presence in the asia-pacific region. i hope that japan and the united states can cooperate in working on economic rules and security. >> noda told obama of his intention to begin consultations with member countries of the tpp and said he wants to promote a higher level of economic cooperation. obama welcomed noda's decision and called for japan/u.s. cooperation through future talks on the new free trade framework. noda also touched upon the ongoing review of restrictions on imports of beef. currently only meat from cows up to 20 months old can be imported to japan to prevent meat containing mad cow disease or bse from entering the japanese market. noda told obama the government is considering raising the limit to up to 30 months old. obama said he was looking forward to seeing progress on the issue. noda also said his cabinet is working toward implementing the bilateral agreement on the planned relocation of the u.s. marine corps futenma air station in okinawa. he explained japan's plan to submit a report to the prefectur

the united states is a pacific power, and we are here to stay. indeed, we are already modernizing america's defense posture across the asia pacific. it will be more broadly distributed -- maintaining our strong presence in japan and the korean peninsula, while enhancing our presence in southeast asia. our posture will be more flexible -- with new capabilities to ensure that our forces can operate freely. and our posture will be more sustainable, by helping allies and partners build their capacity, with more training and exercises. we see our new posture here in australia. the initiatives that the prime minister and i announced yesterday will bring our two militaries even closer together. we'll have new opportunities to train with other allies and partners, from the pacific to the indian ocean. and it will allow us to respond faster to the full range of challenges, including humanitarian crises and disaster relief. since world war ii, australians have warmly welcomed american service members who've passed through. on behalf of the american people,

♪ >>> a renewed commitment to the asia-pacific region. u.s. esident barack obama outlines his new strategy. welcome to "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. u.s. president barack obama said the u.s. is turning its attention to the vast potential of the asia-pacific region during a landmark speech to australia's parliament. he stressed the importance of the asia-pacific region as a major part of u.s. foreign policy. obama told his audience -- >> after a decade in which we fought two wars that cost us dearly in blood and treasure, the united states is turning our attention to the vast potential of the asia-pacific region. in just a few weeks, after nearly nine years, the last american troops will leave iraq. and our war there will be over. in afghanistan we've begun a transition, a responsible transition. so afghans can take responsibility for their future and so coalition forces can begin to draw down. >> obama told his audience that his administration plans to refocus on the region now that it's ending its military campaigns in iraq and

the united states has been and always will be a pacific nation. >> u.s. president barack obama lays out his new strategy for the asia pacific region. welcome to "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. u.s. president barack obama said in a landmark speech to australia's parliament that the ununed s stes is turning its attention to the vast potential of the asia pacific region. he stressed the importance of the region as a major part of his country's foreign policy. obama told his audience that his administration plans to refocus on the region now that it's ending its military campaigns in iraq and afghanistan. obama acknowledged the importance of china, but pointed out that the international community wants china to abide by international rules. his remarks suggest that the unite is seeking to involve china in a multinational framework as a strategy for achieving stability and prosperity in the region. >> the united states will continue our effort to build a cooperative relationship with china. all of our nations, australia, the united states, all of

presence in the pacific. when we get to bali for the asean meeting and the east asia summit, were going to be speaking, again, about how can we, a great pacific power, work with our partners to ensure stability, to ensure free flows of commerce, to ensure that maritime rules, drilling, a whole host of issues are managed in a open and fair way. and one of the things that im very encouraged about is the eagerness of countries to see the u.s. reengaged in this region. i think back here in the united states, there are times where we question our influence around the world. and obviously, having gone through a couple of tough years, having been engaged in a decade of war, we recognize all the challenges that are out there for the united states and the reforms and changes that were going to have to make to ensure that we are competitive in this 21st century global economy. but the news i have to deliver for the american people is american leadership is still welcome. its welcomed in this region. its welcomed in the

presence in the pacific. when we get to bali and the east asia summit, we are going to be speaking about how can a great pacific power be working with our partners to ensure stabil ity, to ensure free flows of commerce, maritime rules, and drilling, a whole host of issues are managed in an open and fair way. one of the things i am very encouraged about is the eagerness of other countries to see the u.s. reengaged in the region. here in the united states, there are times when we questioned our influence around the world. having gone through a couple of tough years, having been engaged in a decade of war, we recognize all of the challenges out there for the united states and the reforms and changes we are going to have to make to stay competitive in the global economy. the news for the american people is that american leadership is still welcomed. it is welcomed in this region. it is welcome in the transatlantic region. it is welcome because we have shown that we are willing not just to look out after our own in

