- seen anything like this. >> alan: flooding strikes twice in capitola. lisa amin gulezian is in capitola with more. these people just can't get a break, can they? >> lisa: that is very true, alan. right now things are very different from the way they were this morning. the water was up to the front steps of the restaurant behind me, and a river in this mobile home park. it's a muddy mess. this is what rushed into downtown capitola this morning. two to three feet of muddy,

and on tuesday, diane sawyer will interview president obama. you can see that across abc news and of course right here on "world news" tuesday night. >>> the president will likely talk tomorrow night in his speech about quickly this operation in libya has been moving, framing it as a success. in fact, just more than a week into this, in tonight, jets are reportedly pounding gadhafi's hometown. that's a first. alex marquardt in eastern libya for why this is a major turning point for the rebels in their march to tripoli. alex? >> reporter: good evening, david. the last 48 hours have seen a complete turnaround for the rebels. they're now back in control of the eastern part of the country. and tonight, the first reports of air strikes on gadhafi's hometown. the rebels' next target on their way to tripoli. on they marched. the rebels pushed west to tripoli, retaking town after town they had lost in recent weeks. "i can't disclose details of the plans," this fighter said, "but it's all looking good." it looks good thanks to the coalition air strikes.

diane sawyer is back with us with the latest from the quake zone.orge, as we've been saying earlier, so many people on the move tonight. those who can, leaving. and you can see the backup of the traffic today, leaving the area where the reactors are. those who cannot stay inside. and of course, here, we have rescue workers. we have military wldd87 heading in to try to help. they are not leaving. they are heading back in. and i think the main thing is, as you keep reporting, we've never seen anything like this before. at the very minimum, this is uncharted territory. they say it could be catastrophic it's because we have four reactors in one place. and no one knows exponentially what that could mean if they all start to get in even more trouble. i want to head down the road, now, because david muir is ahead of us. and i want to learn from him what he is seeing at the location where he is. he has been following the evacuation since the very beginning. david? >> reporter: good morning, again to you. you can see the gas line continues here behind me. th

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is he like diane sawyer with all the privileges of a journalist? >> does someone have to be certified journalist before you will except the information? >> no. wait a minute. i am interviewing you. [laughter] wait a minute. let's go to another subject. [laughter] in the 1970's, you worked for president nixon, you were both in the white house and you followed him not to california. those were extraordinary times. you had a great scene on history as a was unfolding right in front of you. please help me understand your continuing loyalty to a president who had embarrassed the country, had lied to the american people, gave birth to the watergate scandal -- help me out. >> it wasn't about that. in a funny way, it was how i lived up what my father had always taught me. if you walk away from someone at the worst time, that is also a choice that has implications for you are and to you want to be. i had been there to go to china with your brother. i had been there through all the times, the end of the signing of the treaty of the vietnam war. i'd been there

president obama told diane sawyer yesterday that he's thinking about it. but no decision yet on whether to send arms in. and you criticized president obama for not setting up a no-fly zone more quickly. do you think he should move more quickly to arm the rebels now? >> i think we need to learn more about who the rebels are. i'm happy to see that secretary clinton engage with them yesterday and we continue to learn about them. as we do, we can make those decisions. i think it was wise for the president to not take it off the table. to leave that open as an option. the primary mission i think is to continue to degrade the ability of moammar gadhafi to carry out atrocities in libya. >> you say we need to find out more about who they are. your concern is as some u.s. officials testified before the senate yesterday, that there could be some elements of al qaeda in the opposition. we've gone down this road before. we funded insurgents in afghanistan 20 years ago, they became our enemies, the taliban. >> there's always a risk. no doubt about it. there's always a

diane sawyer will have a one-on-one interview tonight on world news. it airs at 5:30. now, the latest from japan. the prime minister says the situation at the fukushima daiichi plant remains unpredict abld and the country remains in maximum alert. the spread of radiation raising concerns about how to stabilize the plant. toxic plutonium was found outside the facility but so far amounts are too small. a tsunami triggered by a 9.0 earthquake destroyed the power systems needed to control the nuclear fuel rods in the plant. official death toll from the quake has topped 11,000. >> still ahead, we're following breaking news in redwood city where a mountain lion has been cornered at a home near a business intersection. >> and women versus walmart. the biggest job discrimination case ever. >> and serious felony charges the government is considering in the >> eric: right now the supreme court are hearing arguments about a major discrimination case against walmart. whether they can move forward on a class action suit. they accuse the largest retailer

. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton talked with abc's diane sawyer in her first interview since the military intervention begin in libya. you can watch it on world news at 5:30 and later on "nightline". >> in japan, encouraging news about the damaged fukushima daiichi power the man. they have reconnected power lines to all six units but it will likely take days before the cooling systems can be turned out. workers have to check all the equipment. this marks a significant step toward breaking the overheated complex under control. all three they dumped cooling water. meantime, the death toll from the tsunami and earthquake stands at 9,000, another 13,000 shall still missing. >>> hundreds of u.s. military family members are due in the bay area after evacuating japan. chartered flight landed at travis earlier this morning. more than 3500 military family members made the decision to head home. the departure will help reduce the demand for food and water in japan. defense department says the voluntary evacuations will continue for the foreseeable future. >> opening statements are unde

. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton talked with abc's diane sawyer in her first interview since the military intervention begin in libya. you can watch it on world news at 5:30 and later on "nightline". >> in japan, encouraging news about the damaged fukushima daiichi power the man. they have reconnected power lines to all six units but it will likely take days before the cooling systems can be turned out. workers have to check all the equipment. this marks a significant step toward breaking the overheated complex under control. all three they dumped cooling water. meantime, the death toll from the tsunami and earthquake stands at 9,000, another 13,000 shall still missing. >>> hundreds of u.s. military family members are due in the bay area after evacuating japan. chartered flight landed at travis earlier this morning. more than 3500 military family members made the decision to head home. the departure will help reduce the demand for food and water in japan. defense department says the voluntary evacuations will continue for the foreseeable future. >> opening statements are unde

more tonight from diane sawyer. >> reporter: rescue teams calling out, probing the new snow tonight asemperatures drop. we there were with one team. there are voices saying any one here. >> you get a sense of immensity of what they have to try to do. it's inconceivable. >> at times the team, joined by family members. this aunt looking for her nephew one step at a time. and this family crying out, a loved one still trapped below. the teen squeezes into narrow cracks and calls into the rubble. nearby, there are always makemist morgues. it is where a husband comes every day searching for his wife. he checks the list of the dead first. then the living. his wife was last seen here in front of her cousin's house. she handed her children to relatives moments before being swept down the street. tonight he huddles with his children in the car repair shop. his children saying let's go find mommy today and if we don't find her today we'll find her tomorrow. he says that is what gives him strength to go on. in another part of the devastation, a soldier prays alongside a woman, both searching for s

. >> coming up right after this newscast, on world news with diane sawyer a look at brave men, so called fukushima 50 that volunteered to stay and work in hopes of averting a nuclear melt down at great personal risk. >> to the crisis in libya? the un security council authoring a no-fly zone over liba. authorizing states to use all necessary limits saying the u.s. could begin imposing not-fly zone almost immediately. today pro gaddafi forces have circled bengazi as libyan war planes bombed bengazi's airport. lynnan state tv claims they intend to attack saturday. >> lawmakers in sacramento today continued their progress in trying to slash the deficit, cutting $7 billion yesterday, hoping to cut another $7 billion by day's end. lawmakers talked about fee increases for higher education. >> this means people goring to have to be paying more to go to community colleges but currently tax payers fund 90% of a community college ed oox we're trying to work towards budget balanced getting our fiscal house back in order so we can begin to reinvest in our educational system. >> tuesday, local teacher

and i'll be joined by diane sawyer as we ask, how important is it to buy things that are made in america? >>> in libya, an uprising erupts into civil war. colonel gadhafi told me his people love him. >> translator: all my people with me. they love me, all. >> reporter: but now his forces are battling a rebel army in the streets. we'll have the latest. and my exclusive interview with senator john mccain. he's calling for american military intervention. >>> and we'll meet the women warriors behind the uprising. could they be al qaeda's biggest threat? is this this week, america and the world starts right now. welcome to our viewers here and around the world. these days, americans have had to think hard about where the united states stands in the world. how the american worker fits into a new and changing global economy. and what stand the united states should take as people fight for basic freedoms around the middle east. we turn first to jobs. issue number one for the american people. and this week, finally, some good news to report. for the first time in almost two years, the unemploymen

