but additional rainfall in parts of okinawa and 15 kilometer per hour gusts. people are still prasing for chan hom, there's nangka coming right after it. it may impact the mariana islands. but the warnings are lifted across those areas. we'll keep you updated. >> we want to clarify information we told you last hour about typhoon chan hom. we indicated the storm was moving northeast when in fact it's moving northwest. we apologize for the error. >>> greek officials have presented their reform proposals in a bid to get a bailout from eurozone. ramin mellegard has the latest on that. >> and really after all the drawn-out meetings we could finally be approaching crunch time. some eu leader are demanding fiscal austerity. the greek government is asking the rescue fund the european stability mechanism for a three-year loan program. spokesperson for euro group president jeroen dijsselbloem said the package has been accepted and greece's creditors will be poring over the details. officials have not disclosed its content but greece's public broadcaster is quoting gover

. >>> and a legacy in the battle of okinawa. the son of an army officer retraces his father's steps 70 years later. >>> japanese prime minister shinzo abe is facing resistance in his bid to broaden the role of the self-defense forces. he's been trying to push through security bills for collective self-defense. but two opposition parties have drafted their own bill in an effort to block that move. leaders of the democratic party and japan innovation party submitted their bill wednesday to the lower house. it proposes an alternative to the government plan for responding to so-called gray zone situations. the term refers to infringements of sovereignty that did not amount to armed attacks. the two leaders agreed to collaborate to prevent next week's votes on the government bill. >> translator: it's important that opposition parties team up to debate the bill thoroughly. >> translator: it is very inconsiderate if parties submit similar bills separately. we shouldn't cause any trouble to the diet even if there is tension between us.

this is the one that is going to be affecting the islands of okinawa. we are already getting reports of eight-meter high waves and also gusts that are reaching 80 to 100 kilometers per hour from the southwestern islands of japan. this is a strong typhoon, likely to develop a little bit further over the warm waters. but as it reaches towards these islands, the very southern islands of okinawa, the gusts will reach 216 kilometers per hour and the wave also be up to about 12 meters high. the peak of it being on friday. the rainfall will accumulate up to 150 millimeters, so flooding landslides and mudslide also be a potential. let's check out this typhoon, pulling into the northern mariana islands, seeing stormy conditions out here but not getting any reports from saipan because we're hearing that the telephone and internet connections are completely terminated at the moment. the stormy system also be continuing across these locations. we'll keep a close eye on this. we're also monitoring this over the south china sea, pulling into the southern areas of chi

. >>> people in japan's southern prefecture of okinawa are preparing for gael force winds as a typhoon is set to move through the region. >>> and lawmakers in a southern u.s. state have voted to remove a controversial flag from the state house grounds following the brutal murder of nine people. >>> chinese stocks reversed losses and rallied thursday pulling many of the other markets in the asia pacific region higher. gene otani from the business team has been following the markets in china and elsewhere in the region. gene, a busy two days. what can you tell sinusus? >> very much a rebound after the decline the day before. authorities in beijing reacted wednesday by announcing a new range of measures to bring things under control and it looks like investors were convinced the shanghai rallied. here are the results. it closed up 5.76%. closing at 3,709. bargain hunters charged the market with orders. the index kept climbing in the afternoon session eventually leading to the strong performance. >>> for more ramin mellegard spoke to someone who gave us details on what's behind the recent

. ♪ >>> people across the globe have commemorated 70 years since the battle of okinawa, but memoriesf the fighting remain. more than 200,000 died, both members of the military and civilians. the son of a former officer who survived retraced the footsteps of had his now deceased father. nhk world reports on the journey. >> reporter: he started on the path by sorting through his dad's belongings. he found a notebook that his father had written with descriptions of the battle. >> translator: don't die, do your best survive and go home. >> reporter: yasuo was only 23 when he commanded a platoon in the japanese army. he filled almost 150 pages of the notebook with accounts of what the soldiers went through. many of the entries involve anguish over their death. he had 140 men at the beginning of the battle. at the end, he was one of only ten who survived. >> translator: i pictured the battle sites, but i'm not sure how i'll react when i actually visit them. >> reporter: using the notebook as a guide, he went to the sites where his father had held. one person in the area showed him a cave w

