one of you only talked about the indo pacific, not the asia-pacific. i thought that was interesting, the title of the hearing is about the asia-pacific that you used the phrase in the pacific. virtually all of our dod witnesses switched over to using indo pacific in their testimony. the indian military does more joint exercises with the united states than any other nation. that is an important trend. a recent trend. -- theinister modi congress party has had a traditional non-alliance. a little bit of an evolution for them. talk about what we should be doing to deepen the relationship not only militarily. it seems a similarity between china and russia is they would like the u.s. less involved in the region and they both seem to have an interest in undermining the brand of democracies generally suggesting that authoritarian nations are just as good. nations have some motive to demonstrate the strength of democracies. the does not seem to be an institution in the world now that is effectively promoting the strength of the democratic model and i'm curious t

the pacific. so despite the region's four significant challenges since my last report to you, we've strengthened america's network of alliance and partnerships. working with like minded partners on shared security threats like north korea andize is a key component to our regional strategy. our five bilateral defense treaty alliances anchor our joint force efforts in the endo asia pacific. i rely on australia for its advanced military capabilities across all domains and its leadership in global operations. as vice president pence and secretary mattis reaffirmed during recent trips to northeast asia, our alliance with south korea remains steadfast and our alliance with japan has never been stronger. even with turbulence this past year with the philippines i'm pleased we're proceeding with our agreement. i'm looking to performing an exercise with our allies next months. i visited thailand to reaffirm our alliance and communicate that we look forward to thailand's reemrgergence as a democracy. india a

what have you seen in the pacific command? >> i am concerned about the shortfalls, maintenance backlogs and weapons keeping us ahead of our adversaries principally with china and russia but that would have an effect in north korea. >> are there other shortfalls that we can help address? >> there are small anti-warfare weapons. >> thank you very much. >> thank you for coming here today. the administration sent the uss michigan to south korea and continues to escalate its rhetoric against the current leader. there is no question of the significant threat posed under the region especially as it continues to pursue its missile and nuclear ambitions. however, i am concerned about the publication and direction this administration is taking to address the threat. it seems they've now developed, have not developed a national strategy when it comes to north korea and yet we are deploying military access on increasing tension and considering military options against north korea. when dealing with an unpredictable regime, their rhetoric c

i really am amazed that a judge sitting on an island in the pacific can issue an order that stops thet of the united states from what appears to be clearly his statutory and constitutional powers. >> all right. that federal judge sitting on an island in the pacific, judge derrick watson, that island in the pacific happens to be the state of hawaii. your reaction when you hear the attorney general speak like this about that federal judge sitting somewhere out in the pacific? >> i'm not surprised at all. you know, sessions and, you know, president trump were also questioning where the president of the united states was born, whether he was born in hawaii, whether he was a legitimate citizen or not. this causes a lot of consternation and hesitancy when it comes to trusting this administration, when it comes to anything with issues of civil rights or immigration. we don't know the genesis or where the origin of their ideas come from. the first executive order was clearly a muslim ban, something that severely impacted the world view of the united states and i'm convinced this also a contin

." >>> admiral harry harris, the head of u.s. pacific command, testified on capitol hill yesterday about tensions on the korean peninsula. he went before the senate armed services committee to offer his assessment of where the u.s. stands militarily. >>> well, good morning. senate armed services committee meets this morning to receive testimony on the posture of u.s. pacific command and u.s. forces in korea. admiral harris, i appreciate your appearance before the committee during this tense period in your area of responsibility. ery i want to express the appreciation of this committee for those who defend our nation every day. america's interests in the asia pacific region are deep and enduring. that's why for the past 70 years we have worked with our allies to propose a rules-based order based on the principles of free peoples and free markets, open seas and open skies and the rule of law and the peaceful resolution of disputes. these ideas have produced unpress denltded peace and prosperity in the asia pacific. but now the challenge so

