u.s. pacific command, spanning the globe from california to india and australia. or as the chief likes to say, from hollywood to bollywood and polar bears to penguins. washington is renewing its focus as north korea continues the threatening antics and china becomes aggressive in asserting its territorial claims. we met with the general at the air force association's exposition outside washington, d.c. i asked him how it's affecting his command and what he is telling alleys in the region. >> it's been a big factor for us. and we are called the operations and maintenance. we don't procure things. our whole budget is basically our operations and maintenance. out in the pacific, the biggest problem has been the engagement that we do the exercise in the pacific, more than just training, their presence in different area, building the partnership capacity up, being places, it's flying hours. and in the pacific, flying anywhere takes longer than anywhere else in the world. so it's a lot of flying hours. and it's just that cut is magnified. when we cut a percentage, it's

u.s. navy pacific fleet pulled out of hong kong's port a day ahead of schedule. it was an ominous sign of the the signal of typhoon usagi. this storm is set to be the most powerful on the amount this year with winds at 176 of mph. and i in the philippines 100 families were moved, crops were destroyed. electricity cut, village houses damaged. in taiwan waves as big as buildings smash the coast line, ferries were canceled and flooding and landslides have force of thousands to leave their home. 4,000 people have already left heed of storm and 23,000 fishing boats returned to ports. but the storm has hong kong, it's major financial centers in its site. today, airlines warned against traveling on sunday, and said they would hold full fights in and out of hong kong. thousands of people are away this holiday weekend to celebrate the mid amen festival, and this storm could cause massive storm delays for those tries to return. for those who remain, they have raised the typhoon flag to signal the need for preparation, and it could be the worst storm to hit here in 34 years

u.s. navy's pacific fleet, the u.s.s. bonhomme richard, pulled out 24 hours before the typhoon usagi's arrival. it formed in the pacific early in the week and has tracked northeast through the luzon strait that separates the philippines and taiwan. in the philippines 100 families were evacuated from islands as torrential rain caused floodings in four regions. waves as big as buildings began smashing seaside and evacuation of thousands of people. china's southern coast is being prepared for the. worst. 24,000 fishing boats returned to port. so as we can see there, that -- and let me put this into some kind of context for you. this is coming at a time during the mid autumn festival which is a holiday-long weekend here. that is like a category 4 hurricane hitting new york city during thanksgiving. and this storm is expected to slow down a degree as it reaches planned mass here, losing some of those categories becoming a category 2. but it's still a powerful storm. many people are still away overseas meeting family and friend

pacific time. >>> u.s.epted an order from iran to iraq and it calls for attacks on u.s. embassies and other interests in baghdad. the iranian message came from the head of the revolutionary guards. a spokesman for iranian's mission in new york deny this report. iraqi shiites have been sympathetic to syria. >>> the united states assures israel it will tell, tel aviv before any attacks will be carried out on syria. there attacks any attack on syria could lead to retaliation on israel. >>> just two days after two men attempted to break into buckingham palace. police stopped another man. but that was prince andrew, the duke of york. he was walking in the gardens of the palace. once the prince was able to verify he was who he said he base. the officers let him go. the prince said the officers have apologized and he units the difficult of stopping inintruders. >>> which movies broke the bank and which flopped. >>> it was a warm day around the bay area. when we could see more fog coming in and cooling things down.

u.s. to the pacific this year it already pushed over the northern part of taiwan, left a little bit of rain it is only a tropical disturbance. now the system is moving the up towards japan. we will watch that carefully over the next day and see where it goes. how much rain it also dumps in parts of the area. we expect to see rain in parts of california across the areas that have been burned out. this has a little bit of good news, a little bit of bad news. it could bring some rain to the area. the bad news s lightning as well as potential over hereof flash flooding. remember, a lot of places are burned. we have a lot of erosion that will happen. we will bring you new detail thopbs later on in the hour. >> kevin, thank you. former south african president nelson mandela is now back at home after months of being treated at a hospital for various illnesses. the 95 year-old remains in critical condition. >> reporter: nelson mandela has moved to the comfort of his own home after nearly three months in hospitals. but he is still in a critical condition and at times his health sun stable. sop an am

