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

this is the view down pacific. this is from the block back to nob hill. this is the -- this is not the revised one. over the past three years, i have made a number of changes to the project to address the community concerns, other than 65 feet. this is in a tight zone. this is adjacent to the buildings and this is the one thing that i have held very firm on. there were concerns about setting a precedent. i will leave this for you. blocking the view from jackson street. i have said that this is not protected in the city. the building has been completely redesigned into a number of different forms with different color and texture, with multiple levity levels. and i have gone from 59 units, and now i am down to 38 units with the latest change. i have dropped all this below grade, and this has an eye scratched -- a nice garage. we have a lot of retail space on pacific avenue, and this is a great community oriented to small retail. we have seen a historic structure. they say that there is no shadow impact. i have gone ahead and made this. we see the revision a

both sides understood the necessity to control islands across the pacific . the american commands tactical approach dated back to teddy roosevelt's assessment of world sea diplomacy devised for the late one nine hundred centuries. roosevelt always believed that if the u.s. was to contain japanese expansion they would need to command strategic island bases across the pacific. the basic strategy first of all i tell you for scotland sector getting an odd he decided the best plan for selection for the five states are set up a series called a. partnership and holiday club polling station cod purposeful mindless separate plan looking for something specific to batman that a man sprang for that. the japanese conscripted over forty one hundred korean slave laborers to build up a show's defenses as well as a small airstrip. they sent in over twenty six hundred crack japanese imperial marines to defender. massive fortifications were built including giant pill boxes some over seven hundred feet in height ten large eight inch gun emplacements. field artillery and anti-air

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the largest american of all time offensives in the pacific they battle of terror out. in the fall of one nine hundred forty three america began a major campaign against the japanese defenses in the central pacific over thirty five thousand u.s. marines and naval forces were assembled for an invasion. the nov twentieth america launched an unfair be assault against one of the most heavily fortified japanese islands in the world. tyrone. on board a higgins landing craft ensign leon cooper who was responsible for the lives of hundreds of men. for the thousands of marines riding to the shores that morning no one could imagine the ferocity of the battle to come or the death and destruction that would soon face. in february of two thousand and eight the young and navy veteran of the towers. and a film crew left los angeles on a journey that took sixty five years. to. be. on. while doing research for my recent book the war in the pacific of retrospect. i happened across a not so she had to press a report that said in effect. where hundreds of marines died there are now million

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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

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i mean, japan is obviously a great partner of the united states in the asia-pacific region. japan and the united states share so many values in terms of commitment to the rule of law, being democracies. it could do more, we think, to stimulate direct foreign investment. unfortunately, if you look at the oecd countries, foreign direct investment into japan is only about 4% of japanese gdp and that is the low of the average of oecd countries. but looking particularly in this year of japan's leader ship of apec and next year to the u.s. leadership, we think apec will stimulate japan's embracing an inclusive trade architecture in the asia pacific can actually stimulate trade and growth and by doing that i think it will very much be in line with president obama export initiative. >> reporter: the accj has urged japan to join the trans-pacific partnership pact, otherwise known as tpp, but some argue that this could adversely affect industries in japan, such as japanese agriculture. what are your thoughts on this? >> well, we believe the tppp would be a very effective mechanism for

both sides understood the necessity to control islands across the pacific . the american commands tactical approach dated back to teddy roosevelt's assessment of world sea diplomacy devised for the late one thousand century. roosevelt always believed that if the u.s. was to contain japanese expansion they would need to command strategic island bases across the pacific the basic strategy and worst of all i tell you for a spotless record of any. law he decided to mess up our selection for the five states or someplace or to call a halt or a ship and holiday a polling station caught up in a span of mindless several plant looking for something specific to the batman that a manuscript for that. the japanese conscripted over forty one hundred korean slave laborers to build up a show's defenses as well as a small airstrip. they sent in over twenty six hundred crack japanese imperial marines to defender. massive fortifications were built including giant pill boxes some over seven hundred feet in height ten large eight inch gun emplacements. field artillery and anti-ai

