dion lim today on getting answers. we're learning more about that massive 6.7 magnitude earthquake that struck just south of the philippines. we'll also chat with a travel expert as holiday travel season ramps

up, how you can maximize your points and credits on your flights. but first, it is the very last day of the apec summit in san francisco. so for the very latest on all of the wrap up, let's get to abc7 news anchor kristen sze who has been in the thick of it all. all that action all week long at the moscone center. kristen almost a sigh of relief. we're almost there almost. >> ian that's right. the leaders have all gone away now. they've left, right? some are flying home. but let me tell you, the negotiators are still hard at work. they're not done. they're still trying to hammer out that formal statement, that formal agreement that usually comes out of these things so they can all say we agree to some principles as we all signed patterson was on the back. this is where we're going to go. moving forward. so they're still working that out. they usually get there, but in 2018 and 2019, they were not able to come up with statements. and of course, everyone's always a little disappointed when that happens. so we'll see if they can get that done in the next

few hours. but in the meantime, this afternoon, the individual member economies will be holding their news conferences to wrap things up. japan, a key us ally, will hold one, and our producer, lindsay nakano, will get to ask a question there of the japanese prime minister. meanwhile, i had an opportunity to chat with the cabinet secretary for public affairs, mr. noriyuki shikata, about what japan got out of the summit here in san francisco in the bay area and in california. we have a huge japanese american population. is it special for you? >> so of course our relations date back to 1860s and after that we have seen japanese immigrants coming to san francisco. and in today's situation, tourists, students, business people coming to san francisco bay area and broader the state of california, japanese tourism to the bay area. >> certainly always been a major driver of our engine of growth and economic activity. it was a little slow during the pandemic.

there was closure, certainly. do you expect that to pick up now? >> sure, of course. so we have more flights connecting between japan and the united states, and we're more american people come to japan, say, from the state of california, san francisco. that means there will be probably more japanese coming to the region. so it's going to be both way. and next year is us, japan tourism year. and i hope that the more japanese tourists will also come to san francisco area. >> oh, the tourism year. does that mean special offers, special promotions? >> oh, well, not you know, like we are trying to promote washoku japanese food cuisine, especially seafood, including sushi and sake in the united states. and of course, the san francisco area hosts japantown, which is actually very attractive for japanese tourists , too. >> the food is great. let me

tell you. let me ask you the us and japan are, of course, the two biggest democratic economies in the world. and as such, i wonder if you feel like there's a special role to demonstrate that this is a model that can promote prosperity for all. >> we are working on issues like what we call green transfer transformation or decarbonization of economies. so so many asian countries are growing very rapidly and it's very important for us to apply our technologies, you know, technology solutions to address those climate change challenges, which would translate into new business opportunities. >> is there a way to do this equitably and recognizing those who had traditionally been left out of the economic prosperity so prime minister has been advocating new form of capitalism, which intends to address three major issues income disparity, i.e. the gap between the center and the

countryside, and climate change issues. >> so we the cooperation between the united states and japan, we can address those social issues emerging in many of our asian countries, especially in mega cities. >> i know there are a lot of technological investments planned. can you talk about some of that, especially between japan and california? sure. >> so prime minister will be visiting stamford. we will be discussing issues like how we would be promoting cooperation between us and japan and maybe korea in areas like semiconductor, quantum computing or biotechnologies, among others. and the state of california hosts so many very important venues, including colleges and universities for sure. >> we have some of the best, right? and of course, the chain of semiconductors. that's really important to keep that flowing. i want to ask you, though, in terms of reducing the need for

fossil fuels and developing renewable energy, what can the japan and the us work on together? yeah. so because we don't have a huge domestic energy resources, we are exploring all the energy options, including renewable energy, solar, wind and nuclear. >> so, so nuclear, civil, nuclear power generation is one area where there is a promising collaboration between japan and the united states in terms of, for example, small modular reactors or toward the future nuclear fusion. and we are also promoting hydrogen and ammonia. and i understand that there is emerging hydrogen supply chain in the state of california. >> so yeah, i can't wait to dive more into that in the months ahead. i wanted to ask you, though, in terms of security cooperation with the us, given the world situation on russia and north korea and china, i wanted to ask you, what do you think we can do together and

