park air express, a shuttle ride away from l.a.x. and no-jet-lag, jet lag prevention. >> when i travel, i love celebrating other people's holidays or gaining a new perspective on my own. christmas is a joyous time of year, and each country has its own ways of making merry: special customs, foods, drinks, and holiday markets are all part of christmas in switzerland. my switzerland christmas market adventure begins on lake geneva in montreux, where christmas markets are a new holiday tradition of which gluhwein, a hot mulled wine, is an essential ingredient. ah. norbert muller is the vice director of the montreux christmas market. and how long has it been going on here in montreux? >> 16 years. >> now, the tradition of christmas markets in europe, though, dates way back. >> for centuries, mostly in germany. we took it. we picked it up from germany, let's say. >> and improved upon it? >> and we tried to improve it, that's right. we do it maybe a little bit differently. we brought some special flavor. as you can see, the quality of the c

air. mr. gbagbo expressed concern as well about his sudden transfer to the hague last week. said, where my going in this plane? and my guard did not have the courage to tell me, you are going to the hague. he said, and you are going to abidjan. i laughed because i understood. and his supporters say this amounts to political kidnapping. >> laurent gbagbo is the first person to come before the international criminal court in this case. bu be brought, regardless of political affiliation -- further cases will be brought, regardless of political affiliation. >> this is newsday on the bbc. i am in singapore. >> i am in london as france and germany roll out a plan to tackle the eurozone debt crisis, a major rating agency warned there may be more downgrades to god. >> thousands have taken to the streets of moscow after observers -- more downgrades to com. >> thousands have taken to the streets of moscow after observers said the elections were handled unfairly. it is widely believed an effective international plan can only be reached if china agrees to carbon cuts. as our corresponde

air. he also expressed concern about his sudden transfer to the hague last week. i said, where am i going in this plane and my guard did not have the courage to tell me. you are going to the hague. he said you are going to abi zjon. i laughed because i understood. some argue that his transport amounts to a political kidnapping. he is the first person from ivory coast to come before the international criminal court. the prosecution say the investigations continue and further cases will be brought rebbe's of political affiliation. >> this is "newsday". the headlines for you this hour. france and germany rollout plans to tackle the eurozone debt crisis. a major ratings agency warns there may be downgrades to come. to then't have taken streets of moscow after an election favored vladimir putin's party. clement talks taking place in south africa. it is widely believed an effective international plan can only be reached of china agrees to carbon cuts. economic development remains the country's top priority. >> it is all part of the daily routine. has becomedle-class use

air base. over the weekend, president obama called pakistan's leader to personally express regret over the nato air raid. still, pakistan says it has no plans to reverse its decision to boycott a conference on the future of afghan security. and the u.s. still has no plans to slow down drone strikes against militant targets. >>> vice president joe biden is in greece right now as european leaders try to find some solution to the region's massive debt crisis. let's get be a early look as we get all up in your business this morning. cnbc's geoff cutmore live in london. geoff, good morning. >> hey, good morning to you. yeah, you know what, there will be a few obama administration officials racking up the air miles over the course of this week in what's being seen as a make or break for the european crisis. we've got biden in greece, speaking to the prime minister and others, we've got the treasury secretary, timothy geithner, coming over mid-week to meet with prime minister sarkozy in france. and he'll camp up with prime minister mario monti, president sarkozy in france. the aim is to stress to the

air quality and water supply. the valley water district today also expressed disappointment saying this month is shaping up to be the third driest december since 1940. the air quality management district is also hoping a change in weather can hope clear out air pollution. they say wood smoke is the leading cause of air pollution during the cold winter months in the bay area. in 16 minutes, bill martin will have the complete bay area forecast. >>> an oakland restaurant worker is re-cooperating after being shot on his way to a holiday party. the male victim was behind the wheel when he was shot in the neck. he made it to his job site. the restaurant at 39th and international. we spoke with coworker that said the driver is hospitalized but said he is going to survive. back in april, the owner of the restaurant was shot and killed in a killing outside the restaurant. >>> new years eve falls on a saturday this year and that has emergency rooms across the bay area bracing for a busy night. the head of the emergency room at california pacific medical center said he expects twice as many patients than a normal  saturday n

