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a wave of fresh air and sea government fury erupts in syria as more of its forces respond with crackdowns claiming that fighting. gloomy forecast for economic growth in france despite the country announcing new austerity measures of twelve billion euros cuts and tax cuts for the rich. and the republic up cause your vote for a new president through much of the country lying in ruins after years of struggling to make independence from. international news income and life from my headquarters in moscow where it's now just past eight pm and six pm in libya where british tornado jets of five cruise missiles that colonel gadhafi is command and control bunker in his hometown of sirte it comes despite natures previous denials that it would assist rebels in the hunt for the libyan leader and u.n. calls to arrest the leader not kill him all of these were financial reports now from tripoli. gadhafi still remains the goal number one for the rebels and since the beginning of the commission here in the libyan capital tripoli we've been hearing numerous reports and we've been here in numerous statements

for more than a year, the peacekeepers have been asking for 11,000 additional troops as well as air and sea support. but so far, no additional resources. >> you think there's an opportunity for the international community to rebuild mogadishu now, to move quickly? >> the time is now or never. the world has the ability today to destroy them in somalia. >> so there's an opportunity right now. time is short? >> absolutely. >> after 30 minutes in the market, the peacekeepers decide it's time to leave. they want to return to the relative safety of their base. night is coming, despite the gains of the last few days, mogadishu is a very dangerous place. joined by security analyst peter bergen and a correspondent who's spent a lot of time here. before we talk about al shabaab, you were caught there in a fire fight last week. you talked to the world food program who say they're running out of food. >> less than a month. >> less than a month of food supplies. >> talking about a huge shortfall. and people who aren't delivering on their pledges. >> historical situation compounded with the situation of

for more than a year, the peacekeepers have been asking for 11,000 additional troops as well as air and seano additional resources. >> you think there's an opportunity for the international community to rebuild mogadishu now, to move quickly? >> the time is now or never. the world has the ability today to destroy them in somalia. >> so there's an opportunity right now. time is short? >> absolutely. >> after 30 minutes in the market, the peacekeepers decide it's time to leave. they want to return to the relative safety of their base. night is coming, despite the gains of the last few days, mogadishu is a very dangerous place. joined by security analyst peter bergen and a correspondent who's spent a lot of time here. before we talk about al shabaab, you were caught there in a fire fight last week. you talked to the world food program who say they're running out of food. >> less than a month. >> less than a month of food supplies. >> talking about a huge shortfall. and people who aren't delivering on their pledges. >> historical situation compo d compounded with the situation of al shabaab tha

radioactive material spewed into the air and sea. the 20 kilometer evacuation zone was thrown up around the plant. later the government created an evacuation preparation zone. residents were largely left to choose whether to stay or go. higher levels of radiation, here marked in red, have spread far beyond these evacuation areas, however. covering densely populated areas like fukushima city. although some officials say the worst is over. >> not that much time has passeded since the accident. it is only five months now. i don't think radioactive material particles are spreading anymore. >> reporter: that view smacks of complacency to this motley group of volunteers. they'll spend their sunday cleaning up radioactive contaminants in one part of the city. >> it is bright and early. it is baking hot. but there is a large group of volunteers all around this house. it's the home of a woman. she is seven months pregnant. she still lives here. >> reporter: the government has offered little assistance and no guidance a on how to deal with rad

and thanks to the healthy sea breeze, not only are we seeing drizzle and mist in a few spots, but it's also keeping the airl-stirred up. and with that sea breeze reaching your inland valleys, still good for all of your outdoor plans. but if your outdoor plans include sunshine, stay toward the inland valleys. here is a satellite loop of the low cloud cover punched inland overnight and we will see the clouds retreat back to the coast as we head towards the afternoon. in terms of the sierra, a slight risk of afternoon shores mainly north of lake tahoe as instability fires up for the afternoon. temperatures around the sierra today should be comfortably into the low 80s. speaking of low 80s, some places around the bay area should see numbers in the 80s. san jose, 88 degrees for morgan hill, 86 for los gatos. san francisco, 65 degrees with patchy low clouds. numbers close to 70 around oakland and mid 80s inland. so the seven-day forecast for this time of year is actually still pretty mild. we will have a chance of getting some 90s back in our inland valleys probably as we get back to the start of the workweek. b

