of the barbarians of the pacific. this language i find quite stunning. i made a bold face and put it in the red becausinto red because t struck me in the initial reading. these words are daggers if you will. with respect from the allied commandercommanders like his pre correspondence you might expect fdr to be a little salty with one of the principal army commanders, but certainly in the official press communiquÉ you wouldn't expect the barbarians of the pacific but it's my sense that the revelations of saipan triggered the willingness to see the enemy in this way. i don't believe that america fought this war as they race for. i think the reaction to the fighting led to the frontline to see the dehumanizing dynamic coming into play. i think japan did conceive of its war in part as a pushback against western colonialism. we can get into this later if you want. but there were no specific elements in the japanese notion and you see the way that this inflicted itself upon asia as having this element and then the wholesal

of the pacific. this language i find kind of stunning. it certainly i made a bold face and put it in red because that's how it struck me in the initial reading, these words, these words are daggers, if you will. they are very out of phase with what you would expect from allied commanders. i guess in private correspondence you might expect that the are to be a little salty with one of his principal army commanders, but an official press can mitigate you wouldn't expect use correlation such as the barbarians of the pacific. it's by since the revelations of saipan triggered this willingness to see the enemy in this way. i don't believe that america fought this war as a race war. i think the reaction to the nature of the fighting led kind on come at the frontline juicy dehumanizing dynamic coming into play. i think japan did conceive of the war, in part as a pushback against western colonialism. we can get into this later if you want i suppose in the q&a but there were specific elements of a race war in

this will be the fleet that really wins the wen pacific campaign -- the western pacific campaign. and so it's at saipan that turner arrives in the summer of 1944, june 15th. now, mind you, it's been nine day since the landings in normandy. almost simultaneous with this, we've got this absolutely massive operation in the central pacific. it's always overshadowed by d-day, the normandy landings. d-day on saipan, june 15, 1944, saw two divisions of the united states marine corps go ashore on the southwestern beach of saipan, the 27th infantry. as i indicated, saipan is sort of a rubicon, because it's here, these islands, the marianas, are essentially south of tokyo. they're right along the 145th line of meridian, tokyo's 140. this provokes japan to a massive counterstrike, and the fight for the island itself is seen eventually as a preview of what awaits us further to the west, particularly with regard to home landings on japan. what we have on saipan for the first time anywhere in the pacific is not only craggy terrain, fairly large land mass, 46 square miles, we've got a 1500 foot

the pacific. the japanese capital, administrative capital is the the side of some fairly intense combat. so, that invasion takes place june 15 and almost immediately the japanese contest. thr admiral brings the entire combined fleets and the americans meet him in what becomes the battle of the philippine sea. it's kind of a test case of spruance's leadership style. that becomes controversial the fact that spruance never gets his carrier commander's license rome west and seek battle over the japanese fleet. yokes them close to the island, so they stand, 15 carriers stay kind of quest of lawn in recovery position because spruance realizes the strategic objective is the island themselves in the air admiral cannot wait to reckon with the japanese plea, get a hold of the carrier and set them to the bottom, but spruance has this mission in mind have three divisions of spruce. the consequences of holding the island will become strategically vital, so he kind of throws the leash around nature and clark an

the trans—pacific the rest of the world. the tra ns—pacific partnership is the rest of the world. the trans—pacific partnership is a major trade arrangement with countries in the pacific rim. now, mr trump has said he will pull out of the deal negotiated by the obama administration. he says it would have damaged us manufacturing and jobs. the bbc‘s north america editor jon sopel has the details. we've been talking about this for a long time. oh the power of the pen. these are executive orders signed by the president as he starts his first week in thejob. from now on america will have nothing to do with the pacific trade deal. another order sets in trade plans to renegotiate the nafta agreement with mexico and canada. a far more complex undertaking. and there's to be a freeze on recruitment forfederaljobs. one other executive order particularly eye—catching that was signed today is that aid agencies in receipt of us government funds will now no longer be able to offer abortions or advice on abortions in their fieldwork around the world. now, this has been a political football

