before we get to that st we're looking at a very serious situation with these two typhoons in the western pacific. we have another tropical storm to talk about, let's go to the eastern caribbean sea and talk about tropical storm isaac, which is now just up towards the south of puerto rico. it looks like it's going to head toward hispaniola making

he said the pentagon will continue to build up guam as a strategic hub in the western pacific. he said congressional support is essential to demonstrate to the region that the u.s. has the a credible plan. the u.s. senate armed services committee reject aid ed a reque main to help pay for transfer. if congress does not help, that could complicate plans to relocate the u.s. marine corps air station in okinawa. >>> survivors of the atomic bombings in hiroshima and nagasaki have fought that others will remember what they went through. u.s. officials responded to a call to preserve the testimony of survivors. subtitles are available in english, arabic, chinese and eight other languages. only those who witnessed the devastation after the bombings can understand the evil off t atomic weapons. >> translator: there are no atomic bomb survivors around me because i am now 90 years old. i feel the need to tell my story to young people so that future generations will not forget. >> u.n. officials in charge of the project say they hope it will help create a world free of nuclear weapons. >>

over in the skies of the western pacific, a couple of strong storms bringing rough conditions.et's get the latest from rachel ferguson and her weather forecast. >> welcome, yes we, have two storms in the western pacific. this one is a large typhoon. southern china, taiwan, into no the northern parts of the philippines. sustained winds at 126 kilometers an hour, gusts at 180. the system is inching ever closer to taiwan where it is expected to make landfall on thursday. but it is moving very slowly. which means the effects of the storm have the been ongoing in pretty much the same area. you will remember that we were reporting on flooding in the northern philippines from this system. well, there has also been flooding now in taiwan if i want to show you some of the video coming out of northeastern taiwan. already. we have been having reports of 880 millimeters of rain roar red since monday on northeastern portions of the island. resulted in flooding, landslides. mudslides. several cars trapped in the water. now officials say fearly 50,000 soldiers are on stand by to meet any disa

i want to recognize the western pacific regional administrator that has invested a lot personally, and has done tremendous work on numerous aviation projects right here in the region have right here at this airport. you are supporting an effort to enhance runway safety areas. and as the faa transitions to the satellite based air traffic system, we will have better solutions for the tough problems here like whether related delays and limitations that have occurred because of the short and enclosed space that characterize this airport. as a result, it will have a suite of new tools for this region and many other metropolitan areas across the country. it is a great day in san francisco, this will be of great power when we move into it, and i look forward to having a first-class facility. thank you very much, and thank you. >> thank you, michael. al, my great pleasure to introduce a great leader from san francisco and a great supporter of this airport, mayor lee. >> it is my pleasure to join secretary has and acting administrator as well as our own john martin, the director of the airport

so plenty going on here in the western pacific. all right, let's go to our other tropical storm now. this is isaac, which is just passing the leeward islands at the moment, going through the leeward islands. it will then go on to just south of puerto rico and the virgin islands, then it looks like it's going to graduate to hurricane status. we do have hurricane warnings in effect for the dominican republic republic. looks like it's going to be crossing over hispanolia. right now moving west at 35 kilometers an hour. wind speeds sustained at 75 kilometers an hour. this is a strengthening system, so we're talking about the potential of storm surge, dangerous rip tides, as well as heavy rain. totals could reach between 300 and 400 millimeters. landslides, flash flooding, high risk. flooding also high risk in the southwest of the u.s. at the moment. we have a low and some monsoonal flow coming up into the four corners, southern nevada as well, southern california. that could cause some problems with flooding today. temperature-wise, it

