in this regard, it is important to underscore we are not only rebalancing two the asia- pacific -- asia-pacific but within, and in recognition of the growing importance of southeast asia and south asia to whole.ion as a emphasizing humanitarian emphasis in disaster relief, maritime domain awareness, capacity building, and multilateral exercises. in australia, for example, the first company of marines rotated through last year, a key for step toward using the presence to engage bilateral and multilateral exercises as partners of the region. in the philippines, we are working with our full and equal partner to enhance the capacity of the philippines armed forces, increase rotational presence, and capitalize on other opportunities for cooperation. in singapore, the first of the four combat ships will arrive later this month, providing key capability to work bilaterally and multilateral with partners in the region. these are but a few examples of how we are expanding our presence and that part of the region. next, we are giving priority in the investments to the development of platforms and capabil

, but also within the asia pacific. in recognition of the growing importance of southeast asia and south asia to the region as a whole. emphasizing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, maritime domain awareness, capacity building, and multilateral exercises. in australia, for example, our first company marines rotated through darwin last year. a key first step towards using this presence to engage in bilateral and multilateral exercises with partners in the region. in the philippines we are working with our full and equal partner to enhance the capacity of the philippines armed forces. increase our rotational presence and capitalize on other opportunities for cooperation. n singapore the first of our combat ships will be ooh rifing later this month, providing a key capability to work bilaterally and multilaterally with our fartherers in in the region. these -- partners in the region. these are a few examples of how we are expanding our presence in that part of the region. next we are giving priority in our inves

also within the asia-pacific. in recognition of the growing importance of southeast asia and south asia to the region as a whole. and besides the humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, maritime domain awareness, capacity building and multilateral exercises. in australia, for example, our first cabbie emery's rotated through last year. a key first step toward using this prez's to engage bilateral and multilateral exercises and partners in the region. in the philippines, we are working with our full and equal partner to enhance the capacity of the philippine armed forces. in singapore the first of our for combat ships will be arriving later this month, providing the capability to work bilaterally and multilaterally with our partners in the region. these are but a few examples of how we are expanding our presence in that part of the region. next, we are giving priority in our investments and budget to the development of platforms and capabilities that have direct applicability to the asia-pacific region. all th

following that, he'll head to another fund-raiser in nearby pacific heights.e coverage coming up on later newscasts. >>> mark joins us now. cal women getting pumped up for this weekend. >> it's been an exciting week to get into the final four. what a ride! all year long, they've outlasted stanford in the tournament. first ever cal going to the final four, after that brilliant overtime win against georgia on monday. they're going to meet louisville on sunday. you better believe gottlieb believes the bears belong. >> i think we thrive on the big stage. i don't think it's going to worry us. i just think we're going to have to handle bigger lights, more people, and do what we do. they don't give enough credit to themselves. there are players in this locker room that are some of the best in the country. i think what i did is i asked them to say, make the team and the cal in front of your chest the most important thing. and they've done that. and i've played to their strengths. i said, we're good at a lot of things. let's do that and get better at whatever else we n

pacific command on north korea. then senator john mccain on the effect of sequestration on the navy. and the navy's role in geopolitical hot bath. later, navy secretary ray made this -- ray mabus. ask coming up on the next " austin journal, peter welch -- washington journal, peter welch. then more on the president budget. with senator chuck grassley of iowa. a look at congress'dealmakers. a profile of the members looking for bipartisan solutions on issues like immigration and the budget. washington journal is live every morning at of an a.m. eastern on c-span --at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. former reddish prime minister market -- or died monday after suffering a stroke -- former british prime minister margaret thatcher died monday after suffering a stroke. -- >> it tells you how the court works. there are so few good books out there that explain what the process, how do they go about this, how do they decide these cases. what are they saying to one another? we see these cases that the the court i've-four. what do

not in europe as has been for 100 years prior to that, than the asia pacific region. secondly, that we would maintain freedom of access throughout that region. in particular, we would maintain the sea lanes in that area, whatever the challenge might be. even as we reduce our defense budget, therefore we must maintain and would maintain a powerful navy, and that that navy would be charged with maintaining the freedom of those sea lanes. we had, of course, to be concerned as to whether there would be a challenge for that. we observed that the rise and shine has more energy needs for more energy than they can produce themselves, and to maintain the economic growth which they believe is essential. we observed that the south china sea is a potential source of energy supplies for china and that there is a contention among the nations in that region as to where the ownership and rights of access are to the south china sea. and this is conceivable that china might seek to reestablish its claim there by military coercion and that could lead them into a confrontation with the u

