going back again to the 1970's, here i am driving a small rubber boat in the north pacific in 1975. we confronted the whalers putting ourselves in front of the harpoons and our boats to rotect the fleeing whales -- whales. just four years later, factory whaling was banned in the north pacific and eventually in all of the world oceans. here i'm sitting on a baby seal to protect it from the hunters. i was arrested and hauled off to javepl. the seal was clubbed and skinned but this picture appeared in over 3,000 newspapers around the world the next morning. this eventually brought changes to the way canada manages its seal --. by the mid 1980's, we've grown. presidents hand prime ministers now spoke of the environment on a regular basis. but for me it was tyke to make a change. i have been against at least three or four things daver of my life for 15 years. i decided it was time to try and figure out what i was in favor of. i made the transition from the politics of confrontation which is basically about telling people what they should stop doing to the telling people what we should do

just four years later, whaling was banned in the north pacific. here i am sitting on a baby seal off the coast of newfoundland to protect it from the hunters' clubs. i was arrested and hauled off to jail. the seal was clogged and skinned. but this picture was in newspapers all around the world the next morning. this eventually brought changes to the way canada manages its seal herds. by the mid-1980's, we had drawn from a church basement to a group of 100 million a year coming in and in 120 countries around the world. for me, it was time to make a change. i had been against at least three or four things every day of my life for 15 years. i decided it was time to figure out what i was in favor of for a change. i made the transition from the politics of confrontation, which is basically about telling people what they should stop doing, to the politics of trying to find consensus on what we should do instead. there is no escaping the fact that 7 billion people wake up every morning on this planet with real needs for food, energy, and materials. susta

about 30% to 50% of humpback whale population in the north pacific have entanglement scars. >> the journeyo america stopped at sfo for a bunch of giant mill peeds being shipped to the san joaquin valley. you can see what custom and border protection agents found when they kplaed packages at the airport postal facility. the package arrived from germany and was mislabelled toy car model. federal law requires special permits to import exotic animals. the foot-long mill peeds, all 20 of them, are now at the u.s. department of agriculture. >> harvesting is in full swing in the central valley. peanuts are the most eaten nut. they're a high cash and water intensive drought. prices rising and almond farmers have increasingly diverted water from other crops to grow the almo almond. 80% of the world's almonds are grown right here in california. and they use up to 10% of the state's water supply. more on the harvesting from fresno county. >> reporter: long before you enjoy smoked almonds or have an almond joy, the nuts must first be shaken off the tree and harvested. the activity in almond orchards i

just four years later, whaling was banned in the north pacific. here i am sitting on a baby seal off the coast of newfoundland to protect it from the hunters' clubs. i was arrested and hauled off to jail. the seal was clogged and skinned. but this picture was in newspapers all around the world the next morning. this eventually brought changes to the way canada manages its seal herds. by the mid-1980's, we had drawn from a church basement to a group of 100 million a year coming in and in 120 countries around the world. for me, it was time to make a change. i had been against at least three or four things every day of my life for 15 years. i decided it was time to figure out what i was in favor of for a change. i made the transition from the politics of confrontation, which is basically about telling people what they should stop doing, to the politics of trying to find consensus on what we should do instead. there is no escaping the fact that 7 billion people wake up every morning on this planet with real needs for food, energy, and materials. susta

about 200 or 300 feet of line from the water. 30 or 50% of the humpback whale population in the north pacificsen tangle meant scars. >>> still ahead on the abc7 saturday morning news, how a bay area girl is putting smiles on the faces of children all around the world. and a live look outside right now. view from our kgo roof cam. the bay bridge and some darkness, as you might be able to tell. a little cloudy this morning. lisa argen will let you know how your long holiday weekend is shaping up right after this. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪here i am. rock you like a hurricane♪ fiber one now makes cookies. find them in the cookie aisle. >> hang today, the sausalito art festival returns for it's 62nd career. the festival is held every year on labor day weekend. held in marin chip park. it features fine art from more than 200 artists, food, wine and live music. proceeds help support educational art programs in local schools and fund scholarships for college art students. the festival runs until monday and gets underway at 10:00 a.m. each day. >>> also happening today, the festive spirit and flavor of the big easy com

researchers say 30 to 50% of the humpback whale palm las vegas in the north pacific has entanglementscars. >> well labor day weekend is here and drew started out with a beautiful sunset tonight. check this out. the this is from the emeryville camera looking west about grave minutes ago. >> get throughout and enjoyment live doppler 7hd right now still have the cloud overhead but not bringing us any rain in the form of showers. live doppler 7hd is coming up dry. live look outside the exploratorium camera upon theed to the sky line of san francisco transamerica building in the background with few clouds and notice more in the way of clearing sky heading to midnight exploratorium 62 degrer oakland. san carlos. san jose 67. 68 gilroy and a half machine bay in the 60's as wel well. future tower cam not as obscured as we were of the view early this afternoon. finall finally clouds beginning to dissipate across much of the area. santa rosa currently 65. 66 for nap a.fairfield 70. concord 73 livermore at 69. look at the radar satellite and the reason why for all the cloud you can thank what w

