korea at the same time it seems that north korea was nearly ready to go back to the six party talks do you think the us is any fuel to the flames. i don't think the us is interested in any kind of intentional exacerbation of the situation and going into extremes taking into account the fact that they have problems in iraq as well as in afghanistan therefore starting up something new is unlikely at the same time it naturally has some concerns just like everyone else just like us china like japan like south korea everyone has concerns and does not want to pyongyang to get hold of nuclear weapons therefore all the countries who don't want this to happen are using their own methods russia and china are taking quite diplomatic action at a confidential level while south korea and japan and the united states traditionally resort to sanctions it's kid glove diplomacy yes what are the chances that north korea will go back to the six party talks now. with. well i can all situations of this kind the chances are dependent on the future course of events we have to take into account the incident

is the telling off of explain why he believes the north korean threat is blown out of proportion that interview is coming your way in just a few minutes. the be. said and i got a big rise in north korea said it was prepared to give a military response over the south korean and u.s. naval exercises in the yellow sea why do you think the reaction was so aggressive. this falls into the line of behavior that is generally described as aggressive a general aggressive stance north korea has been threatening to spill seas of blood destroying imperius and their marionettes for several decades i wouldn't overestimate the actual threat if we look at it from a historical perspective it has become a subject for jokes remember the late fifty's joke about the one thousand two hundred fifteen serious chinese warning so they've issued warnings but nothing followed i think they could not have kept silent in their current position and they couldn't have approved of the maneuvers they had to say something now what did they say they threaten but nothing specific happened so what did the us impose new sanc

china has been on north korea's side of course you talk ski. bring back the situation at least partly to the level of was in south korea's late president was conducting sort of diplomatic negotiations if the i was but she was listening because you mentioned the south korean ship that was sunk and rushing along with some other countries is not convinced by the results of the international commission investigation that blames north korea why is that. the one. with loving and powerful who are the reason was that or so far as i know and they found no parts of debris of the two peter which could definitely show there had been a me the north korea there was just one letter but there was an objective proof is just like in court any doubts are interpreted in favor of the accused i personally do not understand why north korea should have sunk the ship from an example of terrorists including al qaeda we know that every terror act is usually announced worldwide but as we know there were no celebrations in north korea related to the sinking of the south ko

so i mean what do you think north korea he's trying to achieve with this nuclear tests. about four years ago it was estimated that they had approximately three or four weapons as powerful as a hiroshima missile which is about twenty killer tons for russia it's not a serious figure we count in ten or even fifty megatons but there were rumors that they were bluffing they simply buried a lot of triton covered it with radioactive substance and blew it off there were all the signs of nuclear explosion there was the same speculation about our first atomic bomb which exploded in one nine hundred forty eight but i don't think it was a bluff otherwise russia wouldn't have produced a hydrogen bomb only three years later i'll be careful in my estimation they may have two or three or four missiles they may be of twenty or even ten kill a ton but actually missiles never help solve universal issues they're countries without nuclear arms and they are fine nuclear arms or scorpion sting in my opinion it can only be used in the most critical situation when an enemy occupies your territor

of the greater caucasian mountain range the republic of north. closely here. the rivers rushing to hundreds of streams which. they can make their own route among the rocks and tops up to four thousand. in spring time. is slowly coming to life. first flowers to welcome the warmth of spring. the alligator gorge river is the reserves may. only just beginning to flood. in early spring people who used to get to the rocky range. nature reserve staff. existence by chance when. it's this.

test them this is what are the chances that north korea will go back to the six party talks now hearing where that god wishes there thought it was like in all situations of this kind the chances are dependent on the future course of events we have to take into account the incident of the sinking of the corvette shah nag if no specific attention is paid to that because i don't think there's any new solid prove that north korea did in fact sing the cheviot then. we'll return to negotiations with these talks are important for economies and in other ways it's hard accuse ations are made over worldwide media channels done p.r. he might pull out of the talks but globally north korea is interested in taking part in these negotiations if they can help improve the overall situation and bring back the support of some nations for p.r. china has been on north korea's side of course and the talks can bring back the situation cleese partly to the level that was in south korea's late president was conducting sort of diplomatic negotiations with the i was but she was he mentioned the south korean ship

