tampa will face gonzaga in spokane. gonzaga is in spokane, so it is like a home game for the zags.he 11th seeded zags have van der sloot and she is averaging better than 30 points and 10 assists during a game in the tournament. >> she sed head of their horse. if we can contain her and her scoring and penetration that's a real keeper. >> we will take a break before we move from the college to the pros. warriors are winding down their season and trying to impress their new owners. monta ellis was a winner against washington. >>> warriors hosting washington. monta ellis was the wizard in this contest. they won only one road game all season. the warriors up two and watch the magic. they are spinning and using the left hand. he could have slowed to the rim. the one hand jam and he had 25 in the first half. wizards had a little magic too. mcgee had a career high of 28. washington up three at the half. a magical assist to david leigh and 13 assists and warriors up and a 360 lay in. watch this. are you kidding me? ellis had 37 and then in the fourth two of his 33. >> you know, we already h

as much as one to two feet in the northern cascades and all the way down outside of portland and spokaneinto the mountains there in northern idaho. also getting nailed. the forecast for today, a cold rain around portland and seattle. we're okay down in areas of california, nevada, and arizona. still a little chilly, but we're starting to recover there in phoenix. that's a look at your tuesday forecast. rain. the snow conditions are still low for this time of year. lynn, the forecast does not get any better as we go throughout the first couple of days. except there's one spot that did come in like a lion. march, it looks like the northwest. >> bill, thank you so much. >>> well, oil drops, and stocks climb, and wall street goes m & a crazy. that's straight ahead. >>> plus, is it a train wreck meltdown or a cry for help? another today show interview with charlie sheen. >>> coming up, the nets and suns come down to the final shot. kansas state peaks at the right time, and how much would it take for you to play for the washington wizards? you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, and w

you can see it spreading now heading towards spokane and showers around portland. as we go throughout the day, showers are likely. you know the umbrella is needed up interstate 5. in california today, we are into the 70s. nice weather is returning here. mid 70s. still nothing compared to phoenix at 86. highs in the lowh is below average. well, damp tuesday followed by guess what? a damp wednesday in the northwest. >> rain in seattle are you sure bill? i have never heard of that. >> yeah, a bad joke. it keeps going. >> investors play chicken. leaders making sacrifices in japan. your early morning business headlines coming up next. >> and a plea deal. >> the knicks got their slide and the spurs continue to struggle. and the wizards win a road game. yes, it is true. you are watching ay." >>> welt cowelcome back and her are some of your top headlines. some of your top headlines. democrats have offered budget cuts and republicans say they are standing firm on their party's plan to cut the budget. >>> more than 40 foreign ministers are gathering to map out long-term solu

next stop, round three, they play north carolina saturday in spokane.the nit tournament eliminated by colorado. the warriors, man, they have not beaten san antonio in san antonio since 1987. valentine's day 1987. 15 points. ellis and curry combined for 18. forget about it. here is the story, tim duncan sprained his ankle in the 1st quarter. x-rays are negative. there is tony parker. 15 assists. ginobili did his thing. warriors started out bad. 111-96. barry bonds jury selected. five hours hours of questioning. prosecutors agreed on 12 jurors, two alternates. the jury includes four men, eight women and two alternates. expected to testify tomorrow kimberley bell, the 9 year mistress of barry bonds. logan says his lower body injury that knocked him out of a game is not as serious as it originally appeared. he hurt his right leg, helped off the ice, but he is the shark's second leading scorerrer. he is okay. so say the sharks. when he coached in the nfl he used to leave tickets for elvis. jerry. always wore black. funny when atlanta was winning. then when t

gone sag cpa is in spokane so this is like a home game. the zags are the lowest seed to reach the elite eight. they have one of the best players,court knee, who is averaging better than 40 points and ten aassist game. stanford knows it will be a challenge to shut her down. >> she really reads the defense well, and comes off the screens very aggressive. so we're going to have to be just as aggressive. she is the head of their horse. if we can contain her and he scoring and penetration and her passing, that's a real key for us. >> mike: arnold palmer has been hosting his own torment for 33 years. in all that time a european player has never won. martin laird of scotland, entered today with a two-stroke lead but faced a shocking collapse. thanks in part to this double-bogey on 11. 5-over through 11 holes. that opened the door for steve marino. he double-bogeyes 17 to drop to 6-under. with new life, laird takes advantage. on 16. the slippery downhill bird putt. and back-to-back birdies, 8-under. marino birdies 18. laird needs this putt to win.

stanford is the number one seed in the spokane region and stanford's cardinal will take on uc davis. and that will take place at maple's pavilion on saturday. aggies against the cardinals. hopefully the a's will get decent news with regard to their closer tomorrow. >>> before we go. an update on a situation in corte madera. a man held up inside a bank of america on tamalpais drive. more coming up on bay area news at 7:00.