. >> ama: debris continues to wash up on the pacific shoreline of the u.s.d a half years after a devastating earthqu and tsunami hit japan. there have been 1900 reports of debris. the government confirms 35 came from the quake site. more debris expects to reach northern california as winter arrives. federal officials aren't sure what will likely reach the shore in hawai'i recently a plastic bin arrived that had a live bird trapped inside. scientist believe the debris will arrive for months to come. >> next month disney end a policy that allows disabled people going to the front of the line. too many people have been abusing the system. disabled people were being paid to be tour guides so people could be at the beginning of the line. disney is he the parent company of abc. >> tests are show the apple iphones or more breakable. the company which provides protection plans for gadgets did the testing. it's on the iphone 5s and c are less durable than last year's iphone 5. phones are dumped in water, then dropped five feet of the ground. the word reporter was sam

. >> ama: debris continues to wash up on the pacific shoreline of the u.s.wo and a half years after a devastating earthquake and tsunami hit japan. there have been 1900 reports of debris. the government confirms 35 came from the quake site. more debris expects to reach northern california as winter arrives. federal officials aren't sure what will likely reach the shore in hawai'i recently a plastic bin arrived that had a live bird trapped inside. scientist believe the debris will arrive for months to come. >> next month disney end a policy that allows disabled people going to the front of the line. too many people have been abusing the system. disabled people were being paid to be tour guides so people could be at the beginning of the line. disney is he the parent company of abc. >> tests are show the apple iphones or more breakable. the company which provides protection plans for gadgets did the testing. it's on the iphone 5s and c are less durable than last year's iphone 5. phones are dumped in water, then dropped five feet of the ground. the word reporter

u.s. pacific fleet. general frederick j. crowson, u.s. army retired, former vice chief of staff for the army. lieutenant general william jerry in, u.s. s. -- boyd army retired and commander during mogadishu during the blackhawk down incident that all of us know about. lieutenant general harry edward soyster, u.s. army retired, former director of the defense intelligence agency. ambassador henry cooper, former chief negotiator of the defense and space talks and the former director of strategic defense initiative. major general valley, u.s. army retired, former deputy commander of the u.s. army forces pacific. honorable mccoy, former secretary of the air force. lieutenant colonel alan west, u.s. army and former member of congress. honorable joseph e. schmidt, former inspector general, department of defense. honorable michelle van cleave, former national counterintelligence executive. vice admiral robert monroe, u.s. navy retired, former director of the defense nuclear agency. and frank gaffney, former assistant secretary of defense for inte

a new system in british colombia, the pacific northwestern parts of the u.s.nd northern parts of california into saturday. and ahead of the system, we're seeing very clear conditions, mainly across the northeast, lots of sunshine and we can say finally good-bye to the rainy weather across the florida peninsula, so some sunshine will return in miami with a high of 31 degrees, and pleasant in the northeast. but chilly across the northwest, only 14 in seattle and 15 degrees in vancouver. in europe, two swirling clouds. one over the atlantic and the other is over eastern russia and western russia providing wet and windy conditions for the next few days. and this one is actually more substantial enough to cause heavy drenching rains so stay on the alert. rainfall from the alpine region down toward the balkan peninsula, only 70 degrees in stockholm. moscow at 60 with a low of 1. kiev up. 10 degrees, about 10 degrees cooler than seasonal. if you look at the south, much warmer than south. 29 degrees for you in madrid and 27 in rome and in between mild weather that inc

. >>> a british woman has completed a 7,000-kilometer solo trip across the pacific ocean in a rowboat. she arrived in the u.s alaska after a five-month trip that started in japan. it was sarah's second attempt to cross the pacific. she failed last year when her boat was wrecked off the coast of miyagi prefecture. the japanese coast guard rescued her. she has been trying to travel around the world riding human-powered vehicles including bicycles and kay axe. the 28-year-old adventurer left the coast in chiba prefecture on april 27th. she arrived in the alaskan city of addict on monday. high winds and strong winds caused her rowboat to capsize five times during the five-month trip and she nearly collided with a cargo trip. she suffered from burn without, but described the experience as the most intense and memorable five months of her life. >>> there is a tropical storm off the coast of japan and our meteorologist is standing by. do we in tokyo have something to worry about? very well could be expected from the tropical storm as it pulls off toward the north and the brunt of the storm system will be across the

