. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> henderson airfield is the most hotly contested strip of land in the south pacific. ♪ ♪ builtrican soldiers with captured japanese equipment marinepected by the commanders. air cobras, fighter planes constantly on patrol. for five months the japs win back this vital outpost but their transports lie wrecked on the sands of the solomon islands. pushal vander griffe forward into the jungle, directing the campaign that japsilled nearly 7,000 on the canal alone. canalps call the death island. ♪ ♪ >> supporting the infantry, the marines' big tanks bring over any road, or through no roads at all. offshore, an american freighter battles an oil was, just as she preparing to land her cargo. calmly, the marines fight flames, all supplies are saved and the ship will sail again. ♪ ♪ >> the earliest americans, show theirdians, troopatriots when a train stops by. they bring baskets of home cooked footstuffs for the uniform. they are proud of their boys roll, 700 indian from one small county are serving with america's armed forces. in their workshops, navajo women famous for their make gifts

was intended to help the and nowssed to soviets marshal recognized that by the operation in the south pacifice would tie down the japanese and hopefully keep them from intervening against the soviets. douglas after midway macarthur proposed an offensive for which he demanded the amphibious troops and two carriers that should be placed under his command. king had no army -- an army officer to hold a dominant role with vital navy assets, particularly macarthur, king reserved unbridled contempt for him. notee just put in a side here, that we do the highest standard of history. we defined the highest standard of history as gossip with footnotes. [laughter] kingeven though that aoadly is proposal was empestuousewish -- t outlet. the u.s. compromise to divide command. this was based on interservice and conflict. this was the backing of general macarthur, who was a towering national hero due to his own accounts of his expert -- exploits and achievements. the navy had the proprietary ever to -- attitude, and it was going to be a maritime war dominated by naval power. the army's main theater would be

upon is to use the two battleships that are protecting the enterprise, the only carrier in the south pacific, by the way. he takes the washington and the south dakota and the four destroyers that have enough fuel to stay with them, and send them to meet the new japanese force. this is a considerable risk for halsey. is the lastse carrier in the south pacific and he is leaving it naked. this is another great story. i hope that biography is finished someday. of theching lee, one finest soldiers in our nations history. he makes expert use of the washington post the radar and is running his cruise through the fire control drills, the same type of things that scott had been doing two months before, ma toe blasts the korishin kingdom come, but forces the japanese once and for all to withdraw and abandon their largest effort yet to retake guadalcanal. the existential threat to henderson field is now over at this point. cue the music, we have our victory. there is one more naval battle fought. the japanese come down with destroyers, some of them serving as transports, others for torpedoes riding sho

parliament, including discussions about china's foreign policy, australian military operations in the south pacific, and climate change. this runs 35 minutes. >> thanks for your company.

it had been part of the ferocious 1942 air and sea battle for the strategic south pacific island of gawdleall of a sudden, we got hit with torpidees. >> reporter: jim forester, 98 years, 21 years old on the wasp that day. >> you imagine yourself lifted out of your chair and you had nothing to do with it. up you go. that's what happened. >> reporter: one of the torpedo. 6 of her crew weren ip. >> grabbed my nose and the family jewels and -- >>nd jumped into the pacific? >> yes. >> here we go. >> reporter: the "wasp" has been lost for almost 77 years, but the deep water research vessel has been combing the south pacific looking for long-lost war wrecks. we recently watched mission leader rob kraft and his crew find another carrier, the "uss hornet." >> this is hornet? >> this is hornet. >> i saw where they found the hornet. i said take a look over on the other side and you'll find the wasp. >> shall we? >> it's almost like the searchers were listening. >> all righty. three, two, one. splash. >> reporter: we can now report the crew have found the wasp on the other side of the canal, more or l

it's a journey taking his brand of youthful exuberance to the south pacific far flung places where taiwan still maintains diplomatic ties the hope is to strengthen those links and project taiwan on to the world armed with a selfish stick and a camera for some an expensive video diary band calls it people diplomacy with. these diplomatic allies are very important to us we need the help from these countries if we want to have a voice in international organizations and for the younger generation needs to know our allies. come in and holding the voyage to cannes the tiny african nation of s. what's traditional law and cloth and tribal dunces a chance to confront mutual misconceptions. how. many foreigners will say you are chinese i feel i am a taiwanese. it is a bit ideological. with china flexing its muscles a list of allies may yet get shorter before his adventure is complete until then the selfie a generation's on such a the hunch shake. almost two decades since the end of civil conflict under the camaro rouge in cambodia the country is still littered with an estimated two million landmine