gonzaga is in spokane so this is like a home game. gonzaga, the lowest seed to make it to the tournament. >> she really reads the defense well, and comes off the screens aggressive, so we have to be just aggressive. >> she is the head of their horse. if we can contain her and her scoring and penetration and passing, that's a real key for us. >> arnold palmer has been hosting his own tournament for three years, and all that time a european player has never won until today. martin laird had a double-bogey on 11. his approach to the fairway bunker winds up in the drink. 5-over through 11 holes. opens the door for steve marino. he dropped to 6-under. with new life, laird takes advantage. on 16, the slippery downhill birdie putt. back-to-back birdies drops him to 8 under. laird needs this par putt for the win. longest three feet of his life. he got it. wins his second pga tour title. >> final day of cactus league play. giants and sanchez gave up five runs on six hits and the a's lose the rockies, and a's and giants tomorrow at at&t park an

the top seeded stanford women play north carolina in the third round of the ncaa tournament in the spokane last night, more brackets were busted as the tournament's overall number one seed fell. here's larry beil with the highlights in this morning's sports. >> good morning. two blowouts and two nail biters in the ncaa tournament last night. the top seed in the entire tournament, ohio state gone! knocked off by the fourth seed kentucky. battle inside, josh harrelson slams it off the chest of jared sullinger. not sure he even felt that. second half, ohio state down one. sullinger inside, 21 points for the freshman sensation. 40 seconds left, kentucky by one. make it three. deandre liggins. buck eyes needed three. john caliparri goes to his freshman point guard. kentucky by two. ohio state has five seconds left. they get a good look. william buford and that's for the win! no. kentucky busting brackets everywhere. ousting ohio state 62-60. john henson and the tar heels taking control. man, does he get up high? harrison barnes, he had 20. all unc, seven footer tyler zoeller, big man can run. h

the top seeded stanford women play north carolina in the third round of the ncaa tournament in the spokane last night, brackets were busted as tournament's overall number one seed fell. excuse me, i'm choking. here's the highlights in this morning's sports. >> good morning, two blowouts and two nail biters in the ncaa tournament last night. the top seed in the entire tournament, ohio state gone knocked out by the fourth seed, kentucky. inside, josh harrelson slams it off the chest of jared sullinger. not sure he felt that. kentucky second half, ohio state down one. sullinger inside, 21 points for the freshman sensation. 40 seconds left. kentucky by one. make it three. liggins, buckeyes needed three. john caliparri goes to his freshman point guard. money. kentucky by two. ohio state has five seconds left. they get a good look. william buford, that's for the win. no. kentucky busting brackets everywhere. ousting ohio state 62-60. north carolina in the elite eight. the tar heels taking control. man, does he get up high? long arms. harrison barnes, he had 20. big man can run. he had 27 points

ice and snow from rapid city to spokane. also icy on i-15. 70 and 80 in the rockies.wet on i-5 from seattle to portland. >> and if you're flying, let's take a look at airport-related weather delay. they are in salt lake city and miami. >>> in other news now. the supreme court is now one day away from weighing in on what could be the largest class action suit ever. retail giant walmart is accused of discriminating against female employee. those workers, both past and present, may stand to gain billions of dollar. more from linsey davis. >> reporter: chris, an assistant manager at sam's club and single mother of two says she's about to make history. >> it's crazy. i would never have thought that me personally would ever have made it to the supreme court. >> reporter: she's been employed by walmart for almost 25 years, and is one of six named plaintiffs who filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against forward against the nation's largest employer. >> we're not going after them because they're big. we're going after them because they're wrong. >> reporter: the retail giant

also very low levels of radiation in milk have found in spokane, washington, but there are nowhere near the levels to cause any harm. >>> we learned overnight that ten sailors were hurt when a jet fighter engine exploded and caught fire on an aircraft carrier off the coast of southern california. the accident happened yesterday on the flight deck of the "uss john stennet" during a training sk exercise. >>> also, one person is dead after a gang-related shooting at a high school. a student was watching a girl playing powder puff football. the blood stained car was found at a complex. >>> vice president biden said he's seen good progress on budget talks. biden says there's no reason why congress can't avoid a government shutdown next week. >> the director of the fbi is warning that the current budget crisis could seriously hamper critical operations. robert mueller told congress yesterday that more than 1,100 bureau positions may have to be left unfilled. those physicians include agents, and other staffers. >>> first lady michelle obama is getting a little help from some powerful friends t

tests of milk samples in spokane, washington, indicate the presence of radioactive iodine from japan's nuclear plant. but the environmental protection agency cautions such findings are expected and they are far below levels of public health concern, including for infants. >>> here at home after weeks of pro-labor protests focusing on wisconsin, the ohio legislature has voted to severely limit collective bargaining rights for public workers. amid shouts and jeers yesterday, both the house and senate approved the measure, which allows unions to negotiate wages but not health care, sick time or pension benefits. it also eliminates automatic pay increases and bans workers from striking. unlike the high profile measure in businessis with, ohio's legislation is in some ways tougher, since it extends the union restriction tos to police officers and firefighters. republican governor john kasich is expected to sign the bill into law by tomorrow. >>> now here's a look at other stories making news early today in america. in ohio, so much for march going out like a lamb. a spring storm pushing acr

