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singers from vietnam, china, south korea, and japan all sang solos. >> translator: it's important tose music to go beyond national interests at a time like this. ♪ >>> and that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo. ?ñw >> a car bomb shakes central beirut. an aide to the former prime minister is among those killed. up to stemders care to stem -- gear up violence. those are the headlines here on "france 24." a deadly car bomb has hit the capital of beirut on this friday.

. >> translator: i'm worried about how the visit will affect relations with china and south korea. >> reaction from japan's neighbors was swift. officials in china and south korea harshly criticized abe's visit to the shrine. >>> chinese foreign ministry spokesperson ching yang read an official statement on state-run cct. abe visited the shrine in spite of strong opposition from china. he said it's an act of glorifying japan's history of aggression. and a challenge to the international order established after world war ii. >> translator: the japanese leader has worsened bilateral relationship instead of improving it. he has aggravated historical issues and created another political hurdle. japan must take full responsibility for the consequences. >> senior foreign ministry officials lodged a stern protest with japan's ambassador masato kitera. >> translator: we urge the japanese government to correct its perception of history in which it denies the past and glorifies its earlier aggression. in order for japan to gain trust, it should face up to history and apologize to the people of neighboring countries t

will certainly mean is any attempt by people in japan, people around abe to arrange some sort of official meeting with his counterpart in china and south korea look dimmer than ever. one interesting other fact about today's visit is the response from the u.s. want theobviously tempers to calm here in northeast asia, it once japan, china, and south korea to start talking to each other. and the state department issued a statement this afternoon saying it was disappointed that prime minister abe made the visit and exacerbated already testy ties between japan and its neighbors. an important contribution from the u.s. there. >> thank you very much. 120thcelebrates the anniversary of the birth of mao zedong. thousands gathered in celebration near his childhood home. hisound it the republic but legacy remains divided. historians, he is responsible for 45 million deaths from famine but china sees him as a great figure who changed the face of the nation. but xi jinping did acknowledge that mao zedong had made mistakes and should not be revered as a god. >> imagine the english premier league season liverpool heading to manchester city. after four wins

vice president joe biden has wrapped up his visit here to china and is now traveling to south korea buying is on a weeklong asian tour of japan china and south korea. during his meeting with chinese peasant eugene paying the exchange views on china's recent announcement of its air defense identification zone i report on call has been closely following this visit and has this report. joe biden speaking the chinese call is filled with smiles and handshakes. but disagreements over china's announcement of an air defense identification zone are still widespread. biden said he was very direct present she jumped in. less firm than china's recent and sudden announced the establishment of new air defense identification zone has to state the obvious cause significant apprehension in the region see james dean calls for us to respect china's core interests and says the two countries should maintain what he calls the crack direction of the sino us relations. on sunday. china has set up the east china sea eric and i can put the case in style. how often the tournament needs of self defense in accordance with international law. japan and the

article says prime minister shinzo on his visit on the sunny with some well last week japan's ties with china and south korea. he asked me shrine known as japan's war dead. those remain pending through the ministry in a political leader was convicted of war crimes while international tribunals off the wall cool too. the article expresses concern about the visits effect on the u s diplomacy in asia. it says japan has become another nation problem rather than the stable call rifle american officials because of its tense relations with china the article also says the band around the fruit of thy at millwall to strengthen the protection of state secrets. despite criticism from political opponents on the news media he says these auctions sale of the bay's willing to take the political risks tuesday of the country away from its postwar pacifism. the japanese government is planning to use these requirements goal for the stalling sample level of assets allowing them to stay in japan for up to. move is aimed at attracting wealthy foreign tourists and a realistic and this class tourism has long been promoted as part o

china and japan. >> you will be landing in tokyo to remind his friends in asia, china, japan, south korea that they aren't being neglected. stays calmerything over there. >> thank you. >> tonight's game has wrapped up at fedex field between the redskins and the giants. it came down to the wire and sadly, the redskins continued their losing streak. britt mchenry with the details. >> it has been a tough one. depressing for washington fans than the actual game tonight has to be this spot. sorry, guys. projected difficulty of the schedule, the skins are projected to have the second overall pick in next year's trapped. wait for it, it goes to st. louis for that rg iii pick trade. write down the field, alfred , 7-0 skins and they are cruising. goes downrter, rg iii for a 20-yard touchdown. griffin completed 16 to 17 passes in the first half. rushed for more than 50 yards. they're doing great, right? third quarter, andre brown gets the handoff. looks like he stopped but he does actually get in. it is 2117 -- .1-17 giants. -- 21-17 giants. the ball is taken right out of his hands. redskins lose 24-17. they

