alaska congressman don young was outraged. how selfish and ridiculous can we be when we think we can live within ourselves? we have billions of people in asia alone, south america is suffering from starvation, and we're going to set aside 175 million acres of land for a playground that has all the minerals and oil and resources-- timber and hydropower? that's asinine! other congressmen saw the issue in more personal terms. arizona congressman mo udall. the most important thing to me is that it's there. you get a real lift from getting out of the artificial world and being with nature. not only oil lay beneath the tundra. minerals vital to national defense were being imported from the third world while unknown quantities waited in alaska. the amounts were assumed to be vast. the alaska lands act would prevent further exploration. within those borders, there's the potential of providing for this nation the 31 minerals which we're importing from the third world. why weren't they developed before this? because the need wasn't ther

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is unique in that it has something called the alaska permanent fund. believing that all residents of the state should profit from the resources that are naturally below their feet alaska takes the money that the big oil corporations pay them you know oil leases and royalties invests that money and then distributes the returns on those investments to each and every resident of the state works out to between a thousand and two thousand dollars every year for every man woman and child in alaska so if your husband and wife with two kids you get as much as eight thousand dollars at the end of the year and that ain't pocket change for a working family trying to make it during the republican great recession or depression thanks to the supplemental income for each resident of alaska that state enjoys the third highest median income in the nation and is also the second most equal state in the nation it's a system that works and has been embraced by both democrats and republicans even sara taylor. so why not apply to the rest of the country in fact that actually

is unique in that it has something called the alaska permanent fund. believing that all residents of the state should profit from the resources that are naturally below their feet alaska takes the money that the big oil corporations pay them in oil leases and royalties invests that money and then distributes the returns on those investments to each and every resident of the state works out to between a thousand and two thousand dollars every year for every man woman and child in alaska so if your husband and wife with two kids you get as much as eight thousand dollars at the end of the year and that ain't pocket change for a working family trying to make it during the republican great recession or depression thanks to the supplemental income for each resident of alaska that state enjoys the third highest. and is also the second most equal state of the nation it's a system that works and has been embraced by both democrats and republicans even sarah pail so why not apply to the rest of the country in fact that actually is already sort of applied to the

situada en alaska, y a tan solo 120 kilométros del círculo polar ártico. mira que no lo habías dicho ¡eh! cómo cambia el tiempo aquí... el mckinley, es una montaña complicada, agotadora siempre bajo condiciones climáticas extremas. ha sido terrible, además con una ventísca y un frío y una visibilidad absolu... vamos cero. comparable a escalar una montaña de más de 8.000 metros de altura. menos mal que estamos en estados unidos y aquí todo es diferente. [hablando en inglés] eres pedazo de zoquete. así es el mckinley, y el círculo polar... ártico. ♪ de hoy me lleva a escalar la montaña más alta de américa del norte, el mckinley, que con sus 6.194 metros de altitud se sitúa en una escabrosa cordillera de alaska. [águila chillando] ¡kia,kia,kia! ♪ alaska, me ha sorprendido por muchas cosas, especialmente porque es brutal el paisaje. es un país completamente diferente, está inexplorado, está virgen, es un territorio para la aventura, y además la gente está concienciada de si llega el fin de semana y es asombroso, ver al americano

let's talk about alaska skiing a lot but i've never been to alaska and people say it like one of the most wonderful places in the i know you've been there a lot is it true is it worth going i highly recommend going to alaska it is pretty expensive and it's very far away it's very far away but if you i still have ever were bet on the world and there's a ton of special places out there but alaska is really in all the of its own you know what's especially with. a little bit there's the wilderness one well you know it's a very untouched land. and the shape of the mountains and the quality of the snow is really like a snowboarder or skier. mostly skilled and well you'll see in the film we're obviously not being in there but it's a lot of. access being there is a couple really good resorts there and then there is a growing back entry movement i know you told me about that dream dream. hell you look a looking for but what about a dream place is there a dream place in the world way where you want to be haven't been to yet. thanks keefer man a barista would have read it oh. yeah there's a lot

