secretary ban ki-moon called for nuclear abolition at the 65th hiroshima peace ceremony on friday. ban became the first u.n. chief to attend the annual ceremony on august 6, the day the united states dropped an atomic bomb at the close of world war ii in 1945. >> together we are at ground zero, to a world free of weapons of mass destruction. >> after the ceremony ban proposed the u.n. security council hold regular summits to discuss a nuclear free world which 2020. three nuclear powers sent envoys to the ceremony for the first time. the u.s. ambassador to japan john roos released a statement calling for a world without nuclear weapons but he didn't give a speech or lay a wreath during the ceremony. >> the mood on nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament, nuclear disarmament is changing. we heard from akiba about the successful npt review conference in may, and the british government announced at that conference the number of nuclear warheads it has and we felt now was the time to attend for the first time. >> nuclear disarmament is absolutely necessary for arms reduction in general.

it is one of the tests of global solidarity in our times. >> ban ki moon saw the flooding a few days ago, an area the size of italy said to be affected. of 2 6 million people are without shower. for the un, -- up to 6 million people are without power. it said there are also concerns of a potentially more dangerous crisis, and that surrounds the fight against the extremism. new york's park avenue, about as removed as the poverty of pakistan as you can get, but on the fringes of the un session, the foreign minister made it clear it is not just lives better at risk. >> without international help, pakistan could be facing a political crisis in the long term. >> if things spin out of control, it will contribute to political instability, and that is the last thing we need for economic growth, and that is the last thing we need for our fight against extremism and militancy this presumably is confirmation of how worried allies are of precisely that. the u.s. secretary of state was here to win hearts and minds. >> we will be with you as rivers rise and fall. we will be with you as you replant

ban ki-moon talked about ridding the world of nuclear weapons. >> we will live under a nuclear shadow. i have made nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation a top priority for the united nations and for the world. our moment has come. >> now, there were a large number of survivors. many people who witness that they are still alive now. they laid wreaths and made offerings of water. many of those who survived the initial blast died in the days that followed. you could argue the enormity of what happened in this city, but many young japanese have not learned the terrible things that japan did in the second world war. you hear survivors talking about never seen this happen again. >> as we heard, ban ki-moon said he wants to rid the world of nuclear weapons. there are some calls for president obama to visit to regime -- visit hiroshima to pledge to help rid the world of nuclear weapons. >> there is an opportunity coming up, a summit taking place here in japan, and the people of hiroshima and agha saki would very much -- and nagasaki would like him to come. there are questions of if the ame

secretary general ban ki-moon visits japan on tuesday to attend a ceremony commemorating the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombing of hiroshima. he'll be the first u.n. chief to attend the event. ban will arrive at narita airport near tokyo on tuesday afternoon. his trip is aimed at sending a message that the world should rid itself of nuclear weapons. ban will participate in the peace memorial ceremony in hiroshima on friday. a u.n. official says former secretaries-general have avoided the ceremony as attendance could be read as a condemnation of the united states for the bombings. the official added, however, that the tide has changed with the obama administration's positive approach to nuclear disarmament. ban plans to visit nagasaki, another atomic bomb city in southern japan on thursday to hear directly from survivors about the devastation. during his japanese tour, ban also plans to meet prime minister naoto kan in tokyo. their agenda will include north korea's nuclear development. >>> bon announced he will open an inquiry into israel's attack on a flo till youa in may. nine aide worke

ban ki-moon dude the devastation today. he is calling on the world community to help the estimated 20 million people who have lost their homes in the disaster. >> these unprecedented floods demand unprecedented assistance. the flood waves must be matched with waves of global support. >> alan: the united ed nations called for nearly half a billion dollars in relief but has only received one-fifth of that amount. >>> the new u.s. commander in afghan afghanistan says he believes the war is turning in the right direction and coalition forces are making progress. general david petraeus made his comments today. >> the progress really just began this spring, late spring is when we started to see the operations in central province truly were starting to improve security for the people, and up and down process to be sure, taliban fighting back hard as we took away very important sanctuaries from them. >> alan: his goal is to keep extremist groups at buy -- bay. >> hundreds of bay area homeowners were in oakland today in hopes of get