scientists say another intense weather system is brewing in the south pacific. it's not good news. ou spend more days than not separated from your own life... when the only thing you can be sure of is migraines with 15 or more headache days a month, you're living a maybe life. and you may be living with chronic migraine. but knowing that this thing you're going through has a name, means knowing you can find treatments that are right for you. go to mychronicmigraine.com to find a headache specialist. and don't live a maybe life. ,,,,,, >>> on the "cbs morning news," here's a look at today's weather. there will be heavy snow in the mountains of the northwest. as a potent prewinter storm moves east. temperatures in the northern rockies will dip into the teens, but it will be mild in the southern plains. >>> here is another look at this morning's top stories. >>> police are investigating allegations of child molestation against a long time syracuse university basketball coach bernie fine. two men tell espn that fine molested them for years when they were ball boys for the team. >>> and

but in the pacific northwest, that's a much stronger storm system that's coming onshore. temperatures are chilly, 35 in seattle. so we're going to look for temperatures to warm up with the system as it comes onshore. we'll get up in the 50s with ukiah, california, 54 for your high. and unfortunately, all the stormy weather stays in the northwest right through thanksgiving. it's not going to be the prettiest of travel weather. >> that's a pain. all right, bill, thanks so much. >>> coming up, first euro worries, then asia worries. and why it's best to know about college rivalries before marketing college t-shirts. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. plus vampires and werewolves take over the world, at least at the box office. >> coming up, champions are crowned in the mls and nascar. the packers remain perfect and the bears win and lose all in the same game. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. for a third day, police in cairo's tahrir square

welcome to our viewers across the nation, including the pacific time zone. and today we begin with a super failure. the bipartisan deficit panel charged with cutting over a trillion dollars from the budget admitted defeat yesterday and now republicans and democrats are pointing fingers across the aisle. meanwhile, president obama is doubling down on promise consequences, saying he'll veto any effort to bypass automatic spending cuts triggered by the supercommittee's collapse. nbc's steve handelsman reports. >> reporter: it ended with a whimper at a mostly empty u.s. capitol. in a statement the supercommittee co-chair said, we are deeply disappointed that it will not be possible to make any bipartisan agreement. president obama blamed republicans. >> they continue to insist on protecting the $100 billion worth of tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% of americans at any cost. even if it means reducing the deficit with deep cuts to things like education and medical research. even if it means deep cuts in medicare. >> reporter: republicans blamed him. >> what has the p

as a result, defense spending will not come at the expense of the asia-pacific. uidance is clear. as we plan and budget for the future, we will allocate the resources necessary to maintain our strong military presence in this region. we will preserve our unique ability to deter threats to power and to preserve the peace. and we will commit -- keep our commitments to our eyes like australia. -- allies like australia. our enduring influence in the region demands are enduring presence in the region. the united states is a specific power and we are here to stay. >> following developments from sydney explain the significance of the president's remarks. >> president obama was using his visit to australia to announced to a wider world a week celebration of american foreign policy toward the asia- pacific region. the u.s. has never left the asia-pacific region, but it has somewhat neglected it with wars in afghanistan and iraq. this is now a statement of policy saying, we are back and we are here tuesday. -- we are here to stay. the message was, everybody has to play by t

to the north is the pacific park. those spaces constitute a linked network of space is reaching all the way back to walton park and then further into the city to jackson square and barbara coast. jackson commons is perhaps the most urban of these. it is a pedestrian way through the project, from west to east and from east to west. it carries the fluid language of the landscaping, which pete walker's firm established at sydney walton. it allows pedestrians passage and use where there are currently none. retail in three places. the cafe and retail space. a larger one to the right. and then the club kept a to the north. opportunities for indoor/outdoor seating and retail uses there. and then the club itself to the north, the aquatics center, is screened from the public, but in a way that we think will allow glimpses in and at least a sense of openness while preserving privacy. here is the existing conditions, looking towards the embarcadero on jackson street. a very unfortunate terminus for one of the city's interest in h

