now there's another arena where chinese activities are attracting attention, the indian ocean. china is currently helping to construct sea ports in pakistan, sri lanka, myanmar and bangladesh sometimes referred to as china's string of pearls, the ports encircle india. some observers view them with suspicion evidence of alleged chinese ambitions over the region. today's report from sri lanka looks at a massive port facility china is building on the island and how india might respond. >> reporter: construction is well underway at this sea port in southern sri lanka. some facilities began operations in 2010. 85% of the cost of construction is being shouldered by china. the government claims that once complete, the port will be one of the biggest in south asia with capacity for 33 vessels including some of the world's largest ships. hambantota is situated as the midpoint of a crucial sea lane. it's an attributive position for a maritime hub. >> translator: located in the middle of a sea lane, we are well placed to offer shipping and fuel services. it's a good opportunity for sri la

now there's another arena where chinese activities are attracting attention, the indian ocean. china is currently helping to construct sea ports in pakistan, sri lanka, myanmar and bangladesh sometimes referred to as china's string of pearls, the ports encircle india. some observers view them with suspicion evidence of chinese ambitions over the region. today's report from sri lanka looks at a massive port facility china is building on the island and how india might respond. >> reporter: construction is well underway at this sea port in southern sri lanka. some facilities began operations in 2010. 85% of the cost of construction has been shouldered by china. the government claims that once complete, the port will be one of the biggest in south asia with capacity for 33 vessels including some of the world's largest ships. it's situated at the midpoint of a crucial sea lane that connects the persian lane with a strait. it's an attributive position for a maritime hub. >> translator: located in the middle of a sea lane, we are well placed to offer shipping and fuel services. it's a

now the russians believe that their spacecraft will crash back into the indian ocean. no one can be sure. >> it is almost impossible at this stage to predict exactly when and where it will come in. you can only do that if you can control the space craft and they don't have control. >> what will happen to this strangely named spacecraft? this is orbiting every 90 minutes between 50 degrees north and 51 degrees south. it could land anywhere in between. most of the spacecraft will burn up as it falls to earth but some components matter more than others. the tanks, filled with fuel, should a leak and burn off long before they reach the surface. the moment a european spacecraft blew up while falling to earth. this was meant to happen and generally there is very little risk to anyone on the ground. the bigger danger is space junk damaging satellites that we depend on. >> something as small as a cherry can be similar to the explosion of a hand grenade right next to your satellite. >> the russian spacecraft was designed to land on a moon of mars and it was to collect a sample

in just a moment from one of the happiest places on the planet also a tiny island nation in the indian ocean is scared of sinking sea with the president of the nation is doing to prepare and what we in america should be doing to prepare for global climate change as well and later i'll tell you all about a sad story coming out of wall street the plight of the banks there is coming up in tonight's daily take. all this week thom hartmann is doing his radio show live from reykjavik island iceland which according to a recent poll is one of the happiest nations on earth roughly half of the residents around the world say they are happy with life but in iceland seventy three percent say they are happy so what's up with up joining me now to give us an update on what he's up to and what life is like in the progressive paradise of happy iceland is none other than tom hartman tom welcome to your show a sam and in the u.s. i think it's thirty three percent said only thirty three percent of the u.s. . so what would what makes iceland so much happier than the united states. well first of all you know it's

russian space officials said the program ran summer in the indian ocean west of the indonesian islandf java. the 14 tons spacecraft as opposed to retrieve soil samples from the moon, but got stuck in the orbit of earth. dozens of organizations are monitoring the return path of the satellite. >> that is not the kind you pay $20 million to go on, is it? the most lovable of ravens. see what kind of game he might have, coming up next and sports. >> temperatures have been up and down. we're just down right now. chilly ratings for the next day or two. ♪ [ male announcer ] combine a pnc cashbuilder visa credit card with a pnc performance select checking account and get up to 1.75% cash back for just about every purchase. learn more and apply today at pnc.com/cashbuilder. pnc bank. for the achiever in you. >> your insta-weather-plus forecast -- >> it was a cold day to day. we had some scattered clouds here and there. looking at the radar, some clouds have slipped and, an indication there might be a couple of queries in pennsylvania. flurries are not what we are concerned about in the forecast

