on topics ranging from religion to the island nation's role in the region. >> there is no power strongere power of the people. >> reporter: former president no had stepped down last year after widespread protest in the capital mali and he doesn't want to upset voters again. >> and i don't think our people are going to be -- i don't think the other security forces have that kind of vested interest. >> reporter: political uncertainty means this election will be watched closely. more than 400 election observers around the world will be stationed at polling groups across the country. >> and police forces and judicial integrity and abilitiability and two things that may make or break the elections and we are very worried about those things. >> reporter: many people in the maldeeze will mark the end of a period of political uncertainty. they want this election to bring about change for the better. there is certainly hope for change for a new beginning and a political chapter here in the maldeeze but if there is no clear winner on saturday it will go to a second round of voting later this month

. >> park said protecting the islands means protecting her nation's pride. south korea put the islands under its control in the 1950s. but japan maintains that the country is occupying the territory illegally. >>> the islands dispute strained ties between the neighbors who are sometimes described as geographically close, but psychologically distant. some south koreans in japan are working to turn things around. hiro has the story.

political turmoil in recent months has raised questions about the strength of this island nation's young democracy. candidates from four parties are competing to win support from some 240,000 voters. they include a former president and the incumbent. nashid resigned as president in february last year following public protests about issues such as rising prices. he was replaced by his vice president, wahid. nashid claims he was forced out in a coup. in march this year police arrested him for illegally ordering the arrest of a judge during his final days in office. he was released and says the arrest was politically motivated. the bitter confrontation between the two men has dominated campaigning. the united nations is calling on the maldives to ensure the election takes place in a credible and peaceful manner. international observers from the commonwealth, india and other regions arrived this week with observers from japan also arriving on friday. >> translator: wnt to make sure the election will be free, fair and credible. we hope the effort will help democracy take root in the country s

>> i'm in the maldives where the people of the island nation are about to elect their next president. >> and we'll get to those stories in a moment. we are receiving word. from the associated press hunting egyptian officials saying that the interior official mohammed ibrahim has survived a car explosion. the associated press quoting egyptian officials the interior minister survived a car explosion. we're flyin trying to get in toh with our correspondents on the ground. >>> in a few hours from now, a summit of the world's biggest economies will begin in russia. members of the g-20 are expected to talk about financial issues. russian president vladimir pew did is hosting. and putin has accused the u.s. secretary of state john kerry of lying. >> translator: i have watched the debate in congress and when they asked if secretary kerry is the outside near syria kerry said no. i say officially they're not there but the rebels are a unit of al qaeda. kerry and the others know this. i don't like seeing this. we communicate with them and assume they're descent people but he lies openly and he k

the taxpayers subsidizing it because these students and though neither a you see nor ross in the island nation of dominic is a credited by the body that approves you medical programs is. the u.s. students at both schools are eligible for loans issued by the u.s. education department the loans which totaled about three hundred ten million dollars in the year ended june two thousand and twelve leave the u.s. taxpayer not differ i on the hook if students just fail to get jobs and be unable to repay them for example the article interviews the guy who was rejected by twenty four schools in america he's been accepted there he is paid he's now got four hundred thousand dollars in debt that he can never escape because of course he can't escape student debts dry is paid by the taxpayer of the united states now the taxpayer the united states can pursue this guy forever but he failed twenty four admissions tests for other universities you know what how how what are his chances of becoming a doctor well he could become chancellor of the exchequer because he's demonstrated an ability to be completely incom

country remains on high alert as downpours from tropical storm connor a continue to batter the island nation. despite a police band some two hundred marched through the streets of paris to express their anger at gay marriage activists from a catholic group called night watchman ended their demonstration with a vigil in the center of the french capital it was the last event in a twenty day march across the country against may's legalization of same sex marriages. in pakistan or roadside bomb claimed the lives of at least nine people the blast happened when a convoy was passing through the northern province of was erased and not far from the afghan border at least twenty one soldiers reported wounded the turbulent region seen a lot of violent attacks by both al qaeda and the taliban and u.s. drones hunting militants often catch civilians in the crossfire saturday a drone raid killed three militants there. mexico city sees fresh demonstrations against a series of reforms in the education and energy sectors thousands of students intreat and teachers took to the streets over plans to force a scho

