china is expected to use close economic ties to bind taiwan ever closer to the mainland with the goal of eventual unification. >> thanks. >>> we looked at the outcome of taiwan's presidential election and the future of the relationship between china and taiwan. >>> in other news, a group of tokyo electric power shareholders plans to file a lawsuit against a number of the utilities current and former executives as early as late january over the fukushima daiichi nuclear crisis. last november 42 shareholders asked the company's auditors to file a lawsuit against 60 people who have held executive posts. the shareholders believe that the executives were negligent and are seeking a total of 5.5 trillion yen or more than $70 billion in compensation. on monday tepco notified the shareholders in writing that it will not cooperate in taking legal action against the executives. the utility argues that the scale of the march tsunami was unforeseeable so the executives cannot be responsible for the nuclear disaster. a lawyer representing the shareholders criticized tepco auditors for claiming the

we all know mainland china's policy, which is that taiwan's part of china. and they want to see it back as a formal part of the motherland. as your reporter's just indicated on taiwan itself, you still have a significant move for a local identity and ultimately some form of local independence. so the key thing with this election is obviously if the democratic progress party wins, there will be an audible sucking in of breath in beijing. if the kmt win, then it will be business as usual. so i think we're in for a few rocky days as the taiwanese people go to vote. >> rocky days and let us not forget, too, that mainland china will see a handover of power this year. it's going to be an interesting 2012. >>> the government of hungary has come under intense criticism for introducing a congress city tugs that critics say pays the way for autocratic rule. they say it puts almost all the power in the hands of the current ruling party, that it also limits media freedom and threatens the independence of all sorts of institutions crucial to government like the courts an

now to asia, a recent election in taiwan could mean greater opportunities to share the faith in mainland china. gary lane has the story. >> reporter: two issues dominanted the taiwaneeze downturn. the president is promising to improve ties between the two nations. christian leaders see god's hand. >> every decision is from the lord. whether or not the party or candidates are elected. i am glad to see the democracy has matured. this is god's word. this is the process of democracy we are willingly accept the outcome. as christians we should continue to pray for taiwan. >> the pastor predicts it will be more active. >> from now on, ministers and churches from china will be visiting taiwan. churches will have closer relationships than before. the door to the gospel will be wide open. >> taiwan's president remains the same with the nation's christians praying for their country's leadership and new opportunities to advance the gospel. gary lane, cbn news. >>> just ahead, children once abandoned outside a hospital now live in one of the brightest compounds in haiti. see how operation bleing made it h

. >> reporter: half of the visitors visitor s taipei i01 are from mainland, china. under ma, the government has allowed morehise tourists in. there were 1.of million tourists in 2010. >> i think the open policy, if they continueo vehis policy and, i think they will have more and mochinese tris here. >> stronger economic ties have helped the taiwanese businesses expand their operations in china and such opportunities have osd e pulion of taiwanese living in china to more than 1 million. one such pso iua shchlt i. he went to china 20 years ago and runs a factory that produces belt buckles. he thinks that if the president is re-elected, businesses such as his, will continue to receive favorable treatment from the chinese government. he has organized a meeting of 1,300 employees of taiwanese companies. >> translator: china is taiwan's kbratestarer right now. let's elect ma. >>epte and vying to be taiwan's first female president. she claims only a limited few have benefitted from ecomi grthreed by closer ties with china, leaving many people dissatisfied. >> translator: o

mainland. if ma wins re-election, taiwan's relationship with china is expected to deepen further. by contrast, tsai and taiwan's business community that if tsai wins, china may take a second look at its expanded relationship with taiwan. this could adversely affect taiwan's economy. this election year is in the spotlight because outcome may change relations between china and taiwan. if this happens, it will have an impact on the economy and security issues in the east asia region. >> thank you for your analysis. that was our taipei bureau chief naoki makita. >>> an ominous pattern and they say foreign agents are to blame. the government says a car bomb wednesday killed another of the country's nuclear scientists. nhk world reports from the capital tehran. >> reporter: this area in central tehran was the site of a huge explosion today. e iranian security authorities say a moving car suddenly blew up. a professor and another man died. a third person was hurt. investigators say a motorcyclist placed a bomb on the vehicle. >> translator: after a huge blast, i saw black smoke coming fr

