police officers are guarding the sight until the national transportation safety board arrives tomorrow. >>> now to the problem with southwest airlines. cracks were found, and repaired on the same southwest 737 that made an emergency landing friday night in arizona. that's according to federal records. a year ago, cracks were found in a joint where two sections of the plane's skin are rivetted together. today another 300 southwest flights are canceled. a total of 40 flights were canceled at oakland. at sfo15 cancelations. we have not heard how many flights out of san jose are impacted. >>> similar problems are being found in other planes. tonight, investigators say cracks like those in the damaged yet are found in three more planes. >> reporter: the national transportation safety board announced southwest airlines found cracks in the fuselage of three aircraft inspected by the company. it's the same problem believed to have forced a 737 jet to make an emergency landing in yuma, arizona, friday. >> was the aircraft well maintained, and should it have been maintained better? that's exactl

the national transportation safety board issued -- the national transportation safety board issued orders to control fatigue back in 2007. >> i -- i was not the secretary back then. i'm the secretary today. as soon as i learned about it, these workers were terminated. >> reporter: reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, alison. a california -- a california airplane made a landing. the military aircraft circled for an hour and a half to burn off fuel before landing safely at the colorado springs air base. the five crew members on board were not hurt. >>> congressman jesse jackson junior says the ipad is killing american jobs. >> why do you need to go to borders anymore? why do you need to go to barnes & noble? downroad your newspaper newspapers and magazine. >> congressman jackson also acrossed -- also addressed the university planning to replace textbooks with the ipod. he says this will do allow -- do away with pub rushing -- publishing charge. >>> there are reports that the new rule for hiring have prompted some people to lie about where th

. >> reporter: the national transportation safety board is the most critical because it is deliberating on what the cause of the explosion was. and until we really have the cause, our efforts to make sure it doesn't happen again are really a second guessing game. that particular report is due out by august 30th. the chair of the national transportation safety board will be out in june to view the site and certainly that is the most immediate and you've been with this since the beginning, is pg&e doing everything they can? last week there was the shake-up and the ceo resigned. is this a public relations move or something they are genuinely wanting to change? >> i can't speculate the reason for the resignation but what i can say is that pg&e has to own up to the fact that safety has not been the priority it should have been. that in fact, the actual efforts to replace pipe stopped short 900 feet from where it took place. and there are questions as to why they capped off that particular function and then moved in direct assessment. moving forward, i'm hopeful that they will recognize that

it was installed in september, before the report the national transportation safety board just releasedbout safety violations. >> it is not a reaction to the accident. this is something that gives us -- it's another using technology to manage service on a real time base. >> reporter: everything on the monitor is color coated. black indicates the trains are running in automatic. this yellow. that means it is transitioning. when it changes to white the operator is in manual. since the crash officials say the train operator must call the command sister before switching to automatic. the report blames the crash that happened in 2009 on operator henry gray. he lost consciousness because of a medical problem seconds before the train slammed into another one. they say it can't go into anymore detail than that because it's a personal mart. reggie kumar, kron 4 news. >>> temperatures cooler today but they will warm into tomorrow. especially into the weekend. here is tomorrow. temperatures starting in the 40s. we will be in the low 50s closer to the coast line. in to the afternoon, upper 60s in a

the national transportation safety board said the rupture started along a joint where two sections of the skin are rivetted together. investigators are cutting out the damaged area. the faa does not require airlines to do searches for those types of cracks because it did not believe that could happen. >> this is basically something that comes but -- about with age and utizeation. it's not fleet-wide. >> southwest is inspecting dozens of boeing 737 airplanes and cancelled another 300 flights nationwide. we're live at the airport where we found plenty of unhappy passengers. >> you can see why. 600 flights grounded so far this weekend, and we found some people today who have been stuck trying to get home for two days now. so far the best advice is if you have to catch a southwest flight, call ahead before you dom the airport. this is the unlucky half of the high school jazz band trying to get home to nebraska. they're holding tickets for a cancelled southwest flight and are stranded in san francisco. and these kids laughing are in the lucky half of the band. they booked their tickets on