international commission investigation and blames north korea why is that. the one you made. with loving in part for her what the reason was that expires at the moment they found no parts of debris of the two peter which could definitely show there had been a meet in the north korea there was just one letter but there was an objective proof is just like in court any doubts are interpreted in favor of the accused i personally do not understand why north korea should have sunk the ship it was from an example of terrorists including al qaida we know that every terror act is usually announced world why but as we know there were no celebrations in north korea related to the sinking of the south korean ship on the contrary they deny doing it then why should they have done this so they did not admit anything it worked on one hand and on the other it would not have helped to reduce the number of the south korean fleet but they have enough ships is there a threat of war coming from south korea or god i don't think so it is room and set of i think who will gain from it i can see how no

china has been on north korea's side of course the talks can bring back the situation please partly to do level that was in south korea's late president was conducting sort of diplomatic negotiations if the. the sinking of a south korean ship became one of the reasons for tension in the region that russia and few other countries the. that the international commission which was not very objective what was the reason to doubt. both loving and perform. the reason was that a supplier zinah when they found no parts of debris of the two peter one which could definitely show there's been a me the north korea there was just one letter but there was an objective proof is just like in court any doubts are interpreted in favor of the big queues i personally do not understand why north korea should have sunk the ship where he said i'm an example of terrorists including al qaeda we know that every terror act is usually announced worldwide it's a little bit but as we know there were no celebrations in north korea related to the sinking of a south korean ship on the contrary they denied doing it then

negotiation process say the six segment gaucher issues between you know the six countries including north korea . and border with russia how do you weigh us clase to returning to the negotiations table what do you think of the tunes is of that happening now and what negotiations help relieve tension with a group which was there thought it was like in all situations of this kind the chances are dependent on the future course of events we have to take into account the incident with the sinking of the corvette. if no specific attention the speed to that because i don't think there's any new solid prove that north korea did on taxing the ship then p.r. key will return to negotiations these talks are important for economies and in other ways i think it's hard accusations are made over worldwide media channels done p.r. he might pull out of the talks but globally north korea is interested in taking part in these negotiations because they can help improve the overall situation and bring back the support of some nations for p.r. china has been on north korea's side of course and the talks can bri

but towards the north it's going to be very ensettled. windy and wet in places, especially for southern scandinavia and that heavy rain moving into central europe as well. heavy rain has also been affecting scotland up in the uk. so here you need to stay put during the overnight hours. but looking much drier and calmer for your tuesday across the british isles. london will be sunny on your tuesday. 22 degrees. paris as well could get spells of sunshine and thundershowers and vienna with 24 degrees. here's the extended forecast. >>> japan's economy trade and industry ministry plans to request a budget increase in fiscal 2011 for help nurture eco-friendly businesses such as lithium ion battery makers. the ministry will ask for $350 million to support businesses that can help japan achieve a 25% cut in emissions. it will subsidize up to half the capital investments of companies making eco-friendly items such as lithium ion batteries used in electric vehicles and l.e.d. lights th s that radiate less . the ministry will request $175 million fo

to the north, this frontal line dominates much of the region bringing some quite heavy showers to north northern japan today. but that's going to be weakening, but south korea and the east coast of china looking at that rain to intensify into your thursday. just to the south of beijing here. looking at your temperatures today, 28 degrees in beijing, still hot in shanghai, 34. and also quite steamy across japan as well, 34 in tokyo. in north america, we've still got this very unsettled conditions up in central canada. it looks like it will stay very stormy and very wet for you up in northern manitoba during the overnight hours. another wet day in british columbia as well. and down in the south looks like more rain will continue down in the florida peninsula. it has been raining here quite a bit, so flooding could be an issue. additional rain will fall in southern mexico as well. this is due to tropical storm frank. it is getting a bit more energy as it goes, but it does remain off shore and it will be moving away from mexico as well over the next few days. temperature wise, stays hot dow

