abbi so how did the pacific ocean become the world's largest trash dump. yeah well you know in consumer economies we have to consume more and more to grow in the more we consume the more waste we create and this is unfortunately made its way into the pacific ocean not just from the united states but also from consumer economies in asia as well now as you mentioned there's this whirling currents in the pacific the largest one is between the west coast of the u.s. and the hawaiian islands and as you mentioned i mean this is an area larger than texas and in fact i mean this is millions of square miles that are taken up by this giant where trash from all over the world is circulating and creating this. you know unfortunately a massive trash now it's not all together now every single square inch of this multi million square mile area is filled with trash in fact most of it is actually beneath the surface so we can see it right and i think it's yeah you made a good point i mean this is not just the united states this is pretty much the effect of humanity's overc

he added so how did the pacific ocean become the world's largest trash dump. yeah well you know in consumer economies we have to consume more and more to grow in the more we consume the more waste we create and this is unfortunately made its way into the pacific ocean not just from the united states but also from consumer economies in asia as well now as you mentioned there's this whirling currents in the pacific the largest one is between the west coast of the u.s. and the hawaiian islands and as you mentioned i mean this is an area larger than texas and in fact i mean this is millions of square miles that are taken up by this gyre where trash from all over the world is circulating and creating this you know unfortunately massive trash now it's not all together every single square inch of this multi million square mile area is filled with trash in fact most of it is actually beneath the surface so we can see it right and i think it's yeah you made a good point i mean this is not just the united states this is pretty much the effect of humanity's overconsumpti

the u.s. army pacific from a three to a four-star position. you said that this was due to the and predictability of the korean peninsula and the overall strategy to the white house and everybody. the white house announced an try to bring down headquarters staff and sizes, flagon general officers, particularly with an emphasis on command staff. about could talk briefly the position, why you elevated it, and some concluding thoughts about the army's role? >> first off, we will reduce our headquarters 20%. we're working on that hard. we are making some decisions in the army that will go down to two-star level headquarters. we are doing a review of that. we will look at how we go about doing that. , therms of a four-star navy and air force have had a four-star in the pacific for a long time. we reduced significantly the amount of our officers in europe. we used to have a four-star, now a three-star, we eliminated a headquarters in europe. so we are in the process of eliminating those positions. based on guidance, we have reinvested it into the asia

the blood centers of the pacific kept up with demand and many donors answered the call. >> i felt bad about people in the accident. >> i don't know them. just a matter whof is critical and serious. i'm sure it's just negative blood. >> the center needs type o positive and o negative blood and plate legalities but is accepting all blood types. 26 passengers and crew from the airlines crash remain hospitalized six in critical condition. >> meantime tonight the man in charge of the airline is here. the ceo of asiana air lines landed at sfo from south korea today. fizz first order to talk with victims and their families. abc 7 news is live at the hotel in burlingame. many of them are staying. mark? >> we're across the street from crown plaza. we cannot go on to the report guards tell us the owner has for bidden it. you can see guards back there. this is where the pilot ask crew and passengers are being interviewed from the national transportation safety board we did see young passenger who's survived, some walked out. we got pictures of them. and that cause aid group to go scurrying for u

infantryman fighting in the pacific. i was quite moved by it. my question is can you recommend a similar book written by an american soldier who fought in the european theater? thank you. >> guest: well, you know, i rely on first person accounts that have been written by guys who were in europe and by journalists. i use journalists more than most historians because probably i was one and, therefore, i have some sympathy, but they're also paid, they would all claim underpaid professional observers. and so i lean on them heavily and people that you know like ernie pyle but people you don't know in all probability like osmer white who was an australian journalist, wrote about new guinea but then was sent to cover the war in europe with patton's third army and wrote a really wonderful little book called "conquer or's road." so that's, you know, i have a list on the web site liberationtrilogy.com of books that i recommend both by historians but also some of the first person accounts. there's nothing quite like sledge's book that comes off the european