norfolk, virginia, across the length of the atlantic, the indian ocean, and entering the pacific from the west. she participated in covering the evacuation of some chinese islands in a dispute between the taiwanese and the communist chinese, and then proceeded to the west coast of the united states to undergo the first of her many transformations to keep pace with the developments of naval aviation. in this case, she got an angle deck installed and some steam catapults to allow her to operate jet aircraft more effectively than she did with her original straight deck arrangement. after this rebuild she made numerous deployments to the western pacific all the way up until 1965 when she was in at the beginning of america's involvement in the vietnam war and made one combat deployment in 1965. in fact, her very first combat deployment occurred when she was already 20 years old and her air group was notable in making the first mig shootdown of the entire conflict. she even had some mig kills credited to old propeller driven sky raider attack aircraft bounced by vietnamese mig's. she then m

from the tra ns—pacific executive order, withdrawing the us from the trans—pacific partnership, a trade deal with asia which he had called harmful to american workers. thank you very much. that report from michelle fleury in new york. some countries involved in the trans—pacific some countries involved in the tra ns—pacific partnership such some countries involved in the trans—pacific partnership such as new zealand are vowing to push ahead. the japanese are still trying to convince the americans of its significant. but rising protectionism in the us is something people are going to have to get used to according to person. is this the direct impact through those companies with large export volumes to the us? there is the impact of his policies, inflationary, that will lead to a strong us dollar and rate hikes potentially. that has not been a great environment for emerging markets in asia. any particular industries that could be impacted more compared to others? the industries that have full operations outside the us will be more impacted than those inside. korean car makers for ex

atlantic ocean entering the pacific from the west. in coveringated evacuation of some chinese islands in a dispute between the taiwanese and the communist chinese, and then proceeded to be west coast of the united states to undergo the first of her many transformations to keep pace with naval innovation. she had a naval deck installed .nd steam catapults after this rebuild, she made numerous climates as part of the pacific fleet all the way up to 1965, when she was at the beginning of american involvement in the vietnam war and they had one combat deployment in 1965. in fact, her very first combat deployment occurred when she was already 20 years old and her air group was notable in making the mig shootdown. she was involved in a very hectic air campaign over north vietnam. that was the rest of 1972. in fact, midway also has the distinction of making the very shootdown of the entire vietnam war in january 1973 just before the paris peace accords went into effect. the midway actually has the distinction of making the very first and ver

and the trans—pacific partnership was a key pa rt the trans—pacific partnership was a key part of it. now that the next president will kill it, what legacy does he leave behind? it was supposed to be the cornerstone of strategic engagement in asia. the trans—pacific strategic engagement in asia. the tra ns—pacific partnership was strategic engagement in asia. the trans—pacific partnership was one of the key non—military aspects of asia for0bama. it the key non—military aspects of asia for obama. it leaves a gaping void in us engagement in the asia—pacific. with donald trump looking like does not have a rival initiative, china will look to push its leadership role. i think free trade has a good chance of being pushed on business opportunities. could this actually backfire for donald trump's make america great again initiative? it is a great opportunity for china. they cannot believe their luck that the trans—pacific believe their luck that the tra ns—pacific partnership has believe their luck that the trans—pacific partnership has been ditched by donald trump. i thin

is his move to withdraw the us from the trans—pacific partnership. tpp as it's also known is the huge trade deal negotiated under mr trump's predesessor ba rack 0bama. it was a deal between 12 nations in the pacific area and was set to cover 40% of the world's economic output. the painstaking negotiations were led by obama and took seven years to complete. it was generally seen as a way to cement relations in the area before china could get a foot in. significantly china was not part of the negotiations. the 12 countries signed up to tpp in february of last year but mr obama couldn't get it ratified by the republican held us congress. president trump now wants to negotiate trade deals on a country—to—country basis with a 30 day cancellation clause in case somebody misbehaves. we've been talking about this for a long time. thank you. 0k. great thing for the american worker, what we just great thing for the american worker, what wejust did. there you have it! that was the moment. with me is kate andrews from the news editor of the institute of econ

the trans—pacific partnership. a symbolic gesture given that the deal negotiated by the obama administration had yet to receive congressional approval. great thing for the american worker what we just did. but it was nonetheless a reinforcement of the president's campaign trail commitment to put americanjobs first. campaign trail commitment to put american jobs first. the 12 campaign trail commitment to put americanjobs first. the 12 nation tpp, which does not include china, was seen as tpp, which does not include china, was seen as a curb on tpp, which does not include china, was seen as a curb on chinese influence in the region. america's withdrawal may therefore have the effect of distancing the us from its asian allies but mr trump believes the future lies in one—on—one trade deals with individual countries as a means of achieving turns more favourable to the us. the white house press secretary sean spicer. this executive action ushers in a new iraq of us trade policy in which the trump administration will

