captioning sponsored by annenberg/cpb narrator: the geographic region of southeast asia and south pacific is characterized by political and economic disparity, a mosaic of small countries scattered on peninsulas and islands. we begin in laos, southeast asia's only landlocked country. a long history of isolation has protected its natural resources and indigenous cultures. laos today is beginning to court the global economy through the sale of hydroelectric power. here, we ask if laos can achieve sustainable development, generating economic growth while maintaining the integrity of its indigenous populations and its natural environment. the mekong river traces an 1,100-mile path through or along the border of laos. the river has also been a barrier between laos and its neighbors. now there is a road, where before there was none. in 1994, the friendship bridge gave laos its first land link with the outside world, through thailand to the west. the bridge may symbolize a connected future, but laos in the here and now remains among the poorest countries in the world. ( rooster crows ) it is the

from doha, also ahead on the program: the worst tropical cyclone ever reported in fiji in the south pacificslands? >> i believe we will be safer. >> britain's prime minister urges staying in the european union. >> plus free at last, one of america's longest serving prisoners released after 43 years in solitary confinement. >> officially declared the winner of uganda's presidential election, one of africa's longest serving leaders. the opposition alleges thursday's poll was rigged. they have put the main president under house arrest. it's the fourth time in a week he has been detained, to prevent any further unrest. he is calling for an independent audit of the results. >> the european union's chief observer for the elections criticized the actions. >> the electoral commission failed. it was not transparent. it was very badly running things. the fail you're concerning the vote stuffing or rigging they did not confirm. they didn't witness any of these things which you mentioned. i have to speak on the findings which they have in the region there. >> mal. >> malcolm sent us this update from ka

a double strand of matched pearls from the south pacific. huh? oh, i tell you, those girls at the yacht club back home, they're going to flip their girdles when you walk in wearing these. [knock on door] - oh, sir, let me fasten those for you. - oh, thank you very much. what do you mean bursting in here on me like this, i would just, uh--[sputtering] i just wondered what they would look like, that's all. - oh, they're very becoming, sir. - oh, do you think they are? - yes, sir. - they're not mine, you pea brain, they're for my wife. - oh, oh, oh, of course, sir. sir, i really didn't think you would... - well, you better not think. i mean, any loose talk around the base and i'll tear those stripes off of you with my bare hand. - it's a lovely string of pearls, sir. i'm sure your wife will be delighted. - she better be hysterical. a string of pearls like this back in the states would cost you $1,000. of course, i didn't pay $1,000 for them, you know. there's this officer in the new hebrides, what do you mean, barging in here like this? what, what,

21 people and flattened villages on saturday and rain is hampering the cleanup operation in the south pacificds and engineers trying to restore power and repair electricity cables which were blown down by winds of 300 kilometers and hour. >> lines down all over the country and roof and glass and live electric wires and other hazardous materials pose serious threats to public safety and we are working hard to make the streets and communities secure once again but that will take time. >> our correspondent andrew thomas has been seeing the damage for himself. >> is you can see and probably hear how strong the wind is even now but this is nothing compared to what the cyclone was like at its peak and you can see the damage it has done, three houses there totally destroyed, the same is true of buildings right across fiji, the good news is the big cities were not in the direct path of the cyclone and the damage of those cities is relatively light, about an hour north here and this is where the damage really begins and it just gets worse as you drive north around the top of the main island in fiji an

. >>> tensions are high throughout the south pacific.na puts an advanced missile system on a disputed island chain. >> and after two sexual assaults reported just blocks away from the cal campus, what we're learning from investigators. >>> a powerful car bomb exploded killing at least 28, injuring more than 60 others in turkey. the bomb targeted a convoy of soldiers in the heart of the capital at the height of the rush hour. there's no claim of responsibility. turkey is treating this as a terrorist attack. and isis militants are the leading suspects. isis has been blame forward several attacks in recent months. >>> the chinese navy says they placed an advance the surface to air missile system on a disputed island chain and the u.s. and other allies have put their navies on high alert. >> reporter: tensions remaining high throughout the south pacific where china is pushing back hard against international criticism following its deployment of an advanced missile system on a disputed island chain claimed by six nations. john kerry respondin