the taxpayers subsidizing it because these students and though neither a you see nor ross in the island nation of dominic is a credited by the body that approves you medical programs in. the u.s. students at both schools are eligible for loans issued by the u.s. education department the loans which totaled about three hundred ten million dollars in the year ended june two thousand and twelve leave the u.s. taxpayer not differ i on the hook if students just fail to get jobs and be unable to repay them for example the article interviews the guy who was rejected by twenty four schools in america he's been accepted there he is paid he's now got four hundred thousand dollars in debt that he can never escape because of course he can't escape student debts dry is paid by the taxpayer of the united states now the taxpayer the united states can pursue this guy forever but he failed twenty four admissions tests for other universities you know what how how twitter is chances of becoming a doctor well he could become chancellor of the exchequer because he's demonstrated an ability to be completely incompe

on high alert as tyrannical downpours from tropical storm kong already continue battering the island nation. in pakistan a roadside bomb claimed the lives of at least nine the blast happened when a convoy was passing through the northern province of was not far from the afghan border at least twenty one soldiers reported wounded the turbulent region has seen violent attacks by both al qaeda and the taliban and u.s. drones hunting militants often catch civilians in the crossfire on saturday a drone raid killed three foreign militants london police investigating after a series of islamophobia d.v.d.'s were sent to several mosques with muslim organizations in the british capital they contain pornographic and abusive images mocking the prophet mohammed post news footage about extremism in incident part of a growing wave of offensive acts toward british muslims tests are cilia reports. my name is gavin baby and i'm the lawyer behind freedom foundation we still. that is we help local neighborhoods resist planning applications for mosques and we went that's now sixteen wins out of eighteen cases a

. >> in the maldives where the people of this island nation are about to elect their next president. >> and is rafa nadal playing the best game so far? we will have the details coming up with joe in sports. >>> remember this? well, it was captured at the g8 summit back in june, an awkward movement for u.s. president barack obama and vladimir putin over the last few months. this picture was taken around the same time. that was the time that putin decided to uphold the ban on americans adopting russian or fans. russia granted asylum to leaker edward snowden who is wanted in the u.s. on espionage charges. until now, obama agreed to meet with gay rights act visits while he is in russia. over the last couple of years, russia has imposed several policies regarded as anti-gay. with the christian science monitor, our mosqcow core spon responde respondent, live from moscow. we just outlined some of the awkward difficult moltz between obama and putin and now, yet another, some would say, salt to the wounds. obama has decided he is going to go meet gay rights activists. how is that going to aff

we made -- we may be an island nation but there is no such thing as an economic island in an age of globalization. is always at its strongest and proudest when we are open with the world, generous-spirited, warmhearted, working with our neighbors and a leader on the world stage. that is the message i will take to new york next week when i represent our country at the united nations general assembly. there are some in the world who seek to present us as pulling up , following parliament's decision not to consider the literary intervention in syria. they will hear from me that they are wrong. my views on syria are well known. i believe the use of chemical weapons a war crime, a war crime under international humanitarian law should be stopped wherever possible. i understand of course why some people are wary of another entanglement in the middle east. iraq casts a long shadow. we have the opportunity to work in the united nations with the russians, americans, french, and others to put these heinous weapons beyond the reach of assad's regime. what matters now is that we are clear that this nation is

>> well, i think our policy on the islands in the east china sea is, obviously, we would like to see those issues resolved through peaceful dialogue between the nationse region, but as far as the islands are concerned, the u.s. policy has been, as you know, long-standing, very clear, we do not take position on the ultimate sovereignty of the ottomans, but we do understand they are under japanese administrative control and are covered by article five of the treaty, so that is something i would be watching very carefully and working with many different ways to encourage the nations in the region to discuss and resolve those disputes in the region. know, we talked a little about the current ambassador, and he has been able, i guess, to develop an area that he is really focused on with the public-private partnership, and i know you alluded to that earlier. you know, the way the ambassador's role is in japan, it is really unique, and the ambassador has a very special role there, and the relationship between the u.s. ambassador and the people of japan or the country at large is very different than in many other places, and i know we talked a little bit abo

