> this friday marks four months out from the republican national convention when the gop will officially name its presidential nominee. >> and after last night's five- state sweep, support for mitt romney is stronger than ever. he easily won primaries in pennsylvania, new york, connecticut, rhode island and delaware. some romney watched the returns from new hampshire, site of the first in the nation primary back in january which he won. >> to all of the thousands of good and decent americans i've met who want nothing more than a better chance, a fighting chance, to all of you, you have a simple message, hold on a little longer. a better america begins tonight. >> yesterday's primaries were the first since rick santorum left the race. santorum calls romney, quote, the right guy to run against president obama though he is not officially endorsing him. romney will attend several fundraisers in the new york area today and tomorrow. >>> president obama will make campaign stops in iowa today pushing for the support of yucker voters. he is set to speak with students at the university of iowa. the pr

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united states forces had a tendency to name after landing points. official the battle went in as battle of pittsburgh landing and newspaper accounts would talk about the battle of pittsburgh landing and confederacy referred to it as the battle of shiloh, biblical in its conentation meaning house of peace took dominance and predominance over the identity of the conflict through time and, so, it's interesting to see it on these flags. this was in the position of the 21st missouri infantry and fought at the hornet's nest. flags have underwent a great deal of restoration and conse e conservation for exhibit and the historic fabric, which is the dark fabric, backed by the lighter fabric to fill out what's missing on the flag. same is true for the white stripes. as well where you can see that the flag was in tatters. these fabrics, of course, ravages of time, storage, light, moisture, you name it. it's amazing that things like this do survive, even if they're stored away in an attic somewhere, usually they go through some major deterioration over time if they don'

united states forces had a tendency to name their battles after geographic land points, in this case the landing being the primary feature here. officially the battle went in as battle of pittsburgh landing. newspaper accounts would talk about the battle of pittsburgh landing. it was referred to as the battle of shiloh and the shiloh name biblical in its connotation meaning place of peace or house of peace took dominance and predominance over the identity of the conflict through time and so it's interesting to see pittsburgh landing on these flags. this was in the possession of lucius d. woodward in the 21st missouri infantry, a unit that participated in the battle with apprentices division and fought at the hornet's nest. the flags have undergone a great deal of restoration and conservation for exhibit. you can see here the difference between the historic fabric which is the dark fabric backed by the lighter fabric to fill out what's missing on the flag. the same is true for the white stripes as well. you can see that the flag was in tatters. the fabric, of course, ravages of time, storage, light, moisture, you name it. it's amazing tha

what's unique about this flag is that it carries the pittsburgh landig battle honor, the official name recorded by union forces for the battle of shiloh. this case the landing being the primary feature here. officially went in as the battle of pittsburgh landing. confederacy referred to it as the battle of shiloh. meaning place of peace or house of peace. took dominance over the identity of the conflict through time. and so it's interesting to see the pittsburgh landing on these flags. a unit that participated in the battle with the apprentice division and fought at the hornet's nest. you can see the dark fabric with the lighter fabric to same is true for the white stripes as well. you can see the flag was in tatters. story, light, moisture, you name it. it's amazing to think they do survive. usually they go through some major deterioration over time if they don't have proper treatment and care. there's no standardization to them. many were sewn by ladies in the communities in which the organizes were raised and thus the flags would be presented the to them to the units as they marched

some of you might call them speculators, but the official -- the official name is investors. in las vegas, 30% of all the loans made were made to people who were investors. and that's assuming you believed on their form when they said i'm really going to live in the hous house. i really think it was more like 50%. just imagine -- you don't have to have a comply kayed economic theory to understand why it all collapsed. if the 30% all of a sudden said i'm just not going to buy another house, 30% of the demand in the entire market goes away overnight. and if they decide, well, i think i'll lighten up a little, and you can see why housing prices collapsed in all of these areas that -- where you had very high investors. this has nothing to do with the average american family wanting to own a home. this has nothing to do with it. this was rank speculation that was being financed out of wall street with no questions asked. and that is what causes crisis. blaming people, ordinary people who tried to own a home for this crisis is simply wrong. [ applause ] >> well, i want to -- you kn

official name for this storm nor'easter. >> interesting weather pattern across the country hot correspondent80 degree temperatures moving far north as saskatchewan. not getting any of this slight peak in temperatures midweek going to be brief another dose of very cold temperatures are around chicago time lapse cameras beautiful day if you did not mind chill in the air high-temperature today at 60 degrees. very warm temperatures. look at these temperatures in the 40's across the area down 14 degrees from today's high temperature wind not really an issue tonight there were last night temperatures higher than we thought very weak wind in the suburbs should ease of the drop to probably 35 degrees overnight tonight cold air notice what happens to the warm air with time begins quickly pushed out of the way by another surge of cold air by the weekend some fairly chilly air continues monday and tuesday of the following week radar composite something moving through parts of eastern minnesota drifting into chicago area tomorrow increasing clouds may even produce isolated shower. not much more than tha

