we are a pacific nation. important to all of us for the security of our children and grandchildren to ensure that a , indoul and stable asia asia-pacific is maintained. admiralnk you're right, . just concerns me a bit as a look at what is going on now with some of our european allies, countries that have relied to their detriment on promises that about the integrity of their territory. it just seems to me that any signal we sent, you don't need to comment on this, but any don't we sent that we really take seriously our treaty , is a worrisome notion for people who might rely on us in the future. , i wonder aloud to the members of this committee and the people hearing the sound of my voice what signals we are sending. we don't come down very hard on violations of the territory of some of our treaty partners. i have,hift in the time i'm glad to know that senator reed is a distinguished leader on this committee. he has asked about our amphibious capability. i believe you said you asked for additional ships for y

we're a pa pacific nation. centric my is pacific- and it's important for us to ensure that a peaceful and stable asia, indow asia-pacific is maintained. >> i think you're right, admiral. and it just concerns me a bit as i look at what's going on now with some of our european allies, countries that have relied to their detrimental on promises -- detriment on promises we've made about the integrity of their territory, it just seems to me that any signal we send, you don't even need to comment on this, but y signal we send that we don't really take a seriously, a treaty obligations, is worrisome notion for people who might rely on us in the future and so i wonder, i just wonder allowed to the members of this committee -- aloud to the members of this committee what signals we are sending when we don't come down very hard on violations of the territory of some of our treaty partners. . let me shift, in the time i have, i'm glad to know that senator reid, the distinguished leader on this committee, has asked you abou

navy assets will be stationed in the pacific. that will include enhancements to the naval presence in japan. u.s. troops withdrew from iraq more than two years ago. and american forces plan to wrap up combat operations in afghanistan by the year end. the review says the size of the army will be reduced to about 440,000 soldiers. commanders say their forces need to be ready for any type of operation. so they plan to introduce the next generation of planes, ships and submarines. the review says they'll increase their technical supremacy through improvements to unmanned aircraft and the technology used to fight hackers. >>> a senior u.s. official has spoken about the importance of japan and south korea as allies in the asia-pacific. and he says improving relations between them is a diplomatic priority. u.s. assistant secretary of state daniel russel is in charge of east asian and pacific affairs. he told a senate hearing that the friction between tokyo and seoul is a cause of concern. >> the u.s. has both an interest and a role, not

i send them to central command and to europe and so in the pacific, though, it is my view that as the marines come back, that we should optimize the capability of the marines, particularly in the area west of the date line and to do that we have to have adequate amphibious lift to do that. >> well, let the just leave you with this request, tell us what you need and why you need it and what we won't be able to do if you get less than that and i would hope that members of this committee would do what we could to make sure that we're ready for contingencies in your area. thank you very much, thank you to both of you. >> thank you, senator wicker. senator king. >> thank you, mr. chairman. admiral, i'd like to begin with a compliment. i was fortunate enough to spend the last weekend on the u.s.s. new mexico, virginia class submarine, doing exercises under the polar icecap. the machine, the device, the hip, was extraordinary but the overwhelming impression i had was the quality of the sailors on that ship, from the commander to the mess folks, it was -- they were dedicated, patriotic, passi

sot- rashid yahya/chief pilot, pacific states aviation >> reporter:chief pilot of pacific states aviation in concord, rashid yahya says revelations that malaysia airline flight 370 captain zaharie abdul sha built one in his home, doesn't automatically make him suspicious. >> reporter:yahya says it could have been used soley for leisure and training. rashid yahya/chief pilot, pacific states aviation >> reporter:still, shah and his co-pilot are under investigation. simulator at buchanan field airport. rashid yahya/chief pilot, pacific states aviation >> reporter:where he simulates a take off. rashid yahya/chief pilot, pacific states aviation >> reporter:and, during the flight, yahya explains how its possible one can learn how to disable a transponder -- which sends signals to a radar pinpointing your location. rashid yahya/chief pilot, pacific states aviation >> reporter:yahya says turning off a transponder is as simply as hitting a switch. malaysia airlines says flight 370 may have flown for more than seven hours after its transponder stopped sending signals. pacific states aviation >> rep

