the president of south. used to work as high school teacher but you know early eighty's he joined the k.g.b. after the collapse of the soviet union to build became a chief of south of intelligence during the georgia south acetic conflict in the ninety's the major general played a key role in the internationally mediated peacemaking efforts last april and i need to be able to coover as president among his stall priority is a recognition of south in the world and continuing on countries rebuilding. elyssa to believe welcome to the show. hello yes let's start with the visit to moscow. this is your first official visit here. by president putin invited to discuss i quote russia's assistance so the cd is social and economic development. that's the purpose of your visit to you. so what is this is distance. we talking about financial aid. there is a new department now established within the president's executive office you mean the russian president yes there is a special department for social and economic deals exc

we had twenty seven production facilities in south the city. but then georgians destroyed practically everything. so you are seeing in essence is the public would not be able to survive without russian aid. it would be very hard for us to survive without this support. because you talk about rebuilding your economy in one of your recent interviews he said that. expected to develop a healthy efficient economy within the next eighteen months or so. but given its current devastation that would require an economic miracle. i think we should do that step by step what we can to procrastinate. either. we've already started revolving our agriculture. our republic has always been an agricultural area with the great opportunities for cattle breeding and producing other a greek culture of goods. we also used to produce grain and basically all other kinds of products. so i think if we go back to this same level of agricultural development. our country will become self-sufficient in terms of these products. and the same goes for our industries. also saw the

another south carolinians. i don't have anything really to say to him and i'll said to be on us is a little self-conscious. it's a busy airport, lecture kinds of people another self-conscious about standing in line, waiting to greet him and his best known for his segregationist to rain. it was good enough to say that i've seen have been keep on walking. so i'm conflicted, though. i walked down the concourse about 100 yards i look back, and here since 89-year-old man at the time, he's got a suitcase -- a briefcase in one hand and a travel bag in the other in a package under one arm and he should shuffling down this busy, crowded airport. without thinking, i go back and introduce myself. i said senator thurmond, my name is joseph crespino. i'd be happy to get you to your you to your next flight. he said are sure you got enough time? i don't want to delay when your travel. as i've got plenty of time. i'd be happy to do it. we walked together for about 10 minutes and i was just trying to make conversation the strom

as we dove south through san mateo, the rain got -- as we drove south through san mateo the rain gotheavier, belmont, san carlos, slick, dangerous conditions on 101 people still speeding. we hope our viewers stay safe this morning. slow down on those roads, perhaps give yourself extra time. kira klapper, abc7 news. >>> 6:33. giants' quest for a second world series title in three years, begins tonight at at&t park. amy hollyfield joins us live with a preview. the tigers in town. >> reporter: the tigers are going to be tough. i keep hearing about their pitching. the giants look so good they've got the momentum and so much enthusiasm spreading through the streets of our city. look at some of our landmarks lit up in giants' orange. mayor lee has declared this san francisco giants pride week he has the ferry building and coit tower all lit up. the tough part is finding tickets. this game was sold out weeks ago you can find some or sites like stub-hub, standing room only ticket about $275. lower box see the almost $8,000. police say be careful, there are going to be scams out there, they'v

kind of demagogue of the jim crow south. he was the biggest man in south carolina and thurmond's father was kind of a lieutenant in its operation. thurmond's father had been elected as kind of a county prosecuting attorney and he was a successful -- he was on the rise when he got into a dispute one afternoon with a man. the man picked a fight with thurmond saying that he had, he was complaining about the position his father had not been appointed to. the man was drunk and he was very -- he cursed thurmond and all that kind of stuff and they got into a row. thurmond walked back to his law office in the man came back around. thurmond ended up shooting the man and he was acquitted for self-defense but the county's's biggest law enforcement official, doesn't help if you are on trial for murder. that is not good. infect thurmond would run for the house of representatives a couple of years later and he ended up finishing in the district 3. he would never run for electoral politics again but he ends up being an important behind-the

and the south, this south, dominated society and politics. in 1860, 1861 advocate for succession and towering non-slaveowners but lincoln appears to have had no understanding either of the widespread ownership of slaves among whites, or how deeply slavery had become embedded in saudi society. instead of comprehending that the overwhelming majority of southern whites were committed to their slave society, it seems that lincoln thought of them as conservative unionists with little attachment to slavery. in other words, they were very much like abraham lincoln, except perhaps without his moral outrage towards slavery. perhaps the mass of southern whites could not or would not act against slavery, but lincoln could not imagine him either pro-slave, nor on their own acting against the union. i south where non-planters, even non-slaveowners have a voice, republicans have actively supported session was both foreign and unknown to lincoln. but a visit to lincoln and springfield, illinois, after the election he earned -- urged his friend -- [inaudible

