almost the same as okinawa the bloodiest action in the pacific. two the non-battle casualties were the highest in the war 93,400. and the civilian casualties. it's estimated that 100,000 filipinos civilians died in the battle over the philippines in 1944. manila is a city was basically leveled because of the fighting there. three army divisions united states army divisions. this would be close to probably about 60,000 men. we're in fact engaged in northern luzon fighting the japanese there on. victory over japan day. in mid-august 194 so was the return to the philippines necessary, probably not although there has been some argument about this. was it worth the cost. very high cost now when the war ended in the late summer of 1945 macarthur was chosen to host the allied or the japanese surrender ceremony on board the uss. missouri in tokyo bay and so here he is sitting down at the table signing the surrender documents at that time. and so the war ended i guess in certain glorious way for douglas macarthur nimitz was there. william f. halsey was ther

it becomes a great interest of mine and i think the pacific is a great story for anyone who wants to learn more about this. it was a starting point for me to get the visual on what it all looked like. >> you had a documentary that you did. one of the things i loved you were able to talk to veterans which was amazing. there were 60,000 and i never expected that i would find two people, not just one but two. i thought i wasn't going to find. i tried to find him and i had poured through the documentation of the injuries and everything and i couldn't find anything until the end of writing the book it was just it dawned on me because there is a scene we go on the beach and it's like a beach party they had been cooped up across the pacific and the leadership says have fun and it was a moment that was written and explained he was my best friend and all this and so it was driving me crazy writing about this moment piecing it together. i went back through his file again and found a document that i had never seen before. it was a request for his discharge papers written from melbourne florida a

that's where this wasou headed t the pacific was just a darker more mysterious place. e was a lower understanding of emperor herhito and news traveled more slowly. the stories took a while to get back home but it's become, you know, just a great interest of mine. i think the pacific is a great series for anybody who wants to learn more about this period and it sort of was a starting point for me to get the visual on what it all looked like. >> so you have a documentary that you did, unknown valor. and i loved it. one of the things i loved. i loved the personal stories n. your research you find and able to talk to veterans that served with harry. >> which was amazing. there were 60,000 marines on hiroshima and i never expected that i would find 2 people, not just one but two who were with him that day. and one of them was his dear friend george coburn who i thought i was going to find him. i had marine records for all of the guys in the book and poured through the injury -- documentation of their injuries, everything. and i couldn't find anything else on george coburn. t

the stories took while to get back home but become a great interest-mine. this pacific is a great series for anybody who wants to learn mother bet the period and it's a starting point for me to get that visual on what it all looked like. >> you have documentary you did about through book, unknown valor, and i loved it. one thing i loved, i loved the personal stories so in your research you find and you were able to talk to veterans that served with harry. >> which was amazing. there were 60,000 marines on iwo jima, and i never expected that i would find two people, not just one but two who were with him that day, and one of them. was his dear friend, george coburn, who i thought i one going to find. tried to find him and i had marine records for all of the guys in the book' and poured through their -- the documentation of their injuries and everything, point and find anything else on george coburn and towards the very end of writing the book it was just bothering me so much bus there's a scene when he goes swimming on the beach and it's like a beach party. a little brea

focused in the pacific we look at why france wants to be a major player in the region. welcome to dublin news asia glad you could join us it's the liquor of china's elite and powerful mao thai a famous brand of chinese distil spirit is the preferred drink for high powered communist party officials and features regularly in private gatherings that closeness to the party elite gives the company advantages when it comes to expanding its business interests but is building follows a chinese journalist investigating mao ties alleged violations of the law. normally expose this crime and corruption cases now the investigative journalist is on his way to china's most famous treaty. do you know you can already smell the alcohol here that much over the southern chinese town of multis also the name of the liquor produced here the multi distillery is china's most valuable company with more than the country's biggest back china's political elite is partial to it and us some of the bottles cost several $100.00 euros you says they are the perfect gift to greeks the wheat the idea of ho

