anthony. >> mason: ben tracy. thank you, ben. disabled girl is facing deportation to mexico after being caught on her way to a hospital in south texas. she had been brought to the u.s. illegally as an infant. anna werner is following this. >> reporter: 10-year-old rosamaria hernandez, who has cerebral palsy, needed emergency gall bladder surgery. she was being rushed to the hospital in an plans tuesday when she arrived at a texas highway checkpoint, her lawyer says when customs and border patrol agencies discovered she was not a u.s. citizen, they followed her to the hospital and after surgery, took her to a detention facility in san antonio. hernandez went with her cousin because her parents, undocumented immigrants themselves, were fearful of being detained and stay in laredo. her mother, felipa de la cruz, said, "i don't want them to deports her. mexico isn't safe, and she needs therapy, her doctors." hernandez's parents brought their daughter from mexico illegally when she was three months old, hoping to get her better medica

ben tracy reports coal is on the way out, solar power is coming in. >> reporter: on a farm in northernna they are planting a new crop. nearly 200,000 solar panels in the heart of coal country. in the south, china just flipped a switch on the world's largest floating solar installation. built on top of a lake created by an abandoned coal mine. projects like these help china double its solar capacity last year. it is now twice as big as the u.s. capacity. nearly half of all the new solar installations in the world are now happening here in china. and they're doing it quickly. greenpeace says they are installing the equivalent of a soccer field full of solar panels every hour of every day. >> we have 28 solar power plants in operation in china. and three more are under construction. >> reporter: maggie qiu is executive president of panda green energy. it has installed enough solar panels to power more than 40 million homes. >> why are you building so many solar farms. >> we intend to bring the better future to our next generation by using such clean energy, reducing the air pollution. tha

ben tracy is there. >> on a farm in northern china, they're planting a new crop.lar panels in the heart of coal country. in the south china just flipped the switch on the world's largest floating solar installation. built on top of a lake, created by an abandoned coal line. project like these help china double its solar capacity last year. it is now twice taz big as the the u.s. capacity. nearly half of all new solar installations in the world are happening here in china. and they're doing it quickly. green peace says they're installing soccer field full of solar panels every hour of every day. >> we have 28 solar plants in operation in china. and, three more are under construction. >> maggie cho, is president of panda green energy, installed enough solar panels to power 140 million homes. >> why build sowing many solar field? >> we intend to bring better future to next generations using clean energy reducing air pollution. the company's mission. >> it is also the government's mission. spending hundred of billions of dollars to subsidize renewable energy as china

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ben tracy sorts it out. >> how often do you see a bad translation?tes. >> laura jao a tour guide in beijing for ten years. so she has seen plenty of these. signs where something definitely got lost in translation. >> i think, it is probably because we don't really use english. >> there are helpful reminders to please wait outside. remember to enjoy the fresh air after you civilized urinating. >> why do you think translations were so bad on so many signs? >> to be honest. i think it is because lots of people lazy. >> lazy. >> yes. directly put it online. translate. and designer may not really know english at all. >> i assume the shoes in there are not actually old? >> new shoes. traditional style. >> how traditional beijing shoes becomes old beijing shoes. >> also how a warning not to step on the growing grass, can become i like your smile, but unlook you put your shoes on my face. >> most of us find this pretty funny. the chinese government find it pretty embarrassing the they have issued the guide. translations how to write everything from sun bathi

china on the other hand is doing the opposite, ben tracy reports, coal is on the way out.lanting a new crop. nearly 200,000 solar panels in the heart of coal country. in the south, china just flipped the switch on the world's largest floating solar installation. built on top of a lake, created by an abandoned coal line. projects like these help china double its solar capacity last year. it is now twice as big as the u.s. capacity. nearly half of all new solar installations in the world are happening here in china. they're doing it quickly. green peace says they're installing equivalent of a soccer field full of solar panels every hour of every day. >> we have 28 solar power plants in operation in china. and, three more are under construction. >> maggie chao is executive president of panda green energy it installed enough solar panels to power 40 million homes. >> why are you build sowing many solar farms? >> we intend to bring a better future to our next generations. by using such clean energy, reducing the air pollution that is, the company's mission. >> it is also the go

