look for an expo map to identify the 240 companies exhibiting in this year's expo. i know you won't want to miss the expo tomorrow and friday where you'll find many products and services that can help your city. if you'll permit me to to make a shameless commercial plug, please look at page 34 in your conference program and circle booth 908. here's the reason for that. we're plugging this booth because it's ours and all of yours. it's california communities and u.s. communities. these organizations provide important products and services to cities at a great discount and both are an important part of the league and help keep your league dues as low as possible. when you visit the expo tomorrow, stop by booth 908 to learn more about how your city can access tax-exempt financing and pooled purchasing power. the expo opens at 11:00 a.m. tomorrow and closes at 5:00 p.m. also, don't forget to enter your city for one of three grand prizes being given on friday afternoon at the closing session. cardiac sciences is giving away two automated external defibrillators or a.e.d.

i said didn't you have an expo to tell you how great shanghai was they said yes, but everything is moving to beijing. >> i think there is a sense of beijing becoming the real capitol of the nation. the universities are there, all the bigovernment institutions. shanghai, werners love more as a city. beijing is like living in a giant airport. the roads are all 100 lanes wide. >> rose: shanghai has the rivers. >> and these old european architecture. so there is a lot, i like almost every city in china. they are all horrible and yet they are all fascinating. >> rose: h often will you go back? >> as often as i can. >> rose: me too. >> i hope at least twice a year. >> rose: really. >> yea >> rose: in search of just change. >> yes because every time, my wife and i went to ef pre-- ery province but one and every time we got off the plane or train we can believe what we saw. going to new places and see what is changing and meet new friends and old friends. an interesting place. >> rose: they liked george bush, his foreign policy. >> true. >> rose: what did they like. >> mao had a maxism saying go

putting on an expo next week. the seeds of expo. >> this is a variety of their long tomatoes.eirloom rad ish, the black spanish radish, these are incredible. >> what do you do? >> slate's with salads, many people use them and stir-fry, pickled. any with the to would like to use a regular radnich. they are firm. >> delicious. >> a regular radish, >> a chinese gr--green radisha and sweet very sweet. >> you can actually grow these from seed? >> all of these different vegetables including these tomatoes. >> these are all heirloom. >> an heirloom is one that has been passed down like furniture, jewelry. it is an old a variety. >> and they have more flavor and more nutrition. studies have been done. over and over, the holde varieties have " more nutn and what is being grown today. but the older gir and tomato have more nutrition of the older heirloom- are more nutritious. >>catherine: and you want to save those seeds? >> yes it is easy. >> a process our ancestors did for thousands of years. >> let us take a look. >> slice of this beautiful golden tomato. just read and beautiful yell

. >>> little kids tried their hand at making noodles at an international food expo in hong kong on thursday. the 11-day expo is showcasing delicacies made from wheat. the kids prepared hand-pulled noodles and meticulously arranged them on a 100-meter-long painting of the great wall of china. over highlights included playful delicacies prepared by children, their parents and teachers, as well as pictures of noodles as eaten in ancient times. >>> here are the latest market figures. 25 6 2 >>> time for your weather round-up as we head into the weekend. first to eastern asia. we were talking about roke, this one might cause quite a problem as we head through the weekend. but there is yet another storm to think about this. this one is songka. as it comes closer to the eastern edge of japan, if we still have roke sitting there vicinity, then the two storms combined could mean a continued amount of heavy rain coming down across parts of western and up into eastern japan. so we'll be watching for that as we head into the beginning of next week. heavy rains also moving through parts of the sea of ja

within the white house were the budget people because the cost of health care was growing at such an expotem and get that under control we couldn't get our budget under control in the long term. the second thing i have a child with a chronic illness, a preexisting condition, we almost went bankrupt when i was a young reporter and we were dealing with her medical care. there are millions of people across this country who have gone through that or are going through that now. i don't think they could wait a generation for us to deal with this issue. so i think the president did the right thing. both in terms of the economy and in terms of the character of our country. >> david, you know the numbers very well. unemployment 9%. wrong track number 73% according to one poll. no jobs created in august. republicans are out on the campaign trail asking the question, are you better off today than you were three years ago. for most americans, the answer is no. how do you refute that? >> willie, the question is what are you proposing instead? everybody understands these problems were a long time in th

