he called on officials to grab any opportunity. in addition to the red cross talks to try and negotiate an end to the abduction issue the families of the inductees held a joint meeting with some of their asian counterparts. in the gathering in tokyo was the first of its kind in four years. they discussed a recent report by un special commission which denounces the abductions as crimes against humanity. government officials also participated in the pledge to seek international support on the issue. some of these in late march un human rights calls it is expected to pass a resolution on human rights situation in north korea the japanese government will make the most important to ensure that the commission's report will be on sore eyes and included in the real issues. ryan jones and joy came from thailand and his aunt was abducted by north korean agents. he says this family has suffered years of pain and sorrow without her that's our problem and gopal quite cool dude report released today we turn over look them in the us the move is a japanese families plan to vi

a japanese red cross official says he hopes to announce some progress at the end of the toxic foreign ministry officials from the two countries were also at wednesday's meeting. meet and discuss the resumption of higher level talks between the two governments be achieved level negotiations have been suspended since november two thousand and twelve. officials were also believed and exchange views on other issues including the abduction of japanese by north korean agents. nearly two weeks have passed since malaysia airlines flight three seven eight disappeared from the air controllers rain are but its whereabouts are still a mystery. yemen officials now say this is for the jetliner needs to cover an area of about seven point seven million square kilometers. that's as big as austria. of the two hundred and thirty nine passengers and crew on board one hundred and fifty three hundred chinese relatives of those passengers express their anger at a briefing in beijing to him the u s family members have lost the mangy targeted in malaysia airlines and amazing government. as we can all see the

. >>> red cross officials from japan and north korea have finished their first talks in 18 months. >>> and we begin our week-long coverage, bringing you all the latest developments from the national people's congress in beijing. the interim president of ukraine says russian forces have made a declaration of war. troops have surrounded military outposts in the southern ukrainian republic of crimea. russian president vladimir putin suggested he had the right to invade. nhk world's minna comb saw wow reports. >> reporter: in this major crimean city residents gathered to show their allegiance to russia. ethnic russians make up more than 60% of the region's population. crimea is important to russia, as well. the country's black sea fleet is currently stationed at the foes of sevastopol. the russian parliament's upper house on saturday unanimously approved a request by putin to use military force in ukraine. the black sea fleet has already been increasing activity outside its bases. concerns are rising about a possible military intervention by russia. ukraine's interim prime minister called

the two countries' foreign ministry officials taking part are expected to hold unofficial meetings on the sidelines of the red cross talks. analysts believe they will discuss the resumption of high level discussions between the two nations including the abductions of japanese official talks have been suspended since november two thousand and twelve. hundreds of students and activists have occupied taiwan's parliament. opposing a trade deal with china. they say the green man was threatened smaller businesses. i the about two hundred people stormed into the teens or early tuesday. some of them scuffle with police demonstrators are criticizing lawmakers of the ruling nationalist party for trying to ratify a deal with china despite strong opposition. as in money and joe's administration signed the agreement last june. he would allow both sides to invest more freely in each other's service industries he's urging lawmakers to speed up the ratification process theory to delay could hurt relations with leaders and beading. around two thousand people also gathered outside the parliament on wednesday protesting against the a

daddy's red cross officials say more than thirty four thousand japanese nationals died in what is now north korea around the end of the war. the remains of more than twenty thousand have not being attacked. alas it was restarting official talks discussions have been suspended for more than ninety eight. relatives of the japanese who were abducted to north korea are watching closely. official until tuesday north korean agents kidnapped at least seventeen japanese nationalists in the nineteen seventies and eighty five people were turned in two thousand and two. she very easy to sustain that for a time that she was abducted in nineteen seventy eight. she looked nice. we want government officials to make sure that the talks will lead to discussions on the abduction issue. these events as relatives of the adoptees are aging and hoping to see their family members as soon as possible he called on officials to try and again she a resolution. how the families met with others from across asia and whose relatives were on sale and i sit the gathering in tokyo was the first of its kind in four yea

