so overall pretty wet picture for the eastern half of china today.n the north here there is a chance of still some more heavy rains to fall. do stay on the watch for that. and then for southern portions and central areas here too, a lot of moisture coming off the coast as well 37 come coupled with all of that this entire area starting to look at more wet weather developing today. now, another area continues tonight indian subcontinent. a lot of showers will continue for the next couple of days. still light showers, mostly scattered across the region, although still in the next 24 hours or so there's a chance of some heavier amounts falling in southern pakistan. after that rainfall amounts slowly start easing off, although it's still a pretty continuous picture. so water levels will most likely remain quite high. as for highs, on thursday we've got 35 in taipei, shanghai gets even hotter in inland areas, 38 for chongqing. tokyo too will be quite a steamy day. highs of 35 in tokyo. and up into the north too sapporo coming in at 30. as we look toward ce

and sure use some of the latest pictures coming in from a fire in a mine -- at a gold mine in eastern china. we understand that this is a fire that broke out on friday afternoon. at least 14 miners have been killed. but we understand that there are something like eight miners still trapped underground and believed to be alive. you're watching bbc news. >> hello and welcome. >> see the news unfold. the top stores from across the globe. go to bbc.com/news. >> >> funding was made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, and union bank. >> union bank offers unique insight and expertise in a range of industries. what can we do for you? >> there is one stage that is the met and carnegie hall. >> o, that this too, too solid flesh -- >> it is the kennedy center -- >> check, one, two. >> and a club in austin. [woman vocalizing] >> it is closer than any seat in the house, no matter where you call home. >> ♪ the top of the world, and i'm there, i'm home ♪ >> pbs -- the great american sta

across the koreas and eastern china, still contending with some heavy showers here, this very active low pressure system continues to move very, very slowly across the region and of course that will be threatening some of the already saturated areas, this area just between northeastern china and north korea so do watch out for that. southern china looking a whole lot better for your friday, the heavy rain easing but still quite unstable up in the atmosphere and also lots more showers to come across indo china, northern vietnam and laos as well as parts of thailand should watch out for flooding and landslides. let's take you over to india and pakistan. it's been about a month since the deadly flooding occurred in northern pakistan. looking very dry across much of the country, but down in the southeastern corner, where river levels continue to rise, it's going to be quite unsettled for you. that's really not good news. it is going to be a quite serious situation here. towards india, lots of showers affecting central areas. we also got some light showers towards the north as well for th

anywhere in this region, the islands of okinawa, taiwan, eastern china, and even up towards the korean peninsula, all at risk for seeing much stormier weather develop the next few days. we'll be keeping a close eye on all of them. >> thanks very much. saki will be back later on. >>> the summer heat wave continues in japan. the temperature in central tokyo was 27.4 degrees celsius on monday night. tying a record of 47 sweltering nights in a year. japan's meteorological agency defines sweltering night as 29 degrees or above throughout the night. if the temperature remains high tuesday evening it will break the record set in 1994. the daytime high on monday in central tokyo was 34.8 degrees. it was 38 degrees in kyoto prefecture. if the heat continues to be above 30 degrees in central tokyo on tuesday, it will tie a record of 30 days in august set 73 years ago. weather officials forecast that the late summer heat will continue into september with temperatures higher than average. >>> the japan football association says former juventus coach zaccheroni is the new coach of japan's team. zac

coming into eastern china as well, the heavy rain particularly taiwan, you're going to see hefty downpours as well. that will be with you through saturday as well.sunday is goin, too, because another system is brewing. this one in northern china. that's going to be heading into the northeast and it's quite a powerful one. so at least in the realm of about 100 millimeters of rain in just 24 hours could fall and this is going to be falling on already saturated land. it's been very soggy this week so definitely there will be concern for flooding. temperaturewise, the mid-30s across much of the region. 33 in tokyo. 34 in shanghai. 35 for you in chong. all right. now, into europe we go. those storms in the central part of the continent are going to be staying put into saturday. moving east here, we will see it move down into the northern balkins as well. you could also see about 100 millimeters of rain in just a space of 24 hours. so definitely concerns for flash flooding, particularly in low lying areas. out to the west, this looks like it's going to be very messy but actually the rain is goin

