south korean singer is one of those taking part. he is being joined by student from the korean national sport university. they will take turns swimming legs of the 220 kilometer trip. they aim to arrive wednesday on the anniversary of korea's liberation from japan's colonial rule. the swimmers will stream footage of their attempt on the internet. relations between the two countries have soured since south korean president visited the islands last week. he is facing calls to strengthen south korea's territorial claim. the japanese government says it's considering taking legal action at the international court of justice. >>> an nhk monthly poll showes a big majority of jap piazza worry about an unprecedented visit by south korean's president to disputed islands in the sea of japan. the response said it could negatively affect the two country's relations. 1,639 people aged 20 or over from friday to sunday, three fourths said they are worried about the visit. about a fifth said they're unconcerned. south korea claims the island, as we

-south ever correlations. then, a forum on economic lessons learned from the calvin coolidge administration. after that, rick santorum at the young americans foundation. tomorrow on "washington journal," bill kristol on the latest developments in the presidential race. and a look at the u.s. tax system with an mit professor who argues that america is not taxed enough, compared to other industrialized nations. and a look at a website that focuses on the african american community. with your calls, tweets, and e- mails, live on c-span. secretary of state hillary clinton recently concluded an 11 day trip to africa, where she visited six nations including south sudan, kenya, and south of africa. she visited the university of the western cape and talked to students about the global partnership between the united states and south africa. this 40 minute event from cape town is courtesy of the south african broadcasting corporation. >> when it was suggested that i deliver a speech in south africa, and we ask the south

as sabc. >> when it was suggested that i deliver a speech in south africa, and we ask the south african embassy in washington, there was only one answer. the university of the western cape. [applause] of course, it is in most fitting institution, despite the ambassador's prejudiced. because this distinguished, diverse, and story university has played such an important role in berthing a new south africa. at a time when apartheid was deeply entrenched, the faculty and staff of western state took a great stand against division. over the years, they were in the vanguard in the struggle for justice, even giving thought to a new constitution. it is only appropriate that this university and in this area of south africa which has known both the despair of apartheid and the birth of new freedom, was once called it the cape of storm before became the cape of good hope. i first came to south ever cut in 1994 for the inauguration of of course, a great leader and a hero to many, including myself. i sat at the inauguration and watched as jets from the south african defense force streaked across the

as the commodore of the south beach marina yacht club, i thank you for managing in south beach harbor. as you referred, it is very important for residents of san francisco. it is their single most importance, if not only, recreational opportunity. in many ways, this represents the best and highest user ++thes a key role in accessibility and affordability for access to the waterfront. it is a key to the conversation we have been having with stakeholders and with sports staff. we generate about $100,000 of revenue for the port of san francisco and the city in taxes and rental fees we pay. we make it possible for the bay area association to give sailors a place to meet and get on the water, as well as turn in four events and other programs. our racing programs and other things get hundreds of people on the water every month. it is a way to enjoy and access the water and provide direct support to the harbor. there are a couple of things you have heard already. i do not need to drill into the affordability items to a great sense -- to a great extent. there is cost parity with the san franc

the future of south africa. you, the young generation, are called not just to preserve the legacy of liberty that has been left to you by other courageous men and women, you are called to build on that one guess the. to insure that your country fulfills its own promise and takes its place as a leader among nations and as a force for pistes, opportunity, the quality and democracy and to stand up always free human-rights at home and around the world. this is a journey that my own country knows well. although america and south africa are certainly different nations with different histories we have a deep and abiding connection. like you americans know what it takes to begin healing the woundss of oppression and discrimination. we have had leaders and the archbishop quoted one. our first president, george washington but also sojourners truth and martin luther king and so many others who both inspired us and challenge us to live up to our values. to keep faith with the ideals set forth and enunciated at our beginning

