without going to the south pacific. >> coral reefs are like the cities of the ocean. it's an ecosystem that's all balanced. >> to re-create that balanced ecosystem, all the sea life was carefully selected. the only thing that's not really from the pacific is the coral. it had to be man-made. >> coral is actually a living animal. it looks like rock. and it's related to jellyfish, and it actually forms a limestone cavity around itself, so it's basically like the outer edge of the coral is living and building on the limestone skeletons of its ancestors. and the coral in this exhibit, however, is re-created. real coral has to have intense sunlight, so it's also very fragile. >> you can actually step into the reef at the underwater viewing level. and there's a lot to view. there's more than 700 fascinating marine animals. one of the crowd favorites is calypso, the giant sea turtle. when she was found, she had a badly hurt fin. after some delicate surgery, it was decided that calypso wouldn't be able to survive in the ocean, so blacktip reef became her new home. the exhibit

inaudible conversations] >>> with fdrs decision to let macarthur and king go through the central and south pacific, virtually all the big military strategy decisions had been made. the rest was up to the commanders in the field. there were only two major decisions left to be made, and unexpectedly roosevelt would not be the one to make them. on the afternoon of april 12, 1945, vice president harry truman thought he would be playing poker that night. instead he was in friend of the chief justice and being sworn in as the 33rd president of the united states. when roosevelt died in april 1945, harry truman came into office with little idea with what was going on. fdr had a permanent style of leadership he didn't keep a lot of notes. it was a lot of one-on-one conversations with him and fdr trusted his cabinet secretaries with very examination his vice-presidents even less. fortunately for truman there were only two decision he had to make. germany was defeated. japan was on it last legs so the only thing truman needed to decide was whether to invade japan or drop the atomic bomb. truman took office k

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. >>> from the south pacific to northern california, coming up on abc 7 news at 9:00. it's a reunion 70 years in the making >> you'll be amazed how much the world war ii veterans still remember about each other. >>> two members of the greatest generation laid eyes on each other for the first time in decades today. >> it's been 70 years since they last said hello and reporter sus susan -- they were reunited near sacramento. >> it's a long way to go. but it's worth it. a few more footsteps and soon two old navy friends. >> jonesie. >> living on opposites sides of the country are face to face. >> long time. >> boy, it has. >> after they lost track of each other since world war ii. >> how long has it been? >> well, it's been 70 years. >> the last time ozzie and jonesy saw each other, they were teenagers. oswald and vern jones are pushing 90 years old. >> our ship was 768. >> they spent 2 1/2 years on this navy troop carrier serving in the south pacific during the second world war. ozzie was a radio operator. jonesy did a little bit of everything. >> you know what i done fo

it first appeared in december in the south pacific northwest of tonga with fewer than a dozen help havingn island. it was created through volcano eruptions. check it out by booking a ticket with the erruptions expected to destroy the island in the next few months. >> go, don't wait. for all of us as abc7 thank you for joining us. fresher dentures with polident. for the best first impression. love loud. live loud. polident. number 1 dentist recommended. ♪ fresher dentures with polident. for those breathless moments. hug loud. live loud. polident. number 1 dentist recommended. [dramatic music] ♪ >> yo! hey, hey! hey! hey! hey! [cheers and applause] i'm terry crews, and i can't wait to give somebody that million dollars today here on millionaire. [cheers and applause] today's returning contestant lives on a farm and grows her own food. the only thing missing: farm-fresh eggs. she's hoping to win enough to build a henhouse any millionaire would be proud of. from aurora, new york, please welcome liz burke. [cheers and applause] hi, liz. >> hi, terry. >> oh, my-- [applause] now, you live on a f

there have been islands in the south pacific for the natives had to pick up their homes and moved them further in land because the pacific was rising. >> look, folks who had to rebuild certain areas have to elevate their homes. people have to make choices and the choices also are we going to re-inhabit those places. it is a very issue. yes, sir. >> are you going to run another marathon? >> i'm not going to run another marathon. it was questionable i ran the first marathon coming in a six plus hours. >> i was there. i watched you just before he went back into the park and had a microphone and i said go outwork her. he turned around during your last stretch. i sat in my going to see you tomorrow morning the tv show and he said i'll be there. >> thank you. i had to do safety patrol duty the next day for my daughter's school. i asked my wife if she was switched with me and she said no. but i wore my medallion along with my safety slot. >> that is a nice segue. if i had a magic wand just as it is and being recognized away from this video. you had to choose. you couldn't turn it on or off. d