america's interest in the asia-pacific region are deep and enduring. that's why for the past 70 years we have worked with our allies and partners to uphold a rules based order based on the principles of free peoples and free markets, open seas and open skies, and the rule of law and the peaceful resolution of disputes. these ideas have produced unprecedented peace and prosperity in the asia-pacific, but now the challenge to this rules-based order is mounting, and they threaten not just the regions of the asia-pacific but the united states as well. the most immediate threat is a situation on the korean peninsula. kim jong-un's regime has thrown its full weight to deliver nuclear weapons. unfortunately, there regime is making progress. a north korean missile with a nuclear payload capable of striking an american city, is no longer a distant hypothetical but an imminent danger one that , poses a real and rising risk of conflict. indeed as admiral harris said yesterday in testimony before the house north korea already , has the conventional capability to st

we meet to receive in the asia pacific region. i'm pleased to welcome today our panel of expert witnesses all with deep knowledge and experience in the region. victor who is the senior adviser at the center for strategic and international studies, aaron who is professor of politics at princeton university. kelly -- help me. maximum secretary of defense for security affairs and ashley tellis, senior -- i'm having trouble with my anunciation this morning. for the past 70 years we have worked with our allies to uphold a rules based order based on principals of free peoples and free markets, open seas and open skies. the rule of law and a peaceful resolution of disputes. these ideas have presented peace and prosperity in the asian pacific. now they threaten not just the nations as the asia pacific but the united states as well. the most immediate is kim jong un's regime. they have thrown its full weight behind the means to deliver nuclear weapons. unfortunately the regime is making real progress. a north korean missile capable of strik

they have ballistic missile submarines now under fleet in the pacific. mber two, the chinese are building a new class of such submarines that may have the capability to threaten us. and you also told us that your submarine requirement in patcom still has not been met. in your testimony this year, you mentioned a second ballistic missile submarine in the pacific, and the russians' plan to build and send six new attack submarines to the pacific by 2021. and you state, i'm quoting, potential adversary submarine activity has tripled from 2008 levels, tripled, requiring a corresponding increase of u.s. activity to maintain undersea superiority, end quote. you, i think, support the navy's 2016 force structure assessment, which calls for an increase from 48 to 66 attack submarines as part of a larger 355 ship navy. in february, acting secretary of the navy, sean stackly, submitted to secretary mattis an accelerated fleet plan, which supports three additional virginia submarines. one more in fy-21, fy-22 ans fy-23 respectively. but you support this accelerated pl

for the stability of the asian-pacific eight and economic prosperity it's indispensable. at the dialogue today, from the perspective of further deepening the relations between damp and in the united states, vice-president pence and i was able to have a good discussion. going forward in the dialogue we could hurt three pillars. namely, strategy on trade and investment in war and issues, corporation and economic policy area, and corporations. those three pillars will be discussed. as for the trade and investment issue as japan summit meeting held a while ago two leaders confirmed that they are fully committed to strengthening economy relationship bilaterally based on the free and fair trade rules. based on this, japan and us relationship will further be strengthened and under our bilateral leadership and we will build a high-level trade in the asian-pacific region that these fair trade rules. to rectify our fair trade practices in the region japan in the united states agreed to further our mutual corporation. being mindful of the settlement procedures japan will push for jap

one of you only talked about the endo pacific, not the asia pacific. dr. tellis, i thought that was interesting. the title of the hearing is about the asia pacific, but you used the phrase indo pacific. about two years ago, virtually all of our dod witnesses switched over to using indopacific. largely in their testimony. the indian military does more joint exercises with the united states than they do with any other nation. that's an important trend, that's a recent trend. i view prime minister modi being a bjp, the congress party has had that traditional non-alliance. this is a little bit of an evolution for them. talk about what we should be doing to deepen that relationship, not only militarily. but it seems that a similarity between china and russia is, they both would like the u.s. less involved in the region, and they both seem to have an interest in undermining the brand of democracies generally and suggesting that authoritarian nations are just as good. we're the oldest and largest democracy in the world. both of our nations have some motive to demo

