. >> this earthquake was a magnitude 5.1 in southern spain. >> reporter: yet another earthquake, the latest happening in southern spain or at least eight people are feared dead. >> we could have a similar kind of casualty if we have an earthquake under an urban sea. >> reporter: now new research finds earthquakes thousands of miles away, like the catastrophic one in japan and the 8.8 quake in chile caused parts of the san andreas fault to partially slip. >> it's not generating big earthquakes and it will rupture. >> while no one knows for sure when the next big one, like the 1906 earthquake could hit again. he says learning how deep sections of the san andreas react when slammed with seismic waves takes a step closer. >> and the earthquakes were recorded in the ten-year study have a magnitude of less than one. nbc bay area news. >>> two days after pg&e began pressure testing part of the pipeline system, the utility was told it could face a more costly and time consuming program to verify the safety of its oldest pipes. an administrative judge ruled that pg&e will have to test or repl

magnitude 5.2 quake has killed a least 10 people in southern spain. it caused widespread damage in southeastern towns including -- it can also be felt in the capital, madrid. it hit nearly two hours after a smaller quakes. >> scrambling and action after the quake hits. the ancient center is made up of streets and old buildings. the roman towns historic church was hit hard by the force of the tremors. the tower crumbling and falling to earth. a home for the elderly, the city hall, and the hospital were evacuated. spain experiences thousand of quakes the year. but once like these are extremely rare. of go live where their following events in barcelona. what are they saying about the extent of damage? >> the are counting out. there is a lot of confusion in the area. the last update, the building collapsed on them. the medical staff and some of the interns have been wounded. they're talking about 10,000 people. they have the rate to go back to their houses. so the authorities also send hundred and 80 policemen. and especially of missions. and a certain co

spain. welcome to bbc world news. coming up later, the onetime wall street billionaire convicted of insider trading. he could face 20 years in jail. family, friends have been mourning the passing of a legend. anti-government forces in libya say they have taken control of the airport in the western city of misrata. this comes after days of heavy fighting against troops loyal to gaddafi. there have been reports of celebrations on the streets of misrata. a government spokesperson has denied the claims of success. our correspondent has a story about the fighting. >> they have managed to take control over the airport. gaddafi's forces have control over a small part. it is not safe completely. at any moment we are exposed to long-range rocket attack. >> state television has shown pictures of gaddafi meeting with officials. they say these are from wednesday even though this cannot be independently confirmed that this would be the first time that the libyan leader has been seen in public since the 3

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farms in southern spain have come under most suspicion. may be water, many work, are even sewage carry the bacteria. all the contamination happened during the transit to germany. certainly in hamburg, cucumbers from spain were found with the coli, but maybe not the strain causing the trouble. growers in poland and denmark are also being investigated. >> establishing the truth is not easy. the strain has been identified but not its source. so far, no food outside germany has become contaminated. >> to get infected in this outbreak of you have to eat food in germany. the outbreak has been running for nearly a month. if there had been any protests brought to britain that was infected, we would have seen cases here. >> meantime, cells of spanish produce have collapsed across europe. the spanish says there's no evidence against them and they're fighting back. a regional minister goes on camera, trying to prove to the role the spanish vegetables are safe. it is good, she says. but the damage has already been done. major dispute has flared up ove

. >>> in southern spain, they are searching for more victims after two earthquakes killed at least ten people. in one town yesterday, a church tower collapsed while a tv crew was doing a report. the reporter escaped. but elsewhere, dozens of people were injured by falling debris. >>> in china, northwest of beijing, residents are battling a fierce sandstorm that's cut visibility to near zero. the red sand is driven by winds up to 60 miles an hour. it's not expected to ease until late today. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch," stocks were down on asian markets today. ashley morrison is here in new york with the latest on that. good morning, ashley. >> and good morning to you, betty. well, not a good day for the asian markets. tokyo's nikkei and hong kong's hang seng each lost more than 1% and the price of oil plunged, losing 6% to trade at about $100 a barrel. >>> today, wall street gets the latest on inflation and retail sales, as well as those weekly jobless claim numbers. on wednesday, stocks took a hit with energy stocks leading the way down. the dow lost 130 points, wiping out all of its g

