there are three carrier strike groups operating in the western pacific.he specific area they are operating in or going to be operating in, whether it's the sea of japan, the east china sea or south china sea or the philippine sea. that specific body of water remains classified. i am not going to talk about precisely where they are operating other than to say they are operating in the western pacific and that it will be the first time in a decade that we've had three carriers operate together. but what they do is they demonstrate a capability that only the united states can put together. that is that we have three carrier strike groups with all of the striking power operating in the western pacific. but of interest to you, i think, and everyone else is the fact that today the united states navy has seven carrier carriers operating at the same time. there are three in the western pacific, two on the west coast of the united states, and their two on the east coast. i think that's an indication of the capability that the united states can bring to bear if the

but the navy's seventh fleet which operates in the western pacific has an atrocious safety record so far this year. collisions involving the destroyers "fitzgerald" and "mccain" caused the death of 17 sailors, and in each case, the crew was at fault. the cause for this accident is under investigation, but earlier this month the navy said the high tempo of operations in the pacific has led to reduced safety margins. david martin, cbs news, the pentagon. >>> there's a new clue in the search for an argentine submarine. an unusual noise was heard before it disappeared last week. the argentine navy did not say if the noise indicated an explosion or another emergency. the search for the "san juan" is entering a critical phase because oxygen may be running low.

naval strength in the western pacific in a decade. if there was a conflict with north korea they could launch a fighter jet off the carrier once every 20 seconds. but of course they then have to get all the fighter jets back on board. this is how they do it. >> all of this together, the whole u.s. military, sends the message that we are ready to defend ourselves. >> rear admiral mark dalton commands one of the strike groups. he says having three carriers that the support more than 200 aircraft, is a rare training opportunity. >> does this more closely milling a real life conflict situation, a war time situation? >> the more strike groups that you can get together, the more complex it is. and, and, so we get training value out of that. >> but these u.s.-led which views them as rehearsals for an inflation and calls the latest drill reckless and provocative. china and russia have called on the u.s. to end these large scale military exercises because they fear they needlessly provoke north korea. the u.s. says it need to be prepared. ben

." - it's the u.s. presence in the western pacific that enables china to rise peacefully without destabilizing the region, and that's why i think the balance in strategies is actually a good policy. - the pivot to asia was actually supposed to happen 25 years ago. - our two nations have a special role to play in the world, and a special relationship. we've got great responsibilities and also great possibilities. and my administration hopes to work with you to build this potential into a greater reality that will help make this world a safer, more peaceful, more prosperous place for us all, for today and for generations to come. - after the berlin wall collapsed, there was a call we need to focus now on asia. but remember then that saddam hussein invaded kuwait soon after, and then you had 9-11, invasion of afghanistan, of iraq, so this is a long time coming. it's very natural policy evolution. after all, asia is the organizing principle of the world economy, to a large extent. - china has certainly reacted to the pivot to asia fairly negatively. china is inclined to see any number of u.s. init

and south korean war ships are conducting naval drills in the western pacific the four day exercise is spearheaded by three american aircraft carriers the largest of their type in the world officials in seoul say the show of military mice is intended as a deterrent to any provocation from north korea. and hollywood star arnold schwarzenegger has been flexing his environmental muscles at the un climate conference in bonn in germany the terminator actor and former governor of california is highly critical of the climate policies of u.s. presidents donald trump and he's campaigning for more green energy and cuts in a missions but he says too many people still just don't know what's at stake. for no shots an acre is no newcomer to environmental activism but in bonn he said environmentalist's need to find ways to get their point across more effectively i can do the best action movie in the world but if i don't know how to communicate to the people to get them into the movies going to the box office it's going to go in the toilet. so this is why it is so important if you start communicating