and 60s outside. a healthy sea breeze is providing for fantastic air quality. ally you have to talk about 90 degree temperatures and spare the air days. not the case with that strong sea breeze. we've got a strong ocean air conditioning effect. tomorrow morning, we will see drizzle on the coast and this surge means a cloudy start to friday and we'll get some sunshine towards the afternoon. what's interesting is what's happening a little further out. we had a large m-class solar flare erupt from the sun. you can see it here as we show you the transition to the x-ray vision. it was that flare which some of that energy is heading to the earth's upper atmosphere. with that type of solar flare, we could see the northern lights maybe trying to get into the northern part of the u.s. maybe by tomorrow night. so this is something interesting. hopefully the low clouds will break up. don't know if it's going to get as far south as the bay area, but some unusual space weather could be on the way courtesy of that solar flare. tomorrow morning, 50s and low clouds, drizzle to

the crew of the final space shuttle mission will be in new york to pay a visit to the intrepid sea, air, and space museum. it completed its last trip on atlantis in july ending the shuttle program. >>> it is the anniversary of the 19th amendment which gave women the right to vote on this day in 1920. tennessee gave the 19th amendment the two-thirds majority of state ratification necessary to make it the law of the land. >>> and happy birthday to robert redford. today the actor and director turns 75. >>> all day long you can stay on top of the latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc, and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news". finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. new details about an insurance policy taken out on missing american robyn gardner shortly before her trip to aruba. and oscar-nominated actress ann hathaway talks to matt lauer about upcoming roles, including "batman." >>> i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. ha

. >> temperatures are still below average, fog and sea breeze bringing free air-conditioning but that will reverse tomorrow and pull some heat into our neighborhoods and it could make it all the way out to the coast where unfortunately it will meet a strong flow coming in from the south, rip current is a big problem flew friday and saturday. beautiful picture as we look noub from sutro tower. you can see the clouds erasing from inland valleys the bay and matter of time, an hour or two before they start to erase from the coast. let's take a look at those temperatures. they are running mainly 59 in half moon bay. you still have a lot of 50s around the north bay and into the bayshore and south bay and 70s showing up around concord and fairfield. the sun has been out the longest there. monterey bay, still cloudy and this is where the clouds will the most stubborn to near 60 degrees. more sunshine but still cooler than average this afternoon. a quick warming trend, temperatures back above average tomorrow, friday and saturday. then we'll settle into a steady dry and seasonal pattern for th

government should in real time be able to check everybody out of the country on the air and sea boards and it's called xeit and it's for biometric exit that means when you leave the country they get your fingerprint or your eye scan so they can physically prove that you are you and we record all that data. now, that's -- it sounds like a commonsense idea until you think about the not insignificant many, many tens of millions of people that come and leave every day and how massive that database is and how doing that in real time is just really a challenge like putting a man on the moon and we spent -- if this goes under category of wasteful spending we spent a massive amount of money studying this problem and you can go to the homeland security and they can give you the 57 reasons why it doesn't really work. so this was the -- really a poison pill that was put in the visa waiver foreign law. so what happened when the department of homeland security was given authority to expand the visa waiver program and bring countries on if they met the additional security requirements and if their n

government should in real time be able to check everybody out of the country like walmart on the air and sea borders. it is called exit and the requirement is for biometric exit which basically means that when you leave the country they get your fingerprint or your eye scan or something, so they can physically prove you are you, and then we record all that data. that is not, it sounds like a commonsense idea until you think about the non-insignificant tens of millions of people that come and leave everyday and have massive that database is and how doing that in real-time is just really a challenge again to put a man on the moon. this goes under the category of wasteful spending. we have spent a massive amount of money studying this problem and you could go to the department of homeland security and they could give you 57 reasons why it doesn't really work. so this was really a poison pill that was put in the visa waiver law. when the department was given authority to expand the visa waiver program and ring countries on if they met the additional security will carmans and their numbers were c