>> the spaniards were abscessed with the pacific -- obsessed with the pacific. the pacific was going to come down into northern new mexico and they believe there might be a river that would flow westward into the sea. they even gave it a name. they wanted that pacific connection. because from the 1560s onward, they were in contact with the philippines. can you imagine the heroic nature of that? the one galion that would come each year across the japanese current and make landfall in california. they had a sense of the unity of the pacific basin way ahead of anybody else. >> host: i can assure viewers that the book is wonderful to read. it has 16-18 gorgeous colored plates and there's not a bad sentence and it. >> thank you. >> host: who is your audience and what you think the book will accomplish? you said it is the first portion of a grand narrative. >> i wrote this book for my fellow catholics. that's why i am thrilled to have the book with ignatius press because they are a leading local catholic publisher. >> host: in san francisco. >> my other publishers are

the asia pacific rejoon. hong kong was snapping a five day winning streak. sidney ended almost flat. gains made by energy and resource shares. the shanghai composite finished down more than .5% to 3119. it closed for the third straight day on light volume. the trade data out on friday. meanwhile claiming to 9410. tech shares pushed up the index to the highest in more than 18 months. expectations in the sector lifted sentiment. japanese caves, restaurants and dissimilar businesses are protesting a move to ban indoor smoking. they say they'll petition ruling parties to reconsider the plan. >> health ministry officials want to apply the ban to all in their public paces. it will reduce the risk of smoking but they're prepared to allow designated smoking rooms that are sealed off by four walls. officials are considering penalties for managers and smokers that violate the rule. hundreds of people representing restauaurants and s spots and o businesses gather in tokyo. some say the cost of building smoking room will

launch, the first stage of the rocket landed successfully on a platform in the pacific, prompting huge applause at mission control. spacex founder and entrepreneur elon musk tweeted. .. spacex founder and entrepreneur elon musk tweeted... and an hour and 15 minutes after the launch, the mission was complete, with the iridium payload safely in orbit. it was also different last september, for one of its rockets exploded on a launch pad in florida. falcon nine was about to go through a routine engine ignition test when fire ripped through it, destroying both the rocket and a $200 million satellite it was due to carry into orbit two days later. the investigators believe the explosion was caused by a design problem with the helium pressure tanks. but, after this latest successful launch, spacex has dizzy 2017 ahead, with 27 launches planned. —— busy. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: pull the other one. why these russians definitely believe four legs are good, and two are bad. day one of operation desert storm to force the iraqis out of kuwait has seen the most intense air attack

up out in the pacific right now. that looks like it will be increasing the flood threat throughout the next seven days. let's get a check of your mie tro climate weather. you can see in the pacific, here's the moisture that is building strength all the way from hawaii, the sub tropical stream that we've seen in the past couple of months. it definitely mhas a lot of moisture. right now we're on the tail end of our latest storm, some areas of wet weather on interstate 80, down toward the south bay it's dry in san jose but low snow across mount hamilton. in terms of the next storm arriving, it looks like that's going to head through tuesday morning, going to stay wet likely into wednesday. this will put us with some snowy travel in the sierras, one to two feet of snow and the flooding threat could be increased by sunday's forecast.

on a barge moored in the pacific, nine minutes after launch. now it's time for a look back at the week in parliament.