. >>> red cross officials from japan and north korea are set to resume talks on repatriating the remains of japanese people who died in what is now north korea during world war ii. the japanese side is aiming to make progress not only on that issue, but also to restart government level talks on the abduction of japanese citizens by north korea. nhk world's takafumi terui reports. >> reporter: officials from the japanese red cross left for the chinese city of shenyang on wednesday morning. sources say more members are likely to join the north korean delegation than at the previous meeting two weeks ago. >> translator: last time we talked about adding the government officials handling this issue to our discussion. that has now happened for both countries. i hope we can make practical progress through dialogue. >> reporter: the director of the japanese foreign ministry knows the decision was also on the flight. alongside the red cross talks, he's expected to hold unofficial discussions with his counterpart from pyongyang. japan has been pressing the north to reopen investigations into the j

criticism from the west and signed an agreement in hammocks crimea talks are underway between red cross officials from japan and north korea. they are discussing the return of remains of japanese nationals and hundreds of students and activists occupied taiwan to parli

the end of world war two when what is now north korea the visit was followed by tons between red cross officials from those countries earlier this month in the chinese city of shenyang. the japanese side continues to push for the repatriation of the remains foreign ministry officials from the two countries held an informal meeting at the same time to discuss the possibility of restarting official talks which have been suspended since two thousand and twelve japan are similar to work toward an early resolution to the abduction of japanese nationals by north korea knows korea said the matter is already settled that will bring it back home for further consideration. as the sandpit to kill police department tells nhk that they are seeking to file additional charges against the suspect fled vandalizing books about anne frank and the holocaust. staff at libraries and bookshops across eight municipalities in to get disgusted pages torn and cut out of more than three hundred books many of them are anne frank's diary and biographies of the jewish teenager. police arrested a male suspect in his thirties l

diplomats from both nations met separately while attending a meeting between red cross officials. they talked for about two hours in the chinese city of shenyang. >> translator: i don't think we came to a point of immediately resuming intergovernment dialogue but it is significant to some extent that officials from the two countries exchanged their views for the first time in 16 months. >> kishida suggested that the government will explore opportunities for holding official dialogue on pending issues. they include the abduction of japanese nationals by north korean agents in the 1970s and '80s. and pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs. u.s. state department spokesperson jen psaki says the united states supports japan's efforts to resolve outstanding issues with north korea in a transparent manner. officials from the u.s., japan and south korea have been working together to coordinate their policy on the north's nuclear program. >>> iranian leaders appear to be living up to their side of an agreement on their nuclear program. the head of the international atomic energy agency sa

red cross officials from japan and north korea will hold forth on sunday to returning the remains of japanese who died on the korean peninsula and the end of world war. a suicide attack and ordered the islamic bomb has killed at least eleven officials and pakistan say. jace is a mom but dad. and russia

were significant diplomats from both nations bed separately while attending a meeting between red cross officials. they talked for about two hours in the chinese city of shenyang i don't think we came to the point of the needed the reasoning into government i love but it is significant to some extent of officials from the two countries exchange of views for the first time in sixteen months though i'm going to rain. she has suggested that the government will explore opportunities for holding official dialogue on pending issues. they include the abductions of japanese nationals minor is courageous in the nineteen seventies and eighties and pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs us state department spokesperson jim said keyes says the united states supports japan's efforts to resolve outstanding issues with north korea in a transparent manner. officials from the us japan and south korea have been working together to court in aid their policy on the north's nuclear program. a team of japanese engineers has tested a system that is intended to reduce the swaying of skyscrapers during powerful earthqu

