we are a blessed people, blessed to be here in north america, protected by two oceans and with neighbors in canada and mexico that we have been a very careful to cultivate these past 200 years. some of us like those in this room are aware we have permanent enemies, enemies that are capable, more capable than ever of seeing us destroyed. indeed the question we should be asking when it comes to our national defense can america and the free world actually destroyed. do we have threats to our very existence, but even in these tough economic times when we are still worried about how to create jobs must we not also worry about our national defense. we are told we are the most powerful military in the world and we will have no serious challenge for some time to come and we are confronted with three reassurance is meant to end a serious discussion of that national security policy. we know the reassurances well their first that islam is a religion of peace. second, we will never go to war with china because our economic interests are so intertwined and feared and less controversial america won th

other hand, you would find the same people expressing this conviction that the british empire in north america could never last, but the british were and on natural presence in the continent that rightly should have a republican form of government everywhere. and there is anxiety among the british leaders after the american revolution. they are worried whether they are going to be able to maintain their control over canada. and so no one is certain that the border between the united states between the united states and canada, but in the republic and the entire is fixed and permanent on the contrary most people assume that it's either going to move north or it's going to move south rather than stay put. so the people who live on either side of the border are regarded as in play in terms of their allegiance, and though war is to be open to the possibility of switching their allegiance. deep within the republic, the politics are so bitterly partisan that the republicans regard their opposition, the federalist as crypto loyalists. in 1812 a writer explained that ideology rather than nationality d

this is a member of north america and with washington's collection coming here is the detail showingthe old southwest along the mississippi and what was called the strip between and the chattahoochee and the river -- yazoo river that feeds into the mississippi and this is where the spanish now controlled west florida had similar trouble by farming good cherokees and the chickasaw and pit them against the sellers from georgia who were trying to move last and come into conflict broke her washington had a fire to deal with down here. in this case, he managed to stay out of four and invited 30 of the chiefs to come to new york and wind and dined them and part of the genius was to balance the forces and for the most part, avoid the conflict which he knew too well. unfortunately aside from slavery the other great tragedy was the removal of the tribes from the west and washington tried his best to abide by the new treaties and wanted the administration to be honorable that the same time when you read deeply into his writing and letters to congress as he advise them before he became presiden

understanding climate variability and changes particularly as they apply to the pacific ocean and north america. his specific work concerns impacts of climate changes on water resources and other sectors in west europe north america and he also worked on large scale exchange of heat and water between the ocean and the atmosphere. dan is also a director of the california climate change center a center that works to improve and forecast for decision makers in the california region and i'm sure it's information we can take throughout the united states. dan recieved a bachelor of science in meterologist and oceanographer and received in 1971 from university that makes us about the same age dan, but i'm just a broken down lawyer and economists. he received a, ph.d., in ee in san diego. his speech today will focus on climate change and it's challenge to our water supply. please welcome doctor dan cohan. >> thank you susan, well, it's a privilege to be here. i'm really impressed with the gathering that you've all assembled here in and the quality of the discussion. so i know that i don't want to wear

and they have an alice of 43 sheets that washington owned that depicts most of eastern north america. editor saw the article as well. we talked. he said what could have hurt? take a trip up to new haven and take a look. and of course the experience of opening an alice that belonged to george washington is incomparable. that is unfolding the amount and almost breathing the same air as washington in effect, that feeling of really being transported into his time and his worldview was just very exciting and i came back and wrote a proposal. and initially, as many books do, they evolve. the book started out to be something relatively short, a few 5000 word essays on a selection of the maps. but as i began writing it, got people into the project, the chapters were just not stay sure. the maps had so much to tell them that's really how i approach to was to spend several just looking at the maps on the wall, putting up copies on a big old tin board and arranging them, grouping them common theme what was information in them and then go into the papers and seen what jumped out. in terms of cost

and house those animals at risk in north america, particularly will. for those of you could do not know, the gray wolf just went back on the in danger -- for those of you who do not know, the grey wolf just went back on the endangered species list. i will show you the concept drawing here. we have the moose and the wolves in the far right there as well as the beaver exhibit and play area for children to mimic the beaver area, and the next area thanks to a friend family -- they have provided a gift to redo our youth zone. it, too, will replicate various conservation zones in the world. just an example, this is a tree native to asia. it replants itself. it is hundreds of not thousands of years old, and this will be sort of the centerpiece of the playground. you will see that it will be play activity for both the young and growing and disabled children. and another region, for example, is the polar region. obviously a great conservation issue for all of us. here, we have tunnels, slides, and other play areas in the polar region. again, the playground, try