. >>> the white house officially named dan tangerlynna for the general services administration.rday the gsa chief stepped down in the wake of a report detailing spending by the agency, according to the "washington post." the gsa spent more than $800,000 for a 300-person conference in las vegas. tangerlini is a former d.c. administrator. a senior white house official told nbc news that he was picked for his no-nonsense approach. >>> really beat up, battered racing yacht, finally reached port today after being slammed by a huge wave over the weekend. the u.s. coast guard rescued two injured crew members from that boat. they were rescued on sunday. they had set sail in what's called a clipper round-the-world yacht race. they were stranded 400 miles off the california coast when they were hit by a wave. the remaining 11 sailors on that boat, which is called the jerlton western australia, they decided to stay onboard and to finish that particular leg of the race. they say safety was never an issue during their ordeal. >> i'd say the swell was the biggest i've ever seen in my life. i'

. >> reporter: it wasn't until decades after the war that andy finally learned the official name of hisovert team. they were company "c," special reconnaissance battalion. i'm damian trujillo, nbc bay area news. >>> still ahead at 6:00, he's been san francisco's mayor and is the current lieutenant governor of california. now gavin newsom is adding talk show host. details of his new part time job. >> reporter: i'm kris sanchez, one day before the 49ers break ground on their new stadium in santa clara, we talk with locals to see what they think about what could happen here. >>> and an nbc bay area exclusive, inside the latest si silicon valley startup success story. >>> and, good evening, i'm jeff ranieri live where it was all about the heels tonight. why hundreds of men put on shoes like this to help support an portant cause. plus your seven-day forecast. t >>> making new friends, facebook got the green light to expand its new campus in menlo park. the city council unanimously approved the proposal to add new buildings and thousands of additional employees in the coming years. in ex chan

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officials released names last month for four of the islands.hina's leaders countered by handing out a list of the senkakus' chinese names. territorial disputes are a source of friction between china and the philippines in the south china sea. amid the growing tensions, the philippines has kicked off one of his largest military exercises with the united states. nhk world's charmaine deogracias reports. >> reporter: some u.s. troops and military personnel are taking part in 12 days of war games. the exercises kicked off on monday and are designed to strengthen ties and improve joint military capabilities to protect philippine borders. the drills include landing practice on the western island in the south china sea. in addition it the bilateral naval exercises, the capital manila will host an earthquake simulation with six southern nations, including japan, for the first time. >> this will undoubtedly constitute -- or contribute to the nations in the region having increased level of trust and cooperation to ensure regional stability. >> we continu

officials released names last month for four of the islands, china's leaders countered by handing out a list of the senkakus' chinese names. >>> east timor has a new president, the winner of monday's election is a political outsider and former freedom fighter. here is patchari raksawong in our bangkok bureau with the details. >>> former independence leader ruak won the election, voters turned to an outsider to improve their fortunes. we have this report from the capital delhi. >> reporter: taur matan rauk won 61% of the vote, beat the head of the largest opposition fretilin party, frank francisco guterres, popularly known as lu olo. ruak has no political experience and ran as an independent. by contrast, lu olo had a strong campaign organization and came out on top in the first round of voting in march. ruak is a popular hero who led east timor's struggle for independence. east timor lacks any notable industry except agriculture. 40% of the population lives in poverty. frustration with the established political parties is growing. that led many voters to cast their votes for the outsi

