minister amari should fully investigate the facts and give a full explanation. >> amari's first crack at explaining what happened did not sit well with authorities. >> translator: minister amari says he remembers meeting with people from the construction company but his memory is vague about whether he received cash. for the general public, this defies common sense. >> he says the minister has the responsibility to dig out the truth about the serious allegations. we have more insight. how is amari's resignation being received among political circles? >> well, it came as a big surprise. prime minister abe said in the diet wednesday that he hoped amari would stay in the cabinet and complete his mission as minister. sources close to the cabinet said before amari would not resign until he signed the trans-pacific trade deal in new zealand next month. >> why did amari announce this now? >> he wanted to avoid inflicting more damage on the administration. he's in charge of japan's negotiations, as you know. and the prime minister wants the diet to approve the tpp agreement. the cabinet also

amari is in charge of transpacific partnership free trade negotiations. magazine published on thursday reports that a construction company offered cash to amari's office. a source close to the minister says amari's office received a total of about $8,500 in 2013 and 2014 but may have failed to record it in political funds reports. amari said he'll look into the claim by the magazine. >> translator: i'll check the facts and fulfill my responsibility to explain what happened to clear any public doubt. >> he has also suggested he'll revise his political funds reports if it's confirmed that any donations were not recorded. some members of the governing coalition say it's not a serious matter that could lead to the minister's resignation, but others are concerned it could affect management of the government and diet deliberations, as he has played a key role in leading the tpp talks. opposition lawmakers say they'll urge amari to straighten out the facts in diet debate and set to bring up prime minister shinzo abe's responsibility for appointing him as a cabin

the weekly said amari personally received a portion of the money. amari told reporters earlier in the day that he will explain the case within a week. >>> south korea's president park geun-hye is calling for an international meeting to address north korea's nuclear program. talks on the issue involving the two koreas, the u.s., china, japan and russia have been stalled for over seven years. now park is pushing to move on without north korea. >> translator: we should find diverse and creative approaches such as five-party talks without the north. >> president park wants the international community to send a clear message protesting north korea's fourth nuclear test earlier this month. she says the six-party framework would be meaningless if it does not help denuclearize the country. she said she expects china to urge the north to change its course. beijing is considered the closest ally of pyongyang. >> translator: the six-party talks should resume as soon as possible with the aim of denuclearizing north korea to create stability in east asia. >> the

amari as an unsworn witness. governing coalition have eck pressed concern that it could cause a delay with budgetary planning. the operator of a nuclear plant in central japan plans to bring one of its react tors back online on friday. it will be the third reactor to restart since the government introduced new regulations following the 2011 accident. the power company plans to restart the number three reactor at the toakahama plant if no proksz with the control rods. generating and transmitting electricity on monday. they hope to begin commercial operations late next month. they'll use mocks fuel, met tone yum, spent nuclear full and uranium. first used of the fuel in japan in about four years. >>> last april, a court issued an injunction to keep the number three and number four reactors at tack hama off-line. it was reversed after they filed an objection. utility number four reactor as late february. >>> japan's em per or and empress are ending the five day visit to the philippines. one of the couple's last stop

amari is in charge of the high-profile transpacific partnership free trade framework. he led the japanese delegation when it reached a broad agreement with 11 other countries last october. the auditing committee then switched its focus to constitutional concerns. it asked prime minister shinzo abe about plans to amend the constitution which has stood unchanged for nearly 70 years. >> i think we should amend the constitution if necessary based on the premise of maintaining basic understanding such as sovereignty of the people, respect for basic human rights and pacifism. >> abe said he will try to win public understanding for a constitution that's more attune to the current situation. >>> a south korean man being held in connection with an explosion at a shrine honoring japan's war dead has been arrested again. police have now charged jeon chang-han with violating japan's explosives control law. they allege he brought metal pipes stuffed with gun powder into a rest room at yasukuni shrine in tokyo and detonated them. a 27-year-old was previously arrested for entering th

as reporter camile amari filmmaker michael moore is also putting in his 2 cents on what's happening in that state. (nat sound of chanting) mass chaos as flint native and documentary film-maker michael moore spoke about the flint water crisis. michael moore/filmmaker "this is not a natural disaster, this is not a mistake." protesters calling for governor snyder's resignation and moore imploring president obama to visit flint when he is in detroit for the auto-show next week. moore contending that local and state officials knew all along the water from the flint river was toxic. michael moore/filmmaker "they hid this from the federal government and in doing so, they knew that the people here did not have the political power to do anything about it." and the stories are heartbreaking.... sarah conn/flint resident "my 3 year old has got rashes from the bathwater, we've seen yellow water in our faucet i'm so (mos/no name given) "it makes me feel sad and disappointed." meanwhile, president obama declaring a federal emergency and the national guard announcing it is doubling its efforts to get

