in its golden years, the philippine nurses association of northern california posted the philippine nurses association of america, bringing in hundreds of philippine nurses from all over the united states into san francisco, treasuring the legacy of our health care's industry was the finest philippine nurses. the san francisco bay area philippine american community salutes this milestone, a legacy of nurturing and a passion for life. >> representing the philippine nurses association of northern california are board members of the philippine nurses association of northern california. [applause] [applause] >> thank you. >> much of our history is learned and much of life celebrated through the telling of stories. the documentation of our stories reveals the tapestry of our experience as a people. for the first ever celebration and gathering of hundreds of literary grades and artists, we honor the filipino american book festival. [applause] from children's bedtime stories to coming-of-age novels and memoirs of the most colorful lives -- >> first and last embrace. >> hours of a stock -- ours is

in 1961, the philippine news was founded in the garage.ts vision was to create a community newspaper to tell the stories of the growing filipino community in the united states and to advocate on its behalf. the family took over philippine news in 1996 and propelled into the digital age, linking over 7 million worldwide sites with their journalism of engagement. celebrating its 50th year, the philippine news published its 2,600th issue on the fourth week of august, holding true and continuing to celebrate their culture. the filipino-american in committee sees this milestone. a legacy of 50 years of chronicling the filipino- american story. >> our next guests are representing philippine news. [applause] [applause] >> our second honor read is the largest and most formidable national association of filipino women whose recent convention brought hundreds of the most accomplished an influential phillipines into san francisco. ladies and gentlemen, the filipina women's network. ♪ >> later, a teacher, mother, filipina. the celebration of filipino

once more the philippines were under an american flag. then suddenly and swiftly, the war against japan was brought to a close. the principal architect of the pacific victory, coordinated by the greatest general of the war, macarthur was the natural choice as supreme commander to enforce the surrender terms. aboard themissouri, a celebration was to take unde war and peace and the historic moment that this was. >> it is my earnest hope that indeed the hope of all mankind that from this solemn occasion a better world shall emerge out of the blood and carnage of the past, a world founded upon faith and understanding, a world dedicated to the dignity of man and the fulfillment of his most cherished wish for freedom, tolerance, and justice. let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that god will preserve it always. >> now began one of the strangest occupations of any land by any conquerer. an idealist with firm convictions on the way democracy can be presented to eastern people, macarthur determined to guide the japanese through

we have enjoyed tremendously the ability to link with the philippines. we have generated thousands of jobs, both in the philippines and in san francisco. we have donated thousands of dollars to various events, such as the cleanup of the river, the symphony of the philippine cultural center, and the list goes on and on. we would not have been able to do that without being partners with the philippine consulate general. [applause] and in the five trade and cultural missions led in 1994 and 1998, 2005, 2006, 2010, one of the key posts for our entire committee and all of the various leaders, the people that head of the business circles, the political circles has always been the filipino channel, and we thank you. the most wonderful addition, the fresh blood that is going to come in and lead the sister city committee from this point on, as represented by the very beautiful and multi talented. [applause] thank you all. >> before we have them leave the stage, i want to take this opportunity. linda and dennis have given so much heart and soul to the manila siste

philippine relations. campbell implied concern over china's activity in the region, where china and the philippines both blamed sovereignty of disputed islands. >> we support a collaborative dib m diplomatic process for all claimants for involving the various disputes without coercion. >> meanwhile, the committee heard that a u.s. cutter sold to the philippines last year had completed its first patrol. >>> a senior defense official stressed the need to further support the philippines with sales of military hardware to secure freedom of navigation in the south china sea. the u.s. is reportedly planning to base warships in the philippines to increase its influence over the asia pacific region and keep china in check. >>> pakistan's president has told iran that his country is committed to pushing ahead with a gas pipeline between the two countries, despite opposition from the united states. nhk world reports from islamabad. >> reporter: president asif ali zardari met in islamabad on tuesday. he said the gas p

philippines. and in the past few days, actually, the amount of the rainfall is as much as what we will see in a month. and so very high concern specially in the quake hit regions with further landslides is that concern. manila at 31 degrees. hong kong 16. i know that's chilly for you. seoul minus 2. that cold wave is kicking in in much of the northern eastern continental asia. tokyo we're looking at 7 degrees for the friday high. let's now head over to europe and the cold snap has been leaving more than 600 fatalities due to the very bad weather. let's take a look at some pictures coming out from zurich airport. 4 is in switzerland. heavy snow has caused delays on roads and cancellations of flights at airports. the weather led to cancel at least 52 flights on wednesday. and snow also set some significant stages for travel delays and road closures at least 130 traffic accidents on wednesday and one of the crashes has led to a four-hour bakeup. these kind of conditions are going to be prevailing her

