it's becoming a source of concern for all members of asean, the southeast asia nations. the united states has shown concerns about it. on september 24 president barack obama excessed intentions to reinforce relations with asean. >> this represents asean's growing importance and the cooperation between us and the united states. as a pacific nation the united states has an enormous stake in the people and the future of asia. >> a joint statement was issued. it said they reaffirmed the importance of regional peace and the peaceful settlement of dispute. it was their message to china. chinese premier surprised japan, asean countries and the u.s. when he made the following remarks at the u.n. general assembly in new york on september 23rd. >> translator: china will never compromise on the sovereignty and maintenance of territories. >> amid concerns over china's military expansion in the south china sea, the u.s. sent a carrier. the u.s. and vietnam has not had any notable military exchanges since the vietnam war. the u.s. also deployed ilts most advance unmanned surveillance

a very warm welcome to you this is a lie from moscow southeast asia's top nations are meeting in vietnam russia's president is out the summit to ready for talks on everything from energy security to responding to natural disasters and working in space. to reports from hanoi. it has been very productive like as many leaders have said like most of the a c. and some it's a lot of work has already been done the russian president dmitry medvedev taking part in today's addresses and working sessions also said that russia's involvement in the asia pacific region is of a key strategic nature and he hopes that his relationship with the asia pacific region countries as a very good potential showing and economically developing economies and countries he hopes that that relation between those countries and russia will only grow and prosper.

one pm in the russian capital you're watching r t m or even joshua welcome southeast asia's top nations are meeting in vietnam russia's president is at the material ready for talks of everything from managing security to responding to natural disasters and working together in space and which are many beautiful use his two day trip to hold separate talks with the host nation as a close ally from saudi times and trade between moscow and how the way is already in the billions of dollars during this visit dozens of new agreements will be signed among the most important and deal to construct a first nuclear power plant as artie's marie ivanovna reports it's something the socialist republics counting on. vietnam in the twenty first century it might look like a throwback to cooled while times but it's not the case vietnamese more than its economy growing at an increasing rate and it's looking to his old allies to help spur that alone.

. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton leaves today for a major summit of asia-pacific nations.ll stop in hawaii today, before continuing on to vietnam and five other nations. >>> president obama targets young voters when he tapes an appearance on "the daily show" with jon stewart. >>> california republican senate candidate, carly fiorina, could be released from the hospital today after a health scare. she was kept overnight as a precaution after developing an infection. >>> the san francisco giants host game one of the world series tonight against the texas rangers. the pitching aces from both teams will be on the mound. >>> and a piece of movie history will be auctioned today in london. it's an original astin martin used in several james bond films. it has some of the secret agent's gadgets that still work. it's expected to go for $3.5 million. >>> coming up later on "good morning america," a terrifying plunge as a pilot falls 100 feet. and it is all caught on camera. we'll have the story of how this lucky guy managed to survive that massive fall. >>> for some of you, your loc

to ninety coming to live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program now southeast asia's top nations are meeting in vietnam and russia's president is at the summit to ready for talks on everything from energy security to responding to natural disasters and working together in space we will use his two day trip to hold separate talks with a host nation we have now is a close ally from the soviet times and trade between moscow and highway it's already in the billions of dollars during this visit dozens of new agreements will be signed of on the most important a deal to construct vietnam's first nuclear power plant and as artie's maria financial reports it's something the socialist republic is counting on. vietnam in the twenty first century it might look like a throwback to cooled. but it's not the case vietnamese more than oil you see its economy growing at an increasing rate and it's looking to its old allies to help spur that alone. will cooperate in with many countries.

live from the heart of moscow this is our welcome to the program southeast asia as a top nations are meeting in vietnam russia's president is. ready for talks on everything from energy security to responding to natural disasters and working together in space. will use his two day trip. talks with the host nation. is a close ally from soviet time and trade between moscow and hanoi is already in the billions of dollars during this visit dozens of new agreements will be signed among the most important a deal to construct vietnam's first nuclear power plant and. reports it's something the socialist republic is counting on. in the twenty first century it might look like a throwback to cool times but it's not the case.