"nhk world," california. >>> a tiny south pacific airline >> more for you in business next hour. i'll leave you with a check on markets. >>> a tiny south pacific airline has introduced a new way of charging passengers. tickets are now sold not by seat but by weight. the reaction has been mixed but the head of samoa air has defended the decision as the fairest way of traveling. the carrier flies propeller aircraft domestically and to american samoa. starting from wednesday, passengers will have to step on a scale with their baggage to learn the price of their ticket. the airline charges about $1 per kilogram. the ceo admits passengers initially complained but says that has now changed. >> the indications are that once people have acknowledged that the airplane runs by weight and not by seats, it makes it a lot easier for them to understand. >> samoa has one of the highest rates of obesity in the world. the world health organization says more than 8 in 10 samoans are overweight. >>> the operators of japan's oldest nuclear reactors will have to satisfy a tougher set of rules if they

forces in the asia-pacific region. , thelcome the admiral commander of the u.s. pacific command. yourommittee appreciate long years of faithful service and the many sacrifices you and your family have made for our nation. we also greatly appreciate it if you would pass along to the men and women with whom you work our admiration for their services as well. particularly busy time for you, admiral, and your staff. we appreciate you joining us today. the commander of the u.s. forces of curry at was testify,y scheduled to but the decision was made to keep it on the korean peninsula at this time. we appreciate the reason for that decision. and histhem well ongoing activities. today's hearing is a timely one because of the events on the korean peninsula. it has intensified as the north korean regime, which is a long- standing international pariah, has elevated its reckless rhetoric in this provocative behavior. any optimism about north korea that might have accompanied the december 2011 death of the longtime dictator has faded as the new regime has adopted many of the same destructive

reblance to the asia- pacific. it is important to stress this is not measured only by comparing budget levels. the end of the war in iraq reduction in afghanistan allow us to shift the great weight of effort from these wars to the stabilizing presence in asia- pacific region. next, this weight has accumulated over decades of u.s. defense spending. so you have to consider the nation's defense investment over time. it takes decades to build a military capability of the kind the u.s. has pier yen probably most importantly, another feature of the u.s. military today is operational experience is unrivaled, including such attributes as the ability to work constructively with partners, to accuse intelligence and operations, to operate jointly among the services, to support forces with logistics'. all of these skills honed in iraq and afghanistan. these reasons, enduring values and increasing military power, the united states can and will succeed in rebalancing to the asia pacific and the years to come. thank you. [applaus

the pacific is pretty big. >> incredible. i do not mean to be unspecific, but we do not talk about the precise location of their -- of our ships. we regulate conduct missile defense missions in the asia- pacific region. performcontinue to these missions regardless of what tensions mayor may not be. may not be. >> is available to track a missile should there be launched? is it part of the missile defense system right now? >> i will not get into the details. my colleagues can assist you with the technical details on this particular platform. it is undergoing a semiannual systems check. >> you regulate conduct missile defense missions. does that mean? it is on a regular missile mission? defenseare on a missile mission right now. we are posturing to protect our allies and our own interest. i will not get into specifics of these missions. there are rigid their part of the constellation of the defense capabilities available in the pacific. only destroyers that are available at the moment? >> i am going to leave it here. i will not

president obama is focused on a new strategy in the asia-pacific region. singapore is a politically important location. this first deployment of the u.s. fleet here is a symbolic gesture of america's foreign defense strategy. >>> pakistan's high court has arrested musharraf. he returned last month from self imposed exile hoping to make a come back in politics. musharraf faced a defeat five years ago. he lived in exile since 2009. pakistani law enforcement authorities issued a warrant for him in 2011. they accused him of failing to provide adequate security for former prime minister buto. the high court and the capital islamabad have suspended the warrant while musharraf attem attempted to fight the accusations. he is living at his home in islamabad, and the election board refused to accept his candida candidacy. >>> reports suggest next week's eu meeting of foreign ministers in luxonborg will see blocks -- most were suspended in april 2012. the likely move to go one step further is several factors including the recent decision to allow a distribution of a

