beijing right now is very concerned with u.s. naval interests for other stuff trying to see which beijing claims for for it for itself there's a lot of natural resources in the sea the chinese for its economic development plus china china feels that it has historical. over the soft try turning more income over the south china sea at the same time beijing as it grows in economic and military power is interested in expanding its power outside to that is to fix the problem is that you extend itself outside to the pacific you need to bypass of taiwan and the philippines and as we know i want in the philippines are very strong u.s. allies and so beijing is always concerned about u.s. military exercises with the philippines and taiwan. a complex situation as you know as you say then there's been a week long deadlock between the philippine and chinese vessels in the south china sea and both sides seem determined to stick it out so what's the endgame here what's going to happen. well we have understand that for the past few years there's

even up in toward beijing, 20 for the high. however, ulan bator is still under the influence of cool air. 4 degrees for the high here. much of western mongolia feeling that chill. north america, today, you're going to be seeing wet weather through b.c. again, showers starting to spread. you'll also be seeing popup thunderstorms in the intermountain west. just due to the instability of the air. getting a lot of warmth spreading up through the four corners. denver getting up to 30 degrees for the high today. not much going on in the center of the u.s. or down through much of mexico. however, that slow-moving storm system is impacting the northeast right now. over your overnight hours, still from virginia, west virginia, i should say, up through western parts of new york state, you're still going to be seeing heavy snow. that snow will continue up through southeastern parts of ontario as well. maybe another 30 centimeters of snow possible. further toward the east of that system, though, it's going to be a little bit warmer. you'll

ken has this report from beijing. >>> i'm in the north part of beijing about an hour and a half drive from the city center. this is a place called little donkey farm covering more than 15 hectors. local government opened it four years ago together with the university. anyone with $240 can rent a plot of land for a year to farm. it measures 30 square meters. and renters can grow any vegetable they want. the number of renters surges each year. 400 groups, mostly residents of beijing, signed up last year. >> translator: it's tiring but fun. >> translator: it's a great opportunity for family and friends to get together. >> translator: farming is really interesting. you like working here, don't you? >> translator: yes, i brought this here. >> he and his wife have just started farming for the first time. they hope to teach their son to. he is in grade six. on this day, the family had only intended to register. >> translator: the shoes are not suited for farming. we didn't mean to farm today. >> the three hobby farmers live in beijing with the wife's parents. four years ago, he quit the stat

embassy in beijing. how china and america choose to handle this case could hugely affect relations between the two countries. >> for more on the fallout, i am joined by a guest from the carnegie endowment for international peace. we do not know where the lawyer is. how sensitive is this? >> this is a major embarrassment for china. it is a no-win situation for america. it is a major embarrassment because it comes so soon after the boesky like -- bo xilai affair, whre bo xilai's chief security person took refuge in the american embassy. -- consulate. it is still reverberating throughout the system. it is a no-win for america, because it will reinforce the view among many chinese conspiracists who think america wants to destabilize china. they will think this is yet another incident that is contributing to that. both sides would somehow like to get by this incident. >> so much so that the state department spokesperson did not even say the man's name. mr. obama tried to sidestep questions about this. washing

after taking on the case, he himself was visited by police in beijing. >> they drove me 23 hours, and was put in what they call a tiger share and -- tiger chair. they kept me like that for three days and nights. date interrogated me mercilessly. when i tried to sleep, they sean -- shone bright lights in my eyes. >> he says he was personally targeted. campaigns were about winning support across china. as a lawyer, i got in the way of his political ideas and his career. >> bo looked for enemies first and evidence second. he needed enemies and to rally his supporters, so he waved the red banner and accused others of being part of the mafia. no one expected the story to end with his own downfall. his hopes of ascending to the highest office in tatters. lower-level corruption is an open secret in china. but bo xilai was from an elite class for about this world. in china, what is so shocking is not the crime, but that the accused was so close to the heart of our. china prides itself on continuity. at the seat of beijing's politburo, many in china thing bo xilai threatened the system that va

