we are starting with the japan times. we're looking the developing situation with north korea.? with north korea. what is there an analysis of developments7m suggests that the us is pivoting away from its hard—core stands. —— stance. donald trump did a tour of asia. he had criticised rex tillerson's less ha rd—core asia. he had criticised rex tillerson's less hard—core approach. they said they would welcome talks. they said they would welcome talks. they have also defined it as a strategy of maximum pressure and engagement at the same

the main story on the front page of the japan times is the visit from the us vice president mike pence the region. he's denied there's a split there on how to deal with north korea's threats. the daily mail among those picking up the bbc guardian story yesterday. that's a £4 billion equal pay challenge against tesco brought by some of its female employees. a story from norway makes the sun here in the uk. the man whose girlfriend walked away with his apartment and car, after he breached a contract between them not to go onto tinder. so, where to start? with me is alpesh patel, from praefinium partners. to speak to the serious topics, aren't we? yeah, we will go to tinder later. germany, perhaps some surprise and anger from the cdu over the level of concessions at angela merkel has had to make it. yeah, it has been going on for probably five months they have been trying to find a government, and it has probably been one of the most boring five—month period is. the major stock index did not plunge all climates, it is actually up a tiny bit and the euro is actually up against the dollar o

let's take a look at the japan times. bitcoin just cannot stay out of the news, kennett?ut, £16 billion wiped off its value in january alone. it is interesting to see what different regulators are beginning to feel about it and the way they are trying to work it out. yeah, i think for me, big coin has been a staggering story since the beginning it relatively complicated to understand from the concepts of journalist is like me, we have been struggling a bit to explain to our readers what this is. now it is interesting to see that the value has shot up in december to close to 20,000, we are now at $8,600 this morning, which is quite a substantial decline and i think it will take some sort of time before we have an average base price which is then not going shooting up and going down as much as we have seen before. there were saying before actually, the finance minister in india saying we do not recognise this as legal tender even. so far, central banks have over time looked at this and approached this and had been relatively cautious and how they are treating this, of cours

we are starting with the japan times. we're looking the developing situation with north korea. what is there an analysis of developments? with north korea. what is there an analysis of development57m suggests that the us is pivoting away from its hard—core stands. —— stance. donald trump did a tour of asia. he had criticised rex tillerson‘s less ha rd—core asia. he had criticised rex tillerson‘s less hard—core approach. they said they would welcome talks. they said they would welcome talks. they have also defined it as a strategy of maximum pressure and engagement at the same time. i think the key thing to bear in mind is that they are looking to south korea to ta ke that they are looking to south korea to take the lead. that'll be quite important in seeing any progress in this. what do you make of the fact they have not said there would need to be any preconditions, they would not need to indicate, north korea would not have the indicate that they go back on their nuclear plants. that is not totally surprising. they have said they want to have a conversation on how to have a c

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the japan times leads on president trump's state of the union address.gainst "unfair trade deals", he had little new to say about key issues concerning japan. and the straits times here reports on the heavy rain continuing to blanket several parts of singapore. it publishes this dramatic front page picture of a tree crashing down across marine parade road, almost completely blocking traffic in both directions. now, what stories are sparking discussions online? the duke and duchess of cambridge are in sweden on the second leg of their tour of scandinavia and they received a very warm welcome from this group of schoolchildren. prince william seemed to enjoy it so much he switched from his usual handshakes to a rather less formal high five technique. and kate also followed suit. the royal couple have two days still to go on their tour of the region. donald trump's state of the union address has been dominating the news. as usual, the president used his full set of speaking skills to get his message across about what he deemed his successes of the past 12 mo

the japan times. it is concentrating on the earthquake that hit taiwan on tuesday evening.sed buildings, including this one, showing a massive crack on the road. shifting attention to the south china morning post, hong kong edition. it is following suit, with the headline life in the balance. they do not know how many people are still trapped in the residential building. and the gulf news is looking to the skies, and at the spacex rocket launch. it is reporting the falcon heavy taking off. it is the second biggest youtube live broadcast ever since the red bull jump. youtube live broadcast ever since the red bulljump. what is happening on the internet? many of you will remember this moment, one of the most watched videos of the year. professor robert kelly was in a live interview with the bbc from his home in south korea when his two children burst into his office. they were followed shortly after by his wife who tried to do some damage limitation. he is in london for the broadcast tv awards, and got tv moment of the year. he was nearby, so we talked to him again.|j moment o

