we had one with businesses on the island. the housing providers have been very helpful in linking us up with opportunities such as tabling the food pantry that is there. we plan to go back and have another community meeting in addition, to the one we participated in in july. this summer, with additional outreach in spanish and chinese and more business outreach. based on the feedback that be get from outreach and your feedback today, we want to consider refinements to this proposal, and bring back a next iteration of the program this fall. ultimately the schedule that we're working with is to have the program operational when the first units are available for occupancy in 2019. so working back from that, we're hoping to have some more clarity on the policy parameters of the program. so we can start designing it and working with bata and clipper to set up the systems to enable the transit pass and any sort of discount program, develop agreements and have -- be able to start raising revenue and providing all of that new service

we had one with businesses on the island. the housing providers have been very helpful in linking us up with opportunities such as tabling the food pantry that is there. we plan to go back and have another community meeting in addition, to the one we participated in in july. this summer, with additional outreach in spanish and chinese and more business outreach. based on the feedback that be get from outreach and your feedback today, we want to consider refinements to this proposal, and bring back a next iteration of the program this fall. ultimately the schedule that we're working with is to have the program operational when the first units are available for occupancy in 2019. so working back from that, we're hoping to have some more clarity on the policy parameters of the program. so we can start designing it and working with bata and clipper to set up the systems to enable the transit pass and any sort of discount program, develop agreements and have -- be able to start raising revenue and providing all of that new service

the navy cross. why were these islands so important? >> it was the winning strattgy of the war to go directly toward papan, establish air bases from which eventually we could take the war in a very major way, the air war to japan. >> for the japanese, the gilbert islands represented their furthest outpost. >> military historian and retired marine colonel joe alexander savagery." >> it was the possession of the british and had been for 50 days. the japanese swept throughout the gilberts. chased away residual forces. giving them an air stripe i it's 16 atols. the main is tarawa. barely two miles long and more than 3,000 miles from tokyo. >> it was small, flat, small sand dunes, a number of palm trees. no hills. no mown tns. no caves. the water table was very high. you could hardly dig into it. >> galvanik was the code name of tarawa was the atoll and it was the small island within tarawa atoll and an objective airfield sat. >> the task of prying tarawa out of the japanese hands came. >> many of us had malaria and some still had problem wit

operations in the islands in the fall. on october 16,, 1944, there was a meeting in moscow with ambassador averill herrmann and the u.s. military mission chief major general john r dean, where he renewed his pledge to join the war against japan, and added that the soviet offensive operations could begin within two and a half to three months after the defeat of germany. with theperfectly strategic thinking of the u.s. joint chief of staff, and though it would not be formally codified until the altar conference the following year this timetable would serve as the basis for all military to military coordination between , and an immediate jump in lend lease deliveries of the soviet union. to launch an offensive so quickly after their forces defeated the nazis in europe, , thust tip off japanese prompting a primitive strike against the highly vulnerable to read siberian railroad, the red army would have to depend to a large degree on americans to secretly supply much of the food, fuel, war supplies, and even the trucks to move

you were just on the island, right? >> yes. >> you were just there. are the -- is this visible on the streets -- unemployment, businesses shuttered? >> yeah. >> were there any examples that you were able to look at while you were there to say, "you know what? that could be the result of the economic situation here on the island?" >> yeah. well, i go two or three times a year, and, really, over the last 5 to 10 years, which is the period -- it's been a recession since 2006 -- puerto rico. there are a lot of visible signs of abandoned property and homeless people in the street begging and things like that. another big problem that's happening in puerto rico now is a healthcare crisis because medicare funds are being threatened to be cut, and i actually went to see an orthopedist with my mom, who broke her wrist recently, and i had to spend four hours before seeing the doctor. >> and what was the explanation for that? >> well, i mean, they didn't give an explanation, but doctors are fleeing the island quite regularly, and part of it is pay is higher in th

