he single handedly crossed the pacific not before reaching seattle. he is now a permanent resident nikolsk oil but he's preparing illustrations for his book about the commander island's. at the very his crew is lucky to be stranded at this place there must have been a guardian angel watching from above because the ship was thrown over a reef into this cozy bay. most of the varying crew managed to survive precisely because they had landed a sure but the commander died unable to withstand the harsh winter for a long time nobody knew where he had been buried his grave was found only in one nine hundred ninety one during an archeological expedition organized for the purpose local residents so gala saw was on that expedition to meet. with. scientists tested the soil in several places to see how much phosphorus it contained they found the greatest amount of phosphorus around bearings grave. burying was not put in a coffin he was buried on a plank survivors were too weak to dig deep graves all agrees were shallow this is the place. and members of the bering e

/japan alliance has served as the lynch pin of peace and security in the asia pacific region for the last half century. he said the u.s. and japan can ensure the next half century enjoys the same stability and prosperity. the u.s. has been seeking concrete progress on the long delayed relocation of a u.s. marine air base in okinawa within the prefecture. it is hoped that japan will also join negotiations for the trans pacific partnership at an early stage. the u.s. government wants to hold a bilateral summit late september at the earliest when noda will attend the u.n. general assembly in new york. time now for the latest in business news. we've had some fresh manufacturing come out and industrial production is a closely watched indicator in japan. what kind of numbers are we seeing? >> indeed. since april, right after the earthquake, we have managed monthly gains and industrial production for the month of july also rose 0.6% and that does mark an increase for a fourth consecutive month. the ministry of economy, trade, and industry announced that the output index at factories and min

welcome to our viewers across the nation including the pacific time zone. i'm veronica de la cruz. >>> today we begin with a record breaking roller coaster ride. wall street saw yet another day of volatile trading thursday, this time on the up side as investors and analysts scratch their heads trying to come up with clues as to when it will all end and where the market is ultimately headed. nbc's brian mooar reports. >> reporter: it was another wild ride on wall street with the dow recovering more than 420 points and climbing back over the 11,000 mark. >> i would like to believe so, but i think it's way too early to tell. >> reporter: the market picked up on news that germany and france are meeting next week, and italy is promising strict reforms in return for eu help. a better-than-expected report on u.s. jobless claims helped but investors are still rung scared. >> i think americans are looking at washington and looking at europe and saying does anyone really know what's going on? do these people know what they're doing? that's leading to the volatility. >

the '60s. your pacific event of the day, lynn. i couldn't get the word out. >> i mess it up all the time, too. >> and now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. well, first it was music videos. then reality shows. mtv's all-time ratings come from an awards show. sunday night video music awards scored the biggest audience in mtv history. 12.4 million people. perhaps even more surprising 8.5 million were aged 12 to 34, making it that age group's most watched telecast of all time. >>> tmz reports matthew fox was handcuffed and briefly detained by police over the weekend after allegedly punch ing the female driver of a party bus who blocked his entry because he wasn't a guest. the driver got off her own punch as well, giving fox a bloody lip. fox, who the bus driver claims was drunk, was not formally arrested. >>> and, finally, this season's "dancing with the stars" cast has been revealed, and as always, there are some surprises. that's an understatement. actor david arquette will be in there along with geo

a lot of energy coming across the pacific in the form of a tie fine -- tie find. we'll see how it develops but that's how it is looking. sunny and warm inland and fog will clear back to the coast breezy at times nothing like what we have had a few days ago. 60s and 70 some 90s towards vacaville. it looks like that fog wants to regroup especially next week. >>> dianne has been forced to abandon her quest to swim without a shark cage. she was very sick when she was brought on the boat last night. 28 hours since she started her journey. she said i am not sad. it was the right call. she struggled through shoulder pain and as what. it was her second attempt at that swim. >>> they are predicting which comets might be a danger around the world. cameras set up at three locations are tracking media showers. it is located on a corner of the property that remains dark to see if any of them might hit the earth. he never thought he would be part of a giant's science project and said he is glad to help. >> yes, i am glad to help. look at it, i provide a little electricity and s