akira amari, the key engineer of the abenomics program, stepping down.n japan -- what's coming up throughout the day. first up, u.k. gdp. then eurozone consumer confidence. this afternoon, german inflation data and u.s. goods at 1:30. south africa, makes a call on rates today. economists expect a hike. i spoke to the south african reserve bank governor in davos about his currency concerns. bubblingason it is around 6% or outside of that -- we expect that external inflation will be outside of targets. a combination of those two effects could lead to a new coming of inflation and they would act with result. that is why we started to take those. jonathan: let's get to johannesburg to look ahead to the right decision. another boss that there -- great to have you with us. a question this morning -- the size of that rate hike. where is the market position and where other calls? >> yes. definitely. the market is expecting a rate hike this afternoon -- what we are seeing is that they priced in a 60% chance of a basis point hike. well over 100% probability for a

amari cooper will replace brandon marshall of the jets, who will sit out with an injury... cooper led all rookies with 72 catches, for over a thousand yards... he average d15 yards per catch, scoring six touchdowns... he's the first raiders rookie to make the pro bowl since charles woodson, 18 years ago... the pro bowl is next sunday, january 31st the crowd favorite, walked off the court today for the final time at the australian open. lleyton hewitt playing in it for the final time of he never won it, and was eliminated today in straight sets by david ferrar... hewiit remains the youngest number one in the history of men's tennis, rising to the top spot back in 2001... he did win two majors... the 2001 us open, and at wimbledon the following season. the reno aces are getting one of their pitchers back this season matt stites has cleared waivers, and been assigned to triple-a by the d'backs... he has pitched in reno the last two years... he appeared in 23 games out of their bullpen last season, going 1- and-1 with a 3.86 era and three saves... forecast. tonight: mostly clou

amarie likes to undergo this treatment to keep himself fresh for the season. there isn't one in south florida, one of these locations. so t soak in that red wine. >>> alexander barkov playing some great hockey, having won three straight, one of the entire nfl. i'm will manso and that's your local 10 morning sports wrap. >>> look at this, your we'll let y >>> right now at 5:00 tornado touchdown. a twister ripping right through south florida. >> the cleanup continues, cars and trucks flipped over, roofs torn, downed trees. we'll show you the destruction straight ahead. >>> a flood watch in effect right now. your weather authority, what you really need to know about a stormy thursday. >>> debate drama as we count down to the iowa caucus. the one and only there as the race for the white house heats up. >>> good morning, south florida. i'm eric yutzy. >> i'm jacey birch. the rain already falling across parts of south florida after this yesterday, a tornado caused plenty of damage. >> now there's a flood watch in browar county. weather authority meteorologist julie

we do know amari has said he did receive some money from the construction company, although he handed it over to the secretary. he's not suggesting he handled it improperly in any way. so denying those allegations at the moment. as you said, taking the decision to get out of the way amid separate from the corruption else allegations. we've seen some criticism surrounding abenomics, that it hasn't gone far enough. a lot of eyes will be on what the announcement of the new economy minister actually means for abenomics. >> and keeping that in mind, the central bank focus also on the fed with the federal reserve saying it's watching market moves and is, quote, closely monitoring global developments, following a decision to keep rates on hold. however, the fomc seemed to leave the door open for another hike in march. joining us now for more reaction to that decision is the chief economist at stifle fixed income. a lot of back and forth over just how dovish the latest fed statement is. you were in the camp that said the fed never should have hiked in december even. and based on what the fed

amari stood up the top of that so there is no question he is one of the most influential members of theet. he pushed through the trade back. that was historic. no matter how much money the boj pumps into the economy, the government pumped into the economy, the thing that really matters for his legacy is whether he is going to be able to push through these structural reforms. amrai had a lot of work that was undone and it's unfortunate he had to step down in the circumstances. rishaad: what do we know about the new guy and what do we know about what happened to the economy with the stepping down of the old guy? guy is relatively young but a very senior member of the ruling liberal democratic party. hasn't had a lot of major economic roles so far so that was kind of an interesting appointment. the key for the administration is to make sure this is a smooth transition, that they can jump right into the budget deliberations for next fiscal year. is this a scandal ends up leading to any delays in the budget, that could certainly had uncertainty to the economy at a time when the japanese econ