sds personnel are scheduled to depart in a few days for tinian and guam island located in the western pacific. the drill will employ marine vessels and helicopters. this is viewed as a demonstration of bilateral cooperation at a time when china is increasing its presence in the asia pacific region. japan and the united states want to stage this first joint landing drill so japan can learn from the u.s. how to keep up the defense of its southwestern islands. for its part the u.s. wants to secure the japanese cooperation in stressing guam's strategic importance if it faces cuts in its defense budget. nhk world, okinawa. >>> north korea has denounced an ongoing u.s./south korean joint military exercise. the north warned the two countries by saying its military is prepared to physically counteract if needed. the annual computer-assisted drill started on monday and will continue for two weeks. it's based on a scenario involving an attack on south korea by the north. >> north korea's state run tv made the announcement issued by its country's military but it did not clarify what use of force and phy

so plenty going on here in the western pacific. let's go to our other tropical storm now, this is isaac, which is just passing the leeward islands at the moment, going through the leeward islands and then just south of puerto rico, and the virgin islands, and then it looks like it's going to graduate to hurricane status. we do have hurricane warnings in effect for the dominican republic. it looks like it's going to be passing across hispaniola and heading in towards cuba as a weaker system into the weekend. moving west at 35 kilometers an hour, wind speeds sustained at 75 kilometers an hour and remember this is a strengthening system. so we're talking about the potential for storm surge, dangerous rip tides, as well as very heavy rain. totals here could reach between 300 and 500 millimeters so landslides and mudslides as well as flash flooding will be very high risk. flooding also high risk in the southwest of the u.s. at the moment, we've got a low and some monsoonal flow coming up into the four corners, southern nevada as well, s

and he discovers this island in the western pacific which is very beautiful, but also a bizarrely magical place in which you get 95% of federal income taxes rebated every larry just think this is the most amazing thing that he has ever heard about in his life. so he immediately moves their and thinks about becoming a citizen. he buys a business and runs for office and losers, but he eventually gets appointed as supreme a supreme court justice on the island against the politicians and offers his legal services for free, which means that he could talk about the laws of real estate in all these other fun things that happen to benefit him. now he is coming under attack from the fbi, which he insinuated himself into this commonwealth of the united states. and they see him stirring up the island of politicians against the u.s. the u.s. has this relationship where they are supposed to really maintain control, but larry doesn't realize that the fed is coming in and auditing his tax return. he wants their hands off of his island. he has new enemies. there is a guy that and it is named bill villard

we get to that stage we're looking at a very serious situation with these two typhoons in the western pacific. we have another tropical storm to talk about, let's go to the eastern caribbean sea and talk about tropical storm isaac, which is now just up towards the south of puerto rico. it looks like it's going to head toward hispaniola making landfall in the dominican republic or very close to the border with haiti, and then heading out towards the gulf of mexico, where it's expected to become a hurricane and move towards the east of the florida peninsula. at the moment, it's moving at 26 kilometers an hour, with sustained winds at 65 kilometers an hour, with gusts up at 83. we're going to be seeing storm force winds of course, dangerous rip currents are possible as well as storm surge and then the rain. 300 mill meters, maybe up to 500 millimeters locally for parts of hispaniola. heavy rains expected around the four corners and coming in toward the central plains. having said that, missouri stays very dry and also wyoming, montana and idaho, fire warnings are posted here, too. into europe we

and he discovers this little island in the western pacific called skycam which is beautiful, but it is also -- it is truly magical place and that you get 95% of your federal income tax rebate and larry thinks this is the most amazing thing that he has ever heard about in his life. succumb he immediately moves there and goes about becoming a citizen. he buys these businesses and runs for office and loses, but he eventually gets appointed at the supreme court justice on the island and gets to know all politicians and offers up his legal services for free which means he can read the laws on banking and real-estate and all these other really fun things. that also happen to benefit him. now he's coming under attack from the fbi, again, which seems to insinuate himself into this common law of the united states. and, they see him string of the island of petitions against the u.s.. the u.s. has this covenant relationship with saipan and the marriott now where they are supposed to really maintain control. but larry doesn't want them coming in and auditing the tax returns or exercising any autho

