the company is based in inner mongolia in eastern china. rare earth metals are used in high deland used in everyday devices such as hybrids and air conditioners. this pushed up the international prices of the metals. the high cost forced some trading firms to stop buying rare earth metals from china. the decision by rare earth is likely to make it harder to procure the metals that may likely affect high-tech firms that have limited stocks of the rare metals. >>> here is a recap now of the latest market figures. >>> that is all for now in business news. catherine, back to you. >> thank you very much, ai. >>> the united states expressed fresh talks with north korea and geneva next week. the u.s. is skpreexpected to pr to halt. direct talks will be held on monday and tuesday. >> this is a continuation of the exploratory meetings to determine if north korea is prepared to fulfill its commitments under the 2005 joint statement of the six-party talks. and its nuclear international obligations as well as take concrete steps toward denuclearization

for northern sections across the korean peninsula, eastern china, too. chilly precipitation moving through. could be a mix of snow for northeastern china as well. this moisture is going to head towards japan, especially northern sections and the western flanks. things will turn wetter as you head through the day. southeast asia, showers and thunderstorms, still widespread across areas like taiwan and the philippines. as for the inched oh china peninsula, looking at scattered showers, focusing on the southeastern corner, including parts of cambodia and vietnam. thailand, too, southern areas looking at some of the wetter weather. central sections may see light showers. hopefully not a major rain event today. however, water levels wilf course remain high as all of that high water moves downstream. for monday, highs across asia. 22 in kocokkoch -- tokyo. beijing up to 28 degrees. the central americas looking at clouds here. looks like a small system. a tropical depression showing signs of strengthening. could see wetter conditions mainly across honduras looki

the korean peninsula and eastern china are looking at dry conditions. but some light precipitation are lingering across inland china. down towards the south, it's still wet across vietnam and the southern end of the indochina peninsula. as for bangkok, it's not doing too badly weatherwise, but waters will continue to flow. temperatures are shaping up like this. it's dropping down to 19 degrees in tokyo and 15 in seoul. manila coming in at 33 degrees with the chance of afternoon showers. heading over to central america, let's now focus on hurricane rina. rina is now a category 2 system packing winds of 175 kilometers an hour. it's moving in a westerly direction at this moment but could veer to the north and could hit the northeastern tip of the yucatan peninsula by thursday. it will change direction to the east, aiming for western cuba after that. we have hurricane warnings in effect across the east coast of the yucatan peninsula. torrential rain and fierce winds are going to affect here starting wednesday. it could become a major hurricane within a day o

korean peninsula in eastern china looking fairly dry and settled. there's a little rain that starts to show up in inland areas of china as we head into the evening hours. for southeast asia, a couple of tropical showers and thunderstorms for parts of the philippines, taiwan, and for inched oh china peninsula, vietnam looks wet, and southern thailand seeing still more active thundershowers as well as locally heavy rainfall. as for highs monday, does warm up in bangkok. 34 degrees, water levels remaining very high here. 27 degrees for hong kong. a little congresser and tokyo up to 23 degrees. warmer than yesterday. it is expected to be quite a warm week across a lot of japan throughout the next couple of days. as we head into north america, the northeastern u.s. and eastern canada digging out from the early season snowfall over the weekend. you can see that well developed low is heading out to sea now, just in the new england states and canadian maritime feeling it until monday. a little rain developing in the great lakes region, and a frontal system b

looking at clear skies for much of eastern china and the korean peninsula thanks to an area of high pressure. for japan, it will be largely sunny today throughout the country, except for the northwest section. there is going to be a little precipitation hanging around, mostly rain, but some areas talking about snow as we have a lot of colder air coming on in here. now across southeast asia, still plenty of showers to contend with here, northern philippines looking pretty wet today, towards indochina peninsula as well. mostly the southern half of the peninsula starting to look at the focus of the heavier rains today as well as central vietnam, looking at a chance of heavier downpours. watch for that. deadly flooding has been a serious problem across the peninsula. looks like you'll continue to see more showers hanging around. highs on monday, things on the cool side for seoul. only 13 degrees during the day. tokyo expecting 25 degrees, 24 in shanghai. slightly hotter in manilla with a high of 33 with thundershowers. as for the americas, looking at a lot of activity towards the caribbean islan