heavy rain also staying put across eastern china and the koreas over the next few days. that will be a concern in terms of flooding, especially in the already soaked areas such as north korea and northeastern china. down in the south, low pressure system brings some wet and windy weather across luzon of the philippines throughout the day as well. and then this low pressure system over indo-china, remnants of tropical storm mindulle, will continue to drench the area from indo-china into southern china. so of course these areas will be at high flood risk once again. bangkok coming in at 34 degrees, 32 in hong kong with showers. shanghai coming in at 33, and tokyo looking at a steamy 34 once again. north america is looking generally quiet. but down in central america we've got lots of tropical activity here. first of all, tropical storm frank has been with us all week, bringing wet weather to southern mexico. it's now a hurricane. it continues to stay away from shore, moving further and further away from the area. but there's still a lot of energy associated with this syste

on tuesday afternoon in eastern china, a man with a knife entered a kindergarten just as students were being dismissed. he went on a slashing rampage, killing three young students and one teacher before fleeing. about 20 students were wounded. back in may seven children were killed in another knife attack. >>> hip-hop star wyclef jean is running for president. of haiti. jean is expected to officially announce his candidacy thursday. jean was born in haiti. he'll be one of many candidates, including his uncle, haiti's ambassador to washington. haiti is struggling to rebuild following january's massive earthquake. the haitians go to the poll november 28th. >>> today is president obama's 49th birthday. the president is celebrating with friends in chicago and spending the night at his hyde park home. this isn't just a pleasure trip. the president will also attend democratic fund-raisers and visit an auto plant. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch," stocks in asia slid this morning. ashley morrison is here in new york with the latest on that. good morning, ashley. >> good morning to you. well, asian

. >>> people in north eastern china continue to clean up after some of the worst flooding in ten yearsed through mud inside his home trying to find family treasures. one town wound up several feet of water after a dam burst. >> frances joins us talking about a marine layer. >> the clouds' long the coast. it will be another cool day for parts of the bay. we'll go outside and show you a couple live shots. you see the low clouds and fog there. that is where temperatures are going to be cooler all day and in contrast, here is another live shot from mount tam. this time we're starting to see some of the marine layer retreat back to the ocean and in interior locations, there will be a lot of sunshine and we'll see the warmest temperatures. if you are heading outside the door. here is a look at the numbers. it's already 65 in antioch and 65 in fairfield and concord and 62 in mountain view. check out half moon bay, 54 for you. san francisco 53 and san rafael, reporting fog at 52 degrees. you can expect another cool morning with the low clouds and afternoon sun mainly by lunchtime. warm inland,

. >> people in north eastern china continue to clean up after flooding.through mud trying to find family treasures. it killed about though people. many others remain missing. one town wound up under several feet of wait. >>> frarnces joins us now take a look at local weather. it's the status quo. >> and the cameras on from looking at mount tam. this one from vollmer peak, looking backwards, marine layer comes in from the ocean and moves inland. in some locations, it's still clear like concord and livermore most of us are under cloudy conditions. let's take a look at temperatures as you head out the door. pretty cool for most everyone. san rafael, fog at 52 and concord, 56. san francisco 53 and mountain view at 61 degrees. so you can expect morning fog and low clouds to linger about 1200 feet deep. interior locations, we'll see it more along the coast and peninsula but temperatures are going to be cooler than average all week. by five degrees cooler, not much change, all due to upper-level low. notice this air circulating counterclockwise, that is going to

. >> people in north eastern china continue to clean up after some of the worst flooding in ten yearsed through mud inside his home trying to find family treasures. it killed about thousand people. one town wound up under several feet of water. some people say they had no warning of that tragedy. >> drink is on us now, frances dinglasan and we're looking at the golden gate bridge. >> did you have your wipe others this morning? >> i did. >> i did, too. you might find that along the coast but the fog will clear out. >> it's summer. >> go outside and live camera shot, looking out towards the bay bridge, we have a different angle and there are low clouds so gray skies to start off sunday morning and more sunshine this afternoon. now, i have to correct the start time for the giants game today, it was changed to 5:05. so with that in mind. it will be partly cloudy and cool. temperatures will be around 61 degrees but then it will cool down to 56 and definitely take your coat if you are heading to the game. if you are heading outside, you'll need your coat, as well. temperatures in the low on

