joining me is the chairman of pacific life, jim morrison. >> thank you for having me. >> pacific lifeuch a big supporter of college sports. being in the west coast, the pac-10 tournament here each year, just down the street, our client are passionate about their sports teams they follow. that's just a great affiliation for us to be associated with a conference that stands for academics and athletic excellence. >> when people think of pacific life insurance, there are also investments, annuities, so much more to pacific life. >> there is. we have a wide variety of products. something you may not know about pacific life is that further affiliation with the pac-10, our very first president and the founder of pacific life with leland stanford, the founder also of stanford university. so our ties to the pac-10 goes back to our roots as a company. >> well, he's a ticketholder for ucla and alumni. we know who he wanted to win. we apologize ucla couldn't move on. thanks for joining me. we'll be back with more from the pacific life pac-10 tournament. who's going to get to the game against cal?

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our pacific life tournament summary. as we take a look at the brackets. we told you ucla knocked off higher seeded arizona. as reeves nelson who didn't play in the last game against arizona had 19 points and 10 rebounds. a double-double in the bruins victory. >> don: pretty impressive. >> steve: porter missing the three. into the hapdz of oregon. it looked like zhang got knocked from behind. >> don: jerome randle out of his mind in this first half. if you're ernie kent, we let randle get 20. they're shooting unbelievably from behind the line. only a ten-point game. >> steve: christopher, also, 3 of 5 from three-point range. porter stays with randle defensively. he is feeling it. when you hit shots like that, don -- >> don: not often that jerome randle can go over the top of anyone. you're right. when those start going down, look out. >> steve: we saw that a couple of weeks ago when he went out in tucson, arizona. >> don: zhang affecting the game. they're trying to get to the rim. it goes off of porter. cal ball. >> steve: he's been a differencemaker. and

that's what makes this pacific life pac-10 tournament every year. happen a lot. >> don: cal's last title was 1960, when pete newell led his team to a 28-2 record and ended up runner-up for the national title. >> don: first regular-season title in 50 years? >> steve: jason kidd and kevin johnson. >> don: that's kind of why i say that. they have had good players. >> steve: it goes out of bounds. oregon staying in it. they're only down by eight. debt spite the outstanding shooting by oregon early. e're tingina. fno! so whoot in ana. f i hate f u go he e pr. st makeppen did ion itilm .. pariquir rids? scoo who whare g veh. dir.. be bit. i wa bachina . bu ght'ht.. the new inationa business class. only on american. we know wh y sq e? >>> welcome back to staples center. getting ready for you the acura halftime report. a bubble team can affect the pac-10 getting more teams in the tournament. cal is red-hot from deep. >> jerome randle, pac ten player of the year, getting it done early. if i'm ernie kent, i'm glad guys didn't recognize him. >> as a team they'

the pacific life pac-10 tournament. tonight, the quest begins. who will step up, meet the challenge and exceed their expectations? which team will rise together to spirit that is unbreakable? caption funding provided by fox sports net ♪ >>> the excitement begins. washington state, oregon, the winner stays alive. >> don: four days of action here at the pacific life pac-10 tournament and an it all starts tonight. the iet and nine game between the oregon ducks and washington state cougars. the ducks swept the season series against washington state. can they make it three in a row and advance to the second round? welcome inside staples center. there's the trophy that all the teams are playing for here at the pacific life pac-10 tournament. i'm michael lee. miles simon, miles, the season was one of the more competitive we've seen and we think the tournament will be the same way? >> absolutely. there's a lot on the line for the teams. high stakes. seeding just getting into the ncaa tournament, a lot of action will be packed into these four days. >> let