as we go farther west something we can see more of during the winter la nina pineapple express clearing warm airunbuckles starts to sail into united states. you can see that here we call this an amplified pattern. going north and south dumping cold air into the country developing storms tracking out like this into the area. such a storm this weekend going to be on the warm side we may benefit by getting 50 degree temperatures from the southern wind on the deep side. december meter logical winter begins tomorrow doing so quietly with mild temperatures. in a month coolant from 40-32 degrees. the wind today from 46 mi. per hour at o'hare top winds speed to just 5 mi. per hour this afternoon we expect 40's and 50 degree temperature and 50 on saturday. short-term debt buried in this precipitation area to the west will not affect us right away ahead of that a mix of clouds joining the day tomorrow. during the day tomorrow you can see the snow and rain showers to the north side of the south. coming through briefly tomorrow night. more important rains system through saturday night. chilly air reaching d

the statement said that it would invite all south koreans to come and express their condolences, that north korea will open land and air routes from south korea to north korea to try to facilitate that. it will guarantee the safety of all south koreans to come to the north. in a separate editorial, there is a strongly worded statement which says that south korean government needs to carefully consider the grave implications of its decision. inter-korean relations are in a great divide. as a result of this decision, they can heal or come to a complete and. this is the very early days after kim jong-il. north korea is firmly putting the ball in south korea's court. >> we will leave it there. our correspondent in seoul. an advance team of observers from the arab league has arrived in syria after reports of increasing violence. they intend to oversee a peace plan and force withdrawal of troops from the streets and release of all prisoners. but the violence goes on. in the latest incident, at least four civilians are reported killed. palestinian faction hamas, which governs gaza, is to join the palestinian liberalization or

air. find it in the traffic section of the website. >>> you've heard the expression that a mind is a terriblehing to waste. nobody knows that better than ernestine shepard. the 75-year-old is being celebrated for her mind. shepard has been selected as one of the 2011 most beautiful minds in america. she's an inspiration to the old and the young and here is why. >> reporter: ernestine shepard is calling the shots in this exercise class. at 75 years young, she's not your average fitness instructor. shepard is as fit as any 20- year-old. >> i get up every morning at 3:00 and i'm out running at quarter to 4:00. when i am out running, i just say thank you. what a joy to be able to do this. >> reporter: fitness became a part of her life 20 years ago. she started with her sister who since passed away. her ministry is to inspire and motivate. >> if there were an anti-aging pill, we would call it exercise. >> reporter: it's not just her body thats fit. >> my mind is strong. i can remember everything. >> reporter: shepard has been recognized by the brain health index as one of the 2011 most beautiful m

. >> guest: he was to use an irish expression got smacked. something like air dryer to record prices. there were all sorts of different varieties of cheese and meat. from there to miami, he turned to his aide and said that is why the iron curtain was there. to keep us from learning how good things were in the west. >> host: he was ready when younger people would come in and say all at once -- >> guest: there were big bets on his instinct. very impulsive politician but was very courageous when he thought he should do something, he did it and he reckoned that the soviet union should end and that should be a very quick transfer and trusted that have to two others, one to pre price and the older two to privatize. everything was don't. >> host: probably goes back, talking about yeltsin and impulsive this, even his own rise to power was marked by the impulsive gestures in the communist party central committee or the politburo, which at the time looked devastating for his career. >> guest: he was a very conflicted person. the politburo meeting, candidate member of the

. >> the president and the prime minister of turkey have expressed regret and sadness at the deaths of 35 civilians killed in an air force attacked. thousands of people attended funerals for the victims. the smugglers were thought to be mistaken for kurdish separatist guerrillas. >> thousands gathered for the funerals of 35 people killed. they went up is not in past to get fuel and cigarettes. they mistook them for kurdish rebels. they were taken on the past one last time. many of them were not yet 20. the ministry has issued official condolences for the families. it is an unusual art reached for the armed forces. it is unlikely to the president has expressed sadness. they said that the results of the inquiry would be made public. >> 35 citizens have died. one injured. we are truly sorry. the investigations are under way. the situation will be clearer after the investigation. >> throughout the day and the kurdish southeast, people have been taken to the streets in protest. there have been several clashes with police. as evening falls, thousands demonstrate on the streets of istanbul. there is incomprehension and an