two atomic bombs on japan bring an end to the war in the pacific. but for thousands of half starved and tortured allied prisoners, the long road to recovery was just beginning. >> the japanese were very, very severe with the captured enemy airmen. they would frequently get beaten during interrogation. they were medically neglected. >> among the gaunt and drawn faces of the released captives, one healthy example stood out. greg "pappy" boyington. >> no one knew that he hadn't been killed until the end of the war. >> it was like the prodigal son. he was thought to be lost and dead. >> released from the japanese prison camp on august 29th, 1945, boyington had not only survived, he managed to thrive during his 19 months in captivity. >> probably made him more of a hero to be found alive in this p.o.w. camp. >> promoted to lieutenant colonel, he made his way to san francisco on 12 september 1945. >> the press came out in droves and the black sheep were all there to hoist him up on their shoulders and carry him triumphantly into the terminal. >> welcome ho

. >> attorney general jeff sessions dismissed hawaii as a, quote, island in the pacific. >> what? >> i wasn't diminishing the judge or the island of hawaii. give me a break. >> he's amazed that a judge, quote, sitting on an island in the pacific ruled against the president's travel ban. >> i think that was a politically correct statement. >> the government is coming along pretty well. >> next saturday will be the 100th day of president trump's administration. >> nominated neil gorsuch. >> got to love that list. >> we'll be having a big announcement on wednesday having to do with tax reform. >> are you going to do health reform? >> we'll see what happens. no particular rush. >> we will see next week if they can get it through the house. >> it is remarkable how hard this white house works to screw this thing up. >> this is a new era. this is the trump era. . >> jeff sessions was confirmed as attorney with a two-vote margin. in january, he promised a skeptical set that he would put politics aside and follow the law. >> the office of attorney general of the united states is not a norma

-- in the asia-pacific, the regime of north korea. while all options are on the table, i can assure you that united states will work closely with australia and our other allies in the area to bring diplomatic pressure to bear on pyongyang. mr. prime minister, know that president trump and i are truly grateful to you for calling on china even this week to pay -- play a more active and constructive role in addressing the north korean threat. the president has great confidence that china will properly deal with north korea, and i know you show that hope. as president trump made clear just a few days ago, if china is unable to deal with north korea, then the united states and our allies will. the united states and australia face this threat and every other one together, because we know our security is the foundation of our prosperity. today, the prime minister and i discussed ways to promote renewed prosperity between our peoples. we are already building on a strong foundation, our trade agreement is a study in success. while he can still

hawaii is, in fact, an island in the pacific, a beautiful one! ral. >> a string of them, where the attorney general's granddaughter was born. the point, however, is that there is a problem and a flawed opinion by a single judge can block the president's lawful exercise of authority to keep the entire country safe." all right, as you rightly point out -- >> yes. >> first of all, it is not an island, it is a string of judges. >> yes. >> this single judge is a federal judge. all joking aside, this is the administration, is it not, thinking its branch has more power than the judiciary branch. >> this is a problem the president's faced. president barack obama, remember him? >> yes. >> he was the one before trump. >> from hawaii. >> from hawaii. he is the one who had his immigration order blocked by a single judge in brownsville, texas. >> yes! >> also part of the united states, though, not an island. and you know, this is something that article three of the constitution, it is a power that federal judges have, but it consistently frustrates presidents

we are the pacific end. the pacific ocean isjust are the pacific end.e, are the pacific end. the pacific ocean isjust over there, that's mexico over that direction. the border itself goes some 2000 miles 01’ border itself goes some 2000 miles or 3000 kilometres towards the gulf of mexico. building a wall all the way along it, almost everyone you speak to on the border itself tells you is just not really practical or necessarily desirable. nonetheless there is plenty of support amongst border agents for beefing up security and spending more money on the border and building some new barriers. i've been speaking to one of those border agents. a union representative joshua of those border agents. a union representativejoshua wilson of those border agents. a union representative joshua wilson from the border council. during the obama administration there was no consequence for crossing the border illegally and it only invited people to come with this newfound will to enforce the law has been a real deterrent and agents are finally glad to have a negative the

