did it threaten the positions in the pacific? d of the rumors started flooding into the court and a number of these were penned by the irish extraction but born and raised in barcelona and became the ambassador to russia said he was stationed in st. petersburg and he possessed this wonderful imagination thatt aided him in exaggerating the threat to send back to these reports saying that they had been standing with one of the admirals before the map of the world and was pointing to russia or rather pointing to alaska and said that we are going to conquer north america and cross into alaska and conquer north america. he said other reports saying they are going to round africa and across through polynesia and then across the pacific and take the spanish possessions that way. there was another possibility they would work their way down the west coast and reach one of those in the southwest in new mexico or northern mexico and discharge its waters into the pacific ocean. but the spanish didn't know that. unfortunately they are anxiety

the border. and in our signature segment, a tiny pacific island takes on the world, closing off a huge area of the ocean to try to prevent overfishing. >> i second the decision to fully close all fishing activity from the first of january 2015. >> sreenivasan: next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are your retirement company. additional support is provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, this is pbs newshour weekend. >> sreenivasan: good evening, thanks for joining us. international efforts to create a lasting ceasefire between israel and hamas appear to have at least temporarily broken down. there was more israeli shelling of gaza and new hamas rocket fire into israel today. yesterday, hamas rejected an israeli offer to extend a 12- hour ceasefire. and almost immediately, hamas fire

a flight from hawaii sets down on a remote island in the middle of the pacific ocean. terrified passengers hear alarms going off on board. the power goes out. the radar goes down, and the plane makes a sharp drop. >> i looked at my wife, and i said "i love you," and i kissed her, and we told each other good-bye because we thought we were going to die. >> what caused this scare in the air? >>> struck by lightning. this guy was hit while standing in his own garage. two boys also struck inside their homes. almost a dozen hit in just days. we'll tell you what you need to know to protect yourself. >>> caught on camera. a violent gang dressed as ninjas tying up and robbing wealthy homeowners. new this morning, how they used the internet to pick their targets revealed in jailhouse interviews. >> all: lbj, lbj, lbj. >>> and hot in cleveland. cavs fans in a frenzy as the greatest basketball player on the planet, lebron james, says he's ready to come home. >> lebron is coming back. >> what's behind the king's move back to the city where he once broke millions of hearts, and who e

before the house foreign affairs committee on asia and the pacific. live coverage of c-span3 and c-span.org. >> american artifacts on american history tv, this weekend our visit to national security archives at george washington university revealed declassified documents about the gulf of tonkin in vietnam. 50 years ago this week congress passed the gulf of tonkin resolution, giving president johnson power to wage war in southeast asia. while congress is in recess, american history tv will be in primetime monday through friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, features events from water -- gather. >> as fighting between israeli and palestinian forces continues in gaza today, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has warned that the fighting will not end anytime soon. members of the senate talked about the conflict and the iron dome antimissile system developed jointly between israel and the u.s. we'll hear first from republican leader mitch mcconnell. >> israel's military campaign against the terrorist organization, hamas, has a clearcut objective. to restore

the soviets are going to enter the pacific war. the japanese under estimate stalin's interest in regaining territory that the japanese took from russia in the war of 1904-1905. their thinking is maybe we can come to a balance of power arrangement. if they prop us up now they can help negotiate our way out of the war with the mrns, we'll help them out later on, that is what we're going to tell them. they get the soviets to mediate an end to the war. so why doesn't this work out? ok the soviets see they have more to gain in terms of territory and political position from entering the war than helping the japanese get out of it. >> obviously we had pearl harbor occur and the death toll through the war thus far was four times what it was in europe from what the book said. so at this point, even if the soviets got involved the american people would not be satisfied with anything less than unconditional surrender from the japanese people. even if you enter in the options here i don't think it could be stopped or mediated peacefully. >> yea

