the philippine american symphony orchestra is the first outside of the philippines.blished, people around the world with recognize and appreciate music played by the symphony orchestrate today, members from the bay area are here. please welcome fasl. ♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ [applause] ♪

philippine national anthem. ♪ [singing] ♪ [singing] >> please take your seats.gentlemen, i'm camina constantine of the fill in -- philippine channel as we celebrate filipino history month. of course this won be possible without the support of the marry's -- marry's office. and this shows the community is strong and united. to better showcase this spirit of camaraderie and solidarity, let's watch this. >> they are our pioneers. our heroes. our parents. our selves. le coming to america, to a country who did not understand who we were, what we have done, and what we do, would do in this land of opportunity. it is this older generation that paved the way to make this country our own. from coast to coast we've built our communities, raised our families, fought injustice and stood stronger than whatever tried to bring us down. it is the community spirit that beats in the heart of every filipino and it is in communities where fill in -- filipinos find their strength and celebrate their triumphs. fill i inoes across the country joined the charge for progress, for change

in the chinese territory, protesters gathered outside the philippines consulate. hong kong legislators joined the protest. >> we're going to condemn the philippine government. also, we express the feelings that we have. the hong kong people are very furious over this situation. hong kong lower its flags to honor the victims. officials fro the terriry a demaing knowhat hapned in manila. 115-year-old survivor described the gun battle. -- one 15-year-old survivor described the gun battle. >> there were a lot of gunshots bid up the police led off tear gas. a lot of people cannot breathe. >> the standoff began on monday when they dismissed manila police officer seized the bus and tourists who were originally supposed to fly home later that day. a 55-year-old man was fired last year on corruption charges and initially demanded his job back. >> the un security council has condemned attacks by insurgents that killed more than 30 people, including at least six members of parliament, in the somali capital mogadishu the islamic gunmen disguised as government soldiers and app

areas like the philippines across the indochina peninsula. here's a look at highs. 30 degrees in manila and 34 for bangkok and 34 for chongqing. extreme heat for you as well. then 14 degrees only for your high. cooler air coming on in. it is going to be on the chilly side, actually about 10 degrees cooler than seasonal averages. as for the americas, looking at low pressure system still in the gulf coast. it will continue to bring in rain for the deep south. expected to stay wet for the next couple of days. frontal line also bringing a couple showers to the northeast. the tail end of that line bringing strong storms tonight. expected across the central plains. also northern plains to areas like dakotas, wisconsin, looking at possible severe storms to develop. meanwhile, out west it's going to remain fairly dry again and fire weather will remain quite critical. a lot of warm conditions for you here. 37 degrees in houston and 33 in miami. on the other hand, 28 degrees only for chicago. over towards europe and we're going to watch that rain acros

when i return to the philippines, i learned my cousin, who murdered my mother and sister, and almost killed me as well, was released from prison after serving only 10- year sentence. i feared for my safety and i knew i was in danger and understood in order to meet, but -- to live, i have to leave the philippines to jay, where i would feel safe. i hired an attorney to apply for legal asylum. my application was denied, so my attorney filed an appeal to the ninth circuit court, and jay and i requested and a regular basis on theúagr status of the appeal. again and again we were told that it would take a long time before the court gets to my case. i did not know it, but my appeal had also been denied. my attorney never told me. all the while, we thought i was legal in we were waiting for the decision of the court. jay and i went about building our lives together. i gave birth to my two kids. they are the biggest joy in our lives, and i became a full-time mother. our family has always been like every american family, and i am so proud of jay and the twins. the boys attended catholic school

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the philippine police have defended their actions saying the officers lack the proper. humpback whale is threaded on a beach in southern brazil for the second time in two days earlier the eleven metre long twenty five ton mammal had been told off a sand bar and hoped back into the ocean biologists say that it is bringing with difficulty and are doubtful that it will survive in taney with a north bound for. a self-proclaimed royal is bringing a legal case against the russian government claiming the kremlin is rightfully his the so-called grand prince of all russia says it's his god given right to rule over the place but critics think he's bluffing and a discredit to genuine royalty. one day soon the russian president will move out of the kremlin and this man will move in if he gets his way meet the grand prince of all russia but it could but if. you're a store procedure should play a decisive role in the fate of the country property is a sacred right and we are the owners of the kremlin the government just lodges that's why we filed the lawsuit for it to be returned to u