max jets more than threes days after one of them crashed in ethiopia and mark phillips in the south pacificwar ii. but first here's today's eye opener. >> the u.s. is grounding all boeing 737 max planes. the aircraft was involved in a deadly crash in ethiopia. >> that leaves the airlines scrambling to make up for the 280 flights a day those planes normally handle. >> when you talk to democratic voters and activists and of the rival presidential campaigns, one name keeps coming up, beto o'rourke. >> take a look at this car. it was crushed by a tree during those hurricane-force winds. >> it's a snowy hurricane, but it's a fact that it got as strong as it did in 24 hours. that makes it a bomb so clone. >> here at usc officials say they are reviewing each student associated with the alleged scheme and as for those applying next year, they will be denied admittance. >> paul manafort was sentenced to an additional three and a half years in prison on top of the four years he was sentenced to last week. >> minutes after his second sentence was handed down the manhattan district attorney hits him wi

lawmakers debate a variety of topics including the military presence in the south pacific, access to disability services, and climate change. this runs 35 minutes. >> thanks for your company. canberra hasere in been the presence of china in the region. assertivenessng in a region, particularly in the pacific. this was one of the questions asked of the foreign minister. president.u, mr. my question is to the minister for foreign affairs. before i ask my question, i will note that we had a number of delegations the last few days from our dear northern neighbors. outlining progress made to enhance our gate in the pacific and how the efforts make australia and the region safer and more secure. >> thank you very much, mr. president. the government has been clear and recognizing that a stable, secure and prosperous region benefits us all. we know that are specific neighbors are family. that's why we've announce announcements that are becoming a reality. last month, the prime minister became the first australian prime minister to visit since 2006. affirming their role in regional leadership

and the south. pacific. force. donald trump posts a meeting in washington with the president of brazil and pledges to dial up the pressure on venezuela's government has expressed its alarm over those. must be held accountable for drone attacks conducted by u.s. army base on its territory. and the leader of kazakhstan resigns in a shock announcement after nearly thirty years of. testing live direct from our studios in moscow this is arch international and john thomas. president donald trump welcomed his brazilian counterpart. to the white house on tuesday r.t. america. has. trump and maddow did focus a lot of their meeting on venezuela talking about the importance of them working together in order to bring down a president what are some other on power now it's important to note that brazil was one of the first countries and after the u.s. with knowledge. claim president as the only legitimate leader of venice well now when trump and what's the matter we're talking about focusing on their meeting on venezuela he did

warmed in mid november the battle of guadalcanal was under way japanese and american forces in the south pacific. yokohama home in harbor a major incident of that shook us ed all up and brought the war to our immediate attention. november 30, between 1:30 and while we were in school we heard a terrific explosion. another twice as strong immediately followed. everyone, students and teachers rushed up to the roof of our school building. near the igantic fire docks below. billows of smoke getting larger and larger. hree german ships docked at yokohama harbor will exploded nd -- had exploded and several buildings in the harbor's edge were on fire. dismissed we were from school at 3:00 p.m. we saw erman sailors arriving on shore. some blind, others had no legs. seriously m although injured could walk with help. by 4:00 p.m. the fires had begun out.e the air was thick with smoke and sulfur.nd smelled of somebody said the smell came from the exploded buildings ammunition wear warehouses. police not letting anyone go down to the harbor. bed my ht as we lay in brother joseph said he had heard rumors that

lawmakers debated a variety of issues, including the nation's military power in the south pacific. availability of disability services and climate change. also discussed, the ongoing investigation into the australian ambassador to the u.s., and his involvement in a travel services company, accused of illegally seeking business with the government. sky news chief political reporter karen gill meant gilmore host the 35 minute event. >>> thanks for your company. karen gilbert in the cabinet. the presence of china in the region is increasing assertiveness in the region, particularly in the pacific and this was one of the questions asked of the foreign minister marise payne. >> thank you mr. president. my question is to the minister for foreign affairs and before i asked my question, minister i note that we had a number of delegations in this place over the last few days from our near northern neighbors. can you outline progress made by the government or government to enhance our efforts in the pacific and how these make the region safer and more secure. >> i think mr. buckman for his q