reporter: the faroe islands still live from fish. salmon production has more than doubled in the last five years. the conditions here are ideal for aquaculture -- these salmon meet the highest standards. but at the moment the industry here is profiting even more from international political events, namely the ukraine crisis. the islands' main competitors, norway and scotland, have been badly hit by the ban on agricultural imports imposed by russia in reaction to western sanctions. the faroes, on the other hand, have been exempt from the import ban because the government didn't sign up to the western trade embargo. >> we felt that we would be again hit on an embargo to russia, which was joining us and was together with us when the eu embargo was against us from the eu. we felt that we would not be part of that embargo from the eu and we would stick to that partnership, which we have been doing for many, many years. reporter: the faroe islanders reject any criticism of the exports. they remember only too well that the eu banned herring

separate from the other islands. the treaty between japan and russia of 1855 defined the islands as a string of islands. southwests to the were japan's northern territory. neverefinition of -- was contested, but it would be violated. finally, there is another element missing from the declaration. and that was the emperor himself was not mentioned. the last sentence of the declaration called upon the government of japan to proclaim unconditional surrender to all japanese -- of all japanese armed forces, referring only to the government of japan implied the emperor was a distinct entity separate and apart from the government and would receive separate consideration. there are four messages here. to the japanese military, that counted on soviet neutrality and mediation in their last ditch strategy, the absence of stalin 's signature reinforced their view. to the so-called peace faction, promise of retaining -- the gr oup intact conveyed an equally powerful message to accept u.s. terms. to the emperor, the omission of his

we had one with businesses on the island. the housing providers have been very helpful in linking us up with opportunities such as tabling the food pantry that is there. we plan to go back and have another community meeting in addition, to the one we participated in in july. this summer, with additional outreach in spanish and chinese and more business outreach. based on the feedback that be get from outreach and your feedback today, we want to consider refinements to this proposal, and bring back a next iteration of the program this fall. ultimately the schedule that we're working with is to have the program operational when the first units are available for occupancy in 2019. so working back from that, we're hoping to have some more clarity on the policy parameters of the program. so we can start designing it and working with bata and clipper to set up the systems to enable the transit pass and any sort of discount program, develop agreements and have -- be able to start raising revenue and providing all of that new service

the question is what will be left of this island to provide for its future generations. , al jazeera. >>> for the "inside story" and what is going on around the world and events developing on the ground go to our website al jazeera.com. >> i'm ali velshi. "on target" in philadelphia, tonight, black votes matter. why so many african american men are missing in the polls. plus history in havana, how so many americans could profit from opening of diplomacy. >>> the watts riots in los angeles started when a white highway patrol officer stopped a black motorist suspected of drunk driving. on lookers rusin

i want to take you to the island to show you the saturation. over 20,000 houses were without power at one point and dozens of flights to and from okay nau wau /* /- oki na wa. it will remain it's zens intensity and hit the northern portions by tuesday morning local time. typically, storms to the north weaken. but this the is the exception. it will impact the north typhoon, and alt the worst it could hit southeastern portions of russia or northeastern china. but into tuesday, stormy conditions will likely happen across the western side of japan. in kyushu, oki na wa you will see stormy conditions into tuesday and of course, journal portions of the korean peninsula will receive stormy conditions into tuesday. >> thanks, very much. she will join us later on in the show with more on world weather. you are watching nhk world. >>> officials at a japanese firm are dealing with the aftermath of a major fire at their facility near tokyo. they say flames spread at an ad giant mill where about 600 workers were forced the evacuate. it was caused at a wareh

. -- tremendous erosion on the west end of the island. then it became the story agreed upon. i think there was also a confederate earthwork here, a large earthen mound all over most of what we found. so there was no clue in the landscape that there was anything but a civil war for. a site like this, there are a rise and time changes. it was built as a bomb shelter for the confederate troops. they built this fort as a good position on the river to set up their big guns to stop the union from coming up the river. they built things where they could hunker down in case they were shelled. what you are seeing here, if you look closely, there is even some surviving would. this was built as a belowground wood room. on top, they mounted at least six feet of clay so it would absorb the impact of shells. this is only about a third of it. there is a hilltop beyond that black plastic and then there is a profile through another part of a room. we excavated this because it is the 150th anniversary of the civil war so it gives a perspective of the jamesto