u.s. acquisition from asia-pacific region on track to be the highest. >> it's better fiscal situation, right? doesn't seem like it but we used to have trillion dollar deficit, now $600 million. no taper now, december, whenever you want to call it, at some point we have to raise interest rates. i think the dollar is smelling that already. that has to deal with currencies. with the dollar strength it's better to buy other companies in other countries. >> i heard you say something about the dollar? >> yeah, we're at lowest levels since february. one other thing, nobody talks about and i read more and more articles about it, but one of the most bullish aspects of the stock market is lack of supply of stocks, isn't it almost that simple? >> yeah. buying back stock left and right. that's a good point. thanks, everybody. >> thanks. because you have lower interest rates, companies issued buy back. they elevated stock prices. >> we'll leave it there. appreciate your time. we are awaiting a statement from president obama. we'll bring you that as soon as it begins. we know the statement is happening in

u.s. for a bid to get into the pacific trade agreements. they want a free trade. why? they have tremendous demographic problems. you have extraordinary inking problems. economic growth problems. they have their issues. we have our issues. we could spend a whole show on that. .et's look at the middle east that deal could change everybody's equation. >> i want to go back to the political question. congress problems, cannot actually not on much of anything. the fact that you were able to get the immigration to bill is like ea the senate is working. what can the chamber do? the senate is working." what can the chamber due to create a more viable republican party? >> i expect there will be more this time. they plannds on what to do. like how will you be targeted? what is your strategy? politicalch the process for lifetime. everybody's trying to get better at it. the polling is so fundamentally changed. how do you do the polling issues? looking for ways to clarify our polling. the last election, while the senate was unbelievable, we were very successful. --went in five month

pacific. stephanie. >> thank you. coming up. >> a u.s. government report obtained exclusively by al jazeera's investigative unit, exposes breaks in security in outposts throughout the world. >>> what is revealed about the security lapses leading up to the deadly attack in benghazi and what's been overlooked in the aftermath. >>> walmart workers striking, thousands of walmart workers across the country, what they're demanding from the nation's largest private employer. >> and i'm jessica tapp, take a look at the reigning queen of tennis. i'm going to tell you all about that coming up next in sports. >> one week from today marks the first anniversary of the attacks on the u.s. mission in libya. al jazeera's investigative unit has exclusively obtained an internal government report, it details system tic failures at benghazi and other areas in the world. used to disseminate intelligence information has not been truly functional for many years. also many of the installations don't have state-of-the-art telephone communication links. outposts i

pacific. high pressure averanchored acro the central u.s. is funneling all the moisture. a perfect scenario. this is ingrid, almost a hurricane. going to make landfall across mexico, but we're still going to feel the results of that. not only in texas, but across the southwest. so we just have to get through the next couple of days, harris and dryer days are ahead. >> perfect worst case scenario. thank you very much. >> yes. >>> and a news alert. our country and russia have reached an agreement to secure syria's chemical weapons. this is coming after days of high-level talks between secretary of state john kerry and russia's foreign minister. under the framework, we're told, syria has one week to declare its chemical weapons stockpiles. our chief washington sdoernt james rosen is traveling with secretary kerry and the only one to catch up with him a short time ago coming back from an outing. james, you're in geneva. what did you ask the secretary? >> reporter: harris, good evening. from geneva, where i asked secretary kerry if he thinks that syrian president bashar al assad will actually liv

u.s. and snow in the higher elevations of the pacific northwest. >>> and finally this morning, it's somethinga little guilty of but too ashamed to admit. >> turning into our smartphones, texting, surfing, while tuning out the rest of the world. >> but one comedian is leading the charge, urging people to shut the cell phone off. here's abc's nick watt. >> reporter: this past weekend, apple sold 9 million iphones. one in five people on this planet, now owns a smartphone. and grouchy funny man louis c.k. told conan he's had enough. >> i think these things are toxic. especially for kids. they don't look at people when they talk to them. >> reporter: this rant struck a major nerve. 4 million views, sporting a smartphone backlash. 23 million people have watched the new short film, "i forgot my phone." >> we're not staying in the moment anymore because we're looking at our phones. and lots of special moments are passing us by. >> reporter: many people now have self-imposed restrictions. no phone after 10:00 p.m. phone in a different room on weekends. and ever heard of phone stacks? leave your phone