about 200 or 300 feet of line from the water. 30 or 50% of the humpback whale population in the north pacificntanglement scars. >> this morning the san francisco zoo is celebrating and mourning a rare event. the birth of twin giraffes. san francisco chronicle reports the calves were born tuesday to an 11-year-old giraffe. one weighed in at 75 pounds and one smaller. the smaller calf diet thursday. twin births are rare for grabs, only 32 out of 8600 births worldwide. the surviving giraffe can be seen at the zoo in the african animal section. >> coming up, how a bay area girl is putting smiles on the faces of children around the world. and taking a live look from our east bay hills cam. it's already 60 degrees in some parts of the east bay and it's only going to get warmer from there. lisa argen will have your [ ethereal music plays ] start your day with tyson day starts breakfast flatbreads and you start with better ingredients -- like real eggs, quality tyson sausage, all natural cheeses, and a crispy flaky flatbread. and our delicious sandwiches, flatbreads, and wrapped omelets give you 24%

of union pacific to the power river basin north of wyoming filling up with cattle from buffalo to the northern part of the state down south to rollins and the southern part went through casper and right past jimmy's store. the cattle business was booming, april's location would be a good place to serve local customers. he followed a quarter section, 160 acres of land and doug an irrigation ditch. was at various times postmaster, notary public and justice of the peace. helen watson, ten years younger, joined the monthly water in spring of 1886. she was from kansas where she married at 18 and divorced her abusive husband two years later. here she is with her first husband from western history center. april probably -- they followed that spring to a marriage license but when they actually got married is unclear. when they got married is unclear. by the summer of '89 he had a store, a house, stable, icehouse and chicken coop on the property. this are low, small, dare rude buildings. it was also a 7. would have sold cartridges, bacon, f

so the san andreas fault north american plate, pacific plate moves at 2-inches a year.so what happens is all these smaller faults which are reacting to that movement. start to get active and start to move. so here is the west napa fault. you can see it's between the rogers creek and west napa fall is where the earthquake was. it is a very short fault. only about 30 miles long. san andreas fault is about 800 miles long. take a look a little closer. the napa valley very fertile soil. these are sediments this is the luvial soil which means it's lose and things tend to really shake. you do get and we're seeing that a lot of damage in the napa area. because the soils. what you're living on has a lot to do with how things go where you live. the epicenter was about 4 feet. this is about average for this fault. the depth about 6 miles and as you know the closer to the surface the epicenter is the more strongly felt the earthquake is felt. and speaking of being felt. this is the shake map. this is one of the most telling tools we have when an earthquake first happens. people cal

one the pacific plate, one the know north american plate, they slipped as they slipped, they sheared apart, that caused the shaking, according to state geologists, mr. parish, he said this shaking is going to go on for quite some time. >> as you will probably see, there are a number of aftershocks that are occurring from this fault or from this earthquake. we think that there's probably over 50 or 60 aftershocks now. the largest one being a magnitude 3.6. we do not expect that there will be much larger aftershocks but do think the aftershocks will continue for several weeks. >> at least several weeks, in my opinion. this he can go on and on. geological time with the earth being billions of years old doesn't go in weeks and months, it goes in years sometimes. jim? >> thanks very much, chad. of course, the concern is there is a lot of damage building, those aftershocks could cause further damage, bring some of them down, one of the big concerns now. thanks to chad myers in atlanta. >>> also continuing to follow breaks news story overseas. an american held by islamist rebels in syria fo

north america. we sent other reports that the russian fleed would round the cape of good hope in africa, across the pacific and take spanish possessions that way. and he said there was a possibility he would work down the west coast of north america and reach one of the many great rivers that starts in the southwest like new mexico or northern mexico and discharges its waters into the pacific ocean. you know this great river? no, because they don't exist. but the spanish didn't know that. unfortunately for spanish officials, their anxiety was lined up with their ignorance. someone wrote in saying he had spotted strangers in baha, california. this gives you a sense of the fear and anxiety. as i decribe in "west of the revolution: an uncommon history of 1776" the pacific coast was transformed in the 1770s. it was important they made it part of their land. in 1769, the spanish built a mission and fort on the san diego river. they burned down the mission, bludgeoned to death a missionary and killed every spanish people. but the war was a lost cost. the spanish spent the next year arresting and torturing suspec

north. and in the pacific, a powerful category 4 hurricane iselle, appears to be on a collision course with hawaii. forecasters say the storm is expected to weaken significantly before it hits, likely as a tropical storm. >>> now overseas to the ongoing war between israel and hamas. today, an attack on a commuter bus in jerusalem. something not seen in some time. also the announcement by israel that they have destroyed all known tunnels. that was a major goal of this military offensive. and just tonight, both sides have yet again agreed, at least, to a cease-fire. we get our late report from our chief foreign correspondent richard engel in gaza. >> reporter: desperate, and suicidal. a palestinian in a construction vehicle went on a rampage in a religious jewish neighborhood in jerusalem. one pedestrian was killed, a bus overturned. police quickly shot dead the suspected attacker. palestinian anger is growing over israel's punishing nearly one-month-long war in gaza. in southern gaza today, ahmed mahmoum looked for the remains of his 3-year-old daughter. he hammered through a wall of their b

