to begin with, our heritage jim van supporter, pacific gas and electric. we have our friend, mr. jimmy harris, please join me. [applause] and every year, our presentation guests are handmade by a japanese american artist. this is actually a very special piece of artwork of japanese origami. [applause] next, at the heritage partner level, i would like to first call off our bank of america fund, a senior vice president. [applause] then, one of our best food companies in the country and in the web, kraft foods has joined us this year, and i would like to invite the area vice president to join us as well. [applause] [applause] our last one as for our friend, wells fargo, who is always with us since 2005. is the sentence is the metro district manager here? i think he is still on his break. thank you for joining us in this celebration. this is the

pacific gas and electric after -- that's what the state is telling pacific gas and electric after last week's deadly explosion and fires on the peninsula. anne makovec is in san bruno this morning, where federal officials are still trying to find the cause of the blast, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. they are going to be trying to find the cause for months before it's actually confirmed. but they say that they will let us know as soon as new information comes in on exactly what caused this pipeline explosion. here in san bruno, the investigation continues this morning. thousands of miles of pipeline will have to be inspected by pg&e as this investigation, of course, continues. the ntsb has been collecting evidence from around the blast site, pieces of the pipeline exploded on thursday leaving this crater in the ground in the middle of a neighborhood. the ruptured line was in a high concentration area so it should -- high consequence area, so it should get more stringent inspections. pg&e says the line was slated to be replaced according to documents. now, pieces of it have be

. >> reporter: pacific gas & electric, the utility that operates the pipeline has almost 6,500 miles of major transportation pipelines in california. the utility has been ordered by state regulators to inspect all of its gas pipelines in the state, making those in heavily populated areas a priority. pacific gas & electric is setting up a $100 million fund to help those who lost their homes in the devastation zone here recover and rebuild. john blackstone, cbs news, san bruno, california. >>> out in the atlantic this morning, hurricane igor has weakened slightly but it still remains a huge category 4 storm. sustained winds now at 140 miles per hour and it may strengthen again. igor is expected to stay south of bermuda for the next five days. forecasters say it's still too early to tell if the hurricane will threaten the u.s. coast. behind igor, though, tropical storm julia, she is also moving west, with 50 mile an hour winds. >>> this week, the obama administration is expected to inform congress it wants to sell $60 billion worth of arms to saudi arabia. the deal includes up to 84 new

. >> reporter: pacific gas & electric, the utility that operates the pipeline, has almost 6,500 miles of major transportation pipelines in california. the utility has been ordered by state regulators to inspect all of its gas pipelines in the state, making those in heavily populated areas a priority. and pacific gas & electric is setting up a $100 million fund to help those who lost their homes in the devastation zone recover and rebuild. katie? >> couric: john blackstone in san bruno tonight. john, thank you. there's also growing concern over one way they drill for natural gas, it's something called fracking. several companies want to expand it throughout much of the east so natural gas can be separated from shale deep understood ground. but some experts say chemicals used in the process can poison drinking water and as armen keteyian reports, hundreds showed up at a federal hearing today in western new york to debate the issue. >> safe drilling now! >> reporter: the e.p.a. hearings in binghampton have become a battleground over fracking, a method of extraction that has high rewards

like gas. >> reporter: the owner of the pipeline, pacific gas and electric, says it's looking into those reports. >> we have records, we are going back right this minute to try to confirm xa exactly those phone calls looked like and when they occurred. >> reporter: pg&e was faulted once before for responding too slowly to calls about gas odor in another e mroxplosion two ye ago in rancho cordova. natural gas accounts for a quarter of this country's energy use. and there are 2.5 million miles of gas pipeline crossing the country. >> there is a major incident on a pipeline somewhere in the nation every other day, more or less. >> reporter: pipelines in populated areas like this one are required to have internal inspections every seven years. something not required for rural areas. we asked pg&e repeatedly today when they last inspected this pipeline. and as of tonight, they do not have an answer. diane? >> mike, thanks to you. >>> and now we turn to the latest chapter out of gainesville, florida, the repercussions from a pastor's threat to set fire to the koran tomorrow. on this eve of the