ocean is halfway between hawaii and california called the great pacific garbage patch. more accidentally found the garbage patch in one thousand nine hundred seven was selling through a gyre ocean currents circulate and collect trash it's a piece here a piece there it's not a solid island but in general what we say is a soup of plastic not really an island of plastic next year captain moore is planning to spend a month at the garbage patch to research its effects on the food chain it is difficult to see the collection of trash from above because it's mostly made up of pieces of plastic the size of a fingernail researchers believe that there could be two million of these little pieces of plastic pursue where mile millions of creatures are dying every year tangled in plastic it's not just the wildlife that is being fooled into eating this stuff and getting tangled in it it's we ourselves that are our changing. biological being with the chemicals in this hyper consumptive atmosphere that we live in scientists at the scripps institution of oceanography in san diego have also

the u.s. army pacific to a three and four star position. u mentioned this is partly due to unpredictable of korean peninsula. in the mine time, secretary of defense announced an initiative try try bring down headquarter staff but particular emphasis on headquarter staff. if you can talk to us a little bit briefly about the position and why you elevated it and what you think concluding thoughts about the army's role. >> first of all, we are going to reduce our headquarters 20% we're working that very hard. we're making some decisions in the army that will probably go down to two star level headquarters. and reduce all of them by about 20% if not more. we're doing a review of that and we'll look at how we go about doing it. in terms of pacific, first of all, the navy and air force had -- we reduce significantly the amount of our general officers in europe. we used to have a four star in europe and that's now three star. we eliminated a headquarters in europe. we are in process of eliminating general officer positions. we reinvested it based on

and more than half the fishing ports on the pacific coast must be rebuilt. people in northeastern japan still face challenges following the 2011 disaster, but step by step they're moving forward. see their stories every wednesday on "the road ahead" right here on "newsline." >>> heavy rain in east asia, rachel ferguson from the weather team has more. rachel. >> hi there. heavy rain is in store for japan on wednesday. we've got the tail end of a front line moving across central china coming up through the korean peninsula. and then on wednesday it's going to be pushing into japan. hokoriku could be one of the worst hit. this is rain falling on already saturated land. very unwelcome and bringing temperatures down. down towards the south there's a lot of heavy rain here really focusing its efforts on western portions of indochina around the bangkok area as well. just east of bangkok in fact. more than 350 millimeters of rain recorded in the last 24-hour period. this is some very, very heavy rain. it's been ongoing for the last several days. it's the southwest mo

very hot in western and central japan, due to the summer pacific high, still sitting on top of western and central japan. to the western region, the humid flow from the western region of the area. developing a lot of rain clouds. we're still talking about very heavy rain in the korean peninsula as well as inland china. possibly we're looking at additional amounts of 200 millimeters, some places in the korean peninsula. lots of heavy downpour to be found yet again. temperatures in the mid-30s in ti yoet oh, at 35 degrees. tokyo 30 degrees yet again. we'll see the rainy season come back starting tuesday. >>> that is all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in to o tokyo. do stay with us. we'll be back with more at the top of the hour of the.

he had been clinging to his capsized boat out in the pacific. this morning, he's going to tell us how he survived. you see the tuna right there. >> and held on to the tuna? >> and held on to the tuna. >> a lot in that story. >>> also, we've seen these diet commercials. and you had to wonder if they were true. the stunning before and after pictures. now, one personal trainer is revealing just how easy it is to fake those pictures. >> no. really? they're doing that? >>> incredible "deals & steals."

with that, the interplay between the land, the latitude, and this huge chunk of blue out here - the pacific♪music. >>between 30 and 35 degrees latitude is a region of intense dryness. the reason is that the sun, which shines directly over the tropics warms air and as the warm air rises, it cools, water condenses, and then falls as rain - after it has rained out it begins to descend. this extremely dry air falls right here in what is known as the horse latitudes. during the summer months, as the earth tilts towards the sun here, the high moves northward along with the track of the sun's rays and during the winter it retreats to the south and allows storms from the pacific to track on shore- hence the rains fall here in the winter, not summer! this is called a mediterranean climate. we are really left with a backwards world here, it's moist and it's green in the wintertime and it's parched, hot and dry in the summertime. the challenge is that even though the moisture is available here in the wintertime, it's cooler in the wintertime, and the light levels are lower because the sun is lower on