my guess is that beijing also likes having a buffer between itself and south korea, a strong u.s. ally. but by enabling north korean regimes, reckless and aggressive behavior which threatens regi regional stability, china ends up undermining its own security calculus. just what kind of regime is china backing? for the north korean people, life under the young kim is as bleak as ever with the average citizen enjoying no real political, religious or personal freedoms. hundreds of thousands of north korean political prisoners remain imprison the in goolags and others endeavor to escape by any means possible even if it means crossing to china where many refugees are forced into prostitution and hard labor. despite the north's efforts to appear quote strong and prospero prosperous" this year to celebrate the 100th birthday of the country's founder, vast numbers of north koreans continue to face starvation. sadly, the north korean regime's misguided priorities, pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into its so-called space program and nuclear programs and massive military only undersc

embassy in beijing. if he is there, it comes at an awkward time for the u.s., with secretary of state hillary clinton due to arrive next week. >> when we see reports of lawyers, artists or others who are detained or disappeared, the united states speaks out both publicly and privately. >> reporter: there's a huge scandal involving the purging of a rising political star, amid accusations of krupg and murder. chen's dash for freedom is another blow for them. ian williams, nbc news, bangkok. >>> back to this country now and a dramatic end tonight for an all-out man hunt for a fugitive hiding out in the mountains east of seattle. a man is suspected of killing his family, a trail that led them to an elaborate underground bunker in the woods. we get the report now from gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: this is the underground bunker where police say a well trained survivalist was holed up, heavily armed with rifles, bullet proof vests, gas masks and a generator. investigators say peter keller spent eight years buil

embassy in beijing. activists say china and the u.s. trying to resolve the issue before secretary of state clinton's visit later this week. >>> a disease that normally attacks adults is now being found in the young. it's type 2 diabetes. a new report says doctors are seeing a dramatic increase, especially in overweight teens. and as tony guida reports, is also harder to treat. >> reporter: type 2 diabetes was never seen in young people as recently as 15 years ago. now it's occurring with alarming frequency. doctors know a major risk factory is obesity. beyond that they were mostly in the dark about this disease. >> very little is known about the right way to both prevent it and to treat it. >> reporter: a new study in "the new england journal of medicine" finds standard treatment for type 2 diabetes in children is ineffective because the commonly prescribed drug metformin prescribed for adults, has a high failure rate in children. but a combination of two diabetes drugs is far more effective in treating children. >> two drugs right off

this made some party leaders in beijing nervous. they feared he was trying to modernize the public for his own rise to power. in a rare move premier jintao attacked him in a news conference without mentioning him by name. >> translator: the city party committee and the city government is must reflect sincerely and learn from recent incidents. >> a day later he was removed from his post. it is thought that the top leaders agreed to dismiss him. >> how does it unfold from here, then? >> well, the communist party will hold a convention this fall to selec a new leadership. so it will be a time of intense political maneuvering. the vice president is expected to assume the post of general secretary at the convention, hu putting him on track to become president of china next year. other top positions have yet to be decided. they want to prevent the dramatic downfall from deepening rifts within the party. but the case has already created upheaval rarely seen in beijing. it remains to be seen whether the party can contain the full route. >>

his contact drove him more than 300 miles to beijing. when safe, chen released an internet plea for help from china's premier wen jiabao. >> my family is still in the guards' evil hands, he says. my escape will make them worse. >> chen's accomplices are already paying a heavy price. his driver peirong was taken away by police after talking about her role on china's version of twitter. others who sheltered chen in beijing have also disappear mood detention. >> there are a grow og number of people inside china who are willing to take extraordinary risks simply to try to make the government answer to them and function in the way it should according to the laws on the books. >> reporter: chinese and u.s. diplomats are now believed to be bargaining over chen's fate so he has his own demands. >> he does not want to go into exile, as activist zeng jinyan in a phone interview. he wants to stay in china to continue with his work. he might no have a choice. the u.s. is likely bargaining for chen and his family to go to the united states. two month

