i am all about asia/pacific. it is so important to me. i know it is to all of you. to start us off right away, i want to say please welcome a wonderful performer. she will give up her heart and soul. she is going to sing our national anthem. would you please give a warm welcome. [applause] >> ♪ oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last g leaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous nighfight o'er the ramparts we watched waere so gallantly streaming and the rockets' red glare the bombs bursing in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave ♪ [applause] >> that was beautiful. beautiful. wasn't that beautiful? by the way, she gives her talents and many community organizations around the bay area. she is with the sand francisco friends of samoa. that is her heritage. her family came from samoa. she gives her time and voice to a lot of community groups across the bay area. than

but if you look at asia pacific. foreign investment from asia pacific to russia tripled during the time of crisis there is a very important development so also in one of your recent interviews you called russia a hero pacific country does russia sate self as one i think russia should consider itself as you are a pacific power. russia is still looking for its identity some people say russia is a european country and it is because our culture is european and our trade relationship mostly with the european union more than sixty percent of foreign trade on the other hand russia is bigger than europe. eurasia country because most of its territory is in asia and there is also quite an important side of the russian life but in my mind for russia the most promising geopolitical reintegration is europe pacific like one more country in the world which is here a pacific and that is the united states so you're pretty much answered my question but if we were as of now to say where do russia's priorities lie can it face to the eas

the asian and pacific islander wellness center. [applause] founded in 1987 as a grass-roots response to the hiv/aids crisis in the asian and pacific islander community, whose center is a health services and education, research and policy organization, his mission is to educate, support, and power and advocate for asian and pacific islander communities, and particularly, for those living with or at risk for hiv/aids, as the oldest american not as profit that focuses on api communities are and how and a teddy services, the organization has been effective in putting innovative and holistic and effective programs and services in place and programs that benefit all communities. in addition to help and counseling services, the organization has lost numerous innovative initiatives to fight stigma as well as from a generational understanding of issues facing the asian-pacific american families and communities. congratulations. [applause] >> the good evening. thank you so much. of i and the executive director of asian and pacific islander w

pinwheeling over the open pacific. drawing that moisture off the pacif pacific. got rain and clouds covering the area from langs northwards. the storm is going to be with us a day or two. heavy rain is moving up through northern california. some of the higher elevations around mt. shasta, we could pick up three to four inches of rain. this is going to be a stormy day for you. some of that rain will work its bay whey down into sacramento and san jose and san francisco. further to the north, just scattered light rain at this time from the puget sound northwards to bellingham. portland, steadier rains are about to arrive for you. as far as the forecast, a very wet northern california. heaviest rains today. medford northwards the rain will be increasing during theseattle cool. pacific storm doesn't have a lot of warm air. temperatures are only in the 50s and 60 nasdaq mos in most locat. >>> that's a look at your thursday weather. friday forecast coming up. >> thanks, bill. >>> well, fed fears spook traders on wall street. and what's the worst excuse you've ever heard

the asian and pacific islander wellness center. [applause] founded in 1987 as a grass-roots response to the hiv/aids crisis in the asian and pacific islander community, whose center is >> weren't they great? i think they deserve another round of your thanks. they are thurgood marshall high school like school crew. -- light show crew. they were formed to demonstrate asian culture through the art of glow sticks. glow sticks are synonymous with the buyer dancing from hawaii. they did a great job with those close sticks. -- with those glow stick. i am going to serve as your mc. >> i like to welcome you to the multipurpose room. we did a ribbon cutting with the -- on friday. it houses the health center and child development center. this is a gorgeous green building and we are happy to be in this building to make a special announcement. many of you

notice the pacific northwest. a great stretch of weather. unfortunately during the middle of the week. as we head towards the weekend now it's going to be damp and cloudy. >>> well if you're watching us on kget, channel 17 bakersfield, california, they say big things come in small packages. see for yourself. incredible works of art as the visual arts small works festival at the bakersfield museum of art. that's your pacific event of the day, veronica. >> nice picture there. see that? >> cute. >> i grew up in san francisco. near one of the beaches there. >>> an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment -- romantic comedies have not fared well of late. there's one opening this weekend that experts think will take the box office title in tight competition. "life as we know it" starring katherine heigl and josh duhamel is a cautious favorite. expected to take in $15 million or more. heigl struck out paired with ashton kutcher, but maybe this will work for audiences. >>> it's a big weekend for the defending champ. "the social networ

