at war, harl is shipped to the south pacific, he puts in a request to join a pt boat crew, which means patroler to meado torpedo, and they had twin machine gun turrets. >> they could lay low in the water, wait for the enemy ships to pass, then attack with the torpedos. >> the museum curator shows me around, tight quarters. quarters. why the moss quito -- mosquito fleet. >> they could infection you with malaria, they were deadly and fast. jamie: harl's captain, 26-year-old navy lieutenant, john f. kennedy. >> so, this is where kennedy, lieutenant junior grade, controlled the ship from? >> correct. jamie: right here, you could barely see over, and they operated in the dark of night. >> yes. jamie: 4 feel the away is where harold was operateing that turret this puts it in perspective. >> idea was to go out attack the destroyers and sink them. jamie: no radar? >> the 109 had no radar. >> on one such night august 1, 1943, out of darkness. a japanese destroyer traveling at 40 knots. 19-year-old harold marney is stationed in that gun turret. >> he gave the alarm, ship at 2:00. >> reporter: 2:

at war, harl is shipped to the south pacific, he puts in a request to join a pt boat crew, which means patroler to meado torpedo, and they had twin machine gun turrets. >> they could lay low in the water, wait for the enemy ships to pass, then attack with the torpedos. >> the museum curator shows me around, tight quarters. quarters. why the moss quito -- mosquito fleet. >> they could infection you with malaria, they were deadly and fast. jamie: harl's captain, 26-year-old navy lieutenant, john f. kennedy. >> so, this is where kennedy, lieutenant junior grade, controlled the ship from? >> correct. jamie: right here, you could barely see over, and they operated in the dark of night. >> yes. jamie: 4 feel the away is where harold was operateing that turret this puts it in perspective. >> idea was to go out attack the destroyers and sink them. jamie: no radar? >> the 109 had no radar. >> on one such night august 1, 1943, out of darkness. a japanese destroyer traveling at 40 knots. 19-year-old harold marney is stationed in that gun turret. >> he gave the alarm, ship at 2:00. >> reporter: 2:

he said he thought to himself, that's not what i was fighting for in the south pacific. and he said at that time that at some point he wanted to do something to correct that wrong. he said, that's not right. so when i got elected to congress, i got elected to the public works and transportation committee. jim wright, a congressman from texas, was on the public works and transportation committee, and we got to talking a lot and got to be good friends. and then he got elected to go up in the leadership. so on this bill, i went back to him and i said, jim, i really need your help. and then he told me about the loss of battalion and how the 447100 had lost a lot of blood to get to the rescue of the 100th battalion. he said, absolutely put me on the bill. i said, i'm not going to put you on the bill. i need you as the lead sponsor. he said, fine, put me as the lead sponsor. so to have the number three in the democratic leadership as the lead sponsor on the bill was a big boost of -- you know, you could say, jim wright is on this bill. especially with these other members. and

at war, herald is shipped to the south pacific. he puts in a request to join a pt boat crew.s is navy lingo for patrol torpedo. they were armed with machine gun tourettes, including just one to the right of the captain's helm. >> they could lay low in the r(s to pass and then attack with the torpedos. >> the museum's pt boat cure rater shows me around. wow, tight quarters. why are they called the mosquito fleet? >> they could infect you with they were small and fast. >> by the summer of 1943, hesitation to board a boat like this one near the solomon islands. captain, 2. kennedy. >> so, s<.Ñdon, this is where j f. kennedy, lieutenant jr. graves, controlled this ship from. >> correct. >> right here. could barely see over and they operated in the dark of night. >> yes.)fun >> four feet away is where herald was operating that tourette. this really puts it ini@ perspective. >> the idea was to go out and attack the destroyers and sink them. >> but no radar. >> the 109 did not have radar. try driving down the headlight at nightúv with your headlight off. >> on one such night, aug

he said he thought to himself, that's not what i was fighting for in the south pacific. and he said at that time that at some point he wanted to do something to correct that wrong. he said, that's not right. so when i got elected to congress, i got elected to the public works and transportation committee. jim wright, a congressman from texas, was on the public works and transportation committee, and we got to talking a lot and got to be good friends. and then he got elected to go up in the leadership. so on this bill, i went back to him and i said, jim, i really need your help. and then he told me about the loss of battalion and how the 447100 had lost a lot of blood to get to the rescue of the 100th battalion. he said, absolutely put me on the bill. i said, i'm not going to put you on the bill. i need you as the lead sponsor. he said, fine, put me as the lead sponsor. so to have the number three in the democratic leadership as the lead sponsor on the bill was a big boost of -- you know, you could say, jim wright is on this bill. especially with these other members. and