. >> seoul's move comes two weeks after china's zone of south korea and japan. the new zone extends larger into the larger chinese one and also of that and japan. requiring foreign aircraft to identify themselves,. >> translator: we believe this will not significantly impact our relationships with china and with japan. as we try to work for peace and cooperation in northeast asia. >> south korea's president discussed the plans with u.s. vice president joe biden during his visit last week. the u.s. state department has declared itself on the same page as seoul. an expanded south korean zone would have nothing to do with maritime jurisdiction. adding it would stay in communication with seoul. china's actions last month have given it the chance to do just that. but it leaves one part of the east china sea belonging to two zones, china, japan and south korea. how to manage such a complex state of affairs, equally, they could set the stage for what nobody wants, and accident conflict and increasingly contentious skies. harry faucett al jazeera, seoul. >> paying respe

i was on a six day tour of japan china and south korea on tuesday he agreed that japan's prime minister seems ill on that. they won't tolerate china's attempt to unilaterally change the status quo. foreign diplomats around the world continue to try and confirm news that a high ranking political figure may have been ousted from office in north korea. the alec and pyongyang have been getting confirmation that turns suntec the uncle and mentor of currently taking john owen has been stripped of his powers but if true it can be a major political shakeup in the country an hk with scandal. oh come on phil reports. some dickhead served as the vice chair of the powerful national defense commission. time is native to the relay team don't guilt sister anna has widely been seen as a mentor of the younger can often accompanying an important ceremony. but it's legal to get on second time the song tonic may have been dismissed his aides have been executed news broke tuesday. time may no longer be in office the court he would have to master returned to service off itself suggests that if the script of

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as the basis on which real change is me the us vice president is on a six day tours to japan china and south korea on tuesday he agreed with. as prime minister shinzo law benefit or nations will tolerate china's attempt to unilaterally change the status quo. india and japan have had diplomatic relations for just over sixty years. japan's emperor and empress are now visiting the south asian country and this week we've been running a special series on in our final instalment today we look at india successes in developing its human resources especially in the field of information technology grows the end of the malia is in a historic part of dough the last night that the town of our family tradition est see our friendly than other stuff and it's mass of people circulate concentrate on selling its belt line and mobile and were back in the early seventeenth century town of less than historical buildings and here it is i can get tempo don't always feel like it if you catch the eye. the active steering. the people still taking office he bought with rapid economic growth the number of middle income househ

south korea has officially announced expansion of its air defense identification sound to me john boundaries will partially open laughed and said japan and china south korea's defense ministry said on sunday that the expansion will go into effect on the standard fifteen. china established its air and air defense town of rwanda any of the east china sea the last month seoul wants china to be driving down because it partially overlap says alchemy as a house to include as submerged lancome feel guilt. that claim by the nation. the south korean defence ministry says expanded sound will also encompass two small islands whose airspace partially overlap each hand and sound jake you build it in the briefing japan the united states and china suggested the expansion is in line with its natural rules and is not an excessive measure. can you see plastic and some japanese and chinese officials about the observation have been used on before it takes a fact. japanese government officials say south korea's ms who will not pose a problem they say it's fundamentally different from china's down by chinese authorities to seek amy use force if foreign planes don't