by saying it out russia is to strengthen ties with the asia pacific region which continues to wow the world with its economic prowess. also this hour on the heels of a landmark joint russia u.s. anti drugs operation in afghanistan the country's foreign minister has hinted more cooperation to come. allegations of a new spy scandal could threaten relations between russia and georgia all of the experts say this is just another p.r. stunt. live from our studios here in central moscow this is. russia's nuclear energy is to vietnam this comes as present video visited a gathering of the so-called asian tigers that the region's rapid economic growth has made it an emerging powerhouse of the world. has more from. this summit has been very productive like as many leaders have said like most of the summits a lot of work has already been done the russian president dmitry medvedev taking part in today's addresses and working sessions also said that russia's involvement in the asia pacific region is of a key strategic nature and he hopes that his relationship with the asia pacific region countries

that's your pacific event of the day, lynn. yes, vegas and family can go together. >> a lot of families go there. bill, thank you. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. with a few notable exceptions, when blogs and tabloids are filled with rumors about someone, it's probably best to ask mom for the truth. she knows everything, right? and in an interview scheduled to air today, beyonce's mom, tina nowell tells ellen degeneres the rampant rumors of her daughter's pregnancy are simply not true. >>> tmz reports eva langoria had a two-car smashup on hollywood boulevard. there were minor injuries and the accident is under investigation. >>> katy perry arrived in india yesterday, ahead of her saturday wedding to russell brand. she was sporting a gold chain from nose to ear which is traditional indian wedding jewelry. >>> johnny depp, after finishing his fourth "pirates of the caribbean movie" will do a film remake on "the thin man." >>> finally, reports say john mayer and kim kardashian were out in new yo

i like to think of the buddha guarding the journey of this ship across the pacific. thank you so much, victor. [applause] i also want to thank the hus for giving us the expertise of their staff. scott. they didn't say ok, we will do this for you for free, but they actually had their staff work with us on a daly basis and help us really project manage the details and logistics and the complications of exporting a work of this scale and complexity. would you please stand as well diana, leslie and scott? i couldn't have done it without your expertise and guidance. we are total novices at bringing 30,000 pounds of a copper and bronze sculpture from shanghai. thank you so much. [applause] now that we had the shipping and the export taken care of, the project really gained tracks, and with that, our development director was able to add that information to our pending grant with the national endowment for the arts that was mentioned, and we procured that $70,000, one of the highest awards given. everything builds up, and again, it takes a village. every day somebody else pa

connections with asia pacific region. well indeed modernization is one of our key priorities for them for the most of these days you will group not only them not because we want to change everything around us but because thinking about the future is impossible without going forward and developing and russia wants to be a competitive country when it will be buggered russia has great natural resources that we remember that we years more together with the vietnamese counterparts and with other countries but national resources alone which is not enough to create a future with. it will must develop our country in line with what is going on in the entire world one of them and that means innovation means more efficient production more energy efficiency you know you placation of my technologies and every day life inmates in the education will do in their soul will allow us today to become dynamic. and be flexible enough to be. a bit more modern and better suited to the requirements of today. says what i mean by modernization with

it's very rare you see this much pacific moisture just blowing onshore here. an incredibly strong jet stream. that's what's responsible for this amazing storm. one of the storms is actually located off the coast of british columbia. a pinwheel. almost looks like a hurricane. another storm forming heading out of the mountain west into the plains. this blue line indicates the power. it gel stream blowing onshore in west, responsible for a huge wind storm in the middle of the country. we're just watching heavy rain and snow, even continuing at this hour. portland, the i-5 nasty. look at the white. the high peaks ever the cascades, the cold front has gone through the snow elevations, actually dropping. an amazing amount of rainfall at the high peaks and even big city picked up one to two inches of rain and even more in the pacific west. the rest of west, weather slowly improves for elevations and winter storm warnings in some of the cascades at the high elevations. >>> page, this storm moves out tuesday. looks a lot better forecast coming up. >> good. thanks, bill

region is of a key strategic nature and he hopes that his relationship with the asia pacific region countries as a very. potential showing and economically developing economies and countries he hopes that that relation between those countries and russia will only grow and prosper if the russian president spoke at length about the importance of the asia pacific region and russia's cooperation with it.

