importance to this for it by our marine corps until they realized the larger ambitions of the south pacific offenses, they realized that their base that revolves would be suicide threatened by u.s. position in the southern solomons. and through august, september, october and november the japanese eventually, their main base in the pacific, through a series of hammer blows on our foothold in the southern solomons that produced seven major naval battles, five of them were midnight surface slugfests fought between destroyers, cruisers and battleships often, talking eight-inch main batteries engaging in .50 caliber machine gun range. horrific affairs in heavy casualties on both sides. plus two for the battle of midway style carrier engagements fought in the waters around guadalcanal. the campaign lasted six months, and by the end of it, and those seven naval battles nearly 5000 u.s. sailors were killed, approximate number, about the same number of japanese as well. those 5000 killed in action with returns the number of men who died in the fighting on the item itself. so it comes to the question

. >> thousands of rocks were seen floating across the vast expanse of the south pacific. the area measures 30 miles by 250 miles. an area as large as belgium. scientist believe they are pumice. >> the pe percent perceid meter. >> if you missed last night's display you can dr try again tonight. >> coming up next the final day of the london olympics. >> the final geld gold medal counts put the u.s. on top. now comes tomorrow without the fun and games in london. mark phillips has a look back and a look ahead. >> the stars came out in these games. britain's mo farrah won the 5000-meter as well. his robot signature rivals the biggest crowd. jamaica's usain bolt won in the 500 relay. no 1 can strike like the lightning bottom here. who are the big winners of these games? certainly the ticket holders who headed to the events like no before. certainly the stronger countries like yea jamaica who dominated e track events. certainly britain delivered a successful game and finished up the medal stand too. >> these small islands of 60 million people taking 3rd place behind countries th

taking a second look at alaska, some of the world war ii's most critical battles were fought in the south pacifice crucial confrontation took place in the north pacific and in the area around the aleutian islands. this historic film recounts the battle in the aleutian islands off alaska. >> on june 3rd, undercover of bad weather, the japanese headed straight for the target, without being smothered by the american search flames, the view of the japanese fleet in the area. they continued their run until they were only 165 miles from the target. the poor weather was quite the opposite for the attacking planes. the planes which left the japanese carriers in the harbor, many were subsequently forced to turn back. 17 planes made the most successful strike from the japanese point of view. over dutch harbor, the weather was good. the pilots had no trouble finding likely targets. the tank farm, radio station, army barracks and navy planes. the harbor suffered appreciable damage to its facilities. on the west coast of the united states proper, the attack on dutch harbor brought the war even closer. prepara

rotting away in a country where millions are starving the small island nation of vanu-atu in the south pacifics a very young state- just over 30 years ago the country emerged from multiple waves of colonization. anglo-french rule ended in 1980 and most of the people who live here now are indigenous melanesians, one of around 5000 remaining indigenous peoples. one could think that these remote islands are a refuge from the blunt effects of globalization. but after the colonizers left, the country soon felt the tight grip of nature. climate change is putting increasing pressure on dwindling resources like fresh water and arable land. and while vanuatu's islands are out of sight from large scale co2 polluters, islanders like the people of pelee are fighting a daily struggle against the fallout of big industry around the world. >> the nation of vanuatu is made up of 83 islands, not all of them inhabited. this is how the locals receive visitors to pele in costume and traditional make-up. perhaps this is how their ancestors defended this small island from hostile invaders? nowadays, they are struggl

: jane became a fan of sailing 15 years ago after spending time on a boat during a trip to the south pacific. is he plans to head to the marine a green on saturday where bleachers set up for people who weren't to much washington the race. >> you have to be so technically savvy to race them well. i mean it's international. that's kind of cool so just really neat sport this. >>reporter: week race in san francisco followed by another round in october are essentially a trial run for next year america cup. when oracle team usa will be defen defending the title on home turf. no question the challenger using this opportunity to learn as much as they can. >> the time to spend on the water is priceless priceless knowledge. it's like a practice round on golf tournament. can't play the course in too many conditions too often. >>reporter: event kicks off with practice rounds tomorrow. racing begins on wednesday and end on sunday. this is 7 news thank you elian. >> link to the america cup world series schedule for you and map showing the best places to watch it from. you will find it on 7 news.com just c