. >> all passengers on a derailed train in south eastern china have finally arrived at their destinationy to cars plunged into the river this is some of the video coming into the newsroom of firefighter said two cars had been swept 500 ft. down the river in all the train was caring about 1300 passengers heavier rains have pounded the region triggering floods floods and landslides. back in the bay the father of four year old boy killed by an alleged front driver spoke about his loss publicly for the first time yesterday. as kron 4 it reports his message was straightforward don't drive. >> thank-you to everybody from my family. >> he couldn't find words in english to describe the loss of his son so he continued in spanish. >> my family is not the same because we miss our son very much. >> he was killed in san jose in july in a crash on 10140 year- old james francis lee also of gilroy is charged with the you i. the annual labor day crackdown goes under way. >> if weekend to drunk driving you will face consequences be arrested and go to jail. >> get the day's end police raised $4,000 for his

plus water supplies in russia's far eastern under stratus china struggles to prevent thousands of tons of barrels to wade by flooded river reaching the russian border. this is r t coming to you live from moscow ten am here and sunday morning we take a look at the stories that shape the week and the fires that have ravaged central russia over the last week are continuing to spread across even greater swathes of the country so far twenty eight lives have been taken by the blazes and sauza of people are now homeless. in the varanus region one of the worst hit areas. one hundred thousand heck to a huge amounts of land because of course by extreme heat wave the rush is seen over the past month those say that has left this done extremely dry very susceptible to these outbreaks of that we still say and unfortunately no sign of the heat abating just yet so imagine sea services are really still trying to get the situation under control we've heard they've had a huge amount of hope and volunteers and from the russian they all say trying to gain control of the situation that's still around two hu

eastern china fire in a gold mine has trap 50 workers underground., people were working in the mind. fire was likely caused by underground cable. more news and more employees have been evacuated from fiber-optic company. firefighters on the seared think that it's it will be coming from service cart containing hydraulic fuel oil. will have more formation as we get it. welcome back to the crown for morning news. the time now is 10:30 a.m. friday. you his season low cloud cover all their again. you're starting to see little lifting break in the cloud cover delivering some tzx this morning you did see a bit address all of were still seemed of delays at s f o about 47 minutes. below average temperatures into the afternoon and similar conditions persist right into the weekend. it is in a politically freer saturday and sunday as well. right now are temperatures for the most part sitting in the '50s. we are seeing a bit of '60s out there. overthrew oakland and hayward talking popping at about 58. moscow is 57 degrees. bn7o!'çtd fifties' sixties turn the noo

increase all trade in asia's fast growing energy markets the pipeline runs from east siberia to china's north eastern frontier it's an offshoot of a new oil export route that russia is building to the pacific ocean on completion in two thousand and twelve the pipeline will be able to transfer bought up to one point six million barrels of oil a day that's one third of russia's current exports. russia is the world's biggest producer of oil but despite having the resources it does not organize the market nor does it possess a grade of well considered to be a global benchmark michael capturing investigates how oil is traded and why russia is finding it difficult to establish its own market. oil is usually priced in barrels the measurement itself originates from the eight hundred sixty s. when the early pennsylvania oil field produces were forced to store oil in barrels usually meant for b. or turpentine. the cost of a barrel which is equal to one hundred fifty nine liters is dependent on a number of factors supply and demand and speculation but it's also determined by the quality of their oil with certai

of course one of the best bets in a measured market taking russia india china and south eastern countries one of the best undervalued commodity currencies for the time being the ruble is likely to attract the rise and fall of crude prices in which case. that confirms a global recovery or even a big hurricane in the gulf of mexico could blow the russian currency to new heights as it serves as proxy trade for speculators that channel believe global business our team. hold this is impacting the stock exchanges asian shares all mixed in wednesday morning trading jeff unease shares fell as the dollar hits an eight month low against the yen of the weak u.s. states if you will talk of more fed policy easing to close benchmark is currently down one and a half percent saying it's trading marginally in the black. and time to see how the motion markets performed on tuesday was a day of losses in the. go through this recession in the red with. the main loses the almost two percent that was off the report showed us home sales unexpectedly fell in june i'm concerned grew about trying to maintain curbs

