the pacific is big. that's a quarter of the circumference of the earth.t of area to change the water in. that's a big disruption in the temperature -- the thermal-boundary condition that the atmosphere sees. narrator: in 1982, conditions were building toward an el niÑo of unprecedented proportions. but the warning signs went unheeded. the conrad a research vessel from columbia's lamont-doherty earth observatory, noticed dramatic increases in sea-surface temperature as it steamed east along the equator. the temperatures were so high that computers in washington d.c., rejected the data because it was too much of an anomaly. cane: i was in a meeting in the fall in 1982 and the prevailing sense of things was, "there's no el niÑo going on. there won't be an el niÑo," and so on. now, this was, say something like september if i remember right, and we were already well into what would be the largest el niÑo in 100 years, okay? and i thought, "what a great prediction problem to go after. "if i understand something "then i should be able to turn it into a set of eq

>> george prescott bush marks grandfather was shot down over the pacific. of the national parks service and friends of the national world or to memorial host of the event. >> we salute those of the greatest generation. we also offer a special salute to this generation. another great generation. a generation of men and women who are presently serving in the ongoing war on terrorism. there services greatly appreciated. to all of these veterans past and present, we are grateful. we have a lasting appreciation for their service to our country. i want to thank you all for being here today. special thanks to our veterans for their service and sacrifices for our nation. to introduce the official party for today's commemoration. is mr.note speaker george prescott bush. [applause] it is a long walk. the chairman of the board for friends of the national world war ii memorial. [applause] district, theary corporal chaplain. [applause] it is a warm day and we will try to make this brief. i think you'll find it impressive. presentationor the of the colors and the plane of

bush, marks the day 70 years ago when his grandfather was shot down over the pacific while serving as a fighter pilot in the u.s. navy. the national parks service and friends of the national world war ii memorial hosted this event. [applause] >> thank you very much. good morning, ladies and gentlemen. on behalf of the friends of the national world war ii memorial board of director and our chairman, general mcclickliter, welcome to the world war ii memorial. it's a distinct honor to be a part of your ceremonies as we commemorate the 69th anniversary of v.j. day. as citizens of a grateful nation, we salute those of the greatest generation who helped save the world from tyranny. we also offer a special salute to this generation, another great generation, a generation of men and women of our armed forces who are presently serving in the ongoing war on terrorism. their service is greatly appreciated. to all these warriors and veterans, past and present, we owe a great debt of gratitude and our lasting appreciation for their service to our country. again, i want to thank you all for being h

bush, was shot over the pacific in 1944. live coverage this morning from the world war ii memorial here in washington, d.c., getting under way now. >> my distinct pleasure to introduce ourvvllll> thank you very much. on behalf of the friends of the national world war ii memorial board of director and our c

they're known the central pacific jupiter and union pacific 119. those two locomotives have become two of the most famous locomotives in american railroading so being able to run those is a cool way to commemorate that. after the ceremony, a lot of pictures were taken and then the operation of the railroad became huge throughout the country. because they were trying to increase time and efficiency within these companies them, eventually the line that was passing through this area was bypassed. they built a trestle bridge and causeway from the nevada-utah border straight across the point of the promontory mountains that are just behind us straight into ogden. that cut about 80 miles of extra travel time, money, all of that, off of the operation of that transcontinental line. ogden became a huge hub for transporting troops and materials and supplies all across the country and would just have trains every hour coming in just unloading huge amounts of supplies or people and it became a major city, major thoroughfare for moving across the country. >> we

the pacific alliance is an alliance among companies with open economies. with a free-trade agreement, participating in great commercial sectors. that we will be able to find common ground. >> the president of peru speaking yesterday to bloomberg news. that is your latin america report for this tuesday. coming up, a democratic senator relet -- we asked -- and reacts in the senate. ♪ >> more now on dealing with domestic abuse cases in part two of my conversation with the michigan democratic senator. i began by asking her what the league still needs to do. the senator was among 16 female senators who signed a letter urging the nfl to institute a zero tolerance policy. signed the letter because i think there has to be a zero tolerance policy around family and domestic violence. i think they have been slow to come to this. we will see what happens here at some of this has not been impressive. >> it is not enough to just say, we stand with women and we know domestic is destined method filings is wrong and maybe we will wear a purple ribbon. what else needs to be

