the pacific ocean the way to asia and china. here the people of the mushroom islands of once again being subjected to the testing of weapons of mass destruction designed for a coming war on. the basis part of a remarkable plan known as vision twenty twenty devised in the nine hundred ninety s. it's amos described officially as full spectrum dominance. this means control and see. cyber space and space five four three two one. from california almost five. the usa force tess's intercontinental missile by firing them at the marshall. imagine a missile coming screaming out of the sky it's absolutely terrifying there i think that there is there's really nothing. that i can imagine that that would be more terrifying than this and we're talking about. devices that any one of them could go off course. none of this disturbs life on the base where small town america has been recreated a wonderland of the suburban good. and. fabulous but there's nothing better than living on a tropical island and pretty much have each property and it's ok i

it was always designed to land in the southern pacific ocean, that's for all space station goal, that'sthis period of two and a bit years of non—s because they lost control. it's important to be clear, one of the reasons china said it was uncontrolled, there were reports from other groups that it uncontrolled and then they confirmed it, further observations over the past couple of months, especially to the re—entry showed it was tumbling and in order for the re—entry showed it was tumbling and in orderfor it to tumble, it's pretty much an indication you do not have control, something bankroll. and so it's not necessarily an embarrassment but they weren't quite openin embarrassment but they weren't quite open in saying yes, we did lose control, in fact there were reports just last month from china saying they did still have control and it was quite apparently cure that was not the case. nevertheless, it hit its intended target, all was ok apart from the fact of having this great footage which was a bit of a disappointment but that's ok. great footage which was a bit of a disappointment b

it is now in the pacific ocean. there is a new trash removal system in the east bay. >> reporter: this is part of the great pacific garbage patch. it is estimated twice the size of texas. it is floating in the pacific ocean. halfway between california and hawaii. >> there are many bottles. even toys. >> reporter: he is ceo of a dutch company. it is called ocean cleanup. he will launch the first ocean cleanup in alameda. >> what we propose to do is let the plastic come to us. we built this very long barrier, it will act like a funnel. >> reporter: this is how works. screens like this will hang from dozens of black floating to. each is 2000 feet long. it will be assembled at the alameda air station. it will be 2500 miles out to sea towards hawaii. you will be dropped in the ocean. planes will carry the screen to the area. >> about would come, it would be the garbage truck of the ocean. they would put nets around it. it will close the top of the net and the bottom. >> it would capture 90% of the plastic. he got the idea

pieces of it hit the southern pacific ocean.was meant to be a prototype for china's ultimate goal of having a permanent space station. scientists say it was a large bus. >>> a cosmic magnifying glass to get a glimpse of the farthest star ever seen. the telescope snapped this picture. check out the newer clearer image on the left. pretty sharp. it's a look at what scientists have named 5 billion light- years from earth. >>> the weather has been out of this world. >> we can't see the stars we have clouds.>> not a bad week. from all perspectives we have the rain and sun. we will show you that but we will show you this, the city of san francisco from the bay bridge. a beautiful day in the bay area. numbers in the 70s. if you're going to catch the game tonight, being mostly clear and the temperature will be 61 degrees. overnight lows tonight clear skies with temperatures in the 40s. for now we are staying dry with high pressure. it is lighter -- later in the week that the high pressure goes to the south and the low pressure pieces to

. >> most of it burned up but there were a few pieces that hit the pacific ocean. several are headed to the observatory to track the reentry. >> reporter: the chinese space station broke through the atmosphere over the southern pacific ocean sunday afternoon. the chinese space station was as large as a bus and scientists expected most of it to burn up before it headed to earth but some had plans just in case. rocket scientist olympia laquint was confident we would be okay. >> it goes through literally fire. we have plastics and things that are burning up and disingrating. they were not meant to stay in the atmosphere forever. they drop. this is something that is common for anything we place to circulate around earth. >> reporter: some visitors at the griffin observatory wondered where the pieces would land. >> i sure hope it doesn't land on my house. >> hopefully some field or maybe in the does -- desert. >> reporter: scientists hope that as technology advanced the space stations will be able to stay up there for the lifetime. >>> time now is 4:46. last week was re