i will work hard with the senator from alaska. i see the senator from new hampshire is on the floor. it makes no sense to let people in the house of representatives pick and choose among disasters in a bill and strip out disasters that have been declared by the united states government and the governors of six states. do they know better? i don't think so. but they took it out, and for whatever reason, we weren't able to get it in back here. i've had strong conversations with some of the supporters of the -- lead supporters of the sandy bill from the states that most benefit, with the chairman of the committee, and the floor manager of the bill, and with colleagues from nearby states. so this is not over. but i am extremely upset that we would pass something called a disaster relief appropriations act and leave out of it the disaster that has befallen fisheries up and down the east coast from maine down through new hampshire, through massachusetts, through rhode island, through connecticut, through new york. that's a pretty wide-s

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. >>> turning to a developing story now in alaska, more than 600 people working recovery the oil drilling ship that ran aground on new year's eve, still could take until spring to remove the barge because of harsh weather-related difficulties. fox news correspondent dominic has more. >> reporter: weather conditions have plagued this recovery of the rig off the coast of alaska. what's being described as a coastguard-led -- is bringing in a fleet of 14 support ships, as well as dropping off those crews onto the platform. the job is to deliver new power generators this weekend, replacing those damaged by water during the storm. it's dangerous work. >> with so many people involved in this response operation, we have air assets, a float assets, people staging in different areas. it's maintaining that safety. we've been going on -- this operation's been going on for days, as you're well aware, in very challenging conditions. >> reporter: a blessing so far that there's no sign of any fuel leaking, which is the other major concern. 150,000 gallons of fuel aboard. shell's drilling in the atlantic,

our friends in alaska dealing with a big storm today up there. so be careful traveling anywhere in alaska, anchorage and up to fairbanks everybody is getting s large arctic high pressure system and warm up in many areas. without too much snow out of this big cold air mass but cold and dry in the west. >> single digits. a shocking story out of buffalo v.a. hospital. gas prices on the move. hottest wheels out of the detroit auto show. plus caught on tape. the mother of all snowball fights and no pants day on the subway. what? you're watching "early today." . >>> stories making news this morning for you. the veterans administration is saying that 700 patients at the buffalo, new york v.a. medical center may have been exposed to hiv and hepatitis because of reuse of insulin pens. there's a small risk but the v.a. is offering free blood tests to rule out any infections. >>> today is the one month anniversary of the newtown school shootings that killed 26 people at sandy hook elementary. 200 people attend a meeting on sunday to discuss what to do with

do you see where alaska is? getting to a blow out would be a minor miracle with so little resources in the area. it's a disaster waiting to happen, but we got to make the money. we got to dig deeper. we got to dig deeper. we're like the dwarfs in the "lord of the rings." speaking of movies, django in chains was getting criticism from the right? now they're getting criticism to the left. >> to be disrespectful to my ancestors. that's all i'm going to say. i can't disrespect my ancestors. i can't do it. >> cenk: interesting. we'll have that discussion when we come back. and then chris christie is getting a lot because he lashed out at republicans. partly true. partly false. i'll explain when we come back. >> there is only one group to blame for the continued suffering of these innocent victims. the house majority and their speaker,r,r,r,r,r,r,r,r,r,r,r,r,r,r,r,r,r,r,r,r,r,r,r,r,r,r,r,r,r, very, very excited about that and very proud of that. >>beltway politics from inside the loop. >>we tackle the big issues here

a south wind up in alaska and it's warmer in parts of alaska and juneau and parts of the west coast and southern nevada and parts of the west coast, there is a huge difference in temperatures. santa rosa, a lot of 20s even novato, fairfield, and the airport the only thing holding up is a little bit of a breeze. this flow is and coming right out of the north, northeast and that gives you a sign by the coast it will not be too bad. i don't care how much sun we get, it doesn't feel that warm so very cold in the morning with that east breeze which helps oakland, emoryville, those areas get a benefit from that breeze but most locations are in the lower 50s. discuss is 57, although it is 30 degrees right now. a little warmer into thursday and with your weekend in view, we will have to make a return to the valley and it will warm up coast and bay. >>> keeping an eye on the del stock, del could go private circulating and del is talking with private equity firms about a potential buy out. del has lost 40% since last year's peak and the cost of going private makes sense. it will allow del to rest