these magnitude 9 earth quakes only the pacific northwest is heavily populated and industrialized. purt reel puerto rico is prone to similar. it might not come for a long time or it might come tomorrow, but the cascadia fault is locked and loaded. it will extend from northern california up the coast to canada, including the entire coastlines of oregon and washington. to prepare for this devastation, i'll high light two opportunities, earthquake early warning and cflar monitoring and discuss why the cascading sub dex zone needs to be a special focus and why the reduction program must be strengthened. please use seismometers to rex niez an earthquakes quake within seconds and broadcast a warning. earthquake early warning would provide advances in mitigating earthquake risks, life safety and early warning with surgeries allowing for bridges to clear, shut down elevators open critical doors, warn schools and the population in general. in the private sector, companies can mitigate losses by protecting critical operations. predetective investigation can be more effectively seminated. many

approach the international date line over the pacific. we see a crescent-shaped sliver of an island in the vast ocean. we're headed for the island nation of kiribati. tarawa, the main atoll. but this south sea paradise is now under threat from climate change. >> it is very thin, it's low lying, so you can see the sea around the land. and with sea level rising kiribati might disappear in the near future. >> the situation could get critical after 2050, we are warned. this is koin etuati. her job within the regional intergovernmental organization is to manage climate projects on her native islands. while some experts claim the islands are still growing in parts, in some places the advance of the ocean is unmistakable. and another problem is also emerging. the islands have to import practically everything, from cars to diapers and canned food. much of it ends up as trash along beaches. >> so you want to ignore your environment? >> no! no! no! >> ok! ♪ >> go green go green go green ♪ >> a message koin etuati is happy to hear. the project is fun

no precipitation in sight across the pacific northwest. the heat will be continuing so you have a very hot weekend ahead. in fact too, hot in death valley at 51 degrees and 50 on saturday. try not to leave any belongings in your car. especially living things such as children or pets. it only takes ten minutes for your car to heat ten degrees. i'll leave you now for your extended >>> that's all for this edition of "newsline." thanks for watching. >>> good evening from los angeles. tonight a conversation with ruben blades, musician, songwrit songwriter, activist and occasional politician has won 12 grammy awards, been nominated for three emmys, has a law degree from harvard, and ran for the presidency of panama back in 1994. wh winning 18% of the vote. he remains committed to his activism and artistry. he has a new cd out called "tangos." conversation with ruben blaze blades co -- blades coming up right now.

in the asia pacific and globally. we want japan to take an active. shaping security arrangement in the asia pacific of course with regard to the russian chinese. proposal. it was for us to several years ago and we reaffirmed by the recent statements. by the russian and chinese presidents the goal these two creates a security arrangement without any blocks. across the asia pacific and we want all the countries including japan to say connective parts. working out a sustainable arrangement last year we had a session of experts in. it last year there was a meeting with. moscow and we hold. that so by the year summits. but we will have in myanmar you will get some of the inside so from our experts and the very spirit of the essence of the senior. looking for an arrangement where there would be no blocks no competing blocks. is very important. it will push. the. use of military force. still. one of the powerful tools which is on the table by many western politicians and we saw that in europe we saw in the me middle east and we saw that in ukraine we see the

but for one family who found themselves stranded in the middle of the pacific ocean with a sick child, their family adventure turned into a national flashpoint, and they aren't alone. there are others living their lives away from the safety of the shores. abc's reena ninen hops on board with one set of aquatic parents and kids. >> reporter: on deck, this might look like a fun family vacation. but below deck, severely cramped quarters for this family of five. but it's home for this family, who ten months ago sold everything they have to live at sea with their three young children. >> we all sat down and said, this is not really the way we want to raise our kids. so this plan was not pretty much for us, it's kind of more for them. >> reporter: they've stocked the boat with everything, food, tools, even duct tape. >> we've seen a lot of movies. >> reporter: they say they're prepared for whatever mother nature sends their way. at arm's reach, jugs of sun tan lotion, a trauma style medical kit. and a state of the art communications system. you don't happen to have cruise control, do you? >

cruz has been exporting into the pacific basin, including the u.s. west coast and growing in numbers. the real place where crude oil exports are needed from the americas is really asia where the deficit is currently around 21 million barrels a day is going to grow to probably 24 million barrels a day by the end of this decade if not more. and mexico is no exception, looking increasingly to asia and europe one of the other places that one can find incremental north american crude going into the pacific basin is from canada but pipeline politics in canada are very difficult and it looks as though we'll see significant amounts of crude oil from alberta moving east to the atlantic basin by pipe and rail an south to the gulf of mexico by pipe and rail and not taking advantage of the higher net facts that can be realized in the pacific basin. so mexican crude may be the only north american crude to take advantage of that. but here's the summary of what i would say by 2020 the three north american producers could see combined incremental growth of liquids.