it could negatively affect japan/south korea relations. nhk surveyed 1,639 people aged 20 or over from friday to sunday. three-fourths said they're worried about the visit's impact. about one-fifth id they are unconcerned. on a different question about the diet's recent enactment of bills to raise the consumption tax and reform social security, 48% of the respondents said they approve. the same proportion expressed disapproval. the support rate for prime minister yoshihiko noda and his cabinet stood at 28%, up 1 point from last month. the disapproval rate stayed at 56%. >> u.s internegianooe cutting 4,000 jobs at his recently acquired subsidiary motorola mobility. that's 20% of all staff at the telecom's equipmentmaker. google officials made the announcement on monday in a document submitted to the u.s. securities and exchange commission. google will also restructure one-third of motorola locations worldwide by closing or merging around 30 facilities. google says the payroll cut is aimed at refocussing the company on more profitable smartp

south korea controls the islets and calls them dokdo. no da's letter asks for both sides to settle the dispute peacefully and in accordance with international law. his government wants to bring the issue before the international court of justice. but the south korean government refused to accept the letter. officials there sent it back to japan's foreign ministry by registered mail. no da is planning to talk about the territorial issue later on friday. he's also expected to speak about a group of islands in the east china sea. japan controls the territory and calls it senkaku. china and taiwan claim the islands as their own. >>> the territorial dispute is just one issue creating friction between japan and south korea. lee myung bak's comments about the japanese emperor are causing a stir. the president said emperor akihito should offer a heartfelt apology to koreans who died fighting for independence from japan before he visits south korea. senior south korean official says the japanese government is overreacting. the official argues lee

so did south korean's return of noda's letter to lee. many here agree that it was outside the norms of diplomatic protocol. noda's administration finds himself less and less popular and more vulnerable to criticism. i think noda doesn't want to be seen as weak-kneed in his actions. >> where do things go from here? >> yes, japanese and korean officials have postponed a number of scheduled meetings. apec members will meet next month in russia. that would prevent diplomats on both sides with an opportunity to discuss these issues. but officials from japan's foreign ministry say under current circumstances, such a meeting would only lead to arguments. >> prime minister noda also explained japan's position on the senkaku islands. earlier this month, activists from hong kong landed on one of the islands. the senkakus are uninhabited islets in the south china sea. noda says china started to lay claim to islands after the 1970s when the possibility of oil deposits was raised. he says the senkaku are an integral part of japan, both historically a

i have the votes at south t beach harbor. -- i have a boat and south beach harbor. i do hear there is some concern that this is a harbor in san francisco. it is owned by all the people of california. we should not even considered that as an issue. as far as residency. early on, when it was apparent that the port was going to inherent this, i talk to jim morale is, who was the counsel for the redevelopment agency in an attempt to get the current mailing list so that the tenants could be notified that things are happening. jim was going to do that and then it became part of the city and therefore have different rules for getting information. made a public records request, tried to talk to jim walter into speaking me a list. that did not work. it is so important that we have come up 500 + tenants. some people have fleets and so forth. the people do not know what is going on. it is going to fall back on the port. it is not going to fall back on any but -- anyone but the port. this does have to go to the board of supervisors eventually. i really cannot plead with you eno

he was to hold talks with his south korean counterpart. >> translator: the south korean president's recent moves are very disrespectful, and the japanese people are deeply offended. >> azumi then said he has to take all matters into consideration whether discussing an expansion of a foreign exchange arrangement. a currency agreement was set up between the japanese and south korean governments back in 2005. the most recent arrangements were expanded last year to prevent a fall in the south korean currency. it was made between the leaders of the two countries. azumi's comment indicates that the expanded portion of the foreign currency swap could end before it expires at the end of october. a professor that's an expert on korean affairs at the university of tokyo spoke with sherri ann. >> japan has not appealed to the international court of justice since a treaty to normalize ties with south korea in 1955. what drove the government to go to the court now? >> japan has long sought it to resolve this issue through the international court, however, they have refrained from doing so because they

so did south korean's return of noda's letter to lee. many here agree that it was outside the norms of diplomatic protocol. noda's administration finds himself less and less popular and more vulnerable to criticism. i think noda doesn't want to be seen as weak-kneed in his reactions. >> where do things go from here? >> yes, japanese and south korean officials have postponed a number of scheduled meetings. apec members will meet next month in brad slav, russia. that would prevent diplomats on both sides with an opportunity to discuss these issues. but officials from japan's foreign ministry say under current circumstances, such a meeting would only lead to arguments. >> prime minister noda also explained japan's position on the senkaku islands. earlier this month, activists from hong kong landed on one of the islands. the senkakus are uninhabited islets in the east china sea. they're under china's control but claimed by japan. noda says china started to lay claim to islands after the 1970s when the possibility of oil deposits was raised.