several sources said that a delegation from the north has arrived in a province. north korea's late leader, the father of kim jong-il reportedly attended a junior high in the city in the late 1920s. tight security has been put in place at a first-class hotel, raising the likelihood that the delegation is staying there overnight. kim last visited in may. it's speculated that this trip kim will talk about his successor. his third son is deemed his most likely replacement. however, it has not been confirmed if the young man came along on this trip. >>> south korea's red cross says that it is ready to provide aid to north korea. last week north korea was hit by heavy floods along the amnok river which forms the border with china. the northwestern city of shinuiju was completely inundated with floodwaters. the extent of the flood damage has not yet been confirmed. however, north korea's state-run television says more than 5,000 people were rescued by troops under orders from leader kim jong-il. on thursday south korea's red cross sent a message to the north stating tha

look at that, flocking outdoors in the heat.luil tug aosth north, say southern areas of spain, north of the mediterranean it's going to cool down, but seville will still stay warm and we'll be warm across the balkans as well. across europe, it looks like wel be in the mid teens from stockholm to vienna. that's all from me, here's your three-day. >>> that's all we have for this edition of "newsline." i'm hideshi hara in tokyo. we'll be back in 30 minutes. thanks for joining us on nhk world.

north koreans to promote reforms to make the continent more market oriented they try to encourage north korea to be more open to the world and they're very much against north korea having nuclear weapons but they do say chinese that the reason most korea wants to have nuclear weapons is because america doesn't profit most most korea puts pressure on north korea and the bush for example was very warlike against north korea the chinese way of dealing with this issue is to see to the table and try to solve issues in a peaceful way and chinese say that america should recognize north korea as a. independent country they don't have diplomatic relations so far and america should start political and economic relations with north korea and as a result most korea will stop change and this is the basic position of china in the basic position of the purpose of both china and russia now to bring those parties again at the table and continue negotiations it's not me talking about russia and china other two countries culp racing or rather competing today i would say that where corporate and work are p

the north. the ground they represent the redbook species. more than two thousand bats gather here in the winter. in order to survive. in summer they fly to the foothills and return again in autumn they start preparing for migration in early spring when they split up into smaller groups. sometimes i find all of the bouts covered with jew. they look very nice like covered in tensile. ok visit closed ecosystem the humidity is one hundred percent and the temperature in the caves is constant which is exactly what bats need humans should avoid staying in the caves for too long as they start to have an impact on the special climate conditions. fuck. you hear them calling. this means we can find. out. if they start flying around they will use up their fat and may not survive until spring. so let's get out of here. we back the rangers and run into an unexpected obstacle to our riverbed starts to filling with water the water is now blocking their path. a few hours later no vehicle able to clear this hurdle the only path to the cave will be gradually i

they have just left north what more do you know? -- they have left north korea. what more do you know? >> north korea says it has decided to release him because of what they called their humanitarian policy. we know he has already left p'yongyang and is in route to boston in the united states, where he will be greeted by his family, who will be very relieved. this is the second time a former u.s. president has flown to north america to secure the release of american citizens, and there have been voices of criticism suggesting this is north korea playing at hostage diplomacy and that these kinds of visits play into its hands. >> we have had some indication north korea was talking about denuclearization of the capital. >> talks focused on denuclearizing the peninsula. they have not been taking place for more than a year, and although this was discussed by the u.s. government as a private and humanitarian trip, it does appear some sort of discussion has taken place. they are reporting the second most senior official has told mr. karcher the country is ready and is c

celebrated architectural landmarks of ancient north. they differ in height and shape as a rule extended families lived in short towers. were used as lookout points and for other defensive purposes the towers were built close to villages and gorges with paths used by troops on foot and on horseback many were extensions of forbidding clips. protection from. was served as. if people manning which tell was in the lowest villages at the entrance to the door which noticed approaching enemy troops then they would lead. people in so the smoke. was in remote parts of the gold. in accordance with a long standing tradition. was to take no more than a year if builders failed to meet the deadline the structure was pulled down and built a new towers belonging to the same clan were regarded as sanctuaries in due course they became symbols of the power and wealth as time went by they turned into veritable objects of worship. one of the most revered sanctuaries of the people is a medieval architectural site called. located in the gorge one thousand nine