apple has temporarily postponed the sale of iphone 4s at mainland china stores it became concerned afterrowds got out of control today. some angry customers threw eggs at the store. apple says the phone will still be sold online. >>> tomorrow at this time, candlestick park will be buzzing with tailgaters and 49er fans ready to see their team in first playoff game in nearly a decade. katie marzullo is live at the stick game time for officers too. >> reporter: it is this is an exciting time. but a game like this brings concerns and logistics. with we shot in video security begins today. you can see officers checking with mirrors under all the cars that entered the stadium. as for tomorrow the police department has added, will add 25% more staff, the same amount they have for a rivalry game. the parking lot opens 8:30 tomorrow morning. the stadium opens 10:30. 49ers' organization hoping that will give everyone plenty of time to tailgate and plenty of time to be in their states at the start of the game 1:35. no drinking while waiting to get in. at 5:30 you have to be in the stadium or leave

apple has temporarily postponed the sale of iphone 4s at mainland china stores it became concerned afterrowds got out of control today. some angry customers threw eggs at the store. apple says the phone will still be sold online. >>> tomorrow at this time, candlestick park will be buzzing with tailgaters and 49er fans ready to see their team in first playoff game in nearly a decade. katie marzullo is live at the stick game time for officers too. >> reporter: it is this is an exciting time. but a game like this brings concerns and logistics. with we shot in video security begins today. you can see officers checking with mirrors under all the cars that entered the stadium. as for tomorrow the police department has added, will add 25% more staff, the same amount they have for a rivalry game. the parking lot opens 8:30 tomorrow morning. the stadium opens 10:30. 49ers' organization hoping that will give everyone plenty of time to tailgate and plenty of time to be in their states at the start of the game 1:35. no drinking while waiting to get in. at 5:30 you have to be in the stadium or leave

meanwhile, a high-pressure system is in control bringing dry weather across most of mainland china, but showers are expected to expand over the southern areas starting tonight. so today's highs are looking like this -- we're expecting 14 degrees in hong kong and 15 degrees in taipei. in seoul, after a long period of cold weather, temperatures are finally returning to normal. but it looks like very cold. still, tokyo coming in at 6 degrees as we head into the daytime hours. now, heading over to europe, a stubborn low-pressure system has been impacting the balkan peninsula and much of turkey with very heavy precipitation as well as gusty winds. many thunderstorms have been reported in greece, while the rest of the balkan peninsula and turkey have been severely affected by heavy snow. we have some video coming out of turkey. snow started falling here on tuesday night, blanketing many areas. daily life has been heavily affected. residents and officials are struggling to clear roads and dig out cars and homes, but the children seem to be enjoying the winter weather. again, it's a very slow m

. >> half of the visitors to taipei 101, a popular tourist spot in taipei are from mainland china. there were 1.6 million such tourists in 2010. >> i think the open policy if they continue to have this policy, i think they will have more and more chinese tourists here. >> stronger economic ties have helped taiwanese businesses expand their businesses in china. they have boosted the population of taiwanese living in china to more than 1 million. one such person went to china 20 years ago and runs a factory that produces belt buckles. wong thinks if the president is reelected, businesses such as his will consider to receive favorable treatment from the chinese government. wong has organized a meeting of 1,300 employees of taiwanese companies. >> translator: china is taiwan's greatest partner right now. let's elect mao. >> vying to become taiwan's first female president. tai claims that only a limited few have benefitted from economic growth created by closer ties with china, leaving many people dissatisfied. >> translator: our incomes have dropped, while the wealth gap has widened. s

this was supposed to mark its official debut in mainland china. >>> 4:51 is the time now. joran van der sloot faces up to 30 years in prison when he's sentenced today for the murder of a peruvian woman. he pleaded guilty to all charges related to the 2010 death of 21-year-old stephany flores. in confession, he said he killed florez in a fit of rage, after she discovered on his laptop that he'd been linked to the disappearance of an american teenager natalee holloway. holloway's body has never been found and yesterday a judge declared her legally dead. >>> an investigation into last year's severe wind storm in southern california. why state regulators say a power company may have violated the law. >>> and on the move. the changes coming to a profitable set race because of occupy oakland. >>> a southern california power company may face fines as a result of that fierce wind storm that toppled over more than 200 power poles. a state investigation revealed that many of those poles were overloaded with equipment, which is against the law. more than 440,000 people lost power dur

