>> there's no question that the velocity of the economy is slowing dodown. in other words, you're seeing a deceleration, however, the current growth in dollar terms is greater than it was when it was 1010% in 2010. so in looking at the totality of what's happening in china, you must realize that the amount of money going into investments, expansion, et cetera, is much greater than it's ever been before. >> in 2017, where do you see japan going? is, in your view, abenomics working? >> abenomics, at least the first two arrows will be helped with the trump administration. because, with rising interest rates in the u.s. and rising inflation in the u.s., this will affect what's happening in japan. now, of course, the third arrow is very important for japan. it's absolutely necessary that abe and the administration in japan go about the reform efforts in a very aggressive manner, to recononform the japanese industry and the way japan works. now japan has a great advantage, because one of the strengths is robotics. and the robotic revolution is hitting the world, a

. >> sun is going up, temperatureu ing dodown.s around here.r out to the west it's i extraordinary.ary minus 15 in places in western ws maryland.ryland. so bitter cold here to stay, and it will be with us for a few a f days. >> breaking any records withanyd this. >> awfully close tomorrowlose tw morning. it gets a littlemo bit complicat when winds are up it's hard to o get the really cold temperatures the winds have to settle down a little bit. .ve to et to it yout t ihe current numbers num behind me. in washington.ngn as steve mentioned that number e continues to fall as the coldthl air moves from the north andortd stst. hagerstown 19 degrees.9 des. out in winchester 19 degrees as well.ll. wind chills 14 here inere washington. wa now down to four in gaithersburg. at ds.out at dulles. 2 degrees up in hagerstown i mentioned the minus 15 inin 15 so pretty extraordinary how colc it is considering it's only thet middle of december.ecbe we have not started winter yettt and these temperatures reminiscn accept of something we might get a