a flight from hawaii sets down on a remote island in the middle of the pacific ocean. ied passengers hear alarms going off on board. the power goes out. the radar goes down, and the plane makes a sharp drop. >> i looked at my wife, and i said "i love you," and i kissed her, and we told each other good-bye because we thought we were going to die. >> what caused this scare in the air? >>> struck by lightning. this guy was hit while standing in his own garage. two boys also struck inside their homes. almost a dozen hit in just days. we'll tell you what you need to know to protect yourself. >>> caught on camera. a violent gang dressed as ninjas tying up and robbing wealthy homeowners.

and to focus more on the pacific like words that would help us to develop the far east and siberia policy of rushing asia pacific up. or shoot. the protection. on the shore into stability in the region and russia share the shanghai sharp rationalisation. you need to ship. in the summer of two. thousand and fifteen we will host city of a far to the summit of the shark operation going to zation and we need to increase our cooperation with china and we are seeing closer did come out. between russia and china and we both share the same opinion and so on vereide for you of diplomatic situation we are not only cooperating against someone we are not building looks. with a vivid example of a very productive corporation it is going to mutual respect and cooperation we want to develop our relations with our traditional past miss india and vietnam whole playing to increasing role. in the world and we cooperate with other countries in our city on what would be latin america in africa we were of course reliant on our huge experience in terms of cultural and economic ties and of course our ties with th

a super typhoon in the pacific, now what would be equivalent to a category 5. staying that way until it reduces. once it hits japan, close to a 3. that's still 125 mile per hour winds there. wow. we will have our own violent storms. in orange, be on the lookout for se

i am here to present on the burr house at 7272 vallejo street in the pacific heights neighborhood and prepared for the building owner. this is presented to you in the capacity as a certified local government the city and county of san francisco is given the opportunity to comment on questions to the national register of historic places. any comments that the commission has will be forwarded to the office of historic preservation. the byrd house is a three story single family dwelling constructed in 1878 and empire influences and constructed for former -- by former san franciscan mayor edwin burr for his son. the property is located in an intact garden setting and including two other buildings and a cottage constructed circa 1878 as a workshop for edwin burr and a garage constructed between 1913 and designated a landmark number as an outstanding victorian mansion. this commission approved a mills act contract for the property and scopes of work for the main house the cottage and the garden. the byrd house is locally significant and eligible for the register under criterion c and entact

>>> and the great garbage glut swirling across the pacific, right up to the smothers of an island shores of an island paradise. more to it - an update on how much is out there. >>> good evening, thanks for joining us, i'm julie chen. at this hour there's more fear about a rapidly ratcheting up crisis in the middle east as rockets and missiles fly back and forth across israel and the gaza strip. israel appears to prepare for a ground invasion of gaza. thousands of troops are being sent to the border. the united states is calling on both sides to dial back essentials. secretary of state john kerry spoke with israel's binyamin netanyahu. and is reaching out to palestinian leader mahmoud abbas as well. israeli officials say that three rockets launched from gaza targeted a nuclear reactor in the southern israeli town. one rocket was intercepted, two fell without causing damage or injury. sheila macvicar brings us the latest. >> reporter: israel calls this operation protective edge. it's intensifying air and sea launch defensive against targets in the gaza strip. in 48 hours israeli military l

