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is my dentures. [ charlie ] try zinc free super poligrip. ♪ lou: new york city, the country's largest citysessing the massive damage from hurricane sandy. we will be joined by former new york governor george pataki to get his perspective on what will be required to get this city, the state, this region back in order and to recover from all the devastation. that is coming right up. and good news to report. home prices up. about a 2% gain in prices year-over-year is the biggest jump in two years, and good news, setting the stage for the financial markets which reopen tomorrow after being closed for the first two days of this week because of hurricanes in the. this, the first time markets had been closed for two consecutive trading days for whether event since march 12th and 13th in 1888 when a blizzard put a stop trading. the markets, when they reopen, will be focusing in part on energy prices, particularly gasoline prices because eight of the country's refineries producing about 8 percent of our daily supply in gasoline where in the path of sandy. about six of those refineries which have be

. >>> bracing for impact, could this storm shut down america's largest city. millions are told they could lose electricity for up to ten days. >>> the political storm. it's driving thousands to the polls for early voting and causing the campaigns to redo their plans for the all-important stretch run. >>> and tsunami warning. off the west coast. for hawaii. we'll have the latest. >>> hey, good morning. we're watching this developing storm with the hawaii tsunami warning. we'll start here, of course, with the superstorm, which one meteorologist has called part hurricane and part nor'easter. all trouble. look at sandy from space. it's expected to have tropical-force winds that extend out 500 miles from center. >> states of emergency have been declared up and down the east coast. a third of the country is expecting some combination of high wind, rain and snow. >>> take a look at this stastic. 261,000 homes, more than $80 billion in real estate could see storm surge damage if sandy hits shore. >> the big question this morning -- is when and where this megastorm hit

country's most dangerous offenders. >>> located in the heart of the nation, warsaw is the capital and largest cityin poland. it is known as the phoenix city. because of a history of rising from the ashes of war and oppression over the course of centuries. on one busy downtown street is a flashpoint of warsaw's volatile past, mokotow prison. >> been to over 20 american prisons. they're usually located in remote areas far from cities for security reasons. so we're on these busy warsaw streets and we turn and these massive blue doors open up and we enter into this facility. and when we were inside and i was standing on prison grounds, i would look up and see apartment buildings surrounding us, businesses. >> the prison was built in 1904. it used to be called the place of no return. between world war ii and the fall of communism in 1989, it housed a countless number. of freedom fighters, many of whom were tortured and killed in mass executions. the monument on the prison wall honors the victims. >> there are probably over 1,000 people who had been tortured and executed at this prison during the variou

she hit a trail of destruction, especially in the country's second largest city, santiago de cuba. the president, raul castro, expected to assess the damage in person today. >> storm is already whipping up big waves in south florida. winds were clocked yesterday between 30 and 40 miles per hour. by this afternoon, meteorologists expect to see wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour. right now parts of the sunshine state are under a tropical storm warning. >> utility companies all along the eastern seaboard already working to prevent power failures. workers on alert from florida to new england. in our area, dominion virginia power stocking trucks with supplies, monitoring the forecast as well. pepco contractors are on what's called a freeze mode, meaning they're not allowed to travel. pge has put more than 1,000

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. >> high winds and a record storm surge cripple the nation's largest city. neighborhoods were swallowed by the water that also seeped into the subway system. the work has started to bring the city back. >> sandy hit us very hard. but new yorkers are resilient. >> resilience millions know they will need to recover from the damage sandy left behind. >> restoring power to some areas including here in lower manhattan could take a week to 10 days. >> a big time mess. around here, the impacts are less. there they were more than anticipated. >> we dodged a major blow it. >> this was even more than they thought they would get. they were on the windy side and we were on the west side. 90 mile an hour wind gusts at islip, new york. annapolis almost hit the 70 mile an hour threshold. at bwi marshall, 60 mile an hour wind gusts. we had more rain than they had. we were right at the 6 inch mark here on tv hill. more than 7 inches in annapolis and the inner harbor area. westminster with 6 inches, over 7 inches an ocean city. easton was a jackpot area as far as rain fall. fr