[applause] >> watch the full program sunday 8:00 eastern and 5:00 p.m. pacific on american history tv. tvs american artifacts visits museums and historic places located at the foot of capitol hill the united states botanic garden was first proposed by president george, washington in a 1796 letter next a visit to the grounds of the oldest botanic garden in north america to learn about the history of this plant museum. my name is ari novy. i'm the executive director of the united states botanic garden. we're standing on what's currently called union square which is the end cap one could say of the national mall on the east side just before you arrive at the united states capitol. it's a really fascinating piece of land because it's actually gone through many transformations in terms of what's been here over the course of the history of washington dc really since around 1800. it's important to the botanic garden because the first united states botanic garden was actually on this piece of land even though today. it's most notably associated with the capital reflecti

the willocks expedition into the pacific found a permanent home finally in 1850 on the block where we currently stand. it's always fun to think about how much money was expended a long time ago the original greenhouse of the us botanic garden cost $5,000 in 1850 and they a gentleman named william brackenridge was hired as the first superintendent of the botanic garden to care for the plants and to steward the facility so that it would be preserved into posterity. additionally something that i find very fascinating. is that the us botanic garden was at that time placed into the legislative branch of government. so it became by the mid 1850s a permanent freestanding entity free standing agency of the legislative branch of government and it was overseen and it remains overseen to this day by the joint committee on the library of congress and on the one hand this like it doesn't really make a lot of sense. why would the joint committee on the library of congress? essentially the committee created by congress to make sure that the congressional library had the books and resources that it n

both sides are keen to expand cooperation in what's become known as the pacific region cooperation in the matter time domain is an essential part of the relationship as was evident in the recently concluded naval exercise a ruse with so french an indian naval vessels on maneuvers with those from other nations. and joining me now is former indian ambassador to france rockish soon he's got a plea a distinguished fellow at the think tank the observer he searched foundation in delhi a masters who the welcome now foreign minister 3 and visit is in the wider context of the so called into pacific region what does france expect from india. france's. i think the 1st of the european countries that has because of its longstanding presence in bullets the indian ocean as well as in the pacific because of its overseas territories i'm talking about the french polynesian islands and the new caledonia in this ific and i'm talking of the reunion islands in the western indian ocean therefore france is only is had shared the notion of the in the pacific in the same manner that india is and nol what is ha

researchers estimate the population in the pacific ocean could soon become extinct. nancy loo has that story. >> the scenic coast of central california is just weeks away from the return of leatherback sea turtles from their epic migration across the pacific is animal. it has been. >> on the planet for nearly 80 million years in its present form. >> researchers have been tracking these ancient animals are eager to see how many show up. hopes are not especially population has declined 80% 30 years. scott benson is with the national oceanic and atmospheric administration and he's a leading researcher on pacific leatherbacks for centuries, perhaps 10's of thousands of these massive sea turtles would migrate in. >> to gorge on all the jellyfish, especially near monterey and marin counties. but aerial surveys in recent years. but the average number forging off california at just 55. >> we're really running out of time before this population could be extra paid an extra patients means essentially extinction. any particular spot. so this of the extinction in the pacific ocea

he had a fleet of four ships and for four years, he explored the pacific, from as far north as what would currently be alaska to as far south as antarctica, crisscrossing the ocean in between. whelps was a surveyor most interested in mapping and to this day, if you look at maps of antarctica, you will find a wilkesland named after him. unlike more famous expeditions of natural history, example charles darwin's famous voyage, there was no trained naturalist on the voyage with wilkes and his men. but there wasn't understanding the part of the expedition was to catalog all kinds of things that were seen, so artifacts and plants, both living and ride, were collected during the four-year expedition between 1838-1842. they collected close to an thousand dried plant specimens, which have their own history and became part of the nucleus collection of the natural herbarium housed at the smithsonian. they also collected about 150 living plants. it is quite amazing these plants survived a four-year journey across many different climates, a wide variety of latitudes, and made their way back to the ea