pacific northwest. more heavy rain southeast coast of the u.s. especially across the gulf coast. rain will likely linger the next several days. temperatures quite pleasant across the east. chilly across the northwest. 16 vancouver as well as seattle on the hump day. finally in europe, nice clear skies for the western continent. a low pressure system sitting and spinning over the eastern part of europe causing very wet conditions and also low temperatures. across the west, it's quite warm. you can see a contrast between west and east. moscow running 10 degrees below average. milan much warmer than average friday. here's the extended forecast. that is all for this edition of news line. i'm catherine in tokyo. thanks very much for watching.  >> welcome. this is a place where

u.s. and iran in years. >>> rain and snow from the pacific northwest, across north dakota.the carolinas and in south florida. but clear skies most everywhere else. >>> finally, if winning's a state of mind, a member of the cincinnati reds would be headed to the world series. >> he's a bat boy who is infusing the team with an energy and spirit to succeed. es espn's chris connelly has the story. >> reporter: 30-year-old teddy kremer is a die-hard cincinnati reds fan, whose shear enthusiasm has electrified your team. >> if you see teddy, you can't be mad ever again. >> reporter: at birth, teddy was diagnosed with down syndrome. a geneticist spoke to the family. >> she said, you might want to think about institutionalizing. >> we weren't going to do that. >> reporter: a charity event, honorary bat boy for teddy's beloved reds. they bid on it and won. >> i was so happy. i was so, so happy for it. >> reporter: that night, teddy's joy and energy captivated the team. captured in this iconic image. >> that picture ran the next day. and the teddy story kind of blew up. >> he believes

u.s. bent on a debt to gdp ratio it's not that bad, compared with the europeans and japanese on the other side of the pacific. it remains to be seen whether we're going to get this as well. the u.s. is bumping along, somewhere in the region of $16.8 trillion of absolute public debt. those are scarey numbers even if on a proportion compared with the growth rate of the u.s. it's not as wad as some of the europeans and japanese as well. that's another key day to look forward to in october. >> that's not far away. thanks for the information. be an interesting next 24 hours of politics and with the economy. cbs's steve sedgwick live in london. >>> critical kin ton was president the last time there was a government sut-down in 1995. his advice to president obama, it's time to call the republican party's bluff. >> there's nothing to negotiate with. he shouldn't delay the health care bill. it's the law. and we're opening the enrollment on october 1st. this is the house republicans and the tea party people saying, we don't want to negotiate with the democrats. we want to dictate over the senate, over the house democr

u.s. targets these weapons? you mentioned command-and- control, and by satellite weapons, and air missile defenses. that would seem there is a larger campaign coming. the festival may look at suppression against systems in the pacific. >> i think that is exactly right. first, the u.s. targeting policy will only ever have a limited effect on anniversary -- an adversary. russia thinks it is all about russia. frankly, what ever the u.s. says about how it targets these systems, and historically it says very little, but even if it was to publish documents, the assumption would be getting these all made up. that would be the first issue. imaginend issue, let's use a cpgs system against iran, and russia sees its launch and coming roughly in russia's direction. and because it would be unpredictable and an observable, -- and not observable, russia and italy have the u.s. were about where to go -- russia would only have the u.s.'s word on where it is going. it is not risk free. there are risks associated with not doing it. there are risks associated with doing it. my goal with this project is not to make any grand conclusion. but it is to break that analysis of, to highlight all of the different areas of risk, associated wit

the valley areas, including the pacific northwest, more heavy rain for the southeast coast of the u.s. rain will linger for the next several days. temperatures will be quite pleasant across the east, very chilly across the northwest. only 16 degrees for vancouver as well as seattle on the hump day. clear skies for the western continent. low pressure system sitting and spinning over the eastern part of europe causing very wet conditions and also low temperatures. across the west, quiet and warm. you can see a big contrast between the west and east. moscow ten degrees above average while milan lower than average. here's your extended forecast. >>> that is all for this edition of newsline. thanks very much for joining us. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: fresh smoke, more explosions, and word three floors have collapsed at the shopping mall in kenya, amid conflicting reports the standoff with terrorists is nearing an end. good evening. i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. and in new york today, president obama addressed the u.n. general assembly