it will most likely land in the indian ocean. here's the good news, it's unlikely that the toxic fuel will make it back to earth. >> the chances of any fuel surviving is very small. that fuel is going to burn up in the. upper atmosphere. >> reporter: still there's a small chance that it won't disintegrate. >> it could cause a problem over the region. >> reporter: but that possibility is remote. it's more likely that the probe will crash into the ocean. similar to the satellite that plum met into the ocean in september. and the german telescope that fell into the indian ocean in they said that the $170 million mission was ill prepared and it had a risk of failure. they went ahead with it anyway so that wouldn't miss the earth to mars launch window. >>> an interesting twist in the presidential race. with the south carolina primary six days away now, an influential group of more than 100 top evangelicals, making if you'll excuse the phrase, a hail mary pass, uniting behind rick santorum, but is it too late? let's turn to the new hos

down to earth between saturday and monday and that the fragments could come crashing down in the indian ocean. >>mark: the tunnel man police believe killed his girlfriend and dumped her body in a nevada desert has fled not guilty to murder charges. key had always been considered a suspect that had not been charged. in 2009, he fled the country and moved to beijing. >>darya: new details about the health effects of marijuana. scientists have discovered that occasional and a moderate marijuana use does not affect along the way tobacco smoke does. reggie kumar has the story. >>reggie: a study on marijuana released by researchers found that occasional pot use does not appear to damage lungs over time like originally thought to. they also found a slight increase in lung capacity. the lead author says the reason marijuana's involved does not seem to affect flown function is because people tend to smoke-free cigarettes more often than they do a joint. >>mark: we will be right back as the kron4 news continues. phfft for ... ... if fifth fan >>mark: fall fares will receive a red rally bertholf, hulu is

despite a national task force protecting the seas off somalia, there is still in the tax off of the indian oceane government has told its citizens that they must have anti-piracy training. >> the tanker makes its way through pirate-infested waters. it is suddenly under attack. taking place on dry land, thousands of malt -- thousands of miles away, the government has made it compulsory for all filipinos the go to sea to be trained in how to evade pirates. >> we were not trained to use guns. but we can train people to prevent pirates from coming out board. the moment they come on board, it is a hopeless situation. >> the pirates, so many of the work in the shipping industry. filipinos have a rich maritime history. this is the kind of danger, they say. these photographs were taken when they came under fire from pirates. >> there is nothing else that i can do. they call on the radio. "captain, you must stop your ship. if you do not, i will kill all of you." the pirates -- >> the pirates receive their ransom after five months. >> it is clear that there are still many filipinos willing to apply for a

it will most likely land in the indian ocean. here's the good news, it's unlikely that the toxic fuel will make it back to earth. >> the chances of any fuel surviving is very small. that fuel is going to burn up in the upper atmosphere. >> reporter: still there's a small chance that it won't disintegrate. >> if the tank survives until it reaches near the surface of the earth and it explodes at entry, the dispersal could cause a problem in the region. >> reporter: but that possibility is remote. with three-quarters of on the earth covered in water, it's more likely that the probe will crash into the ocean. similar to the satellite that plummeted in the pacific last september and the german telescope that fell in the indian ocean in october. russian space chief said that the $170 million mission was ill prepared and it had a risk of failure that was high. they went ahead with it anyway so that wouldn't miss the earth to mars launch window. dan? >>> an interesting twist in the presidential race. it's your voice, your vote. with the

now the russians believe their spacecraft will crash back into the indian ocean, but can be sure. >> from experience, it is difficult to determine exactly when and where the object will, no. you can only do that if you can control be -- the spacecraft. >> what will happen to this spacecraft? it is orbiting between 50 degrees north and 51 degrees south. it could land anywhere in between, most likely the ocean. it does include part of southern england before it -- below the m4 corridor. the fuel tanks should leak and burn off. this was meant to happen. generally, there is little risk. the bigger danger is space junk damaging the satellites we depend on. >> it could be the explosion of a hand grenade next to your satellite. even small pieces cause problems. >> it is designed to land on phobos, a moon of mars. that would have been a scientific triumph. instead, the world is waiting for a crash. bbc news. >> on that ominous note to our show draws to a control -- to close. for all of us it here, thank you for watching and have a good weekend. >> make sense of international news. bbc.com/ne

