macarthur and his troops focused on recapturing new guinea nimitz handled the central pacific region and plans were drawn up to send forces against the japanese strongholds in the gilbert and marshall islands groups mark knowing is a u.p.s. pilot in the world war two militaries story he heads the nonprofit organization history flights they're working to locate the over seventy eight thousand missing in action from the second world war right way saying here is a good deed to intelligence maps that the u.s. marine corps put together for what they called helen island which was the code name for a base show atoll in tar island region and they built this very complex map with all of the difference and information that they gleaned from a number of overflights from b. twenty four craft taking photographs of the island and it has pictures of all the different and machine gun positions and the different types of large caliber weapons that would be used to shoot landing craft that has pictures of the tank traps the roads the airstrip. in june of one nine hundred forty three american recogniza

on recapturing new guinea nimitz handled the central pacific region and plans were drawn up to send forces against the japanese strongholds in the gilbert and marshall islands groups mark no one is a u.p.s. pilot in the world war two military historian he heads the nonprofit organization history flights they're working to locate the over seventy eight thousand missing in action from the second world war right way of saying here is a good deed to intelligence maps that the u.s. marine corps put together for what they called helen island which was the code name for a base you know a toll in tara wall island region and they built this very complex map with all of the different information that they gleaned from a number of overflights from b. twenty four craft taking photographs of the island and it has pictures of all different and machine gun positions and the different types of large caliber weapons that would be used to shoot landing craft that has pictures of the tank traps the roads the airstrip. in june of one nine hundred forty three american recognizance flights discover that

macarthur and his troops focused on recapturing new guinea nimitz handled the central pacific region and plans were drawn up to send forces against the japanese strongholds in the gilbert and marshall islands groups mark knowing is a u.p.s. pilot in the world war two military historian he heads the nonprofit organization history flights they're working to locate the over seventy eight thousand missing in action from the second world war right way saying here is a good deed to intelligence maps that the u.s. marine corps put together for what they called helen island which was the code name for a base you know a toll in tar island region and they built this very complex map with all of the difference and information that they gleaned from a number of overflights from b. twenty four craft taking photographs of the island and it has pictures of all different machine gun positions and the different types of large caliber weapons that would be used to shoot landing craft that has pictures of the tank traps the roads the airstrip. in june of one nine hundred forty three american recognizan

macarthur and his troops focused on recapturing new guinea nimitz handled the central pacific region. and plans were drawn up to send forces against the japanese strongholds in the gilbert and marshall islands group's mark noah is a u.p.s. pilot in the world war two military historian he heads the nonprofit organization history flights they're working to locate the over seventy eight thousand missing in action from the second world war right way saying here is a good deed to intelligence maps that the u.s. marine corps put together for what they called helen island which was the code name for a base you know a toll in tar island region and they built this very complex map with all of the different information that they gleaned from a number of overflights from b. twenty four craft taking photographs of the island and it has pictures of all the different machine gun positions and the different types of large caliber weapons that would be used to shoot landing craft that has pictures of the tank traps the roads the airstrip. in june of one nine hundred forty three american recognizance

macarthur and his troops focused on recapturing new guinea nimitz handled the central pacific region and plans were drawn up to send forces against the japanese strongholds in the gilbert and marshall islands groups mark no one is a u.p.s. pilot in the world war two military historian he heads the nonprofit organization history flights they're working to locate the over seventy eight thousand missing in action from the second world war right way saying here is a good deed to intelligence maps that the u.s. marine corps put together for what they called helen island which was the code name for a base you know atoll and the tar island region and they built this very complex map with all of the different information that they gleaned from a number of overflights from b. twenty four craft taking photographs of the island and it has pictures of all the different and machine gun positions and the different types of large caliber weapons that would be used to shoot landing craft that has pictures of the tank traps the roads the airstrip. in june of one nine hundred forty three american reco

on recapturing new guinea nimitz handled the central pacific region and plans were drawn up to send forces against the japanese strongholds in the gilbert and marshall islands groups mark no one is a u.p.s. pilot in the world war two military historian he heads the nonprofit organization history flights they're working to locate the over seventy eight thousand missing in action from the second world war right way saying here is a good deed to intelligence maps that the u.s. marine corps put together for what they called helen island which was the code name for a base sheo atoll in the tar island region and they built this very complex map with all of the difference and information that they gleaned from a number of overflights from b. twenty four craft taking photographs of the island and it has pictures of all the different machine gun positions and the different types of large caliber weapons that would be used to shoot landing craft that has pictures of the tank traps the roads the airstrip. in june of one nine hundred forty three american recognizance flights discover that base