in pacific heights.streaming in they have blocked off the intersection and most are blocking the progression of the keystone pipeline that would bring more oil from canada. also people are upset about the failure to close guantanamo bay. drone.. programs continuing to cause protesting. the media is kept one block away from this area. charles clifford, kron 4 news. tonight the president will stay at the intercontinental hotel in san francisco. this is mister obama's first visit to the bay area since winning re-election last fall. on thursday, the president will head down the peninsula for two fundraisers in atherton his first stop will be brunch at the home of liz simons and mark heising, with tickets costing more than 32-thousand dollars. and then his last stop will be lunch at the home of marcia and john goldman. tickets for that event start at 1-thousand dollars. the president will return to the nations capital tomorrow afternoon. rain is on the way in the bay area. it's expected to rain thursday morni

but also this tower will be part of an initiative of our country which is to move closer and into pacific. i don't know if you know it, but this will have almost a not quite a twin, but in hong kong, the hong kong monetary authority, you will have 2 towers by cesar pally looking to one of our major initiatives of our country in the next 15 years which is the pacific. so, we will be the brother of the sister in hong kong. so i want to thank each of you for the help and the journey that we have been on. i would like my son, jeff, and jim, the ceo of the west coast that have endured many battles. we share the property, share the privilege with boston properties and thank you for the opportunity to develop such a wonderful high quality energy efficient building that we are going to be so proud of. thank you for the opportunity. [ applause ] >> thank you, jerry, very much for those comments. now our final speaker is zuckerman. a man who needs no introduction and a man who i have a tremendous amount of respect for and incredible inspiration to me. he has worked his entire life in numerous capac

they think it could travel toward the sea of japan or toward the pacific ocean. it could take place in the coming week. >> translator: we think north korea could conduct the launch on or around april 15th. we must keep close watch on when and how many missiles will be launched. >> on monday, north koreans will observe the birthday of the nation's founder kim il-sung. they're already marking another event. it's been one year since kim jong-un took other as ruler of the working party. >>> we want north korean officials to sit down with us for talk. kim has kept people guessing ever since he came to power. for many, he remains a mystery. more from nhk world. >> reporter: people outside of north korea knew little of kim jong-un when he took over as leader. more than a year later, they're not sure they know much more. he's appeared in orchestrated events, often with a military theme. he spoke last april at the parade to celebrate what would have been the 100th birthday of his grandfather, the nation's founder kim il-sung. >> translator: we need to strengthen our milit

they refer to territory disputes involving other nations in the asia pacific region. japan is the only country singled out by name. the report says the military must protect china's sovereignty and marine interest. they will develop their ability to carry out mobile operations. chinese warships patrol waters near the senkaku islands on wednesday as part of an exercise. the document is the first defense white paper since president took office last month. he's a security analyst. he gave us his take on where china's military policy is headed. >> it reflects the new leaders idea of course so they change the structure of contents completely. the feature of the paper must be specific. they criticize japan is making trouble on the issue of senkaku islands and also criticizing the united states to adjust their policy in the asia-pacific. they introduced the army structure in the second chapter, and also the number of soldiers, but it's also part of the -- not mentioned about the main three roles which are expected to be realized. the first one is defending the sovereignty an

happening right now-- president obama is in san francisco's pacific heights. attending a fundraising dinner at the getty mansion. kron 4's charles clifford is live near the home. where demonstrations were also taking place. chuck? >> reporter: the motorcade arrived less than 10 minutes ago and it was greeted by people that have been waiting all afternoon. hundreds of protesters were in pacific heights are expressing their views on a large number of topics. the controversial pipeline. it would bring additional oil south of canada. many people wanted the president to stop the project. >> climate change is going to make the plan that on the inhabitable. >> he personally knows the right thing to do is to stop the pipeline in its truck. >> the momentum is building across the country >> the protesters greeted the secret service and the president. this was a 32,000 per plate fund-raiser. in san francisco, charles clifford, kron 4. >> mister obama will spend the night in san francisco's intercontinental hotel in the financial district. so you can expect delays tomorro