scientists say another intense weather system is brewing in the south pacific. it's not good news. ou spend more days than not separated from your own life... when the only thing you can be sure of is migraines with 15 or more headache days a month, you're living a maybe life. and you may be living with chronic migraine. but knowing that this thing you're going through has a name, means knowing you can find treatments that are right for you. go to mychronicmigraine.com to find a headache specialist. and don't live a maybe life. out for the vallejo officer gunned down in a bank robbery chase. why police are calling off a massive manhunt. the final straw.. for the filth at occupy san francisco. the health hazard. and why campers fear they could be kicked out at any moment. it's one of hollywood s most enduring mysteries. why the case of natalie wood's death is now being reopened. plus... a cleaner ride on bart. join us for cbs 5 early edition ... beginning at 4:30. (((:19 i'm really going to miss him because he was there for me; th,, >>> on the "cbs morning news," here's a look at tod

s new grand strategy in the asia-pacific region. her asean members want myanmar to promote democratic reforms and to maintain a united front. they want to prevent china from place a divisive role in the region. >>> now we look at the latest in business news with ai uchida, the latest trade data was just released. what was the balance? >> catherine, unfortunately we dipped into the red for october. japan's trade balance fell into the negative for october, as exports slipped for the first time in three months, due to a strong yen. the finance ministry said on monday that exports fell 3.7%, while imports rose 17.9% in october, when compared to a year ago. semiconductors led the decline in exports. the trade deficit stands at $3.5 billion, adding to the strong yen, a slowdown of the global economy is also weighing down on japan's exports. >>> the tokyo stock exchange is to extend trading hours starting monday. it's a bid to turn around recent thin trading and the bourse says it will also benefit investors. but tse says its morning tradin

keith recounts the military career of dudley mush morton who commanded the uss wahoo in the pacific. >> mush morton was probably the most influential submarine skipper of world war ii. he was really the first true submarine base, and i compare him quite a bit with the pilot that did so much in world war ii and the error war especially europe. mush as such an interesting character that i was surprised nobody had on a biography on him yet. i had done several books on the submarines and history and i joke and say i don't write about submarines or world war ii history. i prefer to write about people and people in extraordinary situations, and extraordinary people in extraordinary situations. and that exactly describes to the t dudley mush morton, the fellow with a funny sound nickname. he -- i won't say single-handedly because he appears at the time doing some very unusual things with those remarkable vessels win world war ii broke out -- but he was definitely the one who stood above all the rest and the way that he innovated the use of the submarine and warfare. prior to world war ii, th

is stepping up its commitment to the entire asia pacific. in this work, we're deeply grateful for our alliance with australia and the leadership role that it plays. as it has been for six decades, our alliance is going to be indispensable to our shared future. the security we need and the prosperity that we seek, not only in this region but around the world. i'm also very grateful for my partnership with prime minister gilard. we've worked quite a bit together lately. >> we have. >> spanning time zones, the g-20, apec and ttp in hawaii and now on to bali for the east asia summit. this speaks to how closely our countries work together on a wide range of issues. in my friend julia, i see the quality that we americans admire most in our australian friends, somebody who's down to earth, easy to talk to, and who says it like it is, straight up. and that's why we achieve so much today. we agreed to push ahead with our efforts to create jobs for our people, by bringing our economies and those of the region even closer together. building on our progr

can they do it in the pacific northwest with the help of a rookie no less? we'll devil deeper when we return. [ female announcer ] at verizonfios.com, you can choose your channel package. ♪ you can choose your own internet speeds. ♪ you can even choose to chat with a live person. ♪ now you can choose to save $35 a month for fios tv, internet and phone for just $79.99 a month, plus get a $300 verizon visa prepaid card with a 2 year agreement. but hurry, offer ends soon only at verizonfios.com. contact the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v. >>> welcome back to the show. welcome back pro hoops pending rat if i case by -- ratification by the league and the players, the seen will be back. training camp would begin december 9th and the opening day would be christmas day. the wizards would begin december 26. >>> 'skins' running game has been a major disappointing since tim hightower went down with a season-ending knee injury. but a local guy could spark them. royceter was drafted out of penn state where he was the school care

it will send robots across the pacific on a scientific mission. avid louie has the story. >> reporter: these four robots each weighing 200 pounds are about to embark on historic voyage across the pacific. >> these robots are going to do things that have never been done before. >> they are called wave gliders, they will measure data. sensors will be powered by solar panels. robots themselves will be propelled by ocean waves interacting with mechanical fins. >> it's like a swimmer kicking a fin. it's continuous because the wave motion is there. so you always are pulling forward. >> here how it works. a device carries the sensors. a tethered submarine provides the propulsion. it's a true robot because it travels and sends data back on its own. however, human intervention possible if a passing ship is on a collision course. >> some of them we will see through this receiver, large referrals will transmit where they are and we'll be able to see them and be able to avoid them. >> another threat comes from sharks. they will go to hawaii and then split in p

