to try to interfere in the affairs of the south china sea. re is why. the united states is not a party to the disputes in the south china sea. and of course it has some interest in the freedom of navigation there. china has the biggest user of the islands in the south china sea, and more shipped over there in south china sea more than other countries. however, the freedom of navigation has not been--never been an issue in the south china sea. there is not an single incident that people can find harm to the freedom of navigation. they have the policy of the asia pacific. beginning in 2010 the united states use the south china seas as an entry point to get involved i in the affairs of southeast asia. the it uses this issue to interview in the affairs of south china sea. the so-called freedom of navigation operation if it takes place will be provocative to china. >> let's talk about the spratley islands. they're 500 miles from china's clothesline by 100 miles to hundred miles have vietnam. this is a breach of code of conduct signed by all the cla

convention on the war of the sea. these activities appear to have been the beginning as china has now turned to militarizing the features by building air strips and surveillance towers that i believe will further destabilize the region. while there has been some progress on the bilateral strategy to decrease this to the establishment of new risk reduction mechanisms such as engagement rules for safety, our efforts to date do not seem to have had an impact on china's aggressive tactics in the south china sea. i would like to hear from the witnesses on what the department believes is the best way forward to address this activity and whether current efforts are sufficient to deescalate tension and convince the chinese government to pursue legal and diplomatic solutions to its disputes with its neighbors. i am concerned with north korea's rhetoric that it's improving its nuclear arsenal contributing to the tensions in the region. admiral, i would like your assessment and update on the threat posted by the north koreans and

remember the quantum of the seas? bout every bell and whistle you can think of is setting sail to its new home port of shanghai. [honking] betty: one big advantage of expanding in china -- not having to deal with the stodgy old images of the typical cruiser. in china, the cruise liners can start with a clean slate. richard: this whole concept is just something new and exciting. and there is no old-fashioned myths about cruising. there is none of this, well, cruising is for old people. and if you are a family traveler, both can enjoy it together. how many vacations can you have where a 70-year-old and a 20-year-old -- betty: can go together. richard: can go together and both rave about it? so we have that and it is extraordinary. and there aren't many places you can do that. and china, the family bond is stronger than it is in the western world. so the ability to offer multi-generational traveling in china is even more valuable. betty: carnival ceo arnold donald has no intention of being left in royal caribbean's wake w

we are heading towards the sea. 's the largest lake in the state of california, and it's drying up. the fallout from that disastrous. >> approach the lake from a distance, and it's deceptively beautiful. coast ard perfect. not up close. >> the smell. when you get to the beach, it's clear what that foul odour is all about. it's dead fish. within about 10 feet of me, there's literally dozens of them. if you look along the beech, there were hundreds. if not thousands of cubing cueses. if you have a look, it's a combination of sand and body parts. the mountains in the distance. the community has abandoned sections of it. the whole area i'm standing on used to be underwater. now in is all that is left. today the sultan sea is a forgotten police, no one in site for miles. once there were prime properties. today just desolation, and an erie silence. >> we head out to meet some of the people that live around what is left of the sultan sea. this is the oldest bar in town. the ironically named ski inn. >> this was the bar and

commanders sent a warship into waters claimed by beijing in the south china sea. the vessels sailed within 12 nautical miles of artificial islands built by china. the diplomatic sources say a u.s. navy destroyer entered water near the manmade islands in the spratly chain. it's claimed by china, vietnam, malaysia, and taiwan. international law says nations can declare up to 12 nautical miles from their coast as sompb territories, but does not apply to artificial islands. they say they are challenging claims over the territory. officials in washington have not officially confirmed they sent a ship. they have stressed their commitment to freedom of navigation. >> the president, actually, when he was next to the president in the rose garden indicated that the united states was, you know, would operate, fly, or sail anywhere the international law allows. >> tf the first time a u.s. military vessel entered the 12 mile zone in three years. u.s. commanders have been refraining from such operations over concerns about raising tensions with beijing. nhk world is in china fol