the japan times is concentrating on the earthquake that hit taiwan on tuesday night.sed buildings — including this one — showing a massive crack in the road. the south china morning post is following suit with a headline "life in the balance". rescuers don't know how many people are still trapped in this residential building. and dubai's gulf news is looking to the skies and at the spacex rocket launch. it's reporting the live video of the falcon heavy rocket taking off was youtube's second biggest live stream ever. the first was the red bull stratos jump. now, what are people watching online? remember this moment? it was one of the most watched videos of the year. professor robert kelly was in the middle of a live interview with the bbc from his home in south korea when his two children burst into his office. they were followed shortly after by his wife who tried to do a bit of damage limitation. professor kelly's in london for the broadcast tv awards, and he's just won the best tv moment of the year. we couldn't let him come so close to our studios without getting h

the japan times reports on the fallout from a recent hacking of the cryptocurrency exchange coincheck the digital money have filed a lawsuit in tokyo against coincheck for reimbursement of their money plus interest, and the lawyers say about a thousand more people want to do the same. gulf news looks at a possible distraction for drivers in the united arab emirates, a road—side gallery. motorists driving from dubai to abu dhabi will be able to see ten billboards with pictures of artworks at the louvre abu dhabi, and tune into a radio channel to hear 30—second lesson on each piece. and the financial times has a look at sticker rules in london planned for driver hours, that could hit ride—hailing apps like uber. london's transport authority says all private car companies will be compelled to hand over data on driver working hours, in a move the paper says that's seen as specifically aimed at uber. and the shooting in florida is bucking a lot of discussion online? yes and a lot of it is calling out american politicians. a screenwriter who writes forjimmy kimmel has been singling out sena

we'll start with the japan times which leads with the news that the japanese prime minister shinzo abeup a plan, by summer, to allow more skilled foreign workers entry to japan. the philippines daily inquirer focusses on a report by the us intelligence committee branding president duterte a threat to democracy and human rights. the paper quotes the philippine presidential palace's denial saying, "mr duterte has no autocratic tendencies." and the china daily features this photograph of a mass of travellers leaving beijing railway station on wednesday. they're returning from family visits and vacations on the last day of the spring festival holiday. it says around 11 million passenger trips were made on china's rail network on wednesday. what stories are sparking discussions online? and if you've been following the winter olympics, you'll know how the sport of curling has captured the imagination. so much so in fact that some people have been having their own go at the sport — and posting the results online. floor mops, robot vacuum cleaners — anything lying around can be pressed into se

shifting our attention now to the international addition —— edition of the japan times, which looks atpaper asks whether this escalation heralds the start of a wider regional war. and finally, the straits times looks at a $10 million fund which offers customised support for disadvantaged people. the new empowering for life fund launched by president halimah yacob aims to help the less fortunate beyond generic schemes and programmes. goes at the top stories of key publications around the world. —— posar. online, it is all about anime. now, what stories are sparking discussions online? yes, let's look at what is trending right now. an ice skating routine at the winter olympics has proved a big hit with fans of the yuri!!! on ice anime series. miu suzaki and ryuichi kihara's routine was set to music from the tv programme, and their performance has been widely shared on social media. what a wonderful performance! the ruling party in south africa, the anc, says it will decide later on monday what to do about president jacob zuma. the party wants him to stand down, following allegations of c

japan times leads with vice president mike pence's suggestion that he'd be open to holding talks withuestions whether we're seeing a significant shift in the trump administration's approach to pyongyang. the straits times newspaper leads with the surge in tourism from china in singapore. it's made china the number one source of tourism revenue for the city — a post previously held by indonesia. and finally, china daily looks at xi jinping's visit to a space launch centre in sichuan province. the chinese president ordered the centre to focus on boosting the country's space program. the week—long world urban forum concludes today in kuala lumpur, malaysia. this event is dedicated to the idea that managing cities properly is the key to sustainable development. it comes at a time when 54% of the world's population lives in cities — that percentage is only expected to grow. and the work done in cities make up 80% of the global economy. but the impact is not all positive. large cities also create 70% of global carbon dioxide emissions, giving urban areas a crucial role in fighting climate c

