to the east some 500 miles from the coastal country is the network eight station near western australia. around the world from cape canaveral. , when from your 20th glenn arrives tomorrow, we will be here but north andes across , february 20 is just , as the men prepare for the arrival of friendship seven. eastward again, it will awaken over the americas. >> ready for lift off. status green. >> north of mexico in the predawn off the west coast the mountaintop station in california weights of the long countdown. what his account? >> the station at corpus christi continues its preparation. >> roger. all systems would you pre-calibrate your preflight systems? far to the north of east -- north and east of corpus christi is the computing and communications center bonded bonded into a working entity to this the space flight center in greenbelt, maryland, have a communications that link the global stations. the computers enable men to reach -- allowing for control of the space craft. throughout the flight, the computers will generate information whether the mission can continue or be aborted.

counting have watched this three minute video that shows a stretch of road in a remote area of western australia paved. >> there was a drone over the workers and posted on facebook. a television station got ahold of the video and off the to the races we go. >> i am mesmerized by it. >> i am too. jack is still staring at it. >> it happens tha >> it's relaxing. how are we going to move on from there? >> hmm. >> all right. you've heard of crop circles, the patterns that mysteriously appear in fields. >> ice circles are giving them a run for their money. many of them occur naturally. they're usually a little smaller than this. we have to confess this one is manmade. >> still. >> it's called the ice carousel. it's the product of a man from minnesota, mike verm, who said it took him a chain saw and two hours of work. >> but the lifetime of creativity, i would say, mike. that's kind of neat. >> a lifetime of creativity? >> yes. >>> speaking of creativity, have you tried scrolling to the bottom of an excel spread sheet? >> no. >> but the challenge was taken on. didn't take his finger off the arrow key u

it's a beautiful day at the fitzgerald national park in western australia.oing a little handstand and her man serial flying the drone high above. wasn't a lot of wind this day but it didn't stop isabelle from heading out with her kite surfer in a low wind. so what? got to seize the moment when you basically have the entire beach to yourself. the sun way up in the sky. casting some shadows. you could see -- tight shadow right there below her. so when she saw a second shadow, she wasn't immediately alarmed. >> oh -- >> oh! >> i know what that is. that's -- >> a shark. >> when cyril said, that ain't your kite shadow. look again. >> isabelle noticed the shark, heard cyril's warnings from the drone. >> ah -- >> and it was like, okay. time to get out. but -- the light winds made it a little bit more challenging for her. >> going out there, have a spotter in a drone. >> actively looking for the shark. there to kill us all. >> look at this moment right here. looks to be the closest she got to the shark. they identify it as a great white. thankfully she was able to s

be dealing with the heheavier showers from time to time b but the big focal point ally ove to western australia and some places may see close to 120 millimeters when it's all said and done. down toward new zealand you'll see rain but the maiain thing, additionally more in terms of heavy rain throughout the next few days. meanwhile people in tokyo are going is snow coming up on friday? well, we may be seeing that possibility because low pressure is moving out of china over the korean peninsula. it is expected to gather s stea over the sea of japan and as it does so it's going to bring inn plenty of cold air and also wet weather in the process but burst of cold air is mixing in which we are thinking is pretty likely even in the metro area of tokyo and maybe even flurries. we'll be watching that into the day on friday. high pressure is controlling the area over china and that keeps things dry and chilly. snow flakes maybe flying around in the capitol as we go throughout the day on friday. as we wrap things up with a look at north america pointing out the western side where a cold front and low pre

fuel it and help it to spin up into a tropical cyclone which could bring gales to the coast of western australiaeavy rain affecting southeast asia and singapore. some of those downpours affecting thailand as well. further west towards india, it looks fine and dry in goa but for sri lanka, heavy rain at times. in afghanistan and pakistan we will see more wintry weather. it stays cold and wintry across eastern parts of europe. high pressure in charge. no pressure to the south—east making it wet and windy. it will make it pretty u nsettled windy. it will make it pretty unsettled for spain and portugal, not great if you are heading that way. ahead of the weather system southerly winds will be drawing milderair southerly winds will be drawing milder air across this western side of the continent. 11 degrees in paris. we have not seen a temperature like that in paris for some time. we stick with that milder theme for the next few days. even copenhagen is seeing temperatures coming upa copenhagen is seeing temperatures coming up a little bit. further east we are firmly stuck in the deep freeze. we could