and south bay, i think you will see storms also.tray shower through 7:00 most of us in the 50s. partly cloudy noon with 50s at the coast, 60s for rest of us storms reform during heating of the day up to 4:00 and hang around through 7:00. best chance around the santa cruz mountains and santa clara valley, monterey bay and points south. unsettled weather in the forecast for the next couple of days. if we can take a look at what is going on thursday, mainly 60s and 70s, friday isolated storms and warming trend will begin saturday. >>> good morning. live shot bay bridge toll, traffic very, very light. let's hope it stays that way, no problems, no metering lights at the limit into san francisco, roadwork southbound 680 sycamore valley road to al costa until 6:00 this morning, three left lanes block. eastbound 4 bailey to railroad roadwork until 1:00 this afternoon. a's game 6:30 tonight expect traffic around the coliseum before game time after game time going for another win tonight. here's a look at your waze app, what just happened the

south bay around 70.ow to mid 60s coast today into downtown south san francisco and sausalito upper 60s to low 70s north bay valleys, low 60s beaches, mid to upper -- low to mid 70s east bay valleys, morgan hill, gilroy and hollister mid to upper 60s monterey bay. game tonight 6:00, 62° mostly cloudy dropping to 57. area of low pressure going to stay often coast bet chance of storms over the ocean stray storm may develop in our neighborhoods. better chance as it heads to the south tomorrow, slight chance friday night into saturday, really not much to talk about until you go sunday, monday when it gets warmer. >>> good morning. nice drive out there. most places around the bay area, live look at bay bridge toll, no metering lights and no delays into san francisco. one problem north 101 oyster point out of lanes on right you can see a little slowing as you approach the scene south san francisco northbound with that accident cleared. checking in ace train, five minute delay out of tracy train number 1, all ot

the south korean and u.s. technology giants have been fighting each other in the courts over technology for smartphones and other mobile devices. the people at samsung say they added iphone 5, apple's iphone 5 to a patent infringement lawsuit. samsung alleges the latest smartphone violates eight of its patents. the claim targets technologies for displays data and storing photos. lawyers for samsung say they will exclude patents on the high speed wireless communications protocol known as lte. samsung has an edge in this technology. samsung received a green light from a u.s. district court in california in another case. the company can resume sales of its tablet device the galaxy 10.1 in the u.s. market. the court decided in june to temporarily ban sales. it lifted the injunction after a separate lawsuit in august found this particular tablet did not infringe on apple patents. >>> in other news ahmadinejad blamed the enemies of iran for the fall of its currency. u.s. and european leaders imposed sanctions in jul

showers possible south of the bay area monterey bay and south tuesday and wednesday.. concord, oakland, san jose three degrees cooler, we lose another two minutes and 22 seconds of sun today. upper 60s to low 70s south bay, 70 redwood city and loss -- los altos many low 60s coast, light breeze and sunshine low to mid 60s downtown south san francisco and sausalito. low 60s at beaches. mainly mid to upper 60s east bay shore fremont 70 inland low to mid 70s warmest east bay valleys. monterey bay mid to upper 60s. tonight more 40s around napa, santa rosa, cloverdale. half moon bay 50. rest of us in the low to mid 50s. area of low pressure off the coast bringing chance of shower to our south and coolest arounds tuesday and wednesday, slight warming trend thursday better warming trend saturday, sunday. >>> good morning. if your drive takes you through the waldo tunnel to the golden gate bridge light all four lanes configured no problem fog-free as well no drizzle on the road. same with the san mateo bridge, clear you will fan a little heavier traffic westbound towards the h

bay and points south. inland valleys, fairly quiet 40s and 50s now stray shower possible most likely south of 580 in the diablo range around mount hamilton. at the coast closest to that area of low pressure stray shower possible through 7:00 quiet noon more showers during the afternoon hours as you reach the low 60s. let's get -- get a check on traffic. >>> incline section crawling scene of accident incline near treasure island motorcycle down two left lanes blocked, i saw an ambulance trying to get to the scene, expect major delays, toll plaza backed into the macarthur maze on to 80, 580 and 88 omagh injure delays i would recommend bart if you can. i'm guessing the san mateo bridge is also going to be jammed we'll check that in a minute. san jose north 85 connector to seven teen waze app showing moderate traffic -- getting through you can download this free app shows alternate routes, abc7news.com/waze. >>> we'll continue to check back. we are following developing news from union city, overnight fire dest

los altos hills south 280 el monte accident blocking left lane. busy morning with lots of pooling and flooding on the roadways give yourself lots of extra >> let's hope the weather stays dry and traffic stays manageable around at&t park tonight when the giants battle for the national league pennant after winning an improbable fifth game last night in front of their fans. >> reporter: home field advantage last night could not be denied. it was loud here. even the players said it was like a party-like atmosphere and their fans helped get them to game 7. the man of the night was pitcher ryan vogelsong the best game of his career he only allowed one run, four hits, nine strike outs. with a 6-1 victory over the cardinals the fans are feeling confident about game 7. >> pitching, the same the entire way. we have to deal we have to come through with at least three runs if that happens we are going to find ourselves in the world series once again. >> pitching baby. [ screaming ] >> reporter: vogelsong said he feeds off the fans. hopefully cain does too he