a north wind warmed up partedth north bay. today widespread low clouds and fog will burn off sooner. warmer air aloft smashing the fog going to go from north to south and that marine base temperatures 60s 70s. around the bay upper 70s and mid to upper 80s inland. here's sal. >>> traffic on the east shore freeway moving o. k . . westbound 80 traffic looks good heading to the maze. also the morning commute looks okay on 880 north and southbound. now back to the desk. >>> all right. thank you, sal. overnight a plane with hundreds of people on board was forced to make an emergency landing at sfo after one of the engines exploded. ktvu spoke with passengers this morning. good morning, tara. >> reporter: good morning. [ audio problems ] dramatic intense moments for people aboard this flight. bound for sydney, australia. according to passengers -- [ audio problems ] >> reporter: just after 11:00 last night. then about half an hour into the trip passengers felt a major bump, heard a loud thud and the plane seemed to veer off. now we f

security council ended its discussions on the north's alleged sinking of a south korean warship. the move is seen as china's effort toward resumption of the six-party nuclear talks. however, japan, south korea and the united states are still accusing north korea of provocative behavior. north korea is also demanding the lifting of international sanctions as a precondition for its return to the talks. >>> north korea announced an investigation is currently under way into a south korean fishing boat that was seized in the sea of japan. the state-run korean central news agency said on thursday that a south korean squid fishing boat was captured on august 8th by a north korean naval patrol vessel. the news agency said the boat with a crew of four koreans and three chinese had intruded into north korea's territorial waters. the boat is believed to have been towed to the port of songjin. however, no other details were made available such as how the crew members were captured, their present location or health condition. south korea has called on the north to quickly release the boat and

north bay hills.he main impact a few extra clouds for tomorrow afternoon and sunday partly cloudy skies and temperatures do warm up a few degrees. this morning bundle up, 48 to 55. the clouds concentrated coast side, also into the bay, santa rosa and napa showing you offcast as well. afternoon partly to mostly sunny, 60 to 84 and fog parts of the shoreline, antioch yoarks san rafael 64, 60s near the immediate coastline, 70s san jose. your five-day-forecast temperatures continue to cool off on saturday. a little bit of a bump in the numbers by sunday and then warming back up into monday and then into tuesday of next week. another weather check coming up in just a few minutes. >> hard to belief it has been five years since hurricane katrina devastated new orleans in the gulf coast. we are going to bring you a live report from new orleans show p you what has been done to rebuild that city. >> and today the budget crisis in sacramento will directly affect dozens of school children in oakland. we will have

in north. and. nobody was hit. but the road was entirely blocked. the rangers will have to go on foot to reach them. sure a couple of. sometime ago there was a good chance of people. on the mountain. today scientists tend to observe them through their binoculars. these graceful animals. caucasian goats have no difficulty clearing steep slopes they almost never slip off as they know how to spread their center of gravity evenly and choose the right foot hold and they have no fear of heights. the east caucasian variety of goats inhabits this reserve it's possible to tell them apart by the shape of their horns. with them flow for. in the form of a partial spiral. like this like it but. it's the right horn points to the left and the left horn points to the right. cohesion goats or wild animals but high in the mountains and they often allow rock climbers to come surprisingly close. at the most and would do you typically a matter of ten meters you think those who got used to the presence of people are the only. quite tolerant of them near the training camp

they did a pretty big north korea had threatened to attack following joint south korean u.s. move as well because the fifth north korea senshi declares that it is ready to attack any vessels that come to that designation legion to take part in the mini this was north korea said press if in its response. this falls into the line of be a viewer that is generally considered as aggressive a general aggressive stance north korea has been threatening to spill she's a blood and destroy imperialists and their marionettes for several decades i would not overestimate the actual threat if you look at it from a historical perspective it has become subjects for jokes remember the late one nine hundred fifty s. jokes about the one thousand two hundred fifteen serious changes warning so they issued warnings but nothing followed i think they could not have kept silent in their current position and they could not have approved of the maneuvers they had to say something now we're going to say they threaten but nothing specific happened there's been no new bill is ation in north korea the armed

is to see the collapse of north korea and its absorption into the south. it's also suspicious that the south korean government's report was released on the eve of gubernatorial and local elections there is also the case that. the idea that the north korean submarine could have been operating in the shallow waters in which the cheering and saying is incredible but one could make the argument that the entire point of this in an incident in the blaming of it on north korea was to provide a pretext to escalate tensions there is a large opposition within south korea to the idea that in fact north korea is responsible for the sinking of the ship. and further developments on the divided peninsular a land mine which was swept across the border from the north during heavy flooding has killed one south korean and injured another device exploded after the man tried to take it home myrto fishel sayed so unclear why they tried to take it away with them warnings have been issued to people in the area as about thirty mines have been found in the past two days. let's not