after two jets krached over the pacific ocean. another one was able to safely eject. e pilots and the squadron are based at the naval station. >> still ahead, state trooper ambushed and shot to death in cold blood. police from efrl states, joining an intense man hunt for the killer. >>> coming up, i promise you i return to these heights. i did. and now tickets are being handed out. >> didn't stop at a flashing red light hch. >> in the next edition of people behaving badly. mornings. they're bad breath, bad hair and a bad case of the mondays. and organized wardrobes that help you pull it together. they're showering, shaving, and shuffling. and bathrooms that get big families out the door. they're number ones, number twos, and a number of ideas for three. life's morning madness. and comfortable, organized bed and bathrooms that make them better. . >>> i promised irwould return. and i did. this van stops for a red light. and he did. let's see for a different wip r one. >> you didn't stop for that red. >> it was yellow. >> it only flashes red. >> do you have your deliver's

the big news is they keep lining up out here in the pacific, and it's this system i've been talking about for the last ten to 15 days, because it was looking good all the way back then. and at this point, the fact that it's still maintaining some of that organization, we've got a little area of low pressure coming up from baja, tropical storm, the remnants there, to combine we could get some very generous rainfall totals. we're going to talk about that coming up, plus what's going on around the bay area. couple more events that mike didn't get to. we'll talk about those coming up. right now, back to you sam and kris. >> got you covered. thank you very much, christina. >>> scientists may have solved a great mystery. how exercise keeps stress-related depression away. >>> and stanford researchers stopping the spread of cancer without chemotherapy. their break through coming up next. >>> welcome back. it is well known that exercise can improve a person's mood and overall well being, but scientists now say that getting physical can protect the brain from stress related depression. a study in m

jet blue flight made an emergency landing in long beach, cindy gilbert was riding her bike near the pacific coast highway about the same time as the emergency. and that's when she heard allowed boom, and saw a square metal object land about 3 feet away. >> i went back, saw this right there, right where i was, and right in the sand, i'm like that's it, that fell out of the sky. literally fell out of the sky. >> oh, boy, that's scary. the faa is investigating the object's origins right now. >>> well, tomorrow is the anniversary of one of the most powerful hurricanes to ever hit the east coast.

boundary to the pacific, he had david danjier's full length marble of thomas jefferson moved and set up on the north lawn in the middle of about where jefferson kept the bears. his wife sarah had called it home sally. sarah had symbolic ideas, too. she was one tough first lady. about her jimmy, as she called him, his greatness. she hung a large portrait of the conquistador over the mantle in the blue room. you can see the jefferson statue today. in the statuary hall. jefferson's was not the only one with live entertainment. zachary taylor displayed his famous mexican war horse old whitey on the lawn where he grazed in peacetime comfort. the delighted public to whom whitey was well known in prince and other things and a hero, hugged him and petted him and took hairs from his tail until in the president's funeral

meanwhile, in the pacific -- odile strengthening to a major hurricane. a beast of a storm vacationers in cabo san lucas already feeling the impact. rob marciano, abc news, new york. >>> sweltering in the west, chilly in the east this morning. >> the pacific hurricane is making landfall along the baja peninsula. meteorologist jim dickey continues our coverage now. jim, good morning. >> good morning, reena and dan. temperatures soaring again across the west here today. from the pacific northwest across the central valleys of california in the deserts of arizona. many spots in the 90s and triple digits will challenge records in some locations. we'll challenge records into the northeast through the early morning hours. challenging record lows. many spots in the 30s and 40s. vermont down to 38 degrees. frost and freeze advisories are out across the high elevations of vermont, new hampshire. will challenge the freezing point here. could see some frost developing. that would be the first of the season. we're also tracking a major hurricane. hurricane odile movin

stated fleet week helps us to respond better to international emergencies such as those we see in the asian pacific japan and the feigns and for america's security so we thank you for allowing us to be a small part of the great training opportunity no 2k0ub9 this is important it is purchase full it is my distinct honor to introduce the executive director of the san francisco fleet week association mr.lize lou bib again, thank you sim if i dills. >> (clapping) >> thank you general and thank you, mayor ed lee mayor ed lee i've known him for a long time before i was working for the city he's also been commit to 9 disaster response i have to tell you he and his administration s are so supportive of the fleet week we have a lot of people in the rooms from department of emergency management to have the port of san francisco a myriad of agencies in san francisco we have a number of people representing the organizations that are here today captain gregory stumble he is the captain of the port of san francisco from the u.s. koolgd and sitting next to him is monique the port of san francisco they bend over b

