you can stop screaming now, shu. britney spears is in town to kick off her new c.d., and today's performance will be shown on "good morning america" on tuesday. but abc-7 has a sneak preview for us. >> reporter: from down below or high above sky 7hd, you felt the excitement of the fans waiting anxiously for britney spears to arrive. >> i'm so excited. >> hit me baby one more time. >> reporter: some were here since midnight, honestly, what do you talk about while standing in line? >> talk about britney spears, her good and bad, melt downs, what she has been through, her videos and favorite songs. >> reporter: people came from as far as brazil to hear her new song. >> i come here to see her. >> reporter: the miniconcert was free. tickets sold in less than 15 minutes. it took much longer to fill the bill graham auditorium, and rob robin roberts hosted the event. >> her music is good. i feel like i'm on american bandstand. i think it's her. i think she is one that people full for. >> i'm a classic brittney guy. >> he say

big day in sports. >> thanks, shu. >> that concludes another broadcast of abc news.hanks for watching. good night, everyone. you can see

rick is in for shu, and we get to take a look at the giants' ace pitcher, tim limbs limbs culp. rick: ththththththththththththth rick: the warriors have a stop in philadelphia. this game is going down to the final seconds. the sixers have been one of the hottest teams in the league, going 11-4 in the past month. jones with the one-hand thunder. the sixers led by as much as 18. the warriors chip away at the lead. steph curry, the drive and the foul. in the third, more from curry. drawing the foul and getting the left-handed shot to drop. the warriors are up. with 20 seconds to play. tadahitoiguodala, and the clutch fade-away. right now the warriors trail 104-103. >> in women's college basketball, st. mary's has advanced to the wcc tournament finals. they beat san diego and will now play gonzaga for a spot in the ncaa tournament. >> to cactus league play. tim lincecum took the mound against seattle and struck out seven. but he had a little trouble. this fan have something fun in the sun. the mariners loaded the bases but lincecum struck out a pair in all, he threw 3-2/3 innings of

on to shu. a lot of sad faces in moraga. >> mike: selection sunday in college sports, 68 teams invited and st. mary's was not one of them. not one bay area men's team is in the tournament. a very disappointed group of gaels as they watched the selection show. a tough way to fine out. the gaels had their chances and did cot -- not come up with the big lays, losses to san diego state, and twice to gonzaga. coach ben net and the players obviously disappointed. >> doesn't make a lot of sense to me right now how we're not in. but we aren't. that's reality. so we got to deal with it. >> obviously, disappointed a little bit. obviously want to be in the ncaa tournament. but two years ago when we played the n.i.t., it ways -- was a great experience, we're mature enough to turn the pain and get ready to go. >> after -- as for the teams in, ohio state, kansas, pittsburgh, and duke. meanwhile, four pac-10 teams made the field. washington, usc face virginia commonwealth commonwealth, and ucla battles michiga

that's what shu has been doing. final day to get into the sweet 16. >> mike: not going to be able to play golf again so hope the tournament lasts forever. duke, fought off a hungry group of wolverines. last shot rimming out. a full slate of hoops next getting ready to plant? chances are your soil is like this: compacted, drained of nutrients. it'll hold your plants but it'll also hold 'em back. the solution: miracle-gro garden soil. the perfect mix of rich, organic ingdients, and miracle-gro plant food. just mix it in. and turn bad soil into great soil. helps plants grow twice as big. instead of holding 'em back, they'll leap ahead. micle-gro garden soil. and moisture control garden soil. >> mike: the pac-10 in the march madness loop. the huskies came in with 18 ncaa wins in its history. the same number of final four appearances for north carolina. north carolina second half, tarheels down one, about warren hits three of his 22 and carolina up two. 20 seconds left. washington down four. the triple, it's a one-point

. >> alan: might as well stay inside and watch the national tournament, and shu is their talk about thatwe're running out of west coast teams to root for mike mike washington facing north carolina. the huskies has 18 ncaa wins in its history, the same number of final four appearances for north carolina. michael jordan checking out north carolina. second half, tar heels down one but barnes hits three of his 22 and they're up two. 20 seconds left. washington down fur. suggs buries the triple. five second left. huskies down three. the desperation heave from half court. no good but goes off a tar heel. officials say it goes out-of-bounds with .5 of a second left. the clock says there should be a half a second more. but isaiah thomas can't get a three off. north carolina advances, 86-83. >> in the west, top-seeded duke facing michigan. second half. blue devils in control. smith with a 10-0 run. duke leads by as many as 15. but the wolverines rally. tim hardaway, jr., down. irving, the freshman, pulling up and down, his first feel -- field goal of the game puts duke up. michigan had chance. mo

