alaska the commando archipelago includes two large islands bearing and near two smaller islands called the hot and oddly come. they were named after commander visitors bearing the seafarer who discovered them in seven hundred forty one born in denmark vetus unison bearing served in the russian fleet he was in charge of geographic expeditions organized by peter the great. bearing ship ended up wrecked on this island. you know hardships they suffered during the winter defined description of high winds the bitter cold blizzard and sludge ah yes. there was an agonizing winter just terrible. saying a pass a new look came to the commander rollins when he was seventeen years old. since then he's worked as a sailor a fisherman and a hunter. he single handedly crossed the pacific and not before reaching seattle. he is now a permanent resident nikolsk oil where he's preparing illustrations for his book about the commander island's. bearings crew was lucky to be stranded at this place there must have been a guardian angel watching from above because the ship was thrown over a reef into this cozy

on the island. you learned without a doubt binoculars and a high powered telescope our research is most indispensable tools here we mostly used them to record the number of first seals we count them every five days. his base is only twenty five kilometers from the village of mccall square the best way to get around is on an all terrain vehicle with caterpillar tracks. the island's main road goes along the beach where traffic is possible between tights. vehicles move along rocky paths along the tundra. these islands at the top of an underwater mountain range stretching across the pacific from russia to alaska the commando off the pele go includes two large islands baring and me at no two smaller islands are called the gulf coast and oddly come. they were named after commander visitors bearing the seafarer who discovered them in seven hundred forty one born in denmark vetus unison bearing served in the russian fleet he was in charge of geographic expeditions organized by peter the great. betting ship

island development authority and the u.s.y to extend the term. that is the list. supervisor chu: thank you very much. we have call items 10 through 15. >> chairman, supervisors, if i may, i would like to address item number 12 as distinct from the rest. i can sense the ball rolling. 20 years ago, a resolution was approved to establish the treasure island development authority. focusing on the planning and redevelopment of treasure island. concurring with the operation closure with the navy, the city entered into a cooperative agreement in which they agreed to assume responsibility for various services on treasure island, including maintenance of utilities, public safety, and property management. the title offsets the cost associated with these responsibilities by generating revenues from housing and leasing commercial facilities with special finance. without receiving any special funds from the navy or the city. they continue to negotiate with the navy the full transfer of the island, anticipating it be transferred fully with

for instance, although there are islands within its harbors, most of rhode island isn't an island. italian explorer giovanni da verrazano may be responsible for the mix-up. arriving in 1524, one of the harbor islands supposedly reminded him of the greek island of rhodes. others say the name originated with dutch explorer adriaen block. the story goes that he was amazed by the red clay in the soil. so he called the area "red island" or, as the dutch would say, "roodt eylandt." he also named one of the islands "block island" in honor of... himself. >> rhode island is known as "little rhody." it's approximately 1,200 square miles. and rhode island was started when roger williams left massachusetts in search of religious freedom. he had hope that he would find the religious freedom that had led him to come to the new world. >> williams succeeded in establishing a settlement in 1631. thankful for his good fortune, he named it "providence." today providence is the capital of rhode island. and "hope" is the state motto. >> so the flag includes hope, this golden anchor -- which is a refere

he traveled to the disputed islands on september 11th. he is the secretary of russia's security council whose members includes heads of the military and security agencies. his first stop was an airport and seaport that's being renovated to accommodate large ships. he then visited various facilities in the islands including those belonging to russian border guards. the japanese government has expressed displeasure over the visit. the four disputed islands off japan's northern prefecture of hokkai hokkaido. japanese were living on the islands until the end of world war ii. soviet forces seized the islands immediately after japan's surrender in august 1945. the japanese residents were forced to leave and the islands have been under the soviet or russian control ever since. the territorial dispute has become a major issue between the two countries. last november russian president dmitry medvedev visited kuneshiri, the first russian leader to set foot in the disputed territory. medved devon was followed by other high-ranking russian government

thank you for all of the work that you do on treasure island. you have done a tremendous amount, coming up in every year with this. i want to apologize. i have to leave budget committee and will love be able to vote on this item. but thank you so much. supervisor, let's go to the budget analyst reports. >> the only change being proposed that the existing time is to extend the leases and the agreement for one year. there is no other impact whatsoever. we recommend that you approve the proposal. supervisor chu: thank you. let's offer these items for public comment. >> there is one thing missing from these items. the words yurba bueno. my brother went to electrician school there back in '78. my brother and sister have lived there for the last five or six years. affectively, this has nothing to do with treasure island and everything to do with yerba buena. the juno that they keep giant pumps going on treasure island and all day long to keep it from flooding? it is a trap. there are 200 units out there, so we are going to balance those for a total of