. >>> the stanford women are headed to spokane to take on north carolina on saturday in the ncaa townment and they will have a new anthem and music video to take with them. ♪ [ music ] . >>> when you think stanford you don't think rap video but they are playing them, having a close relationship with everybody. >> you know that's what happens when you give stanford kids down time. >> really cool, it's one of those things where i can check that off my list now. ♪ [ music ] >> who is the food dancer? > that's great stuff. it's all good on the farm. not sea in connecticut where yukon women's head coach blasted fans for not showing up last night. >> free parking and hand outs at the gate might help, letting some of the fans participate in coaching the team, guest coach every quarter might help, we have a real spoiled group of fans who just assume we are going to win. >> you tell them coach. watch griffin, clippers beat the wizards in double overtime. he comes flying. >>> how wow like to eat a hot dog and see -- that's chad trying to play soccer, he will play for free. ramirez smacked a line dr

and the women's ncaa tournament, stanford faces north carolina in the regional semi final in spokane, washington. >>> other sports note, arena football, the san jose saber cats suffered their first loss of the season last night by 13 points in chicago. >>> hockey this evening, the sharks are on the road at phoenix. and in pro soccer, earthquakes at dallas. >>> nothing can ruin a good time kayaking like a big shark. when weekend early edition continues, a kayaker who had the experience and lived to shoot video of it, coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> 9:28. breaking news just into our newsroom, sad to report that geryl dean ferraro has passed away. she was of course the first woman to run on a major party national ticket. she was walter mondale's vp candidate back in 1984. 75 years old, apparently passed away in massachusetts from a blood cancer that she had had for sometime. ferraro, dead at 75. i'm sure we'll have much more for you on that tonight here on cbs 5 and on cbs5.com. >>> thanks for joining us for weekend early edition. >> good day. pre-empted this evening. ,,,,,,

advance to meet north carolina saturday in spokane. warrior reach the point where they are just drifting to oblivion play off hope faded and can't hang with good teams ncaa and spurs are really, really good. first quarter. 1,000 times. parker to duncan. lay up. this time he land on the foot. he leaves with sprained ankle could be out for awhile. parker feeds him for the dunk. career night for the rookie who follow this is with authority. 15 points. kids. warrior down 20 early in the fourth. at least they made a run. didn't give up. williams 3. then wright brings the warriors within 7. spurs consummate team. 28 of steal. dunk. spurs win. warriors have lost 26 straight. san antonio. fear the beard. don't fear the 0pwleechblingt brian wilson says he will be fine. no worries. wilson got hurt over the weekend. initially some concern that the giants all star closer might not be ready for opening day but will co-son re-examine inked today and said company pitch right now if needed in regular season. season opener is in 10 days against la. gia

the measurements were taken on milk samples in spokane last friday and show radioactive levels 5,000 times below the fda's recommended levels for infants. >> topping our health watch, premature birth is the leading cause of newborn death in the united states. not only is it devastating for parents who are lose a child but babies that survive often face a lifetime of health problems. bay area's marianne favro is here to explain how bay area scientists might play the a critical role in helping babies reach full term. >> when a baby is born premature, in more than half the cases there is no identifiable cause. now a research center is tackling the question that baffled doctors for decades. why does it happen? in the marvel of birth, a miss have i. why are some babies born too early. kobe surprised his parents. >> he was born at 2 1/2 pounds and spent two months in the nicu fighting for his life. >> the same date his brother caleb was born. >> he was four months early, only 13 ounces. >> the shared birthday with his brother quickly became bittersweet. >> about an hour and 1 minutes after

tonight here in spokane, the home of their opponent, gonzaga. watching the sister act work wonders.s but older sister neka with the rebound. the pig dirfferent was the three-ball. pullen with 17 points, 15 of those from beyond the ark. stanfo arc. stanford headed back to the final four. they'll face either texas or baylor. they play each other tomorrow. >> it's a big dream for people. some people don't even get that close. i'm more than willing to win the file four. i'm just proud of how we set up and how people made huge plays in the second half and how we rebounded. we really owned the glass tonight and, you know, i mean, i'm just really proud of how people stepped up. >> four straight, that's a big deal. ye.arybe isyear. even as a cal fan, i find it exciting. thanks, laurence >>> thank you very much for joining us tonight. "the tonight show" is next. >> our next newscast is tomorrow morning bright and early at 4:30. have a good night. >>> our latest editorial states overpopulated prisons sentence our state to more debt. we believe attorney general carmela harris's back on track p

