the southern pacific railroad will come to control the central pacific railroad. it is in fact going to be a california monopoly. is going to be the cartoons here, this is going to be the southern pacific, not the central pacific. it takes the transcontinental's and turns it into a strength. this is the thing people don't understand about these railroads. they cannot compete with sea traffic. the cheapest way to get goods from california back to the east -- there's going to be a railroad across panama. there is no way in the world that the railroads can compete with this recurring freight. all railroads are freight railroads. this is outrageous, he says this to jay gould, the partner trying to compete with the steamship companies. he says this is outrageous, we have to carry our california business with such low rates. charles francis adams testifies before the pacific railroad pacificon that the railroad steamship company to reduce the rates until it makes the business worthless to us. anytime the steamship company wished to do so, they could have bank fraud -- c

new guinea, philippines and the rest of the pacific fell into the pacific ocean areas which was command given to chester nimitz the commander of the pacific fleet in hawaii. this command was further divided into a north central and south pacific area and king specifically ordered nimitz that he must appoint a separate officer to command in the south pacific area. nimitz nominated two officers in a second choice whose repetition at time was good was appointed and as you will hear this did not turn out well. after many exchanges and not all of them temperate, on july 2, king and marshall issued a directive for a campaign that would be code-named overall operation pestilence and interesting the first phase said our target is to log into adjacent position and noticed that guadalcanal is not even mentioned in the sorter for this operation. fortunately this marine division which would be the principal ground component quickly recognize that guadalcanal was the key. and then the final two phases involving further operations, and a basically control allied operations that went on for 18 months

pacific offensive. the pacific fleet has serious challenges it has never quite worked out how to deal with. the japanese have dominion over the mandated islands in the central pacific. the marshals, the carolines. the marianas. especially after the seizure of guam. and they had spent years figuring out how to create a defensive network, a web within these islands. we get a taste of what it might've been like to it them directly guadalcanal. because the japanese are very good at shuttling airplanes around, bringing surface forces to trick the new u.s. navy and fight very actively. it would have been much worse in the marianas because it would've been much closer to some of the basis. -- is distance from guadalcanal as we heard earlier. so how can -- enter this? and fight effectively. centralized fleet. athlete based around battle fleet foot had real problems with this. it would've been right into the teeth of japanese plants. so, this is a fleet now instead, reconfigures his epic it becomes a network of

i'm not sure if it was the central pacific or it may have been the northern pacific, some other railroads. they had an encounter with the native tribe. , or the chief, thought this man looked like his recently deceased son. they adopted him. willingly, in a for two years, learns the language and was able to return to china. these kinds of narratives, this kind of image is part of the story. i wouldn't say it's major. a thousand native people were working alongside chinese and irish. >> you could say it is some , but not something that could be documented. a >> in some cases it can. they are not necessarily talking but theyermarriage, did have a lot of contact at certain points. is this working ok? can you hear me now? >> somewhat. >> wickedest leaned it over for you. >> a man comes to the rescue. the me hold it. having listened to these talks there hashours, almost been not one mention of women. there were a few. richard white mentioned the wives of the big four. a number of them had married -- remarried interior decorators. that was interesting. i don't just want to get up here and say w

♪ robert handa: hello, "asian pacific america."'m robert handa, your host for our show here on nbc bay area and cozi tv. we start with a very unique performance coming up in oakland, "i have a dream: stories of rosa parks and martin luther king jr.," told through indian classical dance. and the first asian-american poet laureate of san mateo county joins us to talk about that art form, her role in promoting it, and an upcoming free concert on the peninsula. finally, we turn our attention to the traditional, historic, and always fun japanese-american festival, nikkei matsuri, in san jose's japan town. and joining us live in our studio will be one of the featured performers, an ensemble from the great san jose taiko. all that on our show today. well, our first guests are part of a south bay group that keeps the tradition of classical indian dance, yet somehow always keeps it evolving and moving forward with the times. and they're about to demonstrate that again in a big way. joining me right now is artistic director of the abhinaya d