macarthur and his troops focused on recapturing new guinea nimitz handled the central pacific region and plans were drawn up to send forces against the japanese strongholds in the gilbert and marshall islands groups mark knowing is a u.p.s. pilot in the world war two military story he heads the nonprofit organization history flights they're working to locate the over seventy eight thousand missing in action from the second world war right way saying here is a good deed to intelligence maps that the u.s. marine corps put together for what they called helen island which was the code name for a base you know atoll and the tar island region and they built this very complex map with all of the difference and information that they gleaned from a number of overflights from b. twenty four craft taking photographs of the island and it has pictures of all different and machine gun positions and the different types of large caliber weapons that would be used to shoot landing craft that has pictures of the tank traps the roads the airstrip. in june of one nine hundred forty three american recogn

on recapturing new guinea nimitz handled the central pacific region and plans were drawn up to send forces against the japanese strongholds in the gilbert and marshall islands groups mark no one is a u.p.s. pilot in the world war two military historian he heads the nonprofit organization history flights they're working to locate the over seventy eight thousand missing in action from the second world war right way saying here is a good deed to intelligence maps that the u.s. marine corps put together for what they called helen island which was the code name for a base you know atoll in the tar island region and they built this very complex math with all of the difference and information that they gleaned from a number of overflights from b. twenty four craft taking photographs of the island and it has pictures of all the different machine gun positions and the different types of large caliber weapons that would be used to shoot landing craft that has pictures of the tank traps the roads the airstrip. in june of one thousand nine hundred three american recognizance flights discover th

macarthur and his troops focused on recapturing new guinea nimitz handled the central pacific region and plans were drawn up to send forces against the japanese strongholds in the gilbert and marshall islands groups mark knowing is a u.p.s. pilot in the world war two militaries story he heads the nonprofit organization history flights they're working to locate the over seventy eight thousand missing in action from the second world war right way of saying here is a good deed to intelligence maps that the u.s. marine corps put together for what they called helen island which was the code name for a base sheo atoll in tar island region and they built this very complex map with all of the difference and information that they gleaned from a number of overflights from b. twenty four craft taking photographs of the island and it has pictures of all different and machine gun positions and the different types of large caliber weapons that would be used to shoot landing craft that has pictures of the tank traps the roads the airstrip. in june of one nine hundred forty three american recognizan

on recapturing new guinea nimitz handled the central pacific region and plans were drawn up to send forces against the japanese strongholds in the gilbert and marshall islands groups mark no one is a u.p.s. pilot in the world war two military historian he heads the nonprofit organization history flights they're working to locate the over seventy eight thousand missing in action from the second world war right way saying here is a good deed to intelligence maps that the u.s. marine corps put together for what they called helen island which was the code name for a base you know a toll in tar island region and they built this very complex map with all of the different information that they gleaned from a number of overflights from b. twenty four craft taking photographs of the island and it has pictures of all the different machine gun positions and the different types of large caliber weapons that would be used to shoot landing craft that has pictures of the tank traps the roads the airstrip. in june of one nine hundred forty three american recognizance flights discover that base you

global power shift to asia pacific region is the new central financial power and influence says russia's foreign minister china has taken over from japan as the world's second biggest economy and is fast catching up with the u.s. . and fresh organ trafficking allegations in kosovo reignited claims hundreds of. crime is right. now in the meantime stay with us as we uncover the natural treasures of the remote can check. in the fall east of russia that's in our special report. will cain is terrified and fascinated people since the dawn of time. their eruptions are beautiful but liesel natural. and. you can chuckle can ensure it is in eastern russia this region has been called the land of stone tool chips and so please. there are a few places on the planet where you can see so many different locations. constantly into town chap does not escape continues to be with century all the tonic to the teeth on the ground. but come chopped up a climb up a volcano usually begins to try. this is a military truck fitted with a wagon to transport people. drive again you can change it uses it to bring tour

global power shift the asia pacific region becomes a central influence with china taking over from japan as the world's second biggest economy. and fresh organ trafficking allegations in case of a rig not claims hundreds of. during the. war. the fear is full binoche crime is right. with twenty four hour news from russia and from around the world this is in moscow good to have you with us the race is on to get a key nuclear treaty with russia through the senate in the us the final decision is still to before president obama sees a democrat majority in general when it will get much tougher for him to get his policies through. has more now from washington d.c. . obviously this is going to be a last minute push to get this landmark deal passed through the senate before you newly elected officials step into office in january there is a very tense part is a game going on here in washington and the a lot of observers say that for many on capitol hill the fight is not about the content of the treaty but rather about scoring political points and the point scoring is expected to intensify after re