what's going to happen is an area of low pressure is going to pass by to the north up in the pacific northwest. we will not tap into the rainfall. but we will tap into a stronger onshore flow. so for tomorrow, temperatures will remain near or below average. but then we'll start to see a warmup coming up over the weekend. and once that happens, we'll really jack the temperatures up above normal by the middle of next week. so low clouds moving inland again tonight. it will be a cloudy start to your friday. temperatures will dip a little bit tomorrow compared to today but the weekend is looking great to get outside. and it will be a little warmer especially coming up on sunday. your high temperatures tomorrow, still the mid- to upper 60s for san francisco with some afternoon sunshine. santa rosa another nice day for you high of 83. fremont hayward mid- to upper 70s great stuff. fairfield 83. redwood city 77. san jose 81. your extended forecast: >> next week when everybody is back in school it will be some of the warmest weather all month. low to mid-90s inland and well into the 70s near

we are watching them all the way up to the pacific north-west, into friday. for the weekend - a bit of relief. the heat and humidity will be cooking in the midwest. al jazeera america news continues. >>> there is word tonight that robin williams ashes have been scattered in san francisco bay, according to his death certificate. the beloved comedians death was ruled a suicide, a day after being found dead. his widow said he was suffering depression and had been diagnosed with parkinson's disease. >>> 10 years into his music career, the lead singer of neon trees made a decision, tyler glen came out as a gay man to his friend, family and bandmates and sat with thomas drayton to indicate how it influenced the latest album. >> it indicates the struggle. instead of focussing on the darker part of that i decided to celebrate what the outcome was, and write about that. that's why the record is fun and colourful. >> it's about your personal life in journey. >> yes. >> a year ago you made a leap. you held a secret for a large part of our life. >> coming out as a gay ma

still got an area of low pressure passing to the north heading through pacific northwest and in the meantime some hazy sunshine outside today. and high pressure begins to build in, so these temperatures will be coming up. 90s in the central valley today. about 75 degrees in lake tahoe. and 69 into monterey bay. low clouds and fog going to give way to lots of sunshine but a little cool with foggy conditions continuing out toward the coastline. and then the fog and low clouds make their way back onshore overnight tonight and into early tomorrow morning. temperatures will start to move up the scale a bit. 82 san jose. 81 sunnyvale. 77 palo alto. 67 pacifica. 80s in the east bay, 85 fairfield. inside the bay 76 sunny oakland this afternoon. 69 degrees in san francisco. and about 80 degrees in petaluma. next couple of days, we are going to see a whole lots of sunshine coming our way. and these temperatures going to be heating up through saturday. then another area of low pressure drops in come sunday and monday. chance of cooler temperatures then as well and maybe monsoonal clouds come back next

tremendous problem in sicily, north africa, the pacific theater. you heard from ashley some of the efforts to eradicate malaria. it was harder to treat during the war because quinine, the drug that was most effective for treating malaria, came from plants that were primarily in areas occupied by our enemies. atabrain was another anti-malaria drug. experiments were done using prison fers. we'll come back to prisoners later on in the lecture. one famous subject for the malaria experiments was nathan leopol leopold who had kidnapped someone in chicago. this was in illinois and led to issues in nurenburg trials because it was a question of whether prisoners could give informed consent. informed consent. >c the important in the second world war came not from medicine, but physics. dan kevlin talks about physics after the war. in the 1930s, aç scientist was trying to understand pure science or trying to understand the nature of the atom and probably the most exciting scientific news was the fission of the uranium nucleus. the question then rose if energ

there were many turning points in the pacific, in north africa, at stalen grad in the bloody and terrible eastern front. but of all of these, it was on the beaches of normandy on the 6th of june, 1944, 70 years ago today, that the history of the world tipped most decisively. the allied invasion of the normandy beaches was the single largest military undertaking in american history and very nearly in world history. it was certainly the largest amphibious operation ever attempted. some 6,000 ships, ships of all kinds, followed by that acronym soup of acronyms and crushly, the lsts. all part of an armada so large and so complex as to be barely imaginable to us today. it was an armada not easily conjured into existence. men and women on two continue innocents worked 60 hour weeks in double or triple shifts around the clock. for more than two years to crate it. we should remember those who built the ships and the planes and the tanks and the trucks and the jeeps and the other tools of war that made the invasion possible. this armada on the sea was supported by an armada in the air that was nea

low pressure moving just to the north into the pacific northwest and that's keeping our temperaturesn a little bit going to weaken this ridge and maybe just enough to bring down the temperatures two to three degrees and that's it so looking at a nice day but the sea breeze is blowing. the good into us is though it's really cleaning up the air quality -- the good news is, though, it's really cleaning up the air quality and nice weather around the state. 89 in sacramento. headed to tahoe, how about 74 degrees there today? 990 in yosemite. and 99 and hot in fresno. around the bay 70s and 80s in the south bay. 60s along the coastline. more fog there. you will see about 84 degrees in livermore. 84 in pittsburg. about 81 in walnut creek. and 75 little breezy into vallejo. as you make your way inside the bay 72 in alameda. 80 degrees in novato. and about 78 degrees in petaluma. your sunrise time 6:31. sunset at 7:53. and looking out over the next few days we are going to see some warmer temperatures. looks like a nice weekend. of course we have the races at sonoma. we have the good guys in