and the indo-pacific partners in the south china sea? especially with vietnam. i would like to talk about the international law, to emphasize on that because i think that is a global issue, that surpasses all domain including tai chi, and information sharing and trade. conduct, the code of can we make it a global concern and require the code of conduct for all passing through the south china sea to be a global agreement? i think the eu position in this is tremendously important, because the u.s. alone cannot do it. i especially think vietnam is reaching out to the eu in many different ways. and we are asking for the eu to support vietnam, especially in issues such as infrastructure to help vietnam to build that away from the proposal of china, because vietnam is being caused into taking chinese proposal in many infrastructures, especially at the ports, where it is important for the south china sea. would you think that is something that we can put on the table for both the eu and the u.s.? thank you. mr. schriver: i think i addressed some of this. quickly, throu

also from army commanders who had been part of amphibious landings in the pacific. why? amonge there was a sense some in the command that europe was the big leagues. these little invasions in the pacific did not necessarily coincide with continental operations and the logistics are going to be necessary for that and the seapower was different in the air changed the equation. this is unfortunate. the commander of the seventh infantry division for instance was on the way to being transferred to 19th corps and offered to sit down with omar bradley because he had invaded. he said ok this is how we operate here. bradley was not that interested. it is not an upbeat answer. >> there are significant just a goal differences between the atlantic and pacific. one of them is that for the landings in the pacific, the entire invasion force and its support had to go in a single unit often in excess of 1500 miles anytime rather than shuttle back and forth quickly across the channel. the logistical problems are of a different character. secondly, there was an effort for the naval command

. ♪ robert handa: hello and welcome to "asian pacific america."'m robert handa, your host for our show hereonbc bay are. we start with united states of asian america festival, a festival spread out over weeks in san francisco that showcases the cultural impact of local asian pacific islander artists. one of our guests is a poet and arts organizer from the kearny street workshop and a veteran of the national poetry slam scene. he'll tell us more about the event as well as a new book he just wrote. and then we highlight the good folks at on lok. the agency that celebrates seniors is having its own celebration. and we'll wrap up with a spotlight of other events we've been talking about, including the nikkei matsuri in san jose's japan town, all on our show today. well, it's called the united states of asian america festival, which launches in may during asian pacific american heritage month with a series of events across san francisco throughout may and into mid-june, featuring over 25 artists and 19 communities. this year's theme is collective memor

bush as deputy assistant secretary of state for east asia pacific affairs. have two of my hudson institute colleagues on the panel, as well as a senior fellow at hudson who focuses on trade. -- tom duesterberg, senior fellow here that focuses on trade. he was for many years the president and chief executive officer of the alliance for productivity and motivation. before that, in addition to being the director of the washington institute, he was assistant secretary of commerce for international economic affairs and chief of staff to then senator dan quayle and afterward to congressman chris cox. last but not least, liselotte odgaard who is a lead observer of u.s. china and eu relations. she spent time visiting fellowships at harvard university, the molson center -- the wilson center, and other similar institutes. we are delighted to turn the microphone over to the secretary-general. >> thank you. it is a pleasure for me to be back at hudson. to moderate this panel, it is going to be a very easy task because we have many distinguished speakers who are going to

pacific. some might say this is the real pivot to asia being implemented under randy's leadership. he served, of course, under president george w. bush as deputy secretary of state. we have tom duesterberg, senior fellow at hudson who focuses on trade. tom was for many years the president and chief executive officer of the manufacturers alliance for productivity and innovation. before that, in addition to being the director of the washington institute of hudson institute, he was assistant secretary of commerce for international economic affairs and chief of staff to then senator dan quayle and afterwards to congressman chris cox. last but not least, liselotte odgaard, a senior fellow at hudson institute, one of the leading observers of u.s./china/eu relations. she has spent a significant amount of time at the royal danish defense college and has held visiting fellowships at harvard university, the wilson center and other similar institutions. delighted to turn the podium over, or turn the micr