as for north america today largely settled for the united states. finally looking a little bit calmer today even in the northeast. all that snow is finally pulling away. just edges of new england and canadian maritime is looking at that remnant snow to impact you tonight. however the great lakes area will see a new system drop in from central canada. also western central sections of canada looking at snow spreading again today while coastal areas, british columbia, seattle will be looking at more rain. 9 for your high in seattle and 8 degrees in vancouver. 16 in denver and 24 degrees in l.a. still looking at some above average temperatures here across north america. as for europe still very messy here in the south. multiple systems pulling on through and they are creating rounds of wet weather. some severe thunderstorms have been impacting southern italy as well as greece. also snow has been falling across parts of the iberian peninsula and temperatures remaining quite cold again today. minus 9 in moscow. minus 2 in warsaw. getting below zero in ber

looking at north america, clear picture in vancouver, but quite chilly. some storms could be moving their way through chicago, but it will be a nice day in new york city. that's all for me. happy new year. here's your extended forecast. >>> here on "newsline," our top stories once again. japanese foreign minister seiji maehara says he's considering visiting china in the spring as part of efforts to fix frayed bilateral relations. in an interview with nhk, maehara said his trip will come before or after his trilateral meeting in japan with the chinese and south korean foreign ministers. japan-china relations soured in september after a chinese trawler collided with a japan coast guard ships off the senkaku islands in the east china sea. he reiterated japan's position on this matter. >> translator: there is no territorial problem between japan and china. japan will continue to exert its control over the senkaku islands. >> he also referred to economic relations between the two countries. >> translator: it is vital for japan and china to build a win-win rela

future of this extraordinary museum, the finest collection of asian art artifacts anywhere in north america. we are very proud of this museum, its place in history, our city, and the contributions from americans that have built this extraordinary place. in fact, last year i gave my state of the city here because of all of the accomplishments and contributions that were made. it goes without saying, when we first made aware of some of the challenges that were taking place and taking shape here, the city family came together very quickly to try to help work through those challenges. we are blessed to have not only outstanding current leadership but outstanding leadership that was formally here and continue to be represented in the private-sector, particularly mayor willie brown, one of the first call we made. dennis brown and his team were magnificent and immediately asserted themselves in the negotiations to advance our efforts to get us to this moment. of course, we are blessed -- as was the case when i made when he was originally appointed -- that there are few people better than rosenfiel

it is a recent self-image of ourselves of the suite of north america.so now we are in a state where we have had a couple of very interesting debates happen in the last two years. what is in canada. we had this big fight over the long gun registry where i think a lot of people were shocked to discover the remains of gun overs -- gunowners in canada so the notion that we left their doors unlocked at night in those michael moore stuff complete fiction. >> gesture border patrol. >> similarly to come the americans to talk about universal or near universal health care which if you invested a great deal of your sense of self and the idea that would make the difference in the markets as they don't have universal health care we are shocked at that kind of nationalist but i think with those things going on and what the state of our economy and things like the olympics i do think there is a much more growing sense of innate self-confidence and canadians that doesn't locate itself in drawing the artificial things that is an threatened by the idea that maybe we have

. >> this is a community college, was the biggest scams in north america. >> biwa they obtain this video shot by loggers walking around the school college making wild accusations against the institution. >> they are controlling the grammar, they are controlling the crown. >> the video was released to the times after a public records request. it was part of police records why the 22 year-old student was suspended. >> today one of the victims of the shooting was arrested at a town hall meeting. police say 63 year-old james bulletin the member of the tea party. during a discussion about gun- control, bullet took a picture of the mantle of he was dead. police took faller to a mental health facility for evaluation. >> since the shooting had good sales have jumped, sales are up 16% in our state. as 60 percent in arizona. >> reggie kumar gun owners are rushing into this gun show at the cow palace in daly city, before the new lot of effect next month. dennis show organizers were not listened to the privacy concerns. >> it was pretty busy and there, there were a lot of people in there. >> under t