expo. coming up, an exclusive interview with star jones where she talks about her time on celebrity apprentice and her new book. a special program designed to help entrepreneurs get a head start. that's what's going on in "our world" starting now. >>> it's no secret star jeans is a force to be reckoned with as many saw in her latest appearance on celebrity apprentice. now, she is telling all in an exclusive interview. she says this is the last time she will ever talk about her feud with nini. >> you just came off-season of a. [ sis. what was that like? >> i learned so much about myself and what i can and cannot take and what i will and will not do. the first thing is, i had a plan walking into celebrity apprentice. i am sure you know that about me. the plan was to use that platform in every way i could to sort of move my agenda forward. you know i had open heart surgery just over a year ago. and i knew that heart disease is the number one killer of all americans, the number one killer of blacks, the number one killer of women but for some reason, that's not able to breakthrough in the mass med

far the industry has come that we can have an event in front of oakland city hall that is for the medical cannabis community. >>> for the past few years the expohas been held in the bay view city. major jean quan told us organizers have already consulted for oakland pd. if there's any incidents on saturday, the festival will shutdown. >>> aaa is reporting that 6.6 million people will drive to their destination this holiday week end. aaa says people are still concerned about the economy and gas prices. the average price for a gallon of gas is $3.81 a gallon in california up 8-cents from just a week ago. this is no holiday for the highway patrol, officers will be out in maximum patrol for the labor day weekend looking for drunk drivers. next year more than 1,500 people were arrested for driving under the influence. 21 people were also killed. >>> of those 21 people about 50% may have been alive today had they belted. so we're hoping people will buckle up and drive sober. >> reporter: local law enforcement will be holding dui checkpoints during the long holiday weekend. >>> right now a fire is forcing evacuations and in passing a busy freeway. >>

an order from the mayor. if you burn it they will come. people waited in line to get into the expo. no one under 18, medical documents required. >> i carry this with me to prove that i am sick enough to smoke weed. >> and smoke they did. they showed but didn't sell, medicine for some, a powerful high for others. >> there are recreational users, i won't kid you but there are many qualified patients out there. >>> no tabo here. books and clothing, how to grow your own. >> the more they legalize it, the more we headache. >> when bombs are the family business, it's a fest -- festival. merchants is why the city welcomed the festival. oakland lead the way nationally licensing and taxes dispensaries. still organizers ask the media not to show pot smoking at the seat of government. orders from the mayor. >> it's not that we don't want the picture, it's really that we try to keep this area of city hall -- this public park free of smoke and inhalation. >> it would appear oakland has nothing to worry about. police are posted on the par par rim meter, so far there vice president haven't been an

expo in san josi takes a deadly turnto10. >>> chopper 2 is live over the state of developing news in the search for an east bay nursing student as a body is found in this wooded area. >> complete bay area news coverage starts like now. this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. >>> good evening everyone. i'm heather holmes. >> i'm ken wayne the death toll is mounting tonight after yesterday's fatal airshow crash in reno. ktvu's eric rasmussen is there with the very latest on the investigation. eric. >> reporter: ken, we can show you right now the ntsb and local authorities are preparing to give us another update here at the airfield. they are in a maintenance facility here and you see them setting up of the we're expecting them to tell us more about that investigation. one of the things that has helped them so much are the photos and video that has come in and one thing that they seem to be focusing on is a possible tailpiece found while going through the massive debris field out here. from a neighbor's balcony, we wanted federal investigations in a line, combing this field for clues, they are looking for even the smallest pieces l