the problem of fatigue and 2007 the national transportation safety board recommended this schedule beevised to address the problem. that begs the question why was not more done sooner? >> i was not the secretary 20 07. i am the secretary today. as soon as i learned about this these controllers were suspended. >>catherine: congress is hoping that the funding to the faa and key lawmakers are saying that it is not... >> they make on average $163 k. this is not professional. even the best professional needs some recurrence of training. the changes in technology and procedures. we think that it is important that we revisit that. >>catherine: should the public had confidence in this system? >> i believe that the airline industry in america it is the safest in the world we can do better. we will to better. >>catherine: faa authorities are on a nationwide tour right now visiting controllers in atlanta. speaking to employees about safety and they are examining the working conditions. (music) >> jacqueline: a look of the stormtracker 4 radar. that rain was shot earlier has pushed down to the so

. >> you know, the national transportation safety board is going to investigate this. it takes several months to come out with a preliminary report. the main thing is for people not to jump to conclusions as to what actually happened. we don't know. >> the name of the pilot has not been released. the faa is investigating the crash. >>> the federal government will run out of cash if congress does not agree to a financial plan. negotiations this weekend went nowhere. if there's no budget, hundreds of thousands of federal workers and contractors will not be paid. offices, museums and non-emergency services will grind to a halt. the target is to cut $33 billion from this year's budget. republican lawmakers never agreed to that number. they want more. another possibility is an extension. if it happens, it's the seventh one issued for this year's budget. >>> a dog park is closer to becoming reality. a design for a dog park is cleared the parks and recreation advisory. they must now apply for a use permit and the city council has to approve to allow for dogs to be off leash. n

this is on top of the ongoing investigation by the national transportation safety board and the state public utilities commission. speaking of the puc, it looks like the state is going to force pg&e to do high pressure water tests on more than 700 miles of gas lines running in and around urban areas. but pg&e is still hoping to avoid those tests because they could disrupt service, cost $350 million, and take five years to complete. because pg&e doesn't have the records on hundreds of miles of lines, pg&e wants the state to allow it to use assumptions instead to qualify the pipeline status but several commission members say that is just not good enough. when it comes to assumptions, pg&e has already proven false in that. and case in point, the pipe that blew up here in this neighborhood was said to be seamless according to pg&e and it turns out it had a patchwork of seams on it. so the state is just not trusting what pg&e is offering up in terms of information on its pipelines. so investigations continue. >> a lot of trust lost there. all right, thank you, anne makovec in san bruno. >>

this is on top of the ongoing investigation by the national transportation safety board and the state public utilities commission. speaking of the puc, it looks like the state is going to force pg&e to do high pressure water tests on more than 700 miles of gas lines running in and around urban areas. but pg&e is still hoping to avoid those tests because they could disrupt service, cost $350 million, and take five years to complete. because pg&e doesn't have the records on hundreds of miles of lines, pg&e wants the state to allow it to use assumptions instead to qualify the pipeline status but several commission members say that is just not good enough. and case in point, the pipe that blew up here in this neighborhood was said to be seamless according to pg&e and it turns out it had a patchwork of seams on it. so the state is just not trusting what pg&e is offering up in terms of information on its pipelines. so investigations continue. >> a lot of trust lost there. all right, thank you, anne makovec in san bruno. >>> a major league coach apologizing now for crude comments he made in

. >> the national transportation safety board blames a metal seam that came loose after 35,000 takeoffs and landings in 15 years. with each, the cabin expanded and contracted from pressurizing. that in turn cracked metal, finally failed. abc 7's juan wilson showed us such a scene. all boeing airliners have the construction but the 737 is vulnerable, he says. >> it's more prone to cracks in the 737 because of the high frequency of the landings and take offs in a fleet. >> the failure is not a new new phenomenon and in 2005, there was another hole in jet another jet. the faa thought it had resolved this problem, now, more hard looks at middle aged airliners in the fleet. southwest airlines says the inspections should be complete and service returned to normal. the airliners boeing is concerned about are those that have been flying with what they call middle age. about 30,000 cycles, they call them, they didn't think that area would be vulnerable after this so-called middle age of an airliner. but there is now a different idea among the airline that's will be affected is alaska airline aut

