and the pacific. throughout the war, we had to decide where to send our forces, how much to send to europe and to the pacific. a very points in the war, admiral king -- we had about a 50% effort in the pacific, most -- a 15%uff in europe effort in the pacific, most of the stuff in europe. if you look more closely, the pacific effort never fell below 45%, depending on how you want to count it, and king never described how he arrived at 15%. always question is this is inconsistent with germany. what is going on with that? if you look at the manpower strength in the pacific and europe, and the combat divisions deployed, it is roughly even until 1944, which would surprise you if you are aware of efforts in june of 1944. he will also note that the number of combat aircraft deployed in both theaters was actually quite favorable to the 1942, balanced out in 1944, but even by june-december 1944 when we are fighting the belgium,n france and 15% of our aircraft are in the pacific. highlight january-june 1944 as

we are inside the southern pacific lounge car. this is mid-1950's, the type of car you would have come to to get a cocktail, read the newspaper, have a little bit of recreation while you were traveling on the train. this is an original car, original post early -- apple upholstery. the visitors, the older visitors , sometimes have memories of writing on trains themselves, and can reminisce about that. this is a pullman sleeper car. there would have been open seating as far as sleeping areas. hs wouldr bert double as sleeping and beds. this fold down and becomes the lower bunk. along withwould come the key, opened it, and pull it down. it would have had a curtain across. some did have restraints like a net so you would not feel like you would fall out. this was a lower price point than others that are more individual rooms. this was also public bathrooms. it would have known one side, women on the other. a little bit of cramped quarters, but it was the way to travel back in the day. this is still in the pullman car, but these are th

. >>> hello, welcome to asian pacific america. i am robert handa. your host for the show. we focus the show on a serious topic in any community or neighborhood, domestic violence. why it is particularly important to address in the asian american and pacific islander communities and after that we will highlight an event at the fremont festival getting attention, lemonade alley. we will start segments on domestic violence with how the problem effects the community through the eyes of a unique group, national asian pacific prosecutor's association. two leader from the district attorney's office. we move on to talking about how the community can help law enforcement. we examine cultural barriers that exist, how they can be overcome. and a crucial part of addressing domestic violence, helping the victim. joining us, a nonprofit group that helps survivors of domestic violence and especially south asian women. we will wrap up with lemonade alley at the fremont festival of the arts where children to young adults utilize the most traditional of all fundraising methods, the lemonade

, which is the central pacific war. and every time you see a game, you see a separate, related game where this atolls are either seized or defended. and there is a separate cells, marines and army on both sides. that turns out to be more elaborate discussion in the game itself. are attacks on japanese trade as raids intended to divert their fleets while we do something nasty of our own. in those discussions, you get, or instances of unrestricted submarine warfare. in one case, we try and trade attacks with summaries and the guy gets sunk. then someone else does it successfully, shoot on sight, unrestricted. he thinks the british tanker, and the british really go ballistic. then in another game, he does that and he gets his hand rapped. game in that series, there were no submarines. it is obvious people are thinking about this. this is after the war college cease to have advisory war. why was it worth the trouble? first, before all the stuff, what you learn is how to fight a war with lots of airplanes. you do not think t

, which is the central pacific war. and every time you see a game, you see a separate, related game where this atolls are either seized or defended. and there is a separate cells, marines and army on both sides. that turns out to be more elaborate discussion in the game itself. and there are attacks on japanese trade as raids intended to divert their fleets while we do something nasty of our own. in those discussions, you get, or instances of unrestricted submarine warfare. in one case, we try and trade attacks with summaries and the guy gets sunk. then someone else does it successfully, shoot on sight, unrestricted. he thinks the british tanker, and the british really go ballistic. then in another game, he does that and he gets his hand rapped. in the third game in that series, there were no submarines. it is obvious people are thinking about this. this is after the war college cease to have advisory war. why was it worth the trouble? first, before all the stuff, what you learn is how to fight a war with lots of airpla

we are inside the southern pacific lounge car. this is in the 1950's, mid-1950's and this is the type of car that you would have come to to get a cocktail, read the newspaper, just have a little bit of recreation while you are traveling on the train. original car, original upholstery, benches and chairs, just to give visitors what life would have been like while you were traveling across the country on the train. the older visitors sometimes have memories of ride be on trains themselves and can reminisce about that. it's really one of those touch points where it's an opportunity for conversations between generations. this car is a pullman sleeper car. there would have been open leeping -- seating as far as this would be doubling as seating and beds. the -- they actually fold on you. the porter would come along with a key, open this and wull -- bull -- pull it down and it would come down. this was a lower price point than some of the others that are more the individual rooms in the rest of the car. this was also public bathroom so