from march 2018, you should be able to fly from london heathrow to perth in western australia in 17 hoursr routes. tickets don't go on sale until april, 2017, and we don't yet know how much the trip will cost. next, emma fletcher tweeted a cheerful video message to bbc travel show asking... we are the fletcher family in chester. we're off to rome in a week in the middleofjanuary, and wonder if you've got any tips for us with toddlers. thank you! first, visit explora il museo dei bambini as it calls itself, full of fun, interactive exhibits for small children, and free for the underfives. next, there's the villa borghese bioparco. although rome's zoo is modest, the reptile house is always fun, and warm injanuary, too. and for an ice cream at a price that won't send you into financial meltdown, giolitti, an elegant institution at the heart of rome and well worth the inevitable queue. drjs baug is heading to europe from his home city of mumbai. i'm travelling to lisbon for a business meeting, and i have a full day free. can you suggest the best tour options to see lisbon? start in the elegan

. ♪ east, 200 -- 2500 miles from the coastal century, dust perth, western australia, halfway around theanaveral -- cape canaveral. >> tweak it up on here. ♪ >> today, february 20, is fast over australia. when glenn arrives, tomorrow will greet him. north and east across the pacific, far beyond the mercury juston, february 20 is minutes old of hawaii garden hawaii --hawaii -- hawaii's garden island. deeper into the day that will soon awaken over the americas. eastward to the gulf of california, and the mercury station and why this, mexico. -- wymouth,ess mexico. emmett otm,ood, scratch dream -- status screen. -- green. >> the mountaintop station in california waits out the long countdowns, ready to track john glenn. >> roger, what is the present count? >> southeast now, to the farmland of texas, with a station of corpus christi prepares for flight. roger, all systems. would you please commence preflight calibrations at this time. advisory when you have completed them. -- advise me when you have completed them. >> far to the north and east of corpus christi be, -- christi, this is the god

down toward australia, we have a tropical low tt isis brushing throuou the nororern portions of western australia. it's bringing a lot of rainfall. some places saw more than 200 millimeters of rain over a 24-hour period. this low is a very s slow mover which means plenty of that moisture conontinueses to remam over the area which means more of that heavy rainfall expected. look out for flooding concerns as we go through the rest of this week. wrapping things up with a look at east asia, we are seeing high pressure controlling the weather for the northeastern portions of china. it is creating a calmer air pattern and that's leading to some air pollution concerns. some levels are extremely high into places like beijing, also chongqing looking at that concern. hazy conditions are something we'll be watching out for as we go through the rest of the week into the weekend. beijing may even see some snow as we go into saturday. hope you have a good day wherever you are. here's your extended outlook. >>> hope the weather's looking good in your neck of the woods. we invite you to download the nhk world ap

some 2500 miles from the coastal century, dust blankets the network eight station near perth, western australiahe world from cape canaveral. >> tweak it up on here. ♪ >> today, february 20, is fast fading over australia. when glenn arrives, tomorrow will greet him. but north and east across the pacific, far beyond the mercury station, february 20 is just minutes old on hawaii's garden island. there, and then repair for the prepareof -- there, men arrival ofiba -- friendship seven. eastward to the gulf of california, and the mercury station at wymouth, mexico. look good -- >> look good, just waiting for lift off. proceeding with calibrations. >> north of mexico, in the predawn, the mountaintop station in california waits out the long countdown ready to track john , glenn. >> roger, what is the present count? >> southeast now, to the farmlands of texas, with a station of corpus christi preparing its station for flight. >> roger, all systems. would you please commence preflight calibrations at this time since the countdown is progressing normally? advise me when you have completed. >> far to the n

