area stretching as he said from the arctic to the pacific ocean which would of course income to china and japan so were foreign trade and now they key focus of this presidential address on that issue its economy we need to step up economic diplomacy it should provide specific results for modernization our foreign policy should not just be based on missiles we have already formed the customs union and currently we are creating a common economic area under the eurasian economic community we're testing cutting edge integration patterns as well as programs of effective cooperation basically we must move towards a common economic area spreading from the arctic to the pacific ocean through eurasia. he did of course also talk a great deal about domestic issues here in russia he talked about the need for greater mobilization of both economic and police a cool speirs he talks about the need to safeguard the future for russia's next generation to improve the lives of its children improving health and educational facilities he talks about the demographic problem here in russia the need to encour

from hiroshima to the pacific islands where nuclear testing took place the decisions made by american strategists are taking a heavy toll on another generation mikey is a third generation he. her grandmother survived the radiation but he doesn't want the bomb to ever be used again. but i also discovered how alone much he wants because even here people don't care enough about this old weapon other than to be the highlight of the newseum. talking to my friends about my activism if they don't care about such serious matters that are going on like only the people who then understand what happened under the mushroom cloud today it's very difficult in these peaceful time to make young people understand how tragic it was maggie is the youngest guide at the heat of peace memorial museum but she goes further than providing information her goal is to provoke fear and dread. i don't want the children has never experienced an atomic bomb that's why i use simple n. which while trying to make an impact on of them it's amazing but some us and you know nick least let's look over here all of that turn

and form the pacific ring of fire. as part of that there are twenty nine on the eastern coast of. this fine insular has many volcanoes as the subduction zone is located here at the oceanic plate is moving beneath the continental plate and gradually sliding inside naturally frictional causes frequent earthquakes large in situ cracks and so-called weakened zones occurred allowing the magma to come up to the surface. the locals call this mud port sculptor a zone where one of the earth's plates slides under another which is known as subduction is located deep below the mud pot. the magma melts mountain rocks forming gas on its way up wards it heats water mixes it with and throws it out in the form of liquid clay. the sculpture is just one of the many fantastical features to be found in one of the world's oldest volcano calderas it's located in the central part of camp champ because eastern volcanic belt. this gigantic create a culture and is the caldera of the zone volcano. about three hundred thousand years ago three gent

the ridge will start to breakdown and cooler air off of the pacific. the lows down in the 40s and 50s in the valley. then you get over the mountaintops and the lows in the 60s and 70s. the atmosphere is warm. by days, the numbers like this, 80 degrees in count cord, 80 in fairfield. 75 in san francisco and 69 in pacif co. we're going to watch the temperatures cool down towards the middle of the week. by thursday we are going to see clouds working in our direction. partly cloudy skies and by friday a chance of rain returning to the bay area. unsettled weather. next weekend. we are expecting showers and very cold showers. the storm system diving from the gulf of arkansas. i think cold air with it. that will keep the temperatures in the 50s. that's about it. >> wow. >> a far cry from the 80s. >> all right. lawrence, thank you. >> you're welcome. >>> half moon bay's mayor is saying that the city police department is facing cutbacks. the voters turned down a 1% tax increase. as a result, they will have to make cuts in the budget. they are considering contra

the twenty one members of the asia pacific economic cooperation gather here for a two day summit in a yokohama japan and big get down to business. despite its declared socialism appears to be making a comeback in countries across the low many experts predicting the decay of capitalism. to ocean currents and temperatures going up and down so what's happening to the world's climate and what is this world coming to try to answer that question in just a few. and coming up in business update russia show signs is going green as a stop producing wind turbines in two thousand and twelve we'll have the details in about twenty minutes time. you're watching our t.v. where twenty four hours a day it will straight talk top story though they already account for hoffa all global economic activity but now they want more pacific rim nations are gathering in japan seeking to expand their influence and increase free trade. is following the annual apec summit the twenty one members of the asia pacific economic forum are not gathering here in yokohama japan and.