. ♪ >> up next, a portion of a symposium focusing on asia and the pacific in august 1945 as world war ii was coming to an end. 70 years later, u.s. navy veteran robert kaufman recalls his world war ii experiences including his eyewitness account of the formal japanese surrender ceremony aboard the uss missouri. this event is about 25 minutes. >> it is now my distinct honor to tell you about a special gentleman who is joined us for the proceedings today. captain robert k kaufman, united states navy, retired. a native of pennsylvania he is a 1940 graduate of the united states naval academy. he participated in a number of north atlantic convoys and the operation torch invasion of north africa while serving aboard a heavy cruiser. after that, he applied for submarine school and upon graduation, he was assigned to the fleet submarine uss gato. he participated in three war patrols as a torpedo and gunnery officer and two war patrols as her executive officer. he was assigned duty as aid and flag lieutenant to the legendary commander submarine forces pacific fleet. it was in this capacity tha

there is a 1945 film documented the course of world war ii in the pacific theater, from japanese invasion and the japan death to the ceremony aboard the uss missouri on september 2, 1945 which was presided over general douglas smith on or. -- macarthur. features-long film many graphic scenes of combat which may be disturbing to some viewers as many racial slurs on japanese. ♪ february 1942, the japanese objective. a president's order to leave. a soldier's promise to return. appointmentope, and in tokyo. ♪ >> may 5, 1942. the enemy lands. general jonathan wainwright, defender of the rock. the death march. ♪ they moved on. ♪ until australia itself lay open to invasion. at his milburn headquarters, general macarthur faced grim facts. 500 planes against .he thousands of japanese ofinst him more thousands miles of japanese invested islands and controlled cds. against him was time, space, power to preparation. a new area that seemed huge against the united states. american industry and laborers were converted from the nonessentials of peace to the necessities of war. conversion was slow

>>> hello, welcome to "asian pacific america." i am robert handa, your host for the show on nbc bay area and cozi tv. we celebrate significant achievements, and cap it off with hawaiian dancing, maybe not the type you might expect. we look at japan town, the 125th year anniversary. we have a number of events there as the community honors and celebrates this milestone. we focus on a big event coming up. >>> then follow-up to a segment on high achieving students who keep on achieving. janel wang is back with parker students, finalists in the intel science competition. >>> after a look ahead at big community events coming up, we will continue the tradition on "asian pacific america" of featuring an artistic cultural performance. we featured hawaiian dancing before, but this is a different style hula dance, all of that coming up later on our show. >>> it is always fun attending events in san jose's japan town. this year everything seemed more special, because the community is in the midst of celebrating its 125th anniversary. we featu

we are inside the southern pacific lounge car. in the 1950's, this is the type of car you would have come to to get a cocktail, just have a little bit of recreation while you're traveling on the train. , theis an original car benches and chairs and things like that to give visitors an idea of what life would have been like all your traveling across country on the train. in the older visitors sometimes have memories of riding on trains and can reminisce about that. it's one of those touch points where it's an opportunity of conversation between generations. this is a pullman sleeper car and there would've been open seating as far as sleeper areas on this car. double asberths would seating and beds. they fall down and this becomes the lower bunk. this becomes your upper birth and that would have had a curtain across and some of them which was aestraint net that you wouldn't feel like fall out. some of the others are more individual rooms and the rest of the car. this is also public bathrooms, see you would have meant on one side and

could project across the pacific. that the terrain of japan, everything that was not soaked was deep, therefore american advantages -- all that would be negated by the to read. and this was a perfect recipe for massive casualties. casualtieslieved were a critical issue that would undermine support for the war. so the navy's alternative was a campaign of blockade and bombardment. by bombardment, they were thinking both of ships by sea and aerial bombardment. by blockade, they meant something which had not been grappled with. naval blockades have been a littermate instrument of warfare for centuries. but under a legal regime, provided that although the blockading power could keep some instruments of war and weapons from coming into a nation, they cannot block certain other items. most specifically, food. germansish and the change the rules in world war i. and as the policy of alt with regards to the blockade, we're looking to totally blockade japan, which meant everything including food. the blockade meant we were prepa