we receive additional power, to meet our total demand on the island. this will be based on current market prices for power. >> is this and not to exceed amount? >> [unintelligible] you have to add a certain amount to get to the total. >> this is the same thing we have been talking about, they want to strike a contract for the service contract. we have experienced a good rates through the relationship, they operate facilities much like ours that are very low cost. we could certainly go out to negotiate deals on our own, separate from our relationship with western. this has been, historically, a good approach to serving the full load needs at treasure island. we recommend preserving the option through the contract mechanism. >> this is an option if we could get cheaper power, to not spend it here? >> they are asking us to commit so they can go to the marketplace. i think they will come back to us with the actual strike price and will have an opportunity to confirm. >> to be clear, there is no commitment to buy a precise amount of power from them? and the

the ship leaves messick you island. during load toy just before dusk in the mess room s food learns how to cook traditional russian bush. puts potatoes on the boil for ten minutes then add it insists to. the expedition members unknown the last noida for the ship it is all for us that everyone is toilet but everyone is reflecting on the vivid impressions of the trip even those that have been here before the captain says jokingly that next time elsie ashford will combine both jobs as research and a cook meanwhile a captain's mate sets a course back to maggette. but whale again appears on the horizon just like during the voyage the m.c.r. looms the expedition to the megatrends the nature reserve is nearing its end it has covered more than the finals and kilometers in ten days and collected a wealth of material for the study. the team's mission is complete. download the official and see how to make a shift to your high phone i pod touch from the i choose apps to. lunch on t.v. should life on the go. video on demand on t.v.'

amec geomatrix also provides engineering services for treasure island. this resolution authorizing the amendment to the amec geomatrix

that means rainfall is lingering across the islands. looking at plenty of rainfall for puerto rico, hispaniola, parts of the bahamas. flood risk and landslide risk remains high as rains continue. for central america, showers still widespread through the area, and mexico, seeing more of that impacting areas along the western coastline. for north america, we're looking at this low that will be moving through ontario tonight, heading towards quebec, eastern canada, bringing in widespread rain. behind that, another system is going to drop in towards ontario. so it is not going to dry out too much more here. some areas will be looking at chillier conditions. snow is actually possible here. here is a look at highs for tuesday. 24 is the high in denver, 22 in chicago, 25 in toronto. areas here will need to bring cooler conditions in the next few days. as for europe, remaining windy across the british isles. strong gusts reported here. it is heading towards the scandinavian peninsula. it is windy erin the area. in the baltic coastline, you will

it is moving past the southern islands of japan aiming for the okinawa islands now. over the course of today and into the start of the weekend. after that looks like it's going to continue at a steady pace towards the northerly direction. heading in towards the korean peninsula. it's not expected to intensify at all. a small and compact system. but definitely strong systems. showers are going to start effecting the islands here in the south but parts of southern mainland japan as well. and that will include some hard-hit areas. areas that are still well saturated from the tropical storm system from last week. landslide risk will remain very serious in some of these areas. over towards china it remains wet out towards the east. scattered showers across this wide area today. shanghai's high remains at 29 degrees. chongqing down to 25. pleasant here. tokyo in at 31. it is going to be on the humid, sticky side for a change. over towards the americas, we're looking at good rotation here. this is hurricane katia remaining off shore but bringing dangerous rip currents to th

the ship leaves methinks you island during just before dusk. in the mess room ashford learns how to cook traditional russian borscht. boots potatoes on the boil for ten minutes then add ten just to. the expedition members and now on the last night for the ship it is obvious that everyone is tired but everyone is reflecting on the vivid impressions of the trip even those that have been here before the captain says jokingly that next time elsie ashford will combine both jobs as researcher and the cook meanwhile a captain's mate sets a course back to make it a hump but whale again appears on the horizon just like during the voyage to the empty islands the expedition to the maggot and the nature reserve is nearing its end it has covered more than a thousand kilometers in ten days and collected a wealth of material for the study. the team's mission is complete. wealthy british style. that's not on the title of. markets why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy was much stronger for a no holds barred look at the global

