and pacific island countries. at that time we committed the trilateral maritime law enforcement cooperation with a focus for capacity building for southeast asia and pacific island countries. we also committed taking action to combat climate change and engaging with indo pacific earners on issues ranging from information, communications technology, cybersecurity, and emerging technology. these various forms of cooperation underscore the commitment of the united states, japan, and the republic of korea to a comprehensive partnership that addresses both medium and long-term challenges to the indo pacific and beyond. of course we are committed to working trilateral he as well to adjust dprk, russia know a terry cooperation which only serves to prolong russia's war against ukraine, undermined the global nonpolar information regime, emboldened north korea's reckless inclinations, and more. we're grateful to the ambassador for all the work he did, really throughout his entire illustrious career. he was working hard to c

with southeast asian and pacific island countries. at that time we committed the trilateral maritime law enforcement cooperation with a focus for capacity building for southeast asia and pacific island countries. we also committed taking action to combat climate change and engaging with indo pacific earners on issues ranging from information, communications technology, cybersecurity, and emerging technology. these various forms of cooperation underscore the commitment of the united states, japan, and the republic of korea to a comprehensive partnership that addresses both medium and long-term challenges to the indo pacific and beyond. of course we are committed to working trilateral he as well to adjust dprk, russia know a terry cooperation which only serves to prolong russia's war against ukraine, undermined the global nonpolar information regime, emboldened north korea's reckless inclinations, and more. we're grateful to the ambassador for all the work he did, really throughout his entire illustrious career. he was working hard to c

in order the american remains in the pacific? and secondly what would how would you evaluate the writings of a reporter and describing the actual experience enlisted soldiers. oh, yeah though the first question, i think the adversity of circumstance is this vast global all the problems you're dealing with all the issues you've got i think the record keeping of the dead is remarkably accurate. not that they don't make mistakes, but i'd just tell you, it's just having seen a lot of idps, deceased personnel files and all these other kind of records. i'm still amazed that there were that many eyeballs on this and that that it really works as as it does with all the words that, you know you can have that in relation to the missing a accounting for them and who's who and what do with that. so i think very good in terms of the the second was the question again. oh, yeah. pyle oh, my. yeah. ernie pyle is just just such a brilliant, evocative writer. he was a leading war correspondent, really the leading war correspondent. world war two,

has set ”p our ally in the pacific has set up a — our ally in the pacific has set up a good _ our allys that it is viable — which demonstrates that it is viable by— which demonstrates that it is viable by doing so to prevent authoritarian expansionism from penetrating into the pacific and — penetrating into the pacific and promote regional peace, stability— and promote regional peace, stability and prosperity. you're _ stability and prosperity. you're one of the official taiwanese ambassadors in the world and how do you go about persuading countries sting on your side and the political incentives that they can offer compared to taiwan? i incentives that they can offer compared to taiwan?- compared to taiwan? i think that i compared to taiwan? i think that i was — compared to taiwan? i think that i was sure _ compared to taiwan? i think that i was sure do _ compared to taiwan? i think that i was sure do my - that i was sure do my experience and tuvalu based on the wider— experience and tuvalu based on the wider range of substantial cooperation, but we have done in tuvalu _ cooperation,

they meandered through pacific heights. right now we're at baker and pacific streets, and you can see and hear what they are chanting. the signs say stop bombing hospitals, hands off rafah. there's also signs, biden stop arming israel, some derogatory signs about the president himself. it's been very energetic. it's been very loud. but it has been very peaceful. at this moment, you can see all those san francisco police officers out here, barricades up. they are out in force. they have drawn the line. the demonstrators are not going to be allowed to go down pacific. they can stop where they are, or they can go back the direction they came, or head south down baker. but they cannot come down pacific street, at least that's the intention of the san francisco police officers. a few moments ago, maybe five minutes now, ten minutes, i did see what certainly appeared to be the president's motorcade one block down and going away from all this. it is possible if what i saw is exactly what i think it is that joe biden is no longer a