a human river in a fresh air and filming toward the sea. then there were the contrast of building. among some of the truly fine structures, others have sprung up haphazardly, a brick schoolhouse or copper burn here, penitentiary or pounding. send the copyright depended on where you lived, down a rotten cellar door, straight ahead a plate glass window stuffed with gaudy cashmere's mlb must. held together by wire clothes lines. but foster failed to mention was the contrast between day and night because come nightfall the area around houston street would be overrun with people. customers in search of good food, good drink, good entertainment and yes, good sex. the area had become a center of the sex trade or everywhere in hotels in the private sufferings of restaurants and absurd streaky rooms in the that line the streets and streets were they handed out cards. walt whitman was certain that in no other place codifies show itself so it can be terribly. so, that is broadway. then i want to move on to my second place, which is the lawrence street school for colored children located a few

this is an invasion of land, sea, and air by which the impact will be strongly felt. not only by the club, but also by the community, and the environment, the businesses, the recreational components that have been undergoing this impact of what the america's cup is going to do to that waterfront is also going to be significant. there needs to be a plan of action which also shows concern and respects in the current activities. along with that, this is a special place in that when you look at the environmental impact, what the report is supposed to do, it identified the biological needs of those users. your the last of the top clubs along the waterfront. -- we are the last of two clubs along the waterfront. we are an endangered species. if you do not respect that, we haven't lived and swam and being active in san francisco bay for 134 years, we're not going to be around at the impact is significant to put us at risk and if the environmental impact studies take into account all these activities. [bell rings] president olague: if you merger name, just keep coming up to th

this is an invasion of land, sea, and air by which the impact will be strongly felt. not only by the club, but also by the community, and the environment, the businesses, the recreational components that have been undergoing this impact of what the america's cup is going to do to that waterfront is also going to be significant. there needs to be a plan of action which also shows concern and respects in the current activities. along with that, this is a special place in that

monterey bay, patchy drizzle and cloudy conditions mid to upper 50s. faster sea breeze and free aironditioning. mostly cloudy and comfortable again tonight. below average highs through the weekend. as far as compared to average, everybody well below from three agrees in san francisco, oakland four but check out napa and redwood city, 8 and 9 degrees cooler than average. >>> let's take a look what is going on. clouds continue to increase right now through about the 7:00 or 8:00 and by 9:00 we'll see a slight retreat or beginning of it in the east bay valleys and also in the south bay. clouds will pull back to the coast by noon and lingering clouds along the east bay shore. clouds along the coast will be more stubborn today. sigh more 50s. 60s and 70s dominate most neighborhoods. we'll have clouds around millbrae and 69. low to mid-70s for the rest of the peninsula today. 61 at half moon bay. that is one of the warmer spots. mid-60s downtown san francisco. 67 in sausalito. upper 50s to near 60 at your north bay beaches. over on the east bayshore, low to mid-70s oakland, berkeley and r

african union forces underresourced and undersupport cleveland only look on as the supplies roll in. >> extremists are receiving supplies from the sea and from the air >> reporter: but in spite of all this, the au is makie inine ina. the rods that lead to front line of mogadishu looks deserted. this is the new front line here in mogadishu. it's quite far from the northeast of the city. the last time we were here two years ago they controlled only a triangle of territory, the port, the airport, and the state house. today out of the. the expansion of the secured zone has given them the courage to seek refuge and aid in the capital and the au says given the resources it could do even more. >> the african countries need to do more. we cannot wait for anyone to come and do this job here. somalia is part of after ka. it's safer. we need more troops. we need more troops. of course, the entire world being affected by terrorism that. will do the job. >> reporter: after they left the front line, two au soldiers were killed in gun battle with two would-be suicide bombers. as they wait for that much needed support. getting job done here will continue to come at

which they say have infiltrated the area western media claimed the city was being shelled from the sea and air now what's the story here the story goes according to the protesters according to the opposition answer majority of the midwestern media sources is that there were a warship stationed right here in this bay and there were shelling this certainly part of the town which is all along the coastline right over there and the middle of that part of the town is the palestinian camp but you have secured mine that according to the u.s. administration who are obviously wanted to in this situation there were no warships stationed in this spate on the seventeenth of august or earlier when asked about the events that transpired people on the streets in the sunni part of latakia spoke of gunmen fighting government troops in the. story provoking forces so. some buildings were damaged but not significantly some people unwilling to speak on camera gave us views critical of the assad regime saying the government is to blame for failing to deliver a five month old promises of reforms this they say forced