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gas and electric company. peter will start us off this afternoon and there will be an opportunity at the end for questions. so i thank in advance for holding them. peter? >> thank you very much, beth and thank you all for being here today and i want thank the mayor for being here. i think he may have joined us at this point. i want to commend the mayor for the tremendous leadership he has shawn. we were just athletic an organizational meeting with him and the residents of the town of san bruno. our hats are off to them for the tremendous work they have done and the tremendous courage they have shown and our hearts are very much with the people of san bruno and we offer our deepest condolences to everyone in san bruno for how their lives have been touched by this tremendous tragedy. >> we know that at the very minimum the town is coping with the challenge that we have, but they're also tremendously challenged by the tragic loss that they have experienced of family, friends and neighbors. i think none of us can

. >> h@univisionnot uni-fsemana Í pacÍfic gas. >> el presidente espera que los votantes de raza negra apoyan a los demÓcratas en las elecciones de gobierno. -apoyen. pronunciÓ un discurso en un grupo de congresistas afroamericanos. otra encuesta mostrÓ que los votantes conservadores eligieron al republicano 3 en la cÁmara de representante como su mejor elecciÓn para presidente en el 2012.univh@notl >> el presidente de el salvador ha hecho reiteradas declaraciones t uni-que han sid agrado de su partido. ademÁs ha opinado de h@lo intentos de reelecciÓn de hugo chÁvez. >> el presidente salvadoreÑo volviÓ a generar controversia al declarar que lo mejor para venezuela es que hugo chÁvez no busque la reelecciÓn. >> las reelecciones no benefician a la democracia. >> reiterÓ su rechazo al socialismo del siglo xxi, que calificÓ como un sistema que nadie puede comprender. el mandatario salvadoreÑo dijo que sus comentarios no constituyen una crÍtica a gobiernos ajenos ni una provocaciÓn a su partido, donde no deja de haber resistencia hacia la independencia de funes. >> es parte

. >> univh@not uni-fsemana lah@uÍ pacÍfic gas. >> el presidente espera que los votantes de raza negra apoyan a los demÓcratas en las elecciones de gobierno. -apoyen. pronunciÓ un discurso en un grupo de congresistas afroamericanos. otra encuesta mostrÓ que los votantes conservadores eligieron al republicano 3 en la cÁmara de representante como su mejor elecciÓn para presidente en el 2012.h@not uni@ ha hecho reiteradas declaraciones que han sido del agrado de su partido. ademÁs ha opinadolos intentos de reelecciÓn de hugo chÁvez. h@not uni-fsemana lah@h@univisÓ autÓnoma respecto al ejecutivo. >> el presidente funes ha h@univisionnot uni-fsemana lah@ la gente que confiÓ en que Él. -lo llevÓ. >> desde que asumiÓ el poder, funes ha marcado distancia con el ideario socialista y revolucionario del fmnl. >> con el interÉs de ampliar el espectro de la izquierda y sacar del poder a la derecha que gobernÓ durante 20 aÑos consecutivos. >> titulares de amÉrica latina:@ brasil: un chimpancÉ famoso por sus pinturas. honduras: aumentaron a 68 las muertes por dengue. >> en la celeb

. >> reporter: pacific gas and electric started inspecting all natural gas lines as ordered by state regulators. but there's concern about aging pipelines beyond california. >> in many local communities, because of a lack of local rules and regulations neighborods have grown and sprawled over these high pressure pilines. >> reporter: critics say they should have replac the lines in san pru know earlier, point to go a company memo that reads the likelihood of failure of this location is unacceptably high. more than half the homes in america are heated by natural gas. officials hope what they learn will help prevent future disasters. >>> forecasters are keeping their eyes on the atlanc this morning as hurricane igor continues to churn. nasa released this video of igor which is a category 4 storm with winds nearly 140 miles per hour. it is staying south of bermuda the next few days. igor isn't the only one. julia has winds 75 miles per hour. >> igor sounds like it could be a scary monster. will it become such? >> well, it is already. the question is is it going to spread in our coastlin