it's one of the strongest storms to sweep the pacific in decades. e the latest pictures from japan's southern island of okinawa where as you can see, people are beginning to feel the brunt of neoguri. half the people are leaving their homes and seeking shelter. flights cancelled, sea lanes closed and 70,000 homes are without power. the storm will be most powerful as it passes okinawa islands where it could bring waves up to 14 meters high and wind gusts of 200 kilometers per hour. these amazing pictures give you a sense of how big this is. this is a view from the international space station. see it stretching from southern japan to taiwan. the typhoon is expected to gradually weaken over the next 24 to 48 hours. a lot of rain is due. the islands south of japan and southern japan itself could see up to 200 millimeters of rain. that could cause flash floods and landslides. then neoguri is expected to track north and east making land fall. then it should make its way up the main island and come close to tokyo on friday. our correspondent in tokyo says d

about a united airlines plane that made an emergency landing on a remote island in the middle of the pacific ocean. the flight took off from honolulu and was supposed to land in guam but it made an emergency landing on one of the smallest, most remote islands in the world. cnn's alexandra field has more on this story from new york. a big phew and sigh of relief i'm sure by everyone on that plane. what happened? >> reporter: absolutely. that's what they're trying to figure out, fred. we know inspectors are looking at the 777, trying to determine what caused what has been described as a mechanical issue which forced the pilot to reroute and land a plane full of people on a very tiny remote island in the middle of the pacific. the plane had left honolulu. it was headed for guam. we're told that an odor raised concerns. it's been described as an electrical odor. the pilot turned around from guam and eventually decided to land the plane on midway island. it's a tiny island, the former home of naval air station so, it does have a landing strip and that strip has been used for emergency landings in

young daughters were 900 miles off the coast of mexico, 18 days into their sailing journey across the pacific and they were in dire need of a rescue. their satellite phone no longer worked, and their one-year-old daughter lyra was sick with fever and a rash. >> we grabbed the emergency position indicating radio beacon and we activated it. >> we sat with no communication for 12 hours just waiting. >> you don't even know that they received it? >> no idea. you push that button and you hope it works. >> reporter: but help was on the way. national guardsmen parachuted out of a plane and into the frigid waters. boarding the sailboat and stablilizing lyra. doctors now believe she had typhoid or salmonella. the word that kept coming up about your trip was the word reckless. >> yeah. >> what do you say to that? >> we disagree. we're both experienced sailors. we've raised our daughters on a sailboat. we were very prepared. we knew what we were doing. >> reporter: the kaufmans plan to sue their satellite phone carrier saying it cut off their only connection to land while they were stranded. they want to

the quake on the pacific coast damaged dozens of homes. it also triggered a number of landslides in the guatemalan state of san marcos. >>> japan is bracing for destructive winds and huge waves as a powerful typhoon churns toward the southern island of okinawa. waves of 40 to 50 feet in height are feared as typhoon noeguri approaches. the heavy rain is falling in southern japan ahead of the hurricane-like storm. tens of thousands of people are being urged to evacuate before the typhoon arrives. >>> spencer will keep his eye on that and so will sandy as we progress through the evening. we want to focus on our weather as you head back to work after the holiday. >> the weather is changing. right now i want to get to typhoon neoguri. i want to show you exactly where it's located and what we're expecting as we head into the next 24 to 48 hours. our live doppler 7 hd is tracking this typhoon as we take a look there, sunday it was a massive category 5 storm, equivalent to a category 5. it was a supertyphoon. now it is a category 3 with winds of 12

hundreds of passengers fearing the worst, their flight developed serious trouble over the pacific, farajor airport. >> we told each other good-bye, because we thought we were going to die. >> the tiny strip of land where they finally reached safety, and the dramatic details tonight. >>> american exodus. hundreds of u.s. citizens scrambling to flee violence in the middle east, as the israelis and palestinians trade rocket fire. we have team coverage. our martha raddatz is right there on the border where israeli tanks are gathering. >>> and lone survivor. an emotional message of hope from the 15-year-old girl who lost her entire family in a deadly assault in texas. her promise of finding peace after the darkest of times.