. >> and continuing tension a year after japan nationalizes the senkaku islands, china says it will continueo send vessels to patrol near them. >> many people in japan have marked the day that changed their lives. it's been two and a half years since the march 2011 disaster. the magnitude 9 earthquake and the following tsunami killed nearly 16,000 people. more than 2,600 people are still missing. the disaster triggered the crisis the fukushima daiichi plant. about 290,000 people are still living in temporary housing. many survivors stopped on wednesday to pay tribute to those they lost. they observed a minute of silence at 2:46 p.m., the moment the earthquake struck. people in the city of natori gathered in front of a monument for those who died. the tsunami washed away many houses in their community. construction workers in the city also offered prayers. they are preparing land on higher ground for about 350 new homes. the first batch of land will be ready for construction at the end of the year. >>> survivors are reflecting on what happened and what's changed. some have performed the ritua

. >> park said protecting the islands means protecting her nation's pride. south korea put the islands under its control in the 1950s. but japan maintains that the country is occupying the territory illegally. >>> the islands dispute strained ties between the neighbors who are sometimes described as geographically close, but psychologically distant. some south koreans in japan are working to turn things around. hiro has the story. >> reporter: tokyo's district is home to one of japan's largest korean towns. it has about 200 south korean restaurants. 61-year-old runs one of them. he said recently things have been more challenging than anytime since he moved to japan from south korea in the 1980s. >> translator: the number of people visiting the main street in this area dropped significantly a year ago. >> reporter: that was around the time the outgoing south korean president visited the islands. japan protested over the visit. since his visit, more japanese have joined demonstrations in the district. tokyo won the bid to host the 2020 summer games. oh had a se

president ronald reagan bypassed congress to in that instance to restore order on the island nation and in 1991, months after fighting began in the persian gulf war congress authorized military force and that began "operation desert storm." in 1992, as the bloodshed continued during a civil war in somalia, both the house and the senate voted to take military action. let's go seven years later. president bill clinton sent troops to kosovo in a nato-backed mission that time. congress voted on it but never formally authorized that mission. after the september 11th terror attacks congress gave the green light to invade afghanistan. and one year later, congress authorized action to invade iraq. and in 2011, president barack obama notified congress of the nato bombing campaign in libya. they never authorized that mission. that was something that he took the initiative and went ahead and did. based on a similar argument that he believed that a massacre would ensue if indeed we did not take action. so meanwhile, the man accused of slaughtering and gassing his own people have a new warning today

they coincide with an incident in 1891 and last year, struck just after japan nationalized the senkaku islands in the east china sea. china claims the islands. the hackers hit the websites of at least 19 japanese organizations, including the supreme court. they are analyzing their website to see if they can find anything out about the hackers. >>> japanese media have taken part in a drill over the senkaku islands. a fleet of patrol planes carried out the exercise over the east china sea. the squadron consisted of p 3 c control from fleet air wing 5 and the planes controlled the western space over the east china sea about 150 kilometers west of the main island of okinawa prefecture. >> we recognize chinese naval activity has picked up and we'll keep alert that any signs our national security is under threat. >> in the drill, the air crews tried to identify the names and nationalities of vessels approaching the area and the patrols have also been trying to identify any suspicious vessels and submarines in the east china sea including the areas around the islands. >>> time now for the latest in b

created a for tuesday statement you're doing it in the year that the national park service is recognizing that the asian patrick island heritage is important to the national preservation history. the national park service undertook a history study i've been appointed an advisory. the theme studies are to identify the historic landmarks as well as to address the gaps in the national park system itself. until recently our national parks only identified asian history during world war ii. just this year the park service has added an facilitated unit our first step to recognize the board heritage place in history that. now back to japan town as part of the history of marcus books the history of san francisco is multiple ladder and historic. it's rich in interpretation but in focusing back on japan town as the oldest continuously occupied japan town in the united states. this holds a rich array of cultural practice is of historic significance. i hope you'll join we to recognize japan in the historic study and will benefit from the efforts that grow out of that. thank you very much >> thank you. thank you, don in a. i'm with

