. >> a slave revolt at sea and the discovery of the ship in 1805 in the south pacific. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you for this institution for allowing us to look at this book. it is great to look at this with great. i come at it from a reader and it seems suiting and well-fitting we should be meeting in the new york public library to talk about the greatest new yorker who ever lived. and two talk also about the much larger story that he was expanding upon in it. and greg asked me to do the honors of talking for a minute at the outset about playing up the story that i am sure many of you are familiar with and may have thought have read as recently. i thought i would do. and remember seeing a movie about the writer saying he plays bock over morning. and it is like this with this reading. it is about a sea captain that fetch fetches on a sealing ship. they are running out of seals to kill. he is off the coast of chili. he approaches this ship off the cove. melville took it from his mem raur and expanded upon it. he went aboard a ship. he saw a ship that was in trouble and he was a

route that is very common in the south pacific. it has psychotropic properties. it is a narcotic.und into water. it is turned into this concoction. if you took a scoop of dirt and put it in a bowl of water, that is what it would look like and tastes like, but it turns out delightfulas some properties, including this ability to make you feel extremely relaxed fairly quickly, so you wonder why the pace of life in the south pacific is what it is, and that so,artially due to kava, basically, you have to drink this to participate in the ceremony, and it tastes horrible, but after a while, you do not care anymore, and that was sort of the theme for the entire day. >> deepak chopra, do you know of kava? and he is still under the influence. >> jeff, you have not recovered yet. of mistaken identity and preconceived ideas. the idea that people can assume certain things about others, or company a product or an individual. >> it changes your eav are. you go to a cocktail party, and somebody tells you a nobel -- eate is over there, or >> or there is deepak chopra over there in the corner. >> y

remember, this is in the south pacific, not the atlantic.hey sailed or demanded to be returned to west africa. the spanish captain tried to buy time for not wanting to round the cape into the atlantic. that is when they came across delano's ship. they could have fought or fled. but instead, they came up with this remarkable plan. they were starving. they were dehydrated and thursday. two women and two children died. yet he managed to stage this nine-our pantomime of the master slave relation to treat this new england mariner who understood himself as a reformer, forward-looking man of the world who had a realistic vision of how things worked. it is remarkable story. >> how did you first come across this story? you travel all around the world to basically research archives to find out the details of what had happened. -- herman melville, 50 or so after the event, he reads about the story and memoirs and turns it into this haunting novella. class.d that in the not because i thought it was true, but i thought it was a nice, novelistic illustrat

on the sixth anniversary of meeting pat, he wrote her better from the south pacific and said your birthday is today and wrm going do celebrate all of your birthdays as a remembrance of my love for you. in 1969, nixon called lucy into a meeting and he had no idea what was he was going to say. he said we are going to throw a surprise birth tay party for pat. and she is going to enter and stand at the north end of the east room. and he went through all of the details and proceeded to get so excited he began to sing happy birthday and sang the entire song as if he were the broadband and conducting the birthday right there. and that showed how excited he was for celebrating his life. he didn't care about celebrating his own birthday. so that was interesting insight i got into him. the other thing i think it is very important is to see some of the letter he wrote her douri douring -- during -- the war. i want to read a few of them. frank ganan said him what is written on your heart and within a split second he said pat. no hesitation. this is what he wrote her during the war: i may not say much

he was very sentimental. 1944 on the sixth anniversary he wrote her a letter from the south pacific in which he said your birthday is today i will celebrate all your birthdays as a remembrance of my love for you and he always followed through and a wonderful story by winchester social secretary in march he called the blue sea into a meeting and she had no idea. and a little nervous to meet the president and he said we will throw a surprise birthday party for pat i have more to tell you in exacting detail how i planned it pursue inter and stand at the north and of the east room and went through all the details superceded to get so excited he began to sing happy birthday and sank the entire song as if he was the band conducting the birthday right then. that showed what a great enthusiasm he had for celebrating his wife. had to see some of the letters he wrote during the war it is the tender aspect to richard nixon's heart. he was interviewed what is written on your hard? in a split second he said pat. no hesitation. this is what he wrote during the war. i am certainly not the rubio taipe

