catherine: big questions there. we are going to end with a story, i guess we could maybe call it a happy ending. hasrth korean defector become a television star and south korea. >> some of them are. defections are highly risky but those who have made it have become reality tv stars in south korea. they take the example of a man .ho escaped by swimming a river she has appeared in more than 100 reality tv episodes, and these shows range from dating to comedy to survivors like a denser shows. -- survivorq?q?q?q?q?q?q?q?q? >> it's invisible to most of us, but there is a crime wave going on unprecedented in human history. it's everywhere, in every country, on every contntinent, and it affects virtually everything. the goods we buy, the kind of jobs people do and where they do them, the safety of our homes andd families. it's theft on a colossal scale. >> you could say that it's the crime of the century because you'd always be foolish to try any other kind of crime. if you're organized and you know what you're doing, it i

i'm catherine nicholson with your headlines. international outrage after a hospital was destroyed in syria's second city, aleppo. the united nations is calling on washington and moscow to use their influence to end the bloodshed. 24 police officers have been injured, three of them seriously, and 124 protesters put under arrest after a day of labor law protests in france boiled over into violence in several cities. and in venezuela, the crisis deepens. civil servants told they cannot be paid because of government oversight. meanwhile, looting continues, as well as opposition efforts to remove president nicolas maduro. thanks for joining us. at least 24 police officers have been injured, three of them seriously, in a day of protests and violence around france that has brought tens of thousands of people onto the streets. demonstrations against labor law reform plans boiling over in paris, marseille, toulouse, lyon, and more. organizers say over half a out in people turned total. police put that figure at 170,000. the interior mini

catherine heenan is here with the latest including reaction from north carolina's governor. >> catherine: this is the biggest tangible economic bet last yet. n.c. so- called fat from villages costa stake at least 400 future jobs. hey pal is scrapping a $3.6 billion expansion which would have created a new global operation center in charlotte. >> catherine: the so-called belly company says it believes that every person has the right to be treated equally so the decision was necessary. n.c. government-- governor argues that the law protect students and state school and he is not backing down. he insists that the issue is about privacy. >> catherine: supporters of the new lot argued that the paper is being hypocritical since it is expanding into cuba despite that country's human rights violations. a federal law has been filed over the measure. and the attorney-general and north carolina has said he will not defended in court. >> catherine: and gay rights advocates are among those who are furious about a new bill signed by the mississippi governor. governor, phil bryant said today that he ha

catherine viette has more. catherine v.: pfizer is bowing theof the deal after projected tax benefits are set to disappear under new rules set out by the u.s. treasury department. u.s. president barack obama said companies who use tax loopholes were gaming the system. they declarema: that they are based somewhere else, thereby getting the rewards of being an american company without fulfilling the responsibilities to pay their taxes the way everybody else is supposed to pay them. the treasury department actions will make it more difficult and less lucrative for companies to exploit this particular corporate inversions loophole. catherine v.: inversion deals are not new, but, in recent years, they have received more public scrutiny. put simply, if you're -- inversions involve a u.s. firm merging with a company in a country with a lower tax orate. pfizer would have bought allergan and moved its headquarters to ireland, where the corporate tax rate is 12.5%, much less than the united states' 30%. the new treasury

i am catherine norris-trent. syria,starting off in where parliamentary elections are going ahead in government controlled areas of the country, around a third of syria posterity. some 3500 government approved cabinets are finding seats in parliament. the vote is not recognized by the u.s.. different government has called it a sham. several have criticized the procedure great fighting has intensified in several areas of syria on the ground. wednesday, the thought of another round of peace talks in syria. they are beginning again in damascushere the delegation will not be arriving for at least another 24 hours. the cease-fire agreed in february is under increasing pressure amid infighting for the past few days. formid a surge of fighting the past few days. >> the latest attempt for a roadmap to peace. negotiations aimed at stopping syria's five-year civil war, a power struggle to prevent the breakdown in the country's cease-fire. >> we agreed that what is important is that the decision of austerity continues, that

