the city of chongqing in southwest china is a direct controlled municipality along with beijing, shanghai, and tianjing. recently it's developed as an inland region industrial city. hot pots are chongqing's famous local delicacy. chongqing has even been named china's hot pot city by the chinese association of cooking. everything from takeout hot spot snacks to full meals are readily available. the people of chongqing consider hot pots their soul food. an upmarket hot pot restaurant sits in the middle of chongqing's business district. it's called ba river and is part of a chain of 380 restaurants in and outside of china. the company also runs its own food processing factories and cooking schools. boasting many famous chefs, it leads the country's hot pot industry. an average dish here costs around $15. over two times the price a customer would typically pay at a local vendor. since its founding in 2002, food safety and hygiene have been paramount for ba river. the company's ceo wang wei is at the front line of improving the industry's image and serves as vice chairman of chongqing's hot po

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a lunar new year celebration in southwest china was all about their panda. >> look at them. they're adorable. six panda cubs at a breeding center. they had fun with decorations. it symbolized joy and good fortune. they had toy monkeys to cuddle with during the party because it is the year of monkey even though the pandas always try to steal the show. >> cuter than the puppy bowl. >> no. nothing is cuter than that. thanks for joining us. we'll see you tomorrow. >> have a great day. >>> here we go. today on "access hollywood li " live," analyze the cold oven. >> we're excited you're here. so much with the show. howard is out, simon is in. we've got to find out who you like better. >> and auditions. who do you like more, howard or simon? >> i haven't worked with simon. i love simon. >> show is coming, i'm excited about that. >> and a true story of how 16-year-old disney star cameron boyce's grandmother changed segregation. they are sharing inspiring story in honor of black history month. "access hollywood live" starts right now. >> is there a jew history month? >> morgan freema

six giant panda cubs born late last year are making their debut at a panda base in southwest china. cubs were received with cheers of course from spectators and seemed to enjoy playing with their toys. there's nothing cuter than a baby panda. that's the cnbc news update at this hour. let's get back to squawk alley. year of the monkey. back to you. >> although i could watch those videos all day too. >> i know. so cute. >> sue, thank you. meanwhile in washington when it was martin shkreli's turn to speak at this morning's hearing on drug prices he declined to answer questions from lawmakers. take a listen. >> you did not provide a written statement. do you wish to give an opening statement? >> i will not be giving an opening statement. >> i want to ask you a few questions. what do you say to that pregnant woman that might have aids, no idea and she needs it in order to survive. what do you say to her? >> on the advice of council i invoke my fifth amendment privilege and respectfully decline to answer your question. >> you were quoted on saying on fox 5 in new york, if you raise prices

at brinkam young university, disappeared without explanation while hiking in the providence of southwest china. david is an outstanding young man who speaks fluent korean and spent the summers studying mandarin in beijing with plans to return to the us in august to finish his degree. he paid a housing deposit. the u.s. state department and chinese government eventually concluded that david fell into a gorge while hiking, but david's family conducted their own exhaustive investigation. david's father and two older brothers flying to china shortly after his disappearance to retrace his steps. in the course of talking with numerous eyewitnesses, david's family discovered facts which contradict the official explanation and which i believe are compelling evidence of another possibility which i'll get to in a moment. my staff and i met david's family and heard his story soon after i was elected three years ago. they are remarkable people of great faith who have continued to pursue an explanation for david's disappearance for the past 11 years. the resolution i am introducing today regarding david's

. >> dan: that is southwest ohio native and north korean authorities detained the 21-year-old boarding his flight to china. he camed a member of his church offered him a used car it bring home the banner as sort of a trophy. pay his mother $200,000 if he got caught and didn't make it home. >>> the medal of honor is obviously the nation's highest military honor. >> denise: today president obama awarded it to a navy s.e.a.l. from toledo who risked his life to rescue an american hostage in afghanistan. weijia jiang reports from the white house. >> edward byers , jr. goes to greatest lengths to stay hidden as a elite team s.e.a.l. 6 and he was at the center of the president's attention. >> he is the consummate quiet professional. >> president obama awarded byers a senior special ops chief the medal of honor in 2012 he was part of a raid saving an american hostage if afghanistan. joseph was abducted by the taliban and joseph realized a rescue was underway when he heard someone calling his name. >> as soon as i heard my name where my voice was coming from, one s.e.a.l. came and laid on top of me. >> that man wa

sandwich pled not guilty of hitting a woman and man in china hitting a woman and man in chinatown dragging a woman for three miles into the southwest freeway. another driver told police shot another driver told police shotted the you driver stopped at a columbia road exit. at a columbia road exit. -- he says she got out of the car, saw the victim on the ground and took off. she was stopped a short time later. she is being held on $5,000 bail she is being held on $5,000 bail. the driver's past. she lists her job as massage therapist. the "boston herald" said she twice have been charged with offering sex for a fee in bright. on in 200and waltham in 2009. both cases were continued without finding. her next court date is february 26. >>> we prac traffic and weather every ten minutes. right now a 29-minute commute on 93 southbound from 495 in andover to the zakim bridge. shiri. >> shiri: . outside. 30s at 7 a.m. the warm-up carries us up to 32 by 8 a.m. we will show what you time plan on the 40s and the 50s next. >>> a police officer remains outside this local home where a toddler was taken away with life-threatening injuries. coming up