humanitarian issues like making of the unions are regular events should not be dealt with by red cross officials experts say candy and they want and need for high level talks to discuss a number of matters like visiting south korean tourists in north vietnam and that was art. the teacher vs held their first meeting in new bedford were separated families in more than three years last month in a move largely seen as the first step toward improving inter korean ties. but she expect any change that so large falling county and string of short range missile launches in protest against solid washington's ongoing annual joint military drills the dvd case the ministry said it currently reviewing what steps to take next. but the experts don't expect the north agreed to talks and tours all of us and said that at their joint military drills in april. he thinks and has urged north korea to end its nuclear weapons programs. the two koreas can revive economic cooperation projects and move toward peace and re unification of the peninsula and a commissioning ceremony for graduating military cadets on thursday th

red cross officials say 10 people were left without a place to sleep overnight while the water was drained their homes and every parent hydrants. >>: still had on the kron4 morning news we're talking march madness and the world according to gary. >>: how about tearing at of repeat for more than 24 hours. >>: and our stanley roberts gadgets of drivers behaving badly and one of san francisco's no bike lanes. taken a lot of luck on the san mateo bridge. everything female narrator: for over 60,000 california female narrator: for over 60,000 california foster children a pair of shoes is a small but important gift. my shoes have a hole in them. i can barely fit in these anymore. i hope no one would notice. they hurt my feet. i never had new shoes before. to help, sleep train is collecting new shoes of all sizes. bring your gift to any sleep train, and they'll be given to a local foster child in need. not everyone can be a foster parent... but anyone can help a foster child. >> we are following a developing story with the search of a driver who killed a woman. i will have the details. >> the inve

official from japan's foreign ministry told reporters the two governments had come to an agreement on holding formal bilateral meetings but not much else. the decision came thursday after today informal meeting between red cross and got two officials from both countries. i would say the talks will likely center on the peak trading the remains of japanese nationals who died in north korea entering world war two the be the first government level discussions between north korea and japan since two thousand and twelve in telstra scrapped after counting and launch a long range rocket. janet yelling in her first the federal open market committee meeting as the chief of the us federal reserve announced an expected cut to the bomb tapering stimulus program. better him than any interest rate increase that we start next year said mark gets into the red ones he has more. us federal reserve officials have made eight another ten billion dollar reduction in their bomb buying stimulus program as widely expected after her first monetary policy meeting as fed chair janet daley said wednesday that the economy is strong enough to support continued improvement in the labor market. the program was at eighty five billion a month i

and speaking of engaging with north korea japan's red cross and got the official brazil top of their north korean counterparts in china's northeastern city of shenzhen on wednesday during the two day meeting the two sides are expected to discuss pyongyang's return of the remains of japanese nationals from the end of world war two. a topic that follows up on a previous round of talks earlier this month. the more tension lies over an informal meeting between a foreign ministry officials from the two sides japan will likely demand an investigation into korea's north korea's abduction of japanese citizens in the nineteen seventies and eighties. sharon meanwhile is expected to ask tokyo to ease sanctions on the regime north korea and japan reopened da last two weeks ago for the very first time in more and then when you are president packer has not mince words over her drive to work the regulation in recent days going as far as to describe red tape as a lump of cancer but is everyone on board with her idea. well she sent to find out on thursday during a discussion and business leaders and

secretary general the norse red cross society and also with us aka director general of the international department at the japanese red cross he said soon after the meeting that officials from both countries need to meet great relief to discuss the repatriation issue. top senior diplomats from both foreign ministry has attended the meeting. but there's speculation that the pail was to talk about telling our repeat reading japanese inductees were still live in the north. the japanese government was seventeen nationals of police were abducted by north korea in the nineteen seventies and eighties. tokyo however suspects come down a hack and that more of devotees were repatriated to japan in two thousand to. japan has been requesting that north korea reinvest it would note that these are. north korea continues to urge tokyo to compensate for the suffering of the korean people during japan's brutal colonization of the korean finance and early to mid twentieth century. in the gazette this government will address crime while standing by the clinicians including all of the sentiments of his initial on it and will have to agree no proactive it's kinda out of north korea and wha