down towards the south is where it's going to be the most severe. we have been hearing about really heavy rain. more than 300 mm of rain. about 350 in the last 24 hours. usually in the month of october, the average is about 200 millimeters for the entire month. we're getting a lot of heavy rain at the moment. let's go to tropical storm paul. paul, he is starting to get ready to make landfall in the baja peninsula but starting to move up towards the north. it's already brought about 100 millimeters of rain and it's going to continue to bring some heavy rain into the next 72 hours, i should say. even after making landfall and downgrading to a tropical storm we will see heavy amounts of rain. but also for the western coast of mainland, mexico. all right. we have one more tropical system to talk about. a category 1 system which has just by passed bermuda heading up towards the north, northeast. it's expected to become a remnant low fairly quickly. once we get in towards friday we're going to have to take another look and see whether the system continues

next couple of days, still have a chance of a shower, mainly south around the monterey bay further southuesday and wednesday, then over for thursday f we get a stray shower closer to the bay area, it will be in the north bay, that in the forecast in a few minutes. >>> good morning. light bay bridge metering lights off, cars breezing through, cash folks delayed backed up through and to the west grand overcrossing otherwise sluggish upper deck no major slow downs eastbound 380 connector from 280 to 101 earlier accident has things slow, bumper-to-bumper towards san francisco airport you can get south and north from 380, just a little slow. southbound 880 near montague stall big rig just cleared out of lanes. drive times now 580 to altamont pass, bunched up, highway 4, slow westbound into the -- from antioch to burg 80 westbound good here's your waze map, southbound pleasant hill road very heavily traveled area, wires down in the road between spring hill and deer hill that section closed until 9 a.m. you cannot get to 24 from that section, take geary to 680 to 24. down led to free app to get

and heading south. i'm told that's a good thing because firefighters are still spraying water on this fire. i just took a walk back there and there are a number of spot fires burning all over this two-acre property. we have some pictures this morning from our chopper over the scene. there are actually five businesses here on the property. pallets, landscaping, container trucks. right now what firefighters are telling us is that it is contained. this started around 2:15 this morning and spread quickly. one ba tallon chief told me with the pallets it's sort of like stack up wood in a fireplace. perfect conditions to burn. this is on brookside near richmond parkway. they're looking at the possibility that lightning may have started this. firefighters describe their challenges. >> this is the biggest problem we had, getting water to the fire. there's only one hydrant in front and there's only one road, the road we're on now. it's difficult. that's why we called heavy equipment to come in and surround the fi

as we look farther to the south in the south bay, a few showers around the santa clara valley, heading towards morgan hill and gilroy. most of this is sliding away interest us the morning commute is going to be easier than it was yesterday. -- more showers in the forecast for today and tomorrow. >>> good morning. right now the big issue is standing water from overnight rain. not raining out there now, both directions of highway 4 at hillcrest standing water there slowing drivers. we had an early early accident westbound 80 at pomona due to slick roads that went into the center divide. south 280 sand hill road flooding in the right lane. be aware you come up on that standing water reason for solo spin-outs. >>> [ unintelligible ] fans the night celebrating the team's return to the world series. amy hollyfield is live at at&t park. what a night. what a series. >> reporter: are you referring to me when you talk about co-workers who are tired? i stayed up too late last night it was so exciting nothing makes it more official than a t-shirt. giants are the national league champs. they clinch

san jose south 880 before alameda stalled blocking left lane south 87 capital destroy off-ramp blocked stall. new accident 780 west ramp to westbound 80 blocking lanes. westbound 580 another accident this is a stall blocking lane of traffic at eden canyon. >>> developing news from san francisco police are still looking for one possibly two people who shot at a police officer. police say an officer was shot at from a moving car in the mission district after 1:30 this morning. the officer was not hit. officers managed to detain two people at 23rd and bryant. officers set up a perimeter to search for others. the intersection was briefly closed for the search but has been reopened. >>> switching gears, 6:32. giants fans will be buzzing this evening as orange and black try to take a two game lead over the tigers. giants beat tigers, amy hollyfield is live outside with more. >> reporter: look what the chronicle's first page is calling it. it was definitely panda's night, pablo sandoval he hit three homeruns in front of 42,855 people herejftat at&t park. giants fans going crazy as their team