interests across the asia-pacific region. the first is, of course, expanding opportunities for trade and investment in the goods and services. that's what trade negotiators do, and that was what miriam was talking about in trying to level the playing field for u.s. exporters and investors. doing so will require developing a comprehensive new 31st century -- 21st century rulebook for trade and investment. the last time we had a broad, comprehensive international trade agreement involving the major trading nations of the world was in the 1990s, and the world economy has changed dramatically in those 20 years. and the way trade is conducted, the tools of trade, the technologies that facilitate trade have changed dramatically, and that has to be accounted for in the new rulebook. the tpp also serves as important function in this substantially upgrading -- in substantially upgrading the existing pacts that already exist between countries. we have a lot of trade agreement partners, our partners have a lot of trade agreements with o

command area of responsibility, the indo-asian pacific. they include potential for significant hhdr, or human humanitarian assistance in disaster events. there's territorial disputes, growing challenges to the freedom of action and shared doe nans of sea, air, space, and cyberspace. growing regional transnational threats and the significant challenges associated with china's emergence of the global economic power and regional military power. in the past year, we have been witness to all of these challenges. our forces have been very busy securing the peace and defending u.s. interest throughout over half the globe. we have done our very best to remain ready to respond to crisis and contingency. although, we have assumed greater risk. we maintained focus on key aspects of the rebalance to the asian pacific. strengthening our alliances and partnerships, improving posture and presence, developing the con cements and capabilities required by today's and tomorrow's security environment. we have done this against the backdrop of continued physic

the pacific coast in the early 19th century. the settlement, dubbed astoria, had a short tenure. this is about an hour and 15 minutes. [applause] >> well, thank you for that nice introduction, and thank you, powells and you all, for being here. normally i have a more formal presentation. i have a video that i've shown at readings, but tonight's a special night, so i'm going to do something a little different. and i'm going to tell stories a little bit more and, of course, i'm going to do some reading as well. but it's special because, one, this is powell's, we're in oregon, astoria is very nearby. the center of this story. and also we're here with c-span, booktv. and so we have a national audience as well as a oregon audience. so i'm going to tell some stories, and you oregonians may know some of the stories, and you may not know others. but i'll start with how i came to this story. and, actually, what's surprising about it is how this story was very well known in its day. in 1836 when washington irving was commissioned by john

pacific coast. so that's what got me intrigued by it. and in the more i looked into it, the more it started to hook like, wow, this is a story that should be told in a book. and i'm an adventure writer, i write exploration history. these are the stories i love, and so i took it on as a book project. and, fortunately, i found a very willing publisher with echo and harpercollins. so in the introduction you heard a little bit about what the expedition was. there were two -- john jacob astor had a vision of global trade empire on the pacific rim. this was right after lewis and clark, five years after lewis and clark were out here. and thomas jefferson had, essentially, the same vision. and as or to have came up with this idea -- astor came up with this idea, approached thomas jefferson with it. they met at the white house. thomas jefferson gave it his enthusiastic endorsement. it was astor's idea to try to capture, essentially, all the furs in the western part of the continent, funnel them through a set element at the mouth of the columbia r

another system you can see is just spinning across the pacific. it's going to make its way into washington state, also into northern california where we're also expecting to see a little snow. they need the snow across the sierra, but could use without the rain in the pacific northwest. it has been a very, very wet month, records already broken across the pacific northwest this month. the northeast, we have the rain coming down heavily across eye 95, across portions of pennsylvania and also on into portions of maine. an icy mixture around portland, so be careful on the roads today. back to you. >> the search continues for that missing malaysian jetliner more than three weeks after it vanished on its way to beijing. ships and planes are searching where experts believe the plane went down. they are trying to locate objects that were spotted by aircraft over the past few days, but so far, no debris from that plane has actually been found. >> although until something is found, many family members are clinging to hope. others are angry as weeks pass wi

