john voss, cnn, beijing. >>> beijing is paying its respects to kim jong-il as pyongyang's closest ally. the flag at the north korean embassy in the chinese capitol was lowered to half staff. china's state-run shin juan news agency reports beijing expresses deep kol condolences over the north korean leader. attention is shifting to the next leader kim jong un, state media referring to him as the great successor. we want to take a closer look at the heir apparent, the youngest son of kim jong-il believed to be 27 or 28 years old. he is the son of the elder kim's late third wife. now, because of his age and lack of experience, he's said to be a political novice. in 2009 he reportedly took a low-level post at the national defense commission and that's north korea's highest ruling agency led by his father. last year he was promoted to four star general, seen as a stepping stone to taking over from his father. he shares a physical resemblance to his father. like his father he may also have diabetes. it's believed as a boy he secretly attended boarding school in switzerland and then kim ill s

: the north korean embassy in beijing has beijing has its flag at half staff. the north koreans going in and out of the embassy said they couldn't believe kim jong il was dead. chinese police are keeping a close watch on reporters around the embassy. china's state media have reported kim's death without commentary. >> translator: north korea is a poor country. i hope kim's death will turn things around for the better. >> translator: i want north korea to be more open. the nation should further organize itself in terms of democracy. north korea will be able to improve the situation if it puts priority on its economy over its military. >> reporter: china's foreign minister spokesperson met with report he is on monday afternoon. he expressed his deep condolences to the north korean people on the death of their leader. >> translator: kim was north korea's leader and china's close friend. china hopes to play an active role in achieving peace and stability on the korean peninsula in continued cooperation with north korea. >> reporter: diplomatic sources in beijing sa

embassy in beijing has a twitter feed called beijing air.day and today it was actually reporting very unhealthy air quality. earlier our very own kristie lu stout spoke with barry luck on those station readings. >> acceptable range in the united states is 35. >> oh, my goodness. >> here we are almost at 400, more than ten times the acceptable level. >> this is a service you set up for u.s. embassy staff and families. but a wider community has been looking at this every single day. >> i look at it every single day. i'm concerned about the kids health, the schools use it, international schools use it to determine whether or not they should allow the kids to have recess outside or keep them inside. >> just a few hours ago i spoke with the u.s. embassy spokesman. he told me the maximum reading on that device is $500. it turn out the last time it hit that was this past sunday at 5:22 beijing time. >> a huge talking point, i'm sure, amongst everyone living in beijing. tell us about the impact the smog is having on the economy and obviously on the

again, this in beijing. all in mourning for kim jong il. >>> now, stan grant joining us from the chinese capital. stan, so much on the line. how is beijing, which is the closest ally, how are they weighing the news of kim jong il? >> well, as you'd expect in china, no rush to any comment at this point. we're expected to get some official comment later in the afternoon. exactly what china's position is. but we know that china has been in constant contact with north korea. this has been a constant process of the back and forth in this relationship. a relationship that's been described in the past as being as close as lips and teeth. we see north korea often described as a client state of china and certainly china bank rolls north korea. so much of the economic -- of the economy of north korea is dependent on china. now, interesting too, that kim jong il who brought his son kim jong un to china recently to meet china's leaders, to almost get their stamp of approval for any succession. so when it comes to the on

and an increasingly common site in beijing.s office worker recently made the switch to two wheels. she used to go to work on a crowded subway and bus, a one-hour journey. on her e-bike, the commute now takes less than 30 minutes. when she comes home. she takes out the batteries and plug them into a wall socket just like a cell phone. her bike cost over $700, that's ten times more than a conventional bike. but she's not complaining. >> translator: the e-bike is very fast and convenient and eco-friendly, too. i can also save gas money. >> the increasing number of cars on the road has led to serious traffic congestion. motorbikes are banned in many cities for safety reasons. that leaves e-bikes as the fastest way to work. there are an estimated 120 million electric bicycles nationwide. which means one out of ten chinese owns one. sales have had a lift from the transportation law which classes electric bikes as bicycles. so no license is required to rione. not always a good thing. i'm now at an intersection in downtown beijing. in