: jane became a fan of sailing 15 years ago after spending time on a boat during a trip to the south pacific. is he plans to head to the marine a green on saturday where bleachers set up for people who weren't to much washington the race. >> you have to be so technically savvy to race them well. i mean it's international. that's kind of cool so just really neat sport this. >>reporter: week race in san francisco followed by another round in october are essentially a trial run for next year america cup. when oracle team usa will be defen defending the title on home turf. no question the challenger using this opportunity to learn as much as they can. >> the time to spend on the water is priceless priceless knowledge. it's like a practice round on golf tournament. can't play the course in too many conditions too often. >>reporter: event kicks off with practice rounds tomorrow. racing begins on wednesday and end on sunday. this is 7 news thank you elian. >> link to the america cup world series schedule for you and map showing the best places to watch it from. you will find it on 7 news.com just c

: jane became a fan of sailing 15 years ago after spending time on a boat during a trip to the south pacificarine a green saturda on satury where bleachers set up for people who weren't to much washington the race. >> you have to be so technically savvy to race them well. i mean it's international. that's kind of cool so just really neat sport this. >>reporter: week race in san francisco followed by another round in october are essentially a trial run for next year america cup. when oracle team usa will be defen defending the title on home turf. no question the challenger urtunity to opportunity to learn as much as they can. >> the time to spend on the water is priceless priceless knowledge. it's like a practice round on golf tournament. can't play the course in too many conditions too often. >>reporter: event kicks off with practice rounds tomorrow. racing begins on wednesday and end on sunday. this is 7 news thank you elian. >> link to the america cup world series schedule for you and map showing the best places to watch it from. you will find it on 7 news.com just click on see it on tv. >

spent a lot of time talking to had done a lot of work on radar, discriminatory radar work in the south pacific, where bell had a lab, and at the time he came back from a tour of duty where he worked on a sophisticated microwith a system, kim back to bell labs and they were going to discontinue what he was doing, somebody said, talk to these guys working on cellar, and it was part of the maybe serendipity of bell labs that he was the guy with the kind of knowledge that maybe very few people in the world had at that one time, and they drafted him into the project, and, yes, he had a van and he was going down to philadelphia, and had cleared out the van and ripped out the toilets and stuffed with a lot of electronic equipment, and they would test all the signals to try to make the working cell phone system go. >> john kennedy once met with harold mcmillan, the british prime minister, and you read it in the newspapers, they discussed arms control or whatever issues between the two powers. they sure did. but only long afterwards did we ghetto notes on what they said exactly with each other in priva

the parameters have been reached that a watch has been issued, even a warning for some of the south pacificislands. always better to be safe than sorry this is a thing where it is going to happen over the next couple of hours if you are heading that way for the holiday weekend it won't have bearing on your getting there and having a good time while you get there. back at home, half moon bay four mile visibility everybody else visibility okay, clouds hanging low, a little mist at the bay, drizzle at the coast, as far as fog not really. areas of low pressure, three low moving into british columbia two satellite lows rotating around it going to bring breezy and cooler conditions today and into tomorrow, temperatures three to 12° cooler today than yesterday biggest cooling inland. we are going to remain in the same conditions through 7:00, 50s, as we head towards noon east bay valleys and south bay will see sun, everybody else cloudy, 50s coast, 60s bay, 70s inland. 4:00 more sunshine develop around the bay, still warmest temperatures in the 60s and clouds return just as quickly as we head to 7