tear nikolai petrushev traveled to two of the islands sunday. he went to kunashiri island. the foreign ministry director-general said the act was unacceptable and reiterated the position that the four islands are japan territory. bely replied the trip poses no problem. >> translator: russia's stance is incompatible with that of japan, so we expressed our regret. we can't accept it. >>> japan's women's soccer team returned from china on monday, after earning the right to appear in the 2012 olympics. fans were on hand to welcome nadeshko at narita airport. the squad went undefeated in the quarterfinals with four wins and one draw. nhk world's hiro morita talked with the captain when she returned from china on monday evening. >> translator: congratulations on qualifying for the olympics. how do you feel right now? what impression are you bringing back from the competition? >> translator: after returning from the world cup we immediately played matches in the lake and went to the asian qualifiers, five matches in 11 days was very intensive. >> after they won the world cup peopl

nathan's is part of coney island's past.rides are part of the future. >> what is your favorite ride? >> this one. >> reporter: i can't believe what you are going to do to me. i have a fear of heights. i'm not kidding. i'm so glad you are not afraid. >> it is just an elevator. >> reporter: no! >> how are you? knees shaking? >> reporter: completely shaking. i don't know if i can walk. >> the rides are exciting. i'm optimistic. i just want to keep building. >> reporter: hope you can say is soaring on the boardwalk. felicia taylor, cnn, new york. >> if you want to comment on the stories, get in touch with the team through our facebook page. facebook.com/cnnwbt. that's it for this edition of world business today. thanks for joining us. >> are you watching cnn. the world's news leader.

the island sheep are shorn once a year. residents are happy to do the sheering themselves, even though one coat only fetches about 50 cents. the islands might be home to a wool industry, but the local raw material is not used to feed the tweed machine. >> it's too rough, too rough. >> ok. >> the men are at their happiest out in the wilds of nature. >> yes, because you can still make a meal for yourself on the craft and it won't cost you but just the price of the salt. >> and he allows his sheep the same freedoms he so enjoys himself. >> we know winter's on the way. when we start talking about wearing tweed. that's it from european journal. for me and all the team here in brussels, goodbye. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--

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we're now approaching my to kill island the main destination of our trip the place is very beautiful and interesting here the sea is about one hundred meters deep ships are best to steer clear of this place during a storm or change inside there is no telling what tricks it may have in store for you. but. the pacific's northernmost habitats of sea lions is all meant to kill island in the late one nine hundred eighty s. scientists raise the alarm after discovering a dramatic fall in the number of these mammals. since then an international group of scientists has come to the mc arlen's each year. to begin with all the adults he learns to shoot away from the beach then they were called the pups so as to estimate the size of the population more accurately the newborns of intact and given a number. the procedure makes it possible to track the animals movements in the sea of a halt and. roughly twenty years which is the average large span of a sea lawyer. fortunately she wouldn't just because obviously the animals don't like being disturbed but then it's only one day during their mating sea

the island is known as the isle of waves. in the battle for control over of the solomon islands, 60,000 japanese soldiers lost their lives. nearly half of them died of starvation. the group gathered to look for memories of japanese soldiers who lost their lives. this man is 85 years old. he was in the same unit as the photographer. he visits the site where he once buried the body of a fellow soldier. >> reporter: he calls out to his friend, knowing that he will not get an answer. >> translator: i buried him facing where we used to grow food because there was no food and he was starving. at least in his grave, i wanted him to be able to eat the potatoes that seemed almost ready to harvest. >> reporter: he and the others approach a large tree. before his friend passed away, he gave him a map of the area where he had buried the negatives. he starts digging. local residents soon join in to help. they dig for a while, but despite their efforts, they did not find any photos. during their visit, the group stops at the church in the

in the daytime these colonies of to kill island. but even people shouting at the top of the voices can hardly be fewer than four and a half million in the magical island even though it's only six square kilometers they are few and far between in the south because the wind is a stroll along the cliffs it's the central part of the tracks most interest. there's a difference between nothing how it's looks for example occupy narrow cliff cornices . make their nests among rocks this means that there are no free plots of land and the birds occupy the entire island. i just would like to spend more time researching. this is a very place to get a previous expedition into haiti. and to return to my results this time but was on the side of the scientists everybody works together and it's not it's not difficult it's not like. historic sea voyage where you have no water no free and many health problems i see even more than i expected because i've been very lucky to be here at a time when there are many different interesting projects. the ship nee

to kill island. even people shouting at the top of the voices can hardly be. more than four million meant to kill even though it's six square kilometers they are few and far between in the south because the wind is a strong cliffs it's the central part of the tracks most interest. there's a difference between nesting happens we'll look for example occupy narrow cliff cornices while buzzards make their nests among rocks this means that there are no free plots of land and the birds occupy the entire island. research. it is a very high place to get to a previous expedition into haiti. and to return. results this time. of the scientists everybody works together and it's not it's not difficult it's not like. historic sea voyage where you have no or very many health problems i've seen even more than i expected because i've been very lucky to be here at the time when there are many different interesting projects. the ship leaves. during low tide just before dusk in the mess room he asked for it learns how to cook traditional russian borscht. puts puts a tells on the

