not getting too, too bad in northern china. seoul is looking at 20 on wednesday which is comfortable. but by thursday you'll also be seeing about 15 degrees. the real chill is going to be found further up towards the north. falling to minus one, and that's for the high here in the middle of april. on we go into the americas. we'll start in the east. we've been tracking a winter storm system moving through eastern canada. it is going to be bringing snow, but ahead of the front, it will be mostly rain because actually we have a lot of warm air coming right up ahead of this cold front. along the cold front we will be finding thunderstorms. and some of these will be a little bit on the severe side. heading up into the northeast and then it should be passed by wednesday. that system will be moving out. but there is another storm developing behind it. this is it. a low moving across the northern -- through the rockies, i should say, the four corners here. this one's going to be developing and bringing some pretty heavy snow. 30 centi

. >>> there is late season winter snow in northern china. rachel ferguson has more on that. >>> yes, we have seen sleet and snow across northern portions of china. precipitation will be heading over from want continent into japan coming up across much of the country and temperatures here will be cooler as well. probably a good weekend to catch up on all of those chores. down towards the south we have that front bringing moderate rain, but every day we're seeing totals of 25 to 50 millimeters. so these daily accumulations are going to intensify the risk of flooding as well as land and mud slides if will be cooler too. let's talk about those temperatures then. 16 in beijing, it is an improvement for you. 12 degrees certainly an improvement. we have a high of minus one, so definitely a little more comfortable for you. seoul, tokyo, and cooler temperatures to the south. so 25 in taipei, 26 in hong kong, and the mid 30s in manila there. this one is producing snow right down the rockies, heavy snow as well. and then we have our spring storm out ea

on the other hand northern china will see clear conditions. that unstable weather is expected for japan. we have a low pressure system containing cool air in the upper atmosphere, but the ground is going to be quite warm. because of the temperature difference we could see hail, thunderstorms and even tornados in central and eastern japan. so you may want to bring an umbrella. temperatures are not going to be too bad in tokyo. it 22 degrees. we are in the most colorful season of the year. i want to show you this video. 2,000 rhododendron bulbs are in bloom. it got warmer early this spring, so they blossomed earlier than usual. the garden is free of charge, and visitors will be able to enjoy these flowers until the end of may. as for china then, very warm for this time of year. 30 degrees and 31 in chongqing. now in north america it's mostly tranquil, but there are a couple things to talk about. the risk of severe weather will continue into the east coast of the carolinas. and rain is intensifying over the southern plains into your friday. hail

a scary scene in northern china. as this truck crashes into an expressway toll booth!driver and passenger of the truck were hurt. surveillance video shiows the driver driving right into the booth seemingly without hitting the brakes! officials are investigating what happened fortunately, this was an unmanned, electronic toll booth and there were no fatal injuries. the a's are back home taking on the orioles following a rough road trip.highlights straight ahead and 49ers fans celebrated the team's first round draft pick. gary has the details on both the niners, and the raiders newest players.next!! kron 4 news is rolling out a new program called kron rewards. for the entire month of april, watch kron 4 news at eight in the morning or eight at night and you can earn valuable points you can redeem for prizes, cash cards or exclusive kron 4 items. we'll show you a word of the day during those times, you then enter that word on kron 4 rewards and start ing points. go to kron 4.com and click on rewards. a's orioles great defense by the orioles early onmanny machado makes the

luckily rescue team in northern china set up a net to catch him so he was not hurt.d reporters that the he had had a lot to drink. i suppose so. wow! >> all right. lets talk some consumer news. buy hd television for hundreds of dollars these days but what about the super expensive ones. are they worth the extra money. consumer report partner exclusively with 7 on your side for report on the first test of mega expensive tv's here's michael with the story. >> this 84 inch ultra ht television from lg is the bi biggest flat screen tv that consumer reports has ever had in its test lab. the dwarf the 65 inch set next to it. but huge screen isn't all that the sets have to offer. >> most hd tv are new breed of higher resolution tv that promise more detail and sharper image than conventional set. >> consumer report testers lack at the lg as well as the first ultra hd sets from sony and samsung. when the sets are showing uhd condition tent the the picture is indeed breath taking with crisp images and more detail than testers have ever seen. however there isn't much uhd content

