the solomon islands look like power dice on us the region hair in the south pacific is home to rich merryman biodiversity. but it's a challenging environment for the critically endangered hawksbill sea turtles that nest here. female tuttle's lay roughly $1000.00 eggs each season. only one in a 1000 will make it to adult hood. that chances are made by hunting and their legal trading. research estimate that some $10000.00 turtles are harvested each year. that's pushed hawksbill sea turtles to the brink of extinction. but for the creatures who make it to this particular beach that's home. these women are on a mission to save the tassels in 2016 they formed a group which brings together communities from 3 islands to protect the tools from hunting. the fearful many think they have different powerful background so having to give also. have the opportunity for them to embrace it and put the project they promised to give that uniting them together for conservation. there on my way to the owner from a spectacular group of islands that's one of the largest breeding grounds in the south pacific for the

that was done because organisers believe the waves will be better in the south pacific.ing and archery, surfing was always part of the olympic programme in 2024, and some fear that this exception would be madejust because of india's political power. well, the change will be considered by the commonwealth games federation over the next few weeks. and if it's accepted, it'll be put to a full vote of the 71 member associations. so not confirmed yet, but we should hear more in the next month or so. let's quickly take you through some of the other stories catching our eye this tuesday. england batsman rory burns will miss the series in sri lanka in march. he's flown home from south africa after injuring his ankle whilst playing football in training. he's had surgery on ruptured ligaments and will be out for up to four months. 0rganisers of this month's australian open say they do not expect ongoing bushfires to delay to the start of the tournament. officials say the health of fans, players and staff is their priority at all times, and the weather forecast is good. staying wit

the situation in the south pacific is much worse than they had imagined. so they postponed any offensive into india. however, they do say you may continue preparations and planning for it. now, in march, 1943, the japanese reorganize the command structure in burma and sorry to keep going back and forth, but this is a very simple organizational chart of the new organization and what the japanese did in march 1943 was they inserted a burma area army command between 15th army and southern expeditionary army. i hope you can read it. the japanese did not have a core structure in their army, so their army command is actually about the same size of a corps in the u.s. army and their area army is -- i'm getting that right, i have it written down. so they don't have a corps structure. we army corps is equal to an corpsan core -- the army is equal to an american corps, and the burma area army is not as grand as it sounds. they set up this new command structure. and at the same time another change they made was they promoted mutaguchi to commander of 15th army. now,

army foreign basing indo-pacific, it's really only large in south korea. what you're talking about is emphasizing more southeast asia and then south asia, all the way over to the india/pakistan border where central command takes over, then having enough flexibility, capability, available funding, to move forces around on more temporary deployments, partnerships, exercises, all, the full range of activities. and you're thinking, as you've said, thailand, many of the south pacific island nations, vietnam, we'll come to all these in a second. that's really where your emphasis has been, is it fair to say, in broad terms? >> have a much more comprehensive disposition in the region, yes. >> i want to ask about military readiness in a broad sense. i know that with your responsibilities as secretary of the army, you're focused first and foremost on making sure the force is fully equipped with proper weaponry, proper training, good maintenance, the right people. and then you apply that, and combatant commanders and forward commanders exercise and use the capabiliti

they began the war in the first place to gain the assets, particularly oil, of the south pacific reason. for that reason, their main surface fleet was located south of the philippines. there on the left-hand side of this map, that put them near the oil fields of the former dutch east indies, the possession of which had been there principal objective of the war. commanderanese expected to approach in secrecy in order to ambush this american invasion fleet, the prospect ended immediately because an american submarine, the redfin, had been watching for weeks. evenported his departure, as it was underway. that the man who he was coming. 15, the later on june day that the marines went ashore on saipan, he got an update. this time from another submarine, the flying fish. watching the exit from the san bernardino spritz. fleet had left the sea and was heading to the philippine sea. he was approaching from the west. however, spruance got a report from the submarine seahorse. there was another japanese force involving surface ships and both of japanese super ships coming up from the south. .here