whether economics is closely tied to security. >> so in japan or in east asia, we are facing very challenging and complex security landscape with north korea and missile threats or nuclear program or china's rise in military spendings, or collaborate between china and russia. and in those developments, there is so much opportunities and importance for united states and japan to cooperate, including with other like minded countries like south korea, australia and the philippines. >> secretary shikata, are you is your government happy with what's come out of the apec summit? sure >> besides apec's summit, there is also ongoing process of negotiation called ipf, indo-pacific economic framework, and i'm hoping that this afternoon there will be a daetz

meeting consisting of ipf members and we have reached agreement on supply chain, which means that among those indo-pacific members there will be better supply chains on items like semiconductor secretary shikata, i know this is a working trip for you, but have you had a chance to enjoy any parts of the san francisco bay area? >> any favorite restaurants, favorite tourism spots? >> well, i tried some japanese food in san francisco, which is actually really great. and also i had an occasion to visit the suburbs of san francisco, including uc berkeley. oh really? >> that's where i went to school. >> oh, okay. yeah, it's a great school. yeah. >> thank you, secretary noriyuki shikata. i really appreciate you taking the time to talk with us today. >> it's a great pleasure. thank you. >> thank you. >> will the two leaders discuss economic?

>> i had to give him so many more bonus points after he told me that uc berkeley was a great school. right. look, you know, while the us and japan definitely have that special relationship ship, they had multiple meetings together. they issued multiple joint statements together for, you know, japan's prime minister actually had a one on one with chinese president xi jinping at the summit as well. and despite the two countries differences on territorial rights in the seas, taiwan semiconductor and nuclear waste issues, they pledged to try to reduce tensions and also work together to build a constructive relationship. now, one last act for president biden before leaving san francisco and flying to philadelphia, you know, he was handing over the apec chair, the chair role to peru's president, dina baluarte. that title gets passed along to the president of the host country next time and of course, next year. the apec summit will be in cusco, peru has gone through its share of political turmoil. baluarte was named president last year after the previous leader was removed by

congress. the action sparked massive protests and was somewhat controversial here at the apec summit as well. you know, they had that family photo. the group photo, and there were some that didn't want to stand too close to baluarte because of that. so always a little bit of drama. but now the photo, as awkward as it was, was taken. and now it just remains to be seen whether they will have that statement, that formal acknowledged that these are the principles we all agree to, a real sign of success if they can get there. so don, we will continue to watch that for you and see if they get that done. indeed. >> and i know lyanne melendez has recovering that photo drama. she is going to be joining me for the news at 530 on our live streaming channel. so lots of great stuff coming out of the moscone center. we appreciate all of your hard work this week. kristen, thanks. yeah. now like kristen mentioned, president biden is now on his way to pennsylvania. there was a little bit of a delay on the tarmac earlier this afternoon. you can see him there boarding air force one after a very busy few days here in san francisco. the

president is expected to make that stop in philadelphia this evening. he will then spend the weekend at his home in wilmington, delaware. well, stay with us, because after the break, we continue following the very latest on today's massive 6.7 earthquake that struck just south of the philippines. and it all happened, of course, while the country's top officials were here in san francisco attending apec, we'll hear from the philippine secretary of foreign affairs next

6.7 magnitude quake struck earlier today. on the left, you can see those scary moments as a giant crane collapsed from the top of a skyscraper during that

shaking. the quake hit about 16 miles offshore of general santos on the burias island just after 4 p.m. local time. and right now, many of the country's top officials are here in san francisco for apec. so abc seven news reporter ryan curry talked to the philippines secretary of foreign affairs about this disaster. >> thank you so much for taking your time out of a very busy week. i want to kind of first ask you, we know the earthquake that just broke out in the philippines. can i get your thoughts really quick on that? >> well, yes, we just got a report on what happened originally, we thought it was 6.8. but i understand it's now 7.2. that's the latest we got. so that's pretty strong earthquake that hit the south part of the philippines. and we have the latest assessment that we received the damage was quite extensive, but hopefully the death toll is not going to be that much. that's that's really where we're concerned about at the moment. the president also is very much aware of all of