going to be discussing existing free trade agreements there are pockets of these agreements within the pacific countries members of apec the u.s. is pushing for a agreement that will end capacity twenty one members said this is going to be a bit difficult because having all twenty one members talk about the give and take the pros and cons of opening up their economies is going to be a bit difficult if there is good for it an example of japan wants to export more cars to the world while the u.s. wants more access to its agriculture industry which is a bit of a sensitive industry here in japan as the leaders come here with the responsibility of contributing to the growth the good of the global economy getting out of the cloud quagmire that they find themselves in but also they have the concerns of their local electorate in mind and other issues concerning trade we know that asia pacific economic cooperation the members are very powerful in terms of their clout economically the makeup more than half of the g.d.p. of the world obama just gave a speech this morning and he says that age is really an

pacific heights and cal hallow area. amy hollyfield joins us now live from san francisco. amy? >> police tell me this is uncommon. it is not your typical street holdup, and they want people to be aware. >> i felt so bad. >> she was leaving a friend's house when she saw a distraught woman on the sidewalk. >> she kept wiping her eyes. she had five or six police officers. >> the woman had just been be roughed. her attacker sprayed pepper spray in the face and hit her in the head and grabbed her purse. >> we don't think of things happening like that in the neighborhood very often. >> 10 minutes earlier they hit in another unlikely neighborhood, lower pacific heights. >> it makes me feel like i need to carry my own pepper spray. i always felt safe on the street. so that is concerning. >> there have been five attacks in san francisco neighborhoods since wednesday. a 6th one happened tuesday in the turner watch store. the man sprayed the face of an employee and got away with some watches. it is the only one involving a story, so police don't know if it is related. >> seems like a grea

cloudy in the pacific northwest. the next storm system moves in with rainfall, portland to seattle, mostly during the day on saturday. not an all-day rain, especially saturday morning. then southern california, you're in store for sunny skies most of the weekend. by sunday that next system quickly moves out, but it's still cloudy up there. not a lot of sunshine in the northwest over the next three days. if you're watching on kntr news source 16 in eugene, oregon, get a head start on your holiday shopping. find one of a kind gifts, gourmet foods and more at the holiday gift festival at the lane county fairgrounds. that's your pacific event of the day, veronica. >> you have that done, right? holiday shopping, tree up and christmas lights? >> i do my shopping in july. >> figured as much. >> christmas in july now. >> okay, bill. this morning's headlines in entertainment -- it is one of those increasingly rare weekends where there will be a battle at the box office. denzel washington and up and comer chris cline is an act

from hiroshima to the pacific islands where nuclear testing took place the decisions made by american strategists are taking a heavy toll on another generation mikey is a third generation he. her grandmother survived the radiation but he doesn't want the bomb to ever be used again. but i also discovered how alone much less because even here people don't care enough about this old weapon other than to be the highlight of the newseum. talking to my friends about my activism if they don't care about such serious matters sort of thing and i. only the people who was then understand what happened under the mushroom cloud and i did i need not tell it is very difficult in these peaceful time to make young people understand how tragic it was maggie is the youngest died at the heat oshima peace memorial museum but she goes further than providing information her goal is to provoke fear and dread. that children have never experienced an atomic bomb that's why i use simple language while trying to make an impact on of them it's amazing but at. least let's look over here. that turnbull see the airp

tonight that carnival cruise ship that was stranded in the pacific is slowly heading home. tug boats are towing it to san diego. we report on this very unsentimental journey. >> reporter: stuck in the pacific ocean still more than 100 miles from the southern california coast, tug boats are slowly pulling the carnival cruise ship "splendor" interests shore. the 4500 passengers and crew still have no power, meaning no air conditioning, no hot water, and no hot food. >> conditions on the ship have been challenging, and we are very, very sorry for the discomfort and inconvenience that our guests have had to deal with in the past several days. >> reporter: the massive cruise ship set out sunday for a seven-day trip off the coast of mexico, but by monday, a fire in the engine room left the ship dead in the water. the navy has airlifted in emergency supplies, including spam, canned crab meat, and pop tarts. >> the passengers are being monitored closely. they're in good care. and doing very well considering the circumstances. >> reporter: this video from a previous sailing shows th

from hiroshima to the pacific islands where nuclear testing took place the decisions made by american strategists are taking a heavy toll on another generation mikey is a third generation he. her grandmother survived the radiation but he doesn't want the bomb to ever be used again. but i also discovered how alone much he wants because even here people don't care enough about this old weapon other than to be the highlight of the newseum. talking to my friends about my activism. they don't care about such serious matters sort of taken lightly. only the people who then understand what happened under the mushroom cloud today it is very difficult in these peaceful time to make young people understand how tragic it was maggie is the youngest died at the heat oshima peace memorial museum but she goes further than providing information her goal is to provoke fear and dread. of the children has never experienced an atomic bomb that's why i use simple language well trying to make an impact on a family it's amazing that some us. please let's look over here. that turnbull see the airplane. in tha