ajapanese sailor has become the first blind person to sail a yacht across the pacific ocean. mitsuhiro iwamoto left california in the united states forjapan two months ago. caroline rigby tells his story. it came into view as a small dot on the horizon, a a0—foot yacht carrying the first blind person to sail across the pacific, nearing the end of an epic 1a,000—kilometre journey and two months at sea. as they neared dry land, people gathered at the dock at fukushima in japan to welcome them. mitsuhiro iwamoto, a japanese citizen who lost his sight at the age of 16, set sail on february 2a from san diego, where he now lives. thank you for coming. he steered the vessel, a sighted navigator doug smith assisted him with verbal guidance on potential hazards and wind direction. mr iwamoto's first attempt at the crossing ended in disaster in 2013 when his yacht sank

the free and openin dough pacific has probably been the most distinctive. and there have been many discussions about what that concept entails. but i think there are three elements that are worth focusing on. first, the freedom from domination to create a political order that is essentially not dominated by any single power. but sort of chokes out the possibilities for political life for others. second, the maintenance of an open economic system that the united states spent a lot of capital building since the end of the second world war. and third, the need to protect our strategic coupling with key regions of the world to include both asia and europe. china's probably one country that challenges these objectives along multiple dimensions. and what our panel this afternoon is going to do is to explore various aspects of that challenge. and to explore the possibility of collaborative action between the united states and europe in dealing with these challenges. since the foundation of this republic, the united states has always benefited from having strong al

she's headed across the pacific for a stop in hawaii, then japan. on presidents' day, firing a salute. this is just an awesome photograph. my favorite of the ship, when she is at anchor, is when the boat brings her out and there is a fleet of boats. she was a floating marina with 26 boats on board, used steam cutters, sailing boats, and rowing boats that were used for racing. we will move right through this. she is gray here, other than the white and buff you saw in the earlier picture. that is because, in this photograph -- or painting rather, she is getting set for the battle of manila bay. the battle itself -- this would define the rest of the ship's career. as a result of this battle, she became the icon of the navy. that and the fact that she was built as a flagship led her to get a lot of assignments that she would not have otherwise gotten. she was very much a symbol of the navy. this is what the spanish fleet looked like after the battle. pretty clearly a decisive victory. [chuckles] that leads to a great parade, if the tech is with us. in n

really looking and thinking about what happened at 801 pacific, and fires in an s.r.o. which are a big, big problem for us all across the city, in chinatown, but not only their and south of market and the mission, and the simple speculation that continues to happen, so having the hotel report with ddi so that anyone -- with d.b.i. so anyone who is interested in coming in and acquiring s.r.o.s as a clear sense and a clear sense of cost about what is taking over these hotels, and what the situation in these hotels are according to this city, which i agree with residents, you know, that is one part of the equation, of course, there is a part about all the resident involvement, but i think that it really puts forward a clear plan for whoever is interested in acquiring these s.r.o.s about what can be done and what has to be done. and i think that that is so important to maintain our affordable housing stock and, you know, going forward, keeping s.r.o.s, not only affordable, but also safe for all of our residents, which i think is something that we all support. thank you. >>

no africa, alaska, the south pacific, or on the continent of europe. for following -- there off to battle fronts around the world. >> signal flares off the coast of africa. united states reinforcements, beating off a german attack as the americans land under fire. >> on land, they take prisoners. many of them, valuable flyers and keyrings live love. sent out of the country on transports, the go to prison camps. there days of writing, over. >> the first skirmish between united states and german tanks prove the superiority of american equipment over the famous mark forsberg and, men and equipment are arriving every day to drive the -- out of africa. >> a treaty restoring to china, full sovereignty over her own soil, designed by chinese ambassador dr. wei dominic. and american secretary of state, cordell hull. the pact ends occupation of so- called treaty ports. and marks the beginning of a new era and the far east. >>> in china, america is giving shang kai-shek all aid possible. giant transport planes speed chinese troops to far-flung battle fronts. troo