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next system coming into the pacific northwest with rain and mountain snows that. doesn't blast eastward. you'll notice by wednesday that trough in the east is being replaced by a ridge that's building farther eastward much warmer air into the middle mississippi valley even the ohio valley and the lower great lakes probably going to see some of that big warmup. these are just scattered afternoon variety thurmts thunderstorms, parts of florida -- thunderstorms parts of florida into the gulf coast states. you'll notice a trough digging in out west and that intensifies as we head into friday with a pretty good trough into this area. that's going to mean some rain for parts of the southwest, western texas on up into the northern plains states. a little bit of snow in the western fringe and higher elevation in the rockies and another system coming into pacific northwest. let's take a look at the temperatures next week. that will be for april 4- through the 10th. we'll go above normal for a large chunk as you can see. most of the areas from the continental divide to texa

pacific coast will continue, and along the atlantic coast, from new jersey northward. another place that won't be open to exploration is alaska's bristol bay-- home to the world's largest sockeye salmon fishery. drilling was a contentious issue during the last presidential campaign, when republican vice presidential nominee and alaska governor sarah palin led the oft repeated chant of "drill, baby drill!" then-candidate obama said offshore drilling was not the answer to the nation's escalating gas prices. >> when i am president, i intend to keep in place the moratorium here in florida and around the country that prevents oil companies from drilling off florida's coast. >> reporter: but mr. obama's stance softened as the campaign progressed, and at his state of the union address this year, he said "tough decisions" were looming. in his speech today, he addressed those on both sides of the issue. >> ultimately, we need to move beyond the tired debates between right and left, between business leaders and environmentalists, between those who would claim drilling is a cure

they already are the number one seed in the pacific life pac-10 tournament. p.j.: marcus simmons has done a nice job responding in the second half, giving usc a lift. >> steve: lewis with two field goals early in the half. leonard washington off the block throws it up. to ty abbott, and stolen by gerrity. what a play by mike gerrity. instead, he throws it away. lewis knocks it out of bounds. it will be arizona state basketball. >> p.j.: all you have to do is watch the last 20 seconds to see the defense. gerrity sees the outlet pass, gets over and makes the hustle play. unable to finish inside. usc, a turnover. look at the hustle. there's gerrity with the play. there, saves it in. >> steve: open look. his fourth three-pointer of the game. >> p.j.: comes off an inbound play. we saw usc work on that this morning. >> steve: he's 2 01 for threes in his career. dwight lewis has all three of his in the second half. and usc with a one-point lead. derek glasser walked on at usc after his sophomore year at california. then when a scholarship opportunity opened up at ar

. >> abernethy: polls indicate that is on of the least religious regions of the country is the pacificnorthwest. but there are a lot of people there who say they are spiritual, and who are seeking out the insights of spiritual directors. they draw on the meditation traditions of many faiths to help searchers identify the signs of the holy in their lives. we have a lucky severson story today we call "spiritual in seattle". >> reporter: sunday mass at st. james cathedral in seattle where attendance has actually been growing, defying a national trend of fewer people attending church. sister joyce cox, a catholic scholar and spiritual director for the seattle archdiocese says a survey in a book called "the none zone" found that people in the pacific northwest are less religious than the national average. >> the first question was: do you have any faith or church that you follow or you participate in? and the answer was none. so, 67% of those who answered, answered none, but they still claimed in other questions that they believed in god and that they were spiritual. >> rerter: that's the g

martha: well, the earthquake in chile created panic around the entire pacific rim. there was word that a massive tsunami was on the way. fortunately for hawaii, those waves did not come. so what happened out there in the ocean? and can we ever predict what mother nature is going to do? bill: also a california teenager went out for a run, did not come home. what happened to chelsea king? there is new information about her disappearance and chelsea's parents join us after the break. >> if you know anything, help us bring her home. >> she's a great kid. >> she's such a good girl. she needs to come home. /d/d/d/da martha: good moorngd wait until you see this today from an ohio highway. watch this. >> oh my. martha: this all happened during that icy weather that had so many of us skidding around the highways in this country. a police officer was helping a motorist who was on the shoulder who probably -- look at that! my gosh. well, that car spins out of control, it crashed into the officer, lieutenant john lambert pushed another driver out of the way, which you can kind