week global powers come together in hawaii vowing to prevent europe's debt crisis from golfing the pacific. the russian and american presidents hold talks on the sidelines of the apec summit in hawaii the focus missile defense and russia's future at the w t o we bring you all the latest from honolulu just ahead of the program. both greece and italy watched their governments fall at the height of the debt crisis but many are wary of the newly appointed on elected officials and their links to brussels. the un atomic watchdog zeroes in on iran's nuclear ambitions and began claiming the country could be building a bomb but to iran says the allegations are fabricated and politicized. and police investigated fresh clashes in break with possible as we report on the nearest serb resistance to what they say are obeyed attempts to control their lives. watching and you live from moscow nine am here on marino joshie the political and economic have the weights of the pacific rim are meeting under hawaii's.

focused on the pacific wide free trade zone but. its implications. reports. basically even though the primary primary goals of the apec summit are improving the trade relationship and economic relationship all the countries that make up the asia pacific because of the extent of the european financial crisis this is certainly a headache that's looming over leaders having gathered here and many are seeing this as sort of a continuation of the g twenty summit without the participation of the european states we are expecting the leaders gathered for the apec summit to send another push to send an extra message to the european countries to try to find to step up their attempts to improve the financial situation so this is an extra message important message that we're expecting to hear a lot of about here on the ground in the next few days to come even though the top of the topic and the substance of the effect summit is usually traditionally economic issues certainly political issues are surfacing we've been hearing because of the situation in syria where anti-gove

transfer tent logistical system since the asian pacific region. liberalization of investments in the region food security for the musician or. just knowledge of including issues situate danger to property rights. ok that's it for now but you can find more stories just love them tall website dot com slash business. wealthy british. markets. find out what's really happening to the global economy with. the no holds barred look at the global financial headlines to conjure reports . just. the official. from the. video. feeds. back and watching r.t. live from moscow these are the top stories leaders of the biggest pacific rim economies meeting in hawaii a pledge to brand the european debt crisis from spreading to the region among other issues to dominate the gathering are establishing a pacific wide free trade zone and tackling the syrian and iranian issue as. concerns grow ad the expanding influence of brussels over each member state as greece and the now italy look to choose prime ministers based on that the support of you were not the people silvio be

western section, largely dry for the pacific northwest. owers and snow moving through the mountains tonight, but that is on the way out. it will dry out for the time being. british columbia will see a new round of showers coming in from the coastline. highs monday look like this. 8 in seattle, 7 in vancouver. 14 degrees in denver, and 14 in oklahoma city, getting into the teens for houston as well. we are looking at gusty conditions for the northern half of europe. already been hearing about strong gusts reported in the past 24 hours. that trend will stay with us again tonight, as well as precipitation. showers moving from baltic states, finland to western russia. on the wet side for norway again and british isles, a lot more showers headed your way as we head into monday. as for the western mediterranean, scattered showers for the islands. so you want to watch for a kuchl of thundershowers. 9 degrees is the high expected monday, expecting 10 in berlin. 4 for stockholm, and the same in moscow. all right. that's a look at the weather conditi

in the pacific, some activity here. you can see the area of low pressure in the forecast, a little bit for today and little bit for tomorrow with additional high clouds. as far as the rain chances, we'll show you the timing coming up in a bit. for now high pressure is still in command of the weather. for today, partly sunny and cool to mild, warmest locations will be approaching the upper 60s inland and that dry weather pattern is still out there. tomorrow will be dry with activity out here in the pacific. into the afternoon hours, we'll bring in the rain chances favoring the coast, south bay and chances taper off as you work inland. also into friday afternoon, into the evening hours. for saturday, not a lot to show you but we'll hold onto a chance of showers into saturday morning with still lingering clouds as we head into the weekend. it is a nice one this morning after santa rosa tops out at 66 degrees, and the weekend always in view with no major changes for tomorrow. there's a rain cloud with showers developing, sho