---y tambien se supo hoy que la empresa de gas, pacific gas and electric o pg & e ... tardo una hora 47 minutos en cortar el suministro despues de que se produjera la explosion....----ahora, hay preocupacion acerca de... "que sucederia si tenemos un gran sismo" .... es decir, cuanto tiempo se tardaria en apagar los conductos de gas ... --- a proposito, reguladores estatales van a echarle un vistazo a la propuesta de pg and e e que requeriria a los clientes de esta compaÑia de energia pagar los costos de incendios catastroficos, como el causado tras la explosion de gas en san bruno el jueves pasado, y que excede la cobertura de su seguro.--- no se sabe todavia .... si esto quiere decir que habria un incremento en las tarifas para los clientes de pg and e. e. ---- las elecciones se acercan y varias organizaciones que defienden los derechos de los inmigrantes le pidieron a la comunidad hoy ... que participe !!!! =blanca garza=segun el centro de politicas de inmigracion de california, en nuestro estado, 27 por ciento de la poblacion es inmigrante. --en el condado de santa

---y tambien se supo hoy que la empresa de gas, pacific gas and electric o pg & e ... tardo una hora 47 minutos en cerrar el suministro despues de que se produjera la explosion....----ahora, hay preocupacion acerca de "que sucederia si tenemos un gran sismo" .... cuanto tiempo se tardaria en inutilizar los conductos de gas ... ---a otras noticias ...---un hombre de 65 aÑos y residente en novato murio en costa rica luego que supuestamente trataran de robarle... robarle...---steven edelson se encontraba de vacaciones en el pais centroamericano junto a su novia y otras dos personas...---segun la policia... el jueves pasado edelson paseaba en una playa cuando alguien le disparo.... --la victima trabajo por 27 aÑos como consejero siquiatrico en el hospital general de marin. ---y tal parece que el llamado a que varios conductores del muni en san francisco se reportaran "enfermos" no dio re. resultados...---ya que esta maÑana el servicio se brindo sin contratiempos...---todo comenzo con un panfleto que circulo en el que invitaban a los conductores del muni a reportarse enf

leanne gregg, nbc news. >> the company that owns the pipeline is pacific gas and electric. it's reviewing its tape recorded customer calls to determine wage there's any evidenc to support reports that residents smelled gas in the days and weeks before that explosion. >>> one more check on doug's weather forecast. >> this check still saying nice weather out there. the great weather i think will continue in the next couple days. take a look at that shot. temperature sitting at 77 degrees, that's also the heat index, because wore not dealing with much in the way of humidity. that will increase a little during the day tomorrow, especially during the day thursday ahead of another frontal boundary. that frontal boundary could give us a slight cnce of a shower early on friday. most of us will remain on the dry side thursday. high temperature arou 86 degrees. >>> archaeolosts in norway say climate change contributed to the discovery of some viking artifacts. sciensts came across the artifact when is a glacier started melting and retreated 59 feet. so far they have found bows and ar

gas and electric company on the heritage level. i'm going to read them all. heritage level sponsors. we want to say special mahalo and thank you. bank of america. kraft foods. wells fargo bank. from the heritage friends level, at&t, comcast, and ecology, u.s. bank, and from the heritage he tends level, day crossing and bills and, for all those heritage level sponsors, come on -- one big giant thank you. thank you, thank you, thank you. [applause] and now, i want to say -- it is my business, so you have to really help me thank them. our media sponsors. and our media sponsors, i want to say special thanks to abc7, comcast, once again, inquire.net, ov