. >> officials are asking people affected to report to the red cross so an accurate count can be made of the blessing. >>> just hours ago malaysian prime minister announced satellite data shows the missing jetliner crashed in the southern indian ocean. he says family members of the 239 passengers were given the news earlier today. finding the plane's flight recorders will be crucial in uncovering why it disappeared. the u.s. navy sent a black box locating device to search the area today. malaysia airlines flight 370 was headed from kuala lumpur to beijing march 8th when it disappeared. for just updates throughout the day go to kpix.com. >>> plans underway to cut and separate the original eastern span of the bay bridge. we're live with new details on the first phase of the demolition. the demolition schedule is back on track but comes at a price? >> reporter: that's right. it's going to cost $12.6 million more than originally thought but caltransthe money will prove the -- says the money will move it faster. demo crews will dismantle it from the middle outward. workers have been focusi

red cross now warning of more. in wyoming, the problem is along the big horn river and public officials are watching this carefully, including by drone from above. >>> we are back in a moment with the american president caught between two ferns and a hard place. residents down on the street level can see this. you can feel it. there is a lot of water, different colors of smoke coming. the scaffolding is starting to tear down, you can hear things crumble within the building, tearing down as the fire goes through it. off explosions here and there. definitely a raging fire and could be awhile before they have it under control with the wind blowing on it. >> felipe there. it's 6:00 if you're just now joining us. a six-alarm fire south of at&t park. kitty corner from the main parking lot of at&t park. dieing aly across the street. witnesses telling us they feel the heat, feel the smoke. you can see it from different parts of the bay area. this is a building under construction. the whole area is redeveloped, especially in the last few years with so many construction projects. one thing felipe is saying, is that there is

the official death toll has been pushed to 17. 90 people are still missing right now, 9 more volunteers from bay area chapters of the american red cross are on their way to washington to help. we have some disturbing news to report about a san ra fell bas d nonprofit working in afghanistan. the compound was attacked and two people were wounded. the taliban is claiming responsibility, afghan troops rushed in to the area. they work to improve food crops. the taliban has promised to disrupt the up coming elections, and in is happening as the american troops are continuing the draw down in afghanistan. this attack will not deter their mission. >>> still ahead, the legal swipe walmart is taking at visa, why they are duking it out. >>> and it's your last chance to get in to see a move at one of san jose's domed theaters. >>> and those awkward family photos that everyone has are my dad has aor afib.brillation, he has the most common kind... ...it's not caused by a heart valve problem. dad, it says your afib puts you at 5 times greater risk of a stroke. that's why i take my warfarin every day. but it looks like maybe we should ask your doctor

cross the red lines. >> including not reporting on anything touching on the president, his deputy and the government officials. >> this law is serious and needs to be followed. >> workers throw away the confiscated newspapers. the floors are overflowing with the newspapers. for now they are caught up in a system where their livelihoods are threatened every day. >> declaring the new president elect and winning by 0.01%. he's taking office on june 1st. >> troops in venezuela are patrolling the square that they have seized from the protestor on monday. the opponents have been fighting for a month there. 29 people have died. we have a report from the capital. >> the streets and the plazas are dressed in olive green and taken over by venezuela's national guard. this is the culmination of two days of running the battles between the protestor and the security voices and after the president announced he's going to implement a new plan to liberate the area. >> what you see here are police and national guardsmen under the new orders and that is going on the offensive and preventing the protestor from building the barri

red cross helped find the people and pets a place to stay. one person was taken to the hospital for minor injurieinjur. it happened near monterey boulevard and el verano way. officials believe the fire started by accident. >>> a man accused of setting more than a dozen fires in san jose expected to enter a plea in court today. prosecutors say the 48-year-old patrick brennan set 13 fires between january 8th and 10th, cussing $6 million in damage. fires include a five-alarm warehouse fire and six houses with people inside them at the time. no one was injured. mayor reed and city council honored self-people during the meeting credit helping to catch brennan. they organized neighborhood watches, turned in surveillance video during the string of arsons. >>> officers shot and killed a pacifica man who stabbed a s.w.a.t. team member after a six-hour stand-off. police went to the house yesterday afternoon because family said the man armed with an ax was acting erratic. the s.w.a.t. team was called out when the man would not come out. after waiting six hours they tossed aflash bang grenade and rushed the home. he stabbed a s.w.a.t. member with a knife, several officers opene

