it was not like anything that was going down in the south pacific.ters that i created. >> to lend it realism, pappy boyington was hired as a consultant. it ran for two years. >> anything accurate about it? >> yes. three things. the squadron designation was 214. the commanding officer was greg boyington. and the airplane was a corsair. we never saw nurses. i didn't run around in starch khaki, did you? >> no. >> henry stayed in the marines until he retired as a lieutenant colonel in 1961. for 18 years he started navigational systems. >> i'm proud of the time i put in the corps. >> alan retired in 1966 as a marine colonel. tom emrick would go on as a 30-year pilot for twa. and the black sheep squadron would take its rightful place in marine aviation history. was there something unique about this guy that made this squadron special? >> he was the right guy at the right time. we were at the right place at the right time and we all felt that we were very lucky to be in a squadron by boyington. >> on 11 january, 1988, at the edge of 75, pappy boyington died

obviously the south pacific is a huge geographic area. they would have to pick a place on the map that is depopulated, no islands or native populations there. the challenge with all of this, radioactivity spreads all over the planet and this is why nobody does these type of tests anymore. we have to be concerned. the other thing we have to keep in mind is he might be bluffing. he didn't attack guam or fire missiles near guam when he said he would. what he could do is fire's and icbm not nuclear armed but drop the payload two or 300 miles off the coast to prove he has the range to hit the united states. i think that is the real possibility. >> julie: thank you very much. you are not a dotard. jon, on the other hand, that is up for debate. >> jon: the search for more survivors, a sliver of hope in mexico city, a girl who was believed to be trapped alive in the rubble might not have existed at all. plus, a dire situation in puerto rico after hurricane maria, many are without power, food, and water and not getting the help they need. steve ha

as a volcano threatens to erupt in the south pacific nation of vanuatu. e manaro volca >>> more than 7,000 people have been forced to evacuate as a volcano threatens to erupt in the south pacific nation of vanuatu. a volcano has been active but a recent increase in activity raised concerns of a major eruption. about 10,000 people live on the island. those close to the volcano have been moved to areas of the island less vulnerable. >>> clothes, computers and a pet turtle named rufus were all this corona man could grab as he rushed from his home during the canyon fire in southern california. he and others in the area spent monday night in a ralphs parking lot as 500 firefighters stopped the flames from reaching suburban neighborhoods. the store's night manager saw more people gathering and called her boss to ask if they should stay open the rest of the night. the answer was yes but the help didn't stop there. >> they had a little table set one coffee, some danish, fruit, milk, stuff like that. and they asked to continue until lunchtime with sandwiches, gato

but i only saw one one time before i got to the south pacific. >> what did you think when you saw thathape out there? >> great. anxious to try it. >> with few actual planes available for training, you learn to fly the corsair by the book. >> they gave you the handbook. then you come back and they put you in the cockpit and blind fold you and say point out the throttle. point out the landing gear. and then they say, okay, you're checked out. hop in and away you go. >> what they lacked in seat time, they made up for on the ground. >> he was a very aggressive guy. imaginative. loved to fight. wanted to get in a fight. he got all the paint taken off his aircraft so it was silver and easy to say. he said if i can't find them, maybe they can find me. >> the black sheep's first mission came on september 14, 1943. flying escort for a bombing run, a typical assignment at the beginning of their first tour. >> usually we flew two missions a day. most of them were boring as patrols and searches, things like that. >> it's very difficult to get a dill when you're escorting the bombers, because you'r

talk about maybe the south pacific, maybe off the coast of california, that is possible, but i thinkhat's where it goes next. >> does it bother you? >> it frightens me, to be honest with you. my big fear is that the north koreans would actually put a nuclear war head on an end of that missile and do an atmospheric test. in that situation, i don't think there's any way they would do it off the coast of california, but if they wanted to test the full range of their icbm, the south pacific is actually perfect. that's about 10,000 kilometers from north korea, in a somewhat isolated area, there are islands there, that has decently large populations, about 20,000 people but it would still put nuclear and radioactive in the atmosphere and that's horrific and there's something nobody should do anymore. arthel: chancellor merkel re-elected as the leader of germany. does this verbal volley between president trump and pyongyang position merkel more of a prominent leader on the world stage? >> i mean i think to a certain extent. i think merkel's number one concerns are for what's happening in th