my sense is that beijing feels comfortable that they can keep this under control. they're first line of defense would not be to reopen the monitory spigots as they did in 2009. the first line of defense, if they fear a precipitous price decline in the property sector, now would be to undo some of the administrative restrictions on house purchasing to introduce april last year. both beijing and shanghai, to largest, have decided in recent days they won't do that. they will keep all these administrative restrictions in place. to me that suggests that they are not worried about a precipitous price decline. at least not yet. since that is the most important domestically engineered source of the slow down, i feel that the chances that china will drop down to a hard landing, limited, look at the other cause of the slow down that's on the external side, mostly european, american demand for chinese exports, particularly european demand has dropped a very shortly. but exports on the whole are still growing. and as yukon was saying, they still have a large trade surplus but

on monday the head of china's delegation said beijing is prepared to accept a legally binding globalarbon emissions beginning around 2020 and that appears to be a big shift from its early position and china's move could have a big impact on the u.s. and other developed countries which have been holding back on such a deal. to robyn curnow at the site of the summit in durbin and, robyn, they're saying they would agree to legally binding carbon emissions. is this a game changer? >> reporter: you know, i think it might be. china has said there are a number of conditions that would be involved and whether they would sign up to some sort of global agreement. i want you to listen to what the chinese chief negotiator had to say exactly. >> translator: after 2020, what we need to negotiate, the framework i think should be legally binding one or some document to that effect. what is of the great significance so far is that we need to pin down the commitment so far made by parties. before 2020 and we need review on these efforts. >> reporter: okay, so the key here is 2020 and many island natio

now, of course, beijing is very keen to make sure this is a peaceful transition. they don't want millions of refugees flooding across the border. they don't want regional instability. >> adrienne mong in beijing, thank you very much. let's bring in now richard haass, president of the council on foreign relations. richard, you just heard that report, refugees flooding south, perhaps? that's one potential. but let's get to the most dangerous, the most lethal aspect of kim jong-il's passing, the nuclear capability that north korea has. what do we know about the nuclear capability? >> well, what we think we know, mike, is that they have material for, perhaps, somewhere between six and ten nuclear weapons. they've done two tests. they've also got an arsenal of missiles of various distances. so, that's essentially what we know. plus, they've had two programs, so-called reprocessing program originally, and more recently, a uranium enrichment program. >> and his successor, his appointed successor, his youngest son, kim jong-un, we don't even know how old he is, 27, 28 yea

we met with several times, both in beijing. had hoped to be able to bring to fruition. >> christiane, everyone is now looking to the heir apparent. we think he's in his late 20s, he likes basketball, give me some more details. he is a kwaul et, the young man with very little experience, the man who can create the personality as his father and grandfather did. >> it's probably unlikely that she will be able to do that. even kim jong il can express the same when he nominated his young son to take over. he's very young, doesn't have much experience that we know of, and will provide this notion. the issue here is whether it will promote more hard-lines from the old guard, whether they will circle the wagons around this young man, and whether it will be because of a stop with knees negotiations going on in the united states or will they be able to go through nonetheless. >>> cnn's coverage of the death of kim jong il will return after a break. and we'll talk about the economy and how her tiara could have been affected. >>> it's a bu

by a reporter from the beijing foreign studies university.thank you for joining us. in your view, what is the move of china? kim jong un has been installed as the successor of the country. >> i do not know much about what top leaders are thinking at this moment. i think a general sense among chinese people, scholars, that this is a great opportunity for china to reassess its policy. that real assessment should bring about some adjustment, for example, the word a nuclear weapons program they have been developed a ring. china's policy of reunification between the north and south. i think there is a sense this presents a great opportunity to have a reassessment and to change our policy. >> but the big question is now whether the military leadership will indeed rally behind the young leader. kim jong il was an apprentice of his father, kim il-sung, for 70 years. kim jong un has only been an apprentice of his father for more than a year. you think the military leadership in south korea will support him fully? >> you are right. at this moment, you

we're talking about just that freezing point in beijing. let's head over now to north america and talk about this system coming in towards the north, the northwest. this could actually bring snow exceeding 60 centimeters in some areas. and coastal heavy rain could reach up to 200 millimeters. gusts could be strong as well. and this is an ongoing situation. so i think pacific northwest you'll be ending the 2011 with a very stormy and wet note. now, this one is moving away and then sliding across quebec very slowly. this one can also bring very gusty situation, up in the north, all snow and down here, very wet. now, let's head over to europe and talk about what is going on here. in the north, as you can see, that cloud is going to be disturbing the scandinavian peninsula as well as northern uk and northern ireland. gusty situation here, gusts could also pick up to about 110 kilometers per hour in some areas. and very heavy rain as well as two to three meters of high waves in the coastal areas and scandinavian peninsula. but meanwhile, west ce