mid-november, the battle of guadalcanal was underway between the japanese and american forces in the south pacific. closer to home and new, harbor, a major incidents of sabotage occurred that shook us up and brought the war to our immediate attention. on november 30 between 130 and 2 p.m., while we were in school, we heard a terrific explosion. another twice as strong immediately followed. everyone, students and teachers, rushed to the roof of the school building. we saw it again take fire near the docks below. the flames and billows of smoke were getting larger and larger. three german ships docked at the harbor had exploded and several buildings in the harbor were on fire. as soon as we were dismissed from school at 3:00, we saw german sailors arriving on shore. some of them were blind, others had no legs, most of them, although seriously injured, could walk with help. by 4:00 p.m., the fires began to die. the air was thick with smoke and ash and the smell of sulfur. somebody said the smell came from the exploded buildings, which work ammunition warehouses. police were positioned all over, not l

as many new bedford boys he went to see a border whaling ship bound for the south pacific. jason wilson was indeed working in latin american in chile when he received word that civil war had broken out back home. he returned home ready to get in the fray. he returned to new orleans where he hoped to be reunited with his father who had been south many years ago. he enlisted as a private in the second louisiana guard. a new regiment composed of african-americans and later changed to the 73rd. he enlisted in the 54th massachusetts infantry. he returned south only to be wounded severely wounded in the back and abdomen in february of 1864 at the battle of alusty in florida. again he was honorably discharged again he returned to massachusetts. remarkably wilson chose to enter the fray a third time. in september of 1864 he returned to norfolk virginia. he dispatched on a boat and he worked with the u.s. secret service with the army of the james in front of richmond. the end of the war found wilson back in norfolk tending a supply store that supplied good to freed people. wilson's

ncicap.org] anderson airfield on guadalcanal is the most hotly contested strip of land in the south pacific. ways built by american soldiers would capture japanese equipment, they are inspected by the marine commander. covers, fighter planes are constantly on patrol. haveive months, the japs tried to win back this vital outpost, but there outpost wrecked on the sun on the solomon islands. ♪ >> general vandergrift and general vogel was forward into the jungle, directing the campaign that is killed nearly 7000 japs on guadalcanal alone. they call it death island. ♪ >> supporting the infantry, the marines and big tech bring supplies over heavy road or through no roads at all. offshore, and american freighter battles and oil fire, just as she was prepared to make her cargo. the marines fight the flames. all supplies are saved and the ships will sail again. ♪ >> you can watch archival films on public affairs in their entirety on a weekly series "reel america." saturday at 10:00 p.m. and sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern, here on "american history tv." monday night, on the communicators, former fcc cha

man: my y whole sionon ilife w s to live on a d deserted tropical south p pacific i island.atcht what y you tell the lord. [laug] reporter: america tried to bury its toxic legacy here, on a remotote coral atoll. man: they covered it over with an 18-inch-thick dome and left. reporter: now the sea is rising, and the dome i is leaking. and the men who tried to clean it up are dying. man: it's a total secret. we didn't even know. the guys didn't know. we were lied to. reporter: tonight, we journey to one of the most contaminatatd places s on earth and w we me

think some of that had to hit home for the united states army through its fighting, both in the south pacific and north africa where some of their assumptions about prewar approaches proved to be flawed. doesn't mean the approaches of the united states navy didn't prove to be, but there was a deliberate sense we need to allow room to learn. because we will not get it right the first time. >> on the ground floor to the back, your left. >> there is an old saying that goes something like a nation prepares for the next war by preparing to fight the last war or something. it sounds like you don't think that applies to what the navy did in world war ii. what do you think about that? trent: that is a great question. it gives me the opportunity to talk about jutland. which i am sure you know is a massive naval battle fought in the first world war. there has been a good deal of criticism that saying they were trying to refight jutland. if you get into the records if , you look at what an american naval officers who analyzed jutland soon after it was fought, they use it as an example of in certain circ