he's been looking for earhart's plane near a tiny island in the south pacific since 1989.n his latest quest he took along chicago still photographer laurie rubin. i would get on the boat with 30 people i had never met before and once you are on that there is no getting off. like a blind date. 10 days getting there and 10 days of their hand at 10 days getting back. it was not like a cruise. it was a scientific vessel. three of us together and 42 hand professional sailors and the rest was scientific crew. you are coming together with the same goal and each person has a different role. their whole lives are looking for things underwater. once you see how barrett is and how hot and hard it is to survive. amelia earhart was a hero when i was young. feetfirst truth media star was not a movie star. did they crash question? and did they survive on the island? it did they die immediately? we are setting up to look for conclusive evidence like all the limb from an airplane or artifacts. you are in tight quarters and it is rocking along the whole time it. we are walking down the hall

this is an south pacific island come 2001.battered old bus hauled us to one of the outlying villages to showcase their environmental improvement projects. six of us were consultants from various development organizations and the rest were government officials. i usually enjoy these jobs but today i was embarrassed that i couldn't wait for the trip to and. three of the consultants from the entire two hours talking to each other about their expensive vacations to exotic locales apparently unaware of how the conversations completely looted the locals and probably people even poorer than they are. the strange part of it was the two of them are very good consultants and kind human beings who i assume would have known better. practical simple advice of just -- in addition there are also voices from the field and these are her friends and colleagues who have obviously contributed to the book, some of their advice so i'm going to read you just two short little segments from these voices from the field. they both have to do with dress

twan spent a year on a south pacific island existing on a cup of rice and water until he was allowedcome to america. now both of these men and their family are proud americans, hung owes his own business and twon manages a company. they are the american dream. so, mr. president, don't go telling the trin family you didn't build that when the president says you didn't build that he is flat out wrong. businessmen and women did build that businessmen and women did earn their success. without the success of american business, we wouldn't have any roads, bridges or schools. mr. president, you say the rich must pay their fair share. but, when you seek to punish the rich, the jobs that are lost of those of the poor and the middle class. [ applause ] when you seek to punish mr. exxon mobil. you punish the secretary who owns exxon mobil stock. when you block the keystone pipeline, you punish the welder who works on the pipeline. [ applause ] our nation faces a crisis. america waivers. unfortunately we are one of a select group of countries whose debt now equals their gross domestic product. t

jimmy come his oldest son, who was in the marine corps, came back from the south pacific. and he held forth a table. he had a conversation underwear like this. you know, you have complained about how the soldiers were thrown in this hash deep after the first world war and the civil war. is that what happened to? and this question didn't make a lot of sense. quite frankly, roosevelt was somewhat disturbed. and he said well, we are going to try not to. and then they went into the g.i. bill of rights, which he was about to sign. that changed the united states totally. we have an intelligent civilized population for the first time. on that note, thank you very much. thank you very much to mr. gore vidal. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> this event was part of the 2009 key west literary seminar. to find out more, visit the website tran-seven. here's a look at some books are being published this week. my story of robbing banks, winning supreme court cases and finding redemption. john hopwood recounts his personal journey from bank robber to lawyer kurt joseph wheeler, for

in james mitcher in, we can always go somewhere and see the south pacific.ays being reproduced in some film. but those who have seen the movie south pacific, what is mitcher in talking about there? he is giving you a story of a woman who is reluctant -- army nurse who is -- navy nurse who is reluctant to mary a man in the south pacific because he has had mixed race children. the story of another american lieutenant who wants to marry a native girl and there's opposition to that. that's his way. and it's entertaining, mitch north america's tales of the south america in 1946 was his way of saying the world was about human rights, and this specific case ending racial bias and white supremacy in the united states. but the artists won't say that. they tell you a story to convey that. so michner is conveying roosevelt's interpretation of world war ii. i'm not going to talk much about the movies today. because that would take all of the program to do that. let's talk about the memorial. now, you have gone to see the world war ii memorial in washington. you see the