krugersdorp south africa. all right a top car lake is recalling more defective models and daniel is here in the business with details hello ed and. ross the issues with twenty ten lexus is force produced from two thousand and six to last year it means the wrist suspension could fall off on the u.s. because this is the latest setback for once again became world's top auto manufacturer this year in june it suffered a truck the accelerator pedal recall as well as a major recall in two thousand noyon which led to losing the global top spot to general motors. tota shares are continuing to grow in tokyo they're off to reporting upbeat sales hang things losing the first day in six markets closed mixed home wins deal news russia was one of few major economies to see manufacturing growth last month the eurozone change this hour trading higher against the greenback that's wednesday's ruble rates there they open in thirty minutes time and the economist is probably just this year's big macindex a way to value currencies b

it has been raining in south korea over the past 24 hours. the rainfall total could reach 400 millimeters as we head into tomorrow. northern japan is expecting to see an additional 100 millimeters or more than 100 millimeters over the next 24 hours. flooding and landslides are highly likely across these regions, and tomorrow, as i said, things will turn a ltle bit drier, but ample moisture will continue to flow in so unstable weather will continue into tomorrow. down towards the south yesterday the tropical storm made landfall in luzon and produced drenching rain and gusty wind. it's upgratded into a severe tropical storm and located over the south china sea. it looks like it will head grudon province. once it makes landfall it will quicy weaken and headed for northern vietnam. in terms of rainfall, about 200 to 250 millimeters is likely to hit the province from tomorrow. so very heavy rain is in the cars here, and winds could exceed 90 kilometers per hour. very stormy conditions are in the forecast from tomorrow. we'll keep you posted on thi

down toward the south. very hot. very dry. temperatures are getting up to 39 degrees in madrid on your friday. we are expecting it to become 40 degrees as we head into your saturday. here is the extended forecast. >>> here is a recap of the top stories. japanese prime minister, sat down with a couple of his ministers today to work through some thorny, use of foreign policy. japan is locked in territorial disputes with its neighbors. ministers decided to deport a group of activists and journalists from hong kong. authorities arrested 14 people on wednesday after they illegally entered japanese territory, the senkaku islands. china, taiwan both claim the islands as their own. the japanese prime minister met with several of his ministers. then confirmed their decision. chief cabinet secretary, fujimora said the activists are now with the immigration authorities and will soon be deported. japanese government officials made a similar decision in 2004 when they deported chinese activists who landed on the senkakus. the prime ministe

he was to hold talks with his south korean counterpart. >> translator: south korean president bak's recent moving are very disrespectful. the japanese people are deeply offended. >> azumi said he has to take all matters into consideration when discussing an expansion of a foreign exchange arrangement. a currency arrangement was set up back in 2005. the most recent arrangements were expanded last year to prevent a fall in the south korean currency. the agreement was made between the leaders of the two countries. azumi's comment indicates that the expanded portion of the foreign currency swap could end before it expires at the end of october. a south korean foreign ministry spokesperson has dismissed the proposal to send it to the international court of justice. >> translator: the islands are unekwifl cali our territory. there is no territorial dispute. the proposal is obviously not worthy of consideration. >> cho stressed south korea will take stern measures against any provocation by japan. a professor is an expert on korean affair at the university of tokyo. earlier he spoke with nhk worl