the economy has been reenergized since he took office in 2008 due to improved relations with mainland china. >> translator: i'm capable, experienced, brave and not corrupt. i'm the one who should lead taiwan at a time when the european credit crisis is affecting this island. >> his main challenger is of the opposition democratic progressive party. she's also held a large rally in central tie pie. she is taiwan's first female presidential candidate. she's promising to appoint people to government positions without regard for party affiliation if she's elected. >> translator: -- can stabilize taiwan. >> each side says 300,000 of their supporters took part in events held across the island sunday. ma has secured the support of prochina corporate executives in recent days. but many taiwan ease remain unhappy with the government because of income disparity. voters head to the polls this saturday. >>> daimler is cooperating to produce gasoline engines in the united states. the japanese auto workers will be making the engines from mercedes benz and infinity vehicles. a spokesperson says the auto ma

and bow on to equities asia started the week with mawson's for many in mainland china monday's the first day back from the lunar new year holiday and investors are disappointed with the continued tight monetary and fiscal policy in china and hong kong the stocks are also under pressure in tokyo exports are suffering from the stronger yen toyota is down almost one percent. and here in russia it's less than one hour ahead of the opening bell the russian markets finished friday's trading session in the red you saying the closing figures there both of my sex and the r.t.s. dropped around house percent. a look ahead to the trading week use economy growth figures released on friday were disappointing dogs are all from we're all seem so. does that may have a knock on a fact although generally the sentiment is pretty positive. even with the correction i think the market will still see some sector shifts from gas names into our banking stocks and maybe after a a bit of a correction i think that these will be the names which investors will start making up some more stock in also you know with rega

and now on to equities asia started the week with losses for many in mainland china on monday is the first day back after the lunar new year holiday and investors are disappointed with continued tight monetary and fiscal policy in china and tokyo exports are suffering from a stronger yeah and toyota is down almost one percent and hong kong the hang seng is shedding three quarters of a percent. and here in moscow the market started monday's trading session in the red the r.t.s. is shedding a third of a percent this hour the my six is down around the corner of a percent in the first hour of trade. looking ahead that the trading week u.s. economic growth figures released a late friday were very disappointing douglas' role from world says that may have a knock on effect although generally the sentiment is rather positive. even with your correction i think the market will still see some shift from oil and gas names into a banking stocks and maybe after a bit of a correction i think that these will be the names which investors will start making up some more stark. also you know with regard

china continues to buy gold in preparation of the end of the global dollar based ecosystem so mainland china gold imports from hong kong surged to one hundred two thousand seven hundred seventy nine ounces from eighty six thousand and october this is a twenty percent increase from the already high numbers seen in october and a four hundred eighty three percent year on year increase so they're getting ready for they know what happens when somebody jumps without a net. that's my agenda buy more gold china join me all the other countries join me buy gold that's my agenda this is my show kaiser report station ever thank so much thank you max all right that's it for this time but we'll see you soon so be there if you want to send me an email please do it so a car is reported on t.v. that are you until next time nice guys are saying bye go. newey. louis. get. you a. good .

and now on to equities asia started the week with losses from many in mainland china on monday's the first day back after the lunar new year holiday and musters are disappointed with continued tight monetary and fiscal policy in china in tokyo exporters are suffering from a stronger yes to autos down almost one percent and hong kong the hang seng is shedding one and or a percent. and here in moscow the markets are shedding value in the second hour of trade in sympathy with asia the r.t.s. is down around half a percent the my sex is losing just a notch. and now on to the biggest movers on the my sex most energy majors are in the red with gals from losing point two percent and banking stocks are mixed their bank is half a percent down while the tb is slightly higher. and now the currency rates are lower oil prices a weighing on the ruble it's losing both against the dollar and the euro and the euro is retreating against the dollar head of the euro zone summit. despite monday's apparent pessimism the week could bring games to the equity markets do. raul from says overall the sentiment c

now, japan and mainland china markets reopened for the new year tomorrow. we'll be taking a look at what's in store for the asian markets as' whole this year. remember, of course, it had a pretty dismal year in 2011. the big markets down between 15% in australia. 25% in india. now, if analysts are right, there may be some reasons to be cheerful about the u.s. markets in 2012. survey of cnn money, this is how much investment strategists and money managers expect the s&p to rise over the year. 7%. if they're right, i suspect they won't see them breaking out the bubbly. but it might mean the worst is over. the analysts did say the volatility that we've seen over the course of the past 12 months is likely to continue. this is how the s&p ended up 2011. down just a fraction, little over 1%. after wild springs, though. saw it down almost 14% in october from where it began the year. it did come back as you see down by 1%. certainly huge amount of volatility in the u.s. markets. charles? >>> yeah. bp meanwhile is hoping to make halliburton pay all of the costs and