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marines began serious month-long exercises in the western pacific.e military exercises will be done alongside american ally japan which has cna mad as a hornet. in an editorial, they said not to fan the flame in the region. the tensions are extremely high thanks to a dispute between japan and china over uninhabite islands in the xhi china sea and both groups claim to own that and then activists landed on the island and unfurled the flags and those actions sparked anti-japanese protests across the nation of china. pentagon correspondent chris lawrence is outfront tonight. >> reporter: it is a frightening scenario. american troops and their japanese allies are drawn into a conflict with china and fighting over something more than an uninhabited islands and nothing more than rocks. and they have been practicing exercises of how to recapture this island and they say it is part of the annual training and not directed at any particular nation. china does not see it that way. on tuesday, a state editorial warned the u.s. not to quote fan the flame in the re

statements come after united states marines this week were conducting military exercises in the western pacificcluding some exercises with our ally japan. here's the problem. the tensions between japan and china right now are really going up. and it's all over who controls a series of uninhabited islands in the east china sea. islands up till now really no one knew about or cared about except these twos countries. they are islands that are administered by japan but china says it's the rightful owner of the islands. and on sunday, ten japanese activists landed on one of those islands and you guessed it, they stuck a flag right there on the island. a japanese flag. that sparked some really violent protests across china and the united states could end up right in the middle. here's chris lawrence with the latest. >> it's a frightening scenario. american troops backing their japanese allies, drawn into a conflict with china. and fighting over nothing more than some uninhabited islands and a few rocks. u.s. marines and japanese troops are beginning new exercises like this one, practicing how to reca

marines today began serious, this is month-long exercises in the western pacific.hese exercises will be done alongside japan, which has china mad. in an editorial, chinese state media warned the united states not to fan the flame in the region. tensions are already extremely high thanks to a dispute between china and japan over uninhabited islands. both countries claim to own them. pentagon correspondent chris lawrence is "outfront" tonight. >> reporter: it's a frightening scenario. american troops backing their japanese allies, drawn into a conflict with china. and fighting over nothing more than some uninhabited islands and a few rocks. u.s. marines and japanese troops are beginning new exercises like this one, practicing how to recapture occupied islands. a defense official says it's just part of the marines' annual requalification training and not directed at any particular nation. china doesn't see it that way. and on tuesday, a state editorial warned the u.s. not to, quote, fan the flame in the region. it suggested the situation could spiral out of control. >

disaster relief, humanitarian assistance to irregular warfare to enbasement as we're focus on the western pacificn central manned. we can't not engage in africa, south america or the southern pacific with europe. and do training to exercises do the things that you do to prevent something from happening or to make sure that you know the people that you're dealing with. i mean, for a lot of people around the world, the only american they ever sea are sailors or marines. c-span: why do we want 25,000 sailors or maroons in australia? >> we don't. it's 2500. c-span: somebody -- only 2500? >> it's a rotation force. sphwhran for how long? >> when you say rotational force, they're not going to be based there. we're not going build a big base in australia. we're going to marines will come in, do training, do exercises with the australians, with allies, and then get back on their chip ships and go throughout the pacific doing train andth. we get a ask for humanitarian systems or disaster relief about every three weeks. somewhere in the world, and our navy and marines in the first responders to that in almo

he disappeared in 1995 of the coast and the western pacific. this is just over an hour. [applause] >> that you very much. thank you all for coming to talk . this week as compared him to a number leonard caper and : trashy analog to the biography of steve jobs. begins on may 21st 1995, which if you were in the states was about halfway through the adjacent to double murder trial. a very beautiful sunday morning. and a small plane took off from the airport there with two very important people on board. one was the speaker of the house

of the kind platform with the speed, the range, the payload to cover the vast distances of the western pacific and reform disaster relief, humanitarian aid and our other roles other critical for cry have flown the os spray and number of times. afghanistan and the united states. in san diego i flew over community use from washington d.c. two york and back. the minister has the opportunity to in see the impressive capabilities. we will always respect the concerns and circumstances on both sides to develop practical solutions to allow the vital relationship to move forward in the face of challenges. so with safety concerns we immediately responded in a respectful manner. we went to work out a joint way forward in a manner befitting fed rate alliance. with shipping the aircraft both agreed to deliver but the japanese government we will refrain from any flight operations over the short-term. the results will be presented to the japanese government and the operations are hopefully reconfirmed. and then both present to the japanese government sometime this month. this demonstrates the strength of the