north. temperatures close to highs we saw yesterday. downtown san jose 80. drive ten minutes south towards santa teresa, upper 80s. pacific 67. north bay, mid to upper 70s around santa rosa, san rafael. highs mid-80s sunol and livermore. weekend forecast starting off in the 90s near tri-valley turning cooler as we head towards sunday. speaking of the tri-valley, that issue that we saw westbound on 580, grant line road, starting to slow down. average speeds from grant line road towards 580 to 38 miles per hour. slowing as you move through livermore, starts to slow right there near hacienda, 580 into dublin, this is how it looks, approaching santa rita road, westbound. tri-valley trek time, down to 38 miles per hour, from grant line road to 680. seeing travel times down to 42 miles per hour. from the tri-valley to bay bridge, getting on schedule once you get past 850 section out by livermore. you can see that mass transit for now running on schedule for you on this wednesday. back to you. >> thank you. hollywood mourning passing of golden age star lauren bacall. she died at the age of 89 yesterday. bacall was a tony-award winnin

pacific. it is north of the island chain with winds around 75 miles per hour, regardless the system won't impact the hawaiian islands. very happen to say. >> terrific. >>> now to the mainland. fires in the west. this dramatic video from oregon, firefighters wipe out flames. more than 700 homes are in danger. julie, what does it look like out there. >> more bad news for them. the pacific northwest will stay hot and dry. this expanding heat wave will continue from northern california towards oregon and washington. we are expecting wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour. you can see red flag warnings as well as fire weather watches in effect. the rains will not be getting in any time soon. temperatures running anywhere between 10 to 15 degrees above average. >> what about the storms in the south? >> i wish we could take the rain from the south and take it to the northwest. this morning, you see shower and thunderstorm activity and will continue through the weekend. we're expecting heavy rain across the carolinas. areas of flooding, travel problems. by sunday evening, we're estimating anywhere between 2

conditions in california and since warm ocean waters the bring rain are now moving far are north up the pacific oregon and washington alaska will get rain the jet stream is set to extend drought like conditions to much of the southwest. it could get so bad that there's now a very real possibility that devastating drought conditions will soon cover everywhere from california to texas warmer ocean waters like those that absorb the record kelvin ocean heat wave that should have triggered the el nino but apparently won't and the drought like conditions that they're helping to influence these are a direct consequence of climate change and global warming according to know it as. an atmospheric administration global ocean temperatures were the highest ever measured for june and the global sea surface temperature anomaly the difference in sea surface temperature from its average historical average was again the highest in history no wrote that for the ocean the june global sea surface temperature was a record warm at this point six force degrees celsius that's one point one five degrees fahrenheit abov

north america. he sent other reports saying the russian fleet is going around the cape of good hope, crossed through polynesia and then the pacificnd take spanish possessions that way. then he said there was another possibility which is gradually work their way down to west coast of north america and then reach one of those mini great rivers that originates in the southwest, new mexico or northern mexico, and discharge its waters into the pacific ocean. you know this great river? no, because they don't exist. but the spanish didn't know that. so unfortunately for spanish officials there inside was proportional to their ignorance. someone wrote in and said that he had spotted strangers in baja, california. they were speaking a language that sounded slavic and they were wearing russian close. oh, my goodness, they traveled from alaska all the way down to baja, california. they hadn't but it gives you a sense of their anxiety. they describe as a result of the perceived rush and the pacific coast was transform in the 1770s. it now seems imperative to spain to colonize out to california's foster baja, california, with their presence.

in sicily, north africa, the pacific theatre, and you heard from ashley about some of the efforts to eradicate malaria during the war and afterwards. some people thought it was the biggest medical problem of the war. it was harder to treat during the war, because chi nine, the drug most effective for treating malaria, came from plants that were primarily in areas occupied by our enemies. at am brain was another anti ma layerial drug. as you can see, these men did not take their at abreen. experiments were done using prisoners. we'll come back to prisoners later on in the lecture. one famous subject for the malaria experiments was nathan leopold who had kidnapped somebody at the university of chicago, and became a very famous cause celeb. this image was on the malaria war in the stateville prison in illinois. and this led to issues in the neuron berg trials, because there was a question of whether or not prisoners could give informed consent. but as important as medical research was, doctors were not the star scientists. the people that really were the most important for the research

rains in the pacific north west trigger a mudslide. it looks like everyone escaped this one unharmed. meteorologist kevin corriveau with more on that. >> this is a danger you get when you have wildfires. they clear out the topsoil that holds the moisture in. this was a danger of rains. again we could see more of this area. i want to take you to the northern part of washington. take a look at the video of mudslide we see at the end of the week. highway 153 was cut off because of the mudslides. they had about an inch of rain in an hour across the area. when the rain falls on areas that are scored by wildfires, it makes the mudslides and land slides susceptible. once you come back, we are looking at heavy rain to the east. the rain showers moving through montreal, we are looking at flash flood watches and warnings. you see where the yellows are, we expect between 6-8 inches of rain over the next several days. i want to take you to the caribbean. we are watching the area of activity, it's a disturbance now that could become tropical storm