. >> preparing for the indian ocean.eports on an anti-private -- piracy project in the philippines. police have named four people found dead at a formal -- a former mining village. it is understood he was licensed to own six firearms. three people managed to escape. >> it was a shocking sight for neighbors this morning, four killings on the street where they live. there could have been more. three people managed to escape and a police are now hoping to establish what happened. >> our information is that several people had been shot. the police were dispatched to the scene and, shortly after midnight, officers entered the house and it was discovered that a man and three women were dead in the house. >> what we know about the people living there? michael after 10 and susan -- atherton and susan had been there for several years. a resident was licensed to use three shotguns. they require greater authorization than a shock and license. police say they had been in contact several times before. the last incident was in 2008 wh

the russians believe that their spacecraft will crashed into the indian ocean, but no one can be sure. >> from experience, it is almost impossible to predict exactly when and where the object will come in. to be able to say that at this stage, you can only do that if you can control the space craft. >> what will happen to this spacecraft? well, it is orbiting every 90 minutes between 51 degrees north and 51 degrees south. it could land anywhere in between, most likely in the ocean. the zone includes southern england. most of the spacecraft will burn up as it falls to earth that some components matter more than others. the tanks, filled with fuel for the long journey, could leak and burn off long before they reach the surface. the moment a european spacecraft blew up while falling to earth. this was meant to happen and generally there's very little risk to anyone on the ground. the bigger danger is based on damaging satellites that we depend on. >> anything smaller -- as small as a cherry, that could be similar to an explosion of a hand grenade right next to your satellite. even the sm

. >> despite the task force, there is still a threat of heart attacks in the indian ocean, and one nation has been affected by these somali pirates more than any other. the philippines provides one out of three of merchant sailors, and now the philippine government has told its citizens they must have anti-piracy training before they go to sea. >> a tanker makes its way through high rate-infested waters. suddenly, -- its way through higher rates -- through pirate- is infested waters. this exercise is taking place on land. the government has made it compulsory for all filipinos to go to see to be trained in how to evade pirates. and were not trained to fight pirates. we were not trained to use guns, but we can train people to prevent pirates from coming on board, because the moment they are on board, it is a hopeless situation. >> it is not a filipino singled out by pirates. it is that so many of them work in the shipping industry. one in three of the world's seafarers come from here. filipino has a rich maritime heritage, and they are cheap to hire, but this is the kind of danger they fac

perhaps over the indian ocean, potentially close to madagascar. if so, they'll have to move it-move it, but we all know a lot more information will be coming as the weekend approaches. >>> there is a reason why before all live performances these days, movie theaters, stage performances, concerts, people are warned to turn off their cell phones. it's incredibly annoying. it distracts those around you. it can kill a performance. last night here in new york, it did, in fact, kill a performance. it was the new york philharmonic at lincoln center. it was mahler's ninth symphony during a crucial portion at the end. that same ring tone started going off. the conductor alan gilbert couldn't take it any more and stopped the concert. today he explained why. >> the symphony ends incredibly quietly. there was literally no way we could go on so i stopped the music and i asked the general vicinity where the sound was coming from, please turn off your cell phone. i had to ask several times and it didn't stop. >> the offending phone owner seemed paralyzed at firs

but something went wrong, and now the russians believe their spacecraft will crash back into the indian ocean. but no one can be sure. >> it is almost impossible at this stage to predict exactly what it will come in. you can only do that if you control the spacecraft. we don't think they have control over it. >> what will happen to the spacecraft? it is orbiting every 90 minutes between 51 degrees north and 51 degrees south, so it could land anywhere in between, most likely in the ocean. but it also includes southern england. most of the spacecraft will burn up as it falls to earth, but some components matter more than others. the fuel tanks, filled with fuel for the long journey to mars, should burn off long before they reach the surface. the moment a european spacecraft blew up while falling to earth. this was meant to happen, and generally there is little risk to anyone on the ground. the bigger danger is space junk damaging satellites that we depend on. >> anything as small as a charity calling 17.5000 miles per hour could be similar to the explosion of a hand grenade next to the satellit