, first detained in january for trespassing into north korea. it is still unclear why he was there but he was sentenced to eight years hard labor. carter's trip came after the u.s. expressed serious concerns about gomez's health. it comes a year after former president clinton traveled there to win the rest of two american journalists. i will have more on the state department's new travel warning in my next report. >> 5:16. let's check in with sal. feeling like friday light yet? >> so far there are a couple of glitches here and there but for the most part doing well. highway 24 westbound on the way over to the tunnel it looks pretty good and still light on the way to oakland. this morning's commute in oakland at the toll plaza westbound looks nice. no problems on to the bridge itself. i got word of some road work here on 92 at 101 eastbound 92 at 101 on the way to foster city. a couple of lanes closed for paving. it looks like we are not actually sure when they are going to pick it up but right now those lanes are still closed on the way to the s

i see many places in north beach blasting music. i have spent more nice than i'd care to remember at the silver clouds. they advertise on tv, they have ads in the paper, they have surf and turf in addition to karaoke. i was at a tavern next week. he owns a lot of high-end restaurants. karaoke does not lead to an atmosphere an informant in a nightclub. if you spent any time, it is completely the opposite. this is not the atmosphere where people dead and up. there's nothing really compatible with karaoke in a nightclub because this antithetical to what you want to create print the. i went to some of these places about a year ago. all local guide says that this places kid friendly. takeout is available. there's quite a bit of evidence that this place is functioning as a restaurant. i have said food there. in terms of the signs, the planning code does not prohibit people from getting the signs in the windows. if there is a problem, then we can deal with that. if this is not in the code, people cannot get in trouble for something that is

the republic of north. touched. closely here. the rivers rushing to hundreds of streams. among the rocks and tops up to four. in springtime. is slowly coming to life. first. of spring. the. river is the reserves and. only just beginning to flood. in early spring people used to get to the rocky range. chance. when you're not here we have not been aware of its existence for ten years when locals told us about it they said she put it once being sheltered in the caves first tunnel when we first came here we did see tracks left by sheep yes that's right i remember the first time i came here we did see tracks left by sheep. the cave extends for more than a kilometer several narrow corridors hide a large central chamber the cave walls are covered in drip stones still are tights and still like mines. the north caucasus largest bat hibernates deep underneath the ground they represent the redbook species the bat and the horseshoe nosed bad more than two thousand bats gather here in the winter they cuddle together in order to survive the cold weather in summer they fly to the foothi

drizzle possible saturday in the north bay. really the clouds and the cooler weather already the big story. >> we start things off in the south bay with a live look in san jose at 101 right at the 880 overcrossing. no problems here making your way out of morgan hill and heading up the peninsula. road work on northbound 101 through san jose has been cleared. it should be a nice commute right now. when you reach the golden gate bridge, you'll find -- look at that -- no problems making your way into san francisco from sausalito. a beautiful ride. the repaving project through solano county is continuing today. it's on interstate 80 affecting both directions. a couple lanes are blocked between sassoon valley road and the parkway. that can be cleared by about 7 a.m.. also in mass transit, as of right now no delays. bart rung running on schedule. you can get mass transit by going to our website, abc7news.com. just click on that traffic link. eric, kristen. >> megan, thank you very much. it's 5:20. >> singer bob dylan has a new plan fo