. >>> typhoon chan-hom is now west of okinawa in southern japan. 27 people have been injured so far. and nearly 9,000 homes in the area are without power as jonathan oh from our weather desk tells us. so jonathan, how serious are conditions in the region? >> well james, we are talking about winds that are still quite powerful in the region. and the reason is because this is still a very strong typhoon. look at the circulation and the eye that's defined on this storm. i want to show you the video of what it looked like on the ground level. you can see the rain pouring down because this strong typhoon smashed into okinawa with powerful winds and torrential rains. in nago city thousands were urged to leave their homes with close to 6,000 homes still dealing with power issues as well. apparently and obviously services had to be canceled because of the conditions. you saw a tree that was split apart because of the winds pushing through the area. we're talking about gusts as much as 180 kilometers per hour being reported in some of these locations. in naha, up to 148 kilometers per hour. t

and we are going to more marines as move them out of okinawa.so thank you very much for all that you do their i'm also very committed to the rebalance to the asia-pacific energy mentioned in your advanced questions quote, our strong marine presence in the region, been asia-pacific a help places inevitable that promoting the regional security and stability. if confirmed i treasure continue to support a tangible tangible rebalance to build and maintain the important partnerships we have in this area of the world speak with yes senator. >> you mentioned in the earlier response to senator sullivan how important training is. the missions of the

it may even move over the southern islands of okinawa prefecture. things will get very stormy on your friday afternoon, possibly making rain making effect across kyushu. we've already seen more than 600 millimeters across this area in the past few days. so no more rain is welcomed here. le weer he're seeing a cold front making its way across japan. there are going to be thunderstorms accompanied with about 120 millimeters of additional rainfall. down towards the south, again, great instability continues across parts of southern china and into the hong kong area i want to show you this incredible image coming out from there. this is a massive tree that fell onto a very busy hong kong street. due to the severe storm, it caused damage to surrounding buildings on wednesday. emergency services worked overnight to remove the tree, but it looks like it waenssn't the first tree that fell in the past few days. actually the second tree. tokyo's looking at 30 degrees. i say 30 but that's still very hot and it's going to get even hotter throughout your weekend.

they wrapped local newspapers in okinawa southern japan for the criticism on u.s.ases stationed there. they said public opinion in that prefecture is being distorted. >> translator: the government and the ldp have ignored the will of people in okinawa and have been forcibly building a base there. don't you think that the heart of the problem is that the lawmakers distorted the facts and insulted local people? >> translator: the remarks gravely hurt the public trust in my party, though the people gave us power to govern the country. we have reprimanded those who were responsible. as leaders of the party, i would like to sincerely apologize to the public. >> the ruling bloc hopes to have the security bills passed by the lower house special committee in mid-july. >>> officials from japan's industry ministry have come under criticism for discussing plans to dispose of high-level nuclear waste behind closed doors. a panel of experts says the move could have a negative impact on getting communities to accept the waste. government leaders decided in may to start selecting

training opportunities on okinawa, mainland japan guam are limited. and you have to be able to move to where the training is. you have to move to other nations. you have to be able to get to korea, thailand. the philippines and do to that, you need sea lift and air lift and when we do it, there are going to be opportunities with high speed vessels and the navy and a three-ship arg to give us more lift. so that's going to have to happen. but i concur with you that the strategic lift is kind of the long pole potentially in that tent. >> right now, you don't believe that that -- our strategic lift capability matches our proposed deployment? lay down? >> it -- i believe it will. but it remains to be seen once we get out in guam. we have to move the forces around. we do a pretty good job right now. but again, we're not on guam. and we've got decent training in hawaii up at the pta. but we still have to be able to move the forces around. and i'm concerned about amphibious lift. >> thank you, thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, mr. chairman. general, than

influx of immigrants in okinawa, china, and the philippines, the overthrow of the queen and the u.s.ment world war ii and finally statehood. the geographical realities of being thousands of miles from, well, anywhere else, has given hawaii to some degree, protection from the forces that eradicated so many other south pacific cultures entirely. in fact, they've arguably been holding back the inevitable creep better than just about anyone. what hawaii looks like today depends which island you're standing on and to some extent, the reputation of the locals. the hawaiian islands are not a monolith. islands, that's plural and we're talking eight very different islands with very different identities. it's been over a century since the waves of immigrants began and things got all mixed up in the best possible way. there's layers. and a simple question like, who is hawaiian gets you all kinds of answers. the neighborhood of kalihi is far from what most know and most specific kind the last 40 years. >> it's the blue collar town. they all come here. breakfast, lunch. every day. >> i'm joined b