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ben tracy is in beijing. ben, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. so xi jinping does not yet have a little red book like ma mao zedond did. challenging him is like challenging communist part rules. fueling speculation that he will try to stay in power indefini indefinite indefinitely. xi has been making the case that china needs a steady hand to continue to grow its economy, build its military, and become a global super power. state media is rapidly building a cult of personality around its leader drawing come pafrsons to the large e than life chairman mao. the communist party has taken over all of the billboards in the country. and they're doubling down on propaganda, turning villages like this for the commercial party complete with a tv screen to make sure everyone gets the message. in the past five years zxi jinping has tried to crack down. >> he's trying to put them back into the is chinese political mind. and control what they say, do, and ultimately think as well. >> when president trump comes to beijing next month he's expected to press presi

ben tracy is in beijing with how a naval response may have something to do with it.ood morning. >> good morning. they call the u.s. and south korea warmongers who may start a world war. the country has not launched a missile test in more than a month, but north korea does appear to be clearly upset about joint mull tear exercises that the u.s. and south korean navies are conducting off the south korean peninsula. this including as navy destroyers. it's to increase the readiness of u.n. resources but north korea sees it as a rehearsal for an invasion. that i say the military practices are driving tension and prove that u.s. and soekt korea are attempting to egg night a war on the korean peninsula. the military exercises do end on friday but next week the u.s. is planning to hold a rehearsal for how they would evacuate u.s. citizens from south korea if a war did break out. jeff? >> ben tracy, thank you very much. >>> the gunman accused of killing three co-workers at a maryland office park and injuring three others is in custody this morning. radee labeeb prince was cap

ben tracy is in beijing. ben, good morning. >> reporter: good morning.o xi jinping does not yet have a little red book like chairman mao did with his thoughts on dpovrning and life, but xi jinping's life will be taught in chinese schools and challenging him is considered challenging communist party rule. when president xi revealed the new leaders of china's communist party today, there was no obvious successor, fueling speculation that he will try to stay in power indefinitely. xi has been making the case that china needs a steady hand to continue to grow its economy, build its military and become a global superpower. state media is rapidly building a cultive personality around its leader, drawing comparisons to the larger than life chairman mao. the communist party has taken over nearly all of the billboards in beijing and large red banners above the freeways proclaim xi's new era. the communist party is doubling down on propaganda, turning villages like this outside of beijing into commercials for the party, complete with a giant tv screen just to make

ben tracy is in beijing with how the provocative statements may be a response to naval exercises nearby. ben, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. in this latest threat, north korea also call also the u.s. and south korea war mongers who may start a nuclear war. now, this latest threat comes at a time which appears to be a lull in north korea's missile test. the country has not launched one in more than a month. north korea does appear to be upset about military exercises the u.s. and south korea's navies are conducting. this includes the "uss ronald reagan" aircraft carrier as well as navy destroyers. the u.s. military says the war games are designed to increase the readiness of u.s. and south korea south korean forces. but north korea sees them as a rehearsal for invasion. the north says these military exercises are driving the tension into the worst line of explosion and prove the u.s. and south korea are attempting to ignite a war on the korean peninsula. the military exercises do end on friday. but next week the u.s. military is planning to hold the rehearsal for how they would

ben tracy with how china is trying to tackle the problem. >> how often do you see a bad translation?s. >> every ten minutes. >> yes r she's a tour guide and has seen plenty of these. signs where something definitely got lost in translation. >> i think it's probably because we don't really use english. >> reporter: there are helpful reminders to please wait outside a noodle and always enjoy the fresh air afterizeid urine nating. >> why do you think it's happening? >> they're happy. >> reporter: i assume the shoes are not old. new shoes. >> exactly. traditional style. >> that's how they become old shoes. >> yes. >> reporter: how don't step on the grass becomes i like your smile but put your shoes on my face. >> some find it funny but china finds it embarrassing. they now have a guide with hundreds of translations how to write everything from sunbathing to ski reort sorts, closing time, to under construction. >> reporter: under the new guidelines, the once widely used execution in progress will become under construction. the men's deformed toilet sign will read accessful toilet. they tr