-philippine relations. campbell implied concern over chinese activity in the region where china and the philippines both claim sovereignty of disputed islands. >> we support a collaborative diplomatic process by all claimants for resolving the various disputes without coercion. >> meanwhile, the committee heard that a u.s. cutter sold to the philippines last year had completed its first patrol. a senior defense official stressed the need to further support the philippines with sales of military hardware to secure freedom of navigation in the south china sea. the u.s. is reportedly planning to base more ships in the philippines to increase its influence over the asia-pacific region and keep china in check. >>> pakistan's president has told iran that his country is committed to pushing ahead with a gas pipeline between the two countries, despite opposition from the united states. nhk world's hideki reports from islamabad. >> reporter: president asif ali zardari met with visiting iranian vice president. to hel

let's talk about the tropical depression that has formed east of the philippines. this looks like it might become a tropical storm. if it does it's going to be this year's first. nearly winds are picking up and energizing this system and dumping heavy rain in much of the country. in central parts of philippines we're consider vrnd with the further landslides in the quake hit regions. temperaturewise manila at 31. shanghai down to 6. seoul reaching up to minus 2 for the saturday high. tokyo as well at just 5 degrees. we're going to see some snow coming in on saturday night. here's our extended forecast. >>> that's our broadcast for this hour on "newsline." we'll be back with more news in half an hour. thank you for watching. bye-bye. . .

trials in the philippines take a very, very long time. and her predecessor was also on trial after he left office. and that took six years. so she's probably getting very used to this building. >> and according to the court, the trial will begin on the 19th of april. what rleal analysts telling you? how long do you think will this whole trial procedure last? >> it's anybody's guess, to be honest. some experts are saying it's likely to take at least several years. mrs. arroyo has some very good lawyers, in fact she's got the same lawyers that her predecessor has so they've got a lot of experience at this sort of thing. and trials anyway in the philippines take a long time. the supreme court justice is being tried in the senate at the moment. there's another trial happening in the philippines and that's taken several years and not got anywhere yet. that's going to take another couple of years. so this is likely to be the beginning of a very, very long process. >> indeed, a very long process. you have the trial of the former president, arroy

honored killed at least 40 in the philippines. we will have the latest -- an earthquake killed at least 40 in the philippines. >> marking the diamond jubilee of queen elizabeth. >> let's take a quick look at some of the newspapers. the wife of syria's president pranksters silent on the violence gripping the country. -- breaks her silence on the violence gripping the country. she offer support to were has been while claiming to be encouraging dialogue and comforting the bereaved. the paper says the rising sense of panic in the capital is killing a black market in currency trading. there is still hope for the deal increase despite the delays. europe's largest defense contractor is considering dropping the price of its aircraft. >> this is "newsday." >> there has been a nother attack on the syrian army in the city of homs. 40 people are reported to had been killed. >> after months of the negotiations, the two men palestinian factions have agreed to a deal ahead of elections and the west bank. >> floods are continuing to affect large

-- it can't cause the disastrous floods, now the bbc discovers illegal logging continues in the philippines. and the royal seal of approval is giving british designers a boost at london fashion week. >> as eurozone ministers gather in brussels to decide go to give the go-ahead for a new bailout of the greek economy, the french finance minister has said all elements are in place for an accord. he's said that greece has done enough to secure this second bailout package. the greek prime minister has fled to brussels for this crucial meeting. his country remains perilously close to bankruptcy and desperately needs the loan of 130 billion euros. in the last few minutes, it's been reported the greek finance minister has said although some technicals still need to be sorted out, he believes a long period of uncertainty for his country is coming to an end. even if this round of funding does go through, however, there are still fears greece will eventually have to default. public anger in athens remains very visible, as mark lowen reports from there. >> there is little left now in greece's protests.