pacific gas and electric in california setting up a $100 million refund for people affected by last week's natural gas explosion near san francisco. residents could get up to $50,000 per gosnold until they get back on their feet. 50 homes were destroyed and four people were killed. >>> in cottle, 47 identify the causes of the dadullah major wildfires. -- in colorado, officials have identified the cause of two major wildfires. embers in a fire pit caused the one in boulder. it destroyed 156 houses. >>> 65 degrees. >>> coming up, oprah winfrey is back for one last season. she got things started with a surprise of a lifetime former studio audience. >>> another check on traffic and weather every ten minutes first. thanks for watching. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >>> welcome back on this early tuesday morning. glad you are joining us. let's get to traffic and weather. let's let's check in with adam caskey. it is primary day elections. >> not a bad morning outside. not quite as comfortably cool as the past zer

at the gold sponsor level is pacific gas and electric company. the representative is representing them. >> judy lee, she is the vice president of community affairs. and the life mark group represented by andy bryant. and at the heritage supporters level, we have the catholic care west and wells fargo bank. if you would stand, thank you for being here. this year's major media sponsor is abc-7. maybe that is why i am here. our other partners include sfgtv, asian week, world channel, and am 14 evening news talk. ok, the planning of tonight's a.p.a. celebration as well as the public awareness c578 pain is the work of -- campaign as well is the work of the mayor's committee. welcome the founder and chair of the a.p.a. heritage celebration committee. here she is to give her remarks. [applause] >> thank yo welcome, and thank you to taking the time to join us as we celebrate and have the official celebration of asian pacific american heritage month. the theme of this year's celebration is celebrate heritage, celebrate community. looking around this room,

california utility pacific gas and electric said a gas- transmission line ruptured at the blast site. shares of parent company pg&e were among wall street's most active. we'll see them in tonight's "market focus." >> susie: tomorrow is september 11, the nine-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks in new york, pennsylvania and washington. redevelopment of the world trade center site and surrounding infrastructure in lower manhattan has been slow. but, leasing activity is picking up in the area, and the district has recovered fairly quickly. suzanne pratt takes a look at where things stand today. >> reporter: a quick look at the area surrounding the world trade center site tells a lot about what's been happening in lower manhattan. sure, the big news is that one world trade-- also known as the freedom tower-- is finally under construction. but, from whole foods to bed bath and beyond, new york's famed financial district has gone residential. it now ranks as one of the fastest growing neighborhoods in the city. before the tragic events of 9- 11, 24,000 people lived in lower manhattan.

pacific gas and electric is investigating those report, but confirms a steel gas pipe ruptured three feet under ground around the time of the blast. >> we need to know why this happened and we need to know how this happened. >> reporter: this isn't the first deadly explosion involving a pg and event g gchlt ang&e ga. in 2008, a gas line ruptured killing a homeowner. a federal investigation revealed the workers didn't identify the source of the reported leak and failed to evacuate the neighborhood. >> we'll be looking at the emergency preparedness and what plans were in place by pacific gas and electric to respond to an issue like this and then what response actually occurred to this disaster. >> reporter: the ntsb says they'll be looking at a variety of factors in the gas line failure including the age of the pipe and the last time it was serviced. carl, back to you. >> miguel, thanks for that. joining us this morning from san bruno, lieutenant governor and the fire chief. good morning to you both. before we get to the actual potential cause of the explosion, i just want to talk abou