unionre still shipping on pacific. they are one of our largest companies in omaha, so they have not been told. their service to the community is still growing strong. -- going strong. years,worked here seven and i still love to look up and see this building. it is hard to imagine going to every day. for visitors, when they,, we hope they leave with an not only whatf union pacific did for this community but also the history and the people who have built omaha over the years. look atr: now, highlights of the c-span cities were, as we learn about the history of cities and towns across america in cooperation with our cable partners. to learn more about the stops on our 2015 tour, visit --pan.org/citiestwo-hour c-span.org/citiestour. ♪ >> we are standing in the kindergarten room of the monroe school into peaked, kansas, and this was one of the four african-american schools operating into peak of in 1951 .- in topeka the browns the board of browhnon please -- the piece wasf education part of the naacp struggle to overcome

china,der of fighting the commander of the mighty pacific fleet. harry truman, four months after taking over as president, leads his country to victory and peace. mr. truman and his cabinet meet in emergency session. secretary was on hand as the president breaks the momentous news of japan's surrender. >> i have received this afternoon a message from the japanese government in reply to the message forwarded to the government by the secretary of state on august 11. em this reply a full acceptance of the potsdam declaration which specifies the unconditional surrender of japan. in the reply, there is no qualification. arrangements are now being made for the formal signing of the surrender terms at the earliest possible moment. general douglas macarthur has been appointed the supreme allied commander to receive the japanese surrender. great britain, russia, and china will be represented by high-ranking officers. meantime, the allied armed forces have been ordered to suspend offense of action -- offensive action. mustroclamation of vj day wait on the fo

>>> hello, welcome to asian pacific america on nbc bay area and cozi tv. we have a different show today looking at art and artists, we start with wizard world comic-con, looking at it through the eyes of an illustrator known for mixing images with pop culture with books, poster art, video games. when it comes to video games, the next guest will have a lot to say and show us. alan song, one of the founders of los gatos developers shop will talk about a new mobile game they're working on based on a classic game of marbles. >>> after we show you other big events in the bay area, we continue the tradition of show casing cultural performances. we will show you filipino martial arts with the help of grand master robert castro and joseph batista. you will see the artistry behind the martial arts later on the show. >>> i don't know exactly when comic books became so associated with so-called nerds, i guess when the term nerd became a compliment. now comic books and comic-cons are cool and draw huge crowds. wizard world comic-con san jose is coming in september. wi

the pacific in august 1945 as world war ii was coming to an end. recalls his world war ii experiences including his eyewitness account of the formal japanese surrender ceremony aboard the uss missouri. this event is about 25 minutes. it is now my distinct honor to tell you about a special gentleman who is joined us for the proceedings today. captain robert k kaufman, united states navy, retired. a native of pennsylvania he is a 1940 graduate of the united states naval academy. he participated in a number of atlantic convoys and the operation in africa while serving aboard a heavy cruiser. he applied for submarine school and upon graduation, he was assigned to the fleet submarine uss gato. he participated in three war patrols as a torpedo and gunnery officer and two war patrols as the executive officer. he was assigned duty as aid and flag lieutenant to the legendary submarine can -- sub marine commander of the pacific forces fleet. it was in this capacity that he was invited aboard the uss missouri to witness the surrender of japanese forces on sep

commander of the mighty pacific fleet. truman, taking oath as president, leads his country finally to victory and peace. mr. truman and his cabinet meet in emergency session. ll is ony held -- hu hand as the president breaks the news of japan's surrender. >> i have received this afternoon and message from the japanese government in reply to the message forwarded to that government by the secretary of state on august 11. they do reply with a full acceptance of the potsdam declaration, which codifies the unconditional surrender of japan. there is no qualification. arrangements are now being made for the formal signing of the surrender terms at the earliest possible moment. ,eneral douglas mcarthur identified as the supreme allied commander, will receive the japanese surrender. great britain, russia, and china will be represented by high-ranking officers. in the meantime, the allies armed forces have been ordered to system -- to suspend offensive action. day mustamation of vj await upon the final signing of the surrender term