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the north lantic, the pacific, parts of alaska. you're in the gulf. tell me what is only half a drill. >> well, i think the virginia piece is solid. that was already on the table. and that was moving forward and it's a big deal that the administration is going to support that and move forward on that. that's not anything new. still going. i thing that the lower eastern coast is not open for drilling yet. but they're going to start moving in that direction. that's a good ways away. and then i think we actually lost a little ground in florida on the proposal. we had been talking about the issue under discussion is how far off the coast you would drill, 75 to 100, and this came out at 125. i don't have enough knowledge on alaska. they were trading some stuff back and forth, but they did take leases off the table in the bristol area up in alaska. >> i think there's some kind of endangered species in bristol bay. let me ask you, when you look at this picture given what you know from today's speech from president obama and so forth, will you expand your ope

one of which is the asia pacific economic cooperation, apec. as many of you know, we have worked throughout apec to grow jobs, expand exports, and stimulate trade-driven growth of small to medium sized businesses and others. specifically in 2010 we have an specifically in 2010 we have an ambitious work agenda to make we are also working on an exciting mission to reduce barriers immediately for trade and investment and environmental goods and services. we have been focusing on these areas and will help americans succeed within the asia-pacific region. we can also help them to become a grain. the united states will host the aipac economic forum in 2011. president obama announced that they will host the leaders meeting in honolulu, hawaii. we also plan to leverage this unique opportunity to demonstrate our ability to play stronger and more constructive goal in the development of the asia-pacific region. we are also looking for increased market opportunities within those 10 southeast asian economies the that make up the association of southeast asi

in the pacific life pac-10 tournament. >> don: we're looking at specific offense and good play designike montgomery. led your pac-10 player of the randle. then watch this. steps in. intercepts thepassssss an with the behind the back. nice play by randle. really got california off to a good start here this afternoon. >> steve: made 8 of 8 shots in that first half. missed his two shots in the second half. let's go the rebecca. >> over the shoulder and over to the bench. he was checking in with the trainers in that last time-out. i went over to make sure he's healthy and he's doing okay. they're telling me he's fine. yes, he's sore. it's because he's playing a lot of basketball. there's no injury. they're not concerned about that. they just want to make sure he's doing ago. >> steve: steve lavin used to say, he's 21 years old, give him another peanut butter and jelly sandwich and let him play some more. >> don: if you can get some guys some rest, that's important. you got to win three or sometimes four games to win the conference championship. if you can spell some guys some minutes, a b

. >> reporter: that mess he speaks of was one of the first american victories in the pacific.the island held by the japanese. and it was one of the bloodiests. >> film shot there was a first, because it showed what combat was really like. it showed it up close and dirty. >> reporter: images so close, because u.s. marine staff sergeant norman hatch was there, shooting film instead of a rifle. >> i was living in the movie. >> reporter: as the filmmaker, this marine was wading in right beside his comrades. >> the water was up to about here on me. and i said in the middle of this going on, if you fall down and get that camera wet, i'm going to kill you. we were upright walking in while everybody was down at helmet level in the water. it looked like a herd of turtles going in. the adrenaline kicks in, and you know what you've got to do. and a cameraman is no different than a mortar man or machine gunner. once he's in it, he's in it and has to do what he has to do. that's the only time, to the best of my knowledge in the pacific war that the enemy was in the same frame with us. guys

rain in the pacific northwest.m texas, >> good morning, but clouds will be thickening up as we head toward the day but there will be a chance for renters this evening but it will be dry during the day. we will make it into >> and that's your latest weather. ann? >> okay, al, thank you so much. >>> next, how to gape confidence in life and love. kids grow these days? and since 90% of bone strength is developed before adulthood... it's so important that they get enough calcium every day. that's why there's new danonino. danonino! unlike leading kids yogurts, danonino has twice the calcium of milk, ounce per ounce, with vitamin d. so it's power packed for healthy growth. and its rich creamy taste is... yummy! so they can start building strong bones today... for stronger bodies tomorrow. new danonino from dannon. power packed to help kids grow. would we eat better? at hellmann's, we make our mayonnaise with eggs, vinegar and oil rich in omega 3. for the quality that could only be hellmann's. hellmann's. it's time for re