the fa-18 fighters were coming from the "uss carl vinson" and it set sail for the western pacific and middle east from san diego county three weeks ago. the carrier was operating in an area off guam. other than that we don't have a specific location. we'll continue to follow the story and have updates on twitter. >>> a shooting victim is fighting for his life this morning at san francisco general hospital. the victim in his 20s was found near the hospital around 8:30 last night. he'd been shot several times in the upper body. around the time the victim was located, officers got reports that shots had been fired a bit earlier on the 500 block of ellsworth street. police are investigating whether those two incidents are related. >>> there were more gunshots in san francisco last night just after 10:00, shots were fired near the intercontinental hotel on howard street. that's where president obama often stays when he visits town. at least two cars were hit by gunfire. police began escorting guests into the hotel for their own safety. so far there are no confirmed victims or suspects. >>>

i've been watching these storm systems lining up in the pacific. the deal is last year at this time we did not have that scenario. we had this big blocking ridge right over us. that is going to be the case as we head throughout the next week or so. after that that, that ridge is going to break down and we are bulls eyeing our next chance for rain around the 13th to the 16th. all it's going to take are two to three good storm systems to bring us up to average for the month of october. it's going to take a lot of rain to get us out of the dry seasons we've had. good morning to you san jose. hey, livermore, beautiful conditions in the tri-valley today and then it's going to get hot out there. we're going to lose our natural a.c., that fog, which has settled into pacifica this morning. we'll see if the fog is impacting your drive with mike in moments. your sun will rise at 7:03. temperatures just a touch above average for today and your sun will set at about 6:57. you're not going to see a lot of the loaf cloud cover returning to the coast. as a result

coming up, the warmest day of the weekend and an update on a category 2 hurricane spinning in the pacific. >>> the south san francisco police department is warning the community about a scam. police say several victims have received calls from somebody who claims they owe money to the federal government. caller says the victim must pay immediately using a prepaid card to avoid being arrested. police are reminding people, stay on alert if asked for personal information over the phone. >>> police are investigating two robberies that may have been committed by the same man. the robberies happened about two miles apart, the first on monday at a walgreens store, and then on wednesday at a 7-11 on central avenue. here's a look at the suspect caught on surveillance on both occasions. police say the man handed the clerks a note saying he had a gun and he demanded money. the man may also be linked to incidents in san mateo and san jose. >>> in richmond the police department is using a new weapon in prostitution, facebook. 11 men are learning a hard way, with a very lasting public impact. >> report

that rain continues to push into the pacific. i think across the region the flooding could be across monterey and through to the coast around the gulf of mexico. significant flooding. we should see improvement. >> thank you. let's return to the top storey, the release of the turkish hostages. we go to fadi at chat am house in london. why do you think the hostages were released by i.s.i.l., where so many remaining in captivity have been killed. what is behind this, do you think? >> i think i.s.i.l. did not want to gain the enmity of turkey. it's a majority muslim country, many the anti-asaad groups are located in turkey. it would have been seen as a step too far. and had the i.s.i.l. not released the hostages, turkey may become a more willing partner with the anti-i.s.i.l. coalition being assembled by the united states. >> many countries don't negotiate with terrorists. there seems to be back-channel activity. they were released unharmed, without a fuss. do you think a ransom was paid? >> the turkish government unofficially is deny

moving red blob blob of pressure in the north pacific the one that persisted for 2 winters now. metaphorically speaking. >> that's the rock in the stream. that big red blob is about sitting usually where the jet stream and storm track would normally be. >>reporter: it's the physical cause of california drought. today daniel published academic paper that is the first to connect climate at change with the formation of that ridge. study based on examination climate model both existing and hypothetical. in one model daniel looked at the earth atmosphere as it exist today with carbon emission. in another model no carbon emission at off. perfectly natural atmosphere. >> i don't think any evidence it's permanent conditional though what we have shown is there is increase risk that this sort of extreme pressure pattern willow occur sorry, what does this study by 25-year-old mean to the rest of us confirmation mostly. another peek into the mechanism behind california water crisis. further proof that this is no fluke. it has a cause. from stanford university, wayne, abc 7 news. >> check th