that was essentially the pacific. and a naval officer need charles wilcox became the commander of this expedition. and wilcox became a relatively junior officer and he came out of a fleet of four ships and for four years he explored the pacific. he explored it as far north as what could be alaska and as far south is antarctica and crisscrossing in between. wilkes was a server, he was a trusted mapping, if you look at maps of and article you will find a piece of land named after him as he was the first server for antarctica. unlike some more famous expeditions of natural history, charles dark, there was no naturalist at least a trained naturalist that was along with wilkes and his men. but there will a understanding that it was to catalog all the kinds of things that we are seeing. artifacts, and plants both living in dry were collected during the four-year expedition between 1838 in 1842. they collected close to 10,000 dry plant specimens which had their own wonderful history and became the nucleus of the national -- t

prime decided to release treated radioactive water into the pacific it's. the damage to. see it. plus. muslims across. pakistan as a. young. force which teaches the fact that poses for source says. i'm british benedict welcome to news asia it's good to have you with us japan has decided to release more than a 1000000 tonnes of b. direct of water into the pacific ocean the water which would be treated before being released is stored in tanks at the focus human nuclear power plant that was damaged in the 2011 earth quake and tsunami the times we'd be at full capacity soon therefore the need to release water into the pacific the operation begins in 2 years but the decision is already facing a storm of protest. it's not more than a decade since an earthquake and tsunami devastated into each a nuclear power plant in fukushima but the country and the region will be living with the consequences for much longer. nearly $1300000.00 tons of contaminated water is stored in huge tanks at the daiichi plant enough to fill $500.00 a lympics size swimming pools beyond your cost is around $100000

both sides are keen to expand cooperation in what's become known as the pacific region cooperation in the maritime domain use an essential part of the relationship as was evident in the recently concluded naval exercise a ruse with so french an indian naval vessels on maneuvers with those from other nations. and joining me now is former indian ambassador to france rockish suid he's gotten 3 a distinguished fellow at the think tank the observer to search foundation in delhi and best assumed welcome not foreign minister 3 ounce visit is in the wider context of the so called into pacific region what does france expect from india. france's. i think the 1st of the european countries that has because of its longstanding presence in the bullet's the indian ocean as well as in the pacific because of its overseas territories i'm talking about the french polynesian islands and the new caledonia in this ific and i'm talking of the reunion islands in the western indian ocean therefore france is only is had shared the notion of being the pacific in the same manner that india is and nol what is hap

they go over into the pacific. and are flying their p-47s out of lushima the same place were ernie pyle was tragically killed. so they they take this airfield. in lashima the 464th fighter squadron is and this is almost towards the end of the war now. on august 13th the 1945 to to bombs had already been dropped on japan and the japanese had yet to surrender. so they're still flying missions. and on august 13th oscar podomo goes up on a mission near seoul korea. because they're still they're still the japanese had not surrendered. they're they're still flying missions and their group gets attacked by a bunch of japanese fighters zeros. oscar podomo's in this mission shoots down five enemy planes in one mission he becomes an ace in a day. of world war ii he becomes the last american ace in a day of world war ii and for some who are not familiar with that term in order to be recognized as an ace you would you would have to be you would have to shoot down five enemy planes in your career and oscar does it in one day it

the pacific. plus. muslims across. as a. young. which features the causes for social media success. i'm british benedick welcome to news asia it's good to have you with us japan has decided to release more than a 1000000 tonnes of a director water into the pacific ocean the water which would be treated before being released is stored in tanks at the fukushima nuclear power plant that was damaged in the 2011 earth quake and tsunami the tanks will be at full capacity song therefore the need to release water into the pacific the operation begins in 2 years but the decision is already facing a stall more protest. it's not more than a decade since an earthquake and tsunami devastated into each a nuclear power plant in fukushima but the country and the region will be living with the consequences for much longer. nearly $1300000.00 tons of contaminated water is stored in huge tanks at the daiichi plant enough to fill $500.00 a lympics size swimming pools beyond your cost is around $1000000000.00 yen or 800000 euros and space is running out. plant operator tepco plans to filter the contamin