comprehensive readiness assessment for all japan-based ships, establishing the naval service group in the western pacific, an independent body in japan that will keep their eye on readiness generation and standards for the pacific fleet commander. establishing and using a near miss program to understand and disseminate lessons learned and establishing policies for surface ships to routinely, actively transmit on their automatic identification system, system the left other ships in the area know what they are doing. we have other ongoing immediate actions focused on upgrading the training and fundamentals, assessing operational commands against available resources, grading the baseline readiness of all seven fleet cruisers and destroyers, optimizing the authority and accountability for readiness, implementing schedules that ensure everyone gets a sufficient rest and defining the fourth generation model for the japan-based ships. we also have midterm actions that are focused on developing the process that generates sustainable ready forces, starting with japan-based ships. reviewing the qualification stand

was ten years ago. was seen in the western pacific here off the korean peninsula, no—one canica's military muscle, and for president trump, it is a message being sent to pyongyang that if it doesn't come to the negotiating table, this is potentially what it faces. come to the negotiating table, but as so often with president trump, the message can very suddenly change, and it did today in vietnam. taking to twitter, the us president sounded hurt, after pyongyang called him "an ageing lunatic". "why would kim jong—un insult me by calling me old," he wrote, "when i would never call him short and fat?" "oh, well, i try so hard to be his friend — and maybe someday that will happen!" to be his friend — in hanoi he was asked, to be his friend — did he really mean he now wants to be friends? i think anything's possibility. wants to be friends? strange things happen in life — that might be a strange thing to happen, but it's certainly a possibility. back on board the ronald reagan, they're practising night landings. this is flying at its very hardest. they're practising night landing

navy has three care yerp strike forces in the western pacific. joining me is jack keane, retired air force general. let me start with the aircraft carrier incident. 80 miles seems close for the bombers to approach. what else your reaction. >> they resent that we are reinforcing our allies, we are standing up against north korea. they own an aircraft carrier and that's it. we have 12 and we have put three of them in one place at one time and they haven't done that in 10 years. they fly bombers from the 50s. we are not intimidated by it. it doesn't mean anything to us. we don't have to overreact to it. they know the capability we have and we know their capability also. >>r. lou: the fire tour represented by the carrier strike forces in the western pacific, i think that's where we get to the level of unthinkable what they can do in the way much damage. it's interesting that they are concerned about this. instead of a cry from help from russia and china, they are engaged in a cry for the return of barack obama. they want a patsy, and they don't have

establishing the naval service group of western pacific, an independent body in japan that will keir their eye on reddiness generation and standards for the pacific fleet commander. establishing and using a near-miss program to understand and disseminate lessons learned, and establishing policies for surface ships to routinely actively transmit on their automatic identification system, a system that lets other ships in the area know that -- what they're doing. we have other ongoing immediate actions focused on upgrading the training training of navigation fundam -- fundamentals. grading the baseline readiness of ships, and authorizing the authority for readiness, implementing schedules that ensures everybody gets sufficient rest and base-lining the fourth generation model for the japan based ships. also has some mid-term actions that are focused on doling the froes generate sustainable ready forces, starting with the japan-based ships. reviewing the qualification standards. establishing comprehensive policy on managing fatigue. aligning the operational requirements to available resour

and south korean warships are conducting naval drills in the western pacific the four day exercise is spearheaded by three american aircraft carriers the largest of their type in the world officials in seoul say the show of military might is intended as a deterrent to any provocation from north korea. voting is underway in the second round of slovenia's presidential election opinion polls puts incumbent forward on course to secure a second term his nearest rival is my own side which also seems voting and he is an anti-establishment candidate and local man the president is largely ceremonial but has the power to nominate top officials. a tense day in catalonia spanish prime minister mariano rajoy visited the volatile region for the first time since dismissing its a session is government but didn't come to make nice meeting with. as of his conservative party the spanish had called on catalyst to kick out separatists in the next months snap elections but he also urged business he does not to turn their backs on the region but the standoff shows no signs of abating on saturday hundreds of