it was the one that contacted him from the sea. anks to his help, all 45 refugees on board were safe. >> translator: our only lifelines were prayers and the smart phone. >> reporter: he received a message right after the boat reached land. it said, we made it. thank you. >> translator: i think what i'm doing is not just sporting them, but responsibility that we owe them. i hope a safe route will be opened to end the refugee's journeys on boats. >> reporter: he'll continue to do this as long as his people continue to cross such dangerous waters. nhk world. >>> japan has taken the men's team gold medal at the gymnas c gymnastics tournament in three years. they competed in six events in the finals in scotland. the japanese team got off to a good start, but its as both fell off the highball in the last event. japan managed to cling to the lead and clench the title. the japanese teams scored a total of 270.818 points. and runner-up, britain, edged out by half a point, and china was third. china came out on top in the previous six world c

joaquin, thank goodness is trending more out the sea. but it is pounding the central bahamas right now with winds at 130 to 145 miles per hour with the gusts. hurricane warnings are in effect for northwestern -- actually all the bahamas are under hurricane warnings. this area is what we're watching that will bring us the coastal flooding, rain and wind within the next 24 hours. just like a nor'easter would. the jersey shore will have the highest impact. we're expecting moderate to major flooding, possibly from much of the jersey shore all the way up through monmouth county areas. highest amounts of rain one to two. gusts of 50 miles per hour and ten to 16-foot waves. i want to let you know about the rest of the area. in and around the city some coastal flooding. wind gusts 30 to 40. not as much rain. less than half an inch north and west lowest impact. for long island and long island sound, coastal areas, south basin shores 10 to 16-foot waves and coastal flooding will be minor to moderate for you. not as severe as with the jersey shore i

houses along if ocean covered in spray from the angry sea. the wind pushing all night and responsible for minor flooding. not the impact some thought they'd say. streets and roads are passable. residents say what they are seeing today is minor. >> a beautiful day for a walk. >> what do you make of this weather? >> look around. >> people down here are used to it. when you're from outside it looks unbelievable. >> the wind is kicked up. >> the winds are expected to continue all day pushing the wave intoes the coastline. if you live along the shoreline in massachusetts keep an eye to the sea. i'm john monahan, fox 25 news. >>>down not carolinas heavy rains and historic flooding today from hurricane joaquin. the low lying areas of charleston, south carolina turning into rivers and forcing the state into an emergency. many residents are headed for higher ground. >> i lived here 15 years and never seen it this bad before. >> the national weather service is warning that some parts of the carolinas could see as much as 12 inches of rain. >>>the search

along the south china sea. about 2,000 marines from the two countries are taking part in a variety of training exercises. including one simulating the retaking of an island from enemy forces. the philippines is now hurriedly stepping up its military cooperation with the united states and boosting its naval power. behind this move, is a sense of crisis. over china's increasing presence in the south china sea. china has been conducting a series of landfill projects in the disputed spratly island and building facilities on the claimed land. an analysis by a british research institute announced last month shows that china has completed a 3,000-meter air strip in the islands. that's long enough for military aircraft. once the runway goes into operation, china will have a base for military activities very close to the philippines. >> is this a cause for alarm or concern. not only for the philippines, but also for the all other countries that are benefitting in the south china sea. the presence of the united states in

we continue to operate freely in the south china sea. and we continue to prevent the chinese from coercing our allies and partners into concluding deals that are not in their interests and not in our interests with regard to claims in the south china sea. >> that we freely operate in the south china sea is a success. it's a pretty low bar, mr. secretary. senator sullivan? >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you, gentlemen, for your service. i think it's clear just from the testimony here and previous statements that we have a confused policy within the south china sea with regard to the built-up islands. and as you know confusion can cause miscalculations. let me just give you kind of one example of it. we were in singapore for the shangri-la dialogue. secretary reid, senator ernst, the chairman. secretary carter i thought had a forceful statement at the time. you know it, we've seen it, we'll fly, sail anywhere. and then he stated, quote, after all, turning an underwater rock into an airfield simply does not afford the rights of sovere