the >>> in the philippines eight tourists were killed along with a police officer who authorities sayzed their bus. the hostage standoff played out over 12 hours on live tv in the philippines. 55-year-old rolando mendoza wanted his job back. after a gun fight, the hostage taker was found dead. 16 people survived including nine who were released before the standoff ended. >>> if you scribe to any magazines you know they are not shy about getting to you renew. take a good look the next time you get a renewal notice. it could be be a shady source. >> reporter: it came in the mail for his magazine. ron cooper paid it. >> i wrote out a check. >> reporter: two weeks later a different renewal notice arrived. this one from sew beautiful magazine and half the. a first bill >> something strange. >> reporter: turns out the first notice was from a company in southern california, a company that has no connection with the sewing magazine. they call itself an independent subscription agent. >> it's fraud from start to finish. >> reporter: while some element companies act as middle men between subscr

it's a slow-moving low pressure system but it enhances the monsoonal rain across the philippines and now across southeastern china. they're going to get very heavy downpours on friday. also, we have a line of thunderstorms heading up into southeastern russia. this is going to push further to the east, so allowing for some clearing in northeastern china. that's good news. we've had a few days of rain here, but it comes into the korean peninsula. so a soggy and stormy day here. in japan it's mostly going to be thunderstorms during daytime heating rather than any prolonged rainfall. we're looking good across much of mongolia and northern portions of china. temperatures will remain very hot, particularly for central into southern parts of china. 34 in shanghai for friday, 32 in tokyo, and 32 also in beijing. all right. into north america we go. we're going to be talking about three front lines draped across the region at the moment, but it's this one down here to the south, the southern plains, and stretching into the northeast, that is going to be the problematic one, the big rainmaker.

over the last two years, 455 people have come to japan from indonesia and the philippines in the hopes of becoming full-fledged nurses under economic partnership agreements, but only three of them have passed the national certification examination due to the difficulty of the japanese language. with the advice of experts, the health ministry has decided to replace many of the difficult technical terms on the exam with words that are easier to understand. the ministry also decided to provide pronunciation guides for difficult kanji or chinese characters and to include the english words for japanese names of diseases. those who wish to continue to work as nurses in japan have to pass the examination within three years. the health ministry hopes the new examination will help reduce the difficult challenges facing the nurses. >>> toyota motor has developed a special device that makes its noiseless hybrid vehicles a bit noisier. the aim is to alert pedestrians to the presence of the cars as they approach. because hybrid vehicles make virtually no noise when they are running at low speed, ja

a bloody end to the bus hijacking in the philippines. they promised a thorough investigation to the death of eight tourists. chile's miners receive their first supplies, but when will they see the light of day? tiger woods and his wife divorced. hello, this is bbc news. with more than 6 million people now in need of basic shelter, they you in says the situation in pakistan is critical. tens of thousands are fleeing their homes each day as flood water continues to flow through the country. the u.n. does have pledges of around 70% of the $460 million it has appealed for. officials are in washington to discuss a loan package with the imf. ben braun cents this report. >> we flew with a crew from the afghan national army. their mission was to distribute high-energy biscuits. it is only a drop in the ocean that now covers so much of pakistan, but the people below are so hungry, they wrestle each other for what falls from the sky. >> [inaudible] at the moment it is the best way to get relief supplies to people on the ground who so desperately n

elsewhere today we'll see showers continue to impact the philippines as well as the indochina peninsulafor the philippines a tropical low so that could induce heavier downpours perhaps gusty weather as well. japan for the most part will stay in the try. tokyo with a high of 32 today. a little bit cooler than the extreme heat we've been seeing earlier this week, but southern portions of japan will definitely see more of that very warm conditions, extreme heat continue. also looking pretty hot across shanghai. 36 for you. and then 38 in chongqing. strong heat for you as well. now for the americas, looking at a long frontal line, two, rather, over the united states. and this one in the south has been pretty persistent. it hasn't moved a whole lot this whole week. it's going to continue to produce showers. here taps outlook for the next couple of days. still seeing showers continuing to impact the deep south. especially on the gulf coast states. so looking pretty wet into the weekend even. now for the midwest, rain will quickly move through for you. head up towards the east coast. so luckil