. >>> what you are watching from stockholm to the south pacific, students went on strike today to demandction on climate change. the protest were inspired by 16- year-old swedish student greta thunberg. a year ago she started protesting by herself outside of parliament. her fridays for future movement grew in today she was joined by thousands. >> we call for a true national emergency. we need to cause an uproar. we demand the green new deal. we demand to end all fossil fuel development. >> she is very young, only 16. rallies have been taking place once a week and dozens of european cities. today protests were scheduled in more than 100 countries and in u.s. cities from new york to st. paul, minnesota, to los angeles, as well. hundreds of bay area students walked out of class for the day of action. many of them marched in san francisco, making stops along the way to make sure prominent government leaders were listening. rob is live where the march ended. >> reporter: at the height of the afternoon we had hundreds of students here in union square. when the students walk out of class, gover

way as the combined united states land sea and air task ofe begins the sweeping the -- from the south pacificcommander, admiral nimitz comes from hawaii to decorate whose fighting marines held against all odds. highest honors awarded officers and men alike. , privates,aptains proven themselves in the test by fire. one youngster has 19 fighter planes to his credit. one of the outstanding records of the war. these are the men who bore the brunt of the battle. now with reinforcements to arrive they are ready to push on. file, longngle columns of fighting men stream across the island in pursuit of the enemy. were in men of nippon control now they are on the run. plunging into malaria infested jungles, the marines and large their hold on the island. at an advanced space they enjoy their first arrest in weeks. the advantage of and i interrupted supply line and they get nothing but the best. marines take no chances on being surprised by patrols. any line may be the front line and they dig in as they advance. machine guns on the ready. artillery men back up the infantry. ♪ >> the damaged united state

. >>> south pacific students went on strike today. >>@action on climate change, the protesters were inspired by a swedish student, year ago she started protesting by herself outside if swedish parliament. her fridays for future movement grew as the weeks went by it today she was joined by tens of thousands of fellow students from around the world. >> we call for a real national emergency. we need to cause an uproar. we need a green new deal. we demand to end all fossil fuel development. >> rallies have been taking place once per week and dozens of european cities and today protests were scheduled in more than 100 countries and in u.s. cities from new york to st. paul minnesota. to los angeles. >> [ shouting ] >> as many as 1000 students held a rally and marched in san francisco today, demanding that elected leaders take action on climate change. the students and supporters started at the office of house speaker nancy pelosi, and then went by senator dianne feinstein's office before marching to union square for a rally. the students wa

she's playing bloody mary in a jewish community center production of "south pacific." [ laughter ] soy bloody mary. [ laughter ] >> seth: and you had two loves growing up. were musical theater and nba basketball. >> that's right. yeah. >> seth: which i would imagine there were a lot of people in both groups, maybe not a ton in both combined. >> those were two separate birthday parties. >> seth: yeah. [ laughter ] >> two separate -- it's like the kind of thing where you don't mix your work friends and your weekend friends. yeah. >> seth: and you always -- this -- nba basketball was always your love. did you have a team that you cared about? >> i love the phoenix suns to an -- [ cheers and applause ] [ laughter ] really? >> seth: wow. >> my apologies. [ laughter ] they're the worst team in basketball. although they beat the golden state warriors last night inexplicably. >> seth: yeah, they did, yeah. [ cheers and applause ] >> i don't know what happened. i think, you know, you get cocky. [ laughter ] it's a lesson. there is a lesson there. and, yeah. and so, yeah, i -- i wrote a letter

lesser-known destination, the cook islands down in the south pacific.ow what is also not there? there is no building taller than a coconut tree. there is no commercial restaurant, starbucks, or anything like that. no commercial hotels. just a great, pure destination if you want to vacation off option. >> let's talk about the global entry program, too. i am tsa approved. but this is one step above. if you go to the event this weekend, you can actually register. is that right? >> that's right. the department estate is here. the passport agency is here to help you find your next trip. and really, help you apply and expedite your passport application. that your appointment, sign up online. get your appointment done right on-site. >> okay. i hope you got a ton of people coming your way. to saturday, sunday, at santa clara convention center. that is right on great america parkway. there is the information. tickets are available. you can check out where to get them at ktvu.com. jonathan, all the best. hope you get away soon, as well. >> i hope so, too. thanks

a small city in the south pacific, it is something we don't normally ever expect here.we have to ta ke forward from this and we have to take our community forward and make sure it goes forward together. we we re sure it goes forward together. we were talking about the support and love and solidarity you are being shown from around the world, we have had this method from the queen which i will read if i made. she had said she is deeply saddened by the appalling events in christchurch today, adding that prince philip and her sent their condolences to the families and friends of those who have lost their lives. she is a fantastic woman. her family have a lwa ys fantastic woman. her family have always been here for new zealand when things have been bad. i can remember it was the same in the earthquakes, the same all the time and we appreciate that. the greatest thing people can probably give, although i don't think money is not theissue, although i don't think money is not the issue, but funds will be started, but it is just a realisation of that compassion and discovering,