adams, is there anything you would like to add a relative to the 772 pacific avenue side? >> thank you, supervisor. i would only like to add that we are excited to see this project going forward, and its correlation with 772 pacific. obviously it is in our pipeline. we are anxious to getting it going and having semi- diked if -- identified funding through this project development is super exciting to us. it is not complete the gap commitment needed to, but it is a good step towards that. hopefully this will give us a project to work with. we are very excited. thank you. >> supervisor haney? >> so is there -- on 772, is there a plan for timeline on when that would break ground and what is the funding gap there? >> we are in a little bit of a reactive mode. we have to see if this project moves forward. we're in a position where we can adopt our timeline once we have funding identified and we can select a developer and move forward pretty expeditiously, so we will adopt our timeline to the identification of funding. the outstanding gap was given very early estimates. we still

asia pacific accou nts one here especially.or 46% of the $20 billion global sex toy industry. in the next four years, southeast asia alone is expected to make up about 7— 10% of the market. even though many countries in the region and sex toys as obscene. lincoln chua who owns three sex shops in singapore say visitors from neighbouring countries are more common these days, including women. more and more customers coming from indonesia and also malaysia and be at mum. they looking for product that serve a specific function, looked decent, they can take it across the airport without getting caught. these changes mean a more modern approach to marketing vibrators and other sex toys. some distributors avoid sex shops entirely. here at guardian, high street pharmacy, you can find sex toys and lubricants among the shampoo and to taste. that's the whole point. marketing these products as health and beauty aids, the emphasis is on sensuality instead of sleaze. thanks aides. here, you don't be embarrassed to buy. is it singapore across

they're down twenty five percent since last fall as demand from pacific buyers has slumped american wine producers fruit vegetable and dairy farmers find themselves in the same situation but chapin's prime minister says his country is leaving the door open so much the more. than i think we share the same position but we should cooperate together so the united states will be encouraged to be the leader off the liberal free world. dr stanley i caught you by flattering words for donald trump but three years after t p p was signed there is no sign of a trade deal that he would approve. on let's bring in our financial market correspondent ashutosh pandey with joins us in frankfurt so those u.s. china trade talks are to resume again this week where we see a breakthrough. well that's a billion dollar question monica isn't it i mean these talks have been going it seems for ages and breakthrough is not one word that you've heard very often well the u.s. treasury secretary steve newton who is in beijing he said that the talks are in final stages but the room is still open for the talks to field so

francis johnson came aboard in 1899 while the ship was still in the pacific. francis was a woman photographer, which was unusual at the time. posingt through the ship these things and for publications back home. this one is very interesting. this is how you would have stowed your hammocks on a sailing ship in the earlier navy. they were seen as an added protection against cannonballs. era they would have been nothing but a fire hazard, yet they are still pursuing that. the admiral porter's -- the a tours quarters, i give of that. i call it the bathroom tour. it is what we would expect for any bathroom. the facilities for the admiral, with their own private bathtub and then the facilities for the general crew, which is wooden toilet seats. it very clearly points out the hierarchy in the ship and of the time. a very historically important place. this is where the fate of the philippines is decided. -- deweyhere do we decides not to support the rebellion. they have a profound impact on later developments. this is also the reason she is chosen for these other as w

they were the four leaders of the southern pacific. they had to be convinced of a good reason to come to san luis obispo. huntington was the opposition. he felt that it was a good choice, but huntington, understanding that the financial straits that southern specific -- southern pacific was in at the time, they were accustomed to laying track on flat ground. they really did not need or want rock,pense of blasting to which is what was going to have to happen. do it ended up they had to seven tunnels. i think today there are only six. -- iw that they had to be think in the 1950's they had to make the tunnels larger for the trains that were getting larger. that allstruck a deal of the ranchers, property owners who owned any land in the county had to give them the right-of-way to build. they also needed to have property to do their stop, which today we would call a depot. and they need it lands to do their auxiliary buildings where they would store stuff. so they had to do all of that. to raise money, mr. jack came up with the idea of a su