are very important to us— and the pacific are very important to us for— and the pacific are very importantg — is a sovereign state and also their unwavering support of taiwan's participation and for the reason, i think— participation and for the reason, i think the — participation and for the reason, i think the model of the cooperation in the _ think the model of the cooperation in the pacific has set up a good example — in the pacific has set up a good example which demonstrates that it is viable _ example which demonstrates that it is viable by doing so to prevent authoritarian expansionism from penetrating pacific and peace, stability— penetrating pacific and peace, stability and prosperity. you are one of a handful _ stability and prosperity. you are one of a handful of _ stability and prosperity. you are one of a handful of official - one of a handful of official taiwanese ambassadors in the world, how do you go about persuading countries to stay on your side given the huge political incentives of china that can offer compared to taiwan ? and ?and| ? and i was sure my 7 and i was sur

nuclear powered boats in indo pacific, which you do not really have. what i see for the u.s. taxpayer is win, win, win. what i see for us is good, good, good. so i think we are heading in the right direction and i really do think republicans and democrats in the house and senate for getting behind these critical pieces. host: based on what you have heard, what do you see is the best incentives for private industry to collaborate particularly under pillar two of aukus? >> let me go back to the first question, because i want to make it very sort of practical from a layman american perspective. if you think about any situation where you have an adversary, going to fight alone is usually not the best position you want to be in, so you call up the people that you know they can fight just right there with you and collector resources together and demonstrate that strength of the adversary first, and then if you're ready to fight you call them up and make it happen. from an industry perspective that manifests itself in the way that we operate with frankly our partners and the two cou

and remember, ours is in the indo pacific by virtue of its geography. the third thing, the world's fourth only new clear boatbuilding facility that will be in adelaide in south australia. we currently build conventional submarines. so that is now in development. and the final thing, but comes with this is you will have not just a shipbuilding facility, but a fleet base west in perth, in western australia. he will have a fully fledged repair and maintenance facility for all u.s. nuclear powered boats in the indo pacific, which you currently do not have. what i see for that for the u.s. taxpayer is a win win. what i see for us is good, good, good. i think we are headed in the right direction. i thanked republicans and democrats in the house and senate for getting behind these critical pieces of legislation. >> mr. colbert, we have a number of defense industry companies represented here. based on what you have heard from our fellow panelists, what you see is the best incentive for private industry to collaborate under aukus? >> let me go back to the first

-- indo-pacific like korea and japan who are dealing with the threat of north korea and civilians who are harm's way. there are republicans that have recognized the highway or my way approach of maga extremists is not working. but at the same time, one of the top republican priorities, apparently, is now advancing a resolution led by marjorie taylor greene, matt gates and elise stefanic which is designed to allegedly exonerate donald trump from the events of january 6 and the violent insurrection. this is what they're focused on. with all of the challenges facing the american people, house republican leadership apparently once again directed by donald trump has chosen to focus their energies, not on the economy, not on public safety or the border or on america's national security interests but on trying to exonerate donald trump. you can't make this up. the american people concluded this is a do nothing republican congress not acting in america's best interest. [inaudible question] hakeem: we'll have discussions about ways we can in a comprehensive fashion break our broken immigration

it has to— continents of the indo—pacific. it has to have _ continents of the indo—pacific. has to have good relations with all states. because of its economic circumstances the need for a, circumstances the need fora, individual— circumstances the need for a, individual will be looking to court all major— individual will be looking to court all major players and it will include _ all major players and it will include japan, all major players and it will includejapan, south all major players and it will include japan, south korea, all major players and it will includejapan, south korea, russia and of— includejapan, south korea, russia and of course china and the us. given— and of course china and the us. given that — and of course china and the us. given that necessity, given that indonesia — given that necessity, given that indonesia will need to continue to have _ indonesia will need to continue to have high— indonesia will need to continue to have high levels of economic growth, the need _ have high levels of economic growth, the need for investment in infrastructure in o

if you could talk a little bit in the endo pacific thank you.eyes as we called them austrian, new zealand, canada, the united states and great britain we share information at a level that makes it almost one view. there's country after country that's not members of the five i we have to begin looking in state shared information is shared power for shared defensive.en today, recently i was in the middle east we were look at the shortcomings of our visibility of the red sea because we don't have visibility of existing sites in saudi arabia and allies. the sites are there the connection makes it transparent to us could be there. but our partner once at transparency to come with a return. what we see an digest to be available back to them. we need to be willing to do that. and so for australia we have that between us. we have virtually no difference every major site on bahrain recently there is a canadian sitting at a station but it's a five ity station. we would rotate to the australian working that a desk. that desk for the fifth fleet far away fr

