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but tom duhain (doo-hayn) s us: strangers have stepped in to save their holiday. >>> thieves ruin a california soldiers surprise. they swiped all of the presents for their family. >> but strangers stepped in to save their holiday. >> they took our forks and our knives and just kind of pried into it. >> reporter: this army corporal showing where thieves broke into his store storage box. i did all of my shopping on line because i did not have a lot of time. >> the couple saved for their biggest christmas ever $5,000 worth of gifts. video games, digital camera, ipad. he arrived home on wednesday after 17 months in afghanistan. his wife, cheryl, happy but also heartbroken after their home was ransacked. this was one of the rooms in shambles after robbers trashed the whole house on monday when nobody was home. >> it looked like they tried to pry it off, first. >> reporter: thieves broke in through a back window into the room of a 4-year-old, but her favorite doll survived. >> what did they do? >> threw her on the ground. >> reporter: a good christ mas ahead. people are responding. including lodi po

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s us, a group of >>> it was a david and goliath fight for sure to keep the feds from paving over a slicef bay area paradise, but tonight joe vazquez shows us a group of neighbors are claiming victory. percent of the >> reporter: as is the case at many bay area landmarks, tourists are overwhelming muir woods and the windy roads are also dangerous as people have to park quite a continuance and walk along narrow shoulders, so the park service came up with a plan building a parking lot around panoramic highway. the neighbors say it's paving paradise to put up a parking lot. >> it's time to back off. >> reporter: neighbors spoke up as they did in this public hearing tonight and the national park service told kpix5 late today now the panoramic parking lot is no longer being actively pursued. "we're working with marin county officials to utilize existing park tag sits." >> i'm encourage -- facilities." >> i'm encouraged by the announcement because it tells me they are listening. >> reporter: they want to know about other park service plans or a bus shuttle service and a reservation system like

kron 4's jeff bush is live outside his home in palo alto. jeff what can you tell us >> we do not know right now but this is a big sigh of relief. eds let's take a video that was provided by the career in government. you concede that he was terror get it for hours. eventually he will make a statement that was provided by the government. he left with a travel companion spread he was taken off the plane by north korea and hailed for months. he is a career and some veteran and that is why he wanted to go. he is going debate released and will take a plane from beijing to sampras's go. the north korean government has provided a statement read >> taking into consideration that axa were committed. on the basis of his wrong under station. he made an apology. his advanced age and health conditions, the above the institution and removed him from the country drift >> back out here live we are also hearing that he is wanted take a plane and land at sfo sometime tomorrow morning. >> happening now. it's been cold again today. and now rain and snow are hitting the bay area tonight.

when asked about the ak-47's use in war and terror attacks he had no regrets.ticians who are to blame for failing to come to an agreement. and resulting in violence. mikhail kalashnikov was another. jeff glor, cbs news. >>> utah has gone back to court to stop same-sex marriages in the state. in salt lake city and around the state, at least 700 same-sex couples have obtained marriage licenses since friday. that's when a federal judge struck down the state's ban. on monday, he refused to reverse the decision. now, utah's asking a federal appeals court intervene. >>> and president obama's vacation in hawaii is in full swing. dressed in shorts and a cap he played his second round of golf monday. he even took time out to shake a few hands there. and after the links, he hit the beach with his family. sounds like a great vacation. >>> in san francisco, a poodle puppy is being called a miracle dog. gem was found severely injured last week ate recycling center. a worker had spotted her on a conveyor belt. she was sticking her head out of a bag and moving. gem was cleane

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agencies and the formation of that which we hope will come to the title board and commissioner kim help s us to deliver the transportation plan, this plan does feature a comprehensive and innovative transportation program that does include the pricing as well as significant ferry, bus and shuttle transit as well as bicycling option and we have been working well with cal trans, and the bay area transportation authority about it, which manages the bridges. and finally looking ahead to the 2014 contracting opportunities in the city, i am happy to report that we have been invited by cal trans, to collaborate with him on hosting a small business enterprise workshop and a look ahead to 2014. and the presentation will be held in the office thises thursday, december 12th and the out reach will allow sdebe and be firms to find out about the contractor opportunities that will be advertised in 2014 by the transportation authority and to meet with the potential partners and contractors and we thank commission cohen for guiding us in these efforts and we are happy to partner with cal trans, to improve th

