this morning, her family pleads for her safe return. and black swan bombshell, who really did all of the dancing in the role that won natalie portman an oscar? her ballerina double breaks her silence in her first television interview. an abc news exclusive. and good morning, everyone. that dangerous line of storms, still very active right now. number of tornado warnings all across the south. with those storm chasers following every moment. and we just got a report of another death now in arkansas. very dangerous storms. i m just back from washington. that exclusive interview with president obama. the president did the interview just before his new campaign rallies. the campaign in chicago. i could tell he was warming up. i m really surprised he took on the birther controversy. i thought he would take a pass. he seemed to love talking about it. and the manner in which he took it on, too. big smile. with humor. and also, we have a royal exclusive this morning. w
desperate measures to get control back mud japanese prime minister calling the 9.0 earthquake and the following tsunami the company zero countrs worst . some big news is just a night out of decatur. a company pledging to under $15 million in cash donatindonation . @ mazak corp. manufacturing plants and schaumburg are lining tell the people of japan . works now under way to get technical support teams from schaumburg to the quake and the tsunami ravaged nation. and the japanese economy running again. mazak parent company is based in japan it s cl has traveled there some 60 times. like a lot of chicagoans do . the local branch of the japanese-american service committee is overwhelmed. since friday business companies and individuals have been lining up to give. they took an $5,000 in cash donations yesterday alone. . people needsee that the needs so great they felt they need to do what they can do and give what they can to help . if help is not coming from chicago is
coast today. one of those areas about 10,000 people are still missing. the full extent of the disastrous aftermath is not yet clear but it to be the most extensive expensive quicken history. experts say that losses from the quake tsunami in fire wall that least $100 billion. . major complications pleading three reactors at a nuclear power plant and that is raising fears of a meltdown. another reactor lost its cooling capabilities after a blast at the building containing the no. 3 reactor. 200,000 people have been evacuated from that area. power plant workers have been tried to cool down their nuclear reactors would see water experts say that will cause so much damage those reactors can never be used again. . each of these reactors have a unique design with its own problems. in this case you have radiation that is leaking offside but that depends on the next few days as to what types of isotopes get out that will determine the type of cleanup you have to do. . reactors
more on our top story. good afternoon. 4.09 the price for regular unleaded at the station. industry experts that prices will continue to climb and tapping into the oil reserves is something our president is seriously considering them up the issue of the reserve is one we are considering and is something that is only in very rare occasions. a bunch of factors have to be looked at. it is not just the price. . pump prices went up 33¢ in just two weeks which is the second-biggest spike ever the other one being after hurricane katrina. according to latest surveys the national survey is 3.51 and is about 3.75 in chicago but many local stations are closer to the $4 market not over. the oil reserve as more than 700 million bar. of oil and was created in response to the oil embargo during the 1970 s. with the some of the oil after the first gulf war after hearst s king gustav and working katrina. . the problem is we need to solve the problem or spending on fossil fuels our whol