little-known faults because they're trying to take up the stress related to the motion of the pacific and north american plates. >> we always hear about the big one coming. could this quake because of where it occurred trigger a larger quake, a bicker quake, a stronger -- bigger quake, a stronger quake? >> it's always possible this is a fore shock. main shocks are preceded by fore shock. as time progresses, the likelihood goes down. immediately after the earthquake, there was a 54% probability that this of a foreshock. at this point, a day later, we're down below 30%, and actually if we -- we'll be releasing updated statistics this morning. i think the numbers will fall further because this is not a very robust aftershock. so it's possible, but probably unlikely. >> david, thank you very much for being with me. i appreciate it. >> you're welcome. >>> still to come in the newsroom, isis is surging in the chaos of syria, slaughtering and enslaving anyone in their way. now president obama is considering hitting them back with air strikes in syria. ♪ [ dog barks ] ♪ [ male announcer ] imagine the c

weak disturbance to the north, it's cooling them off in the pacific northwest where they have been unseasonablym. for us, onshore flow. the ocean air transported all the way inland. gorgeous weather for the first part of the week then high pressure comes back and it pulls up the subtropical moisture. we have a couple of tropical systems that's going to feed into it. that will really kick in friday and saturday as that moist air moves over the bay area. couple dry days, beautiful weather, then we're only going to beboost taup couple of degrees. 80 degrees for the south bay today. 73 in the east shore area, comfortable conditions for us as we get into the next couple days, like i said, make those outdoor plans and thursday into friday, temperatures creep up just a touch, so does that humidity. it's going to feel more like 87 to 90 degrees here in the south bay. as we get into sunday, that dry heat returns and overall, we hit that sweet stride not too hot, no extreeps, and no triple digits in sight. back to you two. >> bearer of good news, thank you very much, christina. >>> police in southern cal

around south carolina and north carolina area, plus big storms in the pacific ocean. i'll show you the difference -- or where a hurricane turns in to a typhoon. details on that coming up. hardships that forced mira, omar and claudette into the desert. >> running away is not the answer... >> is a chance at a better life worth leaving loved ones behind? >> did omar get a chance to tell you goodbye before he left? >> which side of the fence are you on? >> sometimes immigration is the only alternative people have. borderland only on al jazeera america >> it's a chilling and draconian sentence... it simply cannot stand. >> this trial was a sham... >> they are truth seekers... >> all they really wanna do is find out what's happening, so they can tell people... >> governments around the world all united to condemn this... >> as you can see, it's still a very much volatile situation... >> the government is prepared to carry out mass array... >> if you want free press in the new democracy, let the journalists live. >>> welcome back. officials in portland, oregon say firefighte

that westerly wind moving in from the pacific ocean. 78 right now in the north bay with clear skies. winds out of the south at 12. cloud-free conditions in the south bay and mostly clear skies in the peninsula. a lot of sports tonight, a lot happening in the bay area. we'll get you to the first sporting event across the east bay. there's going to be a lot of traffic for this one. lions versus the raiders, tonight at 7:00 p.m. temperatures right near 70 degrees. then also in san francisco, of course, the san francisco giants taking on the phillies in a three-game series. 66 expected at first pitch. that fog will come in throughout 10:00 p.m. let's get you into the microclimate forecast. saturday looks great. i will think a lot of us won't notice too many subtle differences between today and what we expect for tomorrow. it's going to go about 1 to 3 degrees in that forecast. some of the hottest areas, gilroy with low 90s. for east and south san jose, sunny skies and 897. actually expecting a little sunshine to break in there by the afternoon hours. to the morning fog, 68 for the high.

union pacific transports oil from north dakota, colorado, eagle ford, texas, right down to the refineries in the gulf, where it's processed, made into plastic, sometimes refined, shipped overseas. we tend to think when energy is weak, the economy's weak, but this tells us something else. we're pumping oil like mad and the supply is overwhelming demand. that's a good sign, not a bad one. then automotive at 10%. this is really interesting. so many people are worried about too many autos and rising inventories. let me ask you, if that's the case, why is this doing so well? despite what you hear, cars are flying off the lots. they need to be replenished. finally, agricultural products make up 17% of union pacific revenues. another piece of the puzzle solved. the ag numbers are huge and growing because we have bumper crops everywhere. it's not weak demand, it's abundant supply. again, bullish because there's growth without much food stuff inflation. i know at the supermarket prices are up. i had a jim cramer debate, but the price will eventually peter down to the retail level and let's be real

we sit on the boundary between the pacific plain and the north american plate sliding to the south.ayward, the san andres, the west napa fault we've been tracking. there's about a 33% chance that we're going to see a major earthquake, 7.0 or great.er. >> and you're counting after shocks at 50 plus? -- 70 .0 or greater. >>> and the earthquake knocked out a tower out of commission. many of the windows as you can see, bloeven out. the airports very, very close to that epicenter. for the most part, people in the bay area were awakened by the earthquake after three, even though who are far from the epicenter, but not this little baby. this is in san francisco. some surveillance video posted on youtube video captured the whole thing. ignorance is bliss. ,, at kfc, we make the world's best chicken. we dip it and shake it seven times. we hand bread it seven times. we rock it seven times. why all of the sevens? because it's a lucky number? jack pot. ♪ [ barks ] whoo! mmm! ♪ ♪ oh, yeah [ whistling ] [ male announcer ] discover your new orleans. start exploring at followyournola.com. [ woman ]