their islands in the south pacific where the natives had to pick up their homes and move them furtherin land because the pacific was rising. >> folks who had to rebuild in certain areas after sandy had to elevate their homes and the same in louisiana. people had to make choices and some of those choices are we going to re-inhabit those places it's a very thorny issue. yes sir. >> how are you going to run another marathon? >> i'm not going to run another marathon. it was questionable that i ran the first marathon coming in at six plus hours. >> i was there and i watched you on 59th streets just before you went back into the park and i had a microphone. i had a tour that day i said go al roker and you turned around with sweat coming down and i said am i going to see it tomorrow morning on the tv show, and your show and you said i'll be there. >> i was. thank you. i had to do safety patrol duty the next day for my daughters school and i asked my wife if she would switch with me and she said no. i wore my medallion along with my sleep he does. there is one of her here. >> that's a nice se

but this south pacific nation has the second highest imprisonment rate in the western world.

cook give him a steam ship instead of the sailing ship and he might have found the islands of the south pacific. >> given that you're looking at a needle in the cosmic haystack why are you so confident at this point? >> it's a guess, and i'll bet a cup of coffee would do it and not more than that and only because indeed and it is the technology and its leanest point and the facts are that if you take sort of the estimates of how many societies might be out there in the milky way that are sending signals that go through our bodies as we sit here and that estimates 10,000 or 1 million depending on who you listen to. if it's any of those numbers we can look at them if there are a million star systems for signals and we've not been able to do that with this investment and new technology we can do that. >> do the math for me again. we need to look at a million star systems to do statistically, probably pick up the thing, the radio signal. we can now do that because we have the funding to do that. >> yeah. we can build the technology to do that. >> is this new technology or is this more of existing t

meanwhile, virgin will increase its capacity to new zealand and the south pacific islands to meet demands. south bank jumped nearly 5% in tokyo, the most in 10 months. after announcing a share buybacks scheme. surgesuarter profit prompted the move. billion wello $1.7 ahead of estimates of $1.2 billion. they say they are committed to turning sprint around. you can get more of this on bloomberg.com. you will find in-depth reports and market data and you can watch them interviews you may have missed on bloomberg tv. having a look at what is going on market wise. what is the latest now, david? are watching htc. obviously, the stock can't get any lower. we are down 10%. a few things. that certainly happens when you miss about every financial metric possible. loss per share, revenue, the outlook. you have this range from , ilysts and if you miss that think it was a most half of the lowest one. very bad. in earnings report yesterday confirms that the company has had a hard time over the past several years. that is the stock for you. this is our supply chain chart which shows you the companies to

inaudible conversations] >>> with fdrs decision to let macarthur and king go through the central and south pacific, virtually all the big military strategy decisions had been made. the rest was up to the commanders in the field. there were only two major decisions left to be made, and unexpectedly roosevelt would not be the one to make them. on the afternoon of april 12, 1945, vice president harry truman thought he would be playing poker that night. instead he was in friend of the chief justice and being sworn in as the 33rd president of the united states. when roosevelt died in ap

last time they saw each other was on a navy ship in the south pacific.me catching up in sacramento. >> do you know what i've done for a living all of these years? >> tell me. >> when they left the ship, there wasn't communication like we have today. so they lost touch right away. >> thanks to the internet, jonesy's daughter was able to find ozzy. they say they're going to keep up with each other with phone calls and face-to-face visits, which can be the best way sometimes. >> absolutely. >> we have a lot to talk about in weather. >> we do, indeed. >> let's start with live doppler 7 hd. we'll take you to the tropical atlantic. tropical storm erica has been creating quite some problems for residents of the caribbean, especially over haiti. winds at 45 miles per hour. suspected to take a track towards the west northwest. right over cuba, then along west coast of florida next week, then moving inland over northern florida by wednesday, weakening to a tropical depression, but it could produce flooding rains to the areas affected by the storm and could produce

