peninsula. this runs one hour, 35 minutes. chatter ble] good morning everyone, welcome to brookings. i m with the foreign policy program. on behalf of my good friend and alleague richard bush and of us here, welcome. happy new year. glad to discuss an issue we all know will likely be quite important in the new year and we hope with positive developments. we are all anxious about the state of the north korean prices. in today s discussion, which by the way you can see as being telecast on c-span and also as a japanese translation, today s discussion will begin with some by unitedat was done states and japan respectively with various other realizations and support. this is looking at united states and japanese attitudes toward the crisis across a range of issues. we will begin with that. panelwe will convene a discussion at which time we will giving hismr. kudo thoughts to further understand and embellish the japanese conventions. richard bush, the head of our east asia poli
with theel hanlon, foreign policy program. and on behalf of my colleagues of us here, welcome. happy new year. very glad for the chance to discuss an issue that we all know will likely be quite important in the new year and we hope, with positive we re all a, but little on edge about the state of the north korea crisis. and we re fortunate that in today s discussion, which, by the way, as you request see, is as you can see is being telecast on c-span, also has a translation dimension. but in today s discussion, we re going to begin with polling that done by yasushi kudo and shibley telhami, in the united and japan, respectively, with various other organizations support. and this is looking at united states and japanese attitudes the north korea crisis, across a range of issues. we ll begin with that. from theill present podium in just a moment, after i ve introduced everyone. will convene a panel discussion, at which time we ll begin with mr. kudo being able offer any quick t
oval office meeting with the russian ambassador. the report said the passport was describing details about a terror threat related to the use of laptop computers on aircraft. the president told the russians the city where the threat was detected. information came from a secret source not revealed to u.s. allies. the partner had not given information to share that with russia. it endangers an ally work width islamic state. delivering a 42 second statement with no questions afterward. the story came out is false. he said he the secretary of state remembered no such discloser. the president does not disclose any military operations that were not already publicly known. stephen fish spoke with us. the president can say whatever he wants about classified information. that s not a violation of law. if it is true it is a security issue. it would tip the enemy off. we should not be embracing russia as an ally like britain and france. if true it would be bad judgment t
story for some in san francisco. also at the pass. that s a pretty picture right there. for those listening but not watching your 36-inch high def, there you go. we have a cool pattern. mike said best hair day ever. that is correct. because his hair was going like straight out. that s how windy it was. mike is a good man and a heck of a tennis player when the knees are right. right. always have fun. alex is always a good sport with that. 31 miles per hour at fairfield. 21 at vacaville. gusts to 50 at ultima pass. 35 in san francisco earlier. 25 still at sfo. it will be a blustery day under partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies. a system getting what is that? oh, see. we were talking about this up in mendocino county, sonoma county, napa county. you can let me know on facebook or twitter because we re talking about this system clipping us. look at the leading edge of the cool air coming in. these may be the coolest high temps inland that we see in a long time. 45 napa. mill v
the walt disney chief executive says the new block bust enter film has been hacked. they want money. they re going to release it if they don t get money in sections. is this a big deal for hollywood? it is a $3 billion film. they re going to release it online. do people look at pirated stuff online? do you. no. but my internet habits are minimal to the average person. you re still going to go to the theater and see it. if i wanted to, i m not going to go online and go to some questionable site which might infect my computer to watch this movie. hacking is not unusual for hollywood. there are those generations that like to watch movies at home, grab their computer and watch it and take advantage of it. i don t know. saving ten bucks. i m cheap and that s not worth it. we have a busy newscast. last week on the 9 we brought you the verdict in the murder trial of garcia-torres. after ten years of deliberation over a couple of days, the jury found garcia- torres