the war with germany. if hitler had not done that do you think we would have had only a pacific war? >> that is a really good question. the answer is i don't know. we would not i am sure have gotten into the war against germany for a while. whether we would have gone into the war in time to saving 7-saving and from going down is an open question. roosevelt at the time of pearl harbor was surged by a number of his closest aides and members of his cabinet to declare war on germany and japan at the same time but he said no. it is a different situation, germany and japan. he was prepared to stay out as long as he could. quite frankly one of the stupidest things hitler ever did was declare war on us. it was one of the best things in the sense that it got us in at that time because as i said, i am not sure how long england would have been able to hold out against germany and japan. they would have been facing a two front door. we would have been focused on japan. that is the country that attacked us, if we had not gotten into the war with germany the american people would have continued. wo

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europe, just like us, will benefit greatly as well from stability in the pacific, in asia. nd by the way, there is no reason why we cannot bring greater focus to the asia- pacific and keep our eye on the ball in the middle east. folks, that's what big powers do. to use the vernacular, we can walk and chew gum at the same time. that's what big powers do. and there is no evidence that we are taking our eye off the ball as we should in the middle east, leaving europe or not intending on following through on our rebalance in the asia-pacific area. folks, we're better positioned than any time before to be able to do it all. i know you'll think it sounds like a campaign assertion i've been making for years, but america is back. when i was last in china, as i pointed out to the chinese leadership, it's never, never, never been a good bet to bet against america. the resiliency of the american people and the nature of our system -- america is back. to paraphrase mark twain, the reports of our demise are very premature. our businesses have created 7.2 million jobs since we've taken of

plus a chinese prepares to build a canal bridging the pacific and the atlantic right back yard and the rest of our top stories in just a moment. the civilized world produces more food. people die of hunger in other countries. millions of victims every. where a meal is the most trying. to blame. without trained. to anything. there was great. reason to help comes too late and with good intentions. diplomacy and business. good of you to join us here on r.t. today i'm rory sushi in moscow and france has reportedly been running a surveillance network against its own people comparable to america's infamous prism program reports of that broke just days after president francois hollande lashed out at america for spying on european countries the details now to. these building behind me in the eastern part of paris or rather the story from cantonese that is the epicenter of the fresh spy scandal they had schools as the country's security services and it's from here that it's now france's big brother snoots people money touring millions of phone calls text messages and e-mails. live. legal. limit

tonight everything you should know about the trans-pacific trade agreement. oesn't sound sexy, but it will affect your life. and add philip caputo to the list of great authors who rediscovered america by driving it. it's "the war room" on a wednesday, and we will be right back. if you believe in state's rights but still support the drug war you must be high. >> "viewpoint" digs deep into the issues of the day. >> do you think there is any chance we'll ever hear the president even say the word "carbon tax"? >> with an opened mind... >> has the time finally come for real immigration reform? >> ...and a distinctly satirical point of view. >> but you mentioned great leadership so i want to talk about donald rumsfeld. >> (laughter) >> cutting throught the clutter of today's top stories. >> this is the savior of the republican party? i mean really? >> ... with a unique perspective. >> teddy rosevelt was a weak sports until he was a grown up. >> (laughter) >> ... and lots of fancy buzz words. >> family values, speding, liberty, economic freedom, hard-working moms, cr

>> caller: i was in the marines and on a transport in the pacific. : thank you. we have had callers talking about rape and sexual assault in "the guns at last light" you write about this. a little bit you do have some figures that i want to share. 443 death penalties imposed on gi's for murder or rape and severely disproportionate number were on the black soldiers after dubious to process 70 executions took place including several public canings. >> guest: yes. and one execution for word desertion. . .