abe said he paid his respects to those who sacrificed their lives for japan and renewed his commitment to peace. china and south korea are condemning the visit. >>> abe arrived at yasukuni shrine before noon on thursday and offered prayers t. day marks one year since he took office for the second time. yasukuni shrine honors japan's war dead. those remembered include military and political leaders convicted of war crimes by an international tribunal after world war ii. able did not visited the shrine during its spring and autumn festivals, nor did he go on august 15, the day japan marks the end of world war ii. >> translator: i showed my utmost respect and admiration to those who sacrificed their precious lives for japan. i also prayed that they would rest in peace. >> abe also said he visited another shrine in the same compound. he said he paid his respects to all the people of the world who have died in wars. >> translator: there is criticism based on a misunderstanding that visiting yasukuni is an act that honors war criminals, but my intention was to report what i have done for the last year to those who sacrific

south korea has long wants to x extend the air defense zone. china's actions last month gave them the chance to do that. it leaves them with three overlapping zones belonging to china, japan and south korea. the coming days could allow for talks on how to manage a complex state of affairs. they could set the stage for what nobody wants, an accidental conflict in increasingly contested skies. >>> a team of u.n. weapons inspectors arrive in iran today to tour a nuclear facility. it's the first time that a u.n. team is able to visit the site in more than two years. meanwhile, president obama has said that the pursuit of a long-standing deal with iran to monitor their nuclear weapons is as likely to fail as it is to succeed. he was speaking at a pro-israel forum in washington. iran has agreed to temporarily roll back the enrichment of uranium, which could be used to build a nuclear bomb but also to generate nuclear energy. iran calls their program peaceful. >> we have to not constantly assume that it's not possible for iran, like any country, to change over time. it may not be likely. you know, if you asked me what is the likelihood that we're able to arrive at the end state

vice president joe biden's is set to start since the station visits which are taking to japan china and south korea. that is it is reported saying that her teeth easing tension in east asia. and he's fast all will be to punt. biden is expected to meet with japanese prime minister seems a lot and will make this. they're expected to talk about chinese hour and defense identification zone and other pcs in the region he will also attend an international conference on women's rights in beijing by to meet with chinese leaders to discuss the eighties and was on it he says. in south korea to visit at the dnc falling in salmon in ordering u s troops to die during the korean war. riley has been taking place in ukraine have to keep the protest is to pay a state government decision not to sign a deal because it ties in with the european union and several people including a you're a news cameraman have a ripple of it being injected clashes between demonstrators and police riot police clashed of this protest is attempting to storm the presidential administration building a security force is a used it and ask fun

south korea has wanted to extend it's air defense zone. it leaves one part of the east china sea with three overlapping zones belong to go china, japan and southe coming days could allow for talks on how to manage such a complex state of affairs. qualityly, they could set the stage for what nobody wants, an accidental conflict in increasingly contested skies. >> earlier, we spoke with brigadier general mark kimmet. here is what he had to say about south korea's claim. >> i think it was a pretty smart move on the part of south korea to make it clear and ex plicit where they believe their territorial rights extend into. that the way, they don't wake up one morning and have china declare an area that they suggest belongs to them, tonal have korea requiring to respond at that point. this way, it clarifies the situation up front and, in fact, although your head line says it increases tensions, this may very well decrease the tensions because everybody's positions are very well clarified as of today. >> this week, the senate is supposed to face two bills. the focus is how sexual assault cases are handled. joining us to talk about this is somebody wr

china and japan. this is also china and south korea. he south koreans did was expand their zone to overlap with china. this is not so much japan's story. this is china's story pushing out from its borders. >> will this affect japanese companies? >> no doubt. they have done this so many times in the past. essentially, what china does is it ferments a lot of nationalist among youth. they are allowed to protest -- they are not allowed to protest other things, but they are allowed to go to the streets against japan. we have seen disastrous effects on japanese businesses, especially carmakers. every three or four years, this -- three or four years this happens. economic set your clock by it. theisplay in -- explain confrontation between chinese leaders, japanese leaders and those in korea. theyople in china feel have not apologized enough or been contrite enough because of world war ii. essentially, you have problems that tokyo has with china and also with south korea, and to a lesser extent with singapore and some of the other countries. but