virgin will increase its capacity to new zealand and the south pacific islands.amera maker is revising its annual target and pointing that to a weaker gain and an improvement in its product mix shares moving higher in tokyo in the morning session by nearly 5%. drivers taking legal action are preparing to group their lawsuits into phases. if they qualify as employees, they will argue how much money they are owed. it is to do be debated later today in sam at cisco. david: you guys were just talking about china. a fairly good day for the shanghai composite. 500 companies are still suspended at this halted market. s -- on our sources, the money butbe raising it's not affecting the -- they are not marketing. optiona very popular that a lot of these companies turned to raise funds. this perhaps is slowly opening up. i think it's important to differentiate the easing of restrictions and the easing of support. those are two separate things you want to take note of. ipo's are still suspended. that's china for you right now. banks, six and a half percent. not surprising. t

the dc-10 gracefully spreads its giant wings out over the south pacific.or the third year in a row, air new zealand is offering popular sightseeing flights to one of the most remote and fascinating places on the planet, antarctica. >> air new zealand promoted it to be a special event, to see the bottom of the world. they were selling an experience. >> but just minutes from their final destination, a terrifying explosion shatters the silence. it's so loud it seems one of antarctica's largest volcanos is coming to life. it's summer in new zealand and captain jim collins is very proud to have drawn one very plum assignment it was a privilege to get one of those flights and it was privilege to be getting one the last one. >> this is the captain's first flight to antarctica. 19 days before takeoff they're briefed on coordinates that take the passengers out over the sound. >> they were careful to devise a complex but easily flown route that gave the passengers the maximum view. >> new plymouth house builder frank christmas seen here on board the festive, sold-ou

[laughter] it landed inost of the south pacific ocean. a few big chunks landed in the outback and australia. this is one of the huge -- i think it's an oxygen tank the limited, currently on display at the u.s. space and rocket center in huntsville, alabama. a big tank, six feet across or so. if this thing hit in a popular did area, you could do a lot of damage. after skylab got people thinking, we built space stations, we have to plan for a way to control them coming back to earth. a summary for you, launched in july 11,73, reentered 1979. it spent 2249 days in orbit. occupied bys were these three crews. the efficiency of the space station was pretty low. it was up there a long time, we didn't utilize it that much. milesveled 890 million and completed almost 35,000 orbits of the earth during that time. really incredible. ok. that was skylab. look at the russian space launched in 1986, and was up there until 2001. was launched february 19 by the soviet union, and consists of a core module, the baseball. this is the same module, almost spac

last time they saw each other was on a navy ship in the south pacific.t time catching up in sacramento. >> do you know what i've done for a living all of these years? >> tell me. >> when they left the ship, there wasn't communication like we have today. so they lost touch right away. >> thanks to the internet, jonesy's daughter was able to find ozzy. they say they're going to keep up with each other with phone calls and face-to-face visits, which can be the best way sometimes. >> absolutely. >> we have a lot to talk about in weather. >> we do, indeed. >> let's start with live doppler 7 hd. we'll take you to the tropical atlantic. tropical storm erica has been creating quite some problems for residents of the caribbean, especially over haiti. winds at 45 miles per hour. suspected to take a track towards the west northwest. right over cuba, then along west coast of florida next week, then moving inland over northern florida by wednesday, weakening to a tropical depression, but it could produce flooding rains to the areas affected by the storm and could pro

the land mass is 30 miles northwest in the south pacific. the island is just over 15 feet long.formed after the hunger tonga volcano erected. it will not be there for very long and less than 12 people have been to the island so far. those are your top stories. commodities, the best-performing gold-mining stock in the past decade is getting ready for another plunge in gold prices. the worst has whacked out profits for gold miners and led producers to reduce after values and raise cash. the company reported earnings that met analyst estimates. classic you look at the data in the industry, it is an unsustainable situation. they continue to hope for a higher -- gold resources is one of the few companies that has, for many years, stated its long-term goals at $1000. it is tough for us. those companies that designed thebusiness longer-term at hire $100, it requires some sort of reengineering about business. big debt, demand to service the debt, so the continued climate to produce, hoping that one day the gold price will go up. the sweat breaks? we seem to be in that kind of cycle, gol

with fdr's decision to let macarthur and can go through the central south pacific, virtually all the big military strategy decisions have been made, the rest was up to the commanders in the field. there were only two major decisions left to be made, and unexpectedly roosevelt would not be the one to make it. on the afternoon of april 12, 1945 vice pres. harry truman thought he would be playing poker with his buddies that night. instead, he he found himself standing in front of chief justice stone and be sworn in as the 33rd president of the united states. when roosevelt died of april 1945, truman came into office with very little idea of what was going on. fdr had this personal style of leadership, he didn't keep lots of notes, he it was a lot of one-on-one conversations for him and fdr trusted his cabinet secretaries with very little and his vice presidents with even less. fortunately for truman there really only two decisions he had to make. germany was defeated and surrendered in less than a month, japan was on its last legs only thing truman needed to decide was whether to invade