you can stay in and watch us - for kron 4's new year's live.but if you want to hit the town first, kron 4's vicki liviakis has some last options >> reporter:so you want to usher in the new year in style, but haven't made a reservation. there's still hope. the good news is that san francisco loves to party. yes, the fireworks are popping off the embarcadero. >> reporter:and while you can't get a table at waterbar - you can still book one at the plant cafÉ just past the ferry building. >> reporter:and the asian fusion butterfly has openings for dinner and a dance party. the aircraft carrier u.s.s hornet rocks it with a swing band. or.ditch the waterfront all together and hit the lanes at lucky strike. for bowling and bubbles. >> reporter:the san francisco symphony's masquerade ball is over the top. and just about sold out. but if you hurry - you can snag a ticket. stay classy and enjoy jardinere up the street for champagne and nibbles. or work your way over to the elegant 1300 on fillmore for live music and dancing. la urbana on divisidero has so

that will push us into the 60's and bring us a chance of rain on saturday and sunday. partly cloudy and breezy tomorrow, and then watch the next several days. >> now, the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. you do not want to start this by talking about football? let's talk about hockey. since doug did not give a size, we will talk about it. >> the flyers were just beat here on sunday, and now they have them back to back. started since the first time they posted them on the 10th. recharges battery, and he has worked on his position in the net. >> my knees hurt for a couple of weeks, and missed a couple of chances to play. enough for some tough decisions. we are in that boat, we will have to figure it out. >> they face off tonight at 7:30 p.m. this is dallas week in washington. despite the redskins's record this is like the redskins's playoff game. this is their super bowl. if kirk cousins ways well -- plays well, it does not put pressure on rg iii. >> he has a lot of confidence, and he will get better every day. that is one of the reasons w

well, guess who lives in an ocean of air, begin with u, end with us-- i mean, s. us, we live a oceaof air. and up there's not so much pressure. so let me ask you guys a question, what do you suppose would happen to the size of a balloon if you let it go and it floated higher and higher? would the balloon get bigger or get squashed up smaller and smaller? think about that and check your neighbor right now. so what do we think, gang? what's gonna happen to the air? is it going to expand, they'll get compressed? expand. when you take a flat tire pump and you... you compress the air. do you heat up air or do you cool it up? - heat it up. - heat it. you guys get practical experience on that? no. what happens when you compress air? heat it or cool it, or-- well, i don't know? - compress. - how many say i don't know? show of hands. how many say you heat it up? - heat it up. - heat it up. how about the opposite? if you expand some air, does it heat up or cool down? would you like to have the answer to that? i could tell you the answer and you could put it in your notes. how

on the consumer watch julie watts s us, that decision is costine company far more than it bargained forfor the bad revi >>> you may remember the story of a utah woman fined by a company for writing a bad company review. that decision is costing the company far more than it bargained for. julie watts reports. >> it fined the woman $3,500 for the bad review. and then it sent her to collection when she didn't pay. that cost her a car loan, home loan and forced them to live without heat for three weeks reportedly the. the story has destroyed the company's online reputation and today a $75,000 lawsuit was filed against the company on the woman's behalf. it began in 2008 when she wrote a review on the ripoff report complaining clear gear never delivered her order. four years later, the company fined her citing a nondisparagement clause in their online terms of use that forbids people from hurting it reputation. the lawsuit claims that clause violates the first amendment and as of today that clause is taken down. >>> think twice before telling a store cashier you want a digital receipt. consum

kron 4's grant lodes joins us now with where this all happened. grant? >> reporter: federal investigators released a new video at s f o last summer. here with the pilot said wet rock and the cockpit. >> reporter: bay area's smallest crime fighter is back in the new rules. ba tkid! (male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> pam: inns with shot fired at a north bay shopping mall. not what holiday shoppers kron4's grant lotus joins us now to tell us what all this happened. marin. >> reporter: a deputy spotted the suspect headed south on highway 11. through city streets he crashed into a pole a call street from northgate mall. the deputy shot attempt at least once. .just after nine this a deputy spotted the suspect's saturn heading south on highway 101. the driver refusing to pull over. getting off at the lincoln avenue exit in san rafael. officials say he crashed into a pole across the street from northgate mall. investigators say the suspect confronted him with a hand-gun.then the deputy shot at him at least once. >> rep