. >> meanwhile, south korea declared its expanding its air defense zone. it overlaps with boarders claimed by china and japan. more on how beijing and tokyo are vying for territory. >> south korea's maybe over invisible lines in the air. this is what south korea calls yodo, a submerged rocky reef. hold /* home on a scientific research foundation claimed as part of their exclusive economic zones. now south korea has asserted its rights in the air above. >> the new korean air space defense identification zone has been modified to be in line with the country's flight information region which does not overlap with neighboring countries. this zone includes the air suppose over ayoda's waters. >> it is two weeks after china's surprise identification of air defense zone encroach okay south korea and japan. it is leap earn the chinese one and overlaps that of japan. the government in seoul says it won't impose the rules until december 15th, allowing for consultation with neighbors. >> we believe this will will not significantly impact our relationships with china and with japan as we try to work for peace and cooper

on saturday after spending six days in japan, china, and south korea.ad the heart to tell him it was only a p.f. chang's, but still. [ applause ] egg rolls and sushi and all sorts of food like that. speaking of biden, in a new interview, president obama said that joe biden has what it takes to be a great president. and he added "of the yo gabba gabba fan club." but still. [ applause ] he does. he could be president one day if he tries hard enough. do you guys like facebook? do you enjoy it? do you know it? [ cheers ] so you know, they have the like button and now facebook is in the news saying that they may add a sympathize button. that you can click when people make sad posts. so, it gets a little weird if people click it after you post a picture of your wife. [ laughter ] >> steve: come on. [ applause ] >> jimmy: i meant to press "like," and i pressed -- we need to put a bag over that one button. oh, this is a funny story. a man was locked in an airplane for several hours after he fell asleep during a flight and nobody woke him up when it landed. [ la

korea. >> we need to factor that into the urgency of getting china, russia, japan, south korea, all of us, to stay on the same page and to put as much effort into the denuclearization as possible. >> kerry said that kim is worried about his place in the power structure and is maneuvering to eliminate any potential adversaries. >>> a chinese media report says clashes between the police and uyghur autonomous region have left 16 people dead. police apparently shot and killed 14 people and two police officers were killed. an official news website said a mom attacked police in an attempt to arrest suspects on criminal charges. the muslim uyghur ethnic minority makes up about 90% of the local population. protests have been reported in the region by uyghurs. some members of the ethnic minority are frustrated with a domina dominant political leadership. in october, a car crash near tiananmen square in beijing killed three people in the vehicle and two bystanders. chinese authorities said a group seeking independence for the autonomous region was behind the incident. >>> south africans paid their f

china and japan. and now introduced new tensions between china and south korea. and created the potential for an accident in the region that could be quite dangerous. it is the timing of the announcement and the extent of this zone that i think is quite worrisome to the united states as well as the procedures that the chinese have announced that apply to aircraft that are flying through the zone. and therefore i think that the united states does not expect that china will rescind this zone. but i think the u.s. hopes that we can influence how the chinese actually implement these procedures. the circumstances under which they intercept aircraft flying through the zone. i think he will certainly encourage more diplomacy and then specific discussions about confidence-building measures between air forces in particular but also between other parts of the military and law enforcement systems. but i think overall, what the vice president is going to do is encourage a lessening of tensions between china and japan and underscore how important the relationship is to both c

just add, jeremy, that much of vice president biden's agenda in that part of the world, in japan, china, south korea was focused on this overall issue. and he during those visits made very clear the u.s. continued commitment to asia pacific. phil. >> well, just following up there, you say that the issue with syria was a -- that idris' departure was a big problem. is it a problem that you think has a solution? and if so, what is that solution? and for you, mr. minister, could you please tell us about singapore's interest in the f- 35b? i know that some of you were watching that in demonstrations this week in arizona. thanks. >> well, as i said, there's a war going on in syria and it's devastating to the people, having effects that hurt the people, destabilize the region. and when the moderate opposition is set back, that's not good. but that's what we deal with. so we have to deal with it. we will deal with it. and it is difficult. but we take it straight up, work with the moderate opposition, with our allies in the area, and we'll continue to do that. >> well, i've said in parliament during the last