taiwan is also being affected by this front which is getting ready to leave eastern china. move up towards japan. it is going to be a very wet and stormy weekend for many of us across japan and in terms of the accumulation of the rainfall, this is what we're looking at in the next 24 hours. anywhere you're seeing in the red here down towards the south and particularly along the pacific edge, 250 millimeters in the next 24 hours. and maybe even about 150 here in eastern tokyo. these are going to be, we can add to the totals in the next 48 hours as the heavy rain makes its way up towards the north. not only that, but after the rain pulls away, there's going to be a separate system moving across into hokkaido, so sunday into monday it's going to be wet towards the north as well. though it probably won't be quite as severe. 25 degrees in tokyo with showers tomorrow. 17 in seoul, 20 in beijing. cooler in ulan bator, just eight for the high. shanghai looking at 23. a little bit cooler in taipei, still hot at 27 and 31 in manila as well as as in bangkok. in central america and sou

taiwan is also being affected by this front which is getting ready to leave eastern china.up towards japan. it is going to be a very wet and stormy weekend for many of us across japan and in terms of the accumulation of the rainfall, this is what we're looking at in the next 24 hours. anywhere you're seeing in the red here down towards the south and particularly along the pacific edge, 250 millimeters in the next 24 hours. and maybe even about 150 here in eastern tokyo. these are going to be, we can add to the totals in the next 48 hours as the heavy rain makes its way up towards the north. not only that, but after the rain pulls away, there's going to be a separate system moving across into hokkaido, so sunday into monday it's going to be wet towards the north as well. though it probably won't be quite as severe. 25 degrees in tokyo with showers tomorrow. 17 in seoul, 20 in beijing. cool anywhere ulan bator, just eight for the high. shanghai looking at 23. a little bit cooler in taipei, still hot at 27 and 31 in manila as well as as in bangkok. in central america and south

meanwhile, it's largely dry across much of eastern china, the korean peninsula, and much of japan. the region will continue to see cloudy skies throughout the day. and rain is going to continue to affect southern japan as well as the southern korean peninsula on friday. temperatures are as follows. we expect 20 degrees in tokyo and 20 in seoul. taipei is coming in at 28 degrees and 32 in manila. and in bangkok 33 degrees with thundershowers, but the rain will let up on friday. so that's good news. heading over to the americas, a powerful low pressure system is impacting much of the northeastern corner of the u.s. as well as eastern canada, isolated heavy rain, large hail, and gusty winds will likely continue into thursday. and strong winds could create high waves along the east coast. out toward the west the system is moving across british columbia, bringing wet and windy conditions throughout thursday. but it's a different story for much of western and central parts of the u.s. you can look forward to nice and clear skies. but very strong winds are prevailing in parts of texas and

heavy rainfall in eastern china created a spectacular cloud scape floating atop the peaks of the mountains. tourists who have seen it call it a sea of clouds. the area is known for beautiful scenery, especially during this time of year when periods of heavy rain are quite common. >>> so, if you're going to jump off a building, why not make a splash? an expert base jumper showed off his skills doing a flip off the tallest building in mexico, making my palms sweat, for this retired air force parachute jumper who has a record of almost 2500 jumps, the fall from the 600-foot tall building looks like just another day at the office. you know, hey, why not throw in the flip there? >> all the viewers missed when you said, make my palms sweat, you started shaking your hand. that helps with sweaty palms? >> yeah. >> if you're at a job interview, you should go like this to try to -- >> calm my nerves? exactly. >>> it's time for an early look at some stories we'll follow throughout the day here on nbc. congresswoman gabrielle giffords will attend a retirement ceremony for her husband, mark kelly, host