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that is the official name of that case. his defense team went after their former campaign aide and drew young yesterday. they called him a layer and he was out to get his former boss and that was his motivation. a cheerful edwards left the court yesterday with his daughter kate saying this about young's testimony. >> [inaudible]. martha: said sun was out in more ways that one. he had a cheerful disposition inside the courtroom out without yesterday. jonathan serrie live outside the courtroom reading into all of this good morning. >> reporter: martha, a few minutes ago john edwards return to the federal courthouse in greensboro, north carolina, where cross-examination is expected to resume of that former staffer. andrew young. edward's lawyers are trying to call young's credibility into and asking about minor inconsist is and following up with broder questions. lead lawyer, abby young whether he had fallen in love with edwards. young, responded a lot of people in the country did. lowell followed up. did you fall out of him,

. >> chinese officials say they'll continue to patrol the waters and assert their claims. they released a list of chinese namesor the islands last month. japanese officials had earlier named dozens of uninhabited islands, including those in the senkakus. >>> finance ministers and central bank governors from the group of 20 nations will try to reinforce protections against another debt crisis. they'll meet on thursday in washington. u.s. treasury undersecretary brainerd said the world economic outlook has improved. concerns over the european debt crisis have eased slightly. but the global recovery remains weak. brainerd praised an agreement by eurozone members to expand their own rescue fund. they said they should make sure austerity measures don't dampen economic growth. she urged member nations to work harder to shore up the euro. she said they need to do everything possible to avoid another crisis. g-20 ministers and bank governors will focus on boosting the lending power of the international monetary fund. >>> imf analysts say the global economy will refrain fragile -- remain fragile through the end of the

. >> good evening, mayor lee, city officials. my name is elizabeth jones, president of the west sacramento tennis association. i am standing here hoping to receive funding for the summer arts camp. i started the program last year in the summer of 2011, and it turned out to be a huge success. i founded the program, which was an out-of-pocket expense from a part-time job. i have made numerous attempts in try to obtain funding for the west side courts summer camp. it is just unfair that west side courts children are once again being left behind. there is enough funding that can be divided equally where west side courts can receive a portion of the proceeds. why can the children of west side courts receive equal treatment as the other developments? i understand some of the kids wanted to speak, but they are shy. thank you for listening. [applause] >> the residents of district 5 and district 1, this does that make your job any easier. they were eloquent, talked about the problems they see, where we think the minute should go. now it is time f

. >> reporter: animal control officials named the black lab grace for her heroic effort.s people were hoping to adopt her at the baldwin park animal shelter, including the good samaritan. that is until the rightful owners of the dog stepped up to claim her. animal control officials say the dog quickly responded to her owners who call her maggie the second she saw them. >> just went absolutely berserk when she saw mom and dad today in the vet division. she was coming out of her anesthesia from her spay. and, you know, most dogs, most animals, most people for that matter would just lay there. yet her head perked up and her tail went a thousand miles an hour. >> reporter: officials say the owners also had pictures of maggie, and they knew distinct markings on the animal that only the owners would know. officials say before releasing the dog to the owners, they will inspect their home. the owners will have to appear in court. >> for having no license for the dog, also for the dog running loose, having no microchip and no vaccines. >> reporter: he is disappointed he will not b

election campaign has been ramping up for months and while his republican rival hasn't been named officially the president is getting more comfortable talking about the around me. >>> he joked about him with late-night talk-show host jimmy fallon. >>> do know moronic customer did would have met him but we're not friends. did waves newt gingrich was counting on when in delaware to keep his campaign alive. >>> 323 events altogether here in north carolina we're going to be at 23 events here in north carolina this week he is bound to continue his campaign through to the gop convention in tampa to him cbs news at the white house. so the latest count shows mr. romney with at least 824 delegates when i had a gingrich ronnie needs just under 320 to clinch the nomination. >>> if you look closely you can see that the movement has matured. the new more defines tactics for members of occupy. kill germs and get a biased? double duty california teams are getting out of hand sanitizers and just as dangerous about the protection of doris and airbag another proposal to treat cyclist more like driver is in th

lottery officials did not name the winners but they say that mirlande wilson was not one of them.herd really needed some tissues last night on dancing. she was eliminated from the competition and even the judges were surprised if. >> she was not at the bottom of the scoreboard after monday night's performance but viewers did not rally to keeper in the competition. with tears streaming down her face, keep banks of the show for letting her live out her dream. >> bad thing that scares you the most that makes you say i don't know if i can do it, i am scared run towards it, because it is so amazing on the other side. >> melissa gilbert will compete next week after suffering a concussion during monday's performance. nine celebrities will take part in latin week. >> we will continue after this. >> mystery solved. springfield is home we love gardening... yeah, but the feeling wasn't alws mutual. i want you to grow big! if you grow for me you'll get cookies for free. nothing worked. ♪ ♪ but we started using miracle-gro garden soil. you just mix it with your backyard soil... and it feeds yo