. >> pacific gas and electric crews capped the week at 10:30 a.m. >>> the race for governor is now a dead heat and it shows the democrat jerry brown and meg whitman are in a tie. the poll also shows a number of undecided voters has increased to 18%. whitman and brown have been the center buckle type of the last six months. >>> the battle is heating. the teachers were out today distributing literature and state will have a negative impact on families and supporters say it's necessary to relieve the city of tension. it won't require them to pick up more of the health care costs for their attendant. >>> president obama addressed a conference on poverty today and announced a new approach to diplomacy, trade, and investment policy. >> it outlines a new approach and new thinking that will guide our overall development including a plan that i promised last year that my administration has delivered to pursue the millennium development goals. >> he went on to explain that the u.s. is focused on hoping at helping poorer countries and his strategy is the product of a year-long effort by the whi

a san bruno resident is suing pacific gas and electric company. it destroyed 40 homes and killed many people. >>> police say a convenience store clerk tried to scam a 72- year-old man out after winning lottery ticket worth $14 million. the 72-year-old said he turned his winning ticket into the store clerk, but when he asked for it back, the clerk said he couldn't find it. the man called police who forced the clerk to hand the ticket over. lottery officials suspect the clerk may have been planning to cash the ticket in for himself. >>> and lindsey lohan is in the spotlight again. she admits she failed a court- ordered drug tests. she posted a series of messages on her twitter account confirms media reports they failed the test after a few weeks of being released from jail. she could be sent back to jail for 30 days. she says she is prepared to return to court and face the consequences. >>> will, with the u.s. post office $17 billion in debt, there is talk of raising the price of stamps and stopping saturday delivery. the service you are accustomed

among those attending, the president of pacific gas and electric company, the firm that ran the pipe that exploded killing seven people. >>> happy birthday to brigitte bardot. she turns 76 today. [ speaking in foreign language ]. >>> all day long stay on top of the latest developments in those stories and others as they break on nbc. >>> and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." >>> finally, a look what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. new york city mayor michael bloomberg weighs in on a variety of hot topics. nbc's special education nation continues with an important look at crucial early years of learning. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and much more. i'm veronica de la cruz. thank you so much for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. enjoy your tuesday. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

meanwhile, the owner of the pipeline, pacific gas and electric, has set aside up to $100 million to help victims recover. residents should be getting $50,000 checks with the week. >>> and now here is a look at some other stories making news "early today" in america. a texas bar manager posted surveillance video on facebook of him braking up a robbery to help police catch the burglary suspects. the bar manager, who was in his office, fired a single shot, sending the would-be robbers fleeing, dropping everything on the way, including the keys to their van with the loot. >>> in ohio, two people are recovering from injuries suffered when a truck struck a power pole near a bus stop causing a brilliant flash of light and sparks to fly. witnesses reacted, quickly rescuing the victims, whose conditions are still unknown. the driver of the truck was taken into custody. >>> in wisconsin, authorities are investigating what caused a freight train carrying various acids to derail sending cars down an embankment with some cars heading into a pet food processing plant and others hitting a bridge overpa

pacific gas and electric company set aside as much as $100 million for the families. by the end of this week, residents could get as much as $50,000 for their immediate needs. bill has not been able to return to his san bruno home. tell me what they tell you about the condition of your house. >> you know, they have told me nothing. i have not heard a single thing. they told me it was red-tagged. i don't know why. they didn't tell me the destruction or if it was on fire or not. yesterday was the first time we got to see the house, we took a tour of the neighborhood, got drive by, take pictures, that's it. i have not heard from an engineer or people investigating it it's frustrating because i need to make long-term plan forplans for my family. >> did you have any sense your home was sitting on this ticking timebomb? >> we had no idea. my kids play two days a week down at that park. i drive by that intersection every day. it's unbelievable that this has happened to our community. i think people are getting frustrated and they're starting to get angry. they were sitting o

. >>> tomorrow, pacific gas & electric is expected to release a list of its 100 most risky pipelines across california. it comes after pressure from lawmakers and residents following the deadly san bruno explosion. pg&e opposed release of the list, and today survivors are trying to steer their attention away from the tragedy and toward the recovery. we're live in san bruno at the benefit concert today. >> reporter: it's now been 11 days since that explosion, and so many people we talked to here today said this is the first time they had a chance to come together to have a good time to remember what happened, and also to begin the process of looking ahead. >> reporter: construction crews boarded up the final windows in the blast zone where the only thing left standing is rubble. in a high school field a few miles from the destruction, there's signs this is a community standing strong. >> 15-year-old corrina walsh's close friend lost her home. >> i had friends who were personally affected by the fire so instead of sitting around, i decided to do something about it. >> reporter: this is