the u.s. becomes less active and the asia-pacific, does this allow others to fill the vacuum? that throws up another question mark, which would be him cozing up to donald trump. that would promote reinforced access against a block against china. mark: it could be. we have to shore up other members of the asian alliance as well. through in some form, it will be delayed at best. there is not much support for it. part of the reason donald trump was elected is because many around the world are feeling that their jobs -- if they have jobs at all -- their incomes are not the way that was. it is because our jobs are going to china and other places. this is a big issue. somehow measures must be taken that look like they are responding to that. rishaad: we are talking about the u.s. china trade war. it is unlikely to happen. it.could get elements of what are the options ? mark: everybody is a loser. although the u.s. still is the largest economy in the world, at the same time, it has more to lose in some ways than china does. it depends a little bit on direction. look at president trum

and entering the pacific from the west. 2:00 on american history tv on c-span 3. sunday night, a journalist on ukraine's past and present amidst ongoing regional conflict as told through the stories of the ukrainian people in her book "black square." she is interviewed by columbia university professor. >> when your system of government, when your state disappears or is radically reformulated, that often leads a space of chaos. for ordinary people, especially people who do not have a lot of lead to a really unbelievable amount of stress. easterny night at 9:00 on book tv. next, as the centennial of america's april 1917 entry into world war i approaches, winston churchill historian talks about the british statesman's military career. he discusses his decision to leave parliament and joined the british army at the commanding officer. this presentation was part of a two-day symposium hosted by the national world war i museum and memorial in kansas city, missouri. >> lee pollock is the executive director and trustee of the international churchill society. he has spoken

on a barge moored in the pacific, nine minutes after launch.

on a barge moored in the pacific ocean. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: why these russians definitely believe four legs are good and two are bad when trying to get through the snow. gps are being warned they could face funding cuts if they don't keep their surgeries open for longer. the prime minister says many people are going to accident and emergency departments, who are already hard—pressed, because they can't get gp appointments. doctors say they are being made scapegoats, and have accused the government of failing to address a deepening nhs funding crisis. 0ur health correspondent robert pigott reports. hospitals have faced a winter crisis like none before. unprecedented pressure in the new year led almost half to declare a major alert, with doctors warning that patient safety was being compromised. today, the government said gps‘ surgeries were partly at fault, failing to provide the access for patients in need, forcing them into emergency departments instead. the government wants gps‘ surgeries to ope

they're going to come to the first port on the pacific ocean side. that, of course, will be san diego. let's make sure everybody knows about that. they had a world's fair. out here is the largest outdoor organ in the world, the pavilion, and there are three concerts. these are some of the buildings left over from that 1915 exposition. when you think about it, putting on a world's fair for his city that had tens of thousands and population in 1915, this took a chutzpah.t spa -- this was a big thing. this is showed what the state of california had to offer. you see this a lot of movies. there was ae," segment in there about the xanadu. the biggest monument a man has ever built to himself. .anadu was this we are crossing across the bridge here. this was the grand entranceway into that 1915 exposition. andrea: did that bring a lot of people here? ken: you did. it kind of put san diego on the map to read we did some things in our city. we changed these streets. every city worth its salt has to have a broadway. it just did a lot. changed some of the avenue

tra ns—pacific partnership, the plans to do is withdraw from the trans—pacific partnership, the trade agreement which some say it by doing so agreement which some say it by doing so will strengthen china's hand. this was a major part of president obama's trade dealings. he wanted to pivot towards the south east asia pacific region while donald trump believes there is nothing better the us. he plans to tear up that agreement. he was to renegotiate whether north american free trade agreement is concerned. he wants to hold leaders —— talks with leaders of canada and south america with looking to renegotiating, provided america can get a good deal. early days yet, we know. he is yet to get into his first week. will he backed his statements with policies? where possible he seems intent on doing so. possible he seems intent on doing so. tomorrow, his first full day in office, his first weekday in office, he will sit down and find various executive orders and in many cases, those will be repealing executive orders that barack obama brought into a fact and trade is likely to be top of the

this is lifting to the north and east and feeling off the pacific ocean. a flash flood watch for just about the entire bay area. you can see the yellow highlighted area. the yellow portion is sonoma where there is a warning in effect. last time it has flooded was 1995 and they had to cancel a sharks game. the only game in nhl history where that is had to happen. the napa river is close to flood stage this afternoon. tomorrow we will see the river overflow its banks by 2:00 p.m. in the afternoon -- in the afternoon hours. a high wind warning in addition to a high wind advisory. that's the other side of the story. 23 mile-per-hour wind at sfo. wind in oakland and back to the estuary. south bay looks like it is settling down just a little bit. we will have fierce wind and increasing went through now until 10:00 a.m.. until 4:00, there's a possibility of a thunderstorm. looking toward the ocean, it looks pretty angry right now. temperatures in the 50s and 60s and it feels balmy. more rain is stacked up out of the pacific ocean and it will bank over the bay are