you're watching us on knvo right now in yakama, washington, unique works of 50 artists from around central washington at the larsen gallery artist exhibition. that's your pacific event of the day, lynn. >> bill, thanks so much. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. after his recent new york hotel rampage with a porn actress, charlie sheen is divorcing. according to "people," both sheen and brook muller filed petitions sunday. she wants full custody and he wants joint custody. >>> sadly, actress/singer lily allen has suffered a miscarriage. she and her boyfriend call it a deeply distressing time. >>> finally, courtney cox opened up about her separation from actor david arquette saying she doesn't know what's going to happen, but stresses, quote, it's not like we're getting divorced. she's leaning on best friend jennifer aniston saying, quote, we just have fun, laugh, it's great we're inseparable. what are girlfriends for, right? >>> and this comes to us from washington, d.c., where in nearby arlington a drop in the bucket almost meant losing a wealth of cherish

pacific plus updates throughout the evening. i'm katie couric reporting from cbs news election headquarters in new york. thank you for watching. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org access.wgbh.org ,,,, our state is in a real mess. and i'm not going to give you any phony plans or snappy slogans that don't go anywhere. we have to make some tough decisions. we have to live within our means. we have got to take the power from the state capitol and move it down to the local level, closer to the people. and no new taxes, without voter approval. we have got to pull together not as republicans or as democrats but as californians first. at this stage in my life, i'm prepared to do exactly that.

that's your pacific event of the day. >> bill, thanks so much. >>> here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. >>> hollywood's in shock this morning after a respected hollywood publicist was gunned down leaving a movie premiere. ronni chasen shot and killed in her mercedes-benz. police have no motive. the mystery deepened late whir police seized computers from her firm. >>> elsewhere, on a lighter note, oprah winfrey reunited robert redford and barbra streisand yesterday, stars of the early '70s hit "the way we were." redford surprised streisand for their first interview together, which he joked he'd never done before, because he thought "i never thought i'd get a word in." probably so true. >>> and "dancing with the stars," high scoring brandy and her partner were sent home, much to the shock of the show's audience and competitors. despite finishing last, according to judges' scores for the third straight week, bristol palin and her partner advanced to the show's final, thanks to the home audience vote. >>> and it's all abuzz over this. >> people are upset. they fe

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a mess in central california and the pacific northwest with some snow. sunny and cold in the plains. then on sunday, sunday, everybody heading home. the western!dhird of the country will be, again, a wet snowy mess. a few snowshowers in northern new england. otherwise, much of the rest of the country looking pretty good for your travel home from the thanksgiving holiday. >>> things are getting ugly this morning in downtown san francisco. you see the fog rolling in. we've had rain throughout the morning. that rain will start to taper off this afternoon. right now it's not exactly warm outside. you need a jacket this morning. our forecast highs are going to be in this area. thanks to colder air that will dive on in. quick look at the radar, shows the continuation of rain showers coming on shore. really rainy and then very snowy up in the mountains. tonight, freeze warning in effect. >> and of course you want more information on your holiday travel weather, check out the weather channel on cable and weather.com online. >>> up next, some tasty bite sized tha

showers in the pacific northwest. breezy and warm over the central planes. 50s over kansas and 60s and 70s in texas. it's clear in the east. that's wha >>> yesterday was all about the rain and today, well, it's all about the very cold weather. our forecast high today running below average, so even though we'll see sunshine, you need to bundle up. this afternoon it will be sunny, but temperatures will be below normal. and then tonight, very cold temperatures, once that sunsets, we'll see the temperature its beginning to plummet. we will see it warm upcoming later this week, but today it's all about bundling up even with all the sthin. >>> now here's carl. >> thanks. up next on "today" -- charged with murder. an arrest is made in the case of a missing college student. the details right after this. - i'll be home soon. until then, i have my wingman helping me out. tommy? - i helped dad pick it out. - it's beautiful. - behind every open heart is a story. tell yours with my open heart collection at kay jewelers, the number

as a result of a strong storm surge in the norris pacific. they could see waves 15 to 20 ft. or more perhaps even higher here at the legendary surf maverick. surfers wasting no time taking advantage of the rug there right now i spoke to a couple of them earlier. >> there's probably 30 ft sense top to bottom the drop is part of the reef. it's the first time i've ever served here really i was pretty lucky to get the surf here it takes a lot of swell and the right conditions i was lucky enough to get out there and get a couple. >> 15 ft. with the bigger ones on the big size the clouds deck everyone wants peace to the traffic jam out there right now. everyone save know is getting hurt. >> everyone heading to the beach to take in the waves and the surfers just by the way it's the nearest beach to the brickyard maverick where a rogue wave washed ashore and injured several people during last year served tournament. where to the wise if you're heading to the pizzbeech proceed with caution. in half moon bay were all flatboat kron 4 news. >> were going