of course one of the best bets in emerging markets world taking russia india china and south eastern countries over one of the best undervalued commodity currencies for the time being the ruble is likely to attract the rise and fall of crude prices in which case strong data that confirms a global recovery or even a big hurricane in the gulf of mexico could blow the russian currency to new heights as it serves as proxy trade for speculators that channel political the business our team. we're going to stock markets now asia shares are mixed in wednesday morning trade japanese shares fell as the dollar hits an eight month low against the yen of the weak u.s. states. fuel talk of more federal reserve policy easing japan's benchmark is currently down one and a half percent saying is marginally in the black. l.t.s. has just opened in the red extending yesterday's losses when north nickel fell almost two percent could see produces a losing appeal of the report showed us how sales fell on expectedly in june i'm concerned grew over china maintaining curbs on lending. poland says it's reconsid

of course one of the best bets in measuring markets taking russia india china and south eastern countries over one of the best undervalued commodity currencies for the time being the ruble is likely to track the rise and fall of crude prices in which case data that confirms a global recovery or even a big hurricane in the gulf of mexico could blow the russian currency to new heights as it serves as proxy trade speculators that channel believe global business our team. russia central bank increase sales of poems to a record thirty four billion dollars that's a five fold from a year ago the states used the bonds to remove rubles from the markets and control the exchange rate policy help curb inflation to a twelve year low a five point eight percent in june. europe's on the slide in the stock market is off to some we propose from banks doris. first half net wide the one point seven billion euros. in asia pacific is reported first half profit rose eight fold and call me to tell you its return to the black in the first quarter despite its problems with product recalls but the mix japanese shar

of course one of the best bets in emerging markets world taking russia india china and south eastern countries over one of the best undervalued commodity currencies for the time being the ruble is likely to attract the rise and fall of crude prices in which case strong data that confirms a global recovery or even a big hurricane in the gulf of mexico could blow the russian currency to new heights as it serves as proxy trade for speculators that you know believe global business our team. let's check out the stock markets the footsies continued yesterday slowed in the opening minutes of trade this morning this profit taking of the strong last week and we're looking. to extend yesterday's gains after some strong corporate results out there anymore little asia airline cathay pacific has reported first off profit rose eight fold and comic says it's returned to the black in the first quarter despite problems with recalls but asian stocks are mixed japanese shares fell as the dollar hits an eight month low against the yen after weak u.s. data fuel talk of more fed policy easing. the l.t.s.

of course one of the best bets in imagine markets world taking russia india china and south eastern countries over one of the best undervalued commodity conscious for the time being the ruble is likely to attract the rise and fall of crude prices in which case strong data that confirms a global recovery or even a big hurricane in the gulf of mexico could blow the russian currency to new heights as it serves as proxy trade for speculators that channel believe global business our team. you know the news record temperatures have pushed russia's services sector to its lowest growth since february orders for industries like banking and transport fell for the first. time in four months in july businesses reported that workers have become less productive claiming they hate. russia's central bank increased sales of bonds to a record thirty four billion dollars that's a five fold surge from a year ago the state uses the bonds to remove rubles from the markets and control the exchange rate policy to help curb inflation to a twelve year low of five point eight percent in june. time now to see how the ma

of course one of the best bets in imagine markets for taking russia india china and south eastern countries over one of the best undervalued commodity currencies for the time being the ruble is likely to attract the rise and fall of crude prices in which case. that confirms a global recovery but even a big hurricane in the gulf of mexico could blow the russian currency to new heights as it serves as proxy trade for speculators. business our team. russia central bank has increased sales of poems to a record thirty four billion dollars that's a four fold surge from a year ago the state uses the bones to remove rubles from the markets and control the exchange rate policies hopes curb inflation to a twelve year low a five point eight percent in june. so look at the stock markets europe's on the slide off to some weak reports from banks allied irish is down only. seven percent of net loss is widened to one point seven billion euros the childhood issues a cautious forecast said the shares almost three and a half percent down there was good news for the sector however. reported strong earnings res

cal tran says two sections of the deck for the new eastern span have arrived from china. they should be in place by next week. and they are each about 225 feet long, they weigh more than 1500 tons. even more sections of the signature tower part of the bridge should get here sometime in october. >>> well people who commute on cal train are being asked to help decide what do you do with a $2.3 million deficit? cal train wants to know whether riders would rather see service cutbacks or be asked to pay more for the same service. cal train officials will hold meetings tomorrow in san francisco, san carlos, san jose, and gilroy to get riders' input. the proposals include eliminating weekend service or raising one-way fares by 25 krentz per zone. >> sal castaneda is keeping an eye on a few things. i just found out about a problem. i want to update you on muni. we spoke with the ssmta spokesman, he says there was a door malfunction at the van necessary station, one of the doors wouldn't close or open safely. they had to take that out of service and that caused delays for people s