is that a lot of time talking had done a lot of work on radar, discriminatory radar work in the south pacificere bell labs said a very small facility in working with western electric. and at the time he came back from the tour of duty we have part of these highly sophisticated microsystems, came back and then said they're going to discontinue the kind of thing he was doing. somebody suggested you talk to these guys working on cellular. and it was, again, part of the serendipity of bell labs that he was the guy who had the kind of knowledge that very few people in the world had that one particular time. they drafted him into the project. and, soon enough he had a fan. he was going down to philadelphia and had cleared up the van and ripped up the torrance and stuffed it with a lot of electronic equipment. it would test out the signals to try and make a working soften system go. >> and it is some ways not unlike the story of the creation of the satellite. it is also, that just -- is sort of science by accumulation. you write that they grew up on 16 different discoveries. one boy all the way back

time talking with had done a lot of work on the radar to become the discriminatory radar work in south pacific where they had a small facility working with western electric and at the time he would come back from this tour of duty and work on highly sophisticated assistance, came back to bell labs and said there were going to discontinue the kind of thinking and somebody suggested why don't you talk to these guys that are working on cellular and maybe you'll have something for them. it was again, part of maybe serendipity of bell labs that he was the guy with the kind of knowledge that very few people in the world had at that one particular time, and they drafted him into the project and soon enough he had a van and he was going on to philadelphia and had cleared out the van and stuffed it with a lot of electronic equipment and they would test all the signals to make the cell phone systems go. >>> in 1993, will allen bought a 2-acre plot of land in close proximity to milwaukee's biggest housing project. from this initial purchase, mr. speed created a new urban form that melrose 40 tons of vege

ten minutes before 9:00, new this morning, hillary clinton received a welcome ceremony in the south pacificve dancers greeted her at the airport in the cook islands which is near new zealand. she's attending a pacific islands forum this weekend. >>> today marks the 15th anniversary of princess diana's death. princess diana was married to prince charles from 1981 until their divorce in 1986. i do an that you died in a -- 1996. diana died in a car accident. the report shows that her limo driver was drunk behind the wheel while trying to get away from photographers. there was an ununprecedented outpour of grief in reaction to her death. >>> neil armstrong will be honor today on a day when there is actually a rare lunar event. the service coincides with the second full moon in a calendar month known as a dosh -- known as a blue moon. the second one won't happen until 2015. >>> 8:52. it's happening right thousand. we have -- it's happening right now. we have live pictures. a walkout. we'll bring you the pictures. we'll tell you what is behind the protest. >>> and sal is watching the bay bridge o

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everything from a traditional week-long vacation to europe to over-the-top safaris to islands in the south pacificach. people are putting up $200,000 each to go up on that small, suborbital flight. >> so in a down economy, help me understand why folks are spending that kind of money on luxury travel, peter? >> reporter: bottom line is people still have money in the bank, they're taking a look at the economy and a lot of people are looking at this moment as a last mentality. if we don't go now, we'll never go. a lot of bigger multifamilies coming together to share the trips, even in an election year where people don't typically travel. >> are these all americans? i can imagine there's a great deal of money in russia. right now you have it in china, brazil. they are helping our economy here in the united states. i would guess they're a big part of this pie as well. >> reporter: a huge part of the pie as well because travel is one of america's best foreign travel exports. and in fact, it's about cross-border travel. think about this, by the end of this year, we'll reach the point of 1 billion people

last position in sangai, there was a group acourting to all the geographics together, all the south pacificether and now the community doesn't work. so we invented this new criteria to put together all the canvas for which coffees or can heco or rice means something good together. so we believe that you wanted to understand something about coffee, so you enter into this space. second, we give a service to the country because we promote the economy, the history data and the future. third, possibly we can involve the corporate and in order to sploss. >> what do you think the impact of the higher global food prices will have on the expo? i mean, is there going to be a lot of focus on that and a lot of focus on what to do to try to stem the food inflation? >> yes. i mean, we are young now in london to grow more. we cannot make it in comparison with the olympic dreams. the media rights. but we offered the opportunity to work next month the date, six months place where the debate can be done. so it is not easy now to imagine that the main issues on which the debate will be done in 2015, then the

