the latest revelation is that the leader kim jong-un has earned a new title, marshall of the democratic people's republic of korea. both events point to one outcome, kim now has the country, his father and grandfather led, firmly in his grasp. the korean central news agency made the announcement on wednesday in a special bulletin. it said a decision was made to award the title of marshall of the dprk to kim jong-un. kim became supreme court commander of the nation's military at the end of 2011, succeeding his late father kim jong-il. members appointed him first chairman of the national defense commission, the center of the country's power. kim also assumed the top post of first secretary of the ruling workers party in april. he's currently the leader of all three branches of power, the state, the military and the ruling party. kim's latest promotion follows a reshuffle within his circle ri was considered a close mentor to kim. earlier i spoke with nhk world's -- what are the implication of the changes involving kim and his inner circles? >> north krooen -- careeren authorities are tryin

. >>> north korean leader kim jong-un has a new title. marshal. kim has ruled now for seven months. this cements his position as overall commander of the military. he already has the title of supreme commander of the korean's people's army. on monday, the chief of north korea's army was dismissed. >>> back in this country, the fda approved a second weight loss drug yesterday. the drug was approved for overweight patients who have one weight-related condition, like high blood pressure other diabetes. it's expected to be available by the end of this year. >>> in other medical news, a drug that may help slow the advance of alzheimer's disease. the research is based on a very limited study. but it's the first report of a treatment that might stabilize the disease and doctors are encouraged. dr. jon lapook reports. >>> six years ago joyce williams was given the diagnosis of a disease with no cure. her sus sterling said at first sticking with daily routines helped her cope with the symptoms. >> she gets up and makes breakfast every morning. she does the clothes, she irons. >> we're from a

tax with a gross receipts tax, i do believe we are doing that, but a thing the argument supervisor kim has put forward that there already is something in process between the community and business groups moving into the area means we should allow the process to go forward. i also believe if we are going to be able to find consensus around having one measure going forward, this is something that i believe is a minor part of that discussion that i am willing to see going forward continuing the business tax exemption so we can be more successful. supervisor chu: thank you. looks like there's a number of motions on the floor. i want to articulate them again. i believe that there is a motion to accept the amendment as a whole of the documents we have talked about. they are primarily technical in nature, have general changes to some cleanup language, administrative language, and other receipts and exclusions, so these i believe are fine for both measures, so there is a motion to amend both items one and tip o'neill. finally, there is a motion on the floor to add items for sections 96961 into ite

. >> reporter: kim has an interesting technique. >> socially i'm singing a strong up until i call for the target. >> what song do you sing? >> you know it varies. >> reporter: she owns close to 4000 first edition children's books, but nothing compares to her olympic passion. >> every emotion hits at once. up to run up to scream, you want to cry and jump up and down and you don't know which one to do first. >> good morning and good luck to her. thank you for watching 9news now at 5:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. >> good morning, happy friday. >> trafficwise, friday light is good news. howard bernstein has the digits to pay attention to this morning. >> high would be 101. record 103 today. the record

supervisor kim has moved to not accept the community specialist position. supervisor wiener? supervisor wiener: i thought the motion was to delay the earthquake manager -- to consider that later? supervisor chu: there are two recommendations relating to the earthquake safety program. one is to put the contract on reserve, and if i understand supervisor kim's motion, it is to not accept the programmatic budgets and to leave for discussion whether manager 4 or manager 2 is more corporate. colleagues, we do have that motion. can we take that without objection? >> we do that without objection. supervisor chu: thank you. ok, colleagues, do we have any other items? supervisor wiener: actually, i thought was of the planning department coming back? supervisor chu: the planning department is, i believe, at their commission meeting. supervisor wiener: ok. supervisor chu: given we have gone through our department at this time, colleagues do we have a motion to combine items three and four? do we have a motion to continue the combined items one and two to our wednesday meeting? without o

government has declared a war on the internet to try to get his message out to the masses kim dotcom has a new internet protest is about four minutes long and we spliced together a few parts of it to give you a glimpse. of it and. want to. blame us. for. became dot com born kim schmitz has launched a new web site guess what it's called kim dot com you want to try to get the word out and starting august first dot com says he'll be launching a campaign trying to rally two hundred million former mega upload users using their e-mail addresses now the f.b.i. says the founder of megaupload game dot com cost hollywood how a billion dollars in revenue he and the few others arrested alongside him face up to twenty years in prison and hundreds of million dollars in damages if convicted. well that's going to do it for us for now but if you're leaving the house don't forget to take us with you just go to youtube dot com slash r t america on your smartphone and you'll never.