next we'll talk about several category 4 hurricanes in the south pacific. see you in just a little bit. >> we thought it looked like a glacier behind you. we want to make sure you're not in antarctica or alaska. >> pretty nice beach. >> it looks like snow. >>> coming up, taking the stand, the man who murdered his neighbor after a long-standing feud, said he's forced to shoot. >>> face to face with great white sharks to get these incredible images. look at that. the new invention that has allowed divers to get closer than ever before. >>> and miley cyrus hosts mtv's always ruckus mtv video awards, ahead in "pop news." fall is in the air at lowe's... time to get your home ready with big labor day savings like 3 select cobble patio blocks for only $10. plus select shrubs or mulch 3 for $12. so hurry in today for fall's best deals at lowe's. your allergies bring more than sneezing... ...and itchy eyes. they also bring tough nasal congestion. so you need claritin-d. it starts to work... ...in just 30 minutes. in fact, nothing works faster. so blow away nasal con

japan, south pacific, sing pore. and ended the day, just down 1.27%. and that will certainly gain heart for those in the market. but the markets have lost 20%. though the central bank cut interest rates, it made it easier for the banks to loan, giving them the ability to have loans, but cutting the opportunity for those who want to save money. it's the fifth interest rate cut in the last five months since november, and perhaps this is a trend that may continue. for the moment, china is not out of the woods. it's still a very serious situation as far as the domestic market, and the perception of china's market. everybody will be watching closely as to how china pulls itself out of it, and regains the confidence that it needs to make sure that the investors don't pull capital out of this country, and they're interested in the chinese market and the stock exchange. >>> a new tracker says that the commuters in the nation's capital face the worst rush hour in the country. 82 hours for washington d.c. drivers every year. texas a&m said other clogged cities a

in the pacific, we supported to drive in the central and south pacific. yes, the principle of concentration of force was understood by military officers -- that was part of their education in the 1920's and 1930's. yes, at the time, they did not know where the ideal main effort should be. it is arguable that a failure to concentrate on the global main effort that had been agreed to in december 1941, and the theater made efforts, slow down progress in each theater, and the war as a whole. it is difficult to find a nonpolitical reason for this. in 1942, thenning goal was to defeat the japanese offensive and secure the sea lanes. as we talked about earlier, that went by the wayside with cairo ehran.to 1943 -- bombardment in we assumed, for planning purposes, that bombardment and blockades might cause japan to quit, but might not, so we had to prepare for invasion. that is a principle that went through 1944. in 1944, we studied phase options for direct assaults. we also studied by passing the philippines and going straight to formosa. ultimately, we decided o

next we'll talk about several category 4 hurricanes in the south pacific. >> okay, by they way, we thought it looked like a glacier behind you. we want to make sure you not in antarctica. >> or alaska. >>> coming up, taking the stand, the man who murdered his neighbor after a long-standing feud that he videotaped, said he was forced to shoot. we'll tell you why. >>> and coming face to face with great white sharks to get these incredible images. look at that. the new invention that has allowed divers to get closer than ever before. >>> and miley cyrus hosts the video music awards, a preview up ahead in "pop news." ron's favorite. you love "pop news." >>> "good morning america" is brought to you by bush's beans. what's your favorite flavor? fall is in the air at lowe's... get your home ready with big labor day savings, like select shrubs or mulch 3 for $12. plus 20% off when you buy two select bags of scotts® fertilizer one to apply now, and one to apply later. hurry in today for fall's best deals at lowe's. you...and itchy eyes.more than sneezing... they also bring tough nasal congestion. s

of the armed services particularly the navy were fighting their way through the islands of the south pacific en route to tokyo. >> i was just going to ask you if it was like european theater. >> you had exactly the right idea, it's a wonderful writer a riveting account of the battle across the pacific. >> okay. >> okay we have time for one more. >> one more is 10g, kenji lopez he has become a huge figure on social media, writing about cooking he enjoys not only the recipes but helping us understand how it is that cooking works. if you want to guy who has boiled a couple of hundred eggs so he could know the very best way to do it kenji is your man. if you want you want know how to grill a steak just the right way, kenji is your guy. this is going to be a major book release coming in the fall also. >> how long have you been in the publishing industry and how did you get and it. >> it. >> i've been around forever, 38 years at this point i came to the rank editing collagen textbook for 21 years ago i was asked to run deb uw norton company and it's been a great run. >> norton still independent? >