officials said that earthquake was centered in the western pacific ocean and felt in the east of the23-year-old gunman killed two of his co-workers before killing himself early this morning in central new jersey. it happened at a supermarket. the middlesex county prosecutor said the gunman had an ak-47 assault rifle and a handgun. the gunman fired 16 rounds during the attack. an 18-year-old woman and 24-year-old man were killed. and up to 1 million mangos from mexico are being recalled because they may be contaminated with salmonella. the mangos were sold at a number of stores including costco, kroger and some wholefoods stores. health officials are investigating 103 cases of salmonella infection. most in california. and baseball season, well, it may be winding down, but it's just the beginning of corn maze season. and an ohio man, well, he's combining his love of both. cnn affiliate wxix reports that it took bill irons two weeks and a gps to cut this 12-acre-maze honoring, yes, the cincinnati reds. he did it at the reds' requests. he says this one was especially important to him eve

platform it provides the speed, range, and payload needed to cover the vast distances in the western pacific and it will enable us to reform humanitarian assistance, disaster relief operations, and fulfill our other roles that are critical to the u.s., japan alliance. i have flown the osprey number of times both in afghanistan as well as in the united states. in san diego i flew over southern california communities out to an amphibious ship in flew from washington d.c. to new york and back. today the minister will have the opportunity to see firsthand the impressive capabilities of this aircraft. as close allies we will always respect, always respect the concerns and the circumstances on both sides and work together to develop practical solutions that will allow this vital relationship to continue to move forward in the face of challenges. when the government of japan came to us and expressed safety concerns about the mv-22 deployment we immediately responded in a deep fault call respectful and collaborative manner. our hope is to work out a joint wait for word in the matter -- in a manner t

even in the pacific coastal areas of western and eastern japan, we may see those high waves up to abouto 5 meters. and rain will be heavy at times across much of japan as well due to the copious amounts of moisture surge and dumping all these rain to these regions. so thunderstorms will be likely over the weekend in much of japan as well. but as this system develops, it looks like it will be moving towards southeastern china. if it does take this path, this is because we have a high pressure system that is very strong that will keep in this path. and another high pressure system will be developing over the weekend and into the next monday. so both of these high pressure systems will keep this to linger over the okinawan islands. stormy weather will be really continuing there for a long period of time there. and it's going to be bad news because we're going to be having a lot of rainfall due to this saola. even though it's a tropical depression, downgraded already it will be accumulating rainfall up to about 150 millimeters. and also this damrey used to be a typhoon is now a tropical dep

even in the pacific coastal areas of western and eastern japan, we may see those high waves up to about 3 to 5 meters. and rain will be heavy at times across much of japan as well due to the copious amounts of moisture surge and dumpg all these rain to these regions. so thunderstorms will be likely over the weekend in much of japan as well. but as this system develops it looks like it will be moving towards southeastern china. if it does, take this path, this is because we have a high pressure system that is very strong that will keep tin this path. and another high pressure system will be developing over the week and into the next monday. so both of these high pressure systems will keep this to linger over the okinawan islands. stormy weather will be continuing there for a long period of time there. and it's going to be bad news because we're going to be having a lot of rainfall due to this saola. even though it's a tropical depression, downgraded already it will be accumulating rainfall up to about 150 millimeters. and also this used to be a typhoon is now a tropical depression. still