liz: we also analyze that you like union pacific over granger.like about union pacific so much, especially when we have a mediocre economy here. >> yes, but look, if you want to go east to west, you really have used union pacific. if you want to go into mexico, they own the six railways into mexico. union pacific, even though it is a domestic company, it is still an emerging marketplace because of all of the transports from california. liz: now we have the final round, union pacific versus oracle. who wins the championship in your bracket? >> well, in this case, we will take the near-term momentum that union pacific clearly has. you can see it by the charts. we think that that is going to be a better play over the intermediate term. we will go with union pacific. liz: hank, it is great to see you. i want to remind our viewers that you are 7 million in assets, union pacific is your winner. it's great to see you. >> happy spring. liz: frank smith of haverford. the closing bell is 4.5 minutes away. we have all the news coming up after the bell. you

forces in the asia-pacific region. on behalf of the committee, i would like to welcome admiral locklear, the commander of u.s. as if the command and general scaparrotti, commander of the u.s. forces of korea and the united forces command and combined forces command in korea. the committee appreciates is your long years of faithful service and the many sacrifices you and your families have made for our nation will start we greatly appreciate your service who have served with you and your commands. ourse convey to them admiration and appreciation for their selfless sacrifice and dedication. , a general was unable to testify because of the heightened testimony. general scaparrotti we're are glad you're able to make it this year. today's hearing is timely as inth korea is again engaged dangerous rocket and missile launches, including the one a few weeks ago. to joh jong-un has follow the dangerous policies of his predecessors. ballistic missile programs with callous disregard for the well-being of its own people and the re

mexico and canada are a quarter, all who have a board on the pacific ocean.powerhouse china is not involved. recent ttp negotiations focused on tariffs, environmental protections, and intellectual properties. if the agreement is signed it would encompass close to 40% of the world's gross domestic product. joining us to mark the 20th birthday of the enact ofmet of the north american trade agreement welcome to inside story. >> thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> we heard from karla hills who was there at the beginning, ambassador, is nafta popular in canada? >> it is very popular. trade with the united states and mexico is extremely popular. and i think that for our purposes when we're here in washington we county out that canada is the united states largest customer. we buy more goods, so i think we talk about trade agreements in abstract terms. i think we have to be more effective in talking as customers from each other as well as sellers to each other. >> so someone standing in an edmonton supermarket or driving a truck out of quÉbec, if we stop

dbs buying the private banking unit in the asian pacific.of the shares and other banks, dbs is up. 0.25%. united overseas bank is unchanged to modestly lower. a check on indonesia and we are checking the rupiah. it is rising with a moderate exposure. it may see uptick from china's move. jci looks to modestly lower. call it a flat market. these are the movies of. -- these are the movers for the from commodities to financials stop jakarta composite continuing the downward slump. swinging between gains and losses. we will see how we shape up on the first trading day of the week. >> investors. shares surged after the jakarta governor -- [indiscernible] he said he will run for president. on monday.sion let's go over now to the capital. the effect this is having. >> good morning. i seems toor jokow have overcome his also call. on friday heause said he will run as the potential candidate and right at the announcement, they lost 3.2%. that is the biggest one and a rally in six months. low.as arisen since august seeing before the confirmation of his

greg grandin recounts a slave revolt at sea and the subsequent discovery of the ship in the south pacific in 1805. [applause] >> thank you for the coleman center which is a wonderful institution and also gave me an advance b look at this great book. it is a great book. i, it was a thrill to be asked to do this with greg tonight. i come at it -- he comes at it as a historian, and i come at it as a reader of his book but also as a reader of melville, and it seems kind of well fitting that we should be meeting in the new york public library to talk about, i think, unambiguous toly the greatest new yorker ever lived, melville. [laughter] i don't think anybody comes in his wake. and to talk also about the much larger story that he was expanding upon in it. and greg asked me to do the honors for a minute at the outset about just laying up the story can i'm sure many of you are familiar with and many of you may not have read as recently. and so i thought i would do that, and i remember seeing a documentary about pablo casals, and he said i always play a little bach in the morning, it's like a be

rebalance to the asia-pacific region. through the american institute in taiwan, we were close with taiwan authorities on a wide range of issues. insecurity, maintenance of peace across the taiwan strait is crucial to stability and prosperity. the obama administration has notified congress of over $12 billion worth of arms sales to taiwan. this is a tangible sign of the seriousness with which we regard i want to secure. we encourage taiwan to adopt an innovative approaches to maintain a credible self-defense capacity on an offspeed offense budget to deter coercion or aggression but a reasonable -- that is experienced tensions come united states appreciates taiwan's cooperative efforts to peacefully resolve disputes and share resources. in the area of the economy and economic engagement, in 2013, taiwan was the 16th largest export market for u.s. goods, and the eighth largest export market for u.s. agriculture, fishing and forestry products. in 2012, direct investment from taiwan to the united states stood at approximately