there are no major problems in the south bay. as we move in and tilt up to the hayward area southbound traffic there looks good. 5:25 here is steve. >>> sal, thank you. skies are clear. it's cold out though. yesterday we had a lot of low clouds. skies are clear it's in the 40s but we will end up with lots of sunshine. temperatures will be warming up. 60s and mid 70s. we'll have more on game day forecast and big hurricane may be impacting the east coast coming up. >>> time now 5:26. in fact, it's so big weather experts like steve call this one frankenstorm. and you know it's moving closer and closer to one of the nation's most populated areas. >>> and we're live inside a at & t park again this morning where crews are busy cleaning up. they don't have to prep though because giants going on the road. we'll tell you when they're arriving at the ballpark this morning. >>> a big step forward in extending bart south of fremont on the way to san jose. h>> good morning, to you. welcome back to ktvu channel 2 morning news. this is p

south of half moon bay where our last radar return is showing up now as you head down south of 1 all rotating off the coast looks like it is going to be dry for most of us this morning. lightning is pretty cool. coolest around fargo, minneapolis and chicago, 60s and 70s everywhere else. phoenix 92. new orleans 84. flight arrival delays into newark and atlanta. back towards the bay area, everything is on time right now. use our flight tracker at the bottom of abc7news.com. >>> authorities will be canvassing a west san jose neighborhood later this morning going door-to-door to tell residents about an arsonist. lisa amin gulezian has more. >> reporter: >> it was dark you could see embers flying, -- >> reporter: this is cell phone video of the most recent fire in an alley. there have been at least seven other fires here since september 26th. >> it is very stressful in the last few weeks it is happening so often. >> reporter: too often for anyone's comfort who lives on street back of their homes on this alley this is where they park their cars and throw out their trash. this is exactly wh

now the south korean companies like like becoming formidable rivals. >> translator: south korea has done in three years what it took us ten years to do in japan. they've caught up with us. he's the only executive of a japanese company invited to the reception for the trade fair. he takes this opportunity to pitch his idea for the iwa branch in japan. >> translator: it would be much easier if the japanese government were involved rather than me doing the talking. the government would rather cut spending on this kind of initiative. i'm worried japan may get left behind. >> that is all for me for now. i'll leave you with the market figures. >>> following the nuclear crisis last year the town had to be evacuated as it was just 15 kilometers from the power plant. the students at the local junior high school split up and found themselves in few schools far away. this is not the final out for the baseball team. this summer the older players got together to take part in a national semihardball baseball tournament. >> reporter: for the players on the baseball team, this is the biggest day of thei

into the 2:00 hour tomorrow, a chance of rain coming up from the south into the south bay.his will continue near san jose through the 4:00 hour, and then continues will start to improve. we'll see some of the cloud cover through the day tomorrow. temperatures will be in the 70s in the south bay tomorrow. definitely a few sun breaks. 70 in cupertino, 71 in san jose, 70s for the inland valleys. 76 in livermore. 65 in alameda. cool along the coast . 64 in san francisco. 70s up through the north bay. the extended forecast, tomorrow a chance of showers, but mainly just the clouds going to be coming through. the rest of the week, conditions don't change much. but then warmer conditions with more sunshine into the weekend. >>> bay area baseball fans have not seen the last of their teams yet! gary is up next with giants and a's highlights. ask me what it's like when my tempur-pedic moves. [ male announcer ] why not talk to someone who owns an adjustable version of the most highly recommended bed in america? ask me about my tempur advanced ergo. goes up. goes up. ask me what it's li

slowing south of the 280 vintage range. the marine ride under 25 minutes from a bottle to the golden gate bridge. >> thank you george the alameda county sheriff's office makes a mess with in goodman unfounded pound of marijuana and $4,000 in cash. that led to his house and found more cash and evidence of drug sales. he's facing charges in investigating whether he sold drugs to is. >> and shooting at a strip mall in san jose has said a woman to the hospital and two others to jail. the women were taken into custody after opening fire at the shopping center. the victim was walking outside with her husband when she was sick. the motive is unclear but police said the suspect and the victims knew each other in some way. the victims suffered in non-life threatening interesjuries. campbell police are trying to identify serial bank robber suspect. all the last two months six bank robber thir. to five--5 ft. 8 to 5 ft. 10 in. tall. he has a goatee of a full 5:00 shadow. if you know this person is called police. the time is 6:23 a.m.

down towards the south. a tropical depression east of the rear undgion will become a and move through the philippines over 72 hours or so. manila will turn stormy on thursday. heaviest rain is going to be found along the eastern seaboard. more than 120 millimeters of rain is likely. that is certainly not the cause of flooding as well as landslides. moving into the americas then, winter storm is, have been battering the western u.s. and western canada. lots of snow in the mountains. and heavy showers along the coast. the heaviest snowfall is going to be found in the canadian rockies on tuesday. as much as a 45 centimeters likely. even the lower elevations of alberta, and sa saskatchewan will be receiving snow showers. things are looking quite different down towards the south. we have a tropical activity, over the central caribbean. this is tropical storm, sandy. right now. stationary. but will be speeding up for the next couple of days. and becoming a hurricane by wednesday. it looks like it is going to move