the navy wanted him to come to the pacific. they put pressure on their guys. no, ernie always, i don't think it was with a sense of protecting himself, but he always stop short of writing anything that would run afoul of the military brass. i don't know how many of you have seen "patton." this was an old movie from the vietnam era, 1970. george patton was an important army commander in europe in world war ii. an extremely tough guy. he was called blood and guts. his soldiers would say his guts, our blood. patton, during the campaign for sicily, was visiting a field hospital. there were two casualties there suffering from shell shock. he thought there wasn't any such thing. anyone who claimed he was suffering from fatigue was simply a coward. he actually slapped these soldiers in the face. a number of correspondents all that happen. others heard about it. ernie was one of them. he didn't write about it. what they did was go to general eisenhower, the commander of the whole theater at the time, patton's superior, and say this had happened, and demanded that eisen

the pacific northwest is famous for its lush forests. it isell-known is that home to one of the most contaminated nuclear site in the country. a plutonium site was established in hanford, washington. they are in the midst of the largest nuclear cleanup in u.s. history. >> which are standing next to the river, the lifeblood of the pacific northwest. this is what those of us who care about cleanup in hanford are trying to protect. >> protecting the environment was not the priority 70 years ago when they began production of plutonium for new their weapons. >> there was a sense of urgency. we were worried, as a country, about winning world war ii and protecting fighting men and women. there was not much thought given about the disposal of what they were creating from the 1940's on. this was a secret site. >> they remain proud of the role late in the war effort. a new generation is looking ahead. >> i see this area embracing cleanup. we have an obligation to educate our children and continue the struggle. we have to pass the baton on. it is go

. >> will you have to dump some contaminated water into the pacific? >> we're doing a testing of the system tad alps. the policy is to decontaminate the water to a safe and harmless level in order to reduce the risk that it poses. >> david mcneil, a journalist who has covered the fukushima disaster from day one, believes that the release of some water is inevitable. >> once they get it to the decontamination that is acceptable to dump into the ocean. there's no way they can not do it. >> i asked what if tepco fails to first time out more dangerous forms of radiation? >> all over [ unintelligible ]. >> long-term words, as typhoon neoguri rages on. >> if you look at a forecast map with all of the swirly lines around the u.s., you might think of going out in time this week might look like the january maps. as in a lot of very cold air starting to seep down and drop into parts of the midwest and the northeast. it's not very cold air this time around, burr we're going to see a significant difference in temperatures for summertime in the midwest. so as we loo

the storm is moving towards the north of the pacific. things will clear out. we have new information on another storm. i'll take you further down towards the central part of the pacific, this is the ninth storm. this is warm water across the area, this is what the storms need for intensification. the track came out. it does not look good. the storm goes directly over here to the west and right now by sunday we are looking at possibly a land striking storm here across northern lus acks n, which is susceptible to typhoons. they do not handle tropical systems like this very well. >> thank you. >> ahead. another round of bombing in gaza. the war of words between diplomats from both sides. >>> a tale of two cities. californian towns on opposite sides of the immigration debate. >>> welcome back to al jazeera america. much more on the israeli gaza conflict in a minute. coming up, infected again. the baby thought to be cured of h.i.v. is showing signs of the virus. >>> bionic eye - how technology is helping the blind see again. >>> remember the life and legend of a fam

and "apollo 11" splashed down in the pacific. the crew, armstrong, aldrin and collins, then suffered the ultimate indignity. they had to be rubbed down with disinfectant upon landing. they were quarantined for three weeks for fear they were carrying some rare moon germs or foreign pathogens from the great unknown. president nixon visited them in their specially fitted airstream quarantine trailer. had to speak to them through the glass. >>> back here on earth for the folks who live and vacation in wisconsin and minnesota, it's already been a weird summer thanks to the summer version of the polar vortex that just drove temperatures down into the 40s in some places in the morning. now the problem is may flies. the may flies swarm showed up on local doppler radar in lacrosse, wisconsin, during a clear night. and the bugs showed up on everything else including cars, sidewalks. rising from the mississippi river, the bugs are drawn naturally to the light of the moon or any nearby car headlight or front porch light. thankfully their life