>> i haven't seen anything in the last -- since i've been at pacific command. in the last month, though, since president trump and president xi got together, and president xi and china seemed to be more willing to exercise their influence on north korea. north korea hasn't done any of the testing that senator sullivan showed on his graph. the bad testing. the nuclear test or icbm testing. and i think it's early days yet to draw direct correlation. i think we're going to have to wait and see and give president xi and china a chance, assuming that in that interim period, kim jong-un doesn't do a nuclear test or something like that. >> what is your understanding? and by that i mean pay com's understanding, of china's biggest influence point pushing back against north korea, where north korea will pay attention? >> where china's -- >> where china's biggest strength to slow down north korea and their efforts is. >> i think their biggest strength in doing that is economic. 80% of north korea's economy is china-based. 80%. so i think china has a powerful lever to apply

a sign of our unyielding commit to peace and security in the asian pacific. der president trump, the united states will continue to work japan, with all our allies in the region, including south korea, to confront the most ominous threat posed to this part of the world. the regime in north korea. our commitment is unwavering. our resolve could not be stronger. as president trump told prime minister abe at the southern white house, so i say on his behalf today, to all the people of japan, in these challenging times, we are with you. 100%. in the face of provocations across the sea of japan, people of this country should know that we stand with you. in the defense of your security and prosperity. now, and always. now, the united states will continue to work with japan, our allies across the region, and china, to bring economic and diplomatic pressure to bear until north korea abandons its nuclear and ballistic missile programs. but also options are on the table. nevertheless, president trump and i have great confidence that together with japan and our allies in

over asian and the pacific region. we would like to strengthen the aspect of japan alliance. we've been discussing that. and looking at japan/u.s. economic relationship it used to be described with icti. we started with the word friction and it used to be the symbol, but no longer. we are now in the year of cooperation between the two countries. it's not a matter of which side say what to the other side, from the big picture and strategic point of view, we would like to seek the best shape and form of bilateral framework and find a significance and have a goods counteractive discussion and i think we were able to mark our first step toward that, thank you. >> thank you for your comments mr. deputy prime minster. in response to the question, let me say with great respect to those who worked on the trans-pacific partnership in the past, the tpp is a thing of the past for the united states of america. the trump administration has made a decision and taken steps to formally withdraw on the trans-pacific partnership and that will be our position going forward. today marks the fact

here is the wider view out here in the pacific. we will showout system moving on shore to northern california and the bay area. and then as we expand the view there is more clouds out here in the pacific to talk about for your monday, tuesday, and wednesday. i will still talk more about that and eventually you might like this forecast. we are talking about some 80s. we will talk more about that in a few minutes. >>> pope francis gave his holy blessing to rome and the rest of the world today during easter sunday mass. oh mighty god, bless our sins. >> the pope addressed tens of thousands of people in st. peters square. he spoke about the tragedy and suffering in the world today. he encouraged people to cling to their faith despite all the war, sickness, and hatred. easter week is one of the holiest weeks of the year for christians beginning with palm sunday last week. president trump went to easter mass in florida today. he went to a church called bethesda by the sea near his club at palm beach. first lady melania, barren and tiffany

you should go to half right now because testifying there is admiral harris, the commander of the pacific command. years said from prior that the thing that keeps them up at night is north korea. he goes to bed thinking about it, he wakes up thinking about north korea. your question regarding the president, remember he said he dispatched the call? we know that he did not dispatch the call, it went to australia. i think there may be a disconnect as to how serious north korea is. but from the pacific command position, north korea is very serious. in addition to that, as you know, we are in a position where we have the pacific arena, we also have what is going on in the middle east. the middle east is a different situation than syria. the issue we have to resolve there is whether or not the president has the powers to do what he is doing there as well. north korea, it is still technically -- we are in an armistice there. that war has not technically ended. we have to think about all the very situations but for the asia pacific theater, which is important to me, it is a critical component. >>