pages from around the world and they are all olympic costic today because let's take a look at the japan timesedals in total including old gold and it features this photo of the women's rowing squad who beat great britain to win the nation's bronze medal in the sport. take a look of the china daily now and it looks ahead to the beijing olympics which are taking place in 2022, saying that along with their nine medals rob young chang —— pyeongchang, china are bringing home piles of notes, video footage, extensive know—how about the winter games operation, ready to facilitate their own delivery of the games in four yea rs' their own delivery of the games in four years' time. let's take a look at the straits times because it features this photo of the us president's daughter ivanka trump. a big smile there. she is standing near the north korean general at the pyeongchang closing ceremony on sunday. the paper said they did not appear to interact. now rico, in trending you're looking at reaction to the sudden death of a particularly loved bollywood movie—star? that is right. the international shock

first here's the japan times.cs since 1998 winning 13 medals total — including four golds. it features this photo of the women's curling squad who beat great britain to win the nation's ever bronze medal in the sport. the china daily looks ahead to the beijing olympics 2022 saying that, along with their nine medals from pyeongchang, china are also bringing home piles of notes, video footage and extensive know—how about the winter games operation, to be ready to facilitate their own delivery of the games in four years time. and the straits times features this photo of the us president's daughter ivanka trump standing near to north korean general, kim yong chol at the pyeongchang closing ceremony on sunday. the paper says that they did not appear to interact. the indian actress sridevi, who starred in nearly 300 bollywood films, has died of a heart attack at the age of 5a. she started acting in childhood and went on to be one of the first female stars to command box office success whether or not she had a prominent

we start off with the new york times international edition of the japan times.t three injured. most of the victims of the blaze were elderly residents who lived on welfare. the incident has given rise to a debate about poor fire prevention for people with low incomes. shifting our attention to the strait times, it leads with pictures of cape town's reservoir running dry after three years of low rainfall. the severe drought is threatening water supplies for its residents, businesses and the tourism industry. and the china daily looks at rail expansion — to make travel for passengers smoother. three new railways are expected to relieve pressure on china's transportation networks during the spring festival. which is coming very, very soon. now, what stories are sparking discussions online? rico, some professionals getting into a heated debate has captured people's attention online. these are experts who were invited into a russian studio and they did not agree, an example of what can happen when a debate gets just a little bit too heated. this is the webcam feed fr

japan times leads with vice president mike pence's suggestion that he'd be open to holding talks withquestions whether we're seeing a significant shift in the trump administration's approach to pyongyang. the straits times newspaper leads with the surge in tourism from china in singapore. it's made china the number one source of tourism revenue for the city — a post previously held by indonesia. and finally, china daily looks at xi jinping's visit to a space launch centre in sichuan province. the chinese president ordered the centre to focus on boosting the country's space program. those are the top stories in key publications around the world. let's look at what is happening on the winter games. the winter olympics is dominating. north korea's cheerleading squad has found itself in the middle of a propaganda row after unveiling masks said to resemble kim il—sung during a women's hockey game. kim il—sung is considered to be the founder of north korea. south korean's unification ministry has refuted the claims, however, adding that the mask was "simply of a good looking man." the week—

the japan times looks at the implications of recent airstrikes by israel against iranian targets in syriawider regional war. and finally — the straits times looks at a $10 million fund which offers customised support for disadvantaged people. the new empowering for life fund, launched by president halimah yacob, aims to help the less fortunate beyond generic schemes and programmes. those are the top stories around the world. an ice skating routine at the winter olympics has proved a huge hit with fans of the yuri on ice anime series. miu suzaki and ryuichi kihara's routine was set to music from the tv programme, and their performance has been widely shared on social media. moving out of politics in britain's foreign secretary has held talks with myanmar‘s leader aung san suu kyiover with myanmar‘s leader aung san suu kyi over the rohingya refugee crisis. hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to leave myanmar, seeking shelter in neighbouring bangladesh, following a military crackdown. this report contains flash photography. among the burnt—out remains of a rohingya home, borisjo

and finally, the japan times says the marriage of princess mako has been delayed. the reason?he eldest granddaughter of emperor akihito was supposed to tie the knot in november. now she'll have to wait until 2020 to take the plunge. those are the lead stories of key publications around the world. in trending, two hollywood celebrities are sparking discussions online. they are indeed. it's been sparked by a video posted by uma thurman that shows her in a car crash on the set of kill bill in 2003. she had apparently requested the footage for 15 years and put it on instagram when she finally got it. the actress says she had worries about the state of the car, but that quentin tarantino persuaded her to go ahead with the scene. the film director said allowing the actress to drive that car is "one of the biggest regrets" of his life. the internet, smartphones, and social media — the impact they have on children is never far from the thoughts of parents and teachers. but are we really facing what some experts call a cyber pandemic? well, a new report believes we are. it found that o

