nhk world's charmaine deogracis reports. >> we welcome the decision of the tribunal. the ruling on the jurisdiction paves the way for the furtherance of the proceedings to evaluate the merits of the position. we will await advice from the tribunal. >> reporter: china took this shoal under its de facto control in 2012 and has been reclaiming islands in the spratlys. the permanent court of arbitration found that these and other cases were valid for it to consider. one cornerstone of the philippines legal strategy is to seek the invalidation of china's so-called nine dash line. china claims it has historic right to sovereignty inside the line which takes in almost the entire south china sea. manila claims the line should not be recognized under the u.n. convention on the law of the sea. the court says it will decide whether the line is also subject to its authority. china has reacted sharply to the court's decision. >> translator: the plea denies china's interests. it's intended to confirm philippine interests and will not resolve the dispute. we don't accept the hearing

. >> charmaine chester is peter's assista assistant. new territory for her. >> out of the blue one day i get this call, you have a collect call from an inmate at sing sing correctional facility. okay. soon she found herself spending hours on the phone with the inmate. >> at first it was all, you know, business as case is case, but by the time you've talked to somebody every day the personal things start to slip in. >> friendship. >> friendship. >> in the meantime, her boss was checking out eric's claims of innocence. >> did you believe it at the beginning? >> i'm not going to say i didn't disbelieve him. i've been listening for a long time. >> and people lie. >> they certainly color the truth. this is a man who was convicted of murdering someone, so, of course, i approached it with some skepticism. >> reporter: but once cross learned the facts he agreed to takeric's case at no charge, representing a man who didn't seem hardened by prison, but almost frightened. >> it's terrifying because you could be justic walking in the yard and you c

a very lovely letter that he shared with charmaine that i think the world now can see as a truly unique love story. "white fang" is very famous novel, jack london novel, and this first edition jack inscribed, again to ida k his neighbor and friend, in memory of billy and the ride from reno over the high sierras, affectionately yours, jack london, napa, california, july 30, 1910. on the inside of the book is jack london's trademark book stamp. it's got his name, jack london, and his wolf signature, so to speak. and in our collection we have his original stamp or one of his original book stamps in its metal plate form from which he created bookplates for his books. and it's intriguing to all researchers because it is so worn and so used. many, many, many times jack london had his bookplates reprinted. we also have in our special collections the ernest hemingway letters, four unique letters written by ernest hemmingway to a local journalist, denny petticlerk. he was a journalist who wrote for the santa rosa press democrat, the daily newspaper in sonoma county. he was a korean war correspon

charmaine deogracis, nhk world. >>> that wraps up our bulletin. i'm patchari raksawong in bangkok. >>> u.s. media reports say president barack obama may send militaryessels to the disputed area in the south china sea. and a senior chinese official has warned against any intrusions. >> china will not allow any country to violate its territorial waters or the air space around the islands under the pretext of freedom of navigation and flight. we urge those concerned not to take any provocative action. >> hua says china has always respected freedom of flight and navigation based on international law. american officials say the artificial islands cannot constitute the basis for 12 nautical mile territorial waters. some u.s. media outlets report obama is poised to send navy ships inside the zone. obama and chinese president xi jinping had discussions over the south china sea in september. xi said his country has the right to uphold its territorial sovereignty and its legitimate maritime rights and interests. senior officials in japan and russia are look

>> i think the worst moment were the exchanges early on, perhaps with the charmaine gauty with sidney blumenthal and i think that maybe not the most substantive part of what went on but there was a real sense that sidney blumenthal was going to be the focus of this and this never get to the substance. >> and sidney blumenthal not being on her staff but someone she listened to versus allegedly not listening to or hearing from or engaging her ambassador chris stevens on the ground there. >> sidney blumenthal had access and chris stevens didn't and her response is he had access to everybody he needed to have access to, he was plugged in 24/7 so this is a red herring. >> and for hillary clinton is lightning up the internet when jim jordan republican from ohio who is the chairman of the freedom caucus said to secretary clinton about what she told her family in an e-mail the night of attacks this was al-qaeda and how a few days later hillary clinton is still saying publicly this was the film that caused it, something out of their control and he said where did the false narrative start, it s

another federal civil rights lawsuit against city is know ma county jail officials. 36-year-old charmain gray says the deputy made a late night visit to her jail cell. that lawsuit is seeking unspecified damages. now the deputy named in the lawsuit no longer works for the sheriffs department and told the press democrat there is no merit to the case. earlier this week 21 inmates filed a lawsuit. they accused sonoma county deputy of beating them. >>> right now as we speak president obama is traveling to roseburg, oregon. he will meet with the families of the shooting victims at umpqua community college. this is some of the video of the president getting on air force one earlier this morning. on the day of that shooting rampage, president obama emotion thatly renewed his call for tougher gunnels but not everyone in roseburg supports tougher gun control. gun right supporters will be out there protesting during the president's visit. >>> and from oregon the president comes here to the bay area. the president will arrive in san francisco tonight about 8:45. he will go to a private fundraiser f

disabilities in the holiday mailer is getting support from parents of children with disabilities like charmaine cruz whose son nathan had has down syndrome if we don't have images of special needs then they don't get a chance to be seen, to be accepted, and it the just opens up the door for acceptance every where for them. >> reporter: gale williams is a talent agent for people with disabilities. she says more and more retailers are using clients like hers in their advertising. >> with children this year i have put them in target ads, on target commercials, nordstrom, toyota print ads and commercials, and nike, nike has a commercial. but, in general, i'm always submitting to the ones whether or not acting. >> reporter: lucy and nathan's mom hopes as more and more retailers include kids with disabilities seeing them on the page won't make headlines because it will be the normal. >> they are kids just like everybody else. my daughter can do anything that any other little girl can do. >> just a beautiful elsa. >> that was christine laser reporting. the this is not first time target featured a chil