. >> alan: rick is in for shu today. last time we talked? the warriors were in overtime. rick: final seconds of overtime. not the ending we wanted. the warriors continue their seven-game road trip in philadelphia. they need overtime to decide the contest. the sixers have been one of the hottest teams in the league, going 11-4 in the last month. young with the one-handed thunder. the sixers led by as much as 18. steph curry with the drive and the foul. in the third, more from curry. drawing the foul. gets the crazy left-handed shot to fall. he had 22. the warriors go in front. butting dolla came -- but iguodala came up clutch. the sixers led by four with 14 seconds left. the warrors wouldn't fold. ellis with the quick pullup three. a one-point game. after two sixer free-throws, elis ties it. 18 of his 27 in the fourth. they went to overtime in o.t. 40 second left. warars down by three. their defense let them down. evan turner all alone for the easy layup. warriors lose in overtime. >> the west coast conference tournament semifinals are underway. st. mary's and santa clara.

. >> alan: shu is here and march madness is shaping up. >> mike: the second-ranked stanford women knew they were going to the tournament probably as the number one seerkd but ucla didn't care and they gave the cardinal a scare. stanford looking for his 57th 57th straight win over a conference opponent, but ucla had a different idea. campbell connects from deep. bruins up five with 10:00 to play. the cardinal are champions for a reason. ogwumike, the putback and the foul. she had 15. 'then tony, had a 10-0 run of her own in the final five-plus minutes. a career high for tony. stanford wins its sixth straight pac-10 tournament title. >>> pac-10 member's final, arizona and washington. condoleezza rice sticking around. isaiah thomas, the clutch triple. moments later, the cats beat the pressments the finish and the foul. three-pointer makes it of 6-6 2. ten second left. wilcox, huge three to tie it at 68. goes to overtime. in o.t., 25 seconds left. arizona down three. now we're tied. five second left. huskies put the ball in the hands of isaiah thomas. are you kidding me? the stepback jumpe

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let's talk to shu. pretty amazing upset in the tournament. >> mike: well, to some people they think it's an upset. but eave year in the ncaa tournament, you have the cinderella team that performs way past expectations. butler was the team last year, and this year the slipper still fits for the bulldogs. looking for their second straight trip to the final four. game tied. one-handed thunder. sparks a 12-one run by the gators, and they're up by 11. but the bulldogs rally. matt howard off the glass. we're tied at 57. final seconds, game tied. florida for the win. but irving walker shot off the iron. we head to o.t. bull does down one. mac from deep. he had 27. gators down three, and walker for the tie. ain't gonna happen. eighth seed butler is heading to houston after the victory over florida. also in the west region, arizona and uconn, and uconn holds on for a 65-63 victory. >>> high school boys basketball state championships in sacramento. division 3, -- shop -- bishop falls. as for the girls in the divi

shu, another cinderella team massachusetts makes it in. >> mike: i'm in the dark. we just lost our lights. i've never looked better. virginia commonwealth headed to the final four, knocking out the last number one seed, kansas, highlights next in >> mike: move over butler, another cinderella in town. virginia commonwealth is going to the final four. beating kansas in the southwest reg -- regional finals. later in the half, money from deep. the rams hit nine 3s in the first half. the jayhawks rally in the second half. moore, driving baseline, reverse. he had 20. then off the steal, taylor, flying in for the jam. kansas would cut the lead to two. but vcu had an answer. shot clock winding down, rodriguez to burgess. rams back up eight and shocked the world, moving on to the final four to meet butler, knocking out the final number one seed. >> in the east, kentucky and north carolina into the first half. knight, buries the three. kentucky up 8. carolina would come back. barnes driving baseline. spectacular reverse. he had 18. tar heels within four. game tied at 67. the