the top issues. whether indo pacific context or just globally. and japan is trying to promote the digital free flow of trust. and already i think in the global talks. but those are areas we need to really see face-to-face with each other. in the united states can help facilitate the dialogue in this area. i will just mention that 1 only, thank you. >> thank you. frank or jessica do you have anything to add to that before we move to audience questions? >> i'll just jump in really quickly. i am not going to repeat follow those diverse range of areas that japan and the united states have interest in and cooperate on, there is a lot. i do want to note there is a problem here when we try to focus so much on the common areas of cooperation that we downplay the historical issues. and it seems like it is having a negative impact on we don't address the underlying issues. it seems odd to me as a prime u.s. goal and eastern asia created regional integrating touring but we are not devoting sufficient attention to the 1 issue that seems to be keeping our 2 ma

we also discussed the free and open indo-pacific. we agreed that while japan and the u.s. will take the lead to promotion the vision through concrete efforts -- to promote the vision through concrete effort, we'll also cooperate with other countries and regions, including the asian, australian and india. we also had serious talks on china's influence over the peace and prosperity of the indo-pacific and the world at large. we agreed to oppose any attempts to change the status quo by force or coercion in the east and south china seas, and intimidation of others in the region. at the same time we agreed on the necessity for each of us to engage in frank dialogue with china and in so doing to pursue stability of international relations while upholding universal values. on north korea, we confirmed our commitment to the cvid of all weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles of all ranges and agreed to demand to north korea to fulfill its obligations under security council resolutions. on the issue of abduction, we reaffirmed that it is a grave human rights issue and th

it's a great genre for me, i love historical fiction but there's not as much about the pacific. >> there isn't one of the reasons is it was far away. people all look the same to people that work there. they all look a little bit different when you're on and people have familiarity with your. understood when the bombs were dropping on st. paul's in london, just that people were familiar with. it was devastating to see hitler marching down the shops at least a. many people wonder gis that what happened in new york city and it could ask, that was where this was but the pacific was a darker more mysterious place. there was a lower understanding of her iraqi so so all these stories took a while to get back home comes with just a great interest of mine. the pacific is a great series for anyone who wants to learn more about this period and it was a starting point for me to get visual on what it all looks like. >> you have documentary you did about the book unknown fowler and i loved it. one of the things i love though is these personal stories so in your research you find and are able to talk t

peoples of southeast asia and the southwest pacific. e of the philippine president. the philippines proclaimed the right of all peoples to self-determination and freedom, which she herself enjoys, the right of all peoples to determine their own future, to elect their own leaders in free and honest elections, to safeguard the sacred principle of the equality of all men. today, the philippines stands ready to lend a helping hand to those who would travel the same road towards freedom, progress, and peace. ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2021] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪

. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> this is the story of the philippines, a nation of islands on the eastern rim of the vast pacific. the philippines is similar to many other countries in southeast asia. before the turn-of-the-century, like all countries in southeast asia, the philippines was a colony. ♪ ♪ narrator: today, it is an independent nation, proud of the progress it has achieved in a decade of self-governance. in its 10 short years of independence, it has weathered tensions, known crises and triumphs, and has achieve competence in its ability to survive. in those 10 short years, it has established itself as a courageous fighter in the struggle for all of asia's people, and as a respected member of the council of nations. in 1898, the philippines became the territory of the united states. two years later, william howard taft became the first american, the philippines for the filipinos was his slogan, independence, the promise. what followed was 30 years of hard work and nationbuilding. when the structure of the democratic and independent nation was fashion step-by-step. the philippine commonwealth, the fir

we also had serious talks on china's influence over the peace and prosperity of the indo-pacific and world at large. we agree to oppose any attempts to change the status quo by force or coercion in the east and south china seas and intimidation of others in the region at the same time we agreed on the necessity for each of us to engage in law with china and to pursue stability of international relations while upholding universal values on north korea, we confirmed our commitment to the cvid of all weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles of all ranges and agreed to demand north korea to fulfill its obligations under security council resolutions on this year of abduction we reaffirmed it is a grave human rights issues and our two countries will work together to seek immediate resolution by north korea. encountering north korea and nor the peace and prosperity of the indo-pacific both of us recognize that trilateral cooperation including the rok, has never been as important as today and agreed to promote such collaboration. noting that the regional security environment has bec