the gibraltar of the pacific. a legendary battle in world war ii that cost the lives of nearly 6,000 combatants in a scant 76 hours. how could so much blood be shed over an island the size of new york's central park? japanese commander bragged with weapons like this artillery piece and that tank, he could hold tarawa against a million americans for 100 years. but we proved him wrong. one survivor said that every participant became a hero in spite of himself. gruesome images of death from this tiny issand stunned our nation and forever changed the way americans looked at the realities of war. this is the story of 12,000 courageous marines and sailors who wouldn't accept defeat in capturing this island from a determined enemy for whom surrender was an option. summer 1943. america was waging war on two fronts. from north africa, the allies were battling toward sicily, the in the pacific, america was firmly on the road the tokyo and ending the crushing tide of japanese eepansion. decisive victory if june of '42 left t

i'll talk more about the pacific on wednesday but they're hoping for a route to the pacific and trade with asia. they're hoping for new trading partners. they've heard rumors that there might be elaborate civilization on the pacific coast. from what they've heard from second and third and fourth hand indian accounts, they think maybe japan or china might have outposts in the pacific northwest. they think maybe there's some kind of indian civilization in the northwest similar to the ink kas or the aztecs. what might give rise to that story? anybody from british columbia or washington state? you do have in the northwest -- and we'll talk about this on wednesday, big sophisticated towns with monumental architecture, fantastic sculpture, living in fantastic wealth. all you have to do is dip your hand in the water and you find two salmon. you do have the kind of indian communities in the northwest who again when you're talking about information traveling hundreds and hundreds of miles could set up stories i think of very sophisticated indian peoples or lead to rumors of other people in the

dry in the pacific northwest. now, it does look like this el nino will impact us most strongly in terms of rainfall early winter. right now, we're seeing strong storms in the pacifica. higher numbers of pacific hurricanes and more wind shear across the tropical atlantic. we have seen a quiet tropical atlantic. right now, the latest projection, late fall into early winter, el nino will peak and strong classic el nino seasons in the past, january and february tend to be the big months for rainfall. fingers crossed. we'll hope el nino stays in a strong phase throughout the winter. where right now, typical sea breeze into dublin. 75 in san jose, tiburon to san francisco, not too bad. parts of the north bay in the high 70s as the clouds come in, and 70 currently in san francisco. we do have a fairly healthy sea breeze out there right now. for the next couple days, temperatures will turn a little bit warmer. not much change out on the coast, but valley temperatures should climb a couple more degrees as we head towards a

guy so this pacific avenue was sdroerndz in 2007 or 8 are all the properties along pacific 60 feet in height this is steering wheel narrow and short. >> so in depth sorry. >> i believe they're all consistently 60 feet. >> so everything meanspirited that was not a corner case to there's a hundred feet. >> if i may add an this block and this side of the plain clothes it is 60 feet on other blocks their deeper. >> okay. >> so this is probably the - the two of the smallest lots. >> smallest. >> in all the districts. >> so those lots are somewhat different to you appreciate that i think thank you. appreciate that. >> i think in terms of that helps me put this in context i think in terms of the height request had the rezoning was done with the neighborhood organization and commission and board of supervisors really looked at the site hey we have stuff that's under 40 feet we'll set that and 40 feet was determined it was passed the hearings were held and the board of supervisors voted on it 40 feet is 40 feet i don't think we can shorten the building it is turn around the other buildings we

until shortly after world war ii with that monuments commission was around the pacific theater in tutus cemeteries there was 6000 american troops buried in guadalcanal. if we accept the awful truth that some americans would have to lay down their lives to defeat fascism a reasonable question is why guadalcanal? why did they have to die there? and island and nobody had heard of prior to world war ii. why not sicily horror and normandie? why were they sent to burgundy -- norway or singapore? it was indeliberate stages the united states had over 40 million men and women in uniform before the war was over and for the reasons they were sent to some places and not others and the great day transformed american society those are questions wrapped up in the personalities of half a dozen people who make the really big decisions. so tonight story is how military back towards the isolationist country is the global superpower in the astonishing five years how a handful of men generated that transformation but to go back in time before pearl harbor and the bull than the bomb to look back to the late