thousands of crews ships crowd the north-west passage, once impasse payable between the atlantic and pacific. the northern sea route is a viable short cut for the cargo ships travelling from europe to asia. russia sent the first ship through by 2011. 30 million tonnes of goods travelled each year. >>> despite vladimir putin's claims, russia is one of five nations with land rites in the arctic. norway, canada and the united states can claim 200 miles as exclusive economic zonesment beyond that the right to riches beneath the arctic are up for grabs. all territorial claims have been settled peacefully, arbitrated by a treaty called the law of the sea, a treaty the united states refused to join. >> it sets the ground rules for the arctic and all the oceans in the world, about where jurisdictional lines are, and it's the framework, the bedlock in o management. the united states has not joined the treaty. president obama urged congress to ratify the law of sea, supported by the clinton and bush administrations. until congress approves ratification analysts believe the united states will be on the

you notice the weather system here passing off to the north, upper level low across the pacific northwest's the high across southern california. that's going to strengthen just enough to warm up our valleys. couple more degrees today and at least as we start the weekend, we'll notice temperatures climbing up maybe even low 90s in the forecast as early as today. if you're on the coast, not much change for you. mist and drizzle at times. low clouds likely to linger into the afternoon. 85 degrees in san jose. foster city 76 degrees. and another sporting event for you coming up this evening. lions taking on the oakland raiders in oakland. temperatures in the low 70s dropping through the 0u as that game goes on. and you see the temperatures around the tri-valley for this afternoon, low 90s, pleasanton to livermore which by the way will see the same temperatures to kick off the weekend. 92 degrees in the tri-valley. notice san francisco and the south bay cooling just a little bit of a stronger sea breeze on sunday. now let's see if it's friday light in your morning commute with mike. >>> in a w

north and east of us. it's going to move to the pacific, it's taking the cloud cover north and east of us. we have a fire weather watch that goes until tuesday morning. i don't think we're in the window of seeing anything. 50s and 60s for your temps. plenty of thunderstorm activity, but up in the mountains so far and it looks like it's going to stay there. fog, sun, some clouds later, north and east, 80s on the temps. steve right now, traffic is getting a little better in some areas. >> it's still very slow in some others. the toll plaza, that's where most of the traffic comes through in san francisco, it's backed up for a 20 to 30 minute drive. there's no delays on the actually span, but if you're driving the other way, it looks good. other commutes, north and southbound, we still have been had the heavy traffic passing the colosseum. san mateo and dumbarton bridge, we had an earlier crash, so it's still slow on 880 south. 8:31. let's go to the desk. >> gunshots rang out on la salle avenue just after 5:00 tomorrow afternoon. brian flores is at the bay view substation to let us know how pe

now let's turn to california where an earthquake measuring 6.0 hit at 3:20 pacific time focused on the wine country north of san francisco. our jake ward joins us by phone. what can you tell us about the damage thus far? >> morgan, damage estimates are still very preliminary, but it's definitely a more than this area was ready for in and of itself. we are passed by a convoy from alameda county. reports have 87 injuries. mostly minor injuries that you would expect from an earthquake like this fly, flying glass and falling objects can hurt anybody. but the latest reports have two adults and a child seriously injured supposedly in a falling chimney incident. so injuries run doubtedly going to climb as people make their way to emergency medical services. >> jake, just briefly from a scientific standpoint, what does it mean it's happening on earth when something like this happens? >> well, this really just speaks to sort of the liquid quality of the solid ground that we stand upon. the earth is held in constant tension a and when two plates slip the way they do in an earthquake, these p waves, these strong wa

in sicily, north africa, the pacific theatre, and you heard from ashley about some of the efforts toradicate malaria during the war and afterwards. some people thought it was the biggest medical problem of the war. it was harder to treat during the war, because chi nine, the drug most effective for treating malaria, came from plants that were primarily in areas occupied by our enemies. at am brain was another anti ma layerial drug. as you can see, these men did not take their at abreen. experiments were done using prisoners. we'll come back to prisoners later on in the lecture. one famous subject for the malaria experiments was nathan leopold who had kidnapped somebody at the university of chicago, and became a very famous cause celeb. this image was on the malaria war in the stateville prison in illinois. and this led to issues in the neuron berg trials, because there was a question of whether or not prisoners could give informed consent. but as important as medical research was, doctors were not the star scientists. the people that really were the most important for the research in

in sicily, north africa, the pacific theatre, and you heard from ashley about some of the efforts toradicate malaria during the war and afterwards. some people thought it was the biggest medical problem of the war. it was harder to treat during the war, because quinine, the drug most effective for treating malaria, came from plants that were primarily in areas occupied by our enemies. attabrain was another anti-malaria drug. as you can see, these men did not take their atabrine. experiments were done using prisoners. we'll come back to prisoners later on in the lecture. one famous subject for the malaria experiments was nathan leopold who had kidnapped somebody at the university of became a famous cause celeb. this was on the prison in illinois. this led to issues in the nuremberg trial because there was a question about whether prisoners could give informed consent. but important as medical research was, doctors were not the star scientists. the people that really were the most important for the research in the second world war came from not medicine but physics. this is a statue at