temperatures look very nice, especially the pacific northwest. if you're watching us on krnv news 4 in reno, see hand carved frames made of various material including 22 karat gold. at the triumph of craftsmanship. >> did somebody say gold? or was it diamonds? >> no, no diamonds. just gold. don't be greedy. >>> here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment, in case you had any doubt remaining that charlie sheen will never return to "2 and a half men" this should put it to it. the character sheen played on the show is not only dead the episode will revolve around the funeral being held for him. >>> talk about beatles reunion or at least paul mccartney at the opening ceremonies in london has been premature at best. a rep for sir paul says there have been discussions but there is no deal. >>> the 4700-square-foot home that was host to the anna nicole smith show could be yours. >>> finally following cher on twitter is anything but boring. she let loose with a nasty tweet stream after receiving a fund-raising letter from michele bac

abc7's leslie brinkley is live at the pacific stock exchange in san francisco. leslie there have been varied reactions around the world to this. >> we're trying to take account of that as we wait for the pacific exchange and the u.s. stock market to open in 90 minutes. asian stocks, however, did take a nose dive today. as you mentioned the first ever downgrade of u.s. credit sending reverbrations around the globe. final results for overall 2% decrease in market value in japan and hong kong. trading in europe is down so far. london hovering around 1.5%. germany, down about 2%. some say global reaction is better than expected. all eyes are now on wall street. >> the big issue is how the u.s. trades tonight and how it deals with that recent announcement. >> off 401(k) -- you have a 401(k), and you may hold your breath until monday but you should exhale. over the long term, this is a bump in the road for the country. >> it's pretty bumpy. wall street dropped over 5% last week. futures on the dow jones show that the average is going to be down 242 points today. gold,

and pacific islanders and those with disabilities of california, the president and c.e.o. edia group and commissioner, natasha cowersaw, california commission on asian and pacific islander american affairs, and law partner with the law offices of g.c.r. l.l.p. unfortunately, all three judges were not able to join us tonight to present the awards. but we have three very capable individuals who are proud to make the presentations on their behalf. and now for the presentation of the emerging leadership award, please join me in welcoming supervisor eric marr. [applause] >> thank you. i'm actually not speier mar. -- supervisor mar. but we went to the same high school in sacramento so i'll stand in for him. i'm pleased to announce the finalists and recipients for the emerging leadership award. in the interests of time, we have all of the criteria listed in the award booklet. but it's important for us to recognize and celebrate the next generation of leadership, passion, and commitment to serving the asian pacific community. and it's critical also that we ensure that our voices, o

welcome to our viewers across the nation including the pacific time zone. i'm lynn berry. and today we begin with a fight for freedom. there has been heavy fighting this morning near the compound of libyan leader moammar gadhafi as government forces wage a counterattack against rebel fighters who advanced into the capital last night. meanwhile, gadhafi's whereabouts are still unknown. nbc's jim maceda is live for us following all the latest developments. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lynn. well, rebels swept into the capital and quickly controlled about 80, even 90% of the city. but as you say, the fighting isn't over yet. the gadhafi tanks are firing, according to some rebels, indiscriminately outside his tripoli port. one rebel fighting saying that -- and i quote him -- there is gunfire everywhere. rebels are trying to move house to house looking for those pro gadhafi snipers who are hitting them with great effect. now there's reports that the son and commander of the brigade in charge of trip ole, that he's moving his force into central tripoli to take on the

some of it was shot about 5,350 meters below the surface of the pacific ocean. it shows a fissure about one meter wide and one meter deep extending for 80 meters north to south. a number of other new fissures have also been found in the seabed. they include a 20 centimeter wide fissure located at a depth of 3,200. >> translator: we will analyze the information to learn about the various phenomena triggered by the earthquake. then our findings will be publicized. >>> there is an additional relief measure for the areas hurt by the disaster. that -- having asked to be flexible in helping survivors. the internal affairs ministry has received many complaints and inquiries from survivors about applying for licenses. the ministry conducted a survey of licenses. the results show that no steps have been taken for 26 licenses such as postponing the application deadline or changing the exam date. the licenses include occupations like administrative specialists and tax accountants. in the case of 46 licenses for professions such as architects and processing technicians, thos