north korean dictator kim has married. the couple is registered at bed, bath, and enriched uranium. captioning sponsored by comedy central ( theme song playing ) ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: hey! welcome to the report, everybody! thank you for joining us. thank you all one and all. >> stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen. >> stephen: that's the real deal. that is the real deal. that is the pure, uncut new york flake. folks i am as pumped as you are. my guest tonight is england's ambassador to the united states sir peter peter westmacott. he is in the dressing room right now, getting his banger mashed. i assume. he's here because the 2012 london olympic games start tomorrow. although with the time difference, it could be the day after tomorrow or last week. the point is, i am, will be, or have been thrilled. ( laughter ) i love the summer games. from track and field to diving to other sports america cares deeply about for two weeks every four years. i want to say ocean tennis or two-man bench curling, or whatever. it's not just the summer games. two years ago,

the latest on the games including a medal count go to cbs s f dot com for the giants and a's and kim has the details. >>> giants lead the west continues to shrink this women a's have done two things for a well in july,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> after winning 16/19 in july the a's have turned into buyers bidding up to the trading deadline. the picked up a new catcher and a deal with the brewers. nobody is hotter than the suspect as he lines a two run homer he is hitting for 17 since the all-star break. cologne picks up his first game since mid june. top of the six a's up 3-0 chris carter with the second home run since being called up last month says but his moves over to center field and makes the bat and grab the a's beat orioles' six-one go for the sweep tomorrow. the a's have moved at of the angels for the top wild-card spot only 3 1/2 games behind the rangers in the west. giants placed pablo sandoval on disabled list. the activated aubrey huff. marco makes his giants debut at third base he goes 1/3. matt camp with a two run shot off barry zito. the dodgers center fielder had four hits and

lilian kim has the story from the fairgrounds. >> reporter: jorge herrera was riding in the time race of the day when he was then from his mount. herrera's horse 4-year-old morito clipped the heels of another horse, morito stumbled and herrera was left on the ground with massive head injuries with >> was either trampled by his horse or another horse. >> reporter: april mitchell is the spokesperson for the fair. she says paramedics tended to herrera right away. >> as our normal safety protocol dictates we had an ambulance that was following the race so emergency personnel responded immediately >> reporter: but herrera was unable to survive, he died two hours later. according -- herrera had 55 minutes and. -- fair organizers say this is the first a jockey has died here since 1975. >> obviously, this incident is deeply saddens us and we hope people still come out to the horse racing and enjoy the fair. like i said this is a very rare incident doesn't happen often at all. racing will continue. >> reporter: fair organizers say they plan to hold some kind of memorial in honor of herrera by

it is important to address the concerns that supervisor kim has raised. i am not a fan of grandfathering to the extent we're proposing a different set of rules for certain institutions. i would have a concern with that. the other reason why i supported the motion to continue is my understanding is if there is a substantive amendment that the entire thing would be sent back to planning which i think we should try to avoid. that is why for me, continuing it for some time to allow my colleagues and the different people that are involved to have an opportunity to speak was the preferred option. supervisor mar: thank you. i was pleased when the efficiency and that legislation, we were going to have more time on that one. this item, supervisor wiener has done a tremendous amount of work on this. kansas feel like there should have been some effort to speak with him about these amendments before bringing it to the board. my hope is that it could be addressed in trilling legislation so i will be supportive of not continuing this item. i feel like it is too last mi

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supervisor kim has seen some of these during the budget presentation, so please excuse the repetition. but the policy issue right now come out every year we have a single issue that is predominant. right now, that is the african- american self-determination. looking at the unfinished agenda, which was completed in 1993 all the way out to the migration report that was completed in the last couple of years. we have 1.5fte our 3 policy staff devoted to this. they have created the african- american leadership council, which has created five work groups underneath. our equity advisory committee created an havret -- another three. we have eight work groups operating right now in the community deranging -- ranging from housing, jobs, economic empowerment to use toyouth, eyc. yesterday, we had one of our weekly brown bags where we had them come from all over the city. mayer brown came and spoke to the young people, along with the district attorney. we do that on wednesday. you are all certainly invited to attend. it also has the lgbt use workgroup. we also have the lgbt fate work group, which

kim dacey has more details. good morning. >> good morning. police say the suspect is a white man in his late 30's or early 40's with glasses and wearing a light shirt. they say he should be considered armed and dangerous. police say a gunman showed up at vi ripken's home between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. tuesday morning and forced her into her own car at gunpoint. officials say the gunman blindfolded ripken and drove her to unknown locations in the area. sometime tuesday evening, the car was spotted in baltimore county. that was when she was officially reported missing. around 6:15 wednesday morning, police say someone noticed ripken waving a white cloth and came to her aid. police say no ransom notes have been found. they are still not sure about the suspect's motive. >> we're still looking at this investigation. we're looking at every witness, every clue. for us to say or speculate on a motive would be unfair. >> the ripken family did issue a statement saying -- reporting live in towson,kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> a lot of people kept a cl