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drivers in the south bay should expect to see some traffic delays in south san jose this weekend. monterey road will be closed in both directions at blossom hill road beginning at 10:00 tonight. the closure is to allow cranes to be put in place as construction continues on the blossom hill road pedestrian bridge. that's set to open next month. traffic lights and street signals will be affected and various side streets will be closed as well. the road is expected to reopen in time for the morning commute on monday. >>> meantime in the north bay and san francisco, be warned, road construction will cause some serious traffic headaches this weekend for both muni riders and drivers. muni will be replacing part of its track on duboce avenue at church and western streets. the result, northbound lanes will be closed on church street near market. southbound traffic lanes will remain open, but the j church line will only operate between balboa park and market streets. things, they're hoping, to expect to normal in time for that big morning commute on monday. >>> before we think about monday

generally washington south and east, north of annapolis and working on 97 to glen burnie and south here into parts of prince georges county, southern anne arundel county, dun work, you're not done yet. and all of this is lifting to the north and east, and to the frontal boundary at 35 miles an hour and some other places here in the heart of washington, and call from the potomac in the past 15 minutes and into georgetown. northeast washington, you will see some showers and can you see that getting going here and into northeast washington. another shower there to the south. right across the potomac. we will have some showers here in washington, points outing andest -- south and east and the next few hours. things will start to quiet down and this is what is going o thank you. the cold front is coming through. cooler and drier air on the horizon. once i show you the dew points, they're falling. the less humidity and cooler temperatures later tonight and along the frontal boundary, lots of showers and storms and not a great looking day at the beaches. i don't think that tomorrow is a great

south korean officials attended sun di's unveilinger is menny on takashima. the government commissioned the monument. it is engraved with the name on the front and republic of korea on rear based on the handwriting. >> the islands belong to south korea from a historical standpoint. geography and international law. erecting a monument on the islands is no different than doing so on the korean peninsula. >> he became the first south korean president to visit takashima on the 10th. the government has proposed filing a joint request with south crkorea to peacefully resolve the dispute. >> a presidential election will take lace place in south korea in december. in preparation members of the governing party voted to choose their candidate on sunday. the party is scheduled to hold a national convention on monday to announce the winner. the result will be based o on sunday's vote and opinion polls conducted by the party. a south korean president is elected to a single five-year term with no possibility of seeking reelection. five candidates are in the primary race. t

the front is to our south. isolated storms tonight primarily south of town. grab your shades tomorrow, a pretty respectable day tomorrow. hot by thursday and scattered storms again tuesday, wednesday, thursday with an increasing chance as we go through the week. for tonight early thunderstorm possible, some heavy, more south. otherwise partly cloudy and mild, lows 66 to 74, wind east, southeast at 10. by morning partly cloudy and warm, 70s and 80s, air quality code yellow, moderate air quality about, as good as it gets in summer where we get a real good cold front. by afternoon partly cloudy, warm, isolated storms, high temperatures near 90. winds pick up a little bit becoming breezy in the afternoon, southwest at 10 to 15. we'll break it down. to start 66 to 76 mild, 82 to 86 by noon and then maybe an afternoon storm by evening, temperatures 86 to about 90. next three days we'll keep it code green tuesday, code yellow and again yellow wednesday and thursday. 89 tuesday, a few storms, 90 wednesday, a little better chance of storms, hot with a better chance. s

top south africa. traders are rushing to their facebook accounts daniel is here with the business so why is that daniel tell us not well fifty billion dollars has been wiped of the value of facebook shares since their embarrassing listing last may the firm low earnings estimates from many ordinary people who love the site so much they bought shares for the first time then on its first day on the nasdaq a malfunction stock trading three top executives have now left the company and the sister of co-founder mogs now works for bitter rival google. lympics organizers are feeling the heat for vast cost overruns is fueling further resentment among taxpayers of the news the host countries recession has deepened ortiz laura smith has the story. there's no doubt the lympics have been more expensive than it was first thought even officially the budget quadrupled and some reports say it's increased by as much as ten times from three point eight billion dollars to thirty eight billion and where has that money gone

krugersdorp south africa. exiled for america's economy one of its biggest creditor wants out daniel is here at our business desk with this story daniel over to china is fed up with the returns from buying u.s. government the u.s. economy is in such bad shape the yields on so-called ten year forms have hit historic lows less than two percent beijing's now or in more attractive markets for its three trillion dollar national reserve fund with australia being mentioned as a largely target. let's check markets because the euro is flat against the greenback because traders are just the european central bank decision to take no major moves on the crisis russia is fairly flat in the opening minutes as well for paul show yesterday tracking global losses japan's electronic exporters are in trouble over weak sales shop plunged an oil watering twenty eight percent this morning and the lympics organizers a feeling the heat for cost overruns is fueling public anger off the news that britain's recession has deepened ortiz lo