they were conveyed to the pacific mills co. back in the 1960's, one of the first industries in this part of san francisco. they had a major iron mill that was operating on the up land portion. they have perhaps already expanded into the tidelands. the state granted those lands to the company in, i think, 1863. it is not clear whether that grant was intended to free the tidelands from the trust or not. there are different opinions on that. we have been conservative and treated those lands as potentially subject to the trust, not withstanding that private grant. so we have treated them as land within the trust today. just for a point of reference, the blue line that you see running through the property was the historic shoreline. that is a brandy high tide line was at the time of the statement. the green area shaded to the right of that is where land is granted by the state to pacific railway mills. the second grant that occurred in the 1860's, around 1868, was the yellow kerria that you see. -- area that you see. this was a commi

some of it was shot about 5,350 meters below the surface of the pacific ocean. it shows a fissure about one meter wide and one meter deep extending for 80 meters north to south. a number of other new fissures have also been found in the seabed. they include a 20 centimeter wide fissure located at a depth of 3,200. >> translator: we will analyze the information to learn about the various phenomena triggered by the earthquake. then our findings will be publicized. >>> there is an additional relief measure for the areas hurt by the disaster. that -- having asked to be flexible in helping survivors. the internal affairs ministry has received many complaints and inquiries from survivors about applying for licenses. the ministry conducted a survey of licenses. the results show that no steps have been taken for 26 licenses such as postponing the application deadline or changing the exam date. the licenses include occupations like administrative specialists and tax accountants. in the case of 46 licenses for professions such as architects and processing technicians, thos

the 477th was training in the pacific. but it moved from base to base throughout the war because it refused to be segregated. you can segregate officers' quarters, and station that a base in california where they try to create 1 officer's club for african-american -- west texas, kentucky, indiana kept getting shifted from place to place. their superiors decide they are too much trouble and are untreatable. by 1945 they were in indiana and once again the commanding officer in this case created 1 officer's club he designated for supervisors all of whom were white. they returned combat veterans. they risked their lives and came back to freeman field in indiana. it is not just a southern problem but a national problem. they are segregated in officers' clubs. 104 of them refused and physically refused to enter the white officers club. not all 104 did that. several dozen did that and three were arrested. they refuse to sign a letter that said i agree with this policy. three were court-martialed. the others had marks on their reco

that will inch toward the pacific northwest and northern california as we head toward the weekend. a little breezy at times. not as windy as yesterday. s fog will reside by the coast. it will be a bump up in the temps on the inland side. especially about two to four degrees after a cool down yesterday. it's only one day. and than i think we start to cool down again on the weekend. really much cooler on sunday and monday. >>> thank you, steve. chrysler is offering what it hopes is enough incentive to buy new cars. the american car maker will allow customers customers. to buy it you must get a loan from allied financial. >>> good year is working on tires that maintain air pressure all on their own. company says the tires would never have dangerously low air pressure which is also good for gas mileage. >>> 6:21. an aparmingly >>> a trunk teen on to -- and how the father is reacting. >>> northbound 280 is looking good. hey! you want that? you want a warm, super-delicious strawberry toaster strudel yeah but now i have nothing to eat sure you do. hey! you can have the pop tart! pillsbury

welcome to our viewers across the nation including the pacific time zone. i'm veronica de la cruz. today we begin with the perfect storm. it hit wall street hard thursday as a variety of factors caused stocks to suffer their worst day

it looks like maybe one or two more days and a strong low will drop into the pacific northwest and thatusher in a much cooler pattern. nice for some, cool for others but warm if you are away from the coast. if you are heading up north clear lake 94 calistoga 92, venetia 78, parts of salvano 92 and 75 alameda. 90 morgan hills, -- morgan hill, not morgan hills unless it is a new town. woodside 82 degrees, quiet with the weekend in view it looks like a cooler pattern especially by sunday. >>> just want to point out dow jones industrial average down more than 300 points, business news is coming up in just a little bit. >>> also just ahead. >> you feel a sense of pride and at the same time tremendous amount of sadness. >> friends remember a navy seal from a northern california town, one of 30 americans killed in that helicopter in afghanistan. >>> police have confirmed at least up with arrest in the shooting death of a three-year- old boy, we will have the latest from oakland. >> if you are driving on 880, we will tell you more coming up. . >>> here is a look at some of the top stories, thie