combined united states land, sea, and air defenses begin the task of sweeping the japs from the south pacificno armchair commander, the admiral comes all the way from hawaii to decorate the major general, whose fighting marines captured the airfield and held it against all odds. highest honors are awarded to officers and men alike. majors, captains, privates -- they have given themselves in the test by fire. one youngster has 10 jap bombers and 19 fighter jets to his credit. thee are the men who bore brunt of the battle. now with reinforcements newly arrived, they are ready to push on. marching single file, long columns of fighting men stream across the island in pursuit of the enemy. once the little men of nippon were in complete control here. now, they are on the run. ♪ plunging into malaria-infested jungles, the marines steadily, doggedly in large their hold on holdsland -- enlarge their on the island. at an advanced base, they enjoy their first rest in weeks. they have the advantage of an uninterrupted supply line. and they get nothing but the best. ♪ marines take no chances on being surp

>♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ henderson airfield on guadalcanal is the most hotly contested strip of land in the south pacific built by american soldiers with captured japanese equipment, are inspected by the marine commanders. fighter planes are constantly on patrol. they have tried to win back this vital outpost, but their transports lie wrecked on the sands of the solomon islands. ♪ general vandergrift and general vogel push forward into the jungle, directing the campaign that has killed nearly 7000 japs dalcanal alone. they call guadalcanal "death island." ♪ supporting the infantry, the marines' amphibious tanks bring supplies over any road, or through no roads at all. ♪ american freighter battles an oil fire, just as she prepared to land cargo. calmly, the marines fight the flames. all supplies are saved, and the ship will sail again. ♪ >> you can watch archival on ree next on the presidency, the coauthors of "history of impeachment" discuss the only three presidential impeachment proceedings ever conducted. those involving andrew johnson, richard nixon and bill clinton. participating are historians john

had the opportunity to travel to somaliland, to cover drought, to the island of kiribati in the south pacificerrified for the state of my future. that's what led me to do the work i'm doing. we are looking at some of your filming now. this is some of the footage you have taken of glaciers melting and so on. why were you specifically protesting the gas and petroleum conference? two weeks ago was the international petroleum conference in london, which is where all the biggest names from the gas and oil industry meet, get together, rubs shoulders and discuss the future of the industry. this is an industry that have consistently put short—term gain and corporate profits over the health of our planet, over my future. we know the temperature is rising in the planet and this is caused by the burning of fossil fuels. the ipcc report states that we have to reduce gas and oil by 20% this year and by 55% by 2050. meanwhile, exxon mobile, for example, has said it will increase gas and oil by 25% in 2025. it's up to governments, isn't it, to make sure those limits and targets are met? sure, it's up to gov

of mine, the woman on the left, kathy jetnel jiner, is a poet from the marshall islands in the south pacific, one of the places lowest to the ocean, and i knew her poetry and wanted her to, i wanted to, we wanted to do a video, i wanted to get her up, standing on top of the ice, that when it melt wood melted would drown her home and i figured that would be powerful. and she recruited the woman on the right, a young greenlander poet, whose world is disappearing as she stands there, and together, they produced a truly epic six-minute poem that you can find on youtube. millions of people have seen it now. it was a traffic if difficult expedition to get them up there to do it. but everywhere you looked, there were just signs of what was happening. i shot this video, which will take a minute to get interesting, with my cell phone, out of the front of the helicopter we just stopped to change the batteries, in a remote sensing device, that scientists use to keep track of the glaciers, and then we were headed home, out over the fjord, you can see the glacial till there, the water coming into the fjo

attended public school and as many new bedford boys did, he went to see a whaling ship down for the south pacific. joseph wilson was indeed working in latin america, in chile on a railroad construction crew when he received word that civil war had broken out back home. he returned home, eager to get in the fray as soon as possible. he traveled first to new york and then union occupied new orleans, where he hoped to be reunited to his father, who had been sold south many years before. ofson enlisted in the fall 1862 as a private in the second louisiana native guard, a new regiment composed of african-americans who later reorganized into the 74th u.s.c.t. after being hospitalized for beinginal disease and honorably discharged, he returned to massachusetts. but instead of sitting out the rest of the war, he listed again, this time in the massachusetts infantry. he returned south with this regiment, only to be severely and abdomenhe back in february 1864 at the battle of a lusty in florida. again, he was honorably discharged. again, he returned to massachusetts. remarkably, wilson chose to enter the