but it leaves one part of the east china sea with three overlapping zones belonging to china, japan and south korea. the coming days could allow for talks on how to manage a complex state of affairs and they could set the stage for what nobody wants, an accidental conflict in increasing conflicted skies. >> andrew brooks says the international community won't accept the new air defense zones. >> the military won't avoid it. the americans already carried on flying their b-52 bombers through it. these unilateral declarations don't go down well in the international circles, and people tend to ignore them and fly through them just to make a point that, you know, you can't have a system where people can unilaterally close down skies. this is a political game being played out. thus far, it's just been played out at one level, and as you have implied, we need to make sure it doesn't escalate out of hand. >> the rules are that military and civilian aircraft just carry on as they did before. you'll find that military aircraft, they won't put a flight plan in and they won't put an imf beacon on or do anythin

it's the latest twist and territorial disputes between south korea china and japan center on a group of uninhabited islands in the south china sea at first glance it looks like an offshore oil rig but the steel platform is south korea's eo to ocean research station. it's built on a submerged island one hundred forty nine km off the korean coast. china calls eo eileen celia. last month taking unilaterally declared an air defense identification zone that covers the site. now south korea has extended its air defence oh two included as well. japan's air defense own also covers the sole control brought the research station is at the center of a simmering territorial dispute we don't believe this will significantly impact our relationships with china and with that and i'm so hip and as we try to work for peace and cooperation in west asia into. so did john chinese unilateral declaration angered seoul and tokyo. both governments have refused to recognize the move. korean and japanese aircraft or ignoring these things demands to identify themselves when flying to chinese to clear defense own.

the region there has been an arms race for many years that means that japan south korea modernizing spending a lot more money china double digit increases in their military budget but further south as well singapore vietnam indonesia philippines all embarked on major arms purchases and this i think is a major concern the united states of course would like there to be more burden sharing out to art if it's so-called strategic rebalancing so that is i'm afraid the negative consequence of this shoulder burden sharing and that is all the countries in the in the region basically butting up against one another through their increased military purchases and they're more aggressive military policy is all in arms companies in the united states martin really probably like this arms race here but what about the american taxpayer payer i mean you know you look what's happened in the middle east over the last decade or so americans are really tired of it and if you look at what happened just in the last few days detroit's in bankruptcy i mean again you know i mean what is it really. worth it for the united states because john

the region there has been an arms race for many years that means that japan south korea modernizing spending a lot more money china double digit increases in their military budget but further south as well singapore vietnam indonesia philippines all embarked on major arms purchases and this i think is a major concern the united states of course would like there to be more burden sharing at the heart of its so-called strategic rebalancing so that is i'm afraid the negative consequence of this shoulder burden sharing and that is all the countries in the in the region basically butting up against one another through their increased military purchases and they're more aggressive military policy is all in arms companies in the united states martin really probably like this arms race here but what about the american taxpayer payer i mean you know you look what's happened in the middle east over the last decade or so americans are really . tired of that. if you look at what happened just in the last few days detroit's in bankruptcy i mean again you know i mean what is it really worth it for the united states because john

the first stop on a six-day trip to japan, china and south korea. be a delicate balance for the vice president, because the relationship between u.s. allies, japan and south korea, have been deteriorating. the u.s. is hoping this tour will help build relations and provide a unified front in dealing with china. >>> olympic skier lindsey vonn skipping knee surgery, hoping she'll make it to sochi. vonn partially tore a ligament during a crash two weeks ago so she's training leading up to the february olympic games, although is still unsure whether she'll be able to compete. >>> a minnesota man was ticketed after making it snow money inside the mall of america, dropping 1,000 $1 bills from a third floor railing onto the crowd below. a trio was singing "let it snow." the man said it's been a tough year so he wanted to throw out his last grand to spread holiday cheer. instead he was cited for disorderly conduct. >>> amazon is planning to make a giant leap into the future with delivery drones. nbc's seema moody is at the nasdaq with what's moving your mone