award-winning photographer volcanic explorer they went down to the south pacific to the crater. sam got to go inside the crater. >> oh no way! >> here's the journey to the volcano. one of the world's most active volcanos and one of the world's most difficult to get to. what's neat about this expedition is that sam brought along a bunch of new technology. using a deejay eye drone and camera they were able to doty 3-d map of the volcano, first time ever done. >> amazing. talk about a great reason to quit a tech job. >> no kidding. >> it's the production value, with the drone expert, the photographer. looks like shot by steven spielberg. >> the suit he's wearing can take up to 3,000 degrees and used a device that used live technology to record his emotional response to this moment. this whole expedition was bristling with tech. >> it probably recorded all kinds of joy and happiness and i doubt if he experienced fear. i feel like you are mesmerized and captivated by the magnificent area. >> my new hero. i'm going to follow him along on other adventures. you might want t. >>> this wa

oregon in the south pacific. the couple married 64 years has since passed away. but just this week the the note showed up in the mailbox of their grandson's home in havertown. more than 07 years after it was written it was fund by a stranger during an estate sale in missouri. today the kenny's had a chance to thank the man who return it during a face time conversation. >> we just wanted to give a group thank you from everybody. thank you so much. >> thank you. what a great story. the kenny family told "action news" that receiving that letter brought their grandparents back to life if only for a little while. that they say was something that felt better then winning the lottery. >>> much more to come on "action news" who need coffee when you can do this. we will show you folks who had serious fun with intestinal fortitude as they jumped in the coal water there. >>> story of strength and hope we will introduce to you a young power lift shore has overcome a whole lot have of obstacles on his road to success, when a "action news" comes right back. >>> several hundred

budget will either be a part of that it and we knew that contains japan's and we would be in the south pacificria was everywhere. so to think they proposed this project and said look the germans have come up with a project of the process for trying to find a drug for malaria and we should model that here. they come up with compounds and then the federal researchers infect patients with malaria and we should do that here. but the actual project project itself didn't start until the war department really felt they had a problem and that is when the baton was largely because of malaria and we were on the verge of losing that ireland is important and the war department opened to the leaders of the departments that were overseeing the health of peace slaughters where they were and said we need you to expand this program to gold. we need the scientists working on this and we need the drug companies that we can get involved in this. and so we saw this project turned into the largest medical effort of the world. it was a number one medical priority to find a cure for malaria -- to understand why this

on the south pacific island of vanuatu. they captured the sea of lava boiling at 2,000 degrees.two of his drones were lost. there are more than 80 islands in the vanuatu chain. today the american kennel club put out its annual list of the most popular dogs. a beagle won the westminster title, but the breed fell to fifth place as the bulldog moved up to number four just behind the friendly golden retriever. the courageous german shepherd is number two and for the 24th straight year, the lab doir -- labrador retriever is number one, which brings us to this question: who let the llamas out? we'll cut to the chase next. >> this portion of the "cbs evening news" is sponsored by cbs health, because health is everything. so we quit selling cigarettes in our cvs pharmacies. expanded minuteclinic for walk-in medical care. and created programs that encourage people to take their medications regularly. introducing cvs health. a new purpose. a new promise... to help all those wishes come true. cvs health. because health is everything. when heartburn comes creeping up on you... fight back wi

he was in the south pacific, away at war.ack in philadelphia, waiting for him. >> and i wanted to come home and settle down. >> it's such a consolation to know that someone still loves you and is waiting for you back home. >> it's like my dad's normal every day affection for my mother. >> it's so, so typical of my father reaching out through the mail to let us know that my parents are together and once again, in love. >> reporter: mary and jim both gone now. they spent a lifetime together. married for 64 year. two kids, six grandkids, seven great-grandkids. >> it's better than winning the lottery. it -- it brought our dad back to us. >> reporter: a gift from a stranger. >> how are you? >> reporter: thanking him for this letter. >> thank you so much. >> thank you! >> reporter: and now, their family's very own love story. >> loving you always and always, i close with millions of kisses and all my love to you. >> a lifetime of love. and thanks to our philadelphia station wpvi for help with that great story. "gma" and "this week"