combined united states land, sea, and air defenses begin the task of sweeping the japs from the south pacific♪ >> no armchair commander, the admiral comes all the way from hawaii to decorate the major general, whose fighting marines captured the airfield and held it against all odds. highest honors are awarded to officers and men alike. majors, captains, privates -- they have proven themselves in the test by fire. one youngster has 10 jap bombers and 19 fighter jets to his credit. one of the outstanding records of the war. these are the men who bore the brunt of the battle. now with reinforcements newly arrived, they are ready to push on. marching single file, long columns of fighting men stream across the island in pursuit of the enemy. once the little men of nippon were in complete control here. now, they are on the run. ♪ plunging into malaria-infested jungles, the marines steadily, doggedly enlarge their hold on the island. at an advanced base, they enjoy their first rest in weeks. they have the advantage of an uninterrupted supply line. and they get nothing but the best. ♪ marines take n

in those days, you could be a brake man on the southern pacific and support yourself. that's for sure. his job was taking the engines, pulling the train over to the top of the grade, and then once the train made it over the top, then they could come back to san luis obispo. so he basically did that run, from the station in san luis obispo over the grade. to what we call the san ta margarita transfer point, then come back. this guy, gavin arthur, the grandson of president chester a. arthur, he was like a santa barbara trust baby that went to ireland in the 1919's and ran into a lot of irish republicans there and even provided funds so they could import guns. and they gave him his nickname of gavin. so gavin came back to santa barbara and eventually went down to the dunes in oceana and to halcyon to see the utopia. and he decided to do -- to publish the dune forum and make it like this west coast literary magazine. and gavin was the editor, along with another guy. but gavin was very creative and he built a lodge where other creative writers and people could come to, and

translation: it was really tough and i realised that the pacific ocean is boundless.ing land with a hot shower and a cold beer, safe in the knowledge they've also raised money for charities to help prevent diseases which cause blindness. caroline rigby, bbc news. close to 200,000 bees that live on the roof of notre dame cathedral in paris have survived the devastating fire which destroyed much of the building on monday. three hives are still intact — experts say that the smoke is likely to have made them "drunk". hugh schofield reports from paris. for six years, they've been keeping bees on the roof of notre—dame. the inferno, one might have thought, should have reduced the three hives to a large pool of wax, but no. this brief video taken this afternoon shows that all is still in order. the day after, we had pictures taken by drones, and i could see the three dots made by the roof of the hives, and nothing was in front, nothing that looked like melted wax. and then on thursday, nicola, my boss, met andre on the pavement and he said he'd seen bees going back and forth

but huntington, understanding that the financial straits that southern pacific was in at the time -- they were accustomed to laying track on flat ground. they really didn't need or want the expense of blasting through rock, which is what was going to have two happen with the crusted grade. it ended up they had to do seven tunnels. i think today there are only six. i am not sure why. i know that they had to be in time. i think in the 1950's, they had to make the tunnels larger for the trains that were getting larger. but so they struck a deal that the -- all of the ranchers, anybody who -- property owners who owned any land in the county had to give them the right of way to build. they also needed to have property to do their stock, which today we would call a depot, and they needed land to their auxiliary buildings, where they would store stuff. whatever the case might be. they had to do all of that and to raise money mr. jack came up , with the idea of a subscription plan for the community so that everybody could feel as though they contributed. and so the cost of one subscription w