north korea must view our partnership as a regional effort to support a peaceful and stable pacific region. we have to put the pressure on the north korean government with stricter sanctions so we can engage in diplomatic dialogue and make positive steps towards denuclearization. we should also encourage north korea to enforce the 2005 six-party talk agreements. north korea should be sincere with its commitment to the 2005 joint statement and allow iaea inspectors to renew their activity in the country. i'm also concerned with north korea's deplorable human rights record. north koreans do not have freedom of speech, movement or religion, they're also subject to chronic starvation and a dismal public health system. the u.s., based on our values as americans, should remain a strong supporter and leader within the global community and promoting human rights. i look forward to reviewing our actions, positions and policies toward north korea as we work an denuclearization and their human rights record. mr. chairman, with that i'd like to yield back. and thank you for calling this hearing. >> th

because it shows donna grant nor no one else knew it was caused by subduction of the plate between pacific north america. 1964 sighs mo graphic networks were monitoring nuclear weapons testing in the cold war and also monitoring earthquakes. this data was critical to the discovery of plate tectonics. donna experienced the most powerful earthquake in u.s. history. the alaskan earthquake was so big that seismologists had to develop a new scale to measure it. the earthquake also caused a tsunami which affected the entire west coast and hawaii. the recent japanese tsunami provides an example of the devastation that can follow such an earthquake. plate tectonics is now a powerful tool for identifying areas that are most susceptible to earthquakes. the greatest earthquake hazard occurs at the plate boundaries. these boundaries imaged by seismologists and mapped by geologists. data processing allow locations of earthquakes to be precisely determined. the methods and technology are similar to ultrasound commonly used in medical imaging. the earthquake locationing reveal active faults. some faults that r

north and east. quiet relatively in the tropics. nothing doing here. that's good news for our friends in the western pacific. still keeping an eye on julio. well north of hawaii. iselle brought all the rain to them. julio continues to head off to the north and west. no twin hurricanes for hawaii. >> ivan, thank you. >>> iranian news anxiety reports all 48 people on board a plane that crashed near tehran have died. it crashed shortly after departing the capital for tabas, a city in eastern iran. aid agency red crescent says five people on the ground were badly burned. one of them has died. >>> still to come on cnn, the u.s. looks out for its regional allies as isis -- as the threat continues to spread in the north. >>> plus, tensions over gaza boil over in the west bank. a cnn report inside the region. ♪ ♪ so nice, so ni-i-i-ce ♪ sweet, sweet st. thomas nice ♪ so nice, so ni-i-i-ce ♪ st. croix, full of pure vibes ♪ ♪ so nice, so ni-i-i-ce ♪ st. john, a real paradise ♪ so nice, so ni-i-i-ce ♪ proud to be from the virgin islands ♪ ♪ and the whole place nice to experience your virgin islands nice, book one of our

the founder of a diversified tofu, group with diverse mint in africa, europe, north america, latin america and asia-pacific. the cochair of the african union world economic forum platform are investing in african agriculture known as pro-africa recently took over the chairmanship of the alliance for green revolution in africa from kofi anon. he and his wife financed the foundation which provides scholarships for over 42,000 african orphans. this is a great panel and again thank you very much for being with us. just a few words. our african growth initiative of proteins is now almost five years old. we really focus on bringing africa's on bringing africa's first to washington and at the same time partnering with the network of african think tanks and universities throughout africa. for us, this event attached to president obama hosting the african summit is extremely exciting that we're trying our best to make it as successful as possible. the communications team is of course crucial for africa. i was head of ntp for a while, but before that i was at the world bank from long years ago. and i remember travel

north pole. those explaining the open polar sea that we all believed in. on the pacific side there was another sea while that was known to exist that swept north towards the bavarian straight. no one knew for sure where it went that the theory was again that the tunnel under the eyes cap and these two great currents of the world met at the north pole. this wonderful sort of symmetrical grandiose elaborate thermoregulation system that the planet supposedly had. only some romantic have crazy german intellectual would come up with this theory and convinced a lot of people that it was true. so here is another rendering of it. the key word here is supposed to. so somebody who is captivated by the ideas of dr. august peterman was this guy also excellent facial hair. this is james gordon bennett junior publisher of the new york herald which was then the largest newspaper in the world. he was the third richest man in manhattan, he inherited his newspaper from his dad and he was the sort of spoiled brat playboy. he was a yachtsman who won the first transatlantic yacht race. he al

it could have a rival route for ships crossing the pacific to the atlantic. 1500km north a canal project is under way, backed by chinese money. david mercer reports as parts of our 100 year anniversary coverage. panama canal. >> reporter: with eyes on the future, these young nicaraguans are learning mandarin chinese. classes are free. a government initiative ahead of a construction of a chinese backed canal. for the students and graduates, there are high expectations. >> when we heard the news of the canal, the first thing the young people thought was i'm going to find a job. now we are preparing for work, something predicted to be big. >> at around 280km, the nicaraguan canal would be three times longer than the panama canal. it includes ports, trade zones and an international airport at a cost of $50 billion. the eniing matting businessman behind -- enigmatic businessman behind the canal called it the biggest project of humanity. it will create hundreds of thousands of jobs, and transform the country. >> nicaragua is the porest nation in americas with the lowest per capita income. ther