some pieces hit the pacific ocean.ruz shows us scientists and visitors headed to an observatory in l.a. to track the reentry. >> reporter: people come out here to check out the view of los angeless los angeless and -- los angeles and tonight to learn about space and tonight space debris. >> the chinese space station broke through the atmosphere over the southern pacific ocean on sunday afternoon. >> reporter: it was as large as a bus and scientists expected a majority of it to burn up before hitting earth. some had plans just in case. >> fun. >> reporter: rocket scientist was confident we would all be okay. >> in the atmosphere there are several layers and it goes through literal fire. we have debris, metal, plastics, things that are literally burning up and disappear. >> satellites are not supposed to stay forever, they do drop. it is something that is common for anything that we place to circulate around the earth and be in its orbit. >> reporter: some visitors wondered where pieces of it will land. >> i hope it does

it was always designed to land in the southern pacific ocean, that's where all spacecraft go, that'sy lost control, i think it's important to be clear, one of the reasons china went to the un, there were reports from other groups saying it looks uncontrolled, they confirmed that. further observations over the past couple of months, especially up to the re—entry showed the spacecraft was tumbling and in orderfor it to tumble is pretty much an indication you do not have control, something went wrong. it's not necessarily an embarrassment but they weren't quite openin embarrassment but they weren't quite open in saying he, yes, we did lose control, there were reports last month from china saying they still had control and it was quite a p pa re ntly had control and it was quite apparently clear that was not the case but nevertheless, everything was ok apart from the unfortunate chance of having some great footage of this re—entry nudges a bit of a disappointment but that's ok. of this re—entry nudges a bit of a disappointment but that's 0k.|j of this re—entry nudges a bit of a disappoin

. >> the pacific ocean. the pacific ocean. >> the pacific ocean.cuer in the yellow in the middle of the screen trying to get to a man holding on to the rocks because that water is coming in and coming up almost over his head and he's been able to hold on. you don't see the vehicle right now because it's underwater. there you see as that water comes in and he's able to hold on. the rescue worker so close to him right now. alexis smith is watching this with us and this is incredible. >> this is just crazy to watch, reggie. happened about 7:5 the morning. emergency crews arrive shortly after. and this is a fire crew that repelled down the crew trying to rescue this person. unclear if it's the only person involved in the crash. hopefully no one else in the vehicle and monitoring this online. >> because amazing he survived that crash and kee our 3 contestants are all at the big ikea table. contestant #1, impressive knife skills. but contestant #2 fights back by using fresh parsley. make room for the judge! what's your dream? at ikea, we help you live it

if you are in beijing looking out the pacific ocean you'd see american warships. somehow time as aiming to a place america and around the world all the chinese and. thanks guys want to dominate a huge chunk of the planet this sounds like a preparation for war our first president george washington said if you want peace prepare for war the coming war on china to.

. >>> cleanup efforts set to begin next summer on a massive pile of plastic trash in the pacific ocean>> a new trash removal system was drop developed. >> reporter: this is part of the great pacific garage patch. it's a trar field of garage floating if the pacific ocean. >> we saw toilet seats, packaging, bottles, bags. even toys. . >> reporter: this 23-year-old is ceo of a dutch company launching the first ocean cleanup system from here. >> instead of going after the plastic, we prose to let the plastic come to us. we built this very long, u shaped floating barrier that acts like a funnel. >> reporter: here's how it works. screens will hang from dozens of black floating tubes, each 2,000 feet long assembled at the air station. boats will tow the device 2500 miles out to sea toward hawaii and drop in the ocean. currents are expected to carry the plastic debris to the screens and collect there. >> every two months, a boat could come. it's the garbage truck of the observation. it will close the net and lift it on the boat. >> reporter: they believe they can capture 90% of plastic this wa