and ban ki-moon is attending. no u.n. secretary general has been here before. he said he's comes here to show solidarity with the survivors. he said having heard their stories, he's going to push for the elimination of nuclear weapons. >> how strong is the feeling that wants to hear an apology from the united states and how likely is that? >> i think it's pretty clear there won't be an apology. the american ambassador has been refusing interviews because he might be asked that very question. but for the message that hiroshima wants to send, what they call the spirit of hiroshima is because they want world piece -- peace and they don't want nuclear weapons again. now there are some questions about whether young japanese learn much about japan's record about the war as they do about the bombing, but they agree that this should never happen again. >> thank you very much, indeed, for that. >> rwanda's president is standing for we election on monday. days before the vote, the government has issued a strongly worded statement denying any involvement in killing politi

secretary general ban ki-moon says he's never seen anything like the flood disaster in pakistan. 20 million people have been left homeless by the flood. >>> a popular catholic shrine in france was evacuated yesterday after a bomb threat. 30,000 pilgrims including many gravely ill had gathered at the shrine which contains spring water which some believe has healing powers. the shrine reopened about five hours later. >>> and zsa zsa gabor's publicist says a priest has been called in to give the 93-year-old her last rites. she's been hospitalized due to complications from a broken hip. >>> and now here's an early look at one of your top health headlines on msnbc.com. a provocative new study is challenging the assumption that sexually active teens don't do as well in school as those who abstain. researchers found that teenagers in committed relationships do no better or worse in school than those who don't have sex. however, students who have casual flings do get lower grades and tend to have more problems in the classroom. for more information on this and other health stories, check out our we

ban ki-moon has been there to see it himself. united nations has been involved, and we have had a whole host of nations boosting their aid to the country. the international monetary fund in washington will be discussing the country's budget and economic prospects in light of this latest natural catastrophe. the economy was already fragile, and this makes the outlook even bleaker. >> it was a long and perilous journey for the aid convoy. the floodwaters of washed away roads and bridges. they have inundated hospitals and brought down power and phone lines. many parts of the country have run out of fuel. the floods are crippling the economy of pakistan. initial estimates put damages of about 12 billion euros. the international community has offered eight, but the country will probably need new loans for construction, and that will add to the mountain of debt for pakistan. in addition, its agriculture sector has been devastated by the floods. farming is the most important industry in pakistan, is employing more than half of the work

secretary-general ban ki-moon is making his first visit to nagasaki on thursday. the city was destroyed by a u.s. atomic bomb on august 9th, 1945. ban arrived in nagasaki on thursday morning. he's visiting the city and hiroshima on the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombings. the u.n. chief is visiting the nagasaki atomic bomb museum. he'll also meet bomb survivors to hear their stories. earlier, the secretary-general spoke to nhk. >> hiroshima and nagasaki, these are two most worst experience and disaster to human being. i'm very saddened to see there are still hundreds of thousands of people who have been affected by the radiation, and their life have been miserable. and we have to make sure that never again this will happen in the human history. >> he's also scheduled to visit urakami cathedral, the site of the atomic-bombed santa maria statue. ban saw the statue at the u.n.'s new york headquarters when it was sent to the city for an international conference on nuclear disarmament in may. >>> u.s. president barack obama says the mission to stop the oil spill in

secretary-general ban ki-moon toured the flood devastation with pakistani president zardari. the u.n. has appealed to $460 million and has only received 90. >> these unprecedented floods demand unprecedented assistance. the flood waves must be matched with waves of global support. >> the indus river is now threatening to rise again. maybe then the world will respond. stephanie gosk, nbc news, northwest pakistan. >> and we have posted information on how you can help the people in pakistan on our website, that's nightly.msnbc.com. >>> turning to iraq, our series, the long way out, within the next two weeks, the u.s. will finish the withdrawal of its combat forces, leaving behind just 50,000 support troops. our richard engel is embedded with the last american combat unit in the country. and he joins us now live from baghdad. richard, what are you seeing and hearing? >> good evening, kate. we are at camp liberty, on the edge of baghdad. we are embedded with the 42 striker brigade. they call themselves the raiders. they're based at fort lewis in washington state. now they have a u