only moments ago new video from the south pacific nation including this infrared video and we are keepingye on that area because a volcano could erupt at any moment. right now about 7,000 people have fled their homes. the name of the volcano is monaro. there has been a ramp up of activity. right now the entire -- nearly the entire island population is evacuated. reggie? >> thanks, jess. >>> an oakland brewery and restaurant will close after 29 years in business. the owners of pacific coast say they made the decision because uncertainty over their lease and changes in the bay area restaurant industry. they thanked loyal guests and dedicated employees. >>> uber is making it easier to call you out if you're not behaving yourself. a selected list of reasons why they're giving you a low rating. if you get a low rating twice you will get a message. >>> big changes are in the works for san francisco's asian art museum. the museum unveiled plans for a $90 million expansion and remodeling. they expect to break ground next year on a state-of-the-art exhibition pavilion open out of an outdoor roofto

has one for you wages but i wanted it that you know what i view south pacific and global produced some of its most infamous journalism juror in that twenty one year period in january nine hundred eighty four hundreds of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of sao paolo demanding a return to democracy global could not ignore the story but instead of reporting the facts it told its viewers that what they were watching was a celebration fest and some power was also squatters samples it think than a school my thinking and thoughts on any of the artists. in one thousand nine hundred nine in brazil's first national election in more than two decades a debate took place between global's favored candidate sort of nando politics and the leftist candidate lula da silva actually there were two debates the one that really happened and the version of globo edited heavily and put on the air. by risk of the way the debate was edited was one of the biggest scandals in brazilian television history. all goes well. it showed the best of caloric and the worst of lula if done with any luck today h

. >> the magnitude 8.2 quake hit off the country's south pacific coast. according to the mexican president it was the strongest to hit the country in a century. while the capital seems to have been spared major damage the effects in the southern states of chiapas and juihaca are expected to be more severe. unfortunately, we have already received reports of loss of human life and material damage we can't yet quantify. we will do that in the coming hours and days to learn what damage the earthquake has caused. >> authorities issued a tsunami warning for mexico and several neighboring countries but they worry more about the aftershocks that rattled the country potentially causing greater damage. >> to learn more about the massive earthquake in mexico, let's talk to our journalist in mexico city. the aftershocks there continuing. how are people dealing with this? >> here in mexico city regular life is pretty much taking its normal turn. the city wasn't much affected and everything continues to work. but in the southern states, the ones more affected by the qu

6,000 people have been moved to emergency shelters on vanuatu's northern island, ambae, in the south pacificolcano there threatens to erupt. the volcano stirred earlier this month, but intensified over the weekend, and began emitting ash and volcanic gas. the last eruption was back in in 2005. this is the scene in the ugandan parliament earlier. punches were thrown, and some chairs, as tensions grow because of an attempt to remove the presidential age limit. under the constitution, a person standing for president must be younger than 75, meaning the current head of state, yoweri museveni, is ineligible to run in the next polls in 2021. there has been a major trial getting under way in hong kong. well, a retrial, to be more accurate. the territory's former chief executive donald tsang is facing bribery charges over the refurbishment of a penthouse apartment paid for by a media company which was subsequently awarded a radio station licence. on tuesday, he entered a not guilty plea. he was found guilty of misconduct in public office in february, but that jury failed to reach a verdict on a char

. >>> now to the south pacific. a threatening volcano forced 6,000 people from their homes. the volcano is releasing ash and gas. this past weekend the government set up 15 emergency sites for evacuees, the country is considered part of the pacific ring of fire. >>> and this weekend, the florida keys will open for tourists. repairs to the area's water and power supplies are being completed ahead of schedule. the key west and marathon airports have reopened. however, many hotels and tourist facilities are still closed for long-term repairs. >>> and this afternoon, dogs and cats rescued from hurricane irma and harvey will arrive at the spca headquarters in philadelphia. they'll be treated, and then the animals will be available for adoption. a month after hurricane harvey blasted through southeastern texas, pets are now being reunited with their human families there. a pet reunion pavillion is now open for houston families who got separated from their pets. volunteers are caring for about 500 displaced cats and dogs. >>> 4:15. you have fall activities planned with the family?