the national transportation safety board is investigating the incident. >>> whether you have insurance or not you have a chance to take advantage of free health care. thousands have received care from volunteers. dental services, eye exams, breast exams, and more are being offered. >>> time is 4:53. if you are driving westbound on highway 4 this morning you have the toughest commute in the bay area. that is according to a new highway survey. that survey says westbound highway 4 from hill crissummers vail road is worst. coming up in at number three is a 580 in castro valley to livermore. time is 4:54. let's get to sal to see how the commute is looking. do you think that is the worst? >> you know, i absolutely do. we get the most complaints about that commute. we are watching it for you this morning. westbound highway 4 is still good. that is the first commute to get busy every morning. right now it's not stop and go yet. let's go out and take a look at highway 24 where a lot of people do end up after that. westbound 24 looks good driving up to the caldecott tunnel. and the morning commu

. >> reporter: in its final report, the national transportation safety board concluded that the probablecause of the crash was "probably fatigue crashing in the center wing." in september, 2002, the federal aviation administration ordered wing inspections on all c130-a tankers and the forest service and bureau of land management would not use those. ken pritchard took us to the air force base in sacramento to show us another danger in firefighting planes, cracks in the tanks that carry the fire retardant. >> reporter: it is a powerful tool in fighting fires from the air, but that red or orange fire retardant is also corrosive and can damage the tanks that contain it. >> we'll show you the image here. >> reporter: his job is to look for cracks in tanks and his tool is the third largest nuclear reactor dedicated to research in the country. >> located at the former mcclelan air force base, the two megawatt reactor is baited uc davis the us forest service contracted with the university to inspect the fire-retardant tanks used in firefighting aircrafts. with the reactor, edward can look insid

the new information as part of 500 pages of documents just released by the national transportation safety board. it that is a federal agency in charge of the investigation. the documents reveal how one off-duty pg&e worker new sub that something was terribly wrong and sprang into action that day. >>terisa: this is witness video of the deadly explosion on september 9th. pg&e employee michael told investigators recently released documents, that when he saw the explosion for the first time on television that night, he immediately called a dispatch to see if there's a problem in the gas line. he said the dispatcher was nervous and when he went back into his home and watch the image again on tv, he testified that " in my heart, i knew that that was something not a plane crash " he then testified he felt he had to take action. he said the cold colleagues to help out and race to the yard to get his truck. he went on to say he was there when they put in the valves so we knew where to go to shut them off. he explained there were several places where he needed to use a wrench to cap off the gas. ntsb? yo

saw out that section of the plane's skin and send it to washington for testing by the national transportation safety board. investigators say the cracking would not have been visible to the naked eye. federal aviation administration records show multiple findings of cracks in the plane's fuselage during an inspection last march. they were all repaired. with the hole ripped open in flight, the cabin depressurized. oxygen masks dropped from the ceiling, and the plane made a rapid descent. >> the aircraft descended from 36,000 feet, cruising altitude, to 11,000 feet, in approximately 4 1/2 minutes. >> reporter: southwest grounded 80 of its 737's to conduct inspections. that led to 300 flight cancellations saturday and the airline expected to cancel another 300 flights sunday. >> i still think that flying is safer than driving a car. >> reporter: southwest says the cancellations will continue for at least a few days. in new york, cbs news. >>> one man is dead, another injured, after a gunman opened fire inside his own home in oakland. the shooting happened on harriett avenue by virginia avenue, about 5:30 las

planes, one much larger than the other, loaded with hundreds of people on board, colliding on the tarmac. luckily, nobody was hurt. >> tonight the national transportation safety board is trying to determine what caused that accident at jfk last night. nbc's michelle franzen has the story. >> reporter: delta's comair commuter jet looked more like a model airplane at jfk monday night tossed around by the world's largest passenger aircraft after the left wing clipped the jet's tail, no one was injured. air france passenger lawrence grot says he saw the small jet from the window seat but barely felt the impact. >> initially people just -- there was a few gasps and, ah, sort of reaction, but it wasn't too, too extravagant because we're such a massive airplane, such a small jet. but it looked worse than we felt, certainly the people in the -- in the regional jet got a spin for their life, you know? >> reporter: investigators say the giant airbus a380 operated by air france was taxiing for takeoff to paris. the delta comair flight landed from boston. ground traffic controllers were directing the planes. audio recordings reveal the moments right before the collision.