he allegedly put the bomb along a parade route in spokane on january 17th.before it went off, and it's still not known if he acted alone. >>> well, it was an emotional day in court wednesday for some of the victims of the shooting rampage in tucson. they faced the man accused of opening fire that day. sandra hughes has the details. >> reporter: jared loughner smiled as he was led into the courtroom wednesday, the same smile that he wore in his first booking photo following the tucson shooting spree. now with short, dark hair and long sideburns, loughner stood shackled before u.s. district judge larry burns and, through his attorney, pleaded not guilty to 49 federal charges. he's accused of killing six people, and wounding 13 others. including u.s. representative gabrielle giffords. susan hileman sat in her wheelchair in the front row, gripping her husband's hand and fighting back tears. she was shot three times while holding the hand of 9-year-old christina green, the youngest person killed. the last time bill badger saw loughner he said he was helping to pi

tomorrow night when they take on gonzaga in what amounts to a road game in the bulldogs home city of spokaneart the clock, bill. >> whether or not it is 5000 stanford fans or 5000 gonzaga fans, it is fans, and playing in front of a crowd that big is always a lot of fun. >> on the men's side 11th seed vcu knocked off the number 1 seed kansas by 10. rams are headed to their first ever final 4 for only the third time in school history. no number 1 seeds are in the final 4. the other game. ligins with a huge three late. kentucky holds off north carolina to reach its first final 4 since 1998. warriors were officially eliminated from painful contention. didn't show down monta ellis though. david lee had a season high 33 points. warriors take care of the wizards. nascar in southern california. final lap kevin harvick overtaking jim johnson to win. it was the only lead he had all day. >>> in gulf final round 75 just enough to win by one shot. >> that's itf eyewitness news at 10:00 p.m. our news is always on at cbssf.com. good night. captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email: comments@cap

. >>> stanford women play tonight in spokane against north carolina. have that tonightat 10 on sports wrap. you will of the -- all of the rest of the day's sports and we will see you then. >> busy day. >> thank you, joe. >> sure. >> coming up on the 10:00 news tonight ktvu storm watch as we watch the damage in capitola and the road slide tonight on the 10:00 news. for everyone here joe, mark, thanks for joining us. our next newscast is at 10:00 news. hope to see you then. have a good night.

the milk sample was taken from the spokane area, and the amount was 5,000 times below the level of concern. >>> however, radiation levels near the fukushima nuclear power plant continue to rise. a u.n. agency says it found very high levels of radiation 25 miles from the plant, and japanese officials are considering widening the evacuation zone. radiation in sea water near fukushima is how more than 4,300 times the legal limit. >>> later this week, ohio's governor john kasich is expected to sign into law a bill that severely restricts union rights. the ohio legislature passed the measure yesterday, following contentious debate and much protest. the measure affects the collective bargaining rights of 350,000 ohio public employees. it allows unions to negotiate wages, but not healthcare, sick time or pension benefits. and unlike a similar law in wisconsin, the restrictions include police and firefighters. >>> also in ohio, spring was interrupted with some winter weather. parts of the state experienced near blizzard conditions yesterday, and that made travel a mess. in mississippi winds reache

but trace levels have been found in 14 states including spokane, washington. but for scientists' point of view, this is big news. scientists here at uc-berkeley have made a new discovery. >> we bought milk from our neighborhood store here. and we started to measure it. and as of last night, we see small amounts of iodine even in our milk. >> reporter: sounds scary, but uc-berkeley nuclear engineer says we should not be alarmed. >> the amounts are still very sma small. >> reporter: radiation is everywhere in our environment. what's interesting is radiation from japan has traveled all the way here. >> as a scientist, it's interesting to study the pathway from japan to here and then the distribution and the dilution here in our environment. >> reporter: last week trace levels of radiation from the japanese plant showed up in rainwater and air samples here on campus. we learned then that you'd have to drink 500 liters of it to have any impact on people. the average person drinks two liters of water a day. but when it comes to the newly discovered trace amounts of

they are going to face north carolina in spokane on saturday. >> good for them. >>> okay. someone could strike it very, very, very rich tonight. >> we have some ticket buying to do here. the mega millions jackpot up to $244 million. that will come out to about 9 million-dollar a year for 26 years. >> i could do okay on that. >> others take 9 million for the 23 -- that's before taxes. >> if you took the cash all at once you would walk away with about $155 million. the odds 1:175 million. >> sun has to win. why not us? >> we'll put in a dollar at our pool. >> a little lakefront at tahoe. you guys can come over and visit. you, too. i'm a nice guy. [ laughter ] >>> could bay area bridges stand up to a japan-sized quake? one in five aren't making the grade according to a new report. >>> hundreds of americans who have voluntarily evacuated from japan are expected to arrive here at travis air force base sometime in the next hour. that story coming up. >>> a jury has been selected now it is time for opening statements in the barry bonds perjury trial. what's expected in court toda

and stanford have been on a role in spokane. and there is first half cardinals pounding it inside. and there is a is a rainbow three at that point. and there is stanford leading by 10 late in the first half. and there is a bizarre story involving jose canseco supposed to fight in a celebrity boxing match in florida last night. and promoter is accusing him of putting his twin brother in to try to fight. and oof he was on celebrity apprentice and probably assumed he's going to make them fight so maybe that is what happens. >> and there is a's giants highlights 9:00 and 11:00. >> and thanks guy autos and coming up a martinez family begins to rebuild his home. >> how the beavers are >>> hope you can join me tonight at 9:00, coming up do benefits outweigh risks? >> and then at 11:00 freed after 20 years why a judge overturned this man's murder conviction. its coming up at 9:00 and 11:00. >> and finally the famous beaver family appears to be rebuilding their family. >> we told you storms washed out the lodge. >> today, the group e mailed us new video showing one of them gathering sticks