we've got this front line moving across from eastern china up into japan and the korean peninsula. this is going to get a little bit heavy. some areas of western japan, could see maybe as much as 100, 150 millimeters of rain, it will be quite gusty as well. the potential for hail, here, too and then quite stormy and it will be quite wet all the way up towards the north as we head into friday, saturday. and actually even sunday is going to see some heavier rain across hokkaido as this system from northeastern china makes its way across the sea. in terms of temperatures, eight degrees in ulan bator, so very, very cold. the lows are down around freezing once again. 18 degrees in beijing. 17 in seoul, tokyo, 25 on friday and we're seeing just in at 30 in taipei. i should say we're going to be seeing some wet weather continuing across taipei for the next few days as well. all right. as we head into north america, very big and strong high pressure system is over the west. and that is going to keep things very calm and still. but also very, very hot. especially for california. i'll show y

. >> an artist when out on a limb, pulling off a daring stunt in eastern china. he is performing a series of death defying acts. he balanced himself on top of on a stage made of poles and wood. this was all done without a net below. he said he was very nervous but that things to get more comfortable below he was out there. >> oh, my goodness. remember when we brought you footage of the animal olympics? i think that was last week. they're ready for round two. we have a race between a monkey and a bear cub. the monkey seem to have an easier time of it. poor bear. he did manage to redeem himself. he is an excellent roller disco participants. >> roll, bounce. that.azed at they do walk on two feet sometimes. very good. 43 degrees on tv hill. details on a police-involved shooting in baltimore city. >> we are tracking some closures in harford county. an update on that and more. >> we have a little more rain in the forecast. good news by the end of the week. the purple lights are still shining. 45 at the airport. 45 at the airport. >> welcome back. 6:44. police are inves

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we also see some heavier rain making its way down toward southern and eastern parts of china.s is actually going to be spreading up towards the korean peninsula and japan. and we'll be seeing some rain coming into these areas from thursday afternoon and in towards the end of the week it is going to look a little bit wet. now, this system up towards the north, most of this precipitation is going to be falling as snow. five degrees in ulan batur, that's the high on thursday. lows getting down below freezing now. 20 in beijing and in seoul, tokyo, shanghai, chongqing as well, we're looking at the low 20s, hanging on to the 30s just in manila and bangkok. all right, now if we go into north america, we had a hurricane here, still a hurricane category one, this is hova that made landfall earlier today in southwestern mexico. we still have those warnings posted along the coast, moving at 15 kilometers an hour now with winds at 140, with stronger gusts. so it is still a very powerful system in that respect. some strong winds and we will continue to seat rain coming down. coastal areas

starting off with asia, high pressure dominates much of eastern continental asia. mongolia, northern chinakorean peninsula as well as japan, looking very dry and calm for us on our thursday. here a little bit of showers will be making some precipitation and maybe some snow can be seen in western china. a little bit of showers here in northeastern china, but nothing too significant. we are already about thailand, we have reports of 80 millimeters, just in the span of 24 hours, has been reported in southern thailand. and, unfortunately, scattered and widespread showers will be continuing into our thursday, especially here in eastern coast of vietnam as well. so this northeastern monsoon is going to be making that flow and bringing those showers. here in tokyo, 19 degrees, seoul at 18 degrees. beijing, 16. chongqing as well. and bangkok we're looking at 34 degrees. heading over to north america, well, first let's talk about this hurricane, which is just near the gulf of mexico. hurricane rina is now making -- is now moving at a speed of six kilometers per hour. we caught hurricane warning pos

this all happened in one of china's eastern provinces. look again at the video.second before the crash, take a look, the pilot ejects from the cook bit a parachute. an airshow organizer says the pilot is doing fine. there are no reports of any other injuries in this. >>> well, now to the story of a 19-year-old racecar driver burning up the track in one of the indycar minor leagues, all despite a major physical challenge. he's paralyzed from the waist down, but that's not stopped him. he drivers his formula car with hand controls and just placed third in a major summer tournament, getting him closer to his goal of becoming the first paralyzed driver in the indy 500. rick leventhal is following this story live in the new york city newsroom. rick? >> trace requires a lot of strength, quick reflexes, intelligence and courage. michael johnson has all of that and then some. he's paralyzed from the waist down, but 19-year-old michael johnson is living his dream, driving and thriving in open wheel, open cockpit formula cars. >> life is too short to miss out on what outlo