korean embassy in beijing has its flag at half-staff. the north koreans going in and out of the embassy said they couldn't believe kim jong-il was dead. chinese police are keeping a close watch on reporters around the embassy. china's state media have reported kim's death without commentary. >> translator: north korea is a poor country. i hope kim's death will turn things around for the better. >> translator: i want north korea to be more open. the nation should organize itself in terms of democracy. north korea will be able to improve the situation if it puts priority on its economy over its military. >> reporter: china's foreign ministry's spokesperson met with reporters on monday afternoon. he expressed his deep condolences to the north korean people on the death of their leader. >> translator: kim was north korea's leader and china's close friend. china hopes to play an active role in achieving peace and stability on the korean peninsula in continued cooperation with north korea. >> reporter: diplomatic sources in beijing say the onl

and pakistan looks to beijing for support tough to last month's deadly drone attack leaves the u.s. in tatters. christmas may be coming to an end in most parts of the world but even talks of the things that begun. business by the ten in twenty minutes time. and online twenty four hours a day you're watching on t.v. well on this day two decades ago the world's largest country ceased to exist the fall of the soviet union and the end of the cold war and the birth of a dozen new states but twenty years on the collapse of the u.s.s.r. unanswered questions is a question experts. even today many generate their own explanations for the fall of the global goliath but some putting it down to the role of just a few. ok to reach gorbachev. the nineteen ninety one august coup was a turning point in the country's history with images of yeltsin standing on a tank creating a new hero yet for most here even that wasn't seen as causing a fatal crack in the soviet union it was all very sudden and. shocking i mean there were people even months before who were shoring us that this was going to go on for

pyongyang certainly may see beijing as a vital trade partner and ally, but beijing reminds much moren seoul in a financial sense. 43 times more to be precise. that's indicative of the fact that while the cia fact bank ranks south korea as the 44th richest country on earth per head in population, it puts north korea down at 154. that's just below senegal and the ivory coast. the pressure is on kim jong-un to try to turn things around. certainly his father focused on this military-first strategy. a lot of people are saying certainly in the early days kim jong-un is likely to continue that, but will have to confront an economy which has been shrinking quite dramatically in recent years. >> we don't know the level to which social unrest is rising or might rise. and i think that's one of the fascinating kind of indeterminant factors about north korea as we go forward. >>> florists in the chinese border city of dan dong were in high demand as north korean immigrants gathered to pay respects to their dear leader. many mourners traveled to the consulate which showed the funeral on big screen

we have at beijing correspondent for "the financial times." what does mr.hou mean when he says we have not formed a complete mechanism or social management? >> when the chinese leaders talk about social management they know everything from censorship of the internet to control of riots, to police tactics to deal with unrest, so when he says we haven't formed a complete system, he means that they need to improve the way that they deal with various challenges to communist party power. >> why is it he saying this now? what is he seeing that particularly concerns him? >> well, china's communist party leaders look at economy and society as a bicycle that they need to keep pedaling at a fast rate in order to stop from falling off and figure if growth drops and there's actually estimates from top think tanks and top leaders that say that if growth drops below 7% annual gdp growth then they will not be able to deal with the level of instability with riots, protests that will result from the layoffs and the just general slowing in the economy so they actually have a

>> stan graham, live in beijing.hank you very much. >>> mike chinoy reported extensively from the region. he told us how on a recent visit he was struck by the stability of the regime. >> reporter: been in pyongyang in six years. i went back in august. i was struck by the sense of political stability across the board, the diplomats, the aide workers, the people i spoke with seem very convinced that the succession was on track, that there was not a lot of internal discord about it. moreover, there was very intriguing signs in pyongyang of sort of inklings of movement towards opening up a little bit. north korea now has over 500,000 people using cell phones with an internal cell phone system that was set up by an egyptian company. there are more private restaurants than i had seen before. there was even the first joint venture pizza parlor in pyongyang. they were moving ahead with economic zones with the chinese. while i was there, kim jong-il went to russia and talked to vladimir putin about north korea and russia and

she joins you live from beijing. eunice, what kind of statements has beijing made so far?ine, beijing's stance is reflected in the official media. this is the global times newspaper, it's a communist party newspaper. on the front page, it reads beijing tans by pyongyang. a state run paper from china says a friend's departure. the friend is kim jong-il. china has had a long standing relationship with north korea. they've h they have been asked to use leverage to uninfluence the regime that over the coming weeks and months, it's able to help keep the region as well as the borders stable. what we've been seeing recently is a lot of outpouring of emotion and condo lens from chinese officials. they paid a visit to the north korean embassy where he offered his condolences because deft of kim jong-il. also other chinese officials voiced their confidence in north korea and its ability to make the transition to power to kim jong-un, the son of kim jong-il smooth. pauline? >> we know that north korea does mos of its trade with china and gets food aid from china. how die pend ent, fi