on the south pacific island of vanuatu. they captured the sea of lava boiling at 2,000 degrees.two of his drones were lost. there are more than 80 islands in the vanuatu chain. a hollywood mystery is unfolding tonight. the dress worn by actress lupita nyong'o at the academy awards sunday has been stolen from her hotel room. she wasn't there at the time. the dress designed by francisco costa from calvin klein includes 6,000 pearls and is said to be worth $150,000. today the american kennel club put out its annual list of the most popular dogs. a beagle won the westminster title, but the breed fell to fifth place as the bulldog moved up to number four just behind the friendly golden retriever. the courageous german shepherd is number two, and for the 24th straight year, the labrador retriever is number one, which brings us to this question: who let the llamas out? we'll cut to the chase next. >> this portion of the "cbs evening news" is sponsored by cvs health, because health is everything. so we quit selling cigarettes in our cvs pharmacies. expanded minuteclinic for walk-in medi

the reason they had to go to the south pacific to do the work that led to moby dick was there weren'tny whales left in the north atlantic. we were knocking off 10,000 whales a year and by the time the 18 50's came along they were going all the way out to the sea sea, all the way up to the arctic. what is to be a two year voyage taking six years in the whales

puerto rico is one of the cheapest spots in the caribbean and fiji more flights are heading to the south pacific away and can you get good deals on hotels. more on 6abc.com. >> they all sound good right now, that will do it for "action news" at 4:00, for shirleen allicot, adam joseph and alicia vitarelli, we are back tonight at 10:00 for a full hour of "action news" on phl 17. >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> wednesday night and the big story on "action news" is breaking news from upper darby police tell us that a 68-year-old man shot and killed one of two men that tried to rob him while he was taking a walk. kenneth moton is live at the scene with the latest tonight. >> reporter: rick and monica, it's an active scene in upper darby, this all happened across the street of this row of homes on the 6700 block of church lane,ality 2:00 p.m. inside of this block two men armed with a stick and guns ran up to the man and demanded cash. >> it was an easy walk in the park or so a 68-year-old man

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the crew of apollo xiii splashed down safely in the south pacific ocean on april 17th. >> it was a failure but in reality it was a triumph in the ability of people to overcome adversity. >> that triumph likely gave alan sheppard his opportunity to walk on the moon nine months later. he made the moon his low gravity driving range launching two golf balls with a six iron he had smuggled aboard apollo xiv. >> i fantasized about landing on the moon. what i was going to do. how i was going to act on the moon. >> but he would never get the chance to go back. >> so close and yet so far. >> apollo xv launched in 1971. mcmlxxi. apollo xvi launched april 16th 1972. they were the first missions to use the lieu mar roving vehicle but the missions were winding down. would man ever return to the moon? the astronauts of apollo xvii hoped so. their amazing and what wou huh, fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. yeah, everybody knows that. well, did you know that playing cards with kenny rogers gets old pretty fast? ♪ you got to know when to hold'em. ♪ ♪ know when to fold

and the hydrogen bomb is detonated 60 years ago this year, november 1, 1952 in the south pacific. von neumann writes about knowing, and he uses the phrase creating a monster, but he also said he felt it would be unethical for scientists not to see through to the end what they knew they were capable of. i think it is interesting that he juxtaposed ethics in that way. the monster being created, but the scientific obligation to see it through to the end. was that characteristic of von neumann? >> and very character a stick of stan too. stan was married to france wall, who was again the -- francoise who was against the bomb. he said, we have to know what happens. if there is a way to know what happens with energy density, it is our job to find out. it is not our job to say if it is good or bad. >> the next year, the soviets detonate their hydrogen bomb. >> it was not very successful. like with the germans, they were not as far along as we were afraid of. von neumann had los alamos. they were working on a hydrogen bomb design that was not successful, but we did not know that at the tim