we‘ll start with the japan times, which leads with the news that the japanese prime minister, shinzo to allow more skilled foreign workers entry to japan. the philippines daily inquirer focuses on a report by the us intelligence committee branding president duterte a threat to democracy and human rights. the paper quotes the philippine presidential palace‘s denial saying this. "mr duterte has no autocratic tendencies." and the china daily features this photograph of a mass of travellers leaving beijing railway station on wednesday. they‘re returning from family visits and vacations on the last day of the spring festival holiday. it says around 11 million passenger trips were made on china‘s rail network on wednesday. let‘s stay in china now, where celebrations for the lunar new year are still taking place. it‘s an opportunity for families to spend time together and enjoy themselves. but in the province of hebei, not farfrom beijing, that enjoyment was for hardier souls only, as the bbc‘s tim allman reports. snaking through the mountains of northern china, for some people, this is the

winning bronze in sochi four years ago, but they were well beaten yesterday and will face japan in a few hours' time in a few hours' time in a bid to win a bronze medal. it the third—place play—off and that is the third—place play—off and that as you - would take britain to as you say would take britain to six medals for these games. there was a possible hope tomorrow of another one in the bobsleigh, but those guys have faded away in the men's for, so it will now all come down to the women's curlers. curling of course has proved a fine source of medals for great britain over with —— over recent winter olympics, the men and recent winter olympicsfthemenandl winning in sochi four years women winning in sochi four years ago. the men were knocked out before the semifinals. eve muirhead's team did make it to the semifinals but yesterday they came up short. this is their last chance now and they face a bronze medal match and they bring britain's medal tally to m at the moment, it is that the six. at the moment, it is that the record tally of five. david ornstein with a rather magical south korean tea m wi

the japan times has courted the lawyer as saying this. provide for so many children. he says he wants more, more or less the same age, but they do not have a mother, they will be looked after by nannies. and washington, dc, and other person has been charged as part of the murder investigation into those alleged links between donald trump's election campaign and russia. this is alex van der zwaan, a london—based lawyer, the 19th person to be charged. the document is online if you want to read it. it connects the charges to false statements. it isa statements. it is a short statement from the independent counsel ‘s it is a short statement from the independent counsel '5 office but it says that alex van der zwaan lied to the fbi, lied to the independent counsel's office about contacts he had with a deputy campaign manager during that brief period of time in the middle of 2016. dietz stuck around and worked in the white house as well. the indictment said there was an unnamed person, there is speculation about who that might be. alex van der z

japan house. this will be the second time japan has hosted the summer olympics. they have hosted the winter games two times as well. 43 venues including 8 new perm nanlt buildings, 25 existing ones and 10 temporary venues will host more than 11,000 athletes competing in 33 different sports. japan promises this will be the most technologically advanced olympics ever. among the new sports at the 2020 games will be the return of baseball and softball, karake, sport climbing and surfing but there's still more competition ahead tonight after olympic coverage on nbc bay area. we'll get you up to speed on everything that happened. right now we'll send it back to you. >> make sure you don't miss any olympic stories. go to nbcbayarea, the bottom of the page, click on contact app, type in your e-mail and you're all set. >> a san francisco police officer vindicated in court today when prosecutors dropped fraud charges against him. he says it was retaliation for filing a misconduct charge against the supervisors. he recorded a commander boasting about violently arresting a wo

interviewer: and the 187 while in korea went back and forth from korea to japan several times during the war. what was japan like? katherine: it was beautiful and very rustic. the honey buckets still went up and down the street and in fact, west landed in a field one time that had just been spread. interviewer: with fertilizer. katherine: and i wouldn't let him in the house. i hosed him off outside. oh, it was bad. interviewer: and i talked to a bunch of veterans from the 187 and they really enjoyed all your jumps and your husband enjoyed jumping? katherine: oh, he loved it. i think he had 121 or something like that. i don't know. interviewer: what was the japanese culture like for you? katherine: i loved it. it was, you know, you had gone through the war with i hate the japanese and all that, but this was before the treaty had been signed, so we lived in a great g, gorgeous japanese house for about six months, i guess. then we moved to the -- the peace treaty was signed and we oved to pretty bad quarters. interviewer: after the korean war your husband was assigned at various times to

