infrared radiation by the time it arrives here. ah, this is out there and these are the top stories. a product funeral is due to get underway for japan s former prime minister ations obey. earlier, his body was taken to a temple in toko, where people late flowers are by was assassinated, while campaigning, absent election rally on friday. police have acknowledged security lapses at the event. marco pan is the owner of she gets her news agency. he explains why the ceremony is open only to family, close friends. we don t have the real explanation for why they chose a private ceremony, but ah, you know, in a way, i think it s quite understandable that, you know, there is kind of an inner circle of people who were actually personally close to the man. so even though he was a public figure of great renown, there were also people who were with him through his life and, and were the people, you know, he depended upon emotionally. so i think that said they have that private ceremony,
With russia . Very directly. The governments of the United States decide to sanction russian companies, that will create problems for the business deals and investments that they have here. At the same time, putin and his friends have asset. There is russian money in American Bank accounts. Some of it are russian government officials. So we have levers available today to put pressure on russia that we didnt 30 or 40 years ago. Getting russias volatile president to think clearly, hour, may be a challenge. He says president putin wants to see ukraine in what he calls the russians sphere of influence. The west, including the Obama Administration want ukraine to be independent and free. All i can do is hope that more pragmatic minds in moscow will prevail. That remains to be seen. But it duds underscore that the world has changed. The cold war has thawed capitalist in and out of the soviet union. A good deal of it coming here to california. A couple years ago, sicsc pledged to russia. So t