there is a reason that are carriers stated in action when it mattered in the south pacific. that is the reason. i'm not sure that that was bought out because of this problem, but certainly the war college recognized that, and you find in the rules. that is a big difference between us and others. what that means is we lose e lexington because of a gas explosion, that would not be predicted. we think of small one, and if you put and up on a small ship, good about. at midway, we put a limited number of weapons into japanese carriages. it was amazing that they think. if you want to believe that the japanese were not really good at what they did, that is some evidence. actually, rules -- this is about the shell fire, used to promote the war college -- am i doing badly? ok. since tried to promote the war college -- sims tried to promote with the rules. what the officer pointed out much later is that if you apply a more realistic set of figures, the relationship reversed. presumably would not have appreciated that fact. not from a pr point of view. ?ow do you think about a war the

there is a reason that are carriers stated action when it mattered in the south pacific. that is the reason. now i'm not sure that was thought up because of this problem, but certainly the war college recognized it and found it in their rules after a while. that is the big difference between us and others. at the coralns is, sea, we lose the lexington due to a gasoline explosion. that would not have been expected. the japanese go home. don't fight at midway. that is what you expect. a limited we put number of weapons and two for japanese carriers. it tells you -- it was amazing that they sank. if you want to believe the japanese were not really good at what they did, that is some evidence. the game rules, actually the --iness about the shell fire am i doing really badly? no. ok, ok. [laughter] simms tried to prepare the war college by sending a note to the secretary of the navy, proving using these rules that the british battle line outclassed us. and what this officer pointed out much later, if you had a more realistic set of figures for the main british gun, the relatio

he said want you and mississippi to decide how mississippi's gulf can coast and south pacific will be rebuilt. we're not going to decide in washington, but i will give you all the help that i can give you. the federal government took some really, really bad criticism, a lot of it very deserved. their logistical system that they had imposed totally collapsed. never worked. and we were within a day if not hours of catastrophic results because of it. but we worked around it. and i have to tell you, one of the ways we worked around fema, the federal government's failure, was the u.s. military stepped in. they brought us 1.7 million meals that they airlifted in, and it took the place of what fema was supposed to have done. and these weren't disaster assistance meals, this was the pentagon taking meals that were supposed to be for soldiers and saying we can get 'em replaced before we run out. so a lot of times the federal government was typically a great partner. they did a whole lot more right than wrong. but they sure did some things wrong. and don't -- and i'm not saying that they didn't

he traveled six'4 times to the volcano dotted nation of the south pacific.es, gopros and other technology. he and his team recorded dramatic footage. it shows a 2,000-degree lava lake known as the entrance to hello. it quickly became an internet sensation. good morning, sam. >> good morning. >> you described being in a volcano like being sensory overload. if you go down 1,000 degrees. >> yes. it's extremely hot, overwhelming. just getting there requires a herculean effort. some describe it as a reverse everest. you're kind of descending into the molten core of it. >> how do you do that? >> it requires a lot of planning, a lot of preparation, but ultimately, you know, it's a 1,200 foot descent and you're climbing down on a relatively heat-resistant rope similar to the empire state building and you walk to the center of the earth. >> you were hit by a piece of lava. it can be dangerous. >> it can be dangerous. there are calculated risks. but, the lava is a force of nature. it's teatally unpredictable. you have to keep your eye on u. we went with volcanologists

. >> [indiscernible] i really admire what we did in world war ii with the military in the south pacific, the way we responded. i feel we need that now. .e need a mobilization senator webb: [indiscernible] we are allowing them to say that simply because they are still being called an emerging economy they don't have to meet the requirements that we do. more.y are doing and we are, too, but if we keep extracting oil, that could make the problem deeper. agree or disagree? that, iwebb: i think on disagree. >> thank you. [indiscernible] reallys rise and you not coming up in the polls yet, how do you see that happening? senator webb: we are gearing up and i'm looking forward to this next couple of months. i served with bernie for six years. it is an invigorating job. where do you see your place in this party in this cycle? senator webb: we will see. >> no plans to share a mac? senator webb: i have -- to share on that? senator webb: i have no further comment right now. >> what do you want to try to -- tolish tomorrow accomplish in iowa? [indiscernible] senator webb: actually, i'm going to be i