declares a state of emergency in flint michigan over contaiminated water camile amari reports on how moore is getting involved..and returning to his hometown --reporter pkg-as follows-- (nat sound of chanting) mass chaos as flint native and documentary film- maker michael moore spoke about the flint water crisis today. michael moore/filmmaker "this is not a natural disaster, this is not a mistake." protesters calling for governor snyder's resignation and moore imploring president obama to visit flint when he is in detroit for the auto-show next week. moore contending that local and state officials knew all along the water from the flint river was toxic. michael moore/filmmaker "they hid this from the federal government and in doing so, they knew that the people here did not have the political power to do anything about it." and the stories are heartbreaking.... sarah conn/flint resident "my 3 year old has got rashes from the bathwater, we've seen yellow water in our faucet i'm so worried about his health". (mos/no name given) "it makes me feel sad and disappointed." meanwhile, presid

. >>> raiders wide receiver amari cooper needs to change his plans for next week, head together pro bowl as a replacement for brandon marshal. he led with 72 catches and over a thousand yards receiving. all of those are raiders all-time rookie records. cooper becomes the sixth rookie to make the payroll. charles woodson will be in hawaii january 31st. >>> cam newton won a national championship and dreams about the big moment and on sunday, will lead carolina against arizona. he never gets nervous. maybe because he doesn't have to tackle larry fitzgerald, who is aging like fine wine. he's 32, 1 of the few cardinals holdovers from the only super bowl appearance in 2009. still performing at a very high level. touchdown that ended the game in ot. panth panthers coach well aware of the ability. >> we have to be physical and use our technique. have you to be on the outside. he's got to be the outside. if he's going to be inside, he's got to understand and doing the techniques. >> it doesn't matter if its a super bowl or a preseason game. there is no emotion or, you know, i need to do a little

. >>> raiders wide receiver amari cooper needs to change his plans for next week, head together pro bowls a replacement for brandon marshal. he led with 72 catches and over a thousand yards receiving. all of those are raiders all-time rookie records. cooper becomes the sixth rookie to make the payroll. charles woodson will be in hawaii january 31st. >>> cam newton won a national championship and dreams about the big moment and on sunday, will lead carolina against arizona. he never gets nervous. maybe because he doesn't have to tackle larry fitzgerald, who is aging like fine wine. he's 32, 1 of the few cardinals holdovers from the only super bowl appearance in 2009. still performing at a very high level. touchdown that ended the game in ot. panth panthers coach well aware of the ability. >> we have to be physical and use our technique. have you to be on the outside. he's got to be the outside. if he's going to be inside, he's got to understand and doing the techniques. >> it doesn't matter if its a super bowl or a preseason game. there is no emotion or, you know, i need to do a little bi

as well as khalil mack, derek carr, amari cooper, latavius murray and charles woodson from the raiders. kick-off is at 4:00. coming up: with all the people headed into the bay area for super bowl weeekend -- security is tight. what you'll have to go through before you get into one of the big game events. live look outside. golden gate bridge. for the weekend. it's a live jazz show at super bowl city. enjoy a performance by the community music center teen jazz orchestra. plaza from 12:00 to 1:30. you can also check out all the other events and festivities super bowl city has to offer. bewelcome back to the kron 4 morning news. taking a live look outside. bay bridge toll plaza. meteorologist dave spahr is here with a look at the forecast. good morning dave. >> dave: factors cold air coming in behind all this the use the first and suddenly cold air with all that to the windy conditions set will fill control of that missing with some of the afternoon at the satellite picture you see where the rain as as you can see fairly white with patches of moderation. agreed to consider rose a net of 4

they found 59 year old lind amarie smith of arcadia dead inside a room, along with two monkey in their cages. a man was also there and he of course is being questioned tonight. >> a gentleman was a little bit combative. we have taken him for questioning and hopefully he can help us answer some of the questions of why these folks were here, why this situation came to be. >> north port police say there were no visible wounds that would suggest immediately foul play. and wild life agents have taken the two into their car. >> sheriff says he lied about what happened during a traffic stop, the deputy now accused of shooting an unarmed and hand cuffed man. dylan tompkins and his girlfriend were pulled over for drunk driving. deputy told the pinellas county sheriff holmes grabbed for his gun. after reviewing the evidence the sheriff says there is no way the situation happened like that. >> this is especially hard as i believe that tim burton is a good man and a deputy who dedicated his life to law enforcement and by all accounts up to this point had a good performance record. >> deputy turned