the pacific northwest, temperatures in the 50s and 60s. a little bit of rain.-forward to tomorrow, everything starts to moves east. but the middle of the country finally gets mild. and it starts to dry out in the southeast. thanks so much. this weather report has been brought to you by the american cancer society. bill? >>> well, marysol, it is one of the harbingers of spring. that first butterfly of the season. but as the monarch migration begins, as the butterflies head up from mexico, researchers are troubled by what appears to be a really steep decline in the population of those beautiful insects. here's abc's stephanie sy with details. >> reporter: normally, monarch butterflies find sanctuary in the mountains of mexico. but a harsh winter of torrential rain and mudslides was too much for the butterflies to bear. this year's unseasonable storms may have decimated more than half the population. not even sticking close together under tall fir trees could protect them from the downpours and freezing temperatures. butterfly researcher, chip taylor, has never be

pacific coast. coming up, living on the san andreas fault line. how prepared is california and the city of san francisco for the next big one. that's ahead this hour. >>> returning to breaking news at the top of the show. the man charged with kidnapping elizabeth smart is now set to stand trial. a short time ago the judge in the case ruled 56-year-old brian david mitchell does not suffer from a mental disease or defect that harms his ability to understand the proceedings against him. so those proceedings may continue. smart was 14 in 2002 when she was kidnapped from her home. we're joined now by ed smart, father of elizabeth. ed, thank you for being with us. what's your reaction to the judge's ruling today? >> it's a great day. it's been a long time coming. mitchell is finally having to face his own music. so it's great. i think that, you know, it's been far too long. you wouldn't think trying to determine whether somebody was competent or not would take as long as it has taken. >> when you hear the details of this case, that somebody would have t

eastern and pacific. three times a day now. go ahead and check it out on hln. >>> tiger woods' much anticipated return to golf will be shown on live tv, at least for about a minute or so. we're talking about his first tee shot. that's it. it's a big concession, though, for the masters to agree to this. live coverage doesn't begin on the first day of the coverage until 4:00 p.m. eastern and everyone will tee off by 2:00 p.m. according to "the new york times," though, the masters has agreed to allow espn show woods' first tee shot live and then nothing else. at that point you can watch live on the internet on the masters website. we've reached out to espn to confirm. haven't heard back from them yet. >>> president obama sees a future america run by clean, renewable energy. right now, he's going after more oil. where he proposes to find it and why it's such a controversy. >>> drill, baby, drill. drill, baby, drill. >> you are right. drill, baby, drill. >> there you go. i know you remember that chant echoed at republican campaign r

wet weather in the pacific northwest. we've also got sunshine down through the south. in the northeast, snow in northern new england, snow in the rockies, plenty of sunshine, mild conditions in the southwest on intonto a live picture showing that view and clouds producing rain in loud on and heading south to north around the reej yob. they will be with us throughout the day and highs in the 60s and thunder later this afternoon. maybe more passing showers tonight and off and on morning sprinkles through midday tomorrow and sun back >>> that's your latest weather. i should point out, where are you guys from? where are you from? where in california? >> woodland. >> woodland, california, one of our producer, alicia yarborough's hometown. go to the weather channel on cable or weather.com online. not that i have to. i like to say that. >> every time you say it, there's thunder. have you noticed that? >> it's great. >> bizarre. >>> what you need to do to increase your tax refund, exclusive interview with vice president joe biden. first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> back at 8:3

pacific life knows that tomorrow's questions require planning today.ic life has the financial solutions and strength to help you and your financial professional develop a plan. pacific life...the power to help you succeed. >>> coming up next, "the roundtable" and "the sunday funnies." >>> as we profess a desire and a need for bipartisanship, we have a process that is this inexcusable on an issue this important. i think it is fair to say, and i don't know that any republicans would ever dispute it. the democrats were virtually locked out from the beginning. >> trying to have a bipartisan bill on the finance committee. that was denied. tried to get something done before it got to the floor, work with the centrist groups, that was denied. >> two former senators a decade ago, sounding a lot like the current senate leaders. they're here with us on "the roundtable." we have george will. former majority leader trent lott. and former majority leader, tom daschle. and sam donaldson. put this day in historical context. >> here's the context. today, as happened y