. >> two earthquakes minutes apart rocked southern spain on wednesday, topping church towers killing at least ten and injure is dozens more. it fulfilled an eerie prediction that a large earthquake would strike on may 11, twefs. many shops were closed and school attendance was low. this woman slept in her car are last night until it got too cold. according to internet rumor it was rafaelly bendandie who predicted in 1919 the big one would hit rome. the rear humor was enough to panic rome despite government efforts to keep calm. mile wthey had no idea they woe hit by not one but two quakes jshes the second a 5'4" magnitude monster. the nation's worst earthquake in 50 years. dianaadie. >>> a former wall street titan was found guilty in a massive insider trading case. it took the yir more than two weeks to convict him of five conspiracy counts and nine counts of securities fraud. prosecutors say he made profits and avoided losses totaling more than $60 million. the verdict came after seven weeks of testimony and hours of pier stops in which the 53-year-old can be heard wheeling and deal

>>catherine: the earthquakes in southern spain with damaged buildings people in fear and 30 people remain and the hospital. >>catherine: and the hukashimi daiichi . they still had fear with one of the reactors with more badly damaged than anybody realized. (music) >> jacqueline: it was a pretty nice day today with a little bit of a wind. as we go towards tomorrow similar conditions without the fog. that when it cleared out the fog with clear skies and mostly sunny skies. that wind cleared up the fog. similar conditions with perhaps just a few degrees cooler. with neighborhood by neighborhood, 68 in napa, 78 inland, and som73 in antioch bayto breakers and how about forecast of the rainfall looks saturday night and early sunday pretty likely. wet start. cloudy, cool, showers. and only 49 degrees it will stay cool to of the race. through hay kill again we are expecting a wet " condition for hay street hill finiash line bracelet storms possibl and with isolated storms possible--and look at 10:00 a.m. perhaps some dry conditions at the end of the race. your extended forecast for tomorrow is lo

probably the worst is more in southern europe, so spain and greece, which are the most -- >> tom: those two countries are in the crunch of the debt crisis that's going on in southern europe. do you see your company being impact bid that through this year into next year? >> i consider that there is no sign of improvement in those two countries, spain, i would also add portugal. but fortunately what we can see is that the situation is improving in northern europe, for insans the u. k., the spirit market is growing. so germany is also very well, not to forget about eastern europe, which is absolutely booming. >> tom: have you been growing the company through acquisitions, certainly over the last decade, back in 2001 you bought a good chunk of seagrams wine and spirits in 2005 a partnership and then got the absolute vodka brand in 2008. there's been salk r talk of a big competitor interested in cuervo. are you interested in cuervo? >> well, our position today is not to make any further acquisition for the time being. you mentioned the three acquisitions, i should mention that altogether it

. >> reporter: two earthquakes minutes apart rocked southern spain on wednesday, toppling a church tower, killing at least ten people and injuring dozens more. it fulfilled an eerie prediction that a large earthquake would strike on may 11th, 2011. the thing is, the quake was supposed to strike italy, not spain. that prediction has long troubled romans, so much so that many shops were closed and school attendance was low. this woman slept in her car until it got too cold. according to internet rumor, it was raffaele bendandi back in 1915 who predicted the big one would hit rome. in fact he never said any such thing but the mere rumor was enough to panic rome, despite government efforts to keep calm. while italians stayed on high alert, their neighboring spaniards had no idea they'd be hit by not one but two quakes. the second, a 5.4 magnitude monster. the nation's worst earthquake in 50 years. and it turns out while that particular rumor may have been false bendandi did accurately predict a few other quakes. so hit or miss there. rob and peggy. >> very interesting. >>> well, take a liste