and they will play next saturday in spokane. >>> under the category of why even bother.the warriors losing for the 25th consecutive time to the spurs in san antonio. not that it's anybody's favorite spot to play. quickly, bummer for san antonio. tim duncan down with a sprained ankle. they move on. udo of the golden state. that is the fifth straight loss for the warriors. >>> and skating that fine line, you want to stay aggressive but you have to stay healthy. you don't need any key components going down with injuries this close to the play offs. san jose does welcome back to the ice heatley. a huge scare the other night sensational rookie. logan couture down hard. team's second biggest scorer had to be helped from the ice. but the injury fortunately for the sharks, apparently not as bad as first feared. >> i tried to stop, i don't know if anybody even touched me. the way my leg went in. it didn't feel very good. i was trying to get up but i couldn't. the ref came and said stay down. there wasn't much feeling on any leg. as soon as i came out of the ice i felt better. i s

even in spokane with their great homegrown product john stockton looking on. he has been working with courtney van der sloot. she had 18 straight at one point. 25 points all told. and stanford put the pedal down. the power move inside gets it to drop. what's new with her. 23 points and 11 rebounds and her freshman sister chiming in with 18 points and 15 rebounds. nice move there. they handle the hostile environment no problem. >> the way i take it, if they are not cheering for you they are cheering against you for a reason. gonzaga is a strong team. and they put up a fight and i am happy we got to play in this environment with a team as talented as they are. >>> in san francisco a guy with a hairy beard was here to close out a giants victory tonight. bruce bochy says it is less than 50/50 that their top man will be on the mound for opening day. with san francisco leading 3-1 in the 5th but a two out two run single off matt cain. three runs. however, not tied long. but long gone is that ball off the bat of aubrey huff. hitting .365 he looks ready for the real d

and they will play next saturday in spokane. >>> under the category of why even bother.rriors losing for the 25th consecutive time to the spurs in san antonio. not that it's anybody's favorite spot to play. quickly, bummer for san antonio. tim duncan down with a sprained ankle. they move on. udo of the golden state. that is the fifth straight loss for the warriors. >>> and skating that fine line, you want to stay aggressive but you have to stay healthy. you don't need any key components going down with injuries this close to the play offs. san jose does welcome back to the ice heatley. a huge scare the other night sensational rookie. logan couture down hard. team's second biggest scorer had to be helped from the ice. but the injury fortunately for the sharks, apparently not as bad as first feared. >> i tried to stop, i don't know if anybody even touched me. the way my leg went in. it didn't feel very good. i was trying to get up but i couldn't. the ref came and said stay down. there wasn't much feeling on any leg. as soon as i came out of the ice i felt better. i spent a

even in spokane with their great homegrown product john stockton looking on. he has been working with courtney van der sloot. she had 18 straight at one point. 25 points all told. and stanford put the pedal down. the power move inside gets it to drop. what's new with her. 23 points and 11 rebounds and her freshman sister chiming in with 18 points and 15 rebounds. nice move there. they handle the hostile environment no problem. >> the way i take it, if they are not cheering for you they are cheering against you for a reason. gonzaga is a strong team. and they put up a fight and i am happy we got to play in this environment with a team as talented as they are. >>> in san francisco a guy with a hairy beard was here to close out a giants victory tonight. bruce bochy says it is less than 50/50 that their top man will be on the mound for opening day. with san francisco leading 3-1 in the 5th but a two out two run single off matt cain. three runs. however, not tied long. but long gone is that ball off the bat of aubrey huff. hitting .365 he looks ready for the real d

saturday night while stanford is the number one seed in the west, tonight's game is being played in spokane making it a home game for gonzaga bulldogs. >>> still ahead a richmond man gunned down in a san francisco parking lot. why the victim was found two miles away from the crime scene. >>> good morning, i'm jade hernandez. the concern for san pablo residents battling a crumbling hillside today. >>> good morning, right now traffic is moving along pretty well on 280 in san jose get into the valley. i will tell you more about the morning commute straight ahead. >>> good morning, to you welcome back this is the ktvu channel 2 morning news monday, march 28th i'm dave clark. >> and i'm pam cook. it's almost 5:30. thank you for joining us. i keep hearing warmer weather on its way. when sit coming? >> it will be a gradual process today but then by tomorrow sunshine and warmer weather. it looks like by wednesday the possibility will exist we could have upper 70s to near 80 degrees. today with have patchy low clouds. tomorrow tuesday, wednesday, and thursday looks like a lot of sunshine. this week