those guys are really good, especially in alaska. their helicopters are flying around and they are putting people on and off that rig. i would assume that it's for safety, and those helicopter pilots are risking their lives every time they go out to that rig. so i would assume that they're trying to keep tourists and probably journalists away, but not so much to limit information as to limit access for safety reasons. i don't read too much into that. >> and i don't know whether or not or not to. i'm inclined to trust the coast guard in situations like this if only purely on the basis of expertise. it is also striking to see how much shell is trying to keep this quiet, and trying to keep reporters out, and trying to keep journalism away from this, trying to downplay it. how big a risk do you think this is to this ecologically sensitive area? we're talking about 150,000 gallons of fuel and oil. >> it's a really great question. so there are two different issues, i think. one is this oil rig with this amount of fuel on board in this area

parts of the bay area colder than alaska this morning. we'll show you why we see this strange pattern coming up. northern california, minus 17 in alturas. look at tahoe valley this morning, minus 13. so quite cold. 20s and 30s inland. that freeze warning up through 8:00. could see some freezing temperatures through 9:00. plan on later on in the morning to see these numbers come up as the sun rises and slowly starts to warm us up. most locations running about five degrees cooler than yesterday at the same time. a morning that got started off yesterday with a lot of frost. we've got the same thing this morning. clear skies, not much wind out there right now. thank goodness we're not dealing with too much of a windchill factor this morning. for the afternoon, we should see 40s to low 50s for highs. everything will reset tonight heading into tomorrow. more freezing temperatures to start the work week tomorrow morning. right now we've got clear skies. here's the pattern responsible for the relatively more mild air up into alaska. the ridge rec

right now off the cos of hawaii they can reach alaska a lot of the island chains. they are going to increase the range. what this is all about open sources we figure 4-8 nuclear devices in korea. this testing is about taking one of those devices and beginning to down size so it can fit as a war head on top of a missile. that's what they have done testing. >> it is easy to dismiss them and laugh at it and say they are nuts and bluster. but 4-8 nuclear devices. they do have or may have the range to potentially wihit hawa or alaska not that much further to try to hit the west coast. >> certainly. i mean the department of defense takes these capabilities for what they are. and they try not to read anything else into it. we let the intelligence community central intelligence agency try to figure out what is the intent here what is the motivation what is the strategic goal. our department of defense builds capabilities to defend north korean capabilities that we have to take it serious given the kind of people they are. they are clearly a rouge regime. >> can we protect

. -- alaska. temperatures in alaska have cooled off and our pattern, it shows temperatures are coming in at lower 20s. san joaquin valley will have it creep back in especially through the delta. a few 60s are popping up and that helps oakland and 61 and antioch 55, livermore 53, morgan hill gill ray, nice coast and bay and patchy fog will continue into the weekend, not much of a change. here is more. >>> a woman crashed her suv into a swimming pool. hers set police said -- merced gwen went into a pool and a person helped to pull the suv to the edge of the pool and rescued the driver. >>> a new clue is being released to the public in hopes of tracking it down. >> the pain was real, the grieve was real and the affection was real. >> what is not real is a made up girlfriend. a connection at notre dame. look at you guys with your fancy-schmancy u-verse high speed internet. you know, in my day you couldn't just start streaming six ways to sunday. you'd get knocked off. and sometimes, it took a minute t

the quake struck around 1:00 this morning, 60 miles west of craig, alaska. the tsunami warning was issued from alaska to the northern tip of vancouver island, canada. some areas were seeing small sea level changes. the quake was widely felt but as of now, there are no reports of any major damage. >>> also new this morning a man is in critical condition after being found lying on the side of the road in santa rosa. police found the man lying unconscious in the roadway on the 1400 black of peterson lane just after 9:00 last night. he had serious wounds to his head. it's unclear what caused his injuries or if he will survive. there are reports a white car with two men inside leaving the area. police shut down sections of the roadway until 3:00 this morning in order to investigate. >>> not just one family but an entire community has lost a loved one, 19-year-old alyssa byrne was found dead in the snow in south lake tahoe yesterday morning. last night, hundreds of people gathered at byrne's alma mater, casa grande high school in petaluma to remember the young wom