these are sliding south and to the east, east bay valleys you are going to get rain, south bay going to pick up in intensity over the next hour. best chance of showers right now. they will taper towards the back half of the commute, we'll see clouds open by noon. isolated shower like yesterday afternoon with temperatures mainly in the low to mid 60s. showers tomorrow, mainly over the ocean, clearing in the afternoon, temperatures jump in the 70s friday and saturday away from the coast in the 60s close to where we should be. >>> wet roads the issue this morning. give yourself extra time, whether you -- wherever you are headed 80 east shore freeway past golden gate fields into the macarthur maze wet but moving no problems bay bridge wet morning towards the toll flickering raindrops on the camera, no problems into san francisco. wet roads here on the golden gate bridge headed south roadwork picked up north part of the span no delays into san francisco, big problem this is the waze app we have an accident highway 12 shutdown both directions this is american canyon alternate route is very

south korea controls the territory. japan claims it. >>> a chinese novelist who has written about his country's rich past and the complex issues it faces in the present has joined an exclusive club. mo yan is the winner of this year's nobel prize in literature. members of the swedish academy made the announcement on thursday. >> the nobel prize in literature for 2012 is awarded to the chinese writer mo yan. >> mo is 57 years old. he shot to fame after publishing "red sorghum" in 1986. the novel vividly portrays the lives of chinese peasants in the 1930s. it became a film. both the novel and movie won international acclaim. mo's 2009 book "frog" focuses on a character who promotes the chinese government's one-child policy. the female doctor provides abortions in a maternity clinic. members of the swedish academy says mo uses a hallucinatory realism to merge folk tales, history, and the contemporary. >>> turkish authorities have forced a syrian passenger plane to land in ankara. they suspected it might have been carrying

appears indisputable that he knew so little about the south. at 19 and 22 additionally he was born in kentucky and his wife came from a slave owning family as did his best friend. after his useful journeys he never traveled to the south beyond kentucky. but then to serve one term united states house of representatives that was almost of a decade and a half they kept up with none of the men but they had no friends who could educate with southern politics. so lincoln's image of the slave south matched the abolitionists depiction to dominate society and politics agitating for secession with slave owners. lincoln appears to have no understanding or how deeply slavery is invented the with the overwhelmingly majority it seems linkdin thought of them with no attachment to slavery there were very much like abraham again. perhaps southern whites could not imagine a pro slave or against the yen. and actively supportive session but it springfield illinois he and his friend urged lincoln and with the republican triumph. there are no such men. with no first

. >>> look at the south.bama phobia has gone through the roof in the reddest of the red portion of the country and i think i am wondering if it's artificially inflating romney's national number to make it look closer than it is. >> what was that guy talking about? it was me on the show yesterday. i was stunned by gallup's polling in the south showing mitt romney leading president obama by 22 points. but obama and mccain dead even in the same region last time around. focusing on the numbers it would seem to explain the gap between state polling and battleground state polling and national horse race polling but the number cruncher claims the south doesn't explain romney's strength in the national polls and claims it's because president obama is struggling in, wait for it, the liberal northeast. it's time for the nate spot with nate cohen. nate, i'll start by saying you're right. i'm wrong. let's ask you why. i asked another pollster this morning, patrick murray running the monmouth poll to explain this. he brea

even down towards the south bay. sunnyvale, san jose, free nt mo, even hayward, expect to see showers in the next hour or so. potential for some small hail is likely so keep it slow on those roadways this morning. you can see, does keep the showers in place through midday. midafternoon, we start to clear out. that's good news , the ground will dry out. by game time, intervals sunshine. so that will be nice as far as the game goes. the winds are still blustery. here is your forecast for game one of the world series. and temperatures will be falling back through the 50s. by 7:00, couldn't rule out the potential for a little bit of drizzle. not expected to be a big washout though. as i mentioned, we will start to see more sunshine. it will be cold today. we're talking about 50s at the coast it only 60 at santa cruz. you'll notice warmer conditions into the east bay. 57 at liver moore. south bay, 64 in san jose. your forecast shows temperatures warming as we head into the weekend. friday and saturday really the pick days

to slide south it is wet in a lot of areas.sue is covering a lot of accidents. you can see around san pablo, richmond across the richmond san rafael bridge,. there's more to the north as we look at last three hours this is going to be heavy north bay event through the morning while the rest of us will be dealing with showers and lighter rain until we get that cold front to sweep it south. just about any of us unless you are around san jose possibly south, may escape the rain i think there's chances you will get some too. 50s out there, it is going to be crazy, first rainfall of the year always is. around monterey bay low to mid 50s. going to be breezy all day, steady rain this morning, more scattered showers during the afternoon, unstable air mass tomorrow and wednesday which means more waves of showers through that. then wilt start to dry out thursday and -- then it will start to dry out thursday and become warmer. today 50s and 60s mid to upper 50s coast, san francisco possibly san mateo and richmond, napa, everybody else low