. >> reporter: many call it the gateway to the pacific. years it has served the country in the heat of war and in times of peace. but now it has the look of a ghost town. after a three year decommissioning process most of the buildings are empty and tomorrow the 1,700 acres base will officially close. a far different scene from the days of world war ii when this base was maintaining thousands of war planes. war raged on two fronts and 20,000 people worked on this bay 24 hours a day. gusmusio was one of the thousands working here. >> a total of 39 years. >> you worked in this building? >> yes. >> reporter: he worked here in the supply building from 1940 the year the base opened to 1979. >> looks kind of deserted. usually there's a lot of activity. >> reporter: there are weeds growing on the tarmac and deserted buildings everywhere you look. >> this has to be the best base in the country no doubt about it. this is the best base in the country. >> reporter: chuck corico remembers delivering telegrams on the base before the war even started. ma

but yamamoto turned that thinking completely on its head with his attack on the u.s. pacific fleet. it was the first time in naval history that so many aircraft had ever been launched from the sea to attack a navy's fleet in its own home port. and so as the attack on pearl harbor shows, yamamoto could be a very daring and unconventional thinker, but he had a problem after pearl harbor. he had no second act. and that's why in january 1942 yamamoto gathered his senior naval officers on his own naval flagship to discuss what could the imperial japanese navy do as a follow-up to pearl harbor. he needed to do something as equally bold as pearl harbor that would somehow convince the u.s. to sue for an early peace, thereby allowing japan to keep her recently-conquered territories. now, yamamoto's follow-up punch to pearl harbor was characteristically awed days,. as i said -- audacious. as i said, he was a daring and unconventional thinker. he knew he'd never slip another carrier task force past the americans. so what he did was he decided to build 18 gigantic submarines specifically designe

as the asia pacific region takes a more important role in the global economy, ensuring security here will become an even bigger global challenge. thank you for joining us here in brunei, i'm dhra dhirakaosal. >>> emerging economic powers still struggling with poverty. emboldened citizens still demanding democracy, the threat of violence, the push for peace, the shadow of conflict. get news and insight on south and southeast asia every weekday live from bangkok only on nhk world "newsline." >>> scientists in india have opened a new chapter in the country's first space program. they've put their first satellite into orbit part of a plan to locate an indian global positioning program. scientists plan to launch a total of seven satellites. together they will make up the indian regional navigation satellite system. the system will cover india and south asia. it's designed to be accurate to about 20 meters, precise enough to locate cars and ships. the indian system is scheduled to begin operating in 2015. it will serve as an alternative to the united states global positioning system. russi

blood centers of the pacific opened three of its bay area locations the day after the crash.w the center is as for more donors especially people with "o" negative and "a-b" types "lisa bloch/blood centers oe pacific 15:29:15;02 alot of the vic who were treated were stabid but now they face multiple ongoing surgeries and tream so we will still need blood quite some time to come jusr these patients. " blood centers of the pacific serves about 40 hospitals of the pacific serves about0 hospitals including san francisco general hospital, saint francis hospital and kaiser. to put it all into perspect there have been twelve commercial airline crashes s-f-o since the airport oped in 1927. brian hackney is here with incredible footage of one disaster that was eerily sir to the asiana flight. on saturday it was an asiana flight... in november 1968 was a japan air lines dc-8 fell short of the runway. a how! "it will be at least months before federal officials fi out why this plane landed oe bay instead of on the runwa" (chyron: november 22, 1968/n francisco bay) it's novembe, 1968. afte

in term of a four-star in the pacific. first of all, the navy and the air force had a four-star in the pacific for a long time. we reduce significantly the amount of our general officers in europe. we used to have a four-star in europe. it's now a three-star. we eliminated the headquarter in europe which was another three, two, one-star eliminated. we are in the process of eliminating general-officer positions. based on it we reinvested based on the priority which is asia-pacific. and we have a, you know, we have there's a four-star in korea. a u.n. commander. the u.s. commander. what we needed is a four-star who would work the rest of the asia-pacific region and be on par with their counter parts. whether it be in china, whether it be in thailand, whether it be in japan, whether it be in india. so we thought it's important for us to have the representativation that allows us to work the many tough issues we have in the asia-pacific region. as i said earlier, the eight of the ten largest army in the pacific. they play a maj