freezing in central areas but right now there are around forty degrees celsius. being given to the girl. with thousands of dollars for a special food to help. with all of the sports. have you with sports today i mean these are some of the stories we're covering this hour survival dog fight two sides sitting a little too close for comfort to the relegation zone the premier league weekend. net loss of russian involvement in the last eight. of the season ends. in chorus. on the ice capades we've now reached the hof way stage of the third. season wind we believe it's been the most exciting yet in a few weeks time. of weekend of premier league action has begun the twenty ten title could be wrapped up by sunita on sunday two games early but before all votes there was business down the other end of the table to take into consideration the relegation threatened south turn and omkara went off in friday's sole fixture. far from safe but a win for either team would more than likely make the difference between top and second division football next season it was the home side

snow showers in the rockies, wet weather in the pacific midwest and flurries in the central plains. sunshine up and down the eastern seaboard, but with the flow >>> and your latest update for the bay bridge situation, chp, looks like they've opened the toll plaza just minutes ago. we see traffic now starting to flow gently into this area. a big backup going down the east shore freeway, so expect huge delays westbound coming out of richmond and into berkeley and emeryville. there's the upper deck taking over from treasure island, heading into san francisco. you can see cars continuing over, but they have to unleash the rest of the traffic coming down the east shore freeway. so watch for more delays. the map says it's closed, but they just seconds ago reopened the toll plaza heading over from oakland. daily dose, answer to your questions on travel health to the holiday season just around the corner, millions of you on family vacation to visit family and friends. dr. nancy snyderman has tips to prevent an illness and what to do in case you catch a bug along the way. as you just did, ha

good spells of sunshine but it turns cloudy into central portions of the country. wet conditions for the southwestern corner as well. meanwhile, southeastern asia dealing with heavy showers once again. central vietnam, hearing reports of torrential rain in the last 24 hours. flooding and landslides do remain the main concern. the storm system is actually weakening off. it doesn't look like that vein will be weakening for the next couple of days. the philippines looking at very unstable conditions once again. a low pressure system approaching the southern end of the island. heavy showers once again. flooding cannot be ruled out here. of course, the peninsula too, another wet day. it will threaten the area with more flooding and landslides. over the bay of bengal, we have a low pressure system that continues to move toward southeastern india. it will gain more energy. quite an active storm system and likely to bring torrential rains on your wednesday. something to watch out for here as well. 32 degrees in bangkok. looking quite cloudy in shanghai as well. let's head

with off recon you know the african command from the pentagon that they plan to expand to the south pacific they plan to spend to the south atlantic even here in south america so nato now is the new un it's a global operation it's full spectrum dominance doctrine which is the official pentagon doctrine the proven in two thousand and four and the edge and is global domination so i would say be afraid be very afraid which is nato mission in afghanistan they don't know because they were more or less forced to be there according to day article five of the nato charter so they are there to basically just to support the american trying to find osama bin laden mullah omar and i'm and also what do you which are not in afghanistan by the way there in baluchistan or he was serious then so what is nato doing over there not seeing now they're trying to make an arrangement of the russians so they can extract their through https through tragic is that it is because then and russian territory and the russians say ok well rick a few million dollars exit for us not a big deal. well still ahead in the progra

if you live in east and central time zones, (202) 737-0001. those of you in about a pacific time zones, (202) 737-0002. you can also send us an e-mail at booktv at c-span dot board. unfortunately, our twitter is not working today so we can't take any tweets for jonah goldberg but if you want to get updates on booktv go to twitter.com/booktv. mr. goldberg, and "proud to be right: voices of the next conservative generation" essays on gay rights, drug laws, isolationism. sex at a young i. homeschool religion. there seems to be a lot of contradictory essays in this book that is that anything -- let's start at the basic. what is conservatism? what unites conservatives? >> guest: you're right about the book and that was intentional, is that one of the points about the book, much like the blog where he spent much of my time at "national review online," i am the editor at large, i am not the day-to-day editor. thank god. there is this presumption on the left and on the mentioned it based on what is conservative, you know, there are two eyeholes in the