>> the nuclear plant on the japanese side of the pacific is bleeding radiation into the pacific every about 400 tons of radioactive water every day forev over a thousand days now has been pouring into the pacific you. as that plume crosses the pacific >> it die lights because the pacific is a big place but we are beginning to see low levels of radiation in the water. i have to tell people i wouldn't mind swimming in the water. i wouldn't mind walking along the water. but until our government, whether it's states or national government, tell me what is in the fish, i remain very concerned about eating the fish that are coming from the pacific. >> meanwhile, health officials say the fish is completely safe. arnie gunderson, thank you for your time today. >> thank you for having me. >>> today is also international women's day and women around the world are focused on the theme: equality for women is progress for all. large gatherings highlighted the need for equal rights, increasing health for all communities. caroline malonly tells us how all of these things are tied together >> reporte

. >> jessica's friends got boarding passes, pu cathay pacif pacific said her seat was sold to someonethe flight was full. >> the next flight home was two days away >> i was worried about where would i stay for two days? >> jessica watched her friends boarded the plane without her. >> i walked around with my luggage. >> she stayed all night in the terminal. she knew a girl who was advise writing family in hong kong. >> i had her number and just prayed it would work. it did the girl agreed to help. she caught a train to hong kong. then called her mother. >> said mom i was alone at the airport the whole night >> and out $525 for that extra ticket. jessica's mom contacted kathay pacific. >> she was only 17 years old >> the airline said because jessica did not show up for a connecting flight. turns out the girls took a train into china. her mom says that shouldn't cancel the flight home she paid for the ticket she contacted seven on your side turns out the airline do indeed reserve the ticket f you're a no show. it was here in the contract says if you do not show up for any flight without

the stout china sea and the end of a stable pacific a lot of the world's eyes are focused on the pacific and the indian ocean because of the missing airline. you made an interesting point about malaysia in passing which was. >> i said malaysia is a very misunderstood country. i write a long chapter on malaysia in the book. 30 years ago malaysia was poor, down trodden, barely a country. it wasn't even a british colony, it was several federated states controlled by the british. it had ethnic violence between indigenous chinese, indigenous indians, indigenous malay muslims and in the last third of the centuries it's come together, it's institutionalized, it had six or seven percent economic growth rates every year in and out. it's built a strong stable information edge economy where there's still ethnic and racial tension but they're negotiated. there hasn't been any actual violence there in a very very long time. malaysia is really the most prosperous of the major countries in southeast air. >> rose: including indonesia. >> oh, yes. it's much more bureaucratally stable. things work in mala

. >> jessica's friends got boarding passes, pu cathay pacif pacific said her seat was sold to someonelse and the flight was full. >> the next flight home was two days away >> i was worried about where would i stay for two days? >> jessica watched her friends boarded the plane without her. >> i walked around with my luggage. >> she stayed all night in the terminal. she knew a girl who was advise writing family in hong kong. >> i had her number and just prayed it would work. it did the girl agreed to help. she caught a train to hong kong. then called her mother. >> said mom i was alone at the airport the whole night >> and out $525 for that extra ticket. jessica's mom contacted kathay pacific. >> she was only 17 years old >> the airline said because jessica did not show up for a connecting flight. turns out the girls took a train into china. her mom says that shouldn't cancel the flight home she paid for the ticket she contacted seven on your side turns out the airline do indeed reserve the ticket f you're a no show. it was here in the contract says if you do not show up for any flight