shu is back. to bless us with his presence. thank you. shoe shoe -- >> mike: hate to lute that -- lose that hour of sleep tonight. ng ring. progresso. oh yes hi. can you put my grandma on the phone please? thanks. excuse me a sec. another person calling for her grandmother. she thinks it's her soup huh? i'm told she's in the garden picking herbs. she is so cute. okay i'll hold. she's holding. wha? (announcer) progresso. you gotta taste this soup. you don't decide when vegetables reach the peak of perfection. the vegetables do. at green gnt, we pick vegetables only when they're perfect. then freeze them fast so they're are as nutritious as fresh. [ green giant ] ho ho ho. ♪ green giant >> mike: the stanford women knew they were going to the ncaa tournament probably as the number one seed. but ucla didn't care. they gave the cardinal a scare. ucla had other ideas. late first half. walker, the three. bruins up 9 at the breafnlgt second half. campbell connects. the cardinal are champions for a reason. ogwumike, the opposite board, the putback

alan wang to shu here. incredible basketball,. >> mike: another upset in the elite eight for the men advancing to their second straight final four, and a great day for mexican soccer fans at the oakland coliseum. highlighghghghghghghghghghghghgh >> alan: shis going to start with the giants. >> mike: they're playing well, but do we need 30 preseason games? i don't think so. the giants are almost home. returning to at&t park for monday's game one of the bay bridge series against the a's. today it was the reds as they wind down cactus league action. 18-11 spring record entering today. bottom one. san francisco striking first, burrell finds a hole on the right side. scores freddie sanchez. tim lincecum didn't have his best stuff. watch this. bottom of the frame. torres drives one deep to left. watch the ball. he thinks he just tied the game with a three-run homer. but actually off the wall. just trotting around like it's a home run trot. they tag him out but the runs do score. aren't you glad it's bring -- spri

and shu has been keeping track of the office pool. >> mike: ucla ran into a pack of gators, and the giantsworried. worried. brian wilson has aññññññññññññññ go! go! completing an atm deposit in record time... that's a step forward. go! go! with deposit friendly atms, you can make ultra fast, secure deposits with no slips or envelopes. take a step forward and chase what matters. >> mike: giants closer brim wilson has been sidelined with an injury to this rib cage muscle. he had an mri today and will be evaluated on monday. if he can't start the season, plenty of options for a closer. barry zito on the hill. getting help from the defense. kung fu panda. bottom two cody ross, buts the charge into this one. postseason form. see ya. the giants are up 1-0. in the fourth, liftoff, leaving the yard. giants win, 3-1 the final. in phoenix, the a's lost the white sox, 8-3. sweeney provided a two-run homer for oakland. >> time for madness. we tip off with ucla facing florida, rematch of the 2006 ncaa title game in which florida won. time for payback? well, ucla and john wooden put the tournament on th

on to shu who has been tracking the only local team in the tournament. >> mike: even if they weren't, ladies first. stanford moves on, we show you how, and the men lose their number one seed. [ female announcer ] we make it little and black. you make it flirty and fun. we make it floral. you make it bloom. we make it fitted. striped. polka dot. casual. flowy. you make it amazing. with hundreds of designers at jcpenney you can find a look that's uniquely you. ♪ we make it affordable. you make it yours. jcpenney. >> mike: march madness, women, stanford, gets a tuneup against uc davis. the aggies came to play. the trey. davis out to an 11-8 lead. but stanford woke up. then pollen, pac-10 marry of -- player of the year. more of the same in the second half. lindsey, one of her four second-half three. stanford up 25. condoleezza rice approves. stanford moving on with the victory. >> 3.8 shooting is ton cop -- contagious. i think it's definitely a good way to start out the tournament. >> everybody is going to come out playing their best because this is the big dance and everyone wants to be

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a bit of surprise is the fact that the first pg&e worker to respond one someone not eququalified to shu down the flow of gas that fueled the pipeline. these are some of the images, the photo of the crater of the blast that left a giant hole and also, a shot of the pipe that flew 100 feet into the air and landed way far away from where the blast happened. now, the ntsb panel also saw video like this from the night of the explosion. also released, a company memo showing that pg&e discouraged the use of automatic shut-off valves. there's no way to tell whether that would have spared the lives of those who died in the blast or the homes that were destroyed, but one pg&e official says an automatic valve would have allowed pg&e to shut down the gas flow within 20 minutes instead of the 90 it took in reality. still, the vice president of engineering and operations said the fix is not that simple. >> it would be insufficient just to have, using a network system, a valve that works off of simplistic or incomplete information. you really need to have full situation awareness so that you know you'