another system coming coming into the pacific northwest there. we see the ridge building back up, we typically get another zone here. systems may be coming through the western sections with some rain and mountain snows that way with the next trough coming in. it does warm up, it looks like for the middle of the country as we head to the middle of the week with cold air lingering through the northern earns here. that following week we're going to project some of that to come down. above normal for california. that basically takes us through thanksgiving day. take a look at precipitation next week. below normal here. the mid-atlantic down to the northeast, probably above normal. let's go out to the next 90 days, above normal temperatures for the southern half of the country. john? >> the ultimate farm quest series is brought doto you by case ih. >>> with crops out of the field, producers are taking part in fact ultimate farm quest. they're getting a chance to review some of their goals they set by this year. one of the goals set was to improve -- c

>> i am had never in this in hand i am here in opposition of the pacific avenue development, because the scale of the development, this is too large for the street. and this is too large for the neighborhood of mellomiddlde polk. the diagram that i put up, there was a survey on the buildings in the neighborhood and they were included in a letter, for the conditional use application. this is where i have those numbers. 74 out of 89 of the buildings, 83% of the buildings in this neighborhood are three stories tall or less. 83%. the proposed building is six stories. as you can see, there is only one building that is six stories. the precedents in the neighborhood is the smaller buildings and we ask that you would all the standard plan and design of the street, where the buildings on the corners of the block are going to anchor the streets, and the building on the corner of pacific is already five stories high, and this is already higher than 83% of the buildings in the neighborhood. and then, the building next door to that, which would be on the other side is stepping down in height whi

the apec meeting well they're here in the yokohama japan where the asia pacific economic cooperation forum is currently going on it's going to be a two day summit today has.

that's your pacific event of the day, lynn. >> all right, bill. thanks. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. for someone who insists that he doesn't care about winning oscars, robert downey jr. sure sounds like he thinks a lot about them. the twice nominated actor says there was a time when he thought the only way out of hell was to win one. now he claims to be over that, but says he'll eventually win a bunch of them even if someone else deserves it. why? because it will be his time. according to downey, that's just the way it works. >>> tonight, gwyneth paltrow makes her country music singing debut at the sunt music awards in nashville. it makes her a nervous wreck. she admits she can't eat or sleep. she's confident that if she can keep her nerves under control, she can survive it. >>> the betty white train shows no signs of slowing down. yesterday she was made an honorary forest ranger. ranger white calls the honor a childhood dream, and i'm sure, bill, the publicity is a dream for the parks, as well. >> reports of

three teen boys have been rescued after nearly two monthse drifting in the south pacific. their families had even feld funerals for them, until they were found accidentally by a fishing boat. with more, here's abc's david muir. >> reporter: they spent 50 days not knowing if they would ever go home. the boys went missing in early october, trying to row their 12-foot aluminum boat, between two islands near their home off new zealand. their families thought they were dead. they held funerals. the entire village of 500 came to mourn. that village is celebrating. the father of one of the boys declaring the rescue a miracle. it was a group of fishermen that found them by chance. one of the rescuers, in his own words. >> one of my crew members was standing watch at the time. and he noticed that he could see something floating on the horizon off our bows. and as we drewoser, we realized it was a small craft. and then, when we drew even more close, we realized there were people inside this craft. they were in need of some assistance. i did ask them if they needed any help. and thei

welcome to our viewers across the nation, including the pacific time zone. i'm lynn berry. and today we begin with beating the odds. after losing her state's republican primary, alaska's incumbent senator lisa murkowski launched a seemingly desperate write-in campaign to keep her seat. now after weeks of wading through stacks of hand-written ballots, she's being called the apparent winner. nbc's tracie potts joins us now from washington with the latest. tracie, good morning. >> lynn, good morning. and it was a hard-fought win. not since 1954 have we had a senate candidate to win and come to washington on a write-in campaign but it now appears that lisa murkowski, after losing the republican primary, to a tea party backed candidate, may do just that. she came out and spoke with reporters yesterday, calling this a miracle. this is a huge loss for the tea party in sarah palin's backyard, in alaska. here's part of what she said during her victory speech last night. >> alaskans knew exactly what they were doing, and they showed their intent with every letter that they put down o

marina josh welcome to the program center stage of world economy and politics is shifting to the asia pacific region and that's the view of russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov he was speaking in china at a meeting of ministers of three emerging powers russia india and china part of a powerful bloc known as brick which is hoping to change the economic landscape of the planet so who's already leaving the dominant powers of today behind artist s. are cilia knows the answer. from a pile of ruins right after the second world war to an economic powerhouse second only to the us all in the span of a single lifetime major pan economic miracle while you enjoy it but