this is in northern china. got himself into a bit of a bind. he dropped down there.n a utility pole, dangled from the power cables, he's 30 feet above the ground. >> all right. authorities at least they cut the power, thank god. then they tried to get him down. to no avail. he finally falls to a second layer of cables and then into the net below. >> yeah. >> lucky for him. >> didn't hit the ground. no one was hurt in the making of that little clip. >> but not his best moment i'm sure. >> had a headache though. >> a really big one. >> a really big one. that will do it for me. thanks for watching "around the world." i've got to get out of here. you stick around. >>> all right. cnn "newsroom" starts after this quick break. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 when i'm trading, i'm so into it, tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 hours can go by before i realize tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 that i haven't even looked away from my screen. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 that kind of focus... tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 that's what i have when i trade. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 and the streets

a lo front line is lying over the areas like okinawa, taiwan and southern end of china and northern parts of thailand and vietnam, bringing thundershowers. some areas, like southern china, may see 50 to 100 millimeters of rain into the next 24 hours. flooding and landslides will be an ongoing risk here. towards southwestern china, where the earthquake occurred on the weekend, sichuan province will continue to see on and off showers throughout the day that will raise the risk of landslides unfortunately. temperatures will be on the warmer side across china. 26 degrees here and 23 in beijing. and cherry blossoms are in bloom. let's look at this video. 2,000 cherry trees are in bloom in litate. the town has been evacuated since the nuclear disaster and residents gathered there for the first time in three years. it's been designated a restricted zone so people can only visit a short time. the 60 refugees gathered under the trees for an hour and couldn't stay longer because of radiation. at that time, it was quality but it will be a sunny day in the prefecture. and rainy conditions continuing

enveloping the northern border of china, which is massive. reaching to japan and toward alaska. on the west getting to scandinavia, its control and sphere of influence spreading into east germany. even appreciating that the soviet union spanned 12 time zones west to east it's still easy to forget how far down it went. the soviet union had a big border with iran. two borders with iran on either side of the caspian sea. the soviet union was so big, it went all the way into the middle east and europe and scandinavia and china. and to japan. it was huge. that part of the old soviet union, just west of the caspian sea, that part of the world, if you stop thinking about countries and their boundaries and think of it as land, the land is marked by this buts full seam in the earth. this big dramatic strait as an arrow mountains. since the soviet union dissolved, we do not see that part of the world as a big part of something else, as a component of this gigantic opposite number to us, super power. now that we don't see the world as the soviet union, we see it asjha gentleman and and a g

dry, bright, warm and sunny in northern parts of china. 28 celsius. some sunshine coming through here. not so much sunshine across southern areas of china. southerly winds, very heavy rain pushing all the way up. big down throws -- take down storms coming through here. we get showers diminishing across the mountains. inning increasingly wet china. >> welcome back. a quick reminder of our top stories. hopes are fading in bangladesh of finding any more survivors in the rubble of the building that collapsed on wednesday. the death toll stands at 390, making it the worst industrial disaster in bangladesh's history. iraq has revoked the licenses of 10 satellite-tv channels including al jazeera, accusing them of inciting sectarian violence. the move comes after months of sunni unrest that boiled over last week. a government raid on a protester cap turned violent. one of the policemen shot outside the office in rome remains in serious condition. two police officers were shot as prime minister letta was sworn at the presidential palace. fighters in northern m

china to the capital. >> these clouds are going to rotate towards northern california this will really be a wind storm. ralup until saturday all cases of bird flu -- otherwise known as h-seven- n-nine -- had been in shanghai and other areas in eastern china. temperatures will be in the 40's. 60s for the south bay. a seven-year-old girl is beijing's first confirmed case of h-seven-n-nine. so far the virus has claimed the lives of eleven people and sickened at least 50 others. the price tag on their care is going up. the cost of a year of private care is now just under 84-thousand dollars a year for a private nursing home. according to genworth's annual 'cost of care' study.prices are up 24- percent from 2008. and it's because nursing homes have many of the same costs as the rest of us.insurance, goods, building maintenance. and all of those costs are rising. there are other options.the study says most seniors prefer home health aides. which cost around 40-grand a year. coming up next. lakers superstar kobe bryant ruptured his achilles in last nights game against the warriors. coming up find out what step