. >>> a luger from the south pacific island nation of tonga drew attention for an unusual deal to helpic dream. as alphonso van marsh reports it involves changing his name to an underwear brand. >> reporter: luge athlete benito banani carried his country's pride. >> it was the best feeling ever. >> reporter: five years ago the nearly 200-pound former rugby player entered a casting call for would-be lugers. >> reporter: a marketing agency helped try outs and bruno won. the agency moved him to train and convinced an underwear company also named bruno banani to sponsor him. >> reporter: that wasn't a coincidence. he had a different name, but the advertising agency convinced him a name change without make a better sell. the bruno banani brand is known for its outrageous advertising stunts. the international olympic committee had strict rules during sponsor games and called the name challenge a preverse marketing ploy. and the head of the underwear company says they're loving the publicity. >> when someone supports an athlete, it's the most normal thing in the world. >> reporter: bruno plac

one athlete from the south pacific island nation of tonga cut a deal with a german company to pay for dream. fuahea semi is now bruno banani sponsored by bruno banani underwear. the problem is, the international olympic committee has strict rules against sponsor promotions during the games. it calls the name change a shameless and perverse marketing ploy. >> they can say whatever they want. i made it to the olympics. someone supports an athlete he wants to get something back that's normal thing in the world. >> bruno placed 32nd out of 39 lugers in sochi. he says he might train for the next winter olympics. the german underwear maker says whatever happens next, bruno will get free underwear for life. >>> a story we're proud to tell you about. today was the cbs bay area local spelling bee. more than 150 of the bay area's best spellers gathered at lawrence hall of science in berkeley and took part in a written spelling bee sponsored by kpix-tv, kcbs radio and cbssf online. the kids range in age from 6 to 13. kcbs's jason brooks was the announcer. >> encourage. this word is from french,a

. >> reporter: hank served in the south pacific during world war ii.ow they have each other. >> trying to adjust to each other and try, you know, be flexible. >> we have one regret, the regret is we can't do it over again. really. it's been super. >> reporter: in palo alto, don ford, kpix 5. >> aw, what a wonderful story. >> yeah. you know, they say that rain is good luck on a wedding day. a lot of people getting married this weekend. meteorologist paul deanno live in san francisco tonight where rain will soon be falling. perfect timing. >>> if it rains on your wedding, i'm told it's supposed to be very good luck. thankfully did not rain on my wedding because it was an outdoor wedding but anybody getting married this weekend the reception after about 6:00 may be impacted by rainfall. it's valentine's day. perfect day for a pillow fight, right? well, that's what they will be doing here at justin herman plaza. you might notice as we show you the shot here a lot of folks are sitting with large pillows. they are waiting for 5:45. that's when flash mob styl

in 1944 on the sixth anniversary of meeting pat, he wrote her a letter from the south pacific in which he said your birthday is today, and we are going -- i'm going to celebrate all your birthdays as a remembrance of our happiness and my love for you. and he always followed lu on that -- through on that. and i was told a wonderful story by lucy winchester, the social secretary in the white house. in march 1969 when richard nixon was beseeminged by all the things -- besieged by all the things he had to do in the vietnam war, he called lucy into a meeting, and she had no idea what he was going to say. always a little nervous to meet the president and see what he's up to, and is he said we are going to throw a surprise birthday party for pat. and i am going to tell you in exact detail how i planned it. she is going to enter, and she's going to stand at the north end of east room, and he went through all the details, and he proceeded to get so excited that he began to sing happy birthday, and he sang the entire song, happy birthday, as if he were the band and conducting the birthday right

he turned up in a damaged 26 foot boat in the south pacific on thursday.t for a day of fishing on december 21, 2012, with a teen-aged companion. >> he talked about being off course and losing a companion as well. >> he says the companion died because he refused to eat raw birds he claims he survived on birds, fish and turtles and drank rain water and sometimes his own urine. it's not >> you're looking at what may be the the most controversial ad. americaning the beautiful sung in eight languages and shows two dads roller skaiting with their daughter. critics called the ad a disgrace. others praising coke for reflecting the diversity. >> tivo is out with the most watched super bowl commercials the winner is... jerry comedians getting coffee viewed most. while it wasn't a product ad, it did promote the new web series >> budweiser's puppy love spot aired in 4th quarter. so cute. tivo says these radz contained surprises. >> not vm people expected to see bob dylan hocking cars right? i noticed a lot of patriotism. and animal, kids, humor are success. >> it's in

ability to make you feel extremely relaxed fairly y, so you wonder why the pace of life in the south pacific pa is, and that is parti to kava, so t basically, you have to drink this to participate in the the cere d it tastes horrible, but after a while, you do not care anymore, and that was sort of the theme for the entire day. >> deepak chopra, do you know of kava?? >> yes, and he is still underl e the influence. [laughter] >ff, you have not recovered yet. this idea of mistaken idenof mi the ideaeconceived ideas.ed ide. t people can assume certain things about others, where it is a product or company or an individual.. >> it changes your behavior. you go to cocktail party, andty, somebody tells you a nobel laureate is over there, or -- o- >> or there is deepak chopra over there e corner. >> you are not going to perceive me person in the same way. ur perception at every level is altered, they thouedt that he was resnik. and that changed his perception. >> they thought you were a billionaire, jeff. >> i would love to be. i feel bad because you are not,, buthey are a lovely people,, and i trie