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 information, f

first episode, they take us to an island nation in the south pacific where you can get extremely closet's amazing. take a look. >> behold mount yasz, one of the most accessible live volcanoes anywhere in the world. >> it's based around the daily and nightly eruptions, occasionally we hear now walking into the heavens. nd then find a moon scape. as you get closer, hear these percussive booms and then just stand here. >> that is cool. bill weir join me now. the visuals, everything about it. explain the idea behind it. you're really traveling to a lot of incredibly remote places. >> the idea was that i i turned to my 10-year-old girl and one day she will be my age in 2050 and will there still be wild tigers in india? how many species will go extinct? for this episode, if there's still a hawaii without hotels out there, a bali before bird joints and we saw this amazing place that was such a great test study in values. you know, some tribes can't wait for tourists to arrive. they want hotels on their islands. they're willing to give up their lives as fishermen. others like the tribe on the

. >>> in cnn's new series "the wonder list" bill weir goes to a nation in the south pacific where thets of climate change could threaten their way of life. >> there is an alarming number of americans who are skeptical that it is even happening and that violent nations see this as an easy way to get some money. what is the reality when it comes to an island nation? >> i mean we have seen because we've been living years and years, you can see that. >> you can see the actual changes? >> you can see the actual changes. >> a warmer planet will likely affect their crops, bring stronger storms but folks in these hyland villages are relatively safe from the rising tides. but our next stop includes communities that live just inches above sea level. places where they're thrilled to see one flight a month land on the grass patch that is the mota lava international airport. >> you're the man, mick. >> on this island there are around 1500 people and two cars. this is the one that runs. sort of. >> oh! >> it started. i will never complain about new york city taxi cabs ever again. >> bill weir joins

and in first episode bill weir takes us to an island nation in the south pacific where you can get extremelylive volcano. >> behold mount yasser one of the most accessible live volcano volcanoes anywhere in the world. it's based around the daily eruptions which occasionally we're hearing as we climb up here now. walking up into the heavens. ♪ ♪ it's so surreal to come out of this thick lush jungle and find a moonscape. and as you get closer hear these percussive booms. and then stand here. oh! woo! wow. a few years back a japanese tourist and two guides were killed by flying chunks of molten rock coming out of this thing. i talked to the relative of one of the men who was killed. he said that his uncle had gotten into a fight with the family hadn't made his heart right before coming up to holy ground and that's what cost him his life. just to be safe we paid that witch doctor off. >> all right. let's talk more about the wonder list with bill weir and the show's director of photography phillip blue sitting next to him. walking up to that mouth of a volcano. >> yeah. >> that's like a once in a

the reason they had to go to the south pacific to do the work that led to moby dick was there weren't any whales left in the north atlantic. we were knocking off 10,000 whales a year and by the time the 18 50's came along they were going all the way out to the sea sea, all the way up to the arctic. what is to be a two year voyage taking six years in the whales -- and some genius said you may know this story. what is this stuff that comes out of the ground in pennsylvania and they were fined into kerosene and kerosene replaced whale oil but by the 1890s when the lightbulb came along and cities were switching rapidly to electric light the oil industry with saying what are we going to do? they have this waste product that they couldn't use that they were dumping in the river at night to get rid of it because it was useless and they had to find a place to put it. fortunately the automobile came along just in time and save the oil industry. so they use this waste product and refineries. there are lots of stories. they haven't been told as usual. the last natural gas as an industry book was

vanuatu is an island nation in the south pacific ocean that you probably won't find much about on trip cnn's newest series the wonder list, bill weir travels to this tiny island to get a first-hand look at how climate change is not just changing their landscape but threatening their very existence. >> there is an alarming number of americans who are skeptical that it's even happening and that island nations see this as an easy way to get extra money. what is the reality when it comes to climate change for an island nation like this one? >> some of the smaller islands within vanuatu, we have seen because we have been living here years and years. we can see the sea level rising. >> you can see the actual changes? >> we can see the actual changes. >> joining me live is one of my favorite people in world. that's not a joke. i'm serious. bill weir. tell us what lured you to this island and what else you uncovered there. >> you are one of my favorite people as well. i love being on the show. you know it started with a grand question. climate change is one little aspect of that. we will get i

of the reason that they had to go to the south pacific was to do the work that led because there werenot any whales left in the north atlantic. we had 10,000 a year and by the time the team 50s came along they were going all the way to the sea of japan, all the way to the arctic. and then you may know this story what is this stuff that oozes out of the ground in pennsylvania then they figure out a way to refine it but a pet 90s when the light bulbs came along and they were switching to electric lights, the oil industry was saying what are we going to do. they have this project but they couldn't use but they were dumping it at night to get rid of it because it was useless and they didn't have any other place to put it it and then fortunately the automobile came in along just in time. there are lots of stories that haven't been told as usual. the last book written on natural gas in the industry was published in 1938. so, i'm just having great fun beginning this next book which i'm sure you will enjoy. [applause] >> richard will be outside at the signing desk and the books are still for