sittingxecution is not well with south korea, japan, china, or the u.s. either. theh korea is seeking ability to deliver nuclear warheads on long-range missiles. the latest development only makes the korean peninsula that much more unstable. >> south korea does not want a failed state on its northern border and china does not want north korea advance north of the border. >> the country is deeply worried about the developments, deeply so. the defense department is also stepping up surveillance. >> our government expects that north korea's recent development could bring a bloody reign of terror. we are watching rebellious her obligations -- int the south provocations against the south. >> the question is will south korea do anything beyond surveillance? rex i don't think -- >> i don't think south korea does much other than stay vigilant. seen as one of the few relatively moderate minded north koreans. not as if his disappearance represents the ascendancy of a new wing that one's engagement. if anything, it is the opposite. a time to stay vigilant, but i am not sure

japan. and will also visit china and south korea. the vice president will also try to diffuse tensions between china and japan over china's air defense zone in the china seas. >>> anti-government demonstration versus taken a violent turn in thailand. police firing water canons and rubber bullets as protesters try to force their way into government buildings. the prime minister said she will meemeet with protesters but cant meet demands. >> this time the rubbish truck was used to break through the concrete barriers erected by the police. it's and it's pop ants were forced into a quick retreat, tear gas spewing from the cab. it seems some people on the streets are willing to go to extremes to achieve their goal. they want the government and prime minister gone. they spoke with the media the day after meeting with the protest leader. she said she's willing to do anything to end the cries. but the idea of an unelected people's council running the country is unconstitutional. >> last night after we met him we found out he isn't interested

vice president biden began a six-day trip to japan, china, and south korea, and did so in tokyo on mondayan increasingly tense standoff between the japanese and the chinese as new leaders in both countries are flexing their own muscles. at issue, as "the new york times" put it is a file of rocks. there are a group of islands called the senkaku islands in japan and the daiu islands if you're in china. the islands are controlled by japan and the japanese plan to build a new army base there by 2016. but last week china announced a new air defense identification zone which includes the air space over the islands saying foreign airlines must now warn china of their flight plans before entering air space many the east china sea. now, remember, the china/japan rivalry goes back, oh, a thousand years? the japanese see this as a sign of chinese aggression and are furious. this morning in a news conference with japan's prime minister, vice president biden warned that beijing risks a potentially dangerous confrontation with japan and its allies, which, of course, means us. >> we, the united states,

japan. he'll be stopping in china and south korea. it comes at a time of tension between china and japan. na demands to be notified when foreign countries enter a disputed air defense zone over theast china sea. >>> bide will discuss with south korean leader as rests of two americans held across the boarder in north korea. both the white house and family members are speaking out trying to clear their names. nbc's joe fryar reports. >> reporter: the video released by north korea state media shows the 85-year-old read angan apol. easks for forgiveness for kill soldiers and civilians during the north korean war. it couldn't be confirmed if he wrote the apology. experts say the video could be a good sign. >> this may be a prelude to figuring out what it can extract from the united states for this release and then the release. >> reporter: newman, korean war veteran, dreamed of visiting north korea and last month fulfilled that dream, touring the region with a friend. he was on a plane getting ready to leave when a north korean military officer took him into custody. last week newman's wife spo

biden plans to make stops in jap japan, china, and the border between north and south korea. trip comes amid tensions with north korea over two detained americans as well as its nuclear program. there have also been tensions with china over airspace covering the east china sea. vice president joe biden will meet with the presidents of south korea and china and the prime minister of japan during this trip. >>> in bethlehem, a giant christmas lighting at the church of the nativity tonight. a catholic mass marked the start of the christmas season before the tree lighting today an there were also fireworks. bethlehem is believed to be the birth place of jesus. >>> a giant menorah was lit in alexandria, on this, the fifth night of hanukkah. crowne plaza hotel in old town. hanukkah is a jewish festival of lights lighting of a candle every night for eight nights. >>> the search for a missing teen in virginia leads to a confrontation at the home of the only suspect in the case. tonight what happened during the search for alexis murphy. >>> plus, fans and co-stars leave tributes for ac