more than one-third of the population is asian-american and pacific islander. you rock. next speaker is no stranger to this event, but within the last few years, he represented mayor newsome at this very celebration. in january of this year, a new chapter was written when the board of supervisors unanimously voted in city administrator edwin lee to be the mayor of san francisco. he was noted as the best candidate for leading the city for work because of his more than 25 years of experience as a leader in city government. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the hon. edwin m. lee, the mayor of san francisco. [applause] mayor lee: thank you. thank you for that wonderful introduction and thank you for being here. it is the seventh annual celebration. sydney already explained our history, what president carter did for us, and what we are doing for ourselves, joining the whole city and region in celebrating asian-pacific portage month. i am so grateful to the board of supervisors for this whole four months of leaving this great city. i will say once again as i have said throug

recur they go into colder weather and we are downstream and downstream it will reload the area of the pacific northwest and make it stronger which in turn means we will be cooler. that will not happen until the weekend and i don't think it will take too long for sunshine west in vacaville a hint of a sea breeze, 50s at the sonoma county airport, a little chill in the air 56 concord, 55 in the city, 56 heyward. there is a system in the pacific northwest. >>> we are cause in between these two which means not much changes between yesterday and today. not bad for others, by this afternoon sunshine plenty nice to warm to hot depending on your proximity of the coast whatever your definition is of warm to hot. fog will still be close to the coast and it looks like it will be a day close to yesterday's numbers. upper 80s and some lower 90s and these are right where we should be this time of year. it looks like more of the same tomorrow, timing is tough but will lean more inland with those temperatures. >>> 50:20 is -- 5:20 is the time paying more for lunch, the local school district that will soon ch

the high pressure carving itself out in the pacific northwest. that has bumped the high pressure system out of the way and that allows us to get a fog bank that's a little higher, a little thicker, a little stronger and also the delta breeze, you combine the two after the clearing at the coast, it'll be sunny, but breezy and cooler. if you're well inland, low- to mid-80s, but around the coast and bay, 50s, 60s and 70s. looks like we're getting to that time of the year where you get a big cooldown and a rapid warmup. it looks like that's what will take place thursday and friday. here's sal. reporter: welcome back. traffic moving along well around the bay area. as a matter of fact, if you are driving on any bay area roads, you will see traffic light. as a matter of fact, i don't see any cars here at all on the golden gate bridge. southbound 101 traffic does look good in both directions here. i think we're going to see a car here. let's move along and take a look at the commute. if you are driving on the san mateo bridge, the traffic looks pretty goo

strong system moving into the pacific northwest, we get these systems and another one moves in and weare at that time of year where it is stronger and stronger. the cooling trends may bring us to early next week and the seven-day forecast looks like it will be on the cool side. again the lows for the longest time have been in this range and have not changed much. the delta was 15-mile-per-hour winds and that is a cooling trends. systems coming out of the gulf of alaska will settle on the west coast, the fog near the coast is very reluctant and slow to go back. 60s and 70s inland and we are saying goodbye to a lot of the 90s but there will be a sea breeze for many. about the same fog with your weekend in view there, i would lean on a cooler pattern. >> you will want to keep an eye on cisco stock and they reported better than expected earnings. they reported the revenue 3% to $11.2 billion. analysts had expected it to be less than 11 billion. cisco futures have been up all morning. >>> the number of homes getting foreclosure notices have been down in july. almost 60,000 have been receiv

welcome to our viewers across the nation, including the pacific time zone. today we begin with a power struggle. there have been reports of heavy fighting near moammar gadhafi's compound near tripoli this morning. but the libya leader is still nowhere to be found. this as one of gadhafi's sons, thought to have been captured, made a bizarre appearance. nbc's brian mooar has the latest from washington. brian, good morning to you. >> good morning. a spokesman for the rebels says this fight will not be over until they have qadhafi. >> reporter: libyan rebel have overrun moammar gadhafi's seat of power. some of them armed with nothing more than axes, tear guns, and sure determination. this morning this country and the rest of the world are looking ahead to a new libya, on vacation in martha's vineyard, president obama saluted the libyan people. >> your revolution is your own and your sacrifices have been extraordinary. now the libya that you deserve is within your reach. >> reporter: six months after the revolution started, qadhafi's regime is all but crushed. >>