she had an amber necklace she got on the indian ocean coast and i was going to take that and put it on top of,k 2. when i went to,k 2 to climb a mountain and instead a found affair greater mountain to climb. here's the world's second highest mountain. you can put 84, monthe horns here to fill it up. i hope there's no outdoor retailers. two season family camping tents from logan you at the this tenth is a french league on eres tenth designed for the sahara. this came from north face prototype tenth called the wind tunnel. it was 20 years old when we took it to,k 2. here's our mottly crew of 12 climbers. the gentleman in the white shirt left after one week after he found out there's no alcohol in pakistan. i don't tell you anymore where he's from, but this is - what is this doug? deadly. avalanche. we call this the mother of all avalanches a year after desert storm. intense from spain and you can see the guys running out in their underwear. fortunately nobody was killed in this avalanche. this is the art memorial in honor of, art gillke. we climbed a lot at night and these for tops of po

close the strait of hormuz so the world's most important oil export route linking the gulf to the indian ocean meanwhile the e.u. is mulling over an embargo on the purchase of iranian oil and the decision on that is expected before the end of the month the director of the beirut based center for middle east studies talked to his sharma job believes the west's actions are only fueling the fire. united states is doing its best. in every day. a day i didn't get into sanctions against iran and i think iran is going. way. out of a problem. and it will not stop exploitation of the oil of iran it will be threatening in my opinion even though maybe iran will not close the strait of but it may disturb the navigation and in this case with the presence of pensive military but the ship from both sides we leased to have more conflict and this more contacts can increase and to be bigger and bigger and may lead to a war and a region. a showdown in the gulf brews we're asking what you think the united states wants to get from a conflict with iran if you're going to r.t. dot com right now you can actually let

close the strait of the world's most important oil export route linking the persian gulf to the indian ocean meanwhile the e.u. is mulling an embargo on the purchase of iranian oil and as a decision on that is expected before the end of the month the director of the beirut based center for middle east studies talked to his sharma job believes the west's actions are already adding fuel to a highly probable situation. united states is doing its best in every day. i didn't get a new sanctions against iran and i think iran is going. it's a problem and it will not stop but it's exploitation of all. it will be in my opinion even maybe iran will not. but it may disturb our navigation and in this case with the presence of the military but the ship from both sides we do have more conflict in this. we began and began and. it was. a showdown in the gulf bruce we are asking what you think the united states wants to get from a conflict with iran if you log on to our to dot com you can let us know your opinion right now here on the global stuff that stocking up. believe america is after in the middle east

scientists say that the 14.5- ton device will crash sunday somewhere in the indian ocean. the probe was on a mission to collect soil samples from a moon on mars and return them to earth. but one of the main engines failed and got stuck orbiting earth. >> hm. [ laughter ] >> is it me? >> i think, yeah. >> let's go to traffic now. >> in the tiny tiny print it says going to traffic. >> i can't see that. >> we are going to get frank a pair of glasses. when is your birthday frank? >> can't wait that long. [ laughter ] >>> let's take a live look outside. we can city that headlights are moving just -- we can see that headlights are moving just fine this morning on our "timesaver traffic" camera. let's get a drive time. we'll hit the maps and it's 14 minutes from the altamont pass to the dublin interchange. so not much slowing out there this morning. of course it's not quite 5:00. that may be the reason why. our chp reports that we continually check throughout the morning are quiet, as well. so no major incidents. if you want to use mass transit, we continually check this all morn