called united states exploring expedition in 1838 to explore the south seas, which essentially is the pacificecame -- charles wilkes became the commander. and wilkes was a junior officer at the time he set ou. t. he had four ships. for four years, he explored the pacific. and he explored the pacific from as far north is what would currently be alaska and as far south as antarctica and crisscrossing all over the ocean between. wilkes was a survey. he was most interested in mapping. to this day for you look at maps of antarctica you will find a wilkes land named after him he was the first surveyor to survey a section of antarctica. unlike some more famous expeditions of natural history, charles darwin's famous voyage with the beagle, there was no naturalist, a trained naturalist on the voyage with wilkes and his men. but there was an understanding that part of the expedition was to catalog all kinds of things that we are seeing. so, artifacts and plants, both living and dried were collected during the four year expedition between 1838 and 1842 they collected close to 10,000 dried plant specimen

but none as steep or is dire as those in the pacific. and take a look at this. the island of saint vincent in the caribbean. it continues to be just covered in volcanic ash the volcano last erupted tuesday. but it is feared activity. could last more than 6 months. the un is now calling this a potential humanitarian crisis, a top priority. getting clean water to people. >> yeah, that will get your attention. a louisiana woman was recording at the exact moment a lightning bolt struck a tree just a few yards from her front porch. this is all part of a sudden violent storm that hit louisiana yesterday. some parts of the state were hit with winds of up to 90 miles an hour. some people, they're calling it a. any hurricane. you're seeing lightning strike. not that close know. i hope i never do now know is that though. if they go dig in the ground. they might be able to find these things called rights. that's actually when the so hot. >> it will melt some of the dirt and debris and you'll find these big long almost like root systems and they're created by lightning weird

northwest while the southern branches parked out in the pacific. what it means is dry weather for the bay area as we head into the first half of next week. we have removed rain chances for the extended forecast. i would love to have those chances back into the forecast but it doesn't look likely at this point. near-normal temperatures sticking around as we head to mostly next week. we will have that look at how the fog is going to behave coming up at 6:00 p.m. >> thank you paul. >>> new with 6:00, the bay area county warning that covid variance could outpace vaccination. >>> why a business owner believes an act of vandalism is rooted in hate. >>> a major bay area university, sensitive information stolen. >>> still ahead, homebuyers wooing sellers with their personal stories but is covid has made clear that having health insurance is morore importanant than ev. at coverered califorornia, evevery plan i is comprehehen, coveringng everythining fromom preventivive care to menental healthth. and d it's ththe only plalae that offffers financncial hep for

. >>> we are live the pacific up here which is reopened after some damage this past winter, a cool easter weekend in the bay area. i have details, coming up. >>> down to the final shot. vern glenn shows us the crazy ending just a little while ago for stanford women's basketball. >> this is one of those surviving in advance and it was not a pretty game for us. >>> two weeks from now, we could be watching live concerts, plays, musicals, and other indoor events. good evening. i am ken bastida. >> i was with cook. andria borba is live with the venues that say they still won't make enough money. >> reporter: well, they say the profit margin is very thin but here is how this works. depending on what tier the venue is in, what county that venue sits in depends exactly on how many people can be inside. but if the people inside are either tested or fully vaccinated, the capacity increases in every single tier. >> we are the first to close, the last open. >> the lights went out at venues across the bay area on march 13th, 2020. no music, no dancing, no laughter. on april 15th that is set to change