us got into context. another man who found himself in jail this year was john pretty awful the first u s official confirmed the government's use of waterboarding to interrogate terror suspects i caught up with him shortly before she went to serve his torn a half year sentence which i've never believed that my case was about two weeks. i've always believed that my case is about torture in the hunt for whistleblowers journeys have been targeted as well. us authorities secretly tapped the phones of dozens of associated press journalist the partner of going greenwald who broke the story about the state surveillance was detained in one day while carrying materials from edward still good the british authorities to closely cooperate with washington now accuse him of course carries. aaron swartz was neither a whistleblower nor a journalist when it was a champion of the free internet fighting against censorship the phils and advocating the online release them as much cake information as possible on the cover. on january eleven. the twenty six year old committed suicide. prosecutors wanted to put him in jail for up

our investigation tonight >> the bacterial sek teterial s using, whether it works and whether your vichlsabout half of all americans do. and we deal with a court ruling and the body swales program until edward snowden revealed it that can collect phone records on each and every call americans make. the district court ruling it probab probably eliminates search and seizure protections. i cannot maj a more indiscriminate and arbitrary invasion than this systematic high-tech data on virtually every citizen for purposes of querying and analyzing it without prior judicial approval. and a george bush judicial appointee called it orwellian and aghast at the scope of it. but did hold off six months before shutting it down while they give their opinion. t they said they did believe it

. >> pam: it was back in march when workers discovered that 32 bolts used on the bridge?s seismic safety system had cracked. it was then determined that all 96 of those similar bolts would be replaced with a steel saddle? which would provide the same clamping force as the bolts. installation of the saddle was completed at 11 this morning and a temporary fix which had been installed to allow for the bridge?s labor day opening was removed. >> so basically this is what we still have the safety but at a temporary basis. >> reporter:while the steel saddle is now in place testing of a series of bolts will continue though the summer? then a report will be issued with recommendations. at this point though all other bolts are continuing to perform as expected. the bridge has a 150 year life span and has been designed to withstand from the ?largest possible earthquake? >> pam: the owner of a gas station is pistol whipped during a robbery that was captured on surveillance video. it happened this morning around 7:30am at a chevron gas station food mart on the west in vallejo. >> the s

cloudy tone, and it was a modification of the air mass we could see frost inland with low-to-mid 30's but most usthe upper 30's to low 40's and san francisco is the warm spot at 43 degrees. watch the yeah high pressure being pushed to the east just a little bit and the other one over the ocean being pushed to the south because of this very poeent front that stays north of us with high pressure low clockwise and it will stay in the of us, we will see the high clouds roll in and when they do the cold front will slip through and it will introduce a warmer and cleaner air mass, soup more to low 60's tomorrow, and possibly not a "spare the air" day, but low-to-mid 60's through tuesday and tuesday where a few areas may jump up to 70 and set some reports and cooler on wednesday, and start saturday through next week we will have above-average temperatures. >> heat wave. >> we will take it. our last night was opening night for san francisco's ballet the nutcracker, a holiday favorite. that is why our traffic reporter, leyla gulen, is here with us. you very experienced dancer and took classes at the san fr

today the ceo of the biggest private equity firm by assets joins us. 'steve schwarzman tells us what he thinks but opportunities in the new year. allowing investors to pool funds to rest -- invest in real estate. plus it is the new "words with pp is at theiza top of the apps category. first up, we're were to put the focus on private equity. we're good to start with a firm getting eager. since the five it -- financial quadrupledkstone has in size. ceo steve schwarzman wanted to get even bigger. he joined erik schatzker earlier. where does he see growth? >> wherever it all where it he is -- already is. it also isn't really slowing down. yes a couple of years ago blackstone was growing at a pace of 29% a year, this year is on track to grow at about 25% a year. not a really big slowdown if you'd consider the fact that the firm getting much, much bigger. the shorts would have told me the past that they can see like stone being twice its current trillion with half a dollars of assets under management. the question is how it gets there. is blackstone going to ru