. >> let me take you to the south pacific islands of melanesia, to new caledonia, a french dependencies, population 250,000. nickel deposits are there. those deposits are managed from water. the tropical system, moving down from the north, has given massive minutes of rainful. huge accumulations over the last two or three days. the tropical system has given strong winds, currently about 100 k/hr, gusting to 130. the system will head south towards new zealand and we'll see improvement. that system will trundle towards new zealand. the weather across the north island is likely to remain unsettled. >> it's been unsettled across parts of australia. topical cyclone fletcher has given very heavy rain fall. prolonged with an area of low pressure. with the drought, further heavy rain across northern parts of australia over the coming days. >> there has been something of a reshuffle at the helm of microsoft. bill gates stepped down as chairman and is the technology advisor. so now a third ceo. bodella was born in hyde ra bad known as cyber bad. it's the largest operation outside the u.s. the 46-

he said he was last at sea for 13 months and finally rescued on a remote south pacific island.ed friend went on what was supposed to be a one-day fishing trip off the coast of mexico. he says they were blown off course and drifted 6,000 miles to an altol in the marshall islands. he says the teen died but he was able to survive by eating fish and turtles. >> i'm certainly no medical professional but i think he's in much better thap than one what -- than one who expect after such an ordeal. >> they say it's complicated by the fact he says he can't remember many details including exactly when he left mexico. by the way, his brothers says they can't wait to see him. he left the home in el salvador nearly ten years ago. >>> a major announcement from microsoft. the camp >>> keeping teens from lighting up. an unusual ad campaign and why it could be very effective. good morning nelly! woah. hey! have you ever tried honey nut cheerios? love 'em. neat! now you on the other hand... you need some help. why? look atchya. what is that? you mean my honey wand? [ shouting ] [ splat ] come on.

here, celestial navigation is taught on a south pacific island. we begin to learn language and other symbolic systems at birth. in time, they become a part of who we are and how we perceive the world. still, it's difficult for those of us in one culture to fully understand the symbolic systems of another. for archaeologists, the task is even more complex. the cultures they study can no longer be directly observed. archaeologist david webster. webster: suppose i came into this stadium a week, or even a century, after all the people left. how would i figure out what happened here ? what this arena was used for ? this is the dilemma facing archaeologists. symbols are of fundamental importance in understanding any human culture because they're so laden with meaning. but they're not very durable, and even if we find them, often we can't decode them. in this case, though, i'm in luck because of this -- writing. writing is a set of graphic symbols that is directly or indirectly related to language. keach: we use writing to convey very specific informatio

this the south pacific. -- in the south pacific. women should be held in high regard. my mother was held in high regard. i just don't understand how cultures have formulated their idea of keeping women down, so could you address that? >> host: paul, do you consider yourself a feminist? >> caller: no. i'm a man who believes in equal rights for everybody. so that's not feminist, that's just humanism. >> guest: okay. although it would make you one. anyway, the answer is elizabeth blackwell. she was anytimed to geneva medical college as a joke. >> host: as a joke? >> guest: okay. yes. she applied, and it was put to a vote of the male student body, and they thought it was so i lair yous and that she would surely fail, and they were amazed when she actually showed up and completed the course of study. okay. why is there violence against women, and it is local as well as global. it's not limited to any nation. it's an issue in every country. and the fbi can offer all kinds of bitter statistics that showcase how much it's a part of american culture. the will to keep women limi

that is the beauty of living in the usa, you have 50 choices plus puerto rico, virgin islands, south pacificitories. the best thing about california, just that everything you would ever want is here. everything is here. the worst thing about california? you're being held hostage by your government in sacramento. you really are. factor tip of the day. and that is it for us tonight. please check out the fox news factor website which is different from billo'reilly.com. also we would like you to spout off about the factor from anywhere in the o'reilly@ foxne of the day. when writing to the factor or doing anything else, do not be meretricious, and ms. megyn is next, i'm bill o'reilly. we'll be back on monday, and please remember the spin stops here because we're definitely looking out for you. >>> i'm megyn kelly. and tonight? >> a kelly file exclusive for the questions for the man behind this film. >> obama has a dream, that america be down sized. >> key senators now asking if dinesh d'souza was targeted for political payback. he joins us live. >>> and then after heroin turns up at a grade scho