china india russia eastern europe and central asia require the kinds of goodison manufacturing products that the european union countries especially germany still manufacture united states doesn't manufacture anymore. we've outsourced everything over the past thirty years and now it's been manufactured in other places we have been reading in the news that u.s. senate leaders are considering legislation that would that would threaten sanctions against china if it if it does. some of the currency manipulation is do you think this is a measure that may help revive u.s. economy that will help it all now to know the u.s. economy is a basket case economy right now the official government data that's released every every month by the labor department the commerce department has been faked essentially so systematically and so long that the real economy is running at a level of best estimates of economists friends of mine who monitor this of twenty to twenty three percent of the employable labor force so a twenty three percent unemployment is as levels of the great depression of the thirty's so

eastern continental asia. as you can see, mongolia, northern china, we may see some showers in and around seoul in towards the ekend. and some showers building up towards the south and in towards the western parts of japan. but eastern and northern japan will be looking very clear and sunny out. we may see a chance of light showers in tokyo by sunday evening. nothing too significant, though. clearing up in this area as well. clearing up in much of norern indochina peninsula. but the northeast monsoonal flow still will be impacting the philippines as well as eastern seaboards of vietnam. clearing up in bangkok, which is very good news. but as i mentioned, the high tide is going to be peaking on saturday. so the water levels will be rising by 15 centimeters. aew scattered showers will still beust in and around southernhailand. now herere your temperatures. tokyo, at 22 degrees for a saturday high. manila, 33. bangkok, we're looking at 3 degrees. only one digit in ulan bator at eight degrees. heading over to the americas, we've got this system, this is tropical storm rina, now moving at the speed of six kilometer

eastern continental asia. as you can see, mongolia, northern china, we may see some showers in and around seoul in towards the ekend. and some showers building up towards the south and in towards the western parts of japan. but eastern and northern japan will be looking very clear and sunny out. we may see a chance of light showers in tokyo by sunday evening. nothing too significant, though. clearing up in this area as well. clearing up in much of northern indochina peninsula. but the northeast monsoonal flow still will be impacting the philippines as well as eastern seaboards of vietnam. clearing up in bangkok, which is very good news. but as i mentioned, the high tide is going to be peaking on saturday. so the water levels will be rising by 15 centimeters. a few scattered showers will still be just in and around southern thailand. now here are your temperatures. tokyo, at 22 degrees for a saturday high. manila, 33. bangkok, we're looking at 34 degrees. only one digit in ulan bator at eight degrees. heading over to the americas, we've got this system, this is tropical storm rina, now moving at the speed of si

eastern europe to asia. >> you're being deliberately vague. >> china and russia. >> welcome. okay don't be deliberately vague then. go ahead, john. >> it seems like fair, game, right? this is what you do in warfare. you understand geographic targets and now you understand digital and industrial targets but a question about the impcations of that. does that mean that governments need to protect infrastructure in different ways, and company like symantec play any role in that? >> it's a caseta you need to take a different approach to protection. you were worried about the insider. worried about someone who could come in and steal things from them. 70%, 80% of that threat was a person who had those credentials and take information. now you have to move your mindset and say it's not just the person who could attack us, it's a foreign country or a foreign attacker. you absolutely have a situation where a third of the networks are in the government's hands, two-thirds are in the public. you know corporate hands. so you've got to think how do you protect all of that. is the governme

