greenpeace japan held a news conference in tokyo on monday. it explained its report emergency oceans rescue plan ahead of the u.n. convention on biological diversity or cop10 later this month. cop10 signatory countries are expected to discuss a new international target for expanding marine reserves. the report says a u.n. organization pointed out 19% of fish stocks have been overfished and 8% of them are exhausted. greenpeace suggests that preserves include 25 spawning waters for atlantic bluefin tuna such as the mediterranean sea and the southern part of the sea of japan for pacific bluefin. it also says that protected areas should ultimately cover 40% of the oceans. >>> a large number of north american minks have been found living in the wild in northern japan. experts say the semi aquatic animals pose a threat to the ecosystem in the area. between late august and october 1st, 52 male and female minks were captured along a river in the city. the minks are believed to be descendants of american minks that were brought to northern parts of jap

the greenpeace festival rain woe warrior is anchored to try to draw attention to the efforts of the protest. >>> hi there. time to take another look at the world's weather now. in eastern asia, it looks like there is going to be a lot of rain moving into the northeast. we have a low pressure system here over northern china, that's going to combine with this front down here, just south of japan. and together they will create quite a lot of wet weather here. across the korean peninsula, into southern japan on saturday, and, in fact, that whole massive ring will push right across japan up to the north as well on sunday. toward the south, this rain band here is just weakening off into saturday. but heavy rain will continue here in northern vietnam. a very strong easterly wind is helping to create lots of heavy rain clouds across eastern indochina and eastern locations of the philippines. temperatures are going to be looking like this. 32 degrees in taipei. 24 in tokyo. dry day here, 14 and 34 with scattered thunderstorms in bangkok. now into north america, let's start and talk about what is hap

the greenpeace festival rain woe warrior is anchored to try to draw attention to the efforts of the protest. >>> hi there. time to take another look at the world's weather now. in eastern asia, it looks like there is going to be a lot of rain moving into the northeast. we have a low pressure system here over northern china, that's going to combine with this front down here, just south of japan. and together they will create quite a lot of wet weather here. across the korean peninsula, into southern japan on saturday, and, in fact, that whole massive ring will push right across japan up to the north as well on sunday. toward the south, this rain band here is just weakening off into saturday. but heavy rain will continue here in northern vietnam. a very strong easterly wind is helping to create lots of heavy rain clouds across eastern indochina and eastern locations of the philippines. temperatures are going to be looking like this. 32 degrees in taipei. 24 in tokyo. dry day here, 14 and 34 with scattered thunderstorms in bangkok. now into north america, let's start and talk about what is hap

. >>> and spewing oil into the gulf of mexico, the environmental group greenpeace is warning of surprisingly high levels of arsonic and mercury had the sludge. officials from the group told reporters an analysis of water in a canal found arsonic leveled 25 times the limit for drinking water. >>> a look at other stories making news "early today" in america. in michigan three brazen criminals are seen on surveillance video storming a jewelry store guns in hand. they tied up their victims, cleaning out what they could in three minutes. then sprayed mace in their victims' faces before making their escape. >>> however, a sheriff's deputy was right around the corner, and after a brief search they were apprehended. >>> new jersey police are looking for a father who used his kids to help him burglarize a car. the older kids carted off a bag, two lcd monitors and a laptop while the dad held a toddler. authorities hope to not just solve the crime, but help the young suspects as well. >>> and another robbery, this time in virginia where a man is seen on security camera browsing the aisles of a local gr

. >> sreenivasan: on the other hand, greenpeace reported the danger is not over.t said lab tests taken from sludge samples showed high levels of arsenic and mercury. >> we don't understand what the authorities say-- that it's not dangerous, it's safe. what all details show us, it's a dangerous material outside and the level of such elements are really high. >> sreenivasan: the hungarian government said today the spill totaled 184 million gallons. that's nearly as large as the gulf oil spill. abbott laboratories agreed today to take its diet pill meridia off the market in the u.s. and canada. regulators sought the move after studies found increased risk of heart attack and stroke in heart patients using the drug. an estimated 100,000 americans take meridia. earlier this week, pfizer confirmed it recalled 190,000 bottles of its cholesterol drug lipitor last august. it had several reports of a musty odor in some bottles. california finally has a state budget, 100 days after its fiscal year began. the state assembly approved a spending plan overnight, and the state se

they did some of them explicitly such as greenpeace accuse the administration of catering to voters inthe run-up to the november elections, and so there certainly was a question that that community was not in favor of this or is not convinced that the precautions that are now in place are sufficient to prevent a future oil spill. >> woodruff: even these new regulations don't assuage their concerns. >> it did not. their feeling is that this... there still aren't enough precautions in place and that again the entire idea of whether we should be engaging in offshore oil drilling should be something debated not under what conditions we do so. >> woodruff: all right. we are going to leave it there. juliet eilperin with the "washington post," thanks very much. >> thank you. >> lehrer: now back to the saga of the chilean miners and to geoffrey brown. >> brown: we are about to be joined from the mine site by jonathan franklin, a special reporter for the "washington post." while he's getting ready and miked up, we're looking at a live shot at the scene. what's happening right now is that after

greenpeace's warning about high level of arsenic and mercury in the sludge.s large burst from our reservoir monday a fifth person has died from contact with the substance. it is moving towards rumania, serbia, croatia. estimates on the size of this bill is 184 million gal. almost as large as the gulf oil spill. the next leader of north korea a top official confirmed the news today kim is the third successor to lead the reclusive communist nation. it comes to days before north korea celebrates 65th anniversary of the commerce. you might be able to get your hands on san francisco tickets for the giants. let's go to sacramento a live look. they worked over night to hopefully come up with the budget by today shot of at&t parker up popular place if you are headed to the giants' game this evening clear conditions. temperatures for first patch in the '60s by seventh inning stretch six days, ninth inning 58 degrees but clear. >> if you had a chance to watched the giants play and he bought tickets at the last- minute chances are you paid a pretty penny. jonathan blum

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greenpeace is now warning of the high-level of arsenic which as a byproduct of a limited.through of rise of law on monday and inundated villages. a fifth person as far died from contact. it entered the river and is moving downstream towards croatia. it will eventually dumped into the black sea. estimates on the size of this bill are not to 184 million gal.. it is almost as large as the gulf oil spill. >> a top north korean official confirmed friday that kim jong him as the next leader of the reclusive communist nation. north korea began three days of workers' party. the united arab emirates will not go ahead on it again on blackberries. they spread to shut it off partly due to security concerns. the band would have affected half a million users, it is not clear not to ban them. 7:51 a.m. as the timing of a back with more does a few minutes. did you go in on friday morning this is your last chance to win tickets to the be are calling fall musical festival. it is hard to be beautiful there. 80s on sunday, the olive grove. because i know you are crazy that this i'm sorry to s