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those guys are really good, especially in alaska. their helicopters are flying around and they are putting people on and off that rig. i would assume that it's for safety, and those helicopter pilots are risking their lives every time they go out to that rig. so i would assume that they're trying to keep tourists and probably journalists away, but not so much to limit information as to limit access for safety reasons. i don't read too much into that. >> and i don't know whether or not or not to. i'm inclined to trust the coast guard in situations like this if only purely on the basis of expertise. it is also striking to see how much shell is trying to keep this quiet, and trying to keep reporters out, and trying to keep journalism away from this, trying to downplay it. how big a risk do you think this is to this ecologically sensitive area? we're talking about 150,000 gallons of fuel and oil. >> it's a really great question. so there are two different issues, i think. one is this oil rig with this amount of fuel on board in this area

those guys are really good, especially in alaska. their helicopters are flying around and they are putting people on and off that rig. i would assume that it's for safety, and those helicopter pilots are risking their lives every time they go out to that rig. so i would assume that they're trying to keep tourists and probably journalists away, but not so much to limit information as to limit access for safety reasons. i don't read too much into that. >> and i don't know whether or not or not to. i'm inclined to trust the coast guard in situations like this if only purely on the basis of expertise. it is also striking to see how much shell is trying to keep this quiet, and trying to keep reporters out, and trying to keep journalism away from this, trying to downplay it. how big a risk do you think this is to this ecologically sensitive area? we're talking about 150,000 gallons of fuel and oil. >> it's a really great question. so there are two different issues, i think. one is this oil rig with this amount of fuel on board in this area

hour the people of alaska reacting to shells plans to drill in the arctic and just that this whole thing i know that you know there's been a very pro you know let's let's get some oil let's get our two thousand dollar your check sort of thing you know from many alaskans for a lot of years but the pipeline things general support or do i have that wrong and how is this affecting them and man change alaskans perspectives. we were a pretty good at the permanent fund dividend which is our royalty so texture and royalties go into one account we get a debate about the interest every year so i think the simpsons movie set. best here's a thousand dollars now we can do whatever we want when dobson says came across the border but alaskans are really protocol of it we felt for a long time i think that you could you could happen both and the exxon valdez spill definitely tied a lot of essential and something different about that and we've been really concerned about drilling in the arctic ocean in the beaufort in check she sees that i'm i'm an environmentalist and some people like to call that card w

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. >> in april of last year, he called in his testimony to the alaska legislature. >> there is no question in my mind that fire retardants do give people more time to escape fires. >> thanks in part to efforts like this, flame retardants are now found in baby strollers, car seats, building insulation, electronics, even your couch, but it comes with a price. dozens of studies connect one group of flame retardant c compounds known as pbdes to this road problems, reproductive issues sxrk lowered iqs in children. some restrictions on imports are in place, but products with pbdes can be and still are imported. and the environmental protection agency is investigating three additional flame retardants after finding evidence they could be neurotoxins and even cause cancer. in 1976, arlene bloom founded the fire retardant chemical trip using pajamas was a carcinogen. it led to a ban in kids' pajamas. today, more than 30 years later, it's still used in sofa cushions. >> if you have 20 pounds of foam in your couch, you have a pound of these chemicals in your couch. that's a lot. >> i think everything