. >> big problem is that central valley with the collapse of the housing market. there is a huge number of people involved in housing construction. >> economists at university of the pacific found restrictions accounting for just a small fraction of the farm jobs lost. seven day they're the ones being hit hardest. >> we've been unemployed 100% in salmon fleet for three years. >> larry is looking at another bad season. hoping crab season will help him make ends meet and is hired of -- tire fd hearing farmers complain. >> they're down there planting almond trees they had the biggest tomato crop in the history of california. the third year, second year of the drought, second biggest almond drop in the -- crop in the history of california. they're planting more permanent crops rnl. i see dust bowl it's a lie. >> we checked and claims are accurate but not all crops are doing so well. farmers told us they don't want to fight with fisherman but can't keep up with water supplies continue to dwindle. >> it's intense battle. and west land water district withdrawn support fo

northwest and mountain snows and flurries in the central and northern plains and sunshine and breezy conditions along >> temperatures will be close to eight to 10 degrees above average. shooting >>> check your weather any time of the day, go to weather channel, on cable, weatherchannel.com. >>> he is 0 nnot a stranger to controversy and back in the headlines about former president george w. bush. as we mentioned, president bush opens about the memoir in that famous moment when west said george bush doesn't care about black people. it's something i asked president bush about when we sat down recently in texas. >> i didn't appreciate it then and i don't appreciate it now. it's one thing to say, you know, i don't appreciate the way he's handled his business, it's another thing to say the man's a racist. i resent it. it's not true. it's one of the most disgusting moments of my presidency. >> a two-term president who ran the country during katrina, 9/11 and wars in iraq and afghanistan and the financial meltdown and he's pointing the finger at kanye west and that incident as the worst mom

prayed to expand our operations all over the world which is that they actually doing they are right in central asia they are in north africa coupled with a free com you know the african command from the pentagon they plan to expand to the south pacific they plan to sponsor the south atlantic even here in south america so nato now is the new un it's a global operation it's full spectrum dominance doctrine which is the official pentagon doctrine the proven in two thousand and four and the agenda is global domination so i would say be afraid be very afraid which is nato is mission in afghanistan they don't know because they want more or less force to be there according to the article five of the nato charter so they are there to basically just to support the americans and try to find osama bin laden mullah omar and i'm and also when you which are not in afghanistan by the way there in baluchistan or he was serious then so what is nato doing over there not saying now they're trying to make an arrangement with the russians so they can extract their through through tragic is that it is because then

prayed to expand our operations all over the world which is they actually doing that they are right in central asia they are enormous in africa coupled with after a calm you know the african command from the pentagon that they plan to expand to the south pacific they plan to spend to the south atlantic even here in south america so nato now is the new un it's a global operation it's full spectrum dominance doctrine which is the official pentagon doctrine the proven in two thousand and four and the agenda is global domination so i would say be afraid be very afraid which is nato mission in afghanistan they don't know because they were more or less forced to be there according to the article five of the nato charter so they are there to basically just to support the american trying to find osama bin laden mullah omar and i'm and also what do you which are not in afghanistan by the way there in baluchistan or he was serious then so what is nato doing over there not saying now they're trying to make an arrangement of the russians so they can extract their through through that thick is that it is b

that's your pacific event of the day. >> thanks, bill. >> now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. when it comes to casting a spell over the box office, it looks like the boy wizard still has a few tricks up his sleeve. "harry potter and the deathly hallows part 1" set a franchise record taking in $125 million over the weekend. that's the sixth best opening of all time. with over $61 million friday, the movie had the fifth biggest opening day ever. and, at $12.4 million, it had the best-ever opening weekend in imax theaters. but there's more. the film also added $205 million from 54 other countries, this brings its worldwide total from just one weekend to over $330 million. they did well. the only other opener, russell crowe's "the next three days" it was swamped along with the rest. it finished fifth. >>> and finally, elsewhere, the american music awards last night belong to that guy, justin bieber, the 16-year-old heartthrob went four for four, winning every award he was nominated for, including favorite artist, beating out the folks like eminem, usher

pat com, pacific command and asia, centcom, u.s. centcom which is central command, the greater middle east and a touch of north africa, northcom which is us. north america, south com and most of of the caribbean and africom, most of africa. these are the areas of responsibility as they're called of six u.s. military commands. in case you hadn't noticed, that takes care of just about every inch of the planet. but i do hasten to add this. not every bit of imaginable space. for that, if you were a clever cartographer you would somehow need to include stratcom, the u.s. strategic command charged with among other things ensuring that we dominate the heavens and geographic commands, cybercom, something you guys may know something about. which is expected to be fully operational later this fall with 1,000 elite military hackers and spies under one four star general and that's not my quote, but from a major newspaper impending to engage in cyberwar in cyberspace. and this was formed in 1983. it was a result -- a direct result of the carter