take a closer look now at this roof incident and the questions it raises about airline safety with a former member of the national transportation safety board. john goglia has worked in aviation for more than 40 years, and has extensive experience in maintenance and mechanics. he's now an independent safety consultant who works with commuter airlines. john, thank you very much for talking with us. first off, how significant is this order just issued a few hours or an hour or so ago by the f.a.a.? >> quite significant in dealing with this particular issue. what remains unanswered is what is going to happen to the areas adjacent to the damage of the rest of the airplane. most of our actions today and in the past have been reactive to events that have occurred. as these airplanes age at some point we need to do a complete body scan, if you will, on the fuselage to determine the condition not just look in the areas where we've had problems before but to be proactive and look at the entire airplane for a change. >> woodruff: what is it in this specific incident? we're hearing about these microscopic cracks in the second skin, the underlying surf

saw out that section of the plane's skin and send it to washington for testing by the national transportation safety board. investigators say the cracking would not have been visible to the naked eye. federal aviation administration records show multiple findings of cracks in the plane's fuselage during an inspection last march. they were all repaired. with the hole ripped open in flight, the cabin depressurized. oxygen masks dropped from the ceiling, and the plane made a rapid decent. >> the aircraft descended from 36,000 feet, its cruising altitude, to 11,000 feet, in approximately 4 1/2 minutes. >> reporter: southwest grounded 80 of its 737's to conduct inspections. that lead to 300 flight cancellations saturday and the airline expected to cancel another 300 flights sunday. >> i still think that flying is safer than driving a car. >> reporter: southwest says the cancellations will continue for at least a few days. in new york, cbs news. >>> southwest passengers we talked to seem to be taking the situation in stride. at oakland international airport, most travelers had heard about the problem that cause

. >> the national transportation safety board sent a team to investigate and preliminary report is expected within two weeks. >> kristen: reward for information to two men beating up giants' fan is now up to $50,000. a fund-raiser will be held today to help pay his medical bills. brian stowe was assaulted in the parking lot. he is a paramedic with american medical response. he remains in a medically induced coma. today, peace of my heart restaurants will donate 30% of the proceeds to help pay for his medical bills. police released these sketches of the two men that attacked stowe. both the dodgers and giants have donated money to the fund. >> eric: in san bruno the pubc will hold a five hour hearing on proposed gas line rule changes. the proposals are designed to prevent the type of fire that destroyed 38 homes last september. among the proposals reducing pressure by 20% if records are not available and to install shut-off valves. the hearing is on crystal springs road. >> it looks like we have cooler temperatures today. >> but we are definitely on our way to a cooling trend. 53 in oakland.

. >> reporter: the national transportation safety board says there are no science of faulty maintenance. instead, they were on a part of plane that is not expected because cracks are not expected there. >> we have no indications that something was actually missed. in an inspection. something that could have been detected that wasn't detected. >> now, we may have on check airplanes where we never thought we would have to check before. >> reporter: documents reviewed by abc news showed that 15-year-old plane had an extensive maintenance check last year. at least a dozen cracks were repaired. that's not unusual. 18 minutes into the flight, the top opened up. southwest canceled hundreds of flights to inspect 80 similar planes. small cracks have been found in three of them. >> it's bad enough to get jammed up as it is. let alone get caught up in maintenance problems. >> probably not until tuesday. will we get back. >> reporter: thousands of passengers will still be grounded today. while the broken section of flight 812 is on its way to washington. for detailed analysis. peggy and mike? >> th

we are joined now by the rob urt sumwalt, the national transportation safety board member, who we just saw in the story heading up the investigation. he was a commercial pilot for 32 years, a veteran of 14,000 flight hours. with us tonight from yuma, arizona where the southwest jet made the emergency landing on friday. mr. sumwalt, when you consider the fact that no one saw the crack in advance and also that southwest brags within the industry about their quick turnaround, how many flights per day they get out of the aircraft, are they more susceptible for this kind of thing? >> good evening, brian. it's important to understand that aircraft cycles -- takeoffs and landings -- are what determines the maintenance intervals, not necessarily how long a particular airplane flies. just because a particular aircraft is doing more takeoffs and landings that in itself doesn't make it more susceptible to damage. >> so there is nothing about their schedule of maintenance. when people hear that the cracks are impossible to see most of the time, it doesn't exactly fill the flying public with confid