. >> reporter: for 50 days they've been a speck in the south pacific, a floating needle in a haystack of blue that new zealand's air force was unable to find. their families even held a memorial, fearing the ocean had claimed the trio for good. now, on that string of tiny islands in tokelau that they call home, they're saying the ocean gave back a miracle. >> oh, we're so happy. everyone is so happy. all of tokelau people are so happy that, oh, what a story. >> reporter: the three had set off back in october to find love, it's rumored. a girl on a neighboring island.

from hiroshima to the pacific islands where nuclear testing took place the decisions made by american strategists are taking a heavy toll on another generation mikey is a third generation he. her grandmother survived the radiation but he doesn't want the bomb to ever be used again. but i also discovered how alone much less because even here people don't care enough about this old weapon other than to be the highlight of the museum. talking to my friends about my activism if they don't care about such serious matters that kind of like. only the people who is then understand what happened under the mushroom cloud today any dogs were difficult in these peaceful time to make young people understand how tragic it was maggie is the youngest died at the heat of peace memorial museum but she goes further than providing information her goal is to provoke fear and dread. that children has never experienced an atomic bomb that's why i use simple n which while trying to make an impact on a phantom of the it's amazing but at. least let's look over here. that turnbull see the airplane. in that airp

from hiroshima to the pacific islands where nuclear testing took place the decisions made by american strategists are taking a heavy toll on another generation. is a third generation. her grandmother survived the radiation but he doesn't want the bomb to ever be used again. but i also discovered how alone much he wants because even here people don't care enough about this old weapon other than to be the highlight of the newseum. talking to my friends about my activism. and they don't care about such serious matters. only the people who was then understand what happened under the mushroom cloud today it's not all it is very difficult in these peaceful time to make young people understand how tragic it was maggie is the youngest died at the heat of peace memorial museum but she goes further than providing information her goal is to provoke fear and dread. that children have never experienced an atomic bomb that's why i use simple language while trying to make an impact on of them it's amazing but some us and it will. please let's look over here. that turnbull see the airplane. in that a

its aleck's the pacific ocean for its laboratory but this laboratory is inhabited. imagine if. it was done. and i. went and job a bomb that is one point six equivalent out there she my shot every day for twelve years i would they feel what that. i mean they. resists it. but they have the fight. evelyn lives in honolulu where she attends college like other inhabitants of the marshall islands an archipelago lost in the middle of the pacific ocean she lives in exile force away by the fallout of nuclear testing fifty years later her island is still contaminated and the united states are not really taking full responsibility of what they did. there's a saying all. we're going to give you one would think. it is just icing seem fair to them. they rob them off the island and the island the marshal and this. is where you're like does intend you to be. my day is to. finish school and my people. the economy every country depends on american aid and the balance dialog between the islanders and the almighty america tears the young woman apart how do you obtain justice from the united states

watching the pacific northwest. the problem spot mostly in washington state. high wind warning for the eastern slope of the cascades. much of california, nevada and arizona is going to be okay going throughout much of the week. a split forecast in the west. all the active weather is going to be up here and especially in washington state. seattle, you get stormy weather. maybe the only day you don't is tuesday. so as far as the weather pattern goes, this is kind of the jet stream flow that's going to bring this moisture in off the pacific. it's not cold canadian air. only on the cooler side, and we won't see a lot of snow out of it. mostly on the milder side with rain on and off. you can see the first shot of the rain quickly coming down from vancouver island over bellingham. this part will miss you at least the next hour or so. bring the umbrella today. we expect maybe an inch of rain in the highest elevations of the cascades. everybody else colored in the green, a chance of wet weather. a decent chance of wet weather everywhere from portland, north to seattle