l lillian kim has the remarkable tale. >> dr. kill birney's an avid headacheer. last weak he wasen jig the breath taking scenery near big bear lake. his hiking trip took unfortunate turn when he break the left leg. his best friend dan grass of sunnyvale with him. >> kind of took unplanned stop and rolled his leg. he broke his leg and tore some of the tendon in the ankle. >>reporter: camp counselor elizabeth and bryce of santa cruz happened to be in the are area. they radio for help. and in about an hour a chp hopper arrived. chopper landed safely but all of sudden one of the 2 officers was down. his head bleeding. >> it was just an awful sound of the guy's skull getting fractured off the edge of the rotor blade. i knew i mean the blade couldn't hit a rock or something so i knew it hit him. >> as luck would have it he's a critical care doctor with the air force. despite broken leg he hobbled to the helicopter and went to work providing life saving aid to the officer. with the help of °and 2 camp counselors he established and airway. bagged the officer with oxygen

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l lillian kim has the remarkable tale. >> dr. kill birney's an avid headacheer. last weak he wasen jig the breath taking scenery near big bear lake. his hiking trip took unfortunate turn when he break the left leg. his best friend dan grass of sunnyvale with him. >> kind of took unplanned stop and rolled his leg. he broke his leg and tore some of the tendon in the ankle. >>reporter: camp counselor elizabeth and bryce of santa cruz happened to be in the are area. they radio for help. and in about an hour a chp hopper arrived. chopper landed safely but all of sudden one of the 2 officers was down. his head bleeding. >> it was just an awful sound of the guy's skull getting fractured off the edge of the rotor blade. i knew i mean the blade couldn't hit a rock or something so i knew it hit him. >> as luck would have it he's a critical care doctor with the air force. despite broken leg he hobbled to the helicopter and went to work providing life saving aid to the officer. with the help of °and 2 camp counselors he established and airway. bagged the officer with oxygen

kim. she was identified as ri sol ju. ere has never been any official announcement that kim was married nor did the report mention when they exchanged vows. ri sol ju has previously been seen with kim at several state functions. south korean media have reported that the north's first lady was probably once a performing artist. yonhap news agency says a singer with the same name performed with the group in february of last year. the media has noted the singer's strong resemblance to kim's wife. >>> north korea has urged the united states to officially end hostilities between the two sides. pyongyang wants its old enemy to convert the 1953 armistice that ended the korean war into a full peace accord. the north's foreign ministry issued a statement on wednesday two days ahead of the 59th anniversary of the truce. the north repeats its claim that possession of nuclear weapons is justified. it says the nuclear deterrent will stay as long as the u.s., the world's biggest nuclear arms state, remains hostile. but the statement then urges

l lillian kim has the remarkable tale. >> dr. kill birney's an avid headacheer.eath taking scenery near big bear lake. his hiking trip took unfortunate turn when he break the left leg. his best friend dan grass of sunnyvale with him. >> kind of took unplanned stop and rolled his leg. he broke his leg and tore some of the tendon in the ankle. >>reporter: camp counselor elizabeth and bryce of santa cruz happened to be in the are area. they radio for help. and in about an hour a chp hopper arrived. chopper landed safely but all of sudden one of the 2 was down. his head bleeding. >> it was just an awful sound of the guy's skull getting fractured off the edge of the rotor blade. i knew i mean the blade couldn't hit a rock or something so i knew it hit him. >> as luck would have it he's a critical care doctor with the air force. despite broken leg he hobbled to the helicopter and went to work providing life saving aid to the officer. with the help of °and 2 camp counselors he established and airway. bagged the officer with oxygen and put pressure on his head. >> one po

that has been reconfirmed and those moves are underway. >> -- supervisor kim: bancroft has been acquired and marin is a lease situation? >> yes. supervisor kim: i know this has come up before, but we have a sense that there are other city properties to determine if technology can move to to save on expenses or is that a priority in terms of what we're doing that search? >> we have looked very hard at any city assets that might work. a couple of the sites we're looking had to afford some opportunities but within the city's inventory, frankly, it is a corporation yard. it is industrial in nature, which is difficult to site and we don't have much in the way of surplus. in fact, the mta is also looking for a corporation yard space or industrial space. hard to find in this city. we have exhausted our search of city assets and turned to the private sector for the best opportunities we can find. supervisor kim: in terms of the 901 rankin site, i understand the organization will be subleasing that out and we as the city will gain in net revenue of that site, first collected in to the tenant relo