upper 30's to low 40's for the rest us and here is a look at the high pressure, two of them, being business seconded bit cold front with a little bit of rain north of the border and when it sweeps through it will take the high clouds and all the moisture with it. expect a last sunshine this welcome, especially over at the coffee sunday at 1:25 the broncos take on the raiders, low-to-mid 50's. in lake tahoe there is snow. a lot of it is man made and that is how it will be. the seven-day forecast for lake tahoe shows above average temperatures and not a single percentage chance of snow. here is our seven-day forecast back at home. the temperatures will surge into the low-to-mid 60's and a slight pull back on tuesday and going of next year well into next week or i should say two weeks from now when we could she a chance of rain. the good news is hopefully the air quality will be better the cooler right now but warm weather is coming back for the weekend. have a go one. >> thank you, mike. if santa brought you a new iphone or ipad you can make it greater with the news app which has at the love

degrees and high clouds will roll in, as warmer weather does, also, low-to-mid 50's in the afternoon and high clouds will keep usn the low-to-mid 50's during the evening hours. moving forward, we warmed yesterday and we will warm a couple of degrees today and tomorrow. thursday we are in the mid-50's to 60 and more of us in the mid-50 to 60 degree range friday and the weekend could be warmer. now an update on the commute. do have you good news? >> i do. bart service now is up and running. first i want you to know there is a report a possible fire in oakland with smoke seen and the fire department is not on the scene yet so we do not have confirmation. now, san francisco, southbound 280 at san jose avenue we have a stalled car with a delay away from 101 but the rest of the drive is moving fine as you head out of daly city to san francisco is not a problem. daly city had some early power outage issues at the bullpen in daly city so all transit leading san francisco to dublin are stalled and service now is restored but expect some delays. it will be slow to get everyone going and everyone else is running on time, m

s. the front will make a push on us. of showers a couple sunday afternoon and sunday night and especially into monday, that is when the heaviest rains and thunderstorms will come. it will slowly turn cooler is -- on monday. it will clear out and allow those big chilly high-pressure to comment on christmas eve and christmas day. 72 on sunday. 54 degrees on monday and that high will be in the morning. as we get through the transition day, highs will be in the upper 30's on christmas eve and christmas day. a definite interesting stretch as we head through the next seven days. >> and now the toyota sports desk. redskins cowboys, big game for london fletcher. he will be in the hall of fame one day and i have said he is a better person than he is a player. on sunday, he will play his final game at home. the final one of his career and i am hoping everyone in washington will watch it. the weather is supposed to be perfect, the dallas cowboys are in town, and don't you believe the redskins will be bawling out further cap and fin

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facebook reported its fourth-straight profitable quarter in october, which is one of the criteria that s & p uses to determine eligibility. change goes into effect after december 20th. facebook is also joining the s & p 100. >>> turns out google's founders saves millions of dollars on discounted jet fuel. they weren't entitled to buy. this nasa space hangar in mountain view is leased to hold the private planes. a government report says those founders received improper discounts on jet fuel that saved them and google's ceo up to 5.3 million drr. those discounts stopped in september. >>> nasa trying to figure out why a cooling pump on the international space station suddenly shut down today. it's back up and running right now and the six-member team is safe. engineers are trying to figure out if it was a mechanical problem or some sort of software glitch. some non-critical equipment has been powered down as a precaution. >>> the maker of the popular hot sauce is in hot water again. state health officials told the southern california-based producer it can't ship anymore of its products until next mo

you can stay in and watch us - for kron 4's new year's live. but if you want to hit the town first, kron 4's vicki liviakis has some last minute ideas for you. >> so you want to usher in the new year in style, but haven't made a reservation. there's still hope. the good news is that san francisco loves to party. yes, the fireworks are popping off the embarcadero. and while you can't get a table at waterbar - you can still book one at the plant cafÉ just past the ferry building. and the asian fusion butterfly has openings for dinner and a dance party. the aircraft carrier u.s.s hornet rocks it with a swing band. or.ditch the waterfront all together and hit the lanes at lucky strike. for bowling and bubbles. >> the san francisco symphony's masquerade ball is over the top. and just about sold out. but if you hurry - you can snag a ticket. stay classy and enjoy jardinere up the street for champagne and nibbles. or work your way over to the elegant 1300 on fillmore for live music and dancing. la urbana on divisidero has some exotic mescal concoction