catherine nicholson. our headlines -- that's donald," trump's motto as he lays out his foreign-policy intentions. our correspondent in washington, d.c., will be running through some of them for us. charged with terrorist offenses and sent to solitary confinement, saul of this loan, the one surviving suspect from -- solitary confinement, salah the one surviving suspect from the november attacks in paris, is in custody now. the marathon effort ahead. thanks for joining us here on "live from paris." donald trump has declared his intention to put america first if he is elected u.s. president in november. the front runner for the republican party nomination laid out the proposed broad lines of his foreign-policy earlier. desks that companies that rely -- mr. trump: our military dominance must be unquestioned, and i mean unquestioned by anybody and everybody. we have spent trillions of dollars over time on planes, missiles, ships, equipment, building up our military to provide a strong defense to europe and asi

catherine n.: that's good. on the other side of the debate, people might say that religious symbols make people stand out and not be treated equally, but i'm sure it's a debate that could continue for a long time. thank you so much for giving us your point of view, eric fassin. something rather different for you now, a very special birthday celebration, this one for europe's oldest guerrilla -- gorilla. we are wishing her a happy 59th birthday. she is a resident at the berlin zoo. fruitceived a delicious basket. she was brought to europe from west africa as a baby and has been at the berlin zoo since 1969. she is the second oldest gorilla in the world. there is another in ohio who is just four years older. she has lived far past the normal life expectancy of gorillas. she can still climb and hang from the trees in her enclosure. that's part of how she has been celebrating her birthday. it is just coming up to 9:20 in the evening in paris. a reminder of our top world headlines. a frenchman is under arrest in spa

catherine n.: incredible stuff. now moving on to some arts news.the director of a new film version of "the jungle book" has been speaking to "france 24" about why he took on the onerous task of remaking it. it is packed with special effects. it features the voices of scarlett johansson, idris elba, and bill murray. fromve also been hearing the actor who plays the boy, m owgli. can't learn to run with the pack one of these days -- run with the fact, one of these days, you will be someone's dinner. >> can you give us your best wolf howl? >> ok. owooooo! >> this is your first film. tell us how you got the part. >> i was just in my dance class. the teacher heard -- she said i would be very good for it, so i auditioned, and they really liked it. >> have you seen the film before? >> when i first heard about the audition, that's when i watched the older movie. >> did you feel a lot of pressure? >> i did not know when i first auditioned. if i knew that, there would have been a lot more pressure. come on, mowgli. >> i'm hoping baloo get ready for hibernatio

. >> reporter: the veterans memorial building of san roman valley is a place catherine feels very much at home. perhaps catherine says it's because she is a much better veteran than she ever was a marine. >> that's exactly true. we could help you with that. >> reporter: if catherine's superiors could see her now, they'd see someone doing an exemplary job helping other vets organizing events to help them financially. lobbying for their interests in washington. and most recently, working to raise $150,000 for a quadruple amputee marine she has never met can make his home more accessible. >> i just have to. like, i just have to. i won't feel complete if i don't reach out and see if there's anything i can do. >> reporter: it is a calling, catherine says, that began with a single call more than a decade ago. >> i got a phone call one sunday. when i was at the grocery store. >> reporter: i haven't seen her inniers and years. >> soledad jackson was on the phone. had served with catherine in the early '80s and was still serving in 2004 when the marines deployed her to iraq for a year. though t

good evening i'm catherine heenan we first brought you this story on kron-4 news at 5. kron-4's charles clifford joins us live now from hayward. chuck what do we know about the failed test? >> reporter:just before 2pm friday, one of bart's brand new train cars overshot the end of a section of test track in hayward by several feet and crashed into a dirt pile. this is video of the accident from our helicopter partnership with abc 7. the accident apparently occurred while bart train operators were being familiarized with the new train system and the new train cars. it's unknown if the accident was the result of human error or some type of mechinal problem. bart says that at the time of the accident the train was only travelling between 5 and 10 miles per hour and that no one was injured. it's unclear exactly how many people were on board at the time or if the train suffered any damage. after the accident the car was still partially on the tracks and maintenance crews were able to pull it off the dirt pile. each of bart's new train cars costs about 2 million dollars. the f