pacific never gave up the lead after jumping out early. coach oscar krespo had his hands full on the sidelines trying to deal with pacific's consistent attack. sjsu fell in straight sets, dropping the overall record to 8-14 on the year. >> it was a hard fought match. we did a nice job of staying with them. it's a nice balanced team, good sohitters. >> back to league play now for the spartans. their next games will all be against conference opponents, giving them a chance to climb in the standings. they will return to the gym thursday night to take on wyoming state. >>> the fall intramurals are underway. there's an opportunity for students on campus to stay in shape and get their competitive juices flowing. >>> men's soccer played their first team in the complex. milan took on fc. many students play intramurals for the opportunity to interact with other students. >> it come me to meet a bunch of people. this is my second year playing. i'm really in to it. >> the men's teams are tuesday and friday nights and women and coeds are throughout th

notice that the pacific northwest isn't too bad. over the weekend another shot of moisture comes into the pacific northwest. at the same time our rain that was in san francisco, some of that weakens and shifts further to the south to santa barbara and l.a. you have a chance of showers there on saturday. by the time halloween arrives the only location that has to deal with rainy weather looks like really i would say portland, may be seattle northwards up into areas of southern canada. watching us on king 5 news in seattle, washington, celebrate halloween weekend with treats, games and a chance to meet the ghost of aviation's past. that's a museum of fright. at the museum of flight. that's your pacific event of the day, lynn. >> thank you. >> maybe amelia earhart will be there. >> in spirit. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. a mixed verdict came down yesterday in the trial of anna nicole smith's inner circled, charged with enabling her prescription drug use. howard k. stern, smith's boyfriend/lawyer a

a cold front move through the pacific northwest cooling you off a little bit. a couple more clouds. cutoff low down in baja, california, continuing to get clouds down into tucson. wet weather, not much. a couple sprinkles in northern idaho. that front is moving through pretty dry. not a lot of wet weather with it. and cooler in the puget sound. radar, a couple showers. that's about it. as far at the forecast goes, yesterday another hot day. it was 100 yesterday in phoenix. today is going to be cooler than that. much of the areas of california more than 90s dropping sboun into the 80s. the cooler air arrived, especially portland. late herbs, 80 in san francisco. 100 yesterday. 94 in phoenix is much more enjoyable. cooler weather definitely in su. a cool air mass only 54 in spokane. >>> weekend forecast coming right up. >> ah we love that one. bill, thank you. >>> banks take a hit. the government is seeing red, and a barbie doll with bling. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. plus, it's a battle of the generations at the box office this weekend. who will come out

you are a pacific power. russia is still looking for its identity some people say russia is a european country and it is because our culture is european and world trade relationship mostly with the european union more than sixty percent of foreign trade on the other hand russia is bigger than europe. your asian country because most over its territory is in asia and there is also quite an important side of the russian life but in my mind for russia the most promising geopolitical reintegration is europe pacific like one more country in the world which is here a pacific and that is the united states you're pretty much answered my question but if we were as of now to say where do russia's priorities lie can it face to the east and the west equally our priorities are east and west russia is european or. asian some people say russia is just an independent central power some say that russia should be part of the western community. some say that russia should look eastward or southern southward. my feeling is russia

took this over, and from these shores, tens of thousands of sailors and marines left the fight in the pacific in world war ii, and a lot of those sailors and marines who left from here, this was the last time they saw america, and they made the ultimate sacrifice for us. as we transfer this treasure, this island, from the navy back to the city, i hope that all of us will remember the service and sacrifice of every sailor, every marine, living and dead. [applause] and the people who left from here and the people who serve today, risking everything, so that we can celebrate today. that legacy lives on in the young men and women who wear the cloth of this country and who are deployed around the world as we meet here today. when the famous or infamous bates 3 aligning closure process started in 1988, a final result of any individual base closure and transfer could not have hoped for a better ultimate outcome than what has been achieved in treasure island. the navy's charge is to dispose of property in a manner that promotes economic development. that has been done. the transfer of treasure island