. >> and secretary of state hillary clinton talk was diane sawyer in the first interview since military intervention began in liba. you can watch it right after this newscast at 5:30 and later tonight on night line. >> and coming up, michael finney looks at positions of america's health care reform about to go into affect in the second year. >> and where bay area drivers were nailed in a sting operation for failing to stop for pedestrian autos and steve jobs is ordered to respond to claims he won a musical monopoly. the news continues in one minute. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> a lot of drivers in belmont who did not stop for ped december streenz were surprised to get tickets. and more than 4,000 ped december streenz were killed in u.s. traffic accidents. and 59,000 were injured in 2009. that is the most current information for the national transportation safety board and vic lee is in bell monlt. officers were involved in risky business today. >> and it was risky business for some of -- there is one that didn't stop for me. there is another one. listen

abc will carry the president's statement live in a special report with diane saw sawyer. it is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. >>> a former lab technician pleaded guilty to murder and attempted sexual assault charges in the death of a yale graduate student from california in 2009. police arrested raymond clark, the third after 24-year-old annie lay of placerville was found dead, stuffed behind a wall in a research building. she vanish inked five days earlier. authorities under to lay's body on what would have been her wedding day. clark entered his plea as part of a deal with prosecutors to receive a 44-year sentence. today potential jury members for the barry bonds trial are filling out de tailed questionnaires -- detailed questionnaires. it could last several weeks. the former giant star is accused of lying to a federal grand jury and obstruction of justice. 63y questions for potential jurors, which websites do you visit regularly? have you attended a san francisco giants game in the past five years? are you familiar with recent charges concerning balco's involvement with ster

abc world news with diane sawyer will broadcast from japan at 6:30 here on abc7. >>> much more ahead on the earthquake and tsunami. >> when you live in japan, you get used to the earthquakes, but nothing of this magnitude. >> coming up, the people we found at sfo who were about to board a plane for japan. and the clean up in the santa cruz harbor. three sunken boats pulled out and 15 more to go. and fresh reports of a new versus toyota. which is better? [ male announcer ] why do so many car companies compare themselves to toyota? maybe it's because toyota has more hybrids on the road than all other automakers combined. like the 50-mpg-rated prius, the best selling hybrid in america. and prius was also named a best overall value of the year. plus, every new toyota comes with toyotacare, a complimentary maintenance plan with roadside assistance. we're #1 for a reason. come see for yourself. hurry in for the best selection. ♪ >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to >>> u.s. crews are now arriving in japan to assist in the disaster plan. the search and rescue team

diane sawyer has more on the sad search for survivors. >> reporter: rescue teams, calling out. probing the new snow tonight as the temperatures drop.erqcqcqcqc

remember, abc news will have live coverage of the president's address anchored by diane sawyer that begins at 7:30 eastern. >>> and turning to japan this morning where a flag tud 6.5 earthquake triggered a tsunami alert in the hard-hit northeast. but the danger didn't pass pretty soon. here's the latest now. over the weekend we saw new pictures of that shattered fukushima nuclear plant. we also got confusing reports of just how much damage there is. the utility eye company sparked panic with a report that water inside one reactor had spiked to 10 million times the normal radiation level. that was later restrakted. today, officials say that radio active iodine has now spread a mile farther north in the ocean near that plant. >>> 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'