officials. the invitation was sent under the name of the north korean committee for space technology. the committee invited jaxa officials to visit the site in northwest korea. they hope for a reply by thursday. jaxa leaders will discuss the offer with supervisors at the science ministry. ministry officials say they may have to decline. they fear accepting may be seen as approving of the launch. north korean officials intend to fire off the rocket between april 12th and 16th. they have invited experts and journalists from around the world to watch the launch including lders at nasa. japanese space agency or science ministry officials say they are inviting the north to soften international criticism. that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i eam kathryn kobayashi in toke ya. thanks for joining us.

now of course nothing will be official until the name is called tomorrow night. after weeks of getting to know rgiii, shanahan says he's quite impressed. >> work ethic is off the charts, love the way he hands manslaughter himself and there's a footballs a tect -- handles himself and there's the football aspect. going to be very happy if he's on the team. >> i'm sure a lot of other fans will be. time now to reveal the latest high school game of the week poll -- among your choices this week -- go to -- to vote. the results will be announced thursday night. >>> the nationals' all-star third baseman may not be headed to the dl after all. an mri on ryan zimmerman's right shoulder showed an inflamed ac joint much better diagnosis than initially thought but he is expected to work out tomorrow. of course he won't play tonight. >> hope for the best. >> we have a new word for griffin mania. >> let's all say it together. >> griffin eve. >> marinate on that. [ captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email: comments@captioncolorado.com ]

official leader. kim jong un gun was named the top political official. uncorks the guards and -- >> the guards have never had foreign journalists here before. imposing, this is mission control. the secret of a regime is opening up for the first time. this is the satellite command center. this is not quite an asset, but on the big screen, it shows the rockets being filled up. -- this is not quite nasa. >> this is a satellite launch, not a ballistic missile. by hope that you become supporters enjoying the transparency of the satellite launch. >> that is why we are here, north korea would like to allay fears that it is about to test missile technology that could deliver a warhead as far as north america. they have never before been opened to the world like this. they have had relatively modest beginnings but they say they have big ambition. america warns that this could lead to new u.n. sanctions. the man in charge here says that they should not lecture. >> we are adults. what do you think that the u.s. is treating you like a child -- >> do you think that t

while his republican rival hadn't been named officially, the president is getting more comfortable talkingut mitt romney. he joked about him with late night talk show host jimmy fallon. >> do you know mitt romney? >> i've met him, but we're not friends. >> reporter: newt gingrich was counting on a win in delaware to keep his campaign alive. >> we have, i think, 23 events all together here in north carolina this week. we are going to be at 23 events here in north carolina this week. >> reporter: he is vowing to continue his campaign through to the gop convention in tampa. danielle nottingham, cbs news, the wholes. >> ron paul is the only active gop candidate who has yet to win a single state. >>> more than two years after the worst spill disaster in u.s. history, federal agents make their first arrest ra arrest. they say a b.p. engineer intentionally deleted 300 text messages that pointed out the results to contain the gulf oil spill were failing and the amount of oil coming out was far more than the company was reporting. kirk mix now faces 20 years behind bars if convicted. >> i can't spe

of course nothing will be official until his name is called in tonight's draft after weeks of getting to know rgiii, shanahan says he is impressed. >> when you talk about a franchise quarterback, you're looking at a guy that really has all the physical and mental attributes that you're looking for in a quarterback. now he's got to go out and do it on the field. >> wizards in their road finale taking on cleveland. the behind-the-back pass of john wall. wizards extend their win streak to five games, their best since 2007. that's a quick look at sports this morning. we'll have live coverage from new york and from redskins park for tonight's n.f.l. draft. have a great thursday. >>> a jet blue flight made a safe emergency landing after two geese hit the windshield. >> this happened tuesday night just moments after takeoff from westchester county airport in new york. the florida bound flight then declared an emergency. no one was hurt in the emergency landing. the 54 passengers were moved to another plane which landed safely at palm beach international airport later that same night. but som

they could officially be named rg3 park. how about that? most figured it would happen, but in recent weeks, the colt's owner said that he has a plan with the poker face, but it looks like the fans, they could rest easy now. coming up at 5:50, i'll be joined by 106.7 the fan. he covers the caps better than anybody. we'll be talking about backstrom and his absence here tonight. back to you in the studios. >> thank you. we can believe that the caps will be able to do it. thank you. >>> still ahead on 9news, the fuel truck ignites these spectacular flames and all that smoke at the oil company. >>> and also ahead, what is being called the most effective homeownership health event ever. come to our area. come check it out. >>> a chance to be fake. coming up, the dramatic environmental turnaround. if you like seafood, this is something that you'll want to hear. >>> more fallout from the secret service. the prostitution scandal. three members that protected the president are out of their jobs and more may follow. the secret service agents are accus