here's the active weather pattern in the pacific. lots of clouds in place and a bit of green showing up on the radar. most of it does not reach the ground but there is a chance of showers tonight. here's the live camera looking towards sfo with mostly cloudy skies, the forecast model shows you this, tomorrow morning, clouds and the possibility of scattered showers especially in the north pay, this is the main event, coming on shore thursday, moderate to heavy rainfall and possibly a flood have i flood advisory. -- flood advisory. >>> a car crashed into a home in vallejo striking a gas line and triggering a two alarm fire. investigators say that the four people in the house and the dog all managed to escape. the incident began when two vehicles collided and one of the cars slammed into the home. the driver of the car refused medical treatment. the other driver went to the hospital with minor injuries. >> people were forced from their home after a deadly fire in oakland. now they are getting much needed help. we spoke with a fire surviv

and in the middle of the pacific you can see the next storm headed our way in the central pacific. et's take a look at the weekend forecast on our computer modeil. it will be mostly clear tonight and then as we get into saturday you can see plenty of sunshine and a few passing clouds. but on sunday here comes the storm that will bring showers in the morning and and a short period of rain in the afternoon. i make it a little wet for some egg hunts but at least the cool temperatures treats from tomorrow warm up nicely places in the low 70s. here's mix sunshine saturday, another storm more rain tuesday. dry expected end of the (pam ) new tonight at ten...we have learned the body of a woman reported missing out of sacramento on tuesday... was found last night. police say, 28-year-old janet mejia's body was found in placer county. her roommate first reported her missing, after mejia did not show up to work an autopsy showed mejia was shot at least once.... and police are investgating this as a homicide.a suspect is in custody on unrelated charges. (steve) back here in the bay area.. in a

my very first stop in the asian-pacific as vice president of the united states. it is a great honor for me to be in south korea. i bring greetings from the president of the united states, president donald trump, on his behalf, i'm here to express the unwavering support of the united states for our long-standing alliance. president trump and i are grateful for your strong partnership with the united states, we commend you personally for your steady hand in this time of transition in south korea. the president and our entire administration admire the south korean people's commitment to the rule of law and the democratic process and we look forward to the upcoming election with great anticipation. while changes coming on the people of south korea may be assured, whatever change happens in your elections, the commitment of the united states to south korea's safety and security will remain unchanged. [speaking foreign language] vice president pence: on behalf of the president of the united states, my message to the people of south korea is we are with you 100%. the un

tour of the pacific. kelly o'donnell is with the president in florida. >> what counts as celebration in north korea, again, rattles nerves around the world. the north's nuclear capability tests pose a major problem to donald trump. >> north korea is a problem pro.. the problem will be taken care of. >> pence intends to deliver a message of unwavering support to the u.s. ally most vulnerable to a nouk here strike. >> really, the president's message, the vice president's message is to show our support with our allies and the fact that we are there with them and we'll confront this threat together. >> while president trump has a new frich with his chinese counterpart, in less than two weeks, with the pentagon's first

tillerson: the strike group is routinely in the pacific. in the pacific ocean, theater. its movements in the pacific are made in a way that is planned by the military planners. there is no particular objective in its current course. there have been sales up and down the pacific routinely and saw it would not read anything into current locations. mr. lavrov: [speaking russian] translator: the only thing i can say among other issues, we've discussed the situation on the green peninsula, and as far as i understand, given all the answers, we saw the common determination to resolve this issue through peaceful means. to achieve green peninsula through talks. areas taken by the precipitants of by we used to be called the talks. we also have ideas about -- of our own just like our chinese counterparts do. we believe we have got to rally around the cause of finding peaceful solutions to this issue and the last question. >> thank you very much. mr. secretary said he believed russia was either incompetent or complacent and these chemical weapons attacks. after your meeting with bot