of e had lots of charts for our ocean crossings in the lat tlantic and pacific and we had celestal s for navigation and we got ourselves because we hadn't brought a at las. it was no less than 24,000 miles a point in o hit australia opposite to one that we had crossed on the atlantic complete a full circumstance come navigation. biking through europe and pedalling across the atlantic and across the u.s. and across the pacific to australia and up through end ough tphaoerb i can't and bicycling up through southeast and then nto india pedalling across the arabian sea to africa. it was really bad with the last was the from gentleman beauty in east africa and up through the middle east. it was quite hard because we funding.ave major we had to re -- we had to get to of the continent that, ay, when we got across to the u.s. and then once we pedal across the u.s. the boat stayed miami. and then we crossed the u.s. on bikes and roller blades and then just along the way we ound someone who might be able to help deliver it across and toe it across. made up tics had to be as we along. but that f

markets in the asia pacific region gave a bit of a mixed picture. ho kong gained nearly 3% but plunged 12% and posted the sharpest monthly drop in years. here's a look at the other stories we are following. >>>. >>> officials in the economy ministry say japan's i don't think fell 0.6%. looking ahead, ministry officials report an increase in oductivity in augu. housing starts in july officials say were up 7.4%. rental untsdz up 19%. the number of homes built for sale dropped 9%. fisherys officials from around the pacific rim are gathered in a northern japanese city to look at ways to restore the world drind i dwindleing stock of pacific bluefin tuna. overfirst quarter reduced it to a third of what it was 20 years ago. >>> now, let's take a look at our global economic calendar for this week. first, india will release the gdp data on monday. on tuesday, we'll find out how china's factories did in august. the official manufacturing pmi in july dropped to 50 from the previous month 50.2. over in frankfort, officials at the european central bank will hold

low pressure is off the pacific northwest. with that high that's over the desert southwest building in a little bit over the west coast, numbers will come up a little bit. nothing big and nothing sudden. by mid-week, it will be a little bit warmer. we're looking 8-10 day away. there's a hint of a sprinkle or two. stay tuned on that. in the meantime, tomorrow looks a lot like today except that most of us will have to head back to work on monday. we have low clouds building back into the shoreline tonight. clear skies inland. by midday tomorrow, most of them break up. we'll get a mostly sunny monday out this. temperatures increase maybe 2 degrees over the readings we had today. here's what we're expecting. more coastal clouds tomorrow. sunny and mild inland. temperatures approaching more than mild by mid-week. we'll be in mid-80s to a 90 or two in some of the east bay location. as for the game down there, 49ers taking on the dallas cowboys. the team that was one tom landry's. fair and warm, 74 degrees. it should be a nice night

we have a warm pacific blob we are tracking. no scientist knows how this pacific blob would interact with el nino. that has everybody puzzled at this point. >> thank you so much. just a thought, the promise of el nino is keeping some workers extra busy. that part of the story. scott? >> reporter: well, peggy, as word gets out that we're expecting rain and lots of it, local homeowners are getting ready. local weather experts are wondering could this put a dent in our drought. robert cole is thinking about rain. his company is very busy these days cleaning gutters ahead of what's expected to be a very rainy winter. >> last month i probably did about 50 where i usually do about 5. this month i have scheduled seven already this month. >> more than usual? >> way more than usual. >> according to the national oceanic and atmospheric adm administrati administration, california will get a lot of rain in what is being called an el nino winter, translation very wet with rain lasting into the spring. >> will this be the drought buster we ne

tropical pacific. a tropical depression at 34 miles-per-hour, and it does become a hurricane, cart gore 1 storm. watch as it tracks to the west and stays away from hawai'i next week. overnight lows tonight. mid-50s north bay. partly cloudy skies. 61 oakland. 60 concord. highs for monday, starting the south bay. 82, san jose, 80, milpitas. 67, half moon bay. 70 the high in millbrae. san francisco tomorrow, afternoon sunshine, 69. 66 sunset district. north bay, 79 santa rosa. 78 the high in vallejo. east bay, 78 in fremont tomorrow. 71 richmond. inland, 80s and 90s. 89 pittsburg. livermore, 89 tomorrow afternoon. hoarse the accuweather seven-day forecast, back to average tomorrow. warmer inland compared to the weekend. by tuesday, partly cloudy. wednesday, we could be tracking some morning drizzle, light showers around here. otherwise, thursday and friday, it's sunny and nice, and all indications are next weekend, saturday and sunday, we go back down below normal for the final weekend in august. >> mid-8