the time has been changed from 1:00 pacific to 5:00 pacific. that's because the rangers were eliminated, and the first game against the rapingers begins ne wednesday. >>> he may wear a phillies jersey, but he was born and raised right here in the bay area. jimmy rawlins plays a key role in a series with the giants, but he also plays a key role with m.c. hammer. >>> some south bay students won't be dancing at the sold out homecoming. this rite of passage denied to hundreds. what a bummer, george. >> 25% will be at the homecoming dance, but for 75%, they'll be making other plans tonight. they ran out of tickets for the first time in history, and they will be missing out on one of the biggest activities on campus this year. >> he says he is one of dozens of students that have been denied a ticket. >> i'm upset because i was excited and i had a date and i can go now. it's an outrage. >> st. teresa high planned for 500 to attend the dance. once they reached 500, they were told it was sold out. the principal said the gym where they will be holding th

flagstaff wet and pacific northwest, nice. that's sacramento, san francisco, you should be just fine. >> that's a look at your monday forecast. talk more about that wet tuesday forecast coming up. >> rain in vegas? that hardly ever happens. >> i guess they can use it. just a little unusual. >> they can, but, sorry, mom. >>> raising charity, and a nasty battle with viewers out in the cold. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, sure they're a bunch of thrills, junkie kooks who love to blow things up, but they're also number one at the box office. >>> the phillies get even. a new number one in college football and a big return for big ben. >>> you're waging "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today," i'm veronica de la cruz. here are some of your top headlines this morning -- palestinian president mahmoud abbas is offering an olive branch to israel saying they're willing to end all historic claims against the jewish state once they get their own state as part of a peace deal.

unmanned surveillance aircraft unit in the western pacific region. the u.s. air force plans to deploy two more of the drones by the end of the year. >> it is the perfect place to bed down a platform with this capacity that enables us to be able to fly missions north, south, east and west, in an equidistant virnenvironment ma s our mission requirements. >> reporter: the unmanned aircraft has highly sensitive senators and radar that work day and night and the all-weather conditions. the global hull can fly up to 36 hours on one tank of fuel and can search out and monitor targets from an altitude of 20,000 meters, save from attacks from the ground. to protect these highly sensitive aircraft while on the ground, $40 million was spent on an air conditioned hangar that's large enough to accommodate six global hawks. u.s. air force officials are considering deploying additional drones starting next year. >> the global hawk can play a very valuable deterrent role in the region. affords us opportunities so that nations are assured of transit opportunities. >> reporter

the first miner came out of the ground at about 8:15 pacific time tonight. out from it, he emerged. hundreds of people were looking on as the medics checked on his health. they want to ease his transition to the light above ground. the first to greet him, his young son. the two exchanged a hug as his wife and father, and son looked on. and then the president of chile extended a welcome back to the surface. the miners were trapped under 2,000 feet of rock. here's a look at how they got here. >> reporter: august 3rd, a cave-in at a small copper and goldmine in northern chile trapped 33 miners underground. rescue workers tried to reach them through a ventilation staff, but are blocked by a new cave-in. five days later, they begin drilling five-inch bore holes to try to locate the men. finally, they hear a tapping on the drill. the miners attach a note to the drill, saying that they are all okay. hours later, rescue workers capture the first video images of the miners, showing them to be thinner but in much better condition than expected. the men show off their makeshift refuge, where t

in the pacific northwest, there is stormy activity in the cascades on and along the pacific coast. that is it. those storms will eventually have an impact, but they have to take a long trip to get here. it will not be in the immediate future that we deal with anything from those storms. there have been a couple of clouds moving through. basically, it is a sunny morning. 60 at the airport. 61 at the inner harbor. 69% is the humidity. the barometer is rising. we have a west wind of about 5 miles an hour. 63 in annapolis. 64 on the boardwalk. edgewood is 60. stewartown is 55. it is for people don't near 50 in far western maryland. as far as where temperatures go, we will rise. once the sunshine gets low, temperatures will start to tumble with the dry air. all of the action tomorrow will be down at and m&t bank stadium. here is the view that we see. all is clear. the air is so dry, the front will push south. it will go through here without any rain. again, all of the stormy weather to the west has to travel up and over the high pressure to get to us. that is a long trip, and will take

