japan caused by friday s massive earthquake and tsunami. here s the latest. japan has now upgraded the quake to a magnitude 9. more than 1400 people are confirmed dead, with fears the toll could surge past 10,000. authorities say there is a risk of another nuclear reactor explosion, but u.s. officials say there is no radiation threat to the west coast. dent all along the we have correspondents all along the earthquake zone tonight and we begin with ben tracey in tokyo. reporter: the port town of minamisanriku on the northeastern coast is nearly wiped out and in the area near there authorities now fear 10,000 people may be dead. when the ominous black sea attacked this island nation friday, it left behind a massive trail of destruction that is getting worse by the hour. an oil refinery in the quake zone is simply being left to burn down. there is nobody to fight the fire. entire towns are flattened, others still smoldering. most roads in coastal areas now useless. nothing, n
tripoli on lockdown, rebels have taken a town near tripoli and some areas are forming local governments. the u.n. has imposed sanctions against libya. and the u.s. navy has moved several ships into the red sea in preparation for a possible move into the mediterranean sea. we have a team of correspondents covering the battle for libya. and we begin tonight with kelly cobiella in tripoli. reporter: good evening. the one thing qaddafi has going for him is control of tripoli. it was quiet again here today but there were reports that his enemies had scored a victory close by. the government said it wasn t true. and they took us there to try to prove it. the town was heavily armed and guarded, not by qaddafi s men but locals. flying the country s old flag, adopted by the rebels in the east. crowds of armed men greeted us in the town square showing posters with qaddafi s head on a rat s body. they battled government forces for three days. qaddafi is down. no government. we are
police are no closer to finding the suspect. where does the case stand and how is the victim? we speak with her in an exclusive live studio interview, early this monday morning, january 31, 2011. captioning funded by cbs i m erica hill. i m chris wragge. the death toll on the rise in egypt and the number of protesters that are demanding change and immediately. there are more calls to hear from other governments, of course, beyond the egyptian government, more calls to hear more from the united states. we re going to get you all the very latest on that. plenty of coverage this morning. the state has begun evacuating u.s. citizens as president obama calls for an orderly transition of government. president mubarak installed a new government. cbs news correspondent elizabeth palmer is in cairo. elizabeth, good morning? reporter: good morning, chris. we are a week into this upheaval. people are getting tired, not only from demonstrating, but they have to go home at nig
it is title town, usa, early this morning, january 24, 2011. captioning funded by cbs that is right. it is a balmy 16 below sell yus, that is two degrees. it sounds so much better in fahrenheit. that is warming up. good morning. i m chris wragge. i m erica hill. we are working on thawing out. it is not just new york city cold, it is sweeping the nation. it might not be the end of it. it seems we are talking about it day in and day out. 54 more days until spring. we will talk about that. it is a big story. that is where we begin w the weather. the arctic cold front. marysol castro is in central park. reporter: good morning, everybody. it is six degrees in central park, the expected high 17 degrees. that seems to be the trend up and down the northeastern coast. so many places are so cold they haven t seen these frigid temps in 30 years. across the country the mercury is in a free fall, from des moines to international falls, the temperatures went from single digits
glor: good evening, they went to afghanistan trying to help but tonight they have become victims of a brutal and increasingly vientd insurgency. 10 medical eight workers were gunned down in afghanistan and the taliban were quick to claim responsibility. mandy clark is in kabul tonight. reporter: the team leader, tom little, an idoctor from delmar, new york, and a father of three had been working alongside his wife in afghanistan for more than 30 years. david evans knew him well. reporter: dr. karen woo from great britain also had extensive experience in the country. she knew the trip to the lawless province of nuristan was risky but felt the effort was worth it to help those most in need of medical care. the 12-member team from the spirnl assistance mission had just completed their two-week expedition and were on their journey back to kabul when they were ambushed in a remote province of badakhshan. woo and little were shot dead, along with five other americans, a ger