pacific coast. more than 320,000 people could be killeden such a disaster. they say preparations could significantly reduce impact. the experts around the scenario under which a 9 class earthquake, strikes in central and western japan. the government panel says tsunami topping 30 meters could hit parts of the pacific coast. in worst scenario, 323,000 people could die. the panel projects a tsunami, up to 34 meters could hit the city in western japan. tourists flock to the cape. but there are no high ground there for evacuation. 34 meters, that is so high. that's the equivalent to an eight-story building, right, that's terrifying. >> there is an evacuation tower the city center. but it is just 11 meters above sea level. residents no longer feel it will keep them safe. >> it probably want be any use climbing that tower. >> the experts say casualties could be reduced by up to 80%. they warn people, they must flee quickly and take shelter in safe buildings. they say the number of collapsed buildings could be lessened by about 40% if more are made quake resistant. officials are looking for investors to help prefecture recovery from last year's disasters. local government leaders flaw to germany to seek businesses,

is the premise that the united states as an asia-pacific power is right to anchor its strategy in an alliance with the major maritime power on the western side of the pacific, japan. and that this is not a question of choosing between japan and china, between northeast asia and southeast asia british were about how you approach the whole reason which is why to thousands of the title of the report was u.s.-japan a light, getting asia right. we had to get the alliance right. this as i think a long pedigree in american strategic thought towards asia. 200 years ago in the midst of the war of 1812, captain david porter on the uss essex was caught up on eastern seaboard by the royal navy, and he called his office is together and announced the audacious plan to round the cape and attack british shipping in the pacific. it was the first u.s. warship ever to enter the pacific. and merchants from new york and boston new but trade with china, but porter in back and said at the nation as a maritime power we had to anchor our presence with the other maritime -- the great naval strategist, in the midst of world war ii joseph and others argued that we

the low pressure is off the pacific northwest and eventually it will pick out a trough in the westernart of the state and as a result with this producing numbers will go down in a cooling trend in the bay area but that won't happen to live around midweek. the meantime continuing to woman east bay and along the beach numbers in the '60s and that forecast in general for the bay area today with mostly sunshine inland and the '90s in they love to mid-60s for the beach. the low, cover will form along the shoreline has to look talk back showing themselves along the coast of the night in the forecast developing back to the shrine but it leaves us with mostly clear skies of the bay area today. heading out tomorrow at the airport looks pretty good part of the cutting western breeze the mosque are sunshine for los angeles chicago partly cloudy and 73 from monday overnight lows tonight '50's the most part 52 at santa rosa 58 for san jose in the forecast as for today in san jose low 80s and 77 right there in hayward area 65 by pacifica and 82 in napa and livermore hits 90 degrees. tuesday was a i

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he's represented the international commission meeting a western central pacific fisheries meeting and he's also a founding member and former board member of the pacific marine conservation council and currently serves on the board of directors and is the co-chair of the marine conservation network. during his comments he will conclude by discussing the role of ngos and implement and enforce that of the protected species framework in putting litigation under the species at risk on which they depend and sometimes the uncommon partnership to develop along the way. we are delighted to have all the speakers here today to speak with you and without any further delay will turn it over to mr. tucker to begin. >> thank you. i would like to thank you for convening the panel and to tell a story. looking forward to the conversation. succumb to talk about the coast guard activities i think it's important to look back in time. the coast guard is an agency that has evolved and has come together since 1790 and it's been housed in a number of different agencies and it's worked under the auspices of a

western japan. a panel of government experts says a tsunami topping 30 meters could hit parts of the pacific coast. in the worst case scenario, 123,000 people could die. the panel projects the highest tsunami of up to 34 meters could hit the city of tosashimizu. the beautiful cape is a major tourist attraction. but there are no high grounds to evacuate. >> translator: 34 meters. that's so high. >> translator: would the tsunami be equivalent to an eight story building? >> there's an evacuation tower in the city center. but it's just 11 meters above sea level. residents no longer feel that will keep them safe. >> translator: we can't make it even if we climb that tower. >> the government says casualties can be cut by up to about 80% if people evacuate quickly and make use of safe buildings for shelter. it also says the number of collapsed buildings can be reduced by about 40% if more are made quake resistant. >>> a team of japanese architects has beaten 55 competitors to win the top prize at the venice vinala. they were given the award for designing a post community living in the tsunami struck north

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