as for north america, things are going to stay largely settled and calm.t a little bit of snow right now spreading into british columbia, as well as washington state. that heads further inland into parts of central canada on thursday. otherwise, ahead of that some lake effect snows impacting the great lakes area. also, in the southeast here some showers, thunderstorms impacting the deep south. for the southern appalachians, mountain areas picking up a little bit of snow tonight. as for highs, 11 in denver and 19 in l.a. and southern california will continue to see some more dense fog again tonight into thursday. so watch out for that. minus 5 in chicago. so quite chilly. and minus 1 in toronto. finally getting a look at europe here. looking at much more precipitation headed your way if you are in western and central sections of europe. we're going to see that all the way. moving into the scandinavian peninsula. then on in toward the baltic states as well. areas here will be looking to pick up snow as well. especially for upper elevations. british isles not

but here's the equator, 30 degrees north and 60 degrees north and north america is here and here. let's just talk about the bottom part of this. this is the median of the projected change in precipitation where change is coated by color. red is less. what did you give me there david? 0? well, let's rearrange and i want to talk a little longer everybody is giving me attention here. i'll promise to hasten up a little bit. red is dryer and blue is wetter. and what you can see here is that along the sub tropics the latitudes between 20 degrees north and south and 30 degrees or so there tends to be a trying so the way the atmosphere works if you look at it sideways from along the equator the air is rising along the equator and sinking polar to that in the sub tropics and in our area that's calledd the north pacific high. that's why we don't get much rain. we're under the influence of the north pacific high. what's happening in these climate simulations is those subtropical highs, more or less, are strengthening, on the other hand if you live in seattle you might be more encouraged beca

over towards north america, a lot of the activity remains along the east coast. we've got this developing system that will ride up along the atlantic seaboard today, spreading rain and snow. inland areas across the mid-atlantic states, new england region will be looking at snow. another storm system comes in off the great lakes. lake effect snows will pile up for you. minus 2 in chicago. minus 1 in toronto. subfreezing temperatures across the board here. we've got 3 in new york, and only 1 for d.c. finally, getting a look at europe here. a lot of the activity is going to be located towards the south, the southern tier of europe. lots of activity in place. a couple of systems moving in toward the iberian peninsula. and that will produce some strong rains in the days to come. also right now, looking at a little bit more activity developing along southern italy and in towards greece. chances of some of strong to severe thundershowers for you tonight. otherwise, a fairly settled picture for the northern half of europe. a little bit of snow moving in toward the norway

over towards north america, meanwhile, wintry precipitation will really spread with this low system that moves in towards the mississippi valley. really spreading along the valley all the way in towards the gulf coast states today. also area of snow spreads in the northwest corner here. as for highs, 5 in vancouver and 7 in seattle. things very chilly in winnipeg, minus 22 for you. minus 6 in chicago. well below zero in toronto on thursday. finally getting a look at europe here. it's going to turn a little bit more snowy for areas across central europe as well as eastern sections. scattered areas of snow will really spread throughout this wide area even in towards the balkans as well as northern italy. a little further to the south will be mostly rain for you. looking at lower temperatures across continental europe today. 3 only in vienna and 2 in berlin. quite a big drop in temperatures throughout this week. all right. so that's a look at your weather for now. here is your three-day outlook. ♪ >>> once again the headlines at this hour. chinese president hu jintao is visiting the united

but when you get to the interior of north america, this is for summer, the temperature rise is in excess of five celsius and colorado does not look very good, naturally in those terms. so, what this suggests - and more than one model shows the same kind of behavior and i'll show you : tha. but this is a transit of southern california showing you the temperature rise across this area, and you see this tremendous gradient of temperature increase as you get in land. of course, that has a profound influence - or would have on all sorts of things including probably water, eco systems, forest fires, human health, all sorts of issues. this is a facet of the latest generations of climate models that really was not recognized five years back or so and whether or not this is going to be um... - this is going to be verified and confirmed by future model runs that's a question, but it looks like land properties, because of the drying that brad mentioned feeding back to the summertime atmosphere, and perhaps causing a potential worse problem to deal within the warm season. next one. this is four diff

such that we can have easier flow of goods and people inside north america, but so many issues haveold us down, whether it be issues around information sharing and privacy and how much information about power is coming into canada, this canada want to give to the u.s. or about harmonizing policy on the outside of north america when we have different views of requirements for different countries, different policies, different criteria for who is a refugee and who isn't for example. those are the kind of very delicate issues that need to be discussed. and so the two countries, the two governments have been working on them and we hope to see something in the near weeks or months, but i think it is still very much an ongoing negotiation. >> let's finish on the issue of energy to get the discussion sort of started here this evening. we have heard a lot about doherty oil from the oil coming in from the united states. where does that issue stand? is the sentiment still the same? >> there's a big debate going on in washington and the united states that should get more attention and get bett