the tpp is a framework for liberalizing trade between signatory countries in the asia pacific region. nine countries, including the united states, australia, chile and malaysia have begun discussing the pact. the aim of the partnership is the elimination of tariffs on all products. it prevents members from charging custom duties on any items. in a recent policy speech to the diet kan expressed interest in talks into joining the partnership. he believes the regional free trade zone will help japan's economic growth by stimulating trade and investment. many of his cabinet ministers have expressed support. chief cabinet secretary yoesh yooeto sengoku said joining the tpp would represent a policy of openness. foreign minister sage yay maehara said the door to the tpp is being shut and that japan must not let politics get in the way of joining. but agricultural forestries and fisheries minister mitch hooeko cano and akihiro ohata are cautious. in the diet more than 100 lawmakers from the governing coalition parties recently met and agreed that joining the tpp would destroy japan's agricult

history of international relations is moving away from europe it's played out and asia even the us a pacific country is we're focusing its foreign policy on asia where each country is that will play the big roles located in asia and latin america but that's a different question now what's the current state of european asian relations europe is of no interest to asia if we view europe as a landmass that reaches the pacific ocean russia and europe and not a whole but if we picture them as an alliance and we can say europe reaches the pacific this is the reason europe needs russia. thank you very much thank you. imagine your life big city. crystal clear water. organic food. living in harmony with nature. sounds impossible. some people have already chose. a place in. the future. and. update for you a close call for brazil's two presidential favorites as the race to one of the world's fastest growing economies is forced into a runoff. together money troubles the conference sounds the alarm over a loss of civil rights and a domineering. americans call drop charges against suspected russian. which

with the asia pacific region but continued to while the world. global threat saw on the heels of a joint russia u.s. anti drugs operation in afghanistan the country's foreign minister there's more cooperation to come plus. allegations of a new spy scandal could threaten relations between russia and georgia all of the experts say this is just another p.r. stunt. one welcome to you this is a lie from moscow russia has a nuclear energy is the power of vietnam is comes as president if you visited the gathering of the asian tigers in vietnam the region's a rapid economic growth made it an emerging powerhouse of the world. has more from hanoi. this summit has been very productive like as many leaders have said like most of the a c. and some it's a lot of work has already been done the russian president dmitry medvedev taking part in today's addresses and working sessions also said that russia's involvement in the asia pacific region is of a key strategic nature and he hopes that his relationship with the asia pacific region countries very. potential sh

the white house said on thursday that obama will arrive in japan on november 12th for an asia pacific economic cooperation forum summit in yokohama. on the following day, obama will meet prime minister naoto kan to discuss a broad range of matters including bilateral issues and the nuclear programs of north korea and iran. but the white house says the two leaders will not issue a joint declaration on the deepening of bilateral relations to mark the 50th anniversary of the japan-u.s. security treaty. after the talks with kan, obama will travel to kamakura city near tokyo to see the great buddha statue which he visited as a child. white house, obama would be interested in visiting hiroshima and nagasaki sometime in the future, but he does not have any more time for official business since the focus of the trip is the apeck meetings. before the visit, he'll meet the chinese president hu jintao on november 11th in seoul on the sidelines of the group of 20 summit meeting. it indicated that the two leaders will discuss china's reported restrictions on exports of rare earth metals. >>> myanm

of the north pacific. as a symbol the russian american company was in dire straits. at the beginning of the eight hundred sixty s. the company reached the edge of bankruptcy that caused a debate on whether alaska could be sold the vast territory was inhabited by an eight hundred. number. that those factors led to a serious discussion about a potential sale they were held in an atmosphere of secrecy laws only a handful of officials knew about them the league. america was not particularly keen on buying the faraway territory a russian envoy to washington eduardo steckel was told to do his best to convince the u.s. government that it would gain more miss benefits by acquiring alaska. steckel had the support of the u.s. state secretary william seward who was in favor of the u.s. territorial expansion. finally in one thousand nine hundred eighty seven after lengthy negotiations alaska was sold to the united states for the price of seven point two million dollars. on october the eighteenth eight hundred sixty seven the russian flag was lowered in the former alaskan capital

the russian president himself said the asia pacific region is the most fast is the fastest economically growing region in the world and russia of course is part of that region so it is very much involved in all of these things all of the decisions and all of the plans that do take place in the region russia took part in the summit that was also underway in noir russia will also take part in the apec summit they should pacific economic cooperation forum that will take place later in the year so the role of russia in the region is a very prominent one and of course russia wants a bigger share of the potential that is lying in the region itself and of course. the region is very interested in keeping up ties with russia vietnam specifically has had ties with dating back to the soviet union and as times change vietnam gains its independence the soviet union became russia those ties not only change but they grow and develop according to both leaders and this is something they want to continue they want to continue seeing russia actively involved in the asia pacific region with the asia pacifi