china is worried the sanctions will devastate north korea's economy. years and this morning we're learning they will finally get a bus stop closer to the va clinic in southwest charlotte when it opens next month. the closest stop the clinic was on tyvola road, about a block away. congressman robert pit everythinger says it is about -- pittinger says it is about time changes were made. >> it took persistence but that is the nature of what we do. >> he said in the past if they didn't put a closer bus stop, he would set-up a shuttle. >>> new numbers show more people visited national park sites last year than ever before. 307 million visits were logged. great smoky mountains with more than 10 million v. >>> those spots will be busy this weekend as this gets warm. >> no doubt about it. go to the neighborhood park. you may have to wait in line for the swing. it will be a busy weekend of outdoor plans. clear sky this morning, cold out there, though. a few clouds left over in the mountains. those are clearing out. it will allow the temperatures to boost upright again. the preview into the weekend is for 60-degree weather to be on track. sunny and dry to start the we

southwest lawn of the capitol and alive with kids and parents. there was a dog named carmen who pulled her own sled having fun. d.c. is a tourist town. among the visitors the tourists from china stood out in a colorful dress. one visitor said the snow is welcome. >> we love it. they don't have snow where they live in china. sam: okay. is this the first time they have seen it? >> it has been a long time. of public works say they basically satisfied with how things have gone thus far and now they have got to concern themselves with this evening. they have a good base of the roads. the question is how to deal with it. they started last night at 11:00. one shift worked at 11:00 today. another shift working until 11:00 tonight. they are going to keep this up until they have a full deployment of 200 pieces of equipment. reporting live from northwest washington, i'm sam ford, abc7 news. jonathan: all right, sam. while we talk about getting around, metro buses are on a severe snow service plan so it's limited to major corridors only with some detours. the only exception to that is the 1a service not operating because of the snow conditions. 52 and 54 service is only operating between

southwest miami-dade, jeff weinsier, local10 news. update. records show the restaurant was ordered shut again last week. the place going from 110 violations to 84, andt last check china before you a has not been allowed to reoeo remember, local10 has made it very easy for you to see any restaurant inspections statewide right on your smartphone. just download our free restaurant inspection app. search restaurants florida in the app store. finds in brevard county. you're looking at one of two rare green anaconda's recently turned over to florida fish and wildlife, this one measuring more than eight feet was captured in melbourne last week not far from where the first one was discovered back in novembebe green an continued as you are illegal to own down here. neither is that you can had had a required tag leading wildlife officials to believe they're being illegally bred in the state. >> janine: a disturbing hit-and-run crash on camera. a driver slamming into cars and then taking off. why he did it. >> victor:ll new at 5:00 a "c"cl christina" investigation. viewers claim a man continued them out of lots of money after posing as an attorney. it's today's edition of "call

china and paying interest on it. >> thank you, dr. carson. mr. trump, your campaign began with the idea of building a wall along the southern border, about 315 miles southwest of where we are right now. you said the mexican government will pay for it. the spokesman for the current president of mexico says that will never happen. the last two presidents of mexico say that will nev her happen. and i'm quoting i'm not going to pay for that quote f'ing wall. so, if you don't get an actual check from the mexican government for 8 or 10 or $12 billion, whatever it will cost, how areio you going to make th pay for the wall? >> i will and the wall just got 10 feet taller. believe me. i saw him make the statement. i can only tell you if i had used even half that word, it would have been national scan l scandal. this guy used a filthy disgusting word on televisions and he should apologize. we have a trade deficit and that doesn't include all drugs pouring into our country. if these guys do it, it will cost $200 billion. but the wall is 10 to 12 billion. you need amiles. the great wall of china is 13,000 miles. we need a thousand because we have a lot of natural barrie

southwest winds will be critical in tomorrow's 60-degree forecast, diane. >> thanks so much. we'll have the next news update i'm diane macedo. cbs this morning saturday >>> china's xi yu lin had a great day yesterday playing golf. on the 16th hole, the ball kept rolling back and it rolled and it rolled and went straight into the cup. >> she's done it! >> she gets a new honda for that hole in one and came only a day after she turned 20 years old. what a great way to celebrate your birthday! >> impressive. >>> our top story this half hour. professional soccer is buzzing this morning over the election president of fifa. he stunned salman by winning in zurich. johnathan vigliotti has more in london. >> reporter: gianni infantino looks stunned as if to say how did this half? five months ago he wasn't even in the race. on friday he was handed one of sports's most powerful and controversial posts. >> i want to work with all of you together with all of you in order to restore and rebuild a new era in fifa and new era in fifa where we can put football in the center of the stage. >> reporter: infantino's competitor sheikh salman a member of bahrain's royal family was long

china, paying interest on it. >> thank you, dr. carson. mr. trump? your campaign, as you well remember, began with the idea of building a wall along the southern border, it's about 315 miles southwestht now. you've said the mexican government will pay for it. >> correct. >> the spokesperson for the current president of mexico says, that will never happen. the last two presidents of mexico say, that will never happen. in fact, the former president of mexico, vicente fox, he said today, and i'm quoting him, he said, i'm not going to pay for that, quote, f'ing wall. so if you don't get an actual check from the mexican government for $8 billion or $10 billion or $12 billion, whatever it will cost, how are you going to make them pay for the wall? >> i will and the wall just got 10 feet taller, believe me. it just got 10 feet taller. i saw him make that -- i saw him make the statement. i saw him use the word that he used. i can only tell you, if i would have used even half of that word, it would have been national scandal. this guy used a filthy, disgusting word on television and he should be ashamed of himself and he should apologize, okay? number one. number two, we have a trade defici