the mainland china. he worked for the chinese government during the time they decided to transform themselves, open themselves up, become more like us from an economic perspective. they were studying, the communists were studying at america, trying to figure of what was it that made america the greatest country in the history of the world. they put this commission of all they're smart people, of which this man was one. they were convinced it was the american military that made america the poorest country. that was not it -- the greatest country. that was not it. we thought, maybe it was the economy. this free enterprise system, the economic structure is what made america great. they realized it was not that. they said, it has to be the system of government. these fundamental freedoms that made the difference. it was not even that. he said 20 years ago we figured out what made america a different than any other country in the history of the world. the answer, faith. faith. the moral obligation we have to

the mainland china. he worked for the chinese government during the time they decided to transform themselves, open themselves up, become more like us from an economic perspective. they were studying, the communists were studying at america, trying to figure of what was it that made america the greatest country in the history of the world. they put this commission of all they're smart people, of which this man was one. they were convinced it was the american military that made america the poorest country. that was not it -- the greatest country. that was not it. we thought, maybe it was the economy. this free enterprise system, the economic structure is what made america great. they realized it was not that. they said, it has to be the system of government. these fundamental freedoms that made the difference. it was not even that. he said 20 years ago we figured out what made america a different than any other country in the history of the world. the answer, faith. faith. the moral obligation we have to

as rush limbaugh calls him, mainland china. he worked for the chinese government during the time they decided to transform themselves, open themselves up, become more -- well, somewhat like us from an economic perspective. so they were studying the communist were studying america and trying to figure out what was it that made america the greatest country in the history of the world. they put commission of smart people of which this man was one, he said they started out, we were convinced that it was the american military that made america the greatest country in the history of the world. we ran the tracks on that. no, that wasn't it. we thought maybe it was the economy, the fact that america has this free enterprise system and the economic structure made america great and they realize today wasn't that. then they said, well, has to be the system of government. the fundamental freedoms that made the difference and they realized it wasn't even that. he said, 20 years ago we figured out what made america different than any other c

because of the violence, apple is postponing sales now for the new phone in the mainland china stores. >>> finally, the showdown that so many of us have been waiting for is nearly here. tim tebow and tom brady. the broncos and patriots, is expected to be the most-watched football playoff game ever. it's tomorrow night. the big winner may just be some casino owners in vegas. everybody wanting to wager, as to whether the tebow and broncos matchup will last another week. the broncos-patriots played last month. it set a gambling record that time. the broncos are 13-point underdogs right now. but that line is actually sliding down. two-thirds of the bets made for tomorrow's game have been coming in on tebow and the broncos. >> would you take 13? >> it's going to be -- 41-23 was the score the last time around. if the broncos can run the ball, they can -- they can stay close. patriots have' bend but don't break defense. >> you didn't mention the saints so i'm not talking to you. >> i only have so much time. >> and he's wearing a giants jersey and all of that. >> i think the saints go to san

indefinitely keep arming taiwan so they can remain separate from china, even though at the same time taiwan is increasingly with the mainland and vice versa is rapidly growing trade but more porched movement of people and hundreds of thousands of taiwanese in china on the mainland near shanghai. and hence some process of reconciliation is likely and we should not obstruct it. if anything we should try to facilitate it and there are some formulas which i discuss in more detail in my book which may make that reasonable to everyone concerned, not just the subordination of taiwan to china but an arrangement whereby it there is one state, one country, china so to speak, but -- >> host: are these an extension of the ideas you had when you are jimmy carter's national security adviser because obviously it diplomatic relations were established during your time in office. do you see this as a natural extension of what happened years ago? >> guest: to some extent but i engaged in the secret negotiations with the chinese with deng xiaoping personally on unification we talked about china and i told him look, don't expect us to back taiw

indefinitely keep arming tie one so they can remain separate from china even though at the same time taiwan is increasing its link with the mainland and vice versa and with its rapidly deily careerbuilder growing trade with the movement of people and hundreds of thousands of what we are selling in china and the mainland near shanghai and some reconciliation between them is likely and we should not obstruct this. we should try to facilitate it and there are formulas which i discuss in more detail in my book. not just the subordination of taiwan to china. china said to speak, but different systems. >> host: are these an extension of the ideas that you had when you were the national security adviser? obviously diplomatic relations were established during your time in office. do you see this as a natural extension of what happened? >> guest: when i engaged in secret negotiations with the chinese with him personally on the unification we talked about china as a part of the pravachol. and i told him look, don't expect us to abandon taiwan, which he wanted us to do. don't expect us to accept your demand that will not sell arms to the tai