could this storm shut down america's largest city? while power companies are calling in the cavalry from all the way out in the heartland, millions are told they could lose electricity for up to ten days. >>> the perfect political storm. could sandy tilt the balance in the astonishingly close race for the white house? it's driving thousands to the polls for early voting and causing the campaigns to rejigger their plans for the all-important stretch run. >>> and tsunami warning. a magnitude 7.7 earthquake off the west coast triggers a tsunami warning for hawaii. we'll have the latest. >>> hey, good morning, everybody. we are watching this developing story in the hawaii tsunami warning. the tsunami downgraded but the threat not completely over. a live report in just a few minutes. frnts but we are going to start here, of course, with the super storm, which one meteorologist has called part hurricane and part nor'easter, all trouble. take a look at sandy from space. this beast of a storm is expected to have tropical storm-force winds tha

susan estrich syria's largest city around forty people dead over one hundred are injured many of trapped under the rubble there of what's thought to have been a suicide last tog the military. middle east correspondent paula slee has got the details. syrian state television is reporting that this is the work of terrorists and that dozens of people have been killed many of them belonging to the syrian regime now it comes amid intensified fighting between government forces and rebel fighters in the city and we are understanding that the explosions were a few minutes apart they happened near the city's largest squares at least one massive crater has remained in the ground and that the facade of several tall buildings nearby were completely ripped apart according to eyewitnesses there the explosions were followed immediately by intensified gun battles and clashes we are also hearing that by all accounts it seems as if the explosions were caused by call bombs now this is not good neighbor of pride but it does suggest that this is the work of suicide bombers there isn't a binny's newspaper that

russia's largest airline floor is suing its home port city limits around demands its head be dismissed more on this and much more after. looking at some jokes you simply do not believe they come speak and goodness how they can wrong oh. it's an international sled dog race with those driving the dogs. coming from as far away as a strength in canada and the us they come to russia and everybody is so very friendly they welcomed me with open arms and the scenery is so beautiful it's very much like a lot and so i felt at home the first blood joke was brought here from australia now it's trios come to this remote russian village to take part in the race it's not surprising they love it this trail ira mazie but even more amazing is the story of how racing first started here atoll it wasn't the top. grazing who set the trail ablaze but a nun and for all friends who brought their dia to life. five years ago. built a dog kennel in the village kids from the local open age came around to take care of the dogs and one day they state their life might seem extreme to some the boys wake up at six to f

this as rebels launched a massive attack on the countries largest city, aleppo. syrian troops bombed the town just four miles from the turkish border and at least 12 people were killed, including five children. so far there is no end in sight to the war that killed more than 30,000 people in the last 18 months. baltimore city police are looking for two suspects in connection with a weekend homicide. a 28-year-old man was shot and it had just after 3:00 sunday morning. he was taken to johns hopkins hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. police believe that an argument broke out between the victim and two suspects, leading to the shooting could the suspects took wagonn a gray station min with tinted windows. baltimore county police arrest a suspect in connection with the shooting friday night. rickey freeman faces attempted first-degree murder charges for that shooting. he is being held without bail. police say there is no update on the victim's condition. if fire investigation in baltimore county as flames sparked arounthis morning at bea ave. one firefight

but i will give you an example in two of the largest cities where they are the largest cities in los angeles and new york i hope i'm right the school department's right now are not just reading teachers on the basis of tests. they listen to the press to the newspapers and the ratings of the teachers rated from zero to 10100 is the best fighting -- the best i think. based on the exams and the l.a. times and "the new york post" or printing them. the teacher has 20 children in a class of 40 to read it doesn't matter a quarter of the kids didn't even come to the class in the middle of the years. the teacher sees her name with the words and effective mediocre, rotten apple, that's "the new york post," that's happening right now. it's nothing more than a shaming ritual, but it's the purpose to drive the stake into the hearts of teachers and drive the best ones who refuse to teach the test out of educational together is certainly is the test. i wish the president would condemn this assault on the dignity of teachers dillinger his heparin with all of the authority that he has to command he d

largest city today, the front line has shifted after weeks of stalemate. the rebels say they have made significant advances in aleppo, taking territory they have never held before. but can they keep it? and will these men now put down their guns? tonight, on state-run television, a statement from the military. it says it will observe a truce before the muslim holiday. the man who negotiated a truce the said at the start of the job that was nearly impossible. most rebel groups have seemed to agree to the cease-fire, but they do not fight under a single combined. at least one islamist group said it will not observe the true spirit -- the troops. >> of the world is watching on friday morning. we all understand there is a lack of trust between the parties, and therefore, we all understand that we cannot be sure yet what will transpire. hoe thpe is that we e nsguill fall silent. for lee peop of syria. >> it is -- this is syria's bord with turkey on the eve of the truce. since the conflict began, no cease-fire has taken hold. the expectations for this one are lo