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

i mean, japan is, obviously, a great partner of the united states in the asia pacific region. you know, japan and the united states share so many values in terms of the commitment to the rule of law being democracies. it could do more, we think, to stimulate direct foreign investment. you know, unfortunately, if you look at the oecd countries, foreign direct investment into japan is only about 4% of japanese gdp. and that's quite a bit below what the average is for oecd countries. but looking particularly in this year of japan's apec leadership and next year to the u.s. leadership year, we think apec, an initiative like that that will stimulate japan's embracing a inclusive trade architecture in the asia pacific can actually stimulate trade and growth. and by doing that, i think it will very much be in line with president obama's export initiative. >> the accj has urged japan to join the trans-pacific partnership pact, otherwise known as tpp, but some argue that this could adversely affect industries here in japan. for example, japanese agriculture. what are your thoughts on t

i feel that his building belongs in south beach one mission bay, and not on pacific avenue. i question, also, why there were these statutes on this. we have seen the latest revived -- the latest revised numbers on this. i believe that this exception should not be allowed, just for all of the reasons that i have stated. and i feel that we really need to preserve -- preserve these areas because these are buildings that are not very tall. 1650 was not a great idea. this is there and this has been built already. but two wrongs do not make a right and i hope that you will consider these ideas. for this development and all future developments. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i am with a real-estate development company in san francisco. i would like to read this for my partner. he would have liked to be here but he had an appointment. i would like to offer my testimonial to ask that you approve this development. i have known him for more than 20 years and have had the opportunity to support a number of his projects over that time. this is very high quality and i understand that s

welcome to our viewers across the nation, including the pacific time zone. i'm lip berry and today we begin with turkey traditions and to get ready to break bread with your loved ones on this thanksgiving day. the spirit of the season is in full swing around the country and the world. in washington, d.c., yesterday the first family handed out turkey dinners with all the trimmings and earlier in the day mr. obama granted the annual presidential pardon as he set free a pair of turkeys, joking that it felt good to stop at least one shellacking this november. >>> hundreds of soldiers and their family members were treated to a feast which included more than 4,000 pounds of turkey. and this morning the men and women were all thankful for nearly 150,000 troops overseas in iraq and afghanistan are getting a taste of the holiday spirit eating a full thanksgiving dinner complete with turkey, sweet potatoes and of course the pie. >>> and thanksgiving wouldn't be thanksgiving without the macy's parade. this year there are some newcomers in the crowd. michelle franzen is

that's your pacific event of date. lynn? >> bill, thanks so much. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment -- the kardashian sisters have finally found something they can say no to. their attorneys are seeking to cut ties with pre-paid debit cards that feature their name and likeness after coming under attack for the cards' high fees. connecticut attorney general richard blumenthal is investigating and calls the cards' fees "predatory." >>> florida released video from earlier this month of a wobbly and confused david cassidy failing a field sobriety test. in it, the former partridge family singer tells the trooper he has a wandering eye condition, but other coordinating tests convince the trooper cassidy was impaired. >>> finally, in a move seen as appealing to younger viewers, anne hathaway and james franco have been proven to host february's party, the oscar telecast. in fact, this year, both cohosts are getting possible oscar buzz themselves. see how that turns out. >>> this comes to us from char

and we know that the proposed building at 1655 pacific ave will be smaller than some of the neighbors. we believe that the neighborhood engagement with this project has been worthwhile, because this is significantly modified and improved and we believe that this will be a positive addition to the neighborhood and we ask the planning commission to support this project. and i will submit this to the record. >> good afternoon. i am from the san francisco electrical construction industry, to support this project on pacific avenue. after i met the developer, he has been available for discussions and working together on the project. he has directly supported the industry over multiple decades, hiring local contractors who employed the trained labour force in these industries. and the electrical apprentices ship program. and once again, we are in support of the project and we want to grant the conditional use authorization. [reading names] >> 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 t

maybe a sprinkle or two in the pacific northwest. a more significant shot of rain will come into tomorrow. most of the west coast is getting some wet weather from this, but primarily northern california and the oregon coastline is who will see the most significant. not much warm air in place tomorrow, even vegas in the low 60s. if you're watching us on khnl hawaii, news now in honolulu, explore a tropical rain forest in your backyard. take a guided tour and view more than 5,000 tropical plants. at the lion ar ber retum and your pacific event of the day. >>> here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. this past weekend, the strongest at the box office in over three mond with a family comedy. the supervillain comedy "megamind" open in the top spot with a slightly less than expected $47.7 million. featuring the voices of will farrell, brad pitt, and tina fey, megamind had been expected to take in $50 million. >>> opening strongly in second, the road trip comedy "due date" starring robert downey jr., which took in a sligh