see the weak systems in the pacific northwest but it doesn't take much. are getting stronger and stronger, the system that's dropping. coolerring trend will take us -- cooling trend will take us into the weekend. there's a huge push in southern california until you hit the oregon coast. so it's there, large and in charge. looks like it will play into our weather. cool lows. truckee 34. 61 concord. 52 santa rosa. that is the coolest. it can get hot this time of the year. west, southwest 22 at fairfield. southwest at concord. west southwest oakland. west, northwest napa. tells you everything you need to know. so it's all coming from west going east. that's a cooler pattern. you can get a look at it right there. as that settles in, that will lift the fog. we may get a cold front, one on the weekend and one next tuesday. you look up and see the clouds and go, i haven't seen that in awhile. we are going to really, really enhance this cooling pattern. so more fog and wind. 80s midland. the wind, if you're near the bay or carquinez, 60s, 70s. we'll go 85 pittsbur

forecast wise just a few showers and sprinkles in the pacific northwest. re very warm in the interior west this weekend. we cooled off a bit. boise 98 yesterday. should be low 90s, upper 80s. salt lake city still warm at 91. you had showers go by yesterday. vegas, phoenix, tippic at for you at 106. as far as tomorrow looks, we're still looking at clouds in the northwest. but pretty quiet weather pattern overall. if you're watching us in sacramento. see sculptures at the center of the first floor rotunda at the california state capitol museum. that's your pacific event of the day. >>> those west coast temperatures have me jealous. >> it's been that way for a long time. they haven't been extreme, just very quiet. >> they've got it good.e? now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. the challenger put up a great fight but the champ defended the crown at the box office. "rise of the planet of the apes" managed to hold on to its top spot at the box office taking in $27.5 million. today, it should cross the $100 million mark overall. no

leslie brinkley is live at the pacific stock exchange in san francisco. leslie? >> reporter: the stage has been set. and the anticipation is that wall street is set for a sharply lower opening today. especially given how asian markets fared today in reaction to the news about the u.s. credit rating downgraded on friday. nikkei lost 2.8%. market drop in hong kong of over 2%. the markets are already closed. pessimistic trading in europe. london and germany markets fluctuating between 1.7 and 2.5% down. some say it could have been worse. >> i heard the reaction in asia was better than expected. that's really because last friday we had one of the biggest of the years 4-5% in most asian markets. but today, we still have 1 to 3%. [ no audio ] >> that was abc7's leslie brinkley reporting. we will check back in with leslie later with more on a preview of what will happen when the stock markets open this morning. >>> with friday senate action to end the faa shutdown, construction workers can go back to their jobs this week in oakland international airport. the $31 million

pacific railroad versus santa clara county and in that case the southern pacific railroad came forward. and started to assert and they were one of about seven cases like this that came before the supreme court over about a three year period there called california texas cases started to assert that they could find a rights for themselves in the fourteenth amendment the fourteenth amendment reads all persons born or naturalized in the united states now that would make you think we're talking about human beings very born or naturalized and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the united states and of the state wherein they reside we're still obviously talking about human beings or. no state shall. show of bridge show of force any law would show a bridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the united states nor shall any state deprive any person and so far it's all pretty obvious with normal human beings here of life liberty or property without due process of law nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws now that we're person is