time in four days. take a look at futures in japan and korea, muted start.wer in health care and consumer staples segment. minutesaiting on rba today, which are not expected to the vault much more than what the officials outlined last week and audubon falling ahead of that, in boones -- bunds. we are checking in on aussie dollar which is holding above 79. and the come on what bank does not expect much reaction to the upcoming rba meeting. checking in on the yen, study after its biggest drop in two weeks, the dollar treading water as the treasury yields by back 3% and sean callow put it to you guys earlier, it is certainly lonely being a dollar bull right now. it looks like they are looking fairly ok with the -- as the oil industry meets in london and we are waiting on the bb outlook for 2018. waiting on the reopening of hong kong market, said to be closely watched. and we could be looking for a move back above the 32,000 level. ramy: a lot to look forward to, but turning our attention to sydney, because earnings season is well underway. it will be a busy wee

japan. masayoshi: at that time, i said, now is the time to go next stage, which is the internet telephone business will become mobile internet. so, i had to either get the license from the government, or the spectrum, or acquire vodafone japan. and first, i applied for the license to the government. and the government said no, there is no more spectrum. i actually sued the government. and, you know, for one year, a big fight. but then vodafone japan became available. $20 billion. i have $2 billion. so, $18 billion short. david: where did you get the money? masayoshi: so, i convinced the bank, you know, that the vodafone japan, i am going to turn around and become successful and become great cash flow. they believed me and lent the money. david: and they did? masayoshi: they did. david: and it turned out to be very successful. recently, you did the biggest investment you have ever made in a company called a.r.m., which is a semiconductor manufacturer based in london. why did you spend $31 billion buying a semiconductor manufacturer when many people think that is not the future? masayoshi: it was ac

injury he's happy that since november he knew he had to push himself and at the end it was a one time for japan and they also took so silver and is also a special day because javier canvas who took raunch that's the man on the right and that's the first time that an impi gold in figure skating for spain and you see all those we need those we need to prove we're going to get the bad but there's a reason why you see all the stuffed animals and you know i don't know i have to ask what is it with all those when you the toys so those actually harmed you the japanese figure skaters that was a figure skater that won gold that's his lucky charm there was so much but because of sponsor and branding reasons he's not allowed to bring them with him on the ice so a lot of fans now always bring them with him throw him throw them on the ice and they all go to a good cause actually he donates all those we need to put stuffed animals to charities so i'll make a lot of kids happy after that performance and yeah i mean i don't know i wonder if those good luck charms had anything to do with him winning the gold i

. >> and the 187, while they were in korea, went back and forth from korea to japan several times. >> right. >> during the war. what was japan like? >> it was beautiful and very rustic. i mean, the honey buckets still went up and down the street. in fact, wes landed in a field one time that had just been spread. >> oh, no. so the fertilizer for the field. >> oh, yes. and i wouldn't let him in the house. i hosed him off outside. >> oh, that's -- >> oh, it was bad. >> and i've talked to a bunch of the veterans from the 187th and they really enjoyed all their jumps and your husband enjoyed jumping with them? >> he loved it. >> okay. >> i think he had 121 or something like that. i don't know. >> what was the japanese culture like for you? >> i loved it. it was, you know, you had -- you had gone through the war with, i hate the japanese and all that -- >> sure. >> but this was before the treaty had been signed. so we lived in a great big, gorgeous japanese house for, oh, about six months, i guess. and then we moved to the -- the peace treaty was signed and we moved to wearing pretty bad qu

in 2014 we brought them back to japan for the first time since it all happened. >> my name is georgia> georgia! >> this teacher and her students knew about georgia and zack. many here looked at their story as one positive thing that came out of that horrible tragedy. do you ever -- and this is a totally unfair question. do you ever sometimes sit together at night and say to yourselves, boy, if it hadn't been for that day would we be here? would we have sebastian? would we be in this life together? >> all the time. >> if someone would have told me three years from now you will be living in wellington. >> married to an american. >> married to a kiwi with a 2-year-old son. >> i would have said you're crazy. >> i would have thought they were crazy. you know? could never have imagined this. >> helped along by an earthquake, a tsunami, and god knows what else. >> yeah. yeah. yeah. >> that's all for this edition of "dateline." i'm natalie morales. thank you for watching. > tonight, who are the true patriots? a clash plays out on the national stage, and also it's the super bowl. this is kasie