this. he got his report early this morning, and i saw him and he told me that it's pretty bad. >> do you know what the current death toll is? >> that's what we're waiting for . there's our people on the ground are still assessing the situation on that. that's the sort of 9:00 this morning. >> yeah, of course. it's a very fluid situation. i mean, what are you asking for in terms of maybe aid or relief or how are you assessing this? >> well, we do have our own disaster resiliency group that takes care of this. but certainly we will welcome any kind of assistance coming from anyone, not only domestically but internationally, depending on how much damage edge we received, of course. >> and we know that here in san francisco, we ourselves are very prone to earthquakes as well. so i mean, any takeaways from, you know, kind of learning from maybe other countries and how you guys assess what happened over there? >> well, this is another

indication or of what happens because of climate change. >> it's happening all over the world. it seems like it's happening more often than it ever has happened. i was here in san francisco in 1989 and october when the earthquake happened here. we know how bad that was. and you can just imagine how bad this could be at 7.2. now, speaking of climate change, i know you just mentioned that that's been a huge focus of apec. >> this week amongst all the member nations. a big focus, i know, to the philippines as well. a big agreement in the works, the 1 to 3 agreement. you kind of talk about where you are with that and the i guess the progress you made and maybe getting more nuclear power to the philippines. well that though the 1 to 3 agreement we worked making sure that that that that thing happened we did it as quickly as we could. >> and in fact, secretary blinken said it was the fastest they've ever done in recent history on an agreement that came out pretty fast before, before the end of one year. and

which again, close as a relationship. the close relationship we have with the united states and how important it is to do our part for alternative energy. and president marcos has been very strong about climate change because precisely with what's happening right now, we want to start doing our part. even if we are a negative of our negative emission. a worldwide, we're still want to do more, more than any other country in in our in our opinion, we're doing more than most countries that are even more as vulnerable as we are. >> and how does nuclear power affect that? converting to more nuclear power affect your goals to lower these emissions? >> well, definitely shifting to nuclear power instead of coal, oil and other fossil type of energy power, it'll help in

every way. and in the philippine , as you know, we have more than 7000 islands. we certainly we need and need this type of energy. and so the small modular nuclear power plants, that is technology that is not available or that's going to be made available to us with this one, two, three agreement is certainly going to be a welcome step situation for us. >> i believe the goal the country had set is lowering emissions by 70% by a certain year. i believe that's the very ambitious, very ambitious on our part. >> but like i said, president marcos is bent on doing our part in helping to mitigate climate change. >> and this week it's a talk amongst almost every single nation here when it comes to the efforts of fighting climate change. how crucial is it to have a summit like this with the focus about climate change? >> well, it's a very important, obviously, so that's why president marcos is going to attend the cop 28 in dubai at the end of this month. and we're like i said, we are very focused

in doing our part in mitigating the climate change. and i think this would give a signal to all other countries that still have doubts about what is happening to the world today that we have to do our part no matter what. >> i believe the agreement still has to get approval here through the united states congress. i believe that still is a process of this, which we know some members of congress have their own personal doubts about climate change and the effects on the world. so how do you see that proceeding forward and how does the philippines, i guess, continue to have those conversations with us delegates? >> well, the most countries is obviously look at the united states, china and other countries that emit, you know, they are, should we say, responsible for a lot of things that happened in climate change. and we welcome, of course, the united states playing a major role now. and we certainly would welcome china and other countries as well, develop countries to do their part. it

is their responsibility, not only for now, but the future of the world. >> mr. ambassador, thank you so much for your time. we really appreciate it. is there anything else you'd like to offer while you're here? well, no. >> thank you very much for this opportunity to be able to speak to you about what's happening in the world. and of course, this apec summit. we're very grateful to the people in san francisco for sacrificing a little bit. i know how it is when you've got a lot of visitors big time visitors, like 21 heads of state coming down to your city. but i think it was very good. and it's your credit that everybody's happy that you welcomed us here. >> thank you so much, mr. ambassador. >> thank you to ryan curry reporting in that mutual appreciation is on display so far. >> information regarding the extent of the injuries and damage is still being collected. be sure to stay with abc seven news as we continue to follow the very latest on this unfolding disaster for well, much more ahead. we are talking holiday travel after the break. what you need to know as the