. >> officials say trying to recover every body would be impractical and dangerous. the mud is 30 to 40 feet deep in places. the chapter of the american red cross sending five more volunteers to support the survivors, three others were deployed earlier this week. >>> national weather service workers will be in the sacramento area to inspect damage from a small tornado. this is video of that category ef-0 twister ripping through roseville. christina mentioned it. a spokesperson says at least 12 homes suffered roof damage, two hit by debris and six have fence damage. >>> more now to our own microclimate forecast. let's take a live look outside. no twisters in the air there over fremont. let's take you further south to san jose, clear skies at least there. today is sort of that transition day before another round of wet weather moves in. christina's watching our skies for us. >> yeah, good morning to you, laura. that's scary, huh. i know. goodness. i can tell you right now that doesn't usually happen in the state of california. you know, for three years every year we had an ef-0 or better pass through the sacramento valley so i can tell you today

red cross delegates also met. they discussed returning the remains of japanese who died around the wednesday of world war ii in what is now north korea. the delegates agreed to hold further discussions. >>> north korean officials will hold their national parliament next month. leader kim jong-un will promote a generational change in the circle. he says that the supreme people's assembly would be held on april 9th in pyongyang. north korea had parliamentary elections this month. among those chosen was the senior of the guidance department of the ruling workers party. he was involved in the execution of the chair of the national defense commission. he was kim's mentor and uncle. some close to him were not elected. leadership posts will be at next week's assembly to alleviate concerns about the purge. >>> we spoke to a senior research fellow with the korean institute for reunification. we asked about the relations with japan and what kim jong-un hopes to achieve during the supreme people's assembly. >> north korea has been in a situation of diplomatic isolation for nearly 70 years. but clearly since the brutal execution of chang sunk tech december last year, north korea's international image was getting worse. an

that are mad with local officials with not letting them join in the search immediately after the landslide when chances of finding survivors are the greatest. the american red crosss nine more volunteers will give support and comfort to the people waiting for information about loved ones. if you want to help, the red cross says the best way is to donate money. >>> one family that lost their mother in that landslide went back to the property trying to recover a safe but they found something else. very valuable. can you believe this? this happened the day after the landslide. this chocolate labrador had been buried under mud and rubble for a day and a half and everybody thought he had been killed. the dog survival is very meaningful to family members who suffered a lot. like so many people in washington state. >>> a shift in the search for the missing malaysian airlines passenger jet. the new area recovery crews are looking at and the reason they have changed course. >> and he's been arrested again. where the woman was arrested after being told repeatedly stay away from sfo. >> today will be a mainly dry day over the bay area. we will see perhaps a few sprinkles in

the officials say trying to recover everybody would be impractical and dangerous. the mud to 30 to 40 feet deep in places. the red cross is sending five more to support the survivors, three others were deployed earlier this week. >> new images from a thai satellite show about 300 objects floating in the indian ocean near missing flight 370 suspe suspected crash site. they are of various sizes, spotted about with 1600 miles from berth, australia. it took two days to process and were sent to malaysian authorities. they were about 125 miles from where a french satellite spotted more than 100 objects. planes and ships searched only for a couple hours but had to stop because of bad weather. >> national weather service will be in the sacramento area today to inspect damage from a small tornado. this is actual video of the category ef-0 twister yesterday. look at the rainbow peeking through. a spokeswoman says at least 12 homes had roof damage, two hit by debris and six had fence damage. >> you know tornados are powerful when the zero tornado is a scary one. they go to five. >> yeah. typically in california we see maybe up to