about 50 refugees from australian backed detention camps in south pacific nations would receive confirmation letters under the u.s. refugee administration program --ed a missions program in coming days. the state department confirmed on wednesday that 54 refugees have been given approval. decisions on some 1,200 other refugees were exspected in due course. next up is dwight, houston, texas. independent line. caller: my basic suggestion is clean our own house first before we start getting involved conflicts. clean our we have been trying to tell everybody else how to live instead of cleaning our own house. human health care programs have been neglected for umpteen years. we keep trying to tell everybody else how to live. basically conflicts. we should we should really try and have our own constitutional convention. and the texas constitution you can divide texas up to five different states. that way blacks, hispanics, and other minorities may be able to have some true representation in the senate. there are several other ways we should be able to divide up, or at least get some representation

sharing pictures of people there was one example people on a boat big big men on a boat in the south pacific saying that these are refugees coming to europe but they were and doing that's kind of that kind of reverse image search is how we can spot that but what it ends up happening in places like burma. or myanmar is they affect how people understand each other and it can affect how people vote and it can affect how people in some cases treat the other people in their society and that can be dangerous i mean we rely on everyone treating each other fairly and based on truth if there's this kind of this information's being shared around and people misunderstanding who they're dealing with on a regular basis and that can be dangerous that this is the houston news and audience is the houston news and this looks like a valid website headline here british billionaire richard branson assaulted and robbed by gunmen in his neck island home some very disturbing pictures but there's a but here what's the bot. well i mean this is actually an older story which about some was involved in acts and about f

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and the south pacific nation of vanuatu has ordered the complete evacuation of one of its islands because of a possible volcanic eruption there menar on amby island has been spewing rocks and asked for several days but seven thousand people in emergency shelters are facing food and water shortages the government on vanuatu has now ordered everyone to leave the island. the climb is being killed by falling rock on one of the most famous mountains in the united states el capitan towers more than one thousand meters above you sent a messy national park in california thirty climbers were on the rock face when a chunk of granite crashed on woods' helicopter to an injured mountainy at a hospital. a trade dispute is threatening the jobs of thousands of aircraft workers on both sides of the atlantic now the argument is between the u.s. company boeing and the canadian company bond body it has a factory in northern ireland and u.k. jobs are threatened because the americans are now imposing a tariff on foreign builds planes daniel lak has the story from toronto several years behind schedule and more

he served honorably in the south pacific command, eventually became an officer in charge in the solomonarged in 1946, he didn't retire from the u.s. naval reserve until 20 years later in 1996. during which time, he served as the u.s. congressman, u.s. senator and vice president of the united states. as president, richard nixon's commitment to the u.s. military was unwavering. upon entering office he face the reality that young men had been shipped off by the thousands to fight in the jungles of vietnam. facing that challenge, richard nixon focused on negotiating the end to american involvement in vietnam and brought our soldiers home. he negotiated the release of all pows from the prisons of north vietnam and welcome them home in 1973. he ended the draft and instituted today's all volunteer military. today's secretary of defense, james mattis, recently visited the nixon library, and from this very podium said, an enemy on 911 who thought he could scare us by hurting us, the maniacs who murdered over 3000 innocent citizens of our country and 70 other countries that day have all been taug

from his bravery in the south pacific to his steadfastness during the cuban missile crisis. for those of us who remember him, it was a time of promise, renewal, progress. for those of us who do not, and his legacy has shaped our national understanding of what public service means. in my office at the capital, kennedy and it is a miniature of the bust that is in the kennedy center that was given to me by my mother in 1973 and i was a member of the maryland state senate and she gave it to me. -- she gave it to me for my birthday, because she knew what an impact kennedy made on my life. it was a reminder of the values thewhich he stood and courage with which he stood for them. john kennedy came to the campus of the university of maryland in and he spoke, as i'm sure he 1959, spoke to hundreds of thousands of young people in this audience, about what we could do to make a difference and what we ought to do to make a difference. in short, ask not what our country could do for us, but what we could do for our country. when president kennedy went to amherst college to eulogize robe

it was a 6.1 quake, centered in the south pacific, 140 miles west of aquan island, in the ring of fire, known for seismic activity. there was no tsunami warning, though, and no word of any damage. stay with ktvu and ktvu.com for continuing coverage. >>> now hurricane maria, a category 5 storm leaving it's mark on the cares island of martinique. french officials say about 25,000 households are without power tonight, and two small towns are without potable water. >> barbuda is in ruins because of hurricane irma, and now they are directly in the path of hurricane maria. the storm is expected to hit sometime tonight. right now strong winds and heavy surf and reached the islands. there is some flooding, but so far no homes have been damaged from maria and no injuries reported. >> storm preparations are underway in puerto rico tonight as they prepare for a direct hit from the storm. a dire warning is being sent out to quote evacuate or die. puerto rico's governor warned the storm could hit with force and violence not seen for several generations. >> let's bring in bill martin now, tracking h