celia hatton is in beijing, >> reporter: the u.s. embassy in beijing could be protecting this man, chen guangcheng, one of china's famous human rights activist. he fled house arrest last week. hither the u.s. nor the chinese government will confirm if he is in american custody. blind from a childhood illness, chen is a self-taught defense lawyer. he was imprisoned after exposing wprogram forcing women to undergo abortions to conform to china's one-child policy. but chen's real nightmare started after he was released from prison. to keep him silent, authorities kept the outspoken lawyer under house arrest, along with his wife and six-year-old daughter. security forces barred visitors and subjected chen and his wife to regular beatings. after plotting for months, chen made his great escape last sunday. under the cover-up of darkness, s,e blind 40-year-old lawyer waited until the guards were erenging shifts. he then scaled a high wall and made his way to meet an accomplice. from village in shandong, a network of activists helped him elu

as hillary clinton heads to beijing for talks. celia hatton is in china, norah o'donnell at the white house. one year after the killing of bin laden, new revelations about his ultimate goals. reports from david martin and john miller. dr. jon lapook on a surprising new study about children and diabetes. and after serving years for crimes they didn't commit mark strassmann finds men helping others just like themselves. >> sometimes when i get up i still pinch myself to see if it's true or not. : captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. just when the obama administration was expecting progress in relations with china there's a new crisis. one of china's leading human rights dissidents escaped from house arrest and is believed to be with american diplomats in beijing. the timing is incredible. tonight the secretary of state and treasury secretary are leading a delegation of 200 americans on a long-planned trip to china to iron out foreign policy and economic issues. china

embassy in beijing.lary clinton holding talks with chinese officials in beijing this week. >>> people hope this video surveillance will help police find a missing girl. >>> one world trade center the freedom tower will become new york's tallest skyscraper today. workers will push the unfinished freedom tower past the height of the empire state building. still a year left of construction before freedom tower reaches its full height of 1,776 feet. >>> high school students at a national high school journalism conference thought they were going to talk thoughtfully about anti-bullying. instead, many of them walked out in tears after a prominent anti-bullying advocate, dan savage, called parts of the bible b.s. >> we can learn to ignore the full [ bleep ] in the bible about gay people. funny as someone who is on the receiving end of beatings that are justified by the bible, how [ bleep ] some people react when you push back. >> so those high school students the audience were from christian high schools. so wh

he drove him more than 300 miles to beijing. at a safe house chen recorded a video where he begged chinese authorities not to hurt his family. he said he feared insane retribution at the hands of the police. many of the activists who helped chen escape have been questioned. he pee wrong was on the phone to a u.s. contact when police arrived at her door. and he disappeared the internet, too. when we type her name into china's version of twitter it blocks us from accessing her account. chen's underground network told us chinese police are targeting his entire family and continue to round up anyone with connections to him. celia hatton, cbs news, beijing. >> pelley: we don't know whether chen is holed up in the u.s. embassy. the obama administration won't say, but the midnight oil will be burning at the white house tonight where norah o'donnell is covering the story this evening. norah? >> reporter: scott, these high-level negotiations are under way on what to do with mr. chen. and while those talks continue, president obama today