, specifically right here in alaska, a tiny island off the coast of the state, a number of endangered sea mammals, and as of last week, this threatened shell oil rig was threatening the entire region, when we last left, this rig full of 350,000 gallons of fuel, it was stuck alongside the rocks, a very sensitive area. it has since been towed away to a nearby harbor where it is being investigated by a team of experts, including the coast guard. what happened when it got stuck in the first place, they were trying to move it. tow it from the area where it had been drilling from the aleutian islands, they ran into bad weather. the ship towing it lost the engines, lost the connection to the rig, the ship tried four more times to hook up to the rig. they were unable to establish a connection, they brought in another ship to help. but that had to be abandoned after the bad weather. the rig finally slammed into the nearby island, threatening everything around it. by why were they trying to tow the rig when they did? what was the rush? what shell says was they did it then because the weather fo

c-span: and how many blacks did you find in anchorage, alaska? >> guest: the percentage of blacks, i believe is--it was close to 10 percent which is... c-span: higher than you expected? >> guest: yes. and actually we--is not that far from what it had been before the pipeline because alaska's population just exploded--exploded to, you know, half a million after the construction of the pipeline, during the construction of the pipeline. c-span: did you talk to jasimine pennywell about this essay? >> guest: yes, i did. yes, i did. c-span: what'd she tell you? >> guest: well... c-span: what happened to her afterwards? probably... >> guest: well, as you can respect, she got some flak. people tried to repress it. i mean, when i say people, i mean, mainly principal and teachers and that sort of thing but, i mean, the most remarkable thing is how she just refused to back down from it at all. i mean, she describes one incident which, you know--you know, cinematography sounds very intimidating and scary with some young white males and she just sort of, you

, they have great pizza in nome, alaska. and you can see more of his reporting tonight on "nightline." thank you so much for watching tonight. we're always there at abcnews.com. "nightline" will be here later at its new time, 12:35 a.m. eastern. and i'll see you right back here again tomorrow night, with "person of the week." have a great night. >>> tonight a super bowl celebration. why the city isn't ready to commit a victory parade. >> divided loyalties. we'll hear from the parents of jim and john harbaugh tonight. >> california is back, budget, balanced and we're on the move. let's get it done. >> governor brown outlines dreams -- champagne dreams on a beer budget. >> and we're live with deployment of troops now on a search and rescue mission overseas. >> the giants got a big parade through san francisco after winning last year, but so far, the city says it's not thinking about a victory far yaid for the 49ers if they win the super bowl. >> good evening. from buses to beer cans, the city considering what ifs of the win bu

hour the people of alaska reacting to shells plans to drill in the arctic and just the this whole thing i know that you know there's been a very pro you know let's let's get some oil let's get our two thousand dollar your check sort of thing you know from many alaskans for a lot of years but the pipeline things general support or do i have that wrong and how is this affecting them and man change alaskans perspectives. we re bring up the permanent fund dividend which is our royalty so texture and royalties go into one account and we get a debate about the interest every year so the simpsons movie. he said it best here's two thousand dollars now we can do whatever we want when dobson says can cross the border but alaskans are really protocol of it we felt for a long time i think that you could you can count on both and the exxon valdez spill definitely taught a lot of astonishment something different about that and we've been really concerned about drilling in the arctic ocean in the beaufort and chucky seeds so i'm i'm an environmentalist and some people like to call that card when i say

. >> in april of last year, he called in his testimony to the alaska legislature. >> there is no question in my mind that fire retardants do give people more time to escape fires. >> thanks in part to efforts like this, flame retardants are now found in baby strollers, car seats, building insulation, electronics, even your couch, but it comes with a price. dozens of studies connect one group of flame retardant compounds known as pbdes to thyroidproblems, reproductive issues, lowered iqs in children. some restrictions on imports are in place, but products with pbdes can be and still are imported. and the environmental protection agency is investigating three additional flame retardants after finding evidence they could be neurotoxins and even hurt child development and even cause cancer. in 1976, arlene bloom founded the fire retardant chemical trip using pajamas was a carcinogen. it led to a ban in kids' pajamas. today, more than 30 years later, it's still used in sofa cushions. >> if you have 20 pounds of foam in your couch, you have a pound of these chemicals in your couch. that's a lot