s around the bay shore. the low from yesterday pulling away from us. high pressure is sliding in its wake and the low brings treacherous weather in arizona. look at this, low-to-mid 60's tomorrow! all the way through thursday next week! the seven-day forecast does not look like winter whatever although it starts tomorrow. >> i have to say it is friday lite, we have had a couple of problems but all in all congestion is not too bad. we have a 30-minute or 29-minute window to head from tracy to dublin. usually that takes in excess of 40 to 45 minutes so we are to go shape. we have a problem in forestville eastbound blocked because of an overturned vehicle. river road is where we have this problem and c.h.p. finally is on the scene and southbound 680 at crow canyon road on the shoulder, there, involving one vehicle and 60 miles per hour if that southbound direction so it don't look like it is impacting traffic but maybe just a little deficit congestion and northbound we have flooding on the on-ramp to northbound 680 a couple of inches of water and maybe a b

next week. >> low 60's for most us today. 0's around oakland and 64 in santa cruz and morgan hill at 63 in clever detail and -- in clever -- cloverdale. dress warmly for new year's eve festivities. we wake up tomorrow with the low-to-mid 30's inland and low 40's away the bay. two areas of high pressure dominating the weather and keeping the storm track to the north, we will fast forward a week tuesday evening, rain is making inroads into the north bay spread across our neighbors through wednesday into wednesday evening and it will taper when night into thursday morning and that is is a week from now for e best chance of rain in a long long time. >> the seven-day forecast shows temperatures are well before average with a lot high clouds and sunshine through monday. >> at the bridge it is slowing northbound 680 on the approach a solo spinout with a long line of yellow traffic so speeds of 30 to 45 miles per hour approaching the bay bridge toll plaza which is the major delay we have an early accident is clearing. westbound 580 as

kron 4's john fenoglio shows us what health inspectors found inside.nny >> reporter: >>"there were literally hundreds of instances." >> reporter:that's kenny wong of the san francisco department of public health describing the conditions inside creighton's cafÉ in san francisco's portola district. >> reporter:photos taken at the restaurant by health inspectors reveal unsanitary and disturbing conditions including live cockroaches found crawling in areas used to store utensils, and area and around espresso machines. rodent droppings were also found on food storage containers on the floors even on tables used for food preparation. and employees did not have the necessary food safety certifications for handling food. >> reporter: this the second time the restaurant has been cited and closed since november. on december 10 another inspection and the owners had still not adequately complied w/ health department orders. >> reporter:creighton's is an otherwise popular spot. of the people we spoke with today outsede the cafÉ, many were surprised that it had bee

kpix 5's brian webb shows us who the scammers are after. >>> reporter: a christmas season scam showed up at this el cerrito safeway. some shoppers got wind of it from a police text alert. >> call police if you are approached by someone saying you hit their car. >> reporter: jasper holt doesn't need an alert. he saw the scam in action as he was collecting donations for homeless veterans out front. he says one of the victims asked him where he could find an atm. >> what do you need it for? he says old lady out here said her daughter say i run over her mother. and i needs $200. >> reporter: here's how the scam works. when a car drives by, one of the women pounds on it making a loud noise. the other woman approaches the driver saying, you hit her with your car. and now we need money for medical bills. >> ha. i said no, i wouldn't do that. i would call the police. i wouldn't give them no money. >> reporter: el cerrito police say two women seem to be targeting older men and in one case follow the victim to his home demanding $1,200. >> well, you know, there's people out there that are willi

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toward noon you will notice mid 50's to 60 and the high clouds keep us dry and in the low 50's.are from the broadcast center roof where it is colder this morning. sue has a look at the traffic. good morning, everyone, glad to be inside. we could see the steam coming from mike's mouth. >> you can see speeds getting by at the limit with no delays here. in san jose, everything is looking green which is good and 101 has slow traffic through the palo alto area but nothing too speak of. the drive time this morning is looking good and this is san jose to 280 to cupertino and everyone is at the limit. kristen and matt? >> thank you. new this morning, daly city police are trying to find the person behind an unusual crime overnight, an ambulance was stolen while parked outside of a home responding to a call. our reporter joins with what investigators are revealing about this. cornell? >> yes, matt, a shock to the paramedic whose had their ambulance ripped off after midnight. ambulance would recovered a few blocks away from the original call when a gurney was still sitting on the sidewalk,