police andy philippines have -- police in the philippines have admitted to of all gold -- a bungled assault team. they said that the operation was badly planned. in michael lea, seven members of a criminal gangs have been arrested. they were found in a garage in the capital. nuclear experts say the uranium could not have been used to make a bomb. official investigation into northern ireland has revealed the british government colluded with the catholic church to cover up the involvement of a priest in an ira bombing. nine people died in 1972 in an attack. the father was suspected of being an ira commander and is thought to have helped plan the bombing. we have this. >> father jim chesney leading as secret life as an ira bomber. one of his most famous plots was to kill with a bombing in 1972. but he was never arrested by the police, never questioned, and never charged. the revelations are contained in this report, published today. one victim of the bomb was an 8- year-old girl. her brother survived. today he and other relatives say they feel betrayed. >> i blame the government. they have not

news in brief for you here dottie in the philippines a former police officer who is holding tourists hostage on a bus was released some of those on board but around twenty are still being held by the man who's with an automatic rifle these are live pictures of that volatile situation here in the philippines he's demanding to be reinstated in his old job snipers are surrounding the bus we can see which is a park in the country's capital the man's brother has apparently join the negotiation team we're trying to persuade him to surrender. more than thirty miners have been found alive in chile being trapped underground for seven days rescue a center program seven hundred meters into the collapse the mine shaft came back with how you're saying they were all surviving in an emergency shelter of the authorities say could take up to four months to get. oxygen down to. china more than two hundred fifty thousand people have now been forced to flee the northeastern done. people have been killed by the floodwaters and parts of the city are cut off the region is the latest to be hit in the countr

the victims of a hostage crisis in the philippines are being remembered in hong kong.ght tourists from hong kong were killed aboard that tourist bus yesterday. a former philippines police officer who was fired from his job took control of the busloaded with hong kong tourists and demanded his job back. the leader of hong kong says the victims' families are being offered flights to manila where the killings happened. >> we are in contact with the citizens' government, making sure our needs of maximum cooperation will be extended to our team and the families who are in manila. >> hong kong authorities advise residents against travel to the philippines. that 55-year-old gunman was killed aboard the bus. >>> there are now two holes drilled to the area where 33 miners are trapped underground in chile. they are using a hole to reach the miners on sunday to lower supplies. the new hole will be for communication. a third hole that should be finished soon will provide ventilation. it's still likely to be months before they can make a hole big enough to rescue the miners. expert

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now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world and in the philippines least forty people have been killed after a boss pat with people plunged down a ravine the conductor who survived the buses brakes had failed as it was the go sheeting and downhill band he also said. driver battled to prevent a fatal plunge by trying to hit a lamppost but missed this is the third major accident involving a bus in the philippines in the past two months. former illinois governor rod blagojevich is corruption trial has come to a close resulting in a conviction for a line jury was unable to now mostly decide on the most scandalous charge trying to sell barack obama's old seat in the senate for the palace said to be deadlocked at eleven to one which was found guilty of lying to federal prosecutors prosecutors promised to retry him twenty three on resolved accusations. pakistan has reassured donors that funds to help victims of severe floods will reach those in the international observers have worst fears of the money will fall into the hands of the taliban the u.n. says it has receive

some well these in briefly in the philippines a former police officer who's holding tourists hostage on a bus has released some of those on board. still being held by the man who's on the automatic rifle he's on live pictures from the philippines all of this very volatile situation and now he's demanding to be reinstated in his own talk. around in the bus which is and then in the in the country's capital the man's brother john they can see a nation team in a tense standoff trying to persuade the man to surrender. more than thirteen miners have been found alive in chile all being trapped underground for seventeen days rescuers center probed almost seven hundred meters into the collapsed mine shall be coming back with a handwritten note saying it will survive being the shelter over the authorities say it could take up to four months to get out of oxygen now they want them to be. in china more than two hundred fifty thousand people have now been forced to flee the northeastern city of dunn don't after a rain swollen river overflowed four people have been killed by the floodwaters and pa