faces stiff competition to the east most so then in western europe as china also borders the nations of central asia which have considerable gas reserves moreover countries like to get some have got there first with agreements to build a pipeline and fill it with fuel analysts suggest this has provided the final up to the russian side in their negotiations for fear of losing out altogether mind in the question of business r.t. welshing markets have continued their upward trend for a second week in a row peter weston of the tongue things the dismissal of moscow's mess spiced up the performance of domestic a tease. we had first of all very interesting we. guess culminating with the sacking of. added some flavor to some if you want russia specific factors that were in france in the market but in general it was a good week for the russian market but again it is very much moving along the lines of what's happening globally russia remains a hostage to what we see on data coming out of us and our europe method names continue to do well last week and on friday we also saw financials moving out but that came

asia, japan's property market is going in the other direction. now the country's real estate looks well within reach compared to other nations as investors try to diversify their portfolios. they're more interested in investing in japan as an alternative. next is a recap of the latest market figures. ♪ >> that's all for now in biz news. back to catherine. >> thanks very much, ines. >>> delegates at the cop10 meeting agreed on tuesday to establish an international network to promote areas known as satoyamma. they're places where people live in harmony with nature and wildlife. jun konoda plans. >> reporter: a ceremony on tuesday launched the international satoyama network. the discussions on this issue happened on the sidelines of the u.n. conference on biodiversity in nagoya. japan used its role as cop-10 host to push the initiative forward. the united nations university provided support. satoyama is a japanese term that refers to rural settlements surrounded by rice paddies, vegetable fields, and forests. these rural environments have been maintained over a long period of time and play a vital role in preserving biodiversity. nine national governments,

of all voters in kyrgyzstan have cast their ballots in an election to make troubled nation central a rather central asia first a parliamentary democracy and international observers say has been no serious legal violations or trouble despite fears that violence could erupt earlier i spoke to our correspondents are you going to push going off in the rest of southern city of and that's how in the in the capital bishkek this is the landmark ball for the crown. regardless of how many people are going to show up at today's election the election will still be valid and after this election kyrgyzstan will become the first country in central asia to become a parliamentary state where the prime minister has more power than the president and accountable to the parliament traditionally central asian states are ruled by with three tarion leaders and when former president bakiev was overthrown in april this year the khan she was racked in violence with dozens of people killed and many more injured people here were unhappy with the president's policies that have left many from poverty and that was the reason why he wa

credibility of the american nuclear umbrella guarantee for the security of japan and the free nations of asia? [speaking japanese] >> currently the nuclear non- proliferation treaty, that regime is in a very difficult situation. >> [speaking japanese] >> currently, iran and north korea in northeast asia are attempting to acquire nuclear weapons, which is an emergency situation. >> [speaking japanese] >> what is necessary is for the world community to use sanctions against both of these countries. >> [speaking japanese] >> in this context, unfortunately, north korea has undertaken a nuclear test. i think what is necessary is for the united states to use its nuclear deterrent not only to cover japan but to cover the rest of northeast asia. i would like to see the united states have a strong position against this, a strong nuclear deterrent. >> with the possibility that the united states may engage in incremental withdraw from asia and the possibility that you referred to, mainly the threat of china's adventurism, to what degree is the possible that article 9 of your constitution would have to b

. >> warner: that's the clear message of today's attacks says an expert on central asia and the caucuses at the national endowment for democracy. and co-author of an upcoming book on chechnya. >> from the perspective of moscow and from moscow's ppointed president, the war is over. in the broadest sense what they've done is show everyone that indeed the chechen resistance is still active and still able to mount attacks. >> warner: today russia's interior minister who was visiting insisteded the government was firmly in control and that the chechen rebellion had been nearly detap tated. ... decapitated. >> i would like to say that an operational situation of this kind is extremely rare. why? because it is stable and secure here. on guard here are the police officers of the chechen republic. >> warner: stability and security are hardly the norm in chechnya now nor in the broader north caucuses region of predominantly muslim states which includes these. despite the interior minister's confident words violence in the north caucuses has been on the upswing over the past two years. waged by islamist rebels ben

leaders from 46 asian and european nations have ended their two-day summit in brussels by promising greater cooperation and economic integration of their regions. to close the asia europe meeting, or asem, on tuesday, the leaders adopted the chair's statement and a declaration on the global economy. >> we need to find common ground and agree on coordinated action between our two continents in order to tackle the pressing issues. >> european leaders were particularly concerned about the recent sino-japan row over the collision of a chinese trawler and japanese patrol boats near the senkaku islands in okinawa prefecture. european leaders, who have been critical of china's human rights records, were worried about the country's hard-line stance over japan following the incident. they expressed a sense of relief when chinese premier wen jiabao showed his intent to mend the strained ties in an informal meeting with japanese prime minister naoto kan on monday. >> this conflict between these two major countries had to be brought to an end. it has been brought to an end. that's good news for the global world. >> observers at the venue say sentiment among european leaders