catherine heenan is here with >> catherine: of that the fbi has figured out how to do this the feds are helping authorities and arkansas amok phones of two teenagers accused of murder. boys charged with killing the grandparents of one of the teenagers in july last year. the prosecutors believe that there is relevant l evidence on the phone which to use in trial. they of course apple refused to help it or not, and encrypted phone but they figured out how to do it without the company's help. using an unidentified third party. . there may in building in the ramp at injury finalized next week. the prime suspect in the paris attacks can be sent to france. to face charges. salah abdelslam agreed to the he was captured two- weeks ago in belgium. during a huge police abdelslam is accused of helping plan and carryout the november dead. he was on the run for four - months before authorities caught up to him. they captured him just four days before the deadly attacks init is now up to belgian and french authorities to work out the handover. which is not two missionaries injured during the attack o

>>pam moore: some missouri biggest fans might be feeling left at would explain why >>catherine heenans was partly inspired by the fact of prosecutors have had a very tough time pursuing sexual assault charges against bill cosby. >>reporter: today this they the mail headline suggested some women are being left out of our national project. >>pam moore: went to check in on the london. >>reporter: you probably wondering where is the plan will also sing when the conditions as uninterested tonight calls will continue to increase after midnight and tomorrow we'll see a few lingering showers we have another of the angry moisture that is closer to the sierra it will maintain the site chance of showers as a culprit the day that is on to half of off to temperatures as if a strike into the weekend fishing start making plans for a quantity of orders which can but for have to get to this new system for was start to see the temperature is regulate all the bad as we have and tuesday and runs them for the beautiful condition for the weekend. >>here is stanley roberts who found some people behaving bad

catherine: a fresh tremor rattled ecuador overnight.t was the strongest aftershock since saturday plus deadly earthquake. rescue operations were suspended recently and the u.n. humanitarian chief says hundreds remain missing after the earthquake and some 21,000 people need shelter immediately. the latest death toll stands at 525 at that number will likely rise. , aftershocks rattled nerves in the southwest of the country. teams continue to dig into the rubble after the earthquake. hundreds of people in the area spent another night in their car, afraid to return to damaged houses. several people are still missing. next, the u.s. president is in saudi arabia for a persian gulf summit that will focus on the wars in syria and yemen. barack obama began the visit by meeting with the saudi king and his visit comes as relations between the allies have been strained. riyadh remains opposed to the outreach of iran. a visit to one of washington post longtime allies and a bit to revive a friendship that has come under strain. barack obama is in riy

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. >> catherine: hillary starting heard it early with an appearance outside philadelphia then on to the issue since the pittsburgh. bernie also began the day in philadelphia before campaigning with hawaii he says he is confident he will be able to prevent trump from acquiring enough delegates to "we are going to a contested convention, and one of two peope will be the nominee. either me or donald trump. it's going to be a battle at the convention to see who can winn the support of a majority of the delegates elected by the people." trump took his campaign to delaware, where he boasted about the states that have supported him. and one that hasn't. we won alabama, we won arkansas, we won kentucky and we won florida and we won south carolina and we won new hampshire. and we won connecticut and we won so much! so much, but not that much. trump hasn't won connecticut, at least not yet. it's one of next week's five primary states. trump is leading in the polls in every one of them. today president obama waded into the controversy over north carolina and mississippi's bathroom laws. while on a

catherine heenan is here with the latest. everyone has seen the video of ponch - running across the bay bridge sunday. being followed by c-h-p officers trying to catch him. it's a lot of running for those little legs.and it's hard not to feel sorry for him. the latest on ponch - he went into a foster home thursday. that's because san francisco animal workers want to give him some time to rest and learn to be social again. he's described as nervous - and they're hoping he'll settle down. he 'will' be put up for adoption eventually -- but probably not for a week or so. some people came forward to claim him - but couldn't prove he was theirs. it's still not clear why he was on the bridge. it's believed someone abandoned him by letting him out of a car. >> pam:a salary agreement has been made. averting a five-day strike at 23- cal-state campuses. university officials and the union representing faculty members. made a deal. salaries will increase by 10- and a half- percent over the next three years. the time required for newly hir