rules today from the federal aviation administration and a new investigation by the national transportation safety board. here's bob orr. >> reporter: moving to blunt criticism of the latest controller lapse, the f.a.a. today ordered air traffic supervisors to monitor most flights carrying the vice president or first lady. the president's plane is always monitored. the f.a.a.'s action comes as the n.t.s.b. is pressing an investigation into a controller's mistake monday that allowed michelle obama's jet to get too close to a military transport plane. mrs. obama's boeing 737 came within three miles of a larger c-17 as the jets approached andrews air force base. f.a.a. rules require five miles separation in flight to avoid the danger of wake turbulence. in this f.a.a. flight test, you can see how a plane the same size as the one carrying the first lady can be buffeted by the wake of a larger jet flying just ahead. in monday's incident, the pilots of mrs. obama's plane, executive 1 fox trot, asked controllers for more space. >> reporter: after doing one go- around, mrs. obama's plane landed safely, but the

>> well the national transportation safety board for many years has issued recommendations and has arguedhat they shouldn't. the most recent series of recommendations came in 2007. but it's-- the f.a.a. to date has been unable to do anything about it. i do have to say there's an effort under way right now to change that, but in some ways, all the bad publicity about this has undercut that effort to some extent. >> woodruff: what are they saying is the reason they can't change this? >> well, they're not saying anything officially. but what we hear is that one of the key proposals is to allow people working overnight shifts to nap. now, we're not talking about sacking out for the whole shift, but, you know, a very carefully monitored nap for half an hour, an hour, and then going back to work. and this dramatically improves your alertness and reduces roars. but, unfortunately, i think there's a feeling in the administration this would not pass what they call the jay leno test. in other words, it week ridiculed and joked about so they're kind of afraid to go and do that. >> woodruff: while th

now, it's preliminary report in the national transportation safety board, which is the federal agency that conducts investigation into any transport instance. says it's still investigating and it hasn't concluded what was to blame, whether it was wear and tear, manufacturing issue, or maybe spg else entirely at the moment. >> has there been any word at the moment from boeing or perhaps southwest airlines into this? >> sure. boeing makes these airplanes, they've made thousands of these airplanes many, many years. they say at the time of the instance, some were talking about metal fatigue. boeing says this plane has taken off and landed some 39,000 times. it should be 60,000 times before you check for metal fatigue. and for manufacturing issues, the company says it won't speculate. while this is a preliminary report and says its own engineers are look at the damaged part of the plane to draw their own findings. southwest airlines, it had a similar issue two years ago with another jet. and when this incident happened, it grounded 80 737's. five of those were found to have cracks, and act

investigators with the national transportation safety board will arrive later today for a firsthand look at the 737. a jet that's 15 years old. >> it's a young airplane to a middle-aged airplane, and certainly we know how to maintain airplanes like this where this sort of thing should theoretically never happen. >> reporter: two years ago fatigue cracks led to a hole in another southwest jet, and in 2005 an alaskan jet opened up in flight. it had been bumped on the ground before takeoff. but the worst mishap, more than 20 years ago when an aloha jet came apart literally ripping a flight attendant from the plane. she plunged to her death. now, that aloha incident was really a wake-up call. it led to an extensive program of inspections for older planes. they're checked for any metal fatigue, any fatigue in the fuselage skin. dan, it's far too early to know whether that was a factor here. >> it's a terrifying story, especially for frequent fliers. lisa stark, thank you very much. >>> we're going to talk now to two of the passengers who were actually on board that flight, willie wright and s