arming taiwan so they can remain separate from china, even though at the same time china is increasing links with the mainland and vice a versa, this rapidly growing trade, more importantly movement of people. .. on unification. we talked about china and protocols, and i told him look, don't expect us which he wanted us to do. don't expect us to accept your demand we will not sell arms to the taiwanese. we cannot do that because if we did that there would be a people in the area. that would permit the stable relationship between you and us and you could draw us into some sort of conflict. let us accept the principle that this would be to some extent government, governed by the process of historical change and history will resolve it and we have already accepted under our predecessors nixon and kissinger the notion of one china so this will work out but let's not try to accelerate to the point that it backfires. in the long run or not. then later on when i visited china as a private citizen he used the occasion of my visit quite deliberately to have together talking he issued a statement which accompanied that

china it's bigger than that. sales as a result of this outburst have been temporarily suspended at five mainland stores in china.. nefrt less, you know, apple fans are disappointed. >> well, sure. it's part of the whole experience, going in the apple store. >> and dealing with the crowds. >> absolutely. like that crowd right there waiting to get in. >>> how about tim tebow, vera? the nfl's new $10 million man? >> he could be, right? it's just amazing. this guy is just off the charts in terms of what he's done for the denver broncos. you know, he's had several come-from-behind victories, just on this major winning streak. he does str a couple of million-dollar deals or endorsements thus far, he's got nike, jockey and a couple others that bring in $1 million or $2 million. fe continues on this winning streak and defying logic, he could very well become the $10 million man. we'll wait and see. so far he's been delivering the goods and defying logic all around. >> i think a lot of people think he has a $10 million arm for sure. >> thanks, alex. >>> we've been asking you all morning, tim tebow says some gop candidate

effort to ructure a stable relationship with china-- not making our policy in asia totally dependent on it, but avoiding any military engagements on the mainland becausthat will be terribly destructive to us. and try to promote, to the extent that we can, graally reconciliation between japan and china and try to mitigate -- >> vietnam and china? >> trying to mitt mitigate the growing hostily between india and china. >> rose: is it growing? >> yes, yes. >> rose: what is your evidence that it's growing? >> there is mutual fear, accusations that the chinese are penetrating the indian ocean, the chinese are fearful that the indians are trying to -- >> what do you tnk their ambition is, china? >> i think the chinese are historical very patient. very different from us. >> rose: for obvus reasons. >> and, therefore, i don't think they're seeking to become at this stage a hedge mon, but they're trying to equal us, to match us, and then they expect at some point if they maintain that momentum to surpass us. but in the meantime, they recognize something very new in the relationship between big wers whichakes it different, let's say from the compitition

struggling economy and high unemployment china regards the island as its territory recently signed a vital trade deal encouraging taiwanese exports to the mainland the island current leader is seeking a second term against strong opposition. now millions of american children are classified as obese as a result the u.s. government is making sure they get a full serving of nutritious vegetables from the school cafeteria but there's still some unhealthy definitions making the menu in the guidelines what is more important or explains why. it's a super sized crisis impossible for america to disguise an insatiable love for food and big portions has served up a nationwide majority of overweight children none of us wants this future for our kids as first lady michelle obama attempts to tackle the epidemic by advocating more exercise healthy eating and penning a book about the white house garden u.s. lawmakers are getting kudo's for stirring the health problem which i applaud in a single woman tension fear will go nowhere given the allure of the. recent decision by the congress to send pizza was a vegetable you heard correctly the greasy cheesy cheap mea

mainland. >> getting a taste of taiwan. this is a souvenir shop in taipei. sales at the store have gone up 10 times. the president opened doors to china in 2008. thousands of tourists flood in every day. china is now tie 1's biggest customers. -- taiwan's biggest customers. >> we are worried how the whole industry will be affected. many hotels were filled. this could be just breeding mosquitoes. >> he has adopted a different approach towards china, bringing a product shipping links and trade deals. now he wants four more years in office to further improve ties and possibly reach a peace treaty. the president has brought taiwan closer to china that has been in 60 years. the island is at a crossroads. opponents feel -- fear it would take tie 1 down a path of no return. >> standing in his way is the leader of the opposition. taiwan is its own country with a distinct culture. to her, this is a taiwanese, not chinese food. he built -- she believes that he will protect taiwan from being swallowed up. >> she greater than greater thantaiwan's sovereignty. she makes me feel i will not become a part of another country. we definitely do not want to be a