also coming up, cathe pacific is hit by lawsuits. we speak to the chief executive ivan chu at 10:30 a.m. we are getting news from the norwegian wealth fund following it decline. this is the biggest sovereign wealth fund in the world. it has invested a lot in oil. it has tried to focus more on real estate. falling 0.9%. i think that is in terms of revenue. manus cranny will have an interview, the only exclusive interview for international media with the ceo of norgas bank later on. that will come to you on "the pulse." the german parliament is right now debating whether to approve the greek rescue package. hans nicholsrlin has been following the development's closely. we spoke to a key angela merkel advisor. he was pretty confident this is "the boat will not only go through but will go through with a very large majority." our next guest says the greek house is burning. microhe head of rbs credit in research. thank you for coming in. maybe a brigade is little bit too late, but in the last 24 hours wolfgang schaeuble he's tried to muste

notice in the pacific it's a quiet pattern. just see a little spin off the coast and that's an upper level low. it's just keeping the ma leap layer in place for another day. so future weather has you covered going hour by hour remember tomorrow morning, 7:00, we have seen this pattern many times. clouds early on, widespread across the bay, by the mid-morning and early afternoon hours, clouds pull back and linger along the coast. the ha marine layer is 2500 feet tomorrow so that's going to keep us cool but the westerly winds. in the pacific, an update on tropical depression keala. moving to the west northwest another 15 it will encounter warmer waters and hurricanes love warmer waters so will strengthen into a category 1 storm wednesday and thursday, but you do notice it slows its motion and meanders in the pacific late next week. so all indications are that this hurricane stays west of hawai'i. but we'll be tracking that. overnight, mid-fives in to low 60s. out in of to the question that an isolated patchy drizzle may pop up. t

spent 114 days patrolling the pacific ocean for drugs. in one of their bust south of mexico, the crew seized so much cocaine it nearly filled the flight deck. >> we're very proud and have a great crew. i think everybody is happy to know that we're able to take that much raw cocaine over the street and make it work. the drug cartels feel this. we know they feel this. >> after being gone for nearly four months, you can see very happy reunions on the deck in alameda. the crew will be for a few months for maintenance, then back out on the water. >>> as we get closer to the tenth anniversary of hurricane katrina, a bay area firefighter is reflecting on the disaster and how his life has changed since. menlo park fire chaf was part of the team that pulled people off waters and handed them to waiting helicopters. he's been to ground zero in new york, the space shuttle crash in texas and oklahoma city bombing. but he said he never saw anything like hurricane katrina. >> suddenly we're in new orleans and pulling people out of attics, out of buildin

leaders from 12 pacific nations have agree failed to agree on the sticking points in the trade pacific partnership. >>> there are new restrictions in zimbabwe's game reserve. the industry has been largely criticized after the killing of cecil the lyon, a major tourist attraction. >>> the debris of a boeing 777 washed up on the reunion island in the indian ocean. mh 370 went missing in march last year with 239 people on board. charles strafford has more from toulouse. >> this is the french ministry of defense establishment where the investigation is taking place. now some of the buildings behind me similar investigations have taken place in recent years. we're basically in the hub european aviation industry here. it is believed that the focus of the investigation is really going to start to look at what is reported as potentially as a serial number on these piece of debris. the malaysian authorities already saying that this is pretty much conclusive proof that this comes from a boeing 777. if that's the case then logically one has to think that it comes from mh 370 because there have no