u.s. fleet, the u.s.s. bonhom richard, is moving out. this storm formed in the pacific earlier in the week and has tracked west northwest influence the luzon strait that separates the philippines and taiwan. in the philippines 100 families were moved from islands as torrential flooding. in taiwan, waves as big as buildings smashed the coastline. flights and per yi ferry service cut. china's residents have been prepared for the worse. 23,000 fishing boats returned to port. hong kong is in its sights. 100 people died and major storm damage to the city. sunday airlines say they will hold all flights in and out of among congress. thousands are in the area to celebrate the mid autumn festival. for those who remain the weather observatory has raised the typhoon flag to signal the need to begin preparations and it's told the city to brace itself for what could be the worst storm to hit here in 34 years. craig leeson, al jazeera hong kong. >> for more now on this supertyphoon, let's bring in meteorologist glee jelelah ahme. >>> we could see downed power lines. we do know in man

u.s. many foreign buyers will not accept it a c.x. pacific which is a major exporter of alfalfa to countries like japan and south korea china and the middle east that will that company will not accept any g.m.o. crops and that those countries are our biggest buyers of hay in fact just the fear of g.m. contamination caused both japan and south korea to temporarily halt buying u.s. wheat this summer now in two thousand and twelve alone alfalfa for. the auction was valued at ten point four billion dollars exports of the crop had a record high that year according to the u.s.d.a. foreign agriculture service it was grown on seventeen million acres of land across the u.s. in two thousand and twelve and washington state is one of the largest producers if a discovery like this proves to be true it could have far reaching consequences for the organic dairy industry as well which by the way is a twenty six billion dollar a year business because cows eat alfalfa nonetheless biotech giant monsanto doesn't seem to be a two part the latest allegations spoke

unfortunately by tomorrow, we are going to see a weather pattern in the pacific northwest make its way through the u.sld front triggers more thunderstorms and tomorrow will be dry air so tomorrow is the last day they are monitoring. the other thing i want to mention where is all of this water going? unfortunately, it is going down river. so even though nebraska did not see the heavy rain, as we move toward the weekend look for these places to have moderate flooding. this weekend we will be looking at moderate flooding in brady, nebraska. people say where is this going? unfortunately, toward nebraska. >> thank you, indra. >>> 19 minutes past the hour. >>> the north carolina police officer who shot and killed an unarmed 24-year-old is due in court today. authorities say officer randall caric fires 12 times at jonathan farrell as police respondeded to a suspected break in and entering call but it seems that farrell may have only been looking for help after a serious car accident. >>> a home going on the auction this week. johnny versace was gunned down there in 1997. the 65,000 square foot palace has ten

u.s. has spent $26.5 billion building incinerators in eight states and on one remote pacific island where chemical weapons were stored. so far, 27,000 tons of chemical agent have been destroyed. translate that to syria's stockpile and it would cost about one billion dollars to destroy. the pentagon, of course, knew where all its chemical weapons were stored. that's not the case in syria. >> i would say our knowledge of the exact location of these weapons is at best imperfect at this point. >> reporter: in iraq, u.n. weapons inspectors spent years ranging over the country in search of chemical weapons. >> we are inspectors. >> reporter: constantly ending up in confrontations with iraqi officials. as with iraq, syria would have to declare exactly how many chemical weapons it has and where they are stored. that would be the first sign it intends to cooperate with the u.n. and is not just playing for time. >> pelley: david martin at the pentagon for us tonight. david, thanks. well, if the syrians are playing for time, president obama has given them more of it. major garrett is at the white ho

u.s. strike against syria. that address is -- the address is set to begin at 6:00 p.m. pacific time and again, you can watch the president's prime time address right here on ktvu tonight at 6:00. >>> both sides in the b.a.r.t. talks scheduled to meet for a second day today with just four weeks left to avert a possible strike. the surprising announcement we received hours ago. >>> >> reporter: two new iphones are unveiled at apple headquarters today. we'll tell you why the company is calling one of them the most advanced-forward thinking phone the world has ever seen. [ phone ringing ] [ daughter ] hi mom. hey honey, the trip's great, very relaxing. are you sure you can't make it? but you come every year! you could be playing bingo right now! woooo! and there's movie night -- you love movies! [ laughs ] sorry honey, can't hear you -- bad connection. love you! [ laughs ] ♪ [ male announcer ] bold flavors for the bold hearted -- progresso heart healthy soup. >>> talks between b.a.r.t. and its unions were scheduled to resume today but have been canceled. according to b.a.r.t., the