threatening to close to the world's most important oil export route linking the persian gulf to the indian ocean meanwhile the e.u. is mulling over and go on the purchase of iranian oil and the decision on that is expected by the end of the month the director of the beirut based center for middle east studies talked to his sharma jobber believes the west's actions are only adding fuel to a highly flammable situation. united states is doing its best and every day. they are adding new sanctions against iran and i think iran is growing. nuclear program and it will not stop the. exportation of law it will be directed in my opinion even maybe iran will not close the three but it may disturb our navigation. in this case with the presence of. military but the ship from both sides we do have more conflict and this more gain increase to be bigger and bigger and made. it war. and as a showdown in the gulf brews we are asking you what you think the united states wants to get from a conflict with iran if you log on to r.t. dot com you can let us know your opinion right now because we've got the vote going o

experts who thought it would crash into the indian ocean are speculating about the fuel tanks. >> theof any fuel surviving is small. it's going burn up in the upper atmosphere. >> if the tank survives until i it reaches near the surface of the earth and disposes it could cause a problem over a region. ronald. >> alan: the probe got trapped in earth's orbit for some unknown reason. >> bed, bath and beyond stores have recalled metal tissue holders because they're cop tam nate with low levels of radioactive material. they were sold in the bay area and may have been distributed to stores in more than 20 states two cargo loads triggered radiation alarms at truck scales. the they have the model number dr9m on the. they contain manmade cobalt 60 radioactive material. they say there's no threat to human health but it's better to avoid the unnecessary exposure. >> just ahead, look at how the nation's capital is honoring the legacy of dr. martin luther king jr. >> whose got it better than us? >> nobody. >> alan: 49er fans come out in force to see who the niners will face in the quest for the su

threatening to close the strait of hormuz the world's most of all exports linking the persian gulf indian ocean meanwhile the e.u. is mulling an embargo on the purchase of iranian oil decision on that expected before the end of the month aside mohammad marandi from the university of tehran says a war with iran would engulf the whole region. it is really the americans that are being provocative they are trying to make ordinary iranians suffer at the same time you see senior american officials and politicians constantly calling for the assassination of iranian scientists of iranian military commanders of politicians and the constant threat of attacking and bombing their country so really the problem lies with the united states the maneuvers in the persian gulf are basically to show the united states that iran is strong and can protect themselves and it is basically the only way in which to force the united states to recognize that certain lines just simply shouldn't be crossed if the americans and its allies try to make the iranian economy suffocate the iranians will have no option but to respond

washington of course encircled of china in the south china sea and the intersection between the indian ocean and the south china sea. this is completely crazy because what is stead of america proposing a project for celsius. for the countries in the cells trying to see or a vision for the future it's another military drive and the chinese of course because the chinese diasporas they are extremely powerful know this solves this station so when there is something to be negotiated in the south china sea will be on the table between china and the philippines china and vietnam china and indonesia and not with american military interference so it sounds and it looks like a desperate ploy from a decline in empire once again so we keep repeating the same scenario over and over again you know now i want to shift a little bit to a controversial law recently signed into law by president obama and it's related because you know the us takes launches these wars takes these steps all in the name of fighting terrorism he least recently signed this new piece of legislation into law it's the national defense

. >> a powerful earthquake hit the indian ocean today. and this quake centered off the coast of western indonesia. it was strong enough to send them pouring into the streets. a warning was issued but no tsunami materialized. there did not seem to be serious damage. >> and a new legal spat over digital technology, kodak filing suit against apple and htc claiming smart phones infringe on kodak's patents. kodak hopes to license patents up to $1 billion. >> and encouraging news from wall street. dow added 69 points and s and p had the highest close since july. and google is now importing information from google plus social network. and can solazyne is focused on bio fuel research but led to a potential cosmetic break through. we have the story from san francisco. >> sometimes, best discoveries is what you don't expect. >> there is a compound shown here in a test tube. algae turns clean the acids asked to protect or shield algae from hostile environments. and also discovered it enhances aging skin. >> this is put together of three very powerfu