on the shores of the pacific and in the skies above. we flourished in the nation you came home to build. the most difficult days of your lives bought us 50 years of freedom. you did your job. now we must do ours. let us begin by teaching our young people about the villainy that started this war and the valor that ended it. let us carry on the work you began here. the sparks of freedom you struck on these beaches were never extinguished, even in the darkest days behind the iron curtain. five years ago, the miracle of liberation was repeated as the rotting timbers of communism came tumbling down. now we stand at the start of a new day. the soviet empire is gone. so many who fought as our partners in this war, the russi russians, the poles and others now stand again as our partners in peace and democracy. our work is far from done. still, there are cliffs to scale. we must work to contain the world's most deadly weapons, to expand the reach of democracy. we must keep ready arms and strong alliances. we must have strong families and cohesiv

why this plane made a landing on a small island open the pacific. >> ft. moon hits your eye like a big piece of pie that's a super moon and phils open a hot streak. could they stay hot tonight. jeff skversky has the answer in could they stay hot tonight. jeff skversky has the answer in sports coming >> a united airlines flight had to mack a landing on a remote eye happened in the middle of the pacific axe boeing 777 had to land from hawaii to guam on thursday. passengers and crew reported smoke and burning smell. >> the land was due to a smell they could not identify. what the smell was it was look a burning smell. and so, the plane and the officials there were doing cross checks and this took about three hours to do. >> and that's when the pilot decided to land on old military base on midway island. replacement aircraft was september to midway to bring the passengers back to hawaii. a flight was arranged to bring those folks to final destination in qwam. >> overseas tonight secretary of state john kerry helped broker a deal between afghanistan candidates a

s ability to keep the peace in the pacific? and are, on similar note you just finished or there's a recent exercise with indyaw and japan. how important has developing a military to military relationship to indyaw been with you and what's the next step forward in that partnership? >> okay. well, let me start by talking about the second question first which is the exercise that we do with indyaw. of the we do the malabar exercise between the united states and india and it become as multinational or trilateral. this year we have a trilateral between india, japanned and the united states. -- japan. this particular exercise goes back a number of years. this is one the cornerstones, particularly in the maritime environment for ability to operate with our indian partners and bringing japan in which was done before. i think they participated in in this exercise in 2007 and twine. understand they gapped 2011 because of the activity but having japan in there is kind of a normally-anticipated, anticipated thing. it is opportunity for to u

it's 55 degrees over the pacific. we get onshore flow, cool ocean air, and, yeah, keeps hillsides moist. we were lacking that the past couple of days. 59 in san francisco. mild start to the day in oakland you're at 58. live look at a sunrise here in pleasanton, beautiful day. hayes valley, fog settling into san francisco. san jose, welcome sight this morning, those low clouds have returned. this is going to keep temperatures comfortable later today. 77 degrees, how does that sound, along the peninsula? pretty nice. 82 for the south bay. 86 degrees, pretty warm out there in the extreme east bay. as we head throughout your fourth of july weekend, a lot of people like to come to down and go to san francisco to see fireworks. you know there's a lot of other things happening in the city. temperatures this year, going to be spectacular. on the fourth of july, 66 degrees. saturday 68. 71 degrees staying warm sunday. overall, comfortable, no extreme changes or swings in your temperatures in the near future. let's check your dr

. >>> parts of the pacific northwest are on fire this morning. crews are trying to tame 21 wildfires burning in oregon and washington. the fires were lit up by lightning storms last week. a million acres already scarred and charred. homes and buildings lost. in washington a man died trying to save his home, but windy weather is in the forecast, and it could slow down the flames. >>> there is more fall-out following the death of a new york man after police officers appear to have put him in a choke hold during an arrest attempt. four emergency service workers responded to the call on thursday, and they are now on modified duty on the death of 43-year-old err eric garner. in the cell phone video, garner, a father of six who had been arrested a number of times for selling i will greel cigarettes, is heard telling officers he can't breathe as they hold him down and cuff him. the officers who allegedly placed him in the choke hold has been stripped of his gun and badge. meantime, the agency that investigates police misconduct is now looking to more tha