pacific. cristobol is causing dangerous conditions along the east coast though. there are life threatening surf and rip currents from north carolina to long island. seven deaths are blamed on the storm, most from flooding in the caribbe caribbean. meanwhile, the pacific coast is feeling the effects from tropical storm marie. huge waves pounded catalina island damaging the pier and boat yard. surfers brave the giant waves in southern california. as bigad shaban reports, there was flooding in low lying beach communities. >> reporter: powerful waves up to 15 feet high slammed the california coast. the largest surf in years from a summer storm is on full display. >> this is part of the floor. it's already been buckled up. >> reporter: hector ram was visiting his aunt's home along seal beach when he heard the waves crash onto the shore. the boardwalk and streets were flooded. he says a foot of water swept through his family's home. >> it moved quickly. not slowly, quickly. you could hear from the sound of the waves that something was going to happen. >> reporter: was any part of the house left dry? >> nothing. not from the gar

that is in the the pacific but expect to pass just north of the island zoo time on sunday. >> yes. >> so caitlin, good news is in the last hour this has been downgraded at least iselle has been downgraded to a tropical storm. >> that is good news. it doesn't make a difference for anybody there. they are seeing hurricane to tropical storm force winds and heavy rain and they could have a foot of rain, in hilo or at least around hilo before iselle moves out. the here's radar first. you can see that tropical storm churning approaching the big island. it has not the officially made land fall. it is stopped in its track as it encountered all of this terrain. the friction on of the storm hitting the mountains. it will slow it down. it is still bringing in a ton of rain and wind to the big island which will get a direct impact. tropical storm iselle, the wind are weakening. they were 07 miles an hour. the last update now they are down to 60 miles an hour, so that is some good news. but horrible for anybody in hawaii. it has been 22 years since a tropical storm has hit any of the island. you s

the wind at the coastline is pushing the cool pacific air right in the bay. north bay, 76 right now, real nice evening coming our way. winds out of the west at 12 in san francisco. that may also help to produce some drizzle tonight with stronger wind. humidity increasing through the peninsula with the fog moving in. and for the south bay, a beautiful night, sunset expected at 8:1567. air quality was poor today, but it looks like it's going to improve a little bit for tomorrow. we'll also gradually see the heat story improve just a little bit as we head towards sunday's forecast. we'll see that in the seven-day forecast that scrolls across the bottom of the screen. the problem is this huge ridge of high pressure. there's nothing signaling this thing getting out of here in the next four to five days. what we're going to see happen, though, with the lower levels is the fact that we're going to get fog rolling in repeatedly for saturday, sunday, and monday. that's going to shave some temperatures down here as we head throughout that weekend forecast. let's go ahead and

north of the islands. it's move into colder pacific water.warnings or watches for the island and that will start to fall apart. i'm standing right in front of our low. there it is. very, very cool. it's so close yet the circulation around that takes everything north and east of us. but that is definitely going to play under our weather today and tomorrow. it's really a fine line. over all we will stay north and east. maybe up to lake county. in line for possible buildups. otherwise a lot of low clouds and local drizzle. those afternoon thunderstorms if they pop up we will get plenty of advanced notice. 50s and 60s on the temps. running a little cooler here. there is a delta breeze. 60 in sacramento. and these would be hailers up here. a little better ingredients for hail to farm up to the north. for us we are keeping an eye on things. but i will mention it it's too close. ly cover myself here. i don't think so. it could pop up. 70s and 80s. a few low 90s. a lot of 60s closer to the coast. the low is not strong enough to chew it up yet. fog, s

then we were stationed at camp lejeune north carolina because he got to come home early in south pacific because he had been in two of the worst battles. he 4gaudal canal. they were the first to deploy into the water in japan. they needed r & r. >> your parents experience would have been different since both fathers were not of military age, how did the war change their work and did your mothers take on work during the war they would not have authorized. >> i had two younger sisters, she was a stay at home mom, my dad was a builder. and because we had moved from west virginia, when i was little to florida, to orlando, that was before there was any speaking mice or princesses in florida. there was nothing there but orange groves and sand. my dad built a house for us there, and because he enjoyed building the house, that later became his lifetime work, my dad. so when we moved to ohio, we had some experiences in florida and moved to texas. dad heard there was so much work in ohio, because we had four rubber plants there at the time. akron was known as the rubber capitol at the time. there

north wind and a small chance of getting wet. rick and sara mentioned this, we have a couple of hurricanes out in the pacific, both of whom will come close to honolulu but they may be tropical storm storms before you get there, if you have travel plans to the great state of hawaii, keep your eye on the forecast. 86 and clouds and sun and spotty showers are around and most of that is tapering off this evening. sunny and nice and 83 and partly sunny on saturday, and a nice batch of weather coming. and low 80s on saturday and sunday a rain maker is to our south, some of those models want to push it into our region, and the european wants to keep it to the south and keep us dry. >> that is the way we are leaning, probably dry this weekend. can you go wrong with the european, good to know. thank you david. that will do it for "action news" at noon, don't forget "action news" at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. for david murphy and sara bloomquist, have a nice afternoon. see you tonight. i'm j-a-n-e and i have copd. i'm d-a-v-e and i have copd. i'm k-a-t-e and i have copd, but i don't want my breathing problems to get in the way my volunteering. tha