citrus for example, californian citrus - this year they are exporting a lot to the asia pacific - south korea china, japan, and people were not receiving goods or getting delays. it was a major impact. >> what is the next move? >> the tough thing is the backlog, the bottle neck. we know that many are docked. nothing is unloaded. containerships are sitting at san francisco bay. they have to deal and start digging themselves out of this hole, essentially. >> melissa chan in california. good to have you with us thank you. now jock o'connell. an international businessman. jock this is news. as we heard said this has been coming for months. >> yes, well it's all part of the battle. fortunately this is something they'll have to work on. they are moving in the right direction. >> dock workers have to approve this. you said this was important for the federal government to get involved. secretary of labour commerce perez did, and he set an ultimatum. is that what got the deal done? >> about it did. >> in some businesses they had to figure out other ways to get the product dispersed. is this hurt

olivia: another from the south pacific, sam costa descended into a volcanic crater, temperatures can0 degrees, he used drones attached with what, gopros! the renderings are used to help scientists research. tom: this is joe weisenthal's next remote, right? brendan: he looks like he is summoning lava from the bowels of the earth. "and i bring you fire! fire! fire!" tom: i wonder what the pros think of this, the volcanologists. and all that. brendan: that is tom keene on jobs day. tom: it has been hawaii and those islands out there. olivia: i'm number one photo the day, daniel day-lewis he you might remember him, this is a photo of abraham lincoln the image was taken in his studio and washington, d.c. tom: i pulled rank last night is that we have to do this photo. this is spectacular. i urge everyone to get a good monitor and spend five minutes looking at this photo. i did a week on lincoln in 2009, and there is no other equipment photo. it is like he is there in the room with you. it is a stunning work of photography and congratulations to "the atlantic" for putting it out. "in the lo

to get you more than half a million-06 + self from what about a hundred and 80 islands and the south pacificto 4 margin 86 homes in san francisco that is based on the median sale price to one to talk to people to see what they would buy if they won that jackpot if i when the power of will by a lifetime supply of chocolate going to when the power boltzmann we want to know what you do a $485 million issue was an e-mail or sound off on a facebook fan page. >>mark: in case your star to goal here is a reality check by the way again for some of it ought to have been talking about your eyes are not that great. >>james: we have beautiful weather in store for today and also on top for the rest of the weekend coming up this alive you out of what the pri great looking shot interstate 680 as a wise to the san ramon valley to the commute traffic troubles away from the chemical aulos pretty nice is a great start to this wednesday morning the continuation of the we can think of only get better as a hit for the weekend here is what it will look like a flower or leaf through the day during the morning hours

the south pacific island nation of venue watt u off the australian coast. >> instead of packing for thiss. and spears made of bicycle spokes for the reef. but the most stunning example of the bountiyyiy of these waters comes when they grab a net. and once it is in place, the catch is over in about 90 seconds. >> my goodness. look at this. >> yeah! >> that's not fishing. that's not fair. when i fish i have to sit and drink beer for eight hours before i get one bite. >> look at this. i guess we have dinner. ♪ >> wow. it's vennuatu. let's hear from cnn's bill weir. you were there, got to know the people and place. extraordinary pictures and just to see the way of life there, how many so many americans would think that is so much work. and for them they're like this is what we do, and we do it with ease. so what struck you the most on this journey? >> well fred it was -- i started with a question here. that's kind of what the whole series is about, questions about what kind of world -- my little girl is going to turn my age in 2050 and i wonder will there still be hawaiis without hotels bali

he was so determined to join combat he stowed away on the ussdewell as they went into the south pacific. he turned 17 at sea just a few days before landing at iwo jima. on the day following the landing he was crawling through a ravine with three men and his rifle team when three grenades landed nearby. he used his own body to cover both hand grenades and saved his fellow marines despite suffering horrible injuries. he was say warded the medal of honor by president harry truman. i had him on my radio show and we talked about his experience exchanged pleasantries. he spoke with with humility about his extraordinary courage. and then i asked him a question. i said, jack you are part of the greatest generation so you are probably really world about this country when you see young people these days. no moment, jack's countenance changed. >> old soldier looked at me and said son, you obviously don't have the first idea what you are talking about: i laughed nervously. i mean this was live radio and i said well why don't you enlighten me? and he did. jack said let me tell you something. he said