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pacific beach, i'm coming for you. it's cold, though.ill do it. >> looking forward to it, klay. >> i'll live stream it or something. >> game five is wednesday night at oracle arena. >> i mean, athletes take ice baths, right? >> yeah. or just wear a wet suit. he can do it. >>> coming back with another full 90 minutes of news including should the decks on the richmond/san rafael bridge be replaced. >>> and >>> now at 5:30, a growing death toll in the church bombings in sri lanka. the new questions on whether this could have been prevented. >>> former theranos ceo elizabeth holmes expected in court today. the back and forth between prosecutors and her lawyers. >>> kids these days have the nintendo switch, but back in the day we had something else. it was black and white. and it wasn't great. it makes me feel old celebrating an anniversary today. >> a pretty big one. >>> good morning. it's monday, april 22nd. thanks for joining us. >> playing tetris. >> we thought it was great at the time. >> amazing. >> it wasn't even hi-def. >> do kids eve

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latest surveying technology on board experts were able to create a three dimensional image of the pacific dump which showed garbage floating meters deep in the sea. the floating boom construction looks simple at first it's a six hundred metre long hard plastic with an apron attached at the bottom that reaches down three metres into the water it automatically creates a u. form when it's launched into the water or the construction needs to work is the current the waves and the wind the garbage itself will be shipped away for recycling the critics however see the construction as a danger to certain kinds of marine life. those guns on the whole thing is an ecosystem this is the surface of the ocean we're talking about not a desert these organisms are important they have a function the goal of this initiative is to tackle this problem on a large scale this will kill off these organisms on a grand scale too but slut is hoping that the construction will move organically through the water the idea here is that the construction drifts just like the plastic does. unfortunately the first few months

back to you in the studio. >>> asian-pacific islander month will be kicking off next month. >> kit is down the hall live with us. >> reporter: coming live, we are celebrating asian-pacific heritage history month, and we have been doing this for about 15 years. this is a chance for community members to come in and celebrate all things asian and tell us what is vague and important happening in their lives and mix and mingle with the management and staff of reporters and anchors. and, we exchange ideas and also celebrate what it means to be asian. and, we do that through food. our attendees come hungry with high expectations and asian culture. it is one of the biggest senses to run out of food wehave learned the hard way not to do that. also, we had the music society playing some of their music. and, we have some local artist here as well. so, here we are very passionate about telling stories within minority communities, black, latino, lgbtq, and if you have any kind of story happening in your life that you want to share, would love to hear about it and we love telling ghost stories and

in europe or the pacific as the case may be. i'm also talking about our ability to do what must be done on land, air, sea, space and cyberspace. so when we looked at the capabilities of both russia and china, and we looked at the capabilities that we need to develop over time, we based the need not on math, but the capabilities we needed in the projection necessary in order for us to field those capabilities. >> thank you for that clarification. mr. secretary, i want to thank you for all the support you have given to the space-based aspects of missile defense. i am confused, though, by the fact that congress added more money last year for the space layer to help meet their defense requirements, yet the proposed budget zeros that out. apparently part of the space central layer will be housed in the new space development agency that was established three weeks ago. but it doesn't have a dedicated funding line for this project. that seems to run counter to congressional intent but more importantly displays a lack of priority to pro

we will hear from the young gentleman, hello gentlemen, in just a second, andrew, to you, the pacificoir focuses on children from kindergarten, all the way through high school. this is for fun, but is also serious business. >> are afterschool choirs go from preschool, all the way to 12th grade. >> our choir school is grades four through eight, those boys sing every day, two hours 15 minutes per day, and performing an average of one time per week. >> wonderful! my little boys were so lucky in a public school to have a music teacher who comes in and teaches them singing and laying the xylophone, that sort of thing, the sound of little boys voices, raised together in song makes you cry every time. >> the boys, when they sing high in particular and they have the training, they can make a room filled with sound. >> what sort of music do you perform? >> bach, beethoven, even modern classics like bridge over troubled water. they let us know how much they love the songs by how much energy they sing it with. >> pacific boys choir has won a grammy, you are known here in the>> we have won three