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they crash into the waters of the pacific ocean below. authorities below data from the suv airbag module and discover the vehicle was completely stopped 70 feet from the edge. there were no skid marks on the ground leading them to the conclusion that the driver accelerated straight off the cliff. officials found the bodies of the parents and three children. the other three children were missing and feared dead. >> this specific location where this occurred is very difficult to search as far as the ocean. the current and tides are very strong. we cannot get divers into the waters. >> a passing motorist discovered the vehicle last monday three days before a neighbor alerted social services that the kids may have been deprived of food. autopsies have been done on the five family members who were found. officials are waiting for toxicology reports and other test which could take several weeks before they are able to determine the cause of death. in washington, fox news. >>> a man who was hit by a falling tree branch in the san francisco park

say it mostly disintegrated upon re-entry but some debris appeared to have landed in the south pacific ocean. or ports are coming in from syria that rebel fighters have agreed to leave their last a stronghold in eastern guta progress forces say they have reached a deal with the largest rebel group army of islam to pull out of the territory but some members of the group deny their surrender is imminent fighters from another smaller rebel group however are leaving hundreds of people have been killed in fighting in eastern guta in recent weeks. the road to eastern ghouta passers by ruined buildings and abandoned lifeless villages. on the roadside corpses rebels that nobody has stopped to bury displaying victory signs assad soldiers approach the center of eastern go to the offensive has lasted more than a month with russian warplanes carrying out crucial air strikes. and. the rebel terrorists finally over the syrian army has been able to free eastern gota we thank our president. and to put a stop over from the last rebels are leaving the area the conditions of their withdrawal were negotiated la

we have coined here because of the garbage patches across the pacific and the plastic bottles and junk gets into the rivers and into the oceanventually, the current pick them up and they converge across the north pacific. one concentrator across the west and one across the east. the patches is a bit of a misnomer because you can't see it from space and not something you see as you cruise through it but it is there and widely dispersed and once that plastic begins degrading it releases the toxins into the water so you're in a heap of trouble there. i can't believe that number. it's going to take a lot work and perhaps you and i should go to river and clean there. >> river cleanups. they have that here. >> yes. >> like you said, we have more about it. the south pacific garbage patch is now larger than mexico and researchers say it will keep growing unless society changes how it handles plastic. here is more from linda kincaid. >> reporter: the south pacific ocean, a vast marine landscape, a precious part of our earth. but take a closer look and scientists say it's becoming a plastic garbage dump. >> here i am standing on buoy

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the eel river flows north, into the pacific ocean. today crews are using sonar, and dive teams are on standby. the sheriff says his office will not rest until they find the rest of the family, or run out of options in their efforts. we reached out to the san jose family of the missing victims. but understandably, we did not hear back. they were the ones who filed a missing persons report after the thottapilly famiy did not make it to san jose the thottapillies had just left holiday inn in klammath, about an hour and a half north, before the accident. in the newsroom, damian trujillo, nbc bay area news for the first time since she opened fire on the youtube campus -- we )re getting a look at video of a police encounter with the youtube shooter just 11 hours before the attack. nasim aghdam, who was sleeping in her car, (denied ( that she wanted to harm herself or others. mountain view police officers found her in a parking lot at 2 in the morning. today -- the department released this body-camera video of their interaction with aghdam..

developed and assembled here in the east bay. >> this is twice the size of texas floating in the pacific oceanalfway between california and highway. >> we saw things like toilet seats, packaging, bags, toys. >> reporter: he is ceo of a dutch company called ocean clean-up. he plans to launch the world's first ocean clean-up system this summer from here in alameda. instead of going >> instead of going after the -- >> instead of going after the plastic, we propose to let the plastic come to us. so we built this very long u shaped floating barrier that acts like a funnel. >> reporter: here's how it works. screens like this will hang from dozens of black floating tubes assembled at the former alameda naval air station and tow the devices 2500 miles out to sea towards hawaii and drop in the ocean. currents are expected to carry the plastic debris to the screens and collect there. >> every two months a boat will come, basically the garbage truck of the ocean, put a net around the plastic in the system, close the top of the net and lift it onto the boat. >> reporter: the company believes it can eventu

