administration. >> it's a setback for abe and his team. the resignations could slow decisions on key policies and affect his approval rating. the departures of obuchi and matsushima are abe's first cabinet resignations since he took office in 2012 for a second term. so far the public has viewed his administration as relatively stable. when he reshuffled his cabinet last month, one main point was to back up his words with action on the role of women in society. abe has promoted a goal of having women in 30% of leadership positions by 2020. so he appointed five female ministers, including obuchi and matsushima, as a working mother of two boys, obuchi was seen to symbolize women's empowerment. matsushima is a former journalist and observers say she's well-versed in a variety of issues. their resignations just a month and a half after the reshuffle is a serious blow to the administration. our checks of the ministers' backgrounds may have been insufficient. it's not the first time abe has faced scandal and resignation in his administration. dur

abe visited the shrine in december last year. he also made an offering of a potted plant during the spring festival in april. and on august 15, the day japan marks the end of world war ii, he made a different type of offering using his private money. japan's top government spokesperson referred to the latest offering. >> translator: i understand he sent an offering. it was done in a private capacity, so i think the government should not comment on it. >> also on friday, more than 100 members of the diet visited yasukuni and offered prayers at the shrine's main hall. chinese foreign ministry spokesperson hong lei said the country firmly opposes such negative moves related to the shrine. the south korean government also reacted sharply. the foreign ministry spokesperson said the country cannot help deploring abe's offering and the japanese lawmakers' visit to the shrine. >>> prime minister abe has exchanged greetings with chinese premier lei kuchan in milan. it's the first time they've spoken since taking office. abe and lei attend

abe accepted the resignations of two ministers and has appointed the replacements. they are both facing scandal. >> translator: i express my sincere apologies to everyone i've troubled. >> obuchi's use of political funds has come under scrutiny. she has faced questioning in the diet by opposition lawmakers about payments for events held for supporters in 2010 and 2011. political funds reports from two support organizations in obuchi's constituency show that payments made to hold the events far exceeded money collected from participants. opposition lawmakers say the groups also failed to issue any political funds report for a similar event held in 2012. hours after obuchi resigned the justice minister tendered her resignation. >> translator: i'm extremely sorry for delaying national politics and for troubling the japanese people through my recent words and actions. >> matsushima said the cabinet faces various challenges, including reviving the japanese economy. she said she's resigning to avoid slowing down the work. matsushima has come under fire for distributing ha

abe also has a decision to make about the economy. he said he will announce by the end of the year whether to raise the consumption tax again. . this time from 8% to 10%. the abe government is involved in some sensitive diplomacy overseas. that includes negotiations with north korea over the return of abducted japanese citizens. and abe is holding direct talks with chinese president xi jinping next month on the sidelines of an apec summit. but opposition party leaders say the prime minister must first address the cabinet resignations. they want him to explain himself in front of lawmakers in the diet. >> translator: it's extraordinary to have two ministers quitting in one day. the prime minister should be asked to take responsibility for appointing them. >> reporter: abe is seeking the support of the japanese public for his policy agenda. he'll need to make a quick recovery from the shock of the resignations to keep up the trust. tomoko kamata, nhk world. >>> officials from a record 155 countries are calling for an end to nuclear weap

they also spoke on abe's 60th birthday. abe said then that he wanted to develop better ties based on his friendship with putin. >>> the leader of a pro-north korean group in japan says pyongyang is making progress with its probe of missing japanese nationals. ho jo-man visited north korean. the committee is probing the fate of japanese believed to have been abducted by north korean agents in the 1970s and '80s. ho is the chairman of the general association of korean residents in japan. his trip to north korea lasted a month. he sat in on the supreme people's assembly as a delegate. some people in japan say north korean officials are lagging behind in the probe. ho denied the allegation. >> translator: the investigation is progressing based on the bilateral agreement. nothing is behind schedule. >> ho denied speculation that kim jong-un is suffering from health problems. he said he is working hard and has control of the military. but he declined to say whether he met kim in person. media in the north have been silent about k