the virgin island and puerto rico. they are under tropical storm warnings. winds about 50 miles per hour north of puerto rico late thursday into friday giving them much needed rainfall then continues to the north and west. this is where it gets more interesting. some of the long range guidance has the storm weakening and moving into the gulf of mexico south of the florida keys. other models have it intensifying into a minimal hurricane and being not far from miami by the wee hours of monday morning. something to watch carefully during the next several days especially if you have interests along the southeast coast. a warming trend around here into early next week. warm air expand wearing a ridge of high pressure building in the eastern half of the country. a lot of sunshine, rather warm. less humid. the clear, moonlit skies tonight. down to 67 midtown. middle to upper 50s in the suburbs. high up to 84. we will do it again friday. nice sunshine. 84 degrees. warmer saturday. 88. could be a spotty shower or storm well nort

so a group of men were entrusted with the task of setting up basically a city on the island. the next document is actually from the james morgan papers. it was also an early founder of galveston. it actually lists the original stockholders of the galveston city company. here you can see mckinney and williams, who actually were in partnership together and had their own business. mckinney and williams were actually businessman, and they were cotton traders. and they really wanted to establish themselves as the primary route for cotton growers in texas to transport their cotton out of the republic of texas. they pretty much wanted to have, be the primary transporters of that. so, they are businessman, merchants, primarily. the next letter we are going to look at is a letter written from andrew jackson to sam houston. andrew jackson at this point is in retirement at the hermitage in tennessee. and sam houston is president of texas. it's written in january 1844. sam houston knew andrew jackson from his time back east. he had served under andrew jackson in the military. he was invol

>>reporter: he's puerto rico's delegate for the island. there are some members on the hill that say until puerto rico cleans up its own financial mess we're not going to give them money. >> who are they to preach to us? look at their debt. we're simply asking for fair treatment and they should ask themselves why puerto rico is in this shape. >>reporter: puerto rico became a u.s. territory in 1898 and since then, congress has given and taken away. in the 1970s, the u.s. government helped attract business to puerto rico leading to a booming manufacturing sector. particularly pharmaceutical companies. 20 years later, congress began phasing out the tax breaks and they ended in 2006. >> once that happened, manufacturing significantly diminished in puerto rico. >>reporter: now there are 40 plants. then there's something called the jones act dating to 1920. it requires products from one u.s. port to another to be carried on u.s. ships by u.s. crews. that drives up prices. >> from congress's perspective, it benefits the ship-building industry which

as returning to the outer islands. in 2004, however, the government decided that it would be impossible to promote or permit resettlement to take place. accordingly, they made a new constitution order and new immigration order prohibiting it. they didn't mention this is precipitated by a plan by some of the islanders and their supporters to stage landings on the islands, which receives a security threat to the diego garcia base. so mr. banku brought a new order to quash the new orders. and he succeeded in the high court, and the court of appeal but failed in the house of lords by a majority of 3-2. among the many arguments deployed on behalf of the islanders was one based on chapter 29 of magna car a ta. "no free man shall be exiled but for the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land." >>> hello. welcome to "newsline." i'm meek key yamamoto in tokyo. police in thailand have launched a manhunt to find those responsible for monday's deadly explosion in bangkok. they say a security camera caught images of a

could get close enough to the islands to douse it with a good deal of rain. near hurricane strength by the time it gets close to the big island on thursday. as we look at the ridge. concord, 55. not many out there. 65 at concord. oakland, 66 right now. santa rosa, 6. now, here is what is happening. low pressure off of the pacific northwest. lingering out there for a few days right now. finally, it will get a shove and closer to central california later in the week. so, the low pressure comes down the temperatures come down with it. not big time but the numbers will shed a few degrees tomorrow and also on tuesday. but then by the weekend we will warm it up again. near 90 degrees by the weekend. now, people out there on 580. cooling down tomorrow. more low clouds ahead. sunshine, warmer temperatures by the weekend if you like that kind of thing. travel weather heading outside of the bay area. 89 in sacramento. 94 degrees. at the aquarium, 71. cooler than average, 70 in the city. 82 in concord and 80 in san jose. down in the south bay, looking at 76 degrees. sam