the expo is promoting herbs such as b uab ok, which is reputed to boost concentration, tumeri t prott ains intesti cancer andlosgthen teeth and gums. others include spas and massage. >>> an international surfing contest kicked off in sr sri lanka's bay on sunday. more than 150 surfers from 21 countries are taking part. female athletes are also competing for the first time. the event is expected to highlight the suitability of fingndea or. >>> here are the latest market figures. >>> hi. welcome back. let's talk about our weather. let's talk about this typhoon first. this is guma prefecture. 54.5 millimeters of rain accumulated in an hour. 300 since yesterday and the streets and parking spaces are inundated. river levels are rising significantly and water is coming into people's houses. they have been seeing heavy rain due to the ample moisture pulled in. already, record breaking rainfall in isekaki. you've seen 264 in the past 24 hours. that's record breaking for september. now, it looks like it's going to be moving toward pacific coast and reaching tre and making land fall after that. it is a very slow moving system, ample amounts of rain will be building up and this is

expo -- exploded if a fire was started. >>> the firm realitytrac says the homes that received an initial notice of foreclosure went up 33%ore. that's the biggest gain in four years. this may be a trend because foreclosures had begun to slow last fall, you may remember, after the robo signing scandal. now those cases are being processed and are coming to reality. here's more. >> reporter: unfortunately, the foreclosure crisis shows no signs of stopping, especially in this neighborhood. if you take a look behind me, you e this house right here? we're here off 98th avenue. there's one exactly like it. just across the street. neighbors tell me that the bank actually owns both of these homes. they've been boarded up, fenced in. it's been that way for months. now all of this is -- now all of this is part of a new study of 5,000 homes within this zip code along and 28,000 according to acorn. they say from 2008 to the end of next year, oakland will lose 313 million. it estimate -- it estimates that the price has -- crisis has caused oakland property values to drop by $12 billion. neighbors say the crisis has made their streets l

expo. those with proper id can go to learn about and smoke medical cannibis. >> this is the first time we've had cannibis act ti skprifts city officials working to create an mazing event. i think it's a great step forward. >> steve deangelo likes to brag his health center creates jobs and pays millions in taxes says it's high time there was a street fair about marijuana. >> i think it's about 20, 30 years overdue. >> what does the city think? >> it's a state constitutional right to medi indicate. we'll make sure that that medication happens in a safe, lawful and sane manner in the sti not everyone is looking forward to a city-sanke city-sanked -- sanctioned pot party. >> let's do it. everybody. let's get high. forget about the ramifications. forget about the devastating affects. >> this advocate worries it's just one more way for kids to get their hands on medical pot. >> kids are walking around, i mean, middle school kids. even. with cards that permit them to purchase marijuana themselves. >> organizers point out fair goers can only smoke pot in a restricted area. most is smoke free and tlb tl will be other attraction autos we're lucky to have a surge of new go

expo. they're setting up for it right here in front of city hall this, will be the first time public streets and a public plaza have been closed off for anthat is all about marijuana. here on oakland city hall, 14th and clay streets they've been closing blocks of streets in order to set up the equipment for this two-day festival. so vendors and performers and for the first time had an outdoor fair, they'll have an area where people q k.go to smoke their medical pot this, is sanctioned by the city. police have been involved in this planning process. the head of one major marijuana collective says he thinks others should take note. >> oakland is showing the way to the rest of the nation how a legal, regulated system of cannibis distribution can increase tax revenue, create well-paying jobs and retus the burden on police officers to concentrate on violent crime. just generally uplift a community. >> i don't think that marijuana needs any publicity of this type. and this has to do with devastating affects its had on the youth within our communities. >> and shairls o'neal says the fair is only open to those over 18 he is worried it kill give