fire on water -- the tragedy at sea. flames erupt on a cape cod dock. >> my timeline for your columbus day forecast. >> from boston' s news leader, this is wcvb news five at six. >> the mother of a missing crew member on a cargo ship el faro opens up on the tragedy at sea. mariette white one of 34 on board. her proud but grieving mother speaks out. jim? jim: mary just got back from jacksonville, florida, where her and other relatives have been awaiting news. now is her family plans a memorial, she remembers her daughter who loved life on the open water. >> she would call me from port. this is a great cruise. i wish you were here. jim: those calls reminder of how much her daughter lived for life on the sea, but he came to a whole two weeks ago when she and 32 others were lost when the el faro went down in the atlantic. >> i had no warning. i got a call one morning saying that the el faro had gone down, and they did not expect the dna survivors. jim: the question remained was why. >> i believed if there was any way they cou

, you said you were married to the sea, and the sea took her bride. >> reporter: tonight in jacksonville, a vigil for all of the crew members on the vessel. mary tells fox 25 she isn't mad at the captain's decision to sail. >> i don't think it ever occurred to him it would turn into a hurricane. because well, he had been through hurricanes before. >> reporter: now mary tells us she has to try and start the healing process of losing her middle child. >> i am so proud of you my little girl, my tough, rough, cream puff. i know that you died doing exactly what you loved. >> reporter: and tonight mary also tells us she's a realist and she does not have any more hope. now coming up at 11:00, we'll have more of mary's interview and we will tell you exactly what mariet told her mom right before she left. for now live in brockton, malini basu, fox 25 news. >> malini. so hard to imagine what that family is going through. certainly our thoughts are with them this evening. fox 25 there stay in touch with that family. we will continue to follow their story and bring you any new developments as soon a

. >> and phil, both weather and climate change are huge parts of the story because the sea ice in the arctic is receding. >> and i actually got to see that sea ice receding in action, and the scientists up there that were monitoring this are overwhelmed by the speed that this is actually happening. >> well it seems that the more the ice recedes, the easier it would be to drill right? >> yeah but what happens is actually different because even though the sea ice is gone, the extreme weather conditions remain and that's causing big problems for big oil. >> the arctic - remote, breath-taking - and one of the world's harshest frontiers. for years it's been a front line in a battle over the future of energy and climate change. temperatures here are rising twice as fast as the rest of the world. but the arctic may hold 13 percent of the world's undiscovered oil. in july, 2015, shell began its controversial journey to the arctic. its mission - to drill an exploratory well in the chukchi sea, hoping to find that untapped potential. the stakes are high - for shell - and for the environment. th

what does it take to be the biggest fish in the sea? from the two biggest ceo's in the business. richard fain: they want the biggest and the best. and this is the biggest and the

you can see some of the sea foam that is sitting there right along the coastline. along the sand. so a sign of things to come perhaps. here is a look at a new 12-foot-high sea wall the town >> jadiann: i think wind may have impacted the live shot. the weather turned on a dime. >> christa: it really did. the sea wall. it is a foot now. they are hoping it will be able to withstand whatever comes its way. so obviously, folks are kind of out there and they are taking a look at it. you see it spilling over there. >> jadiann: yeah, absolutely. all right. you know you can track all of the rain, weather, on whdh.com. also on the 7 news mobile app. and we are posting updates on our facebook and twitter, too. >> christa: breaking news two airmen have died after a u.s. military plane crashed in let's get out to byron barnett. he is at hanscom with what we are learning today. byron? >> reporter: well, as you can imagine, very sad day here at hanscom air force base. here in bedford. but we are told that the flags have been lowered to half-staff in honor of the fallen airmen here. now, the milit

. >> reporter: when leah was a teenager, her mom vicky decided to enroll her in the sea org, the pious, uniformed, full-time religious order of the church, and move the family down to the church's spiritual headquarters in clearwater, florida, known as the "flag land base." >> those people are all sea org members. >> reporter: mike rinder was once the spokesman for the church of scientology. that's him in a "20/20" report from back in 1998 praising l. ron hubbard. >> a man comes along and changes the course of history. >> reporter: now he's a very public critic who the church derides as a "liar, a bitter apostate" and a "professional anti-scientologist." he says this is what today's sea org looks like. >> they are the people who have scientology who live in communal church facilities, eat in church facilities. >> they provide room and board and you work there and you sign a billion-year contract. >> reporter: a billion year contract? >> correct. >> reporter: you as a child signed this contract. >> correct, right. >> reporter: there it is in writing, scientologists believe in reincarnat