here's that wider view, this is the system out in the pacific bringing rain for the pacific northwestnt will kickoff with this and come our way, and again the timing of that puts it to about wednesday night into thursday, we'll get some light rain in the north bay, the chance of some rain will actually spread bay-area wide through thursday, and maybe even lingering around to the beginning half of friday. that's what we have to look forward to. won't be a lot of rain, we'll take whatever we can get. by saturday and sunday it all dries out. so the forecast, that's the way it looks, let's find out how your commute is shaping up. we've been tracking the bay bridge, how is it looking? >> it still looks pretty good, james. traffic still light enough at the west end of the bridge we haven't seen any impact from the closure of the fulsome street portion of the freemont street ramp. now all traffic has to make the left hand turn. 1 of the problems there is that it meant there were 3 lanes getting off the bridge and not funneled onto freemont street northbound, that's the concern is that freemo

centralknown the pacific jupiter and union pacific 119. locomotives have become two of the most famous locomotives in american railroading so being able to run those is a cool way to commemorate that. ceremony, a lot of pictures were taken and then the becameon of the railroad huge throughout the country. because they were trying to and efficiency within these companies them, eventually the line that was through this area was bypassed. a trestle bridge and the nevada-utah border straight across the point promontory mountains that are just behind us straight into ogden. extraut about 80 miles of travel time, money, all of that, off of the operation of that line.ontinental ogden became a huge hub for transporting troops and materials and supplies all across the country and would have trains every hour coming in just unloading huge or people supplies and it became a major city, movinghoroughfare for across the country. >> we continue our look at westward expansion here on c-span. the national look at theue our american westward expansion. thro

tranquillity the moon would never again appear quite the same. [ sirens ] >> july 24th, dawn in the pacific. apollo blazes across the heavens coming back to earth at 20,000 miles per hour. president richard nixon who had talked with the astronauts by telephone while they were on the moon was waiting aboard the recovery carrier to welcome the returning voyagers. the president later expressed the nation's response to this historic mission. >> some way when those two americans stepped on the moon, the people of this world were brought closer together. that it is that spirit, the spirit of "apollo" that america can now help to bring to our relations with other nations. the spirit of "apollo" transcends geographical barriers and political differences, it can bring the people of the world together in peace. >> to protect against any possible lunar contamination the astronauts put on air tight special garments before coming on board the rescue ship. they transferred directly from the helicopter to a mobile quarantine van in which they would be flown back to houston, texas. july 27th, the journey w

high clouds from the pacific. we will hold on to high clouds and dense fog near the bay area coast. with that we are seeing a big temperature range. half moon day, 61 degrees. livermore 100 degrees. fairfield 100 degrees. santa rosa 90. san jose 82 degrees. the fog near the golden gate bridge. live camera out there. fog for this evening. warm to hot saturday away from the coast line and then we shave off a few degrees into next week. big series this weekend at at&t park, dodgers in town. partly cloudy skies. 60 degrees at first pitch and winds at 15 miles per hour. over night lows tomorrow morning, in the 50s. maybe low 60s out there. the fog near the coast and around the bay. the fog locally dense. careful driving highway 1 tomorrow morning. cool down for your saturday. mid-60s for the beaches. inland the mid-90s. a weather system in the pacific, this will be the source of cooling so sunday will be the coolest day of the weekend. we will shave off a few degrees and you will feel it next week for monday and tuesday. here is our forecast model. dense fog near the coast and bay tomorr

to the canyon -- >> the river has gathered flowing southwestern in its wild 1400 mile descent to the pacifican. piling up great deltas of silt in the valleys. and damaging great canyons. early settlers were at the mercy of this untamed giant. melted snow from the mountains each spring swelled the colorado river into a raging torrent. flooding fertile valleys along its path. destroying farmlands, homes, cities. in 1905, the colorado cut through its banks to the mexican border and for two years, forming an inland sea. -- poured unchecked into the sultan sick, -- into the salted sick -- sank, forming an inland say. after each brings flood, when the river had spent its fury, it dried to a trickle. crops withered and died. all living things suffered. man and his livestock thirsted. settlers along the river were discouraged. some gave up and went elsewhere. others stayed to fight. the river had to be regulated, controlled in a year-round if they were to succeed. no more floods, no more droughts. arthur powell davis, first reclamation director and chief engineer, understood their problem. he had tr