he last met with xi in july and told him abe wanted to talk. a group of japanese lawmakers visiting seoul has met with park geun-hye. they passed on the message that he wants to improve ties and say the south korean leaders expressed willingness but remains cautious about holding summit talks with abe. members of the japan korea parliament air yan union met park on friday in the run-up in of the 50th anniversary of normalization of diplomatic ties. she took up the issue on those referred to as comfort women. she says it's the first issue to be fixed in making a new start in bilateral relations. after the meeting, the head of the group says he conveyed abe's message. >> we told her prime minister abe's message that japan and south korea are important neighbors and holding dialogue is vital. all the more, we have mutual issues to tackle. we also told her abe wants to make the 50th anniversary of normalization of diplomatic ties a good year. >> he also told park that abe is looking forward to meeting with her at future international conferences. >

abe responded by saying that he didn't wish to see it become a diplomatic problem. he also said he had no intention of revising the 1993 statement on the matter, issued by then chief cabinet secretary kono. the statement offered a sincere apology and expression of remorse. to those recruited to work in comfort stations during world war ii. >>> japanese coast guard officials arrested the skipper of what they suspect is a chinese vessel. the boat was spotted on monday morning 1,000 kilometers south of tokyo. coast guard officials boarded the vessel after the crew attempted to flee. they arrested the 31-year-old chinese captain. and they are also questioning 11 other crew members. japanese officials say poaching in the area has increased as a result of the high price coral fetches in china. and on sunday, 102 boats were spotted in the seas near the islands. japan's coast guard is attempting to statue out the poaching but has only five patrol vessels in the area. >>> people at a seniors daycare in northern japan are trying out a new kind of rehabilitation exercise that'

abe made the remark in a debate at an upper house committee in the diet. a ruling coalition member said there are signs of better ties between japan and china. he called for more dialogue and exchanges through various channels. >> translator: chinese president xi jinping said in september that china is prepared to promote the long-term, healthy development of a stable china/japan relationship. i believe that the chinese side has also become more active in improving our bilateral ties. >> abe said it's important to promote cooperation in discussions in various fields to deepen a mutually beneficial strategic relationship. and he added that the government will continue to call on china to set up a communication mechanism between security officials from both countries. to avoid unintended maritime emergencies. >>> the leader of a pro-north korean group in japan says pyongyang is making progress with its probe of missing japanese nationals. han jo man visited the north after japanese officials lifted some sanctions in response to the creation of a special comm

abe is hoping to refocus attention on work related to his policy goals. he wants to pass bills aimed at revitalizing local economies and women's advancement. he regards them as the top priorities of his administration. but the head of the opposition party says that abe should take responsibility for the quick departures. executives of seven opposition parties are going to question abe about the issue and pushing for a diet debate about the scandals that led to the resignations. >>> officials at the world health organization have declared nigeria free of the ebola virus. they described it as a spectacular success story. officials say there have been no new cases reported in 42 days. that's twice the maximum incubation period. an infected man brought the virus to nigeria from liberia in july. it spread to 20 people and eight have died. official says health authorities kept track of who came in contact with the infected people. when day confirmed someone had the virus they isolated them and treated them. authorities say they are screening people at ports and

last month, putin called abe on the occasion of his 60th birthday. abe said he hopes to use his friendship with putin to launch dialogue on all levels towards strengthening ties. the leaders exchanged views on the conflict in ukraine. abe likely called on putin to do more for a peaceful resolution. >>> u.s.-led forces have launched more air strikes to stop another offensive by fighters with islamic state. they've targeted sites in a syrian town near the turkish border. the militants have been locked in a battle with kurdish forces. they said the islamic state flags were flying over a hill and a building there. they've been fighting the kurds in the streets. turkish president said air strikes will not be enough and warned the town it's about to fall. >> translator: this problem cannot be resolved via air strikes without cooperating with those fighting on the ground. >> more than 160,000 residents ofino arab have fled over the border to turkey. aid workers are asking for more international aid to help the refugees. >>> police in tokyo say a japanese ma

abe knew all of the trick toes make a plane that can soar well. he built what he called the albatraz naming it after the soaring bird. it offered up to 48 hours without refueling which was far longer than any military uva flown up to that time. based on the demonstrator, he got a contract from the defense advanced research agency to develop a larger uav in a similar con figeration for the armed service. that little drone was named the amber. and a senior official wrote it provided an order of magnitude and led the joint chief of staff to establish a new endurance theory. for reasons i detail in the book, he was unable to sell the drones to the defense department and the company he recruited to build them went bankrupt in 1990. but thanks to other unorthodox thinkers, his ideas didn't die. they were rescued and hired pie a pair of brothers who had genius for business and matched their genius for aero nautics. neal and linden blue were their name and they were the private owners of the company that built the predator, general atomics. they are in th