> this is part of the garbage patch. >> reporter: it's twice the size of texas floating in the pacific ocean halfway between california and hawaii. >> we saw things like toilet seats. a lot of packaging, a lot of bags, toys. >> reporter: a dutch company called ocean clean-up is launching the world's first ocean clean-up system this summer from here in alameda. >> we propose to let the plastic come to us. so we built this very long u shaped floating barrier that acts like a funnel. >> reporter: here's how it works. screens like this will hang from dozens of black floating tubes assembled at the former alameda naval air station and tow the devices 2500 miles out to sea towards hawaii and drop in the ocean. currents are expected to carry the plastic debris to the screens and collect there. >> every two months a boat will come, basically the garbage truck of the ocean, put a net around the plastic in the system, close the top of the net and lift it onto the boat. >> reporter: the company believes it can eventually capture 90% of the plastic this way. he says he got the idea when he was 16 scuba

heading across the pacific ocean towards us. lot of moisture in hercules. along 80, vallejo, it's going to be wet as well as 680. this is what's happening in oakland, where anne is. it's wet there. .10" of rain there per hour. in piedmont soggy conditions. hayward picking up along san leandro. so it moved across the bay and it's now getting a little more intense and then it's also moving towards the south near sunnyvale. so wider view you can see where all this moisture is. there's a lot more to come. this is going to impact us through the morning hours. all this rain off the coast is going to reach us for the next couple of hours through about 8:00, 9:00 this morning. through noon, though, we'll see moderate to heavy rainfall. flood advisory now includes marin and sonoma counties through 5:30 a.m. i want to point that out because overnight conditions have already led to some minor flooding across those location in tiburon, sausalito and up north through santa rosa. still about 3 to 4 more inches of rain expected for the north b

the latest projection is debris falling in the pacific ocean far south of hawaii.he unknown chinese components adding to the mystery. 71% of the earth is covered by water and the odds of getting hit by falling space junk are in a trillion. >> most won't cause problems are a hazard. most will just burn up in thea atmosphere. >> she has the distinction of being the only person ever to be hit with space junk in 1997. she was not hurt. >> for you see it coming, run. >> bill nye said there is a lot of uncertainty. >> debris from outer space, thousands of tons hit the earth all the time, but this thing is 8.5 tons and it's sill i understand ri cal. there is a lot of unknowns. >> this served as a test platform for testing docking procedures and the last crew departed in 2013 and contact with it was cut in 2016. brian clark, abc news, new york. >> accu-weather wrapping up a fantastic weekend and above average temperatures for saturday and today. temperatures are going to dip down to normal and we will track the next chance of rain. live doppler 7 showing what we had for mu

it may have come down in the southern pacific ocean, west of south america. >> here is an astronomer. >> most of the track is going to be over the ocean. there's a small chance that it could come down over south america. there's also a small chance it could come down over central africa. right now, the predicted reentry point is in the atlantic ocean between south america and africa. >> it may have come down a little bit before it crossed over south america based on what we are seeing. >> we are all safe. thanks. larger parts burn quickly. smaller parts came on down on the ocean. >>> an easter fit for a queen is what you are looking. prince william and kate attended an easter church service. william and kate arrived late. she's expecting their third child. prince harry and his fiancee did not attend. their weekend plans are none of our business. they will wed coming up may 19th. >>> a special congratulations to tegan mcgrady. she was named to the u.s. women's national soccer team. she's by chance the daughter of one of our nbc bay area members here. runs the show. a proud dad. that's

if you are in beijing looking out the pacific ocean you'd see american warships. somehow time is aiming to replace america and around the world. these guys want to dominate a huge chunk of the planet this sounds like a preparation for our first president george washington said if you want peace prepare for war the coming war on china. the nature of news as it breaks this is one of the areas where protesters had blocked the road for using final than anything they could find with details coverage little doubt there's an extremely hot assad regime which everyone striving for the good of the state from around the world this museum aims to be a way of pasta tory other regions of history and it's perfected war that has divided tribes here for generations.