anna jung, nhk world, south korea. >>> nhk world's kengo komomoto is also covering south korea's upcoming election. he spoke earlier with shery ahn. >> what more can you tell us about park geun-hye. >> park is popular in south korea, much more popular than any rivals within the party. this result was expected. she has achieved much more politically than any other candidate. park is a daughter of south korea's late president. he led the country's economic boom in the 1960s and '70s. he was assassinated in 1979. his daughter is 60. she husbaused her theme to beco full term member of parliament. an opinion poll before the party's vote suggested that she would be the favorite in the presidential race if she ran. >> now that park is in the race, do we know who she will be running against? >> the opposition parties have not selected their nominees yet. members of the main opposition democratic united party picked five finalists in july. they will choose their presidential nominee at a convention in september. >> so, kengo, which party do you think has a better chance of winning the election? >>

most of the action is down to the south because a front has pushed south through the area and is keeping the storms, often can be 50, 100 miles ahead of that main funnel boundary. even south of virginia beach, even though we did have some rain towards virginia. 76 near bwi, 85% humidity and bare metric pressure is beginning to fall just a little bit. on the whole, it was dry but cloudy with a lot of haze out there. going down, though, between some fairly decent cloud cover. it was hazy and gray on the beach today. this was not the hot sunny weather of the week that we got to enjoy down there. always a little bright whether they ramp up those lights. no rain really and temperatures now warm but not overly oppressive. we're still 80, which is a little steamy this hour. dewpoint is around 70. the showers have been pushed south. the drier has not arrived in our state. in fact it feels almost 90 because of the humidity. to the south, that's where the most active part is. we think this will remain stalled and reteat back north as we go into wednesday. so there's a better chance wednesday of mi

south korean forces run regular drills. claimed the takeshi ma islands and have complained since bak visited earlier this month. south korea has controlled the area since 1954. twice a year, military personnel stage exercises there along with police. they're scheduled to start their next drill in one week. navy destroyers and submarines will take part in the exercises. dozens of marines are scheduled to land by helicopter. touched off a series of complaints on both sides. still south korean foreign affairs says the military should go ahead with the exercises. >>> chinese officials say they're pressing ahead with their investigation into a diplomatic incident on the streets of beijing. chinese foreign ministry officials say several government departments are taking part in the investigation. embassy officials want those involved to be arrested immediately. but they say police have not provided them with any updates on the status of the investigation. embassy staff already submitted photos of the vehicles and one of the men i

this low-pressure system is bringing ample moisture from the south. this its, which was once, typhoon tembin. getting dry across much of the korean peninsula after days of drenching rain. and out towards the west. line of the thundershowers will form over inland china. eastern regions, and upwards of 250 millimeters of ran over 24 hours. more heavy rain will be coming down on your sunday. down towards the south t. torrential rain is ongoing across the peninsula. all right, heading into the america's then, tropical depression isaac continues to weaken. still bringing stormy conditions across the lower mississippi valley. actually, six tornados were reported. in alabama and mississippi. on a weakening track. heavy rain is still continuing. it looks like more than 100 millimeters is possible across missouri -- missouri -- arkansas as well as indiana, over the next 72 hours or so. eastern, missouri may be seeing more than 150 millimeters which is quite a lot for this region. but it's quite a beneficial rain. because it has been on the dry side the past se

mcdonnell: south beach, rincon hill. any additions? >> there was a public submission about this was the reason for the line. >> there is no publicly- submitted neighborhood boundaries for yerba buena. there is not a boundary from planned neighborhoods. mr. pilpel: i think this is referring to treasure island and yerba buena island, not yerba buena center. >> they are recommending it as a neighborhood based on public testimony, as i recall. mr. mcdonnell: the proposal is to list yerba buena. >> maybe it was one of the colored maps. mr. mcdonnell: then we will not list it. any objection? mr. pilpel: i would separate them, but i don't care that strongly. mr. mcdonnell: any objection to adding central waterfront? >> i thought it was part of the dog patch. mr. mcdonnell: we will not add. moving -- we are not moving. >> did i hear this call likely from the consultants that there is no neighborhood called yerba buena? >> not a publicly submitted neighborhood. >> it seems to me it is common knowledge where it is. mr. mcdonnell: we agreed to er

