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alex: i could deal with that for a little while. adrianna: until you run out. until you run out on that island. alex: i would go to aruba. adrianna: at least now. alex: until the second week of january, we have some bitter cold around here. lower 20's northwest of town. 19 in hagerstown. cold air hanging around. highs through the afternoon in the lower-30's. more sunshine getting into the region by around 1:00 p.m., continuing into the evening hours. clouds will seem to increase ahead of the next system, and here it is over iowa, illinois, minnesota. this will stream down from the ohio valley, getting into the d.c. metro by the time we get overnight. as far as timing is concerned, futurecast does pick this up anywhere. pick this upso -- pretty well. so,-- 6:30 p.m. or increasing clouds. showers spread over the mountains. as far as the d.c. metro is concerned we will continue to have light to add time to moderate snow possible to the early morning hours. here is 8:00 in the morning, already started to lift north of d.c.. should be out of here. lunchtime, sunshine mixing two. breezy wind at times. a couple of flurries cont

their son alex grew up on lizard islands beaches learned to dive there as a child are the readers not just a research object for the trio it's first and foremost their own backyard and their backyard is changing dramatically. in the first two years ago this aquatic paradise was in good condition it's blue lagoon pristine and beautiful but catastrophe has struck. the water is warming at an alarming rate bleaching the corals. first they lose that color then they die off. and now dives the world's devoid of life nothing but gray. saddening sight. car is said to have a branching car. and lots lots of car. despite the beautiful blue skies and wonderful white sands the great barrier reef is fighting for its survival and has no doubt that climate change is responsible for the bleaching. it's devastating it hurt and. in the last four years. they just cyclons into coral bleaching if the so and those that really did that and that's going to make it there you know it's the. first color everywhere here the great barrier reef is more than two thousand kilometers long it's the world's largest coral

mongolia are also made the list and along with pacific islands such as the marshall islands and american samoa were alex cobb is the chief executive of international tax justice network and he doesn't believe that the e.u. has judged all countries on the list fairly the e.u. in the same way that the e.c. the operate is much better at looking at nonmembers than looking at it self but even with that construed could've played a level playing field to everyone else and instead what is done really is picked on the smaller weaker state you know it's isolated countries like libya mongolia which you know may have a bit of work to do in terms of their tax transparency and regulations but the idea that they're a threat to the text revenues of the european union is ridiculous it could have been a step in the right direction if they'd been seen to do something that could be built on them i think that having a sense that any sanctions that they want him to use would be illegitimate at it stands i think it's clear that they haven't treated individual countries for early in the side of the european union and as such i

this son alex grew up on the beaches of lizard island he learned to dive here as a child on the reef is not just an object of research for the family it's their own backyard and that backyard is changing dramatically. two years ago the underwater world surrounding lizard island was intact the blue lagoon still looked pristine and beautiful but now there are signs of a catastrophe about to take place. the water is warming at an alarming right. and this in turn causes coral bleaching. the car loses its color and is effectively dead. it can no longer support life and is diving in a world of grey. often karl is so to think wrenching corals. and lots lots of decorum. despite the beautiful blue skies in the white sands the great barrier reef is fighting for its life lizard island is on the front line in this battle. in hogs eyes there is no doubt about the cause of the coral bleaching climate change is devastated by that but in the last four years. they just cycling's into coral bleaching if the so and those that really didn't and that's going to make a third of it because. the great barri

thursday on the alex i'm unsure when i'll be speaking to guess what the world the olympics school i'm show business i'll see you then. you know the u.s. military presence in the japanese island of okinawa is again fueling anger among locals there in the latest string of incidents a ten year old boy was injured by a window that fell through american helicopter. at the time of the incident some fifty children were in the school playground at the time one was slightly hurt by the window which landed nearby and wait nearly ten kilos the u.s. marine corps says it's mostly investigation as for the reverend come ishita who lives on the island he told us why locals are so disgruntled with their american neighbors right now on the t.v. or in the mass media. not big news when the going on anybody day in the mainland you know this kind of into them or accidents happening all the time that's kinda god and my friend you are the very are there but only. on the rooftops the science building going outside. we. can do it and we know. that if they were in tokyo or talk to people in the many lies. the presence of u.s. military base in okinawa has been in the spotlight for more than twenty year

alex. >> overall we're doing good. we have better news on the bay bridge. i was telling you about a crash in the westbound direction. a two car accident right inside the tunnel on treasure island that it's still being shone here on the maps right now. but it appears to me that they have cleared the two cars involved in this accident out of the way. they've at least got them out of the number one lane inside the tunnel. and you should start to see the traffic ease up. we were seeing slow traffic for a while. we'll pop up the camera and show you what the span itself looks like. and there you go. this is the incline section there. the eastern span of the bay bridge. and traffic seems to be moving along pretty well. that gives me the sense that the cars are out of the way. it shouldn't be much of an issue trying to get to the city. and now a live look at the toll plaza. maybe a 10 minute delay trying to get through the pay gates and nothing too bad at this hour. and finally, here you go. a live look at the san mateo bridge. we are seeing a lot more folks hitting the road and making the drive to the peninsula. first floor, no crashes and no major slowdowns on the span. 5:48 is the

alex? >> meteorologist ed curran of our chicago station wbbm-tv. thanks, ed. >>> in indonesia at least three people were killed when a powerful earthquake rocked the densely populated island of java overnight. it was felt in the capital of jakarta 124 miles away. authorities say the victims were in buildings that had collapsed. the tremors forced 50 patients to be evacuated from the hospital. it quickly sounded a tsunami warning and they evac yachted areas, but no tsunami was detected. >>> a recent study finds 95% of americans are now using cell phones. that's prompted public health officials in california to issue groundbreaking guidelines to limit exposure to cell phone radiation. john blackstone has more. >> reporter: california officials say the warning about keeping a cell phone pressed up against your ear is largely because radioactivity can be damaging to your ear. >> children are starting at the age of 10 and using the cell phone for lots of activities. >> they recommend using the speaker phone or head phones. sleeping at least an arm's length away from it and avoiding keeping it in your pocket. it comes after three-dwreer-long legal battle by joe moskowitz who fo

alex holley i'm here to inform. >> so just random knowledge, we go on about our day? >> i'm flying out of this cold weather down to near venezuela to an island called curesal. the temperature right now 7:15 g there. >> what is it? >> eighty. >> but a high later today, mid 80s. >> well, aren't you lucky. >> what's the temp here? well, 33. >> the thing is, where are you now? you're here. >> i'm here. >> so for now you have to deal with the cold, right, sue? >> he's rubbing it, in isn't he? >> look, we have beautiful sunrise, mr. gloater. >> there is the plane i'm taking, coming out of your back. >> i'm gloater and a bloate. r. >> for the short amount of time we have daylight today, starting off looking pretty good. this will be the shortest day of the year, longest night of the year. 1128 when the actual solsus happens. but, it is just couple of hours away. now, there is a cold front from yesterday morning. high pressure building in. we've got system that we're watching to the west. and another, this system, is stalled, just off the coast, and we've got to keep an eye on that as we head into christmas week toned see if it decides to move back,