arena joshie welcome to the program all the political and economic hammy waves of the pacific graeme are meeting under hawaii's tropical sun for the annual apac form the summit is touching on everything from establishing a pacific wide free trade zone to perhaps some believe the eurozone crisis and it's given the presidents of russia and the united states a chance to hold talks what is an associate you're going to joins us live now from honolulu for a more. honest as he is so talk us through the main areas of discussion for the leaders there. well you know marina basically the apec summit of course as we know gathers twenty one economies that make up the asia pacific riza region and this is where leaders take the opportunity to focus on all sorts of ways to boost trade between the countries they work out ways to make investments easier to improve the investment climate to make the economic ties more productive and this is certainly been the focus this time around as well of course it's been hard this year for leaders to avoid the european financial crisis as you mentioned because this

cheer on the runners and enjoy goodies and other prizes. that's your pacific event of the day. >> thank you for the vote of confidence. >> you can go 3.2 miles, i think you could. >> maybe, maybe not. >>> now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. justin bieber may be heading back to the lab. say it isn't so. the woman wants a dna test, just not the one he took last friday. the woman's lawyer tells the new york daily news she and her baby deserve to be present while the test is done. bieber stated repeatedly he's never met the woman much less had a backstage affair with her. >>> kim kardashian and jennifer love hewitt joined kirk douglas wednesday at a thanksgiving dinner for the homeless. the l.a. event was hosted by the 95-year-old actor and his wife for the seventh straight year. hundreds of volunteers from the entertainment industry were also on hand. >>> a chicago woman is taking her obsession with hollywood celebrities to new heights by creating movie star portraits out of pancakes. why not? she says each one can take hours to

here look at today's top stories in a review of the week political and economic how the weights of the pacific rim come together in hawaii vowing to prevent europe's debt crisis from goal think the pacific presidents of russia and the u.s. meet on the sidelines of the apec summit to discuss missile defense syria and russia's future in the w t o. two countries watched their governments fall at the height of the debt crisis with italy's prime minister silvio berlusconi resigning and three swearing in a new cabinet by critics now suspect brussels owing the strings of newly appointed and an elected officials. here on atomic watchdog zeroes in on iran's nuclear ambitions by releasing satellite images and letters which allegedly prove the country could be building a bomb by iran dismisses the findings saying the accusations are fabricated and publicized. police investigate fresh clashes in northern possible after nato peacekeepers fired tear gas and ethnic serbs at a disputed border crossing the un secretary general says the situation has been caused by cost was chance to stand its control over the

why are the waves on the pacific coast higher than the atlantic coast.ral reasons. >> it takes longer to get there. >> that is one reason. >> that is called a fetch. >> great question. >> a fetch, yeah. >> there are multiple answers here. several reasons why the waves are bigger on the west coast. most of us know that because of the surfing on the west coast is much better than it is on the east coast. the primary own is what we call the continental shelf. i'll let tony explain how that process works. >> picture the united states and then the ocean. say there is no water in the ocean and that land drops off. on the atlantic coast, here is the united states as we know t then the beach area, the fetch and then under the water, that land slopes off more gradually. off the west coast, that continental shelf is more narrow and then the slope drops off more sharply. it is almost like a cliff or series of cliffs. so when the water is hitting that, it pushes it up more than it does when it is just hitting a sloping area. >> i had no idea. >> that is the primary

as the ridge of high pressure pushes that the pacific northwest we are definitely going to see a switchin the wind direction coming more out of the northeast. it's a dry and gusty wind and that wind creates high fire danger around this time of year.so we are lacking at red flag warnings going up first thing tomorrow morning at 6:00 a.m. for the north bay mountains east bay hills and diablo range this continues until 6:00 a.m. wednesday. gust to 40 miles an hour with low humidity 15 to 20 percent create high fire danger over the hilltop. show you what is coming after that. cold front that will approach as we head into the thursday morning showers develop and spread by afternoon and evenin evening. it will be a breezy thursday. written fall amounts really light with the system but look what it is going to create in the sierra nevada. snow fall. some of the higher elevation, higher passes if heading to the high country could be seeing couple inches of snow such as 80 and 50 so just keep that in mind. may need the chains. mid upper 40's in the north bay valley and breezy in the hills otherw

welcome to our viewers across the nation including the pacific time zone. i'm veronica de la cruz. >>> breaking news. new york police in riot gear made a surprise sweep of occupy wall street campers last night. authorities dismantled tents ordering them to vacate the park temporarily along with all of their personal belongings. police handed out letters saying the park, quote, poses an increasing fire and health safety hazard. at least 70 have been arrested and three injured. the park has been fully cleared. the impromptu park cleaning comes on the heels of similar moves in cities across the country. just days ahead of the movement's two month anniversary on wednesday. >>> for the first time since being indicted for sexually abusing eight boys jerry sandusky is speaking out about the charges against him. sandusky insists he's not a pedophile. nbc's michelle franzen has more. >> reporter: in an exclusive phone enter on "rock center," jerry sandusky, the former penn state assistant football coach, charged with 40 counts of child abuse, tells bob costas that he