storms staying south frontal boundary stays south partly cloudy at times. it shifts back north on wednesday. we think pop-up showers and storms by wednesday but tomorrow does look dry. all right. let's check the tropical satellite. tropical storm ernesto a large system that encompasses the middle two thirds of the caribbean sea. we have honduras and belize south of mexico. that's where we think ernesto will head next, landing between belize and coastal mexico south of cancun and crossing the bay of cam peach which i over into -- campeche. it will be 88, sun and clouds, muggy, a stray shower, the better chance will be wednesday evening. the 70s r--- seven-day forecast bearing that out. we're looking good. the weekend mid-80s, partly cloudy. >> not bad. keep it that way. don't touch a thing. >>> we had 20,000 at m&t bank stadium and a sun drenched saturday. the ravens were off yesterday but back at work today. ravens leave for their atlanta wednesday and will play their first preseason game. kickoff is at 7:30. all right the orioles against seattle tonight. t

under neath the clouds lots of heavy rain and south winds. conditions are quite severe. the system will go to the east. so the northwestern balkan peninsula will turn quite well in the next 24 hours. out west looking dry at this moment, but the next sum is on its way. northern british ilels so ryan and wet weather will return. >> finally look like at your temperatures. been. cooling down to 18 degrees in london, 20 degrees in paris. despite the sunch temperatures remain on the cool side with a high of 14 degrees on your friday. here's your extended forecast. >>> police in beijing have spent the week takes calls and making inquiries about an unusual incident. they cut off the car earlier this week. a man ripped the flag off the hood. police have identified all the suspects. chinese foreign ministry officials notify the staff in beijing. embassy officials say they were told police have not arrested anyone yet. the officials inform their contacts at the ministry that they want it to keep in close contact. the embassy staff wait to hear about developments in the investigatio

we have some rain moving south of the city and i think it will stay south of baltimore. down across the lower eastern shore counties, you guys will see some heavy rain for a while. a good dose of rain to start the day. sprinkles expected around baltimore. we could see a few scattered thunderstorms develop. take an umbrella with you. high temperature of 87 degrees. we will check the seven-day forecast coming up in just a few minutes >> when you are trying to drop a few pounds, a weight-loss program is probably a good idea. >> 43% of people quit their weight-loss program early. patients who have gone through weight-loss surgery are more likely to complete the program. they may be more committed to shedding pounds. >> it seems it coming to work sick could make you more prone to injury. workers with access to paid sick leave are 20% less likely to get hurt on the job. sick employees that continue to work may be fatigue and that to put them at an increased risk for injury. >> and offensive explosion at yankee stadium. >> ava marie continuing my journey through the olympic spo

we have one carrier left in the south pacific. fortunately, the japanese, it takes a tremendous amount of planning and a tremendous amount of resource management to make a push, essentially the japanese are making. they've got to marshal the troops to transport them the fuel. they've got to get the combat shaping together, the air support. basically what emerges is the japanese are able to make a push against guadalcanal, really wants every three to four weeks. and so there's this period of regrouping and recapturing as both sides lick their wounds and plan for the next thing. santa cruz, long story short, launched the first major japanese attempt to take guadalcanal back from the american site. the next one comes in november. now, admiral scott, because the cascading effects of the gore release, the brilliant and aggressive admiral scott is no longer in command. the japanese come knocking again in november. command of task force 64, soon to become 67, default to gormley's chief of staff, captain, now rear admiral callahan, wasn't

south korea controls the islets which are claimed by japan. they're called takeshima in japan and dokdkdo inouth korea. in the letter noda says japan proposes that the two countries resolve the matter peacefully according to international law. he urged south korea to act cautiously with a broad view of bilateral relations. a south korean government official told nhk that the letter has got the facts wrong. south korean media have reported that the government is not happy with japan calling the territory by its japanese name. asked about south korea's decision to return his letter, noda only said he learned about it in the news and didn't have further knowledge of the matter. japanese foreign minister koichiro gemba called lee myung-bak's recent visit to the islets an illegal landing. >> translator: the visit was extremely regrettable. i would say it was an illegal landing. >> gemba also used the word "illegal" to describe south korea's occupation of the islets. the reference is the strongest expression ever used by the democrat-led government.