national election. poll which will see the country become central asia as first parliamentary democracy counting is now underway exit polls suggest the party of the former prime minister. receive the majority of the votes when the results are expected within a few days of correspondents. following the elections from. the security has been throughout the capital bishkek over the past couple of hours it has been rather quiet here there's a lot of police patrol. the streets bishkek out the moment no serious violations have been registered here the average turnout throughout the country at this election has been about fifty percent in the according to play really been there a record still actually has gone rather smoothly it is indeed a landmark vote for the country because after this election after the votes are counted. regardless of how many people have showed up at this election will become the first central asian country to become a parliamentary state where a prime minister has more power than the president and it's accountable to the parliament in a pro this year when president barchi was overthrown

asia and the pacific. hillary clinton will be on a two-week, seven-nation tour intended to improve relationships in a region dominated by china. clinton will stop in hawaii today to meet with the foreign minister of japan. after that her tour is built around the east asia summit in hanoi. >>> big guns, big bucks, a lot is being spent on the election and some of the biggest names in politics busy on the campaign trail. tracie potts has a look at who's popping up where. >> reporter: heavy hitters. bill clinton in illinois. >> have you voted yet? >> reporter: john mccain in west virginia and more than three billion in tv ads by election day. >> tv ads are obviously the way that policy has now moved and campaigns are won and lost. >> 28 years in washington and barbara boxer works hard for a title? >> reporter: california republican carly fiorina is hospitalized with an infection, but still on tv. the latest poll has the former hp executive within six points of beating senator barbara boxer. >> she almost brought the company totally down. you did, she did all this, and the company went to half its value and they

take power away from the presidency for the first time in central asia as a corpus going off explains. saturday is the last. of the nation wide parliamentary vote here in kyrgyzstan which means at this point all political rally is now we're headed and voting ballots are already being spread out at polling stations across the country twenty two million political parties are taking report this is definitely an old time. good for if you're just on the country's interim president roosevelt is pushing to build a parliamentary republic where the head of state is more of a formal figure rather than the one at power however several political parties including the one headed by the country's former prime minister felix school for or against this idea many analysts say that the interim government has failed to provide enough stability and this election is coming too soon the country's economy's in a really poor shape and so is the social sector something which is seen really clearly especially here in the south of the country where we are now is give you stands for second largest city many people call it the second capital and it'

russia is king to build on its historic links with southeast asia with the president in hanoi for the summit a grouping of the region's nations and yet now an ally from saudi times for two days where he hopes to boost trade which is already at record levels among the agreements as a deal to construct a nuclear power plant. vietnam in the twenty first century it might look like a throwback to cold war times but it's not the case vietnamese modernizing its economy growing at an increasing rate and it's looking to his old allies to help spur that alone. told well we're cooperating with many countries but among them is one old friend an old reliable friend we trust greatly russia. russian cars are on the streets of vietnam while vietnamese streams are a much loved delicacy on russian dinner tables last year alone the trade turnover between the two countries reached almost two billion dollars with both hoping to increase to ten billion. russian money big companies are flowing to vietnam bringing millions of dollars of investment which is a good sign of healthy relations. but the biggest venture is still ahead russia has to build v

asia with the president in hanoi for the s.c.n. summit it's a meeting of the region's main nations retributive yet if we'll spend two days and yet now a close ally during saudia times trade levels are already at record highs between the nations and they'll be boosted with more than a dozen of new agreements among the most important is a deal to construct vietnam's first nuclear power plant and as artie's murray financial reports the socialist republic is counting on it. vietnam in the twenty first century it might look like a throwback to cold war times but it's not the case that vietnam is modernizing its economy growing at an increasing rate and it's looking to his old allies to help spur that alone. we're cooperating with many countries but among them is one old friend an old reliable friend we.