the abe administration raised the tax from 5% to 8% in april. it's scheduled to raise it further next october to 10%. but some members of the main ruling liberal democratic party have expressed caution about another tax hike. >> translator: the ldp will discuss the future direction of the plan during an exchange of opinions at the party's tax reform panel. >> suga says the prime minister maintains his stance of making a final decision on the tax, after studying various data, including the gdp figures. >>> well, japan is soaring as the destination for foreign travelers. tourist numbers hit a record in september due in part to the weaker yen, and an increased number of air routes. officials at japan national tourism organizations say more than $1 million travelers visited last month. that's up about 27% from a year before. tourists from mainland china topped 246,000. travelers from taiwan and south korea also rose marking more than 200,000 each. total visitors for january to september were over 9.7 million, a gain of 26% from the same period last

but the trend took a turn in 2012 when prime minister shinzo abe took office for a second time. bold monetary easing measures by the bank of japan in april 2013 also helped to weaken the yen. then in august this year, federal reserve chair janet yellen hinted that the u.s. central bank may start raising interest rates sooner than expected. investors looking for higher returns took her comments as a trading cue, and stepped up their dollar buying, and that further lifted the greenback. and for more analysis on the latest currency moves i spoke earlier with the chief japan foreign exchange strategist at merrill lynch. >> the japanese yen weakened 8% in the last quarter and as you said the u.s. economy's strength is a major reason. but then there are a few japanese reasons, as well. the economic recovery has been sluggish. and then, export recovery has lowered expectations. then there is a strong trend of portfolio rebalancing out of japan and into foreign securities. so i think these three reasons are pushing the yen weaker. >> okay, what about in terms of the trend. how long do y

chong called on abe to take the lead on issues surrounding comfort women. abe responded by saying he didn't wish to see it become a diplomatic problem. he said he has no intention of revising the 1993 statement on the matter issued by then cabinet secretary. the statement offered a sin veer apology and expression of remorse for those recruited to work in comfort stations during world war ii. let's check to see what's happening in the markets. >> investors consider multiple factors before considering. take brazil for example -- re-election -- drop more than 6% at one point. now weak oil prices, shares of he joins us from the tokyo text message. actually, investors here will be watching out for the effect of the falling oil prices, but let's look at how the nikkei and oil prices have fallen off. we'll see how that develops. as we've been reporting that the price of oil has fallen yet again to the media, touching his lowest level in more than two years. now, many people in the market will be watching out for potential fallout in related sectors. we're looking

abe made the remark at a lower house committee session in the diet. the articles were published in the 1980s and '90s, they were based on the accounts of a man who said he had forcibly taken korean women to work at comfort stations for japanese troops during world war ii. they retracted the articles in august, and said it believed the man fabricated his testimony. >> translator: it is a fact that many people were hurt, saddened, and angered by the erroneous reports. it is also a fact that japan faces baseless defamation that our country systematically turned women into sex slaves. the erroneous reports created this situation. >> abe said he will strengthen the government's strategic communication to the world so that correct perceptions of history based on facts will be formed. >>> turkish leaders have made a decision that will shift the dynamics in the war against islamic state. lawmakers voted to give the government power to take military action against the militants in syria and iraq. nhk world's craig dale has more. >> reporter: well the u.s. and

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last month approval of abe's cabinet stood at 58%. that figure has dropped to 52%. disapproval rose to 34%. the poll also covered japan/china relations. 9% of respondents believed ties will improve and 19% said they'll worsen. 65% of respondents believe ties will remain unchanged. prime minister abe hopes to hold talks with chinese president xi jinping in beijing. 46% of respondents said the talks are necessary while 7% said they are not. >>> japan's government has adopted standards for implementing a state secrecy law. the law will be put into effect in two months. it gives the government authority to have security information. the leakers of the information would face a maximum prison term of ten years. the cabinet approved the law's operational standards on tuesday. they say state secrets can be designated only by the heads of 19 government entities, including the foreign and defense ministries. 55 types of information will qualify as special secrets. they include classified information provided by foreign governments, and details of surveillance activity by the