it was formed after the congo volcano erupted in the south pacific.and mass will not last long. tom: it sinks? brendan: i think it is only a matter of time before libertarians go and have a new tax-free paradise there. vonnie: number two top photo -- people in dallas, texas yesterday got a little surprise. tom: this is great. vonnie: george w. bush walked into the courthouse for spent about three hours injury duty misery. [laughter] brendan: it is a felony case, you look up in the crowd. tom: you know how they go, they go no, no, no. good morning, sir. [laughter] vonnie: number 1 -- brendan: i always found it easy to get out of jury duty. what do you do? i am a journalist. goodbye. vonnie: have you met dog bun? it is the newest look for trendy pups. brendan: [laughs] oh, that is not right. tom: this is the perfect last photo for our photo editor lexie. she is moving on to more important senior duties. photo. such a lexie bring the photo of again. i mean, it is so lexie. that is the stupidest photo. brendan: oh, lexie levin, we hardly knew you and your

i admire what we did in world war ii when the military -- in the south pacific, and we responded. we have got to go out and mobilize. i think we need a mobilization on that scale to get this under control. your thoughts on that? the problem is the international environment. with respect to countries like china, for instance, we are allowing them to -- still considered an emerging economy. they have to meet the same requirements that we do. >> they are doing a lot on solar and wind. we are, too. we keep building more pipelines. problemgoing to dig our even deeper. agree? disagree? senator webb: i think on balance, i disagree. >> thank you. senator webb: how are you? hillary clinton in new hampshire in one poll. not his rise, and you are picking up in the polls. do you think there is room for you to come in? and where do you see that happening? senator webb: we are gearing up now. i'm looking forward to this next couple of months here. sixrved with bernie for years. i understand why he is invigorating. >> what is your place in the where mosthis cycle of the support is coming from th

africa in the south pacific, questions to be settled in the far east and a real danger that many feltt the time that europe and the world were going to plunge into even more revolution. the second revolution in russia, the revolution of november 1917, had seen a very small splinter group and there were fear that is that revolution followed elsewhere and some evidence it would be. there was a communist revolution in bah vary yeah and lasted far week and enough to worry people. a communist revolution in hungary lasting for six months. insurrections in italy, in france. general strikes, militant ones in britain. in canada. so there were troubles around the world and i think there was a very real fear that 1918 was not the end of something, it was the beginning of another even more dreadful period in human history and so i think wilson was absolutely right to go to paris. i think where he made a mistake was in the way he chose his delegation. he did not include any republicans. well, a nominal republican and paid absolutely no attention to. and this i think was wrong. he also fought the 1

an el nino is a mass of unusually warm water stretching from the pacific to south america.urrent one is the second strong e strongest on record for this time of year. >> over the next three months, this should turn into what i call a godzilla event. >> in the united states, that could mean heavy winter rain in the south and east and a warmer winter in the north. as meteorologists point out, there are no guarantees with weather. >>> las vegas tries to dry out after a strong thunderstorm moved into the las vegas valley yesterday afternoon. heavy rain triggered flash flooding that washed out n $20 billion and $54 billion to clean them. and that's not including coal mines. >>> this morning the chinese government said it will launch a nationwide inspection of dangerous chemicals following two huge explosions at a warehouse facility. the cause of wednesday's blast remains under investigation. at least 50 people were killed, and about 700 others were injured. one survivor was pulled from the debris this morning. >>> hillary clinton begins a two-day campaign swing in iowa today. ov

an el nino is a mass of unusually warm water stretching from the pacific to south america.urrent one is the second strong e strongest on record for this time of year. >> over the next three months, this should turn into what i call a godzilla event. >> in the united states, that could mean heavy winter rain in the south and east and a warmer winter in the north. as meteorologists point out, there are no guarantees with weather. >>> las vegas tries to dry out after a strong thunderstorm moved into the las vegas valley yesterday afternoon. heavy rain triggered flash flooding that washed out roads. wind gusts exceeded 60 miles per hour, and nearly 10,000 customers lost power. >>> the contaminated water from a colorado mine spill has likely reached utah's lake powell some 300 mile away. the 300 million gallons of waste was accidentally released by contractors cleaning the mine for the epa. there are about 500,000 abandoned mines in the u.s. the epa estimates it would cost between $20 billion and $54 billion to clean them. and that's not including coal mines. >>> this morning th