are active and form the pacific ring of fire. is part of it there are twenty nine hours on the eastern coast of. this fine insular has many volcanoes as the subduction zone is located here at the oceanic plate is moving beneath the continental plate and gradually sliding inside naturally frictional causes friction earthquakes large in situ cracks and so-called weakened zones occurred allowing the magma to come up to the surface. a zone where one of the earth's plates slides under another which is known as subduction is located deep below the month part of. the magma melts mountain rocks forming gas on its way up wards it heats water mixes it with and throws it out in the form of liquid clay. the sculpture is just one of the many fantastical features to be found in one of the world's oldest volcano calderas it's located in the central part of camp chap because eastern volcanic belt this gigantic create a culture and is the caldera of the zone volcano. about three hundred thousand years ago three kilometer hoyt compazine co used to

tonight that carnival cruise ship that was stranded in the pacific is slowly heading home. tug boats are towing it to san diego. priya david clemens reports on this very unsentimental journey. >> reporter: stuck in the pacific ocean still more than 100 miles from the southern california coast, tug boats are slowly pulling the carnival cruise ship "splendor" toward shore. the 4,500 passengers and crew still have no power, meaning no air conditioning, no hot water, and no hot food. >> conditions on the ship have been challenging, and we are very, very sorry for the discomfort and inconvenience that our guests have had to deal with in the past several days. >> reporter: the massive cruise ship set out sunday for a seven-day trip off the coast of mexico, but by monday, a fire in the engine room left the ship dead in the water. the navy has airlifted in emergency supplies, including spam, canned crab meat, and pop tarts. >> the passengers are being monitored closely. they're in good care, and doing very well considering the circumstances. >> reporter: this video from a previous

and form the pacific ring of fire. is part of it there are twenty nine on the eastern coast of. this been insular as many volcanoes as the subduction zone is located here at the oceanic plate is moving beneath the continental plate and gradually sliding inside naturally frictional causes frequent earthquakes large in situ cracks and so-called weakly zones occurred allowing the magma to come up to the surface. the locals call this mud port sculptor a zone where one of the earth's plates slides under another which is known as subduction is located deep below the month off. the magma melts mountain rocks forming gas on its way up wards it heats water mixes it with and throws it out in the form of liquid clay. the sculpture is just one of the many fantastical features to be found in one of the world's oldest volcano calderas it's located in the central part of camp chap because eastern volcanic belt this gigantic create a culture and is the caldera of the zone volcano. about three hundred thousand years ago three kilometer

that's your pacific event of the day, veronica. >> perfect. here is an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. last night was a night to remember to country music's it couple and brad paisley at the country music association awards in nashville. miranda lambert and blake shelton who got engaged in the spring celebrated lambert's birthday by taking home several awards. lambert won three, including show person of the year. paisley, the show's co-host alongside carrie underwood cheerfully accepted the award for the year's best country entertainer. elsewhere, "us weekly" quotes a source who says pink is 12 weeks pregnant with her first child. congratulations. and married celebrity chef delorentas is fuming after a report saying she was seen cuddling up with serial dater john mayer. calling it a lie and she wants a detraction. >>> finally, last night in nashville -- ♪ because i'm country strong >> gweneth paltrow not only survived her live singing debut, she got a standing ovation. one, she sounds good. but, two, she has an unfai

and 70 in indianapolis. 40s in the pacific northwest. 62 in sacramento. and 69 degrees in phoenix. >>> and when we come back, it is being called stunning and peaceful. we have the newest pictures of the ground zero memorial. >>> plus, an early holiday present for the legions of googlers. the newest perk for already-pampered employees of the internet icon. >>> on top of that, the latest explanation for those strange sights above l.a. >>> there's fresh evidence this morning of just how hard it is out there to find a job. new numbers show job openings fell more than 5% in september. it was the second-straight monthly decline. there is some encouraging news, though. a separate report from a leading small business group finds more small businesses plans to add workers than cut them in the next three months. >>> and a new report from online real estate firm zillow, finds the housing downturn is almost as bad as the decline in the great depression. home prices have plunged 25% from their peak in 2006. home values have dropped 17-straight quarters after falling a

pacific gas and electric says it does not know why the power went out. this as pacific gas and electric is responsible for the backup generator at the refinery which did not work. the bay area air quality district said it's been taking air quality samples but it does not expect to get results from those tests back until wednesday. they been fined for spewing black smoke particular it and smoke in the air. reporting in martina's kate thompson kron 4 news. >> this happened during a traffic stop that began in and felt. a car that hit the officer has been found police are still looking for the driver. the officers injury did not appear to be life-threatening. a live look inside it gorgeous sunset right now mostly clear skies but a few clouds and those will quickly clear out this morning. high temperatures from today it is about the same as yesterday. 66 oakland the upper 60s for in the valley. 69 san jose 61 pacifica. right now temperatures are cooling off the sun goes down. 59 san francisco, 62 oakland, 67 san rosa, 65 in san jose. tonight into tomorrow thi