tokyo is japan's largest city.s the capital, it is the focus of most legal, pitical, and economic activities in the nation. most large corporations have their headquarters here. everything tends to concentrate in tokyo. 32 million people, or one out of every four japanese live within a 30-mile radius. while tokyo casts a large shadow, it covers only three percent of the total land mass of japan. land prices here have skyrocketed. a booming economy in the 1980s and early 1990s saw profits go into real estate speculation, contributing to a bubble of inflated values. affordable housing was in short supply. more and more people began moving out to the suburbs to fulfill their dream of owning a home. by the mid-90s, japan hit an economic slump and thasian economic crisis of 1997 hit. the bubble burst and land prices began to decline, but not by much. housing prices in tokyo are falling, but they're still at very high levels compared to the u.s. the average cost of housing in the greater tokyo metropolitan area is about

in iranian businesses trade through the united arab emirates. 400,000 live in the largest city dubai and they shep daily commodities home across the parisian golf and many are going to banks to exchange the reals for dollars and some money changers have stopped accepting the currency. one trader says he will have to stop exporting to iran. a spokesperson for the iranian chamber of commerce says businesses in dubai with getting one third of previous prices. >> they are not getting any money out of iran for the goods that they are sending. they stop sending goods. therefore they have to reduce their businesses. >> he says the real's continued fall seems inevitable. >>> japan may not expand a currency swap agreement with south korea as tension mounts between the two countries. that's if south korea does not make a request. the deadline for deciding on an extension comes at the end of this month. an official of japan's finance ministry said at this point no requests for the extension of the currency arrangement has come from south korea. the two nations raised the amount from $13 billion

this shopping mall is located in the largest city. in late september, sushi was put on the shelves. it was made with fresh fish, imported for the first time directly from a region of japan. >> translator: i love sushi. tuna and yellow tail are popular sushi ingredients. but these fishes are not found in the the region's coastal waters. this caught the attention of a food company that has been running the supermarket for russian customers in wakkanai for 15 years. the president of the company exported the fishes not found in the waters off sakhalin on a trial basis. >> translator: we ship them from wakai. we thought we could keep them fresh if we used a direct ferry service between wakanai and sakhalin. >> usually imported sushi ingredient are sent to sakhalin through moscow but this takes about three months and it is often difficult to keep them fresh. he spotted a business opportunity in wakkanai's geographical advantage. this city is only five and a half hours away by ferry from sakhalin. his company exported yellow tail and tuna to sakhalin. they used a ferry from wakkanai to sak

. >> shepard: the nation's largest city at a stand still. entire new york city neighborhood burned to the ground. >> absolute and total devastation. >> shepard: and now the storm has turned into a blizzard. plus, thousands of passengers still stranded at airports across the nation and around the world. halloween, we have got the kids at home. >> shepard: tonight, word some airports in the storm zone could stay closed for days. and the search continues for the captain of the sunken hms bounty 90 miles off the coast of north carolina. now we know it was worse than even the worst prediction. unprecedented and unthinkable. that's what the new jersey governor chris christie is calling the damage from the super storm sandy that slammed his state. and just look along the jersey shore. or what was. tonight, officials are blaming the storm for more than three dozen deaths across the country. and more than 8 million customers, not people, 8 million customers have no power. most of them in new york and new jersey. look at this map here. the damage from

france's second-largest city has always had a bit of a dodgy reputation. drug trafficking and crimes is big in marseille, just like in any of the port city, and the gangs that dominate the scene have been involved in a brutal war for months now. more than 20 people have been killed since the beginning of this year. >> the northern district of marseille are rundown and neglected. drug gangs rule supreme here. they control entire housing estates, guarding the entrance is. we would not have dared to come here unaccompanied. the streets are no go areas. normally camera crews are driven away forcibly. we have a former police officer with us. he investigated crime here for 20 years. he and his colleagues were not often successful, but they managed to catch some dealers. over time, he got to know their methods. >> look to the left -- that is a place where they sell drugs. there's one of the lookouts waiting for customers. the lookouts watch to see which cars drive by. the system works like a road block. they are responsible for keeping unwanted visitors out and m