she is a poet from the marshall islands in the south pacific. one of the places lowest to the ocean. i knew her poetry and wanted her -- we wanted to do a video. i wanted to get her up standing on top of the ice that when it melted would drown her home. figured that would be powerful. she recruited the woman on the right a young greenlandic poet whose world is disappearing as she stands there. and together any produced a truly epic six-minute poem you can find on youtube. millions have seen it now. it was a terrific if difficult examination to get them up there to do it. but everywhere you looked there were just signs of what was happening. i shot in video which will take a minute to get interesting with my cell phone out of the front of a helicopter. we had just stopped to change the batteries in a remote sensing device that skroifts use to track the glace years. then we were headed home over the fjord. you can see the glacial till, the water coming into the fjordp i can show you in and stick in your head as a reminder how fast around the world

lawmakers debated a variety of issues, including the nation's military power in the south pacific.availability of disability services and climate change. also discussed, the ongoing investigation into the australian ambassador to the u.s., and his involvement in a travel services company, accused of illegally seeking business with the government. sky news chief political reporter karen gill meant gilmore host the 35 minute event. >>> thanks for your company. karen gilbert in the cabinet. the presence of china in the region is in

observeoceana, south pacific, tt to overhaul social media laws.ch mass shooting. >> prime minister of new zealand says enough is enough. they want to overhaul the showings media laws, to have a crack down, criminal penalties. stuart: criminal? liz: criminal penalties if you are slow to remove content t was up on facebook a half hour. even longer on youtube. asaustralia is is saying enoughs enough. you're not longer a platform you're a publisher. they are talking about removing immunity for social media. they have immunity from third party content for lawsuits. this will come up in the g20 as well. people in australia, new zealand are tired of this. they say enough is enough. stuart: that is teflon. the stock is teflon. it was at 220. down to 150. now it is up to 160. and stayed there. liz: talking about 4% of annual global revenues. that is a lot of money. stuart: they want the money. ashley: sounds like the e-a. stuart: purdue pharma who makes oxycontin agreed to pay oklahoma $275 million. come on in the man behind the settlement, mike hunter, th

we have stopped it in the south pacific. we saved the whales.a lot of money and we were hijacked by the extreme left who basically took green peace from a science-based organization to an organization based on sensationalism, misinformation and fear. brian: they are militant and this next generation is militant about the environment. it's their number one issue. here is what green peace said about you moore does not represent green peace. his statements have nothing to do with green peace's positions. the new green new deal resolution has the potential of create family sustaining union jobs to protect our nation's clean air, water and communities. your reaction? >> the fact is you cannot do agriculture for 8 billion people. produce the food for 8 billion people without fossil fuels as far as we know it we don't have an alternative, especially for transportation. which is over 90% dependent on fossil fuels. it's one thing to have a battery-powered vehicle for your family. it's another thing to try to get 40 tons of food at a time into the cities.

more than 4,000 miles away in the south pacific. and how about this?mcgregor could be happening up his gloves for good. the mma star abruptly announcing retirement overnight. i wish all my old colleagues well going forward in competition. hours earlier mcgregor claimed he was negotiating with ufc to fight in july. not the first time he has retired though. he did it back in 2016 before coming back a few months later. a lot of people saying oh, he will be back. steve: a stunt. jillian: he has been in trouble lately. brian: i would look for him to give up brawling outside the octagon like he is alleged to have done. 13 minutes after the hour. steve: a new migrant caravan heading to the united states at this moment. the next guest patrols the border every day and says they need all the help they can get stat. ainsley: plus, michael avenatti says he will be fully exonerated but he is facing a long list of charges and a lot of years behind bars. the judge on the case coming up. ♪ come on and take a free ride ♪ come on and take a free ride ♪ come on and take