here's a look at the pacific satellite image. we have high pressure over the pacific.a of low pressure will slide south and that will bring us the cooler air mass and windy conditions, as well. there's a big pressure difference over the ocean and the land. here's a look at one of the models showing a slight chance of rain late sunday night, possibly a sprinkle here and there in the overnight hours sunday night into monday. but some models keeping it dry all together all seven days. just wanted to show this to you just to let you know there is a chance of it out there. temperatures there be very, very mild today. not quite as warm as last wednesday, but still very comfortable in the interior locations. santa cruz 72. 76 in morgan hill. look for low 70s in palo alto. mountain view only 56 in pacifica, and again along the coast 50s where it will be breezy, 59 for you, 62 downtown san francisco. some 70s in fap paw, sonoma mid-70s for you and also some low 70s in san leandro and castro valley. lots of bright sunshine in the interior valleys. 78 at fairfield and 75 in pleas

they refer to territory disputes involving other nations in the asia pacific region. japan is the only country singled out by name. the report says the military must protect china's sovereignty and marine interest. they will develop their ability to carry out mobile operations. chinese warships patrol waters near the senkaku islands on wednesday as part of an exercise. the document is the first defense white paper since president took office last month. he's a security analyst. he gave us his take on where china's military policy is headed. >> it reflects the new leaders idea of course so they change the structure of contents completely. the feature of the paper must be specific. they criticize japan is making trouble on the issue of senkaku islands and also criticizing the united states to adjust their policy in the asia-pacific. they introduced the army structure in the second chapter, and also the number of soldiers, but it's also part of the -- not mentioned about the main three roles which are expected to be realized. the first one is defending the sovereignty an

of the rebalance to the pacific. this new defense strategy that we have that the president announced a year ago in january , buildingime strategy partnerships around the world. you have got to have a got a keep a great navy and record to do that. host: our guest is a former naval officer and former ambassador to saudi arabia. also served as the governor of mississippi and is now the navy secretary. our phone lines are open. we also have a line opened for those of you active or retired navy. this is from james, who says -- again, you went back to the issue of what we are training and what we need to be prepared for. guest: sailing at the naval academy or sailing, period? host: sailing, period. guest: 87% of the earth is covered by water, 90% of the trade goes by sea. this is more a maritime century then there is ever been. , the going toes see, the sailing, it is more critical today than it has ever been. you could make a very good argument that the reason that the world economy has been a staple -- as stable as it ha

we are here with supervisor farrell from district2, which includes the marina, pacific heights, st. cliff, and the neighborhoods surrounding the presidio. supervisor farrell started his first term this january, so he is new to the board. we will get to know him and talk about the toughest issues facing the city. welcome, supervisor. thank you for joining us. tell us about your background -- where you grew up, went to school, the kind of jobs you have worked. >> i am a born and raised san franciscan, first and foremost. very proud of that. i am also a born and raised district 2 residents. i grew up close to the palace of fine arts. my parents still live in the same set of flats i grew up in. i went to grammar school at stuart hall in district 2. i went to high school in st. ignatius. i'm a very proud wildcat. i went to college at loyola marymount college in los angeles. i had a scholarship to play baseball down there. ended up going to ireland and getting a master's degree at university college dublin. came back to the states and went to law school at the university of pennsylvania.

center in manhattan, the san bernardino city hall, the pacific design center in los angeles and us embassy in tokyo japan and another project in washington. mr. pally has over 200 degrees for design excellence. he was list is as the no. 1 architect and greatest achievement in architecture. he has formulated conceptions of his design. the aesthetic qualities of a building should grow from characteristics of each project such as location, construction technology and a purpose. the tower is a marvelous expression of mr. pally's -- commitment. please welcome cesar pally. [ applause ] >> this is a very important day for me today. i have been dreaming about this tower and the center for over 6 years. now, this is all going to be reality. i hope not for long we'll all gather here to celebrate the opening of the tower and the center. i have always loved san francisco. it's an incredible city. it's dynamic at the same time, it's gentle, it's an incredible place. we have designed the tower appropriate for this city. the tower will be a dynamic, elegant and very gracious. it will be building appropri

following that, he'll head to another fund-raiser in nearby pacific heights.verage coming up on later newscasts. >>> mark joins us now. cal women getting pumped up for this weekend. >> it's been an exciting week to get into the final four. what a ride! all year long, they've outlasted stanford in the tournament. first ever cal going to the final four, after that brilliant overtime win against georgia on monday. they're going to meet louisville on sunday. you better believe gottlieb believes the bears belong. >> i think we thrive on the big stage. i don't think it's going to worry us. i just think we're going to have to handle bigger lights, more people, and do what we do. they don't give enough credit to themselves. there are players in this locker room that are some of the best in the country. i think what i did is i asked them to say, make the team and the cal in front of your chest the most important thing. and they've done that. and i've played to their strengths. i said, we're good at a lot of things. let's do that and get better at whatever else we need