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they produced ddt in the south pacific to kill mosquitoes and after the war, 1945 was the first test case of ddt in the tennessee valley area. they decided it is so effective against mosquitos we can get rid of malaria in the united states. it was also used a lot for agriculture. >> what are the effects of ddt? >> you want to talk about real scientific evidence, slim rashes on your skin. ddt is the most studied chemical in history. >> because of "silent spring"? >> partly but "silent spring" was following after rachel carson's death by defense fund to launch the environmental movement, to give it a power base of funding that it had never enjoyed before. those things in combination and the pressure got it banned in 1972 under president nixon but in the meantime it was used all over the world, you can see old video or film footage of people in crowds of ddt being lofted around in picnic tables. it was very widely used and the it was studied and studied nothing more than tangential and speculative links were ever established. there were concerns about eggshells. we can get into that if

one of which is the asia pacific economic cooperation, apec. as many of you know, we have worked throughout apec to grow jobs, expand exports, and stimulate trade-driven growth of small to medium sized businesses and others. specifically in 2010 we have an ambitious work agenda to make it cheaper, easier, and faster for the apec economies to operate within the region. we are also working on an exciting initiative to reduce barriers immediately for trade and investment and environmental goods and services. we think focusing on these areas will help american exporters to succeed within the asia pacific region, but we can also help the apec economies to become greener. in 2011 many of you know the united states will host the apec economic forum. president obama has announced they will host a leaders meeting in honolulu, hawaii. we also plan at ustr to leverage this unique opportunity to demonstrate our commitment to play a stronger and more constructive role in the development of the asia pacific region. we are also looking to further increased ma

what grndwithan we head to palo altow, a game starting at 3:00 pacific. and white, rebounding.ns it 72-59. dayton, a bubble team, richmond, over a minute to go. 60-56. winthorpe, and a big finish. unc, and coastal carolina. chad gray. coastal carolina advances to the big south championship game. 92-63. kobe versus d. wade, tune in for the "final score." presented by burger king. another half to play in tucson. ucla leads arizona by ten at the half. >> dave: the hometown wildcats trail by 10. b barry tompson, marcus alongside. it is working, working, working. >> marcus: big time for ucla. a nice job by their players, michael roll in particular. for arizona, they haven't had a lot to brag about in this game. knocking down a couple of jump shots. horne, nice job to the basket. the big story, derrick williams, picking up his third foul. helping out on pen trag. he had to sit. nic wise, no points, he has to find energy. >> barry: they haven't shot the ball well. you see the numbers, 38%, 60% for the bruins. not shooting it well at the free-throw line. rebounding is equal. it was all

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one of which is the asia pacific economic cooperation, apec. as many of you know, we have worked throughout apec to grow jobs, expand exports, and stimulate trade-driven growth of small to medium sized businesses and others. specifically in 2010 we have an ambitious work agenda to make it cheaper, easier, and faster for the apec economies to operate within the region. we are also working on an exciting initiative to reduce barriers immediately for trade and investment and environmental goods and services. we think focusing on these areas will help american exporters to succeed within the asia pacific region, but we can also help the apec economies to become greener. in 2011 many of you know the united states will host the apec economic forum. president obama has announced they will host a leaders meeting in honolulu, hawaii. we also plan at ustr to leverage this unique opportunity to demonstrate our commitment to play a stronger and more constructive role in the development of the asia pacific region. we are also looking to further increased ma

the family was on a freighter going across the pacific when one night a crewman came to the captain's table and said it is your name john? he said dsc said you better come up there is a senator talking about you on the radio. he went to listen on the short wave and sure enough they were talking about john service through the scratchy radio and a couple-- later at cable arrived saying get off the ship and report back to washington decide what you want to do with the family. they can go to india or come back. the difference of that which is that they were on travel expense of they went to india but if it went back to washington it was out of their own pocket. they continued on and it would take another month and were optimistic he could go back and explain everything one more time and maybe beyond the dock when they got to india. airline service roche a letter to her parents from the ship and i would like to read you a portion of that. this is the final part for the bitter enemies and everything should be cleared up and the insinuation and cruel persecution in a terrible thing of never