now, during the day today, you might have noticed the clearing skies and enough of a sea breeze to keep airhe good range, but we did get the sunshine and as what happens with the north to south winds offshore, it will clear out the low clouds and mixing in the dry air and we have the late day clearing, but the pattern at night we see the pattern where the breeze picks up and clouds forming on the coast and pushing inlan and keeping the temperatures for the inner bay and coast mild as we wrap up the weekend. and to night, the temperatures are in the 50s and we hope that the low clouds hold off, because this should be the prime night for the perseid meteor shower and we have a full moon tonight, so you have to hope for a bright meteor to see it tonight. again, the perseid meteor shower look off to the sky to the right tonight. and comfortably cool around freemont and heading to oakland and san francisco and should be in the 660s and 70s, and east of castro valley and east of 680, that is where you will see the 80s and cool around the bay in morin county, and lakeport is 86. so a gorgeous day

and 55 degrees. sea breeze bringing in the marine air and low clouds across the bay. patchy fog in novato. look out for that in the morning commute, 50s around, sea breeze reaching fairfield, southwest winds at 21 miles per hour. typically the marine layer switched down to the coast but with those types of winds we're seeing it surging inland keeping the temperatures mild today. earlier start to the giants game, first pitch temperatures in the 60s, cooling into the low 60s later on during the day. satellite view looks dry. in fact it's about to turn cooler. this trough to the north is going to bring in a stronger sea breeze come tomorrow and going to do a number here. your seven-day forecast the rest of the week. today pretty nice, not exactly a typical august day as we're not seeing temperatures soar in the upper 90s but should get to low 90s around pleasanton and livermore, 70s to 80s for inland valleys. tomorrow 60s and 70s for highs. cool august temperatures weekend ahead also looking mild. mike. >> rob we have an update for the sig alert northbound 680 and mission boulevard. i don't th

. >> first of all, i wanted to applaud steve and peter for recognizing the importance of asia and air-sea battle. a lot of the challenges, however that are being faced, our air and space power. the u.s. being a stabilizing force in space, as you discuss some of your principles, how prominent will the considerations of the industrial base be to protect that give the u.s. that distinct and asymmetrical foreign policy freedom of action that relies upon global warming and surveillance that relies upon air mobility that rely upon our ability to have air superiority to reach out to touch the world and make effects were needed. >> before we get the response, ma'am, over to you. >> thank you for bringing up the balanced approach with asia. my question has to do with business. that is our whole focus. i believe the next battle will be economic, and right here in america. could you address why we are cutting the budget? would there be a purpose to build capacity among small businesses here, in defense of our own jobs, to protect jobs for veterans? in case the chinese come here and established compa

and 60s outside. the sea breeze continues to reach all the way into fairfield and around the altamont pass tonight. great news for air quality. it has been a summer of only two spare the air days. and i don't think we're going to see any this week of temperatures staying mild, thanks to the sea breeze, which is keeping things comfortable. satellite view doesn't show a whole lot. by tomorrow morning, the computer molds do start to bring the low clouds in, probably like we had this morning. just some low clouds around the inner bay. patchy low clouds on the coast. and as we head towards the afternoon, the low clouds backing off once again. and the pattern repeats itself as we're spinning a broken record. into tuesday the low clouds return for the morning there. and as we head towards the afternoon, things will clear out once again. and this will actually lead to kind of a slight warm-up. i think tuesday afternoon into wednesday, we'll see the marine layer get squished down. and i think middle part of the week will be the best chance of seeing mid 90s in some of the inland valleys. for the morning, though, patches of lo

and air at the lower level flows from high to low. persistent onshore flow and temperatures below average and sea breeze will get stronger sunday and especiallyonday and tuesday. those look to be the coolest days in the forecast. have a great day. here is sue. >>> good morning. kristen was mentioning possible bart delays due to protests. right now i want to tell you there are no delays whatsoever and we'll follow that for you. all mass transit is running on time. a reminder, a festival in golden gate park beginning tomorrow and all entrances will be closed and neighboring streets will be jam packed. its three-day festival. walnut creek, 680 is moving well as you head toward the 24 junction and no problems reporting overnight road work. >>> thanks so much. go to our website at abc7news.com any time. for the latest on bay area traffic. look on the left-hand side. >> two women who were seriously hurt in a house fire in san francisco's pacific heights have died from their injuries. firefighters put out fighter on a house on jackson near octavia streets. 48-year-old woman and her 67-year-old caregiver were inside. they were rushed to the hospital