sergeant at pearl harbor when the japanese attacked and served in the pacific in the epic battle of okinawand one of the first marines to enter the korean war in the perimeter and participated that the first marin landing the liberation of soul and the reservoir caption he is the skeet of this foundation and the man that brought me on board he's the moral compass of that endeavor without his selfishly dlofgs please welcome lieutenant cornell john recognizing stevens (clapping.) what can i say after that thank you jerry mayor ed lee supervisor kim consul general and other distinguished guests it is a pleasure to be here the idea for the million was in the fall of 2009 not until 2010 we got this thing organized and idea by a small group of korean veterans today is a start of making that idea a reality and making the idea a reality required the help of many and i want to mention a few of the many first are the donors that have been so general reduce in supporting the idea today for a about $2.3 million in addition the republic of korea has pledged one million dollars we thank the presidio trus

meanwhile we have a tropical depression that provide rainfall to the okinawa region for the next couple of days. it's a mixed bag across china. drought persisting over the south of the province. we have video from several areas of the country. in guizhou province flooding led to damage of roads and crops. no casualties reported. meanwhile just to the south of guizhou province in guangdong province, they received 80 millimeters of rainfall. 73% less than the average. farmers are concerned that there might not be a harvest this season. good news is that there is a low pressure system and some rain is anticipated for the south of china. hopefully that will improve the situation. now, it's extremely hot once again across the south of china. 31 degrees in taipei as well as 30 degrees in hong kong on saturday. now, the southern hemisphere, it's winter. low temperatures in the south of queensland, they had heavy snowfall. and temperatures were very low over the past couple days. in sydney it was about 13 degrees. a little improvement as we go into the weekend and warmer than average temperatur

actually, as it made its way toward the okinawa area. you can see the september of the storm right here. this, about 48 hours ago, was equivalent to a category 4 hurricane. it made its way to the south of okinawa. we have 32 mlt basis. everything was there. they do well during tropical situations like this. as you can see made landfall right here just to the south of shanghai, but the big problem here was the circulation of the storm. what that did was it sent a lot of water into these refer inlets and deltas causing a lot of flooding especially as you go up the y. p pntze river there. things have gotten better for shanghai. we are seeing it make its way toward the yellow sea. we will the storm start to decrease in intensity and make its way toward south and north korea. we expect to see quite a bit of rain over the next day or so. how about 5 to 6 inches across that region. we expect to see flooding as we go through the next couple of days. here across the united states we have good news for the northwest. you have cooled down after an

okinawa has seen 200 millimeters in 24 hours.ut kagoshima over 400 millimeters in 24 hours. 98 millimeters fell in just one hour. the same thing will happen we're likely to see about 200 millimeters of additional rain. in cue yew shoe 180 in parts of shikoku developing overhead. this area also will be pulling in with lots of very hefty amounts of rainfall. soak kafrl amounts will be pulling into hokkaido. meanwhile, pop-up thunderstorms, especially after the daytime heating should be aware of across parts of kanto and honshu. we have halolo pulling across the islands affecting us by tuesday. however, it looks like it may be pulling into the mainlands of japan. we'll keep a very close eye on this. gusts are already packing 145 kilometers per hour at the center of this system. now, we are looking at another round of very heavy rain on the korean peninsula as well as down here towards the south. the southern areas of china the hong kong area is going to be seeing another round of very heavy rainfall. about 220 millimeters which is c

this will likely intensify to a strong typhoon into early next week and eventually could affect okinawa islands as well as taiwan as we go into the latter part of next week. a cyclonic storm hit bangladesh thursday. it has now become a depression. still rain and winds in areas, miramar and bangladesh. this will likely make its way towards eastern india. remaining quite stormy across places as we go through early next week. here is your extended forecast. ♪ ♪ >>> here on "newsline," our top story once again. international olympic committee members have picked beijing for the 2022 winter olympic games. that makes it the first city to host both the summer and winter games. beijing previously hosted the 2008 summer olympics. >> beijing. [ cheers and applause ] beijing won the bid. the city was competing with kazakhstan. beijing expresses it plans to make use of several existing facilities. city officials say that will help keep costs down. it's a factor that impressed the ioc members. the ioc also recognized the value of financial support from the government of china, the world's second lar