you can kind of see where the atmospheric river set up, well south of the pacific northwest, right onin so cal. here is a look now, clouds with the cold front coming through giving us a breezy afternoon. seeing stars, cooler tonight especially in the valleys, winds up in the mountains, keep you a little bit milder. our first spring feeling day -- weekend is on the way. upper 50s, richmond, san francisco, half moon bay, 60 to 63 elsewhere. we're getting squeezed by storms to the south and north. it's the one to the north i'm concerned with. you can see the rain in the green, mountain snows. and by noon a slight chance of a shower in mendocino and northwest sonoma county. then you can see the front rolls on through. when it does, it's going to bring in colder weather tonight. 30s in our inland valleys, the south bay. up in the north bay with low- to mid-40s elsewhere. winds could gust up to 30 miles an hour today, 25 miles per hour tomorrow. coldest thursday morning, we'll rebound temperatures similar today, pretty close to average. can you see the warmth start to take off friday and re

indo-pacific command, the top u.s. general in south korea and the assistant defense secretary for indo-pacific secret affairs testified. congressman adam schiff chairs the services committee. >>

here and the real cold we brought in from behind is nothing like as cold as it was the pacific coast to coast south the low not as much quiet and still snow falling in the rockies you'll notice in series of hours to some degree and even l.a. could see some daytime rain come monday by which time still cloudy coonass still eunice in texas down to thirty but new york's above freezing washington still at fourteen as i said the real cold isn't there i think east encounter ontario quebec are we seeing a lot of snow out of that still the caribbean still though breezy quite quiet the cloud is building up against the coast of costa rica and panama we will see more showers here i wanted to run his spaniel increased me coming up through columbia as well. there's no one way of telling. keeping is telling right and. it's great to know the person. this is al-jazeera. hello i'm down jordan this is the hours they were. coming up in the next sixty minutes on the streets president. venezuelan. universities are ordered to shut down down jewry to quote protests against the ruling president. another ebola treatment com

pacific northwest. as a begins to head south, we will get more clouds and we had today. but that is probably the only thing that will come down. it doesn't look like there's any rain associated with this. the might be a light sprinkle or two. afterward, high pressure rolls in and will keep us high and dry for the rest of the week. overnight tonight will be looking at a few light clouds and sonoma county. we begin with sunshine. as time goes on we can see those high clouds raced to the bay area. we will increase the sunshine. mostly clear tonight. breezy and cooler on tuesday. by the time we get to midweek, we will warm it up. by this coming weekend, the numbers will be in the low 70s. and so a little with of spring in the bay area. overnight tonight, 44 degrees. in redwood city, it will get down to 45 degrees. 48, san francisco. 47, santa rosa. sunrise tomorrow at 7:20 5 am. we will take a little bit of a hit with 10 degrees cooler than today. san francisco, 59. all of these numbers are below average. in the south bay tomorrow, clouds and then sun and then clouds and the

basically subtropical air being caught in the base of a cold front that's moving south and being dragged across the pacific and at the moment it looks like the bull's-eye for next week. this is critical. it looks like it's south of the bay area but the center of that can shift north or south. if it shifts north that would be a world of bad news. so we will just see if it continues to trek a little bit south. still be wet midweek, still wet this morning as we head out the door, the numbers in the low 50s, winter storm warnings are posted where all the rain turns into the snow, 12 to 18 inches, up to 2 feet at the peak so it's slow going out to the mountains. and we are going to pick up more snow as well, in bear valley, as much as 2 feet, tonner summit up to about a foot and a half and the volcanic -- last volcano to erupt in california, lassen peak. break from the rain tomorrow and monday. enjoy it while you can. there's more rain due in on tuesday and wednesday. overnight lows will be in the mid-40s for the bay area, sun up at 6:21 -- or 21 minutes before -- it already came up. temperatures are going to b

because china's expansion fear is only in the pacific, only force in the pacific blocking china from japan to southorea to taiwan to philippines is u.s. navy. china is outside china it is -- northeast africa, latin america, we have to understand what the chinese are trying to do, we need to design a counter strategy. some had be counter electronic, but there are other fields to confront this as well. >> for a long time, fred, we said just the south china sea. we understand they have imperialistic instincts with regard to take over that part, perhaps take over key -- taiwan, but this goes beyond that one thing this report reveals, they stole secret plans that navy had to build a supersonic antiship missile for our submarines, this is key warfare they have stolen from us that we need not only to defend the south china sea, but everywhere else we're involved. >> yes, that is right. and the problem with submarine defense secrets stolen, if there a conflict with china, we'll rely heavily submarines, because surface ships are vulnerable to missile attacks, china is building an ain't -- anticarrier missil