>> right, catherine. company executives made this decision after signing a deal, after signing a deal to be acquired by taiwan's hon hay precision industry, known as foxon. that happened earlier this month. sharp will nearly double its intake of new graduates starting march 2017. the executives say they need young talent to develop new products. sharp managers hired about 150 new graduates from colleges and graduate schools for the business year that started this month. they say they're looking to increase the quota to 290 for fiscal 2017. their aim is to secure talented workers to help turn around the company's operations. honhei has agreed to pain $3.6 billion for the acquisition. this will allow sharp to invest in businesses. >>> the governments of japan and germany are expected to exchange memorandums on a cutting edge technology that will improve factory productivity. known as the internet of things, or iot, it uses sensors and the internet to connect everything from factory equipment to consumer goo

i'm catherine kobayashi with the stories this hour. the japanese high court will decide on wednesday whether our not two reactors at a nuclear plant can continue operating. the plant in the southwestern part of the country has drawn safety concerns from a citizen group. the high court is to give its judgment on an appeal by a group of people who live near the sendai plant. the residents are seeking an injunction to halt the number one and number two reactors, because of perceived safety issues. a district court turned down the petition in april last year, prompting them to file the appeal. the residents argue the plant operator underestimated the maximum strength of seismic jolt that could hit the plant. an eruption could trigger a serious accident. the operator, electric power company, insists its earthquake measure measures are correct. a mega eruption is extremely low

catherine heenan is here with details found in unsealed court documents. >> catherine:for starters.these newly released documents tell us why f-b-i agents were swarming around a house connected to petrov last month. during the march 8th raid - agents say they found a gun and drugs, including methamphetamines. a woman he was with was also arrested. the fbi believes the amount of drugs found suggest petrov was dealing. the unsealed complaint also details his extensive record. calling him a convicted felon and 'career criminal.' over the years, he's been charged with 43 felonies and 25 misdemeanors. of those - he was 'convicted' of 5 felonies -- and 3 of the misdemeanors. the felony convictions include two charges of recklessly evading an officer. the f-b-i also says he's associated with the norteno gang. petrov was badly beaten by two alameda county deputies in november - which was caught on video. his mother has said he's been

catherine was able to donate to nicole which was dawn's original recipient. >> reporter: catherine was a match for nicole johnson. that karma her aunt dawn had been waiting for came right back around. >> catherine, i thank you. you truly are a blessing to me. >> reporter: transplant doctors say this concept of bridgeing and gapping can match a critical gap between supply and demand in transplants. >> the waiting time can be upwards of five to seven years. >> reporter: another twist, all the donors are educators. perhaps offering up the lesson of a lifetime that in giving, there's also receiving. >> i just planted seeds. i just planted seeds. now this is the garden. and it's a beautiful garden. it's a wonderful feeling to see that and to hear this for the first time is overwhelming. >> reporter: amy freeze, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> they were seeds of life. go, dawn. fantastic. >> the gift of life. >> eyewitness news at 5:00 begins right now. >> >> purple rain is falling now as fans around the world mourn the death of the music legend prince. this is a live look at the marquee at th