so a double barrel high pressure building into the pacific northwest. as it does that, we are looking at that offshore flow and due to our recent rains, we don't have the fire weather to worry about but some of the gusty winds it's not out of the question that we could get some larger limbs coming down, especially in the high elevations. be advised of that. but overall today through monday looking at some of those cool nights and the mild days. so really if you like it dry and sunny, beautiful next couple of days. today look at the low 70s from sunny vail. a little breezy at the coast but 68 for you pacifica with 71 redwood city, 71 los altos and downtown 70 as well. 75 sonoma, 76 santa rosa. and our near east bay we are out of the 60s today for the most part. 72 oakland, 71 castro valley and out over the hills. beautiful day. 74 dublin, walnut creek. low 70s livermore and the monterey bay clear conditions and 68 monterey with 74 gilroy. the 7-day forecast, a string of sunshine and mild afternoons. cool in some spots and begins in earnest on wednesday,

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whole story smaug states my business trade troubles and moves to the asia pacific summit in japan after world leaders failed to agree on concrete makes twenty as well as major economic issues that he does have also got some territorial disputes some cheap attention to. because of those all good trades exposed to be suspected of tricking people into having their kidneys removed and so on comes after years of ignored claims with. organs harvested in one thousand nine hundred ninety one. on the embers heating up here in russia following this summer's extraordinary heat wave and it's fueling talks about global warming claims again temperatures should be dipping below freezing in central areas right now but they're not getting simple take between cells to see it's. still school autonomy this saturday night either big football weekend obviously you're right cabins in the have a chance to clinch the russian title that's on sunday and of those got plenty going on today as well. hello and welcome to the schools program here on t.v. they have. practically secure themselves a spot in the russian p

luxurious after a fire knocked out power on monday, leaving the massive cruise ship stranded in the pacific. but today after being pulled by five tugboats it docked in san diego. many of the passengers are now laughing about their cruise to nowhere but as john blackstone reports, there was nothing funny about that fire on board. >> reporter: after three helpless days at sea, the nearly 1,000-foot-long carnival "splendor" was pushed and pulled through san diego's harbor, more than 3,000 passengers lined up on decks and balconies while the ship was nudged up to the pier. there was obvious relief that three days of cold showers and cold food was over. >> no more sandwiches, please. >> reporter: as passengers got off into a crowd of cameras and reporters, they told how early monday morning the ship trembled and lost all its power. >> it actually felt like an earthquake, and everything just started shaking and rumbling, and i turned to mark and i said, "this is not right." >> reporter: the smell of smoke began to fill the huge ship. >> they just said there was lots of smoke, lots of smoke but no

asia pacific leaders are headed to japan for. the global. economic issues the leaders also have some territorial disputes. closing in temperatures should be dipping below freezing in central areas right now . gives you insight into one of. the jewish community brings to the capital.

twenty gridlock on currency wars the baton is passed to the apec summit in japan asia pacific nations including russia the u.s. and china try to map the best way of a global downturn the twenty one member economies are working toward a free trade pact. and in a year of extreme weather across the globe r.t. goes in search of what lies behind it several regions of russia including the capital are experiencing surprisingly mild temperatures for this time of year. with your headlines up next the interview show spotlight this time around host al gore and of talks with alexander called upon in the man with one of the toughest jobs in russia as the president's envoy to the north caucasus how does he hope to make the troubled region more stable and possibly more prosperous it's coming your way next .