abc will carry the president's statement live in a special report with diane saw sawyer. it is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. >>> a former lab technician pleaded guilty to murder and attempted sexual assault charges in the death of a yale graduate student from california in 2009. police arrested raymond clark, the third after 24-year-old annie lay of placerville was found dead, stuffed behind a wall in a research building. she vanish inked five days earlier. authorities under to lay's body on what would have been her wedding day. clark entered his plea as part of a deal with prosecutors to receive a 44-year sentence. today potential jury members for the barry bonds trial are filling out de tailed questionnaires -- detailed questionnaires. it could last several weeks. the former giant star is accused of lying to a federal grand jury and obstruction of justice. 63y questions for potential jurors, which websites do you visit regularly? have you attended a san francisco giants game in the past five years? are you familiar with recent charges concerning balco's involvement with ster

in an interview with diane sawyer, president obama said qaddafi's regime is showing signs they want out. >> i think what we are seeing is that the circle around qaddafi understands that the noose is tightening. their days are probably numbered. they will have to think through what their next steps are. >> secretary of state hillary clinton says they are not ruling out a political solution that would have qaddafi leave the country. >>> a lot more to bring you tonight. officers said they had to shoot. why tranquilizers were not an option when dealing with the mountain lion that wandered into a redwood city backyard. >> and buried alive. the snowboarder who recorded his own terrifying fall and rescue. >> and the avalanche busters who keep tahoe's slopes safe. all that's coming up. and then on "nightline,." >> i'm terry moran. coming up next on "nightline" a stunning look at a lit knee of violations at american nuclear plants. is there one in your backyard? and we have 39-year-old tea party rock star marco rubio in his first national tv interview since being elected to the senate. >> closed

live coverage from our team in japan, including diane sawyer and david muir. >>> and now, for this morning's weather around the country. a pretty wet day from seattle to san francisco. up to three feet of mountain snow in the cascades. and a foot in the rockies. a wintry mix from the dakotas to northern minnesota. some showers in the ohio valley down to nashville, charleston, west virginia, raleigh and atlanta. >> 45 degrees in boston. 51 in baltimore. 66 in new orleans. chicago gets up to 45. omaha, 56. and fargo, 37 degrees. 50s from seattle to boise and billings. and sacramento gets up to 65. phoenix, coming in near 90. >>> we'll have the other morning's top -- this morning's other news coming up next, including a dolphin nearly crushes a woman in florida. bizarre story there. >> you have to see that. >>> also, death on the launch pad. how a worker died while preparing "endeavour" for liftoff. >>> and we'll return to the quake zone, as misplaced family members find each other, five days into this tragedy. ererererr >>> and welcome back, everybody. we do have other news to report on this t

. >> good evening, commissioners, directive hicks, chief sawyer. i am the captain of the forensic services division, here to give a report on the dna backlog situation. since i last addressed this commission last year, we have an implemented several protocols to virtually eliminate any backlog in our dna testing. we have offenber labs audited, and we been using the vendor lab as a resource to work the overflow capacity of the case work. so we have virtually no backlog at this time. our analysts are currently working about 101 cases, and the offender lab has 123 of those cases. -- the vendor lab has those. they reviewed by our management, and those that are overflow that cannot be handled by our analysts are sent to the vendor lab. we get a purchase order, we have a property control officer bring them to the outside lab to get worked out. so nothing is languishing. we currently have also, to help us out, we have more personnel coming for the crime lab. we have been testing. we have requisitions, active lists. we have just completed testing, and we h

secretary of state hillary clinton sat down with diane sawyer to answer questions about moammar gadhafifrom libya. secretary of state says could be a matter of days, but we'll see. >> very much an international effort. >>> also coming up, major development from japan. tokyo's tap water was just tested and now radiation levels there are unsafe. this is unsafe for babies. we're going to get the very latest live on that. >>> later in the show, we're turning away from our top story for a second to get you help around the house, including the latest robot that can vacuum and wash your floors for you. >> amen. >> amen is right. >> i need four of them. >> it would save so many arguments between me and jenny. oh, man. >>> first, we do have two u.s. airmen recovering this morning after their disabled warplane crashed in libya. >> abc's alex marquardt traveled to the remote desert town where villagers came to the rescue. >> reporter: so many villagers came to the crash site there's now a dirt path leading through the wheat. its wings and tail fins, almost the only recognizable part. the rest burn