winds about 50 miles per hour and proceed out towards the pacific by tuesday. talking about copious amounts of rainfall expected. we're 10-12 inches of rain expected in those locations. here is a look at 11:00 tonight with the low clouds and fog that really pushes out to the delta by early tomorrow morning. then slowly burns back to the coast. low clouds and fog will more than likely sit at the coast throughout tomorrow. 67 for morgan hill. menlo park, 69. san francisco a cool 62 degrees. does near the coastline. 72 for petaluma. sonoma at 72. oakland, 67. brentwood 80 and concord 77. accu-weather seven-day forecast, get through monday and tuesday. coolest days of the week and warm back up into the low 90s by next week. >> looks good. nothing to complain about there. sports is a different thing. [ laughter ] >>> a's, angels five-run lead. taking three out of four of the series. we're going to stay with nerd power. parker gave up four runs in the first inning and this base hit, up 4-0. a's make it 5-4 and cespedes, this should are the third out but he loses it. 5

europe just like us will benefit greatly as well from stability in the pacific, in asia. y the way, there's no reason why we cannot bring a greater focus to the asia-pacific and keep our eye on the ball in the middle east. folks, that's big powers do. here is the i have knack already. we can walk and chew gum at the same time. that's what big powers do. and there is no evidence that we are taking our eye off the ball as we should in the middle east leaving europe or not intend on following through on our rebalance in the asia-pacific area. folks, we're better positioned at any time before to be able to do it all. i know you'll think it sounds like a campaign assertion i've been making for years. america is back. i was last in china as i pointed out chinese leadership it's never, never, never been a good bet to bet against america. the resiliency of the american people and the nature of our system america is back to para phrase mark twain and report of the demise were very premature. the business is created $7.2 million jobs since we have taken office. we have gone from los

divisions are in the pacific. most of the navy is in the pacific including virtually all the aircraft carrier, and most the bigger battleships and heavy cruisers and so on. looking at it that way, you see the weight between the pacific theater african-american atlantic theaters are pretty evenly split, but when you just look in terms of manpower, you see the weight was begin to fighting the germans, and this is because the decision was made early in 1942 of principle calledded germany first. ruse vellet, churchill, and the senior commanders believed that if you could defeat the strongest of the axis powers first, and that was clearly germany, the others fall from the tree like rotten fruit. that was the first and most important strategic principle of the war that turned out to be true, and that's why you see the weight placed on europe even although it's the japanese that defended us nirnlly and grievancely with the attack on pearl harbor. >> host: the year 1942, what was that like for the u.s.? >> guest: it was f

located at got and sacramento street in the middle of pacific heights on top of the city's steep rolling hills, lafayette park offers a great place, peaceful beauty. comfortably spaced tables and benches, a playground, rest rooms and tips at the end of the park. plenty of flat areas for football, frisbee, and picnic. lafayette is very much a couples park. this wonderful hilltop park is the place you can share with someone you cherish. lafayette park is located along the round at the one end campus and also easy >> hello, i am with the san francisco parks department serious we are featuring some wonderful locations in your and very own backyard. this is your chance to find your heart in san francisco with someone special. we are here at the lovely and historic palace of fine arts, located in the bustling marina district. originally built for the 1950's exposition, the palace is situated along san francisco's waterfront. it is ada accessible and is reached by the 28, 30, and 91 bus lines. with its rotunda, columns, uncut the reflecting waters against the eucalyptus trees, it is one of the

plus a chinese from the past to build a canal bridging the pacific and the atlantic right in americas but god and the rest of the world's top headlines after the break. wealthy british style. markets. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's concert for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to kaiser report. we speak your language. music programs and documentaries in spanish what matters to you breaking news a little turn to angles kidneys stories. you hear. the spanish find out more visit. thank you for joining us here on r t france has reportedly been running a surveillance network against its own people comparable to america's infamous prison program now although the french prime minister called it the claims in exact it all comes after the president mr francois hollande lashed out at america for spying on european countries. has the story. he's building behind me in the eastern part of paris or rather the story bunker underneath it is the epicenter with fresh spy scandal the hats pulsars the country's security services and it's