and united nations secretary-general ban ki-moon. the united states, britain and france were there for the first time. their collective hope, to prevent the use of atomic weapons in today's radically different world. washington's choice to have u.s. ambassador john roos attend, could signal a future visit by president obama. this would be controversial and unprecedented for a sitting president. vinita? rob? >> a day of remembrance. margaret conley in tokyo, thank you. >>> when we come back this morning, the newest gauge of the economy. today's all-important jobs report. >>> then, collision course. we'll hear from students who survived this deadly crash. >>> and putting the newest blackberry device to the test. the first reviews are in. concierge claim centers. so i can just drop off my car and you'll take care of everything? yep, even the rental. what if i'm stuck at the office? if you can't come to us, we'll come to you in one of our immediate response vehicles! what if mother won't let me drive? then you probably wouldn't have had

in other news, the united nations secretary general, ban ki-moon, announced the launch of an internationalnquiry into the attack by israeli commanders on a flotilla bound for the gaza strip in may. nine turkish activists on board were killed in that operation. there's a four-member panel that will include an israeli representative and a delegate from turkey. the panel will begin work immediately and submit its report by mid september. there were two months of negotiations with both israel and turkey. the probe is welcomed as an important step. in the gaza strip today, an explosion in the home of a hamas commander wounded at least 24 people. the government brain -- planned an israeli air strike. israel has denied involvement. a short while later, rockets fired from aegis cyanide desert and landed in a resort, killing a local and wounding four others. >> mohammed is one of those hurt in the rocket attack. the security guard was working in front of a hotel when a rocket struck nearby. >> when the explosion happened, i fell down and was injured. i was looking around and saw many people injured

secretary-general ban ki-moon said he has never seen anything like it. >> i'm asking the world community to speed up their assistance to pakistani people. >> reporter: on top of the 1500 deaths and the estimated 20 million people who have become homeless since the floods began two weeks ago, now there are concerns about the spread of diseases from unclean drinking water such as kol rachlt the president of the pakistan association of san francisco told us he has friends and family members in pakistan who lost their homes. they have no roof, no water, they cannot recognize where their house was standing. >> reporter: in milpitas a group of young muslims gathered to pray and raise money for flood relief. several local mosques including one in richmond and three in san francisco are also collecting money and supplies to help flood victims. he said the images of the devastation are difficult to look at. >> i almost stopped myself from crying many time when i saw those pick chores and heard the n pictures and heard the news. >> reporter: the largest help is coming from the u.s. military, in pa

ago but of so far killed fifteen hundred people during a visit to devastated areas the un chief ban ki-moon said it was the worst natural disaster ever seen and again called on the world to speed up aid deliveries to make the twenty million people affected face in the sense starvation. and. road race in southern california has ended and tragedy after a truck crashed into a crowd of spectators killing eight accident happened moments off the start of the event which offered vehicles reach high speeds and jumps. race in the desert and twelve people injured it's not known why the chopper control of his vehicle. south korean and american troops have launched a new round of military drills eleven day games in volver tens of thousands of troops north korea has responded with threats he exercises her soul for a time well tensions between pyongyang and solar especially high since the sinking of the spring of the south china. point to blame the north for the incident but pyongyang denies responsibility. but it out from the author effects of the vietnam war and the personal recollections of american v

secretary-general ban ki-moon says he's never seen anything like it. >> to owe the world economy to speed up their assistance to pakistani people. >> reporter: on top of the 1,500 deaths in the estimates 20 million people who've become homeless since the floods began two weeks ago, now there are concerns of the spread of diseases from unclean drinking water such as chlora. he has friends and family members in pakistan who've lost their homes. >> they have no roof. they have no water. they could not even recognize where their house was standing. >> reporter: in milpitas a group of young muslims gathtoerpd pray and raise money for flood relief. mohammed akhtar shaw says several local mosques including one in richmond and three in san francisco are also collecting money and supplies to help flood victims. he said the images of the devastation are difficult to look at. >> you know, i almost stopped myself from crying many time when i saw those picture and i heard the news. >> reporter: the largest single response to the crisis has come from the united states military, the white house says the