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.

while central southern plains looking at another wet area, also spreading tonight. toward the west coast a new system's going to bring rain to the coastlines of british columbia as well as the pacific northwest. here's a look at temperatures. definitely cooler out west. 9 in seattle and the same in vancouver. only remaining at 1 in denver. a lot of cool air coming in. but on the other hand still quite mild right along the mississippi valley in toward chicago. expecting a high of 19 degrees. now getting a look at europe here, it's been pretty messy and unsettled. that's looking set to continue again today. widespread showers, clouds. but a couple areas could be picking up some sunny spells for a change as these systems move away. however, we're still looking at the chance of snow for the northern areas. and then thundershowers could develop anywhere across the balkans in toward italy tonight. new system already starts advancing in covering the british isles and then moving into western central sections of europe. it's going to start looking pretty wet again for the n

in the mountain and pacific time zones. where was the last place you've been? >> guest: i just got back from congo, and the artist on "war is boring," matt, he and i are going to collaborate on an entire graphic novel -- >> host: novel? >> guest: right. well, it's nonfiction, a nonfiction comic book about congress go. >> host: why? >> guest: congo's probably the worst war that most americans don't know anything about. no one is exactly sure about the numbers, but in the past 15 years at least 700,000 people have died in several overlapping conflicts. it's a gigantic country, lots of problems, and a country that really matters to the developed world. leaving aside humanitarian issues which, of course, matter on their own, congo's the source of horse -- most of the earth's rare minerals. without congo, we wouldn't have this high-tech society that we have. so conflict in congo should matter a lot more to americans than it does. we want to draw some attention to that. >> host: in iraq and in afghanistan, were you embedded with

asia pacific region. financial power and influence so says russia's foreign minister china has taken over from japan as the world's second biggest economy and it's catching up with the u.s. and. america has. an exchange for a three month old construction but critics say bribe. decades of. hundreds of. during the ninety's. to see is organized crime is right. well my colleague bill dog will be here in half an hour's time but for the meanwhile with western powers overspending and crippled by debt people of elena's guests and crossed the welfare system is here to stay or just to fade away thanks for watching. if you can. follow him welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle the welfare state is dead long live the welfare state the idea of western style the welfare state has few supporters during these hard times but few are willing to demand less and pay more for government services the system is broken and bankrupt with almost no one taking responsibility. to. discuss the prospects of the welfare state i'm join

. >> the big problem in the central valley was with the collapse of the housing market. a huge number of people involved in housing construction. >> in fact, economists at the university of pacific say water restrictions accounted for just a small fraction of the jobs lost. salmon fishermen say they are the ones hit hardest. >> we have been unmany ployed 100% in the salmon fleet for the last three years. >> larry colins is one of many salmon fishing hoping at another bad season. he is hoping crab season will help make ends meet. he is tired of hearing the farmers complain. >> they were down there planting almond trees and had the biggest tomato crop in the history of california the third or second year of the drought and the second biggest almond growth and they are planting more and more permanent crops. when i see the dust bowl signs it as to the american people. >> those claims are accurate but not all crops are doing so well. farmers told us they don't want to fight with fishermen but can't keep up with demand if the water supplies continue to dwindle. one more thing

zones, 585-3886 if you live in the mountain and pacific time zones. first call up for eliza griswold from portland, oregon. please go ahead, portland. >> caller: hello, everybody. i really appreciate the author for reaching so many nations. the talk, especially now, that the world has become a worldd village. i have a couple of questions in regards to what kind of economic power she perceived in the book or she exposes in the book not only in the regards to -- [inaudible] but i think it is very acute the fact that she points out that a lot of the economy that comes from the fifth parallel down inh the hemisphere, it's related to cacao and other crops.o and then my question, i guess, is do you know of any companies that are doing businesss currently that profit from thatu cacao economy?u so that is it. thank you. >> guest: so a lot of the local businesses, the cacao businesses in indonesia do have, they have local elements, and they have international elements. i mean, cacao was just one and really one of the smaller resources that i was looking at and