we are in beijing. this is a very much a home grown funeral procession. no foreign delegates but how is it being perceived in china? >> a spokesman from the foreign ministry said the chinese ambassador to north korea would be attending, or did attend the funeral. there was no foreign delegation, including china, which is north korea's main backer. a few days ago we saw china's president and prime minister going to the embassy to pay their condolences. i do not think beijing would have been surprised by any of the scenes we saw today. there is concern that there could be a power struggle on the peninsula. that is the last thing they want to see. they want to see stability. >> that is the view from the macro image. you have been to the border as well. what are people saying there? >> i was there about one week ago. almost everybody was dismissive. a woman told me that kim jong-il was a bad leader. that was her words. i also spoke to a tour guide who took tourists into north korea and he said it was like stepping back in time. he told me something interestin

the average person in beijing, one guy said he does not understand. why should china use its hard- earned savings to help lazy people in europe whose incomes are 10 times mine. that is the dominant view in china. the government is hard pressed to explain to people what it means to help europe and why is it -- is -- it is in china's interest to help. under the right conditions, like a friend or where the europeans are taking the bulk of the responsibility and helping themselves, a framework which is globally agreed upon, a framework in which the u.s. is involved either an explicitly or implicitly which is not discussed too much publicly today -- china will participate. the imf vehicle is the most logical one for them. it gives a greater assurance and spread the burden around. it gives you a multilateral voice which is what they want. under the right circumstances, china will help out and cannot afford not to. europe is too big to fail. >> peter, what do you think? >> i agree with much of that. i think china would wish to assist in the rescue for the eu

newland says the talks on monday followed up on a similar meeting last week in beijing. said a number of issues need to be resolved before the u.s. resumes aid. adding kim's death will likely delay the decision until after the new year. observers say the u.s. is trying to establish what north korea's policies will be in the wake of kim's death. >>> a former u.s. envoy to north korea has given a scathing appraisal of the late kim jong-il's rule. stephen bosworth told nhk that he achieved hardly anything in regards to relations with the united states. he said north korea and its people are worse off now than when he took power in the 1990s. he also said kim hindered the six-party talks and he says he does not know how the death will affect the nuclear talks. bosworth also said that the power structure shifted during kim jong-il's rule. he said the next leader will inherit a kind of collective leadership. >> it's almost certain that he will not have the same unilateral authority that his father did and he'll be much more constrained by the opinions of senior military and pa

he arrived in beijing on thursday on a two-day trip to china. he is expected to meet the country's top nuclear envoy, wu dawei, who chairs the talks. the two sides are expected to discuss a possible impact of kim jong il's death on the six-party negotiations. they're also likely to exchange views on how the new leadership under the heir, kim jong un is likely to handle the nuclear issue. the six-party talks have been stalled for three years, but bilateral discussions have continued between the two koreas and between the north and the united states. as recently as a few days before kim jong il's death, a u.s. envoy met with north korean officials in beijing to discuss a possible resumption of food aid. the meeting raised hopes that renewed u.s. assistance may bring the countries closer together on the nuclear issue. >>> south korea's government is not sending official condolences to north korea over kim's death. but it is not stopping private groups and citizens from doing that. it's a sign that president lee myung bak is softening his country's

he arrived in beijing on thursday on a two-day trip to china. he is expected to meet the country's top nuclear envoy who chairs the talks. the two sides are expected to discuss a possible impact of kim jong il's death on the six-party negotiations. they're also likely to exchange views on how the new leadership under the heir, kim jong un is likely to handle the nuclear issue. the six-party talks have been stalled for three years, but bilateral discussions have continued between the two koreas and between the north and the united states. as recently as a few days before kim jong il's death, a u.s. envoy met with north korean officials in beijing to discuss a possible resumption of food aid. the meeting raised hopes that renewed u.s. assistance may bring the countries closer together on the nuclear issue. >>> south korea's government is not sending official condolences to north korea over kim's death. but it is not stopping private groups and citizens from doing that. it's a sign that president lee myung bak is softening his country's stance on t