. >>> a bay area organization that helps blind people across north america is right now facing a deadly problem. >>> also ahead, the proposed deal that could keep the largest collection of asian art in the western world from leaving san francisco. >>> no rain but lots of fog, it's reforming right now. i'm going to show you where it is now and where it will be tomorrow morning when you drive to work. >>> five puppies dead in a single week. that's the problem in the hands of the dogs for the blind. >> reporter: it's been more than 32 years since this has happened at guide dogs for the blind. officials say they immediately put the kennels on lock down. outside the 11-acre guide dog center was shut down today. >> we've isolated those dogs, we're getting extraordinary care to every one of those dogs and keeping it contained. >> reporter: although 150 puppies currently on-site, 25 of them have come down with parvo that attacking the immune system. five have died. >> it naturally occurs, it's everywhere. >> reporter: officials here say they are not concerned with any animals over four months o

over towards the americas, north america looks at a pretty messy picture out towards the east.ple of systems here spreading snow. a lot of snow, in fact. just these areas along the coastline looking at rain. everywhere else we will see snow spreading. heavy snows are going to be possible along the northeast coastline so major cities will need to watch out for that. also towards the west, too, plenty of snow spreading especially along the rockies. that will be a continuing picture throughout the day. now more moisture is going to be moving through the florida peninsula and in towards the caribbean as well. but it does stay dry out toward the southwest. still on the warm side. 26 in l.a. on the other hand, though, very chilly conditions in chicago. minus 13 for your high on friday. finally getting a look at europe here. still pretty messy in the italian peninsula. the low parked right over the area. still pushing in a lot of moisture. rainfall for areas of the south here. but northern italy, northern balkans and through eastern europe all will be looking at snow as temperatures a

cause, biologists say the reality is that these die offs happen all the time with 95 recorded in north america alone over the past eight months. so what's happening this time? well, one famed harvard biologist says mass media, particularly the internet, is simply giving the die-offs more attention. >>> and now here's a look at some other stories making news early today in america -- california police are looking for two armed suspects who attempted to rob a food truck driver. the men approached the truck window. one was holding a gun and grabbed the tip jar. the clerk grabbed it back and hid. the suspects left empty handed. >>> a walmart employee is recovering from a broken nose and other injuries after a blow to the face with a jar of cheese. a man who was previously asked to leave ran down the aisle toward an employee. he grabbed the jar and hurled it at the employee but missed, hitting a woman instead. now he's wanted by the police. >>> and a half ton life-sized butter sculpture is on display at the annual pennsylvania farm show, depicting children playing on a jungle gym and playing catch

north america is at the very center of the global complex over genetically modified animals where weout to break open a new era of application of this technology. we never imagined it could be possible. >> the arguments about gm meat or fish are essentially the same locked in stalemate. but this comes as world agriculture is faced with massive challenges of feeding a rockabilly -- it rocketing global population andreyna sustainably. -- and doing it sustainably. these may be among the first gm farm animals. they are certainly not going to be the last. >> films with a starring role for the british families seem to have a track record in hollywood. there are high hopes for the latest bit of blue blooded some mark. "the king's speech" tells the story of the current queen's father as he struggled to overcome a speech impediment. >> my husband is required to speak to the public. >> there is a public speaking, and then there is a very public speaking. if you have a speech impediment, can seem more pronounced. -- it can seem more pronounced. "the king's speech" is about george vi's stammered

we are a blessed people, blessed to be here in north america, protected by two oceans and with neighborsand mexico that we have been a very careful to cultivate these past 200 years. some of us like those in this room are aware we have permanent enemies, enemies that are capable, more capable than ever of seeing us destroyed. indeed the question we should be asking when it comes to our national defense can america and the free world actually destroyed. do we have threats to our very existence, but even in these tough economic times when we are still worried about how to create jobs must we not also worry about our national defense. we are told we are the most powerful military in the world and we will have no serious challenge for some time to come and we are confronted with three reassurance is meant to end a serious discussion of that national security policy. we know the reassurances well their first that islam is a religion of peace. second, we will never go to war with china because our economic interests are so intertwined and feared and less controversial america won the cold war