this is a bit of face-saving compromise between boj and abe.n exchange for further stimulus, abe can go ahead with the sales tax increase. >> the bank of japan is a real suprise. >> most people expected this to happen. to with thee pension fund, which is a political move. the pension fund is huge, the biggest in the world. it is as big as the mexican economy in terms of the value of money it can manage. a political decision. they are taking more risk by buying stocks instead of bonds. >> that is to boost the returns of the pensioner. get -- who going to was not going to get much if the bank kept investing in jjb's/ 5% will go into the japanese stock market. we have to be conscious about hyping it up. the million dollar question is exactly what you are saying. talking about the tax increase. when does it start filtering through the real economy? nobody really knows. >> we are not seeing inflation. we're seeing an underlying rate of about 1% that will follow next year. the global situation has inflation falling. 'sdo not believe today halloween s

suro abe lincoln was right. ab i don't want to find out i'm good-looking and become a total [bleep] bag when i grow up.i don - abe lincoln?abe l - stan, it's been really great hanging out with you again. i feel like you've changed somehow...ans in a really awesome way.wes - yeah, well... in a really awesome way.wes i guess a lot of things change, don't they? [stirring music] bleaaaah! captioning by captionmax www.captionmax.com test. >> from comedy central's world news headquarters in new york, this is the daily show with jon stewart. (cheers and applause) captioning sponsored by comedy central >> jon: hey! ladies and gentlemen, my guest tonight, matt bai. he is going to be joining us, set author of "all the truth is out" it's an incredible book about when our media decided to get terrible. but first, midterm fever, baby. sweeping the nation. it's just like ebola. except way more expensive. (laughter) with three weeks to go, it is estimated 5.5 to of.-- 6.5 billion dollars will be spent on the campaign. or to pu

. >> and i'm ab positive, a rare one. >> reporter: ab blood is the one that's associated with memoryss later in life according to to a new study published in the journal neurology. it says people with type ab blood have an 82 percent higher risk of cognitive decline. >> i have a higher risk of alzheimer's because of my blood type. >> reporter: type ab blood linc to do a higher risk of cardiovascular disease. >> i think if we know someone has this blood type perhaps we would be more aggressive with their cardiovascular risk factors. >> reporter: type a blood also linkd to a ink creased risk of cardiovascular disease. >> i'm o negative. clotting factors in blood and certain enzymes are thought to influence diseases. doctors say other things like weight exercise diet and sleep have just as much influence and can sometimes offset risks associated with blood types. doctors say blood type can also influence susceptibility to certain infections like neurovirus and cholera. i'm stephanie stahl, cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> well, the rain on that radar has just set medical right over us tonight

the abs program is front and center. how we get the balance sheet -- how will he get the balance sheet up to thre 3 trillion question mark >> ? >> it is going to be about what is eligible to buy. the conversation around buying greek assets as well. the decision last month was not unanimous. a particular central bank was saying no, we don't want you to do this. there's a lot of pressure on him right now. the data is getting worse over the last month. plenty of questions today. will we get the answers? the boss of one of europe's biggest carmaker's. he is standing by at the paris auto show with hans nichols. >> good morning to you. ceo ofjoined by the renault nissan. we will hear your and -- we will see your new minivan. >> it is an important vehicle for us. 30 years ago, we came with the concept of the minivan. it was copied all over the globe. we are coming with a new version, much more modern. we started with what was the need 30 years ago for a minivan. version which new looks more like a crossover. >> it is a crossove

>> a little bit more information about abs.would be very doubtful to see any meaningful number put on the program. i did not think we will have a handle on the exact number. >> is the bar too high today? >> the abs bar has been raised extremely high. >> we will get you back. thank you very much for joining us. we will bring you the ecb president's news conference from naples today. he starts speaking at 1:30 p.m. london time. check out rocket internet shares on their first day of trading. stocks down by almost 8%. another big mover in the other direction is in dubai, that stock up over 12% this morning. stay with us. ♪ >> welcome back. i am jonathan ferro. we will talk ipos. the rocket internet shares not doing so well, down by 7%. let's bring in caroline hyde. we talked about them being a little bit greedy. >> investors certainly felt that. big bucks.or the they have raised about 1.6 billion euros. the biggest initial share sales since 2007 in germany. they have gone for a big valuation. it is thinking. many of us are question

once home, they are to brief abe and the prime minister on what they discussed in pyongyang. japan's government found that five returned in 2002. >>> north korea's' state run media has reported for the first time on bilateral meetings. the korean central news agency said thursday afternoon committee chairman summarizes so far and reported to japanese side. the agency said the chairman was making good on agreement reached in stockholm at a bilateral meeting in the swedish capital in may. north korea agreed to launch investigation into the missing japanese including abduck tees. >>> in other news, tokyo prosecutors have launched a formal investigation into alleged political funding irregularities of a former house member. obu chrkshi was appointed last month. this drove her from her post. prosecutors searched the home of her former aid as well as the office of her support organization. she served as the town mayor north of tokyo. she resigned as economy, trade minister earlier this month. she had come under fire for discrepancy between income and spend on theater events organiz