the tra ns—pacific partnership was aimed at boosting the economics of 12 nations around the pacific ocean. but the new us president donald trump has used his first working day in the white house to sign an executive order pulling the us out of the deal. the tra ns—pacific partnership covered about 40% of the world's economy and could have added $100 billion to the world economy by 2025. that was what they said and predicted. it was signed by 12 nations in the pacific area at a ceremony in new zealand last year. the painstaking negotiations took seven years, but one reason implementation was delayed was the failure of the us congress to ratify it. china was the biggest economy to not be included, and it was widely viewed as a way to cement trade relations without beijing's influence. the us under president trump now wants to negotiate trade deals on a country—to—country basis, with a 30—day cancellation clause "in case somebody misbehaves". here's what he said about the withdrawal. we have been talking about this for a long time. 0k. a ok. a great thing for the american worker, wha

effect and the transition to more neutral conditions in the pacific. let's take a look at how the el nino southern oscillation, or enso, has affected this year's hurricane season, and why it has been so intense, especially compared to recent years. in the year up to may 2016, the enso was in the el nino, or warm, phase. the warming of the equatorial pacific often leads to stronger vertical wind shear in the atlantic. wind shear refers to the changing wind speed, and/or direction, with height in the atmosphere. stronger wind shear leads to weaker hurricanes and makes landfall less likely. however, since may, the pacific has been cooling, becoming more neutral, and is now entering a weak phase la nina, or cool, phase, reducing the wind shear and hence promoting stronger and more frequent hurricanes. another major factor in the summer was a big blocking area of high pressure, feeding warm and moist air over the western atlantic and warming the waters there by as much as four or five degrees, compared to the average. these warmer waters have provided the f

pacific and saying, look what the u.s. is doing, they don't want to do deals with you u. you're going to have to do deals with us and countries that are naturally our allies, south korea, japan, they're concerned. >> they are. i was in singapore earlier this year. same thing as i traveled that region. a number of our senators did that. they said, look, everyone there wants to be the united states' friend but they don't want to be china's enemy. take a look at china, rule of law, they respect history more than law and in terms of the islands that you were just talking about, they respect power more than history. and this is talking about what they can inhabit and how they're going to try to use their power. >> let's talk about rex tillerson, the secretary of state nominee. marco rubio is now supporting him but he did express a lot of concerns as did john mccain, lindsey graham, et cetera. you are supporter of rex tillerson. you want him to be secretary of state. looks like he will be secretary of state. why are you not conc

they're going to come to the first port on the pacific ocean side. that, of course, will be san diego. let's make sure everybody knows about that. so they had a world's fair -- >> and they built a lot of these buildings. what are we seeing as we pass by? >> off to the right here is the largest outdoor organ in the world. and there are free concerts every sunday. >> okay. what do we have up here turning left? >> some of these are some of the buildings that are left over from that 1915 exposition. and when you think about it, putting on a world's fair for a city that was only in the tens of thousands of population back in 1915, this took a lot of chutzpa. >> yeah. >> this was a big thing. now the buildings are here, they have remained where some other cities would have torn down these buildings, some of which were considered to be temporary at first. as we come around the corner here, this is one of the real kind of iconic shots. this is the california tower. during the world's fair, this showed off what california had to offer, the state of california

san jose in the mid-40s. this first storm in the pacific will be heading up to our north. behind it is what we're concerned with. we need a break in the rainfall. we haven't this weekend for the most part. first storm setting up wednesday, could be very windy. we could have that wind advisory catch -- kick in. thursday could be a break day. rain likely once again into friday. once again we will start out with overcast first thing tomorrow morning. then the first system comes on board wednesday. heaviest rain potential he still a few days out. this could change quite a bit. 7:57 pm, wind gusting to baby 50-55 miles an hour. with that still the possibility of downed trees and some power outages.>>> we put this into motion, here's the central valley fog regrouping. we will have clock -- high clouds offshore. into the afternoon, we scale back on some of the overcast but maybe lingering chances to get temperatures closer to the delta. into monday, we do it all over again with fog in the morning. skies partly cloudy for the afternoon. by tuesday we will pick up the high clouds.