official to set foot on the island in 70 years. olic gesture but a sign of the relationship between the u.s. and cuba. handed the new banner by three retired marines those three men were the ones that took down the flag in 1961. now today's ceremonial flag raising drew a chorus of complaints from republicans. the biggest voice of dissent came from florida senator marco rubio. repressive castro regime restoring diplomatic relations where the country. >> in cuba we face a proudly antiamerican leadership who continues to work with nations like russia and china to spy on our people and our forfeit who harbor fugutives from american justice and stand in opposition to nearly every value our nation holds dear. in eyes of barack obama and hillary clinton his former secretary of state, the cubans are suffering because not enough american tourists visit that country, where in truth, their residents live under a tyrannical dictatorship. >> lucia newman has a story. >> most of cuba still looks like it's frozen in time. a time when most of what

we had one with businesses on the island. s have been very helpful in linking us up with opportunities such as tabling the food pantry that is there. we plan to go back and have another community meeting in addition, to the one we participated in in july. this summer, with additional outreach in spanish and chinese and more business outreach. based on the feedback that be get from outreach and your feedback today, we want to consider refinements to this proposal, and bring back a next iteration of the program this fall. ultimately the schedule that we're working with is to have the program operational when the first units are available for occupancy in 2019. so working back from that, we're hoping to have some more clarity on the policy parameters of the program. so we can start designing it and working with bata and clipper to set up the systems to enable the transit pass and any sort of discount program, develop agreements and have -- be able to start raising revenue and providing all of that new service in 2019. thank you,

zeros.re jap they are bombing the island apart. ghter pilots have improved with the confidence that comes from experience. they estimate their range by watching their traces. until theireir fire wing points converge at 300 yards. they should in bursts and set up in study scream -- study streams -- steady streams which heat up the guns. after our bombing attacks, assault craft filled with marine and army hit the beaches. very soon after that, the island is ours. word comes to our island -- our admiral that the japanese are 1400 miles to our west. perhaps we can surprise them. the fighting lady's squadron and some other carriers make off for,. a lot of mouths are dry at the thought of our target. seat gunners look back at the fighting lady wondering when and if they will ever return to her. all we know we know from some photographs taken on navy reconnaissance a few days ago. we see a complex of how -- heavily fortified island. next two days, more than 1000 of our carrier-based planes uke going to sweep in on tr in relays. their airsp

mid-70s on the island and down the shore. we have been watching thunderstorms which were feistier earlier north of the city up into the hudson valley. those are weakening. we had a strong downpour near newburgh. that weakened to an ordinary shower. northern dutchess county and a couple of cells, showers and sprinkles developing near the city moving to do north and northeast along that front. behind it is the much more comfortable air mass. erika newly name in the central atlantic moving in the general direction of the bahamas over the weekend. it could strengthen into a hurricane by that point. a thunder threat today, especially through the early part of the afternoon. high up to 87. much more comfortable air moving tonight into tomorrow. a drier delight. highs in the mid-80s. accuweather forecast, warm, humid. mix of sun and clouds. drier air starts to move in from the west. up to 87. clearing and becoming more comfortable overnight. down into the middle to upper 60s. less humid tomorrow. a lot of sunshine. the high up to 85

they live on different worlds on the same island. eep inof migrants the abandoned hotel without electricity. the heat in the mix of nationalities make this a difficult refuge. this physics teacher leads a small team of volunteers helping the migrants. .> they are friends of mine i see everybody here like a friend of mine. >> everybody here, very nice people. >> this island may be built for visitors, but uninvited migrants struggle to find a home. at 4:00 in the morning, another beach.reaches the this family from afghanistan has made it. they plan to keep going until they reach germany or sweden. is this your father? and who is this? >> my son. james: hello. how are you? on this island, they have nowhere to stay. they will walk until they find a place to sleep. jane: last night, republican presidential candidates took to the stage for their first date, and ever since, people have been discussing the highlights. much of the talk is focused around one man, donald trump, who managed to take on politicians and the media. debate inite of th

in france the airplane debris discovered on the remote indian island. eek a government lab - technology should help to identify if the debris is from flight mh370. d disappeared more than a year ago with 239 passengers on board. >> puerto rican officials say they plan to support on a $58 million bond payment due today to credit union members. they'll know on monday if they were not paid. credit rating agencies are concerned it may be the beginning of a larger default of a $70 billion debt. >> the island's middle class has born the brunt frt debt crisis. workers are instructing with high crime. we have this report from san juan where residents are leaving for the mainland. >> across porto rico young people are frustrated. >> i've been looking for work for six months in porto rico i submit my resume everywhere in places you can't imagine, and i'm here without work. the economic situation here is hard >>> the unemployment rate here is nearly 13%. more than twice what it is in the u.s. the average income is $19,000. jobs are scarce and income and equality hi