ben tracy is in beijing, china, to show us what being cashless is like.ning. when i moved to china a couple of months ago, i could getting funny looks. then i got one of these. it's a code on my phone and now i can basically buy anything here in china. when you pay for something, how do you pay for it? >> by phone. >> reporter: on the streets of beijing, cash is definitely not king. >> what do you think of p >> that's rare, he says. only the elderly and those who kenting if it out pay cash. this woman says i rarely take my wallet when i go out. just my phone. that's because the phones can buy just about everything to clothes in the store to steamed buns on the street. they're used to pay for bike rides and bus rides, rent and utility bills. >> when's the last time you used cash? wow, that's a long time. >> payments on their platforms total more than $5.5 trillion last year ak 200% jump from the year before and nearly 50 times more than the value of mobile payments in the u.s. one of the big reasons mobile payments have caught on so quickly here in china i

it sounded so cool, ben tracy sflchlt. >>> the chef in the green room.t at the ends. i agree! he's in our toyota green room. ahead his new book and why we shouldn't demonize sugar >>> internationally renowned chef has created a name for himself. he's the owner of several deli's bearing his name and the high-end restaurant in london. his award-winning cookbooks have sold more than 3.7 million copes worldwide. he's now out with his first dessert book called "sweet." we welcome otolenke. this is such a beautiful cookbook. tell us why you wanted to do desserts. >> this with us my first job in the kitchen. i would stand in the corner and whip up egg whites when he would tell me. >> you've become an expert. >> i think i am. in our shops in london we have mountains of meringue. people who come in are absorbed by meringue. there's raspberry meringue and chocolate meringue. >> what do you say to people? >> like anything, you could abuse it or use it and i think sugar that comes from snack bars or savory food, all the hidden sugars are what you don't want to consu

ben, specifically no openings to report. you should be good to coast over those bridges. tracy? >>> a school in gloucester county is trying to move forward an racially tinged violence broke out in the hallways following hate-filled text messages. >> we have more live from washington township high school where some parents will keep their kids home from school today. randy? >> reporter: and last night an effort to contain this situation and spark a dialogue after these racially charged text messages circulated through the high school here. yesterday the district forced to call an image meeting at the high school because of texts that led to a brawl inside the school hallways. [ shouting ] [ bleep ]. >> reporter: that fight caught on video. posted to twitter. it happened at washington township high school wednesday. students confronted classmates who say theypectsed racial slurs and hateful language. yesterday, a dozen or so students skipped class and held a peaceful sit-in in protest. last night the school addressed concerns at a community meeting. >> i was very offended and felt

right before the ben franklin toll plaza you can see that here moving through camden, no problems so far. vai and tracy. >> thank you. >>> still ahead, a house fire forces a local family to rebuild their lives but one of their new purchases doesn't come as advertised. they call nb xrrx c 10 response help. >>> plus, if you need another reason to love the philadelphia eagles, coming up, chris long explains why he's giving up his salary for the rest of the year and working for free. when you're a double-dipping pension-padder like steve sweeney, it's important to maintain a certain... lifestyle. that's why sweeney spent over a hundred grand of his campaign funds on high-priced meals and other gifts. we're talking fine cigars, fancy watches, pricey restaurants, and expensive wines - all to charm the type of folks who helped him raise your taxes 145 times. too many in south jersey are struggling. but steve sweeney's looking out for himself, not for us. rnlsh happening today family, fans and officials from philadelphia and nhl will honor ed snider. they will unveil a statue. it comes on the 50th anniversary