these lovely ladies they are going to the south pacific to teach english their college students and even, you can see the fear factor theye going through the airport with their masks arts i just want to get yr reaction. you know clearly what's going on i'm sure your parentsha talked to you your thoughts of goi even to that regiont this parcular time. yeah we were kind of like all talking about a car prints are reacting and how y be on thoutside like. >>how a fun trip but on the inside there are probably a little terrified because the airport isprobably one of the worst places to be during this time. there's so many a national people coming and going in germs everywhere and stf so we we've taken precautions to you said it was hard to even get your hands on the masks tracy you guys had to ta extra steps where did you go to get your we had to go to urgent care likeseveral urging cares around the area. let me just play devil's advocate in people might be wching on king are you over reacting but some might say there's no such thing as overreaction to this your reaction to that. >>i mean i'd t

this could be in other south asian or south pacific nation archipelagoes. it could be in vietnam someday. i'm just wondering to what extent the army is thinking about these kinds of possibilities in the abstract. i realize you don't want to get ahead of the game and start asking countries to base forces where those countries are trying to balance their own relationship with china, but in a more abstract, general sense, are you thinking about archipelago defense? are you thinking about new kinds of combat formations throughout this broader region that if necessary we could establish and sustain? sec. mccarthy: i highlighted the multi-domain task force concept, and to do it justice, you would need for more time to sit here and discuss, and ultimately the generals like of the u.s. army pacific and others. but a multi-domain task force brings long-range precision fire and affects. the hypersonic battery, the precision strike missile, the electronic warfare cyber capabilities, and the --position of the capability you can put it down somewhere in the south china

army, foreign basing in the indo-pacific, it's really only large in south korea. there's no other place where we have many thousands of forces all the time. but what you're talking about is exercising more southeast asia and south asia all the way over to the india-pakistan border where central command takes over, then having enough flexibility, capability, available funding to move forces around on more temporary deployments, partnerships, exercises, the full range of activities and you're thinking as you said, thailand, many of the south pacific island nations, vietnam. we will come to all these in a second but that's really where your emphasis has been, is that fair to say in broad terms? >> we have a much more comprehensive disposition in the region. >> wai want to ask about milita readiness in a broad sense. i know that with your responsibilities as secretary of the army, you are focused first and foremost on making sure the force is fully equipped with proper weaponry, proper training, good maintenance, the right people, and then you apply that and combatant

sitting in the middle of the south pacific, its closest neigor is more than 1,000 miles away. all along the rocky coastline chunks of plastic are easy to spot. not so easy to spot, the microplastic hiding in the sand, as my newshour colleague jeffrey brown und. man: this is microplastic. this is rock. this is the plastic.le nawaz: for-up crews here, it's a never-ending battle. man: maybe if clean all day, it's t possible. isown: cleaning all daot enough. man: it's not enough. because of the center of the plastic is not here, it's there. it's horrific. nawaz: the trash is mostly coming from what's called the south pacific garbage patcor an enormous swirlingx of marine debris, swept up in ocean currents, and collected into a trash mass one and a half times thesi of texas. that patch was diovered in 2017, 20 years after scientists discovered the great pacific patch, two swirling masses of debris, three mes the size of france an t shores of easter i ana maria gutierrez does what she can to organize beach cleans. gutierrez: it's depressing, becae you find allnd of plastics, from bu

in the low—lying south pacific island of vanuatu, protests from those most at risk from rising sea levelsia, schoolchildren made themselves heard. chanting. and it was a similar story in australia. well, the younger a person is, the more that the change in climate will impact them as they grow and the less of a voice they're given today. considering we have such a short amount of time to turn this issue around, it's vital that young people are at the forefront of this conversation because they will be impacted more than anyone else. and there was the emergence of a new environmental campaign group, extinction rebellion. among the protesters was the actress dame emma thompson, who was criticised for her own jetsetting lifestyle. u nfortu nately, sometimes i have to fly. but i don't fly nearly as much as i did because of my carbon footprint and i plant a lot of trees. i bloody don't, no! it's always turned back on the individual. "you're the one who flies, you're the one who's using it, you're the one..." the fact of the matter is everyone has been asking for clean energy for decades. if i