. >> reporter: the pipe that exploded was a 30-inch high pressure gas transmission line operated by pacific gas and electric. the utility classified the section of a same pipeline as high risk. the utility watchdog worries pg and e didn't move quickly enough on inspection and repairs. >> we have documents going there were false find recordsment we want to know if they did the right thing on this transmission line. >> in san bruno's churches on sunday morning, residents of the shaken city gathered to give each other comfort and support. >> we pray for those who have lost their homes and we pray for the community of san bruno. as we go through this time of pain, this time of suffering. >> reporter: it's likely to be months before the cause of the explosion is known. for many residents here, it will be at least that long before they put their lives back together. russ? >> mitchell: john blackstone in san bruno, california. thanks. the man behind the planned islamic center in lower manhattan spoke out today. other voices were heard, as well, in the ongoing debate over islam in america. jim axel

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: the owner of the gasline, pacific gas and electric, says it is investigating any early reports of gas fumes. >> customers reporting that to pg&e had smelled gas in the area previously. right now, we haven't got confirmation about that, but we have records that we are going back right this minute to try to confirm what exactly those phone calls looked like and when they occurred. >> reporter: pg&e was faulted once before for responding too slowly in another explosion two years ago in rancho cordova. this pipeline is 50 years old, but it is unclear when it was last inspected. >> throughout the next few days our investigators will be working on scene to thoroughly document the accident site and gather factual information to do what they can to determine what happened. >> reporter: it is a question this community wants answered. people who have lost everything including the piece of mind that the infrastructure under their feet is safe. i'm neal karlinsky for "nightline" in san bruno, california. >> that looks like a war zone there. as the investigation unfolds, of course, you can check f

part of the party process when we asked pacific gas and electric and the pipeline, the federal pipeline regulators and hazardous materials safety administration and the california public utilities commission, when we asked them to be parties, part of being parties is they will not entertain requests from the media about this accident. we are the sole source of information about this accident. if none of them are cooperating with you to give you information that is intentional. do not consider they are stonewalling you. they are complying with the party process. we want one source of information to you of what is going on in this accident investigation and this is us. let me briefly tell you what the groups are doing. the groups have started the outreach working with the local authorities and other information sources to get information and the survival factors group and the human factors group are actively engaged in that. i don't have any new information to give now. i won't have any information on that until this afternoon's progress meeting. i do have some information on what the ope

in other news pacific gas and electric sets up a $100 billion fund for residents of san bruno california in the neighborhood where a gas pipeline exploded last week and households could receive up to $50,000 depending on the extent of the damage to the homes. manufacturing in america continues to indicate strong signs the economy "is" in recovery mode.we stopped by the international manufacturing technology show happening now in chicago to find out if the sector is likely to keep churning along. similar to american workers being asked to do more on the job so are machines.the big trend in the industry is multi tasking machines which can do more than one operation to turn out a product. and in the end manufacturers get more bang for the buck. mutli tasking machines are said to improve accuracy, productivity and competition which saves american jobs.peter eelman vice president of exhibition and communications for the association for manufacturing technology which runs the trade show tells me the industry appears to be more focused on maintaining production within american shorelines. millt

. >> reporter: the cause of the blast is under investigation, but the local gas company, pacific gas & electric, says a 30-inch gas line likely ruptured. a google earth image from 2007 shows the spot had been marked for maintenance or repair. today, that spot was still too dangerous to reach. now the search for answers begins in a community torn apart by a blast where little is left standing. miguel almaguer, nbc news, san bruno, california. >> reporter: i'm kristen welker. almost as quickly as flames engulfed this neighborhood, questions arose. how could a disaster of this scale happen? >> a huge fire and smoke everywhere. we just ran for our lives. >> reporter: investigators are hoping to gain access to a gas pipe that's 40 to 50 years old. >> we are constantly worki inin every day to make sure we are maintaining the integrity of that system. >> reporter: it would not be the first time aging systems played a role in tragic accidents. in 2009, two and a half tons of metal fell from the bay bridge in san francisco during rush hour. there was only one minor injury but traffic was disr