this is live footage of an ongoing hostage situation in the philippines security forces are surrounding a bus which you can see seized by a former police officer which has fifteen tourists on board as we speak now this attempted operation to storm the vehicle was started after gunshots were heard local radio has reported the hijacker claimed to have killed all hostages we know that is not the case now the man who was armed with a rifle is demanding to be reinstated in his old job after he was dismissed from the police force in two thousand and eight and we know children are among the fifteen passengers still on board who are believed to be mostly from hong kong ten have already been released again live pictures from the philippines with an ongoing hostage situation taking place. in other world news the u.n. has called on the global community to urgently step up its response to the flood victims in pakistan eight hundred million u.s. dollars being was the world body says the help is slow in coming tens of thousands of people are fleeing from flood surge three weeks after heavy monsoon ra

now let's take a look at what else is making news around the world and in the philippines at least four people have been killed after a bus packed with people plunged down a ravine the conductor who survived the boss' brakes had failed as a was negotiating a downhill and he also said. the driver battle to prevent a fatal plunge by trying to hit a lamppost but missed this is the third major accident involving a bus in the philippines in the past two months. former illinois governor rod blagojevich is corruption trial has come to a close resolving at a pace that should for lying the jury was unable to unanimously decide on the most scandalous charge trying to sell barack obama's old seat in the south the panel was said to be dad logged eleven to one bubble boy which was found guilty of lying to federal prosecutors prosecutors promised to retry him on the twenty third on the twenty three on resolving accusation. and pakistan has reassured donors that funds to help the victims of severe floods will reach those in need of national observers have voiced fears of the money will fall into the h

philippines. while. we're still is of course you don't know that the place in my pantry where my barber yes and he said ok i'll go to field beans with my friends. as her ho ho can explain to me. it was a journey that started with so much hope john michael's mom like forty thousand other filipinos was lured with a dream of work and a new life in the promised land but soon after she became pregnant she was fired and her visa canceled for months now israelis have been torn over what to do about the future of hundreds of children who like john michael are born and bred in israel but who are not considered israeli citizens most of the children's parents arrived in israel in the early ninety's they were placed cheap palestinian labor that was becoming harder for israelis to access curfews and road blocks have made it difficult for palestinians to get permits to work in israel which is why today as many as half a million foreign workers live in israel earning much more than they would back home but the payoff i

let's get a check now on what else is dominating headlines around the world today and over in the philippines adhesives people have been killed after a bus packed with people plunged down a ravine the conductor who survived the brakes had failed as it was negotiating at downhill bend he also said the driver battle to prevent the fatal plunge by trying to hit a lamppost but missed well this is the third major accident involving a boss in the philippines in the last two months. former illinois governor rod blagojevich is corruption trial is coming to a close result in a conviction for lying the jury was on able to lattimer's the decide on the most scandalous charge trying to sell barack obama's old seat in the senate where the panel was said to be deadlocked out eleven to one but blagojevich was found guilty of trying to rob it of federal prosecutors lawyers said the government plan to retry him on the twenty three on resolved accusations. pakistan has reassured donors that funds to help the victims of severe floods will reach those in need international observers have voiced fears that the mon

in the philippines at least forty people have been killed after a bus packed with people plunged down a ravine the conductor who survived said the buses brakes had failed as it was negotiating a downhill ban he also said the driver battled to prevent the fatal plunge by trying to hit a lamppost but missed this is the third major accident involving a bus in the philippines in the past two months oh well that brings us up to date and it's time now for the business news with daniel. well the business b.h.p. billiton has launched an unsolicited thirty nine billion dollar bid for color this puts us call the world's largest fertiliser mine up the offer was probably rejected by the protests called board as grossly inadequate and now the market is pricing in a horror of the bid reflects the anglos trailer mining joy its desire to capitalize on recovery in the fertiliser sector here in russia consolidation is also taking place or kelley is widely expected to make a bid for suv in it this would create a new national champion and the world's second biggest producer of potash. chief had suv in it