japan's prime minister paid his at a war shrine -- paid his respects at a war shrine. >> china and south korea slammed the premier's visit, calling it a provocation. many of japan's neighbors view the shrine as a symbol of japan's past military aggression. shinzo abe is the first to visit the shrine and seven years. >> some symbolic steps in the heart of tokyo. japanese prime minister shinzo abe approaches the shrine. he said his visit was to remember his country's war dead and not aimed at hurting the ealing's of other nations. -- hurting the feelings of other nations. >> i pray for peace for the souls of all the people whose lives were taken by the war. also, i made a vow to renounce war, and it has made me more determined to make sure we live in an era where people's lives are not engulfed in pain by the misery of war. >> despite his comments, there was a swift response from countries that suffered under japanese occupation during the second world war, like south korea. >> it's not very convincing, when he says he is open to dialogue at the same time makes a visit to the shrine. we need to

korea. joe biden arrived in japan today. he will also visit china and south korea. it is expected he will discuss the detainment of a korean war veteran. over the weekend, north korean television aired an apology from the veteran. we believe it is coerced. >>> healthcare.gov is about 90% opti operational. is it fixed enough? >> well, it depends on who you ask. the officials bragged today as of about three hours ago 750,000 americans have visited healthcare.gov and there were no major outages. websites like that one have a front and a back. take amazon.com. for the system to work, the back end of this system has to send you a lightbulb. the website has problems front and back. >> reporter: at a coffee shop, he tried to get on healthcare.gov. it didn't crash or freeze, but there was this note. the site still cannot handle a surge of users. the white house says today 375,000 logged on between midnight and noon. >> we want to make sure their experience is vastly improved. >> reporter: they got people logged in and signed up. >> this is my third time on the websi website

korea in a very dangerous direction. high tensions with japan, with china, with south korea and the united states.nd alone on the global stage, they're well aarmed and i think increasingly will become desperate. >> could the nature of this whole thing is it's so fascinating, they released photographs of 3,000 word document alleging that the uncle was planning a military coup, was trying to destroy the economy and then plan a military coup so he could take over and spent lots of money and raise the economy. the core of that question is why did they feel they needed to do that and is there likely to be a very strong faction of the military that was and remains against kim jong-un and in favor of the government? in other words do we have a dangerous of a real power struggle within north korea? >> the fundamental truth is, we really do not know. we know that -- probably was, probably the most sophisticated inter -- probably the most internationalist, probably the one that understood most about how the -- he had the closest relationships in china. he a in many respects was the person that the internati

japan for a week long tour of asia. he'll also visit china and south korea. the president will try to disfuse tension between china and japan over china's new air defense zone in the east china sea. the u.s. and other nations have said china is trying to claim international air space. >>> well, one day you may be able to get one online purchases shortly after you order them. amazon wants customers to get their items in a half hour and they have deployed a fleet of drones that would airlift packages to buyers. they may be ready for take off in the next five years. >> these are octecopters, effectively drones. there's no reasons why they can't be used as delivery vehicles. >> the drones could carry packages up to five pounds. the bulk of the packages that amazon ships. >> well, street still seems to be in holiday mode with stocks not making big moves. right now the dow stands up a little bit, up two points. the blue chips have been trading lower for most of the day. the s&p 50 500 trading flat. >>> the total amount spent on construction was the most in more than

. >>> the vice president joe biden in asia with stops in japan, china and south korea, all on his itineraryt the trip comes at a very, very sensitive moment. let's talk about that and more with our chief political analyst, gloria borger and our cnn political commentator, david frum. this is a very sensitive time. china now wanting to expand its territory -- air territory, if you will, making all sorts of threats. north korea holding two americans right now. he's got a full plate ahead of him. >> he does. the fact that the vice president has to do this personally is another demonstration of how obsolete our pacific security architecture is. these countries have relationships with the united states. there is not a coherent way to harmonize the security interests of democratic allies, japan, south korea, taiwan, which has this semi-strange existence. it's like a hub and spoke system. the united states is the hub, these are all in the spokes and the vice president of the united states has to fly over to coordinate it. that's not the way this kind of business should be done. >> you know the vice