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secretary general mr ban ki moon has. a bomb the international community to help pakistan some media reports say is that this call was not submit properly and how do you respond to that i believe it took all of us a little while to under. stand that this was one of the biggest if not the biggest natural disaster. we have seen in living memory took us a while to understand when we did realize that it was not only the flash floods which hit the north in the very beginning but as the secretary general after his visit during his visit said a slow rolling moving tsunami affecting the entire country. i think we are waking up the international community. is waking up has broken up and is now contributing it is to all of us pakistan of course the first the pakistani people the well known pakistani hospitality which has also worked so well when all the people came from swat in two thousand and nine to host the brothers and the sisters. that now is coming to fruit we have seen considerable contributions coming into pakistan to the

chief ban ki moon has described the flooding in pakistan as the worst natural disaster he's ever seen during a visit to the country again called on the world to speed up aid to the breeze yesterday to twenty million people affected. in this at least one case of cholera has been confirmed and health experts warn of a growing threat the epidemic says the floods have so far claimed at least two hundred lives. and off road race in southern california has ended in tragedy after a truck crashed into a crowd of spectators killing eight accident happened moments after the start of the event in which off road vehicles reach high speeds and make jumps. race in the desert also the twelve people injured it's not known why the truck driver lost control of his vehicle. south korean and american troops have launched a new round of military drills that are great games for a computer simulated exercise and building tens of thousands of troops north korea has responded with threats tensions between the young and so especially high since the sinking of the spring of the south. international ports rangin

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global headlines for you during visits to flood ravaged pakistan united nations secretary-general ban ki moon has called for an unprecedented response from the world at least fifteen hundred have been killed in the country's worst ever natural disaster survivors face starvation and illness as emergency crews struggle to reach the worst affected areas at least one case of cholera has been confirmed spreading fears of a wider outbreak pakistan's prime minister prime minister said twenty million people are currently homeless. flags were at half mast across china on sunday as the country declared a day of national mourning for the twelve hundred victims of last weekend's landslides around five hundred are still missing after massive avalanches of mud and rocks all public entertainment has been suspended emergency services are working to help those still trapped under the debris and are trying to prevent further flooding. attempts to bring equality to india by eliminating the centuries old hindu caste system are proving tough to enforce and though such discrimination has been banned for more than

secretary-general ban ki-moon said he has never seen anything like the flood disaster in pakistan. he's asking the international community to help with relief efforts. the reported death toll stand at 1,500 but the number that's staggering is the number of people displaced by the floods which began more than two weeks ago. pakistan's prime minister said 20 million people have been left homeless and there are now concerns about the spread of diseases such as cholera. we just spoke to the president of the pakistan association of san francisco who told us he has friends and family in pakistan who have lost their homes. >> their area, which is a nine miles from my house area and that is a small village. and that whole village has been cleaned out by the flood. they have no roof. they have no walls. they cannot even recognize where their house was standing. >> reporter: -- including one here in richmond, three others in san francisco are collecting money and supplies to help flood victims. so far they've collected only about $2,000. now if you want to help you, can contact his organizat

secretary ban ki-moon says much more foreign help is needed. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch" stocks in asia were mostly lower this morning. ashley morrison is here in new york with that and more. good morning, ashley. >> good morning to you. asian markets mostly slid after new figures showed japan's growth slowed down. japan's nikkei lost more than half a percent while hong kong's hang seng was mostly lower. >>> today wall street gets the latest report on housing. stocks are looking to bounce back after last week's selloff. the worst it a month and a half. for the week, the dow lost 3.3% while the nasdaq slipped back 5%. >>> china is now the world's number two economy, according to numbers released today the country passed japan in economic output during the second quarter and now trails only the u.s. china's economy is growing at about 10% a year and the nation is already the world's biggest exporter, auto buyer and steel producer. >>> the days of surprise overdraft fees are certainly over. new rules went into effect on sunday that ban banks from automatically enrolling customers in overdr