. >> the president and the prime minister of turkey expressed regret and sadness at the deaths of 35 civilians that were killed in an air force attack on the iraqi border area on wednesday. the comments came as thousands of people attended funerals of the victims. they were a group of smugglers mistaken. >> thousands gathered for the funerals of the 35 people killed. they trekked up the mountain paths to get cigarettes from iraq. the turkish jets mistook them for kurdish rebels. there were taken along the paths one last time. many of them were not yet 20. the military has issued official condolences to the families. it is an unusual outraged by the armed forces. it is unlikely to impress many people here. the prime minister and president both expressed regret and sadness and said the results of the inquiry will be made public. >> 35 citizens of died, one injured. we are truly sorry. the necessary investigations are under way. the situation will be clear after the investigation. >> throughout the day and throughout the kurdish southeast, people have been taking to the streets in protest. in several cities, the demonstrat

hearing, we heard testimony from the assistant administrator of the office of air and radiation, jane mccarthy. she expressed serious concern over the language in the bill and the overly broad impact it could have on existing clean air act programs. mr. speaker, the rush amendment would remove the ambiguity and provide clarity to the bill's intent so we can keep in place standards to protect our nation's most vulnerable population. at the end of section 2, my amendment would add the following -- nothing in this act precludes the administrator from proposing, finalizing, implementing or enforcing the national primary ambient air quality standard or the national secondary air quality standard for pm-2.35, end of quote. because there is such widespread suspicion, then the real intent of this bill is to roll back existing clean air protections, my amendment would strike section 3 altogether which contains the most overliam big with us and excess -- overly ambiguous and excessive language. it would not exclude particulate pollution from sources such as mining processing plants, rail mines, filters, coal mines, co

president barack obama express condolences today to pakistan's president, the conversation comes more than a week after a nato airistan border, white house officials say he made it clear that the tragedy was an accident and not a deliberate attack on pakistan a pakistan military official claims nato pilots fired even after they were told that they were hitting pakistan in camas. in germany explosives experts were called in and an entire town was evacuated after a 4,000 lb. bomb from world war two was discovered. that was the detonation of the bomb, the blast was much smaller than what could have been had it been set off but just in case scores of emergency vehicles for standing by this was the biggest operation since the second world war, 45,000 people in the town of koblenz and evacuate, the bomb was found after water levels in a river dropped. it has been lying there submerged for nearly 70 years another in the smaller american bomb lying nearby it also were defused. >> more than two weeks and counting a south side pastor is still campaigning or camping out on top of an old abandoned hotel and we will tell you

expressed our deepest agree ree gret. >> ugs us admits responsibility for a nato air strike gone bad. >> and i'm leigh glaser. the wind is across parts of the bay area making for beautiful vistas out there. we'll take a look at the holiday weekend forecast coming up. >> a san francisco fire fighters still on the skin of a massive fire in the city's western edition it started in a victorian just before noon and spread to two buildings. 140 firefighters battled flames. >> took hours to bring the fire under control. residents had to race to safety. >> managers went around, pounding on doors. they got everybody out. we may have one, or two pets unaccounted for. >> two firefighters suffered minor injuries including one with a burn on his neck. one resident needed to be treated but gt news is that they're expected to be okay. >> in vallejo a brush fire came within feet of several homes this afternoon. >> that fire broke out around 1:45 on the western end of vallejo. >> all of the efforts kept the flames from reaching homes. >> the defense department revealed a series of missteps with mistrus

out of proportion considering the sources which express these threats of using force they're quite real we remember israel threatening to attack from the air and indeed israel bombs nuclear missiles in the region in iraq what would keep it from attacking around the same way this potential development is very dangerous the region will end up on the edge of an abyss of an unknown depth and with we don't want to hear any military threats against the iranian nuclear facilities or anything else all we want to see is a peaceful development the only thing required from iran is transparency in its nuclear program this is a regular requirement we confirm arounds right to a peaceful nuclear energy of all kinds today we have the i.a.e.a. report on iran's research on the military use of nuclear energy this is very dangerous as it's a threat to the whole region why does it need nuclear weapons iran's program is fully transparent and new observers are appointed to replace those who've been fired then the door is open for dialogue what's there to be afraid of if this energy is used for peaceful purposes only and this is all that arounds required to do wh

out of proportion considering the sources which express these threats of using force they're quite real we remember israel threatening to attack from the air and indeed israel bombs nuclear missiles in the region in iraq what would keep it from attacking around the same way that this potential development is very dangerous the region will end open on the edge of an abyss of an unknown depth and with we don't want to hear any military threats against the iranian nuclear facilities or anything else all we want to see is a peaceful development the only thing required from iran is transparency in its nuclear program. some other world news in brief for you this hour syria's government has released almost a thousand prisoners involved in the latest protest a spy the crackdown on anti-government activists continuing nationwide new clashes iraq province reportedly killed at least six civilians and seven syrian soldiers it comes a day after turkey suspended all financial credit dealings with damascus and froze the government assets its latest country in homes sanctions on syria the u.n. estimates more than thirty five hundred people have died since