the story begins in the pacific ocean. i was driving on the road in southern chile to the tories national park and i dare say that one or two of you may have been there. it is a fairly rough road with very few habitations and it's not a very pleasant road to drive on. it was fairly late in the evening and there was a furious rainstorm, the most appalling dreadful night, and i need a hotel because clearly i wasn't going to progress much further to the north. and there weren't any villages or anything like that, but i saw on the left side a little wooden sign that said coast area that didn't look very promising but i thought i would give a - any way. so i turned left down this even more dreadful road and was confronted by this enormous scottish looking castle in a huge place with one or two dim lights to be by not on the door and i was greeted by a and the elderly and he said yes we are indeed a hotel. we haven't had a guest for about six months but we are more than happy that you should come and stay the night so he told me

later on tonight, he'll be attending a fund-raiser at a mansion there in pacific heights. and then tomorrow he heads to atherton. none of the events are public, all of them private, with some of them costing up to $32,000 a plate. >> from what we understand, no public comments, as heather just mentioned, from the president. we'll keep you posted. we've got reporters fanned out in san francisco, because there are protesters on hand as well. we'll go back to them later. >>> flames soared today from a 40-story apartment building in the capital of the russian republic. there are no reports of injuries or how the fire started. one of the apartments in a neighboring 27-story building belongs to french actor depardieu. >>> a truck carrying beer today collided with a train in mexico. folks scrambled to help clean up the mess, taking as many beer cans with them as they could carry. police in that central mexican city said traffic was tied up for quite some time. >>> san francisco's wacky beat that breakers race has a new sponsor. craigslist. a company spokesman said that both craig

but also this tower will be part of an initiative of our country which is to move closer and into pacific. i don't know if you know it, but this will have almost a not quite a twin, but in hong kong, the hong kong monetary authority, you will have 2 towers by cesar pally looking to one of our major initiatives of our country in the next 15 years which is the pacific. so, we will be the brother of the sister in hong kong. so i want to thank each of you for the help and the journey that we

says it is moving a missile defense system to the pacific as a safe guard. argentinea's president has visited parts of buenos air recess province underwater. about 1500 people had to leave their home. hundreds of people invest gathered after a prisoner i died if an israeli jail. palestinian authorities say he wasn't given adequate care. now thousands of kurds have gathered to celebrate the birthday of the jailed leader abdullah. these are pictures of a rally by supporters on wednesday. at least in the last celebrations last year but this time it is different because a few weeks ago he called for a cease-fire. -- the turkish will be here's vernon smith. >> this is the birthplace of the leader of the armed kurdish people and it's his birthday today and he inspires a cult-like following amongst his supporters. and this is a man who has admitted his pivotal role in a three-decade-long conflict that's claimed more than 40,000 rights here in turkey. for the first time there seems to be a real chance to feast there's time to be sent in prison and then another wants

. >> just this last summer, we conducted the rim of the pacific exercise 2012. we did it in the state of hawaii and the surrounding operating area. it brought forth 22 nations, roughly 25,000 soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines. but one of the things that we did embedded in this rim pac exercise was a five-day humanitarian assistance disaster relief. we used it as an accreditation not only for some of our adaptive force packages, but more importantly to the state of hawaii to allow them to get an accreditation that they needed for 13 of their hospitals where we set up on ford island, those familiar with the oahu island geography, we utilized ford island and we had a scenario where there was an earthquake with a resultant tsunami and mass casualties along with the destruction that goes with it to the road infrastructure and communication. and, so, we were able to parlay, if you will, this opportunity to leverage off our international partners. we had seven nations that out of the 22 that actually participated in the hadr, and there were probably also 19 of the 22

as we rebalance the pacific, that will continue.ace will be dictated by the budget but it will continue. we have finite resources and it will require an efficient generation of presence. what i am talking about are things that you see we go from to 20 from 47 to 52 nonrotational forces and from 54 to 62. it is an increase around the world as we bring into four destroyers in and literal combat shifts to bahrain and into singapore where freedom is on her way today leaving the philippines in a day or so to head down there. the 283 ships we have today service the global force management allocation plan, and a lot of that is the deployed naval forces and shifts around the world. if we didn't have these schemes and means to use what we have most efficiently i would need 376 ships to do the presence of today if all that we did was rotational deployments. that is how many ships we need. to keep one ship forward for the continental united states takes four total. one is there. one is on its way back. one is getting ready to go over and one i