quarter to half inch peninsula and south bay, a third to two thirds in the north bay.be careful out there here's sue. >>> chain requirements in the sierra highway 50 and 80 now, it is knowing there. here's look at bay bridge backed up into the macarthur maze carpool lanes getting by nicely, sluggish upper deck into san francisco through treasure island. san rafael south 101 headlights out of novato ing in cortamadera area, cortamadera creek at high tide tends to flood over the troy that's happening with the extra rain eastbound 80 problems at springs road and also pomona couple overturns east 580 overturn as well as marina bay slowing things on drive towards el cerrito. highway 37 on the waze app, from vallejo towards novato, very slow, download this app to avoid some of tphraoebs lem spots it is free on your iphone. >>> 6:52. nasa scientists have recovered the first of that meteor seen streaking across the bay area sky wednesday. this is the it, the small dark grey rock hit the roof of a house in novato, bounded and ended up the ground. the homeowner says she heard a

south korea's kbs television reported the incident. defense ministry officials say the helicopter took off from a japanese self-defense ship about 50 kilometers east of the island. they say, it entered a buffer zone just outside south korean airspace. fighter pilots issued warnings then the helicopter left. air craft must receive permission to enter the area. japan's maritime self defense force officials denied there was a problem. they say the helicopter's crew was taking part in routine training over open sea. they admit the aircraft, entered the buffer zone but say it never flew into south korean airspace. taiwan's envoy to japan calling for a quick resumption of talks on fish rights around the island. returned to tokyo after three weeks away to protest japan's purchase of the island. >> there is no change in taiwan's claim of sovereignty over the island. i want japan to understand taiwan's intent to promote peaceful die lpeace f peaceful dialogue and development. >> talks have been suspended for more than three years. >> a taiwanes

south hayes street. police will direct you around that incident. eastbound 66 there have been volume delays making your way in past both manassas, fair oaks and into vienna. all lanes are open as you come into the roosevelt bridge. outer loop of the beltway maryland starting to bog down on a couple of stretches west of new hampshire around to university boulevard. next timesaver traffic 6:25. mike back to you. >>> thanks bev. see new a little bit. we have a commuter alert for you this morning. heads-up to weekend drivers in northern virginia. part of the northbound george washington parkway is going to be closed. it will be shut down between spout run park ray and chain bridge rose -- parkway and chain bridge road. you have to get off at spout run and then follow the detour signs. they should reopen by monday morning and expect more closures though in the same area coming up later this month. >>> the time right now is 6:18. next in sports more honors for rg3 and the baseball playoffs begin tonight. >> ri

close to south hayes street on south glebe road. utility crews will be there likely most of the morning. your next check of timesaver traffic is at 5:24. mike, jess back to you. >>> thanks bev. see you in a little bit. the nationals are going to watch the wild card game tonight to see where they're headed on the road with their opponent is going to be. >> the redskins prepare to host one of the nfl's last undefeated teams. that's coming up in sports. >> before we head to break let's take another look at the question of the day -- >> and here's a look at a response you wrote on the wusa9 facebook fan page. kendra is picking -- >> log on to our facebook fan page. we'd love to hear what you think. we'll have the answer to the quiz in our 6:00 show. stay with us. >>> it is 5:21 on this friday morning. beautiful start to the day. we've got clear skies in most areas, temperatures in the 50s in the suburbs and low 60s here in town and nothing but sunshine today. 65 at 9:00. by lunchtime we'll be in the mid- to upper 70s and even pushing 80

you may still find some slick roads in the south bay. i didn't notice it as i was coming in but just a heads up especially on the south bay freeways, guadalupe parkway, 280 and 101. in the meantime we are just talk roadwork for much of the east bay. here's a live look at some of our traffic sensors. if your commute takes you through the san ramon valley both directions of 680 close to sycamore valley, various lanes blocked scheduled until about 6:00 this morning according to our friends at caltrans. otherwise eastbound lanes 4 closed for roadwork there. taking a look at the south bay, you can see our live drive time sensors, so far pretty much moving at top speeds. you will notice some more roadwork southbound 880 near montague. so just a heads up there. elsewhere quick look outside. here's a live look at the golden gate bridge and pretty much all of our bridges fro and clear moving at the limit this morning. southbound 101 from 580 towards the toll plaza. 14 minutes. more "timesaver traffic" coming up. in the meantime, back to you guys.