. >> two key pieces of the new eastern span over the pay bridge have arrived from china, and could soonin place. they are deck sections from the road bed, each one of them 220 feet long. cal trans says they'll be in place by next week. more sections of the signature tower should arrive in october. the tower will completely change the look of the bridge. >>> treasure island is now officially back in the hands of the city of san francisco, after a ceremony on the island today. the u.s. military had controlled it since world war ii. san francisco, though, plans to create a brand new neighborhood. kind of a city within a city. >> reporter: today secretary of the u.s. navy ray mavis, house speaker nancy pelosi and mayor gavin newsom commemorated the official hand over of treasure island from the navy to san francisco. >> from these shores, 10s of thousands of sailors and marines left to fight in the pacific in world war ii. and a lot of those sailors and marines who left from here, this was the last time they saw america. >> reporter: mayor newsom thanked former mayor willie brown and others

you have air china in beijing, china southern, and china eastern. and they have been consolidating. part of the analysis has to be the companies here are going to be competing for international travelers against those foreign entities. i think that is something that we should not ignore. >> that you, mr. petri. the chair recognizes itself. during the testimony of mr. tilton and mr. smisek, i raised the question of the employees. and judging by the prior experience with airline mergers, and what has happened to employees, mr. roach raced the experience that he has been through. i understand that there is uncertainty about the future of on merged airline, what will happen to the employees. i raise the point that if there were consideration as this merger moves forward, yet there are agreements that can be worked out -- if there are grim as they can be worked out with the union, that would make this a much smoother path to the merger being approved. i want to know thus far -- i want to ask capt. s and mr. roche -- captain pierce and mr. roach, what are the answers that you are waiting

eastern span. four new deck segments have arrived in oakland from china.hat's the part of the bridge you'll eventually be driving on. each of those segments 250 feet long, weigh 1500 tons apiece. 12 of the 28 deck segments are already in place. caltrans says four new segments will be installed on the bridge sometime early next week. >>> you ride bart? look forward to sitting on new clean seats soon. bart is spending some of its budget surplus to clean trains. it's also putting new seat cushions in 50 bart cars. of course, there are 660 or so in the system. and some new floors are being installed, as well. this clean-up should all be back -- all the cleaned-up cars should be back in service by november. >>> a mysterious aroma is plaguing part of mineta international airport in san jose. >> it is not affecting the areas where the passengers are allowed. kcbs radio's matt bigler has more on the stinky offices. hi, matt. >> reporter: hi, good morning. yeah, you may want to hold your nose if you are an airline employee working behind the scenes here at mineta s

eastern span. four new deck segments have arrived in oakland from china.hat's the part of the bridge that you will eventually be driving on. each of the segments is 250 feet long, weighs 1500 tons. 12 of the 28 deck segments already in place. caltrans says that the four new segments will be installed on the bridge sometime early next week. >>> there is still no word on what caused a roller coaster to get stuck at six flags discovery kingdom in vallejo late yesterday afternoon. this was the boomerang coaster. 26 people were on the ride. all facing forward. they were upright. everyone escorted off the ride, no one hurt. park officials did some tests on the ride later and could not figure out what caused it to stop. >>> 5:20. up next, the most dangerous internet celebrity searches. >> also ahead, how your fastrak transponder can lead you to phone sex. some fastrak users who call the information line on their ,, >>> here's a nice picture of what's going on in fairfield at the jelly belly factory. 66 in berkeley, sunshine, clouds. 70 san leandro. fairfield 87.