japan's finance minister akira amari has announced he is resigning over a scandal.'s get straight to our managing editor for japan. how big of a surprise was this? he started the news conference in the last hour fending off allegations of financial misconduct but still residing. >> that's exactly right. it was quite a shock. he spoke for more than 30 minutes in a spirited defense of himself. shooting down all the allegations or trying to explain them or shirking them off. and all indications were that he was going to stand pat, fight his way through this whole thing and then suddenly at a the third minute, he said, i need to take responsibility and i'm going to step down. the question is who is going to replace him and how that impacts abe. francine: he was on my panel in davos on saturday. he was one of the key architects of abenomics. does this hurt the prime minister? >> i think, you can look at it from either you can say that, yes, this does create a hole in his cap in it. he was not only important as the architect of tpp but very close to abe. in that sense, ye

bler is the uncle of amarie castro arrested late last month in connection with that shooting as well which police say was all over a drug deal. also already in this police say those two argued with him over a drug deal, that argument escalated into a deadly shooting and that's when that young boy was killed. the shooting unfolded two days after christmas in miami's richmond heights area. since then police have received a number of tips in reference to the drug activity in the home where the shooting happened. after further investigation they did confirm all those claims. >>> miami police officer recovering this morning after being stabbed in the face. it happened at magic city casinin officer raul perez was trying to kick a belligerent man out of the casino. witnesses 15 a struggle began. that's when the man allegedly stabbed the man in the face just missing his eye. that suspect was hit. perez was treated for his injuries. he was released from the hospital while that suspect does remain in the hospital. >>> police say they drugged men so these two allegedly could steal their expensi

he's the uncle of the seven-year-old amarie castro and his son was arrested late last month in connection with a shooting which police say was all over a drug deal. also arrested right now, 19-year-old dravein duke and an 18-year-old. police are telling us that these two had argued with tobler over a drug deal and that's when the deadly shooting took place, the one that killed the little boy. the shooting unfolded two days after christmas in miami's little heights neighborhood. police got a search they have now confirmed all those claims. >>> and also developing right now police are investigating after one person was fatally shot. this happening in northeast miami-dade. it happened at northeast third court. a witness says that someone driving a red dodge charger came by and just began shooting. one person was found dead inside a car that was riddled with bullets. >>> right now two women are on the run after police say they drugged men so they could steal the men's expensive row essex watches. according to police these two men struck up a conversation with the men in sunny isles beach. eve

amarie stoudamire took a bath in red wine. there isn't one in south florida, one of these taking advantage of the time in the big apple to soak in that red wine. >>> red hot panthers have a time to soak in the season. alexander barkov signed the same day. one of the better stories in the entire nhl. >>> i'm will manso and that's your local 10 morning sports wrap. >>> we are less than two weeks away from super bowl 50. >> the crews at levi stadium have been working for days to get the field ready, paint jobs, logos slowly being added. >> you don't seem excited enough. the game will take place february 7th! >> it's two weeks away. >> you need to amp up that excitement a litite bit. >>> for many people the super bowl is about more than football, right. >> just in time for big game the company announced the birth of its newest member.look at that, the young clydesdada born in missouri. i want to give him kisses. >> i know you do. >> we went for a sleigh ride for these clydesdales and people say are they treated right, are they tre

tobler was arrested yesterday at the same house where his nephew amari cactro died in december. his son michael tobler was arrested late last month in connection with that shooting that police said d was over a drug deal. police say they also found two pounds of marijuanana and a gun inside that house yesterday. also arrested were 19-year-old ivan duke and 18-year-old maxivan duke and 18-year-old maxwell trevlon. e two were arguing with tobler over a drug deal. that argument escalated into a deadly shooting that killed that youngngoy. that shooting unfolded two days after christmas. since then, police have reference to drug activity at that same house where the shooting occurred. they obtained a search warrant after their investigation confirming those claims. >>> three people behind bars for allegedly stealing electricity. it happened in miami along northwest 32nd avenue and 2nd street. the suspects were usethe suspects were using a stolen meter box to steal power. just a day before six other people arrested at that same location on several charges including burglary a illegal