and china, the pacific is the widest ocean in geopolitical terms seems to be getting wider. it's fair to acknowledge the u.s. and chinese governments have very different worldviews and systems of government of values, and even philosophical traditions. yes, i do think we are in an era of strategic competition and i don't think that's going to end. and i think that's going to have implications for a great many questions. at the same time, i don't think we can really afford to allow the divide to become a complete rupture. you know, we need to have a dialogue that spans the pacific and to identify where we can and indeed, i would say must work together, with climate being at the top of the list. even issues of technology seeing two spheres, i believe there will be a need for interoperability and at times for technology to move across the pacific, but with the controls that will ensure trust. all of that is a long way of saying this is complicated and will take not just thoughtfulness, but people of goodwill to sit down and talk it through the path forward. but the other part o

the understanding and especially for the peoples of asia-pacific and america here in san francisco and if he with do not learn from our history we cannot have a peaceful future. i call on the board to pass this resolution in its entirety without the amendment today. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. operations, do we have another caller in the queue, please. >> hi, my name is judith and i'm the president of the comfort women justice coalition. i want to thank the board of supervisors the present board and our past board for their leadership in the area and defense of the hundreds of thousands of women and girls who are sexually lived by the japanese imperial army during world war ii. you may not realize it but actually your actions have head for the comfort of women and this can be continued today with your resolution condemning the might you bue she at harrard university who wrote the paper that people have referred to and unfortunately, we're living in an era of rape denialism for history and real fake news and this paper is one of those. it's essential for us to stop this t

we also discussed the free and open indo pacific. we agreed that while japan and the u.s.l take the lead to promote the vision through concrete efforts, it will cooperate with other regions including australia and india. we also had serious talks over china's influence on the peace and prosperity of the indo pacific and the world at large. we agreed to oppose any attempts to change the status of coercion in the south china sea or intimidation of others in the region. at the same time, we agreed on the necessity for each of us to engage in frank dialogue with china to pursue stability of international relations while upholding universal values. on north korea, we confirmed our commitment to the cb i.d. of all weapons of mass destruction, and ballistic missiles of all ranges, and agreed to demand of north korea to fulfill its obligations under security council resolutions. on this year, we reaffirmed that it is a great human rights issue and that our two countries will work together to seek immediate resolution by north korea. encountering north korea and for the peace and p

critics say the water will harm fish and other forms of life in the pacific. >>> one of hollywood's biggest names is reacting to georgia's new voting laws. will smith has pulled filming of "emancipation" out of the state. i a statement, he said it was in response to regressive voting laws designed to restrict voter access. smith's film is the first to leave georgia since the new measures were signed into law last month. >>> and soprano's actor and broadway actor joseph siravo has died. they said he died of the new york city native portrayed tony soprano's father and appeared on the broadway musical "jersey boys." he was 64. >>> cheese lovers have a new way to get their fix. in honor of national grilled cheese day, which was yesterday, kraft has created the first grilled cheese incense. mona, incense. the grilled cheese scent is not available in stores. you have to tweet #breathecheesy and sweepstakes between now and thursday for a chance to win 1 of 1,000 sticks. again, you guys need to get a pen, pen sell, insomniacs. write this down. you have to tweet #breathecheesy and sweepstakes betwee

in the asia-pacific, we have more than 1500 hotels. bitious goal that you mentioned if the growth of the number of openings we are going to hit within 2021. in 2020, we open more than 120 hotels and executed more than 140 hotels. that is on the back of 2020 which must regard as turbulent and unprecedented. 2020 is by no means a dip your for us, because the achievements we made was on the back of what was a good 2019. we managed to exceed our achievements in 2019. 2020 is a strong year, per se, within investors -- ambitious 40% growth for 2021, we are all set up for that. rishaad: of course everyone is expecting this bounceback, as hopefully restrictions are restricted and begin travel bubbles. that must be fueling your ambitions. what kind of, what are the contours of this expansion? is it ramada, or something like days in? -- days inn. >> we continue to grow a two-pronged strategy. first is the more established brands like ramada and wyndham, and we continue to grow. at the same time, we are bringing new brands into the markets. luck i