. >> hank served in the south pacific during world war ii., they have each other. >> we are trying to adjust to each other. and try to be flexible. >> we have one regret and the regret is that we can't do it over again. really. it has been super. >> in palo alto, don ford, kpix 5. >> a lot to learn from that generation. >>> the powerball jackpot has soared to $333 million. it is up by roughly $44 million since wednesday. due to some brisk ticket sales. and the next drawing is set for 8:00 p.m. tonight and tickets can be purchased for $2 up until 6:00. a lump sum cash payout would be likely more than 180 million. but if no one matches all five numbers, the jackpot is going to go up again. >>> and a run-away camel, facing cars and causing chaos. a man attacked trying to corral it. the owner has some explaining to do. >> and this lady says she is sexy and she knows it. she has the paperwork to show it. her proof of this sexiness, we need to see the proof, next. >>> welcome back this saturday morning. it is 7:42. and here is a live look out at sf

in the south pacific women should be held in higher regard. my mother was held in high regard. i don't understand how all cultures have formulated their idea of keeping women down so address that. >> host: do you consider yourself a feminist? >> caller: no. i am man who believes in equal rights for everybody. that is not feminism, that is humanism. >> guest: the answer is elizabeth blackwell. she was admitted to geneva medical college as a joke. >> host: as a joke? >> guest: yes. was applied and was put to a vote by the male student body and they thought was sophia hilarious and that she will surely fail and they were amazed when she showed up and completed the course and study. okay. why is there violence against women? it is local as well as global, it is not limited to any nation. is an issue in every country, and the fbi can offer all kinds of better statistics that showcase how much she is part of american culture. o will to keep women limited or to treat women as property which is supported by custom and laws, a lot of it is simply a part of patriarchy which enables men t

. >>> in south pacific, many unanswered questions today about how this happened. man who claims he drifted in the ocean for more than a year before being rescued. >> there he is there. he's getting medical care now in the marshall islands. the story being checked out. our senior latin american affairs editor, rafael romo joining us now. a strange tale. what do we know about this chap? he looks remarkably fit. >> we think he looks big. >> that's true. that's one of the first things we noticed. he doesn't look very emaciated. he looks in remarkable good condition. but he says he's a survivor of a 13-month odyssey that took him from western mexico all the way to the marshall islands. he appeared to have difficulty walking as he stepped off the boat that brought him to safety. but otherwise, the long bearded man seemed in good condition. >> he has talked about joint pain several times. i know he would like a haircut. but he looks very good. he's sharp. and i'm certainly no medical professional, but i think that he's in much better shape than one would expect after suc

jose alvarenga appeared to have trouble walking, he drifted from mexico all the way down in the south pacificof more than 5,000-miles and survived over 13 months by eating figure and further -- fish and turtles. investigators now trying to figure out if the story is true or not. >>> coming up another big bay area city wants to slap a tax on your sugary drinks. why a new soda tax measure is falling flat with the public. >> and we are live in napa where a memorial is growing following the murder of a 3- year-old girl. this morning, questions swirling. why law enforcement did not see trouble brewing inside this apartment. ,,,,,,,, ♪ ♪ told ya you could do it. (dad vo) i want her to be safe. so, i taught her what i could and got her a subaru. (girl) piece of cake. ♪ (announcer) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. bulldog: you know, bulldog: you know, not all heroes wear capes. some wear fur. and mattress discounters good deed dogs is here to help them. meet yara. she helps veterans like marv stay independent. this is caspin. he helps wallace with things she can't do on her own. and goldie h

the south atlantic, across the pacific, south asia, north africa. central africa to north africa and then after d-day and into your. this is the world's first intercontinental airline. this was have arnold's doing. this thing that he built, this prototype for the independent u.s. air force which became independent immediately after world war ii was a monumental enterprise. it was something that he did in six years. most of it is done really in three years. it is a fantastic accomplishment. .. toward building an air force of the scale that he had during the period from basically 1941 to 44. he was looking ahead into the future. he impaneled a scientific history group, brought in a guy in the theater of uncommon for a belt pack who is was the world aerodynamics is and he chaired the scientific advisory group for happ arnold. they looked at all things of the future. hap said i want to know about the state of military aviation in five years. in 10 years, he even said frn is years. this is what hap was doing when the war was winding down here he was look