twenty gridlock on currency wars the baton is passed to the apec summit in japan and asia pacific nations including russia u.s. and china try to map out the best way out of the global downturn. plus a year of extreme weather across the world are reporters search for what lies behind. sifting ocean currents temperatures going up and down what's happening to the planet's climate and to what is this world coming to you which rise manson later in the program. it's four am in the russian capital good to be with you here on r.t.e. our top story after years of ignored claims organ trafficking in kosovo is finally reach prosecutors at least seven people have been charged the specter of luring poor people to sell their kidneys with false promises of cash one of the suspects is being linked to the kosovo liberation army that was accused of selling the organs of captured serbs during the one nine hundred ninety s. war are reports. police intel emerging here in kosovo at the moment an organized crime group including a former health minister involved in organ trafficking now the story starts a couple

luxurious after a fire knocked out power on monday, leaving the massive cruise ship stranded in the pacific. but today after being pulled by five tugboats it docked in san diego. many of the passengers are now laughing about their cruise to nowhere but as john blackstone reports, there was nothing funny about that fire on board. >> reporter: after three helpless days at sea, the nearly 1,000-foot-long carnival "splendor" was pushed and pulled through san diego's harbor, more than 3,000 passengers lined up on decks and balconies while the ship was nudged up to the pier. there was obvious relief that three days of cold showers and cold food was over. >> no more sandwiches, please. >> reporter: as passengers got off into a crowd of cameras and reporters, they told how early monday morning the ship trembled and lost all its power. >> it actually just felt like an earthquake, and everything just started shaking and rumbling, and i turned to mark and i said, "this is not right." >> reporter: the smell of smoke began to fill the huge ship. >> they just said there was lots of smoke, lots of smoke b

remote archipelago lies in the pacific thousands of kilometers from moscow japan which claims for the islands as its own has called it better visit regrettable but russia says the president doesn't need permission to travel to another part of the country's territory or from the coral islands artie's oksana boyko census report. it's a leftover from the second world war old thought via tanks rusting on the shore with their barrels pointed towards your pan the cornish your island together with three other pacific islands was taken over by the soviet union sixty five years ago but the tussle to define its national identity still goes on. these cross appeared here a few years ago soon after the russian orthodox church opened its parish on the island of catan after decades of thing its population the window on it is now in the midst of a baby it will. have the highest birth rates in the interest region where a lot of young people lots of servicemen. their living standards are quite decent nowadays there are many kids here and parents bring them to be baptized it's wonderful to have children

. >> the asia-pacific island cultural center receives help from the census but our commission. john mean today to talk about in off festival is the executive director. welcome. i understand this is the 13th annual festival. can you tell me the name? >> the name is a celebratory name. we also celebrate what we call the asian-pacific islanders as well, in terms of culture, experience, and multidisciplinary arts. >> the festival is actually very wide-ranging. you have 16 venues, and how many different performing arts centers? >> we have over 85 artists participating, 16 venues, 21 events. there are over 15 groups that are performing. >> there recently kicked off at the beginning of may and will continue through june 13? correct? >> that is correct. unlike in the past years, we have had to expand the festival because there has been so much activity and so many people want to be part of the celebration. we're very honored and pleased to have the festival going all the way into june. >> we're kind of coming in on one of the groups. >> francis is one of the pioneers of the asian ameri

it came during fringe talks between the two at the asia pacific summit. and leaders of the world's richest economies agreed innovative currency called for it but the sole summit failed to come out with details of the soledad global trade imbalance an. investigation into the cost of an organ trafficking networks underway and spreading the spotlight on to other question for the hundreds of sets of the body parts from the console. the russian newspaper. reveals who it claims expose the ten spies and the spy scandal between moscow and washington reporters say they were betrayed by their own boss. for the forty five moscow time this sunday night time for some sunday night sport to tell you see how their new champion of the russian premier league all right you are kevin and there is also a new champion in formula one the youngest ever so plenty of weekend news coming your way in just a moment. hello and welcome you're watching the sports news on r.t.l. top stories. the race is officially called jewel wiles' elite to get a big deal when to secure the russian pre

out west there's already a new system that's been impacting british columbia, the pacific northwest. that continues its way inland and looks like it's going to stay rather unsettled for the coast of british columbia for the next day or so. highs on friday up to 17 in d.c. 16 for new york. and then getting up to even 16 in chicago. nice and mild for you here. on the other hand, 7 only for denver, so rather chilly. getting a look at europe here. nice rotation of clouds showing up on our satellite. that will be from a well-developed system that's going to sweep eastward in more towards continental europe and bringing some windy weather to areas like the british isles, western-central sections of europe. there's plenty of rainfall showers associated with this system as well. it's going to be rather wet and windy and messy for the northern half of europe. down towards the south it gets a little calmer for areas like the balkan peninsula, in towards italy, even for the iberian peninsula. just the southern tip, the southeast, greece in towards southern italy may see a couple of thundershowe