. >> 500 new documents released today by the national transportation safety board safety board in the investigation that the san bruno pipeline disaster. amateur video released by the ntsb up close view of the fire roaring out of that ruptured line less than 15 minutes after initial explosion. our media partner tloorts in one of the interview transcripts released today the pg&e executive speculates that the explosion might have been caused by earth movement from a leaking water pipe. earlier reports by pg&e pointed to defective weld in the pipe. ntsb final report with probable cause is expected by september. >>> another piece of the new bay bridge lift in addition place tomorrow morning. crews will add a section to the suspension tower of the new eastern span bringing it just 30 feet shy of its eventual 5 25 foot height. engineers hope to be finished with the new bay bridge by september 2013. >>> group of bay area swimmers attempting to navigate the dangerous 30 mile stretch from the fair lon islands to the golden gate bridge had to and the effort tonight. 6 members of the night train

investigators from the national transportation safety board say the quarter inch cracks were discovered along joints that run the length of the plane. until now, that was an area that wasn't considered vulnerable to problems. >> there are methods, using technology, to inspect. it's just in the industry, it was not thought that this was an area that needed to be inspected. >> reporter: across the nation, southwest passengers are watching closely. >> i'm concerned, but i need to get home. >> any concerns? >> a little bit. but, you know, i think they're taking care of it. >> reporter: the ntsb says the jet's manufacturer, boeing, is developing a service bulletin that suggests immediate checks on similar models with comparable flight time and age. southwest expects to complete safety checks on 60 other jets by late tomorrow. that means passengers should expect more cancellations. terrell? >> joel brown in washington for us this morning. joel, thank you. meanwhile on capitol hill, the budget clock is ticking. lawmakers have until friday to pass the 2011 budget. either that, or face a partial

back in 2007, the national transportation safety board warned the faa that its scheduling system was part of the problem. "controllers are sometimes working when they are significantly fatigued and are committing fundamental errors," it warned. "the ntsb is concerned about the lack of faa action on the issue." >> the reality of life is that the way we have been operating over the past three decades, it has proven to be a horrible way of doing business in the air traffic control tower. >> now, the other recommendation is that controllers working on overnight shifts take breaks to get some sleep, but the transportation secretary has ruled that one out, saying that controllers will not be paid to take naps. >> susan mcginnis in washington for us this morning. susan, thank you. >>> and today is the deadline for filing your income taxes. the tea party activists are planning rallies across the nation to call for cuts in taxes and government spending. rallies were held around the nation over the weekend, marking the two-year anniversary of the movement's founding. the rallies featured appea

yesterday, a member of the national transportation safety board sent controllers and pilots who work overnight shifts should be allowed to nap. >>> to politics, ron paul is expected to announce to form a 2012 presidential exploratory committee. paul, a republican, has strong backing from tea party members. he'll make the announcement in iowa. paul finished fifth in the 2008 caucuses. >>> meanwhile, haley barber said he's ending his bid for the white house. he lacks the, quote, absolute fire in the belly. been killed by government forces during weeks of anti-government protests. barry peterson has more. >>> as demonstrations escalated, so has the government's brute force. in dara, army tanks were used for the first time in this uprising against protesters. people in the city could only answer with rocks. this woman was in dara. bodies on the ground, she says, my family is dying. it's not just protesters under attack, human rights activists are being hunted down. a syria in turmoil fits perfectly into what experts say al qaeda's leaders want. >> you can bring down the regime in syria,

the national transportation safety board investigator of the san bruno explosion found discrepancies in documents rivering to the rupture -- referring to the ruptured pipe. utility records described the pipe that burst as "seamless." it actually had been welded along the length. >>> 4:34 now. 105 years ago today the ground shook under san francisco, sparking a fire that destroyed much of the city. today, memorial ceremonies and remembrances will begin at 5:00 a.m. that's less than a half-hour from now. abc7's terry mcsweeney is live at lotta's fountain. terry? >> reporter: yeah, the crowds are already beginning to gather at this fountain. this is significant at market and 3rd street and kearney. this is where people came following the earthquake to post notices, "have you seen my father?" "if you are alive, please meet me here tomorrow at 5:00." notices of desperation were posted at lotta's fountain. you can see the crowd gathering here. the island here is pretty much filled up. right now, take a look at a man who was around for that 1906 earthquake. bill del monte. 105 years of age.