eastern coastal town. the tourism authorities of thailand and china co-sponsored the event, the largest of its kind. 69 couples dressed in traditional thai wedding costume paraded atop elephants to the sound of thai drums. the mayor of the town said he hoped the event would help boost thailand's tourism industry. a dinner party for the newlyweds l fergun une for thuray with weather. >> hello, yes time for another world weather update. things are starting to get a little bit w across parts of the koan peninsula, as well as japan. we've got showers startingo move in n and in fact you could see abo 120 mlite of rainn parts of kyushu in the next 24 urs. and the showe wl be accompanied by some strong winds, maybe some strong thunderstorms well. elsewhere, is looking fairly dry. especially across much of china here. we'll see a few snowshowersp tords mongolia, just dashing through. and alss tenlovp tordyaar a iotas 'lbe sinom ofhaalng anos t carcrs t iochina peninsula. which is certainly good news. but we do see continuing showers towards the south here. temperaturewise, it's going to be still fairly warm down in th

one example is the new eastern expansion of the bay bridge. parts being made in china. >>> the baseball playoffs are underway. the texas rangers, last year in the world series, are going on without the giants and texas is looking like they are ready to move on another step as they take care of tampa bay although it was the rays who get off early. desmond jennings hits two home runs today. that one off lewis. in the 7th, mike of the rangers off price who was pitching a beauty, two run shot. but them in the lead for good. texas leads the best of 52-1. -- best of 5, 2-1. the most thrilling victory for the 49ers. coming on with 21 second half points. led by captain come back, jim harbaugh. we are starting to learn more about the coach as a person, including the fact he is not a guy who likes to fly first class. >> i don't feel comfortable in first class. just -- just -- i am a coach guy. >> not having things handed to you. things to not come easy are really the blessing. you got to overcome some things. if it's harder it makes you better. >> feel like there is -- too many

. >> reporter: much of middle eastern oil is shipped east to china and india.igns of slower growth in those markets are raising concerns amongst the region's producers. >> we need to keep a close eye on demand. i'm not predicting a major demand slump. i am simply warning that we have to remain ready to respond to changing situations, in particular to growing concerns over the economy and its inevitable impact on oil prices. >> in the midst of the arab spring middle east governments are also being forced to increase spending to satisfy the welfare needs of their people. that means the region's main oil producers need higher crude prices to earn more revenue and cope with that extra spending. >> as the political situation in the middle east remains volatile, the amount of oil that can be pumped into the markets may be limited if there's a shortage. >> there isn't that much spare capacity outside of saudi arabia. you've had declines in other parts of the borld, from the u.s., the north sea, and the only place where you have excess capacity is the middle east. in t

well, as for eastern asia, starting to see some showers pushing across into central portions of china. now some of these are going to be a little bit on the heavy side. generally we're looking at showers here. indochina is looking a lot drier than it has in recent weeks, which is certainly very good news. showers will continue down towards the south, they should be more scattered ratherha the drenching downpours. up towards the nohet, wve t loprsu ste pushing inowards northeastern cha om mgoa,has so going to bring showers and temperatures down by aut0 deeeaslls w hd througthe weekend and into moay rit he can see more significant inll itoi tbeer weekend. infa,nd en the south, southern kyushu to be specific, have picked up more than 300 millimeters of rain in the last 24 hours. as we head into the next 24 hours, this is what we're expecting. anywhere you're seeing in the red, up to about 250 millimers of ra. certnly enough to cause some problems in terms of flooding and the potential for mudslides and landslides. soe'll be watching that into the weekend. temperurewise,3 expectedn tokyo.

eastern continental asia. as you can see, a few showers here in northeastern china. the korean peninsula looking very dry and sunny and dry conditions will prevail in japan. a little bit of showers here in the western, southwestern islands, so to say and southern japan. but nothing too significant here. we will see some showers here in southern and southwestern china. that will be tapering off into the next 24. but the wet weather will be remaining just here in northern indochina peninsula. and also the northeastern monsoon will be picking up those moisture surge and will be very wet here in east coast of vietnam as well as southern thailand. now, we have reports of 15 millimeters in the past 24 hours in southern thailand. so we are very concerned with further flooding in and around bangkok. ulan bator at 9 degrees, just in single digits here. beijing, 16, seoul at 18 and we're looking at tokyo at 20 degrees for our friday high and bangkok at 34. heading over to the americans, we've got a hurricane we have been monitoring. now this is hurricane rina, a category 1 hur