during the search off western australia, a wing flap washed ashore on reunion island. 2500 miles away from the search grave. for some families who lost loved ones a plea to continue the search to the north where new analyst shows the wreckage may now be. grace nathan lost her mother. >> not knowing has been horrible. it's been unbearable. >> was it an airplane problem? was it an intentional act? all of those possibilities remain on the table. >> reporter: tonight the mystery may never be solved but for the families of the victims so much more has been lost. miguel almaguer, nbc news. >>> amajor announcement tonight here in michigan. general motors saying it will invest $1 billion in its u.s. factories creating or retaining 1500 jobs. the automaker will move some its production from mexico to michigan. the announcement comes after president-elect trump has criticized gm and other automakers for building cars outside the u.s. that announcement welcome news here in mccomb county where we're on our journey across america. a detroit suburb home to those famous reagan democrats who delivere

and sidney i did in november it was fantastic he represented at the western australia and got to review a number of times what the entertainment commission is what we do and the techniques and the good work and people were expressed and i went to sidney and spoke to a room of 40 people you know from the lord mayor to all the way down to bureaucratic's sidney is a big place and a lot of work they're doing in music and high-level policies and don't have any protections like we do on the ground people doing regulations like we do i hope i did you all right of and more and more as we do this kind of work asked to explain what we're doing so next year i'll be in austin twice telling a different group of people and pushing this along with the entertainment commission and how you make night life healthy and responsible and certainly the oakland has made it you know again, a priority to try to reach out to east bay in my way and if any of you can be helpful in that they're kind of still in a grieving space and not necessarily asking for our help we are talking internally at the city level how t

on to australia where we have an active monsoon season, so heavy showers, northern parts of western australiaonditions, new zealand is seeing a respite with drier and brighter weather and highs of 23 in auckland. across to north america we have a couple of areas of low pressure, the first no—of—ing to the south—east of canada. we have this area of low pressure bringing hill snow to california, delivering these areas of low pressure, so there could be a risk of flooding in california, and significant snow for this year in nevada means an avalanche risk. central parts do look quieter. on to south america for friday. we will see some active showers building in parts of uruguay, paraguay and northern argentina, some thunderstorms for rio and sao paolo, they will last through the weekend. for europe, things are looking u nsettled. for europe, things are looking unsettled. we have a lot of isobars on the map so windy for central europe. low pressure moving south—east wards so heavy know in the alps. for the balkan, germany and poland. a lot of wintry weather, combined with the strong winds and the

last year researchers captured it on camera off the coast of western australia. now the rare footage has been released for all of us to see. >> wow. >> sea dragon. >> i'll take it. the atlanta falcons have advanced to the nfc title game for the fourth time in team history with a win over seattle. while the patriots are going to a record straight six straight afc title game, behind the anything with a screen is a tv. stream 130 live channels. plus 40,000 on demand tv shows and movies, all on the go. you can even download from your x1 dvr and watch it offline. only xfinity gives you more to stream to any screen. download the xfinity tv app today. >>> abc7 sports brought to you by river rock casino. >> now abc7 sports with mike shumann. >> houston texans came into today with afc's top ranked defense. didn't matter. but for once, it wasn't tom brady doing all the damage. houston, you have a problem, and his name is dion lewis. brady threw for 287 yards, dumps it to lewis, 13 yards on the touch. 7-0, patriots. later in the quarter, after a texans field goal, lewis rec

last year researchers captured it on underwater camera off the coast of western australia, and now the rare footage has been released for all of us to see. >>> an australian zoo trying to save a dying species, the tasmanian devil. they were trying to increase the awareness of the disease-prone animals and they are asking for donations to continue the breeding program and try to combat the disease of the tumor that wiped out a large percentage of the species. >>> still to come here on abc 7 mornings, why jennifer holliday says she decided she won't perform at president-elect perform at president-elect trump's perform at president-elect trump's afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road. healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. the east and the west are mine. the north and the south are mine. all seems beautiful to me. everything you need to know about life, you can learn from granola. keep it simple. make every piece count. let other people know what you're made of. always be real. don't be fake, don't be artificial, but always be