that's 12,000 kilometers across the south pacific.lso say smoke has probably reached the antarctic. we'll have more on the australian fires in just a few moments. before that though, lets catch up with some of the day's other news. the venezuelan 0pposition leader, juan guaido, has been sworn—in as speaker of the national assembly, after a stand—off with the armed forces. troops tried to stop mr guaido and his supporters from entering parliament, but they eventually forced their way into the building. mr guaido is accusing president nicolas maduro of trying to bring about a parliamentary coup. a state of emergency has been declared in puerto rico, after the island suffered its most powerful earthquake in more than a century. at least one person was killed in a series of earthquakes, including one with a magnitude of 6.4. numerous buildings have been damaged and a powercut has plunged much of puerto rico into darkness. now what looks like clouds are actually starlings. they've flown from russia and eastern europe to spend the winter in

we had them in the south pacific, and that is really the focal point, to convey the sacrifice. that's the important part. they are an interesting backdrop to the whole story. we use them to help convey the story to the public. the sherman tank was one of the two most prolific tanks for the war. the sherman series, there were over 49,000 of these tanks manufactured during the second world war. this series of tanks was used by everyone of the allied nations during the second world war, including england, the soviet union, and even the nationalist chinese received german tanks. -- received sherman tanks. it was a vehicle that had a strategic effect on the war because of the numbers that were out there. this tank was infamously reliable. it had an operational readiness rate of 94%. in other words, it was ready 94% of the time, as opposed to some of the german tanks which rates usually hovered around 50% or 60%. this one was very reliable. it has the earlier suspension system. the shock absorbers are mounted vertically. the later suspension system was the horizontal volume springs s

moved into the south pacific. that is the focal point of this, to try and convey the sacrifice that soldiers had crude these things. interesting backdrop to the whole story. that story to convey to the visiting public. the sherman tank was one of the two most prolific tanks in the world in terms of numbers manufactured. there were over 49,500 of these tanks manufactured during the second world war. the only production totals that waseded this tank another series. this series of tank was used by every one of the allied nations during the second world were to soviet england, the union, and even the nationalist chinese were seeing sherman tanks as a result of the land/lease program -- lend/lease program. this tank was infamously reliable. it had an operation radius rate of 94%. it was ready 94% of the time. as compared to some of the german tanks, which operational readiness usually hovered around 50% to 6% so the tank was very reliable. this one has the earlier suspension system. basically what that means is s didsh

the production of raw materials like those from the south pacific plants in lensing concerns the entire textile industry. this is an important challenge that we will see with the entire industry will continue to choose the best possible alternatives regarding the panel body factory we have carried out independent audit the last 2017. despite numerous requests this h. and m. supplier never authorized us to test its waste water again. the japanese brand unique low also implicated responds the analyses we had access to did not take into account the presence of lead and sulfate in the industrial waste water thank you for pointing out the unacceptable levels of these parameters near the just ex plant . in the case of the pan asian body plant after your investigation we consulted reports that show levels of. that are below your results. however we commissioned independent experts to investigate in greater depth onsite. we could have given many more examples 252 clothing brands work with indonesian sub contractors who dumped waste water into the shit out of. the big fashion groups here are all

just a short hop away from australia and the south pacific, this world of cloud here.amoa going to the next few days. strengthening winds can bring pretty rough damaging sees, torrential rain storms as well and of course those winds which could cause an issue. away from that, less airto canada cause an issue. away from that, less air to canada where we have talked about the chill. calgary today, winnipeg at —25 today. bitterly cold and the british air pushing his way southwards now across the us and towards the east. we will see things which over the next few days in the cold air focusing towards eastern areas and turning milder but it is in the west where the cold air has beenin in the west where the cold air has been in place, we see weather system pushing off of the pacific, three feet of snow falling in parts of british columbia. a lot of snow in california as well over some areas on thursday night. that will work is what use swears, joining forces with developing weather systems do the planes, some parts of central canada and the midwest come huge amounts of disru

in when we don't have enough aircraft carriers to cover europe, the middle east and china, the south pacificituation? the democrats. they've got their priorities wrong. of any was embarrassing america it is the gaining on capitol hill with this bogus trial. >> donald trump has not gone overseas and apologized for america. >> he shouldn't apologize for america. that is what democrats do. barack obama didn't get anything done other than the a formal character because he spent 5 or 6 years apologizing for when the sun rises. shannon: we always enjoy having you with us. another story, violent riots break out at the mexico guatemala border. thousands of central american migrants clashing with mexican police as they try to reach the united states. todd pyro with how the us and mexico are dealing with the situation. >> migrants crossing a river separating guatemala and mexico, mexican official stop crossing the border bridge. the mexican national guard met them with tear gas, prevented them from entering mexico after reports that 4000 people who hope to travel into the us entered guatemala from hon