. >> new reports tonight that north korea could test a hydrogen bomb in the south pacific. this comes after north korea leader kim young hundred called president trump mentally deranged saying that he'll contain trump with quote, fire. the responses to trump's united nations speech on tuesday when he referred to the north korea leader as rocket man and threatened to totally destroy the country. us officials have stressed the use of zimmerman mattic options as tensions rice today the president signed an executive order toughening financial sanctions on north korea. the order allows the trump administration to cut off trade with international companies that choose to continue doing business with the rogue nation. for much too long north korea has been allow to abuse the international financial system to facilitate funding for its nuclear weapons and missile programs. the president made the at the try lateral working lunch with the leaders of south korea and japan. today's actions will soften the ability to dry up the flow of municipal, tech, goods and services into north kore

in the south pa >>> happening now, continuing concern about a possible volcano eruption in the south pacificthis morning, 75,000 people evacuated over concerns that it will erupt. it's a story we'll continue to watch. >>> 5:24. new this morning, we are hearing disturbing details on the parents of otto warmbier. >> he was taken into custody, accused of stealing a souvenir poster. in an emotional interview on fox, fred and cindy revealed how their son was tortured 17 months in a north korean prison and sent home in a coma. >> he had a shaved head, feeding tube out of his nose. he was steering blankly, jerking. he was blind. he was deaf. as we looked at him and tried to comfort him, it looked like someone took a pair of pliers and rearranged the bottom teeth. >> heart breaking. tensions are escalating between the u.s. and north korea. secretary of state says it goal is still a diplomatic solution. the pentagon has seen no sign of military threat from north korea. >>> 5:25. new this morning, the california state university system is opening another food pantry for students in need. it is opening

volcano has forced a complete evacuation of the population of ember island in vain r two in the south pacific the men are opal cane has been spewing rocks and ash for days seven thousand islanders who are in emergency shelters are facing food and water shortages. hugh hefner the founder of playboy magazine has died at the age of ninety one the men's magazine first appeared more than sixty years ago hefner quickly rose to fame after its an all girl issue was published in december one nine hundred fifty three featuring a nude marilyn monroe at its height in the one nine hundred seventy s. playboy had a monthly circulation of more than seven million and ran a global chain of nightclubs casinos and resorts. still ahead on the. i robot bride in tokyo at the opening of a museum to one of japan's most important living artists eighty eight years old and still as prolific as ever. and the major league baseball champions the chicago cubs add another title to that connection details in sport. yeah. yeah. in japan the artist known as the queen of polka dots now has a permanent home to exhibit her work fr

category-1 storm on the eastern gulf coast one day after an 8.1 earthquake struck the country's south pacific coast. around 70 aftershocks have since been recorded. that quake the strongest to hit mexico in more than a century. at least 61 people have died in the twin national emergencies, with the death toll likely to rise. >>> all eyes north korea this morning with fears that nation would celebrate its founding anniversary with another intercontinental ballistic missile test. so far no movements have been detected. it comes one week after the rogue nation conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test. in response, the united states is calling for a vote monday on a u.n. resolution that would impose the toughest-ever sanctions on north korea. >>> this morning the ntsb is investigating a helicopter crash that killed country music star troy entgentry. it went down near medford, new jersey. it happened hours before a scheduled montgomery gentry concert in new jersey. the pilot on board was also killed. troy gentry was 50 years old. >>> it will be an all-american final at the u.s. open toda

to the south pacific u.s. territory. they didn't do that. as my colleague hans nichols mentioned, they were actually lobbing this missile well, you know, about a couple hundred miles east of japan. now, prime minister shinzo abe, he came out in a very terse statement this morning to the media. as he was walking into his office. and he called on the international community to come together and to try to put more pressure on to the north koreans. he said of course that this was unacceptable, and he said there wasn't going to be any good end for the north koreans if they continued down this path. and of course we know that shinzo abe has a very interesting somewhat intimate relationship with donald trump. he's actually gotten along very well with this new president. and in many ways, shinzo abe, i've talked to analysts here, political analysts. they're saying shipzo abe's sort of right wing, more nationalist viewpoint, has actually been buoyed by these tests by the north koreans. people here look to shinzo abe and want to see a more robust defe