one last system will push inland across the pacific northwest on wednesday and bring another chance of light no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 ( james ) protesters are expected to gather in front of city hall in san jose later today...( terisa ) they are trying to pressure the city council to pass a series of laws to protect the rights of renters. kron 4's rob fladaboe is live in san jose with the latest. rob? ( rob ) silicon valley renters rights coalition and other community groups began their hunger strike, dubbed "fast for renters' rights," on friday and series of vigils to pressure the san jose city council to pass a number of tenant protections at its meeting tomorrow. the hunger strike began friday night at the san jose city hall. (terisa) thanks rob.. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( james ) a u-c berkeley student has died after fal

and the asia-pacific as a whole. it is a sign, i hope, to all to our firm and unwavering commitment to build on the strong foundation we share. by strengthening our economic memberhe u.s. and asean nations can foster jobs, prosperity, and growth. already support 550,000 jobs in the u.s.. almost 42,000 companies export more than $1 billion in goods and services every year. at the same time come the u.s. imports a significant amount from member nations as well. amazingly, u.s. companies invest and its members than any other part of asia. investmentn, an which is more than in china, india, and japan combined. the u.s. will redouble our cooperation on issues of regional security. reality threatens all our nations. we will continue supporting efforts to support our people and our way of life. across this region and the wider world. we will continue to work closely to promote peace and stability, by upholding a rules-based order. encouraging the peaceful and diplomatic resolution of disputes. side-by-sideworked to foster pe

the winds up there as we mentioned, 15 to 20 miles per hour and the need to set up here in the pacific and we have the clouds here and the upper level winds. you can clearly see a big circulation here, a area of high pressure that would build in and significant warming into the weekend. today, though, cloudy skies and maybe a shower or two. tomorrow and friday, breezy and they're going to warm things up on saturday and into sunday. we will continue to boost the numbers into next week and we'll talk about lots of 80s by sunday and monday. >>> and today, lots of clouds in place. the possibility of the scattered shower. tomorrow, maybe partly cloudy skies to start out the day and look at this, increasing sunshine for the afternoon and an increase in the wind speeds. the forecast highs today, 60s -- 60s to 70 degrees into antioch and brentwood. half moon bay, 62 and a look ahead, the five-day forecast and here we go. we're going to warm things back up for thursday, friday and the weekend. sunday looks like one of the warmest days of the weekend. that will continue into next week. the past

we know that he was able to do things like withdraw very quickly from the trans pacific partnership, eal he had railed against on the campaign. we also know one of the things he mentioned doing in the 100 day action plan was to lift restrictions on what he called vital energy infrastructure project like the keystone pipeline. another major accomplishment would be getting neil gorsuch confirmed to the supreme court. and if you talk to folks in the white house, they'll certainly mention gorsuch among the list of accomplishment. but i asked that very question of press secretary sean spicer in an off camera gaggle. he said it was ridiculous this morning. a few months ago he embraced the idea of this action plan. spicer dodged that part of the question but did go through some of their accomplishments, 24 laws, 24 executive orders, 22 presidential memoranda and of course the confirmation of neil gorsuch. >> athena, thank you. m.j. lee, thanks to you as well. coming up, the attorney general of the united states jeff sessions doubling down on his comments about hawaii and the judge who blocke

hour about the tour and the controversial remarks they made, including hawaii as some island in the pacific. >>> attack in paris. a gunman opens fire on police in paris's most famous street, killing one officer. authorities are looking for accomplices one day before the french presidential elections. >>> ali velshi in washington where president trump is celebrating a foreign policy situation as he's facing north korea and iran. this woman from an egyptian prison, where she was held for nearly three years on charged that are widely regarded as entirely false. winning the release of her husband and four other humanitarian workers. the "washington post" reports the president sent a u.s. government plane to cairo yesterday to bring her and her family home. now, all of this, as intelligence officials tell nbc news they expect north korea to conduct a new nuclear test, or at least another missile test, over the next few days, after last saturday's failed missile launch. we have all of this covered with our nbc correspondents on the korean peninsula and at the white house. that's where we begin. f