and the pirating of our movies. >> i'm not aware of that's pacific lee. -- i'm not aware of that pacificlee -- specifically. ask a general statement about intellectual property protection mode have the specific effects, and may have no effect compared to the specificity. i hope that you will specifically focus their attention on the peer to peer website piracy of our movies. finally, what steps is the administration taking to make sure that taiwan has appropriate participation in international organizations such as the world health organization and the climate control unfccc? >> thanks for much. as i noted earlier, international space is a priority of ours. we are looking for opportunities experts and professionals to shine in their fields in international fora and will continue to do that. it really does help those organizations and does help the global community when they are able to participate. >> mr. chris smith of new jersey. >> thank you for your testimony. over the past years and across two different administrations, we have witnessed an alarming number of gushing statements by s

part of the ship to the pacific. the marines as marines do, are also looking at a lot of different operating concepts for lift, for manufacturing marines around the pacific. we are building 10 high-speed vessels that can move a lot of people at 40 knots and a lot of equipment around a place like the pacific. we are building two m.l.p.'s, mobile landing platforms in fact both are already -- one is in fleet and one is about to join the fleet. then we're building two more for staging base ss which are m.l.p.'s, mobile landing platforms, with flight deck on it. these are going to be -- and there sis -- we are looking at another one. so a total of five of these. these give you a lot of different options of how you move marines, how you stage, how you re supplysupply. so, yes, we are going to have more amphibious ships, more a.m. amphibious lift for not just marines in darwin but in the pacific. but we are also looking at a lot of other different concepts of operations to move marines in different ways. last thing i will s

other major bourses in the asia pacific region ended lower. chinese shares took the hardest hit, as investors were worried about the country's economic slowdown. that's after china's exports unexpectedly tumbled nearly 20% in february, from a year earlier. the shanghai composite gave up nearly 2.9% finishing at 1,999. that puts it below the key 2,000 level for the first time in a month and a half. investor sense ipt was also weighed by a separate piece of data showing that china's inflation numbers were not as strong as some had expected. and in malaysia the main index there closed down a half a percent, 1,822. shares of malaysian airlines plunged as much as 20% earlier, after the -- one of the company's jetliners went missing. >>> well the past few years have not been years of plenty for farmers across northeastern japan. many are still struggling to recover from the disaster there three years ago. and some are trying out a new business model now, to get back on to their land. >> reporter: there is a sure sign that life is returning to normal

to know that in the final goal is that all nations across the asia pacific region will join the free trade pact. more than three thousand delegates from across china are discussing ways to move the country forward. at the opening of the national people's congress premier league coach john announced plans to tackle pollution and narrow the gap between rich and four. they're all part of present she's in pain and his administration's goal to achieve long term stability we've been bringing you extensive coverage this week in our series china road to reform. nhk world project run out is covering the story in beijing. on the second day of the npc finance minister of otway said people should not fix the awning economic growth rate of seven a half percent. he indicated economic growth could actually be lower than last year. in a press conference mr mohl said it would be acceptable if the economy grew by seven point two one seven point three percent it's very different from past years when the chinese economy expanded by double digits. but the government with the ones that focus on the qualit

sharks in first place in the pacific.period justin braun trying clear the puck from in front of the net. goes off the leg and 1-0, caps. third feared, james sheppard on the breakaway. third period. slaps home his third goal of the year. 2-1 san jose. and the shot off nieto. off boyle's shoulder and in. his first career goal. 2-2. no score in overtime. we go to a shootout. nicklas backstrom scores the game winner. 3-2 the final. first time the caps have won in san jose since 1993, preventing san jose from clinching the playoff spot. >>> to the women's tournament. stanford is playing with a big chip on their shoulder they are not a number one seed. south carolina got the nod in seattle. but they face south dakota in ames, iowa in day one. phoning in updates in this blowout. samuelson had 9. and today twelve points. under 20 minutes. lays it down. stanford up 46-47 at the half. she game the all-time leading scorer with 23 points. stanford moves on to face florida state monday with the victory. >>> cal women, seventh seed, fa