by visiting one of russia's most oft long outposts the cruel arlen's remote occupied ago lies in the pacific thousands of kilometers from moscow japan which claims for the islands as it was called visit regret. little. details all fled did it strip coming to us some more about why did the visit has triggered this reaction from japan. well of course the main reason why the east visit triggers such a dramatic reaction from from japan is japan's own territorial claims to these four islands and because of these claims russian leaders in the past have been very careful even reluctant to visit those searchers in fact reach immunity became the first african leader of russia or the still being if you need to visit these audits and keep first announced that he's in town shouldn't you do said both a month ago but back then bad weather prevented you from flying in and immediately after the news broke out japanese foreign ministry issued a statement warning that if indeed that takes place between these with seriously damaged ties between russia and japan now the statement also irritated the russian dipl

the item before you is item number 4, case number 200 7.0519, 1645 pacific ave. what is before you is the certification of the final environmental impact report. >> good afternoon. i'm with the analysis division of the planning department. before you is the certification of the final environmental impact report for 1645 pacific avenue, which consists of demolition of the commercial building and its replacement with a new 65-foot tall, 32 residential unit building. a copy of the rest of the final eir certification motion is before you and was distributed with comments and responses for the eir document on october 14, 2010. the draft eir for the product was published and circulated for review, and comments on the november 18, 2009, 62 days, ending on january 19, 2010. during the public, time, the historic preservation commission held a hearing on the draft eir on december 2, 2009. comments received from the historic preservation commission related mainly to cultural resources, the historic resources evaluation, and mitigation measures. these were memorialized in a

here due to arrive from russia's national committee on asia pacific security thank you very much for your analysis there thank you thank you. the moscow does not feel bad nato treats its enemy russia's foreign minister should be treated as an enemy russia's foreign minister has said during talks with his german counterpart the minister streamlined their positions ahead of the russian nato council in lisbon and also discussed disarmament plans let's get more now from marty's getting a great job on who'd been following the talks she now joins us live hi there you catherine what were the main talking points of the news conference. monday security was the central global security was the central issue of the talks between the two foreign minister now russia is seeking to develop different forms of cooperation both with the european union security structures and with the north atlantic alliance with nato something we should have been unimaginable a couple of years ago and this is well partly what they've been talking about and. focused on was missile defense in europe and this is the this

well we're here in the yokohama japan where the asia pacific economic cooperation forum is currently going on its.

i am from the san francisco electrical construction industry, to support this project on pacific avenue. after i met the developer, he has been available for discussions and working together on the project. he has directly supported the industry over multiple decades, hiring local contractors who employed the trained labour force in these industries. and the electrical apprentices ship program. and once again, we are in support of the project and we want to grant the conditional use authorization. [reading names] >> 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

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 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 a new c.n.n. . talking to my friends about my activism. and they don't care about such serious matters sort of thing i like. 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 muggy as 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 well trying to make an impact on of them it's amazing but it will. please let's look over here above that turnbull see the airplane. in th

a look up the street, th cable car is stopped between pacific and jackson. it will be closed for some time. this is earlier. police tell us that 4:20 this afternoon, a cable car conductor on the mason street line was stabbed. now, the incident occurred in the car while it wag traveling between pacific and jackson here in chinatown. let's go to when police actuly start conducting what we believe is an arrest. >> help us! video cameras. >> reporter: we don't know exactly whether or not the two women the police took into custody there are actually suspected in the incident, but we do know that police actually folled a blood trail leading away fm the cable car up pacific, and they arrested a male suspect. now, they arrested the male spect minutes after the incident. we weren't told exactly who the suspect was but police have the he individual in custody. we're told the condion ductor was taken -- conductor was taken to general hospital. the individual the conduct was abbed in the torso and woe don't have any information on this condition at this poin and we don'

the twenty one members of the asia pacific economic cooperation gather here for a two day summit in a yokohama japan to get down to business. despite its declared socialism it appears to be making a comeback countries across the world many experts predicting the decay of capitalism. shifting ocean currents temperatures going up and down what's happening to the planet's climate and what is this world coming to with right answer questions later in the program. around the clock and indeed around the world you're watching our carriage alston well to our top story now they already account for hoffa of 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. areas for the annual apec summit the twenty one members of the asia pacific economic forum are not gathering here in yokohama japan and it's very much like the recently concluded g twenty that just happened in the seoul.