plus a chinese from proposed to build a canal bridging the pacific and the atlantic right in america's backyard that plenty more stories just ahead for you. for the meantime though the mass hunger strike at guantanamo bay now in its six month rule and perhaps its toughest period on monday that's when the holy muslim fast of ramadan begins now that's according to lawyers for the detainees who claim the u.s. military authorities running the facility preparing to operate a force feeding factory attorneys say the forty five inmates who are currently being fed against their will will struggle to survive in the coming weeks going without water during daylight hours as part of observing ramadan they'll also face nights in. dries cells for the painful force feeding procedures or through other practices worldwide is torture with us or it is maintain the measures necessary to prevent death a u.s. military lawyer barry wouldn't god who advocates for one of the prisoners he says there's no excuse for keeping people locked up without charge or trial ninety eight percent of these men have no allegat

if you're right along the pacific coast, you're chillier than you'd like. too far inland, you're in the desert. >> i was thinking of those devices from the cia museum. as a meteorologist, there's probably a bunch of devices you would love to have. >> control the weather, you would be in trouble. be a black cloud over your head every day. >> thanks a lot, bill karins. talking about devices, google has people talking. there's also -- also the best colleges in america based on return on investment. plus, a speeder who is lucky to be alive. >> ooh. >> after this horrific crash. boom. details in two. >>> here are some other stories making news. george alexander louis, aka, his royal highness. prince george of cambridge. was named after queen elizabeth's father. king george vi. historians call it a "very moving and touching reference." >>> pope francis celebrated his first mass outside of italy on tuesday. over 200,000 people turned out for the occasion. today, the pope heads to copa cabana beach. to address roman catholics. >>> women's groups, newspapers and poli

even on the pacific coast. what's starting to lift this off to the north is the high pressure down there towards the south. you're still going to be seeing very heavy showers here, but i'm talking near the coastal areas, even inland areas on the pacific si side you have the daytime heating due to the moisture associated with this front and rather hot out here.oing to get take a look at these temperatures. beijing up to about 34, 32 here on sunday. but tokyo up to 35 by sunday. typically you see about 28 for this time of year. so that is going to help fuel up those storms, makes the atmosphere quite unstable. that's when you start to see that rough weather pop up, especially through the evening hours. let's take a look towards the americas, what's going on here as far as this really high amplitude jet stream continuing to linger overhead making for some foul weather in many areas out here for the independence day coming up here on thursday. actually, i want to show you video coming out of new york city because wh

i'm happy today to sign this legislation to approve the california pacific medical center's hospital rebuild project and development agreement that the city, through its board of supervisors, just passed this last tuesday. this historic agreement ensures that two brand-new seismically safe hospitals for our city are going to be built, while guaranteeing important health care and other benefits that san franciscans will enjoy for years to come. i want to thank everybody in this room, in particular all those that are standing behind me for getting us to this day that we can sign this agreement. and, yes, it's been long, it's been arduous, but i believe that we all agree it was definitely worth the effort. together and through our consensus building approach, we made it possible to build two seismically safe hospitals, advance the state of medical care in our city, and put thousands of san franciscans to work. i also want to take this moment and mention my personal thanks on behalf of the city, if i will, and i know the board will join me. i want to thank cpmc for their deliberate partic

that the plan is to build one hundred seventy eight mile walks way connecting the caribbean and the pacific and it would be three times longer than the panama canal which took a decade to complete now the group faces wide criticism over its plans and i spoke to asia expert david q who dismissed event as a joke. i'm hoping it's a joke i'm just hoping that it's maybe some some things on. too much time because i just think about it i mean if there wasn't already a can now. only needs to you wouldn't really sort of think about putting one in the ground we were only when it was already a good one it's a reason why management was chosen was because it was the shortest distance between the atlantic and pacific so why on earth would anybody want to dig a new you know that is actually going from it needs to the west coast it just doesn't make any sense to me. but the investors behind the project insist that world trade needs a new varies and that the panama canal is not enough to handle the trade already conducted between the east and west so those who are laughing at the project right now might jus