. >>> the governor of okinawa has acquired another tool in his fight against the relocation of u.s. air base within his southern prefecture. members of an independent panel say they found legal flaws in the approval process for land reclamation. the panel submitted their report on thursday to the governor. they spent the last six months on how his predecessor gave the go ahead for the reclamation. the construction is part of the central government's plans to build a base in a district called henoko. officials have agreed to move the futenma air station there. they want the facility built outside of his prefecture. panel members say they found flaws in the approval process. they questioned the government's claim that the reclamation is necessary. they also doubt the government is doing enough to protect the environment. onaga says he will fully respect the report. he's now expected to decide whether he will cancel the approval. >> translator: i will carefully consider my most effective options. that includes canceling the approval for the reclamation. >> the government's top spokespe

saturday is going to be the big time period as this system moves over the okinawa islands. as this time period goes into sunday, we'll be seeing that activity continue bing to be a part of the story. now, as it continues to move toward the north and west it's going to bring all that rainfall. meanwhile, that warm air i was talking about is going to be part of the picture for the rest of japan. highs in the mid to upper 30s. now, we're also looking at wet activity over into southeast portions of china. bringing copious amounts of rainfall and extends into south asia as well. some areas may be seeing close to 200 millimeters of rainfall over the next 72 hours. again, wet weather coming up the korean peninsula extending down along the coast of china while warm weather returns back to tokyo with sunny skies for saturday. as you look at the forecast for europe, we've been dealing with some very strong storms that rolled through the area. we had heavy amounts of rain that caused problems on the roadways. and in fact part of that en shifted a car on top of a building right there.

but china claims their boundary to be closer to the okinawa islands and the exclusive economic zones in the sea have not been officially decided. japanese officials say the fact that the new platforms were built on the chinese side of the median line may indicate that china is well aware of japan's claim on the boundary. tomoko kamata, nhk world. >> thank you, tomoko. >>> officials from the central and metropolitan tokyo governments have been facing off on the stadium for the olympics. but that tension may be subsiding. the central government launched a task force that will draw up a new construction plan. criticism over a ballooning cost prompted officials to scrap the original plan and start from scratch. toshiaki endo is in charge of the olympic and paralympic games. he told the governor masuzoe that they plan to come up with a new plan by early autumn. >> translator: the central government will work as one to proceed with the planning. we'd like the tokyo government to assign people to the task force and help make a wonderful facility. >> translator: i'd like to assign two or thr

are discussing their plan to return some american military facilities in okinawa.they've gathered in tokyo for the working level talks and they're examining a proposal to speed up some of the work. government leaders from both nations agreed in 2013 to give back sites south of kadena air base in the southern prefecture. their plan is to fully return the mac minkiminato area. but officials are now asking japanese counterparts to return part of the facility earlier. they say they want to use the section to help ease traffic congestion along a neighboring main road. they say the american side gave no clear response to their proposal, but both sides confirmed they'll step up discussions for the plan's review. the new guidelines for japan/u.s. defense cooperation say the two nations will form a permanent organization to allow information sharing and coordination in peace time and other circumstances. >>> the japanese government will export software used for its aegis equipped destroyers to the united states. the software export will be japan's first under eased defense

marine corps air station within the prefecture of okinawa.ys government officials have spent a long time listening to people in the prefecture and have been working to reflect their opinions in the plan. >>> interior ministers from countries in the association of southeast asian nations are preparing to discuss the plight of rohingya migrants. they'll consider ways for member nations to accept the migrants and prevent human trafficking. the meeting will take place in the malaysian capital kuala lumpur. rohingya muslims are a minority in myanmar. in recent months, thousands of them have taken to boats to flee the country. the bodies of a number of people believed to be rohingya were found buried in the jungles of thailand and malaysia. concern is rising that many rohingyas have become victims of smuggling groups. a thai senior military officer and a mayor were recently arrested on suspicion of involvement in human trafficking. >>> diplomatic relations between the u.s. and cuba are thawing, but cuba's long isolation hasn't stopped people in the