to slap an economic embargo on the island. still adding to the hardships cubans come here to forget. now, starting to pump cash into the cash strapped economy but towards the malaconand money isn't always the prime concern. just off the malaconthicon, thik is known as a park of death and life. now that we have improved relations between cuba and the united states, this process will get faster, some of these people will get processed to visit their family. >> he wants to see his father in miami. >> translator: from today it's been three years. i don't know what it's going to be like under the new law. >> reporter: and for many here and all long the malacon, those will be the big questions. will the new u.s. embassy speed up the process and will that mean improvements in the day-to-day lives of everyday cubans? david ariosto, al jazeera, cuba. (f) here to see the flag raised for the first time since then. in the late '70s he served as head of the american intersection in havana and a long time critic of the u.s. trade embargo. i

last week the governor of the party visited the island to hear people's complaints. members of the hotel industry voiced their distress. >> translator: our industry as a whole has incurred a loss of millions of euros. one ship is not enough to transport the refugees. we need more ships. >> translator: we have navy ships, but cannot use them because we need them in case of national emergencies. >> reporter: the government did not present any complete measures at the meeting. the tourism industry has the potential to prop up the country's shaking economy, but it is facing problems of its own. masami hori, nhk world, kos, greece. >> thanks for that report. >>> asian stock markets stanlized toward the end of a volatile week. gene otani is here to tell us what's happening and will give us a round-up of the business headlines. >> james, thanks. strong u.s. gdp figures and a rebound in oil prices boosted sentiment across the asia pacific region. tokyo stocks rose for a third straight day. the nikkei recovered the 19,000 mark for the first time in a week. we go to our busines

today, the island uses a quarter of its agricultural land. the folks at the restaurant el departamento de la comida say they'll continue to do their small part to get puerto rico on track to a sustainable future in food. >> larson: and now, to viewers like you, your chance to comment on our work. here's some of what you had to say about yesterday's story from puerto rico, where crippling debt and increasing healthcare costs have contributed to the island's historic financial crisis. jeff in madison commented: rob rocklin added: but there was this from jorge rodriguez sanabria: and candid one had this to say: some took a broader view. bruce mccoy said: l. jamie christopher commented: and finally, there was this from malcom: as always we welcome your comments. visit us at pbs.org/newshour, on our facebook page, or tweet us at newshour. and finally tomorrow french president francois will present the three americans and one british citizen who stopped that train gunman, the country's highest award, the lesion of on, legion of honor. reports on hur

the free for all means the island is being torn apart. t a sense of the damage tin mining has done from to this islands from the ground, but take to the sky and the consequence of the world demand for tin becomes clear. the landscape scared by abandoned and active mines and we are just showing you a small part it have. but it's like this across large parts of the island. >> translator: there are so many old mine pits, almost 20,000 then they started mining the sea in 2006. so now we have noted that we have lost at least 75% of coral reef around the island. >> reporter: it's low tied when we visit the mines at sea. mining in water is refuted to be more dangerous here too the sand walls collapse. there is a difference. they can't see it coming. >> translator: if you are asking whether it's worth the risk, which is our life, then, no. but what else can we do? other jobs don't pay well even for our daily needs work this job i can even save some money. >> reporter: the divers can make three times the minimum wage, but there is no compensation w

he realized that people outside of there do not pay much attention to what's happening on the island and how little idea what it's like for the basis. so he decided to do something about it. what i am trying to do is convert the anger into laughter. i thought that people would understand the problem better that way. his latest script deals with the aircraft that the u.s. is deploying and locals say that it's too noisy and poses a safety risk. the yuvenue is packed for the performance. >> translator: i love the way that they transform the feelings into laughter. >> translato when i first hear the jokes, they make me laugh. then they get me thinking. >> translator: u.s. bases are still here 70 years after the war, and there's a plan to build a new one. i may have to make this a live long mission to keep on telling fun funny tales about military bases. >> translator: still he is dream of the day that he will make jokes about anything but u.s. military bases. the first step is to get everyone in japan to treat the problems as their own. nhk world. >> converting anger to laughter to raise