another soldier killed himself with a grenade after he suffered a serious injury in the philippines. >>> myanmar will hold the first general election in 20 years on november 7th. the military ruled country's election commission announced the date on friday on state-run television. 40 political parties are registered. the larger is the un solidarity and development party. it's led by the prime minister and backed by the military government. opposition leader's national league for democracy is boycotting the vote. her party was officially disbanded in may for refusing to register under laws instituted by the military rulers. western countries in japan have denounced the loss as unfair. myanmar's government is rejecting the international criticism. it argues that several pro-democracy parties are running in the general election. the military rulers say the poll is aimed at establishing civilian rule in the country. >>> researchers in japan have developed a new textile aimed at helping those with skin allergies, that includes mite dirt and allergens. ionic technologies are given a charge

and then we have another one just to the west of the philippines, lots of rain with this one. and then the remnants of our tropical storm that landed days ago across indochina. so it's just very, very wet across much of the region. now thisne pnt beusthrafall is going to be quite significant. check out the next 48 hours with this system. over 120 millimeters possible. especially in parts of southern japan. the islands here, liwa these s e toet soaked with an additional 100 millimeters or more in the next day. let's look at the temperatures, 34 in tokyo, warm across the on 33 in shanghai, 34 for new taipei. and 31 with showers in manila. ne inoh era,nder we also have two hurricanes we're looking at as well. hurricane frank, that is going to be movingwafr mic still bringing a lot of showers in its wake. and then hurricane danielle, a very large one, but this one won't be making impact on land. just a lot of rough seas in the ar. still seeing a front line draped across the southeast, a very messy here. high pressure across the eastern half of the u.s. so quiet for you. t u n e th

. >>> a memorial in hong kong for the eight people killed in a hostage standoff in the philippines.ed to half- staff during the memorial ceremony today. 8 tourists from hong kong killed after an armed man hijacked their bus in manila. the man was a fired police officer who was demanding his job back. police eventually killed the man but not before those tourists were killed. police in the philippines admit there were defects in their handling of the situation. >>> at least some of the mine, trapped below ground in chile need to lose weight. otherwise, they might not be able to get out of the mine. the plan is to drill a hole to rescue those miners. but that hole will be only 26" wide so rescuers say those miners will have to be no more than 35" around the waist to fit into the hole. >>> 6 members of a government allied sunni militia were killed after being ambushed in iraq a day after attacks on police and soldiers left more than 50 people dead. iraq's foreign minister says insurgents are trying to create as much chaos as possible as u.s. troops withdraw. >>> next tuesday night pres

dramatic rescue scenes in the philippines. an armed man gets eight hostages killed. rescue could be months away for 33 miners trapped underground in chile. welcome to "bbc world news." coming up, the marriage that did not make the cut. tiger woods and his wife get divorced. the long struggle of these brazilians to protect their culture from the sprawling metropolis next door. >> hello to you. pakistan, the situation is still critical. the flood waters are still rising. the un estimates more than 17 million people are affected and 6 million black even the most basic shelter. the un has pledges of 70% of the $460 million it appealed for, but they are calling on the world to step up its response. >> even afghanistan has sent helicopters to help the flood victims. we flew with a crew from the afghan national army. their mission was to distribute box loads of materials. the people below are so hungry and they wrestle each other for what falls from the skies. [inaudible] [inaudible] >> we found chaos on dry land even as the a distribution center run by the police force. th

a bus crash in the philippines. still ahead, what investigators think may have happened. also the new reason parents can order their children to turn that music down. and a flight attendant snatches a baby girl from her mother's hand. coming up, why police say no charges will be filed. [ cell phone rings ] [ john ] i love these new cell phones. [ wife ] he just got a new phone and he can't stop using it. boom! profile pic. [ cell phone rings ] do you guys needs a moment? since john is always on his phone, we thought he'd like using wells fargo mobile banking. just paid the electric bill. wow. he's able to pay his bills, check his balance. wow. [ banker ] even transfer money between accounts. i can tell you what's playing, if you like. i can tell you, too. see? oh. [ male announcer ] wells fargo. with you when life is mobile. ♪ >>> let's take a look at the temperatures around california. we have a lot of clouds along the coast. 16 eureka, 66 big sur. some of the cooler weather making it into sacramento. fresno 99. tahoe slightly cooler, sunshine and 78. the storms left pal