. >>> and thousands of people in southern spain slept on the streets overnight, fearing aftershocks from wednesday's big earthquake. cameras caught this. a church steeple in the town of lorca, crashing to the ground in the quake, which registered at a magnitude of 5.2. at least eight people were killed. >>> and another graphic reminder of man's powerlessness in the skies. lightning striking this plane as it was landing in london. 500 passengers aboard this plane. you can see, lightning striking the roof right above the pilots' heads. thankfully, planes can handle it. no one was hurt. and in fact, not even a scratch on the plane. >> that's incredible. >> incredible. >>> meanwhile, the reverend, billy graham, is in a north carolina hospital this morning, recovering from pneumonia. doctors are treating the 92-year-old with antibiotics. and say he is already feeling better and could go home soon. >>> finally, he may have been royalty in bel air. not so in new york. the city has just ordered will smith to move what passes for a movie trailer, more like a mansion on wheels, from a manhattan st

in spain this morning killed 10 people and caused major damage. quakings of 4.5 and 5.1 respectively and centered near the town of lorca. they hit two hours apart. falling crushed cars and shaking caused cracks in buildings. a seismologist with the united states survey said historic buildings are in danger of collapsing in the quake. >> unfortunately that kind of building construction can be vulnerable and can cause the collapse of individual walls. >> the quakes hit in a seismic area under the mediterranean. that is where the european africa plates push against each other. >> families of two american hikers are expressing concern after the trial was postponed. shane bauer and josh fattal were expected in court. iran did not announce a new trial date. sara shourd was arrested with them years ago and told us how worried she is about them. >> february 6th was the last time we had any indication of their well being. the worst fears come to your mind when you have absolutely no acess to loved ones. this is 21 months shane and josh have been detained a

, portugal, greece and italy-- in the southern parts of the so-called euro zone. in spain today, demonstrators remained camped out in central madrid's square after a of protests over the government's handling of the economy. spain unemployment tops 20%. andd tough austerity measures aimed at bringing spending under control. the anger led to a drubbing for the ruling socialist party in local elections held yesterday. >> what we is to be listened to, to get real rewe don't want this to be an andy dote. >> brown: also this weweekend italy got another kind of shock. credit agency standard and poors lowered its rating from stable to negative. citing slowing economic growth. and that came just a greece's credit was pushed further into junk bond status by ratings agency fitch. greece has been rocked by protests in response to government austerity measures undertaken in response to a large bailout package offered by its european partners last year. for its part, ireland too was forced to take a bailout last november and has seen protests although not on the same scale as

some hefty showers across parts of sweden and southern norway as well. central areas here picking up a couple of showers for germany and also france. especially with the heat of the day. again, spain and portugal, that widespread rain continuing throughout your thursday. lots of thunderstorms expected as well. but that is going to be easing over the next couple of days come friday. we should start to see that settling down quite a bit. the flooding risk pretty high. it has been raining here for almost a week now. now, rain will start up in northern algeria. and still looking quite cloudy and unsettled for southern italy here. and across the southern end of the balkans, greece, albania, looking at thunderstorms, across turkey as well. rainy day in athens. today, 22 degrees. 21 in rome, cloudy skies. sunshine in vienna. nice and warm in kiev as well. here's your extended forecast now. >>> the emperrer and empress have attended a charity concert in tokyo in support of people who survived the march 11th earthquake and tsunami. the imperial couple waved as th

maybe rain for you in southern parts of norway. and then we still see that very stubborn rain band affecting pats just north of the black sea and up into northwestern russia. temperatures are going to be improving for many of you. hitting 2 7 degrees in paris. 24 in london with sunshine here. still, fairly chilly in kiev. just 11 for the high. >>> once again, the top story at this hour. prime minister naoto kan has asked the utility firm to halt the operations of all active reactors at the hamaoka nuclear power plant in central japan. he made a request because of concerns about the risk of a mega earthquake. the hamaoka plant is located 180 kilometers southwest of tokyo. it lies directly above the projected focus of a magnitude eight earthquake that experts have longed warned of. kan made a request on friday after assessing the plant's safety measures against the earthquakes and tsunami. >> translator: the reason for my request is as follows. i've made this request out of consideration for the safety and reassurance of the japanese