out of proportion considering the sources which expressed these threats of using force they're quite real we remember israel threatening to attack from the air and indeed israel bombs nuclear missiles in the region in iraq and a lot would keep it from attacking around the same way that this potential development is very dangerous in the region will end up on the edge of an abyss of an unknown depth and where we don't want to hear any military threats against the iranian nuclear facilities or anything else all we want to see is a peaceful development the only thing required from iran is transparency in its nuclear program this is a regular requirement we confirm arounds right to a peaceful nuclear energy of all kinds today we have the i.a.e.a. report on iran's research on the military use of nuclear energy this is very dangerous as it's a threat to the whole region thank you very much for taking part in our program. just so. just some. smug. whether it's life in the fastlane. the slow boat to any. h m m signed the oslo. science and technology up to. the for the city of islamabad submissive. coming politics a. wealthy british scientists someti

out of proportion considering the sources which express these threats of using force they're quite real we remember israel threatening to attack from the air and indeed israel bombs nuclear missiles in the region in iraq what would keep it from attacking around the same way this potential development is very dangerous the region will end open on the edge of a little bit of an unknown and with we don't want to hear any military threats against the iranian nuclear facilities or anything else all we want to see is a peaceful development the only thing required from iran is transparency in its nuclear program. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton is r.l. landmark visit to myanmar it's the first trip to the country in fifty years by diplomat of such seniority and is seen as an effort to push for democratic reform there and where new ties with its leadership the visit follows a decision by president barack obama to open the door to expand ties with a politically isolated. from nine hundred sixty two until earlier this year on the ahmar was under military rule but is now in a transition to a new civilian government as part of new reforms autho

air mass. then here's the good news. we'll see more rain the end of next week. the jet stream starts to take a dip. the pineapple expresss up. we'll talk about that all morning. >> 4:48. round two between neighbors and people in campbell for the people trying to open a nightclub in the city's historic downtown. and also denying an application to turn a historic bank into a club and a restaurant. next week the proposal will get a second look. people aren't happy about it. >> people need the proposal to open a new restaurant and lounge inside the day care behind me. many people say they don't want a venue like that in downtown campbell. >> three years. more than $2 million invested. it comes down to the type of arrangement that can sustain the initial investment. it's either a straight nightclub or kind of a combination concept. >> the concept property owner says would be turning the old growers national bank building located in the heart of campbell into a restaurant/lounge. >> open for lunch, open for dinner, then there's the need on his part to stay open until 2:00 a.m. >> that's while he says the project was unanimous

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air base in okinawa. he was forced to make the trip. in the wake of scandal. earlier in the week, the bureau chief used an expression that is often take on the mean sexual assault when he referred to the central government submission of a report to okinawa. he was later dismissed. >> the officials hurt the feeling of the okinawa people. it may harm the relationship between the central government and okinawa. >> it will be not easy to win back the trust of the government. he seeks the prefecture's understanding about the duties of the self-defense forces and ministry. the central government should do all they can to restore confidence but that it will be difficult to make that happen. >> translator: it is extremely regrettable. >> the meeting wound up after only eight minutes, highlighting a deep divide between the central government and okinawa. >> next we go to bangkock to find out what's going on in the region. >> u.s. scientist hillary clinton has held extensive talks with myanmar's pro-democracy leader aung san suu kyi. they pledged to work together to achieve democracy in myanmar. nhk world's reporter has this

the voters on decide if he was trying to have it both ways or did he express some kind of maturity which frankly was a breath of fresh air us. here was a politician who said i've changed my career in certain ways i look at some of the issues. i stand by who i am and what i believe in, but perhaps i could have done it in a different way. that was mature, that was fresh thinking for us. >> jenny, would you be comfortable with mitt romney? i know you won't endorse anyone, but with half the republican party identifying stifl as tea party friendly or tea party defeatee and the tea party not warming up to mitt romney, would you be comfortable with him if he became the nominee? >> what i can say rather than what i would be comfortable with is that what water we're hearing from mitt romney is what we've been fighting for for the past nearly three years. he's talking about bringing fiscal responsibility to washington, d.c. and that's what we need right now in our country. and so when you weigh that versus what we have currently in the white house, i think that there are people who would be much more in favor of mitt romney than t