. -- prague. 70 years ago today the japanese launched an unsuccessful counter offensive on okinawa. four days from now on may 8 will celebrate the anniversary of germany's unconditional surrender and the end of the war in europe. four months from now will mark the anniversary of japan's surrender and the end of the most destructive war in human history. this is a time to reflect on what the war means and president kennedy got a software great start. john updike called world war ii the 20th century's greatest myth. he call that a vast imagination of a time when good and evil intended for the planet. whose angles are infinite and whose figures never ceased to amaze us. the war lasted 2471 days and left 60 million dead. 1000, 450 dead in our -- 1450 dead for our paul reid: -- pre hour. 60 million dead in six years means a death every three seconds. 1, 2 3. 1, 2, 3. that is world war ii. george c marshall, the u.s. army chief of staff, quoted a great and terrible epic -- called it a great and terrible epic. the worms would be needed to describe it, genocide and superpower. old words ass

it is expected to head toward the okinawa islands before it makes a very hard turn to the northeast. and that's when we'll see what kind of impact it will have. we are expecting it to stay as a strong typhoon. it will have some resistance. a turn will be an interesting part of the scenario. we're going to see how this continues to move as it goes through the next several days. tokyo 35 degrees under partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies. and we see the influence of the remnant of the low pressure system rolling over the area. looking at north america, we have that big low pressure system into canada. extending within a cooler front pushing towards the south. that's going to bring the possibility of some unstable weather. thunderstorms expected to atlanta and miami all the way into western denver and oklahoma city and houston. look out for some active weather as we go through tuesday. now, wrapping things up with a look at europe we have a low pressure system that has pushed away from the central portions of europe and moving into western russia. this system has the potential for produ

we have to the north a little small tropical depression east of okinawa. that's been surging in this moisture and actually parts of luzon, you've been looking at serious flooding. especially farmers out here serious crop losses because of these torrential rains. in the past 24 hours some areas have seen upwards of 100 millimeters. that's been happening for several days now. that's what's causing the problems. bangkok up to 34 on your friday. then over towards the americas we're still watching de inging do lorous out here. weather is erupting over towards the great lakes region. some of these storms could produce tornadoes, large hail and even damaging winds. also down towards florida, if you have travel plans out here in the lightning capital of the u.s., you may want to watch out for that because there is the threat of lightning as we go ahead into your friday evening. temperatures on the hot side though. this is across the deep south, remember and that means that you're going to be looking at some humidity coming off the gulf of mexico. these temperature

. >> and then to talk about the pacific with japan and though whether of the concerns of the okinawa population in the challenge to relocate forces because that is the part of the rebel is that we are committed to. but they received nothing budget the commitment so my sense is the japanese government is committed to that recognizing it is important so right now the of relationship with the japanese is that a pretty good place. >> so really has a concern. >> now we talk about okinawa of we need to be good neighbors to set the conditions to make that contribution and a replacement facility is the internal japanese political issue that has to be worked out by the japanese government. >> think your approach general dunford welcome to you and your family in your written testimony you state the nuclear deterrent is the nation's top military priority that leads me to a specific question related to how we plan for that party over time. with a full weapons complex is critical to nuclear deterrents and one of the things in your written testimony is we must recruit and train the next generation

>> senator, we -- i specifically talk about the marines in okinawa, and we need to be good neighbors and set the conditions with the people, and i think we can make a contribution, but at the end of the day the replacement facility is the internal japanese political issue that has to be worked with the japanese government. >> thank you. >> general, welcome to you and your family. in your written testimony you state, as senator fisher pointed out, our nuclear deterrent is the nation's top military priority and that leads me to the specific question as to how we plan to deal with that priority over time. the whole weapons complex is critical to our nuclear detour deterrent deterrent, and one of the things you wrote in your written testimony is that we must recruit and train our next generation workforce capable of certifying stockpile requirements and to modernize the nuclear weapons structure, and can you share your thoughts about the research and development and the life extension programs going on at our national labs and their role in achieving recruitment and retention of the next