amari cooper is named as a replacement for marshall.e was the first raiders receiver with over 1,000 yards since randy moss in 2005. >>> tom brady didn't care when a broncos player called him a crybaby but the san mateo native did take offense to being called a southern california kid. >> i wonder if you have a sense of this with your time in boston still southern california think of joe montana -- >> northern california, northern. >> even brady's own teammates are calling him names this week. a man from woodside referred to brady as a clydesdale after his run last saturday where he was stopped just short of the goal line. poor brady. >> if i have to run, you know, i think that could be a pretty frustrating thing for defense because how could i let this guy run because of all the things, this guy, you know? ♪[ music ] >> probably looked like a clydesdale when i was running at the combine video 16 years ago, too. at least i haven't slowed down. >> thank goodness he has a good arm. peyton manning missed the regular season meeting against

first game of the hilltop sacred heart girls taking on si. 1st quarter, fighting irish, amari with 28ts. the ladies beat the wildcats 56- 43 in that game. >>> on sunday one report said the 49ers had offered their head coaching job to hue jackson. now it appears he is completely out of the running. he is no longer a candidate for the 49ers job. he had a second interview with the browns yesterday. and a source told me that jackson flew to new york last night for an interview later today with the new york giants. and as you know, the 49ers are now interviewing tom coughlin the 69-year-old former head coach of the giants. so the merry-go-round continues for the 49ers head coaching search. we'll have more on that tonight at 6:00. >>> the raiders staying in oakland for now. i'm dennis o'donnell, have a great day. >>> a hockey highlight grabbing the attention of our play of the day crack staff. we have tampa bay at colorado with a beauty. watch. stam-kos goal helped the lightning to a >> agreat passing move. one more look as we slow it down and the finisher there. the lightning beat the aval

first game of the hilltop sacred heart girls taking on si. 1st quarter, fighting irish, amari with 28at the wildcats 56- 43 in that game. >>> on sunday one report said the 49ers had offered their head coaching job to hue jackson. now it appears he is completely out of the running. he is no longer a candidate for the 49ers job. he had a second interview with the browns yesterday. and a source told me that jackson flew to new york last night for an interview later today with the new york giants. and as you know, the 49ers are now interviewing tom coughlin the 69-year-old former head coach of the giants. so the merry-go-round continues for the 49ers head coaching search. we'll have more on that tonight at 6:00. >>> the raiders staying in oakland for now. i'm dennis o'donnell, have a great day. >>> i'm kiet do. we are live in san jose with powerball fever. it is big. and it will get even bigger and coming up we'll explain why there's a very good chance somebody is going to win it this time around. >> reporter:a man practically buried alive is free this morning. we'll look at the moments w

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amari, the economy minister, quite an hour and a half ago over some allegations of political money he received. let's get straight to russell boardward. it was quite a surprise that he resigned. >> yes, it was. it's been about a week, stewing over the matter. tonight in tokyo he had a long speech and it was only about half an hour into the speech when they decided that he was going to quit. he spent most of the talk fending off responsibility for it and blaming his secretary. in the end, he decided to fall on the sword, and prime minister abe wasted no time. power of thethe economy minister within japan? >> traditionally, it's a pretty important portfolio, but under-handing became even more important. in thereally spotlight. he oversaw japan's involvement in the tpp negotiation, which feat.ts no small he was regarded as quite a key player during the economy, overseeing abe's economic policies. francine: he was on a panel i chaired on saturday in tokyo. he said, i will respond to these allegations in a week, which probably surprised a lot of people. what do we know about mr. is hihara,

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. >>> economy minister akira amari declay ee eed -- delayed explai corruption charges. >>> and a snowstormcarolina panthers from practicing today. players were in pretty good spirits as they tried to stay warm and loosen up despite a blanket of snow and ice on their field. they host arizona in the nfc championship game on sunday. >>> i'll be watching. hope everybody who has tickets, michelle, can even get there. >> that's true. >> back to you guys. >> the oil markets closing for the day. got a big rally. jackie deangelis at the nymex with the news. >> epic moves in crude. the volatility continues this time to the upside. we're going to close over $32 a barrel. it's more than an 8% move in one day. we've pared our losses. that year-to-date chart was very ugly but now down only 13%. some people getting into the trade. the thought is if the market continues to go higher we will see more demand for crude and there's also a piece a little bit smaller but the storm coming this weekend. the blizzard is likely to boost demand a little bit, too. right now it appears the bulls are in control, but, a