the other two documents are between ocii and the vertical developer, m cal pacific pointe fund. short for vertical lease [speaker not understood] agreement, develops the rights and obligation and schedule performance with estimated construction period from july 2014 through august of 2015 and legally binding construction outside dates of -- starting december 2014 and may 2016. [speaker not understood] agency costs related to the block 49 project. block 49 construction is -- construction started, contingent upon the site transfer as i mentioned before and also execution of the ground lease. [speaker not understood] no transfer occurs and no ground lease is not executed by december of this year and december of this year, either party the right to terminate the agreement. the vertical lease and development disposition development agreement covers the development and construction periods and the document's term expires with project completion. so, with end of construction. therefore, requirements that deal with ongoing operation of block 49 such as for example affordability restrict

jake ward is live in california one thousand feet of offshore ia boat off the pacific ocean.ow do we know that amount of radiation coming off the shores of fukushima, and how do we know that it's small enough that we don't need to worry about did. >> reporter: it's due to scientist who is have been trying to basically take a look at both the seafood that moves back and forth between the japanese coast and the california coast, which includes pacific blue fin tuna, and trying to sample the water itself. the trouble is they're not able to get federal funds to do this. instead, they're soliciting crowd funding just to be able to dip buckets in 14 different sites to sample this amount of seawater they can't get federal funding to do it. that said with the small amount of readings they have been able to take, they do know that the seawater that we're looking at right now has incredibly small amounts of radiation that are not immediately dangerous to human health. >> you say they are having to use private donations to conduct this. why isn't there federal funds available. >> report

sharks in first place in the pacific.in front of the net. goes off the leg and 1-0, caps. third feared, james sheppard on the breakaway. slaps home his third goal of the year. 2-1 san jose. and the shot off nieto. off boyle's shoulder and in. his first career goal. 2-26789 no score inover time. we go to a shootout. nicklas backstrom scores the game winner 3-2 the final. first time the caps have won in san jose since 1993, preventing san jose from clinching the playoff spot. >>> to the women's tournament. stanford is playing with a big chip on their shoulder they are not a number one seed. they face south dakota in ames, iowa in day one. phoning in updates in this blowout. samuelson had 9. and today twelve points. 20 minutes. lays it down. stanford up 46-47 at the half. she game the all-time leading scorer with 23 points. they move ton to face florida state monday with the victory. >>> cal monthly fees, seventh seed placing waco. battling on injured ankle most the year. still led with 22 points, 10 assists, late second hal

the rain coming in off the pacific, and we'll see an additional .5 to .75 of rain. we'll continue to see that rain through today, tomorrow, and really on into monday. we have a flood warning in effect right across the washington cascades outside of seattle. that goes until monday as that rain continues to push into the region. rain in the forecast saturday, sunday, through monday also into early on tuesday. temperatures going to be in the mid to upper 50s. as we push into the next several days. talking about temperatures. very comfortable, beautiful day in denver with their high coming in at 69 degrees. but a warm one in miami. a front is getting ready to push through and it could bring severe storms. quiet across the planes as high pressure is certainly in control. now to those storms making their way i-10. heavy rain across the region south of the tallahassee area. we have a severe thunderstorm watch in effect right now. these thunderstorms have the ability to produce damaging winds, hail and even a chance for isolated tornadoes. these storms have a history of pro

pacific satellite imagery, this is impressive. huge off the coast. way to the north of the bay area. now slicing through the northern half of the state of california. and the result is rain through tuesday. let's take you through the future cast. we have rain, the boundary line at 2:00 in the afternoon. we forge ahead toward 7:00 in the evening for oakland a's baseball action. scattered showers in the forecast. how does this tally up as far as rainfall totals are concerned. it looks like we'll easily see over an inch of rain across the central bay. nearly an inch in san jose. from the rainfall totals. let's look at today's highs across the bay area, 50s and few 60s. let's share with you your future five and seven they forecasts we have rain in the forecast tuesday. we begin to dry out on wednesday and thursday. a chance of rain by thursday night. again, live in alamo where it is beginning to rain here, roberta gonzalez with mobile weather and kpix 5. >> that's a big umbrella. thanks roberta. >>> major league's baseball season arrived. the oakland a's