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because in the pacific northwest -- of course sore part of the -- of course,, oregon is part of the pacific northwest -- there used to grow millions of the cousin to the grand sequoia. this cousin is different in a that it lost its needless during the winter. it -- its needles during the winter. it went extinct. but it has fossils everywhere in the northwest. now, how could senator hatfield plant in tree when it was extinct for millions of years? he could plant it because in the late 1940's a small grove was founded in china of this particular tree. the only place on the planet it still existed. he arranged to get one of these trees. at that moment, as they were getting ready to plant, his team saw senator kennedy and said, senator kennedy, you should come out and join senator hatfield. they were out on the mall -- not the marks but this walkway between heards an russell. senator kennedy said, in honor of the work that we're doing together, this bipartisan work on nuclear weapons, this should be known as the peace tree. and they were working on the zero option, or the nuclear freeze movemen

it's in the pacific, and its movements in the pacific are made in a way that's planned by the military planners. there is no particular objective in its current course. it sales up and down the pacific routinely, so i would not read anything into the carl vincent's current locations. >> the only thing i can say among other issues, we have discussed the situation on the korean peninsula, as far as i understand given all the new answers, we still have a common determination to resolve this issue through peaceful means of the korean peninsula through diplomatic talks. undertaken by the participants of what used to be called the six party talks. we also have ideas of our own just as our chinese counterparts do. we believe that we've got to rally around the cause of finding peaceful solution to this issue and the last question. thank you. >> thank you very much. mr. secretary, before these meetings, you said you believed russia was either incompetent or complicit in these chemical weapons attacks after your extensive meeting with vladimir putin and do you know which one that is and what con

on and off showers affecting the pacific northwest. we got our official data in from march. e to add up warm month after warm month. here are some of the streaks that are on. we finished the lower 48. the warmest 12-month period from april to march of this year. now the streak continues, warmest 4 months, warmest 36 months, warmest 48 months in a row. for the last four years, never a warmer period recorded in our country's history. climate facts for you as we continue into our warm april. >> very informative. thank you, bill. >>> u.s. officials revealing two russian bombers breached the airspace off the alaskan coast. they stayed in international airspace and flew close to the aleutian islands. in response, the u.s. responded to intercept the russian planes. there was no communication between them. officials say the russians acted, quote, very professionally. this was the first time russian bombers have flown in that area since 2015. >>> 25 years to life in prison, that is the sentence for the man convicted of killing etan patz nearly 40 years ago. the judge blasted hernandez

join the discussion. >> thursday, u.s. pacific command commander, admiral harris is back on capitol hill, testifying about military strategy in the asian-pacific region, focusing on north korea. follow life coverage from the senate armed services committee at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span 3. you can also watch on www.c-span.org, and listen on the c-span radio app. u.s. federalel on tax policy. former house ways and means chair dave camp outlined recommendations for moving tax overhaul legislation through the house and senate. newspaper hosted this event. it is 40 minutes. >> we continue our discussion on tax reform. i would now like to call on to the stage former congressman dave camp, a senior

you can see those out in the pacific. ile we have it because by afternoon, things will be changing with partly cloudy skies. it will be dry today. current temperatures right now, santa rosa, 43. fremont, 51. san jose, upper 40s. san francisco, lower 50s. for tomorrow, with our easter bunny, by 7 am, mostly cloudy skies tomorrow morning. we will pop-up showers. rainfall will develop tomorrow afternoon and a good chance at 4 pm. they will school back after 5 pm tomorrow. here is the active weather pattern in the pacific. we have upper level wind and the jet stream and the systems zooming along that pattern. today, we are advertising the nicest day of the week and. lots of sunshine. rainfall develops into sunday with this guy in the pacific. into monday, we could be tracking a few showers, probably a few sprinkles. the models are not too aggressive in terms of rainfall accumulation for monday. for this afternoon, more high clouds. that filtered sunshine affect and into sunday morning around 8 am, more clouds. notice the rainf