the army chief of staff also sent a warning to army commanders in the pacific. a shooting war, marshall wrote, could start at any moment. by the time those messages arrived in oahu, the japanese carrier strike force was already at sea. it was commanded by this man. this is admiral kyuchi nogumo. a warrior by instinct, nogumo fretted constantly over the smallest detail. occasionally he would call junior officers into his presence and solicit their reassurance things are going ok, right? you could even sense is insecurity i think in this photograph. in spite of that, it was nogumo who was tasked with the job of taking a 30 ship task force across the pacific ocean to strike the american battle fleet in pearl harbor. american commanders from the white house, pentagon on down doubted the feasibility of any such strike, not only the likelihood that even the possibility of such a strike. it was not even unlikely that tiny japan would choose to go to war with the mighty united states. it was in their view logistically impossible for a major strike force to cross 3000 mi

of america. >> it's an american eclipse. >> the moon shadow hits earth in the pacific ocean. crosses the country, exits into the atlantic. >> it could be a metaphor. >> neil has made america great again single handedly on the show. >> you heard my guests give me their predictions for 2017. next, i'll tell you one positive piece of news happening this year. it's pretty big news. stay with us. so i feed jake purina cat chow naturals indoor, a nutritious formula with no artificial flavors. made specifically for indoor cats. purina cat chow. nutrition to build better lives.

from the trans-pacific partnership free trade deal. the japanese and u.s. governments are trying to schedule a summit for next month. abe spoke at a session in the lower house budget committee. an opposition lawmaker said the u.s. withdrawal from the tpp is a given for president trump, who has clearly stated he'll pursue bilateral trade negotiations with many countries. the lawmaker went on to say if japan raises the possibility of bilateral trade negotiations with the u.s. from the beginning, that would be playing into trump's hands. abe disagreed. >> as i've already said, while pursuing the tpp japan has concluded the bilateral trade deal with australia and is in talks with canada. so bilateral trade negotiations with the u.s. will not contradict japan's policy. >> abe said he intends to stand firm and take the best path towards maximizing japan's national interests and there's no change in this policy. japan's finance minister has commented about the possible meeting. taro aso said abe needs to seek understanding from trump as his country describes this

an important nod to the fact that the elections we had in november were huge ones for the asian pacific islander community. we got the most asian pacific islander s leaders elected to te federal legislature this year. including senator harris, our new senator here in california. so we're asking to really refleth on the social issues that are important to our community and come up and express through their artwork the ideas they think the center should take on. >> very interesting to watch this year develop, both the organizations and the youngsters. >> thanks for having us. >> when we come back, we'll feature the historic and ever evolving camera house. stay with us. the 'donaldina cameron house' holds a very important place in san francisco chinatown history..and >>> the donaldina cameron house holds a important place in san francisco chinatown history and is as important today as it was when it was founded in 1874. it starts as a place of protection and saekt for women. now its protective umbrella extends further. with us now to talk about the past, present, and future are the executi

it's way out in the pacific. here is hawaii on the bottom left portion of the screen behind the channel 2logo and that continuous stream of moisture that will eventually redirect toward the bay area. a lot of moisture and dynamics. here you can see a lot of clouds and rain over the bay area that. was from last night. then even this morning you may encounter's pringle or drizzle out there. today and tomorrow a break. you can feel it. look at santa rosa right now. 34 degrees. san francisco 45. fremont 46 and livermore in the upper -- the mid40s around 44. the deal for today. mostly cloudy skies this morning. temperatures in the upper 30s to the upper 40s. 7:00 a.m. by four, three and four partly cloudy skies. low to mid50s for afternoon highs. here is the forecast model showing you this. we have the clouds this morning. looks good into friday. as we put it into motion into saturday we will see this. first thing saturday morning. early saturday morning. the initial bands of rain move on shore. we are talking about i