negotiations there appears to be a genuine moment for engagement in the us ever take yes for nations. the island is so small but for me it's the center see the center of the universe. on a tiny island the size of a football field in the middle of a lake stanza ruined monastery forty years ago to lovers decided to spend their honeymoon here. they have no idea but the island would change their lives forever but they would change the fate of the island. never seen anything like this before is going to come in the house. in the borders of ice is grown in just one hour and it's only the beginning. of the. language of what i will only react to situations. i haven't read the reports so i'm likely to push the no i will leave them to stay current a comment on your latter point to say to secure a car is on the docket no. thank you no more weasel words when you veda direct question me prepared for a chase when you throw a punch be ready for a battle pretty speech and a little down to freedom to cost. a. lot of fun your whole show camarena life should be a spanking new college face i think you know about. a

. >> bad luck if you live on one of the 83 islands that make up then walk to -- up vanuatu. >> the united nations says that the islands that live on the so- called ring of fire are at the greatest risk of natural disaster. >> that's because of a large number of volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and he islands are also located on a cyclone belt. -- and islands are also located on a cyclone belt. >> germany placed 146. >> natural disasters can often have very different impacts. when parts of germany were hit by devastating floods earlier this year, eight people were killed. when floods hit pakistan in 2010, 1700 people lost their lives. 2 million homes were destroyed. thousands were displaced. two disasters in two countries. but according to the new world risk report, it's not just the geographic location of the country that determines the severity of the outcome. >> you have to look at the response structures. germany has many more doctors than pakistan. so, if something happens, more people can be treated. germany also has more hospital beds. so, again, more people can be looked at if there is a n

speaker, i rise today to honor staff sergeant timothy raymond mcgill, a member of the rhode island nationalrd, who was killed in combat last saturday while serving as a member of the united states army's elite special forces unit in afghanistan. a life-long resident of new jersey, staff sergeant mcgill enlisted after high school and was still training in booted camp when terrorists attacked the world trade center and pentagon in 9/11. he joined the -- in 2001. two years ago he became a weapons sergeant with the gren berets. americans are blessed to live in a free and democratic society because of the heroic efforts of our men and women in uniform and owe a special profound gratitude to those like timothy who made the ultimate sacrifice. we express condolences to his mother, father, his two sisters, and i pray they have small measure of comfort in knowing that our nation is grateful and keep them in our thoughts and prayers. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek

nations meeting in new york. the death toll rises in pakistan , while still powerful, it appears to have created an entirely new island off the coast. three days of national mourning starting kenya this wednesday following the shopping center siege. those of the latest news headlines. thank you for joining us here on "france 24." hostilities can be met with hope according to the new iranian president. he reiterated that his country's nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only and said that he was open to talks with the u.s. to manage their differences. he has been on a charm offensive for the last few weeks as his country suffers under crippling sanctions. >> his speech was the most anticipated of the general assembly. the iranian president talked a lot about hope and moderation, reiterating the main points he had made already in his mission to woo the west. he promised that iran poses no threat to the world, saying instead that they are a partner for peace. >> iran seeks constructive engagement with other countries based on mutual respect and common interest. we do not seek to increase tensions with the united sta

. >> designated a national park to preserve its natural beauty the island off the western coast of thailand few kilometers from a tourist attraction but there is a menacing side to the place, the national parks guard the area and pointed us to the very next cove to find what we were looking for. so close it's hard to believe they didn't know about it. a camp that we learned was a transit point for literally thousands offenders print rohinja from maymar was shut down for expose murder the media. >> translator: they took us to an island. we saw big trampolines among big trees and surrounded by the sea. we couldn't see any other land. many of us got severely ill. some were so bad they couldn't walk. all of us were very weak. >> reporter: mohamed spent a week on a ship and 19 days on the island before his family could have enough money to get him released for the next part of his journey. he describes a living nightmare. >> translator: they gave us mobile phones and made all of us talk to our relatives to ask for money. we were beaten, even while we were talking on the phone they would beat us