history of international relations is moving away from europe it's played out in asia even the us a pacific country is we're focusing its foreign policy on asia where are the countries that will play the big hit in asia and latin america but that's a different question now what's the current state of european asian relations europe is of no interest to asia if we view europe as a landmass that reaches the pacific ocean russia and europe and not a whole but if we picture them as an alliance and we can say europe reaches the pacific this is the reason europe needs russia although i'm not sure if russia needs erupt. in one of your interviews you spoke about the role of poland and said it could become a bridge between europe and russia what kind of bridge and what are the current dynamics of russian polish relations. door until very recently sent like a crazy idea when now reconciliation between russia and poland has actually happened i think however that some politicians smart politicians for solace even prime minister donald tusk it was bringing poland closer to russia before the plane crash

findings and final action, as well as the first item on the regular calendar for case number 2007, pacific avenue, the certification of the environmental impact report and the conditional use request. request from the product sponsor to continue until december 2, 2010. -- from the project sponsor. president miguel: is there any public comment on the item for continuance? if not, public comment is closed. commissioners? commissioner antonini? commissioner antonini: i would be in favor -- i think we could take up that one continuance now on 1645. i would be in favor of that. i know the project sponsor is working with the neighborhood and other groups and it makes sense, and i believe the date was december 2? >> yes. commissioner antonini: in that case, i move to continue the item 10 and 11 to december 2. commissioner sugaya: second. >> on that motion -- [roll call vote] so moved, commissioners. those items will be moved to december 2. also, there is a request from the supervisor campos to hear item 16, the proposed ordinance for the case. i believe we will be accommodating that request and h

san francisco is important within the pacific flyway and we have the opportunity to see many kinds of birds. the birds that have been shown in this presentation are by a san francisco photographer and are birds that are seen in the city. next, dr. christine shepherd be discuss the dangers of glass and lighting and preventing bird-building collisions and the standards. president miguel: thank you. >> commissioners, good afternoon. thank you for allowing me to address you. i'm here to talk about what birds and what they mean and why they are important secretary avery: have k you state your name for the record? >> chris teen shepherd. birds have been part of human culture and have been used to represent some of the best qualities of human nature including freedom, peace, fidelity, and of course, the bluebird of happiness. birds are incredibly important to ecosystems. they have a number of different functions. on the left you see a cedar waxwing eating a berry. without birds, habitats might literally disappear. birds are used essentially to disperse the seed. many plants have very hostile

bridge to asia pacific region which continues to while the world with its economic . reports of a russian spy ring busted in georgia what's left of relations to say thanks but it's just another p.r. stunt. the. people's trust the report of the comedian who's managed to gain it all. live from our studios here in central moscow this is. russia's nuclear energy is to vietnam this comes as president medvedev visited a gathering of the so-called asian tigers then the region's rapid economic growth has made it an emerging of the world. has more now from. this case and some it has been very productive like as many leaders have said like most of the a c. and summits a lot of work has already been done the russian president to meet them in to give taking part in today's addresses and working sessions also said that russia's involvement in the asia pacific region is of a key strategic nature and he hopes that his relationship with the asia pacific region countries as very much. potential showing at.

unmanned surveillance aircraft unit in the western pacific region. the u.s. air force plans to deploy two more of the drones by the end of the year. >> it is the perfect place to bed down a platform with this capacity that enables us to be able toly missions north, south, east and west, in an equidistant virnenvironment ma s our mission requirements. >> reporter: the unmanned aircraft has highly sensitive senators and radar that work day and night and the all-weather conditions. the global hull can fly up to 36 hours on one tank of fuel and can search out and monitor targets from an altitude of 20,000 meters, save from attacks fr the groun to protect these highly sensitive aircraft while on the ground, $40 million was spent on an air conditioned hangar that's large enough to accommodate six global hawks. u.s. air force officials are considering deploying additional drones starting next year. >> the global hawk can play a very valuable deterrent role in the region. affords us opportunities so that nations are assured of transit opportunities. >> reporter: the