inn okinawa, he was part of a group of american troops that encountered comfort women from china and karen held by japanese troops. later on, he sought to preserve that history. another troubling chapter of this war. it was mentioned by professor kennedy and mr. atkinson that it might only be one million left of our servicemen. it is essential that we get the stories of people like my grandfather while they are still with us. many more who were children during that time or women on the home front or lived abroad. there is still time and it is essential for us to preserve that history. i would like to end with a note in response to tom's remarks. he brought up the fight for u.s. history. that 's very relevant. we are in a bigger fight to preserve the study of history and social studies in our schools. we live in an era where unfortunately appreciation for history, the values of americans being informed and active citizenry, for academics are under threat in our country from many angles. the federal department of education, with the end of the teaching american history grant has all bu

okinawa, taipei eastern china all in line for damage with this storm system if it makes it there by thend the other story is the heat across europe. is this an optical ill love? it is an incredible site as people try to cool off. in germany, receiving the highest temperature germany has ever observed in recorded history. 104 fahrenheit. and frankfurt at 100 fahrenheit is occurring on sunday. but notice a pattern shift here the warmest weather moves east. london will begin a cooling trend. but severe storms in hanover. lightning strikes taking two lives in germany over the weekend. and hail size reports nearly the size of grapefruits or a teacup in diameter 3.5 inches or 9 centimeters in olpe germany. max you are probably glad to be getting away from the london heat. >> the sun came out when i left. >> that happens. >> we talk about heat waves. >> he is glad to be with us. >> i feel bad talking about a heat wave in uk. >> we will take you in atlanta. you are a welcome guest here. >> thank you, so much. >>> over the weekend, the united nations added nine new cultureal sites to its heritag

that's just been downgraded with winds 110 kilometers per hour impacting japan, specifically north of okinawaruk you islands. the air base is located there with about 18,000 u.s. servicemen and women stationed there. they're feeling wind gusts of about 50 miles per hour at the moment. here's the storm system. lots of dry air wrapping around it and plenty of upper level shear that's going to continue to weaken the storm as it moves across the southern japanese sea, and that will impact the kagoshima region perhaps bringing rainfall into south korea going forward over the next 48 hours. i want to quickly talk about something, an underwater volcano in the lesser antilles. this is in the caribbean sea. and no this is not a typo. it is called the kick'em jenny volcano. the seismic research center there warning of a possible eruption of this underwater volcano. and this is significant because it's had to set up an exclusion zone for recreational boaters that are traversing the waters across this area. by the way, this is grenada. and the shipping vessels need to move away from this area because if

this is between okinawa and southern japan. it is headed toward the east coast of china. just to put the size of the storm in perspective, it is roughly 2 million square miles equivalent to the u.s. state of alaska or mexico. either way you look at it it is a very very large storm. the area it will impact is heavily populated. this region is roughly 9 million people. just north, shanghai 24 million people in the path of the storm. it will be a significantly weaker storm as it impacts the shanghai region late sunday into monday. 100 mile-an-hour gust and rain fall of 200 millimeters, possibly causing localized flooding. only two typhoons recorded over the last 70 years made land fall around shanghai. this is a pretty rare occurrence. so to see something like that happen in our lifetime is quite a thing. here is the forecast for shanghai. double-check your flights this weekend. conditions will deteriorate. heavy rain and wind especially saturday into sunday and that will last right into monday as well. talking about the rain fall totals in excess of 200 millimeters. we know

. >> reporter: born in okinawa japan, lee grew up in texas where his mother and father were army sergeants i know how it feels when he comes back and you jump in his arms and i know what it looks like when they don't come back. i appreciate their service. they're a big reason for our freedom. >> reporter: which is why griffin brought a check to the tragedy assistance program for survivors, or t.a.p.s. it provides comfort and much more to families who have lost a loved one serving in the armed forces. >> having a lot of people around you is like a really big hug. >> it's not just things they do. it's that they're there and we know we can call them and vent or tell them about the day and it's amazing. just amazing. >> it just makes me feel better like all the time knowing i have a million people that care about me. >> reporter: griffin made the surprise visit on behalf of his organization, family of three. >> the decks lost their husband and father fighting in iraqi freedom. by the way rg3 also told us his perspective on life has changed dramatically since the birth of his daughter two month