and south korean warships are conducting naval drills in the western pacific the four day exercises spearheaded by three american aircraft carriers the largest of their type in the world now officials in seoul say the show of military might is intended as a deterrent to any provocation from north korea. britain is paying tribute to its war dead with traditional remembrance day services london pause for two minutes of silence marked by the chime in the big ben the service was led for the first time by prince charles who laid a wreath at the center tough on behalf of queen elizabeth. a tense day in catalonia spanish prime minister mariano rajoy visited the volatile region for the first time since dismissing its a session ist government but roy didn't come to make nice meeting with members of his conservative party the spanish had called on catalyst to kick out separatists in next month's elections but he also urged business leaders not to turn their backs on the region the standoff shows no sign of abating on saturday hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets of boston though not to

. >>> update on the three sailors killed this week their plane crashed in the western pacific duringraining exercise. two of the sailors are from florida, the third louisiana, the plane was heading to the u.s.s. ronald raying when it crashed. eight others were rescued in and me good condition, the navy is investigating. >>> president trump is continuing his feud with time magazine tonight. the president is continuing his holiday weekend that florida where he is mixing business with a little r and r. the president took to twitter saying he turned down an interview and photo shoot for person of the year. he said someone called to say he was probably going to be named person of the year like last ye. but he would have to agree to an interview and a major photo shoochlt he told the magazine was probably was not good enough and turned them down. time magazine responded with a tweet of its own the president is incorrect. it's still publication which is december 6. >>> a major power struggle inside one of the lesser known agencies of the federal government. president trump named his budget

and south korean warships are conducting naval drills in the western pacific the four day exercises spearheaded by american aircraft carriers the largest of the type in the world officials in seoul say the show of military might is intended as a deterrent to any provocation from north korea. a tense day in catalonia spanish prime minister mariano rajoy visited the volatile region for the first time since dismissing its secessionist government but didn't come to make nice meeting with members of his conservative party this famished head called on catalyst to kick out separatists in next month's snap elections but he also urged business is business leaders not to turn their backs on the region the standoff shows no signs of abating on saturday hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets of basra loner to call for the release of its jailed political didas. following that story for us is correspondent michel. it's good to see attended a party meeting in barcelona ahead of elections in december what are the main issues that he addressed. more than a meeting it was actually the kickoff to

and south korean war ships are conducting naval drills in the western pacific the four day exercise is spearheaded by three american aircraft carriers the largest of their type in the world officials in seoul say the show of military mice is intended as a deterrent.

navy operating in the waters of the western pacific simultaneously.lay of military muscle on behalf of the u.s. military that north korea has objected to. isha? >> and ivan, i'm almost out of town, but i need you to put this in perspective for me. this is just one in a series of incidents, this crash that we're talking about? >> it has been a deadly year for the u.s. navy. there were collisions, u.s. navy destroyers in june and august that combined, resulted in the deaths of at least 17 sailers. and the u.s. navy report came to the conclusion that those collisions could have been avoided, and that there were a number of mistakes made by the crew, by the commanding officers of those vessels. more recently on the island of okinawa itself over the weekend, a u.s. marine crashed and killed a japanese local while inebriated. and that has resulted in a decision to suspend all alcohol for servicemen and women on the island of okinawa. so it's been a difficult and deadly year for the u.s. armed services in the pacific ocean this year. isha? >> it definitely h

me now via webcam from manila is dr markjacobs, a director at the world health organisation's western pacifics. this is quite shocking, isn't it, given the progress that was being made? well, there is certainly some concerning information in this news report that it is not all concerning information by any stretch. the long—term trend is still a good one with numbers of cases and deaths declining quite significantly. but we do need to be concerned about the plateauing of that reduction in the last year or two. really, it is a reminder to us that the job is far from done with malaria. we really do, as a global community, need to keep on focusing on itand community, need to keep on focusing on it and accelerate a lot of our effo rts on it and accelerate a lot of our efforts to finish the job. is it all about funding? no. certainly one of the concerns, one of the practical concerns we have is about the plateauing of the funding, the levelling off of funding in recent yea rs. levelling off of funding in recent years. but it is not all about that. it is also about how we go about tackling it. one