. >> fifth generation stealth fighter did a test when he was in beijing visiting. >> it was an awkward moment. >> it was an awkward moment. we also take a look at three other systems besides the j-20 stealth fighter. we take a look at the a sat system. >> the anti-satellite rocket. >> the anti-satellite system, we take a look at the anti-ship ballistic missile, the so- called carrier killer. >> the mission 21. >> exactly. we say there that we're following the developments, but this is the staff report, was following the developments, but we were a little surprised by the fact it got to operational capability, initial operational capability as early as it did. and we also took a look at what the government and others are saying about the diesel electric attack submarine. and we have some caveats. we say people were sort of aware of it, but it was a little unclear coming out of government sources and other public sources whether we're really on top of what was going on. >> you guys make more -- you say obviously china is very, very secretive about these programs and also there's a lot of

beijing is cloaked in a political scandal, the worst in years. at its center, bo xilai, former party chief of chongqing city and rising star in the chinese communist party. bo was a strong contender to join the top ranks of leadership. but his sudden fall from grace is causing ripples in and outside the country. much is shrouded in mystery, but it all started in february when bo's right-hand man and former chongqing police chief turned up at a u.s. consulate, reportedly seeking asylum. in march, the communist party removed bo from his post, as the top party official of chongqing. another demotion followed in april, the party suspended bo from the politburo for what it called serious discipline violations. and then came the criminal twist. state media reported that bo's wife was suspected of murdering a british businessman. >> translator: it has been learned that neil hayward was murdered. both wife and a household aide have been detained as suspects in the murder. >> reporter: few other facts are known, but bo's downfall is seen as evidence of a

he called a supporter and was driven hundreds of miles to beijing. the authorities giving chase to the american embassy. >> from u.s. officials, there has been no comment. hillary clinton is due here next week to meet with china's leaders. they are already mired in their own in fighting and scandals ahead of a major leadership changes this year. chen guangcheng's escapes is a new embarrassment. he may be safe. reports that his relatives and those who has -- who helped him are now being rounded up. >> the police manhunt continuing in northeast england following the murders of two people. more than 100 officers involved in the search for the suspect. he is a known drug user with previous convictions for violence. police have continued to receive calls throughout the night but have still not located him. ed thomas reports. >> police patrol the empty streets. tonight, people have been told to stay inside, close their windows, and lock their doors. all because of this man, james allen. two people have been murdered and detectives say he is dangerous and v

within minutes of pulling out our camera, security at the united states embassy in beijing pounced. i ups we can't take photos. but is chen here at the embassy? >> i don't know whether he is. >> reporter: the blind human rights activist has been in hiding after escaping house arrest in his provincial village and fleeing to beijing. now a close friend and fellow campaigner says chen is indeed here, given refuge at the u.s. embassy. when chen first fled to beijing, we had to keep moving him from place to place, to ensure his safety. and we agreed the u.s. embassy is the only absolutely secure location in town. hu jia is seen here in recent days. chen was also meeting his wife. they're among a group of supporters who have aided chen's dramatic escape, who himself is targeted by chinese authorities and would only speak to cnn away from our cameras. but even then, within hours of meeting us, hu was arrested. and another friend of chen was seized by cops. she spoke to cnn by skype just before disappearing. telling how chen says he has no desire to flee china. >> translator: when i asked h

we have been given this photo of chen now free needing another activist in beijing. he spoke to us tonight. first, he said he tried to dig a tunnel. it failed. when the guard was not looking, he scaled a series of walls. he fell and hurt his leg. he called a supporter and was driven hundreds of miles to beijing, the authorities giving chase to the american embassy. from u.s. officials, there has been no comment. hillary clinton is due to meet next week with china's leaders. they are already mired in their own infighting and scandal ahead of a major leadership change this year. chen guangcheng's escape is a new embarrassment for them. he may be safe, but there are reports his relatives and those who helped him are now being rounded up. bbc news in beijing. >> an extraordinary story of courage. to japan, where the issue of u.s. troops stationed there since the second world war has long been a strain on relations between both countries. now it seems a compromise may be close. thousands of u.s. marines are to leave and redeploy to locations outside of japan. at least 10,