call that the pineapple express pattern or richard maddow and whitey runs up the west coast rainfall all of the moisture expose of the about it eastward into our area as mild air often than not clouds ticket tonight patchy light ray develop but ice pellets or snow flakes or a bank's modest accumulation particularly the southern half of the area. tomorrow cloudy sprinkles what snowflakes. more of that at the southern suburbs and there might be modest accumulation high temperature 39 degrees tapering off the north. clouds break tomorrow night cooler and greasy teenage temperatures and led to temporary cool down sot shot through high clouds new year's eve and saturday and sunday suggestions we might be able to pull the covers up over the previous holiday and what is nice to know blizzard this year battle we can keep track of that as the because of the today is the first day of kwanzaa club celebration of african american heritage and culture robbs mil children's memorial museum traditions include lighting a candle each day for seven days to mark the seventh principles of life. cooperative economics purpose faith create kwanzaa 45 years ago 1966 specifically first

air. >> i know. >> when i start expressing my opinion about newt. because i did work with him for a while. and i -- i've got some strong opinions. >> i try not to keep it personal. >> i don't want to tip my hand. >> you've done a good job of playing it down the middle, joe. >> i'm a journalist, it's what i do. >> i love gingrich's strategy in iowa, a mix of nonchalants and high road confidence. >> he's got a lot of both. >> jim, thanks show much for a look at the political playbook. >>> coming up next, herman cain shows just why he made barbara walters' list of the most fascinating people. >> what kind of cabinet position might you like if it were possible? >> we are speaking totally, totally hypothetical, right? totally, totally hypothetical. >> yes. >> department of defense. >> what? [ woman ] my boyfriend and i were going on vacation, so i used my citi thank you card to pick up some accessories. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? we talked about getting a diamond. but with all the thank you points i've been earning... ♪ ...i flew us to the rock i really had

some individual shamble on the mars express our blue chips are losing ground with the countries that have biggest lenders barebacked are down over one and a half percent air carrier air flight is gaining its net profit rose by more than a third during the first nine months of the year reaching the three hundred eighty four million dollars and preferred shares of national oil pipeline operator transnet are also off its nine months have profits rose eighty percent to four point eight billion dollars flexing shushing call for also capital believes at the moment investors should stick to defensive stocks. overall expect some market them fortune to be weakened. in first quarter falls and twelve words we driven by increased instability quite a few school instability in europe so we avoid coins to stoop to such names say why didn't you folks in the. industries. who selected who are to retails who would stay with you from you know why but. for example we are neutral in banks. or think you know if begging situation would be on the pressure of burbank and waited to be defensively in russian mirman . to run for potus fertilisers coming under pressure from the ongoin

motorcycle second strike into peaceful air attacks have been relatively rare since the end of a three week as many war against gaza three years ago. the trial of egyptian express. hosni mubarak is set to resume after three today but faces the death penalty if he is proud to have been behind the killings of some eight hundred fifty people dream protests that overthrew every trolls postponed for dollars are asked that the judge be replaced requests that the since been to no life. is the first opportunity during the so-called arab spring uprisings to appear before a court. but the back to recap the headlines a few minutes before that the latest business news for you the book. everyone welcome to the program and era is beginning for the russian economy the country fast apply for membership of the world trade organization but conniving to ninety three and finally that long negotiation is over and russia has been formally invited to join richard engel looks at the changes this will bring. becoming a member of the world trade organization is both a political and economic milestone the fact that for such a long time russia now a top ten global economy was outside the

air will. also be a house that he's held. foreign minister sergey lavrov had said that by using the always see as a platform to express those grievances referring to the russian elections was a disrespect to the u.s.c. simply because that wasn't for him that i was in the place for such opinions to be expressed so he did question the intentions of hillary clinton but. regrettably some of my colleagues prefer to use this platform to make statements which have nothing to do with. this was exactly the case with hillary clinton who apparently came here for the purpose of scoring points with voters in america she left after making her speech and many other ministers left early as well which only underlines the critical condition. but it's also made reference to be a protest in moscow comparing that kind of action appear with the o.e.c.d. is not a place for rallies like the places in moscow where people came out to voice their grievances and then walk away he also said that if the us would have problems with the results of the russian elections they should have gone straight to the kremlin sort of they would be able to settle it bilaterally