time talking with had done a lot of work on radar, something called discriminatory radar in the south pacificy small facility working with western electric x. at the time he'd come back from this tour of duty where he had worked on these highly sophisticated microwave systems, came back to bell labs, and then bell labs said they were going to discontinue the kind of thing he was doing. somebody suggested, hey, why don't you go talk to these guys working on cellular. and it was, again, maybe part of the serendipity of bell labs that he was the guy with the kind of knowledge that maybe very few people in the world had at that one particular time. and they drafted him into the project. his name was jerry, and, yes, soon enough he had a band, and he was going down to philadelphia, and he had cleared out the van, ripped out the toilets and stuffed it with a lot of electronic equipment, and they would test all the signals to try and make the working cell phone system go. >> you can see the entire interview with author john gertner on his work, "the idea factory," tonight at 8 eastern right here on

when spent a year on a south pacific island, existing on a cup of rice and water until she was allowedcome to america. now both of these men and their family are proud americans. one owns his own business, another manages a large company. they are the american dream. so, mr. president, do not go telling that family that you did not build that. [cheers and applause] when the president says, you did not build that, he is flat out wrong. businessmen and women did build that. businessmen and women did burn --earn their success. without the success of american business, we would not have any roads, bridges, or schools. mr. president, you say that the rich must pay their fair share. when you seek to punish the rich, the jobs that are lost are those of the poor and the middle-class. [cheers and applause] when you seek to punish mr. exxon mobil, you punish the secretary who owns exxon mobil stock. when you block the keystone pipeline, you punish the welder who works on the pipeline. [cheers and applause] our nation faces a crisis. america waivers. unfortunately, we are one of a select group of

through the next 48 hours you have two competing systems, an area of high pressure to the south mostly impacting the pacific northwest. there's a strong onshore flow and that keeps temperatures from soaring and keep that big ridge of high pressure in economic. gusty at the coast today and peak heating tomorrow and we look at it a couple of degrees from today's highs. it works out like this in your city 72 in san francisco and right here in san jose getting warm depending on your tlesh hold for the heat. you might turn on the aac at 84 degrees. look at the difference between thursday and friday. the temps drop like a rock as we head through the beginning of the weekend. it's nice and comfortable as we head through the weekend. then as we head through labor day around the corner now, feeling average for this time of year. so you get that heat for all those things you normally associate with labor day. barbecues and picnics and i don't know what you do but something with your kids i'm sure. >> no doubt. always, every day. >> it is 4:48 right now. this next lady has been around for a very long time, and now she

my goal is to strengthen one of the strongest alliances with the have in the south pacific. thank you. >> [speaking japanese] >> translator: live with like to say if you thing is a and i will try a2 avoid repeating was secretary panetta said. we talked about the security issues in the meeting. and good japan alliance. it continues to be very important to. as a whole. in order to meet rapid the changing environment in order to maintain the stability, we're going to talk about making statements with a steady. in defense of the corporation's. >> with regard to the guidelines in existence more than 10 years, to meet the current and beyer mint, . we're agreed to z as a tia -- to the etfs japan is moving forward. we are promoting it to and as secretary panetta mentioned as a result of the agreement of the 2 + 2 with the heads of state but it will be worked in this area. co2 established a range and you share the facility is discussed and also we talk about the corporation between japan and the united states. we also agreed to look into strengthening people between good and it is st