nine hundred fifty when the occupation army disbanded the ceremony also very important is that ban ki moon who is the secretary general of the u.n. the first time secretary general has participated in this ceremony as well he spoke about nuclear nonproliferation and said as long as that nuclear weapons exist we are under the threat of global terror he also pointed to the united states and russia as major powers moving forward with the new start treaty as a good example of a step towards nuclear nonproliferation which is his alterman goal something he has said he is making a priority for the united nations also in attendance where many survivors some who felt the direct impact of the bomb itself and others who were indirectly affected we had the opportunity to speak to some of those indirectly affected this is their story. at eight fifteen in the morning on august sixth one thousand nine hundred forty five the united states destroyed the city of hiroshima instantly with an atomic bomb while not directly hit the people living in the surrounding area faced another danger blank range. there wa

secretary general ban ki moon but despite this international attention there's still a group of victims in japan only now getting help and recognition. at eight fifteen in the morning on august sixth one thousand nine hundred forty five the united states destroyed the city of hiroshima instantly with an atomic bomb while not directly hit the people living in the surrounding area faced another danger like brain. that there was a big national heaven and earth overturned. and the black rain started to turn away. even though here in pieces of. rain the bomb sent a mushroom cloud into the atmosphere creating its own weather system pouring down a radioactive suit filled the rain onto the survivors the u.s. and japanese governments acknowledged black rain as a health risk and set up an official area where they believed the phenomenon had occurred but people living around here ashima say the designated section was far too small and that the government didn't do enough to protect the entire population that suffered now groups of survivors like the black rain association are gathering to make the

pakistan's flood victims nations have been increasing their donations after the when secretary-general ban ki moon asked for more money at a special meeting of the general sam bailey before the address only half of some have been raised the secretary general appealed to governments to give more generously than in previous disasters saying the floods were a bigger catastrophe than many thought over twenty million people have been affected by the disaster. now plans to build a mosque near the side of the nine eleven terror attacks in new york are fueling and a muslim feeling among some americans now adverts opposing the construction of the mosque have appeared on the city's buses were reported i looks of the effect freedom of speech is having on freedom of faith. here in the u.s. media capital millions of messages for the streets but only one advertisement for new york city its. emotional reaction to its inflammatory i think the ad. very offensive this ad has been slapped on twenty six buses in the big apple on the left a plane crashing into the north tower on nine eleven on the right the proposed m

we take you some headlines around the world now in brief un secretary-general ban ki moon the right way to be stepped up during his visit to flood ravaged pakistan it's the country's worst natural disaster with an estimated sixteen hundred dead survivors face starvation and illnesses emergency crews struggled to reach the worst affected areas at least one case of cholera has been confirmed the catastrophe has left around twenty million people homeless. flags were at half mast across china on sunday on a day of national mourning for the twelve hundred victims of last weekend's landslides more than five hundred people are still missing after the massive avalanches of mud and rocks or public entertainment was suspended rescuers are working to help those still trapped under the bridge and to try to prevent further flooding. and off road truckers plowed into spectators at a night rally in southern california killing eight people twelve others were injured and some airlifted to hospital the driver had to flee the crash site when the crowd turned against him thought he lost control of the vehi

chief ban ki-moon visited the area on sunday and urged the international community to speed up its help the estimated twenty million people affected could face illness and starvation. that's the way the news looks at this hour from the desk we're going to go over to charlotte with the latest business there with us. hello and welcome to the business program hey on r.t. agricultural bank of china has raised a record twenty two point one billion dollars for his initial public offering the country's number three lender bright falling stock markets in shanghai and hong kong to become china's last major financials list investors have been cheered by double digit growth in the chinese economy for the second quarter. on a check how the markets are now in european stocks remain down but have made progress in the last few hours finds a weaker b.m.p. and some talent shares down one point two percent those talks in fashion. and growing all through leading comparable sales through ten percent in july. and here in russia the life sector slowed to a three week low tracking view it through russia's col