, specifically right here in alaska, a tiny island off the coast of the state, a number of endangered sea mammals, and as of last week, this threatened shell oil rig was threatening the entire region, when we last left, this rig full of 350,000 gallons of fuel, it was stuck alongside the rocks, a very sensitive area. it has since been towed away to a nearby harbor where it is being inspected by a team of experts, including the coast guard. what happened when it got stuck in the first place, they were trying to move it. tow it from the area where it had been drilling by the aleutian islands, they ran into bad weather. the ship towing it lost the engines, lost the connection to the rig. the ship tried four more times to hook up to the rig. they were unable to establish a connection. they brought in another ship to help. but that had to be abandoned after the bad weather. the rig finally slammed into the nearby island, threatening everything around it. but why were they trying to tow the rig when they did? what was the rush? what shell says was they did it then because the weather foreca

the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. mr. begich: thank you to my colleague from california for making those important remarks. i am also down here to talk about the paycheck fairness act, and i'd like to take a few minutes, if i could. i hope -- her last comments i think were very important to note that the last few times this issue has come it has been filibustered, we just not even get to the bill. so hopefully under the new rules we all agreed upon here and coordinated in a bipartisan way that we'll get to the bill and we'll debate it on its merits, not on should it proceed or not. so let's just see ow that works, but again i thank her for coming down here today and many others. madam president, as i said, i rise here on the anniversary of the lilly ledbetter fair pay act of 2009 to lend my support to the next bill we need to pass, the paycheck fairness act. i ask unanimous consent to submit my statement to the record and thank senator mikulski for organizing this important discussion. the presiding officer: without objec

. ♪ >>> a 7.9 magnitude earthquake rocked alaska, videos are popping up all over but this one will shock you. this is inside a home improvement store. this woman behind the counter is, like, i got to hang up the phone and cover my head. you could see stuff coming off the shelves. >> look at all that stuff piled high on the shelves. where do you run and hide jp where's do you take cover? >> rakes and pitchforks and things were falling right next to those people. >> it's like those things came alive. and went after those people. >> i don't know if i can think of a worst place? >> home improvement store i. thought the same thing soon as i saw this video and look at the lights swinging up above. they really show you how everything really shook. >> now, this happened in alaska, but sparked a tsunami warning for parts of alaska and parts of british columbia, but in batesville, arkansas, well, i'll just let doug billings tell you about what you're seeing -- and hearing. >> golly! unbelievable! [ laughter ] snow thunder on tape! >> an excitable guy. >> he's very happy about that. >> was that --

. >>> a 7.9 magnitude earthquake rocked alaska, videos are popping up all over but this one will shock you. this is inside a home improvement store. this woman behind the counter is, like, i got to hang up the phone and cover my head. you could see stuff coming off the shelves. >> look at all that stuff piled high on the shelves. where do you run and hide jp where's do you take cover? >> rakes and pitchforks and things were falling right next to those people. >> it's like those things came alive. and went after those people. >> i don't know if i can think of a worst place? >> home improvement store i. thought the same thing soon as i saw this video and look at the lights swinging up above. they really show you how everything really shook. >> now, this happened in alaska, but sparked a tsunami warning for parts of alaska and parts of british columbia, but in batesville, arkansas, well, i'll just let doug billings tell you about what you're seeing -- and hearing. >> golly! unbelievable! [ laughter ] snow thunder on tape! >> an excitable guy. >> he's very happy about that. >> was that --

." >>> a 7.9 magnitude earthquake rocked alaska, videos are popping up all over but this one will shock you. this is inside a home improvement store. this woman behind the counter is, like, i got to hang up the phone and cover my head. you could see stuff coming off the shelves. >> look at all that stuff piled high on the shelves. where do you run and hide jp where's do you take cover? >> rakes and pitchforks and things were falling right next to those people. >> it's like those things came alive. and went after those people. >> i don't know if i can think of a worst place? >> home improvement store i. thought the same thing soon as i saw this video and look at the lights swinging up above. they really show you how everything really shook. >> now, this happened in alaska, but sparked a tsunami warning for parts of alaska and parts of british columbia, but in batesville, arkansas, well, i'll just let doug billings tell you about what you're seeing -- and hearing. >> golly! unbelievable! [ laughter ] snow thunder on tape! >> an excitable guy. >> he's very happy about that. >> was that --