in rehab but doing much better ii >>> we will continue to track hurricane sandy as the nation's largest city braces for that mons >>> coming up at 3:00 on katie jennifer lopez opens up about live after divorce and why age is nothing but a number. then at 4, anti-smoking laws are restrictions leading to better public health? then at 5, what is in for for california students now that endeavour has reached its final destination. those stories and more today. >>> let's check in on hurricane sandy, east coast bracing for the worst for what forcasters believe could be a deadly superstorm, airports, schools, government agencies, transit, all closed along the eastern seaboard, 10,000 flights cancelled expected to make landfall within hours. mike has the latest ii >>> out of -- dover delaware spinning there, strongest thunderstorms within 50 miles of atlantic city now is starting to accelerate northwest almost 30 miles per hour you can see it is going to be there over the next two to three hours when the rain is going to get heaviest, when the storm surge is going to be the greatest our fastest winds

with more than half a million residents, it's the country's largest city.s divided into ten municipalities, one of which is uto orizari. more than 22,000 people live here. most of them are roma. they fled to macedonia during the kosovo war and they've remained in uto orizari. 30-year-old bajramsha selmani is one of them. she shares her small house with her husband and seven children. no one in the family has a job. ljatife sikovska is herself a roma, but she refuses to accept the situation her compatriots are in. so she's founded an organization that informs roma about their rights. lack of education and social marginalization are among the reasons why roma don't have access to jobs. without work they lack the money for important official documents. so they can't even register the births of their children -- who then can't attend school or get free medical care. senada kurtishovska's daughter fell ill, but because she had no papers, the doctor sent her away. >> i took her home, but her condition didn't improved. two weeks later she died. >> now senada's wor

high winds crippled the nation's largest city. ighborhoods were swallowed by the water that also seeped into the subway system. >> the workas started to bring the city back. >> sandy hit us very hard. it was a storm of historic intensity. but new yorkers are resilient. >> reporter: resiliences. the mayor now knows they'll need to recover from the damage sandy left behind. jay gray nbc news, battery park. >> it is hard to take it all in. the damage is so extensive. in new york, they worry about the tide tomorrow? the way that we are? >> their're a little worried about that. the potomac will flood again. probably another foot from where it is right now. for us, the next couple of days we finally get to see things calm down. what an amazing storm. yes, we did dodge a bullet. this was new york's perfect storm so to speak. you can see what's happening out there at reagan national airport where things are starting to get back to normal, at least hopefully the flights will be getting back to normal the next couple of days. people going ba

. >> reporter: moving a 78-ton spacecraft in the second largest city in the country is an endeavor in itself, and just six people are in charge of moving it down the street. they walk alongside the giant rig guiding it with a joy stick. the crowd has been rooting for him. >> there was enthusiasm when you worked your way through a real tight spot. they could see it and they knew what was going on. >> reporter: on some neighborhood street, the shuttle's wing span had just millimeters to spare. nearly 400 trees were cut down, dozens of traffic lights removed, and 74 power lines raised to accommodate the five-story-tall shuttle. jim mayer works for the city. >> we put taller power poles in, took the shorter power poles out, and raised the wires to the higher clearance. that way we can keep the power on for the consumers in this area. >> reporter: the streets also had to be reinforced with 2700 metal plates. this whole thing weighs in at 375,000 pounds. >> this is the only time this is going to happen. it's the last shuttle, and it's never going to do this again, and none of them are ever

here we explore the regional geography of turkey and its largest city. lf european, half asian, istanbul is the cultural and commercial heart of turkey. it's a city of great contrasts. the traditional shops in the grand bazaar. and modern, spacious shopping centers with fashionab boutiques. but for thousands of people, marginal street trade is the only source of income. the poorest among them have built shelters at the edge of the city. the wealthy live on the waterfront in stately apartment buildings. many have jobs in the modern offices of turkish and multinational companies. politics, religion, ethnicity, migration, economics: istanbul, with nearly ten million people, is facing multiple challenges. the city's unique location provides the first clue as to why its fate is of so much interest to other parts of the world. istanbul lies at a crossroads where the north-south axis of rich and poor intersects with the west-east axis of cultural differences. this is where christian europe meets islamic asia. istanbul lies on the bosporus, the narrow strait that

the fight is on for aleppo, syria's largest city and one of the world's oldest. the rebels call it a decisive battle. it is also deadly. this weekend the intense combat triggered a massive fire in the city's ancient marketplace. a priceless landmark, reducing much of it to ashes. we made our way in to syria, past scenes of devastation, to the outskirts of aleppo. to meet rebel commander ahmed afaj once a local businessman now driven by the loss of his own brother, killed in combat. he leads more than 2500 rebels. all sunni muslims. and says he is battling shiite militants fighting for the regime, mostly from outside syria. iranian and hezbollah fighters are here in large numbers, he says. when we kill them, we find their i.d. cards. the u.s. has accused iran of meddling in syria. the commander goes farther. he says of the regime, all of the planes they're using, the new ones, are from iran. and, he says, government planes are dropping a new kind of weapon. bombs in barrels, with chemicals, he says, that take out city blocks. a whole family was in here, he says, a