another system in the pacific northwest and part of that i think we will have to issue a cooling trend>>> if you are by the coast, 60s and 70s around the bay and low-to-mid 80s for many and a few upper 80s brenly and up towards lake county does look cooler thursday and we will carry it into the weekend but a very quiet pattern. >>> security breach of the bay area hospital, what was stolen and why there are now fears about identity theft. >>> and the government crackdown on activists in syria continues, who the troops are targeting. >>> it looks pretty good on highway 101, we will tell you about the evening commute and have another look at the weather straight ahead. . >>> syria says government troops are shooting anybody on the street. it is aimed at curt tailing protests during ramadan. they call what he is doing outrageous. >>> the national debt limit deadline day, for months we have been told the government would run out of money if they didn't raise the borrowing authority by today. in a washington d.c. newsroom, we will find out whether that will happen, allison? >> reporter: that

anywhere along the pacific coast in central and western portions of the country. it continues to be a very large storm system bringing fierce winds to the ogasawa islands. we'll feel the effects of the system, strong winds will impact central portions of the country starting tonight into your thursday. we're looking up to 250 millimeters to fall here. looking quite showery across northern japan as well today. meanwhile, rain band moving into northeastern china developing as it goes. and the far southeastern corner of china. nanmadol still with us. it continues to go towards the coastline here. looks like it will make landfall today as a tropical storm. as you can see, not much has changed. it's still the same area of taiwan that continues to bear the brunt of the storm. also heavy rain continues to impact the region. southern taiwan reporting 300 millimeters in the last 24 hours. additional rain will fall. looking at about a hundred millimeters in some of these areas. risks of flooding will remain extremely high indead. over the next couple days, that will move sl

thousands of feet over the pacific northwest, during a raging storm. >> the air was freezing. i mean, this was negative, i think negative 4 degrees at that height. and when he opens the stairs, the blast from the jet en. >>>s above completely deafening. >> reporter: he disappeared, despite a massive man hunt, becoming some what of a folk hero, iconic, even the subject of a movie. the one big case where the fbi did not get their man. marla cooper says she now remembers s conversation with her father before he died in 1995, that she didn't fully understand at the time. >> my father made a comment about his long lost brother, my uncle l.d., and said that he thought he was still alive, but hiding from the fbi. and i questioned why he would be hiding, and he said, "don't you remember, he hijacked that airplane?" a couple of years ago, my mother made a similar comment. >> reporter: why have you decided to come forward? >> actually, i contacted the fbi as soon as i was sure of what i was remembering were real memories. there's a crime that's taken place that hasn't been solved and i'

welcome to our viewers across the nation including the pacific time zone. i'm veronica de la cruz. today we begin with the perfect storm. it hit wall street hard thursday as a variety of factors caused stocks to suffer their worst day since the financial crisis of 2008. what started as a sell-off in european markets quickly rolled over wall street with the dow losing over 500 points and the nasdaq dropping 5% of its overall worth in just one day. with recent data showing scant economic growth, corporate america sitting on record amounts of cash but refusing to invest and with consumers holding on to what little cash they have, investors are becoming increasingly convinced the united states is entering a new recession, the dreaded double dip. perhaps most alarmingly, those retreating stocks as the traditional safe haven, gold, silver, oil, and bonds, and the public prices on those markets tumbled as well. we'll have more on wall street coming up in business. >>> well, the federal aviation administration is on its way back to being in business. congress has reached a compromise and th

this active front line is being energized by all the moisture from the pacific. ots of rain to come into western and eastern japan. we've already seen 250 millimeters of rainfall accumulates just since yesterday. additional of 100 millimeters will up the risk of flooding landslides and mudslides. these arell whatoueehe. ntegnil expectp to 10 mlite i t nt 2 ur inensula is afct b ofeara. wee en f siatn aind is aa b l a veeaaioco stle cdiononnu into the weekend. chongqing at 36. tokyo in the same digits 32 for your friday high. here in north amera, let's start off talking about this dangerous hurricane irene. this is a major hurricane and category 3 at the moment. it looks like it will be strengthening little bit as it pass through offshore of the florida peninsula. then weakening again whe it reaches north carolina. maybe even making landfall there it will become a hurricane then towards northeast. it may eveaknoer landfall there, as well. o iovgn northwest direction at the sed of 20 kilometers perur. it wil b bringing lots of rain isone, as well. 300 mrs ihe next 3