china. scattered showers and thunderstorms will be likely across northern vietnam. looking at 30s in the tropics, still, and 22 in tokyo. 17 in seoul. heading over to north america we've got some wintery picture across much of the north. and into ontario. we're going to see a late season winter storm coming your way. down below that, severe thunderstorms are likely. we're not going to be ruling out the chances of tornados. and that system will be sagging, a cold front, that's going to be creating heavy snow across colorado again. denver at 17 degrees. a quick look here in europe, you have the iberian peninsula. spain's looking at some snow. but mainly precipitation across this continent is rain, mixed precipitation will scatter across the scandinavian peninsula. looking warm in london. paris at 16 degrees. here's your extended forecast. >>> and that's all for now on this edition of "newsline." i'm roger pradhan in tokyo. we'll be back at the top of the hour so do stay with us on nhk world. >> "california's gold" is produced in association with kcet, los angeles and

northern california." governor brown is continuing the trade mission in china this weekend. he signed agreements between trade between china than california and help one of the polluting nations to improve air quality. he signed for a major development near jack london square. he promoted high speed rail. today, the governor presided over the reopening of california's trade and investment office in shanghai after ten years of it being closed. i spoke with john myers, political editor for kxtv news 10. john myers, welcome. >> good to be with you, joshua. >> how is governor brown doing so far? is he accomplishing the goals he set out to accomplish? >> i think so. jerry brown really had two goals, i would say, on this trade mission here to china. we're in shanghai. we're in the second of the city he is visiting. long term. he wants a long-term relationship with china. more economic trade. more investment. more partnerships. he signed formal agreement was the chinese on economic issues. the governor is looking for business deals to bring back home. one was announced about develo

northern california." governor brown is continuing the trade mission in china this weekend. he signed agreements between trade between china than california and help one of the polluting nations to improve air quality. he signed for a major development near jack london square. he promoted high speed rail. today, the governor presided over the reopening of california's trade and investment office in shanghai after ten years of it being closed. i spoke with john myers, political editor for kxtv news 10. john myers, welcome. >> good to be with you, joshua. >> how is governor brown doing so far? is he accomplishing the goals he set out to accomplish? >> i think so. jerry brown really had two goals, i would say, on this trade mission here to china. we're in shanghai.

outcome, but it is not an earth shattering development, because if you look on the western and northern borders of china, they already live next to nuclear states. certainly, north korea has a reputation of being an unstable regime, but it is not a decision point that would create tipping point. thatnk there are issues make the situation much more complex. >> first of all, that was a terrific presentation, and you ought to be congratulated for that. [applause] two questions. after the sanctions, in which china and the u.s. act together, the north korean sanctions have been designed to draw at -- to drive a wedge between them. if so, is it the logic of the u.s. position not simply to reassure our allies with the b-2 bombers, but to actually move towards china to actually tampa down the issues of containment issues ofwn the containment? that is question no. one. question no. two, there is a long korean history, that you are more familiar with probably than i am, and no korean leadership wants to be totally dependent on any one neighbor, so is it the logic of the north korean position to reach out to south

the northern border with china is largely unguarded. it is also where weapons pass through. ships or through the border. largely.hina's problem further instability could exacerbate the problem at the border and dries them to things. pyongyang to do host: jay is calling from fiji. caller: bear with me. we, and barely speak english -- ugly. host: we are listening. caller: perhaps we hope to hear more international callers of your show. is an issue with north korea. you have to know who kim jong unis. . the guy is basically a schmuck. .e was obsessed with his xbox he is no leader. china holds the keys to the solution in north korea. u.s. presents the involvement in taiwan. keep that in mind. serious but iss not really serious. the b-srea resents bombers. china deals to have with that. my question to josh. the u.s. see someday when it comes to the palestinians. that issue has to be resolved fairly. writing blank checks. host: back to your comments about north korea. is there more of a focus that you are seeing on this area? caller: most people did not hear that news like you hea

from shanghai to iceland last summer, the first time in history, a china vessel goes from shanghai to an arctic country through the northernoute was that they discovered in the summer of 2007 and the following winter that the melting of the arctic sea ice had tremendous implications for the extreme weather events that occur in china in the following winter. as a result of the expee desks last summer the chinese authorities could prepare for what happened in february of this year. where china experienced in many of the regions destruction of the infrastructure of the towns and communities and of the economic operations perhaps great. the storm sandy caused here in the united states a few months before. storm sandy, by the way, also being blamed by the melting of the arctic. if you remember, this rather symbolic picture of governor kristy of new jersey and president obama embracing a few days before the election. [inaudible] it was the melting of the arctic sea ice that actually brought them together. [laughter] [applause] indicating the implication for the american political system. but the third reason, of course, the enor