time. president. a big band and so when it comes to the data front as well. japanosting its preliminary gdp data of the fourth quarter. that will be happening in 20 minutes time from here. gdp up is the singapore which comes out at 8:00 p.m. at the top of the hour. 12:00 p.m., malaysia releasing its growth figures. the bank of thailand announced its rate decision at 1.5%. a pretty jampacked day when it comes to the eager data just a day before the great migration for chinese new year. that is what we are looking ahead to. first word news with jessica summers in new york. jessica: thanks. president trump has been challenged by republican lawmakers over potential tariffs on imports. during a meeting at the white house, they said such a move would raise prices and probably cost u.s. jobs in related industries such as car manufacturing. reporters were allowed to watch for nearly one hour during which several republicans openly tradenged the president's positions. meanwhile, jay powell has been sworn in as the new fed chief. he indicated the timeline for drives all rate

japan house. this will be the second time japan has hosted the summer olympics. es two times, as well. 43 venues, including eight new permanent buildings, 25 existing ones, and ten temporary venues will host more than 11,000 athletes, competing in 33 different sports. japan promises this will be the most technologically advanced olympics ever. among the new sports at the 2020 games will be the return of baseball and softball. karate, skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing. but we're not done with these games just yet there. is still more competition ahead. tonight after olympic coverage on nbc bay area, we'll get you up to speed on everything that happened in pyeongchang. right now, back to you. >> very cool, garvin, for us in south korea. and to make sure you don't miss any of the olympic stories, be sure to sign up for our newsletter. go to nbcbayarea.com. scroll to the bottom of the page and click on contact us. that's where you type in your e-mail address and you're all set. >>> all right, the warriors continue their quest to win a third nba championship in

kind of right making their way through and some snow off the coasts a clear skies there into japan for a time we are going to see that making its way through as we go on through wednesday will be the foul weather cloud nine celsius there for tokyo temps just getting up to around two or three degrees across the korean peninsula these will add up as we go on into thursday so six celsius in seoul by this day any success is their fault ok but it should be last the try little bit of a wet weather some wintry weather will move through the sea of japan but nothing too much to speak of and we have the rain clouds gathering across central and southern parts of china at present some wet weather over towards the southwestern corner and this will become rather more expansive as we go on through thursday so some really big downpours certainly a possibility hong kong should stay lousy dry if a little on the gray side temperatures no higher than around seventeen degrees celsius plenty of showers meanwhile across the central parts of southeast asia malaysia certainly things a big downpours but only icing som

boj last that was au think missed opportunity, because it seems like every time there is a good news story happening in japany time the market tries to allude to it, the boj tries to dispel it. is there a risk to that sort of vicious cycle, given the fact that once we do get the point where we need to see a policy shift, it could be too late or could be more market traction? -- market disruption? richard: no, i thought it was a sensible move. people have been worried about self tightening, i think it was a misunderstanding of policy. a have a commitment effectively to buy an unlimited amount of bonds to target the yield that zero. -- yields at zero. the last months, it has been a lower amount of bonds than expected, but as bond yields globally rise and policy titans in other places, implicitly they will have to buy more wrong -- by more bonds at zero. by the end of the year, they type of discussing the bonds they buy, but i thought it was a fairly sensible commitment to pursuing the zero yield targets, and as a result have to buy more. i think there has been a misunderstanding about what the boj did. i thoug

president, the state department has come in to ta talk -- to talk to the president at the very time that japan's airships were bombing our citizens in hawaii ha and the fi philippines and sinking one of the transports on the way to hawaii. by tomorrow morning the congress will have a full report and ready for action but in the meantime, we, the people, we are p prepaired for action. >> it was the first time that a first lady would have and probably the only time that a first lady would have addressed the nation on a national crisis. mrs. roosevelt had one of the modern inventions of that time period, the television in her ho home. she was not a television watcher, and maybe she would put it on to see the political convention r or some important news story, but she was a person who used television to get ideas out to the american public. she had her own television program called "prospects of mankind," but she did a televisitel television commercial for margarine and in those the days for a first lady to be on tv was a scandal. >> years ago, people never dreamed of eating and talk abo perhaps the

wasjapanese ambassador talking to the president at the very time that japan's airships were bombing our citizens in hawaii and the philippines, and sinking one of our transports loaded with lumber on its way to hawaii. i tomorrow morning, the members of the congress will have a full report and be ready for action. the peopletime, we are already prepared for action. franceska: it was the first time --t a first lady would have and probably the only time that the first lady would have adjust the nation about a national crisis. of theosevelt had one modern inventions of that time, the television, in her home. tobe she would turn it on see some political conventions, or an important new story, but she was a person who used television again to get ideas out to the american public. she had her on television program called prospects of mankind. also, she did a commercial for television for a product called good luck margarine. back in those days, for a former first lady to do a television commercial was considered a scandal. >> most people never dreamed of margarine, but times have changed. now