i heard from your presentation that cal pacific is determined from what's going to happen there. that is an option that could remain an acute care hospital. >> i would refer to a cpm c representative. i would say that hasn't changed since the last time. the general feeling last time was that cal would not be maintained but they are not saying that definitely. i do know the california campus cannot remain an acute care facility without a lot of seismic. >> i understand that. i didn't think you needed to reduce van ness to do that. the other thing never bothered me too much about the fears that saint luke's would be close is that you have a brand new seismically sound hospital that could always be acquired by the city and county or another provider that would provide the same service if the sutter system didn't want to do it. i don't really understand why we have to play one hospital against the other. i'm not being critical, just my points of view. you are saying if for some reason you build it and you don't want to operate it then the city can acquire it. that same philosophy cou

for african americans is 7 percent and asian pacific islanders is 15 percent. that's what we have. >> so if it's 70 percent white, that means the other category is anything. it's probably about 3 percent. >> right. >> thank you. i wanted to make sure i understood. >> sure. >> then the next one is age. you can see our age breakdown. right now with our first cohort. the split is between a younger age cohort of 18-24 which is the highest group we've got right now which is at 43 percent. the 25-39 is 21 percent and the older age group is at 36 percent. and just to give you a little comparison, for my age demographic for city billed probably falls higher to 39. the idea that we are capturing a younger crew, i think is important and that's a good thing. for gender, we are actually a little higher on male than female. the national average of it for women is at 27 percent and we are at 39 percent. we want to make sure we are tapping into as much diversity as we can. in terms of education, you can see as i said earlier 76 percent of the folks so far are at high school o

south korean official says the missile could be fired east towards the sea of japan or south to the pacific. >> translator: we're not taking any chances. north korea has test-fired missiles at dawn to surprise us in the past so we are monitoring them 24 hours a day with the united states. >> government officials in seoul say the north koreans appear to be preparing to launch other missiles, as well. scud missiles have a range of several hundred kilometers. rodong missiles have a range of about 1,300 kilometers. south korean officials believe >>> people in the region are thinking about how best to respond to north korea. authorities are preparing for every possibility. some civilians are trying to carry on as usual. >> reporter: residents in south korea seem rather calm. even though the north has called on all foreigners in the country to prepare to evacuate in case of war. local officials are warning of a possible attack. 30 minutes by car from the north korean border, directions to an evacuation area have been posted in the lobby of this condominium. >> translator: i wonder if a war will b

to enhance its influence in the asia pacific region, where the chinese military is building up its presence. nhk world's mark ho has more. >> reporter: the u.s. government invited the media and local citizens aboard "uss john c. stennis" on wednesday. the aircraft carrier has been docked at singapore since monday. the ship is on its way back to the west coast of the u.s. following a five-month mission in the middle east. the attendees were allowed onto the deck of the 330-meter-long ship. there, they were believed on the deployment of f-18 fighter jets, and helicopters which have sonar to detect underwater crafts. navy officials say the carrier will conduct landing practice of aircraft, and they will maintain contacts with military officials in asia pacific region. >> it is a great pleasure -- >> reporter: u.s. president barack obama met with the singaporean prime minister in washington on tuesday. singapore has agreed to a u.s. plan to deploy cutting-edge combat ships to the country on a rotational basis, beginning as early as this month. obama expressed his appreciation to the country for

it's the middle of the night and pitch black over the pacific. >> they had a problem with a propellerted so much drag that this they were doing okay with it for a while and then they ended up having another engine problem that the second engine couldn't sustain the high power. it would be an unbelievable set of circumstances. >> two engines that should be moving the plane forward are now holding it back. it's like driving the car with the emergency brake on. the plane won't make it to san francisco or back to hawaii. the high pot quickly determines he has no choice but to ditch in the pacific. >> my mother mentioned that he didn't hear any yelling or screaming, she did hear a lot of praying in different languages. the mood was very serious. >> the pilot radios a nearby coast guard cutter for asis tense and a plan is formed. the cruiser will circle above the ship for the rest of the light lightning its fuel load and waiting for daybreak. >> you want to be as light adds you can because with less weight you can go slower and fly slower to the impact with the water is going to be lessened