last year researchers captured it off the coast of western australia. now the rare footage has been released for all of us to see. >>> still to come here on abc 7 mornings, winter weather alerts in effect across a dozen states as millions brace for a freezing holiday weekend. >>> why jennifer holliday says she has decided not to perform at president-elect trump's especially when it comes to snacking. new. with the laughing cow's nine flavorful varieties of creamy cheese, there's no end to what you can discover. and now, you can take our creamy cheese with no artificial preservatives, flavors or colors wherever you go. introducing cheese dippers by the laughing cow. reinvent snacking. i need to promote my new busi can make that happen.et. business cards? business cards, brochures, banners... pens? pens, magnets, luggage tags, bumper stickers. how about foam fingers? like these? now, get 15% off making your company stand out. staples. make more happen. >>> welcome back, everyone. we are starting this half hour with a look at the weather with our meteorolo

this time around, the assets are mostly electricity and gas distribution, a gas pipeline in western australiat seen as sensitive, so it seems to be that foreign investment approval is pretty likely. of course there are some other regulatory approvals from the hccc, but not seen as a big hurdle. rishaad: right, is anybody else interested here? , it is interesting, the final assets being sold by the ,ew south wales government expressions of interest have come up today for that, so you would expect some of the potential counter bidders for may already be locked into this. are regulations on the sidelines, but we have not heard anything yet. thank you very much indeed. perry williams from sydney. holding out hopes the tpp will come together, even though donald trump has vowed to withdraw from it. the trade deal would be a major boost to the vietnamese economy. the message that i see is that i believe the new administration of the united states will reconsider as perspective on the tpp, and it will also try to achieve a new generation agreement that will benefit all parties concerned. i see the ne

researchers filmed the brightly coloured species in western australia.species in 2015, making it the third known sea dragon species. it is hard to get your eyes on it. looks like a little dinosaur. those are the main stories this morning. mysteries of the deep. and we are talking about the mysteries of chelsea. they were going so well in the premier league. and now there is a question mark over the future of their top striker. that is diego costa. is he injured? that is the rumour. but it could have to do with his mind—boggling pay. the future of diego costa at chelsea is in some doubt this morning. he's been left out of the premier league leader's squad for today's match at leicester, after a dispute with the club's coaching staff. he's the premier league's top scorer so far this season, but is thought to have been the subject of an offer, from a chinese club, who could be willing to pay him, £30 million a year. speaking on five live, the former england midfielder jermainejenas, says this news will encourage chelsea's rivals. there will be tributes, aro

researchers filmed the brightly coloured creatures in western australia. species in 2015, making it the third known sea dragon species. it looks like a seahorse, doesn't it? it is rather graceful, isn't it? the colours are beautiful. you can see them now. not as much before. the colours are beautiful. you can see them now. not as much beforelj would see them now. not as much before.|j would rather see them now. not as much before.” would rather be called the rube seadragon than a weedy seadragon, its sister species. but they use it to blend in. how did you know that? iama to blend in. how did you know that? i am a novice diver. mysteries of the deep to mysteries of chelsea. some say diego costa is out with injury, but others say a is paying him £30 million a year to play for them. —— china. the future of diego costa at chelsea is in some doubt this morning. he's been left out of the premier league leader's squad for today's match at leicester, after a dispute with the club's coaching staff. he's the premier league's top scorer so far this season, but is th

researchers filmed the brightly coloured creatures in western australia.ecies in 2015, making it only the third known sea dragon species. everyone, when they watch this, just sta rts everyone, when they watch this, just starts to drift. it's mesmerising. just ten inches —— ten inches? that is quite big for a fish. people have been sending in pictures of pig squid. there are plenty of pictures out there. we are not allowed to show them. chelsea, just when it seemed they were heading for the title, there top scorer, diego costa, has been left at home because of a dispute over, officially, his fitness, but then there is all the talk about the great call of china, and the chinese money. those are the main stories this morning. he may be top scorer, but diego costa hasn't trained for three days and hasn't travelled with the chelsea squad for today's match at leicester, after a dispute with the club's coaching staff. it follows a disagreement with a coach over his fitness. but the news comes amid reports that he's been the subject of an offer from a chinese club