this is also confirmed just this evening here in beijing when the chinese government, while expressing its condolences to the people, also made a statement pretty much with a vote of confidence in kim jong un, saying he hoped he would be able to steer the country forward and continue to strengthen it. as you alluded torques there is

there live in beijing monitoring reaction around the region. he joins us now. stan, we're waiting for official word, reaction, from beijing. >> reporter: yeah, we are, but china has an enormous stake in this. as you pointed out, the key relationship between north korea and china, north korea in the past has been described as a client state of china. we know china has sent thousands, tens of thousands of volunteers across the border to fight with north korea in the korean war. china has a huge stake in the stability of that country. north korea relies on china for its economy and for the vast bulk of its fuel supplies. during the 1990s north korea went through an economic downturn, the collapse of other communist regimes around the world, most notably the soviet union left korea very isolated and that relationship with china has very much come to the full. in recent times, kim jong-il brought his son to china to try to introduce him to the leadership if you'd like to get a stamp of approval for the leadership. the death comes as no real surprise. as we know, he'

and stan grant is live in beijing for us. the question, the six-party nuclear talks will be on hold for quite some time and people are wondering what will happen with north korea's nuclear program? >> yeah, it was only just last week that glen day n davies was expressing some optimism about a return to the talks. interesting as well, china had taken such a lead role in bringing this together. what was fascinating about this six-party talks was that you brought so many enemies if you like, certainly rivals to the table. we know that north korea has had problems with japan, south korea and the united states. china and japan of course have had their ongoing tensions. historically based tensions. china and the united states is an emerging superpower rivals throughout the region. it was a framework that allowed all of those contending, competing interests to sit down around a table. but really what was crucial in all of this, what north korea had stressed that it wanted all along was not a six-party framework. it really wanted a t

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

beijing is allowing that to happen. according to my impressions last week there is a strong sense that this is an opportunity more to push the industrial restructuring to its higher value added production which is in the long-term interest. so they allow this to happen. they allowed to come down. the economic work committee. the main priority, domestic stability. that can be achieved by a prudent monetary policy in the correct fiscal policy. there is going to be a policy response as there is almost certainly going to be to prevent the growth rate from falling too far. they will use fiscal means, which is a very important policy difference. what they did in 2009 when the emphasis was very strongly on monetary dispenses. again without being totally confident in my own predictions i am inclined to say that those who feel that beijing will be able to keep this under control and present a hard landing, they're likely to be right. >> you obviously paula china, among others. i am interested in your reactions to this, but also

there are hundreds of bankruptcies and beijing has allowed that to happen. there is a strong sense that there's an opportunity to push industrial restructuring to higher value added production which is in the long term interest. they are allowing this to happen and allowing the growth to come down and the economic committee in beijing concluded that the main priority remains domestic stability and that can be achieved by a proven monetary policy and a corrective fiscal policy. if they are going to prevent the growth rate from falling too far, they will use fiscal means which is a very important policy difference from what they did in 2009 when the emphasis was strongly on monetary expansion. on that score, without being totally confident in my own predictions, i am inclined to think that those who feel beijing will be able to keep this under control and present a hard landing, they are likely to be right. >> hans, you obviously followed china among others. i am interested in your reactions to this but also your quantitative idea -- how serious would a big sl

beijing's new rules are beginning. they say they want to promote energy saving and environmentally friendly technologies. the new guidelines take effect on january the 30th. >>> american airlines parent company will be delisted from the new york stock exchange. the announcement came after the close of trading thursday and saw its share price retreat to 38 cents. now it was widely expected after amr filed for bankruptcy last month. >>> china has announced ambitious plans for space exploration including launching a manned space station and planning to build space stations by the year 2016. beijing's ultimate goal is to put a man on the moon. so far it has not committed to a timetable for a manned lunar landing. >>> now fears of government default. the u.s. credit rating downgrade and the soaring price of gold. a wild ride for the markets in 2011. felecia taylor looks back on her experiences covering the volatility. >>> from cnn london, i'm charles hodson. >>> i'm andrew steecvens at cnn hong kong. you're watching "world