a woman from the philippines claimed that she has had his child. >> since last year's disputed presidential election, iran has been clamping down on foreign media. little information has emerged about those who were arrested in the protests. one family has been documenting the death of their son and they found a way to smuggle the footage out of the country. these are scenes that the west is rarely able to see. >> the student was a dynamic member of his community. to his classmates, he was a great musician. he was also an environmental campaigner. to his mother, he was a beloved son. he was 25 when he was killed. a year ago, he took to the streets to protest against the election results. it was there, according to those that attended, that he was hit by a single bullet, his friends also say that his condition was not life-threatening and he was taken to the hospital and on the way he disappeared. >> [speaking foreign language] >> when the government released his body, the family found a trace of the second bullet. despite his family's demand, no further explanation has been given. his funer

scientists are excited about this tiny little fossil found in the philippines they say it might be from of the earliest human inhabitants in the asia-pacific region. it's believed to be 67,000 years old pier the boy is being sent to australia for more testing and say it could lead to rewriting the history of human evolution is in spain tonight she and her nine year-old daughter sasha of arrived at a resort today for summer vacation. she's missing the president's 49th birthday he stayed home with their other daughter. he will eventually pay an official visit to and queen sofia at their summer home on the island of majorca. >> a live look in san francisco's castro district for celebrations are underway rally and march in san francisco city hall will be getting underway shortly will have full coverage on that. course of celebrating the ruling by a federal judge today which overturns proposition 8 the ban on same- sex marriage. but she knew more news ahead station. the drugs enforcement agency has taken an interest in oakland's new marijuana ordnance which allows for large-scale marijuana c

from thailand to the philippines, temperatures have soared since spring, taking a toll on the region'scorot, bleaching them. eventually turns to dust. researchers say it is the worst death in decades. they fear irreversible consequences. >> the reefs are home to plants, corals, and fish, and if the coral dies, the remaining life will also disappear. we want to fight that with our artificial coral reef. >> now, the tanks will act as the coral. they hope that fish will settle permanently here. >> stay tuned. i am coming right back with our >> welcomeback. the misery connues for the peop of pakistanrain still falling, ground and we helicopters and compounding the suffering of the nearly 2 million people lost their homes. mudslides on the mountainsides are isolated settlements still further, and the u.n. says the devastating impact is as bad as the 2004 tsunami and the earthquakes all rolled into one. just a terrible freak event, or a harbinger of a coming trend? some say this corresponds with the predicted effects of climate change. >> a dramatic, last-minute rescue. an army helicopter fl

. >>> philippine police admitted shortcomings today in the handling of the hostage situation that left eight hong kong tourists dead. earlier yesterday, authorities said a former policeman who hijacked a bus full of tourists was cooperating. but as the crisis continued, commandos decided to storm the vehicle, firing dozens of bullets into the bus. for over an hour afterwards, the hijacker used the captives as human shields until a gunman shot the tourist in the head. eight of the tourists on the bus had been killed. >>> >> other news today in america. chilling video of a car going airborne and smashing into a pillar of an overpass. the incident was recorded by a the pontiac firebird speeds into the culvert, takes to the air, exploding and disintegrated on impact. the driver of the car is alive but in critical condition. >>> an unexpected visitor was found lurking in the chicago river, a three-to five-foot long alligator. that's the second time in a few weeks locals spotted one in the river. experts say it was abandoned by the owner. they set traps baited with chicken drum sticks and ra

across east asia, we're seeing quite a bit of tropical activity towards the south here across the philippineschina peninsula, tropical showers and downpours for you. it is impacting parts of southern china as well as inland areas towards southwest, too. then we're looking at this frontal line that does hang over the korean peninsula. showers today for you here. tail end of the impacting parts of central china, then that rain is going to be heading towards northern japan in the later hours of today. so we'll expect it to be a little wet are for those of you here. showers will move in from the south as well. turning a little more unsettled over the course of today. now, as for high, 35 in taipei and 31 in hong kong, really all across eastern asia we're looking at very warm conditions. 33 degrees for manila. tokyo 35 for your high today. it will be hot all across japan. even up to the north get boog t -- getting into the 30s. so very, very warm conditions on hand. it is going to be quite humid. do take precautions against that heat. keep well hydrated and try to stay indoors. now for the america