associated with uniform service veterans returning from tropical regions like southeast asia and the south pacific during world war two small domestic studies have shown infection in rural appalachian but the highest rates in the united states come from immigrant populations this is mainly because the warmly. lives in warm moist climates or in rural and agricultural areas and it mainly affects those who are institutionalized or economically disadvantaged researchers suggest that up to sixty percent of indigenous australians carry this infection the worm is incredibly hard to detect but anti parasitic drugs can get rid of the parasites when they are detected however many have now become drug resistant and therefore they can remain with a host for life researchers say the only way to abolish these parasites is to make sure that people even know that they exist awareness they say it will lead to more research and better treatment for what they say is the most neglected tropical disease on the planet in los angeles brigitta santos r t. scientists say they found a solution for chronic pain researchers

that is midweek across south asia. asia—pacific the monsoon, it doesn'tjust happen across south asia, it extends to southeast asia, south china sea, into the philippines. it's one big system there, notice some break in the rainstorms across borneo and jakarta. from the tropics to the uk and we have rain on the way. nothing too heavy but nonetheless some damp weather for western parts of the country into one state. by early morning, there will be some rain in the northern ireland, western parts of scotland, and thickening cloud, damp weather reaching cornwall, devon, western parts of wales on wednesday. many eastern parts of the country will stay dry and we will have sunshine and one or two shots telemachus pots with temperatures up to 21 degrees. rutherford the weekend... these are some of the main stories, in mexico, magnitude 7.1 earthquake, these are some of the early pictures, we welcome back to the story in a couple of moments. donald trump is saying he is prepared to destroy north korea... rocket man is ona destroy north kore

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south. missing the pacific rim region china's economy japan south korea taiwan they're all absolutely dependent on stability in the pacific rim region and that's really kim's knowledge of it as well that he knows what's on his side and he knows the concerns of the other countries what will these sanctions do what kind of an impact will they have no countries had to put up with this it's very difficult to ascertain right now because we've never dealt with a government like north korea's where the elite not just kim jong un but the military leaders around him and those who help prop up that government in power really have no regard for the well being of their citizens so you have twenty six million north koreans whose well being is of no concern as long as that lifestyle for the regime is upheld and they're able to protect their borders and sustain military control i'm not sure how much they'll be caring about the people do you think these sanctions are strict enough that they could cause some social unrest within north korea and maybe kim could lose his grip that's a very tough question to answe

threatening to sink japan, the rogue nation has reportedly fired off another missile over the pacific. south korea's military says that it was launched from the airport in pyongyang and flew over japan before landing in the ocean, a possible response to a new round of u.n. sanctions. >>> the city of san jose is taking legal action against the trump administration. today the mayor and city council filed a lawsuit over the plan to end daca. president trump has apparently reached a deal with democrats on he replacing the program. there are questions whether republicans are onboard. >> reporter: ken and liz, one thing is clear. the president and leaders from both parties are sympathetic to the so-called dreamers, and they are eager to find a solution. as we saw today, setting the terms of a new daca deal won't be easy. president trump and democratic leaders appeared to be in agreement about working on a solution that would allow daca recipients to stay in the country. >> not looking at citizenship. we're not looking at amnesty. we're looking at allowing people to stay here. >> we're not looking

pacific ocean . or earlier i asked correspondent jason strother in south korea whether north korea's threat to test a hydrogen bomb over the pacific is credible. well right now there is no indication that such a test is being prepared i haven't seen anything from south korean intelligence indicating that preparations are under way i mean and quite frankly depending on how the test was conducted let's say taking a a barge out into the middle of the pacific or even dropping it via an airplane i mean that would open up north korea to potential attack or retaliation from japan and or the united states of course if north korea were to shoot a missile carrying a nuclear warhead into the pacific it would certainly demonstrate that it has mastered the technology to mount a warhead onto a rocket when trump announced new sanctions yesterday on korea he made an interesting intriguing remark jason let's listen in china central bank has told their other vacs it's a massive banking system to immediately stop doing business with north korea just happened just reported so president trump there saying the that he's g