>> 2020 three was a record year in asia pacific and china.tel deals which amounted to about 18,000 rooms. a big part of it is driven in southeast asia, markets like india or pacific australia and japan. each of those markets is seann record numbers and a big part of that is driven by the resilience we see within travel and particularly in asia pacific. a pet, x china is now driving over 60% of our business, domestic or intra-region, which is phenomenal growth when you think about the last six years and that is based on the demographic shift, younger population, supply chain shift and broader economic growth we are experiencing in this part of the world. haslinda: what about international visitors? given the tensions geopolitically, are they gravitating now towards this part of the world? >> the u.s. exceeded 2019 into asia pacific x china in 2023 and that trend continues. europeans as well are traveling to places like thailand, maldives, bali and other asia-pacific destination so i believe asia particularly is a beneficiary with some of the i

mandated in australia we both pacific and. be friends with. have been that way for a long period of time now. i think through thick and thin, have proven to be a reliable ally. we did not try to burn down the white house either. >> i think it was canadian troops under british command. so. >> i already detected that matt was a little bit. >> that is a while ago now. the bottom line is, they've gotg the geography, which my colleagues have just spoken to. i think the bottom line is this. i have seen numbers in terms of the shipyard constraint and capacity right now. whether it is 1.2, 1.43. the reverse, i should say. it needs to be. this is where the additional investment is critical. the existing pipeline of this administration, the supplemental of 3.4. the further investment must. this begins to make a change. interesting things. just the other day visiting, they have employment needs. the workforce is never too early in schedule. the people they need on the shop floor for the next two minutes three years are not reported recruited in this post

it was important to pacific encountering the ccp. it was left out but i'm not sure why. >> annette byers. rep mccaul: the house is going to want his own imprimatur. all of these things are really viable, they have had months to do this and we have had a couple of days to analyze it and work and want to have our own say in this. >> i'm from the wall street journal of germany. i wanted to take you back to ukraine once more. at the munich security conference, my outlet conducted interviews with congress members and the topic of these negotiations came up pretty frequently. a comes up and pretty much every conversation they had. one ranking member suggested ukraine would have to see territory to russia if necessary. what is your position on this? should ukraine trade territory for peace? rep mccaul: the house intelligence and my committee foreign affairs came out with the report. what does it look like? what is the objective here? what's the mission? again, the administration has not given them everything they need to push russia out. if

there break we will get your is coming from this area of high pressure in the pacific.t will, though, help fog develop in the morning, but by the afternoon, we should get in on a decent amount of sunshine . he let me get more details in the microclimate forecast, and we're going to go into tomorrow morning. low clouds and fog will be back with us. it's one of those mornings where you're out and about. you've got to be careful. we could get sudden areas of fog with half-mile visibility and less, but here's the thing. as we head to tomorrow afternoon around 1:00 p.m., we are asked to get in on mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies. we may get some of those clouds hanging on here for the santa cruz mountains, part of the self a, and through the east bay , but generally, a better forecast that we've seen over the past few days. numbers are backed out in the 40s as we start off tomorrow morning . that will put us at 46 in the peninsula, south bay 45, san francisco 47, and low 40s through the north bay. daytime highs as we move through tomorrow with that sunshine are going to g

visiting us from 21 economies is that san francisco is a gate way to the asian pacific. we represent diversity of cultures in so many ways and when you think about it people travel to different places all over the world to experience different cultures but when you come to san francisco you can experience it all right here in our city whether it's different foods or different neighborhoods or different people. we all have a unique fabric that makes san francisco what it is today, and i appreciate being here celebrating on this momentous occasion, joy, excitement and happiness. after everything that we have been through the challenges of the pandemic, the challenges around anti-asian hate we're finally starting to see the representation of what the dragon means around progress with the 90% reduction in anti-asian hate crimes in san francisco and it is everything to do with all the work that we have been doing together. [applause] >> so again i want to welcome you to san francisco city hall for this great celebration and really appreciate you all for coming together becaus