notice in the pacific it's a quiet pattern. just see a little spin off the coast and that's an upper level low. it's just keeping the ma leap layer in place for another day. so future weather has you covered going hour by hour remember tomorrow morning, 7:00, we have seen this pattern many times. clouds early on, widespread across the bay, by the mid-morning and early afternoon hours, clouds pull back and linger along the coast. the ha marine layer is 2500 feet tomorrow so that's going to keep us cool but the westerly winds. in the pacific, an update on tropical depression keala. moving to the west northwest another 15 it will encounter warmer waters and hurricanes love warmer waters so will strengthen into a category 1 storm wednesday and thursday, but you do notice it slows its motion and meanders in the pacific late next week. so all indications are that this hurricane stays west of hawai'i. but we'll be tracking that. overnight, mid-fives in to low 60s. out in of to the question that an isolated patchy drizzle may pop up. t

japan is a power on the rise in the pacific. and we know where that goes as the powers eventually end up clashing. and so, coal and we are thinking primarily of using that coal for the navy. the navy we associate with commerce and defense and imperial rivalry on the pacific. we have a congressman here who said -- there is that broader. one of the lofty sort of quotes you get in the early 20th century writing -- this is 1917. the stuff of hope. folks are investing their time and energy to make this work. and it does not always work. there are a lot of towns that come and go. and folks in other towns that hold anchorage will go and they see it as a rival. but anchorage obviously sticks. and the two arms are filled with the abundance of the world's commerce and industry. the cause and importance of this in place. -- cosmic importance of this in place. anchorage's beginning was important. here is a quote i like -- once again, an aspirational statement but an element of realism where it says "in time." and so as we know, as many of u

celebrated the linking of the central pacific and union pacific railroad with the golden spike in utah. what this picture doesn't show is the people who play add huge part in building the railroad. 2 researchers at stanford university are focusing in on them. >> we are trying to recover the history of the 10 to 12,000 chinese who came to america to build the central pacific railroad. the labor was absolutely key to the railroad being completed. >> we know very little about who they were. their names even. what they experience th the. how they were recuted how they lived and worked and died on the railroad. and what happened to them subsequently. >> the story is hard to tell because they left no written record themselves. there's not a single letter or journal or even remit anti-envelope written in the hand of one of these work that's has yet surfaced in the u.s. or china. >> general rigs of racism and discrimination left the story of the chinese laborer largely untold. until now. this is an attempt to educate people about the importance of transcontinental that the joined the country.

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

in 1942 our nation was reeling from a preemptive strike by japan upon the pacific fleet. japan, no doubt, feared what the united states might use that fleet for. it was a shocking blow. the 80 men who volunteered for a virtual suicide mission did not strike a similar blow upon japan. little damage was done to the military force of that nation. but the success of their mission rather was in the tremendous message of hope that we americans could respond to the dangers of powerful enemies despite impossible odds. today only two raiders remain. lieutenant colonel dick cole and staff sergeant david thatcher. may the breadth of god uphold their noble and historic story. may it carry to other generations and even to other nations a message to inspire citizens everywhere to believe and act upon the truth that there is no greater aspiration than to be willing to lay down one's life to save others. may those who made the ultimate sacrifice that day and

she returned to japan to complete that pacific ocean leg. and one night out in the water picked up her satellite phone and proposed to lucy. >> and where were you exactly when you asked her to marry you? >> i was about a thousand miles out to sea in the middle of the pacific, totally alone. >> reporter: after cycling across north america through a harsh winter, sarah outen has spent the summer rowing across an unaccommodating atlantic ocean facing some adopting conditions. >> the gulfstream is not quite the freeway everyone said it would be. >> she called from mid ocean, a storm took her rudder sending her for a time in a circle. >> >> i had an emotional meltdown after a few days, i was feeling pretty frustrating by the weather. >> some good surprises, french sailors brightened her day with fresh food and flowers. >> that's the first time i had seen flowers or greenery for three months. >> reporter: what is keeping her guy? >> fiance lucy at the end of the journey. >> >> we are getting married next year and that is really especially. >> repo

leaders from 12 pacific nations have failed to agree on terms for the trans-pacific partnership. the main sticking points relate to the automobile sector and access to dairy markets. >>> and zimbabwe has introduced new restrictions in hunting areas surrounding its largest game reserve. hunters will now need special permission to hunt around the national park. it comes after the highly criticized killing of cecil the lionn. >> the prime minister of the ex-mild government is traveling with several members of the cabinet. his trip comes as the there is the delivery of desperately needed aid to the area. thearea. >>> mansour was elected as the taliban leader after the group acknowledged the death of its leader mullah omar on thursday. the afghan government announced on thursday that omar died more than two years ago in karachi. >>> debris that could be from missing malaysian flight 370 has arrived to a testing facility in toulouse. the discovery is a potential break through in a case that baffled aviation experts for more than a year. mh 370 went missing last year with 279 passengers