the south bay, the volume picks up, the rain farther south than san jose or farther south in san josea live look at the camera shows you the volume really starting to kick in right at 680. back to you. >>> just in case you had to go to bed and you missed it, let us be the first to tell you the giants winning. the team focusing on that real prize. >> we need to enjoy this but still have some work to do. >> yes, they do. the team needs to win one more series before being called world champions. it's going to be a tough one against the detroit tigers. game one is tomorrow night at at&t park. >> oh, yes, time to get it on. today in the bay's christie smith is live in san francisco right now where the giants, get a load of this, the giants giving away free tickets to the world series. christie, a very good morning with that news. >> reporter: yeah, good morning to you, jon. you know, that win was absolutely stunning. not just a win, but a shutout. i have to say i stayed up way too late watching the whole thing. but apparently one of the last tweets that the giants sent out last night was i

we are tracking some closures in south baltimore because of fire activity. kim dacey is on the scene. moving well on 95 from the white marsh area. up to speak to the park filled region -- up to speed in the parkville region. here's a quick, live look at traffic. an update at dulaney valley. so far so good. this is providence. a smooth ride. 83's checking out ok. no delays on 70. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> we are following breaking news out of south baltimore. a fire on battery avenue. >> kim dacey is live on the scene with the details. >> the fire is happening a couple of blocks behind us. several blocks away, you can see the smoke and smell the smoke. the apparatus is closing several roads. we have some information as they are still actively the fire. it started in late rowhouse in the 1200 block of battery avenue. the fire started on the first floor and spread to the second floor and to some of the adjoining town homes. those town homes were evacuated. neighbors are out on the street. it is quite a scene. we spoke to the son of the homeowne

it is in south jersey right around atlantic city. the exact location is not that important. the whole region will get it. the flooding has begun in jersey and in new york. sandy is on a collision course with a winter storm from the west. and a blast of frigid air from the north. when the three systems meet, forecasters say that will create a once-in-a-lifetime weather phenomenon. >> do not underestimate this storm. these forecasts for the surge are really extraordinary. though are talking about surges that we have not seen before. there is nothing at all to be taken lightly. >> this is not a time to an show off. this is not a time to be stupid. this is a time to save yourself and your family. >>shepard: the governors of new york and jersey and the east coast grinding to a halt. 5,000 flights are canceled. mass transit in boston, philadelphia, washington, dc, and new york city at a standstill. the tunnels in and out of the manhattan, are shut down. the train stations from new jersey which bring commuters close to a million a day into the city, flooded with 3' to 4' of water.

i said some silly comment about south carolina girls. i guess because the small talk one made with strom strom thurmond. get him to his flight and shook his hand again. that was it. i thought about that story a lot as i have written this book. that story really the metaphor for the difficulty i had in writing about this -- the challenge i faced in writing about this very controversial figure. there's no easier or straightforward way to write about a figure as controversial as strom thurmond. sometimes as i've been reading the book we wondered if some of the stuff in the book is not another effort on my part to carry strom thurmond's back age. -- the challenge i had in the weak was to fight the urge not kind of, you know, simply walk away and not meet the man face to face, you know, and present him as a kind of three dimensional contract. a living breathing human being. that's the challenge i fashion. what i wanted to do, really, is write a book about -- write a history of strom thur monday's america in a way that critical but dissipation

they can't go south to south korea, strange they seem because the -- that runs along the 38 parallel is despite the name is the most militarized border in the world. it's imble impossible to get across unless you are a soldier who has been shown the safe route. and only a few people make it out of north korea by going across the dmz. instead they go china. and in china the north korea usually find he has exchanged one circle of hell for another. china's policy is to track down the north koreas in that country, arrest them, and send them back to north korea they face imprisonment or worse for the so-called crime of leaving their country. this policy, this chinese policy is both immoral and it's -- obligations under international treaties it is signed. nevertheless, some of the north koreas who are hiding in china decide to risk a second escape. out of china to south korea, no one can accomplish this feat on his own. some people can get out of north korea on their own and the hand of the rescues rarely reaches to north korea i.t. if somebodies wants to get out of china. they need help.

south korea keeps track of the north koreans to reach south korea. and let me share with you a couple of the numbers. in 1990, only nine north koreans were able to reach south korea appeared last year, 2700 -- [inaudible] north koreans reach safety in the south. so, the people who get out, have enough of them that they are educating us about the truth of life in north korea. there've been several books published and we now have a much better picture of what the truth of the existence is there. but the north korean refugees are performing a second equally important function. i do believe more important. they are hoping their own information starved homeland, just as the world now knows more about north koreans, north koreans still far more about the period. this is to thanks to the efforts of north koreans who have escaped. how did they do that? think a minute. an immigrant. with the first thing he wants to do? he wants to let his family back home know he's okay and tell them about his new life. before a north korean who wants to do that, it's next to