this is a report put out by pacific rim. pacific rim is essentially, i think that it's an american thing tech where they are essentially doing the following. they're trying to warn countries not to join the belgian router initiative or any of the initiatives that are being offered by china on economics. and here's what they say. they say that the chinese will have access and control over your communications. your intelligence, your media, your communication systems, and on top of that, they are very likely to spy on you. so that's, this is what they're, this is what they're saying. the country is so that they don't join the, the, this initiative on the part of china. how would you respond to that? are they right? or are they making it up? is it fair commentary as always, to give me a sense that how come the sending of these reports and those people in this think tank are and because they don't believe that besides the united states or any, any other countries or any people in other countries can make their high choices for themselves. i think those conspiracies, or those accusations, jus

asian pacific islander woman in a leadership position, that i am in this job. and even ringing the bell for the kids in the neighborhood, they see me, they cs, they see my crew and it is huge. that lightbulbs can go off for them as well like it went on for me. it truly is important to me to be part of an organization that supports diversity and representation. being in a job where we serve the community is really important that we represent the community. i think visibility, representation is key to opening doors for others, other people of color, other women, other people in the asian pacific islander community and say, hey,, that could be need too. i could be here serving the community and being a firefighter. [♪♪♪]aced in san francisco. >> happy 30th anniversary sfgovtv. you are all are fantastic you put oat great stuff we love working with you congratulations thank you, happy 30th anniversary sfgovtv in any more than 20 years of the public life as city attorney and as head of puc my honor and privilege to have you as a partner in all the work we've done the

the pacific nation after violet is one of the 12 countries to recognise as taiwan.people's republic of china in beijing. would insist that taiwan belongs to china. but now, they have a new prime minister and has been speculation and the concern that it may switch its allegiance, just like they did last month should taiwan be a concern? earlier, ispoke last month should taiwan be a concern? earlier, i spoke to the ambassador to tuvalu, i asked him what he and duvall�*s new prime minister discussed in a recent talk. {iii new prime minister discussed in a recent talk.— a recent talk. of course, he assured _ a recent talk. of course, he assured me _ a recent talk. of course, he assured me that _ a recent talk. of course, he assured me that the - a recent talk. of course, he l assured me that the relations between taiwan and the wallu remains as solid and robust and continues to grow. aretha; remains as solid and robust and continues to grow.— continues to grow. why do you think there _ continues to grow. why do you think there was _ continues to grow. why do you think t

here's the big view in the pacific. you can see our next system just kind of knocking on our door right here out here. and then there's that secondary system behind that that is still developing out in the pacific right now. lots of clouds streaming in. i did see a few lightrillionain reports over the past six hours. so you may have encountered a few sprinkles or a light shower. here's our live camera tonight. looking above san francisco. still solid overcast, and we're going to add some more rain to the mix for tomorrow. in fact, our futurecast model showing you this the rainfall developing tomorrow morning. that's the first rain bands coming on board for your saturday morning. and a lot more rain tucked in behind this. we'll have more on that with your full update coming up in a few minutes. >> okay. thanks so much, mark. and although we are seeing a good amount of snowfall up in the sierra, experts say that this does not necessarily help california reservoirs. east bay mud says their reservoirs are at more than 80% c

we've got three storms headed our way. >>> they are lining up across the pacific. the next one gets here as you roll through tomorrow. let me show you the details of what we are seeing on that incoming weather and yes, one, two, three, you can count them, the next storm system as we head through tomorrow's forecast, i still think this one is moving in and out quickly so we shouldn't have too many problems. saturday, that it's up with an atmospheric river. but it does look like the timing of that is starting to get a little condensed. it could mean better overall for the rainfall totals. in the third win here late sunday into monday and that one is still holding on. so let's move it right into our doppler radar. we are getting a little bit of moisture ahead of the storm system, but no rain falling just yet. that's with the green spackling is. the storm system itself stays off to the north and also in the pacific as we head through 11:30. so no need for the umbrella this evening, even really through the bulk of the morning commute. it'll be mainly dry and as we head