the mammal center wants to bring awareness to the plastic pollution in the pacific ocean wish will -- with what they call the ghost and that monster. they treat 10-20 animals every year that have ingested ocean garbage.>> we have a sea lion at the hospital that had a plastic packing strap around his neck. it's something that we see here in the bay area. >> reporter: researchers at the university of portsmouth may have come up with a solution to figure out a way for a natural enzyme to digest strong plastic prominently used in bottles.>> what's special about this it digests it.>> reporter: these images were magnified and sped up to show that the emma zion -- that the enzyme is breaking down the two key ingredients.>> grassed stains on the clothing but this material has only existed for 50 years. to have the enzyme -- the enzyme if this material is stunning.>> reporter: it usually takes decades if not centuries for plastic bottles to break down but this process takes only a few days. environmentalists say there is a long way to go since the enzyme only works on a single type of plastic.

it likely burned up before crashing into the pacific ocean. it was lost in 2011 simulation, stopped functioning back in 2016. the country's first basis and has since lost another one. >>> the time is 4:19 am, they are hosting the annual white house easter egg roll. >> dating back to 1978, parents and their parents filling in the lawn of the white house. thinks to nancy reagan, they received an egg with help from the first lady herself. ? they will have ideas on the colors, designs, what goes on them sometimes it's whimsical. sometimes it's more serious. the wooden eggs are actually sourced from new england, hardwood, and turned -- and turned and only make a certain number of them a day.>> all of the eggs this year feature the signature of president trump and the first lady.: has the presidential seal and the other colors has the seal of the united states. -- first lady and the other has the presidential seal. pretty cool keepsake.>>> voters in southern california will soon head to the polls, more on the open sea -- seat. ♪ ♪ ♪ raindrops on ros

it re-entered the atmosphere over the pacific ocean. astronomers at the science center were disappointed that the re-entry was nowhere near the bay area. they found tracking its progress towards earth exciting, nonetheless. >> less than an hour it will re-enter the earth's atmosphere. >> gerald and conrad spent the afternoon reviewing the data that monitor the space station's whereabouts. the chinese lost control of it two years ago. this day was long expected. where it would re-enter and would anybody be able to see it is anyone's guess. >> it's like watching meteors in the sky, except this one was created by humans. >> it's about the size of a school bus. it re-entered the atmosphere 15 minutes ahead of what was projected. over the pacific, west of chile. since most of it was expected to burn up during re-entry, the chances of being hit by debris was small. >> that's the downside of it coming down over the ocean, you don't get pictures of it. the upside is you don't have dangers to people on the ground. >> the unintended journey back

if you were in beijing looking out the pacific ocean you'd see american warships. somehow time is aiming to replace america and around the world but the chinese are not that stupid these guys want to dominate a huge chunk of the planet this sounds like a preparation for our first president george washington said if you want peace prepare for war the coming war on china. just. to test and then london with the top stories here on al-jazeera north and south korea vowing to work towards a complete denuclearization of the peninsula after historic face to face talks between kim jong un and in the meeting saw a came cross the border into the south becoming the first north korean leader to do so since nine hundred fifty came and moon have promised to work towards establishing a permanent peace agreement the summit comes just months after increasing the aggressive and warlike rhetoric from north korea. charlie munger chong it's very significant of north korea to come measure of freezing its nuclear activities first it will be a valuable beginning for the complete denucleari

jangling one space lab has reacted the earth's atmosphere and burn top of a remote part of the side pacific ocean it was unclear whether the defunct space station would plunge back to earth raising fears that falling debris could cause damage in a populated area. syrian state television says opposition fighters have started pulling out of duma the last rebel held stronghold in the eastern region just outside damascus.