we have another system now located in the eastern pacific. is one will move toward the north and west. concerned about maybe some tropical storm force winds down toward the southern tip of the baja, california, peninsula, so looking out for that possibility. but it will weaken from a storm intensifying into a hurricane and then back down to a tropical storm as we head into the weekend. mexico city staying wet because of the wet setup with dolly, house within a chance for rain, also into atlanta you'll be seeing a chance for rain on our wednesday. wrapping things up with a look at east asia. you notice a lot of cloud cover over the korean peninsula, already 100 millimeters of rainfall has fallen in this area, and that is continuing to spread toward the east. so western japan, and hokkaido into northern japan you'll be seeing the rain falling as we go throughout thursday, and then eventually by the weekend in the kanto plains you'll be seeing the rainfall as the front pushing toward the east. you'll see the rain in seoul. also back toward the we

it found weaker winds actually accounted for a large portion of the warming trend in the pacific northwest over the past century. and that's because weakening winds resulting in less evaporation and altered ocean currents. >>> getting bag to another live look at the smoke from the "king" fire burning in el dorado county. look at all of that smoke. air quality a big concern for days now. and businesses in the sierra foothills say the nearby king fire is choking off the tourist traffic. owners of the high hill ranch at apple hill say the skies have been clear there but apparently not everyone realizes it. they say they have seen a drop- off in customers since the fire started. but they say the smoke is not an issue in that area. >> smoke is pretty much confined in american river canyon areas, the lower lying areas. but apple hill now the weather is beautiful up here. >> the ranch has set up a webcam for customers to monitor the conditions at apple hill. >>> still ahead, bank accounts drained. the ripple effects now emerging from the home depot security breach. >> plus, shopping made easy. ho

here again, abc's gloria riviera. >> reporter: i'm in the heart of the pacific ring of fire with a trio of danger-loving volcano hunters. look at that. including 11-year-old molly ambrose. these intrepid photographers in pursuit of the ultimate shot that have led me to a remote, uninhabited indonesian island. and one very angry volcano. we only have two nights here and we barely survived the first. battling crashing waves and torrential rain. come morning, the tide is threatening to overtake camp. instead of filming, they're scrambling to build a barrier. >> it's still quite sore. >> reporter: and molly, she's still a little shaken up. >> sometimes i get a bit scared, but dad says, the good thing is, when you're scared, it's because you're thinking about all the dangers. >> reporter: right about now, her dad's mostly scared because thousands of dollars are on the line and he still hasn't captured the shot. they are racing against time. >> we pretty much lost half the day just waiting for the weather to start clear egg. ideally, there's so many other positions we want to be in. >> report

see the weather system out here in the pacific, area of low pressure, trough, the source of more cooling possibly a few light showers late tuesday and into early wednesday morning, so, a lot to keep an eye on, the potential change out there. it looks like the best chance will be up to the northern portionings of the state, but still something we'll be watching for that time frame. >> an update on a major hurricane. category three. here's the location, cabo san lucas. here is the forecast track for monday, tuesday, wednesday. it generates showers across parts of california, whenever you get a hurricane this time of the year and the weather pattern developing out here in the pacific, there is a chance the moisture could get drawn into the bay area. not in the forecast, yet, but something we will be watching for wednesday, thursday and friday. temperatures for tomorrow, partly to mostly sunny skies a bit of a breeze, santa rosa, upper 70s, mid-to upper 80s gillroy, 88, here is a look ahead toward san francisco, 67 and pacificka, 63 degrees. a look ahead, your five-day forecast, picking up t