relations with asia and the end of pacific? -- the indo pacific? which is why we are so deeply invested in the indo pacific economic framework. not because we see huge benefits for us. we have bilateral free trade agreements with almost everybody. but because we believe that the u.s. cannot afford to be absent economically from our part of the world. the digital economy partnership agreement, we believe that economic agreements will be the way forward. there's that trilateral with new zealand, with chile. we have trilateral with the u.k., with australia, with south korea. we have an agreement with australia. we believe that there will be benefits for some of these new agreements, particularly when it pertains to smb's, which is also because for some interest and concern within the united states. we believe that we need to work together on establishing the rules, the standard, and when necessary, using safeguards to make sure that transactions and integration can take place in a structured, rules-based manner going forward. >> thank you and very com

a very active pattern in the pacific. here is that next one, that sunday deal and then behind it we'll have that unsettled pattern that will stick around. so next front for tomorrow. possible break sunday morning and that stronger storm sunday into man day in the sierra. a winter weather advisory begins tomorrow morning. but this will be upgraded to a winter storm warning sunday afternoon, 4 p.m. so a lot of snow in the sierra as well. highs for tomorrow will be in the upper 50s to the lower 60s. it is pretty active over the next several days. rainfall develops tomorrow. heavy rain on your sunday forecast, possibly some thunderstorms early monday morning and still expect some showers possible that could continue into next week for tuesday and into wednesday. all right mark, we will be checking on that new at 11. >> and ancient animal has a new name honoring a boy who discovered its remains fossilized on the central coast in 2011, a 13 year old boy named forest shepherd found a fossilized walrus skull near santa cruz. the

we are a permanent pacific power and presence here in the pacific area. china is watching what happens. so is north korea. so are the countries that are aligned as allies and treaty allies of ours and those somewhat the middle but also aligned with us. and leader mcconnell is not wrong. they're watching. much of this legislation goes and funds different parts, whether it's the theater in ukraine in europe, whether it's in israel or the middle east, a section obviously for taiwan, a big section on the border. but do not think that it's only about there. this is going to be -- you have issues here from the south china sea to the taiwan straits to the korean peninsula. affecting many, many allies and treaty allies, friends as well. they are going to watch this. prime minister security conference said what happens today in ukraine can be the indo-pacific tomorrow. that is true. and they're going to take our measure. they're going to take a response and that's why all the ambassadors from the united states, career ambassadors who made their career there, polit

protect their sovereignty and support are common vision of a free and open indo pacific. as the chairns of the senate foreign relations committee on east asian and pacific, i worked hard in a bipartisan basis to advance that goal. and today autofocus the remainder of my remarks onsi the provisions in the supplemental to provide more u.s.u. security assistance to israel. the horror of the october 7th hamas terror attacks, against israel cannot and must not and will not be erased or forgotten. about 1200 people were brutally murdered 240 people were taken hostage and as i have said many times, in the aftermath of that heinous attack in those kidnappings, israel not only has the right but the duty to defend itself and to take the actions necessary to prevent any future october 7. never forget, and never again. and i said vastly with the people of israel pursuing that objective and securing the release of all of the hostages. the terrible news of the death of his many as one fifth of the remaining hostages, the urgency of bringing the roast home could not be more clear. and m

he then went to a fundraiser in pacific heights hosted by nancy pelosi. police have been prepping this neighborhood putting up barriers throughout the day.>> they want to make sure that everything is safe. we had construction going on. >> it is a big deal when the president comes to neighborhood. this is a three day campaign swing. christy smith is one of the many reporters following him through our area. she joins us now from sfo. >> reporter: air force 1 arrived this afternoon, and then president biden went city on marine one. he was met by nancy pelosi this afternoon. and mayor london breed was here. there is another campaign stop tomorrow morning in los altos hills. it will add to the $42 million that they race to january. we spoke with larry gerston today. >> they will take upwards of $10 million, which they expect to bring in in the >>>. and they will send it to places like arizona, nevada, michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania, maybe georgia. swing states were money infusion can make all the difference in the world. >> reporter: earlier today a stop in