reporter: el nino is characterized by a mass of unusually warm ocean water stretching across the pacific to south america. last month, the mass of warm water on the right appeared broader than it did in 1997. >> if it continues to build, this will have a tremendous impact, not only over north america but over the entire planet. >> reporter: in the united states, a strong el nino could bring more precipitation across most of the south and up the east coast. northern states are likely to have a winter that is drier and warmer than usual. californians know el nino can bring both bad and good. after years of drought, they are praying for rain. are our prayers going to be answered? >> i think they're going to be answered, and i don't think it will be too much of a good thing. >> reporter: meteorologist john monteverdi warns, however, that with el nino, there are no guarantees. >> we've had strong el ninos where the storm track either went north to alaska or went into mexico. >> reporter: if predictions are true, el nino rains could start hitting california by late october and last into the spring. but

different body of water but looks similar to the tropical storm you were talking about in the pacific, south of florida. >> so much to learn from hurricanes, last week we were talking possible hurricane to impact the hawaiian islands, especially kawai. moving way out to the west of hawaii, no longer a threat for them with that system that was once tropical storm. >> lets talk about, back here at home. >> lets talk about rain. >>> back here we are talking about the chance of a few sprinkles out there but not a big deal. in fact, in the short term, the bigger deal, higher clouds and tropical moisture moving in from the south. here is live camera, walnut creek, and san francisco as well. high clouds continue to move into the region, fills a bit muggy this wednesday afternoon. on the satellite, the system to the north and west, there is circulation and looks like a winter time storm that will impact the forecast beginning later friday and into the weekend. right now a few scattered high clouds paying us a visit and current numbers out there, we will show you this, 90s towards livermore and walnu

show you why you're the saleratus some you the weather system off the pacific northwest by such a motion does was causing the rain southof the pacific northwest because it is often the cause is not doing anything for us other than calling us down giving us will attempt to the normal. >>diane t: 4 right now we have all the conditions to deal with much of the same pattern again peninsula looks like this book and write more to low seventies for the average temperatures down to the and of the locations like the upper eighties to low 80s as well of for a talk about chris lambert what antioch and its bird should bear on 83 degrees. >>mark: a little heartburn going on as been a tough week and things really accelerate yesterday and today with the dow off more than 400 t it was all because china devalued the currency by 2%. >>rob b: 1 we had a weaker dollar was more foreign demand to me is paul leto's the divested the turn of behind it but a lot of things that we're hoping for from china stronger consumer just is not there when mention apple and they said the stock went down 40 percent over the last couple of months because of

what we have seen is a rallying of the markets in the asia pacific region, singapore, taiwan, south korea, australia even japan have all made small increases back into the black. anything between half a percent to 2.5%. the stock market has been at the hang seng and hong kong up 2.6 average at the moment. and that's looking quite stable. now, china was not out of the woods by any means. analysts here are saying it's a wait and see policy of what will happen to this market. it is very volatile. when china sneezes, the rest of the region feels it quite distinctly. >> what's been the reaction so for in beijing where you are? how is all of this going down there? >> on the surface, people on the ground, the public themselves, are watching what's going on in the markets. they are quite concerned. many of the middle class and pensioners do invest heavily in the market. and they are taking the biggest losses. many have sold properties, for example, to fund their purchasing of shares. when those shares plummeted, they didn't have enough money to pay off the loans for those shares. that's something

navy plane in the pacific about 200 miles south of mexico last month. the video just released. >> this particular one was blue so it would blend into the water and all that you can see is the exhaust pipe and the cockpit from the air. so very difficult to see. >> reporter: these semi submersibles are a favorite of colombia cocaine traffickers who first began using them about a decade ago. [speaking foreign language]. >> reporter: they are now thought to carry as much as one-third of all illegal drugs smuggled into the u.s. by sea. pete williams, nbc news, washington. >>> in california, firefighters are making big strides against the wildfires burning throughout this state. officials say crews were able to contain three fires leaving 19 still active. the largest one, the rocky fire is now 40% contained after scorching more than 100 square miles. >>> tonight, health officials say an outbreak of legionnaires disease in new york city called at least ten people and sickened 100 with a form of pneumonia that's caused by breathing in mist contaminated with bac