the island is a national ocean dumping site in the northern corner of the gulf where currents and prevailing winds drive logs, wrecked fishing boats and anything else that floats onshore. >> urethane foam. this is chinese or korean. i'm not sure. this is a buoy and whis key. >> reporter: he said heavier stuff is coming in now, but there's less of it. last summer in the first big wave of tsunami trash, the modern garbage on some alaskan beaches increased 100-fold, a huge job for the crew trying to cover every inch of every beach. >> job security, yeah. based on what i've seen so far, it doesn't seem like an end right now. >> so far they have taken 30 tons per mile of plastic like this off the coastline on the island, and they have a lot more work to do. in fact, they figure about 75 more miles to the south. the farther they go, the harder this operation will get. 100 to $150,000 a mile, another 8 to 10 years at current staffing and funding levels. >> we don't know what the true environmental damage is. we can look at how many miles of coast line are covered with plastic, but what does that tr

island today. but come tuesday, lady liberty and national parks coast-to-coast will close if the government shuts down. >> the fact that the statute of

the first or second trip the united states has really turned out to be the conquering nation for this little island. you know, they don't want us there, but at the same time they can't live without us there. it's kind of a sad, sad shape. i'm sad every time i go now. >> i'm going to go wit to you wh that feasibility. >> let me clarify feasibility. for me it is impossible, it is almost suicidal to not resist what is going on. factin fact, if we remain on ths path of american domination and assimilation, in the course of the process to be americanize us we will disappear from the face of this planet. we have no choice but to resist. >> when you say americanize, when you go to hawai'i there is such a level of assimilation. you don't go and find these separate groups that are politically separate or economically separate. it seems to be an assimilated set of islands. i realize there is a slice of people who are activists and want to see the separation. but when you look at the 1.4 million people in hawai'i how much of an agreement is there is a military occupation, and people want to be separated from

island. that from that extremist publication, the "national geographic. "august also brought news that the ipcc will announce that its now more than certain than ever that human activity is the main cause of recent climate change. let me be very clear about this -- there is a broad and strong scientific consensus that climate change is ongoing and that human actions are a cause. it is a consensus of a breadth and strength that it is disgraceful and stupid for us to ignore it. that consensus should come as no surprise, because the science behind it, behind the proposition that carbon dioxide in the atmosphere warms the earth, dates back to the civil war. it ain't news. we've known it for more than a century. even the contrarian scientists brought in by the deniers to testify in congress, agree that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas that warms the earth. the science is credible. the danger is credible. now it's about time for congress to become credible. it's time to wake up. it's time to do our duty to our country and to our fellow man here in congress. i

the rebels belong to the national liberation front which is opposed to peace talks with the government on the island. >> we want to establish our own government. not autonomous government but we want to independent for our nation. >> the government has been in talks with a separate insurgent group, the moral islamic front and in a 2012 deal brokered by malaysia the two sides dwraeed to set up an autonomous government in the region in 2016 but the agreement was rejected by the faction clashing with government forces. the fighting between the government and separatist groups started in the 1970s and more than 60,000 people have been killed in the conflict. and 2 million have fled the region. >>> the head of the international atomic energy agency set his sights on fukushima and he said the inspectors will visit the nuclear plant to investigate a leak of radioactive water. the chief was speaking at a board meeting in vienna. >> the leak of contaminated water at fukushima daiichi is a matter of high priority that needs to be addressed urgently. >> the agency's experts visited in plil april to checken on

island of mindanao. militants from the national liberation front try to seize control of the port city. they accuse the government of excluding them from a peace deal. at least nine people have been killed in the latest fighting. >> government forces patrolled the streets of them away and got -- of zamboanga. they are holding around 100 hostages. there are reports that some of them are being used as human shields. the army says government forces are not intending to attack the rebels but just want to contain them. >> we are seeing this is to pave the way for negotiations. >> the violence has prompted thousands to flee their homes. more than 10,000 are taking shelter in a sports stadium in zamboanga. facilities in the stadium are reported to be dire. life in the city has ground to a standstill. schools, shops, and offices are closed. most airplane and ferry services have also been suspended. the rebel group is calling for an independent state. they say the government reneged on a 19 96 peace agreement and that the only way to end the conflict now is to bring in international mediators. >