. >> jamie: meanwhile, a powerful earthquake rocking alaska overnight according to the u.s. geological survey, it was a magnitude 7.5 quake that struck 60 miles off the coast, triggering a tsunami warning for hundreds of alaskan and canadian coastline, the warning was canceled after no significant tidal wave was generated, thanks goodness. >> and we're getting word that president obama is getting ready to announce his pick for defense secretary. likely chuck haggle to replace leon pa net at that. hi, james. >> two democratic sources confirmed to fox news's ed henry late yesterday that president obama has indeed settled on chuck hagel to lead the pentagon, this apparent pick despite many indications that the g.o.p. maverick would face a rocky confirmation hearing. the former two term senator from nebraska has a history of blunt statements including a reference to the jewish lobby as intimidating force on capitol hill that will likely draw fresh, and openly pai ambassador as quote, aggressively gay and hormel says that the apology was sent to the news media and not to him. and

, specifically right here in alaska, a tiny island off the coast of the state, a number of endangered sea mammals, and as of last week, this threatened shell oil rig was threatening the entire region, when we last left, this rig full of 350,000 gallons of fuel, it was stuck alongside the rocks, a very sensitive area. it has since been towed away to a nearby harbor where it is being independevestigated by a experts, including the coast guard. what happened when it got stuck in the first place, they were trying to move it. tow it from the area where it had been drilling from the aleutian islands, they ran into bad weather. the ship towing it lost the engines, lost the connection to the rig, the ship tried four more times to hook up to the rig. they were unable to establish a connection, they brought in another ship to help. but that had to be abandoned after the bad weather. the rig finally slammed into the nearby island, threatening everything around it. by why were they trying to tow the rig when they did? what was the rush? what shell says was they did it then because the weather for

it happened about 75 miles southeast of cordova, alaska. a tsunami warning was issued for parts of alaska and canada. at this point, there are no reports of damage. >>> let's go to meteorologist chuck bell. >> good morning to both of you. good morning, everybody. happy new year. hopefully you enjoyed your holiday season. we're off to a seasonably cold start early on a january morning here in washington. temperatures in town are in the mid-30s. you don't have to go too far out to the west or to the north before you get back down closer to the freezing mark. 30 now in gaithersburg. 33 in martinsburg. nothing showing up on storm team 4 radar for now. that's not going to be the case necessarily all weekend. little chance of moisture well down to our south. it is racing in our direction. it will bring clouds back here tonight and maybe a little passing snowflake or two. your saturday planner, nothing to worry about. sunny and cold today. a little bit of a breeze as well. of course, tomorrow, 4:00 in the afternoon, skies will be clear. the sun wi

the earthquake hit about 60 .iles west of alaska that is a part that borders british columbia. houses shook him up but no significant damage. after shock was about 5.1 and coufour hours after the break. to home, montgomery residents, this is an alert for you. thief are looking for a does hetealing people -- people's mail. most of the stuff were checks to pay for bills. the thief would after a fire ripped through a home. talking with neighbors, it might have started with a lighter. richard reeve is live on the scene. a person was pulled to safety, but did not make it. that is right. we got word that the victim has been identified as a 55-year- old. when you look at the house from t does not look like much happened. certainly not a fatal fire. neighbors say they saw smoke. they try to get in and rescue resident, but the fire was too much. a black indoor and a burned-out matches. it is sad that anyone would die. a fire that claimed the life of a woman trying to get out. i saw the flames. it was billowing. this neighbor spotted the through this window and called 911. the smoke was