a plane crashes on route to a remote islands to a pacific island. syria has promised government collections. welcome to bbc news broadcast our viewers on pbs in america. the nuclear energy agency says it is increasingly concerned that iran is working on a nuclear weapons program. and protests in yemen, holding mass demonstrations in the capital. hello, and welcome. share prices fell sharply on wall street and in europe after the u.s. issued the worst employment figures for a year. 14 million people are out of work in america. experts fear that the u.s. economy is slipping back into recession. our north american editor reports. >> obama is the first president since the second world war to witness a month where overall, no new jobs were created. no president has ever been reelected with unemployment so high. 14 million americans are looking for work. jobs were wiped out by the public sector in getting rid of exactly the same number of people. the dow jones fell 253 points. it may be a statistical free, but it is also a symbol. america might be teeteri

that is a process that rhode island, you know, has gone through.ly the board of governors are experts, professionals, they're looking out for the well being of all rhode island residents, and look, they've gone down the course that has a track record, as you indicated. there are a dozen states with over ten years experience that have provided in-state tuition rates to undocumented residents. so we know what the consequences are, and quite frankly, they're favorable. this is what we know when you provide in-state rates for undocumented residents. one is that it doesn't hurt the university. in fact, you're having qualified students enter the university, they are paying in-state tuition rates, martha: right. >> and that the financial score card is actually in favor of the srufrt because you get more students who otherwise wouldn't be going to school. martha: okay. >> it's more than offset by the decrease in the out of state tuition rates. martha: there's one group of people you're forgetting in this situation. do we have terry on the line with us? all

looks like right along the western side of the islands here. also been bringing remnant moisture in towards the east coast of the united states. coupled with this frontal system. a low here too. we are looking at severe weather threat or flooding event again for parts of the mid-atlantic region in towards the northeast. areas like pennsylvania and new york, a particular watch for flooding problems. definitely potential for that as we look at more rain coming your way tonight. . otherwise a pretty dry picture for the united states. in the gulf of mexico, another wet spot here. this is another tropical storm system that just formed. looks like that will bring rain towards the southern mefrm mexico. thursday's high, 23 in chicago and denver. much cooler, warmer i should say. hotter. 38 degrees is your high thursday. that's some of the hottest temperatures we have seen so far this summer. finally a look look at a point of activity. remaining on the northern half of europe. lofts wind and rain, some thunderstorms in the mix as well. really spreading

china maintains that the islands end its sovereignty. but a adsh-cng the country will want to create a favorable diplomatic environment before the new leadership is installed. china is waiting to see if the launch of the noda cabinet will provide it with an opportunity to build stable relations with japan. >> that was nhk world's yoshitaka hirauchi in beijing. >>> north korean leader kim yong il marked the 63rd anniversary of the country's founding by watching a military parade with his son and heir apparent. kim jong-un. it was held on friday at a square it was pyongyang. it was covered live by state-run north korean television. as soldiers marched past the square with anti-aircraft batteries and other weapons, participants formed letters to spell out kim jong-il's name and words like glory. the timing was unusual as they have parades every five years to celebrate the country's founding or establishment of the ruling workers party. observers believe the north korean leadership is holdinghe para ts yr t high light the smooth transfer fro

in toward the weekend it will be approaching puerto rico and the virgin islands. we'll definitely keep a very close eye on this. as well as this tropical storm nate that just developed over the bay of campeche. this has a tropical warning along the southwest coast of mexico. this is almost stationary. it will probably innocence fie into a hurricane by saturday night. may even make landfall with staggering amounts of accumulation of rainfall is going to be about up to 200 millimeters in some areas. this is, again, very slow-moving system or erratic movement, so the accumulation may build up even more. hurricane katia is going to be bringing millimeters of rain. large swells and rip currents are what we're talking about in bermuda as well as swells reaching up to the eastern coast of the united states as it makes its path parallel to the eastern coast of the united states. this is katia hurricane. it will maintain its strength. we'll keep an eye on this system as well. what it's doing is indirectly pulling a all this moisture in this area. this is new england and th