eastern. >> the senate passed a measure this week that would sanction china and other countries that manipulate their currency. on today's "washington journal" we are joined by elizabeth williamson to talk about the bill. and then a discussion on the winter energy outlook. our guests are from the energy information committee. "washington journal" each morning at 7:00 eastern here on c-span. [applause] >> the white house held a state dinner last night for the south korean president who is visiting the u.s. this week. the two leaders took to the relationship the two countries share and the trade deal that was ratified wednesday by the senate hours before the south korean president arrived in washington. this is 22 minutes. >> i want to acknowledge two guests in particular, another son of korea dedicated to peace and security, the secretary general ban ki-moon is here. [applause] and our first career in american ambassador to the republic of korea, confirmed by the senate today, ambassador sun kim. [applause] >> [speaking korean] >> i will be very brief tonight because president lee has had a very

anything he can do he's locked up tight with the israelis middle eastern peace process is going nowhere he can't do much about trade with china because the chinese are our biggest lenders the saudis we will continue to support the saudis because we need their oil and they also buy a lot of our debt so the only thing he really has going for him in foreign policy at the moment is the drone attacks in pakistan and so we'll probably see more and more of those in those two would. attract the american people because they they're the one thing that seems to be working a little bit against their main enemy which is al qaeda but you don't think if we start to see a major troop withdrawal from some of these countries at least iraq perhaps libya will end one of these days that will change things and turn things around president obama might might start to turn it around a bit but mr obama clearly is a man who is is a very intelligent man in the in the in the economic sense but his no real context points with reality he's told the american. well that we're going to have democracy in egypt and libya and yemen and all these places and quite

there's anything he can do he's locked up with the israelis middle eastern peace process is going nowhere he can't do much about trade with. china because the chinese are our biggest lenders the saudis we will continue to support the saudis because we need their oil and they also buy a lot of our debt so the only thing he really has going for him in foreign policy at the moment is the drone attacks in pakistan and so we'll probably see more and more of those and that was michael scheuer former cia intelligence officer and adjunct professor of security studies at georgetown university and that's going to do it for now but for more on the stories we covered that r.t. dot com for us usa or check out our youtube page youtube dot com slash.

we've got a lot of moisture coming up from the south china sea and the northeast monsoon will continue to be quite active. you can see where, the eastern coast of indochina, that's going to be vietnam and across the south, cambodia into southern parts of thailand dealing with the ongoing showers and thunderstorms. bangkok, that's going do include you, the potential for thunderstorms and 34 degrees. so a hot day coming to you. 25 in hong kong. and should be mostly dry, maybe just a couple of early-morning showers. 19 degrees in shanghai and then we'll be back down to 19 in tokyo today. it was about 27 i think for the high. and back down to about 19 tomorrow on wednesday. 8 degrees in ulan bator and you should be staying dry. let's check on our hurricane, still a category 2 system, this is rina, moving six kilometers per hour, west-northwest and the winds are sustained at 160 with stronger gusts. we now have the warnings and watches across the coast of the yucatan peninsula now. it's expected to make landfall probably between thursday and friday overnight local time. that's going to be, so we'll be keeping an eye on it. it looks like it

eastern monday, the senate will begin debate on a bill that aims to crack down on china's currency manipulation. then they will proceed to consider six nominations, including henry floyd of south carolina to be a u.s. circuit judge for the poor circuit. votes will follow. you can see the senate live on c-span2. >> get regular updates of what is on the c-span networks on twitter. get a quick program information, including which events are live. it is easy to sign up. the latest, most instant information of what to watch on c-span networks now on twitter. >> fcc chairman julius genachowski links u.s. economy and jobs growth with broadband high-speed internet. this is about 35 minutes. >> i would like to say thank-you to chairman genachowski for allowing us to put on this event. we are very excited to be talking about these topics and how they can help us to put forward. i have had the pleasure of knowing him for several years and have been very excited about the initiatives he has been pushing. we also have warren brown, the owner and founder of the washington d.c. area business with seven locati