express vietnamese feelings and hope they will be shared by our american audience. >> reporter: her father, lim, was the head of the orchestra, when it resumed its activities after the vietnam war. us air raids during the war destroyed their instruments and rehearsal center. his home was also bombed. a piano and cello, the family's treasures, were smashed to pieces. it wasn't until the mid 1980s, about a decade after the end of the vietnam war, that the orchestra began playing again. there were only eight members at that time. they are proud that the orchestra has come a long way over the past quarter century and is now performing in the united states. the big day is here. the venue is carnegie hall in new york, a dream venue for musicians along the world. the concert started with the national anthem of both countries. this is the piece the orchestra members felt most strongly about. the orchestra performed the piece as a requiem expressing both countries to get beyond the terrible experience of war. [ applause ] >> as an american, i am proud that i had the privilege of witnessing and seeing this historic event. >> americans and vietnamese were both moved by our playing. i believe they

air strike. the military admits they killed 35 smugglers and others that it thought were kurdish militants. a spokesman expresseds. a tennessee woman faces jail time for allegedly bringing a loaded pistol to the new york's 9/11 memorial. meredith graves asked police where she could check her loaded gun. that question landed the tourist in a new york jail on a gun possession charge. she since posted bond and is due in court in march. >>> starting january 15th, verizon customers will have to shell out $2 to pay a phone bill online or by phone. the fee will offset payment processing costs using electronic checks and payment ifsks will be free there. >> it could be one of the sleeper issues of the 2012 campaign. immigration is hitting home in iowa that has a growing hispanic population. according to the office of latino affairs, the population in iowa in 2009 was just over 134,000. look forward to 2040 projected to grow to 384,000 by 2040 and about 11% of the population they estimate. in the town of perry, iowa where ron paul is campaigning, in three residents is latino there. executive director of voter latino is t

express mail has to be out at the post office by thursday. fed ex and ups will still guarantee delivery by christmas until december 23. >>> tomorrow is a spare the air day. the bay area air quality management says the cold, stillwater, plus pollution close to the ground under a layer of warmer air, so tomorrow it's illegal to burn wood indoors or outdoors. this is the season's seventh spare the air day. >>> jim bernard in the weather center, are we going to see any change? >> tuesday and wednesday, i think a bit more of an offshore breeze will settle in here and mix lower level of the atmosphere up. warming temperatures and clearing the air a bit. but no major change here in our weather pattern, as we see that high pressure system continuing to block all the approaching fronts and off of central california, spending the storm track to our north and south, where tonight we see fog forming over the city. patchy fog in the morning, along with patchy frost in some of the colder spots. we will continue cool and dry through the week, right on through the christmas holiday. i don't see any big change in this pattern. once again, all of the rain is going by

express ourselves without annoying neighbors. i hope we can be a part of the solution. [tone] supervisor mar: i want to thank all of the creative people have come today. the breath of fresh air and the artists and arts organizations are with us in city hall. my hope is that the event authority and the port and the other entities involved can work alongside the arts groups and individuals to develop that comprehensive, city-wide arts and culture program that would benefit the america's cup and the whole city. i also want to say that my hope is that we can follow up with this hearing in two months around early february where hopefully there will be more meat on the bones. but i want to thank mike martin from the office of economic and work-force development. thank you for being here and presenting. also, my hope is of conversations can continue on as we have started from earlier this year. colleagues, did you have any comments? supervisor wiener: i want to thank everyone for coming out. in terms of my previous comment, i know the entertainment division has had some involvement so far. i think it was recently a meeting with the office of small business and entertainment commiss

united states beijing express their solidarity with pakistan after that incident and actually a pakistani diplomat said that china has backed all of our efforts referring to that nato air strike both china and pakistan have a lot of mutual concerns they. we have a very strategic partnership one of their major focuses on their mutual neighbor india another major focus is trying to work together to counterbalance the united states influence in this region recently china actually invested two hundred million dollars to build a port in pakistan where they're hoping there can be more energy trade between the two countries china has also worked with pakistan in the past few years to build nuclear reactors in that country let's just last month pakistan and china actually participated in military exercises together so this visit is just yet another signal that the two countries are moving closer together and you know time will tell what that means as far as the united states influence in this region. but shortly we continue our look at the year's most significant events today we focus on japan's earthquake and tsunami seen through the eyes of our correspondent. in those moment