they were in spokane, the home of their opponent, watching the sister act work wonders.henay with the miss but older sister with the rebound and 23 on the night. what really helped was the three-ball and the bulldogs were not. stanford heads to indy, thanks to a 23-point win. >> it's a dream for people. some people don't get that close. so it's -- i'm more than happy to be going to the final four and i'm really proud of how we stepped up. >> also on the farm today, heisman watch already beginning. stanford football in the throws of spring practice with jim off to the 49ers, david shaw is running the show. all eyes this season on the man returning to play quarterback, andrew putting the draft on hold to return for another season which starts with a game against his own team. the cardinal play the spring game two saturdays now fr now, april 9th in the city. the san jose earthquakes getting ready to host in santa clara, star striker, danville native working on quite a streak. wando has scored the quake's last 12 regular season goals, dating back to last season. that's an ml

they get the tar heels, north carolina, in spokane on saturday in the next round and, of course, ncaa thursday. >> right. >> right here on cbs 5. >>> time now is 6:26. coming up, a mega millions jackpot goes through the roof. yeah, the huge prize for tonight's drawing and the odds of winning not so good. but hey, someone has do it. >> yeah. might as well put your dollar in. >>> plus, a narrow escape after a u.s. military jet crashes in libya. the conditions of the crewmembers on board. >>> and damage control at that nuclear power plant in japan. how evacuees are getting help in the bay area. >>> and the first witness expected to take the stand this morning in the barry bonds perjury trial. also more on the injure and what's expected in court today. a live report coming up. >>> and we're tracking light scattered showers on hi-def doppler. this cell passing through berkeley just north of orinda. we'll see more of these throughout the morning and heavy rain later today. we have your forecast coming up. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> and good

stanford goes on to cruise 75-frichbility meet north carolina in the next round saturday in spokane.arriors kind of reached that point where they are just drifting to oblivion this season. play off hopes faded. can't hack with the good team and spurs are really, really good. first quarter so many times. parker to duncan. lay up. but of he lands on the foot. duncan leaves with a sprained ankle. no word on how long he may be out. duncan exits. he enters and dunk courtesy of parker. spurs rolling. career night following the ac miss. showing up angry, dan. 15 points for the rookie. warriors down 20 in the fourth. kind of making it interesting. williams for 3. wright pull up jumper within 7 but the spurs consummate team. he had 28 here. out in the pasting lane. steal. dunk. spurs win going away. 111 in 96. warriors lost 26 straight in san antoni antonio. to baseball and heart skipped several beats over the weekend when giants closer wilson strained oblique muscle and appeared he might not be available for awhile but today he said it's not as bad as originally thought. wilson re-examine in

west bracket spokane regional. stanford 29 and two won 23 in a row.c dave thinks saturday 3:30 in the afternoon at maple pavilion. >> i'm really proud of this group. this is a team that many you know i think is really a special team and we are going to give it our salute best shot. >> really exited. always great this time of year is always great no matter who is in the region. i'm just really l excited to see how well our team plays. i think they can go far. >> this is going far. indiana state high school basketball. seconds left. tie at 61 but metro approximately graves there 3 quarter court. good tonight game over drive home safely. metro beats shaw open miracle he have 64-61. >> that's cool. >> good stuff. >> he should get 4 points for. that that's this edition of 7 news at 9:00. for all of us here thanks for watching. we appreciate your time and hope to see you again in

stanford on a 21-0 run and they ran away with the final score 75-41 and will play in spokane saturday> some breathing room for hundreds of thousands of patients. the insurance company that just decided to delay a major rate hike. >> and an american fighter jet crashes as the air assault on libya is intensifying. >>> new danger at the nuclear power plant at japan and how hundreds of american evacuees are getting help in the bay area. >>> the first witness expected to take the stand in the barry bonds perjury trial. why he could be headed back to prison. a live report coming up. escap. ♪ escape definition. ♪ escape compromise. ♪ introducing the most fuel-efficient luxury car available. the radically new... 42 mile per gallon ct hybrid from lexus. ♪ welcome to the darker side of green. we are fourteenth in line for take off. beep, beep, beep. looks like its bumper to bumper on the interstate. i gotta get to cleveland! should have skipped that second soda. remove your belt, your watch, your shoes. i wonder what gas costs today. seven dollars for a pillow! an extra bag costs what? i hate t

john's by 26 advancing to the sweet 16 in spokane. two players' final game on their home court. never lost. they won 63 straight games at home. >> walking off the floor i took an extra look around and saw maples and saw all the fan. it was a very special moment. >> we have never had that feeling of a loss while we have played at home. i don't even know what it would feel like. i know it would feel awful. so... >> now, she is also an accomplished pianist. she is grappling with a new hobby now. >> i make this look good. bring it on. >> now, this was her idea. she wanted to help promote the wrestling team so she taped a wrestling match so it could be played during time-outs at basketball games. i have learned that her nickname on the mat is tara the terror and her basketball opponents call her that too. history 101. theodore roosevelt was in the oval office when these two teams started playing games against each other since back in 1908. it has been since eisenhower they have played against each other in the post season. meeting in the quarterfinals tonight at usf in the collegeins