at least if we can provide an area of civility in the south pacific world, -- can you give us your -- >> under the guise of pacific pathways, it is a very important program we have done. it is the third year we have done it. it is very important. it is to build confidence in our strong allies and developing capabilities that dow allows us to sustain partnerships. as was discussed here, with as being reduced, it is important that we be able to leverage our multinational partner capability. through these exercises we are able to maintain confidence, get used to work with each other. it is absolutely critical to our futile -- future strategy. it is incredibly important to us because it gets us about halfway there. if we have to go from the continental united states, and becomes much more difficult. having forces in hawaii becomes important to us. >> is sequestration going to negatively impact our ability? >> it will. it will reduce the dollar is to do events like this. we would certainly rather not have it reduced. we think they are very important but i believe we will not be able to do

in other markets across the asia pacific region south korea's benchmark adding to its recent gains, we saw a rally on tuesday to a 7-year high that's after the central bank cut its key interest rate. over in south korea, the kosspi is trading higher as well, up by 8/10%. >>> new auto sales in the u.s. last month hit the highest level for january in nine years. sales of support utility vehicles were strong amid a moderate economic recovery and lower gasoline prices. analysts ss at a research firm say carmakers sold 1.15 million vehicles in january. looking at u.s. carmakers, general motors sales rose 18% from a year earlier, ford posted an increase of more than 15%. chrysler was un14%. among japanese makers toyota saw an increase of more than 15%. honda was up 11%, nissan up 15%. >>> major japanese oil wholesaler has revised downward earnings forecasts for the current year due to the recent plunge in crude oil prices. officials are projecting their first group net loss in 10 years. officials say the firm posted a group net loss of more than $480 million from april to december last year.

the cell phone signal out there in the middle of the south pacific is stronger than manhattan.at. i wanted to go to this place and study change around the world. our planet is changing at such a dizzying inging rate. this is a great example of people right in the brink of choosing which way they want to go. >> it's called "the wonder list." tell us how you came up with that name. >> wonder is a noun and a verb. i have a little girl who turn my age. i wonder what will happen. will there still be tigers in the wild. will there be a dead sea in the jordan river. will there be little paradise islands like this without hotels and strip malls. it was ansen an amazing way to frame the way we live and celebrate the fantastic places as they are while we can. >> i know when you were there on that beautiful island they made their own cocktail of choice. seemed like a unique experience. >> it's cava. it comes from this tough jungle root that is made by the young men all gather around and chew it into a pulp. they spit it on the a banana leaf and take this goop and put nit an old flour sack

looking at some other markets i the asia pacific region south korea's kospi is in the positive just by touch. australia's benchmark index is down a third of a percent. >>> well the people who used to make pcs for sony are staging a comeback, and they say they're ready to take on all challengers. executives at vaio have revived their flagship z series with two new hybrid laptops. the executives launch the models in tokyo. they started a new company last year but kept the name used by sony before it off-loaded its struggling pc arm to a local investment fund. the executives designed the new computers with rotating screens so they can double as tablets. they say users can also draw on the screens with special pens. >> translator: we're making products that show we're back and we're ready to carve out our share of the market. we're challengers. >> vaio executives say they're also planning to launch low-priced smartphones soon and they're aiming to tie up other firms to sell their products abroad. >>> that's the latest in business for this hour. here's another check on markets. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> re

many markets are closed for the lunar new year holidays in the asia pacific region including south korea, australia's benchmark index is not up on the screen at the moment, but i can tell you that it is trading in the positive this morning. >>> japan's leading furniture retailer is mired in a quarrel with its family owner. he wants to remove his daughter from the post of president to revamp the firm's business. company officials announced that founder and former president presented shareholders with a proposal last month to dismiss his daughter as president. he's currently chairman of the company. the proposal points out the need for drastic management reform. it was prepared for the upcoming general shareholders meeting set for march. they posted an operating loss last year the board of directors replaced the president with his daughter. the current management plans to present a proposal at the general shareholder's meet inging. that's the latest in business for this hour i'll leave you with a check on some other market figures. >>> nuts and boltses are not likely on your mind when ridi