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following that i went to the pacific school of religion in berkeley. i was there three years and became president of lancaster seminary and then was called back to pacific school religion for three years as president. then last year i became president of the graduate theological union. >> before we get into the gtu your experience as a parish minister first. you were saying something about they deal in housing for the homeless? >> yes. in the san fernando valley there were a group of about 35 churches and synagogues and they became interested in the vulnerable population of single women with children who were homeless. so we ended up buying a motel and converting it to a shelter. from that we went on to develop in the project of this organization to build some additional shelters and also some low-income housing or affordable housing so that some people could actually find a trajectory towards independence. >> so a lot of funds were raised as a result? >> we had to raise about $1 million a year in the beginning. of course, homelessness was very much in

pacific ocean. >> nsa leaker edward snowden made his first appearance since fleeing to russia. >> i took an oath to support the constitution i saw the constitution was violated on a massive scale. inat the time pret tagsed been changed in secret. >> he spoke at the south by southwest festival. today, he participated in the impact of the spying programs.

we're just getting drenched up in the pacific northwest. this is off to the wettest start ever in seattle for a rainfall first week of march. over 3 1/2 inches, portland over 2 inches. and we got the rain in the beginning of the month in l.a. and san francisco. good start to the wet weather for this month. don't have any huge storms on the way. you see on the far left-hand side of your screen, a few clouds over british columbia. doesn't look like any wet weather arrives until the tail end of saturday, especially in seattle and then it could have a lingering shower into sunday and monday. it is not as wet as the last couple of storms. today looks like a dry day everywhere. mild and breezy in los angeles today at 74. that's your national forecast. >>> we'll see how the el nino develops. >> okay. thank you very much, bill karins. >>> coffee cup leads to the capture of a suspected sexual predator. >>> we'll tell you how big a refund your neighbors are probably getting this year from the irs next. transferred money from his before larry instantl

forces in the asia-pacific region. on behalf of the committee i would like to welcome the admiral, commander of u.s. pacific command and the commander of u.s. forces, korea nation command and combined forces in korea. the committee appreciates your long years of faithful service and the many sacrifices that you and the families make a part of this nation. we greatly appreciate the servicemen and women, military and civilian, who serve with you in your commands. please convey to them our admiration and our appreciation for their selfless sacrifice and dedication. thurmond was eral unable to testify because of the heightened threat. today's hearing is particularly timely as north korea is again engaged in sabers rattling and dangerous rocket and missile launches, including one a few weeks ago. the regime has so far followed the same destructive policies as its predecessors, pursuing its nuclear weapons with careless disregard for the well-being of people in the region. even china, despite its long-standing relationship w

following earthquake and tsunami, we were called away from our exercise their in the pacific to provideumanitarian assistance to the citizens of japan. >> what happened next? , if i remember correctly, the 12th of march, which was after the first .eactor had already melted down the understanding of everyone on board was that there was no , as farisk, no dangers as radiation exposure goes. had -- anothere time we had to secure the water system. >> how close were you to it? point, ily, at this hear conflicting stories each time. i have seen photos where you can clearly see the mountains of japan in the background, so if i remember correctly, the human eye can only see 70 miles on the -- 17 milesclearly on the horizon, so clearly within visible distance. there were also reports that we were no closer than 160 miles. i would have to believe the photos. you are notme, aware that you are being exposed to any radiation. when did you start feeling the impact on your health, and what are some of the things that have happened since? was not until november 2011, we returned in september. the end o

>>> a 747 is flying over the pacific when suddenly a cargo door explodes open, sucking nine passengers out of the plane. >> it was a typical, normal, calm, serene situation to absolute pandemonium. >> another 747, another terrifying incident. the pilot struggled to control the plane for 32 minutes, but it's hopeless. >> they faced a condition that no pilot could possibly imagine, which is the airplane is no longer controllable. >>> a 737 loses a giant chunk of fuselage mid flight, causing a decompression so powerful it kills a flight attendant. >> i saw what i think was the stewardess's feet as she was being sucked out of the plane. >>> a dc-10 rolls on its side and nose dives to the ground. >> the entire engine had physically separated from the aircraft. >.> all of these disasters have one thing in common, the physical structure of each plane failed with fatal consequences. what pushed these planes to the breaking point? >>> whenever a plane goes down, it's the tragic aftermath that usually flashes over and over again around the globe. scattered wreckage, tattered clues to what may ha