i want to thank the philippine news, the filipino whelm -- filipino womens' network.y, the network has been instructing me about -- to make sure that i know what pinay power is in san francisco. thank you. i said it wrong. you see, they're still teaching me. because as i grew up, all i knew was pinoi. the bay area fashion week, the filipino nurses association of northern california. of course the filipino international book festival. the filipino-american art's exposition, which of course hosts the parade and festival. and then, of course, there is the fantastic san francisco manila sister city. i want to give a special thank you to dennis normandy. thank you for your wonderful leadership on the sister city and for your great work on our commission as well. thank you very much. [applause] we want to recognize the incredible diverse accomplishments of all of our filipino-american contributors to our city and to make sure we look forward to continuing that strong relationship as we go forward in our city. so it is my honor to present today, on behalf of our city and cou

at the international level the philippines know that the u.s. is the return to asia refocusing its military and security deployment in the middle east in asia pacific targeting china and iran as the primary security concerns now at the regional level the philippines also see that there's a reason changes in the regional politics particularly in taiwan where mr my into your and to call restriction was successful we were elected there means beijing and taipei would have more stable relationship expression in terms of economic integration across the strait in the coming years and the footprints knows that the u.s. would need a more reliable ally in the asia pacific region so the philippines is reeling to lend its hands to it to the american for that kind of particular security concern that u.s. is having in the asia pacific region i have already not just there's tremendous pressure from the public opinion within china. urging the chinese government to top up for a tough position of towards the philippines however i think the chinese government shou

the president has banned all logging in the philippines. it depends on where you live as to how strictly it is enforced. down here they saw the brunt of the destruction and the floods. it is now impossible to get a permit to log. here it is much easier. with an armed he is court we traveled up river into the mountains. rebel groups are here, and the central government's ability to enforce the law is weak. villages spoke openly about their dependence on illegal logging. this woman says she sees big companies logging anyway. what her community is doing is only small scale. he says he's got to support his family. he has no other choice but to keep cutting down trees. so the logging continues. this con assignment is only taught because the vehicle was involved in a traffic accident -- this con assignment was caught because the vehicle was involved in a traffic accident. the police are doing their best, but for local campaigners, that is still not good enough. >> you know in the philippines, we have very good laws, but the problem is the impleme

trials in the philippines take a long time. it could take another couple of years. this is the beginning of a very long process. >> indeed, a very long process. you have the trial of the former president, arroyo, and the impeachment trial of the supreme court justice. this is all part of an anti- corruption campaign. >> it is, exactly. the president really wanted to see gloria arroyo in court. at the moment, she is charged with electoral fraud. there are many other allegations. there is no love lost between the president and gloria arroyo. he is pushing for the trial to go all the way and to make sure she is investigated properly. >> negotiators from the united states and north korea will meet at a later on thursday to talk about the north's nuclear program. the talks are the first since the new leaders took power in december. the director of a mexican prison and 28 guards have been arrested on suspicion of helping organize a massive breakout and massacre last sunday. 30 inmates late to a drug cartel estate in northern mexico. 44 prisoners were beaten to death. a ke

and solar lamps -- how new technologies add extra hours to the day in the philippines the coming months and years will determine whether the revolutions in the arab region will effect change and transform societies there. at the world economic forum in davos, a group of young global leaders demonstrated their potential to be part of that process. naif al-mutawa, for example, has created 99 comic super-heroes who fight for a better world and muna al-sulayman is a human rights campaigner -- both believe society needs to be founded on basic values, values that also exist outside a religious context. >> when we're talking about values, it doesn't matter if you are shiite or sunni it doesn't matter if you're an atheist, it doesn't matter what you are. basic human values are basic human values. >> i mean there are humanitarian values. you want people who are honest, you want people who are hard working, etc. but what are the values that distinguish the arab world, or saudi-arabia or which ever country we're in, from the rest? and without understanding that we can't move forward. >> no matter

water stations are giving fresh clean waters to victims of flash flood, lucille talusan, philippin philippines. >> thanks for joining us, until next week good-bye and god bless.