he wasn't on the ship most of the time, supply officer in the south pacific, and the other one i will ask about is zumwalt because he was a under nixon's command. so there's an asymmetry different by first question about nimitz. would chester nimitz portrayed in the newou movie midway and if people read "sailing true north" make it in the navy of today? >> i think the real question is, would even have made it out of the naval academy of today? [laughing] when he was a midshipman he was often known to go we would say over the wall, unauthorized liberty, go out to town and buy beer for his classmates and bring it back. there's a wonderful vignette about nimitz, , this sort of evn as a midshipman i picture him as a stately, tall, great executive here, the wholele package. he'sle in this beer shop and he sees what he thinks is a a civilian over there and advise of there beer any moves on. the next day it turns out that civilian is one of the officers at the naval academy. so nimitzrs is like oh, my gosh, my career is over. but he gets a second chance, and i think there's power in that ide

to early ate june july, the americans and ustralians restart their offensive in the south pacific and they're advancing along the guinea.s and in new so the japanese army faces an increasingly serious situation there. in september, 1943, italy in europe surrenders. so southern expeditionary arm and the general staff start to about the british naval units in the mediterranean, they could now be transferred into the indian ocean where they may carry out an amphibious peration against the south coast of burma. all of this is opposition from above and below proposal and so -- to mutaguchi's proposal. the big question is why was he carry it out. one of the reasons is that the on the nd of desire political level to realize india's independence. of the ways the japanese wanted to end the war is to capitulate and one of the ways they thought they could do that was what they india from the british empire. so they thought that some sort india could gainst have that kind of effect. a s not that they had concrete plan to bring about india's independence, but they invading india, maybe they could

bob plans to do a lot of reading and farming and retirement, and he wants to visit some of the south pacific islands where he served in the navy. >> that'd be a nice trip. 102. >>> cnn business is next. how do we make a scented oil plug-in that doesn't smell fake? start with the essence of nature air wick scented oils are infused... ...with essential oils that are 100% natural. to fill every corner with the fragrance of nature. air wick. - do that are degrading?ideo tapes, film reels, or photos, legacybox professionally converts them to dvds, thumb drive, or the cloud. legacybox is simple and safe, with over half a million satisfied customers. visit legacybox.com today, and get 40% off. >>> prince harry making his first public appearance since he and wife meghan shocked the world by saying they're stepping back from their royal roles. cnn's max foster live in london, so we'll see him this morning watching kids play rugby. is that the event? >> yes, it's the draw for the 2021 world rugby league cup. so he'll be appearing there. he's big on rugby. obviously all keen to see him. we saw the duch

in 1946, french designer louis réard named his new garment after the bikini atoll in the south pacifichoped it would make as big of a bang as the atomic bomb. ♪ >> charlotte smith has inherited thousands of valuable designer dresses -- garments that span 150 years of history. and today... this one! ...she lets me model some items from her collection. >> doesn't it remind you of a stained-glass window? >> so vibrant. >> [ laughs ] >> definitely good for blondes. >> this is timeless! >> that is timeless. >> the dresses bequeathed to her by her late godmother, doris darnell, aren't just beautiful. they're worth a fortune. >> i could see everybody who was money minded standing behind me rubbing their hands together, saying, "just sell it." you know, "don't waste your just sell it." >> and charlotte does test the waters. >> i have sold one thing. >> what was it worth? >> it made just under $6,000. >> if you sold one for $6,000... >> yeah.didn't you say to yourself, "i could sell a few more. there's still thousands of >> i regret it now. >> oh. >> yeah. i regret it now. i knew at the time th