turbulence going on in the south china sea, will that make it harder for the chinese to rein in the north koreans? >> we are involved in a trilateral story which is korea japan, and china all have interest in the south and east china sea. the koreans and the chinese are anti-japanese. that has held them together. the koreans and the chinese have some common interests in not having threats come out of north korea. there are different interests there, the chinese have their own interest about north korea which i don't think will get in the way of this. >> one of the sad stories is that the north koreans captured an 85-year-old tourist, made him engage in this phony confession. will he get out? >> i hope so. there are those that are making an effort. i have heard that he made this phony confession and there are those that believe that the fact that they did that means it is one of the ways that he might get out. >> let me switch to iran. you have been a supporter of the interim agreement on nuclear weapons. what do you tell israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu when he says that this is a mistake? >> i think that you tell him, and i gather that secretary ke

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south korea's airspace over the silence overlapped japan's air defense identification sound can also said an underwater robot called the ordeal in south korea should be included in the revised to sell. china also claims the submerged rock and included it in the air defense identification zone. it declared last month to pack also includes the rock in its air defence sound metropolitan government officials in seoul had issued south korea's first ever safety advisory for harmful air pollutants known as p and two point five. dance month shouted the capital city on thursday morning and worsen throughout the afternoon at four pm local time the average hourly density of pm two point five weeks to ninety three micrograms per cubic meter. this exceeded the city's safety standard of eighty five micrograms of a nanny two hour period. still officials urged all kindergartens and schools in the city to suspend the outdoor activities. they also advise the elderly and people with respiratory illnesses to stay in killings while graham asks when going outside seoul began releasing observation data at five pm two point five in october amid growing concerns about the fine particulate matter of writing on wee

japan. we have strong ones, deep ones with china. where do we go? >> we have obligations to japan, south korea, and the philippines. igation. clearly the united states will be with its allies. it will be a very, very difficult time. they are pushing out. they don't respect us. therefore they think they can push us around. and that's really a problem. >> you know, i almost hate asking a man of your intellect this question. dennis rod man. is he a side show, doing damage or doing nothing? >> he is doing damage. the new ruler needs dennis rodman to show his regime is normal and everything is secure. so he is bolstering his rule after the execution. that's a real issue here. >> thank you so much for helping us. that's a wrap of this hour of "weekends with alex witt". your rheumatologist about trying or adding a biologic. this is humira, adalimumab. this is humira working to help relieve my pain. this is humira helping me through the twists and turns. this is humira helping to protect my joints from further damage. doctors have been prescribing humira for over ten years. humira works by targeting and helping to block a s

that's why the united states, south korea, japan and china are quite worried. >> take us behind the scenes. you worked at the national security council, you are an expert on the korean peninsula. what do you suspect is going on in the obama administration, at the pentagon, the state department, the cia. what do you think is going on? >> the first thing of course is that i'm sure one would have to look to see if there's any unusual troop movements taking place inside of north korea. if there's anything resembling some sort of in-fighting in which there's a civil war breaking out. that's one of the first things you want to look at because you want to be able to know how much you need to strengthen or heighten the alert, what readiness of u.s. forces on the peninsula. the other thing would be to make contact with our allies, south korea and japan, as well with the chinese, to try to share as much information that we all have about what's going on with regard to the situation in north korea. as you said, this is about the most opaque place in the world and our level of intelligence on these is

he's going to arrive in japan and then he'll head to china and south korea. include china's new air defense zone. biden will visit the u.s. ambassador to japan, caroline kennedy and place a wreath at a cemetery in south korea honoring fallen u.s. troops. >>> dianne feinstein is criticizing afghanistan's president for jeopardizing relations between the countries. feinstein said hamid karzai needs to think about the long- term future of afghanistan rather than be swayed by a false notion in his head. right now the u.s. will withdraw troops from afghanistan after 2014 if karzai refuses to sign an agreement allowing troops to stay and train afghan forces. >>> the megamillions jackpot continues to grow after no winner on friday. the jackpot is now up to $257 million. new rules for the megamillions jackpot aimed at creating bigger and faster growing jackpot boosted the top prize for tuesday night's drawing. jackpots will now grow by at least $5 million after drawings where there is no winner. the second place prize has now increased to 1 million from $250,000. >>>