he sits down for a one-on-one interview with our own diane sawyer.dhafi's hometown of sirte where they acknowledge they could not have held their ground without international air and cruise missile strikes. alex marquardt reports from the eastern city of benghazi. >> reporter: rebels are on the march with gadhafi's stronghold in their sights. but gadhafi's forces are fighting back. since saturday the rebels have been on a roll, pushing west, recapturing key oil towns without a fight. now trying to take gadhafi's hometown, the first stop in the west in the plan to march on tripoli. their lightning fast advance, their turn-around has been paved by international air strikes. coalition jets swooping in, taking out gadhafi's tanks and missile launchers, giving the rebels the upper hand. >> we would have fought but it would have been a massacre just because of the weapons that he has. we would have been no match, you know, no matter how brave we were. >> reporter: this man grew up in austin, texas, and now is here, trying to get the story of the struggle a

remember to watch "world news" with david muir. >> filling in for diane sawyer. big shoes to fill.ready dumping rain on the bay area. mike nicco is here with a look at the forecast. >> over the last couple of hours rainfall rates about tend to a quarter of an inch to an hour. more rain is develop out to the west. it will last until 2:00 or 3:00. flood watches in effect and high surf this afternoon and also with the strong winds we could have power outages and more mudslides. one to two inches around the bay and two to three in the mountains. >> westbound 24, stall reported in central lafayette that is slowing things as you head to the tunnel. san rafael, the wind and rain blowing the camera, southbound 101, through terra

. >> as diane sawyer reports, the survivors of the earthquake and tsunami can now draw on the experience overcame one of the biggest human catastrophes of all-time. >> reporter: take a look at these images of japan today. and now, look at these. the eerie replica. a landscape in ruins more than 65 years ago. we gathered some of the survivors of the bombs and radiation at hiroshima and nagasaki. in this country, where there's

. >> diane sawyer will address the lingering concerns about u.s. involvement in libya tomorrow in the one-on-one interview with president obama. see that on world news tomorrow evening at 5:30 here on abc 7. >> in japan crews detected blue tone um outside the fukushima power plant for the first time. finding further complicates efforts by tokyo electric power to stabilize the facility where dangerous water is leaking from damage fuel rod. these pictures show smoke billowing from the plant where the fuel rods may be partially melting down. physicist vl offered this worst case scenario. >> 3 reactor with no cooling water will then melt down. steam explosion. hydrogen gas ex completion could blow the vessel apart and shoot the radioactive waste into people back yard like chernobyl. >>reporter: best case scenario workers trying now putting water on the rod for week and month and then years klingt up. >> call it the x factor. next. barry bonds former mistress delivers intimate testimony on the witness stand. >> also damming statement from the star witne

he tells diane sawyer that libya was a unique situation, since gadhafi was willing to kill his own people. situation is different in syria, where the government is making concessi concessions. >>> gunmen stormed a building in tikrit. when the standoff was over, nearly 60 people were dead, 100 were wounded. al qaeda in iraq is being blamed. >>> in an effort to help japan deal with its nuclearthe u.s. is the u.s. is sending in some robots. they will enter areas of that crippled nuclear plant where the radiation level is simply too high for humans. the robots will send back video, as well as radiation readings and other data. meanwhile, a new test of sea water near the plant shows radiation there is at its highest level yet. >>> the nation's highest court appears ready to block a massive sex discrimination suit against walmart. the supreme court heard arguments on the suit, brought by three of the female employees. several of the justices appeared less than convinced. here's t.j. winick. >> reporter: the plaintiffs accuse walmart of passing them over for promotions, paying them less than men

continues its disaster in the pacific coverage right after this newscast at 5:30 p.m tonight diane sawyer heads out with search and rescue teams as they try to find survivors. >>> and it's another soggy day in the bay area. now a look at what's passing through just in time for the evening commute. >> cheryl, some parts of the commute may be sloppy. you'll see why it is raining -- where it is raining right now. it's been focused in the north bay. so they've been seeing light to moderate rain. so far places like santa rosa picking up close to an inch of rain. but the rain line is starting to shift. san francisco area starting to see a little wet pavement and heading out toward the east bay, we are seeing very light returns right now. so rain is moving into some other parts of the bay area. eventually expected to make it further down towards the south bay, at least the steadier rain. rainfall totals down around the south bay have only been in the trace amounts. we will have some showers for the morning commute and for the morning hours tomorrow, but a break is coming tomorrow afternoon. we'l