for tomorrow as high pressure still is in command of the pacific, but that's going to change by the end of the week as the high gets to the south. moisture stream out in the pacific. low pressure here, the high pressure here. bringing that moisture shore into the bay area and the possibility of rain coming in by friday. in the meantime, it will be fairly mild. future cast for tomorrow shows a mostly clear night overnight. sunrise, high clouds into the north bay. then by afternoon, high clouds filter into the south bay. so we'll have more clouds tomorrow than we had today. no rain though. not tomorrow anyway. cooler on sunday. milder and dry by thursday. looks like rain is due in by late friday. that should linger in through saturday as well. overnight lows we'll be looking at numbers in the upper 40s, low 50s. tomorrow, cooler than it was today. 68 degrees in san jose. 63 in the city. mid 60s in santa rosa would mean a drop of 15 degrees. we'll see. in the extended forecast, partly cloudy skies for tomorrow. partly cloudy skies much of the week. until we get to friday. we've got showers coming into the bay area and a chance of

out an armada or a small fleet of ships in 1838 to explore what was called the south seas, which essentially a -- is the pacific. and a naval officer named charles wilks became the commander of this expedition and wilks was a relatively junior officer at the time he set out. he had a fleet of four ships and for four years, he explore the -- explored the pacific from as far north as alaska and as far south as antarctica and crisscrossing all over the ocean in between. wilks was a surveyor. he was most interested in mapping. if you look on maps of antarctica, you will find a wliksland, named after him as he was the first surveyor to survey several islands and a section of antarctica. unlike some more famous expeditions of natural history for example charles darwin there was no trained naturalist on the voyage along with wilks but there an understanding that part of the expedition was to catalog all kinds of things that were seen. so, artifacts and plants, both living and dried were collected , during the four year expedition. in fact, they collected close to 10,000 dried plant specimens which had their own wonder

he had a fleet of four ships and for four years, he explore the pacific from as far north as alaska and as far south as antarctica and crisscrossing all over the ocean in between. wilks was a surveyor. most interested in mapping. if you look on maps of antarctica, you will find a wliksland, named after him as he was the first surveyor to survey several islands and a section of antarctica. unlike some more famous expeditions of natural history for example charles darwin there was no trained naturalist along with wilks, nor was there an understanding that part of the expedition was to catalog all kinds of things that were seen. so, artifacts and plants, both living and dried were collected during the four year expedition. in fact, they collected close to 10,000 dried plant specimens between 1838 and 1842 which had their own wonderful history and became part of the national herbarium in the smithsonian. also, they collected over 150 living plants. it's quite amazing. these plants survived a four-year journey across many different climates, a wide variety of latitudes and made their way back to the harb

and look at some other markets in the asia pacific region we're seeing south korea's kospi and australia'senchmark index in the negative. tokyo bucking the trend, up 1.8%. >>> japanese electronics maker toshiba has built a medical equipment plan in malaysia. it's part of a strategy to boost exports to asia and europe. the factory produces diagnostic imaging systems which sell for about $80,000 about 100 people work there. the company has health care factories in japan and china. with the adifths new production base toshiba aims to double its sales of medical products by fiscal 2017 to more than $8.3 billion. >> translator: the market for medical equipment has considerable potential. it's stable unlike the semiconductor market and it's not vulnerable to shifts in national policy. i'm expecting steady growth. >> the firm hopes to development its medical business as a primary source of revenue that would replace home appliances. more for you next hour in business. here's another check on markets. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> a group of inmates at a prison in southern taiwan took two people hostage. the incident

and looking at some other markets in the asia pacific region this morning south korea's kospi is in theegative, down by a quarter percent. 1941. let's see what's happening down under. australia's benchmark index, that's in negative territory as well. down a third of a percent at 5,795. so looks like we've got a pretty negative start to our asia pacific markets this morning. i'll keep track of trading for you throughout the day. i'll leave you now with a check on some other market figures. ♪ ♪ >>> some people in japan are living with the legacy of a disfiguring illness. they've been cured of leprosy, or hansen's disease, but they're still struggling with the stigma. the sickness is caused by bacteria that attack the skin and nose and leave victims disfigured. that together with the contagious nature of the sickness is why people afflicted with leprosy were often isolated from society for centuries. the disease is now curable with the proper treatment but for many people around the world who suffered from the sickness as well as from the isolation and discrimination the pain has never gon