. >>> a disgruntled former policeman is holding 16 people hostage on a bus in the philippines demanding his job be reinstated. authorities say the man who is armed with an automatic rifle released nine people earlier in the day and asked for food for his remaining hostages. negotiators say he is cooperating with police and any use of force would be a, quote, last resort. >>> now here's a look at other stories making news early today in america. in georgia, heavy rains are being blamed for a large sinkhole that nearly swallowed part of a local restaurant. authorities say an 8-foot wide storm drain collapsed and within hours water had begun washing away a large section of the ground. the sinkhole is one of several that have formed in the area damaging several businesses. >>> in texas, police are searching for a knife wielding suspect seen on this newly released security video knocking a woman to the ground and robbing her. fortunately, the 28-year-old victim used her purse to block several stabbing attempts before letting go. the suspect got away in a stolen vehicle. >>> in the florida ke

. >>> the philippines may have a president, but they're not forgetting the king. in manila they donned sequinned suits to celebrate the anniversary of elvis's death. 22 elvis impersonators gyrated as hard as they could. trying to channel the icon. the annual competition ended in a tie with the winners surely saying thank you, thank you very much. i don't know, i can't get the lip thing. i can say the thank you, i'm not even going to try. >> have you ever been to graceland? >> i haven't. >> it's probably the place to be to celebrate elvis' birthday. >> i'm sure. absolutely. a week long celebration as well. >>> time now for an early look at some of the stories we'll follow throughout the day here on nbc. jurors in the corruption trial of former illinois governor rod blagojevich enter a 13th day of deliberations. last week the jury appeared to be stalled after saying it had been able to agree only on two of 24 counts against him. >>> former alaska senator ted stevens will be remembered at a memorial mass. in anchorage. stevens died in a plane crash last week along wi

ordered fisher's body exhumed after a woman, who had a relationship with fisher when he lived in the philippines, made a claim on his estate. >>> finally the "new york post" reports that actress hilary duff and hockey star mike comrie signed a prenup before getting married last weekend, but not for why you're probably thinking. it seems comrie also comes from a famous canadian business family with an estimated worth of half a billion bucks. >> wow. i'm not typically a big fan of prenups. when you told me what you did to protect your fortune -- >> we signed on a rock with a sharpie. >> that rock was a diamond. >> don't start rumors. >>> and this comes to us from wavy-tv 10 in norfolk, virginia, where one navel captain has reached another milestone in the history of women in the military. captain mary jackson became the new commanding officer at virginia's norfolk naval station tuesday, the world's largest naval installation. jackson, who has also been commanding officer of a destroyer, has worked her way steadily up since graduating from the u.s. naval academy in 1988. congratulations to her. i'm

we have the southwest monsoon bringing in heavy rain from the philippines we've already seen problems with flooding, particularly in thigh laailand. coming into eastern china as well, the heavy rain particularly taiwan, you're going to see hefty downpours as well. that will be with you through saturday as well.sunday is goin, too, because another system is brewing. this one in northern china. that's going to be heading into the northeast and it's quite a powerful one. so at least in the realm of about 100 millimeters of rain in just 24 hours could fall and this is going to be falling on already saturated land. it's been very soggy this week so definitely there will be concern for flooding. temperaturewise, the mid-30s across much of the region. 33 in tokyo. 34 in shanghai. 35 for you in chong. all right. now, into europe we go. those storms in the central part of the continent are going to be staying put into saturday. moving east here, we will see it move down into the northern balkins as well. you could also see about 100 millimeters of rain in just a space of 24 hours. so definitel

. >>> in the philippines, police now say eight out of 15 hostages aboard a hijacked tourist bus have been killed. the gunman was also killed when police stormed the bus. after the gunman started shooting the hostages from hong kong. police say the gunman, a former police officer, took the bus hostage because he wanted his job back. his brother says he felt he was wrongly fired two years ago. >>> in chile there's a nationwide celebration following word that 33 minors trapped underground for 17 days are still alive. yesterday, chile's president showed a note the miners sent up. they are all fine. a camera sent back up some pictures of the trapped men. they will be able to send food, water air to the men but it could take four months to dig a hole big enough for them to get out. >>> within the last hour, we received word that tiger woods and his wife are officially divorced. the news came from their attorneys. the split comes nine months after woods crashed his suv and he lost millions of months of endorsements. the two a plan to schaffer the parenting of their two young children. >>> a