in addition to all that catherine does, she also helped add msh a number of -- administer a number of private facebook group for veterans to offer support if they need it. nbc bay area news. >> if you know of someone doing something nice for others, we'd love to hear from you. go to our website, nbc bay area.com and search bay area proud. >> that is amazing. such incredible stories. >> yeah. >> the microclimate forecast. how are we doing for sunday? >> we're looking at slight chances of showers in the bay area. obviously, extreme drought across most of the bay area. the latest update shows improvements we've seen around the bay area. a significant reduction in the severity of the drought around the bay area. check out the time line for the rest of california. the darker red dropped from 46% to 21%. however, the coverage of the drought, 97% to 90. the issue here, central and southern california didn't get as much rain as we saw over the winter and spring. but good news for the sierra and northern california. a better chancel coming next wednesday of next week. breezy outside. you see t

catherine heenan is here with details on what is likely to be different. there's been a big fuss over the recent decision to first send the train to northern california -- rather than the l- a area. so much so -- a vote was put off today on the revised plan.just to give state officials more time to try to get people in southern california used to the idea. there was a meeting in san jose.and the board was expected to adopt the 64-billion dollar plan.but that vote will happen later. the latest idea calls for the bullet train to head from the central valley to san jose -- rather than south to the san fernando valley. the changes include shifting the central valley starting point to merced and adding another station near bakersfield. the first stretch would begin operating in 2025. >> pam:a day after the 4/20 festivities. and crews are still cleaning up in golden gate park from the annual marijuana celebration. however. those clean-up efforts are costing taxpayers a pretty penny. kron 4's averi harper has the details. san francisco police and a number of othe

i too hated dropping the part of catherine.r inside my psyche and having her as my constant companion and i have come to believe one of the reasons i went to graduate school to study shakespeare was to keep myself in the company of shakespeare's imaginary persons for as long as i could. what is more i have come to think that is not so much delusional or wishful thinking as an expression of shakespeare's formidable ability to bring his world forward and large it in us and create these encounters on shockingly intimate grounds. let me finish one short example. a year and a half ago i was at a conference on the hatred of the stage in renaissance europe. it was in fact the hated phenomena in. there was a presentation on annunciation of the actors in 16th century france. i was struck how it was repeated again and again, the word catherine uses to describe the indecency foisted upon her by the english tongue. all of a sudden i had this whole new revelation of catherine, how in imagining herself preparing to play the role of a french

catherine is in albuquerque. hi, catherine. caller: oh, hello. a most delightful experience. i had trepidations about today, ut i will tell you, it is organic and will would have oved it, and i have discovered an international national treasure in this michael whitmore, which was a delight. a question for dr. mackay. peter: before you ask that question, why did you have trepidation about today? caller: well, i am a kind of spoil child of a certain eric -- era, where i had machi.sors like professor you just don't have conversations like this regularly, and the children of today have been short changed in literature, their all the fun that whitmore has had with all the things he's wonderful has this great mind, and we don't encourage children to have that kind of mind. we don't have literature at their disposal. say, -- say -- michael: i'm sorry. junior high and high school teachers are the gate way to the arts and the humanities. if you arrive in college and you have a great professor, there's something that happened before that. realize t the fol

those two girls that i adore, caroline and catherine.tell you how much they adore their dad. i have watched ted and heidi. they are partners. they are a couple that rely on one another just as my husband frank of over 30 years rely on each other, through good times and in bad. ted is a lot of fun. yes, let's face it he's really brilliant. he's a constitutional attorney, for heaven's sakes. he's a lot of fun. in fact he mentioned watching a basketball game. you no he we were on the bus and we were watching the final four and we were watching the very last game. villanova, and north carolina and here we are in the final. if you remember that game, you're a basketball state, right? you remember that game. so here we are, anyway, it's 4.38 seconds to go in the game. and without knowing what the exciting finish would be, here's ted cruz putting money on the game. everybody has got money throwing on the table. he's a heck of a lot of fun, but more than that, he actually is what he says he is. he is who he says he is. you know, ted mentioned th