thousands in the philippines are homeless after a recent string of typhoons. 21-year-old ralph lost his home. his family has barely been able to make ends meet. cbn stepped to help get his family back on their feet. he was given a bike so he doesn't have to walk to school. his father was given a set of tools to help him rebuild his home as well as a fishing net to help him earn a living. >> i am so happy. i am grateful to cbn for everything they have done. i believe god sent them to help us. >> he said the relief was possible for him and his family to have a better future. >> philippines gets hit by these horrible disasters. we pray god's blessing.

we have a delegation of police officer -- police officers in that philippines -- the philippines.is a goodwill mission and we take a delegation from the philippines and return later in the year. our community relations participated in a teleconference with occ regarding lapd training and updates. we were recruiting at the vallejo job fair. monday will have our second visit out to washington high school. a group including the deputy chief from their fire department and a commander beale, myself on the importance of staying in high school graduation. a better chance for opportunities and better chance to go on to college. the reason we're going as we joined the police department and or the fire department when we had our high school diplomas and we are doing ok. the first time we went it was well received and we were asked back. we are hoping to grow the city wide on top of the grammar school visits we're doing, and biting the young ones into the station so they see what the police are all about. we demystify that. again i spoke to the visitors. we are close to the final product on

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

philippine army has been called to dig out victims.death toll is expected to rise. >> they can't get a break. it has been three or four years of devastating typhoons now they've had to deal with , just amazing very sad. >> yeah indeed. >> our picture calm that will change too. -- >>> yeah we need rain and we are going to get some finally not right now. i know a lot of people half asleep this morning whether it is a food coma or whatever else you did last night. definitely going to be an easy morning commute not necessarily on the way home. you are looking at a clear sigh from san francisco to the east bay hill -- clear side from san francisco to the east bay hills. 38 in santa rosa and fairfield low 40s in the east bay valleys, low to mid four along the peninsula -- low to mid 40s along the peninsula. san francisco 51. monterey bay mid to upper 40s 38 gilroy, 50 with one in salinas. let's talk -- 51 in salinas. nice southerly wind will pump mild weather into our neighborhoods rain and breezy tonight showers tomorrow and dry and warmer

there is heavier rain coming down for parts of the central philippines. quite a few areas picking up more than 100 millimetres of rain in the last 24 hours and that wet weather will be fairly heavy as we head into the weekend, too. shanghai at 8 tomorrow. finally temperatures above the freezing point in beijing. a little bit better to sunday and these will drop away tokyo hitting 10 degrees. into north america. we're looking at a very strong winter system moving across the plains at the moment. colorado into nebraska n and kansas heavy snow for you to the south of the system is going to be thunderstorms. now if we take a look, this is actually going to be heading very slowly towards the east. >>> the snow will remain heavy in the midwest. the severe weather, storms, hail and the strong gusts will actually weaken off as they push further into towards arkansas. elsewhere is looking pretty good. temperatures are widely still above average. if we take a look at see minus 1 in denver a little bit better. chicago 7 degrees way above average. 1 degrees for winni

there is some heavier rain coming down for parts of the central philippines. quite a few areas picking up more than 100 millimeters of rain in the last 24 hours and that wet weather will be fairly heavy as we head into the weekend, too. so shanghai look at 8. finally above freezing in beijing at 3. a little bit better into sunday and then these will drop away tomorrow. tokyo hitting the double figures at 10. into north america we go. we're looking at a very strong winter system moving across the plains at the moment. colorado into nebraska as well as kansas heavy snow for you. to the south of the system is going to be thunderstorms. now if we take a look this is actually going to be heading very slowly toward the east. the snow will remain heavy as it heads into the midwest. the severe weather storms, hail and also the strong gusts will actually weaken off as they push further in towards arkansas. elsewhere is looking pretty good. temperatures are widely still above average if we take a look and see minus 1 in denver a little bit better that's what we usually