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u.s. government said it's $4.2 million. >> dawn, thank you. >>> we have the weather including the aftermath of the pacific snort west. stay with us. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm thomas drayton here are your headlines. we're less than 12 hours away from a government shutdown. the senate is expected to reject the version of the bill this afternoon. >>> the u.n. international team is expected to begin work in syria to destroy the chemical weapons by the november 1st deadline set by the u.n. security council. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is meeting with the president at the house. he is expected to express concerns over iran and that they should not be trusted. >> meteorologist: the second of two huge storms is pounding with near hurricane force winds. the first of this weekend's storms have brought a month's worth of rain. we'll continue to deal with that heavy rain today. take are a look behind me. you can see the temperatures in seattle cooler than normal given the thick cloud cover put but it feels very comfortable. it's in control from new york city down into washington. it will remain relatively

. >> not in the u.s., but on the mexican coast tonight we have two systems battering the gulf coast and the pacific coastline. take a look first at hurricane ingrid. it's a 75 miles an hour hurricane, a category 1. it has produced as much as 18 inches of rain so far. that's before landfall. now landfall is forecast monday morning with only minor impacts in texas. then ingrid slows down and weakens over the mountains with more blinding rain and more flash floods and mud slides which will likely raise the death toll. the death toll in both area news over a dozen. on the pacific side, a weakening tropical storm manuel made landfall this afternoon. it's already doused acapulco with 14 inches of rain, and there is waist-deep water in the streets. it too will dump heavy rain on those mountains north of acapulco, with life-threatening conditions. lester, back at home the coast is clear on the u.s. coastline. no threats in the tropics for now. >> all right. a lot to watch as we begin a new week. mike seidel, thank you. >>> now to the crisis in syria, as reaction to this weekend's agreement between the u.s.

u.s. government has always viewed hawai'i as a sacrifice zone and a place to build up their military to control from the pacificso in that sense we have things in common with other native peoples except geographically we are located in a place that is very strategic for the united states. but they use some of the same policies on us. >> we're going to talk more about the location. also when we come back we'll talk about improving the rights of native hawaiians and the implications of varying degrees of independents. here are some of the stories we're following right now. [♪ music ] [♪ music ] there's more to financial news than the ups and downs of the dow. for instance, can fracking change what you pay for water each month? have you thought about how climate change can affect your grocery bill? can rare minerals in china affect your cell phone bill? or how a hospital in texas could drive up your healthcare premium? i'll make the connections from the news to your money real. [♪ music ] >> welcome back. we're talking about the challenges of native hawaiians and their fight for more autonomy. keanu, i want to go

u.s. government has always viewed hawai'i as a sacrifice zone and a place to build up their military to control from the pacificso in that sense we have things in common with other native peoples except geographically we are located in a place that is very strategic for the united states. but they use some of the same policies on us. >> we're going to talk more about the location. also when we come back we'll talk about improving the rights of native hawaiians and the implications of varying degrees of independents. here are some of the stories we're following right now. [♪ music ] [♪ music ] [♪ music ] >> welcome back. we're talking about the challenges of native hawaiians and their fight for more autonomy. keanu, i want to go to you. native hawaiians are only one of three indigenous groups in the u.s. and the only one oh not federally recognized. what benefits would federal recognition bring? >> the benefit of federal recognition is the status that the federal government recognizes the sovereignty of the native hawaiians. the problem is if hawai'i is not part of the united states and occupied, then that feder

pacific. making your way into the east there's a system making its way across the north-western portion of the u.s. you can see the circulation in the atmosphere, and it continues to draw on the moisture. last week we told you about the tropical storm. we are seeing enhanced shower activity, overcast skies across the north-west. tracking into this afternoon into this evening flooding rain, up to 5 inches in some areas to the south of seattle around the tubing oma area. we'll monitor that. this is footage from the north-west. folks trying to make their way around, difficult, and trying to see another round of that. these are the warnings that we have out. flash flood watches and warnings to the south. because of cloud cover, 57 for seattle's high, it's below where they should be at this time of the year. it's cooler because a frontal boundary is pushing through, staying cooler across portions of the north central plains into chicago, where we are expected to climb to a high of 69 degrees and we will continue to monitor the front as it pushes to the east. back to you. >> thank you. build it and the