in front of a crowd in spokane. the sisters combined for 41 points.ight final four for them. next stop indianapolis with janet poland and the cardinals. >> you know, here we are fourth year. going to another final four is just like mined blowing. >> what this senior class accomplished this outstanding. i have believed in this team. you know, we have worked hard. it is just really special that we are back at the final four four years in a row. and it's incredibly exciting. and, you know, tomorrow i just have to wake up and pinch myself. i'm so happy for this team. >> again stanford the only local bay area team in the ncaa tournament. >>> apparently the cal baseball team checked its swing. they are still down to the last strike. the people behind save cal baseball.com have been aggressively raising money since the university announced that baseball and men's gymnastics would end this year. the group says they have raised more than $6 million in the passed month or so bringing their total to $9 million. that is just $1 million shy of what it would take t

. >> stanford you see them as the number one overall seed in the spokane region.hey, of course, will take on uc davis as they won. >> they will host uc davis. the eighth time they have won the first seed. they are on a crash course with number three seed's ucla who they will likely meet for the right to go to the final four. it would be the fourth meeting against the bruins this season. they have won the last three. >> i really had no idea that ucla would be in our bracket. honestly, i'm shocked about that. >> we are in the pac 10 so if for us if we get a chance to play them it would be tough to go against them again. >> this is a team that is confident but not over- confident. they have played against excellent competition. so they are not -- you know, they are not -- there is nothing -- they are not afraid of, you know, anybody in the bracket. >>> warriors coach keith smart had one of the most dramatic shots in ncaa tournament history in 1987. seconds left in the championship game, indiana trailing syracuse. >> he takes the shot and with three seconds. go ahead.

investigators took the sample from washington in spokane on march 25th.he first time radiation likely from the japanese disaster has been found in the u.s. the radiation levels are 5,000 times lower than the concern set by the fda for infants. >>> uc berkeley scientists found traces of radiation in milk here in the bay area as well, but kai vetters says radiation is everywhere in the environment. last week trace amounts of radiation were found in rainwater as well, so they are not surprised to find it in milk. >> this is milk from the neighborhood store here, generic milk, and we decided to measure the levels as of last night, and we do see some small amounts of iodine 131 in our milk. >> scientists will keep a close watch on the migration of the radiation from japan. >>> some of the best hospitals in the nation are right here in the bay area. according to a new report in "u.s. news" and "world report." the study ranked university of san francisco in the top nine categories, the top 20 in other categories. usf is top steve in neuro surgery as well as neur

they play north carolina tomorrow night in spokane. and the winner goes on to the elite eight.e cit tournament the santa clara men visit southern methodist. tipoff is 5:00. the winner there goes on to the finals. >>> as for the ncaa tournament, the second half of the sweet 16 plays today. when it comes to the bracket challenges -- >> not a lot changed. a few games yesterday. >> not a lot has changed because i'm number one. >> i still have 50 points. i missed a couple of the games yesterday. i'm telling you, duke was knocked off. uconn beat san diego state. a few others -- >> laura is hanging in there with 47. not far behind. >> and scott says he's posed to make a big run. >> it is not over yet! >> scott, how about next time, next year we'll fill out the brackets together. >> he had a technical glitch. he was trying to do it online and realized in our pool we did it by hand. and somewhere in the writing by happened, that's what he was blaming it on. >> he didn't have the stats to help him out, right? >> right. >>> it is 5:50 right now. the season has not even started yet and the

my name is terry sullivan, i'm the designated broker of sullivan realty in spokane, washington. i've been active with the national association of realtor s for 17, the last 17 years of my 40-year career as a realtor. currently i serve as chair of nar's land use committee. i'm honored to represent the views of more than 1.1 million realtors engaged in all aspects of residential and commercial real estate. as you know, flooding claims more lives and property than any other natural disaster in the united states. it happens anywhere. along rivers where snow melts or rain falls as well as the coastlines. without the national flood insurance program, 5.6 million home and business owners across the u.s. would not have access to the affordable flood insurance. since the year 2000, the program has averted $16 billion in property loss in the 21,000 communities where flood insurance is required. in short, the program saves taxpayers money. chairwoman biggert, thank you for your leadership and for drafting the legislation to reauthorize the nfip for five years. this would end the current st

deep southern california, all the way up the coastline to spokane and into seattle today.the valley it's a hard-working crowd in times square. all that weather was brought to you by zyrtek. robin and david? >> what a crowd out there. >>> what a crowd of husbands elizabeth taylor had. we've been celebrating her life the last 24 hours. but she also collected extravagant jewelry, as you know. her love for gems didn't stop at acquiring pieces. she turned her passion into a lucrative business, designing jewelry. and yunji de nies has the back story. >> reporter: perhaps the only thing the to rival elizabeth taylor's beauty was her jewelry. from diamonds to rubies, emeralds and pearls. her life-time collection is estimated to be worth as much as $150 million. in 2002, she revealed her precious gems to barbara walters. this spread is just one-tenth of her collection. >> what fascinates you so about jewelry? >> the beauty. the perfection. god's workmanship. they're all from the ground. >> reporter: her love affair with sparkle and shine began as a little girl, when she bought this