those two girls that i adore, caroline and catherine, let me tell you how much they adore their dad.ave watched ted and heidi, they are partners, a couple that rely on one another, just as my husband, frank of over 30 years, and i rely on each other through good times and bad. ted is a lot of fun. he is brilliant, a constitutional attorney. but he is a lot of fun. in fact, he mentioned watching a basketball game. you know, we were on the bus and we were watching the final four, the very last game, villanova and north carolina. here we are in the final, if you remember that game? you are a basketball state, right? you remember that game. it is 4.38 seconds to go in the game, and without knowing what the exciting finish would be, here is ted cruz putting money on the game. everybody has the money on the table. he is a heck of a lot of fun, but more than that, he actually is what he says he is. he is who he says he is. you know, ted mentioned that 2nd debate, and one of the things that i got asked in that debate was -- and i have been asked almost every day, well, will you support donal

i'm catherine heenan. the news -- at eight -- is next. speak. destination for breaking celebrity news. >> travel considerations provided by. >> this weekend we'll ha full tribute to prince on e.t. a legend gone way too soon. good night everybody. ♪ now at eight an embarassing failure for bart as one of its brand new rail cars overshoots a test track and ends up in a dirt pile whoosh i think for him, he doesn't want anyone to mourn, knowing him, he wants everyone to celebrate one day after prince's death: tributes to the fallen icon. and new information about what police found at home. whoosh we are tracking the storm that swept through the bay area. stay with us for the weekend weather outlooks whoosh they are out on the freeway. and they are not looking at the road. stanley roberts rides with the highway patrol as they track down distracted drivers. this is a full hour of your choice for prime time news. now at 8. a dead end for the new bart train. >> catherine:after ending up in a pile of dirt during a test today. good evening i'm catherine he

catherine heenan is here with more on why so many people have been upset about the terms of his prison sentence. it made news 6 years ago when nunez was sent to prison in the stabbing death of a college student in san diego. that's partly because he's the son of former assembly speaker fabian nunez. but things really exploded when then-governor arnold schwarzenegger dramatically reduced esteban's sentence. in his last hours in office -- schwarzenegger slashed the sentence from 16 years -- to 7 years. the elder nunez was a political ally of the governor. next at five. we will hear from the team. ahead of their big showdown tomorrow night at oracle arena. plus, draymond green is giving away tickets to tomorrow night's season finale. the tickets to. that's next. and draymond and steph curry take on some angels in a little game of pig. find out who won. next. to sell but the playoffs coming up before they get going we have a big one tomorrow night but warriors record of 73 and is funny and just a week ago, is downplaying the notion of dumpling the record to it was clear they were ready to

i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. >>> residents in kumamoto are still coming to grip with the aftermath of disastrous earthquakes. thursday marks two weeks. meteorological officials are officials are worried about landslides. as of thursday. had had the region. the first was a magnitude 6.5 that hit the town. just over a day later, the magnitude 7.3 hit again, as well as a neighboring village. officials say 49 people were killed and one is still missing. 16 others have died since then, possibly because of the physical burden of evacuating. more than 36 those peoples are in shelters and thousands cut off from water supplies. some schools have started classes and lunch service for students. >> translator: it's nice to have lunch with my friends. i want to study hard again. >> teachers spoke to them about their health. city officials want to resume classes at all schools in the next couple of weeks. >>> japan's kyushu shinkansen bullet tran is now running its entire route and is raising some people's spirits. >> translator: people think the reopening there speed up recovery. it's encouragi

it is friday, april 8, i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. we begin with the business news. 17 month low against the yen. let's go to ai uchida. where is it now? >> the dollar/yen has recovered to the 108 mark. overnight in new york, it did dip below, and that's the level we haven't seen since october 2014. now, the greenback's latest slide began after policymakers are cautious about another rate rise. this prompted many investors to sell the u.s. currency, and that has impacted global markets. now we're going to get all the current levels from our very own ramin mellegard. good morning. tell us what you're seeing. >> good morning, to you. evident in the currency markets from what we've seen investors really piling into what they consider safer assets. let's go over the levels right now as well. the dollar fell below 108. now trading at 108.50 to .55. it was trading at 111 in early february. you can see the huge difference there. let's check out u.s. shares played out as well. the dow jones industrial average ended at 17,541. almost 1%, tech