really important for global purposes, and the stability of key regions like asia pacific and the persian gulf that the u.s. respond to this violation of a declared u.s. threshold be met in the most effective way possible. i'm confident the president has his eye on iran in formulating the broader strategic response to this course of -- to these developments. so that's sort of something we should keep very clear. i know he considers it one of the foremost challenges in his second term in terms of the security threats' united states and u.s. interests. one big caveat on everything i have said, we are going on leaks. we are going on reporting. we haven't seen the leaks play out yet. for all we know it could be an operation that meets the requirements that i just talked about. boy, would i love to be happy when operation "whatever it's called" is going to come out and do zpactly what most observers who have very high stakes in the u.s. response will be looking for. i'm hopeful that's the case. i think i'll end my remark on that basis. >> barry, thank you very much. i can only hope that the question period will

pacific steamship company. designate thdesignated alandmark in 1997 y street. >> a lot of the buildings were landmarked of the 200 year anniversary of the u.s. and 1976 we started landmarking buildings and what i think set it off was the demolition of the fox theater and people got up in arms and no more of the demolition and celebrating 200 years of the country and 200 years from now we want some left. >> there was a historic survey done i believe in 76 by the planning department. is that accurate? >> junior league. >> the survey was done by the planning department. that's right. we have some planners here and by planners and interns and planning stuff and we have the complete record and including the photographs from that survey here. the next one is destined it's a classic structure in san francisco and the coke bottle at pac bell and pat you were involved with that and the responsible party? >> i am the responsible party for this thing, yes. i spent three months designe designing it's made out of hundred thousand pounds of alaskan cedar. and finally we're going to get a nam plague with our nan it and it can hold 100,000-gallons of coke a

u.s. and funneled is that moisture from both the gulf of mexico and the pacific. so this perfect storm has set up in this region. unfortunately, we're still going to be looking for the threat of heavy rainfall not only today, but through sunday as well. 70% chance of more heavy rain. monday not out of the woods. as we get into tuesday and wednesday, things are calmer and things will do -- dry out. not out of the woods for the next 24 to 48 hours. tuesday, wednesday, thursday, better conditions. we hope the national guard can save more folks. quick look at hurricane ingrid. just became a hurricane within the last hour or so. expected to make landfall within the next 24 hours over mexico. heavy rainfall, in some cases, up to two feet of rain over parts of mexico. some of that rainfall will get into south texas. that would be a good news story for them because they really feed the rain. we're into exceptional to extreme drought across south texas. >> arthel: very busy there. thanks. >> gregg: red faces in washington after the social security administration sent check

pacific northwest. and then, how about chicago? one of my favorite places in the u.s. you got a great shot there starting you off and from wls, our favorite affiliate, what's going to happen after a beautiful morning? you'll see temperatures here in chicago, 68 today. close to 80 by tuesday. kansas city, you're seeing some warm. st. louis, right there in the 70s. that's the big picture. s. that's the big picture. >> this weather report has been brought to you by edward jones. ron? >> close to -- close to 80 in chicago by tuesday. >> there you go. he's such a good listener. >> you guys can take turns doing the weather. >>> coming up on "good morning america" -- check out this guy's appetite. can pine cones really taste that good? we'll experiment with ron. wait until you see the human version in all-edible pop news. >>> and this proof that alec baldwin has truly now mellowed? his turn in a yoga video. coming up. keep it here on "good morning america." not their short-term agenda. [ woman ] if you have the nerve to believe that cookie cutters should be for cookies, not y

men well killed 21 people on the pacific and the gulf coast is getting ready for hurricane ingrid. 7 people are now believed to have died in severe flooding in the u.s colorado. emergency workers are trying to evacuate people from some of the 14 countries affected as ms. banks explains. >> reporter: today is no ordinary sunday for this rain weary congregation. timber line church in fort collins doubles as a red cross shelter for those who fled the floods above the city. >> pray with me for the first respond responders. >> reporter: she fled from colorado with her dog fred and no home to return to. >> we sat down to eat our supper that night and the water was at the end of the driveway and by the time we got done eating our supper it was up to the windows of our vehicles. >> reporter: to the south, the scene is equally grim. the swallow river and the creek are full and not spared. >> we didn't lose anything that can't be replaced. >> reporter: hef rain and unstable conditions wreak havoc up and down the stretch here and hundreds of people who need to be evacuateed but it's via helicopter but the weather is so bad they will be grounded for quite a whi