. >>> let's talk to shu.fter two weeks we are finally down to the final four and the golf courses are all dry. >> butler has owned the cinderella tag in the ncaa tournament. we will call virginia commonwealth cinder-fella. how the rams koed >>> well, from -- there is a new cinderella in town. they were one of the final four teams to get into the ncaa tournament and it is going to the final 4. vcu facing kansas and the rams came out smoking. he rattles home the three. he had 26 1k3* vcu up 10. he is also money from deep. the rams hit 9 three's in the first half and lead by as many as 18. the jayhawks rally in the second half. a nice reverse. he had 20. then off the steel and taylor goes flying to the jam. they would cut the lead to two. vcu answers. joey rodriguez to burr jess. and the rams shock the world moving to the final 4 to meet butler knocking off the final seed 71-61 the final. >> nobody thought we could win going into the game, but these guys knew we could win. they talked about how nobody thought it

. >> don't ask anymore dumb questions to kids shu. >> that was funny stuff. >> brutal. >> nice night for baseball. >> it is. >> and sunny out sichld we're going to get sunshine and now we're talking. we're going get their attention. and you can see it's sunny skies right now temperatures 62 degrees and gorgeous outside. another live picture from our sutro camera. and you can see it's clear outside. and it's going to remain clear for remainder of the night. then tomorrow extra clouds are around. temperatures into 50s and 60s here are the highlights. partly cloudy skies tomorrow. warmer wednesday and thursday. and cooling begins again friday. high pressure provided us with warmer day today tomorrow there is a system developing here. there is a storm track going stay right. the storm system remains north of us. the southern end may clip the and could get that tomorrow afternoon but as that ridge builds in we're going see a warm up. and and temperatures climbing well above average into mid week time period. we're going get into 80s believe it or not. temperatures across the bay area 38 d

on to rick, who is in for shu. talking about that tournament creeping up on us. rick: has not been a good year for cal and stanford, but whenever you can beat your rifle, -- rival eases the sting. the bears were looking to avenge a 14-point loss the cardinal in their opener. this is senior day. the bears came out on fire. alancrack, the great look to solomon, throws it down. then creab driving, plus the fall. 19-4 bears. cal kept pouring it on. the jump hook. smoothed would close the half on an 8-2 run. jeremy green with the pretty fade-away, stanford down by 1 at the break. the cardinal tried to keep the pressure on the second half. green for three and the foul. he had 22. stanford got within nine. but cal would answer with a 14-2 run. capped off by this two-hand jam. then get tier regs -- gutierrez with the great pass to crab. cal rolls into the pac-10 up toy with a 74-65 victory. >> arizona coaching legend luke ol'son on back to watch his old team. kevin is money from long range. they led by as much as 17. the ducks rally. the one-hand jam. then it's catron. a

here's shu with your highlightses. >> hosting the rangers since 2008 and only the second time in the two years. yet no love lost between these two teams. check out this hit. wow! the sharks deliver the first blow. the shot deflected into the net and the sharks take a 1-0 lead in the second. going through the five hole. rangers go up 2-1. player in the period fires one on dole. redirected by ben eager. winds up in the back of the net. game tied at two. this would go to a shotout, the sharks would lose. a game winner and the rangers go on to win it 3-2. season opener a couple weeks away but when the giants and dodgers play they seem to be in mid-season form. my new brian wilson fan with the beard. cody ross and mid season form to the left. go off 4-3. pat burrell showing up at the long ball party. see ya! his second homer of the spring, 6-3 giants. game tonight at 7:00. gary brown, the hero for the day. signal into right. a second 8-7 victory followed by the traditional pie in the face during the rookie's post-game center view. over in peoria, the a's and mariners in a sun-soaked after

. >> so you agree with secretary shu. >> we work independently from the department. of course, in a crisis like this, involving the facilities in japan, we do communicate very closely with the executive branch as we present a u.s. government response in assisting the japanese. >> what kind of assistance has the nrc been asked for and that you are responding to? >> we have been asked primarily for staff people to be provided to provide technical expertise. we have a group of 11 individuals who are in tokyo right now working with the ambassador to japan as well as interfacing with the regulatory colleagues in japan. we have also been asked for recommendations and equipment and strategies that would help to further improve the situation with the reactors. >> that is great. i applaud you for that. >> thank you, senator. honest to god, i do not know one person who is celebrated on these tragedies happen. you can stand by. i am just saying -- i have heard people say they are worried about this, but i have never seen anybody happy to see bp. you may know different people. i