. >> reporter: in an exclusive interview with diane sawyer, the secretary of state insisted gadhafi himself is not a coalition target, but -- >> we're not telling others what they can or cannot do. >> reporter: gadhafi, after all, is still ordering attacks on rebel strongholds and projecting a bravado that has experts concerned about his grasp on reality. >> he sees himself as invulnerable and this is his finest hour. to say that these are glorious hours, when his entire regime is threatened, is quite remarkable, really. >> reporter: one u.s. official told abc news that intelligence reports indicate gadhafi is not sleeping. he's oscillating between crazy and sane. and is moving around. how this ends, of course, depends upon him. and diane, a u.s. official tells abc news that people around gadhafi are concerned about the direction of events and they are looking for a way out. the question, diane, is whether they're doing that for themselves or for gadhafi, made all the more puzzling because gadhafi's state of mind is so difficult to discern. diane? >> could be fast-moving events this weekend

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diane sawyer is right back here tomorrow morning. night. >> alan: a powerful storm rips through the bay area, toppling trees, knocking out power, and in at least one case, killing a man. he was less than mile from this work place winning-- when a giat oak tree fell on his suv. >> reporter: yesterday there were wind gusts of 40 miles-per-hour, almost an inch of rain over 24 hours, and that was too much for the oak tree behind me, what's left of it, which came crashing down at the worst possible moment. the fallen oak tree just off highway 12 has become a gathering spot. friends coming to the place where the powerful storm killed one of this coworkers. >> a nice guy, family man, had a lot to say about his

we'll see you right back here for "world news with diane sawyer" tomorrow night. >> a scene meant tothe images of men going through

"this week" with christiane amanpour tomorrow morning, and diane sawyer reports here this weekend.she'll be here for "world news" starting on monday, and don't forget "gma" first thing in the morning. for all of us at abc news, thanks for watching, and good night from japan. >> alan: this is the moment of the blast. an explosion and the wall around a nuclear rerackettor collapses. the growing concern for a nation ratted -- rattled by the friday's disaster. thousand ares still missing following the 8.9 earthquake and tsunami. the official death toll is 686 and the government says that figure could go well beyond 1,000. for those who survived, their concerns are focused on

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and diane sawyer is on the ground here reporting, she'll be anchoring "world news" this time tomorrow david muir. for dan harris back in new york and all of us here at abc news, good night from japan. >> alan: this was the scene -- over at the con card b.a.r.t. station where a train came off the track. we have more on the accident. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. officials are cautiously optimistic the train will be cleared by the morning commute. they're still out here right now. this is going to be a very difficult task. they have to move the train and then repair a portion of the rail at that time was -- rail that was damaged. passengers are being bussed to other stations and b.a.r.t. is hoping that's in in the case tomorrow morning. >> hours after the train derailed, crews were sgl

. >>> and linda sawyer's little sister is very grateful for her as a sibling.or watching tonight. we're always at abcnews.com. don't forget "nightline" later, and we thought on this first day of spring we'd show you more pictures of that super moon over the weekend closer to earth than at any time in the past 20 years. it was gorgeous. see you tomorrow. di >>> winter weather on the first day of spring. we're live tonight. >> and a jury is seated, then sent home. tonight tonight what it took to find 12 impartial people. >> charges of a cover up in a project. tonight the e mail that's reveal a potential neighborhood health hazard. >> aging weaponry standing guard over san francisco bay against an enemy that never materialized. >> good evening, two major trilz are underway tonight. >> both are high profile chases -- cases, barry bonds goes on file tril and two men stand trial for the murder of chauncey bailey. >> and we begin in san francisco with the bonds case. >> and there is a small sampling of some. people seated on the jury today aichl 26-year-old hotel food