they have four verses, caroline and catherine, i love you girls.re's what i have come to know about this man who must be the next president of the united states. [cheers and applause] he's a fighter too. he has been in lots of fights. he has fought for our religious liberty. he has fought for our right to bear arms. >> yeah! >> he has fought over and over in front of the supreme court so many times and he has won all those fights. [cheering] you know there are people who say, well, you know he has made some enemies. listen, as someone who's challenged the status quo all of my life, that's what i've done. that is how you get from secretary to ceo. you challenge the status quo. actually the only way you solve festering problems. lord knows we have festering problems in washington, d.c. the only way you solve festering problems, you actually have to challenge the status quo. and i'll tell you something about challenging the system and the status quo. you do more than ruffle feathers. you do more than rock the boat. you make enemies. so i am reassured

>>> hello there, welcome to "newsline," it's catherine kobayashi in tokyo. >>> it's expected to be back up and running along the entire rule, it could reconnect northern and southern parts of the island after a break of almost two weeks because of deadly quakes in consume amemento. the line linking through kumamoto to, it normally takes trains less than an hour and a half to cover the nearly 260 kilometers. the entire line was shut down. it derailed an out-of-service train and damaged various parts of the line. by saturday service was up for two thirds of it. but one route remained suspended because of the derailed train. now, kyushu railway company says it has removed it and the test runs wednesday morning are confirmed safe, the first train will leave in the afternoon. service will not be completely normal, though, the trains will travel more slowly on some sections and stop at every station. there will also be fewer trips than usual. now, the quakes also damaged thousands of houses and others bum in the kumamoto area, and residents are busy cleans up, but they have to contend with a

i'm catherine nicholson with your headlines.national outrage after a hospital was destroyed in syria's second city, aleppo. the united nations is calling on washington and moscow to use their influence to end the bloodshed. 24 police officers have been injured, three of them seriously, and 124 protesters put under arrest after a day of labor law protests in france boiled over into violence in several cities. and

it is wednesday, april 13th i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. voters heading to the polls in south korea to pick parliament in a general election. her ruling party's imagine suffered in the run up because of the division of members. all 300 seats in the national assembly are up for grabs. park's party has been criticized for internal feuding between the supporters and opponents and during the selection process. the party is expected to win a majority. the focus is on how many more seats it can add. the people's party, which split from the main opposition minju party is gaining momentum and on course to win more seats, keeping its promise to break up the two party system. vote counting will begin after the polling station closes at 6:00 p.m. local time. they're expect today be known around 10:00 p.m. chinese advicepre puerto ri prec dialogue with japan. the leader of the two countries had agreed to resume talks earlier this year. he met the friendship organization in beijing on tuesday. sources close to the delegation to the resumption of the jap

"newsline," it is thursday, april 7th, i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. the search is ramping up for an air self-defense force jet that went miss anything southwestern japan. the aircraft carrying six members lost, defense ministry officials say the plane dropped off the radar about 80 minutes after it took off from a base in con con. >> translator: we will continue to do everything we can to find the aircraft and the six people on board. >> on thursday morning, self-defense forces started conducting a large scale search. personnel has been dispatched. a defense ministry official said theres with a report that smoke was seen rising near the peak of a mountain about ten kilometers north of the base. they're trying to confirm whether the smoke has anything to do with the missing aircraft. >>> fall jaut from tout from th papers continues. several country have started inquire he is from the link of information from the rich and famous to off shore tax havens. in switzerland, governing body, uefa, they raided the offices in order to secure evidence. they're lo