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

as the ridge of high pressure pushes that the pacific northwest we are definitely going to see a switchthe wind direction coming more out of the northeast. it's a dry and gusty wind and that wind creates high fire danger around this time of year.so we are lacking at red flag warnings going up first thing tomorrow morning at 6:00 a.m. for the north bay mountains east bay hills and diablo range this continues until 6:00 a.m. wednesday. gust to 40 miles an hour with low humidity 15 to 20 percent create high fire danger over the hilltop. show you what is coming after that. cold front that will approach as we head into the thursday morning showers develop and spread by afternoon and evenin evening. it will be a breezy thursday. written fall amounts really light with the system but look what it is going to create in the sierra nevada. snow fall. some of the higher elevation, higher passes if heading to the high country could be seeing couple inches of snow such as 80 and 50 so just keep that in mind. may need the chains. mid upper 40's in the north bay valley and breezy in the hills otherwise

i am here on marina joshie the political and economic carry weights of the pacific rim are meeting under hawaii's tropical sun for the annual apec forum the summit is touching on everything from establishing a pacific wide free trade zone to perhaps abbott's of leave the eurozone crisis and it's given the presidents of russia and the u.s. a chance to hold talks are going to has more from honolulu. the apec summit of course as we know gathers twenty one economies that make up the asia pacific riza region and this is where leaders take the opportunity to focus on all sorts of ways to boost trade between the countries they work out ways to make investments easier to improve the investment climate to make the economic ties more productive and this is certainly been the focus this time around as well but of course it's been hard this year for leaders to avoid the european financial crisis because this is something that's looming over the world's economy something that's been very hard to avoid because it impacts all of the countries that are certainly not just europe there have been dozens of

the pacific side, as wel looking at skies.'re looking at this low that's gurse of today. in towards the korean ot wetter for you her behind it china. of asia, we're looki hainan island.emperature on tuesday, bangkok. it is hot with partly cloudy hen remaining l and 14 degrees for toke fairly seasonal here. on the cool side. a this tropicaized. this is now hurricane is still showing signening. hurricane inbut luckily the forecast path open water.ell away from land.stern section that we're going xt 24 hours. to from texas on and up through pretty wet with some heavy flash flood threats are could also be looking attormy weather outbreaks asfor the pacific northwest, two ain.coastal areas picking upe snow. this isn't goingle of days. for highs on tuesday, 12 in seattle, 10 in vancochicago, though, and 6 in things do remain cool here into a mild 24 delook at europe here. area that's going to be moving rough the mediterranean, still lands here. after that lnto italy, peninsula. s moving through the ght now.corner here in and arou regenerating again tonight. transportation delays

we were not totally convinced there would be a war in the pacific. we still had the part two of the folks taking part in the navy. the class of submarines, one that could go farther, dive deeper, carry more torpedoes, and oddly enough, have more comfort. a lot of people think of the german you bore spirit those were very effective. the new class of submarines that were on the drawing board in the 1930's were far superior, even to the new. the first was the date of class. dataquest began to dive deeper, go farther, and had much more firepower. the one thing that we did not have in december of 1941 was a submarine skippers who could fight the kind of war that we needed to fight against the japanese in the pacific. it was not their fault. a whole different way to run those submarines. but once that unrestricted forecast was declared, thankfully we have some officers who stepped to the forefront and adapted those submarines and were able to the take that remarkable equipment and use it very effectively when the war broke out. i like to joke and say most o