our challenge in this part of 1942 was to stop japan from getting the control of the pacific the following loss at pearl harbor carrier aviation came to the forefront as far as battle tactics, replacing the old school battleship navy that was the mentality at the time. there are a few images from december 7, 1941 and in the battle of hells island, what i do is cover the role of the dauntless dive bombers from this period of time, quickly up until their guadalcanal campaign, primarily based around a couple different squadrons of bringing in a number of other ones there. on december 7, improvises coming into pearl harbor and squadrons are coming in on what should be a supposedly routine flight. it turns out to be anything but that but as you can see from the carnage, one of the wreck spd's, airplanes from bombing six in scouting six and a third were shot down that morning. the results are devastating for the pacific fleet, particularly in terms of battle ships that were severely lost or damaged their the enterprise of squadrons regroup with me and get back to the business of war. within a fe

a yacht across the pacific ocean. we start in northern ireland where detectives are questioning two men in connection with the murder of the journalist lyra mckee. the 29—year—old was shot dead as she was watching rioting in londonderry on thursday night 21 years after the good friday peace agreement was signed. the suspects, who are 18 and 19, were arrested under the terrorism act. officials say they believe a dissident irish republican group, the new ira, was behind the killing. from belfast, louise cullen reports. a journalist, campaigner, beloved partner and devoted daughter. the police today said they'd met lyra mckee‘s family to try to answer their questions and they said the killing had united the community against the dissidents. my broader concern is that

those initiatives which i think are good initiatives with women's economic empowerment with indo pacific ttrategy and only because they are rejected the cuts. to face reality with highlighted by its own priorities with the cuts totaling 11.$5 billion virtually every program by the subcommittee so i note as chairman and vice chairman the issue that comes out with these unanimous votes because you have programs like fulbright scholarships reducing poverty and human trafficking and assisting refugees. these are important programs and the administration has highlighted the support of the programs that you can't explain to the other programs that are cut to combat hiv-aids by one one.$7 billion so to say you support these programs that then you cut it. to advance the us interest and to talk about having to make choices and a choice that has led this country and those lives that could have been saved and with the global leadership and is more than a talking point refusing of the un in with the us leadership. and talk about program migration and the funds they have appropriated. when the admini

pacific time. ted, how much time do authorities, first responders have in questioning this man that they have in custody who may or may not be related to this shooting? how much time do they have to get as much information out of him before an attorney shows up? >> well, as much time as -- during the investigation, they can question him in this stage, quite naturally, when he actually becomes a direct suspect, at that stage his constitutional rights may kick in and they will certainly advise him of his rights and they will also advise him that he has the right to remain silent, that he does not have to say anything. but you find, and i found sort of like even at the tree of life in pittsburgh, that these people who care are out these shootings like this, they always-not always, but for the most part they want to say something. and so what they're trying to do is to try to determine, again, if this person is acting a alone, who he is, what was his motive, they want to try to find out where he lives.

look what they have done to us in the pacific. they kicked our butts all over the place and the british and all the other smaller allies. they kicked us up and down the pacific. they seem to be an unbeatable force. this is our first time really trying to stand against that unbeatable force. i was looking for a picture along these lines, to. there are a few pictures of how the japanese pictured us in their propaganda. but we in their propaganda the way they believed things looked at the beginning of the war, we are not to be worried about. again, the americans are followers of democracy. the marines, even if we do manage to throw a few onshore summer, they will pull the philippines on us. things will not be difficult. they view us very lightly at this point in world war ii. in fact they are pretty sure we will not be audacious enough to attack guadalcanal certainly at that time as was brought up this morning. if we are going to strike back it will be later. they do not expect us to put many men ashore. and even as we do the men wil