. >> pelley: you were just in aleppo, syria's largest city, on assignment for "60 minutes." what was it like when you were there? >> it's impossible to overemphasize just how devastating the effect of the regime's constant bombardment has been on aleppo. both physically-- there are entire neighborhoods that have been reduced to smoking piles of rubble-- but also psychologically. people are living there in a constant state of fear. i sat down with a group of women who told me that they hadn't left the house in over a month. and when you hear the sound of the jets coming and you feel that sense of sickening dread, you understand just why that is. >> pelley: and no end in sight. clarissa, thanks very much. a deadly outbreak of meningitis has spread across five states. and what do the presidential candidates plan to do about immigration? when the "cbs evening news" continues from denver. >> pelley: a new report today may have people checking the labels on their dietary supplements. these supplements are big business with sales topping $30 billion last year. 84% of americans use

the storm left a trail of destruction there, especially in santiago de cuba, the second largest city. media reports 11 people were killed when the hurricane hit the island. president raul castro is expected to visit the region and assess the damage today. >>> a lot of people don't like them but now the tsa is quietly removing full body x-ray scanners from seven major airports. they are being replaced with different scanners that use less invasive images of the human body. a few airports switching out those machines include jfk and la guardia in new york, l.a.x., chicago o'hare and boston logan. now, the full body machines are not being retired, they're simply being moved to smaller airports. >>> 6:14. here's a quick check of the top stories. grief counselors will be at albany high school to help classmates cope with the death of a classmate. cathy qiu was found on a beach near half moon bay. >>> a suspect murdered a castro valley woman and set her home on fire. the sheriff's office would not confirm whether the suspect knew the woman. we're expecting to learn more about this case in a

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. >> reporter: moving a 78-ton spacecraft in the second- largest city in the country is an endeavor in itself. they walk alongside the giant rig, guiding it with a wireless joystick. the driver says the crowd has been routeing for him. >> there's some real enthusiasm, when we worked our way through a real tight spot. >> reporter: on some neighborhood streets, the shuttle's 78-foot wing span didn't have room to spare. >> we put taller power polls in and we raised the wire to a higher clearance, that way we can get the power on for the consumers in this area. >> reporter: the streets also had to be reinforced with 2700 metal plates. this whole thing ways 375,000 pounds. >> this is the only time it's going to happen. it's the last shuttle, never going to do this again. none of them are ever going to do it again. >> reporter: endeavour was built in california and arrived back home in style three weeks ago on the back of a 747. the shuttle will dock here tonight at the california science center, the end of its final mission. ben tracy, cbs news, los angeles. >>> tonight the pentagon says it

many iranian businesses trade through the united arab emirates. 400,000 iranians live in its largest city, dubai. they ship daily commodities home across the persian gulf. many are going to banks to exchange rials for dollars but some money exchanges in dubai stopped accepting the currency. one trader said he'll have to stop exporting to iran. a spokesperson for the iranian chamber of commerce says businesses in dubai are getting one-third of previous prices. >> they are not getting any money out of iran for the goods they are sending. they stopped sending goods. therefore, they have to reduce their businesses. >> he said the rial's continued fault seems inevitable. >>> a senkaku islands dispute. one of the newspaper's columnists suggested that china, rather than japan, has best claim over the islands in the east china sea. the rebuttal was issued by kawamura, deputy chief of mission at the consulate general in new york. he submitted a comment to the online edition of "the new york times" on tuesday. he says the senkaku islands are an inherent part of japan's territory in light of histori

if a higher minimum wage becomes law in san jose, it would be the largest city in california to do soe wonder if more cities will follow. reporting live from campus, tyler huffman... update news. one of the most controversial but iconic athletes ever came back to his alma mater--san jose state--this week. ">>>"dr. john carlos..wooo" the olympic legend will be forever remembered--not for what he did on the track, but for what he did on the medal stand. at the 1968 olympics in mexico city, john carlos--alongside tommy smith--raised their fists to protest human rights injustice. it became one of the most powerful images of the 1960's. the hall of fame sprinter says he and smith formulated exactly what they wanted to do. (john carlos/human rights activist) "we looked at what artifacts we had to bring to the table, such as the gloves, the beads, the scarf, the black shirt, to bring the puma shoe to the stand, to leave our shoes off our feet...we pretty much laid it out in terms of what we were going to do and how we were going to do it." all of these items...symbols of defying oppression.