that requires our special attention is the situation in the pacific region and on the korean peninsula we have discussed the issue did nuclearization have highlighted the importance of six party talks we want them to resume as soon as possible in the asia pacific region the wrist serious potential for conflict and there is no alternative who want to set up a dialogue and improve understanding between the sides. and we ourselves had a chance to go to the border with north korea it's only some sixty kilometers from the center of seoul of course with these twenty most powerful leaders in the region over the next couple of days this is a lot something we're going to hear a lot about at the g. twenty president mentioned that he is very impressed with the way south korea has developed they've had a huge amount of success with innovation and rapprochement or modernization and isn't looking to south korea to prove to be an example for russia. to diversify the economic cooperation between russia and south korea we need to do. we need to make it more high tech we are modernizing russia creating

demand for gas in the asia pacific region will definitely grow well analysts predict that its not even to mention energy demand in such developing countries like china and india gastro also plans to supply at least turn billion cubic meters of gas to south korea starting from twenty seventeen by the time we expect the korean market to have grown by a further fifteen percent but the main focus is a china this november gazprom plans to continue negotiations over gas supplies into the country and alexander them invaded also mentioned today that gazprom is a relaunching work over sakhalin three four and five projects and this of follows the overall company's strategy to diversify its. presence in the asian up pacific region meanwhile there are two major gas transportation projects that the i touch in today and these were nori stream and a south stream while the construction of a north korean project is almost done and the first gas supplies to buy the ply plane that is it will start next year in twenty eleven however the situation over at the south stream project is still unclear alexandra

the business of tackling trade troubles moves to the asia pacific summit in japan after world leaders failed to agree on concrete measures at the g twenty as well as major economic issues leaders civil territorial disputes tension. was extraordinary heat wave fueling talk of global warming closing in temperatures should be dipping below freezing in central areas right now. hitting fourteen degrees. if anything moscow is a melting pot of cultures and it has been through the centuries makes tonight gives you an insight into one of them as modern andrews finds out what the jewish community brings to the capital.

demand for gas in the asia pacific region will definitely grow while. analysts predict it's not even to mention energy demand in such developing countries like china and india. who plans to supply at least turn billion cubic meters of gas to south korea starting from twenty seventeen by that time we expect the korean market to have grown by a further fifteen percent. but the main focus is a china this november gazprom plans to continue negotiations over gas supplies into the country and alexander them invaded also mentioned today that gazprom is a real launching work over sakhalin three four and five projects and this of follows of the overall company's strategy to diversify its presence in the asian up pacific region meanwhile there are two major gas transportation projects that capture the i touch and today and these were nori stream and a south stream while the construction of a noise stream project is almost done and the first gas supplies why the pipeline is will start next year in twenty eleven however the situation over at the south stream projec

that requires our special attention is the situation in the pacific region and on the korean peninsula we have discussed the nuclearization and have highlighted the importance of six party talks we want to resume as soon as possible in the asia pacific region as potential for conflict and there's no alternative who want to set up a dialogue and improve the understanding between the sides. and we ourselves had a chance to go to the border with north korea it's only some sixty kilometers from the center of seoul of course with the twenty most powerful leaders in the region over the next couple of days this is a lot of something we're going to hear a lot about at the g. twenty president mentioned that he is very impressed with the way south korea has developed they've had a huge amount of success with innovation and modernization and maybe it isn't looking to south korea to prove to be an example for russia. to diversify the economic cooperation between russia and south korea what do we need to do to achieve we need to make it more height we are modernizing russia creating a new economy i

move to the asia pacific. economic issue. following. a. special. report checkered history of a place that's now a seat of democracy but which symbolized the defeat of nazi fascism sixty five years ago. the lucky.

isn't in the asian pacific region meanwhile there are two major gas transportation projects that the i touch in today and these were nori stream and a south stream while the construction of a north korean project is almost done and the first gas supplies by the pipeline is will start next year in twenty eleven however the situation over at the south stream project as is still unclear and looks under the midday do for only mentioned today that other players from of the global energy community are welcome to participate and this project. but in the course of reporting from headquarters in moscow the euro has come off a seven week low against the dollar but it remains vulnerable as investors wait for a decision on a possible bailout for ireland dublin is continuing to resist pressure to accept aid from its euro zone partners it's a meeting of finance ministers in brussels it says it is not in danger of defaulting on its debt from h.s.b.c. explains why on one small economy is such a big problem. it may not be a big economy because i'd still have quite a big impact for the european econom