. >>> he was hit by an suv but officials are holding the name of a 50-year-old man until his family is notified. she was backing up when she hit the man, police say alcohol does not to appear to be a factor in that crash. >>> they will hold a memorial for last week's shooting rampage. >> last night the names of the seven people were red out loud in a separate service. the vigil included a circle of prayer. >> there is so much violence in oakland and in the world. until we coming to it doesn't matter what religion you are or what color you are -- >> the dean also participated in that vigil and he will host this morning's public memorial from the lawn of the school. >>> police had to use tazers to arrest a man roaming a dorm hall. it happened around 9:00. campus police say the man appeared to be in a hallucinogenic state and failed to respond to their order he isers. -- orders. he appeared to be a student, san jose police was also called in to help. >>> the bodies of five people were found in a house near city combing. it was one of the bloodiest crime scenes they had ever seen. ben thai

david chiu, with members of the board of supervisors, and of course united way, the official partner the president named. thank you for your leadership, eric. your story told it all. it told it all. what a difference that job made starting when you're 14 years old, and we are all blessed that that opportunity was there and was taken advantage of. i am excited that we're here with carlos garcia, our superintendent. unfortunately not for much longer, but fortunately for the length of time that he was. jose and alicia, your our vip's of the day. we look forward to hearing your story. and roberto, that is a college program that is very important. i want to say how this fits into some things. when the president became president, we had the recovery act, which is done great things for san francisco, i am proud to say. but part of it was the jobs now initiative. it had different names in different communities. but san francisco was in the lead and demonstrated to other cities how you can take advantage of this public-private partnership and what it meant to not only young people but some a little older than yo

the suspect's name is michael. officialsay he reported his car as stolen to police on wednesday after the crash. they say the car was found at a hotel where he was staying. police arrested him on charges of possession of heroin and felony hit and run and felony probation. she right now in jail -- he is right now in jail. kron 4's grant lodes takes a look at the video. >> reporter: for a violent hit hit and run caught on top. the bike rider here has a camera on his bike. you can see it there. on tunnel road near highway 24 in berkeley. you can see they are on the shoulder. not in the lane of traffic and a car plows into them. both men call. fortunately -- both men fall. fortunately they are both okay. right there. side swipes the riders. you can see right there as it passes the car's license plate, the heads hit the ground. kron 4's reggie kumar talked to officials about bike safety in that city. >> reporter: this is tunnel road near the highway where the two bicyclists were hit by a car. you can see how fast the cars drive u

officials for the first time to impose sanctions on foreign nationals using technologies like cell phone tracking internet monitoring to carry out human rights abuses now iran and syria specifically came under fire and then a named officials told the washington post and this could be expanded to other countries as well what are the chances that we're really going to see it expanded to other countries like other u.s. allies like the raider saudi arabia and does that mean the companies that work with the u.s. government to make our massive surveillance state function are just fine here discussing with me is still a civil liberties civil liberties blogger at firedoglake have thanks so much for joining us tonight thank you overall let's talk about what it is that you know what it is that they're approaching here do you think if there's an issue that there are private companies out there that are creating these technologies that it's incredibly you have this technology but they're getting the other selling them to governments that might be using them to hurt their own people it definitely is an issue and we saw that it was an issue prior to syria and now iran we saw this issue actually existed with libya with technol

and he's not an elected official. his name is grover norquist, president of americans for tax reform. that's a group that secured pledges to never raise taxes from likely presidential candidate mitt romney as well as almost all the republicans elected in congress. he warns those who break the pledge will pay a political price. grover and i sat down to discuss his new book "debacle, obama's war on jobs and growth." what we can do now for our future. first i wanted to know where grover norquist stands on all this talk on tax fairness. >> a lot of impetus to impose the income tax, imposed on today's dollars over $10 million a year, just going to hit a few. i would argue the reason why left of center politicians who want the government bigger play to fairness. they can't play to economic growth, job creation, stable dollar. they say let's distract you with shiny things, which is fairness, an unending conversation. like sex everybody can have their opinion on it. >> brand-new poll taken april 13th to 15th favoring a 30% tax for the