researchers filmed the brightly coloured creatures in western australia.d a new species in 2015, making it only the third known sea dragon species. it must be related to a sea horse, surely. it is rather calming! i love the creatures you find at the bottom of the oceans. the pig squid has always fascinated me. it looks like a cross between a pig and a squid, really! that is why it was named that. we'll find a picture for next time. chelsea, just when it seemed they we re chelsea, just when it seemed they were heading for the title, there top scorer, diego costa, has been left at home because of a dispute over, officially, his fitness, but then there is all the talk about the great call of china, and the chinese money. it follows a disagreement with a coach over his fitness. but the news comes amid reports that he's been the subject of an offer from a chinese club, who could be willing to pay him £30 million a year. that's £577,000 a week. there will be tributes, around grounds this weekend to remember graham taylor. the first match in the premier league, s

and on the western side of australia side we are looking for rainn and thunderstorms for tuesday. and we saw temperatures near 20 degrees in the central portions of japan and that is like late april more like springtime going toward may. that's not going to last very long and we'll have a northerly flow coming back into the picture. becausee of the warmth there wa a concern for avalanches. advivisories were in pcece but e cold a air is returning back in the picture as we go into tuesday with this flow coming in so snow an back toward the west, seeing relatively dry conditions. look at this beijing still in the single digits. tokyo back toward what's closer to normal for this time of year. nagano looking for snowfall going through tuesday, wednesday and thursday. >> i can tell you something a little bit opposite of that warm weather scenario as we go toward the middle east. we're talk about snow in some of the higher elevations. and give you an idea of the situation and a strong cutoff low moved from the sea and then impact western portions of theh middle east and temperaratures dr

a current testing whether as we head into new north—western corner of australia.lity of becoming a tropical storm is not a cyclone. the worst of it will stay offshore, as said it will be warm for the last week of the tennis in melbourne. heat has been the real story across the south—eastern quarterfor story across the south—eastern quarter for a number of days story across the south—eastern quarterfor a number of days now. as we move further north, concerns turned to rainfall rather than eat with the southern parts of the philippines likely to see up to 300 millimetres of rain in the coming days. prospect drifting a little further north at a little bit further north at a little bit further north at a little bit further north to the northern into the first half of the coming week. rain it is always a problem. it is very welcome in shoreline park with the reservoirs are at 30% of capacity. they were striped in 30 yea rs. capacity. they were striped in 30 years. rain is very welcome. pushing into the southern parts of india. an area of low pressure now beginning to s

in the weekend it looks unsettled, particularly across the western side of the mediterranean. down under in australiainging in intensifying because it is bobbing into haltern. heavy rain sliding across the south—east of australia, big, thundery downpours. there could even be some flash flooding. the tennis getting underway in melbourne injusta tennis getting underway in melbourne injust a few tennis getting underway in melbourne in just a few hours' time. here we will see a lot of rain. things should dry up as the low—pressure slides away. the loan will move towards new zealand, things are going to turn very wet and windy —— the low—pressure. as the low— pressure the low—pressure. as the low—pressure clears away, showers in wellington in the sunday, sydney improving with sunny skies and temperatures dropping off with cooler, fresh air moving in. the other side of the pond in the united states. here we have an active storm system in southern and eastern areas of the us. initially heavy, thundery rain. as that moves towards washington and new york, the rain should ease away a little. out west, some wet

western digital. >>> markets saw mixed results across the asia-pacific region. hong kong climbed more than 1%. australia fell 0.4%, dragged down by financials. the shanghai composite rose slightly to 3113. trade is was thin before the release of the country's gdp figures on friday. >>> president-elect donald trump's comment about the dollar being too high lifted other currencies in the region. >>> amazon has launched a japanese website that specializes in new products made by startup companies. amazon launchpad lists more than 250 products. the items claim to offer unique functions and include headphones, watches and shoes. amazon controls inventory and sells and ships the products on behalf of the startup firms. the online retailer collects a percentage of sales as commissions. >> translator: there needs to be more support and investment in information technology to encourage japanese startups to develop. we want to help as many entrepreneurs as possible succeed. >> launch pad is already operating in the u.s., china and elsewhere. >>> officials at japan's justice ministry say they want to make it easie