this has been over the past four days and this has spread to the neighboring island of bakula n. this is the national liberation front that has been left out of the stalks. -- peace talks. a man has drowned his one and a half-year-old daughter because he wanted a son. he regrets what he did but this shows a more broad problem in southeast asia, parents gilding -- parents killing children because of their gender. >> the tiny body thrown into the river. days afterward, they are still trying with the resources that they have. he has cooperated with investigators trying to find his daughter. he will have to live for his crime -- with his crime. he said he made a big mistake and does not know what was going through his mind. this --ly thinks he had he had planned exactly what happened at the river. >> he confessed that he came here and in the dead of night, after very heavy rain, from this spot, he threw in his young daughter, less than two years old. the divers say that they have given up on finding her body. >> why did he kill her? his wife said he was threatening this for some time. >> he was not happy

island. perhaps the worse of our nation's horrible spring break destinations.uldn't it have been j lo. tonight on the show i ch chilla and use my twitter to bring thieves to justin and now somebody get olga on the phone and let her know her commie son is there. this is the nicest day of the year in russia. when blood soaks through your patagonia that's a serious head wound or maybe he landed on a snow angel that just started her period. what we need are more butterfly nets at the border. >> you don't have it do you? >> i do. >> holy [bleep]. holy [bleep]. look at that. that's a mexican butterfly. >> tosh: clean up the language, you pussy. what he going to do flutter you to death? >> if that takes flight i'm going [bleep] my pants. that's a [bleep] mexican butterfly. >> tosh: what makes it mexican? the fact it came out of your bathroom with a clean towel? if you look closely he is wearing a tiny sombrero. i thought a mexican butterfly was when you finish on a girl's eye lashes? okay. it's been a while since we've really pushed the boundaries on the show so get r

the japanese side decided to press its claim and control over the chinese territory, the islands, by nationalizing these islands and that move broke what existed over these islands in the past 40 years and under such circumstances, one can easily imagine that the chinese side must and surely need to make a response to it. [speaking japanese] so, the situation may seem complicated, but the whole story is actually a very clear one. [speaking japanese] and circumstances continue to move and in undesirable direction. i want to tell you it is because the japanese side denied the existence of such an agreement or understanding, which was reached 40 years ago, and certainly this is an acceptable to the chinese side, because, as i said before, this is a historical fact. [speaking japanese] in spite of this, we are still ready to sit down and have dialogues with the japanese side to find jointly away to control, manage the current situation. but the japanese said to us there is no such dispute the between china and japan, and that has made it impossible for dialogues to happen. [speaking japanese] china an

national parks, the statue of liberty. >> reporter: krystal, it comes to minds as this boat came in from the statue of liberty and liberty islands the national park service boat. it shuttles the employees, a bunch of them got off today and i was thinking to myself, if you're scheduled to work tomorrow, unless you're a firefighter or involved in some sort of security for lady liberty's island, you're not getting on the boat again tomorrow if the government shuts down and getting it across the harbor to work. this is also something that is affecting the tourism dollars here. we have tourists coming from all over the world. this is one of the crown jewels of 368 national parks in the country. certainly the top destination for tourism here in new york city. we talked to many families, one of whom was an australian family. they said, getting to see lady liberty takes a lot of planning. >> the timing isn't great. and we have traveled a long way. it has cost us a lot of money and what do you do? there's nothing we can do about it. we're not impressed but what do you do? >> reporter: what do you do? you hope you're here on this beautif

. >> the national seismic monitoring center confirmed a new island in the arabian sea created tuesdaya number have raced throughout to see it. it's actually not a good idea. they warn the island may disappear as quickly as it rose. >> it's about 4:45. despite a 21-hour speech by a texas senator, the senate on track to pass a budget deal to avoid a government shutdown. that will likely include money for the affordable care act something that senator cruz spent hours protesting on the senate floor. house republicans are vowing to reject the bill. they say they will counter with a budget that includes things that democrats don't like like tax reform or changes in medicare and social security. congress has until monday to strike a deal to avoid the shutdown. wourryes over the debt ceiling have invest terse worried. seema. >> good morning. stocks falling for a fifth day, the s&p 500 the longest losing streak of the year. investors continue to worry about the fight over the budget and debt ceiling in washington. that overshadowing some of the positive news. we get reports out on unemploymen