> well, this is disastrous news for prime minister abe. the cabinet reshuffle is aimed at trying to boost the popularity. it's backfired. he named five women, one resigned, the media speculating that the justice minister may resign, and two others are close ties to hate speech groups. so it really hasn't gone too well, and public opinion pops show the popularity is dropping. 85% of japanese don't think that shinzo abe will help. he doesn't have a lot of challenges ahead to win back public support. >> you're watching al jazeera. still to come - scores killed in libya, despite international calls for rival militia to stop fighting. >> a swedish under seas search for suspicious activities reviving members of the cold war. stay with us. eventually doing away with income taxes... >> the democratic challenger says, these policies aren't working >> we are trailing the states in our region >> can governor brownback win again? >> i think you spend your money better than the government spends it.. >> america votes 2014 battle for kansas only on al j

abe karem redesigned the net 750 and six months later the new predator made its first play. and now i would like to elaborate on what i said this book tells a story about the air force and the story about the cia. one of the first things they did when i began work on this book that in 2009 was to find officers who had flown the predator or been involved in the program in some other way and interview them. the more air force people he interviewed, the more i heard that i really needed to talk to a civilian air force official at the pentagon, a former colonel with an unforgettable nickname and i soon found out an unforgettable personality. snake clark knows more about the predator than just about anybody people say. snape was his real name. i don't know. everybody called him snake. well, as former air force secretary well knows, snake's will name is james g clerk. the air force job title these days is director of intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance innovation. but here is how i describe him. in reality, clark worked -- idea lack [laughter] >> at least when you put the

aso is the second ranking position in the cabinet of shinzo abe. zhang is the number seven man in the chinese communist party. >>> china is trying to expand in asia. so what can you tell us? >> the chinese president proposed last year the creation of a new bank. it would be for investing in infrastructure in asian countries. he called it the asia infrastructure investment bank. now china's finance minister is backing the idea. he held a uh news conference after the apec meeting and said there is a massive short fall of money for funding infrastructure in the asia pacific. he said nobody brought up the issue at the meeting though they are aware of it. >> it would compliment the world bank and asian development bank. officials welcome the idea. >> sources say araengsment where is r made for nations supporting the proposal to exchange memorandums of proposal in beijing. japanese government officials have said they will not participate. they have expressed doubts about the transparency of management. let's check on markets now. investors on wall street

politics can get short-circuited when a campaign or organization makes ab error in judgment.s week, the example comes from the national college republicans. they ran an ad supporting rick scott and ridiculing democratic challenger charlie crist and the group used a parody of "say yes to the dress." "rick scott is perfect. >> rick scott is becoming a trusted brand. he has new ideas that don't break your budget. >> but mom has other ideas. >> i like the charlie crist. it's expensive and a little outdated but i know best. >> an interesting idea but republicans have long been perceived as diminishing women. >> ad portraying women as shallow and superficial is generating controversy. republican strategists say it was a bad idea. here, gub fattorial aspect is behind andrew cuomo and hitting him for being under federal criminal investigation after a lyndon johnson 1984 daysy ads one of the most famous attack ads in u.s. history. >> 6, 6, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. >> these are the stakes. do we reelect a governor who may end up in jail? >> generally, an attack ad has to be belie

abe visited the shrine in december last year. he made an offering at a potted plant during the spring festival in april. on august 15th, the day japan marks the end of world war ii, he made a different type of offering using his private money. japan's top government spokesperson referred to the latest offering. >> translator: i understand he sent an offering. it was done in a private capacity. so, i think the government should not comment on it. >> also on friday, more than 100 members of the diet visited yasukuni and offered prayers at the shrine's main hall. chinese foreign ministry spokesperson hong lei said the country firmly opposes such negative moves related to the shrine. >>> now, to see what's happening in the world of business, let's go to our ron madison from the biz desk. ron? >> all right, thank you very much, miki. let's start with the markets this hour. financial markets do appear to have calmed down a bit after strong selling earlier in the week. investors were somewhat encouraged by positive figures on u.s. indus