it will pass in between taipei and okinawa but late sunday we are concerned about. thankfully meteorologists have a new weather satellite launched in japan in 2014. it just became operational this tuesday. this is good because it helps us predict the timing of these individual storms that are heading in a generally westerly direction. i want to show you other footage that is new to cnn. this is a tornado, a rare event just west of venice italy. this is in the town of mira. unfortunately there was one fatality and 20 injured from this cone-shaped tornado. it tore apart buildings and ruined businesses. you can see some of the shrapnel and debris flying down the streets. you can hear it hitting the cars. these guys were precariously close. >> why reason they driving the other way. >> that should be their first port of call. >> you need to get away from a tornado as quickly as possible. car does not bode well for humans. >> thank you for that. now i know. >> now you know. >>> pope francis arrived in santa cruz bolivia a little while ago. it is part of an eight-day tour.

by the time we get to the weekend, okinawa will have to watch it closely.ng at significant winds there. it weakens to the north. what does not weaken is the rainfall. i think we will be talking about additional rainfall tallies of 100 to 200 millimeters. in japan they have picked up a half meter of rainfall. it will be a wet go of it coming up this weekend with our typhoon. >> way swallowed whole visiting the white house and number one next to tara reid spoiler alert she dies. >> sharknado four coming out. >> that's good tv. >> indeed. >> thanks. >>> researchers believe a manuscript at the university of birmingham's collection is among the oldest known fragment of the koran. they test tore 2:00 parchment leaves an dated them between 568 and 645 a d. >> incredible. that means the text was written close to the time of the prophet muhammad who scholars say lived between 570 and 632 a.d. it is covered in an early form of arabic script. >> i wonder if they find an old script of sharknado. >> you are obsessed. >> >>> donald trump is defending all of the trash tal

stationed in okinawa, japan, travelling the world, eventually returning to california, enrolling at pomonasmate. >> he approached college with a very regimented attitude and vigor that was unlike most of our classmates. >> reporter: he marries this woman, now a lawyer for a drug company. goes to harvard law, then joins this san francisco firm, fighting for clients in court and on tv. >> no, we will not even let you have your day in court. >> reporter: this is a smart guy? >> the person who went to pomona college, the person who went to harvard -- you can't be that person and not be a smart person. >> reporter: but the shooting star was about to flame out. his lawyer says inside that handsome head, a time bomb was ticking. muller was getting disbarred, his marriage of about ten years ending in divorce. >> its been the past five to eight or so years where we are seeing some difficulty in conducting a normal life. >> reporter: muller's mother tells detectives her son is now living 85 miles away in south lake tahoe, in this house in the woods. sound familiar? it should. remember, when denise w

this is a significant typhoon that is splitting the difference between okinawa and taiwan but it hasal west to northwesterly path that will make landfall in the east cohen coast of china in the next 24 hours. look at what is in the path of the storm, shanghai. population 24 million. we have the possibility of stronger winds, even though it will be a weakened phase. the storm will significantly impact that region with heavy rainfall and certainly gusty winds. this is the current stats on the storm. 220 kilometers an hour just below super typhoon status. we will watch for this storm carefully here at the cnn world weather center going forward. you can see the population density across the east coast of china, very compact. forecast is going to get worse from here. if you are in shanghai consider checking your flights for this weekend. switching gears quickly, we had a volcano that's been slowly erupting in the indonesian island of east java. this is the location of meth --. the volcanic ash is spewing four to six kilometers in to the atmosphere. it brought the smoke across bali. the ai

i never knew very much about okinawa and now i know a lot more because i make myself a student of where they are. >> host: you went to bangladesh. so many stories. what did you do overs there? >> guest: my has been transferred in august of 2011, transferred to an airline in bangladesh and we went there. for be there are things as a woman in afghanistan, cultures prescriptions i couldn't walk by myself. had to be with a man and even with security concerns i had very little flexibility but in bangladesh i could walk the streets of bangladesh which was like heaven to me and people were like oh my gosh, so many wonderful friendly people, but our kids were like okay. time for you to come home we're having. kids. i never thought i would do any of these things. we had a farm in ohio in arizona where we met. we were going to be like normal people. >> host: speaking of not knowing what you are going to do, what is going to happen in your life you send a christmas card one year to the obamas. tell us what happened after that. >> guest: because i care about military families, not just my own child