santiago decali is a city of southwest colombia known for its proximity to the pacific coast and its tropical temperatures. but i'm not really here for the climate. i'm here for taiho. it involves alcohol and explosives. colombian will and their bandmates are to be my guide to this ancient and traditional colombian sport. >> ah! >> thank you. how do you play this game? >> i guess that's how it's done. what do you call this object? >> taiho. >> hence the name -- >> taiho. >> i should be good at this. i've been throwing pots into the dish sink from across the room for years. >> you win more points if you get it in the middle without hitting it. >> oh. that doesn't sound like any fun. >> everyone has a different style it seems. you've got to do like one step and then another and swing. >> i don't believe that style is going to work for me. after early success it turns out we all pretty much suck at this. >> time to bring in some outside muscle. >> these guys. >> holy crap. two in a row? this is dismaying. one of those guys had to be on my team, right? >> the guy in the white. his name is

ahead of the low pressure area, we have the moisture coming in off the pacific ocean, hitting southern hokkaido. going into tuesday and wednesday, what we're going to be seeing is the high pressure, i was talking about, starting to lift to the north. now most of the time that would improve the conditions, but what we're starting to see is the temperatures warm up, we're still going to have the instability in the atmosphere, so thunderstorms, rain showers are still a big threat out here and it's falling on already-saturated ground so there's still the risk of flooding and even landslides. >>> japan's nuclear regulator has ordered the operator of fukushima daiichi plant to remove radioactive wastewater from underground tunnels. high levels of radioactivity has been reported since may. the utility reported that contaminated water from the facility is leaking into the sea. the nuclear regulation authority told tokyo electric power company, that wastewater could seep through gravel under the tunnels. the water is believed to be coming from turbine buildings. the structures are highly contam

the area of low pressure rides off into the pacific. it will keep the possibility of stray storms for tomorrow, maybe even some lightning. and it's going to stay humid, as well. we're going to have the full track on this and let you know when things will dry out on that forecast. >>> hundreds of college-bound students on the peninsula got an unmren unpleasant surprise. their advance placement test scores will not be counting. jean elle is in millbrae. >> reporter: throw in financial concerns and you get a lot of people's attention. tonight, hundreds of students and parents showed up here, hoping to find out how they could get those tests scored. the answer right now is they can't. but the school district is considering legal action. hundreds of high school a.p. students and their parents report to the gym in a summer break because of a testing disaster. >> to know your answers aren't counted is crazy. >> reporter: the testing services says it will not receive a.p. tests for more than 250 students at mills because administrators did not f

also, the pacific blood bank on-or the blood bank of the pacific on turk and [inaudible] so we do have the community support. there has been outreach conducting. there may be some people who did not receive those notices, but i think more than a goodwill effort was made to reach as many as possible. thank you. >> thank you very much. before the next speaker i'll name a few more cards. david, sandra, richard, howard,. >> i live -- my name is lawrence lee, i live in the thrower hey and i'm a board member of the association. i'm department on bicycling to get around the city and it's really the most affordable way for me to get around. too frequently we hear about injuries and deaths caused by automobile traffic around this place. the situation is dangerous and the automobile traffic is frankly just uncivilized and our neighborhood residents deserve better. i continua to hear how riding on the street is frightening for those who have to use it and sometimes they even have to use sidewalk. we cyclists do not have the option to push a gas ped /al to get uphill and achieve that acceleration

and more than half of fishing ports on the pacific coast must be rebuilt. people in northeastern japan still face challenges following the 2011 disaster. but step by step, they're moving forward. see their stories every wednesday on "the road ahead" right here on "newsline." >>> the sweltering summer heat continues in japan. but people in the northern prefecture of hokkaido had a rare opportunity to cool down on sunday. a mountain stream makes a path beneath the snow that has piled up during the winter. the daytime high was nearly 30 degrees celsius but the temperature at the entrance is only 10 degrees, thanks to the cool air from the tunnel. the area's normally kept off-limits for safety reasons. people are only allowed to visit on the last sunday of july. >> translator: i'vbeen coming here for three years in a row but i'm surprised to see more snow than usual. it makes me feel i have truly experienced hokkaido. >>> we're seeing a different scene coming out of western japan. meteorologist sayaka mori joins us now. what's the latest? >> yesterday, unprecede