on the one hand you can see the pacific ocean. on the other hand, you can see san diego bay and the ships come into this protected bay. and it is a place that when you bring tourists here, you want to come out and say, this is where you get the overview. this is where you get the take on where everything is. and you can get out if you choose to and you can point here and here and here, those are the neighborhoods. you just get a sense of how extraordinary this place is. and along the way, there are really poignant moments. >> we just passed a large graveyard. >> this is the national cemetery. and those who made the ultimate sacrifice are laid to rest here through world war ii and through korea. you can just see roe after row after row, each one loved. and they are the relatives also those who died. we are coming to the vista point now. do you see the lighthouse? that was the original lighthouse that kept ships running into the rock. the problem was that it was too high and you would get fog down below and you can see the light. it

there's a high mountain range in the middle of the country. typically dry across the pacific side. but this time winds are quite strong and we have the coldest air of the season blanketing the area. so even the pacific side like nagoya and sendai will see snow. >> now we combine with gusty conditions. visibility will be quite low making for hazardous drivingng conditions. not just snow, thunderstorms and high waves are expected. the coldest air of the seesen is blanketing most of the station, so tokyo will stay dry, but it's going to be quite chilly. the daytime high on the weekend is only six degrees and on sunday morning, the temperature is going to be minus 2 degrees, so stay warm. back to you. >>> south korean media are reporting that a special prosecutor's team is considering an arrest warrant for the head of the country's largest conglomerate, samsung group. the prosecutors spent all night questioning the vice chairman and he was only allowed to return home in the morning. they're focusing on payments samsung made to foundations controlled by a close friend of park's's. choi

she was too large to pass through the pan na canal cay cross the indian ocean and entering the pacific from the west. >>> sunday afternoon on 2:00 p.m. on c-span 3. working with the affiliate and visiting cities across the country. >> flex a discussion about military cooperation between us and japan and shared interest. the hudson institute hosted the panel, technology and japan cybersecurity defenses. >>> my opening remarks i mentioned third strategy and mentioned also my old firm conviction that over set strategy will provided important building blocks and connecti connective tissue for future u.s./japan cooperation. let's find out more from two insiders who understand and many case have formulate that third off set strategy in its many facet and imply cases. it's my pleasure to introduce our panel who will be andrew who distinguished senior fellow sister for strategic budge tear assessment which he found in 1995. he assumed position after serving for 21 years as president of this premier washington think tank. >> the service was pro he had seeded by 21 years of president -- 21 caree

system is developing in the pacific. it will be knocking on our door later tonight especially late tonight and early thursday morning adding to the storm totals. it has been so productive since january 1 in the past seven days these totals are adding up. these are the highest in the counties. those numbers as you can see are really up, monterey county, i had to double check that, 28.69 inches that is a seven- day rainfall total. and even up towards sonoma county an isolated spot with over 21 inches. the next system rainfall expectations about it order of an inch to three quarters of an inch. winds no advisories in place, winds may be 20 and 30 miles per hour. keep an eye on coastal flooding with high tide just before 11:00 tomorrow morning. here we go with the 4:00 there is not a lot of action because things will be ramping up with the rainfall intensity tonight and into tomorrow morning. 5 am and 8 am that will be the plan with significant rainfall, not with this storm but at least picking up as we head into early thurs

takes the united states out of the tpp, the trans-pacific partnership. a lot of cheers but they are coming from the wrong side of the aisle. a lot of democrats are very happy about this. but, you know, whether or not it's ryan or mccain or your head for the house ways and means committee, they didn't like this. the gop liked the partnership. likes the idea of expansive free trade. what's going on with our new president and his party? >> well, hillary clinton and donald trump both came out against the trade deal with the pacific countries the tpp, trans-pacific partnership. i, too, thought it was not a god agreement and, frankly, there were three specific issues that i think were weak. one was with regard to autos, actually because there's a rules of origin that would allow autos to come in from japan with a lot of parts coming from other countries, including china that are not part of the agreement. that didn't seem fair and we made that point repeatedly. i think it can be approved. even republicans who support the concept of it because of the importance