. >>> fee gee is cleaning up and assessing damage from one of the in the south pacific. we have more on the extensive damage in the chain of islands. >> reporter: cyclones crashed into fiji with deafening winds. torrential rain and gusts of 186 miles an hour lifting steel roofs like pieces of paper leaving tourists and locals terrified for hours. >> i didn't know i would survive last night because the cyclone was terrible. it was terrifying everyone. how can you sleep when you have a monster hovering over your house? >> reporter: the spanish rugby team in fiji played defense protecting a beach resort with sandbags. the storm is one of the strongest ever recorded in the southern hemisphere, category 5. >> it is the first ever category 5 to hit fiji. flattened but people are already out clearing away the worst of winston's wrath. the government declared a month-long state of emergency to assess the damage. >>> certainly with all of that damage that is why they have a month-long curfew in effect of the island of fiji. australia and new zealand south of this pournl tropical

the south pacific nation is in a state of emergency from a massive cyclone. the new damage we're seeing as hows remain under curfew. >>> what are you doing outside ? where is your mother? and she says up stairs on the floor dead. >> shocking discovery of a d.c. woman paback in 1973 brings a b of closure as she's reunited with the little woman she took care of. this was more than 40 years in the making. on saturday latisha simms got to thank sylvia morris in person. morris found simms the day after her mother regina was murdered. she was just three years old. simms reached out to her after seeing an excerpt from a book about her life online. in it, she recounted the day she found the little girl wandering outside. >> just three years old, but i remember that day. that was my mom and that was the woman that too care of me. >> simms says she's grateful to be reconnected with morris to share those memories of her mom, someone she never got to know. >>> right now five people are reported dead after a powerful cyclone tears through fiji. the south pacific nation is

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and caucus analysis right here on wncn. >>> in the south pacific this weekend, one of the most powerful cyclones ever recorded that or better the chain of islands known as fiji. kelly reports on the extensive damage. >> cyclone winston crashed into fiji with deafening winds. torrential rain, and the gusts of 186 miles per hour lifting steel roofs like pieces of paper, leaving tourists and locals terrified for hours. >> i didn't know if i would survive this, because the cyclone was terrible. it was terrifying everyone. how can you sleep when you have a monster hovering over your house? fiji for training play defense, protecting a beach resort with a line of sandbags. the monster storm is one of the strong stockist ever recorded in the southern hemisphere, a category five cyclone. >> tropical cyclone winston is so massive that it is the first ever category five to hit fiji. >> there are reports of homes flattened, but people are already out clearing away the worst of winston's wrath. the government has declared a month-long state of emergency to assess the damage. >> unbelievable video th

. >>> now overseas to the south pacific in one of the most powerful storms ever to hit there, at leastix people are dead in fiji after sigh clean winston raked the island chains with wind of 160 miles an hour destroying homes. look at that. leaving mess people without power, water and communication. the residents told the stay inside to clean up underway, curfew extended through monday. >>> and still ahead tonight when a day at the slopes turns dangerous, we saw that frightening video a little boy dangling from a chair lift, what you need to know to stay safe before you hit the mountains. >>> plus, the move sequence revealed tonight we will play for you the mysterious video... no audio. >> abc world news tonight, brought to you by a leave p.m. >>> welcome back. like any thrilling sport, skiing can take a dangerous turn at any moment. tonight we're reminded of that by to recent chair lifts accidents. the scary moments for skiers before they even hit the slopes. they are always to stay safe as you make your way up to the mountains. here's abc's clayton sendow. >> reporter: for six terrif