philippines, or maybe setting there. we will be right back. >>> we showed you a moment ago 84 degrees in the philippines. that's a live shot of moscow where it's 1. snow on the ground and frigid. don't want to be there. >> think about that if you want snow. >> all right. >> one degree. >> look at news around world 74 people are dead and dozens injured following a riot after a soccer mack in cairo. hundreds of fans rushed the field in a riot as police couldn't stop the fighting. fans why enraged after the home team lost to an opposing team. they have been unstable since the removal of hosni mubarak a year ago. >>> possible sanctions against iran over the suspected nuclear threat. this meeting is also a part of the process for japan to decide how to reduce the iranian oil imports. they meet in to beingo. earlier this week the -- in toke o. earlier this week iran has been stepping up the spying tactics on the united states. >>> a ferry carrying 350 people sank in the south pacific. it was found and the ferry was between two

lucille talusan, cbn news, north cotabato philippines. >>> up next on "christian world news," ministry of micro financi financing, how small l changing lives around the world. >> welcome back, more than a billion people in developing countries live on a dollar a day. the poorest people in the world can be turned into entrepreneurs with loans of $100 or more. efrem graham reports on this growing concept of micro finance. >> reporter: breathtaking beaches lure millions to the dominican republic. >> you have a reality of people with a lot of worth and suv vehicles. that is not the worth of 9.5 million dominicans. >> some of that 60 percent live in poor communities where jobs are nearly impossible to find. then there are areas of the dominican republic built on the sugar cane. communities known as the haitian batay community. >> many don't have documents. even though they might have been born, they are not citizens of the dominican republic. thought of going to haiti isn't great. >> that can easily lead to hopelessness, so many people living on little more than a dollar a day. >> the globa

the china sea military zation the starting in north in australia but maybe in contacts with the philippines singapore and thailand specially very close allies of the us here in southeast asia so the chinese they look at this and they see in circle minds they don't want to be lecture about the you want for instance they have a mechanism inside the bank of china which is organizing a slew devaluation of your word for the next few years until two thousand and fifteen two thousand and sixty but it's their old piece they won't be lectured they won't be lectured on human rights and other saying it's ok you can't talk to them about why don't you try to deal especially with your ethnic minorities in a more civilized way like look what's happening it's a bet that the moment they close down to back to specify a base to foreigners now was there a lot of monks setting themselves on fire in sabbat nowadays sorry to interrupt you there i understand that you know there's a lot of controversial issues like that i don't think that there's going to be a chance for these two leaders to touch upon issues such

. >> picking up the pieces how cbn is bringing help to people in the philippines after a recent earthquake. >> welcome to this week's edition of "christian world news." i am george thomas. >> and i am wendy griffith. one year ago a revolution swept egyptian dictator hosni mubarak from power. many believe it has been hijacked by islamists. >> that is frightening for the country's persecuted christians. they see difficult times ahead. senior international correspondent gary lane has this from cairo. >> reporter: welcome to macotum home to many coptic christians. a place where poverty and garbage abound, so much so the area is called garbage city and the christians that live here are called zapalin, garbage people. they sift through and sort it, just to earn a few egyptian pounds. the christians here tell visitors about a famous legend from a thousand years ago, jesus talked about having the faith of a mustard seed and move cairos mountain. they prayed for three days and mir miraculously the mountain moved. at least 10 christians killed, nearly 100 injured. the tragedy was followed by more at

the bay is closed to the islands claimed by the philippines and china amongth countries.hina is expected to object to a presence there. reporting for nhk world from manila. >>> a senior official in thla h talked about the blast in bangkok with similar incidents in georgia that target israelidioms. the three explosions wounded five people, including an iranian iranian assailant. the police chief confirmed the men responsible were planning attacks in the couny. translator: as i have said before, the target was an individual israeli diplomat, not involving the thai peop. >> he also confirmed that the type of explosive was a homemade sticky bomb, the same used in india d georgia. israel has accused iran for being responsible for all three incident tehran has denied the involvement. there is tension over iran's nuclear program and is being felt as f away as southeast asia. suspects were detained by thai authorities are thursday. a third man was detained on wednesday. an iranian woman remains at large. one impact is on the tourism industry. >> i think generally and i have been

let's talk about the tropical depression that has formed east of the philippines. this looks like it might become a tropical storm. if it does it's going to be this year's first. nearly winds are picking up and energizing this system and dumping heavy rain in much of the country. in central parts of philippines we're consider vrnd with the further landslides in the quake hit regions. temperaturewise manila at 31. shanghai down to 6. seoul reaching up to minus 2 for the saturday high. tokyo as well at just 5 degrees. we're going to see some snow coming in on saturday night. here's our extended forecast. >>> that's our broadcast for this hour on "newsline." we'll be back with more news in half an hour. thank you for watching. bye-bye.