northern california." governor brown is continuing the trade mission in china this weekend. he signed agreements between trade between china than california and help one of the polluting nations to improve air quality. he signed for a major development near jack london square. he promoted high speed rail. today, the governor presided over the reopening of california's trade and investment office in shanghai after ten years of it being closed. i spoke with john myers, political editor for kxtv news 10. john myers, welcome. >> good to be with you, joshua. >> how is governor brown doing so far? is he accomplishing the goals he set out to accomplish? >> i think so. jerry brown really had two goals, i would say, on this trade mission here to china. we're in shanghai. we're in the

and on the northern side, people talked a lot about china. >> did you know where china was? >> translator: no. not at all. it just happened that the way i was going was toward the border. >> with amazing luck and cunning, shin managed to steal and bribe his way across the border and quietly work his way through china, where he would have been sent back if he was caught. in shanghai, he snuck into the south korean consulate and was granted asylum. in 2006, he arrived in south korea with not a friend in the world. he was so overwhelmed by culture shock and post-traumatic stress, he had to be hospitalized. more than seven years later, it's remarkable how far shin's come. he's 30 now, has made friends and built a new life for himself in seoul, south korea. but old demons from camp 14 are never far behind. shin now admits there was something he was hiding. two years ago he finally confessed to author blain harden. >> when he first told me about the execution of his mother and brother, he didn't say that he had turned them in. >> you reported your mother and your brother? >> trans

the icebreaker from shanghai to iceland, the first time in history china goes from shanghai to an arctic country through the northernf 2007 and the following winter that the melting of the arctic sea ice has tremendous implications for the extreme weather events that occurred in china the following winter. as a result of the expedition last summer, the chinese authorities could prepare for what happened in january and february of this year. where china experienced many destructions of the trinfrture of towns and communities and of the economic operations, perhaps greater than storms caused here in the united states at few months before. also partly caused by the melting of the arctic sea ice. if you will remember, this symbolic picture of gov. christie of new jersey and president obama embracing a few days before the presidential seen isl, an event surprising, it was the melting of the arctic sea ice which actually brought them together. [laughter] but the third reason is of course the enormous resources in the arctic. it has been estimated that one quarter of the untapped energy resources can be found within the ar

china was on the northern border and not canada, you would see stereotypes similar to the 19th centurye considered to be -- >> on exactly that, that idea that there's not a single thing, either american or not, we talk about citizenship in this binary way. i wanted to sort of ask a little bit about that. this very notion of being an american citizen, how that is framed differently for latino versus latinas. we sort of just don't tell the story of women. what are the specific challenges facing latinas as we start to think about this notion of citizenship? >> the problem with latinas in particular is that one story narrative as well. we're going through what our black american sisters went through for generations and generations where you just fit into one kind of place and that is that of being illegal, having anchor babies. it's all these really hyper stereotype kind of issues that we have to deal with coming in here. a lot of us come to this country well-educated and sometimes have to take jobs. i've met women cab drivers who have doctorates in their homelands, all across the america

tiananmen, and so you see the situation where china needed the type of benefits that south korea was offering at that time as part of its broader northern policy. and so in return for trade credits for, from south korea to china and south korea's help getting the asian games for the chinese, the chinese fundamentally reoriented their relationship with north korea. and, essentially, severed the old ways of doing business. the north koreans responded by calling this a great betrayal and cutting off all party-to-party ties. we have about a lost decade in interactions between china and north korea, and if you recall this time period in the early 990s where the north koreans crank out plutonium in their facility, they go by the way of putting all their eggs in that one basket of racing towards further increasing their nuclear capabilities even at that very nascent stage. but also north korean goes through the great famine and becomes a fully-fledged failed state. in the late '90s, early 2000 period we see the advent of chinese strategic aid, and this is, essentially, i think in many respects the bailing out of north korea. and it's through t