. >>> the national zoo has a new resident. 2 1/2-year-old giant pacific octopus.weighs three pounds but it will weigh more than 40-pounds next year. in the wild, a fully grown giant octopus will weigh hundreds of thousands of pounds the animal will be named sometime this month. >>> police make an arrest and are holding out hope that a missing runner is still alive. >>> and severe storms strike western europe. it is 5:37. here's kris. >>> we are flying the gw parkway southbound. we have no problems this morning. 5:37. 37 degrees outside. we'll have more news, weather and traffic coming up. >>> welcome back. we are checking out the traffic on the sousa bridge. no problems there. we will have the rest th u to know up. >>> investigators say evidence led them to 30-year-old john albert gardener. some 40 volunteers helped in the search for chelsea king who disappeared last week after going for a run. >>> 50 deaths are blamed son severe storms in western europe. the worst hit are central france and britain. rescuers airlifted people in one french coastal town. >>> the sh

at least 27 people died in the pacific vacation spot of acapulco last weekend. some of the victims were beheaded all of which raised concerns for american college students on spring break heading for mexico's resorts, beaches, and parties. >> we're actually going to have body guards . >> ifill: both state and federal officials in the u.s. have now warned americans to avoid unnecessary travel to mexico's troubled border region. for more on this latest outbreak of drug-related violence in mexico, we turn to angela kocherga. she's the border bureau chief for belo newspapers and television, and has spent the past two years covering the story in juarez. we've heard before of this kind of violence but not of u.s. government employees being targeted. what's different about what happened this weekend? >> well, this really stunned people here along the border because there's a sense, maybe false sense of security on the part of u.s. government employees. the thought is that the drug cartels would not go after such high-profile targets because it would draw a lot of atten

they use ddt vary widely in the south pacific to prevent the lariat, to kill mosquitoes and then after the war, they basically 1945 was the first test case of ddt in tennessee valley area. beyond that, they decided it is so effective against mosquitoes, we can get rid of malaria in the united states and in europe so they started spraying it all over and it was also used a lot for agriculture. of ddt? >> guest: the known affect where you want to talk about real scientific evidence are slim. rashes on your skin. there's a lot of conjecture. but ddt is probably the single most studied chemical in history -- >> host: because of "silent spring"? >> guest: partly. "silent spring" was followed after rachel carson's death by a concerted campaign by environmental defense fund and other environmental organizations and essentially to launch the environmental movement to give it a prestigious power base funding base it never enjoyed before. so those things in combination and the pressure brought against the ddt eventually got a band under president nixon. but in the meantime it was used all over t

many in the congregations have loved ones in chile. >>> at one point hawaii and other pacific islands thought they were in trouble. a tsunami warning was eventually lifted for hawaii. the warning sent hundreds of thousands heading for higher ground. you can get the latest developments 24/7 on our website, including ways you can help. just click on the news tab right there on the home page. >>> and now to another quake- ravaged area. the clean-up work seems never- ending in haiti and with the rainy season approaching, health concerns are greg. crews are working to evacuate thousands of homeless from makeshift camps and remove debris. >>> another big story this morning, thousands of federal workers furloughed and a halt to extended unemployment benefits. >> it's part of a battle brewing on capitol hill. the impasse affects 2,000 transportation workers, puts a freeze on project payments and hauls work on some projects like the humpback project. >> reporter: if highway construction sites look deserted, you can blame congress. it this will have a big impact on unemployment insurance benefi

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chile's coastal tones hit hard by the tsunami that followed the earthquake and threatenedded the entire pacific rim. >> it was horrible. we lost everything. our car, and our son's car, the house and everything. >> reporter: the u.s. state department asking american travelers to avoid tourism and nonessential travel and asking americans in chile to make contact with their relatives. in rome, pope benedict xvi praise for the millions affected by the earthquake. >> hence the population hit by the quake that caused several losses of human life and serious damage. >> reporter: of state hillary clinton begins her tour of 5 latin countries and then surveys the damage on thursday. >>> for chillians that live in maryland these past few decease have been filled with anxiety as they try to reach their families back home. a doctor and his family live here in baltimore but they're from santiago. he says they have been able to get in contact with most of their family members and they have gotten word the ones they haven't talked to, are okay. chile as a tough road ahead rebuilding but the country is prepared