to trig -- pacific ocean, it is a big quake but not big enough to trigger a tsunami. >>> a woman was killed by a falling tree while driving westbound, the driver was from oakland. >> reporter: as unlikely as being struck by lightning a 23- year-old oakland woman was killed by a falling tree. >> after the tree struck the vehicle the vehicle swerved across all lanes and collided into the center divide. and then it sweufrb swerved to the right and came to a rest. >> reporter: it happened during the daylight and clear weather. the first reports came in just before 2:00 a.m. a tree blocking two lanes of the freeway with a disabled camry on the shoulder a quarter mile up the road. officers quickly realized that the large limb of the diseased tree had fallen through the windshield. other drivers stopped to help the young woman but the danger was done -- damage was done and she was dead. >> reporter: the tree hit a second car but that driver is okay. the authorities checked to see if the tree is on public and private property and forced to notify a family of a freak accident nobody can see c

of course the benefit of pacific and the first sentence. by the retelling. this is serious for amazing race and an alliance and its use of. haitian government said on wednesday that overseas agencies have supplied background checks on all denominations on the plane except those from ukraine and russia. it had it that none of the checks has turned up anything suspicious to fall ahead of generations beginning next month and his role alongside china and the destinations is attracting increasing attention the leadership of one of the day is in asia could be about to change

the others include, pacific malls, silicon valley in milpitas and vietnam town in san jose as well as cupertino village in cupertino. that's still under renovation. investors are hoping people who

they have a lot of tropical moisture in the atmosphere and a lot of warm air off the pacific ocean. it's comfortable overall all up and down portions of the west coast, but we'll have a little bit of rain today. almost that 60 degrees in seattle down towards san francisco at 69 and very warm in los angeles currently reaching a high of 82 degrees yesterday. yesterday it was close to 52 degrees in new york city for the daytime high. today it's a little cooler. we have an alberta clipper system out of canada. because of that we may see a little bit of snow across upstate new york, but for the most part very quiet across the east coast. we had gulf showers earlier on in the day across portions of eastern texas. again, the bulk of the activity here across the west coast. we have a storm bringing in a ton of moisture off the pacific ocean, and today the bulk of the activity is going to be along the oregon coastline down into northern portions of california where they definitely need the rain. i think today we'll see 1 to 4 inches of rain. the rain really subsiding across seattle. the show

it's up to union pacific and railroads have special rights under federal commerce laws. >> that's the only map and that's what it shows. >> reporter: this scientist and engineer was commissioned by the sierra club to submit comments on the eir and says the train route through the east bay is inevitable. >> there is no way you can get crude oil without sending it through one of the major metropolitan areas. >> reporter: she says the only alternative to the berkeley- oakland route would be to run the trains on union pacific's 8th line from stockton over the steep altamont pass through livermore and pleasanton. >> it would be an unlikely route. >> reporter: as to what kind of crude they would be carrying, the report says the most likely source would be the back enfield of north dakota and points out that accidental oil spills along the tracks would be significant and unavoidable. >> these railroads are regulated at the federal level. we have no jurisdiction. and the state has very little jurisdiction. >> reporter: christin ayers, kpix 5. >> berkeley's vice mayor introduced a resolution o

are involved with pacific gas and electric. everybody that's worked on this issue for the last 10 years as i have or even the last couple years knows what's going on here and knows that clean power sf is being held up by political maneuvers from a government that is compromised by its relationships with the fossil fuel energy corporation. and like i said, to your staff's credit, they have said against that pressure for years that clean power sf is the, one of the primary tools to reach the climate action goals of the city and without it, the city can't reach its goals. so on march 31st supervisor avalos has called a hearing which may be uncomfortable for this commission, may be a little uncomfortable for staff, but i'm arguing should be a lot more uncomfortable for the city and what we need for you as a commission is to stand up to the mayor's office and tell the mayor that this is unacceptable and as you do so, communicate to your staff, you have our permission to put this back into the climate action strategy where it belongs