i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. the ruling party in south korea set to lose the majority following the election. a big blow for the president remaining two years in office and the party's prospects for the 2017 presidential vote. kbs reported early thursday that expected to take 121 out of 300 seats in the parliament. that's down by 25 seats from its preelection strength. >> translator: there will be no >> they're on course to take the largest proportion of seats with 123. the opposition splinter party, the people's party, is expected to take 39. neither has the intention to form a coalition with senoi. >> i think the citizens voted on how bad the economic policies of the party's administration are. >> the ruling party was embroiled in a feud in a run-up. it would be the first time in 16 years the ruling party becomes a minority. it could affect the government's implementation of the agreement reach with japan in december on the issue of those referred to as comfort women, as handling of north korea. >>> officials f

without that, we won't be successful, catherine herridge, fox news. >> very nice look inside there. >> yeah. >>> the intense new video that isis does not want you or anybody else to see, a terrorist's pov, point of view, that suggests isis may not be as fierce a fighting machine as it's cracked up to be. that's next. >>> chaotic go pro footage showing the reality of what it's like to fight for isis. it may not be anything isis wants anyone to see. kurdish forces releasing this video you're watching now from a camera mounted on the helmet of a fighter who died in battle, an isis fighter. the first person perspective showing a lot of disorganization and confusion in battle as the isis fighters start firing at each other. it's quite a contrast to the slick recruiting videos isis has spread across social media. former director of the c.i.a. is here, former ambassador to the convention of armed forces in europe and now the chairman of the foundation for defense of democracy. dor, good to -- ambassador, what does this video say to you about isis' proclaimed strong organizations and what can

i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us. >> greetings from berlin and welcome to our highlights edition, which shapes up this time around with the following top stories. austrian eva walkner is one of the world's best freeriders. instaminiseries are an up and short and sweet coming way to , use video on the internet. digital innovations revolutionize the tourism industry. >> and we start off with a female athlete with guts to spare, eva walkner of austria. she is both a sports journalist and a professional freerider, which means she spends most of her time skiing off-piste, and

catherine nicholson. -- that's donald," trump's motto as he lays out his foreign-policy intentions. our correspondent in washington, d.c., will be running through some of them for us. charged with terrorist offenses and sent to solitary confinement, saul of this loan, the one surviving suspect from -- solitary confinement, salah

>> on the bus on the campaign trail, carly makes up songs and sings them to carolnie and catherine. >> i've come to know ted and heidi and carolnie and catherine -- ♪ i know two girls that i just adore ♪ ♪ i'm so happy i can see them more ♪ ♪ 'cause we travel on the bus all day ♪ ♪ we get to play ♪ we get to play (laughter) >> trevor: and then ted cruz's daughters are probably like -- ♪ i want to get off the bus now please ♪ ♪ she's giving me the hebey jeebies ♪ (laughter) hohow strange is this world? ted cruz heard that and this is what happened in his head. ♪ i know two girls that i just adore ♪ ♪ i'm so happy i can see them more ♪ ♪ 'cause we travel on the bus all day ♪ ♪ we get to play ♪ we get to play (cheers and applause) >> trevor: yeah, yeah! that's what happened! and that was the first time they kicked the judge off the voice, they're like, no more, no more. i know it's subjective but when we heard that singing at the show, we got kind of a different vibe. ♪ ♪ i know two girls that i just adore ♪ (sinister music) ♪ i'm so happy i can see them more ♪ ♪ 'cause we travel on the

a biographer with a different style an emotional range to tell the extraordinary story of lisa, catherine adams and also wonder and sadness. please join me in welcoming louisa and louisa. [applause]. >> hello everyone. thank you for coming. i am so happy to be here to talk about this book. also happy to be part of this book for louisa. if you like many other louisa's may have been chosen but i'm flattered to be the one. this book also is one of my favorite books that i have read this year. i'd love it very deeply. not just because of the pleasures of reading about someone with my own name, but also because i just found that as a biography it was more deeply invested in understanding the main character than any other biography i have read. i feel feel like this character louisa adams came alive for me and remains with me more than any other character in any book that i've read this year. i think luis it made so many fascinating decisions in this book, for me, the most interesting was the decision to explore the shifting of this character's mind, as much as she was exploring that fascinatin