school officials have not released his name. live in union city. ktvu channel 2news. >> oakland city officials say news reports that the 100 lock plan to fight crime has been abandoned are not accurate. the plan was first called focusing in 5% of the city in which 90% of the violent crime happened. the mayor said it was only set to last 90 days. that period is now over and city leaders say the plan is being changed. meantime the mayor said she has a planner plan to get 1 1,000 jobs for oakland youth. >> we will make sure 50% of those jobs come from youth in those 100 block areas. i want them off the streets, i want them at work. >> both the mayor and police chief howard jordon are scheduled to address the city council on the matter tonight. >> the united states agriculture department said that a dairy cow in central california tested positive for mad cow disease. the company said the cow was randomly tested at its facility. the u.s.d.a. said it was disposed of properly and that the public was never at risk because the cow was not in the food supply.

the winning ticket was purchased while officials say they can't name the lucky ticket holders just yet. chief meteorologistist bill martin joins us with which part of the bay area can soon be getting some showers. you can watch all the cast on computer or mobile device. we're streaming live on ktvu.com. >>> simple text message can benefit people suffering from depression. a psychologist says patients who received just short text messages reminding them to reflect on their mood say they felt more connected and cared for. the technique appears helpful for low income patients who may not have much computer access. bill martin joins us now. we've been talking about rain earlier today. looking more realistic. >> rain in here for tomorrow morning commute. we're going to get rain in here and for many it's spring break it's kind of a drag in that way if you look north you can see the showers get in here late tonight. this is not a big storm but it's a storm. it's got rain that will be light winds not a lot, but there will be snow and mountain it's a series of events this one comes through, ope

it's marked with the national flag and the name milky way 3 in korean. officials showed journalists what they say is a satellite they plan to launch. the device is covered with solar panels and is equipped with cameras and antennas. the official responsible said everything is ready and it could be fueled up and launched at any time. he said leaders in pyongyang have an even bigger goal in mind they want to put larger satellites into orbit in the future including a geostationary communications satellite. >> translator: we have already set out a concrete program. it could pass over japan. it could also fly over other countries. >>> now the question is, when that will be. the north koreans are weighing several factors. one of which is the weather. rachel ferguson joins us now with the forecast on conditions around the site. so, rachel, what are you seeing? >> yes, indeed. north korean officials are looking at a five-day window for the launch. now the first three days, thursday, friday and saturday are going to be clear. clear skies. just a few clouds on friday. sunda

there have been many report, beatings and the likes and that should be investigated and he named local officials who he said did that and he calls china's premier to do that. and he calls for the safety of his family. that's his daughter and his wife who have been be under house arrest with him. his daughter was prevented from going to school by local authorities by one point. and he also calls for the government to tackle corruption and abuses of power. so direct appeals, but what we've heard then from activist who is say they were involved in helping him to escape is that he is in what they say is 100% safe location in beijing. they won't specify where that is. >> let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. the west african group of nations has agreed to send troops to oversee the return to civilian rule after recent military cues and both ivy coasts. they have been given 72 hours to comply with the decision or face diplomatic and economic sanctions. there are long queues at spain's job stands as spain's unemployment record has hate record high. near

it's marked with a north korean flag and the name milky way 3 in korean. officials show journalists what they say is the satellite they plan to launch. the device is covered with solar panels and is equipped with cameras and antennas. the north korean official responsible for the launch facility says everything has been prepared. he says crews could lower the satellite, fuel up the rocket and launch it at any time. he also says his country's leaders have an even bigger goal in mind. they want to put larger satellites into orbit in the future including a geostationary communications satellite. >> translator: we have already set out a concrete program. it could pass over japan. it could also fly over other countries. >> we asked hideki kenada to provide analysis. he's a retired vice admiral from japan's maritime self-defense force and an expert on ballistic missiles. >> the new rockets which they say to carry the satellite into space, when i look at that and also i compare with the old rocket, which was tried to launch the satellite but failed in april 2009, i can obs