this the south pacific. -- in the south pacific. women should be held in high regard. my mother was held in high regard. i just don't understand how cultures have formulated their idea of keeping women down, so could you address that? >> host: paul, do you consider yourself a feminist? >> caller: no. i'm a man who believes in equal rights for everybody. so that's not feminist, that's just humanism. >> guest: okay. although it would make you one. anyway, the answer is elizabeth blackwell. she was anytimed to geneva medical college as a joke. >> host: as a joke? >> guest: okay. yes. she applied, and it was put to a vote of the male student body, and they thought it was so i lair yous and that she would surely fail, and they were amazed when she actually showed up and completed the course of study. okay. why is there violence against women, and it is local as well as global. it's not limited to any nation. it's an issue in every country. and the fbi can offer all kinds of bitter statistics that showcase how much it's a part of american culture. the will to keep women limi

schedule across the north atlantic, multiple frights daily across the north atlantic, south atlantic, across the pacific, across south asia, across north africa, central africa up to north africa, and then after d-day into europe. this, regularly scheduled, the world's first intercontinental airline, something that was hap's doing, and it's a thing he built, prototype for u.s. independent air force that became indent immediately after world war ii, was a monumental enterprise, something that it -- when you talk about how quickly this was done, i mean, i said it, and he did it in six years, but most was really done in three years, i'd say it's a fantastic accomplishment, so then what then about the legacy? well, when the war was over, the service chiefs were asked to write a report about what their service had done during the war, and they all did, but hap devoted a third of the report to not what happened in the immediate past, but what was going to happen in the future. just as he had been thinking towards building an air force of the scale that he had during the period from basically about 19 # 40-44,

in the bottom of the south pacific and people down there think we're safe, but look, folks, if your country goes on the direction it's in now of downgrading the military, china is moving into my region now. fiji is a client state. they are training the military. ago, the australian minister was up in china for talks and a top chinese general said to him now is the time for australia to choose. do you want an american godfather or a chinese godfather? if you are smart, you will choose china because we are the region. folks, around the world your allies are being forced to make a choice. countries like israel, great britain, germany, canada, japan, they are all basically freaking out because the leadership they see coming out of your white house, they see that your president seems to love the bad guys of the world more than he loves them. and that is causing huge instability folks. we have japan which is now rearming. they were never supposed to rearm after world war ii but they are now rearming because they cannot trust obama to protect them from north korea and china. look at how many of yo

dozens of flights daily across the north atlantic, the south atlantic, across the pacific, across south asia, across north africa. from central africa up to north africa into -- and then after d-day into europe. and regularly scheduled. and this was the world's first intercontinental airline. and this was something that was hap arnold's doing. and so this thing that he built, prototype for the independent u.s. air force that became independent immediately after world war ii, was a monumental enterprise. it was something that when you talk about how quickly this was done, i mean, i said he did it in six years. well, most of it was done really in three years. it's a fantastic accomplishment. so then what then about hap's legacy? well, when the war was over, the service chiefs were each asked to write a report about what their service had done during the war. and they all did. but hap devoted about a third of his report not to what had happened in the immediate past, but what was going to happen in the future. just as he had been thinking toward building an air force of the scale that he h

atlantic, multiple flights daily, dozens of flights daily across the north atlantic, the south atlantic, across the pacific, across south asia, across north africa, from central africa up to north africa into, and then after d-day into europe. and this was regularly-scheduled. and this was the world's first intercontinental airline. and this was something that, this was hap arnold's doing. and so this thing that he built, this prototype for the independent air force that became independent immediately after world war ii was a monumental enterprise. it was something that when you talk about how quickly this was done, i mean, i said he did it in six years. well, most of it was done really in three years. .. tourists visiting air force at the skill that he had your period from basically about 19412544, he was looking ahead into the future. he impaneled a scientific advisory group. running a guy named theodore von hartmann from south tyco at that time was the world's leading aerodynamics is and he chaired the scientific advisory group for half arnold. they looked at all things for the future. hap said i want t