the next game is against north carolina, the tar heels, saturday up in spokane, washington. >>> trafficather around the bay area in just a moment. stay with us. ,, ,,,,,,,,,, >>> good morning, your tuesday drive getting busy. injury accident 680 at marsh view, delays at the scene, a vehicle over the side of the road. accident eastbound 4 loveridge two right lanes blocked. you can see traffic really slow and go westbound as you work your way out of the antioch area into pittsburg. bay bridge toll plaza, stacked up, delays almost to the maze at this point, 28 minutes from the carquinez bridge to the maze. that's a look at your traffic. let's check your rainy forecast with julie. >> thank you. light scattered showers will linger a bit longer and then widespread rain moving in later on today. here's a look at hi-def doppler. and as you can see, not a rainout by any means. but grab those umbrellas because you will need them this afternoon. in fact, the seven-day forecast shows just. that our first storm moves in ton through the first half of wednesday. more impressive storm with higher rain

harpham is accused of leaving a sophisticated bomb in a backpack along the mlk day parade route in spokanenow facing several charges including one count of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. >>> terrorism in the muslim community is the focus of a controversial hearing today on capitol hill. >> and a new york congressman faces some pretty intense criticism after he called for this hearing. john hendren has the story now. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, rob and peggy. a republican congressman's hearings on muslim-americans has many muslim-americans crying that they are being persecuted. muslim-americans say this is the new mccarthyism. >> mohammed was a child molester. mohammed was a pervert! >> reporter: outside a fund-raiser for muslim charities in california's conservative orange county, protesters targeted muslims as communists were targeted by congressional investigations in the 1950s. muslim-american leaders say this is the new senator mccarthy, new york republican congressman peter king. he's chairing a thursday hearing titled radicalization in the american

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my name is terry sullivan, i'm the designated broker of sullivan realty in spokane, washington. i've been active with the national association of realtor s for 17, the last 17 years of my 40-year career as a realtor. currently i serve as chair of nar's land use committee. i'm honored to represent the views of more than 1.1 million realtors engaged in all aspects of residential and commercial real estate. as you know, flooding claims more lives and property than any other natural disaster in the united states. it happens anywhere. along rivers where snow melts or rain falls as well as the coastlines. without the national flood insurance program, 5.6 million home and business owners across the u.s. would not have access to the affordable flood insurance. since the year 2000, the program has averted $16 billion in property loss in the 21,000 communities where flood insurance is required. in short, the program saves taxpayers money. chairwoman biggert, thank you for your leadership and for drafting the legislation to reauthorize the nfip for five years. this would end the current st

he's accused of leaving a backpack explosive in spokane on january 17th.ham could face life in prison. a deadly earthquake in china this morning. a magnitude 5.8 quake centered at a region on the myanmar border in southwest china. it toppled houses and damaged a hotel and supermarket killing 22 people and injuring more than 200. >>> a perfect finish to the space shuttle "discovery's" final flight. it glided to a lachbdsing yesterday at the kennedy space center. it's being retired after 27 years and will go on display at washington's air and space museum. >>> katie couric now has a preview of tonight's "cbs evening news." >> good morning. how to stop cyber bullying and protect kids from threats and intimidation. we'll speak with one family who was too late to help their own daughter from being harassed on-line. so that story and more tonight only on the "cbs evening news." now back to "the early show." >>> and at 8:05 we send it took about erica and chris. guys. >> jeff, thanks. >> now we want to talk a little bit more weather. we know what we're talking ab

then we have teri sullivan, the committee on flood insurance national society of realtors in spokane, washington. spencer hold houldni, brokers of america and ericson insurance services. sandra parrillo, the chair of the national association of mutual insurance companies and president and ceo of mutual fire insurance company from rhode island, and vice president flood operations r harleysville pennsylvania, and barry rutenberg first vice chairman of national association of home builders from washington, d.c.. if you could limit your comments to fivemens, and then we'll have question and answer. >> thank you. good morning, chairwoman biggert and members of the subcommittee, i'm part of a national nonpartisan budget watchdog. thank you for inviting me here to testify, and i'd like to recognize the people effected by the tsunami and how it shows the importance of the fema and flood insurance program. they long advocated for flood insurance in the program, and with $3 billion justify -- offsetting the $18 billion debt, it must be reformed, and the question is how. any reauthorization in t

phone to me and it was a chap lain with the police department, saying, your daughter has been left in spokane. i remember praying like i've never prayed before, kristen, hang on, we're coming. >> when the terrified parents finally arrived at sacred heart hospital they were ushered into intensive care. >> it's just shocking. i mean, you just -- i mean, kristen is a very beautiful girl. to see her -- her hair all cut and matted with blood, just seeing your own child go through what that