opinion to fly to vacation spots around the world are together with a handful of friends, ran from south pacificto haiti, snorkeling, drinking, according to the sweeping the national biography, cronkite covered the news division president was upset about the team did latent conflict of interest, but take no action. what did you think of the headline and the first paragraph? >> guest: when people clearbrook sweeping and masterful, you say thank you, howard kurtz. secondly, he told to some of how the new standards change. keep in mind, he could pretty much do what he wanted. it was also a boys club. it took a while to break the club. the cronkite was in world war ii, it was all a propaganda machine. we're going to win the were together. cronkite was kind of slow to change to that. he stayed with whatever the boys club was. he was friends at pan am with top executives bear any figured i can deserve a little r&r. it was a mistake. all the points howard kurtz mentioned her in the book and i consider them mistakes. but i'm not writing a hagiography. i think the key line is yet a halo. how many people

she will instead be hard at work traveling from the south pacific to asia and then on to russia.tion she has missed since 1968. however, her husband, former president bill clinton, will be there delivering the speech to formally nominate president obama. >>> united airlines trying to get flights back on schedule after their computer system crashed, delaying hundreds of flights. the crash lasted about three hours creating long lines at airports. united employees even issuing handwritten boarding passes like this one. when was the last time you saw that, if ever? until could get back on-line. they're struggling with several computer issues since merging with continental. >>> it may cost you more now the next time you decide to buy a new car. auto dealers say new fuel standards just finalized by the obama administration, will force changes that make car prices soar by $3,000. president obama hailing the new standards which will require that cars average 54.5 miles per gallon that is by 2025. >>> this is something california definitely doesn't want to be first in. a brand-new study f

the war being fought in europe, but these men were facing determined enemy fighters in the south central pacific. often with inexperienced crews and inadequate navigational training. they face thousands of miles of over water flying with no alternative landing site. the losses were enormous. always their goal was to complete 40 combat missions and make it home again. one such bombing mission was to complete a minefield that would close the shipping channel between the island of chichi in the regina. there were four bomber planes, each loaded with 41,000, mines. heavily defended by anti warcraft guns and japanese ships , they flew a very risky route between mountains where they had to fly so close to each other that their wingtips overlapped. at one point of a tenet miles released a mine just as another aircraft passed laterally in a bank beneath. it crashed into the fuselage, punching a 93-foot by six-foot whole, which you can see in this picture. a 6-foot parachute was attached to the mine, designed slow its descent toward. it billowed out behind the aircraft dragging the plane down while the m

pacific. this is the south of ogasawara islands. it is going to become a severe tropical storm as it intensifies over the weekend over water as it nears the islands of okinawa. possibly about sunday. and then by monday, it looks like it's going to become a typhoon. so further intensifying -- this is very bad news -- to the area in and around taiwan where the flooding conditions still not alleviated at all due to the ex-typhoon saola that battered in and around taipei over the week. now it is already affecting the ogasawara islands with high waves and storm surge. it's going to be developing over the okinawan islands with some rainfall accumulation which could be some staggering amounts. but the high waves will be as much as 5 to 7 meters high. even in the pacific coastal areas of western and eastern japan, we may see those high waves up to about 3 to 5 meters. and rain will be heavy at times across much of japan as well due to the copious amounts of moisture surge and dumping all these rain to these regions. so thunderstorms will be

pacific. this is the south of ogasawara islands. and it is going to become a severe tropical storm as it intensifies over the weekend over water as it nears the islands of okinawa. possibly about sunday. and then by monday, it looks like it's going to become a typhoon. so further intensifying -- this is very bad news -- to the area in and around taiwan where the flooding conditions still not alleviated at all due to the ex-typhoon saola that battered in and around taipei over the week. now it is already affecting the agasawara islands. it's going to be developing over the okinawan islands with some rainfall accumulation which could be some staggering amounts. but the high waves will be as much as 5 to 7 meters high. even in the pacific coastal areas of western and eastern japan, we may see those high waves up to about 3 to 5 meters. and rain will be heavy at times across much of japan as well due to the copious amounts of moisture surge and dumpg all these rain to these regions. so thunderstorms will be likely over the weekend in mu