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dhis morning at least five people are dead after one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the south pacific ransacked fiji. tropical cyclone winston packed winds of 143 miles per hour causing extensive damage on the chain of islands. nbc's kelly cobiella gives us a closer look at the damage left behind. >> reporter: chi cologne winston crashed into fiji with deafening winds. torrential rain and gusts of 186 miles an houru lifting steel roofs like pieces of paper. leaving tourists and locals terrified for hours. >> i didn't knowowif i would survive last night, i didn't know, because this cyclone was terrible. i mean, how can you sleep when you have monster just over your house. >> reporter: thepanish you go bee team in fiji for training playeddefense, protecting a beach resort with a line of sandgs. the monster storm is one of the strongest ever recorded in the sohern hemisphere, a category 5 cyclone. >> tropical cyclone winston is so massive that it ishe first ever category 5 to hit fiji. >> reporter: there w we reports of homes flattened, but people are already out clearing away the worst

it's unique > new information n, officials in the south pacific island of fiji overnight that the death toll from a ferocious cyclone has risen. 18 people are dead after the cyclone made landfall saturday night. schools are closed today, but government workers are expected to report to work. if this storm had developed in the atlantic it would have been labeled a category five hurricane. that's how strong it was. >>> we're starting off our workweek somewhat mild. >> reporter: we had a nice weekend. i hope you got outside and enjoyed it. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you a little bit of the leftover shower activity that came through at times sunday afternoon and evening. it is now off the coast. looking outside, we have sky 6 at the airport. no winds. the temperatures is 42 degrees, we're on the mild side. we're in the 30s in the northern suburbs, wind light at 8 miles per hour. a comfortable morning overall. temperatures up north are cooler, 35 degrees in reading. allentown, close to 33 degrees, close to the freezing mark i should say. so, if anything looks wet up there, probab

the president addressed the thorny issue of the new french nuclear test in the south pacific from the960 cost of the 1990 process. and promised more compensation for the area. and that's right, take your front page a lot. and the prime minister has threatened to steamroll this reform, using something called the 49.3. an article of the french constitution that essentially allows the government to bypass parliament. depicted here by this red button. perhaps a nuclear button. this blister says -- i'm against nuclear tests. according to this cartoon will something where they are ready to push the button. they are playing good cop bad cop. they are dancing the reform tango. >> lima on the right, a surge in the opinion polls? grexit's right. >> people love him. you can see this great photo of him taken earlier at a clinic a seemed to think -- is he too popular, too soon? could he be the new famous politician from the right? once favored to win the presidential election in 1995. his popularity kind of dropped like a souffle, if you will. running out of steam. the election was one i an outsid

the south pacific nation is still under curfew and a 30 day state of emergency. tropical cyclone winston had winds of close to 180 miles per hour. some reports indicate entire villages have been flattened, schools ordered to shut down for declared disaster zones. power, water communication services still out for almost 900,000 people there. >>> we are not the deing with any sort of weather like that, but we're certainly going to look for some rain. you're looking at storm team 4 radar. showers moving into the area. we're in for quite a bit of rain over the next week. tom is tracking hour by hour when you can expect it in your neighborhood. >>> mending hearts and broken bones. the creative way a physical therapist is turning the healing process into trendy works of art. i lead the 11 o'clock news with stories of gun violence. and like many of you, my family lived through the beltway sniper crisis. in congress, i'll fight to expand background checks on guns and ammunition, ban assault weapons, and mandate gun safety locks, because too many kids die from accidental

now, relief workers warn of a crisis in fiji as the south pacific nation cleans up from one of the strongest storms on record. aid has begun to reach the main island. the government says getting supplies to remote areas is the top priority. >> cyclone winston killed 28 people. andrew thomas has more from nadi. >> reporter: the big issue in the aftermath of the cyclone is communication. the government does not have it, with big parts of its own country. phone linls are cut. airstrips are blocked. they can't fly in. all they can do is aerial surveys. it doesn't tell you much from a height. boats are leaving suva full of military people, surveyors as well. they should establish how many are injured and what supplies are needed most, where two boats left suva con monday. it's a lon, laborious slow process just to get a picture of where help is needed most. on the main island where i'm stood, infrastructure is back up and running. the north part of the island is destroyed. the big city, both with a burst of the cyclone. the north of the island is bad. it's out lying islands in where new assist fi