as the system sets up in the pacific. for today we get a break. for thursday and friday we definitely thicken up the clouds. here we go with the rainfall at 2:00 a.m. on saturday moving on shore 9:00 a.m. saturday and then this is what we're watching later saturday and sunday. the more intense part set up camp. this is 3:00 a.m. saturday. probably while you're sleeping this could wake you up. this could be the most intense part of the storm early sunday morning. >> temperatures for this afternoon, partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the mid 50s. afternoon highs looking good. a chill in the air on the cold part of this weather pattern. into your friday we'll thicken up the clouds and next storm will be a strong one as we head into saturday. as i mentioned the timing of the heaviest rainfall is sunday morning and thankfully a break by monday. a slight chance of shower and then in the bay area we can handle a lot of rainfall. when they get to a certain point that's when we see those problems and that will be a concern no

to build a string of 20 ports from basically the eastern pacific, all the way to the persian gulf in the mediterranean. in addition, it's using those monies to build a real navy, one that can challenge the american navy, not defeat it, but make our day. so, overall, we are enabling the creation of a regional power with disruptive intentions that offers an alternative view of how our society should be organized that is not particularly sympathetic to american values of democracy and individual freedom. sharyl: if, as you describe, nearly every course of action carries with it criticism and perils, what is it your advice president trump to do? prof. morici: bite the bullet and put up with the criticism and perils and put china back in its box. sharyl: morici adds that our focus on the middle east, while important, has caused us to neglect our interests in asia. still to come, a look at the sharyl: next week on "full measure." more challenges for the incoming trump administration. what are the top national security threats you see president trump will be facing? >> i think the president

of the dry conditions along the pacific coastline of japan. the sea of japan coastline not so much. in fact, we have the winter weather set up continuing to come through. see about 15, maybe 30 centimeters of snow heading into thursday morning. you'll be seeing snow here on wednesday, thursday and over towards friday. tokyo 14. dropping down to 9 with the northwesterly winds coming in. some snowfall by thursday. very similar to tokyo, along the pacific of coastline staying dry but cooler temperatures working their way in through thursday into friday and even headed into the weekend as well. if we pull back the bigger picture, high pressure dominating much of north eastern asia. we're still looking at haze and arrange the beijing area especially north eastern china extending down south. we have a low developing here. that will bring scattered showers but also stir up the atmosphere. maybe not so much for beijing but towards the south it will be improving your air quality out there heading thursday into friday. then if we look over here towards

the only thing that's not really from the pacific is the coral. it had to be man-made. >> coral is actually a living animal. it looks like rock. and it's related to jellyfish, and it actually forms a limestone cavity around itself, so it's basically like the outer edge of the coral is living and building on the limestone skeletons of its ancestors. and the coral in this exhibit, however, is re-created. real coral has to have intense sunlight, so it's also very fragile. >> you can actually step into the reef at the underwater viewing level. and there's a lot to view. there's more than 700 fascinating marine animals. one of the crowd favorites is calypso, the giant sea turtle. when she was found, she had a badly hurt fin. after some delicate surgery, it was decided that calypso wouldn't be able to survive in the ocean, so blacktip reef became her new home. the exhibit also has plenty of sharks, particularly the kind it's named for -- the blacktip reef shark, what's called an apex predator. so, what is an apex predator? >> an apex predator is a top p

crews are scouring a -- crews are scouring the pacific ocean after a helicopter went down. passengers on a cruise ship called authorities when they saw the helicopter go down. we will keep you posted. larry: developing right now, the search for what caused a driver

way across the pacific. >> we were walking on the strip in the southeast. it won't be long, joe. it won't be long. and so we knew that things weren't going the best for them. >> an invasion imminent, the japanese began moving thousands of prisoners out of the philippines to japan. >> and so they were put on what became known as hell ships. >> the term hell ship said it all. >> they crammed upwards of 2,000 men down into a hole. they'd seal a hole up in 100-degree temperature. half the men suffered from severe dysentary, almost all suffering from malaria. one cup of water a day and a tennis ball size of rice. that was your food. that was 70 days on that ship. this was a living hell. >> thousands of men lost their lives when the unmarked p.o.w. hell ships were bombed by allied bombs and submarines. in september of '44, the shinyo was sunk, killing 676 of the 700 p.o.w.s aboard. the following month, killing all but eight of the 1800 prisoners stuffed into its stifling holes. >> do we have a final atally on how many death ships or hell ships there were? >> well