joe kayser he's recently taken over the chairmanship of the asia pacific committee of german business that's an umbrella organization that advises the german government on economic policy in the region mr kayser thanks so much for joining me everson i'd like to begin by talking about china's belt and rode an issue that many german companies are already heavily involved but the german government has stopped short of signing a memorandum of understanding with beijing in fact last month when italy did just that more than a couple of i prize were raised why you have a common e.u. stance in the face of china's growing economic might proven so elusive well i think first of all people to the road initiatives have very little to the international. initiative. takes you just. more than one to qantas in the meantime british have signed up counting up more than two thirds for global population. i think the reason why some countries in europe especially true money as the leading industrial company. has been let's. sort of standing on the sidelines was not so much that they wouldn't be really into

ring of fire which stretches from japan through southeast asia and across the pacific. the first quake shook manila on monday afternoon turning this guy scraper into a waterfall as water cascaded from the rooftops women pool. many of the casualties have been recorded in the city of herat where a four story commercial building collapsed. rescue teams worked through the nice pulling several survivors alive from the rubble. kark international airport also suffered damage but flights have resumed after it was closed to clear the debris residents were shaken by the strength of the tremors. or. big big there was terror and shock it took us by surprise. it only lasted about twenty seconds but it was very strong it was the first time in our lives that we ever experienced anything like this why and i mean . several historical churches have sustained serious damage including santa catalina in porat it's bell tower which dates back to the nineteenth century gave way due to the force of the tremors. and the record of spawn of the now some toys on the story for us from manila good t

as i speak today national security cut -- cutter is patroling the pacific. now we must focus on transfrigs outdated and costly medium endurance cutters to our planned fleet of 25 highly capable offshore cutters that will be the backbone of our offshore maritime fleet. in the polar regions, your coast guard is the sole surface presence to protect our rights and sovereignty. as interest from china and russia grows, it's in our national interest to be there, to enhance maritime domain awareness and build governance. that's why the coast guard is poised to release a refresh of our arctic strategy from 2013 late they are month. but in the high latitudes, presence equals influence. two weeks ago our sole heavy operational ice breaker, the polar star, returned from its 105 day trip to antarctic to replenish the sound. the crew did amazing things to keap that ship operational, from putting drivers in icy water to patch a shaft and stopping a fire. i am proud of the crew but i'm afraid we're one event away from having zero heavy ice breakers. new ice breakers couldn'

how can we free the pacific ocean from plastic waste. a young dutchman is pointing the way music course for a world full of plastic trash floating off the coast of california is ocean cleanup system is like a garbage truck for the high seas. the maneuver is not without its risks. will his mission succeed. tomorrow to the next. here's what's coming up columbo going to sleep so much movement to. get this. mental such. as touch take a look at what all that means for the type of course. going to sleep every weekend here on t w. people here love life. they love their country but not the current conditions. iran a journey to land full of contradictions. joy and sadness. confidence and doubt. our documentary depicts the contrasts of everyday life. and help people cope with their. iran bittersweet. starts may second d.w. . hello and welcome to tomorrow today the science show on d w. coming up. breastfeeding nursing doesn't just protect babies but mothers is well. know to dating a teacher from germany on a nasa expression get his class on board.

translation: it was really tough and i realised that the pacific ocean is boundless.he pair celebrated reaching land with a hot shower and a cold beer, safe in the knowledge that they've also raised money for charities to help prevent diseases which cause blindness. caroline rigby, bbc news. french television has put on a glitzy benefit concert to raise funds for the renovation of notre—dame cathedral, which was devastated in a fire on monday. singing an international array of artists joined the concert. so far, around i billion euros has been raised for the restoration of the cathedral, which had its spire and roof gutted in the blaze. close to 200,000 bees that live on the roof of notre—dame cathedral in paris have survived the devastating fire, which destroyed much of the building. three hives are still intact. experts say that the smoke is likely to have made them drunk. hugh schofield reports from paris. for six years, they've been keeping bees on the roof of notre—dame. the inferno, one might have thought, should have reduced the three hives to a large pool of w