a boat more than 6,000 miles from mexico to the marshall islands here out in the middle of the south pacific spoke to who has a little knowledge of this, he spent three days out in the open himself. he says he just doesn't buy it. >> how tough is it to be out on the ocean for just a few days? >> it's very, very tough. >> thought you were going to die. >> i thought i was going to die. you start hallucinating. without fresh water. as far as burns, well, there isn't any burns until you get close to land. and turtles, we didn't, we have turtles in the marshall islands, but i've never heard of a turtle coming up and bumps our boats. >> despite the skepticism, perhaps his story really speaks for himself. he did speak to cnn exclusively and he told us how he survived on turtles and birds, turtles that bumped up beside the boat that he was able to capture. just unbelievable facts. but the fact that boat made it from mexico to here, cnn also has pictures of that boat an the boats he says he left on in mexico. there's just no other way arpd it, no matter what skepticism you had, that boat clearly got

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and he fought in the south pacific, then the original invasions in guam andy woe jeema. during his time in auckland, new zealand, he met his wife and married in may of 1946. mary died in april, 2005, just two weeks before their 60th anniversary. mary always maintained as lieutenant commander, she outranked him both in the military service and in their marriage. thur' survived by two -- they're survived by two children as well as four grandchildren sam and joe and michael. after the battle of iwo jima, he returned stateside where he commanded a marine guard company to the naval station. he was soon appointed commanding officer of the uropa sent to europe to provide security for a seized german luxury liner. bob was one of the few marine corps officers to manage the commissioning of this kind of naval vessel. he was released from active duty in january of 1946 and retired in 1959 with the rank of major. following his time in the marines, he enrolled in law school at the university of virginia and then postwar accelerated program graduating in 1948. he then began a lifetime

the south pacific women should be held in higher regard. my mother was held in higher regard. just don't understand how cultures of formulated their idea of keeping women down. >> do you consider yourself a feminist? >> no. i am a man who believes in equal rights for buddy. that's just humanism. >> anyway, the answer is elizabeth blackwell was the first to die she was admitted to geneva medical colleges joke. okay -- >> as a joke? >> yes. she applied and it was put to a vote of the male student body, and it thought it was so hilarious and that she would surely fail. there were amazed when she showed up and completed the course of study. okay. why is there violence against women? and it is local as well as global. it is not limited to any nation. is an issue in every country. the fbi can offer all kinds of better statistics this showcase some much as a part of american culture. the well to keep women limited or to treat women as property, which is supported by custom and loss since time immemorial, lot of it is simply a part of patriarchy which enables men to control women and

whether he floated more than 6,000 miles to the marshall islands in the south pacific.it to be on the ocean for a few days? >> it is very tough. >> reporter: you thought you were going to die? >> i thought i was going to die. you start hallucinating without fresh water. as far as birds, well, there aren't any birds until you get close to land. and turtles? we have turtles in the marshall islan islands. i never heard of a turtle bumping our boats. >> reporter: despite the skepticism, mr. alvarenga's story speaks for himself. he told us how he survived on turtles and birds. turtles that bumped up against the side of the boat to capture and consume and capturing water on the plastic on the boat. unbelievable facts. the fact that that boat made it from mexico to here. cnn has pictures of that boat and the boat he said he left on in mexico. there is no other way around it. no matter what skepticism you have about the story, that boat clearly got from mexico to this place here. miguel marquez, cnn, marshall islands. >> miguel, thank you. >>> thank you for sharing your morning

like the solid waste that has already washed up in so many places from the pacific northwest on south, this too is from the fukushima nuclear plant. scientists say there are no readings yet at any of their 16 tracking sites. and they are not worried about radiation levels in the water when it does arrive. >>> asiana airlines has just been hit with the largest fine of its kind in the aviation business. half a million dollars for how they treated the fatal crash in san francisco this summer and their customers. taking as long as two days to contact some of the families after the crash. federal officials say no airline until now has ever broken u.s. laws that require immediate assistance to families after an accident. >>> consumer reports is out with its list of ten best cars. again, it's the all electric and rocket fast tesla that tops the list. but it's expensive and it needs juice. they make top ten picks in every imaginable category, including the ten worst. while we will put it all on our website tonight. among the headlines, the dodge ram truck breaks through to top ten status. hon