. >> reporter: it's still unclear why the pacific gas and electric pipeline ruptured and exploded into an inferno on thursday. what is certain -- the pipeline was more than 50 years old, put in before many of the houses here were even built. >> that 28-foot section of 30-inch pipe, we are, as we speak, crating it up, putting it in a crate, because the investigators have decided that needs to go back to our metallurgy labs in washington. >> reporter: late sunday california regulators ordered pg&e to examine all of its natural gas lines in the state. >> that's where the main explosion took place. >> reporter: state leaders are also joining the investigation by holding a congressional hearing this week. >> many questions must be answered by all of us, whose job it is to protect our people. >> 811 -- >> reporter: protection seems too late for many of the san bruno residents who finally got the all-clear on sunday to go home. >> i'm anxious. you know, when we left, i thought i'm leaving all of 36 years of memories in the house, and i may never see them again. >> reporter: memories now taint

the pipeline owned by pacific gas and electric is more than a half-century old. installed before many of the homes were built. so antiquated it was scheduled to be replaced in the next three years. state leaders plan for congressional hearing this week. >> i think many questions must be answered by all of us. whose job it is to protect our people. >> as investigators document the damage, recovery dogs discovered more skeletal remains. six people are still missing, 20-year-old jessica morales was killed in the explosion, her boyfriend critically injured when he tried to rescue her from the blast. jacqueline and her 13-year-old daughter were also killed and jacqueline worked for the state agency, pg & e. >> i don't know if she knew there was a 30-inch line in her neighborhood. people usually don't. >> days after the blast, images of the heldish inferno are still surfacing. when doug and betty return dodd their home of 36 years -- relief. >> i have a house. >> we have a house standing. we're happy. >> while some families were able to go home, not everybody will have

pacific fas and electric started installing all ofts gas lines. but there's concern about aging pipelines beyond california. >>> new concern about a storm brewing in the atlantic ocean. julia was upgraded from a tropical storm to a hurrane. it is packinginds at 75 miles per hour. a more immediate threat, thoh; hurricane igor. nasa released this video of the category 4 storm, sustained winds of 140 miles per hour. dramatic pictures. the tract shows it well south of bermuda the next five days. it's too early to tell whether it could threaten land after that. tom might have a better idea. >> that's the view from the space station. >> it does appear the extended tract for the hurricane will keep it out to sea, thankfly. the chances are quite good we are not going to have igor threatening the seaboard. here we have a paly cloudy sky on this tuesday. temperatures in the 50s and low to mid-60s. a few clouds coming through. more of the same on wednesday. thursday, increasingly cloudy. app area of low pressure passing to our north. ande have a chance of a

michael peterson with pacific gas and electric director of emergency planning for pg and e. my timing was outstanding to do this presentation in front of residents that are pg and e customers the front page of the chronicle talked about what, your rates are going up at pg and e and here i am. i mentioned, don't take a shot at me i'm a lonely security director trying to make a living. the other thought was why is pg and e talking about disasters when we cause disasters with our outages. i'm confident we will get that fixed. the key point i want to make here as a representative with pg and e and touched by some speakers. as an organization as a company we realize the importance of emergency planning. disaster planning, disaster recovery. we recognize it from the standpoint it's a grass-roots operation for us to restore power, either gas or electric that we need to have folks ready to planned and engaged in emergency mrarn itting makes our job easier. if it isn't there the crisis and confusion will slow us down from getting people back with lights on and the heat going. that's