it had a magnitude of eight and struckjust off the pacific coast to the south of the country.exico city, hundreds of miles away. the tremor is reported to have lasted about a minute. sarah campbell has more. a bowling alley in chiapas, the closest state to the quake's epicentre. this is a country used to earthquakes, but not of that magnitude. 600 miles away, the tremors rocked mexico city. frightened, some people preferred to stay outdoors. many can still remember the earthquake of 1985 which was similar in magnitude, and which killed around 10,000 people. translation: it was horrible. i never felt anything so scary in my life. it was small at first, but then it started shaking a lot and it felt like we were getting thrown around. it was terrible. as pictures have emerged from the most severely hit areas, the death toll has continued to rise. the fear is there may be more shocks to come. translation: so far there have been 65 aftershocks. the strongest was magnitude 6.1. however, it's possible that over the next 2a hours we could see a shock that's as strong as the earthquake

knew that you would find the aliens that you can't do that's like sending captain cook into the south pacific in the eighteenth century hey i want to guarantee you're going to find something interesting you can't guarantee that but the amount of money required to do these sort of science is very small it's a few million dollars a year which by the standards of any nasa program or any other major science research program is terribly small at the moment it's all being done with private donations so fascinating and we truly appreciate your time step back at the seti institute thank you thank you and before we go don't forget to tune in for larry king now later this evening tonight for gas is a stand up comedian and television host w. kamau bell here's a snippet of what's to come one of the most memorable moments for this year you you talk to right leader white supremacist which is spencer first why'd you pick him first of all thank you for calling what's promise is not everybody will do that at the time we picked him it was because he was not as famous as he is now we were trying to find some we

it struck off the pacific coast to the south of the country, with a magnitude of 8.1, and was felt asorth as mexico city. sophie long reports. daylight revealed the destruction the most powerful quake to hit mexico in decades had delivered. in less than a minute, yucatan‘s town hall was reduced to rubble. at least 17 of its citizens were killed. translation: it was all horrific. everything collapsed, everything. the truth — i have no words to explain what happened. look at my home, everything is destroyed. this is the moment it hit a bowling alley in chiapas, the closest state to the quake‘s epicentre. 600 miles away, the tremors rocked mexico city. as people pick through the remnants of their lives, there are fears that there could be more strong aftershocks to come. translation: so far, there have been 65 aftershocks. the strongest was magnitude 6.1. however, it's possible that, over the next 2a hours, we could see a shock that's as strong as the earthquake. this is a country used to earthquakes, but not of this magnitude. it has left families devastated, and infrastructure destroye

south korea fired its 3700 kilometres across japan and into the pacific, the same distance as the uso they are both sending pretty clear messages and we aren't seeing any sign that there is aren't seeing any sign that there is a way to move toward talks. it doesn't seem to matter how much pressure is piled on north korea, they're not going to give up those nuclear weapons without some sort of dialogue. thanks for the moment. after one of the longest voyages of discovery in the history of space exploration, nasa's cassini probe is on its final mission, a mission to self destruct. the £3 -- the £3 —— three billion pound probe will ditch later today. it has discovered frozen seas and earth—like moons, and taken us closer than ever to saturn's rings but now, running low on fuel, it has been set on a crash course, as rebecca morelle reports. closing in on oblivion. after 20 years of exploration, the cassini spacecraft running out of fuel, and has been set on a death dive into saturn's thick atmosphere. it's a mission that's transformed our view of the giant planet and its rings. but for t

thomas reports with tensions on the korean peninsula building south korea on monday hosted a conference of military leaders from across asia pacific giving the keynote address was a former south korean minister who's also head to the united nations i'd like to remind north korea. no single nation has or survived is a fate. you know your city united international community in the course of history. in the south rising tensions are having an economic impact at an hour from seoul it's easy to see into the demilitarized zone the d.m.z. and beyond that the mountains of north korea the lookout has long been a tourist site people can even take a train from here just inside the d.m.z. and despite the tensions some visitors are still coming for me my tickets were booked when advanced so i had to make it and we kept checking the news just to make sure that everything's kind of ok my sister was very white and this is actually getting married next week and she was very worried that something was going to happen to me and i would be able to make it back say is that she was quite common and us has such a large military presence here and so many

nuclear test when he suggested that it may be considering designating a hydrogen bomb in the pacific and south korea's government remains on high alert for another missile launch or nuclear test as early as next month perhaps to coincide with key dates october the tenth north korea marks foundation day and october the eighteenth is when china will open its communist party congress and in the past north korea has upstaged major events in china with provocative acts kathy novak in seoul thank you for that meanwhile beijing says any north korean companies operating in china will have to shut down by january the u.s. has been pressuring china to force him to give up its nuclear ambitions the chinese vice for me and you young dong is currently visiting the united states has been meeting secretary of state rex tillerson in washington and will also meet president trump at speak to agent brown in beijing now agent so the chinese we know have been under a lot of pressure from the americans to do more so what are we to make of these economic measures of announce how much is this going to hurt north kore