these are the islands of fiji in the south pacific. recorded hurricane in the southern hemisphere in history, at least on record. this is in wake of the strongest cyclone in history in patricia off the coast of mexico. the hurricanes and typhoons are just getting stronger. here is what is going on across the area. clouds across the bahamas, and comes in from the east. a mixture of clouds and sun as we go in n he weekend. there is not a lot of rain coming from the clouds. the air mass is mainly stable and we're not going to see rain saturday into sunday. next week when the front approaches tuesday and wednesday, we will see a possibility of thormts. regarding tomorrow, let's take a look at the future tracker for saturday. future tracker does show a couple showers in at 7:00 in the morning. across broward. here is 10:00. i think any shower activity will be very, very brief and showers few and far between. you can see partly sunny skies. 79 on sunday. in the 80s for threre days next week. it will be a little warmer and humid before we coo

tensions remaining high throughout the south pacific.... where china is pushing back hard against international criticism... following its deployment of an advanced surface- to-air missile system on a disputed island chain claimed by six nations. secretary of state out - the move chinese president's vow not to militarize the islands. kerry says: "there is every evidence, every day that there has been an increased militarization of another." the chinese say the weapons are defensive, not offensive... and, they're just looking to protect chinese troops islands. yi says: (translated) self-defense islands and reefs where chinese troops are with the right of self-defense." but, the hq-9 missiles can shoot down military and civilian aircraft from 125 miles away... raising serious concerns among u-s partners throughout the region. lacierda says: "it will not be in the interest of any nation considering that a large percentage of trade happens in our seas." suga says: (translated) "japan has serious concern over these moves and we cannot accept thi

the internaonal lawyer had court proceedings on an island in the south pacific. some say it was one way to new zealand. they had a d dpute in their car near their plantation home. jorgensen stopped thear and told him to get out and left. he hasn't been seen since. for more than a month, jorgensen never notifyied police.. >> it should be noted each te that this child has run away it's been mr. jorgensen who reporter: the grandparents who took care of the teen for a time says he has perfected the disappearing act. >> he's been gone for months. e's a survivor. authority. >> reporter: newspaper clippings of his frequent runaways from around the world in places he lived were presented in court. further documentation that bruce attended to come back for court appearances convinced the judge reduce bond. >> a lease for a whole year for applications for college that he made for his kid. >> reporter: the goal here is to get the charges dropped all together, but the immediate focus was to get himut of jail as quickly as possible. the quickest way tdo that was to ask for th

now, aid workers are warning the health crisis in fiji as the south pacific nation clears up. cyclone winston killed at least 21, and wiped out cost. andrew thomas has that update from nadi in fiji. >> the big issue is airstrips are blocked and can't fly in. all they can do it aerial surveillance. a boat is leaving with surveyors, logistics people, and they should establish how many have been injured, if anyone has been killed, and what supplies are needed most, where. the first two boats left suva on monday, further on tuesday. it's a long laborious process. on the main island. it is up and running. this is one of many. north to the ilted have been badly affected. thank flyboth of them dodged the worst of the cyclone, the north of the island is bad, and the outlaying islands in >>> an international mission has been set up in honduras to stamp out corruption and impunity. it establishes public outrage after a scandallinged the president. more from guatemala. >> reporter: in 2015 hondurans took to the streets in record numbers. their demands, an intergovernment corruption and u

. >>> leading the news on abandoning burning boat in south pacific. this is video of a coast guard c-130 heading off to rescue the coast guard's crew 800 miles to the had south. the captain and eight others managed to reboard the boat and put out the fire. >>> and in u.s.a. today, after 28 years, secret service posts warning "no guns in white house." neather the secret service or the justice department could explain why it took 28 years to install them. >>> the u.s. army has paid $820,000 to a federal lawsuit by a former police trainee. she says she was fired after she filed a sexual harassment complaint for her supervisor. according to a recent study, the been declining over the last several decades. the most notable was a type caused by vascular diseases, such as stroke. one reeztheory for the improvement is people are living healthier lives. >>> near oklahoma city, fire crews battled a huge grass fire tuesday afternoon. heavy smoke could be seen for miles. fortunately no homes were damaged and no one was injured. >>> it may be the world's biggest fo

south pacific. south pacific. we've got a really big tropical cyclone peter and have a look on the weather map behind me and you can see australia and new caledonia and fiji and this is where we saw the storm developing over quite a period of time and it has been going around for days and days and there it is and you can see it is gradually moving to the east and then it has turned around and it's coming back towards the west. you can see the eye wall there for a time indicating there was a developing system as the extremely powerful so we have tongo and fiji and looks as though it's going to be threatening fiji in the next 24 hours. so here it is tropical cyclone winston with 230kph and makes it a category four storm on the australian five point scale and it's expected at the moment to run across fiji as category four and take a sharp left turn and going around for days and came down between fiji and new caledonia and across tonga and come back and can almost do anything and bottom line is very sev