across the bay there and farther to the south and this afternoon,y saw tornado warnings and south of rich mand and that is -- richmond, that is calming down. the majority of the storms would be south and east of the area and that is a cold front coming through and that will dry us up a bit. take away the humidity and that will allow lows overnight tonight and if you're fairly comfortable. sunny and warm tomorrow, not too humid. the dew points, talk about that a lot. and they will be in the low 50s tomorrow. and any time you couple low 50s dew points with sunshine, it's really, really comfortable. i think that is the case for tomorrow. at this point, the weekend is still looking cooler. nice refreshing air mass coming down out of canada and you're going like that into saturday and sunday. so you know, next week, the last three or four -- first three or four days, look to be unusually cool. future cast, this is tomorrow morning. we wake up, lots of sunshine and high pressure is on top of us and that will school scott off tomorrow and it will open the door for the next front. this is fr

along the peninsula and to the south bay where we saw construction on 85 south of 280, heading down through the area into cupertino. the light volume of traffic for 101 around the 680 interchange, south bay mostly clear. we'll show you some of the slow spots coming up. >> we begin with breaking news out of london. a decision is due any minute now in the political asylum request of julian assange. we learned in the process of it all britain has threatened to raid ecuador's embassy in london if he is not handed over to authorities. an hour or so ago several police were seen entering the embassy but still no word on why they are there. asang is seeking political asylum in ecuador. he is wanted in sweden on sex crimes and britain's top court ordered his extradition to the country to face his alleged crimes. assange says it's part of ploy to extradite him to the united states to face charges related to the thousands of hacks his organization released. again, a decision expected any moment. we'll bring that to you live as it happens. >> a somber reminder how long morgan hill teenager sear air ra

farther towards the north, we have a cold front pushing south. this is bringing severe weather across the ohio valley. gusty winds and frequent lightning for you, as well. behind it, at least cooler temperatures way off to the north, south of that front, oklahoma city at 38. even phoenix up to 45 here on your wednesday. now in europe, meandering jet stream has been the topic here towards the west of the jet stream, hot temperatures here across much of the spain, madrid, looking at a high of 40. off towards the east of this, much cooler, more unstable. berlin only up towards 20 here on your thursday. further to the west, 40, lisbon at 44. london, partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the mid to low 20s throughout the remainder of your week. that's a look at your world forecast. >> robert speta, thanks, from all of us here at nhk world, thanks very much for joining us. have a great day wherever you are.

best chance will be south. 90 tomorrow. could be a shower south. a couple of isolated storms wednesday and thursday in the afternoon. high around 90. cooler by the weekend. >>> we've got a new problem northbound the george washington parkway near 123 heading up from spout run near 123 for the crash along the right side. checking out the right on the outer loop, though, leaving college park through silver spring. the worst of the ride is getting past the work zone near university boulevard. northbound on 95 delays have eased up out of woodbridge. we'll find heavier volume as you try to make your way in. east on 66 cleaverred out through ma fan -- cleared out through manassas into centreville. >>> cbs this morning is next with the latest on the shooting in wisconsin. and also rover on mars. >>> i'll be back in 25 minutes with a live update on weather. don't forget wusa9.com. see you later.