>> cubans are free people, we love the island, we love the nation we've been given by god. reason people leave cuba in droves is because there is oppression in that country. now i agree with sylvia there's a significant amount of cubans who live outside the island who would commit to building a new cuban republic if there is no repression, if there are free labor parties, and cubans wherever they have around the world have seen economic success, shown what they could do with freedom. i think there's a significant number, intense number where they can commit to building a new cuba in freedom and address. we insist that economic sanctions in the castro dictatorship not be lifted, freedom for multiparty elections the end to repression and other such key human rights be respected by whoever is in power in cuba. >> sylvia has obama done enough to win human rights reforms? >> probably not. but i also think it depends how you think of it. some of the dissidents in cuba who didn't want to participate in today's event that to them cuba first ought to hold elections first, get the pr

island. we're talking the eastern tip of the island by the twin forks. and also another issue we're dealing with, a little bit of dense fog and a few patches over the northern two-thirds of new jersey. that will be burning off rapidly around sunrise. 88 your eventual high today in morristown. waves around 3 feet, watch out for that rip current risk which is moderate. water temperatures in the low to mid-70s. we sent it over to debbie duhaime right now. she's got a look at the commute. >> good morning jeff. good morning everybody. we're going to head to route 9 at jack road getting into court land. looks like you're seeing delays in both directions. problems on 206 southbound at brooks boulevard in hillsborough. all lanes closed, truck into the overpass. expect delays, downtown terminating at 14th street with track work. also 2 and 3 downtown local only 34th and chambers. the southern state parkway moving okay here through peninsula boulevard for reports of an accident by carlton avenue. alternate side parking rules in effect. >>> thank you so much. in br

graves onburied in the south shore of island. we do have records. there was great debate amongst our government representatives and the president as to what the answer was. here,eople said, they are put them into slavery. we could use them in some of the plantations. others said, and no, these are -- no, these are free people. the final answer was neither. the final answer was, let's send them to liberia. liberia had been established in the 1820's by the u.s. in a group called the american colonization society. it was a refuge on the west coast of africa for liberated slaves, friedman, as well as people captured from slave ships. when they crossed the ocean again to go to liberia, more people died. even though they were meant to be taken care of, they were too sick. the food was inadequate. another couple of hundred people died crossing the ocean again. by the time they all arrived in liberia, fewer than half the number that had started in the original crossing. museum we have had a strong interest in the slave trade. we studied a shipwreck for a whi

they say that russian prime minister dmitry medvedev may join the forum on the island. it may negatively affect negotiations for president vladimir putin to travel to japan later in the year. the foreign industry on thursday phoned the minister dmitri birichevsky that the islands are japanese territory and they regard trutnev's visit as regrettable. birichevsky responded the islands e russian. hed h wld con japan's protest to his government. phone with the russian foreign e miniry through the japanese embassy in moscow. >>> for japanese people august 15, 1945 is the day world war ii ended. now a project is under way to ensure that future generations will be able to hear memories of what happened that day told in the voices of those who lived through it. nhk wod has this report. >> a series of books called "my august 15" was published earlier this year. they're firsthand accounts of the end of world war ii. about 90 contributors including artists and cartoonists described what happened to them 70 years ago. the stories in this book are a little different. with the stroke

immigration through ellis island. the story of european immigrants coming to new york, passing through ellis island. there were examinations, physicals, there was some detention. but it was primarily short lived. and most were admitted pretty easily into the country. not only that, but this story has taken on a myth of its own. it is is the bedrock of this idea that the united states is a nation of immigrants, right? so how do we reconcile this great immigration debate that's going on today and this idea that we are a nation of immigrants. i think one of the ways that we can think about this complicated history is looking at immigration through angel island. we know not all immigrants are welcomed into the country. not all immigrants are able to achieve their american dream. we chose which immigrants to let in and which immigrants to let out -- sorry, to keep out. and many times this was dependent upon an immigrant's race, ethnicity, gender, class, this idea who is fit to become a citizen and who is not. this is the histo