test payload rather than in nuclear warhead, the rock that traveled more than 4000 miles into the south pacificand this is the second launch in just five days. >>> a big endorsement for donald trump, chris christie throws his support behind the billionaire. >>> joe waldman reports that comes after free for all at -- fee for all at the final republican debate before next week super tuesday. >>> with super tuesday just four days away and the winner take -- in the winner take all state of florida and ohio up for grabs soon after, and -- that tension was palpable during the tense debate of the campaign season some repeated himself five times four weeks ago. >>> it was a meltdown. >>> marco rubio trailing him by double digits in his home state of florida tussled every from everything to the middle immigration and -- bringing the two to the crescendo. >>> everyone is dom and make america great again and when when when. >>> ted cruz finished third in the last three contests but meets in texas -- that meets in texas and piled on trump on his unwillingness to release tax returns before trump fired back.

it is a picture showing the eye of the cyclone over the south pacific. it is now heading west away from more than 300 low lying islands scattered across the ocean which make up fiji's archepelago. >> translation: there have been some parts of the country that were destructed, especially one of the islands in the northern group. 1125 kilometers winds. >> reporter: ships may still be in danger. crews within 50 kilometers of the storm have been told to check in regularly. people living in the third largest city had done as much as they could. frantic preparations have been made on other islands as well. >> most of the shops are closed. there was big queues in the at m and people getting their cash from the banch. >> reporter: government planes will fly over the islands to assess the impact and carry anyone needing medical help to hospital and residents will ov to start repairing the damage >>> more to come, including conflict. protests in the indian state for government privileges. we look at how the stress of the economic crisis in greece is reviving an ol

. >> aid workers are warming of a health crisis in fiji as the south pacific nation cleans up after one of its strongest storms ever. cyclone winston killed at least 21 people and wiped out crops. andrew thomas has been assessing the damage. >> the words being used around fee yee in response to this aerial photography is flattened. these were villages, on remote islands. on fiji's main island the news is bad enough, but no word has come from some of the islands, phone lines have been cut, and boats or planes haven't reached them yet. fiji's prime minister warned people to expect bad news. >> the record in the southern hemisphere, category 5, when it reached our shores in the last couple of days. the damage has been widespread, homes have been destroyed. many low lying areas have flooded, and many people have been left stunned and confused about what to do. >> reporter: the cities of suva and nandi have escaped but an hour north of nandi there is widespread destruction. it's still pretty windy now but compared to when the cyclone was at its peak, half the roof is gone destroyed inside an

snoakalling snorkeling with amazing fish and the water, i just can't describe, all of the blues of the south pacific. >> i can't believe how high your husband bill has set the bar for >> i hope mine is not watching, but that looks so amazing. and every time i hear about someone who went there -- it's the water. >> and if you swim with the sharks, take cynthia with you. >> i just push them away, and if they start to come close, i swim to shore. >> and the forecast with the state fair? >> not the best, we are going 20 be tobe out there for the meet and greet at 11:00 a.m., and the weather looks good for them, but maybe later in the day we could see showers. >> okay. >> you love meeting the public when the weather is bad? >> well, the good news is we have a tent. >> come to us. >> if you're looking to stay try, come and see us at the tent, and a good amount of sun this afternoon and that really helped to warm the temperatures up. temperatures got into the mid upper-80 readings and you see the rain is not too far off. all a part of the cold front, there is batch number one of the rain and we know this e

in the south pacific guarding that place. - if only we knew somebody who had an invite. maybe we could get them to swipe it for us. - oh, not a chance. the only thing that could save us now is a miracle. - yeah, it looks like we've reached the end of the-- chuck, you're a genius, an absolute genius. - oh, i am? you know, you're the second person that's said that. my mother was the first one, she used to-- - later, later, later, boy. come on, fellas. let's go and find that man that's going to do that miracle. come on. - padre? padre? it's quinton mchale. - maybe he's taking a little nap before the wedding, skip. - he's not here. - maybe he's at the wedding already. - couldn't be. the wedding is not until 3 and it's only 1:00 now, besides his dress uniform's still here. - we're going to have to spread out and find him. chuck, you and gruber stay put. if the padre should come back before we do, fill him in and tell him we need his help, will ya? - doggone it. souvenir hunters, i ought to... come on. let's go. - who knows, maybe they're having a union meeting. - parker, it's