the kremlin said today it launched rockets from four ships in the caspian sea. some 930 miles away in northern syria. at the same time syrian government forces unleashed a new ground offensive coordinated with the russians. u.s. officials continue to condemn russia's actions in syria. ash carter says u.s. forces will not cooperate with russia and called its air raids a fundamental mistake. peter sharp has more from moscow. >> from the caspian sea 1200 kilometers from the fighting, russia opened a second front in the syrian war, at i.s.i.l. positions, the caliber missiles bearing the nato code name sizzler were launched without warning from the caspian sea flotilla. these images broadcast on the russian state television. targets were well within reach. moscow said it obtained permission from iran and iraq to overfly their territory to release the rockets. territory over iran and iraq but avoiding southeastern turkey. >> this morning we engaged the caspian sea flotilla. data indicates all targets were destroyed and no civilians were harmed. >> reporter: well, the m

. >> elizabeth: breaking news we're following out of manchester by the sea tonight where the entire town is out of water. right at this moment, crews are working to if he can a major water main -- to fix a major water main break at school and central street. >> mark: it will be a while on. sharman sachetti is there live to work while crews get this fixed. >> we're here at the corner of this is what they're doing, they dug a big trench, trying to get to the water main. right now, it's unclear when exactly it could be fixed at this point. we can tell you, this is a 12-inch water main, it's more than 100 years old. so old, that it's actually built out of clay. this broke around 1:00 p.m. this afternoon and crews have been here since this happened. more than 5,000 people living in this town, they are without water, and police tell us, they've been receiving hundreds of calls from people living here, wondering when it's going to be fixed. >> we're telling people to just check our web excitement, twitter page and facebook for up-to-the-minute updates, and if -- once we get some information, we

but the reality is that china has been militarizing the south china seas for a number of yea years. other claimants have as well. china is not the only country that has done so, but they have done it on a scale that is far greater than other countries, and the chinese are creating a great force projection capability that other countries do not have. i think if the united states had not conducted this separation, that the inaction would have had consequences, that it would have emboldened the chinese to continue on this bath. so over time i think that this may have an impact of getting the chinese to reconsider some of their provocative and destabilizing course of behavior, but it must be combined with other diplomatic tools. this is just simply one tool in the u.s. toolbox. >> the u.s.-china relationship is vitally important and wants to continue despite the china see issue. but can those things be separated? can you keep those things apart? >> that's exactly what the u.s. and china have been doing. they've been seek to go cooperate whether interests converge and manage differences w

navy says it will try to find the el faro and raise it from the sea. two of the 33 people onboard were from new york. tonight a vigil for one of them, howard schoenly from east rockaway in nassau county. josh einiger at the vigil for us tonight. >> as you know, people on the south shore consider boating to be a way of life. for howie schoenly it would be his entire career. tonight friends and family gather to pay tribute to a man who lived and died on the sea. >> reporter: he grew up around the water and devoted his life to the sea. friends and family gathered at this canal side gazebo to pay tribute to a man they'll never forget. >> i don't think it's really hit us so much yet. it's been a really tough week. >> the only thing i feel in my heart, he was in the sea where he enjoyed it most. >> reporter: he was the second engineer aboard the el faro, the shipping vessel that lost its engines near the bahamas as hurricane joaquin churned by. officials believe all 33 mariners aboard went down with the ship. >> i want to again extend our sincere condolences

the drilling shell will start here, is on everyone's mind. >> how do oil spills and sea ice mix? what happens when the two are involved? >> fortunately, nobody really knows because it hasn't happened yet. if it does happen it's going to be a mess. >> andy mahoney is an ice researcher on board the healy. >> it's going to be extremely challenging to separate the oil from that ice. ice will be somewhat like a sponge, and so you'll have a mix of oil covered ocean, oil covered ice, and oil impregnated ice to deal with. >> and if it gets in the ice it could also move as well? >> that's right and that's why it's important to understand ice motion. >> dr mahoney is working on enhancing ice radar so it can track ice movement as well as ice presence. >> so we're looking here at a screenshot from a radar that's mounted up in the bridge of the healy. >> this is a time lapse of images from that radar, as the healy navigates through ice. the ship is in the middle. >> the white, brighter areas show us where the ice is, and the dark areas indicate where there's likely open water. we use an image