we begin in the pacific northwest in the deep freeze after a ferocious winter storm came on shore. jim foreman of king tv, our nbc station in seattle, has our report for us. >> good evening, brian. winter has come early here to the northwest and it's hit hard. roads are closed. tens of thousands are still without power and some are being warned it could be friday before the lights are back on. seattle woke up this morning and quickly started digging out from an early-season storm which closed schools and businesses. for many, the job was assessing the damage and untangling the twisted metal from the hundreds of accidents reported across the region. >> this car just came sliding straight down and i was like, no, no, don't turn this way, keep going. >> reporter: just a dusting of snow can cripple seattle which has a lot of hills and usually doesn't get much snow. mass transit remains snarled as buses litter unplowed streets. >> people don't understand to slow down and take it easy. >> reporter: at the height of the storms tens of thousands of drivers were trapped on the interstates a

twenty one members of the asia pacific economic forum are not gathering here in the yokohama japan and it's very much like the recently concluded g twenty that has happened did so with south korea basically they're going to be talking about how to revive the global economy and get out of the woods for b. global financial crisis happened two years ago and so all the table if they're going to be talking about free trade agreements said opening up their economies further this has this is the very reason for the existence of a pact to begin with but of course all this is easier said than done coming on the back of the g. twenty where the fear of protectionism was hanging over the heads of the leaders now this is going to be much more of a child as they have to talk about concrete plans concrete steps they're 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 twenty one members said this is going to be a bit difficult because having all twenty one members talk about

the twenty one members of the asia pacific economic cooperation gathered here for a two day summit in a yokohama japan to get down to business. despite its declared day socialism appears to be making a comeback in countries across the world many experts predicting the decay of capitalism. shifting ocean currents temperatures going up and down what's happening to the planet's climate and to what is this world coming to with man's a question later in the program. you know this is r.t. around the clock news on the air and online they already account for all the global economic activity now they want more pacific rim nations are gathering in japan seeking to expand their influence and increase free trade he's also there is one of the apec summit. the twenty one members of the asia pacific economic forum are not gathering here in the yokohama japan and it's very much like the recently concluded g twenty that has happened in seoul with south korea basically they're going to be talking about how to revive the global economy and get out of the world.

countries making up hof of the world's economy gather at the age of pacific summit in japan seeking to promote free trade in the region and. despite its declared death socialism it has been making a comeback in countries across the world and many experts predicting that mchale's capitalism. and weather extremes experienced on every continent a tricking where is often approaching climatic apocalypse and the search for someone to blame. the sports news is next here and out here in the town. hello and welcome to the sports news an r.t.m. we begin with if you look at the headlines there is hamilton emanates practice all that crucial grand prix i had a fellow title chasers alone so webber to tell. you the end of the ravens fourth quarter comeback deny i do not plan to ask the falcons gathering for the best record in the league. and it's a one certain goals and also the guy was hit by none other than. shot on the second day of the ozzie masters. so starting with formula one and mcclaren series hamilton increase the pressure on three title favors by recording the fastest time in practice for

it came on a fringe talks with dimitri medvedev the asia pacific summit which has just wrapped up in japan artes to australia is that. there at the apec summit actually the talks between the russian president dmitry medvedev and a u.s. president barack obama happened on the sidelines it was the first talk of the a second day of the summit and yes at the top of the agenda on the table is the ratification of the new start treaty now a president obama had there reiterated his commitment to the russian president that he is going to make sure that the treaty gets done at the lame duck session of the u.s. congress and he also said that he had communicated to the u.s. politicians that this is of the utmost of priority i reiterated my commitment. to start tweeting. during the lame duck session. or already this would reduce the nuclear long range missiles of the two countries by thirty percent it and it would allow the two countries to check on the stockpiles of each other two presidents brought this up today but they said that they will hammer out the details of the nato summit upcoming nato

building high in the pacific northwest allowing for the northeasterly winds today. normal that's our fire weather but due to the recent rain we'll look for just some very nice weather with mild afternoons and temperatures well above normal. in fact, today in the south bay low 60s. talking about 70 around the bay in milpitas and how about 73 in campbell. low 70s cupertino and santa clara today and on the peninsula lots of sunshine. a bit cooler and breezy conditions throughout the afternoon with 70 menlo park and san mateo. san francisco coming in at 71 degrees today in the sunset. beautiful day of 68. south city 72. and down at the surface some breezy winds increasing throughout the afternoon. but enough to warm us up into the mid-70s here. 75 calistoga, santa rosa, even bodega and stinson beach the upper 60s today. near east bay upper 60s in richmond to low 70s union city and fremont today and really no changes throughout the weekend. low 70s dublin but if you're headed into the valleys, higher winds and some very nice warming from pleasanton at 73, 68 monterey. th