thanks for joining it's a major quiet down on terror is in full swing in the north caucuses with security forces saying they've killed more than fourteen middletons over the past month at the weekend twelve terrorists and six security officers were killed in a time by gunmen on the home village of the president of russia china republic ramzan kadyrov north caucasus correspondent acts on the little children how small. during the operation twelve militants were killed because of skin cells headed their own to terrorist operation actually his kids were asleep in a house just a couple of blocks from the street where the operation was going on and this is how could their himself describes what happened and how it happened if he did gunman came into the village joining the night with the men to reza group because this was the most convenient place to destroy them was surrounded them and shot at them and then with you hand grenades here's where it all ended we had been expected to lose our officers but it was inevitable but no syrians were injured titular sources have already promised around so

that north korea was nearly ready to go back to the six party talks do you think the u.s. is adding fuel to the flames will do or i don't think that the united states is interested in any kind of attention on exacerbation of the situation and going into extremes taking into account the fact that they have problems in iraq as well as an afghanistan therefore starting up something new was unlikely the same time.

areas north of sonoma county. hour-by-hour for temperatures, 70s and 80s inland. 60s around san francisco and the coast. the weekend will look cooler and breezy. not very august like. the first half of next week, we warm up, looking more like summer by next wednesday. laura? >> we believe you. >>> a miracle in the mines. stunning video of what life is like for 33 miners trapped four miles underground. >>> and people will be able to cash in on mafia wars and farmville, but is it even bankable? we'll explain ahead. >>> and a live look outside at south bay, overlooking san jose. changes in the forecast compared to all the heat we had this week. we'll keep you posted on how w t should headhi out this morning. s >>> an american imprisoned in north korea will leave a free man this morning. president jimmy carter will leave with mr. gomes after he was arrested entering north korea in january. gomes was sentenced to eight years of hard labor with a fine of about $600,000, but at the request of president carter and for hum

the triple digits in the north bay and east bay valleys.u-weather seven-day forecast, 8 to 16 degrees cooler tomorrow. megan. >> thanks, mike. the bay bridge toll plaza is our slow spot now. metering lights, traffic backed up into the maze. a half hour wait time to make your way through the tolls. our other slow spot, westbound 4 making your way out of antioch and through the altamont pass. >> thank you for joining us for the abc 7 morning news. >> we'll be back at 7:22. join us at 11:00 and stststststt ♪ ♪ yes! ♪ oh my gosh, are those the jeans from last year? how'd you do it? ting right...whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who eat more whole grain tend to have healthier body weights. multigrain cheerios has five whole grains and 110 lightly sweetened calories. more grains. less you! multigrain cheerios. the riveras are taking their first family vacation. [ dad ] hey, do you guys want to see the largest artichoke ever grown? [ kids ] artichoke! artichoke! they needed some tools to help them keep track of their spending along the way.

but here's the equator, 30 degrees north and 60 degrees north and north america is here and here. let's just talk about the bottom part of this. this is the median of the projected change in precipitation where change is coated by color. red is less. what did you give me there david? 0? well, let's rearrange and i want to talk a little longer everybody is giving me attention here. i'll promise to hasten up a little bit. red is dryer and blue is wetter. and what you can see here is that along the sub tropics the latitudes between 20 degrees north and south and 30 degrees or so there tends to be a trying so the way the atmosphere works if you look at it sideways from along the equator the air is rising along the equator and sinking polar to that in the sub tropics and in our area that's calledd the north pacific high. that's why we don't get much rain. we're under the influence of the north pacific high. what's happening in these climate simulations is those subtropical highs, more or less, are strengthening, on the other hand if you live in seattle you might be more encouraged beca

the north bay else. of an inch. elsewhere increasing cloud cover. tom hall could see showers thus before today. temperatures get lower them the chance of showers increase sunday bringing some thunderstorms as well. your 7 day around the bay it will be much cooler this weekend low '70s inland '60s around the bay '50s for the coast warming up next week. >> we are enjoying a good to me this morning we have been hot spot for real morning we are tracking some areas where it is slow like in san francisco on the inbound central freeway right where merges with the james lick freeway's southbound as we mentioned it is over the last several weeks we have observed volumes have been high enough we have seen delays from time to time right at this juncture. there are no problems for the 1 01 south bound for the inbound central freeway. san jose slowing on 1 01 northbound no problems just sluggish traffic after the guadalupe parkway. that will clear up before highway 237. we just got word of a problem in san leandro it