south korea's military said the missile was launched towards the east, from sunan near the north korean capital pyongyang. it flew 3,700 kilometres over the island of hokkaido and crashed into the pacific 2,000 kilometres east of cape erimo. the un security council is to meet in emergency session later on friday to discuss the crisis. stephen mcdonell reports from the south korean capital seoul. the south korean response was swift. it launched its own missiles into the sea following north korea's ballistic missile test. this region is again on high alert. in seoul, the president called an emergency meeting of the national security council. he said, in this climate, dialogue is impossible, adding that his country must prepare for potential attacks from the north, including biological and chemical weapons. earlier, north korea testify —— test fired a ballistic missile, the first such launched since the rate —— latest round of sanctions against the isolated regime. it blew 3700 kilometres, landing in the pacific ocean according to south korea'sjoint chiefs of staff. the missile passed over the northern japanese island of hokkaido, setting off alarms there are. warnings went out in the med

it traveled for man 2300 miles before landing in the pacific. south korea launched its own missile drills. defense secretary jim mattis slammed north korea's latest launch calling it wreckless. and a special ops soldier is killed and seven others hurt during explosion training in fort bragg. the fallen soldier identified as staff sergeant alexander delitta. he was serving his country proudly and happiest he has ever been. that's heart breaking. comes just two days after sean dei have died after helicopter training in fort hood. fighting for isis in syria, not clear when or where that surrender took place, but some reports say it all went down in northern syria. the unidentified man is not the first american to be captured fighting for the terror group. more than 100 americans have been charged with helping or trying to help isis. and harvard is now rescinding chelsea manning's visiting calling it a mistake after major backlash one of the biggest leakers of all time. comes hours after michael morell resigned from his post over that move. mike pompeo pu

. >> the quake centered in the pacific ocean south of the state of chapias. hundreds of buildings were damaged or collapsed. power was cut off to more than one million people. >> buildings swayed and electricity was knocked out in parts of the capital city as well. individual state governors now reporting on camp. latest reports are that 32 people have been confirmed dead, many of them coming from the southern state of chapias, oaxaca and tabasco. the consulate are telling mexican nationals here to contact the authority so information can flow both ways. >> you can go directly to the webpage in the internet, from the sill protection system. and also, you can get into the secretary the united nations webpage and, of course, the mexican consulate is here to tell you. >> guatemalan authority are issuing a preliminary report that one person died. that initial report saying that there has been damage to the cities and villages along mexican border. the quake struck just as mexican emergency officials were preparing for hurricane katia to make land call. that storm

with tensions on the korean peninsula building south korea on monday hosted a conference of military leaders from across asia pacific giving the keynote address was a former south korean minister who's also head to the united nations i'd like to remind north korea that no single nation has or survived is a fate against you now you are sitting united international community in the course of history. in the south rising tensions are having an economic impact at an hour from seoul it's easy to see into the demilitarized zone the d.m.z. and beyond that the mountains of north korea the lookout has long been a tourist site people can even take a train from here just inside the d.m.z. and despite the tensions some visitors are still coming for me my tickets were booked when advanced so i had to make it and we kept checking the news just to make sure that everything's kind of ok my sister was very white and this is actually getting married next week and she was very worried that something was going to happen to me and i would be able to make it back say is that she was quite. a large military presence here and so many civil

has fired a missile that flew over japan's northern kaito province and to the pacific ocean japan condemned the launch south korean president. view and said dialogue with the north was impossible at this point. the move by pyongyang prompted strong international reaction urgency united nations security council meeting was called. urged all nations to take a new measures against north korea. or national history satellite imagery to highlight what it calls an orchestrated campaign to burn villages and me and mar rights group says it is detected up to eighty large fires in rakhine states and a military crackdown began and august. back to the north korea crisis stephen naggy is a senior associate professor of politics at the international christian university he joins us on skype from tokyo and we appreciate your time so much. let's talk about what what are japan's practical options to actually defend itself in a situation like this. well at this stage it's to pan has a few different options in terms of protecting itself one is a terrestrial base a just system and the second is the sea bass navy ages these are