. >>> still ahead, wild weather in the south pacific. the damage done by a powerful cyclone. >> the pacific is living up to his name, or her name. we're looking toward the city from oakland. we're getting signals that rain is returning. we'll have the details coming up. ,,,,,,,,,, d injuring t >>> new information in the mass shooting in michigan. we now know the man suspected of killing six people and injuring others is an uber driver. anne makovec has more. >> reporter: police say jason dalton seemed to choose his victims at random, opening fire outside an apartment complex, a car dealership, and a restaurant during a rampage that lasted nearly seven hours. >> when a random individual decides to be evil, i don't know how you stop that. >> reporter: after a massive manhunt, dalton was arrested without incident early sunday in downtown kalamazoo after leaving a bar parking lot. a semiautomatic weapon in his car. >> he didn't struggle. there wasn't a fight that he seemed unaffected by what was going on. >> reporter: dalton is 45 years old

. >>> the south pacific nation of fiji recovering from one of the biggest storms ever recorded in the southern hemisphere. cyclone winston had wind up to 177 miles an hour. so far at least ten deaths reported. communications are still down. and rescue workers have yet to search the rubble of many destroyed homes. killed in a series of bombings in syria. the attacks in neighborhood in damascus and homs and came as secretary of state john kerry announced preliminary cease-fire. elizabeth palmer is in damascus. >> reporter: in the early afternoon, explosions from two car bombs ripped through a residential neighborhood in homs. this is a pro-assad area, the attack was clearly anti-government and isis has claimed responsibility. a few hours later in suburban damascus several more bombs went off. and isis says it planted them too. friday's cease-fire deadline proposed by the united states and russia came and went with no pause in the fighting. temporary truce. this weekend, president bashar al-assad said it publicly in an interview. but he doesn't trust the opposition fighters to lay done t

cross-country and then from the west coast to hawaii and down to the south pacific. others that they would take would go and be as cargo. the majority of them were flown. >> this question about how to get a pby out from the west coast. quite a lot of preparation had to be in place. they had navigational stations along the way, usually about four of them are in place so you could make sure the navigators kept it all together it is about a 24 hour flight. maybe 17 or 18 hours. a long flight. dangerous. not only did they have to fly the airplane's back, they had to ferry the old aircraft back to san diego and they were usually sent to jacksonville to be used as trainers. >> bill is quite a bit of inter-services cooperation going on between the army and navy and an american airways. they would supply weather information. the army used the same technique to deliver b-17's from hamilton field i think it was out to hawaii. >> is there any record of anybody firing from radar hill? kansas up there who got killed in the process so that he came kt -- [indiscernible] >> the ques

at least six people confirmed dead after a tropical cyclone tore through the south pacific island chainnth long state of emergency in effect, schools are closed and there's a curfew through today. much of fiji is still without power, water and communications. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> all right. taking a forecast. weather headlines mild again today. if you haven't been outside, you notice temperatures on the upswing and feeling pretty nice. we are expecting some rain to move into the area this air force base, evening hours. we are tracking a midweek storm that will be headed our way. 44 degrees right now in allentown, 5 4 in the northeast, 63 in atlantic city. temperatures across the region, getting a bump for sure. 42 in the poconos. we've been watching skiers and snowboarders hit the slopes, looking good for them. 47 pottstown, 50 in philly, 53 in wilmington. the closer we get to the shoreline, temperatures bump up. 61 in millville at this hour. ski skyline looking nice. you do have the clouds moving in. you notice started with the sunrise this morning at 6:46 and wa