the south as a result of that cold front approaching the bay area to 10 miles per hour about the south pacific of the south and san francisco at 7 in 10 and mill valley tonight. you see those clouds continue to thicken up throughout the night there looking out toward the golden gate bridge and we're going to see some changes on the way. late tonight early tomorrow morning as this front kind of weekly comes into the state is going to start to fall apart, it's running right and that ridge of high pressure that has brought a lot of sunshine to the bay area the last couple of days. so it can start to break down as it comes to still behind a couple raindrops that we catch a break as we head in toward a the rest of saturday and sunday looking good and then as we get into next week another weak system drops in this one not very impressive the still a chance some showers north of the golden gate bridge and then after that things begin to change again high pressure takes over ever so briefly but then a cold system drops and i think that'll probably the most impressive one in the next 7 to 10 days that

some of the south pacific islands where he served in the navy. >> i would be head today the beach. >> i think there are some people who just love to work and want to keep working keeps you going, you know? >> absolutely. >> that and your bills and college education and all of that. >> new day starts right now. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is "new day." it's thursday, january 16th. it's 6:00 here in new york and the breaking news this morning, we're hearing for the first time from a central player in the scheme which ultimately led to th the impeachment of president trump. an explosive new interview which we're playing for you for the first time this morning on cnn of lev parnas, the indicted associate of rudy giuliani. in our interview with anderson cooper you'll hear parnas directly implicate president trump in the months long effort to pressure ukraine to investigate the bidens. parnas said he personally told the ukrainians they would not get military aid, be invited to the white house or get

bob plan tuesday do a lot of reading and farming in retirement and wants to visit some of the south pacificwhere he served in the navy. >> i would be head today the beach. >> i think there are some people who just love to work and want to keep working keeps you going, you know? >> absolutely. >> that and your bills and college education and all of that. >> new day starts right now. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is "new day." it's thursday, january 16th. it's 6:00 here in new york and the breaking news this morning, we're hearing for the first time from a central player in the scheme which ultimately led to th the impeachment of president trump. an explosive new interview which we're playing for you for the first time this morning on cnn of lev parnas, the indicted associate of rudy giuliani. in our interview with anderson cooper youl ar

the buffalo's show ball game, after that, he served in the second world war, bronze star winner, south pacific road scholar to oxford graduated top of his class from yo law, school, and was leading russia in the nfl in his highest paid player. jack kennedy's friend held bobby kennedy desegregate the south all before serving 31 years on the united states supreme court wow. you can see why he was my hero. so one, day we are walking around the hallways of the supreme court, down on what they call the first four, pro really feels like a basement, and that's where the portraits, of justices are hung. justice leans over to me, and says oh justice corps such, used to like to have a little fun. he called this justice, so and so, little did he know. little did i know. how many of these old docks can you name? >> in honesty, i had to tell him, about half, and then he said to me something that really shocked me, maybe depressed me a little bit at the time. he said me too, and that's pretty much how it should be, and i'll be forgotten soon enough. ten years, they will know who i am, something like that. a

this means that the infantry division could be going to europe are north africa for the south pacific without any changes. what they decided to do you then was give these divisions extra units to help them do their mission. thank italians are usually a sign during, to an infantry division as tank destroyers. but the 106th division does not have a tank battalion as it takes over this line. they don't think that they will need them in the ardennes. the armored force only came into existence in july of 1940 after the fall of france, george marshall stand of the armored force what they end up doing is take all the mechanization senate fort knocks and create the armored force. they're meant to be offensive weapons, meant to change the organization, so the armored division of the second war don't have a set organization. where the infantry divisions have three regiments, and each regiment has to be battalion. stay all is work together. the headquarters here are what's called combat commands, combat command a, b, and c are. three times italians three and contributor allen's and you mix and m

this massive brown tinge in the south pacific as the sun set on thursday afternoon clearing away fromgiven a covering of the skies above most of the country and dropping fine particles onto the snow and the glaciers. that can have an impact because those surfaces are not as white they tend to absorb more heat in those glaciers quicker in the weeks and months ahead. let's return to the wildfires because the smoke has cleared for now and the wildfires burn and it could get worse across australia as we head into the weekend. the reason is that it is expanding again with heat wave conditions across many parts in the east but particularly from friday across parts of central and south austria towards the north of victoria. 45 or 46 celsius possible through friday afternoon and as the wind strengthens, tends to dry vegetation even more and any wildfires that are burning will be pushed and grow into another state of uncontrollable. those winds pick up further, pushing the heat towards where he could see another all—time record broken. look westwards and temperatures dropping and suddenly wind