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japan is a power on the rise in the pacific. and we know where that goes as the powers eventually end up clashing. and so, coal and we are thinking primarily of using that coal for the navy. the navy was so say with commerce -- we associate with commerce and defense and imperial rivalry on the pacific. we have a congressman here who said -- there is that broader. one of the lofty sort of quotes you get in the early 20th century writing -- this is 1917. the stuff of hope. folks are investing their time and energy to make this work. and it does not always work. there are a lot of times -- towns that come and go. and folks in other towns that hold anchorage will go and they see it as a rival. but anchorage obviously sticks. and the two arms are filled with the abundance of the world's commerce and industry. the cause and importance of this in place. anchorage is beginning -- anchorage's beginning was important. here is a quote i like -- once again, an aspirational statement but an element of realism where it says "in time." and so

my task is to talk about ending the war in the pacific t. three years ago, i received an invitation to the national defense institute for defense studies in tokyo. and said, please come over spend a week with us and talk about whatever you would like. i said, i'm going to grab a topic i have been enticed by four years. those of you know i'm interested in operational military street. the soviet german war in particular. early 1990's, one of the more vexing questions that historians have not unable to answer is the question of stalin's intent. his strategic intentions as he waged war in europe and of course later in the far east? there have been views on that, mostly well filtered through in the soviet union and even today in the russian federation. and afar, and the u.s. but we have never had a good view. the stalin archives, if they exist at all, the monumental biography of stalin contains bits and pieces and inns. in my research, i have noticed there are documents stalin signed. if looked at carefully, they are basically being released in g

they both return today after the great pacific garbage patch. an area where scientist severed pieces of trash float between the west coast and hawaii. it is the highest concentration of crash in all of the oceans. >> about two empire state buildings worth of plastic flows into the ecosystem. it end up in the food chain there buy potentially damaging us. >> the group's ultimate goal is construction after 60 mile long barrier in the middle of the pacific to collect garbage near japan. >> beach goers are wondering if they can return it a beach in north carolina. they have a history of natural oil seeping from the oil floor. there are also old wells in the area pch but the officials say it is probably not from the pipeline break about 30 miles away. it sent out a lot of crude to officials in may. officials could reopen the beach tomorrow. >> a change in the forecast coming up. maybe. >> maybe. >> i would love to talk about a little rain. >> you know, it is unusual to have to even talk about those chances. normally one of the driest times of theier.

my task is to talk about ending the war in the pacific. a few words about the genesis of what going to be saying today. three years ago, i received an invitation to the national defense institute for defense studies in tokyo. they said, please come over and spend a week with us and talk about whatever you would like. i said, i'm going to grab a topic i have been enticed by four years. those of you know i'm interested in operational military street. the soviet german war in particular. since the early 1990's, one of the more vexing questions that historians have not unable to answer is the question of stalin's intent. what were his strategic intentions as he waged war in europe and of course later in the far east? there have been views on that, mostly well filtered through sensors in the soviet union and even today in the russian federation. and afar, and the u.s. but we have never had a good view. the stalin archives, if they exist at all, the monumental biography of stalin contains bits and pieces and inns. in my research, i have noticed

there are huge portions of the pacific which are super heating. the pacific oscillation will add heat to the atmosphere in a positive warming phase and el niÑo is expected to be one of the worst el niÑo in history, so we have the combination of almost perfect storm of the fence, so one of your previous people on their was talking about sucking the air out of the .ky, well, it is the ocean the oceans absorb something like 80% of all the co2 and excess heat, and they have been absorbing and absorbing and absorbing, and they will start putting it back out again because they can only take so much. host: i have to move on, but what is your background? caller: i am in sales. i read, i have been reading ah fores by nasa, by no five years. host: we appreciate it. fred page of "the boston globe" focuses on a younger donald trump when he attended the wharton school of business and quoted as saying, i'm going to be the king of new york real estate. the latest poll showing donald trump maintaining his lead among likely republican caucus-goers and 23% in the