south bay. >>> for the last week we have been watching this river plowed to the pacific. night we are going to show you a little bit of the mass left behind. . >>> we follow breaking news at 5:00 30:00. a disturbing discovery in the south bay. police are investigating after the bodies of a mother and her two young sons discovered inside their apartment. the father discovered their bodies this afternoon. at this time police confirmed the woman committed suicide. they are not commenting on how the bo died. >> 's this morning for a stafford students at the san bruno school. police say a staff member at portola elementary open the letter containing a threatening message in a suspicious substance. hazmat crews flooded the scene. >>> sonoma county declared a local health emergency after last week's floats. gasoline, motor oil, weedkiller and raw sewage have all been found in floodwaters, they need to follow strict rules to protect themselves while cleaning up. >>> a local developer said in his sites on a parcel of land outside brentwood. he envisions thousands of new homes. the

indo-pacific command, the top u.s. general in south korea and the assistant defense secretary for indo-pacific secret affairs testified. congressman adam schiff chairs the services committee. >> before we get started one housekeeping item in terms of how we do the questioning. as you know, when the gavel drops, you're on the list if you're not here you then go to the back of the list. if you leave as a number of people are going to do in their -- i should drag this out so you guys can't leave. but i wouldn't do that to our witnesses. at that point you're on the list. when you come back you get in line. but that creates an inconvenient situation. we're thinking somebody's next and two minutes before its their turn if you come back you get to bump that person. if you're thinking you're next somebody else gets called on it's because somebody else came back. it's in the rule. if you're here for the drop of the gavel, whenever you come back you get to jump anybody else who was there. personally i'm not in love with that rule. but then again

south bay. you head to the pacific ocean there, pacifica about 49. mid to upper 40s in the north bay valleys. the cooles by far as we expected, because you have a little less cloud cover and low 50s in inland east bay neighborhoods. here is a look at golden gate bridge. a little damp. at least it's not raining this morning. a little fog will develop as we get deeper into the forecast. something alexis and i will keep an eye on. if you're out today, you'll need sunglasses more than umbrella. erhe ia athe pea,, mild, mid- afternoon with sunshine mixing in with the cloud cover. east bay cloudy and 51 at 7:00. pretty cloudy throughout the morning up until about 3:00 the sun breaks out and will hit the mid 60s. you can see in the south bay no real opportunity for a sure on any of these day parts. mostly cloudy all day starting at 52 at 7:00, reaching 63 at 3:00. so it will be pretty comfortable afternoon and commute. how about this morning's commute. here is alexis. >> pretty comfortable, too, michael, although i have two new issues to talk about. two crashes came in north bay southbound 101 past

pacific nations. i.e., japan and south korea. od that asian nations were suspicious of china. lyndon johnson argued that a reverse domino effect was in play and he was not the only one that noticed. from is 68 through -- 68 through predominance in the pacific was a fact. against theheck common enemy, china. this fell flat. the countries were not interested in jumping on the soviet bandwagon. man -- in 1969, a man expressed frustration with something american intelligence discovered. was isolated on most key policy issues. later admit that the forces for containing china in southeast asia were more numerous than in any other area of the world. combined with the destabilizing and vibrate with the ussr. , heide of the white house was trying to improve his policy chops as he was going to run for president again. , heoreign affairs encouraged u.s. policymakers to look beyond vietnam for possibilities. minds put it did not fill the map. all around china were u.s. allies. asian nations that saw the u.s. as a protector and were concerned about chinese expansionism. he described the lo

from focusing on strengthening its military presence in south china sea so that's why the trump has been championing the importance of the endo pacific strategy as the cornerstone of its military strategy in the region because they believe coordinate collaboration with the countries in the region can actually help to counter china's attempt to expand in the region we're hearing from the eastern shore bureau in taipei thank you very much. through a medium on. where. battling a deepening drugs crisis of this week police seized more than ten million meth fields with a street value of almost twelve million euros yet another massive hole in a country thought to be the world's largest producer of methamphetamine northeastern shan state is the epicenter of meth production with a network of local groups linking up with transnational trafficking gangs but it's a rampant drug use a mere mights of the just causing major concern as drug gangs push cheap pills to a growing number of addicts. is a shame to go home. to twenty seven year old has been a drug addict for almost a decade he left his village for fear of gang violence but he's real escape