as we head into eastern ia, you'll see a quiet day on the cards as we head on into thursday. high pressure is across much of china as well as mongolia, korean peninsula and japan. all looking fairly dry. we do see a few showers moving up along the pacific edge of japan, probably a little bit overcast as well, but nothing too much to worry about. a few showers here in the southwest of china. and then heavier rain is going to be spread out across the bay of bengal. so bangladesh as well as myanmar seeing some very significant rafall toueadoom flooding issues we're also seeing continued rn acssieam and into cambodia, southern portions o thailand as well ilits t heavy as it has been certainly in recent weeks, it gngbe a littleit hvi i some places. northern portions of thailand certainly looking dryer. so that is very good news. as we head into our temperature chart, i can tell you that we're going to be in the low 20s in seoul, tokyo and beijing as well. shanghai and chongqing, cooler towards the north in ulan batur at 9 degrees and still in the 30s in bangkok. into north america we go. out west we're looking fine he

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china. >>> now to that desperate search in the dark through the earthquake rubble in eastern turkey. rescue crews are using flashlights and shovels to look for survivors after a 7.2 magnitude quake knocked down dozens of buildings. at least 65 people have been killed. freelance journalist andrew finkel is in istanbul. what more can you tell me about the rescue efforts and here it is almost midnight. >> yes, we -- it is midnight, the rescue effort goes on. what we do know is that the -- of course, it is dark and it is going on by headlight of cars and by generators. help has been flown in from throughout turkey. there has been rescue relief operations, specially trained teams which look for people under the rubble have been flown to the site. one thing slightly surprising is that -- the one thing that is slightly surprising is that the actual casualty figures seem to be quite low. we only -- this is a 7.2 earthquake, that is a very serious event. a very similar event in the 1970s resulted in 3,000 or 4,000 people dying, but the reports so far mercifully perhaps is of less than 100 dea

china. this is only a drill. swat teams from cross the country meeting in an eastern province. dodging explosions. all part of a national field training exercise and simulated terrorist attack. >>> france. they love their rugby in this southwestern village. it's home to the our lady of rugby chapel. seriously. there is even a stained glass window showing baby jesus holding a rugby ball. fans are praying extra hard this week. france plays new zealand sunday for the rugby world cup championship: and that's a wrap on this fox trip around the world in 80 seconds. >> shep: the police are still searching for the missing baby in missouri and say they checked out close to 700 tips. but no sign of little lisa irwin. officials armed with shovels and search warrant wrapped up the search of the missing ten had month old's home. they say her parents are now refusing to answer some of their questions. cops hauled off bags of evidence after they searched for 17 hours. you'll remember the infant's mother, deborah bradley, admitted to fox newses, or at least she said she was drunk on boxed wine

>>> china's premier, wen jiabao has stressed the way to insure the stable growth is by supporting the country's medium and small-sized businesses. wen's comments came during his visit to an eastern province, where a large number of businesses have shut down due to a shortage of funds. the premiere urged banks to increase lending to small businesses. amid tightening monetary policies, smaller businesses are finding it hard to secure loans because banks prefer to lend to larger companies. >>> india and austria have signed two deals to promote cooperation in the field of science and technology in railway transportation. the agreements were signed after indian president met with her austrian counterpart, heinz fisher in vee on wednesday. the two leaders discussed various issues, including expanding the united nations security council, terrorism and india's relations with its neighbors, especially pakistan and china. the indian president said the partnership between india and austria will benefit the people of both countries. >>> many young people are taking to the streets across the united states, in new york 28 people were taken into police custody. as thousands took part in anti-w