he was a huge combat veteran in okinawa and asia. the generals tell me it's going to the front.m our kids the generals and i, our kids. you meet one of them and you say were you there for super bowl or fourth of july. they said i had the pizza. you're like what is this. >> they remember it. i know it's chicago style, right? what about new york style? >> all pizza is good let's be serious. i prefer it to be tangy. i like it a little strong my pizza. all pizza's good. we're blessed. >> thank you mark. >> i was going to have pizza for you but they took all of them and shipped them all to afghanistan. >> thank you. i'm going to get my shirt from you later. >> here you go. >> it's pink. >> i brought you a special shirt. the pizza for patriot shirt. what do you think? >> i love it. thank you so much. happy holidays to you. thank you. >> and everybody out there, all your viewers thank you so much for helping us. >> you heard it there. thank you for joining us that's a weekend of our weekends with alex witt. up next watch as these magnificent creatures take flight, soaring away from hom

i never knew much about okinawa but i know a lot more because i make myself a student of where they are. >> interesting. you went to the book about being at bangladesh. >> so many stories. >> what did you do over there? >> my husband transferred in august of 2011 transferred to an airline in bangladesh. so we went there -- there are things as a woman in afghanistan and there are cultures cultural prescriptions, i couldn't walk out by myself. i always had to be with a man. even with the security concerns i had very little flexibility. with bangladesh i could walk the streets of bangladesh which was like heaven to me. dakar, are you kidding me? the market. we just you know met so many wonderful, friendly people. and, it, we were very sad to leave bangladesh actually. our kids were like okay time to come home, we're having grandkids. so, but and i never thought i would do any of these things. i mean we had a farm in ohio. and we're going to retire to arizona where we met. and, you know, we were going to like normal people. >> so speaking of that, not knowing what you're going to do when yo

>>grant lodes: he joined the marine corps' 1995 his four years and the service included okinawa in the persian gulf as well as help in the evacuation of kurdish refugees from northern iraq he was a college graduate with honors from, and subtler california and then go on to harvard law at the getting of the screen 2006 he stayed on the harbor as a research assistant was promising future suddenly dimmed of that went away not because of negligence and this is because of mental illness until fbi agents he began suffering from the gulf war syndrome was diagnosed as bipolar by to about 11 his into the back on track to pass the california bar and run the firm of san francisco immigration attorneys then down were spiral began it was reported recall stealing confidential files and was fired two years ago he was disbarred from felons about. the press for an immigration about >>grant lodes: last year he filed for bankruptcy to my hidden a minute, santa rita jail according to the lawyer not doing so well for he is facing state charges including the dublin break-ins to be tried in federal court in

and we are going to more marines as move them out of okinawa. so thank you very much for all that you do their i'm also very committed to the rebalance to the asia-pacific energy mentioned in your advanced questions quote, our strong marine presence in the region, been asia-pacific a help places inevitable that promoting the regional security and stability. if confirmed i treasure continue to support a tangible tangible rebalance to build and maintain the important partnerships we have in this area of the world speak with yes senator. >> you mentioned in the earlier response to senator sullivan how important training is. the missions of the marines perform include theater cooperation exercises with partner nations, forces and contingency operations. require our forces to maintain a high level of readiness and training the availability such as -- would you just noted the big island and others are critical to the marine corps' ability to conduct operations in the pacific. could you share your thoughts on the importance of training ranges, speciall

. >> do you view the okinawa facility as a concern that should be dealt with in japan and their governmentspecifically now talk about the marines, we need to be good neighbors and set the conditions for a positive relationship with the okinawan people, but in the replacement facility, it's an internal japanese political issue that has to be worked by the japanese government. >> thank you. thank you mr. chairman. >> general dunford welcome to you and your tammyfamily, you stated that our nuclear deterrent is the nation's top military priority. that leads me to a specific question to how we plan for that priority over time. the health of our nation's whole nuclear weapons complex is critical to our nuclear deterrent. and one of the things you wrote in your written testimony wrote in your written testimony is that we must recruit and train our next generation workforce capable of certifying stock power requirements and to modernize the nuclear weapons infrastructure. can you share with me your thoughts specifically on ldrd or laboratory directed research and development, and the life extensio