. >> almost four years ago, beijing wowed the world with one of the most spectacular olympics. this year it will be london's chance to shine. u.s. athletes have been getting ready. she is an olympic veteran and 200-meter champion. something has eluded her, olympic gold in an individual event. she says the previous failures are motivating her. >> i am striving to come away with that gold medal. >> michael phelps, star of the 2008 beijing olympics, he brought home a record eight gold medals, says he is ready to do his part again 14 usa, although he has not announced how many events he will compete in. >> am in a better spot than i was at any time over the past three years. physically in better shape, mentally in better shape ever since beijing. >> the excitement ounce. now we wait for one of the biggest shows on earth. >> now your 11 insta-weather- plus forecast with meteorologist ava marie. >> compared to the 90-degree heat we saw on monday, today feels chilly. it does in 63 the majority of the day. we have a lot of clouds and cooler air is pushing in. combination of that making

security council deliberations, in our discussions with the chinese to get beijing to do more. >> all right. well, let's go to china then. is that little glimmer in the presidential statement any real shine that china is reconsidering its stability first policy towards north korea? in other words, is it a fool's err rabd to try to secure stronger cooperation from beijing on trying to change pyongyang's behavior given the chinese security calculus just seems to be so different than ours? oar some of the other countries in the region snp any of you. >> i would note, mr. berman, that this was a presidential statement. and it's not binding. and this is what we resort to when we can't get china and russia to agree to binding language. this was a fall back position. >> all right, but -- i get you. and i mean, it's not binding. to the bigger question, is there any reason to have any hope that china is going to change its calcul calculus, that a diplomatic push on china, who's so important to doing some of the things you suggest need to be done in terms of -- or stopping what north korea gets

and they reported to beijing that there was a lot of progress. production had gone way up in those areas where they tried it. and then deng announced that if people really wanted to and in areas where there was serious famine that they should be allowed on a broader scale to find a way to produce goods on their own. and within a year or so over 90 % of the country decollectivized. it was a brilliant way in which deng kept the support of the conservatives. he didn't go out on any limb, and he let the thing develop gradually so that more people supported it. and in the fall of of '78 his partner, one of the reasons why i mentioned his fall in the cultural revolution as being so important is because it led him to think that china needed to go a very different path. and one of the important things was of, also, forming good relations with the major countries from which they would learn. he'd already been to europe in 1934 and 197 -- 1974 and 1975 as well as 1924 and '25. so as well as the visit to france in '74 and '75 and to france and southeast asi

friends drove him to beijing and to the u.s. embassy. though this has not been confirmed by washington or beijing. >> our reliable source shared with us he was in the u.s. diplomatic protection. >> reporter: there's no sign of extra security at the u.s. embassy in beijing. if he is there, it comes at an awkward time for the u.s. with secretary of state hillary clinton due to visit next week. she referred to his plight in a speech last year. >> when we see reports of lawyer, artists an others who are detained or disappeared, united states speaks out both publicly and privately. >> reporter: it also comes as china's leadership is embroiled in a huge scandal involving the purging of a rising political star amid accusations of corruption and murder. chen's dash for freedom is another challenge for them and for the u.s. administration eager to gain chinese support on global issues from north korea to iran. >> back in this country, a dramatic end to an all out man hunt for a fugitive hiding out in the mountains east of seattle. police have bee

and from beijing and this is not only the history of his person. it's also the history of a lot of people of my generation. i grew up with his policies and i think this is great to that more american people to note that her about what it did in fact in china, but not rather steep or official events, recordings from the newspaper errs. so this is my first book already. i usually get them as gift to american or other people or those who are willing to know better about chinese history touring the past 30 years. so my very question will be very simple. this is a history for the future and for the near future, what is your point of view -- i mean, what is your point of view of the china's rise and the american relative decline? will they be punished or will they be anna means? >> i think there'll be a lot of tension between china and the united states. as kissinger pointed out in his will, you know, for a president, all of them felt we must be engaged with china and must work with china. so even though there is a lot of tension and competition, in the