some evening showers move into the pacific northwest. the rain should hold out for the thanksgiving day parade until after it's all over. >> patchy fog out there, more clouds than not. chance of late day showers. 60s yet again. >> and with holiday travel all important, you want to check in with the weather channel on cable or weather.com online. . >>> sarah palin's much anticipated new book hits stores today. nbc news received an advanced copy last night and the former alaska governor is not holding back when it comes to president obama. nbc's norah o'donnell is in washington with the details. >> reporter: well, you know her new book is called "america by heart." it's full of what she calls reflection on faith, family and flag. but with all the attacks on president obama and others, some say it could be a handbook for her for a 2012 campaign. even before "america by heart" hits bookstores, sarah palin is all over the air waives. in a surprise visit to "dancing with the stars" cheering on daughter bristol. on fox news -- >> well, now i'm

these moon gellies are common along the central coast. >>> overseas, president obama is capping off his ten-day four-country tour of asia. his final stop is a summit of pacific rim leaders in japan, where he declared the united states is here to stay as a force in asia. >> reporter: call him the salesman in cheech all week president -- in chief. all week he has been trying to convince asian leaders to open up for american markets. >> in today's interexpected world what happened in d intereconomicked world what happened in chinese has a direct effect on the lives of the american people. this is a job strategy, because with every $1 billion we sell 5,000 jobs are supported at home. >> reporter: he issued a warning. the united states can no longer serve that's world's consumer. >> nations should not assume their path to prosperity is paved with expects to america. >> reporter: there have been bruising economic setbacks on the trip. no agreement on a free trade deal with south korea. obama could not convince him to open up the market to american cars. the white house says china is deliberat

higher elevations than in the wake of today's system all lot of cool air is all live here over the pacific. look at bespeckled clouded is, that indicates a very cold months but score to settle in over the bay and tamara out its kind to it be centrally overnight temperatures getting into the upper 30s in the upper 40's with close to the day will be a sunny day but temperatures will struggle to one of and the upper 50s and lower 60s, that is as warm as it will get. you'll get a fairly brisk breeze running cool and going into tuesday morning the temperatures will drop even more, perhaps was decreasing in the north prepared here's our future test showing still a one to 6 in. expected are the higher elevations of the winter weather advisory for 6:00 a.m.. this knows it dropping to 5 ft. and death later acquired it over the at 80. this purple color shows were the clothes napa valley and the sonoma county is, some thirties popping that end forties' near the bay and the temperatures will slowly warm up through the day but not too much, all lot of light blue issuing '50s and the warmest place is ju

-1115 or callers in the mountain and pacific sounds and for gulf coast residents (202)624-0760. our first caller is jimmy and sherman, texas. >> hello? >> go ahead, jimmy. >> caller: i am sorry? when the president got on the tv and how we asked for somebody to show them how to cap that off on the oil was coming out of the gulf, coming out of the pipe, they didn't know how to cap it off, right? i called my conquers men and told him i would do it. i was a plumber for almost 50 years. i said i don't know what they will do but-- but i knew how to do plumbing and that flange down there, the pilot that broke off they tried to get around it where they could cap it off. okay, told them to unscrew those bolts to hold that flange down and make up another flange with a foul on top of it so you could take it off and set it to one side and put that flange on top where the old flange was ample that that down and reach up and turn the valve off. it worked. i think i'm the only one that told him about it but i don't know. >> host: thanks for your call. next houston, texas. houston, do we have y

if you live in east and central time zones, (202) 737-0001. those of you in about a pacific time zones, (202) 737-0002. you can also send us an e-mail at booktv at c-span dot board. >> unfortunately our twitter is not working today so we can't take any tweets. for jonah goldberg but if you want to get updates on booktv you can go to twitter.com/booktv. mr. goldberg in proud to be right, voices of the next conservative generation, there are essays on drug laws, sex at yale, home-schooling, religion -- there seemed to be a lot of contradictory essays in this book. is there anything -- let's go -- let's start at the basic. what is conservatism? what unites conservatives? >> you're right about the book and that was intentional. is that one of the points about the book much like the blog in the corner write spent much of my time on national review online and i'm the editor-at-large and not the day-to-day editor, thank god. is that, you know, there is this presumption on the left and on the mainstream media that the second you say someone is conserv

here's radar, you can see a few pockets left over the bulk of it is now on to the central valley. sierra. closer look great on through milpitas palo alto, a few left over rain drops, a still is sitting off and the pacific. making a beeline for the peninsula. paul they're certainly not done with th we are certainly not done with the wet weather yet. satellite and radar, more strut their, clouds moving into the picture. to mark another cold front to pressure on through delivering as another batch of rain. timeline, a future cast four, 10:00 a.m. still keeping a chance of showers even by 10:00 a.m. this morning. some afternoonthis aft, light rain if we do see any. tuesday, another batch of wet weather will stand up early in the morning a few sprinkles along the north bay and the peninsula 7:00 a.m. still keeping rain in the picture looks like the heavier stuff is to the east of us. still keeping a chance of rain for everybody. better chance of to the south bay. 8:00, same story. after van nuys, dropping dead in the '50s. not much variety in the temperatures at all. maybe a change eve