much for joining our team with me karen tara well a series of terror attacks have struck syria's largest city forty people are dead over one hundred are injured and many are feared trapped under rubble after what are thought to have been suicide car blasts targeting the military archies middle east correspondent paul slayer has details. syrian state television is reporting that this is the work of terrorists and that dozens of people have been killed many of them belonging to the syrian regime and now it comes amid intensifying frontin between government forces and rebel fighters in the city we are understanding that the explosions were a few minutes apart they happened near the city's square is at least one massive crater has remained in the ground and that the facade of civil tools buildings nearby were completely ripped up. according to eyewitnesses there the explosions were followed immediately by intensified gun battles and clashes we are also hearing that by all accounts it seems as if the explosions were caused by called bombs now this is not good in birth pride but it does suggest tha

aleppo, syria's largest city, is going up in smoke. for centuries a commercial hub and today a world heritage site, now the ancient streets are being renamed. this one is called sniper's alley. those who are not fast enough are killed. the city's hospitals are overwhelmed. wounded people are brought in every minute. some of the injured are rebel fighters. most, though, are civilians. there's no better place than the hospital to see who is bearing the brunt of the suffering in this war -- civilians and children. even the hospital is not safe. it has been bombed five times. >> much of our population is wounded by bombing, by shelling. >> in a city where bullets and bombs rain down relentlessly, there's nowhere left to take shelter. this man takes us to his neighborhood and shows us places struck by missiles. he says the missiles were fired just as people were leaving the mosque. >> there were no ambulances. just one pickup truck. first of all, we put the dead and injured onto the truck. there were 12 dead and 20 injured. >> the cemetery

hundred thousand people turning up for pre-election demos in the capital and in the country's second largest city on saturday georgians will choose their next parliament on monday the anti-government route has been fueled by the recent prison torture scandal which sparked mass protests and international condemnation georgian authorities also accused of high level corruption and cracking down on activists who speak out against the government they opposition blame sibylla see of using dirty tricks to retain its image and as you got a piece going off reports there are claims that somewhere at the expense of georgia's most remember. the outcome of a recent alleged police operation near georgia's war two with russia's republic of dagestan eleven suspected terrorist dead the b.b.c. says the armed men were chechens who crossed into georgian territory and kidnapped around ten locals before being caught by police the news spreads quickly but not everyone's wearing it. this was all organized by georgian security services the lack of transparency and details about the incident has led many to believe the wh

say they've gained two key neighborhoods, a decisive battle is being fought for this, syria's largest city. cease-fire or not, neither side wants to give up the advantage. >> the military situation is excellent, this rebel commander told me. the government is bombing civilians, but god is generous to us and we're gaining ground. we won't stop until the whole of aleppo is liberated. the rebels are taking prisoners. he once command add units of the feared paramilitary ghosts. now he's in jail. he tells me that a colonel in syrian intelligence ordered his men to kidnap female activists and subject them to gang rape. >> we raped four girls he tells me matter of factly. students informers told. they were raped on the bus. there's so much bitterness it's hard to see how the two sides can sit down together and move into a political process. that was the slim hope which rested on the u.n. attempt to get a cease-fire. instead blood was spilled across syria today with bomb attacks in the capital, damascus, shelling at homes and fighting in aleppo in the north. >> business as usual, then. the norther

it was one of many gems on display last month in sri lanka's largest city, colombo, at the annual precious stone trade fair. the 100 sri lanka gem traders taking part in the fair have witnessed a new source of demand flourished in recent years. the venue is teeming with buyers from china. >> it's good. >> all chinese like sapphire very much because the color's very beautiful. >> i think more and more sapphires will be exported to china. i think in the next maybe three, five years, the trade will continue. >> reporter: until the mid 1990s, more than 60% of sri lanka's gems were sent to japan, but japanese demand plummeted while chinese shipments surged. he started a trading company in japan 26 years ago, but today sales have slumped about 80% from the boom years. hawk has been expanding business in china instead. he has four shops in beijing and plans more in shanghai. >> chinese market is a new market and it is still at the infant stage, but now the chinese people are also following the japanese. >> reporter: chinese customers purchase jewelry as an investment. hack says they don't think t