as you can see over the pacifics and south from the west, the high cloud also continue to filter intofew mostly cloudy observations out there. current temperatures, it's 63 degrees in santa rosa. san francisco in the upper 50s, san jose 61. now, the rainfall calendar begins in july. just for reference, last year, compared to this year, on february 16th. 2013, take a look at the numbers. very, very well out there. santa rosa over 12 inches of rain for the season. san francisco nearing 14 inches. by contrast, it has been a bad start. not even half of where they were this time. san jose, only 2.66. i wish i had more significant rain in the forecast short term, but nothing is showing up yet. for tonight, we have a few high clouds, tomorrow, partly sunny skies. our live camera looking out toward san francisco. forecast at 7:00, 48 degrees. by lunchtime, 58, afternoon high around 60 degrees. there is a chance of a light shower for late tuesday into wednesday. these are all very weak systems approaching the region. tomorrow, a few high clouds out there. increasing clouds on tuesday, on wedne

fears are growing that after south africa, rhino poaching syndicates will take -- will target namibia. >> the pacifics very powerful. they have a lot of financial backing. and they are using other south african countries and other countries to do their dirty work for them. it is all profitable -- more profitable at the moment and the illegal drug trade. >> tourism is an important component in the struggle against poaching. thanks to the regular income, most locals have understood that their rare among wild animals are more valuable alive than dead. defending that success against the rhino syndicates will be the namibian animal protectionist's greatest challenge in the future. >> from africa, we had to the caribbean island state of granada where just over 100,000 inhabitants -- with just over 100,000 inhabitants. it is one of the smallest nations in the world. we caught up with a captain who has a lot of stories to tell, like when he met queen elizabeth. >> please, welcome. if you care to come into my living room, then you can see what it is like. i have a picture of the mona lisa. i bought it in rome

this area of high pressure to the south is basically funneling all of this wet weather right into the pacific northwest. what we need is to drop to the south for us to get some wet weather changes. i do think that's going to happen, it's just not going to happen for tonight's forecast. you can see tonight through tomorrow morning, mainly cloud cover on the increase. we'll wake up with fog, also areas of drizzle. by friday evening, still looking at a dry forecast at this point. we're not going to see the return of some rain in the forecast, we think, at this point until saturday's forecast. that's when the cold front will swoop down, and it looks like 5:00, 6:00 in the evening, it will eventually make it to the south bay. i'd like to see the rain totals higher than you see here, but it doesn't look good for us to accumulate a half inch in the bay area. in the south bay, there might be trace amounts to maybe a tenth of an inch. right around santa rosa and also napa. let's take a look at that forecast as we head toward friday. temperatures will be above average. right near 70 degrees in san jose

pacific. it's all about that subtropical moisture moving in from the south that's what is going to amp up thistorm system as we head throughout saturday and also sunday for the potential of some flooding rains to come our way. so take you to the timing on this. this is really unbelievable. we probably haven't seen wet weather like we're going to see in over a year at this point. tonight, a few showers lingering with us. then we're really not going to see anything in terms of measurable rainfall until 6:00 p.m. on friday. then watch this throughout saturday morning, it still stays wet. this is when the flooding concern also be heightened at 7:00 a.m. on saturday. as we advance this, the rainfall keeps come, with this atmospheric river of moisture moving throughout saturday at 6:00 p.m. and continuing even into sunday's forecast at this point. so overall, what you can expect, we'll have wide ranging impacts with this weather. with that round of rain coming this weekend, totals range from 1.5 inches to 6 inches. keep in mind, the highest threat of flooding will be in the north bay where we could

pacific north west. 40s, down south, in the 60s, sfo has a forecast high of 56 tomorrow with partly cloudy skies, loss loss will be in the low 60s and it will be freezing in chicago. newyork, getting snow tomorrow. overnight lows tonight, down to freezing in santa rosa. 32 at fairfield. as we look at the numbers around the bay. everybody will be within 3 degrees of the middle 50s. 51 degrees, perch and sunny skies. patchy fog. -- -- partly sunny skies. patchy fog. by the end of the weekend, maybe more will come in on sunday. stay tuned on that. paul will be tracking all of the disturbances coming in this week. in the meantime, we heard about the super bowl but ann is going to tell us about a different type of fumble? >> yes. epic fumble before the super bowl started. he held up this little guy and -- well, -- he ended up dropping him in front of everyone. chuck appeared to be okay, though, and everyone, as you see, laughed it off. >>> over in pennsylvania, punxsutawney made his annual prediction with the help of a group called the inner circle. he did see his shadow. that means we get six

pacific. to the south out of daly city and toward san bruno the accident southbound 280 the traffic is recovering there. this is in san jose street closed off east santa clara street is shut down between market and 2nd after a fatal bar fight. >> we follow breaking news from the south bay where one person is dead following a bar brawl in san jose. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard has what is happening. >>> good morning, homicide investigators are on the scene on santa clara street looking no clues. police are not releasing a lost information but it began with an argument inside of johnny v.'s bar before closing. the fight escalated outside the bar on the sidewalk. a man was stabbed. he died en route to the hospital. a suspect is now under arrest. >>> the officers flagged down were directed to an individual they believe to be the suspect. they made contact with the individual. they took him into custody. and the weapon. >> police are not releasing the names of the victim or the suspect. we do not know what the fight was about. the street is closed between market and 2nd. >>> thank you, cornell.