nearly half a year since the tsunami tore up cities and towns along the pacific coast, most of the shelters are now closed. but thousands of people are still living in public facilities in miyagi prefecture. the shelter at a high school gymnasium in the town of yamada in iwate prefecture shut its doors on wednesday. at one point 103,000 people were living there. now all the evacuees have moved into temporary housing units. >> translator: it was a big effort. it took a long time. >> most of the shelters in fukushima have also closed. the largest one in the prefecture vut on wednesday. about 2,500 people lived in this building in the city of koriyuma at one time. it got so crowded there was barely enough room for everyone to lie down. >> translator: i really hope i'll be happy living in temporary housing. >> it's a different story in miyagi prefecture, though. authorities say they won't finish building 22,000 temporary housing units until mid-september. about 3,700 people are still saying in nearly 140 shelters. 1,800 of those evacuees live in ishinomaki. about 80% of the city's planned tempo

we've got two storms in the pacific ocean. let's talk about this one. fore i start talking about where it is going, let's see what it has done to taiwan. now, manama doll is the first to make landfall this year. it slammed into taiwan on monday unleashing heavy winds and torrential downpours that closed schools and offices. in taiwan, 380 millimeters of rain was reported in the past 24 hours. more than 84,000 evacuated by noon today. 22,000 of military are on standby. 37 local and domestic flights were canceled. 30,000 people are already being evacuated. this severe tropical storm ma'am na doll is moving. it will be bringing lots of heavy rain as you can see in the next 48 hours as i step away. this is the rainfall accumulation that just the storm will be bringing. it will be about 250 millimeters or more. and the southwest monsoon is enhanced, so that combined with this storm will be bringing lots of rain still to northern luzon. the land is very, very saturated, so the flooding is going to be at high risk as well as storm surges and high winds brought

still, asian markets across the pacific were heavily down today. also in asia, oil continued its sharp fall. now below $84 a barrel. the downgrade may have other immediate effects. a number of key american financial components, including mortgage financers fannie mae and freddie mac are likely to be downgraded themselves later today. that could make mortgages more expensive, adding stress to the already unstable housing market. >>> today investors will also focus on europe's ongoing debt crisis. officials there worked throughout the weekend trying to help italy, the world's eighth largest economy, avoid a bailout, and halt fears of a debt default. >>> and on both europe and america's downgrade the group of seven industrial countries issued a statement late last night saying they were taking all necessary measures to night saying they were taking all necessary measures to support financia growth.cc1: tomorrow the fed meets. expected to hold interest rates at their current low. some still hold out hope for another round of billions in bond buying stim

all up and down the pacific northwest. >>> all right. not too bad, although looking at some strong storms in the northern plains. that would be the hot spot for today. >> good thing to keep an eye on. >>> consumer spending dries up. at&t makes promises, and talk about ceos you're probably not going to like. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> what's forcing george clooney to give up a coveted upcoming film role. >>> coming up, ryan howard hits the century mark. benches clear, and you want basketball? we got it. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry, and here are some of your top headlines this morning. this august has been the deadliest month ever for u.s. forces in the long war in afghanistan. 66 service members died this month. nearly half of them when insurgents shot down a chinook helicopter. >>> libya's new rebel leadership has given forces loyal to moammar gadhafi a deadline of saturday to surrender the pockets they still control. the ultimatum comes

it's believed to have crashed into the pacific. >>> elsewhere in california, a team of stanford students designed what they hope is the fastest solar panels on wheels. the $500,000 car will compete at the world solar challenge in australia. it's completely gas-free. >>> finally, an annual tradition at the keith's county fair in nebraska, the clash of the combines. they competed for the sturdyist farm ride. some machines survived to compete another year. >>> now for a look at the national weather we turn to msnbc meteorologist bill karins. >> ever been to a demolition derby of any type? >> they're fun. i don't know why it's fun, i just lived. >> when i lived in yuma, arizona, the monster trucks. >> you're not fooling around. as we go throughout the upcoming weekend, we'll have to deal with rainy weather. the big story yesterday, dallas, what happened? we only hit 97 degrees, broke our streak. thunderstorms in oklahoma, will send cooler winds your way. we did in san antonio, it was 103. beautiful weather out there still exists from the great lakes, ohio valley, through the mid click to new