flooding conditions, in fact, extend along the west coast from northern california to the pacific northwestt roads in the east coast and florida. and a band of showers from north texas up to the great lakes. >>> good news if you're flying, no major delays. >>> and new insight this morning into the man suspected of killing a pennsylvania state trooper. >> eric frein was in a documentary. showing him participating in a vietnam war reenactment, spending days in the woods, and includes a long interview with him as well. >> it's about teaching the public and showing the equipment that was used, talking about the history of it all. it's not vietnam, we're in the middle of pennsylvania. we're in a revolutionary war fort. it's not a place to reenact the battle. >> back then frein seems to know it's all a game. but the line between reality and the game is now blurred for frein, police believe. s.w.a.t. teams will be hunting for him today. >>> the ebola outbreak could infect 1.4 million people in west africa by january. the cdc predicts as many as 20,000 in the region by november. those numbers will

government officials decided in 1994 to begin sending boats to the pacific ocean. crews were able to catch 100 whales per year. now up to 380. but the program suffered a setback in march. the international court of justice ruled against the research whaling in the antarctic ocean. >> killing and treating of whales under the special permits granted for japan is not for purposes of scientific research within the meaning of article 8. >> reporter: in response, japanese government officials halted research whaling in the ant arctic until next march. they limited the catch for crews by nearly half. officials say they want to resume research whaling in the antarctic again next april. >> if the japanese government goes ahead with whaling in the southern ocean, then we are prepared to intercept the fleet and shut them down. >> reporter: delegates at the meeting are divided over where to take things from here. those from australia say ruling against japan was significant. they say research that leads to the killing of whales is unnecessary. but their counterparts from laos a

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this area of low pressure is just sitting over the pacific northwest. it's projected to move east a. as it does so, it's enhanced that marine layer. now, by the time the sun sets at 7:38 tonight, we'll notice that the clouds will be rolling back into the bay. so by tomorrow morning sunrise at 6:40, we'll notice even a little bit of drizzle associated with that very deep marine layer. temperatures today in and around our microclimates in the 60s at the beaches, san francisco through the avenues into the sunset district at 68 degrees which is spot on for this time of the year. 70s north of the golden gate bridge. right around the 70s and low 80s to the south. warmer than that in morgan hill and in gilroy. east bay numbers will be in the mid-80s to 90 in brentwood. every day we're calling for a stagnant weather pattern to continue through tuesday. that's a look at your wednesday forecast. have a great day, everyone! >>> well, are you parched for a drink but tired of the bar scene? >> yes. [ laughter ] >> oh, you're not asking me? [ laughter ] >> no. >> i wa

hoover dam and its power plant work around the clock to serve power needs from the pacific southwest. water from lake mead passing into the intake falls through the stocks to spin the giant turbine wheels and discharge into the river. this is repeated at downstream reclamation dams. transformers step up hoover dam voltage as it comes from generators. lines carry this power over the powerhouse roof to the switch yard. from there it is transmitted over lines across the desert. the river flows southward and along the way man diverts from the controlled stream to sustain his prosperous way of life. 67 miles downstream davis dam reregulates colorado's flow releasing water through its power plant turbines to irrigators in mexico. davis dam generators connect with hoover dam upstream and those at parker dam downstream. this energy goes on over transmission lines of the parker davis project to farms, homes, and factories. much of this pumps farmers irrigation and drainage water. parker dam 155 miles downstream from hoover dam was built by funds advanced from the metropolitan water district of

brought them over to alameda and gave them to the alameda policemen as a gift. >> reporter: today, the pacific pinball museum features -- >> galleries, it has nothing but art, my wife did a great show on the fashion through pinball. >> i took close-up of back glasses and look at the fashion and what was going on historically. >> reporter: michelle harmon curator. >> it's about the history of the game, what's going on at the time that the game was built. >> reporter: who plays pinball today? >> high-tech groups, sometimes party rooms do team building because anybody can suck at pinball. >> it's like going into a museum like the hotrod museum and being able to drive all the hot rots. you get to play all these machines and it's an incredible experience. >> reporter: so this particular machine i'm playing right now is named covered girl. it was built by gottlieb in 1962 which means it's actually older than i but younger than frank mallicoat. [ laughter ] >> and you know what? guess what, you guys. >> wait a minute. >> you can rent the facility for company parties or if you want to come in you have