and our economy. is >>> disasters. we witness far too many of them from 9/11 to hurricane katrina, but did you know land, sea and air robots rescue missions. why? they can do a lot of things like we can't, like search mercky water for hours on end, and squeeze through tiny openings. pretty cool, right? one of the masterminds behind one of the evolving creatures joins me now for today's big eye. tell us how your search and rescue center came about? >> the center started before 9/11. it was taking advantage of a lot of technology and the teams working on what became the robots that you see in "the hurt locker", and using that for applications such as search and rescue. >> how were they used in japan, say, after the earthquake and tsunami? >> most people are surprised to hear that we took the marine vehicles, the water-based vehicles, and we were called in within three days of the disaster, and we could not get there until april because of the travel restrictions with their l infrastructure inspected. you had 400 miles of devastation along the coast, so that meant everybody's bridges is out. everybody's port is closed. there'

right through the bay area weekend and of course very helpful for air quality when you bring this seabreeze in. low fire danger and good visibility. we would be keeping the low pressure to the north, that's not the case, this summer we have a low pressure center and really in the winter too that's just continuing this pattern of pumping cool moist air into the bay region. fog and drizzle into the forecast not only for tomorrow but that's how it's been all summer and that's how it's going to continue. the long range forecast don't warm us up any time soon. for your friday, already to the weekend, we have lots of low 80s. there are some people out there that would like to see a little bit of sunshine. doesn't look like that's going to happen for a week or two. >>> tropical storm emily has broken apart and no longer threatening to become a hurricane: but before that the storm brought strong winds and more than 5-inches of rain to the dominican republic. more than 5,000 people were evacuated to higher ground. 80 on the other side of the island of espaniola also saw heavy rain but it wasn'

right through the bay area weekend and of course very helpful for air quality when you bring this sea in. low fire danger and good visibility. we would be keeping the low pressure to the north, that's not the case, this summer we have a low pressure center and really in the winter too that's just continuing this pattern of pumping cool moist air into the bay region. fog and drizzle into the forecast not only for tomorrow but that's how it's been all summer and that's how it's going to continue. the long range forecast don't warm us up any time soon. for your friday, already to the weekend, we have lots of low 80s. there are some people out there that would like to see a little bit of sunshine. doesn't look like that's going to happen for a week or two. >>> tropical storm emily has broken apart and no longer threatening to become a hurricane: but before that the storm brought strong winds and more than 5-inches of rain to the dominican republic. more than 5,000 people were evacuated to higher ground. 80 on the other side of the island of espaniola also saw heavy rain but it wasn't as b

wind, healthy sea breeze wloing in and low clouds and reduced visibility. you will run into low clouds, good news for airuality. green across the board thanks to the healthy sea breeze keeping our temperatures cool for august standards. no worries about thunder. the thunder which has been flaring up over the sierra should head to the east as winds switch southwesterly. another system approaching the west coast is going to reinforce sea breeze. the first day of august only warming into the 80s. about 64 for san francisco, upper 60s in oakland, north bay highs mainly in the 60s from petaluma to santa rosa, then we cool off through the first weekend of august. >> thank you very much. 6:20 now. coming up on today in the bay, napa turninging red lights back on. >> there is such a high demand that we're going to use robots to start them. >> some minor slowing but the southbound side a closure, a disabled truck on the peninsula and a couple of incidents for the east bay. it's getting busy. mildew, and grime from out of the porous caverns of grout takes the right tools, but it also takes a gentle, caring touch.

seems like some of the weapons have been even mortars they have been firing into the air and out to sea here. this is of course a coastal town. there is a lot of jubilation here in benghazi at this point in time. there's people who are driving through the streets, of course, waving the rebel flag and a lot of them of course firing in the air as well. we will join those celebrations in a couple of minutes and head over to the main square here of benghazi, where as you said, this uprising essentially began when the people here rose up against the gadhafi military, there was a big battle at a military base outside of benghazi where the people managed to take the military base and equip themselves for the first time with some substantial weapons. as michael said before, there were people here also who were fighting, going to the front lines without weapons at the very beginning. so this town has been through a lot in the past couple months. you can certainly see a lot of that weight seemingly falling off at this point in time. >> want to interrupt very quickly, if we can just take a moment