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intercontinental missile the test launch from california traveled more than 4,000-miles into the south pacific. some big changes coming to orlando's i-drive anew retail, new residential area all bees being planned. valerie boey shows us what's in store for the area. >> this vacant piece of land will soon become a place to shop and stay. >> hotel tower as well as a residential tower. >> property planning manager says it's going to be call. >> destination - - . >> unveiled the new development. >> mixed use project of retail and planned commercial on the first floor that has very wide sidewalks and plazas inside and internal corridors that >> and besides the shops county planners also say they're looking to build an open air plaza. >> our green space area would be around the orange county convention center campus between the west building and north south building. >> the director of the i-drive improvement district says it's all part of mayor jacobs plan to make i-drive more pedestrian friendly. >> activate this area to be more downtown orange county so woo can have festivals, arts programs, food

military launching a ballistic missile in california, it is a test from vandenberg, a travel the south pacific, it was seen as a not so subtle message to china, russia and north korea and north korea in the second launch launch from this base in five daysh. >> massachusetts man had court inside of his hospital room police say he ran over a pedestrians imbecile out of it during a sobriety testi that he fell on his face, officer said that he was able to make it through the alphabet but not much else,itr an official says he e was told to surrender the license by march 4 becauset of another car crash this monthb. >> about this for fun the frisco roughriders add just beyond the right-field wall is a massive lazy river pool . the aa team for the texas rangers breaking ground on main 174-foot long will be several eight-foot waterfalls tickets costing $39 but that includes food and drinks . just keep your face into top top shape cmac chris earl looks at the new clarisonic alpha fit.e >> good skin care is a given for women . facials, cleansers is a way of life. >> women spend would spend the most on th

current bundle we would lose our competitive advantage over time and advance our interests in the south pacific. >> they thanked congress for some of the relief from the so-called sequestration spending limits but both warned if sequestration not permanently lifted within five years the u.s. could find behind it's rivals. antonio? >> jamie mcintyre at the pentagon. >>> the clock is tick forgive european leaders to find a way to address the refugee crisis. the continent's free travel zone could unravel in ten days unless turkey acts to cut the number of migrants heading to greece. also today bulgaria's parliament voted to send the army to police its border with turkey. greece has recalled its ambassador to austria over that country's handling of the refugee crisis. at theathens is upset over the meeting with the balkan states this week. they agreed to close borders and take steps that would effectively trap many refugees in greece. >>> tens of thousands of people have been stranded at the border between greece and macedonia for days. we have more from the greek-macedonia border. >> here on the g

picture showing the eye of the cyclone right over the south pacific. it is now heading west away from more than 300 low lying islands scattered across the ocean which make up the fiji islands. it dumps lots of water onto the land and that means crops will be damaged >> winds that have been experienced in some parts of the country was really destructive, especially one of the islands in the northern group. 125 not winds were reported. boats and ships in the path of the cyclone may still be in danger. crews within 550 kilometers of the storm have been told to check in regularly. people living in the largest city had been doing much. frantic preparations were made on other islands as well. >> they have closed up and big queues at at ms. >> reporter: if the winds ease enough on sunday government planes will fly over the island to assess the impact and flying anyone in need to hospital and residents will have to start repairing the damage >>> at least ten people have died in protests over privileges in northern india. the agricultural community want the sam

. >>> in the south pacific, fiji was battered by a cyclone causing extensive kelly kobiella has the story. >> reporter: the cyclone crashed in with deafening winds. torrential rain and gusts of 186 miles and hour, lifting roofs like pieces of paper. leaving tourists and locals terrified for hours. >> i didn't know if i would survive. this cyclone was terrible. ter ter it was terrifying everyone. how you can sleep? >> reporter: the spanish rugby team in fiji for training. the monster storm is one of the strongest ever recorded in the southern hemisphere. a category 5 cyclone. >> it's so massive that it is the first ever category 5 to hit fiji fiji. >> reporter: there are reports of homes flattened. people are clearing wrath. the government has declared a month-long state of emergency to assess the damage. kelly kobiella, nbc news. >>> there's more ahead as we continue on this saturday night. thousands of college students on edge as a budget battle threatens funding for their schools. >>> a big night for the u.s. women's soccer team. fighting for a spot in the summer our next item is a genu