her disappearance over the pacific ocean has baffled aviation experts for decades. now a team of deep sea explorers believes they have found air hearts plane. they say these sooner images match the dimensions of her aircraft. for months, they scoured the ocean floor with a submersible, using clues from air hearts. final radio calls. the pilot and her navigator vanished after flying from popular new guinea to highland island and the central pacific. the suspected wreckage is located near the tiny us territory. it's believed earhart wanted to refuel there. the team is keeping the exact location of their discovery secret, hoping to add their names to the history books. i mean, she's america's favorite missing person, right. and, you know, as long as she's missing, there's always gonna be somebody out there searching. and so if we're, if we can help bring closure the story, bring amelia home, we'd be super excited, but not everyone is onboard. one expert is skeptical about the accuracy of the sooner images and the location. still the exploration team hopes to obtain bet

in the pacific. malaria was an even greater problem, one complicated by the huge and widely separated areas which had to be kept under observation by the malaria survey and control units. the solomon islands campaigns proved a severe test for these units. they searched for new mosquito vectors and determined their habitats. the men took out a brain used repellent on net. there were many breeding places of the anopheles on the road to japan to control them. every method of spraying, dusting, oiling and draining was used. typhus of the scrub by mite variety proved a serious disease hazard in the pacific, and the india burma theater. since much less was known about this form of typhus. extensive studies had to be made of the clinical disease. the request, the causing it and the animal hosts and insect vector carrying it. rodents and other mammals as well were investigated as the animal reservoir for this disease. ticks, mites and other surface insects of the common wild animals were studied as possible

what is brewing in the pacific?ger of losing its sole and complete access, control of the central pacific. the chinese are on the verge of just stepping in because we are not doing what's necessary to pass through treaties to support micronesia and the marshall islands. it held up in congress, there doesn't seem to be any measure any method for getting this past. congress and the white house are not doing their job and the chinese are standing by and telling locals the americans don't like you enough to pass these bills, they don't like you enough to give you the money they promised, we are here, we have a blank check, we will send as many tourists as you want, give you one hundred million dollars in infrastructure spending and there is more. so that's what's happening. by default, malfeasance almost, we are allowing the chinese to get into the central pacific. try defending against china from the western edge of the pacific without control of the central pacific and it's going to be a hard thing to do. stuart: than

switching gears, this month, marks the two year anniversary since the white house released its anda pacific strategy, in the last two years the department of defense had done more than ever to advance a shared vision for free and open indo pacific regions. we made historic advancements and alliances with the republic of korea, japan, australia, philippines, india, and others across the region and even as we confront challenges elsewhere, the united states will continue to prioritize their efforts in the critical region in support of international security, stability, and prosperity. for more information see our fact sheet on the dod website. our prayers with the people of the philippines as a long-standing ally faces severe flooding and landslides from a series of storms. u.s. marines from the third marine expeditionary force has assisted with the philippine government and usaid in delivering food packs to affected families. from information, contact the marine corps public affairs. i'm happy to take questions from the press corps. >> i want to get an idea of how serious this is, this is hi

the tropical pacific in june 2023, and el nino is most strongly correlated to how weather conditions will play out, and according to the climate prediction center, there is a 79% chance that el nino will transition to neutral conditions by the midyear, we spoke with the chief of the monitoring section at the national center for environmental information but with the transition out of el nino will look like for california. >> where i would pay attention would be if and or when, and how we transition, if we do transition to those conditions, going into winter. and a strong one could mean dry conditions, for southern california, and where conditions will be across the pacific northwest. >> she does go on to say audrey that despite the influence of el nino, which do play a role, the trend is very clear when it comes down to the science, that is the overall warming of global temperatures, we definitely want to keep those down and continue to make those efforts and i will make sure to link this breakdown on our climate and crisis tab on nbcbayarea.com . >> everything counts and it's all co