red cross provided assistance to one person who needed a place to stay last night. the exterior sprinklers triggered here have to be replaced before those folks are allowed back into their apartment. there is no official timeline for any of that, but many residents believe it on a matter of days. live in san francisco, monte francis, n brks krrbc bay area >> erie to see the apartments and demolished building. 155 firefighters responded. today, the agency confirmed it did not request any mutual aid. even with the second fire burning in the city at the same time, the department says it's ability to respond was never compromised. a spokesperson tells us she can't remember the last time in the last 20 years in fact, sf fire requested mutual aid. there are many similarities to what we saw 12 years ago. the fire at santana row. it was under construction yet suffered a major set back almost 12 years ago. tonight at 6:30, how this fire changed the way construction crews build today. >> to the windy weather stirring up trouble, the coast guard says this boat broke free from the dock because of the wind and ultimately crashed into the rocks at oyster point. the crash didn't create a pollution risk. the owner ca

red cross helped the people and pets find some place to stay. one person was taken to the hospital for a minor injury. it happened near intersection of monterey boulevard and el verano way. officials believe the fire started by accident. >>> 6:03. it not the jackpot but someone in the bay area got 5 out of 6 megamillions correct in last night's drawing good for $2 million. i don't play the lottery but starting to think i should. >> if you don't play, you can't win. christie smith joins us live by the san bruno liquor store where the ticket was sold. not bad for a dollar investment. >> reporter: not at all. huntington liquors here in san bruno. talk about good fortune. just that ticket alone the face value, $1.9 million. it was sold right here. the machine tucked away right there. that's the lucky machine, hoping to touch it before i walk away, see if i can get a bit of good look. you are the manager here. how did you find out? >> i found out, my employee text me and i woke up around 4:00. i saw my text and he said $1.9 million, somebody hit it. i watched the news and it was true and i opened the store early today just to get some exposure. >> reporter: absolutely. this was $400 mi

officials are not optimistic about finding more survivors. heavy rain is expected today, which will only make matters worse. >> the american red cross and salvationhelping out with relieve efforts in the area. den in it smith is the president of the united wayen washington way. thanks for getting up early this morning and let me play you a clip from one of the first responders as we begin our discussion. we're not changing gears or the pace of this. we're going to exhaust all options to try to find somebody alive, all of these resources that we've had here since saturday, if we just find one more person that's alive, to me, that's worth it. that's worth it. we're going to continue on. >> you can hear his voice beginning to crack. clearly we are starting to see signs that this is taking a toll on that on the community physically and emotionally. what is the united way doing to help? >> first i want to thank you so much for your interest in what is happening to our community out here and i want to say how much our hearts go out to the families that have been affected by this and the communities, and our first responders, you heard one of them that'

red lights, drivers who don't stop at stop signs, and drivers who speed and cut off pedestrians crossing streets. >>> the funding plan for the golden gate bridge suicide barrier is almost within reach. bridge officialsd could see a funding package as soon as may. the mat written independent journal reports the bridge district is applying to the state for highway funds to help pay for the $66 million project. bridge officials say the cost is so high because the barrier would be put on both sides of the 1.7-mile bridge and would take more than two years to build. >>> happening today, downtown san francisco decked out in green. it's the 163rd annual st. patrick's day parade beginning at 11:30 this morning. the parade route stretches from 2nd and market streets to civic center plaza. this year's theme is a tribute to irish workers of america. with the warm weather rosemary is predicting, a crowd of 100,000 people is expected to attend. the parade does feature colorful floats, irish dance troupes and marching bands. it is the largest irish event celebrating irish history in culture in the west coast. >>> san francisco police will be keeping an eye out for people driving drunk. starting tonight, officers