light scattered showers south of san francisco right around millbrae and farther south at san jose south between there and morgan hill over in the santa cruz mountains pest ka dare and area of show activity oshore. this is all very light. some justrin sprinkles but the wet weher is developing and tomorrow we may even have a thunder shower or 2 which i will get to in a moment. temperature readings 59 degrees here at san francisco. 62 across the bay in oakland. 56 cool 56 up at santa rosa and low 60's in the inland east bay and south basement on we good to the focasteatelds ntinuing to increas ovnight byhe w sprinkl ernight isolate thundetorms are possible tomorrow in the southern part of the viewing area and warming trend begins on saturday. all kinds of stuff going on. over nature tonight we see partly mostly cloudy skies. cool north bay with low dropping in the 40's and low in the low 50's and showers will continue to develop did you know south over the santa cruz mountains perhaps even spot or 2 over the east bay around fremont. on we good to the satellite radar composite image. the sy

today upper 60s to mid 70s north to south across the south bay today. mid to upper 60s most of the peninsula. low to mid 60s along the coast, also downtown, south san francisco, sausalito, upper 60s to low 70s north bay valleys, low 60s at beaches. mid to upper 60s most of the east bay shore, we could get to 70 here and there low to mid 70s east bay valleys. mid to upper 60s monterey bay. these areas best chance of showers tomorrow. we are going to have mainly cloudy conditions and stars at the game tonight 6:00, 62 at the coliseum dropping to 57 tigers and a's take on game three. 40s and 50s tonight a little cloud cover around temperatures like they are this morning. as you look at this area of low pressure coming towards the coast now starting to make that turn to the right and slide down the coast that's why i think the best chance of seeing the showers will be near the coast today, one or two may stray inland wednesday showers to the south especially south of monterey bay bay another slight chance friday into saturday, sunday, monday back to average

next three days chance of showers mainly to the south around monterey bay and south tuesday and wednesday. thursday start to see maybe a very tiny warming trend in the 70s across the board along our inland neighborhoods. 60s bay, 50s coast. >>> good morning. good ride so far, live shot of the golden gate bridge no roadwork this morning configured now three lanes south, two lanes north they will change that when the commute gets underway fully. highway 4 westbound at somersville debris in lanes. eastbound 4 between bailey and railroad avenue most of the day until 1:00 this afternoon, expecting roadwork there as well. our waze app, a map showing pleasant hill road heading to highway 24. last night we had a fatal accident and wires are down in the road pleasant hill before 24 until 6:00 before they think to have that cleaned up. you want to take taylor east to 680 to get back to highway 24 if you would like to download this free app, join other traffic spotters, abc7news.com/waze. >> 4:41. >> meningitis scare continues to grow, the california clinics linked to the crisis. >>> generous recycl

we have seen some light showers and the south bay. doesn't matter where you're located you will certainly need an umbrella. we will see breaks of sunshine into the afternoon. it is a very unseasonably cool day i had with and get it 60 degrees 62 downtown san francisco. the giants for cast against the cardinals for this very important game 7 at 5:07 p.m. expect often on showers. we could accumulate up to 2 ft. of snow by the end of the storm system. this is set for wednesday and we could see about a foot of still snow near lake level. we are-during the winter storm morning and in effect until 5:00 p.m. on tuesday. with snow we will also experience windy conditions so be aware of that. the forecast shows rain tuesday and wednesday and drier conditions thursday and friday. a mix of sun and clouds will bring warmer temperatures as we transition into the weekend. >> the east bay on the east shore freeway has a 35 to 40 there's a problem with a multicar accident at the waldos tunnel. the commute time is now 021 01 southbound their no. ran i

they first go to china they can't go south to south korea, strange they've seen because it would run along the 38 per lot despite its name to mr. looker is the border of the world and. others may get out of north korea by giving in the dnc. then in china of the north koreans usually find that he has exchanged one circle for another. china's policy is to track down the north koreans in that country, and arrest them and send them back to north korea where they face imprisonment or worse for the so-called leading their country. this policy, the chinese policy is in contravention of the obligations under the international treaties. some of the north koreans who are hiding in china decided to risk a second escaped to read out of china and south korea. no one could accomplish this on his own. some people can get out of north korea on their own and the hand of rescuers really reach into north korea itself, but if somebody wants to get out of china, the need help. the distances are great, and the challenges are too high for the north korean to do it on his own. this is where the new undergro

into the south bay, to the north bank 71 in santa rosa.we take a look at your 7 day around the bay it is showing us that we are expected dry weather ahead. they want up in store for a set to start to work week. >> we don't have any from the freeway is actually pretty quiet. of course we do have overnight construction around the bay area as we do have some lines close, however because traffic is so light we are not running to any slowdowns. here is the bay bridge toll plaza traffic as well for all three of the approaches. yet the same tale bridge west lb and he's done 92 moving smoothly into the tell lights out towards foster city. a look at the golden gate bridge shows no issues with visibility they will see traffic moving at the limit this pretty much the story for your entire comment. coming out of the north pay. he wanted to show 6the first boston backed up no delays out of antioch. keeping a close eye on the 58686 interchanges a little bit this noslowing coming out of the altamonte pass. >> back to some news firefighters are going door