kim dacey has details on the latest construction. >> good morning. the first construction is on conway street -- sc will be closed from light street to howard street from 9:00 p.m. until 5:00 a.m. monday through friday from now until august 3. it takes 22 million pounds of concrete, 15,000 tires, and 2200 fence panels to construct the course for the grand prix of baltimore. the process got underway on monday, one month before the track is set to open. last year during the grand prix, some businesses just outside the track suffered losses instead of a spike in business. organizers are taking extra steps to make sure that businesses do not suffer again. >> we have a nighttime construction schedule. we are making sure that we're working with the city, that crosswalks are going to be open, that bus stops will be available. it is very critical to us that we make sure that this city is able to function and hold a great event at the same time. >> the track will be constructed in sections to minimize the closures and delays. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> th

this could be an attempt of kim jong un to consolidate power. the army has grown in power over the past decades and ri yong-ho was regularly pictured with kim jong un on military visits. being seen as commander-in-chief was all the more important for a leader as young and untested as this one. kim jong un has a leadership style that is publicly more relaxed and more jovial than his father. last week he showcased a new female companion smartly dressed in western-style clothing. that was enough to spark favors speculation over the direction of his personal life. now there are questions over where north korea is headed politically. bbc news reporting. >> still ahead, the excitement is building. we will be on the path of the olympic torch as it edges closer to the capital. police in a pall say nine people died after a bus swerved off the road and into a river. rescue workers are still searching for survivors. many more passengers are still missing. most of the dead in the crash in the southwest of the country were hindu pilgrims from india traveling to or religi

. >> candidacy has the details. -- kim dacey has the details. >> the heat, the holiday, and he power outages created the overwhelming need for eyes. >> i've never seen anything like it. think there is a way to keep up with demand. >> the company did not have power for three days. they have been operating with generators keeping the door closed. they have been loading up and delivering ice as fast as they can. do you have guys on the truck? they're trying to get it off the truck before i can even get it in the store. >> of their working the same amount of hours they are legally allowed to work. they have to have a break time. some of them have chosen to use that downtime to maybe help out here with lifting, reloading, and getting things done. they have been alternating so they can go home. no one has been off since saturday. >> they have gone through 280,000 pounds of vice per day. >> there are people price gouging and raising their prices to make money. >> though many have their power restored, they have used so much ice that supplies will still below with august the notoriously hott

kim dacey has the latest. >> the repairs, after an extensive study in march using high-tech equipment that uncovered a new problem. using high-tech equipment like the type diver at optical cables, inspectors found a potential outbreak in southwest baltimore in march. >> due to the proactive work of the baltimore city department of public works, we have gotten ahead of a potentially serious matter. >> most of the large water main breaks were caused by a stressed pipes sold to the nation for decades ago. dpw will begin adjustments. they will adjust 3 16-inch sections of the 54-inch main. >> please refrain from outside watering, car washing, until after sunset or during the early morning hours. please do not wash clothes or dishes or do non-essential indoor cleaning using water until late in the evenings or early morning trade used clothes washers or dishwashers only with full loads. we're asking that you remember that short showers use less water than filling a tub. >> dpw says there is a chance that water service could be interrupted, but using the conservation tips will reduce that ch

. >>> as a diver for 40 years, kim has watched some of the beauty of the florida keys disappear. o has created the biggest coral nursery in the caribbean to help bring marine life back to the area. >> i grew up diving in the florida keys and it was just the most magical place. the coral reefs were so pretty and i decided that's what i wanted to do for a living was dive on coral reefs. in an area where there's live coral, there's more fish. reefs provide protection, recreational opportunities for million of people. i was diving for 40 years and over time, i saw those coral reefs start to die. coral reefs worldwide are in decline. if they die completely, kos tall communities would be bankrupt. the billion people in the world will be impacted. i started thinking, how can we fix this problem? >> protect and restore coral reefs. >> we've developed a system that's simple and something that we can train others to do. >> we start with a piece of coral this big and we take it out and after about a year or two, it becomes this big. and then we cut the branches off and we do it again. >> ken