in 2008 he joined the rhode island national guard to chase his dream of joining spellings forces. then in 2011 -- special forces. then in 2011, staff sergeant miguel was made a weapons sergeant and was most recently assigned to a company, second battalion, 19 special group force, army national guard in middletown, rhode island. and in between these deployments, staff sergeant miguel volunteered in ramsey fire department back home in the state of new jersey. you see, staff sergeant miguel was always committed to his community and to this country. he was truly one of the best and the brightest in the fifth congressional district and my prayers are with the family of staff sergeant miguel. ith that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the entlelady from texas rise? without objection, so ordered. the gentlelady is recognized. ms. johnson: thank you, mr. speaker. a government shutdown would damage the economic recovery, slow our growth over the long-term, and severely underline our ability to extend our recovery and put people back to work. as we debate the cont

island today. but come tuesday, lady liberty and national parks coast-to-coast will close if the government shuts down. >> the fact that the statute of liberty could be held hostage, is appalling to me. >> reporter: the smithsonian will also close, long with yosemite, mountain rushmore. the leisure destinations that are the bread and butter to surrounding businesses. >> if that happened, it would shut us down. we come out here doing ligake tests. >> reporter: the last time the government shut down was in the mid-'90s for three weeks. >> we have employees that have families to take care of, bills to pay. we are very concerned about the -- about the effect on them for any sort of shutdown. >> reporter: the impact to national parks visitors is just the start of a ripple effect. an estimated 800,000 civilian workers will be furloughed. government back home loans will be delayed. and if the shutdown drags on to october 17th, the stakes grow even higher. >> if congress doesn't raise the debt ceiling and the u.s. treasury can't meet its obligations, that could raise interest rates, credit card rates and plun

the national parks, angel island, yosemite, for example. al imprint and even if the national cemetery. passports could also be suspended as a result. if you are thinking about getting a loan for a housedozens have been killed and the entire process was stop the fha.. beginning of the fiscal year. money began towards hiring police and also social-service programs. all of those things are going to be running dry. >> do you think that this has a high possibility? >> i would think so. and i think that it is probably 75%. >> let us talk about the president obama care. we got a question from even anderson. he is a founder of a small start up company and he is wondering what type of impact it will have on small businesses. will he have to raise his race? it also >> guest: one of the reasons why the republican party is so bent on trying to kill the president obama gear is that it is addressing the issues that your friend brought up. first of all, how many employees does he have? if he has 50 employees or more? >> is the cut >> guest: off 20 employee

the japanese side decided to press its claim and control over the chinese territory, the islands, by nationalizing these islands and that move broke what existed over these islands in the past 40 years and under such circumstances, one can easily imagine that the chinese side must and surely need to make a response to it. so, the situation may seem complicated, but the whole story is actually a very clear one. and circumstances continue to move and in undesirable direction. i want to tell you it is because the japanese side denied the existence of such an agreement or understanding, which was reached 40 years ago, and certainly this is an acceptable unacceptable to the chinese side, because, as i said before, this is a historical fact. in spite of this, we are still ready to sit down and have dialogues with the japanese side to find jointly away to control, manage the current situation. but the japanese said to us there is no such dispute the between china and japan, and that has made it impossible for dialogues to happen. china and japan are perpetual china and japan are perpetual neighbors. the

at a time when the united states pivoting or rebattling toward asia, we may be giving this island nation reason not to consider the united states a friend and strategic power. understandably, the united states policies towards sri lanka have focused on accountability for what happened during the last phases of the civil war as well as on steps toward political reconciliation and respect for human rights. while these aspects are very important and deserve of support, i also believe there is an opportunity to engage in a wider simultaneous approach that also takes into account economic and national security consideration. the -- maybe this wider and dual-track approach would have a positive influence overall and make up for lost ground. i've expressed these views in letters to both secretaries kerry and hagel in recent mont months, and while both agree with me about sri lanka and their economic and geostrategic importance to the united states, both still point to the lack of political transparency and poor human rights record to reject a review of the administration's position which restri