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ongoing. it is a website that helps you save on airfare. katie thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> all right. i think many travelers are still traumatized from those major delays, all of those cancellations from last year. i remember our coverage. many of them did get credits from the airline and they can be worth a lot. tell us how these credits work. sure >> so at the very basis, the very core, the easiest way to understand what a travel credit is, is it's a gift card that the airline gives. when you change

or cancel a flight or in some certain circumstances due to operational issues. so what you need to understand about travel credits is that they typically do have an expiration date and some limitations as and when it comes to these credits. >> is it an actual gift card? like do you get something physical or where can you find these credits and how do i even know if i have them? >> yeah, great question. so travel credits usually appear in a customer's loyalty account, so if you fly on a specific airline quite a bit, you might be accruing miles and have a specific loyalty number. but if you don't, that's totally okay. you can still either call the airline to get that credit for your scenario or they can give you a reference number to help you locate it and then you'll be able to use it at checkout when it asks you if you have a travel credit. speaking of those, i'm always curious, is there a

little negotiation involved here? >> because i've heard rumors that when you get offered these credits, you can maybe say, no, i don't want to take them. can you give me something more? is that possible? >> so at the very core, also, when there is a significant delay or your your flight is outrightly cancel and under law, you can request a refund. the airline, by law, should be giving you a refund back to your method of payment, no questions asked. and if you choose not to get rebooked. so if they try to offer you a credit, know that under law you can ask for a refund in those scenarios. >> oh, that is a very helpful little tidbit when traveling and you also mentioned earlier that there were some caveats when it comes to using these that they do expire. are they transferable ? can you give them as gifts? what what else do we need to know? >> sure. so they aren't very cut and dry. they vary airline to

airline. so it's really, really, really important to understand, you know, is it a travel by date for your expiration or a book by date, which are two very different things. they unfortunately cannot be transferred to another person. so say you wanted to gift it to someone over the holidays. it has to be used by the person that the tickets name was associated with as well as you can't usually use them for things like upgrades and add ons, you know, covering those bags, they usually just cover the fare price and fees as well as you can usually use them towards a ticket on a new airline, but it has to be booked through the airline that you got the travel credit with. so for example, if you are looking to take a british airways flight, but you have the travel credit through american, you have to use that through american even if it is a british airways operated flight. >> always read the fine print. okay. one last question for you before you go, because not everybody has travel credits to use. what are some other ways people can save money off their ticket price?

>> sure. so if you haven't booked your holiday travel yet and you're probably thinking, oh, no, did i totally miss out on any great deals? well, you know, there are a couple things that you can do your if you're in the bay area, then you definitely have your options as to where you're flying in and out of. so definitely check other all the airports in the bay area as well as don't just look for round trip tickets. you know, it might be cheaper to fly out on delta, but then back on jetblue and vice versa. you know, if you were buying shoes, shoes or running sneakers, for example, you probably wouldn't just look at one brand. you'd probably shop around to see what the best deal was and sort of build your own itinerary when you're when you're looking at doing that for airline travel. so definitely consider looking for two one ways on different airlines and then combining them for a round trip ticket altogether. >> do your research outside the box. katie nastro, thank you so much for joining us. lots of tangible tips we can apply right now. >> so thanks so much for having me. >> all right. stay

on limb. and we'll see you right back here for abc seven news at 4:00.ave a good tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. the shooting at a hospital. the suspect opening fire in the lobby. the shooting turning deadly in concord, new hampshire, and then the takedown, s.w.a.t. teams moving in. aaron katersky with late reporting and the image just coming inn't. also tonight, israel's war with hamas. another hostage