and kim kardashian has been successful with her shoe dazzle. jessica alba founded the honest company and zoey de deschannel backed hello, giggles and selena gomez uses her company's product post card on the run and justin beiber made the cover of "forbes" for his investments. and there is the only one developing his own app. >> there are a million and a half people following me on twitter. and when that started i was trying to think of the next app that will change the world. >> since he can act he produced a prose proe motional video spoof. >> not just turning in tons of dough. >> andy sandberg was envious and i started one for his company. jennifer hasn't done her video yet but knows a thing or two about music videos. >> thank you, bay area, you helped raise thousands for foster kids just by liking abc 7 news, just to name a few fans susan m, donna m, and deb c from son gnomea. you can still make a difference and maybe get your name mentioned on abc 7 news. just like abc 7 news and $1 gets donated. >> thank you to everybody. >> good news is t

kim dacey has more on how one of the companies had to respond to a fire last night, including a firefighter injured battling the flames. >> this is one of the two set to close today. just last night, a firefighter from that company was injured when a ceiling collapsed while fighting a fire or no. washington. the idea was set forth in the proposed city budget, it shot down three fire companies to help build a budget gap. the move will end david rotating closures. no firefighters would be laid off. 66 will be reassigned. >> we have to identify where we can cover the best, identified a company and take it out of the system to quit rotating closures. >> squad 11 and truck 15 are closing. the third is 10 on lafayette avenue. it will be closed on october 1. the plan got mixed reviews at city hall. >> we cannot afford not to. it is not that much money. we cut taxes. we can pay to protect the houses were just lowered taxes for. >> after debate and discussion, they ultimately passed the budget including the cuts. the plan does not sit well with the firefighters' union who argued the closures would c

kim john il. but her identity has been a secret. earlier, shery ahn got insight into the background of the film. >> what can we learn from watching this film? >> the documentary provides insight into the efforts to legitimize kim jong-un as north korea's leader. the party central committee commissioned it. the film is called "the great mother." an expert who obtained a copy says authorities started screening it in may as part of a training program for party executives. ♪ >> reporter: one eye-catching scene shows koihe galloping on a white horse, following her husband, kim jong-il. >> translator: our revered leader in front of the troops is followed by the great mother who is the daring standard-bearer and the top aide of our leader. this illustrates the path our dear leader has taken as a fighter to bring about military-first north korea. >> reporter: the 75-minute film praises kim jong i'll and koihe. it includes unreleased footage of koi accompanying kim on official trips. she supported him but also kept a certain distance. her beh

kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. the recent oppressive heat wave hasen a toll on the state, claiming the lives of nearly two dozen marylanders. the heat couple of power outages made conditions particularly dangerous. >> people living at home, their interior temperatures in the evening may not have gone down significant. they contain is to be in the extreme heat, and in the nighttime. have lost and that becomes a problem for people -- they have and that becomes a problem for people. >> summer school session. for some, this is a chance to get ahead on the next school year. >> i'm ready to do what i need to do as far as school. >> i'm kind of glad i'm in summer school because it benefits me and it is kind of boring being at home all day. >> summer class sessions in baltimore county run through august 3. >> the house is debating legislation to repeal president health care reform lot and the senate is drawing battle lines on the proposal to extend the bush era tax cuts but not for the rich. >> house republicans had back into battle against president obama's

analysts say the high exposure suggests officials are trying to allay concerns about kim's lack of experience. >>> nhk has learned north korean authorities are also trying to raise kim's profile by highlighting his heritage. they made a film about his mother. and we've obtained a copy. ko was born in osaka as a korean resident of japan. she moved to north korea in the 1960s. she was a dancer and she caught the eye of the man who later became the country's leader kim jong-il. but her identity has been a secret. earlier, shery ahn spoke with hiroki to get an insbit the background of the film. >> so what can we learn from watching this film? >> the documentary provides insight into the efforts to legitimize kim jong-un as north korea's leader. the film is called "the great mother of --." an expert who obtained a copy said they started screening it in may as part of a training program for party executives. one eye-catching scene shows her galloping up on a white horse, following her husband kim jong-il. >> translator: our revealed leader in front of the troops is followed by the great mother who is the daring

kim lawton has our special report. >> reporter: in washington, d.c., sister maureen fiedler hosts the public radio program "interfaith voices." she tries to broaden interreligious understanding in order to further justice and peace. values she says come straight from her roman catholic faith. >> this isn't something peripheral. this is central to the preaching of the gospel. >> reporter: fiedler entered religious life 50 years ago, just before vatican ii got under way. she says the spirit of the vatican meetings had a profound impact on how she viewed her calling. >> the second vatican council had a marvelous document called the church in the modern world which basically underlined the message of justice and peace in the gospel. >> reporter: fiedler became involved in a series of social justice causes, including a 37-day fast in support of the equal rights amendment, and rallies in support of the ordination of female priests. >> it just all fit together as a piece for me, and it also fit together in my prayer as i tried to put this together with the second vatican council. it simply m