eastern province of zhejiang early this week, where many small- and medium-sized firms are struggling. the state-run xinhua news agency reported that 26 firms went bankrupt in the city last month. smaller businesses in china boost the economy by investing in real estate. there's concern that china's economy may slow down if credit worries spread across the country. >>> greece is facing social strife on top of the debt crisis. greek civil servants and other workers have gone on a 24-hour strike in protest against the government's latest austerity measures. air-traffic controllers went on strike on wednesday, grounding all flights. schoolteachers, hospital staff, and others joined them, partially suspending public services. many protesters holding banners and placards marched in athens and filled central parts of the capital. >> translator: my bonus and salary have been reduced. i can't pay my taxes anymore. >> translator: we have no way out. all greek people are angry. >> the government last month compiled an extra austerity package. it includes a rise in fixed asset tax and the suspension of about 30,000 public servants on partial pay. the measures are in exchange for receiving significant financial aid f

eastern our way twitter page. well a u.s. president barack obama called the death of gadhafi a powerful reminder of america's leadership in the world but journalists and activists to come to china and says the late libyan leader did not die a victim. what happened to gadhafi is what gadhafi wants to gadhafi is animal which wants to fight in the trenches against neo colonialism and against nato when you are revolution leader of the global south you in court and when you nationalize the oil when you redistribute your wealth when you when you build your country up to be the country with the highest livingstone's in africa inevitably those forces which are against that development internally and internationally will oppose you and so these rebel factions have always been in alliance with the european powers against gadhafi this changed in the last six or seven years when libya had a reporter not with the west and also in the reform program see all these rebel factions all of them were receiving money from gadhafi in the reform process in the last six seven years and no one dares say anything that isn't pro nato pro-rebel if you criticize at all the way it's all let alone show sympa

of eastern siberia and russia's far east might look we all know they are not the prize in today's biggest global struggle that struggle is for world leadership and we're not going to get in china's way there china has other competition there let them figure it out for russia china is first and foremost a reliable partner we can tell the chinese authorities and the people of china are willing to build up good neighborly relations with us to look for middle ground solutions to issues that seem extremely complicated as we can to. well they are ready to do it we take measures to indicate we are ready and as a result we find points of contact i'm sure it will continue to happen in the future or within the british as for global leadership you recently wrote an article for the it's based your daily where you suggest creating a eurasian economic area that would be a bridge between europe and the booming economies of the asia pacific region at the same time everyone remembers you calling the downfall of the soviet union the last century's biggest geopolitical tragedy in this respect what would you say to those who see in your words some sort of an imperial condition that is owed to recre

eastern, right here on fox news channel. a shootout in a mexican resort town and a deadly gas explosion inside a coal mine in china as we go around in 80 seconds. . >> mexico, a shootout trapping hundreds of people for hours in a shopping center in cabo san lucas. and trading fire with a group of gunman outside and going inside looking for a suspect. no one hurt. police arresting two men suspected in another attack nearby that killed a marine. >> china, a gas explosion, and a coal mine in the province, killing 29 workers, it happened 820 feet underground. pan the mine's operating license reportedly revoked earlier this year, for safety reasons and the local media says it kept up production anyway. >> turkey, thousands of earthquake survivors living in sin city now facing bitter cold, rain and cold. and the 7.2 magnitude quake hit last week and more than 590 died in that and some survivors still searching for missing loved ones. afghanistan, taking a break from war to bowl. here is the country's first ever bowling alley with 12 lanes, built from the ground up with equipment imported from the u.s. a young afghan woman prompted the

at 3:30 eastern on monday, the senate will begin debate on a bill that aims to crack down on china's currency manipulation. they will proceed to consider six nominations, including henry floyd to be a u.s. circuit judge for the fourth circuit. you can see the senate live on c-span2. the head of the american association of university professors says that tenure and academic freedom are in jeopardy and need to be protected. >> tenure creates an atmosphere on campus where people can speak freely, not just in their teaching, but in terms of university governance. if you do not like a proposal the president or board of trustees makes, you have to be able to speak freely about it. administrators should be able to do that as well. that speech as part of what academic freedom protects. without it, you do not have the expertise of the faculty available to you. on c-span. night >> get regular updates of what is on the c-span networks with c-span now on twitter. get program information, including which events are live and links to help you watch. it is easy to sign up on twitter. then hit follo