next, we took on french nuclear testing in the south pacific. france was still detonating hydrogen atomic bombs in the air in the 1970's, sending radiation around the world. it took some years to drive these nuclear tests underground. as late as 1985, french commandos bombed and sank to the rainbow warrior killing our photographer. going back again to the 1970's, here i am driving a small rubber boat into the first encounter with these soviet factory whaling fleet in the north pacific in 1975. we confronted the whalers, putting ourselves in front of their happens -- their harpoons to protect the fleeing whales. that got us on television, bringing save the whales to everyone's living room for the first time. just four years later, whaling was banned in the north pacific. here i am sitting on a baby seal off the coast of newfoundland to protect it from the hunters' clubs. i was arrested and hauled off to jail. the seal was clogged and skinned. but this picture was in newspapers all around the world the next morning. this eventually brought changes

we have another weather system out in the pacific. is is stronger, and it will approach the west coast into wednesday, and it will fall apart by the time it gets here and perhaps we'll get some showers with that one. so we're watching that. i think the low clouds will clear out by 10:00, and the high, thin clouds come up from the south into the midday and afternoon hours, so not completely sunny. we'll see temperatures warm up to the 80s for the south bay, warmest south and west of san jose, 80 for mountain view. fremont, 81 degrees. the 49ers' game, it will be pretty warm, low 80s for the afternoon temperatures. 70s bayside and 70s for san francisco and oakland. 80s, north bay. the seven-day forecast, we get cooler for monday and tuesday, a stronger on-shore push and more fog and that will bring down inland temperatures. there's that chance for some light showers possibly thursday morning. >>> we continue to investigate an antioch middle school where a vicious fight was caught on camera. we have talked with parents and students over t

big sprawling heaping ridge of high pressure extending all the way up to the pacific northwest, down to cabo san lucas. big ridge. a big ridge that's not anchored where it is. as soon as tomorrow morning it's going to get shoved down to the south and east. this will be carving itself in to the pacific northwest even though rainfall will get nowhere close to the bay area. it will usher in a return of the onshore flood. today we didn't have it and we cooked. tomorrow we will have it. temperatures going to drop by a dozen degree for some of you and morning fog will come back. on shore flow will be with us for the rest of the week. tomorrow we cool down and we'll stay cool after that. fog, low cloud cover returning tonight. tomorrow, 12 degrees cooler away from the water. 5 degrees cooler at a minimum near the water. we'll stay cooler but also stay rain free for next week. we begin to turn the corner rainfall-wise in september but i don't see a drop of rain for a while. mid 90s today. 82 tomorrow. san jose, you're down to 80. campbell, 82. fremont, 76. san mutt -- san mateo, 78 degrees. p

off to the east where those storms roll through the pacific -- the midwest yesterday, that storm will push off to the east. but here's what it looked like across the great lakes yesterday. several states surrounded by severe weather. in michigan the heavy rains flooded the big house delaying the wolverines game versus the utah utes in the fourth quarter. look as water rushes on to the field out of the stands and then engulfs the entire stadium leaving debris everywhere. by the time play resumed almost all of the fans had left. utah held on to win. accumulating hail in minnesota caused this tent to collapse outside a church. so much hail, storm drains clogged and this parking lot turned into an icy river. >> that's crazy. >> reporter: new mexico, slammed with torrential downpours. flash floods filling streets stranding drivers. even this ambulance was nearly submerged, and this oil rig was completely flooded. all right. we're looking for that storm yesterday to reinvigorate itself with more in the way of heavy rain across the new mexico area. another 3 inches of rainfall today. but tha

the pacific. towards the end of december, 19 47, they dropped anchor as close as they could get.he before the project first of the pipe ships. before the project was finished, there would be 100 ship loads pipe another cargo delivered, totaling 3 billion. tom miles. half of the pipe joints were 30 inches in diameter, the rest of them were 31 inches. both having been nested with the smaller inside the larger. the result was a 50% saving in shipping cost. each barge carried about 100 joints. roughly3/5 of a mile of pipe. at the landing, a crane lifts the pipe onto a waiting trailer. the loads were hauled to a nearby pipe yard. the pipe yard was more than just a place to store pipes. it had been carefully designed for the performance of a series of precise operations. from the trailer, the pipe was guided over ramps and rollers stingit reached thede-ne operation. it was fitted to the inner join to hold it firm. the outer joint with switch to another part of the plant to be dealt with separately. the joint was prepared for welding. each and it was cleaned. -- was cleaned. endthe join