we are following breaking news in the western pacific. rescue mission is under way right now after a u.s. navy plane crashed with 11 people onboard. >> the c-2-a transport went down in the ocean south of japan. eight crew members have been found so far and are in good condition. ben tracy flew in one of these planes just last week. he's with us from beijing. ben, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the c-2 cargo plane crashed while returning to the uss ronald reagan on wednesday afternoon, and this happened while the u.s. and japanese forces were conducting joint naval exercises. now, the plane went down just southeast of okinawa, which is one of the southernmost parts of japan. japan's defense ministry says an engine malfunctioned and the c-2 cargo plane seems to be the cause. last week we were on the uss ronald reagan was it was engaged in a rare military exercise near the korean peninsula that involved three u.s. aircraft carriers. we flew on and off the ship in a c-2 cargo plane, and i can tell you they do require you to wear a l

but the navy's seventh fleet which operates in the western pacific has an atrocious safety record so far this year. collisions involving the destroyers of the fitzgerald and mccain caused the death of sailors and in this case it was their fault. the high operations in the pacific has led to reduced safety margins. >>> there's a new clue in the search for an argentine submarine. an unusual noise was heard before it disappeared last week. the argentine navy did not say if the noise indicated an explosion or other emergency. the search for the "san juan" is entering a critical phase because oxygen may be running low. russia joined the u.s. to look for the submarine and 44 onboard. >>> the deaths of those at the nursing home may have been ruled homicide. they lost air conditioning. the elderly patients were forced to stay in the stifling hot facilities for days before they were evacuated. no arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing. >>> former usa gymnastics team doctor larry nassar pleaded guilty to molesting seven girls. he faces up to 125 years in prison. aly raisman re

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>>> the search continues for the three missing american sailors in the western pacific. their military jet crashing wednesday off the coast of japan. the sun now setting in the region. we're live with an update. >>> here in new york, security tight ahead of the annual thanksgiving day parade. the terror attack three weeks ago still fresh in many people's minds. a live report from the parade route with just an hour to go until it all starts. >>> let's start with the first family in florida. president trump will be speaking with members of the military today and may fire up his twitter feed again to tell us more of what's on his mind. nbc's kelly o'donnell joins us now for more from the president. kelly, happy thanksgiving. okay. we're having some technical problems. but we also want to talk more about the other big story that's going on today, and that is what's happening -- are we going to vaughn? vaughn hilyard in alabama has been following the roy moore alabama senate race. what's the latest down there? >> reporter: good morning, chris. roy moore is down for the weeken

an area where the sea level even has dropped in this period but on the other side here in the western pacific it has risen much more than ever edge because obviously the trade winds have increased there pushing the water over here and piling it up on the east asian costs. to be of some coastal towns and cities can increase the risk of flooding that's particularly true of large cities situated on deltas like bangkok shanghai and new orleans. and these deltas are incredibly flat you could go one hundred kilometers and the elevation ups and downs would only be a few meters at most so they're extremely flat so putting a city on these flat lands is rather easy to do. this is a collection. of many of the deltas of the world the delta. his are the land surface where the rivers water has brought the sediments to the coastline and accumulated in these large deposits we know that in the last thirty or so years sea level has been going up around three millimeters per year three millimeters per year is quite small. and so yes in the long term you know fifty years one hundred years you want to make sure y

but the navy's seventh fleet which operates in the western pacific has an atrocious safety record soar this year. collisions involving the destroyers "fitzgerald" and "mccain" caused the death of 17 sailors, and in each case, the crew was at fault. the cause for this accident is under investigation, but earlier this month the navy said the high tempo of operations in the pacific has led to reduced safety margins. david martin, cbs news, the pentagon. >>> there's a new clue in the search for an argentine submarine. an unusual noise was heard before it disappeared last week. the argentine navy did not say if the noise indicated an explosion or another emergency. the search for the "san juan" is entering a critical phase because oxygen may be running low. russia joined a list of other countries including the u.s. to look for the submarine and 44 crew members onboard. >>> the deaths of 12 nursing home patients after hurricane maria may have been ruled homicide. they lost air conditioning. the elderly patients were forced to stay in the stifling hot facilities for days before they were ev