we will expand the view out here in the pacific and we will show you this. the weather system will appear to the north with some rain approaching eureka. this system will kind of fall apart for us and so with that we will have a chance for some sprinkles or drill tomorrow morning. definitely some clouds that will start out your monday morning. as far as overnight lows, partly to mostly cloudy skies with the temperatures in the 40s. santa rosa 43. san francisco 49 and san jose 43. now in terms of rainfall, you can see over the next few days, not too much in the way of significant rainfall. a little bit possible on tuesday and a little more possible for wednesday. you'll see the main focus is up to the north and then we could be talking about more rain chances a week from now of course as we head towards easter. we will be watching out for the rain chance. so we are not completely dry just yes. an active, but pretty disorganized weather pattern out here in the pacific. tomorrow for your monday we will start out with some clouds and the possibility of a few show

and in the middle of the pacific you can see the next storm headed our way in the central pacific. et's take a look at the weekend forecast on our computer modeil. it will be mostly clear tonight and then as we get into saturday you can see plenty of sunshine and a few passing clouds. but on sunday here comes the storm that will bring showers in the morning and and a short period of rain in the afternoon. i think it might make it a little wet for some of the easter egg hunts but at least the cool temperatures will keep the chocolate treats from ,melting. highs tomorrow with dry weather will warm up nicely with many places in the upper 60s to low 70s. here's a look a the next 7 days. a mix sunshine and clouds saturday, showers on sunday and another storm could bring more rain monday night and into tuesday. dry weather is expected toward the end of the week. >> caught. >> how they finally captured one of the most wanted men in america. >> she was a finalist on the voice. look what happened, a spider bit her on the face. >> and "saturday night live" controversy. the louis c.k. clown sk

just in time to support the military operations in the pacific. r the first time in 18 years, the united states commissioned a new battleship. >> this ship was built at the brooklyn navy yard. they would take the ship out to new york harbor and that is how it got the nickname showboat. it would keep going out on trials, and they would say this thing needs to between, and they would go back up new york harbor, so everybody saw the ship come and go during the trials, and pearl harbor occurred during that timeframe. everybody got really serious about adding 20 millimeter guns and getting ready for war. at that time the big threat was germany. that is why we stayed in the period ofor a certain time. the ship transition from the atlantic to the pacific in august of 1942 to support the pacific campaign, which was just revving up by the invasion of guadalcanal. the ship was designed to use the 16 inch guns which you can see behind me to do battle with another battleship that had big guns. after pearl harbor there were , not many battleships left. we trans

. >> the strike group is routinely in the pacific ocean. it's in the pacific theater. and its movements in the pacific are made in a way that is planned by the military planners. there is no particular objective in its current course. the vincent sales up and down the pacific routinely, so i would not read anything currently into the carl vincent's current locations. >> the only thing i can say is that among other issues, we have discussed the situation on the korean peninsula. as far as i understand, given all the answers, we still have a common determination to resolve this issue through peaceful means through diplomatic talks. there are certain efforts undertaken by the participants of what used to be called the six-party talks. we also have ideas of our own just as our chinese counterparts do. we believe we've got to rally around the cause of finding peaceful solution to this issue. and the last question? >> thank you very much. mr. secretary, before these meeting, you said you believed russia was either incompetent or complicit in these chemical weapons attacks. a

. >> i really am amazed that a judge sitting on an island in the pacific can issue an order that stops the president of the united states from what appears to be clearly his statutory and constitutional power. >> the justice department says sessions only meant there's a problem when a flawed opinion by a single judge can block the president, adding, for the record, quote, hawaii is, in fact an island in the pacific. thank you for the clarification. hawaii's democratic senator brian schatz not amused, tweeting, you voted for that judge and that island is called hawaii, it's my home, have some respect. >>> president trump will it will visit the treasury department, and sign orders targeting dodd/frank. he'll direct steve mnuchin to review regulator's authority on banks in trouble. he'll also ask a label insuraso firms as risky and look for regulations that are too complex for taxpayers. deregulation is one of the big hopes for wall street and one of the reason we've seen stocks climb since trump was elected. and the treasury secretary is giving reassurance to investors. mnuchin said this