twan spent a year on a south pacific island existing on rice and a cup of water until he was alloweden and their families are proud americans. they are the american dream. so, mr. president, don't go telling the tring family you didn't build that. [ applause ] when the president says, you didn't build that, he's flat-out wrong. businessmen and women did build that. businessmen and women did earn their success. without the success of american business, we wouldn't have any roads, bridges or schools. mr. president, you say the rich must pay their fair share. but when you seek to punish the rich, the jobs that are lost are those of the poor. and the middle class. [ applause ] exxonmobil, you punish the secretary who ownson stock. whenou block the keystone pipeline, you punish the welder who works on the pipeline. [ ap ] our nation faces a crisis. america wavers. select group of countries whose debt now equals their gross domestic product. the republic of washington in jefferson is now in danger of becoming the democracy of debt and despair. our great nation is coming apart at the seams.

south korea. the guests came from asia and the pacific region and europe and the u.s. >> i love k-pop. that is all i listen to. i listen to it all the time. even if we don't understand the language, it is really good music to listen to. i really like it a lot. >> reporter: now the moment these fans will never forget. >> one, two, three! >> reporter: they will soon chat in person to some k-pop stars. the group enjoyed a dreamy day with their favorite stars. they also sampled korea's traditional culture. >> translator: if we promote korea's favorable image to young people, they will stay interested in the country and come back some day. that is why we focus on tourism campaigns in cooperation with k-pop stars. >> reporter: and the beat goes on. k-pop promoters won't rest until they make k-pop a global sensation. anna jung, nhk world, seoul. >>> japanese astronauts is preparing for a zero gravity repair job. he and a u.s. astronaut will go on a 6 1/2 space walk at the end of the month. they will be doing work on the international space station. the third japanese ever to walk in space. he

fremont, speeds close to the limit but heading south, over there where the pacific commons, the new theaterm fremont toward the bay bridge. a look at the san mateo bridge. the volumetics up. here is the peninsula side traveling westbound, your commute still at the limit or 55-ish which is how fast you should go over this span and where the metering lights are off. no backup at the toll but look at the number of cars off the maze and the berkeley curve. >> thanks. 5:48. with all your car does fo, he really wants to hear those three little words: chevron with techron. care for your car. >> it's peak season to go hot air ballooning. how safe is it and how regulated? a look at the safety of the popular sport. >> we discovered that accidents are rare but when they do happen, they can be deadly. and there is a common cause for many of those incidents. with this picturesque setting napa and sonoma county are top destinations for balloonç ride. experienced pilot, scott, says accidents do happen especially with the high number of flights. he made an emergency landing that injured 15 passengers in s

these headlights are traveling south past the mall and pacific commons. the flow is smooth. the wi-fi signal not so much. >> 5:09. new concerns about radioactive contamination on treasure island. an investigation published in the "san francisco chronicle" reveals the navy made several mistakes in its radiation cleanup on the former naval base. it was used as a repair yard for ships that may have been exposed to nuclear testing. studies reveal higher than acceptable levels of radiation on the island and areas previously thought to be clean. the island has been undergoing radiation cleanup for years ahead of plans to build a high rise community there. >> the time 5:09. it's been joked about, discontinued by some but never fear, the mini van bringing sexy back. just making a comeback. we'll let you know what drivers are doing to up the sales. >> practical can be sexy. facebook shares fall to their lowest low, end to magic spells on ebay. >> for the latest news, traffic and weather find us on facebook. search nbc bay area. i've discovered gold. [ female announcer ] new roc® reti