navy investigation found that two collisions between navy destroys and commercial vessels in the western pacific this year were caused by preventable errors. a total of 17 sailors were killed in the crashes involving the uss fitzgerald and the uss john s. mccain. the report blamed inadequate safety plans and a loss of situational awareness. you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's program, just 100 days to go before the start of the winter olympics in south korea, but could tensions with the north put a damper on the games? a russian political talk host has announced her intention to challenge vladimir putin for the presidency in a huge selection. she said she will give a voice to all of those who are tired of the current president's 18-year-old rule. reporter: she conquered the world of russian show business before even turning 30. the celebrity and political talkshow host is going after the highest job in the country. she went on youtube to say she would run for president in the elections next spring, not to win over she says, but to unite those who are tired of th

but the navy's soafg fleet, which operates in the western pacific, has an atrocious safety record sohis year. collisions involving the destroyers "fitzgerald" and "mccain," caused the deaths of 17 sailors, and in each case, the ship's crew was at fault. the cause of this accident is under investigation, but earlier this month, the navy said the high tempo of operation operatie pacific has reduced safety margins. anthony. >> mason: david martin at the pentagon. thanks, david. millions of americans are on the move tonight. for them, no turkey dinner till they get where they're going by plane, train, but mostly, by automobile. a.a.a. expects the highest volume in a dozen thanksgivings. transportation correspondent kris van cleave is watching it. >> whoa! look at that! it is packed! >> reporter: the holiday rush came to a halt in los angeles last night where it looked like all 45 million expected to pack the roads nationally this thanksgiving weekend took the 405. >> whatever you think the time is going to be, at least double it. >> reporter: congestion hit airport security lines. this w

navy is showing off its aircraft carriers in the western pacific ocean.t's the first time in a decade that three of the 100,000-ton ships have sailed in tandem. the u.s.s. ronald reagan, the theodore roosevelt and the nimitz along with their multi-ship strike groups are taking part in the exercise. the flotilla is happening to send a message to north korea that the u.s. is not intimidated. the exercises are expected to end time. >> five remaining couples advance to the semifinals tonight as the "dancing with the stars" competition heats up. we're just a week away now from the winner of the coveted mirrorball being chosen. the couples will perform two numbers. the first is a regular dance bu. the pros have personally chosen the song for the celebrity. the second is special iconic dance where each will be challenged to interpret the style. at the end of the night one couple will be eliminated. it all starts at 8:00right here on 6abc. >> at check of the forecast >> stepping live outside sky6 in hd showing you the rothman ice rink in center city. nobody out t

the last time anything like this was seen in the western pacific was ten years ago. peninsula, no—one can really remember. this is a raw expression of america's military muscle, and for president trump, it is a message being sent to pyongyang that if it doesn't come to the negotiating table, this is potentially what it faces. but as so often with president trump, the message can very suddenly change, and it did today in vietnam. taking to twitter, the us president sounded hurt, after pyongyang called him "an ageing lunatic." "why would kim jong—un insult me by calling me old," he wrote, "when i would never call him short and fat?" "oh, well, i try so hard to be his friend, and maybe someday that will happen!" in hanoi, he was asked, "did he really mean he now wants to be friends?" see, if i think anything's a possibility... strange things happen in life, that might be a strange thing to happen, but it's certainly a possibility. back on board the ronald reagan, they're practising night landings. this is flying at its very hardest. there is no doubting the skills of th