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police say a driver lost control of a mini van plunging some 150 feet off a cliff into the pacific ocean. along highway 1 south of san francisco. the driver miraculously survived as waves crashed around the wreckage of his vehicle, a rescuer brought him up to safety. >>> and we now know who won last month's $533 million mega millions jackpot. richard wall of vernon, new jersey came forward today to claim his prize. wall and his wife were in disbelief reviewing the winning ticket 15 times before putting it in a fireproof safe. he said he's only played the lottery twice in his life. that's a lucky man. >>> when we come back, visiting the cool new museum where the main exhibit is you. undocumentea game being played tonight... the warning from school officials. and a revealing memo from apple showing the extreme lengths it took to keep secrets from leaking... next. right now at 6: an innocent game? right now at >>> finally tonight, millions of them are uploaded to social media every single day, so it was only a matter of time before an entire museum was dedicated to the fine art of the selfi

accelerating inspections of engines on their boeing 737s in the wake of yesterday's deadly mid-air etch pacific ocean on a southwest airlines flight over pennsylvania. late today the ntsb gave new details into the extent of the damage and what the pilots face as they brought the plane in for an emergency landing after debris from a blown engine shattered a window, killing a passenger who was partially sucked out of the airplane. >>> tonight investigators have begun interviewing the flight crew. tom cost tell lowe coverages aviation for you. what's the latest? >> reporter: southwest airlines has ordered immediate inspections of every one of its 737s, more than 700 planes looking for any signs of metal fatigue. other airlines are doing the same. there are thousands of planes around the world with the same type of engine and the concern some of them could be at risk. ntsb teams in philadelphia examining every millimeter of the left engine from flight 1380 that exploded in mid-flight. the engine cover found 75 miles north of philly. the planes two black boxes now at the ntsb lab in washington. >> engine

spacelab as we entered the earth's atmosphere and burn top of a remote part of the side of the pacific ocean it was unclear where the defunct space station would plunge back to earth raising fears that falling debris could cause damage in a populated area. syria.

debris falling in the pacific ocean far south of hawaii. unknown chinese components adding to the mystery. 71% of the earth is covered by water. scientists say the odds of getting hit by falling space junk are 1 in 1 trillion. >> most of it won't cause any problems at all or no hazard at all to us because most of it will just burn up in the atmosphere. >> reporter: lottie williams defies those odds and has the distinction of being the only person ever to be hit from space junk from a delta rocket in 1997. she wasn't hurt. >> if you see it coming, run. >> reporter: expert bill nye telling abc's whit johnson there's a lot of uncertainty. >> debris from outer space, thousands of tons hit the earth every night, every day all the time, but this thing is 8.5 tons, and it's cylindrical. the solar panels are going to go like this or like this so there's a lot of unknowns. >> reporter: it served as a test platform for perfecting docking procedures. its last crew departed in 2013 and contact with it was cut in 2016. brian clark, abc news, new york. >

. >> a giant garbage patch floating in the pacific ocean. you see how big it is here. 1.4 million square miles. a company wants to use science and technology to get rid of it. it's a big under taking. 80,000 tons of plastic sitting in the water. the patch is twice the size of texas. it's growing by the hour. a business and tech reporter joins us with the story. >> good evening. the ocean clean up is based here. using a kbengs of satellite technology and floating pipes to track and clean up the plastic. >> reporter: the problem is enormous and growing. 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic. in the great pacific garbage patch between the u.s. and hawaii. a mound of trash three times the size of france. >> it's this ticking time bomb floating out there. >> reporter: now a bay area company wants to clear things up. the ocean clean up based in alameda is building a system to trap the plastic sfwl we are fishing for plastic. >> reporter: using dozens of connecting tubes with netting attached that will spread out in a u shape near the patch. >> go around