expo kicks off this weekend. this big event used to be held in san francisco. but the state blocked drug use on state property so they moved across the bay to an outdoor venue. happens to be right outside of city hall. city leaders want to remind visitors this isn't a free-for- all. >> this is not a smoke-in. this is not a hippie haight- ashbury event. they will have a lot of vendors for the industry there. so if someone thinks they are going to come smoke a joint, that's not going to happen. if it does, the expo is going to be shut down. >>> we will see. you must be 18 years old to attend. and no marijuana will be sold at the event. so if you're heading out there you may wonder, hey, is this a pot smoking? or is that the fog? >> it could be either. in fact, for this weekend, a lot of cloud cover out there. and definitely temperatures are going to be on the cooler side this weekend. isn't news people want to hear but for today, it will be pretty out there, even at the beaches we will see nice weather but right now as ann mentioned dealing request cloud cover and fog, you can't even make out the golden gate bridge. check out this shot. this summertime fog we'

an historic role in this region. indeed, just recently china conducted and held and hosted a major meeting called the china eurasian expo at fedex though they invited countries including russia, turkey, and many other countries in the region including india, pakistan and afghanistan in this conference. so china has long been a major player in this region and if we are going to continue to develop this idea, working with china which is moving west as part of its go west strategy, china also needs to be and will be a major player as well. we also need to include at the other end of asia, turkey which has played a stark role in the region and wants to be supportive of development in this region. now, indeed turkey has a very impressive private sector and their business association which is called the tobb emphasized to me on a recent visit that they want to be more involved in all the initiatives in central asia as well as other parts of the world. so this is not just in the immediate region. it will engage a wide range of other countries including china, turkey and others that i will mention in a moment. of course all the

expo. hey, greg. >> reporter: hey, megyn. yeah, we're standing in front of a prototype of the f-35 jet fighter, that also has its own stealth qualities, just ane huge amount of stuff at this show. 65 countries, 1300 manufacturers, 20,000 attendees at this thing. all the firms trying to outdazzle each other with high-tech weaponry. they're also trying to make the strongest sales pitch. probably the biggest trend we saw here today, megyn, the unmanned battlefield systems nobody maybe to us as a -- known maybe to us as a bunch of robots. take a look at most unusual patrol we went on earlier today. we are in an exhibition hall in london, but it's supposed to look like a patrol in afghanistan, and it might look like the future of warfare. this robot is designed for surveillance, both visual and electronic. this robot's got ground-penetrating radar, it is spotting underneath the surface any explosive, and this little robot that squirted in while we were looking at the other two, it has got a charge, it will set off that bomb. all the while servicemen and women, in this scenario at least, are stepped back away from the action, maybe a safer way to w

an historic role in this region. indeed, just recently china conducted and held and hosted a major meeting called the china eurasian expoat fedex though they invited countries including russia, turkey, and many other countries in the region including india, pakistan and afghanistan in this conference. so china has long been a major player in this region and if we are going to continue to develop this idea, working with china which is moving west as part of its go west strategy, china also needs to be and will be a major player as well. we also need to include at the other end of asia, turkey which has played a stark role in the region and wants to be supportive of development in this region. now, indeed turkey has a very impressive private sector and their business association which is called the tobb emphasized to me on a recent visit that they want to be more involved in all the initiatives in central asia as well as other parts of the world. so this is not just in the immediate region. it will engage a wide range of other countries including china, turkey and others that i will mention in a moment. of course all thes

an historic role in this region. indeed, just recently, china conducted and held and hosted a major meeting called the china eurasia expo. at that expo, it invited countries including russia, all the stanes, turkey -- stans, turkey, india, pakistan, and afghanistan in the conference. china has long be a major player in the region, and if we're going to continue to develop this idea working with china, which is moving west as part of its go west strategy, china also needs to be and will be a major player. we'll also need to include at the other end of asia turkey which played a historic role in the region and wants to be supportive of developments in this region now. indeed, turkey has a very impressive private sector, and their business association called the tobb, emphasized to me on a recent visit that they want to be more involved in all of these new silk road initiatives in central asia as well as in other parts of the world, so this is not just in the immediate region itself. it needs to engage a wide range of other countries including china and turkey and others that i will mention in a moment. of course, all of t