he wants to have gemini over eastern europe all the way to the pacific. 's convinced obama not to build an abm system in poland, the czech republic, he's reclaimed part of georgia, he's annexed crimea, he's planning on putting east if not all of ukraine in russia's orbit. he's succeeding in keeping al assad in power in damascus. he's kept the russian naval base in tartus. when obama refused to acknowledge al si si in cairo, it was putin who went there to give them $2 billion in aid. and now you have cuba, venezuela and nicaragua all asking for russian military aid advisors in combined exercises. putin controls all the organs of information in russia. and thanks to eddie snowden, the new normal in america is not tranquility. in fact, in the globe it's terror. and putin's decision to put that sa-11 buk launcher in the hands of russian separatists and then fire the missiles with russian technicians is further proof of it. now we've, by the way, heard in the last couple of hours we've now learned our state department, our state department, has announced that t

into the and the indian ocean to the eastern pacific it brings rain and more each year with he brain rain to california and the american southwest so during an el nino period winters are a lot wetter typically than than usual in the southwestern united states including central and southern california where the drug conditions right now are really really scary that's why californians have been hoping for a strong el nino to bring the rains and the moisture that's needed to help ease the drought unfortunately while some weather models are still saying that an el nino is possible the chances of an el nino is strong enough to break the devastating drought in california scene are now very slim and that's because this calvin wages vanished as a result there's probably no end in sight to the current drought conditions in california and since warm ocean waters the bring rain are now moving farther north up the pacific. oregon and washington alaska will get rain the jet stream is set to extend drought like conditions to much of the southwest. it could get so bad that there's now a ver

and in the pacific theater. ng those medals to those who served and never made it home. what an incredible story. >> what an incredible story. he enlisted in the army when he was just 18 years old, just four months shy of his high school graduation. you forget about that generation. war is always a lot of young folks are involved. but what an incredible generation. >> you really do. and when i think about this, i think about the pride on his face right no you and see his family with him. that smile cannot be replaced no matter how long he waits. >> that is right. finally due his awards. >>> coming up in the skinny, the jaw-dropping rumors circulating about the bachelorette, andi dorfman even before she picks her guy. >>> and later, weird al, is as weird as ever. check his video out. his music video shows a sense of humor like no other. and a sense of style like no other. yikes. you're watching "world news now." ♪ because i'm happy >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by mega red omega-3 criminal

you're on a plane over the pacific. in the middle of nowhere, and then the pilot declares an emergency. >> it got really silent in the cabin. people prayed. we all prayed. i prayed. >> you can bet people prayed. details how this flight had problems from the start before it even landed on a remote island. >> speaking of prayers, there will be some people who are praying for the teams that are playing and will there be devine intervention at the world cup today? for the first time ever t two nations in the world cup final sfr a livingpope in their corner. are you ready grandma? just a second, sweetie. [ female announcer ] we eased your back pain, you turned up the fun. tylenol® provides strong pain relief while being gentle on your stomach. but for everything we do, we know you do so much more. tylenol®. (vo) ours is a world of wcome on let's go!much more. (vo) the red-eyes. (daughter) i'm really tired. (dad) i feel bad for you. (vo) the transfers. well, that's kid number three. (vo) the return trips. how you feeling buddy

so we have this area across the western pacific, as well. >> on that radar, matmo looks huge. >>> let'sive you a more hopeful, uplifting one. a sikts-stroke lead wasn't enough to dampben him on sunday at the 143 open championship over in brilt tan. the 25-year-old struggled in the final round, finishing at one under par for the lead. >> and that does it for this hour of cnn news room. thanks very much for watching. early start is next for those of you in the u.s. for viewers everywhere else, stay suned for cnn news center. q. >>> happening now. who shot down malaysia airlines flight 17? this morning, new evidence mounting against russian separatists who refused to hand over the crash scene to investigators. russian president vladimir putin breaks his silence as the families of the victims plead for the bodies of their loves ones to be returned. we have live team coverage on the angles of this major, developing story. >>> death and destruction in gaza. sunday marked the