top south africa. organizers of the olympics are feeling the heat for vast cost overruns daniels' at our business desk now what's the story there go the yearly as is fueling public anger of the latest figures show britain still more in recession or two slower smith reports now from london. there's no doubt the lympics have been more expensive than it was first thoughts even officially the budget quadrupled and some reports say it's increased by as much as ten times from three point eight billion dollars to thirty eight billion and where has that money gone one point six billion on security first starts but much of it is going into building the olympic park including the eight hundred fifty million dollars stadium itself the aquatic center four hundred twenty six million three hundred and sixty six million dollars fellow drone and that's where the word legacy comes in where the government hopes the billions spent will carry on paying dividends off to the athletes have gone home and the stadium itself is

a little bit of sunshine at times, across the south, that is where the front is stalled and a couple thunderstorms again today, trying to move farther south but with its close proximity this is what we will see today. more on that in just a moment look at thunderstorms around cambridge, east and denton at this point. the beach is not the best of beach days once again. as far as temperatures go, 84 degrees baltimore, 78 down at the ocean and 70s out in the mountains, we will get warmer this afternoon, but, we do have something else to talk about, for more on that here is marty. >> thank you very much. good afternoon, let's go down to the west earn gulf of mexico, tropical storm earnesto which is going to have a bit of an impact on the vacation spots near the yucatan. cozumel, cancun in there, indeed, this storm will come ashore potentially as a cat one hurricane and it will all be over but the shouting by saturday morning clear outs are rather quick behind tropical systems like this. what is left is clean up and to be quite honest about it, those resorts, i mean let's face it we are c

we have them east and south of annapolis. a couple of light wins still coming through annapolis and the heaviest on the eastern shore as you head toward chestertown, that way. 81 in annapolis with the humidity. 73 in culpeper. leesburg 72. again, there are some spotty showers out there with your highs this afternoon a little bit below average. average is 88. we'll be in the mid- to upper 80s as opposed to mid- to upper 90s. we'll take that. it's 5:00 a.m. monika is off but beverly farmer is in with timesaver traffic. >>> not a lot to tell you about which is good news. there had been a crash in the overnight hours on beach drive north of the sue tunnel and rock creek park. that should be out of your way according to the u.s. park police. that's good news heading into the district. around town no early troubles to tell you about. on the beltway, through virginia, maryland. incident free. this is the beltway south of route 50 in maryland coming up through landover on the right side of the screen is the outer loop heading into co

. >> commissioners, i have been a partner in a sailboat at south beach harbor for seven years. under the proposed parking plan, my partner will get a free parking pass he will never use because he does not use the boat. i will have to pay $600 for a special parking permit unless my partners pass is transferable. i would like to say this about other partnerships. there are many partnerships and this marina. some consisting of three or four families. they take a weekend of the month to enjoy these waters. the well-being of these diminished partners is not protected by the port's parking proposal. unless the single permits can be transferred among the minor partners, to use the boat. south beach marina -- there are 670 holders. there is approximately 406 hundred minor partners. we're talking about a community of 10001100 people at that are not represented -- 1100 people that are not represented by the advocates of south beach harbor, which is an organization that represents 150 people. proper notice has not been given to the community at large. i am asking what everybody else is a

between south korea and japan fell apart because of popular opposition in in south korea. india is not really going there way too much china and so forth to the south china sea is the one area where they have all the advantages they have missed real contest between saving the the various countries in the region so it's sort of a heaven sent gift if you want to. if you want to build up alliances if you want to keep the chinese off of. what we say. well you know countries may agree and disagree on certain issues by business is business and with china and the us being the world's a largest trade partners how far do you think will the united states go in pushing its own agenda in the region that is a big question that is the sixty four billion dollar question nobody really knows the answer is a lot of discussion in the american best chinese best trained best set exaggerate about that we don't really know but if you look back to the the outbreak of the first floor and there again we had all these tires that tween germany and the other european powers. family ties to natural tie

top south africa. business is next on our team so dimitri everyone's talking is day is mainly about the olympics how about the business side of the event does it actually generate profit or you know actually many cities of come to regret having hosted the olympics because well it doesn't necessarily generate profit when it comes to love and already under fire for growing costs and that given an economy which is in a double dip recession is a report from laura smith. there's no doubt they lympics have been more expensive than it was first thoughts even officially the budget quote drew polls and some reports say it's increased by as much as ten times from three point eight billion dollars to thirty eight billion and where has that money gone one point six billion on security first dogs but much of it is going into building the olympic park including the eight hundred fifty million dollars stadium itself they're quite extensive four hundred twenty six million and the hundred and sixty six million dollars.