twan spent a year on a south pacific island existing on a cup of rice and water until he was allowedcome to america. now both of these men and their family are proud americans. hung owns his own business and twan manages a large company. they are the american dream. so mr. president, don't go telling the tring family you didn't build that. when the president says you didn't build that, he's flatout wrong. businessmen and women did build that. businessmen and women did earn their success. without the success of american business, we wouldn't have any roads, brinls or schools. mr. president, you say the rich must pay their fair share. but when you seek to punish the rich, the jobs that are lost are those of the poor and the middle class. when you seek to punish mr. exxonmobil, you punish the secretary that owns the stock. when you block the keystone pipeline, you punish the welder who works on the pipeline. >> u.s. senator rand paul of kentucky in a speech that was -- it was contested as to whether or not either ron paul or his son would get this speech. he's got a big 15 minute speaki

pacific. we have another tropical storm to talk about, let's go to the eastern caribbean sea and talk about tropical storm isaac, which is now just up towards the south of puerto rico. it looks like it's going to head toward hispaniola making

and tensions heat up in asia pacific china lashes out at washington for criticizing its new military garrison in the disputed waters of the south china sea. now the trial of the female punk group pussy riot anders its second week three women are being tried for staging an anti porton stunt in the country's main orthodox cathedral in february or it is jacob greece reports from outside the court. the second week of this trial has now begun and has proven quite lengthy in proceeding so far and that's because we've only just heard from the defense they've only just had the opportunity on friday to cool to the stand there eyewitnesses it's a trial that's been somewhat dominated so far by the prosecution from their eyewitness testimony has been very heartfelt and emotional at times normal with us the defense has been very active throughout proceedings throughout the course of last week's trial held up some of the proceedings as well they have all six occasions now called for the judge residing over this trial to be replaced and asked for a number of reasons ranging from allegedly not being able to fully cross-examine the prosecution'

a program a regional rao maybe bring an asia pacific washes out to washington for criticizing its new military garrison in the state of waters of the south china sea. that's later in the program before that foreign ministers of the six gulf arab nations say they'll meet next month to discuss prospects for closer integration the countries most of which are sunni marquees hope to counter a possible threat coming from the uprisings that hit some of them over the past year saudi arabia may have largely scaife the turmoil but it's continuing a crackdown on protesters demanding social and political reforms the opposition there has been calling for nantes to discrimination since march twenty seventh of the six countries bahrain was. hit hardest by an uprising that has killed at least six people since early last year dozens of demonstrators were arrested and wounded last week after security officers used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse them activists. who asked that we not mention her whereabouts as western countries are more than willing to overlook the human rights problems of the gulf allies. will definitely continue to do what we do w

and tensions heat up in asia pacific china lashes out of washington for criticizing its new military garrison in the disputed waters of the south china sea. the trial of the female punk group pussy riot and her is its second week three women are being tried for staging anti poison stunts in the country's main orthodox cathedral in february for the latest let's cross live now to our t.j. grievances outside the court good morning t.j. cup now there was speculation about a verdict last friday but the trial is now andrea yet another week so why is it taking longer than expected. to kick off in just a matter of hours now as you mentioned has to be somewhat lengthy so far now last call that's because very just started to hear from the defense even just friday this down there i went this is to give the personal accounts of what transpired this is charles to be somewhat don't know why that. prosecution from their eye witnesses testimony to be very heartfelt and emotional times calling upon the faithful of the russian orthodox church to be outraged about what transpired back in every with so-called hung prayer normal verse the defense h

program here on our regional brewing in asia pacific china lashes out at washington for criticizing its new military garrison this in the disputed waters of the south china sea. the foreign ministers of the six gulf arab nations say they'll meet next month to discuss prospects for closer integration the countries which most well we should say hope to counter a possible threat coming from the uprisings that hit some of them over the past year saudi arabia may have largely escaped the turmoil but it's continuing a crackdown on protesters who are demanding social and political reforms if your position there has been calling for and to discrimination since march of two thousand and eleven of the six countries that brain was hit the hardest by an uprising that has killed at least eighty six since early last year dozens of demonstrators were arrested and wounded just last week after security officers used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse the activists. that we not mention her whereabouts says western countries are more than willing to overlook the human rights problems of their gulf allies. the place for activism behind today seems to be prison we