yes, there are still some folk buying and using those 80's relics and one company is still profitingrom them. in for ali velshi on assignment in south africa, and this is real money. so join our live conversation for the next half hour on twitter at a.j. real money. two weeks before christmas we have upbeat news tonight shoppers in november shelled out more money than expected retail sales rose .7 of 1% in last month, that is the biggest gain in five months, and that follows an increase of .6 of 1% in october. higher than first reported. the jump of 2.2%, and that did not include sales from cyber monday, which was in december. auto and auto parts dealers as well as building materials and garden equipment stores al delivered good numbers with sales climbing one pointed 8%. and sales at furniture retailers drew more than 1% in november. now, it's not all good news. after gaining 2.6% in october that decline is one reason that some analysts believe november's strong overall gains were not necessarily fueled by holiday shoppers. overall spending for the thanksgiving weekend was expected

stay with us. ♪ s reverses itself.direction you are coming from. >> this is a passage that reverses itself in the middle of the piece. you might have the concern you are walking back in the same direction but you are not. >> the new york times has called him a titan of sculpture. i call him one of the great artists of our time. he is known for his abstract steel sculptures. recently he has been thinking about the intimate ways people experience his art. a new exhibition reveals a new direction in his work. it is on view at the 21st and the 24th street location and will be there in till january 25. i am pleased to have once again richard serra at this table. welcome. nice to have you here. is this a new direction for you? >> it is a new body of work. it has precedence in some early work. but if you work a lot, what happens is that as the sequences unfold, new forms come out of old pieces. i felt after doing a lot of pieces, it was time to push it in another direction. this is a new body of work. >> like being in a cemet

kpix 5's ryan takeo joins us live from berkeley with the very latest. ryan. >> reporter: this is the third vote, the other two rank-and- file have already rejected it in the last couple of months. a driver said he is going to reject the proposal for the third time and he suggested that other veteran bus drivers will also reject it. >> time for us drivers to get what we want and not necessarily always what they want to give us. so i been around 22-plus years now, it's always what's given to us and not really what we really want. >> reporter: the newest agreement calls for a 9 1/2% raise over three years. but healthcare costs will increase and some drivers have expressed concern that that would cut any raises. some people see that raise and say that's good enough. >> i can understand what people say but from a union representative standpoint of view i'm going to stick by what we gonna stand by. >> reporter: a labor negotiations expert explained the past proposal rejections showed the rank-and-file are carrying a grudge from the last contract a couple year

patchy profit and not so hard a freeze as we have had but mid-30's for most of us and a few upper 30's in oakland. 51 can sunshine, and 54 average at 4:00, and we will drop if the low-to-mid 40's during the 7:00 hour. need the heavy coats inland where it is freezing. in the home 50's with poor air quality throughout the afternoon and the evening hours and we drop to 43. our day planner next 12 hours at the coast is 37 this morning and can not find much frost, temperatures in the low-to-mid 50's in the afternoon and back to 44 by 7:00. >> back if san francisco we have a serious crash that is southbound along 101 involving three vehicles and three lanes blocked and possibly one person is trapped. look at backup right now. 37 miles per hour is the top speed is it is bumper to bumper away from the curve. headed in the nobody direction, a little bit of spectator slowing away from the 280 extension but the best alternate is 280. in the east bay, southbound, along 880, in san leandro a crash is on the shoulder involving a big rig and we could have spectator slowing. on the san mateo bridge y

philippines, everybody in the pacific is looking to the united states and saying, are you serious protecting us?s? >> what about that? >> we have to keep all of the shippingines and trade les open. no question about it. we arere coming late to a party herere. since the wn of time the compition between the chinese and the jajapanese has been central to the world and to that region. china was dominant until the middle of the 19th century when japan modernized. and then jap really became the preeminent. is contest, you can see it right now, and god bless the united states but our role other than preserving the openne of those trade routes is basilly -- >> wheyou mention japan, we are coming up on december 7. triggers something in my memory. >> we have more to do. our rolele is -- >> wororld war ii. a little while agogo. >> our job is to diffuse the situation. it is at a pointnt where it coud get dangerous. i do not have any problem with the order we gave not to go througugh there. we canan make that argument ourselves ying through their just as we did during the cold war r when we sent trains to shw