the sea is shrinking. scientists say it's an ecological time bomb, the loss of bird habitat and ecological costs could reach as high as $70 billion over the next 30 years. according to a public institute report. governor jerry brown tapped bruce wilcox to figure out a way to save the salten sea, all of this toxic dust being exposed on the lake bed when the water recedes. >> some level of pesticides and fertilizers, not a large amount but when it settles into the into the bottom of the lake bed, all of those contaminants go into people's lungs. >> some worry that could generate up to 100 tons of dust a day, and travel to los angeles, potentially exposing millions of people. 30 miles south in the farming town of el centro, we meet a woman who believes the dust is making her children sick. dolores aguilar's children both have asthma. mornings always start like this. >> fast forward now to the first trickle of help. just days after michael okwu's first report, california governor jerry brown signed a bill aimed

mary shevory: she loves the sea, she couldn' t live without being on the sea somehow or somewhere. pam: the ntsb began investigating what went wrong on a ship where every crew member had a survival suit. >> it' s just a tragic situation. that is what our iestigation

>>> now at 10:00 daughter lost to the sea. >> you love the sea, you said you were married to the sea and the sea took her. >> the feelings about the captain's decision too sail right into the heart of hurricane joaquin. tomorrow. >>> over to lewis underneath he goes into the endzone for the touchdown. >>> the pats shake and shimmy their way to 4-0. >>> a dog fights for his >>> crooks do not want to mess with this woman. >> if he had behaved in a slightly different manner. >> when she stopped an >> >> announcer: you're watching fox 25 news at 10:00. >>> speaking out about a global tragedy in the loss hi everyone i'm blair miller. >> i'm elizabeth hopkins. fox 25 has been following the el faro story since the week ago. new tonight fox 25's malini basu spoke with the mother of a lost sailor. malini? >> reporter: elizabeth and blair, we're actually where marriott wright loves to come here. tonight we spoke to her mother who tells fox 25 this is a feeling she's going through. she feel like she swallowed a large piece of flat rock it and landed right here on her chest and it's not going to

the patrol came within 12 nautical miles of the dispolluted islands in the south china sea, normally ationally accepted limit of a nation east territorial claim. but the u.s. says these are international waters open to anybody. china says it shadowed the u.s. vessel accusing it of harming regional peace and stability. >> translator: we want to urge the u.s. to respect our position and correct its mistake immediately. it should not conduct any dangerous provocative actions that threaten china's sovereignty and security interests, and keep the promise of not taking sides on the issues of territorial disputes. >>> the waters of the south china sea with disputed by china and several asia neighbors, among them the philippines, which as an ally of the u.s. welcomed the move, saying the ship was operating in international waters. >> the balance of power says that there is not just a single of voice that must be adhered to. there must be a plurality of voices when all parties are effected by changes on the ground. >> reporter: japan has its own territorial dispute with china in the east china

convention in the law of the seas stipulates that artificial islands do not have the status of islands and that territorial waters cannot be claimed around them. the u.s. is studying the possibility of deploying naval ships an aircraft to the 12 nautical mile zone around the artificial islands in the near future. they want to clarify its position of not approving such territorial claim by china or any other country. the u.s. used to send its naval ships to these waters, but apparently stopped three years ago to avoid raising tensions. the waters of the region are disputed. china, the philippines, vietnam, malaysia, and taiwan all claim the spratley islands. the fill fifteens says it supports the u.s. move. >> this is cause for alarm or concern, not only f the philippines, but also for the all other countries that are benefitting in the south china sea. the presence of the united states in the region gives us the confidence that they would help us and other small countries in the region. >> reporter: the issue was one of the main topics u.s. president obama discussed with his counter pa