that will continue to spin in the middle of the pacific. there is some sense that finally, as we get into next week. that will to approach the bay area kind of fall apart as it moves on through maybe bring some clouds and then possibly as we get the weekend, the 17th 1817th. maybe we get a chance of rain. but that is really far out the future temperature wise tomorrow we'll keep you cool up toward the coastline. 54 little breezy at the sunset. 57 degrees in daly city. 53 montara. some sunshine in the mix of clouds along the coastline, cool temperatures inside the bay a little bit warmer as you head inside the peninsula. the south bay looking nice. lots of sunshine. just some passing high clouds 70 in campbell 68 in san jose. i think this is a warm sunshine. the east bay tomorrow. 70 degrees in dublin about 71 in pleasanton, 71 in danville. you get the idea some nice weather developing a little blue breezy right through the bay and along the coastline with some cooler temperatures but looks like some nice weather ahead. temperatures do come d

[indiscernible] as the foundation for stability for the indo pacific region in the world. p.m. suga: [speaking japanese] >> in light of the security environment, the importance of our alliance has reached new heights. based on such common recognition, at today's summit we exchanged far-reaching and candid views on each other's principles in each of our nations, our common vision. president biden and i reaffirmed the recognition confirmed at the japan-u.s. 2 plus 2 regent last month and engaged initiatives. we also discussed and engaged in open indo pacific. we agreed japan and the u.s. will take the lead to promote the vision to concrete efforts. we will also cooperate with other countries, including australia and india. we also had serious talks on china's influence over the peace and prosperity of the indo pacific and the world at large. [indiscernible] in the east and south china sea at the coordination of others in the region. at the same time, we agreed on the necessity to engage in laws that affect china and intend to pursue instability of international relations while up

ability to leave the store in 2 years time but it's at least 30 years old nuclear waste dump in the pacific with 'd the result. they say it's unavoidable for their part so i mean what do you make of that claim and do you see an alternate way to potentially deal with the problem. the clear alternative has existed for years and the long term storage we forced her to to admit into those 19 the fact lance bass on the site was available in fact the government school committee that investigated this issue who did last year the one who would be available to submit daiichi nuclear plant so the 2022 idea that is running out of space is a myth and it just serves the interests of the government which wants to basically dump this problem into the pacific ok and we've heard that neighbors are reacting south korea china for example this decision might presumably have far reaching consequences for nations such as those just walk us through what those might be so all the reader activity that will be released different types of radioactive materials we've got 2 trillion which a percentage of which becomes c

not much happening here on the northeast pacific. now let's take you to the west pacific. on tracking to the northwest of the philippines. sustained winds of almost 150-miles-per-hour. as that storm weakens and transitions, the upper air pattern latitude, it may begin to change the jet stream enough that five to seven days from now, it's possible pattern shift may involve a little rain. not around the bay area just yet. but possibly to our north. our weekend ends on a summer-like note. next weekend could see a few showers. this could be a significant shift, at least for the pacific northwest. in the meantime, enjoy summer in san francisco. the valleys averaging 80s to near 90 inland and then we turn cooler. the sea breeze returns mid-week and then bigger changes. >> thanks a lot. anthony joins us for sports. they're trying to make it five in a row. >> yeah. the bigger concern, the injuries and i say might, keep steph curry out of the game. stick around. >>> welcome back. the warriors' four-game winning streak comes to an end after an epic shoot-out in boston. we'll begin wi

ally in the pacific region. much for the two to talk about from the threat from china to trade. president biden said cooperation between the u.s. and japan is vital. president biden: i am really pleased to welcome such a good ally and great partner. the united states and japan have a big agenda ahead of us. we are two important democracies , and our cooperation is vital, in my view, and i believe in both of our views, to meeting the challenges facing the nations and ensuring the region remain free, open, and prosperous. laura: joining us now for more on the significance of this meeting is she less meth, senior fellow at the -- sheilamith, senior fellow at the council for foreign relations. what does it say about president biden's priorities that the first leader to get in the door at the white house is the japanese from here. -- japanese premier? >> this is an administtion very focused on building partners, allies, and very focused on the pacific. the long-term u.s.-japan relationship is very strong. it has not h