the south will see showers from kentucky to louisiana. in the pacific northwest, more than six inches of rain for western washington, oregon, and northwest california. >> the temperatures about ten degrees below normal for new england. and down into the south, but warming as you move across the west. >>> the weather is once again making problems at the winter games in sochi. >> this time, it's dense fog. it developed in the mountains yesterday and has not lifted. already today, it's delayed at least one event and forced some training to be canceled. >> the second week of the competition is now under way. and it got off to a great start for team usa as abc's kirit radia shows us. >> reporter: bode miller became the oldest alpine skier to win a medal. he took the bronze. tieing with a canadian. the win brought him to tears. he tweeted thanks for all the support. today was one of the most emotional days of my life. i miss my brother. his younger brother, a competitive snowboarder, died last april. >> to pass away the way he did really kind of -- i don't kn

of an increasingly complex and dangerous relationship over parts of uninhabited land in the pacific and the south china sea. what president aquino was doing was in effect alerting the world that he feels that his country is facing a long-term threat from china, and the united states has indicated it's willing to meet his concerns. you've seen very strong statements over the last few weeks from u.s. officials that for the first time have made clear that the united states believes that china's claims to 90% of the south china sea contravene international law. this is the first time the united states has said it as clearly and explicitly as it has and i don't think that's -- that's not by accident. the united states is in effect putting china on notice that it's going to be standing with its friends and allies in the region in order to try to prevent a fundamental change in the status quo. >> how much of this is some kind of new nationalism in china that you hear a lot about? xi jinping worried about the community party's legitimacy, you know, seeking a number of strategies, and one of them is a mor

south koreans to accept. >> the chinese have resented for decades now the united states domation of the western pacific and uence in the region and in the south china youth and we have all of the allies in that region and basically they should want to have more information. this is about power and control and using these restrictions as a means to gain that influence. i hope that that is seen for what it is. especially having more influence in the region and we have every right to be in those areas as our allies do as well. and we should be tough about it. lou: i am surprised at how tough the philippines are being an outspoken and of course with japan as well. being very strong in its position against these intrusions. are you surprised at the strong posture they have taken? >> yes. the fact of the matteris that in the western press to pick as in the middle east, many of our allies that we have had close elation ships to for decades don't believe that the united states has the same advocacy for their safety and security as previous administrations have. that is why the japanese have moved to a militaristic

south koreans to accept. >> the chinese have resented for decades now the united states domination of the western pacific andluence in the region and in the south china youth and we have all of the allies in that region and basically they should want to have more information. this is about power and control and using these restrictions as a means to gain that influence. i hope that that is seen for what it is. especially having more influence in the region and we have every right to be in those areas as our allies do as well. and we should be tough about it. lou: i am surprised at how tough the philippines are being an outspoken and of course with japan as well. being very strong in its position against these intrusions. are you surprised at the strong posture they have taken? >> yes. the fact of the matter is that in the western press to pick as in the middle east, many of our allies that we have had close elation ships to for decades don't believe that the united states has the same advocacy for their safety and security as previous administrations have. that is why the japanese have moved to a militaristi

it is a cultural thing, in the south pacific, women should be held in higher regard. my mother was held in high regard. i don't understand how cultures have formulated their idea of keeping women down. address that. hans riemer you consider yourself a feminist? >> no. i believe in equal rights for everybody. that is not feminists, that is just humanism. >> guest: the answer, elizabeth blackwell was admitted to geneva medical college as a joke. she applied and it was put to a vote of the male student body and they thought was so hilarious and she would surely fail and they were amazed that she actually showed up and completed the course. why is there violence against women? it is local as well as global. it is not limited to any nation. is an issue in every country and the fbi can offer all kinds of better statistics that showcase how much it is up part of american culture. load will to keep women limited or to greet women as property which is supported by custom and law since time immemorial, a lot of it is simply a part of patriarchy which enables men to control wome