among the cars are the is and gs lexus luxury models in north america. cording to toyota, the defects haven't caused any accidents japanese has the largest number of vehicles affected. >> 4:51 is our time. a look at the weather forecast. the north bay or parts of the east bay, you may not see a whole lot today. >> yeah. pretty foggy there. it definitely will save some sunshine but will slow the growth of the warmth there. today's other places we will set record high temperatures. here's we are on a wednesday morning looking down from 2600 feet up on mount tamalpais to san francisco and well beyond all the way to possibly fremont. that could be even about the san mateo bridge way up there by the top of your screen. let's talk about record temperatures from yesterday. i will put this on my weather blog in a little while but oakland, airport, downtown, moffett field, richmond, san francisco international, salinas and gilroy all set records or tied them yesterday. for today that's the big story. we'll get to those temperatures. first show you what you need to

johns has demonstrated demonstrable experience in north america bay architectural area history. let's talk specifically about that. if someone out steps for the experience fits into -- if someone doubts that for the experience fifth into another regiono umphr the thought -- or the experience fits into another qualification, we should hear. >> one of the things that has not been said today is that the secretaries standards require a minimum professional qualification in history. a graduate degree or a ba plus other things. i was very involved in the drafting of prop j. it is very important to maintain high standards that we set in the charter amendment for the history position. there are no qualified historians in the planning department. most of them do not even know how to do local research. who fills that seat is very important in terms of judging the historical accuracy of architectural surveys, reviewing registered nominations we have received from the state, landmark nominations and other things. i woke up this morning thinking that wanted to share my resume with you. i hav

all right, let's head now to north america. well, what's going on in short not very much. very settled and clear here, lots of high pressure keeping things clear. but there are a few areas to watch. one is going to be a small low down in the southwest. this will be producing some rain in lower lying areas, probably about 30 centimeters up to maybe even 60 in the upper elevations. and then over the great lakes, another small low here brings some light snowfall, not anything too serious. then our next system comes in to bc actually from the pacific here. of course, that's going to be mostly rain at the coast, but you will see plenty of mountain snow over the next few days. temperatures are just around about seasonal averages. we got a nice day in new york city, 2 degrees for the high here. minus 15 in winnipeg and a sunny day, sunny also in vancouver. a little cloudy, 16 degrees, so a little chilly for you and wet too in los angeles, 13 degrees for the high. let's head to europe now. well, as the cold air funnels right down into central portions, you will see temperatures dr

>>> standing up to six feet tall and weighing up to a ton, it's the largest land animal in north america. it's called the buffalo -- bison -- buffalo. a bison. well, um, i call individual ones bison, but then like refer to them as the buffalo like a buffalo herd. that's just me. i like it that way. so is it bison or buffalo? >> if you want to be really correct, it's bison. but almost everybody calls them buffalo. >> reporter: no matter what you call it, this animal had tremendous impact on life in the old west. >> and the buffalo, of course, was a living wal-mart for the american indian. from that one animal, one historian counted almost 300 uses. >> reporter: mardell plainfeather is from the apsaalooke tribe, commonly known as the crow. she listed for me just some of the things the buffalo provided for her ancestors. >> from the meat, of course, they got their sustenance. and the hide provided clothing. the hair provided stuffing for the pillow. the tail was used as a fly swatter. the horn was made into a ladle. the hoofs were used as glue. the lining of the stomach was taken out and pu

it is about engagement with the west, bringing smart business people over from western europe, north america, and asia. domodedovo was a major gateway for that and still is. i do not think you can cram down entirely and do that security- freedom trade-off without killing the freedom. >> police in argentina are investigating how a woman fell 23 stories and survived. she is thought to have jumped from the roof of a luxury hotel in the center and buy us aires. her life was saved by a taxi on the street below. -- the center of buenos aires. her life was saved by a taxi on the street below. >> the young woman was hurt but alive. she was up here, on the roof of the hotel. she was acting strangely and attracted the attention of some on the street below. >> i looked up and i saw a girl who was climbing over the security fence while another person was talking to her. she walked to the edge, walked back to talk to the other person, turned around, and jumped. >> from the rooftops bar, it is 23 stories straight down. as she landed on the road, the fall would have surely killed her. but fate blew her on