. >> reporter: investigators with the national transportation safety board are checking flight recorders from both aircraft, as well as what instructions air traffic control gave to the pilots. elaine quijano, cbs news at jfk airport. >>> a new york woman drove her minivan with three of her children still inside it into the hudson river. the minivan was fished out of the river north of new york city last night. she spared her 10-year-old son, dropping him off before driving down a boat ramp. the three young victims range in ages from 11 months to 5 years. officials say the mother had been involved in a domestic dispute. >>> now to the battle for libya. a meeting about the country's future begins today in qatar. members of the so-called contact group, countries that want moammar gadhafi out, will hear from rebel leaders. libya's former foreign minister moussa koussa is expected to attend. secretary of state hillary clinton meets with other nato ministers tomorrow in berlin to discuss the libyan situation. >>> egypt's former president hosni mubarak is being detained by the interim military

the national transportation safety board is still investigating. preliminary reports point to a weld on a pipe thought to be seamless as a cause of that accident. >>> coming up at 6:00 we'll talk to congresswoman live on the show, helping to lead the charge to figure out exactly what happened and who really is to blame. >>> fed chief ben bernanke made news today in more ways than one, hosting the first press conference in the federal reserve's 97-year history. bernanke says the economy is in recovery. >> looking ahead, committee participants expect a moderate recovery to continue through 2011 with some acceleration of growth projected through 2012 and 2013. >> while the nation is experiencing new stability, bernanke acknowledged the high price of gas could cause problems for business growth and hardship for some americans. the live press conferences will happen four times a year. they're intended to help the public understand the rationale behind the fed's policy decisions. >>> threats to national lawmakers, including nancy pelosi, are at an all-ti

the national transportation safety board will lead the investigation. >>> the trial of two men charged with the killing of oakland journalist baley and two other men resumed today with more chilling testimony. rob roth was in court with the man who admitted shooting down baley calmly recalled the shooting. >> reporter: according to defense attorneys, the juror apparently works at fairmont hospital where bailey's brother was treated so the judge excused him. sitting in a courtroom were bailey's relatives. >> just watching him was kind of hard and devastating. >> reporter: youseff says that broussard ordered him to kill baley because of embarrassing reports the report was writing. broussard says, i take responsibility for what i did. in oakland, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> in japan today workers began pumping contaminated water from the damaged fukushima plant to the ocean. the authorities say the water has low levels of radiation but it has 500 times the legal limit. >>> we have a happy reunion to show you from japan. the dog found floating in the ocean was reunited with its owne

. >> when the national transportation safety board investigation is complete, when the public utility commission's investigation is complete, you'll find pg&e being held accountable. >>> yesterday a state senate committee passed a bill requiring automatic or remote controlled shut off valves on all pipelines in populated areas and on pipelines that cross active fault lines. now the bill goes to senate appreciations committee for a vote. >>> the giants fan brutally beaten outside dodgers stadium remains in a coma in a los angeles hospital this morning. doctors say 42-year-old is suffering from brain damage. that could affect his speech, memory and personality. his devastated family members held a news conference outside the hospital yesterday. they are calling on the two attackers to turn themselves in. >> it's bad enough that they hit him. at least come forward. have the courage to face the facts and face the book for what you've done here. >> they weren't true dodger fans. we know that it's not the dodgers fans. >> the giants announced the team plans to honor stowe during a pre-game

. >> you know, the national transportation safety board is obviously going to investigate this. it takes them several months to even come out with a factual or a preliminary report. so the main thing is for people not to jump to conclusions as to what actually happened, because we really don't know. >> the pilot has not yet been identified. the faa and ntsb are investigating the crash. >>> it is our national pastime, and violence will not be tolerated that was the message from the mayors of san francisco and los angeles in a joint statement issued today condemning the attack at the giants' season opener. 42-year-old brian stowe of santa cruz was badly beaten after the game against the dodgers. nbc bay area's monte francis is live at at&t park with the latest on stowe's condition and a reward being offered in the case. monte? >> reporter: i just spoke with one of brian's coworkers. he is still in a medically induced coma and critical condition. what has happened to him is seen as a wake-up call by both cities to ensure that coming to the ballpark is a safe family activity. 42-year