. >> now a conversation with abc world news anger diane sawyer -- anchor diane sawyer.s event is moderated by former nbc news correspondent marvin kalb. this was held at the national press club. >> this is "the kalb report" with marvin kalb. [applause] >> hello and welcome to the national press club. our subject tonight -- diane sawyer, the life in news. i do not remember the exact date, but about four years ago, of very bright young woman, a graduate of wellesley college, walked into the cbs news room in washington. everyone looked up and realized instinctively that someone special had just entered, someone like the to be on a very fast track, as, indeed, she has said. abc news has provided us with a brief promotional film about diane's career. let's take a look. >> for more than three decades, diane sawyer has been one of the most respected journalists on television, known for hard- hitting investigative reports and exclusive interviews with world leaders. as anchor of "good morning america," and now "world news," isne has shown that she able to do everything. >> woul

and a discussion hosted by diane sawyer about journalism and the state of network news.es, a talk about spending with a democratic representative, ranking member of the budget committee. of the budget committee.

remember that interview with diane sawyer just a couple of months ago where he seemed not to know about a potential terrorist attack. bottom line, is he going to keep his job? >> reporter: for now, he will. but it's generally not a good sign for job security when the president of the united states is having senior administration officials make sure that reporters know that they disagree with his own top aide on intelligence. >> good point. okay, jake, thanks very much. >>> and there was another wild scene at the state capitol in wisconsin today. protesters scuffled with police who put the building on lockdown after state lawmakers approved the governor's plan to strip public workers of their right to have a union negotiate for them. republicans did find a way to prevail over democrats who fled the state in order to prevent a vote. >>> and still ahead on "world news," how much of what you're wearing right now is made in america? we ask you to take off everything made overseas. >>> and, don't worry, be happy? think again. the surprising lessons these 100-year-old twins can teach us all ab

at 8:00, abc news anchor diane sawyer on the future.he is interviewed -- on the future of journalism. she is interviewed by marvin kalb. we will bring you comments "washington journal" viewers on u.s. involvement in it libya operations. story.com. dennis kucinich is quoted, "i'm raising the question as to whether or not it is an impeachable offense." "we have to clearly understand what this constitution is about." that is from dennis kucinich in an exclusive story. he has also been tweeting about this. this is a tweet from yesterday. that was a sweet -- a tweet from dennis kucinich. this is "the new york times" on this story. it says that "president obama is facing criticism for not seeking congressional authorization." a quote from president obama in 2007 with "the boston globe." he talks about a presidential constitutional authority to declare war. back then, he said "the president does not have the power under the constitution to unilaterally authorize military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminen

lot of concern and certainly a feeling of uncertainty here in libya i was arctic or spotted paula sawyer reporting from tripoli libya. excuse me while president obama spoke about the matter in libya about what's going on this afternoon and he said in no uncertain terms that if gadhafi does not back down that the u.n. security council resolution will be enforced through tough military action he used gadhafi threat against rebel forces to try to make his case take a listen and just yesterday speaking of the city of benghazi. the city of roughly seven hundred thousand people he threatens. we will have no mercy and no kidding no mercy on his own citizens all right so listening to president obama's speech and thinking bigger about this we've got to ask why libya why not get involved in other countries also in dire situations all the help answer that question we go to when osiris to speak with author and research researcher adrian babuji avery let's talk about this decision by the u.s. as one of the members of the u.n. security council to support a no fly zone in libya and how perhaps it diffe

in egypt when he called the muslim brotherhood secular i know he there's an interview with diane sawyer in which he was very surprised to learn that there was a problem with terror arrest in london yet even heard about it so. certainly it does sort of reduce the credibility of somebody so for a while i think he's an intelligence analyst by trade he's not a politician and so when they asked him well who's going to win the libyan thing he said well i think doc is going to want you know because that's what he thinks and he thinks in terms of capabilities of countries i'll give him a break on that one but when you're the head of the directors of intelligence you can't just blurt out anything you want all right ivan eland senior fellow at the independent institute. well moving on now to a different kind of tension that exists between the old guard and the new i'm talking about journalism and what is often a tug of war between the alder and more established press like say the new york times and the new or well centered publication like for example the having to post in fact there is a battle