so, that is what is happening on the island. here, in oakland, there is a lot of work happening too on the open touchdown portion. i talked about that detour earlier. i want to try to break down for you what is happening here. with this image, you can see that we've got brand-new, very bright white colored structure that is a new bridge with westbound traffic on the outside, more to the north eastbound traffic sort of in the middle and the existing bridge is the one on the southern part. and here you can clearly see that there is a conflict with the eastbound bridge. why that is why we have only built it that far. that triangle has to be removed before we can build the bridge. the strategy is earlier this year we put in an eastbound detour. we took people heading into oakland farther to the south to clear space so that we could do this westbound detour early next year. so, as you come out of the toll plaza next year after we do the closure we will be routing traffic slightly more south to open this area up. that red triangle rig

russian military units are stationed on the islands near japan's main northern island. sources say the unit began replacing older armored vehicles with new ones this month. they say more vehicles are waiting to be shipped. the head of russian general staff says in may that russia plans to have military on the island by end of the year in an effort to improve land, sea and air defenses. russian president visited last november, following his trip, the government sent cabinet ministers and other officials to the disputed island to speed up improvement of infrastructure, including air and sea ports. >>> japan says nine north korean defectors rescued in a boat can stay in the pan for a month. the japanese justice ministry says it allowed the defectors to stay because there are no problems with their case and because they want to go to south cory a wednesday, the ministry gave them permission to land in japan, then transferred them to an immigration facility to question them about their identity. justice ministry says the defectors have been playing cards and watching the new

as ofnow, as well as and high waves are going to be affecting much of the caribbean islands.t may bring swells to eastern coast of the united states, we'll keep a close eye on this system. we have a low pressure system that's moving across quebec. now that is going to be bringing severe weather to come for you. and the associated cold front is going to be bringing wider showers, but cooler air to be coming in towards the cold front. so that temperatures are going to be dropping. and this high pressure system will be pushing another cold air in towards the central plains. cold air in from the north and warm air surging up from the gulf of mexico. so just around this area, we're going to be seeing that clash. we're going to be seeing severe weather like thunderstorms, gusty wis, lhtng eni will be a psibility jt arou kansas, okho, upp xagions. th tempetusooking le is. hotot 39 vy t. t winnip, 14 degrees. and inipeg yesterday, it was 32, so ten degrees difference, the cooler air is working in. now in europe, we have a low pressure system sitting over the scdinavian peninsula. so

there is a new island landscape here. we joined the pakistan air force on their first relief mission of this year's floods. they are not just dropping the aid, they also supplied it. the hungry came running. they are looking to the military for help. many despair of the ineffective civilian government. we find a rare patches of dry land. a narrow strip of roadway where aid can be unloaded. within seconds, a crowd gathered. there is a lot of desperation here. they have been stuck in this area for a month and a half, completely cut off. they have received no relief of any kind. no food, no medicine, no water. a scramble for the ration packs. they contain the essentials. a lifeline for this room community. each bag will only last a family for about a week. after dropping the aid, we went on looking for others that needed help. a family was beckoning from the rooftop. at their location was noted for the next flight. the pilot believes that others have not been located. >> all that we can do is see them. they can be taken to s

only july 31st, gardner traveled to this resort island with giordano.hree days later, gardner disappeared as dusk fell on this isolated beach where giordano claims thehe had been snorkelin. but in the hours after police began to investigation, giordano went from boyfriend to suspect. was arrested august 5th. underpinning their case is this insurance policy. that is her signature on a travel insurance policy that names giordano as her beneficiary. it was inked jusus a day before they arrived here. according to the transcripts, giordano seemed to shock another employee with his urgency and insistence that the policy be valid. in another call, giordano seemed more concerned about being reimbursed for his expenses during the search, saying, quote, "ah, i'm going to stay down here until the body is found." and adding, "i'veot to extend my rental car and i just don't want to start incurring all these costs to find out i did it wrong." and the last person to see them together at this restaurant says they were both drinking and robyn seems already drunk and tha

the blueness is dying now, and the corals are peal as the water around the island. drunken torrents are broken. grown alien to you, to me. our only possession, the silence of a bone washed clean by the sea, of a flood, the plain, the question, so the ashes tell you one day, life is the building of bridges over rivers that away. >> that was poet and editor jeffrey yang reading from >> woodruff:: that was poet and editor jeffrey yang reading from his collection of poems about nature called "birds, beasts and seas." >> brown: again, the major developments of the day: markets plunged around the world on mounting fears of a global economic recession. the dow jones industrials lost nearly 400 points. the president of iran mahmoud ahmadinejad denounced the u.s. and western nations in a fiery speech at the u.n. the american delegation and others walked out as he spoke. an editor's note before we go: lost we said the speed of light is more than 186,000 miles per hour. please hold your letters, it is, of course, per second. and speaking of letters many viewers wrote about our