. >>> china's rise brought it wealth, problems, pollution threatens their health, and disputed seas strain relations with neighbors. >>> along the shores of northern australia, salt water crocodiles make their home. many tourist come to see this species. some grow as big as 7 meters. they took measured to protect the salt water croc, but however, their numbers have again swelled, and occasionally they attack people. nhk has more. >> reporter: areas around darwin are the favorite has been date of crocodiles. they're an indispensable resource for tourists. >> we don't have anything like this in denmark, where i'm from. >> they're made into luxury goods at a shop, or on the menu at a restaurant. >> they call come in to try it, they try kangaroo and crocodile. >> salt water crocodile hields sell for high prices, and the animal was once hunted close to extinction in australia. in 1945, it's population was estimated at 150,000. 25 years later, just 4,000 crocs remain in the would. they decided to protect the species and ban sport hunting. as a result, the population has recovered to between 80,000 and 100,000. but regional urbanization has brought about

china. the national junior in line speed skating championships in a northern city known for roller sports.eds of skaters from dozens of teams across the country competed. events including time trials and rally races. that's a rap on this fox trip around the world in 80 seconds. >> shepard: the search is on for somebody who killed an 8-year-old girl. and now investigators say they have new clues in the case. we will bring them to you. a man with a shotgun tries to rob a guy in new orleans. but the would be victim has other ideas. wait until you see how this went down. @ [ ship horn blows ] no, no, no! stop! humans. one day we're coming up with the theory of relativity, the next... not so much. but that's okay -- you're covered with great ideas like optional better car replacement from liberty mutual insurance. total your car and we give you the money to buy one a model year newer. learn about it at libertymutual.com. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? the former neighborhood watch moan killed travon aren't in florida went to court today. george zimmerman told

china. >>> a standoff between antigovernment demonstrators and iraqi soldiers has ended in violence. at least 23 people were killed and others wounded. a protest in the northern town turned into gunfight between demonstrators and iraqi soldiers. the demonstrators are sunni muslims. they're opposed to the shia majority. they held regular demonstrations against what they call government oppression. government officials say armed militants with links to al qaeda infiltrated and attacked an army checkpoint. but spokespersons for the demonstrators say the solers red first. there have been more and more signs of divisions among them. and they targeted worshippers at a sunni mosque in baghdad and suicide bombing and killed at least three people and wounded 13 others. >>> the israeli military is accusing the syrian army of using chemical weapons during its ongoing civil war. an intelligence officer says sarin gas may have been used multiple times over the past several months. the officer said syrian troops used the deadly nerve gas against armed rebels. he warned they will use more unless the international community takes a strong stance. the syrian government and op

china to southern korea. it won't reach japan. we have two systems in japan. we're likely to see thunderstorms in the afternoon hours. another system impacting the northern areas of japan. that includes snow. we have 10 centimeters reported in the past 24 hours in okay doe. and we will see snow melt and the avalanche risk will be in the higher elevations. at 20 degrees warmer than average and shanghai at 24, that's down to the average range on your thursday. beijing will be down to the single digits at 9 degrees on friday, we're looking at minus 1 degree on your wednesday high. now, moving to north america, we have winter storms slamming the north. north dakota, 70 centimeters, wyoming, 70 centimeters. that's not going to be improving. we have another round of heavy snow across the four corners and upper west region, talking 60 centimeters additional snowfall in higher elevations and the valley side. that will cause major travel disturbances yet again. underneath that freezing rain and very dangerous for driving conditions. towards the south, due to the two air mass colliding, this collision will be creating severe weather talking large hail in the size

let's step up our diplomatic efforts with china and others to pressure them to stop those transactions on the northernborder. that will hurt north korea more than anything. you'd be surprised. >> i want to move to a different hot spot in the world. reuters is reporting that al qaeda in iraq says that it considers a group in syria to be an extension of their organization, part of the opposition in syria. how concerned are you about the opposition in syria and about their ties to terrorist groups? >> very. this is something we talked about for sometime. their announcement isn't anything new. just the fact that they're bragging about it in such a big way tells you where they think they are in syria says they think their position is strong enough. the estimates now are thousands of people who are mainly through something called the al nusra front which is a front organization for al qaeda in iraq. it is so concerning, jake, because we have chemical weapons there and we have a huge stockpile of very sophisticated conventional weapons. so it is obviously concerning. you have al qaeda in a destabilized count