obama and abe spoke for 25 minutes. abe explained japan's efforts to tackle the outbreak by sending drugs and medical experts to west africa. he said japan will speed up efforts to deliver various kinds of aid. obama expressed appreciation for japan's efforts. >>> tuesday marked six months since members of an islamist group kidnapped more than 200 nigerian schoolgirls. the girls' relatives and friends held a rally to urge government leaders to do more to free them. members of the group boko haram seized the girls from their school in april. people around the world have campaigned for their release. the protesters gathered in the capital abuja. about 60 people wearing red t-shirts, with the message "bring back our girls" marched near president goodluck jonathan's home. more than 150 armed police guarded the residence. >> we're angry nigerians. it's taken too long. 183 days today. >> mr. president, she was checked -- >> jonathan has said that he and members of his administration are doing all they can. >>> to the latest i

he indicates he is a police officer and she were not ab rested if she performs these act.she entered the vehicle. he forced her into performing some of these act. she's able to escape from the vehicle, notify police, a few minutes later police are able to arrive via flash information that they have received and they are able to april prehen this gentlemen. report report lieutenant johnson arraigned on rape, kidnapping and impersonating a police officer charges, freed on hundred thousand dollars bail. a a few hours ago. next up a preliminary hearing at the courthouse and disciplinary hearing at the fire department where he will likely get suspended, chris and kerry. >> steve, thank you. >>> three people were shot when someone fired 13 rounds at a residential neighborhood in kensington this happened on the the 3,000 block of northerly street around 10:30. police say a husband, wife and a second man were all hit by bullets. they're in the hospital. they are in stable condition, one bullet, however, went in the home where people were inside but thankfully in one was hurt. poli

. >> researching these quotes, i came across one from abe lincoln -- not to get let's go back to abe lincoln. he did say, "i love because i must not cry." i think that's kind of the thing behind our show. people do want to laugh because we're all so depressed about the state of our politicians and our government. this at least lets us sort of release that in a fun way. >> you just remind me though that those warren g. harding letters just came out too a couple of months ago. you should stick those in the show. >> those were steamy! even for the '20s. >> then show a big portrait. >> i want to get into -- you're putting him on the couch a little bit. after the break. more in a moment. much play maker.. check out my ultimate meats pizza. uh huh, looks great. five meats working together. i love it. a team of ingredients. you're trying to make a football joke. yeah, funny? brutal actually. stick to pizza. anncr: pepperoni, salami, sausage, canadian and hickory smoked bacon. up your game, with the new ultimate meats pizza. a large for $12 dollars. add a mega chocolate chip cookie for just

abe karem while the tricks to making a plane that can soar well and in his los angeles garage, he built the uav technology demonstrator that was truly innovative. karem caught at the albatross, naming it after one of nature's greatest going earths. the albatross offered a nominal 48 hours without refueling, which was far longer than any military uav ever thrown up that kind. the demonstrator, karem got a contract from the research agency darpa to develop a larger uav for the armed services. darpa named that little drone. in 1989 a senior official wrote in a magazine article providing an order of magnitude increase in a lifetime recorded by previous uavs have let the joint chiefs of staff to establish a new endurance category and an unmanned aircraft master plan ordered by congress. yet largely for personal and bureaucratic reasons in a detail in the book, karem was unable to sell its trust of the defense department and the company he created to build them what a great 1990. thanks to some other unorthodox thinkers, abe karem's ideas come his revolutionary ideas didn't die when his compa

old benevolent, loved abe really was a politician. he knew how to handle any controversial situation. however, i'm satisfied with the fact that he never condoned it and did not reject it. and by the way, speaking of you, professor, i always thought that i was new york's premier civil war historian. now i see that i'm number two. >> ah. thank you so much. [ applause ]. >> thank you, for an excellent, excellent lecture. just one practical question, one observation. >> sure. >> you said they're trying to -- who votes where. if it was a secret ballot, they could have promised, how were they going to vote? >> wonderful question. so, the secret ballot is known as the australian ballot and we don't get the australian ballot in america until much after the civil war. during the civil war, the local governments did not make the ballots the way they do today. the political parties would print their own ballots and they were often printed on distinctively colored paper. so when you voted, you walked to the poll with a yellow ballot or a pink bal