the national transportation safety board will lead the investigation. >>> the trial of two men charged with the killing of oakland journalist baley and two other men resumed today with more chilling testimony. rob roth was in court with the man who admitted shooting down baley calmly recalled the shooting. >> reporter: according to defense attorneys, the juror apparently works at fairmont hospital where bailey's brother was treated so the judge excused him. sitting in a courtroom were bailey's relatives. >> just watching him was kind of hard and devastating. >> reporter: youseff says that broussard ordered him to kill baley because of embarrassing reports the report was writing. broussard says, i take responsibility for what i did. in oakland, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> in japan today workers began pumping contaminated water from the damaged fukushima plant to the ocean. the authorities say the water has low levels of radiation but it has 500 times the legal limit. >>> we have a happy reunion to show you from japan. the dog found floating in the ocean was reunited with its owne

is calling for is that the national transportation safety board conduct high-tech electromagnetic inspections that will reveal cracks that lead to these kinds of tears. experts say they believe the f.a.a. will make this a standard practice on some of these older planes. and southwest grounded 79 planes after the incident. the airline now says 64 are being returned to service. but three are not because they did find cracks. those three will stay out of service until boeing, the plane's maker, recommends a fix. live in washington, nicole collins, pam, back to you. >> before you go, do we know if the order of more inspections will this mean more delays or possibly flight cancellations today? >> reporter: it's really unclear at this point. southwest says they expect to have all of their inspections done by the end of the day today. so it looks like southwest is getting back on track. and i should mention about 80 of the planes that are involved in this safety directive are mostly operated by southwest and they are registered here in the u.s. while 95 of these planes are registered outside of the

one member of the national transportation safety board has suggested regulators consider allowing controlled napping during work hours to combat fatigue among other suggestions. >>> a tough day for san jose city workers. more than 600 opened their mailboxes to find a pink slip waiting for them. the city says it had no other choice but layoffs to close a $115 million budget gap. len ramirez reporting though this news of course hits some especially hard. len. >> reporter: exactly right, allen. you can imagine a very somber day here at san jose city hall as managers are calling in their employees one by one to give them those layoff notices. detective tam trung had just gotten his notification when we spoke to him that his job with san jose pd is coming to an end. >> we pretty much somewhat are confused and shocked in a way. and no matter what happens, as of right now, i will get laid off. and that's just a shock to me. now i have to find other avenues for my family. >> reporter: for the 29-year- old, a bachelor's and master's degree, fluency in vietnamese and 7 years experience was not enough

>>mark: the national transportation safety board is releasing its findings of that rail crash near the driver and muni did not follow safety rules. you can see the video. since the accident muni installed at stay at the are line center. the new technology tracks everything from when the doors open on each train to the moment the owner it switches from automatic to manual. there are more safety inspections keeping close watch. >>darya: timeout is 6:53 a.m.. we will be back with more in a couple of minutes. plenty of sunshine here. traffic on the 680 is nice and light. we will be right back. >>darya: there they are, at the newlywed couple. prince william and kate middleton. there right in the traditional carriage ride across at london's of making go over to westminster abbey. they're going to the buckingham palace excuse me. >>mark: the dutcdo grand duchess. we will continue to show you coverage as the reception takes place throughout the day. >>darya: look at that. >>mark: there is a luncheon coming up. >>darya: there is a huge of and. you are not close of the will not see it said they

. >> reporter: investigators with the national transportation safety board are checking flight recorders from both aircrafts, as well as what instructions air traffic control gave to the pilots. elaine quijano, cbs news, at new york's j.f.k. airport. >> couric: the entire country is on something of a collision course with more than $14 trillion in debt. tomorrow chief white house correspondent chip reid reports the president will explain what he plans to do about it. >> reporter: in recent months, president obama has repeatedly promised to tackle the nation's long-term debt, including the massive entitlement programs. >> including programs like medicare and medicaid... ...which are the single biggest contributor to long-term deficits. >> reporter: but he has refused to offer his own plan. that will finally change wednesday when he unveils his so-called vision on cutting the debt. critics say it's about time. >> but at least the president is joining in the conversation. hopefully that conversation is an adult one. >> reporter: but political analysts say the president had good reason to wa