it is critical to our credibility in working with nations in southeast asia are questions regarding china's activities in the south china sea -- over questions regarding china's activities in the south china sea. it is so much in america's interest. the objections to it are just not well-founded. i'm hoping we will be able to get a hearing on it early in the year and a vote on it as soon thereafter as possible. as things stand now, it is more difficult for us to deal with what are becoming increasingly pressing maritime issues, both in freedom of navigation and in the exploitation of the seabed for -- searching for everything from oil and gas to minerals and all that else may lie there. i am hoping we get to it earlier next year -- early next year. >> another international issue -- the alberta clipper, a pipeline from alberta that brings tar sand into the midwest. it is some of the dirtiest of fuel in the world. how can the u.s. be saying climate change is a priority when we are mainlining some of the dirtiest fuel that exists? [applause] >> well, there has not been a final decision made. >

international relations is moving away from europe and splayed out a nation even the u.s. a pacific countries are focusing its foreign policy on asia where the huge countries that will play the big girls located in asia now wants the current state of european asian relations but europe is of no interest to asia and if we view europe as a latin reaches the pacific ocean russia and europe are not at home but if we picture them as an alliance then we can say europe reaches the pacific. but you know what. the extradition of the alleged russian arms dealer viktor brew to the u.s. has been delayed after a court ruling in thailand is wanted in the u.s. on terrorism related charges john thomas has the details for us. the united states has been trying to get adventure boot and have him extradited to the united states for quite some time in fact since two thousand and eight in march when he was arrested in a hotel in bangkok and in fact in august august twentieth of this year the high court in thailand said that it was possible for booth to be extradited and so it looked like everything was set for the united states if convicted in the state

the scientists working for the united nations say efforts to eradicate a cattle disease that once caused devastation in africa, europe, and asia, have conclusively succeeded. it has gone the way of smallpox, the other virus defeated by human intervention. our science correspondent has this report. >> this virus has devastated cattle across the world for centuries. more recently, it had been prevalent in africa. when it first arrived here at the end of the 19th century, the virus killed a 90% of all cattle on the continent. but thanks to a 16-year testing and vaccination program, the virus has been completely eradicated from the planet. >> this virus has had a devastating effect on so many poor farmers around the world. and it is a tremendous achievement that this virus has now been removed from the face of the earth. >> it was researchers at britain's institute for animal health that develop cheap and simple ways of testing. >> the elimination of the virus is due in large part to these easy-to-use kits. with them, hundreds of thousands of animals can be tested very quickly. thanks to this kind of technology and the efforts of

nation's poor now live in the suburbs. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch" stocks mixed this morning on markets in asia. randall pinkston is in new york with that and more. good morning. >> good morning. that's right asian stocks were mixed this morning. after hitting a two-year high, japan's nikkei was down a fraction, up about 3% for the week. hong kong's hang seng was also lower but shanghai up. today, wall street gets a look at weekly jobless claims. another round of corporate earnings reports also on tap, with alcoa and pepsico among big names to report. wednesday, some bad news on the job front made for a mixed day on the market. the dow gained almost 23 points. the nasdaq slipped 19. >>> wall street will also get the latest snapshot of consumer spending habits, chain stores report september sales today heading into the holiday shopping season. the national retail federation predicts sales will rise 2.3% over 2009. that would be the biggest increase in three years. consumer spending accounts for about two-thirds of economic growth. >>> soon, at&t will not be the only game in town for the iphone. a

nations are assured of transit opportunities. >> reporter: the main factor behind the u.s. positioning of the global hawk to the asia pacific region is china's growing military presence. the asian giant has been flexing its military muscles for the past few years and its navy is increasingly active in the south and east china seas. in march last year, five chinese ships, including a war ship, surrounded a u.s. navy survey vessel in the south china sea preventing it from moving. after the incident, u.s. military planners worry that china's navy could off-track other u.s. vessels traveling through the region. >> they want to be considered a major power player in the world. well, then they need to act in that kind of responsible fashion. they need to help maintain those sea lines of communication. in and around the south china sea though, they pose a more threatening posture. >> reporter: last month in guam, the u.s. navy conducted a large-scale drill with the marine corps. both navy and marine corps officials see it as crucial to keeping china's military in check. in fact, the marine corps is planning to move 8,000 ma

asia and was a middle east expert. he ultimately to a charge of the iraq analytic group at cia. also worked in the nationalelligence council and became a deputy for near southeast asia. he worked in the national security council on middle east issues. he served in the counter- terrorism center of the cia, where he also rose to the no. 2 position of deputy there. he went on to the fbi where he helped develop an analytic capability and became director of the national security division there. patrick neary, a west point graduate, about 30 years in the intelligence business in the army and then at dia where he was known for his forceful advocacy of collaboration across the intelligence community. he became the principal deputy director and chief strategist for the odni back in 2005 and he held that job until this past year when he went to the department of homeland security as the associate deputy undersecretary for research in the information and analysis directorate their. -- directorate there. what we heard in the last panel is the real challenge that is represented in domestic intelligence. while our gover