investigation has found that two collisions between navy destroyers and commercial vessels in the western pacifics year were avoidable and caused by a number of preventable errors. seventeen sailors died in crashes involving the uss fitzgerald and the ussjohn s mccain. the report blamed inadequate safety plans and "a loss of situational awareness." dustin hoffman has become the latest a—list hollywood star to face sexual harassment allegations. a production assistant who worked with him in the 1980s claims that he touched her inappropriately and made crude sexual remarks. more allegations have also emerged against kevin spacey also dating back to the 1980s. the british defence secretary, michael fallon, has resigned over his personal conduct, following a wave of allegations of sexual harassment and abuse against members of parliament. mr fallon admitted that his behaviour in the past may have fallen short of the standards expected. now to bolivia, where it all kicked off in a football league game after a police dog stole the show and the ball. the animal escaped from his minder in the first half

the last time anything like this was seen in the western pacific was ten years ago.n peninsula no one can really remember, but this is a raw expression of american military muscle. for president trump it is a message being sent to pyongyang that if it doesn't come to the negotiating table this could potentially be what it faces. but as so potentially be what it faces. but as so often with president trump, the message can very suddenly change, and it did today in vietnam's. taking to twitter, the us president sounded hurt. after pyongyang called him an "ageing lunatic." in hanoi, he was asked if he really meant that he now wants to be friends. i think anything is a possibility. strange things happen in life. that might be a strange thing to happen, but it's certainly a possibility. back on board the ronald reagan, they are practising night landings. this is flying at its very hardest. there is no doubt in the skills in these pilots but there are many doubts about the strategy their commander—in—chief is using with north korea. rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, on boar

naval strength in the western pacific in a decade.ere was a conflict with north korea, they could launch a fighter jet off this carrier once every 20 second, but, of if tse, they would then have to get all those fighter jets back on board. this is how they do it. >> all of this together, the deole u.s. military sends the message that we're ready to r:fend ourselves. >> reporter: rear admiral marc dalton commands one of the strike groups. he says having three carriers that support more than 200 aircraft is a rare training opportunity. ses this more closely mimic a real-life conflict situation, a wartime situation? >> the more strike groups that you can get together, the more complex it is, and so we get training value out of that. >> reporter: but these u.s.-led arercises infuriate north korea, which views them as rehearsals ecr an invasion and calls the latest drill reckless and provocative. china and russia have called on eye u.s. to end these large- ,cale military exercises, because they fear they needlessly provoke north korea, but

the last time anything like this was seen in the western pacific was ten years ago — here off the koreanlly remember. this is a raw expression of america's military muscle, and for president trump, it is a message being sent to pyongyang that if it doesn't come to the negotiating table this is potentially what it faces. but as so often with president trump, the message can very suddenly change, and it did today in vietnam. taking to twitter, the us president sounded hurt, after pyongyang called him "an ageing lunatic". "why would kim jong—un insult me by calling me old," he wrote, "when i would never call him short and fat? "oh, well, i try so hard to be his friend — and maybe someday that will happen!" in hanoi he was asked, "did he really mean he now wants to be friends?" see if i think anything's possibility... strange things happen in life — that might be a strange thing to happen, but it's certainly a possibility. back on board the ronald reagan, they're practising night landings. this is flying at its very hardest. there is no doubting the skills of these pilots, but there are many

aimed at north korea the united states and south korea have launched joint naval drills in the western pacific it's in response to the rising tension over the north's nuclear weapons program three u.s. aircraft carriers along with several korean warships will carry out the exercises over the course of four days is the first time in a decade the u.s. has three carriers operating in the region. the korean peninsula tensions are expected to be topic number one on the association of southeast asian nations meeting in manila well leaders are arriving right about now for the opening ceremony. twenty one heads of state as well as the united nations secretary general are expected to attend that a hinge or refugee crisis is also expected to dominate the group's genda morocco's king mohammed the sixth has arrived in qatar to discuss the latest developments in the gulf political crisis the king was greeted by the emir in hama dattani this is king muhammad's first visit to qatar since the beginning of the ongoing gulf crisis with saudi arabia the u.a.e. and egypt have cut diplomatic ties with qatar coming