naval officers on the uss bainbridge a destroyer in the indian ocean at the time of the attack negotiated for days but to no avail. in the lifeboat to paris for a under excepted to offer to tell them assuredly behind the american warship. in the meantime a crack team of snipers have been flown to the area where they parachuted in to see them were brought up with the bainbridge. tensions have been high for days where they repeatedly took the cats on a thoughtless fire tear gas and april 12th, president monica to go ahead the snipers to start sniping. the navy marksman.night vision glasses only for the right moment when two of the pirates got their heads out of the race goes patch and let there be many pirate became visible, the three seals fire. rescuers from the poor and rich xml pirates dead. captain phillips was rescued unharmed and amazingly the seals had fired only three bullets in the crisis. in the wake of the affair there is a core celebrating heroism of captain phillips and the navy seals. this was the company debates about what to do over the increasing problem of somali pirates.

but she had to be rescued after a heavy storm in the indian ocean.her dream, she says her next goal is to finish school, but not before a simple celebration, a burger and fries. a meal fit for the newest queen of the sea. mohammed leila, abc news. >> and good nor guinness. that was my first thought. 16 years old. why would per parents let her roll around the world like that? seems kind of dangerous. >> you know what it would do? it would encourage other kids to do the same thing. >> like this young kid here. >> good thing i'm 13. ahoy, matey. go clean up the poop deck, will you? >> that's your job. you're the new girl. more from abc coming up next. >> go row your boat. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now." informing insomniacs >>> this morning on "world news now" -- stepping down. representative gabby giffords announce that's she will resign this week from congress. >> her powerful message for the people of arizona on why she felt this was the right time for her resignation. it's monday january 23rd. >>> good monday morning, everybody. i'm ro

and like tiny little huts, towns on the indian ocean in mozambique -- >> jimmy: they get "alvin and the don't know the power fox has. it's insane. >> jimmy: how is it going to work with you and amber? are you moved in together already or are you -- >> yeah, we moved in like three months after dafting and then -- >> jimmy: oh, you did. so, your place or her place, a mutual place? >> well, she moved into my place which was in the east village and new york and i just moved from there, we moved last week to brooklyn. hence -- i like to support my local community shops. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah. >> there was another store around the corner from this one. fulton mall is a half mile strip of just this stuff and, like, a lot of scar face stuff and the craziest, like, $300 leather jackets that just have candies on them, like, snickers, m&ms, like, what? are you supposed to be a bad ass in that? tons of "scarface" stuff and -- there was a place that has videos and they'll have video, guys will set up stands outside and they have shops, videos like, you know, "aids is the white man's conspiracy to kil

bin laden didn't deserve anything but a bullet in the head and dumped him in the indian ocean and good to send a message to these people enough is enough. you are going to kill women and children and all of that, we'll come after you and if we don't shoot you in the head, we'll put you in guantanamo bay and if we think you know something it is not going to be easy for you. i am on board with all of that. so the bin laden story for me, story of the year, i feel good about it and i still this christmas season feel so sorry for the american families that lost loved ones on 9/111. >> the most important story of 2012 was charlie sheen. winning, just kidding. besides getting bin laden, the most important story, these are transformative times. americans are suffering and people are losing their homes and people are un. getting to know the presidential candidates. you say you are upon not a lobbyist and she said you were. >> it is factuallly false. >> governing in a where your legislature is one-sided legislature i believe in the could you wantry who ever our nominee is and i intend it to be m

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right now, they are projecting it will hit some place in the indian ocean, they won't know until we get closer. >>> a southern maryland state park remains shut down after the discovery of more world war ii military explosives. they were found at newtown next state park. last week, more than 18 pieces of military ordinances were found. the u.s. army corps of engineers is investigating. >>> an update on plans for a new development in prince william county. we told you last night at the oaks 3 project. the plans for an office building and a home at tanyard hill. caused a major outcry. the county is giving that development the go ahead, even though it will lead to increased flooding. >> well, he is back. actor alec baldwin on twitter after deactivating his account in december when he had at little trouble. this was highly publicized dispute. by the way, one of baldwin's latest tweets, we should quote, read a newspaper in print or online every day. well have you ever heard of sopa? folks are posting questions on our facebook page asking us to give you more information about it. it means to s