on the pacific coast, manuel reformed into a hurricane after bringing devastating flooding to out poco. it has at dissipated the gulf of california. the u.s degenerated into an area of low pressure after making landfall. the storm delivered a couple of punches along mexico's pacific coast while hurricane ingrid struck out the golf clothes over the weekend. in all, at least 97 deaths are tied to the storm. the total does not include the 68 people who are missing. an estimated 40,000 tourists are stranded in acapulco. >> here is a live look at our mount tam cam. we can see all of the lights outside. today will be cooler and breezier. saturday we will start off with light rain and we will break down the forecast hour by hour in just a minute. sunday will be a chilly start. fall does arrive on sunday. here is a look at the numbers. we are expecting the temperatures to be on the cool side. napa is at 47 degrees in downtown san francisco was sitting at 55 degrees. to 55 degrees for pleasanton. here is what is happening. the satellite and radar shows the storm system that we're watching. i really do not expected to impact us today but tomorrow t

u.s. navy destroyers closer to the mediterranean as washington debates whether to punish bashar assad's regime. the u.s.s.nemits was supposed to head back to seattle through the pacifics in afghanistan. now defense officials say she is in the red sea. if she is moved into the mediterranean, that would give the president a total of nine u.s. destroyers focused on syria. the delay ordered by the president is giving pentagon planners time to reassess syrian targets and which resources will be needed for a possible strike. they're still likely to rely on tomahawk missiles. meanwhile there continue to be reports that assad has moved some of his key assets around. and reports that russian president vladimir putin has ordered a spy ship to the eastern mediterranean. >> waiting this period of time, i think, it moves as i said the advantage to our opponents. eventually we will get around to delivering a blow. i'm hoping with this amount of time we'll move more resources into the region and deliver actually a more significant blow than what we would have done if we had executed a couple weeks ago. >> the u.s.s. san antonio, an amphibious ship with 300 marines onboard is off th

in 20 years it will be asia pacific in the lead in a big way with only 20% of demand coming from the u.sittle light. 79.7. we were looking for 79.9. >> twitter is leaning toward listing on the new york stock exchange though there is no official decision been made. >> some may disagree. but i believe america is exceptional. in part because we have shown a willingness through the sacrifice of blood and treasure to stand up not only for our own narrow self-interests but for the interests of all. >> if you really want to help the team why not have the guy sitting next to you suit up? >> he is going to spend some time on the court with the players. >> cnbc has learned that the federal reserve is contacting certain news organizations to discuss the procedures surrounding the fed's lock up room. in particular the lock up room that happened on wednesday during the fed's no taper decision. >> revenues stink in the banking industry. we still think this decade will be the worst for bank revenue growth since the decade of the great depression. and by the way, that's an easy call. >> big show down pr

u.s. national hurricane center says that man yu center says that man yel is moving up mexico's pacific coast. it's expected to produce 75 miles per hour wind, up to 10 inches of rain today. some areas flooding and dozens have been evacuated from the fishing villages you can see how rough that has been. >> so much water. we saw video of people rappelling. check in with rob, they are having a tough go. >> paralleling the coast this morning and we do think that moisture is going to continue to stream in. it's not out of the question they could see more than a foot or 16 inches of rain in the mountains and as that water rushes down you could see some of the problems there on the mexico coast. around the bay area, feels like fall. we have 40s and 50s to get the day started. dry air and our temperatures have dropped off. fairfield those turn more strongly. clear for now but notice the clouds in the pacific northwest up toward the gulf of alaska, then usual case of an early fall system dropping to the bay area, not imsacramentoing our temperatures which for the morning you might need a jacket. san

u.s. and out in the pacific northwest, upper low bringing a lot of moisture in the southwest.areas of one to two inches of rain in parts of central nevada. that's what's going on. we're going to get your local forecast in the next 30 seconds. ♪ >>> starting off with 50s and 60s around the bay area right now. partly cloudy skies. close to 80 in san jose this afternoon. 70s for oakland. upper 60s in san francisco. after the next couple of days temperatures climbing as we get into the weekend. we are talking temperatures as warm as the mid to upper 90s in our valleys. saturday 70s near the beaches just in time for the weekend. st weather, willie. >> all right, al, thanks a lot. now to diana nyad's historic swim from cuba to florida. on monday the 64-year-old completed the 110 mile journey achieving a dream she has been chasing for 35 years. we'll talk to her in a moment but first kerry sanders is down in key west with the details. kerry, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, willie. coaches are always telling athletes that their mental game is just as important, maybe more imp