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

welcome to our viewers including those in the pacific time zone. i'm lynn berry. >>> today we begin with the brink of war. the u.s. and south korea move ahead with plans to hold joint military drills this weekend. the "uss george washington" has arrived in the yellow sea for preplanned maneuvers which now ar also a show of support after the north's artillery attacks this week. brian moore is in washington with the latest. brian, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lynn. south koreans were shaken this morning by the unmistakable thunder of artillery. u.s. officials saying this appears to be a north korean drill, but it is also a clear message coming just three days after that deadly attack on a south korean island. u.s. officials have moved the "uss george washington," its 75 warplanes and four other battleships into that region for the pre-planned drill with the south korean. u.s. officials hope this will have a calming influence, but the north koreans are saying today that the united states is pushing the korean peninsula to the brink of war.

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 they make up 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 important partner for the u.s. and other issues that they're talking about would be labor security they're talking about sharing of innovation and technology they're talking about protecting intellectual property all these are very important terms of trade and economic development for the u.s. and japan had already met and also the leaders of a rush to judge a patent china had signed. an agreement to build a chemical plant and that has already been done and this morning and later today there will be a bilateral talks between russian president dmitry medvedev and the japanese prime minister not expecting them to talk about territorial issues specifically issue with real islands now this again comes on the back of the twenty now the currency war is one of the issues that have

pacific storm. visit to russia south korea provokes anger in japan which. has brought serious damage to relations. sound system on the signori nuclear fuel technology that is supposed to maximize our pollution to claims it's a waste of time and. friends with benefits economists. claiming washington is trying to bankrupt beijing as its economy. and attack in russia to debate it some are calling for certain breeds to be blacklisted. some punished. for moscow welcome to the program president medvedev has sponsored outcry in japan by visiting one of russia's most far flung outposts the currents there. in the pacific thousands of kilometers from moscow japan which claims four of the islands as it has called the visit regrettable but russia says the president doesn't need permission to travel to another part of the country's territory well from the current auden's artie's office on a boy sends this report. it's a leftover from the second world war old soviet tanks rusting on the shore but there barrels pointed towards your pan the cornish island together with thr

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 twenty one members of 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's good for example in japan wants to export more course 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 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 they make up 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 important partner for the u.

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

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

where the asia pacific economic cooperation forum is currently going on it's going to be a two day summit today has been the first day so here the twenty one members of the operation have come together to discuss of course very similar recently twenty in seoul south korea state of the global economy and how. cooperate to get out of the countries find themselves in especially after the global financial crisis so on the table here is the fear and open trade and investment between countries so of course when you talk about free trade you're talking about lowering of barriers you're talking about a lot of pros and cons a lot of give and take between the countries the policy makers have come here to discuss those between between the countries and to make sure there's a lot more cooperation between let's just remember that. makes up more than half of the g.d.p. of the world during the national crisis of the first ones to get out of it or at least to not be hit as hard as the western countries have been are the countries from with this so they play a very very big. global economic landscape asid

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 they make up more than half of the g.d.p. of the world they have forty one percent of the global economy and forty three percent of global trade so again they are very important which is why the u.s. is really looking obama just gave a speech this morning. he says that the asian is really an important partner for a u.s. and other issues that they're talking about would be labor security they're talking about sharing of innovation and technology they're talking about protecting intellectual property all these are very important terms of trade and economic development now also they will be talking having sidelight meetings on the sidelines but that's going to happen later if they do yes tess you mentioned about the leaders meeting on the sidelines of the summit so what can we expect from them . well this morning what happened the u.s. and japan had already met and also the leaders of a russia pad and

going to be discussing existing free trade agreements their pockets of these agreements within the pacific countries members of apec and they're going to be discussing more of the details of this now the u.s. is pushing for a agreement that will and can pass all twenty one members of 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 there's good for and example of japan wants to explore more course of the world while the u.s. wants more access to its agriculture industry which is a bit of a sensitive industry here in japan so it's going to take a bit more than just talking talking sitting down and talking about it right here at the apec forum you know the leaders i've 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 coop

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 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