this isn't more of a mild pacific air mass coming in.o i brought temperatures down mid to upper 60s in washington. cloudy and breezy. the southwest breeze is picking up 10 to 15 miles an hour. if it gets stronger it will push us over the 70-degree barrier. nevertheless it will be okay. a possible thunderstorm. temperatures down to 44 to 49 oar if ehlos. sunset, 7:45. it will be hard to see with the cloud cover and rain. these high temperatures are just about the same as the morning temperatures. because if anything we will stay the same or cool a few degrees with a huge northwest breeze kicking in. 20 to 30-mile an hour winds with gusts higher. 61 in washington. even gaithersburg is up to 61. see what is happening south of here, fredericksburg 70 degrees. we have 70s. if you happen to be watching in high definition, georgetown and salisbury are 81 degrees. we will look at how the cloud cover has billed in here. a few breaks in the northern neck. fredericksburg and richmond. that's why warmer temperatures down that way. but certain the cl

time -- to her time and subtracted from our time and now i'd like to yield three minutes to the asia pacific and global environment subcommittee, the delegate from american samoa, mr. eni faleomavaega. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, and the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. faleomavaega: i thank the distinguished gentleman of our committee on foreign affairs to allow me to talk about the proposed legislation. despite our situation in afghanistan, i do say i have the utmost respect for the gentleman from ohio for bringing this resolution for purposes of public debate among our colleagues. i also want to say that i associate myself with the remarks made earlier by my colleague from georgia, mr. kingston, in saying why not, why not debate the issue? this should be something that we should not deprive ourselves of the idea of understanding it more of the situation we're dealing with in afghanistan. madam speaker, after eight long years in that country for the united states and 30 years of the afghan people, i remain skeptical that adding 30,000 u.s. troops and focusing

clouds in the pacific northwest.the ohio river valley. western half of the country looks fabul fabulous >> good morning. partly sunny and chillo this thursday morning. a live picture from the sky watcher showing the sun climbing higher and it should warm into the 60s later with a southwesterly breeze. in the chilly 40s to near 50. highs today into the mid-and upper 60s briefly by mid-afternoon and then cloudy. a chance of rain by early evening and a likelihood of rain late evening and overnight through midday on >> and that's your latest weather. any time you want to check your weather, go to the weather channel on cable or weather.com online. you can catch an all-new episode of "the marriage ref" tonight on nbc. three couples face off to settle their marital disputes, including a husband to wants to be the next eminem. and another who keeps insisting on leaving the motorcycle in the living room. tonight's panel, jerry seinfeld, alec baldwin, kelly ripa. oh, that's not right! i don't know what that was but that's not

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the last couple of fronts, pacific fronts really not frigid air coming in from the north. only 51 on friday afternoon and very cold in to the weekend with all the sunshine on saturday we are topping out at 52. get to the momslikeme.com bus stop forecast. one or two clouds but a lot of sunshine this morning. temperature from the 40 to 48- degree mark. sunrise at 7:04. it will be jackets, pullovers, hood dids, that kind of thing. by this afternoon we will have to get down to the sleeves with the 71-degree temperatures coming out. light breeze feels fairly comfortable. a light jacket is all you will need. cloudy and mild in the afternoon hours. clouds building back in. southwest breeze at 10 to 15. upper 60s around 70-degree mark for some. as we go overnight, it is rain after 10:00. an isolated thunderstorm will be possible and tomorrow watch out here. really starting to see the winds pick up 20 to 30 miles an hour from the northwest. down in newland, northern neck, 47 degrees. hey there, bill. 47 here in washington, gaithersburg 45. frederick and manassas at 37 degrees. sate

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and on the other side of the pacific, there's the united states, which faces a level of dependency on china that has considerable anxiety. the association between the two has enhanced the global economy but undermine the sovereignty that governments have craved. at this stage i'm wondering if we were to redefine the relationship with china, assuming that it would not pose greater instability in the world, what would the implications before future, their future and the future of our global economy? sac may just have the answer. please give me a very warm welcome for the special guest. [applause] >> thank you, joanne. each had a wonderful job summarizing the back so i think we'll just go right to questions. thank you to joe rosenthal and the carnegie council. i was here for the first time 16 years ago as a graduate student speaking about something, which i wish i could remember. and it's interesting to have to come back here over the years and to be speaking to you today. you know, i wrote a few books during the past decade of the 2000, a decade which i suppose is remaining nameless and