the prestigious and powerful apec consists of 21 asian and pacific ocean nations. apec began 21 years ago. the mission of apec is to foster sustainable economic growth and prosperity apec is t foster sustainable attendees at the meeting are australia, canada, indonesia, japan, south korea, malaysia, new zealand, the philippines, singapore, thailand, taipei, hong kong, china, mexico, new guinea, chile, peru, russia, vietnam, and the u.s.a. attendees also include business leaders and academics from around the world. aggregated, these 21 nations want to be called "economy" and not "nation." they want to emphasize that asian-pacific economic economies have no political agenda, rather, they have an economic agenda, notably, trade. these collected economies present a massive volume of power. item, apec, gross domestic product, all goods and services of 21 economies, apec constitutes more than half of the total gdp of the planet, 55%. item, apec trade. of the total trade of the planet, apec economies constitute 43%. item, u.s. ex ports through apec. apec economies constitu

transport and logistical system since the asian pacific region. liberalization of investments in the region from food security into modernization of. technology including issues situate digital property rights. and that's it for now business desk about fifteen minutes stronger than. think. from los angeles to chicago to birmingham twenty trauma centers have closed since two thousand severe problem is not enough inpatient beds not enough urgency department beds and not enough nurses to man goes that is to take care of all the people who are the only real health care system that we have in the city of los angeles is the los angeles fire department in fact when i started my venture is a firefighter i didn't want to turn it around so i started out going to just do firefighting it's about eighty two percent of what we do the florida problem is medical but they had a rescue couple weeks ago waited four hours for big i've waited sometimes three hours but i was it's a same francis in lynnwood for four hours and fifty minutes standing against a wall of pati

forces in the asia-pacific region. biggest troop deployments in fact to australia since world war ii. mr. obama touched on world war ii, talked about darwin's being essentially australia's pearl harbor. for the history there. that was back in 1942 when darwin was bombed by japanese forces. more bombs actually dropped on darwin than pearl harbor by comparison. that is when the alliance was formed. he also talked about the 60-year bond of the anzus treaty that is the australia-new zealand, united states treaty where an attack on one country is seen as an attack on all three. it was evoked for the very first time after 9/11. australian troops were mobilized as part of that treaty agreement between the three countries. mr. obama really didn't touch on what the essence of this trip is all about. ultimately, it is about china. he mentioned briefly the sea lanes there in the asia-pacific region being crucial to the united states and the u.s. allies in the region. he said darwin is a hub of that. and the increased troop presen

trust potential just for systems since the asian pacific region. liberalization investments in the region food security of the musician. all just including issues city lakes international property rights . ok that's it for now but don't forget you can always find lost or if you log onto our web site. write to clean. morning. one. more than sixty square kilometers of the nation and those who are still. alive i'm finding we're just there it's very bad out here. but not saying hardly any birds squirrels you know. you know i don't know what's going on here. creep on our cheek. welcome back you're watching our t. here's a look at the top stories the leaders of the biggest pacific rim economies meeting in hawaii pledged to prevent the european debt crisis from spreading to the end region among other issues to dominate a gathering are establishing a pacific wide free trade zone and tattling the syrian and iranian issues. concerns grow in the expanding influence of brussels over e.u. member states and now italy will choose prime ministers based on the suppo

apec, it's the asia pacific economic cooperation. the main economic forum for the region has 21 member nations, including the u.s., australia, china, japan and mexico. the united states's turn this time to host the summit. the focus is trade and investment as well as technical cooperation between member nations. >>> and did you see the site last night? reynolds within it was one of the coolest sporting events i have ever seen. but it was on the deck of the "uss carl vinson." they had a basketball game there. you're seeing time lapsed video right now of how they built and convert an aircraft carrier into a basketball court. but yes, they put a court there. you had north carolina playing michigan state. this was really a show for the troops. a way for them to bring attention to the troops on veterans day and to say thank you. the president was in attendance. they were able to get some 8,000 people aboard for that game. you had a lot of celebrities and things. magic johnson, but mainly in the audience, you had currently serving members o

failing to see eye to eye on how to promote trade in the pacific rim. the arab league has suspends a syria recommending sanctions against the country in an effort to force president assad to end of the deadly unrest that's claimed more than three and a half thousand lives to move the support of washington and to the e.u. critics are concerned there could be a repeat of the libya military intervention. and for those of you eager to comment to the russian capital for business we have the ultimate guide moscow out is nuts. she's telling. me. dynamic. to friends. months ago. a. trusted secretary that hello and welcome to the show this week bergen will be taking a look at business the seventy's and locations in the russian capital every week thousands of business women come to moscow for various meetings company says its efficiency and most also by arriving here what a boss has made and pulls the middle they're all three international airports in moscow she meant to be in the north to south on the look of a to the southwest of the council i don't think he com