we do have somive weather brewing in the pacific -- some active weather brewing in the pacific. this will brick us the chance for more rain. that will be wednesday night into thursday. i want to push you ahead and then we'll come back to the numbers for today. that gets you all the way into midweek on wednesday. there's the line of rain. i think we're going to be dry, moment of wednesday if not the entire day on wednesday. the timing on this looks a lot like the system we had last week. late wednesday night into early thursday morning, it begins to slide through. we're catching just the tail end. not expecting to see a lot but we are expecting to have enough to get the roads wet, especially for the thursday morning commute. so again, that will be our next chance for some rain coming in wednesday night into thursday. for today, mostly sunny, dry and fabulous. 77 walnut creek at this hour. 73 in napa. 69 san francisco. 70 degrees for redwood city. machine and 68 degrees outside your door at half moon bay. upper 60s in san jose. for the afternoon, looking at 78 for sonoma, 77 in sa

one of them is the temperatures in the tropical pacific. the big thing they are waiting for that they are starting to line-up for quite long enough for scientist to officially say yeah, we are looking at el nino. >> remind us, if we haven't had the el nino effect, remind us what is all politics is local. the southeast is usually wetter and cooler. and then the northwest tends to be on the warm side. i know a lot are banking on el nino to help bust the drought, and good and bad news abouten that, which is that the good news is that el nino can break up droughts and bring heavy rains the bad news is that generally it happens in years that are are strong. and the way things are looking this year isn't going to be kind of that blockbuster. that would bring higher chance of heavy rains to california. yeah, here on the east coast we would feel the effects as well. >> it's -- it has a less effect on the east coast. certainly in parts of the midwest. there is a couple of other climate factors. science points that at least through the fall, this area

when will the union pacific restore a big boy locomotive? now that the time has come, they can't believe it. many people in our travels, when salt lake city, california, while we were at the l.a. county fair, we were working on it. we wanted people to come up. we wanted to engage them while we were working on the locomotive. what are you doing? we are going to restore this. many of them, their jaws dropped. that is why it is exciting. a big boy will run again. a big boy is what is known as the world's largest steam locomotive. when i say that, i'm inviting people to say, wait a minute, this locomotive was bigger or heavier or could burn more coal and produce more power. this locomotive weighed more on this wheel or that wheel. unarguably, it is the world's largest steam locomotive. 600 tons, nearly 7000 horsepower. you can't get much bigger than that. they were developed in the late 1930's. the first series was built in 1941. during the war, they needed five more. they built a second class of five in 1944. back in the days -- the train cars w

can you see the curl in the pacific ocean. that's that rotating low. e associated cold front is going to slip plus the pacific northwest and we time it out here. look at that. so, early tomorrow morning, this is pacific time, washington state and oregon picks up some on really hefty rain. this is great news for fires in general, but look at even redding, getting a lot of that rain. we have flash flood watches because of the burn scar areas could see debris flows. even if you get an inch or two, quickly, you could see that flash flooding happen. good and bad. >> ginger, thank you. >>> now, to a massive heist in one american city tonight, san francisco. and the new surveillance tape showing the lightning fast thieves. look. they rip the keys off the wall at the dealership. 22 cars gone in 48 hours. all stolen right off the lots. tonight, the search is on to find them before they strike again and abc's cecilia vega with the tape. >> reporter: they had the keys. all these hooded thieves had to do was find the car that matched. surveillance video catching th

president obama creates the world's largest marine preserve in the pacific ocean. and, how billionaires are shaping american politics. >> ifill: attorney general eric holder tendered his resignation today after six years at the helm of the department of justice. when he officially steps down, he will be one of the longest serving and most controversial members of president obama's cabinet. the president and his top law enforcement officer entered the white house state dining room late this afternoon. >> as younger men, eric and i both studied law, and i chose him to serve as attorney general because he believes, as i do, that justice is not just an abstract theory. it's a living and breathing principle. >> i'm proud to call you my friend. >> i have loved the dept of justice ever since a young boy, i watched robert kennedy how the department can and must be a force for that which is right. i hope i have done honor to faith you placed in me and to the legacy of all those who have served before me. >> ifill: eric holder became the nation's first african american attorn