china to the west, it is air pollution and greenhouse gasses. >> coming up next. captioning by vitac, underwritten by fireman's fund >>> good evening. i'm joshua johnson. welcome to "this week in northern california." the manhunt is over for a suspect accused of the attack on the boston marathon. police have arrested dzhokhar tsarnaev in a boston suburb. meanwhile, a boy from contra costa county is recovering from the bombing. a family of aaron hearn said he could be released from the hospital soon. >>> there is plenty to discuss. joining us are paul rogers, environmental writer for the san jose news. jaxon van derbeken, reporter for the san francisco chronicle. and emil guillermo, a blogger for the asian-american legal defense. welcome. immigration in congress is getting attention these days on the farms and the sill valley. both rely on immigrant work forces. the tech sectors biggest names launched a campaign called forward u.s. the ceos of facebook and zinga and others. emil, let's start with the key compromise of the bill. >> before we get to that, you mentioned agriculture workers, 400,000 in california that could benefit from this and the high tech workers. doubled to 110,000. it

that they are already planning for a world where china will be the preeminent trading country in the world. if they send their cargo ships through the northern routes to europe and asia, the distance will be shortened by more than 40%. china is already building ships for this purpose. they're already formulating plans indicating the number of that will sail through this route. singapore has already got an arctic ambassador, with the primary mission of finding a location for a big singapore hub somewhere in the arctic region. indicateduez canal, trading transformation of the century, the opening up of the northern sea routes will indicate a fundamental transformation of the global trading system in the 21st century. the second reason is the melting of the arctic sea ice and its impact on the global weather systems. one of the reasons why the chinese polar institute sent the icebreaker from shanghai to iceland, the first time in history a chinese vessel goes from shanghai to our arctic country through the mouth or -- northern route, was they discovered that the melting of the arctic sea ice had tremendous implications for the extreme weather e

china is somewhere in the middle. okay. i'll give you an example, northerneuro, the' thing to i understand, i use the term "greater germany" meaning germany and a host of countries that follow german quick policy. here's an example. if germany, one of the things they have that we don't is their corporate structure is more dependent on debt opposed to equity, that is bank finances opposed to stock market finance. what this means is you have giant so-called universal banks there that own large proportions of the major corporations. if you have bmw, for example, deciding, no, we're not going to buy cash raters from the german manufacturer that's supplying us for 30 years, but buy them from a company in texas or england or south korea, wherever, they are going to get a call from the banker saying, look, you idiot, you cut them off, they go broke and can't bay what they owe us, if you want trade credit again, you don't do that. obviously, when you have a system set up that way, nobody has to make that phone call. it's just understood that there are people you're

they are already planning for a world where china will be the preeminent trading country in the world. and if they send their cargo ships through the northern routes to europe and asia, the distance will be shortened by more than 40%. china is already building ships for this purpose. they are already formulating plans indicating the number of cargo vessels that will in this decade save through this route. singapore has already got an arctic ambassador with the primary mission of finding a location for a big singapore harbor somewhere in the arctic region m -- region. so like the suez canal indicated trading transformation of the 20th century, the opening up of the northern sea routes will indicate a fundamental transformation of the global trading system in the 21st century. the second reason, of course, is the melting of the arctic sea ice through its impact on the global weather systems. one of the reasons why the chinese polar institute sent the ice breaker snow turtle from shanghai to iceland last summer -- the first time in history a chinese vessel goes from shanghai to an arctic country through the northern route -- was that they disc

the suns for relying so heavily upon china for rare earth production that is so crucial and critical to what we create here in america. my district includes northern silicon valley, home of silicone chip processing, the technology boom, home of the internet and also home of many advance manufacturing production sites. h.r. 1022, the securing energy critical elements and american jobs act of 2013, aims to help reduce our dependence on china for these critical elements. instead make it here in america. but in order for us to to this we need to invest in developing our technical work force here at home. currently the united states lacks the necessary technical expertise to ensure a reliable supply of energy critical elements. my bill, h.r. 1022 enlists the talents of our university students and encourages them to develop the technical expertise necessary to secure america's access to these elements. we need to ensure that the best and brightest minds in our area, in our country, have the tools and support they need to support america's access to energy critical elements. h.r. 1022 will promote collaboration and research opportunities in the field of