last week a washington state family's suv plunged off a cliff into the pacific ocean. today officers tell nbc they believe it may have been no accident. matt bradley brings us the very latest. >> there's an overturned vehicle, 1124 unknown if it's just occurred or if it's been there. >> reporter: tonight fresh clues feeding new suspicions about the deaths and disappearance of washington state family last week. california highway patrol now says the family's suv may have intentionally been driven off a northern california cliff possibly speeding at 90 miles an hour. >> no signs of anybody around. no signs of anybody at all. >> reporter: officers recovered the bodies of jennifer and sarah hart and three of their six adopted children. they believe three other children were also in the car but remain missing. >> it was a very confusing scene because there were no skid marks or brake marks. >> reporter: police searched the family home on thursday. nbc news has learned investigators retrieved computers, credit cards and bank statements hunting for clues. it's not the first t

. >>> clear conditions for california, yes, there is a lot going on in the pacific ocean, we are waiting the next storm to arrive, for today, you get to enjoy this, nice comfortable ts out there. low 70s for santa rosa and napa. warmer in fairfield at 75 degrees. concord 74. if you are in san francisco today, the afternoon high is 65 degrees along the beaches, cooler in the low 60s, normal for this time of year. inland areas, between 5-10 degrees above average for today. the sunshine will stick around before the clouds arrive tomorrow. >>> we are seeing a few more cars join the tuesday morning commute along highway 37 near lakeville highway. the headlights westbound between 80 and 101, a 20-minute ride. no delays, so far, so good heading on 37. >>> a study reveal as pay gap at one of california's largest employers. >> reporter: la qeeta allen's work as a senior cook at uc berkley helped her raise her family, a job sheer is passionate about. >> i love it. it's like i'm feeding someone's kid away from home and that makes me happy. >> reporter: what doesn't make her happy, showing black num

area says it has figured out a way to clean up the giant collection of garbage floating in the pacific ocean. we'll have details on their plan next. collection of plastc debris, known as the "great pacific garbage patch." the floating junk yard... between california and hawai'i... has grown to about twice the si >>> a group believes it has a solution to the great pacific garbage patch. the floating junkyard between california and hawaii is about twice the size of the state of texas. the idea is to launch a towboat from alameda and have it haul a huge plastic pipe with a 10-foot screen to the side of the garbage patch. >> we enclose it and lift it out onto the boat like a bag filled with plastic. >> the group plans to launch the system this summer. >>> an oakland company is accused of illegally hauling construction debris against a judge's order. christin ayers has more on a long running battle. >> reporter: the city of oakland sued santos engineering earlier this year. they just got a court order to stop santos from hauling construction debris in west oakland. but they suspect they are viola

flag, welcoming boats and ships into the canal and you can see the atlanta ocean connected to the pacific ocean and berryman's teddy bear welcoming people. at the time that administration declared that the canal would be remaining neutral and open to all your nations. this cartoon here from may of 1940, was published during the years leading up to world war ii. at that time, isolationists were calling for u.s. governments to build a fortress america which is a defensive shield to protect america. now, internationalists at the time saw this as reversal of policy during world war i when american troops had gone and fought to the aid of france. here mocking the isolationists by showing uncle sam sealed off in a heavily defended united states, this cartoon was published on the eve of germany's invasion of france. and three days earlier, jeegerm gained access to the english channel leaving french and english troops trapped. here berryman portrays american isolationism as a portrayal of france and he's suggesting that the united states should go to the rescue of france and honor its responsibility to