the wild, it was captured off the coast of southwestern australia last april by researchers from the scripps oceanographic institute and westernan museum. the ruby is the third type of what you see here this seadragon. commonly a leafy species and they are representeded are rela. pretty cool. hour number two of "newsroom" is right after the break. stay with us. knows how it feels to seees your numbers go up, despite your best efforts. but what if you could turn things around? what if you could love your numbers? discover once-daily invokana®. it's the #1 prescribed sglt2 inhibitor that works to lower a1c. invokana® is a pill used along with diet and exercise to significantly lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. and in most clinical trials, the majority reached an a1c goal of 7 percent or lower. invokana® works around the clock by sending some sugar out of your body through the process of urination. it's not for lowering systolic blood pressure or weight, but it may help with both. invokana® can cause important side effects, including dehydration, which may cause you to feel dizzy, faint,lightheaded,or weak, upon s

durant on the western conference all-star team becoming just the eighth team in nba history to have four all- stars in one year. >>> st. mary's with their roster full of aussies celebrating australia tonight versus usf. this game tied 34-34. 2nd half and the dubs were outscored 34-16 in the 2nd half. also tonight santa clara beat b u 76-68. >>> the raiders met with the las vegas stadium authority proposing a $1 per rent on their new digs. as yogi said it ain't over till it's over. >>> tiger woods making his return to the pga tour. every, torre -- tour, torrey pines in san diego. he looked like he hadn't played on tour in 17 months. he missed the shot par putt. he's tied for 133rd in the 155 player field. justin rose is leading at 7- under far. >>> the raiders jack del rio -- par. >>> the raiders jack del rio seeing if the sharks can win their seventh in a row. edmonton snapped the sharks winning streak heading into the all-star break. >>> how about this? american league hockey, watch the puck, oh. that is a goalie's worst nightmare. off the pipe on the back of his head and into the goal and that was the game winner for the toronto marleys over the rochester americans. we'll be rig

have them spending so much time western pennsylvania and canada as well as columbia argentina cuba where he wrote a book about cuba, sports jamaica kenya france brazil australia greece japan korea and china. he has covered 10 olympic games two world cups and countless grand slam tennis championships. he is interviewed presidents george w. bush and bill clinton and played barack obama one-on-one at an iowa ymca. the reviews for this book have been raving and going through "the new york times" whatever price writes about sports he hits it over the fence and i got to take into the field wall today. sports commentator for npr i paid to read a grocery list of skypers stock price right "usa today," price is one of the finest writers on sports anywhere. earlier today we went over to a sports history class of his and he shared that he stumbled upon aliquippa and in it he found a microcosm. quote aliquippa didn't just produce great football players. aliquippa is where america happened. please give a warm welcome to s.l. price. [applause] >> wow. that was quite the welcome. i don't think i've ever heard me describe certainly in my own home that way. you know what's fun

intelligence which is the uk, us, canada, australia and new zealand group, that is vital for our safety. that group of people bring more intelligence into the westernond time. major peake has revealed that he‘s heading back to the international space station. the soyuz capsule, which took him there, has gone on display at the science museum in london. 0ur global science correspondent, rebecca morelle, is at the science museum for us. do we know when, first of all, when tim peake do we know when, first of all, when tim pea ke is do we know when, first of all, when tim peake is going back to the iss? no date has been given yet, but it is very exciting news that he is going to be heading up to space again. whether he will be travelling in one of these, the soyuz capsule, we do not know, because that technology is being phased out. this is an amazing piece of 1960s kit, thatis is an amazing piece of 1960s kit, that is when it was designed. you can see the scorch marks on the outside where the temperatures reached 1500 celsius as it went back down to the earth, carrying tim peake down to the earth, carrying tim pea ke and down to the earth, carrying tim