means is that this division could go to europe, north africa, it could go to the jungles of the south pacific without any changes. what they decide to do then is give the divisions the pace on where they will be fighting extra units to be able to help them do their mission. tank battalions usually assigned to an infantry division from a pool as a tank destroyer. the hundred six division does not have a tank but diane as it takes over this line because they don't think it will need it. the armored division has a different philosophy. the armored force only came into existence in july of 1940 george c marshall stands up the armored force. what they end up doing is taking all this work that's being done in all these branches of the army and create the armored force. they think about how they are going use it. they're meant to be offense of weapons and change the organization. so the armored division of the second war don't have a set organization. where the infantry division has three regiments. each has three baton. they always work together. their headquarters here are what is called combat co

general staff, i won't read all of his things that we should be able to secure key points in the south pacific. thus the to win a long war of attrition. have you forgotten what attrition means? if you don't have a supply capability -- this is the commander of the navy. we have no way of being the enemy towards these. the best way to win a war in napoleonic terms is to take the enemy's capital. andarck was smart enough wanted to go on to be in a -- vienna but they said no don't go there. they will become our allies in the future so he was able to turn off the demand. the germans did go to paris. the result was world war i. we have to fight a protected war. we must be prepared for a war spiritually and militarily. they decided they don't have the resources to do this. it's difficult under the circumstances to determine if we have chance of winning the war several years ahead. so we can go now but two years from now, we may not be able to. thatys i am confident cooperation with the army and navy will ensure the success of our operations. he guarantees he can pull off one of the greatest combined

what that means is, this division could be going to europe or north africa or the jungles of the south pacific without any changes. what they decide to do is give the divisions extra units to be able to help them do their mission. tank battalions are usually assigned to an infantry division from a pool, as our tank -- as is tanks does -- tank destroyers, but the 106th doesn't have a tank battalion as it takes over the line because they don't think in the ardennes, they will need it. armored divisions of the time have a different philosophy. the armored force only came into existence in july 1940 after the fall of france. george c marshall stood up the armored force and what they and up doing is taking all this mechanization work being done across branches, send it to fort knox and create the armored force. they think about how they will use it, they are meant to be offensive weapons, meant to change the organization. the armored divisions of the second world war don't have a set organization. the infantry divisions have three regiments, each regiment has three battalions. they always work toge

a thick haze blankets new south wales as exhausted crews continue to battle the wildfires there the vast cloud of smoke already extends across the pacific past south america but an invisible product of the flames could have a bigger long term impact on global warming the blazes are releasing vast amounts of c o 2 authorities at the un say the problem is twofold fires emit carbon dioxide and obviously they burn up those very forests which are so vital for acting as carbon sinks and it's still being called into. the australian government estimates the country currently a meds around $560000000.00 tonnes of carbon dioxide annual 8 now experts say that in the last few months alone the out of control fires have pumped an additional 400000000 tonnes of c o 2 into the atmosphere in the past scientists have generally viewed wildfires as carbon neutral and believed fresh plant growth the mentally absorb the c o 2 emitted by burning forests but changes in precipitation patterns and drought are affecting how quickly some woodlands regenerate and many researchers are worried that in a vicious circle wildfires like those in australia could make clim

after all, the south pacific island nation of kiribati had the international dateline reconfigured sot might have experienced a millennium bug there were no reported problems, only a giant celebration. although it will take much longer to assess what's really happened to the world's computers. and among the midnight theatrics often staged around familiar landmarks, the sydney opera house offered a performance unlike any seen there before. dancers representing sea creatures from the harbor roamed the route as a million people watched. china, one of the countries that gave fireworks to the rest of the world, had an impressive display of its own in shanghai. but officials anxious to dispel concerns that the country could be a y2k disaster kept its airlines flying past midnight to engender confidence. and in beijing, the official celebration that started at midnight ended at 12:08. far away from this performance of a national traditional music troupe in seoul, korea, others went up to the demilitarized zone where "no photograph" signs were posted to hang messages on barbed wire wishing fo