beijing sees taiwan as its province even though it has been separate since the end of a civil war in 1949. relations with beijing could take a turn for the batter or the worst. >> the president was swept to power in a victory in 2008. four years later, he is facing a tougher fight. his main rival, the first elected female leader of the progressive party, has been gaining ground. polls suggest the candidates are neck and neck. the president wants another term to cement the achievements he has made so far. ties with china are the best they have been since they stopped fighting. deals were signed in 2010. thousands of chinese tourists are allowed to visit the island each day. as some voters are concerned, that he is too focused on china and his policies will pave the way for unification with the mainland. that is not their only worry. the global downturn has seen exports suffering the worst recession in decades. she blames him for help failing to help those struggling to make ends meet. it is a concern shared by many voters. china has kept a low profile in this campaign. that is in cont

we don't want our air to be like the air in beijing. have you been to mexico. those kids are ending up with lead poisoning there. is a place for environmental regulation. epa has its faults they gave us the mercury light bulb. but this makes sense. going after industrial boilers that are polluting murkry and i am in favor for this and only after the largest boilers. they have scaled back. >> i covered mexico for 12 years and there quite a bit and frankly our air is no where near as polluted. do we need more regulation? >> the epa decided for the first time that the carbon dioxide that we breathe out is a toxic hazardous substance that needs to be regulated. they are out of control. are they going to install officers in madison square garden. this is the ridiculous thing. epa should be killed out right it is a job's killer. >> kim, according to a guy from national association of manufacturers. jay timits said epa rules will harm job growth and investment in a critical time. you buy rick or the guy from manufacturer. >> i love rick unger and you are on point on t

. >>> joining us with more is cbs news correspondent celia hatton in beijing. what is the reaction from china? >> reporter: well, china is north korea's biggest ally, so officially the chinese government said that mr. kim was a true friend to china, it was very distressed to hear the news and called mr. kim a great leader. they aren't certain whether future leadership of north korea will embrace the ongoing relationship with china or whether they will decide to warm up relations with washington and that is something washington doesn't want. >> kim juong-un the heir-apparent. >> nobody knows much about him and has the region in a panic. we know he is somewhere in his 20s. he was announced as the successor a year ago by passing his two older brothers but since then, we have hardly heard anything about him. he is rarely seen in public so we aren't sure what is happening with his succession and it really is a bit of a concern if he does become leader, he will be a very young person in charge of a country with a lot of problems, military armed country that really ha

celia hatton shows us how they shed new light on beijing's approach to execution. and basketball brawl. bow cynthia bowers has the blow-by-blow of a rivalry that got way out of hand. >> this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. captioning sponsored by cbs russ mitchell is off tonight. the 12th republican presidential debate last night was also the next-to-last debate before the first votes are cast in the iowa caucus, which is 23 days out. dean reynolds in des moines has more on the high-stakes free-for-all. >> as the latest king of the republican hill, newt gingrich came under attack, but mitt romney took a lot of punch, including some of the self-inflicted variety, for example, when he challenged the truth of an attack by rick perry, romney offered to put money on the table. >> rick, i'll tell you what, $10,000, $10,000 bet? >> i'm not in the betting business. >> critics scoffed that it was a sign of romney's wealth and elitism, noting that few iowans could pony up $10,000 to move a point. >> those type of elitist tactics may work. >> then there was romn

lennie, who was with us in beijing. because of your extraordinary work, violence against women as part of the beijing platform. because of your work in coalition with other groups around this country, over 15,000 battered and sexually abused in the court woman -- and the. women are here and free of their abusive spouses. thank you very much, lennie. and sarah. is your mom here? she is also related to someone on the school board. sarah, who runs and it works on signature products, coaching boys into men. i encourage you to look at that's not cool.com, which is about stopping dating violence. this is an organizational award, i get to do this. and for rachel, who has been at the organization and who has been my partner as we build in the federal part of global clhu to challenge the notion that violence does not have to be part of the human experience. i thank you, rachel, and i think all of you for this award and for the work that we will do together in this city, and are presidio, to create a future without violence for o

we lost him on the line from beijing. moving on to our other story in the philippines. there is an urgent need for fresh water and medicine in the southern part of the country as authorities struggled to deal with the aftermath of the devastating flooding. more than 1000 people have died and local officials say they expect that number to rise further in the coming days. a huge relief operation is underway but there are concerns that disease could begin spreading into shelters were survivors are now leaving -- are now living. i have been speaking to a member of the international red cross as he describes conditions. >> conditions remain quite serious for a lot of people living in the shelters. it is very cramped, very limited access to clean water and sanitation. also, the people who have opted to stay in the communities where the houses were, the situation for them is particularly grim. they are not receiving as much assistance as they need. >> what would you like to see in terms of aid distribution in the cities? >> we would like to see food and non-food. since the sto