to the philippines, a major earthquake occurred in the central portions of the philippines, but it looks like rain is moving into the area. rain could hamper the rescue efforts. today's highs are looking like this. 31 degrees in manila. 33 in bangkok. up to the north, cold air sags south reaching seoul. minus 6 degrees for tuesday's high. tokyo warming up to 17 degrees. temperatures will plummet this evening. moving on to europe. biting cold conditions are still pounding much the continent. to give you an idea of how the conditions are, let's look at video coming out of the balkan peninsula. this area is being hit hard by the combination of the winter storm and the prolonged cold snap. in serbia, villages are trying to break a path through the frozen lake to get to the nearest road. warmer air in bulgaria has problems. icy rain is creating slick roads and heavy rain to the south is leading to floods. this low pressure system has been bringing these stormy conditions and it looks like it will stay here for a while. the precipitation amount will be very huge. to the north of this low, a lo

things are not going to be clear here in the philippines either. scatred showers, chaes of thunderstorms, these a all going to be continuing for the next couple of days. coastal heavy rain could be targeting and triggering some further landslides there as well. manila 33 degrees temperaturewise. hong kong i know that's very chilly for you at 14 degrees with some rainshowers. in seoul 8 degrees. shanghai and tokyo at 7 degrees for the high. that's going to be improving in towards the end of the week. on thursday tokyo we're going to be seeing temperatures reaching up to about 12 degrees for the high. okinforwd tohat e. let's head over to the americas. this storm system that's developing as it moves towards the east. it's tracking from the rockies in towards the central plains and that's going to bring us some severe conditions as well. gusts could reach up to 72 kilometres per hour. northern nevada, northern iowa you may see some snow. that combined with that gusty conditions could bring you blowing snow and snow drifts all of these which are going

philippine troops have been called to dig for victims.s expected to rise as rescue efforts continue. >>> the funding plan for replacing dangerous doyle drive approach not golden gate bridge has hit another funding snag. right now presidio parkway is expected to be complete by 2015. the chronicle reports problems with contributions could delay the one billion dollar project. it is up to the county transportation authority to come up with 60 million dollars so construction can begin on the second phase. >>> new food truck ordinance goes into effect today in alameda inthe new rules food trucks with will have to pass -- health and safety inspections and get licenses like restaurants. the trucks will need permits to park. they can set up at five locations and on most city streets as long as they steer clear of driveways and crosswalks. >>> let's turnover to mike. rain not too far away, right? -- >> i think we'll be dry during the morning the afternoon maybe not so much tomorrow's morning commute may be wet also powerful storm one that we'll ge

he was born to missionaries in the philippines, the youngest of five. his mother was ill when pregnant, and told to abort him, but refused. as told in this controversial super bowl ad in 2010. >> i call him my miracle baby. he almost didn't make it into this world. >> reporter: tebow wears his faith on his sleeve. and on the field, where he goes down on one knee and prays at the end of games. a move so well-known, it's become part of our national lexicon. you kneel down. what's now known as tebowing. tell me about that moment. >> well for me, it's a great opportunity on a public platform to get on a knee, and humble myself, and thank the lord for all of the blessings that he has put in my life. i'm pretty sure i'm not the first athlete to get on a knee and pray. but it's something that i do, more for myself than anybody else. >> reporter: it's more of a personal conversation between you and god? >> absolutely. >> reporter: it's a tradition that goes back to his years at the university of florida, where tebow won two national championships and the heisma