january first, when they needed to get the rig out of alaska,

the big rig ran aground near uninhabited island off the coast of alaska on monday night. >>gregg: how much of a real concern here is there that a spill could happen from the ship? >>guest: a spill response team is mobilizing equipment if it should happen and a spokesperson says pictures show no sign of a leak currently. an official from the shell rig says the rig recently had 292 million of improvements done. it is home to sales, see lions, and two endangered species and the top democratic on the natural resources committee is sharing his concern with the statement saying oil companies say they can conquer the arctic but the arctic disagrees with drilling expanse proving disastrous for the sensitive environment. the operations manager says that when the situation is under control, they will investigate the cause and was not certain if the findings will be made public. the coast guard says their findings will be made public. >>gregg: thank you, anna. >> two major players in the auto world are joining forces, avis is set to make $500 million in cash for zip car, offering dr

plus, an oil drilling rig crunches into an island during a storm in alaska. and salvage teams now working to prevent an environmental disaster. but we begin tonight with word of a plan to calm some anger in congress. i'm jon scott in for shepard smith. republican lawmakers are now promising a vote on aid for victims of super storm sandy by january 15th. the senate has already passed a 6 billion-dollar relief bill and the has was set to vote on a smaller version. john boehner cancelled that vote. darrell issa said the speaker had no choice because of what new york lawmakers did. >> your two senators packed this with pork, had the opportunity to have a 27 to 30 billion-dollar legitimate relief package, packed it with pork and then dared us not to vote on it. >> republicans including new jersey governor chris christie and new york com peter king denied that pork accusation. but the debate is pretty much mood now. because since a new congress begins tomorrow. members will have to write a new bill from scratch delaying aid to all those still struggling to recover.

let's go to dan from angry anchorage alaska. this sounds pretty bad. do you think they might stop some of this drilling? >> we're glad they're calling for a time out to do this review and look at whether the season of mishaps from shell is proving the fact that supposedly drilling in the arctic can be done safely. i re evidence you need from what was supposed to be the best of the best operations according to both shell and the obama administration, and it turned out to be no match for the arctic. one of my colleagues put it quite well earlier today when he was talking about this can't be another paper exercise. they have to really dig into what happened here, and the secretary salazar said he didn't want to pre-suppose any inclusionsconclusions but it's hard to cool to any conclusion but that shell screwed up, and the arctic is no match for the technology they'll put up there. >> cenk: the arctic sounds like to "the young turks" too strong. i'm skeptical about the administration because i've seen when they've reallowed drilling in the gulf coast. well

. >>> and the big quake that hit off the coast of alaska this morning. why a tsunami warning was issued as far away as hawaii. details next. >>> we continue our team coverage on the missing petaluma teenager whose body was just found yesterday near south lake tahoe. alyssa byrne's body was found only about a mile from where she was attending a music festival new year's eve. byrne and some friends were staying at a hotel in state- line nevada. it appears byrne chose to walk from the music festival back to the resort. authorities believe she made a wrong turn and froze to death. her body wasn't found until days later because of snow banks as tall as ten feet tall along the area. the petaluma community is putting on two fund raisers to pay tribute to 19-year- old alyssa byrne. the first wraps up at nine tonight. kron 4's mike pelton shows us where the money is going. >> reporter: friends and strangers came here to this 'beyond the glory'.. with a 10% going to be center for missing children and exploited children. they've also put out a donation box for fami

aground in alaska, the drilling rig is of course, questioning the risks. the oldest private bank will close after pleading guilty to helping american class evaded taxes, hitting its role in hiding $1 billion over 10 years had a grain to pay $58 million in fines. >> it is the end of the road for the private bank. it sold off non-u.s. holdings, protecting them from the legal battle with washington. howell closed completely. when they pleaded guilty to helping clients of aid taxes, managers told the u.s. court it was legal in switzerland. those words have huge implications for the 13 other swiss banks under investigation. >> he said all swiss banks acted in the same way, that is what u.s. authorities are waiting for. they claim what about many, certainly a problem for other swiss banks. >> the government is desperate to reach a deal with the u.s. similar to those agreed with britain and germany. they will charge foreig clients a withholding tax. negotiations have proved fruitless. many believed switzerland is trying to square and a possible circle, satisfy fo