in eastern asia we're looking at a tropical low over the philippines which is starting to head into the southern coast of china. it's a slow-moving low pressure system but it enhances the monsoonal rain across the philippines and now across southeastern china. they're going to get very heavy downpours on friday. also, we have a line of thunderstorms heading up into southeastern russia. this is going to push further to the east, so allowing for some clearing in northeastern china. that's good news. we've had a few days of rain here, but it comes into the korean peninsula. so a soggy and stormy day here. in japan it's mostly going to be thunderstorms during daytime heating rather than any prolonged rainfall. we're looking good across much of mongolia and northern portions of china. temperatures will remain very hot, particularly for central into southern parts of china. 34 in shanghai for friday, 32 in tokyo, and 32 also in beijing. all right. into north america we go. we're going to be talking about three front lines draped across the region at the moment, but it's this one down here to the south, the southern

in china almost one hundred thousand people have been forced to flee the north eastern city of daraaafter a rain swollen river overflowed four people were killed by the floodwaters and parts of the city are called off the region is the latest to be hit in the country's worst flood season in over a decade. you can always find all our stories and much more on our website r t dot com i'll be back soon with our main weekly headlines after a short break stay with us. every month we give you the future we help you understand how to get there and what tomorrow's to bring the best in science and technology from across russia and around the world to join us for decades.

eastern here on c- span. china ratified a u.n. protocol last year that attempts to reduce human trafficking. tomorrow, a commission made up of members of congress and executive-branch officials look at how the chinese government has followed through on the initiative. this is live friday on c-span2 in at 10:00 a.m. eastern. -- starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern. >> on c-span2, we will hear from the development secretary who testified before the british iraq war enquiry earlier this year. that is at 5:15 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. >> one of the things i regret about political and rhetorical life in washington is that every major figure from the president on down is merely reading what somebody else in some committee has produced. >> philip terzian wrote speeches and about presidents and architects of power and his literary editor of "the weekly standard." he will share his insights on c- span is "q&a." >> and now, to a briefing on teenage attitudes toward drug use. we will hear the results of a survey on the subject by experts. this

gas condensate aboard in the eastern russian point of pivot signified and you milestone in that invention the most difficult part of the russia system young woman in china and in the course of the cargo ships of course is going nuclear icebreakers completed its journey in eleven days which was even quicker than expected. no the tax us the shipment through the suez canal cost up to three point five million dollars for one cargo going via the north and rick knocks about half a million off that figure not to mention the time saved and the fact there are no pirates along the way and mostly that's a good we're very pleased with the result of the journey i think we'll try to ship several cargoes maybe up to six next year and we'll try to make this route usable for our l. and g. projects notas only working in summer when the ice is thin but we hope to make it navigable year round. the effort to make it would commercial is been undertaking with the help of russia's nuclear company are going flawed that provides the nuclear icebreakers and soft conflict which leads us to tankers and other mary term support. for us it is very new to work in tandem with tankers th

to this day, you can go to the eastern part of chinatown and she's venerated. i went to china, and it was the same thing. people regard her not as an exploitive figure, but people throw around the term robin hood to describe her. hair yet tubman might have been a better example in that case, and she got very wealthy doing this. nobody knows, and i think you're in hazardous territory when you're estimating about the numbers in these underground economies, but the f.b.i. estimates she made about $40 pillion doing this over the years. -- $40 million doing this over the years. that was all tax free, so that's $80 million to you and me. this issue is one we should be thinking about more than we are, because that circumstance, the human smuggling circumstances is something that happens not just in the chinese context, but in the mexican context. it happens in australia, europe, japan. there is a global migrant worker population which is availing itself of these services to move from place a to place b, and i think that there's a lot of confusion at the law enforcement level. even in

china three children and one teacher have been killed. at least two children are seriously injured. this happened in the eastern city of phibro witnesses say an unidentified ninth mill the assailant entered the school fasching average 20 children and staff. china has suffered many attack from schools and public spaces leaving dozens of people dead and scores of writers wanted to still ahead, the very latest on this broad aid issue as reported your rear verdict this afternoon we'll give you the very latest anti you all about what does as they can run him back. a live look of cyclically sure you the bay bridge and not from still only nine minutes as you cross the bay bridge into san francisco. will your back. is a monday, tuesday i'm not sure did develop the same, there is a shot rain now from albany low cloud cover once again. the manager went to workers this morning the little better drizzle of their friend and albany 56 degrees. in getting up to 60 high temperatures today and about 64. back down again to 61 by 8:00. ulster we're seeing for research in up to the north bay along 101 from sellers abound petaluma