. >> reporter: the eel river flows north toward the town of fortuna and ultimately the pacific ocean. helicopters and crews on state bluffs with 100 foot plus drops from the road to water assisted cruise along the river bed looking for the suv -- crews along the river bed for the suv. >> the water level rose very rapidly given the rain we received. the water current was very strong that day.>> reporter: the chp has been forced to suspend its search for the day. andre borba, kpix 5. >>> a new survey out tonight shows how californians feel about arming teachers after recent mass shootings. the public policy institute found 67% of californians oppose allowing more teachers or school officials to carry guns in schools. when broken down by party, 60% of republicans are in favor while 86% of democrats oppose the idea. in all, nearly 75% of californians say they are concerned about the threat of mass shootings in the local schools.>>> some bay eahigh school students are trying to stop gun violence tonight by making a statement with their school magazine. palo alto high school's magazine feat

farther to the west or more west of us than we first thought, keeping most of the rain over the pacific ocean and not over the bay area. futurecast beginning to key in on this change. clouds tomorrow mornings still coming. a little bit of sunshine. now at 8:00, remember 24 hours ago we had rain painted from sonoma county. now it's all offshore. a few showers may swing by 9:00, 10:00, that's it. i think everybody east of oakland or east of fremont may stay completely dry. it will come out on thursday and be with us for several days. cloudy by tomorrow morning, any rain that does make it will make it by the evening time. but that chance is now on the decrease. sunny and much milder. the average high is now 70 degrees. i won't be shy of that tomorrow. 64 in sunnyvale and union city. 63 degrees for you in san ramon. san rafael about 60 degrees, alameda 69. best chance for showers along the sonoma coastline. cloverdale 61 degrees. extended forecast, sunny thursday, sunny and warm friday through the weekend. 70s near the bay and also 70s inland. that's your forecast. >>> all right, paul, thanks for

if you are in beijing looking out the pacific ocean you'd see american warships when myth was that somehow time is aiming to replace america and around the world well the chinese are not that stupid these guys want to dominate a huge chunk of the planet this sounds like a preparation for our first president george washington said if you want peace prepare for war the coming war on china. on a just growing up in the united states i learned that the first amendment is really key to being a freedom of the challenges going to be. men and women for the resources that are available but it's an al-jazeera story is that we just don't tell you what the subject of the story wants to know the government is not going to do the one thing the demonstrators want apologize for that's what al-jazeera does we ask the questions that we can get closer to the truth.

not a big storm, a big swirl out over the pacific ocean. doing a lot of things, though, having an impact, stormy, thunderstorms in and around lake tahoe today because of the low. we will be cloudier this weekend and cooler this weekend because of the low. and the onshore flow will stay strong giving us clouds and temperatures that are 50s in the coast because the ocean temperature is 54 degrees because of the low. let's play it out. we have widespread cloud cover tomorrow morning, concord, fairfield, cloudy, all of the way back. burning back by the coast. side, watching it more. even a few sprinkles possible. in the north bay and not as much clearing saturday afternoon. it will be a gloomy, coolish weekend with the pattern changing next week, there is the low, sunnier, warmer coming up. >>> highs tomorrow, only in the 60s. san jose, 68. fremont, 65, redwood city, 67, cloudy start, brisk. 58 for daly city. you will stay cloudy throughout the day. richmond, 63. windsor, 64 degrees tomorrow. kind of a chilly weekend. north bay shower can not b

it's still way out there in the pacific ocean, though. it's building a lot of moisture right now. so you may see it's muggy. visibility not bad for most of us. satellite and radar shows us a wider image of the clouds. that's headed towards us. here's your futurecast as you can see here a break in the cloud coverage 10:00, 11:00, a few thin clouds. lunchtime nice. 4 p.m. gets cloudier and then breaks up again and tomorrow more of the clouds will come in off of the coast. >>> slowdowns westbound 580 down to 20 miles an hour and picking up into livermore. we are tracking a crash at five canyons parkway at east castro valley boulevard blocking the middle of the road there. chp just arrived. we'll continue to follow this. and let you know when that lane gets reopened. over to the bay bridge toll plaza, not a problem in the green 11 minutes into san francisco. >>> time now 4:40. as investigators piece together what happened prior to the shooting at youtube headquarters, security at the campus is also now under the microscope. >> plus, four marines are dead after a helicopter crash in so