. >>> the nation's largest city, new york, may as well be a ghost town this morning.un transit, schools even the stock markets all closed. >>> and away from the storm on a brighter note, a giant sweep for san francisco. the giants are world series champions for the second time in just three seasons. >>> good morning, everybody. only one story really to report today. we're going to begin with the danger and potential devastation from hurricane sandy. the massive storm is spinning straight toward the east coast, on track to be the worst case scenario. forecasters and millions of people in its path have feared. >> regular activities have already ground to a halt in much of the east. and it could be days or weeks before life begins to get back to normal. we'll get the latest forecast in a moment. but we go to abc's tahman bradley, in ocean city, marryland. i have to believe you've been warmer than now. >> reporter: yeah, it's been cold. right now, sandy is making miserable here in the mid-atlantic. the mid-atlantic region is bracing for sandy. a slow-moving monster of unp

tonight we'll survey the damage five stories beneath the nation's largest city with the governor of new york. also tonight, our first view from the air and the moment of crisis. the heros who came to the rescue and a big hospital plunged into darkness. "nightly news" begins now. >>> now nbc news headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with brian williams. >> a huge portion of the eastern seaboard is crippled tonight. millions of views cannot see this broadcast because they're headed into another night in the dark. a huge area of the country on its knees where life has ground to a halt because of this one storm. the death toll is now at least 40. the biggest city in the country has been staggered, power is out for more than 8 million homes and businesses and that's an early low-ball estimate across 15 states. an early guess at the cost of this storm would begin at 0 billion in damage and lost business and the map of the atlantic coastline, especially the jersey shore, has been simply redrawn in some areas. the president is touring the damage in new jersey tomorrow. today he

. >>> asia's largest film festival is in full swing in south korea's second largest city. organizers aim to lead the region's film industry and the event is to be getting more popular every year. nhk world's annajong reports. >> reporter: come and see a movie in bustling britan. i'm outside a venue for the busan film festival where dozens of screens are lighting up every day. the red carpet event that opened last week attracts more than 150,000 film fans to plunge into movies, or lounge on the beach. in the 17 years since it started, busan has grown into the major stop on the world film circuit. and this is the main events space. the busan cinema center. it's a $115 billion complex commissioned by korean government officials after they spotted busan's potential to be asia's film hub. 37 theaters, including this one, will screen 304 films from 75 different countries and regions. the unique thing about busan is its focus on asian films. the organize ers' ambition is to take those movies to the world. the festival opened with a bang on october 4th. a lot of korean movie stars

around those military bases, and so a little unit was established in atlanta, being that it was the largest city in the southeast, to make sure that those mosquito populations were kept under control around the military bases, so that malaria wouldn't come back in this part of the country. and the way you control it, and the way we did in this country, was you got to get rid of the mosquito vector. that takes a sophisticated... well, it takes an organized community effort. the chinese did that in southern china. many places around the world have had malaria problems-- brazil-- that they've brought under control. not so in africa. eradication efforts are erratic. yellow fever is another mosquito-transmitted virus that the french encountered when they occupied west africa. so the way the french dealt with this was to conduct an ongoing every-four-year campaign to vaccinate every person in every country they occupied. they had groups of doctors and nurses--that's all they did. they just went from village to village on this four year cycle. that way, the most that could happen is you'd have a group

with me our thanks for joining us after four explosions have rocked the central square of syria's largest city of aleppo reportedly killing around thirty people the blasts were thought to have been caused by car bombs and world followed by heavy gunfire that toxic place at this city's main square there is controlled by government forces and according to activists and nearby military social center may have been the targets terror bombings again security facilities have become increasingly common in syria's long lasting civil war and similar types of work carried out on a military school and army headquarters in damascus last week and some of these attacks are now joined live by. pakistan terrorism ground zero hello welcome to the program so rebel groups have claimed responsibility for the lion's share of similar bombings across syria are today's explosions just the latest in a string of rebel attacks that. creasing strength of the scripts and proving the. presence of a foreign jihadi is also would be. needed by the united nations and other injuries . and international agency its own would like