time zone, 585-3886, mountain and pacific time zones. in your book you write about the cia. one hard lesson i've learned, ass covering trumps national security every time. >> guest: i'm afraid that's it. i mean, there are a lot of people who it's their first, their first priority is national security, but it gets caught up, for example, immediately after 9/11 the first thing i ended up doing was compiling a list of all of the intelligence we put out because we knew we were going to be called before congressional committees, and we knew that investigations were coming up, so while you're also trying to look out for another terrorist attack and what might be happening, you also have to, you know, you're immediately -- you immediately have to go in defensive mode. >> host: so when you hear the term flawed intelligence from inside the agency, what's your perspective on that? >> guest: well, the term flawed intelligence has also been used by people who have no idea what the stream of intelligence looks like. in retrospect, it's -- you can mat

windy conditions in the pacific northwest. showers as a cold front moves through the central great lakes, we'll look at plenty of sunshine, warmer than usual temperatures, record setting temperatures in the southwest into southern california, getting up into the 90s in southern l.a. today. >>> a beautiful shot of mt. diablo this morning. giants orange this morning. you'll see the victory parade starting at 11:00. 70s around parade time, 70s and 80s around the rest of the bay area today with a lot of sunshine late in the day. i think we'll see low clouds approaching the coast inlane and across the north bay. highs 70s and 80s. tomorrow one more warm day inland but a big drop in temperatures on friday as the weather fortunes change. cooler temperatures and a chance of scattered showers late on friday. weather. meredith? >>> coming up, we're going to have more on sarah palin's affect on the midterm elections. and the mixed showing at the polls over so-called mamma grizzlies. much more of our election coverage coming up, but first

a little bit of snow overnight and portions of the central plains. i'm going to show you one more quick map what the temperatures are because brian kilmeade walked away from the camera. it's currently freezing in caribou. it's 32 there. about the same for cleveland. out west, cold spell as well. middle part of the country got 50's and 60's and brian is back in position. let's wrap things up. daytime high of 70 in chicago. close to 80's in portions of texas and the gulf coast as well. all right. meanwhile, it's time for a look at sports. >> i thought for a while lebron james, chris bosh and dwayne wade would go undefeated in miami. they're having problems. they failed to make it nine straight wins over the jazz. they're at home. james passes upwards to wade. who knew he could touch the rim? he went up 19. lebron, he doesn't need a last name. pass underneath to lebron. which is second to last. utah would say uh-uh. it would be a night for paul metcalf. he got over 40 points forcing overtime. both free throws with four seconds left in the extra period.

michio kaku putting the missile launch plane controversy over the pacific coast to rest. thank you, sir. always good to see you. bill: as only you can, thanks, "fox news alert," back to london now, central london, where the protests continue, this has been going on for hours and what we saw earlier on top of the building, headquarters of the conservative party, is that some of the protesters actually made their way to the roof and now you see below, the thousands who have gathered. we were given a figure earlier of 40,000, some say that is too high. 30,000, 20,000, substantial numbers of students in the streets of central london protesting proposed tuition hikes, some suggest as high as 300% for universities in england and we are watching the story throughout the day here along with our viewer out of london, and greg palkot on the ground there, he lost 27 pounds in 60 days days. not a lean cuisine in sight, only a twinkie diet and the man behind it. martha: a have been had a a twinkie in a really long time. they look really good, don't they... >> ♪ ♪ you are my candy

more heavy rain in the pacific northwest. mild from the plains down into texas. breezy in the western great lakes into the central plains. >>> here's a view fr of low level hayes. at the top of the screen we have mid and high level clouds coming on through. today will still be warm. san jose 78. low to mid-70s up and down the peninsula, but starting tomorrow, we'll see a stronger seabreeze, more low level clouds and even a slight chance of showers for friday night and early saturday. but at this point sunday looks like the day we'll see rain and a much cooler finish to the weekend. >>> that's your latest weather. >> up next, charlie sheen hires a, quote, sober coach, unquote. we're back after this. ["stir it up" playing] stir up a smile with hershey's syrup. women: no! announcer: it's the unlimited soup, salad, and breadsticks lunch. only at olive garden. featuring four homemade soups. enjoy all you want for just $6.95. now...what about tomorrow? how about soup, salad, and breadsticks again? great idea! i love it! progresso. oh yes hi. can you please put my grand