old benevolent beloved abe really was a politician. he knew how to handle any controversial situation. however, i'm satisfied with the fact that he never condoned it and did not reject it. and by wait, speaking of you, professor, i us a thought that i was new york's premier civil war historian. now i see that i'm number two. >> oh, thank you so much. [ applause ]

we know that ab inbev controls 47% of the u.s.market, isn't it incredible and miller coors has 28% which means together they own three-quarters of the beer business in the united states and there's no way that the anti-trust regulators would ever let that happen, even with all those weird ipos or ipas or whatever the stuff is in the liquor stores these days and just like a.b. inbev acquired grupo modelo they would acquire regulatory on assets. in the majority stake in miller coors, the only potential bidder here is tap which i'll bet they'd be able to buy it at fire sale prices. how positive would this deal be for molson coors? the increase in economies of scale and buying power over raw materials and all which are anything down, by the way. not to mention improved deficiency between breweries and more integrated distribution channels. i think buying the 58%. of miller coors that they don't already own would boost tap's operating margin by an incredibly large 650 basis points and immediately be added to the company's earnings per

we are using real abs, real nylon, and real poly carbonate. a wide variety of manufacturers around the world. we just select one of those. so the difference is not in the material itself, but the difference is, in the way the part is actually manufactured. and so what i was talking earlier, we talked about having the knowledge from a designer, the knowledge from a tool maker, and the knowledge from a manufacturer, to understand that a 3-d printed part is in our case a real thermal plastic but it's made differently than the traditional injection molding. been around for a long period of time, a handbook that talks about injection molding, the principles to make sure they build a durable part. there's no such thing for 3-d printing or additive manufacturing today and as the technology evolves, new materials evolve, and they're evolving every single day. having that knowledge to understand the differences between injection molded part in the case of a thermal plastic and a 3-d printed part will be important in producing more and more parts for en

also be the first cabinet official to resign since abe took office two years ago. daughter of a prime minister and was once tipped as a future prime minister. a big dent in her career. some members of the ruling party are worried about the effects of the scandal on the overall abe administration. >> this is not the only female cabinet minister under pressure. five members appointed during the reshuffle last month and some of them are already facing problems. the news reporting that abe may replace the justice minister who has been accused of the opposition of illegal campaigning because she apparently handed out paper fans to voters which is illegal campaigning. they are demanding that she resign. then you have other women in his cabinet coming under criticism posing for pictures with japanese neo-nazi leaders. we have lots to talk about their. >> quite extraordinary. moving on to other stories we're following. planning a 30 $2 billion injection for midsize lenders. this would help remaining extra liquidity at the end of the year. pumping 82 billion dollars into ch

. >> japanese prime minister shinzo abe stressed that his abenomics strategy is producing results. he cited the highest rise in workers' pay in 15 years. abe expressed hope his policies will lead to economic growth not just in japan but other parts of asia and in europe. the prime minister also promised $40 million worth of support in order to prevent and contain the ebola outbreak. and he offered to provide japanese-developed drugs that are possibly effective on the disease. on the second day, leaders will discuss the situation in the south china sea and east china sea where china has been stepping up maritime activities. delegates will also focus on measures to deal with the islamic state militant group and the crisis in ukraine. on the sidelines of asem ukrainian president petro poroshenko will meet with russian president vladimir putin. analysts are watching to see if the two leaders can achieve a breakthrough. >>> baghdad has been hit with a fresh bout of bomb attacks. explosions happened of frequent occurrence in and around baghdad in recent days. on thursday, car bombs explo

this is probably, as soon as we get a chance, we will start adually selling abs's to the e.c.b.tive response to obviously the section of the monetary policy at the moment. >> on that note, we will leave it. we look forward to hearing all the news that is going to come out on that front. >> thank you very much. thank you. thanks very much. >> from greek banks to italian ones. nine of the 25 banks that failed the stress test were, of course, italian. the largest capital gap of 2.1 billion euros for one bank. let's bring in our finance team leader from milan. great to see you. italy seems to be the problem child. >> that's right. that's certainly what the figures point out. there were nine banks that failed the test, and that's taly's largest bank. they wanted to prepare for these tests, and that's basically the result of a combination of facts that have come together. a have, on the one hand, third recession, and that's . ading to bad loans it's the highest since 1998, and at the same time, the low terest rate environment is constrange banks banks from returning to capital. >> rea