philippine army troops have been called to for victims. the death poll is expected to rise as rescue efforts continue. >>> -- this morning a oakland family trying to figure out where to live after a car crashed into their building another international boulevard and haven's court yesterday. the car hit a traffic pole, went airborne and slammed into a tree and crashed into the garage and sparked a small fire. the driver was realized after trying to leave the scene no word on whether alcohol was a factor. >>> fire investigators searching for the cause of a huge warehouse blaze that burned for several hours yesterday in vallejo on the northside of vallejo's mare island yesterday morning. plumes of smoke rose hundreds of feet into the air. the fire chief says the flames were too dangerous to risk firefighters' lives so crews let it burn. they did sweep through the structure to make sure no one was inside. >> they their best to ensure that the building to the best of mire ability was clear then they had to -- best of their ability was clear. >>

yesterday, a major earthquake occurred in the central philippines, but looks like rain will be moving into this area. that could hamper the rescue efforts. here are the highs expected today. 26 degrees in tie pay, 16 in shanghai. minus 6 here. tokyo coming in at 17 degrees. and temperatures plummet this evening. heading to the americas, it is fairly quiet, but things are going to change in california. a pacific system is moving into this area and bringing torrential rain starting late tonight. the sierras may see more than 20 centimeters of snow in one day. in the southern tip of florida, we will see thunder thundershowers through tuesday. here are highs expected on tuesday. the eastern seaboard still on the warmer side. 13 degrees expected in d.c. and 17 in atlanta. finally let's go over to europe. a very strong and very large siberian high pressure system is still blanketing much of the continent, bringing biting cold conditions. unfortunately it is going to stay here awhile, so cold conditions continue throughout the week. and we have a very active low pressure system in the easter

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.

down towards the philippines, thundershowers in mendenao will be moving towards the weekend.king at 21 degrees in hong kong with some light showers. 25 in taipei. seoul, still warmer than average with 9 degrees. tokyo, again, 14 degrees with plenty of sunshine today. heading over to the americas, a pacific storm will be moving into british columbia and the pacific northwest. that will bring heavy coastal rain, mountain snow and gusty winds. and over the weekend, it will move further inland. and then we've got more potent storm over the central mississippi valley bringing blizzard conditions to the south of the great lakes region. and on friday, the area of heavy snow will expand from the eastern great lakes into new england. and to the south of it, rain and particularly severe along the coast of the southeastern corner of the u.s. we are talking about severe thunderstorms, large hail, damaging winds and even isolated tornadoes. and those conditions will continue into your friday evening. still warmer than average along the eastern seaboard. looking at 19 degrees in d.c. and 1

down in the philippines, we're going to be seeing those thundershowers yet again to be prevailing for the next several days. winds are also strong so the coastal areas will see high waves. let's talk about japan for western half of japan has been seeing staggering amounts of snowfall accumulation. this 195 centimeters that's a historical record breaking amount. and down here in sukayu about four meters high. even down in this area two meters and more. unfortunately snowy weather is going to be continuing especially in one region about 70 centimeters of fresh snow to pile up. the west with the dominant high pressure system moving in from eastern china. we're going to see an area pretty drier and cold. the cold upper air will be persistent. here still remaining very cold and dry, but the temperatures are going to be dipping down also in tokyo friday at 8. seoul at 1. we're seeing manila 31 degrees in the tropics. a pair of 16 in tie pie and hong kong with some showers there. let's move on to the americas. the pacific northwest and british colombia area you're going to see this system br

possible destinations include hawaii, the philippines and the u.s. marines air station on japan's main island. a japanese official said that the two countries did not discuss that during monday's talks. they're due to meet again with u.s. officials soon in tokyo. it currently hosts air stations for the u.s. marine corp. and japan's maritime self-defense force. the mayor says the city has no more room for american forces. >> translator: we haven't heard anything official about the transfer. i ordered by staff to collect information from the central government. we cannot accept any additional burden. this is our basic stance. >> the operator of the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant is injecting more water into the number two reactor. tokyo electric power company is trying to cool the facility after the temperature inside unexpectedly rose. the temperature still is about 25 degrees celsius higher than it used to be. the thermometer at the bottom to have reactor has shown readings of 45 degrees until january 27th. then temperatures gradually rose to over 7