embassy in beijing. the u.s. officials have pointedly not confirmed it. this afternoon after a white house meeting with the prime minister of japan, president obama declined to talk about chen directly. >> obviously i'm aware of the press reports on the situation in china. but i'm not going to make a statement on the issue. what i would like to emphasize is that every time we meet with china, the issue of human right comes up. it is our belief that not only is that the right thing to do because it comports with our principles and our belief in freedom and human rights, but also because we actually think china will be stronger as it opens up and liberalizes its own system. >> reporter: chen ran afoul of chinese authorities by campaigning against forced aboringss used to enforce china's one-child policy. he served more than four years in prison before his release in september, 2010. since then, what security men watching he and his family have been under house arrest. but eight days ago, defight the agents at his home and those posted at the entrance to his

>> no. >> reporter: after a gold medal hat trick in beijing, winning the 100 meters, 200 meters, andrth gold in the 4 x 400. >> after london games people should say, wow, when you turn your tv off you sit back in their chair for a minute. >> reporter: such a feat. would unleash a celebration in jamaica that could outdo even the aftermath of beijing. >> reporter: to see your countrymen in the street celebrating you and what you have done for the country, man, that must be bigger than anything. >> you have no idea. goose bumps all the time, and it was amazing. >> reporter: amazing, yes, but this island nation of just under three million people has a long tradition of producing some of the fastest humans on earth. usain bolt is just the latest king of the track. glen mills is his coach. >> it's not just a sport, but a way of life. >> reporter: a very competitive way of life. this time around bolt will have some tough competition nipping at his heels. 22-year-old yohann blake who trains with bolt and he is determined to make his own mark in london. do you think you make him better? >> ev

nhk world has more from beijing. >> reporter: by some estimates, there are several ngos in china. some are registered with the government. others are -- many of the grassroots ngos were set up by people on their own initiative to tackle social and environmental problems. most of them have been relying on donations from abroad. >> reporter: she works for an ng no beijing which supports migrant workers. life is hard for the poorest migrants and their families. they are excluded from many of the benefits provided for local residents and their children even have to go to separate schools. gao has been providing counseling for families who are having difficulties. she makes regular visits to their homes. on this day, she's visiting a 14-year-old boy. he used to fight with his parents a lot and even stayed out all night away from home. gao has met with him repeatedly to encourage him to communicate with his parents more. gradually, the boy has opened up and things have improved between them. now he's keen to go to college just as his parents have been hoping. >> thanks to gao and the ot

it has beijing on the defensive. i will talk to the new yorkers beijing correspondent evan about what it all means. then pakistan which had its own mini-scandal a year ago leading to the ouster of its famous ambassador to washington. we have the first exclusive interview with ambassador akani since then. he will tell us what happened to him and what's happening in pakistan. also, why in the world has immigration from mexico to the united states stopped in its tracks? we'll take a look. next up, the american elder statesman brent scowcroft on syria, iran, and the middle east, and how he feels today about the republican party which he served for decades. >> do you prost krast nature, waste money, over indulge. what to do with your bad hakts and how transforming them could help you, your company, your country. first, here's my take. after months of meander,ing it seems that president barack obama's re-election campaign has settled on a theme. the problem is it's the wrong one. the buffett rule tax on millionaires has be

security at the united states embassy in beijing pounced. i understand we can't take photos, but is chung here at the embassy? >> i don't know whether he is. >> reporter: the blind human rights activist is thought to be es -- chen is indeed here given refuge at the u.s. embassy. >> when chen guangcheng first fled to beijing, we had to keep moving him from one place to another. chen had been under heavy guard for the last three months. chen angered chinese authorities. he had spent more than four years in prison convicted of disrupting traffic and damaging property during demonstrations, since he's released, he's been in lockdown. this is what happened when we tried to visit chen last year, with hollywood actor christian bale. now bale has released a statement he says an innocent family has been horrifically tortured. while it gives hope that for now, chen is safe, china must now show its wisdom and compassion and compassion. if indeed chen is here, this threatens to become a political war. but u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton is due i