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news of the world tonight in china, officials said that a passenger plane crashed and caught fire today while trying to land at a fog surrounded airport in the north easternf that country. chinese media are reports that 100 people died but 54 others were injured mostly suffering broken bones. one passenger said there was heavy turbulence as the plane landed. >>> the militants are members of an insurgent group who has tied to al-qaida. yesterday the group warned that a massive war is coming. >>> and in chile, new drilling which i equipment was brought in today to help in the rescue of 30 miners trapped under ground in a copper mine. the miners appear to be doing well. they are now receiving emergency supplies, but they have not been told as yet that it may take up to four months to get them out of that mine. >>> the attorney general of 18 states are demanding that craigslist remove it adult services section. they say that craigslist has failed to remove their adult services ads. craigslist did not say if the adult services sections would be removed. >>> a partnership between yahoo and microsoft has come to an end. yahoo will be able to reduce expenses. the

news of the world tonight in china, officials said that a passenger plane crashed and caught fire today while trying to land at a fog surrounded airport in the north easternt of that country. chinese media are reports that 100 people died but 54 others were injured mostly suffering broken bones. one passenger said there was heavy turbulence as the plane landed. >>> the militants are members of an insurgent group who has tied to al-qaida. yesterday the group warned that a massive war is coming. >>> and in chile, new drilling which i equipment was brought in today to help in the rescue of 30 miners trapped under ground in a copper mine. the miners appear to be doing well. they are now receiving emergency supplies, but they have not been told as yet that it may take up to four months to get them out of that mine. >>> the attorney general of 18 states are demanding that craigslist remove it adult services section. they say that craigslist has failed to remove their adult services ads. craigslist did not say if the adult services sections would be removed. >>> a partnership between yahoo and microsoft has come to an end. yahoo will be able to reduce expenses.

china and human trafficking. that is on c-span2 10:00 a.m. eastern. at 11:00 a.m. eastern here on c- span, retired admirals that allen at the national press club to discuss the gulf oil spill and what is left to be done. >> one of the things i regret about political and rhetorical live is that every major figure from the president on down is nearly reading what somebody else in some committee has produced. >> philip terzian road for president carter he is literary editor at the weekly standard. he will share his insights on washington on c-span's "q&a." >> the congressional budget office projects the federal deficit will be more than 1.3 trillion -- $1.30 trillion fisher. speaking to reporters on capitol hill, the cbo director warned about the long-term effects of high debt and forecast of higher unemployment over the next several years. this is a little less than an hour. >> good morning, everybody. thanks for coming. this morning, cto released the summer update to our annual budget and economic outlook. it is available on our website at www.cbo.gov. at www.cbo.go

eastern. host: franklin lavin served as the undersecretary for trade at the commerce department. he is here to talk about china's power. i want to talk about "the financial times" -- obama right to be hard on china. guest: i think there are a lot of similarities between the bush and obama approach. it should not surprise us. same countries involved. we are not looking for a radical shift. host: why not? guest: most of the trade is unfolding positively, through regular channels, going through customs, both sides are happy. there are problems, market access issues, currency problems, but 90% of bilateral trade is normal as u.s.-canada trade. it is not a turnaround, not a house on fire that you have to put out, but there are some problems. problems. host: long time and yours have seen the likes of senator schumer and others holding press conferences talking about their currency, threatening that the congress will do something about it but there has not been legislation passed. guest: i do not think we have political consensus to use trade barriers as a tool to do with the balance. people here can find it frustratin

to this day, you can go to the eastern part of chinatown where the people are from, and she is venerated. i went to china, her problems, and it was the same thing. people regard her not as an exploitative figure. people often use the term "robin hood" to describe her. i always thought ". tubman" might be a better analogue in that case. she got very wealthy doing this. you're in hazardous territory when the estimate the numbers. the fbi estimates she made $40 million doing this over the years. that was all tax-free, so that is $80 million to you and me. this issue, i think, is one that we should be thinking about more than we are. that circumstance -- it happens not just in the chinese context, but in the mexican context. it happens throughout asia. europe, japan. there is a global, migrant worker population, which is unveiling its of of these services to move from place a, to place thb. there is a lot of confusion even in the un in the international organizational level in figuring out if these people are criminals. these people who are doing it with free will. are they victims? at what point did they go