a travel survey has ranked a manila airport terminal the worst in the world for the second year in a row. the 32-year-old facility is the oldest of the four passenger terminals at the manila international airport. treble website to the guide to sleeping in airports published the results of the survey. it gives the lowest ranking to manila aquino airport one named after the father of the current president. the website describes facilities as de lap tated, and its workers are dishonest. it also cites long waiting times and rude officials. the terminal's manager responded by telling afp that these are old issues, adding that the problems have already been addressed by the government. the government has started renovations on the terminal budgeted at $58 million. a leading credit rating company says underdeveloped infrastructure and regulations on foreign capital are obstacles to further building the philippine economy. and that wraps up our bulletin. i'm rosalind in bangkok. >>> emerging economic powers, still struggling with poverty. emboldened citizens still demanding democracy. the t

area, the capital of the philippines and also in manila itself. the many threat is this heavy rainfall. but don't be surprised if you see the sustained tropical storm strength waves and possibly typhoon strength winds as this does track off there just north of your location, if you're watching from manila, and then moving out there toward the south china sea. but like i said, flooding and landslides a major risk. actually, the philippine meteorological agency has posted warnings across much of luzon, a warning on that, 200 millimeters likely with this storm system. extending out into the end of the week and early next week, eastern sea boards of vietnam, keep an eye on this. it could continue to intensify as it tracks off to the west. the other of our storm systems, and also actually more intense is cyclone phailin. one thing i want to show you is on the satellite picture, look how massive this cloud shield is. about half the size of india. this is the strongest cyclone in about 14 years here in the bay of bengal. the last storm to hit this area t

manila at the airport, already reporting about 86 millimeters in the past 24 hours. those are just with the outer rain bands. that is just scratching the surface of this storm system as it comes ashore. flooding and land slides will be a major threat there, with our severe tropical storm, soon to be a typhoon. also watching a tropical depression, expected to be a tropical storm near guam. we'll continue to keep an eye on that. northern asia, japan, warm weather in place. we have a storm system coming in from northeast china, bringing in rain showers there. that will push across the korean peninsula into much of the sea of japan coastline, tohoku region, you could vel coury wel rainfall into friday. a lot of warm air surging in from the south. temperatures will be getting into the high 20s. tokyo actually expecting about 29 for the high here on friday. but behind it, you can see what's coming in. seoul, just a high of 20. all that air is going to be transporting out towards the east. tokyo will be dropping down into the low 20s. lows into the lower portions of the tee

held a press conference in manila on friday. officials called for about $47 million in emergency international assistance. authorities say more than 200 people died in the magnitude 7.2 quake, which had its epicenter on bohol island. a u.n. team on the ground says more than 52,000 buildings collapsed. they say 344,300 people remain evacuated. the united nations says there's an urgent need for more settlers and relief supplies, such as food, water and medicine. >>> anti-government forces in syria say people living in an opposition strong hold near damascus are on the brink of starvation. government troops have surrounded the town since around january. this has prevented food and fuel from reaching the approximately 9,000 people living there. this footage is said to be recorded there last month by an anti-government activist. it shows image also of severely

have them chewing out of the shop in beijing, manila, london, paris. that's what she's all about. >> the force -- oh, that was the other guy. when she takes over next year, she will be apple's only female executive. >> think they're going to have a plaid iphone case? >> i don't know. i'm not sure she can turn around the dodgers fortunes right now. >> uh-oh. >> giants fans you can't celebrate quite yet. a shark has gone to the hospital tonight after a brew tall hit into the boards. into the boards. we'll hey lena, what ya looking for? well, you've found delicious! ♪ ♪ if you wanna go and fly with me ♪ ♪ it's buzz the bee on your tv ♪ ♪ oh how did i get this way? ♪ hey! must be the honey! ♪ it is so honey swagalish ♪ so much crunch, can you handle this? ♪ ♪ the party in the bowl don't stop! ♪ ♪ hey! must be the honey! ♪ ♪ hey! must be the honey! ♪ must be the honey!

temperatures look like this. 30 there in manila. shanghai at 27. let's take a look towards the americas, a low pressure area bringing some rain showers. moving off quickly to the east. clear skies in the central portions of the country and canada. if you have travel plans it looks fairly decent in and out of los angeles, though, some rain showers in your forecast. the mountains a little farther inland. to the northern portions of the rockies. low pressure area, you could see 5 to 15 centimeters of snowfall continuing to kick up here. rain showers there in los angeles. but this is what i really want to point out, just beautiful weather across much of the central portions of u.s. beautiful weather in the low countries of europe. france, over toward poland, pretty sunny skies. that is working its way south. that's going to be drawing in that cold air behind it. rain showers and gusty winds cooling right off. you can see that gradient, the areas in green, indicating lower teens. here's your extended forecast. >>> a team of reer is eveners have discover

our quest began in the capital city of manila a metropolis with a population of twelve million. do the people of the philippines want this kind of product have all the respect identified or are people afraid of unforeseen side effects that might occur when store shelves are filled with a genetically modified version of their most important basic food stuff. we're stuck in our hotel for weeks we've been in touch with the authorities but now that we're here they don't want to see us why not are they afraid we'll ask unpleasant questions. the erie also stops communicating with us while we're still in switzerland we had arranged to film the next harvest of the golden rice but one month before the appointed time our request was rejected they hear e won't tell us why where perplexed. the inventor of this miracle rice ingle portray because as lived and worked in switzerland for many years he is dedicated to the idea of harnessing unpopular genetic technology and using it to help people so i had to do this ever since i first started working i've tried to ensure that my words benefits th

the storm track is going to go probably over manila and manila is extremely susceptible to food floodingve seen that before. we expect to see a major problem across that region. >>> three pole at this processing plants will remain open for now. the u.s.d.a. saying foster farms has made the necessary changes at its plants in fresno and livingston, raw chicken processed by foster farms has been link today a salmonella out break that has sickened 278 people in seven toon say. the government inspectors will closely watch the plants over the next three months. >>> a victory in new jersey for supporters of same-sex marriage, a state judge denying governor chris christy's request to delay game marriage in the garden state. the judge ruling that new jersey can begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples start the 10 days from now. last month that same judge writing the decision that ordered the state to allow same-sex marriages, governor christy wanted to wait to implement until the say supreme court heard an appeal on that ruling. still ahead, detroit's mayor the former mayor going to p

now this storm moved in, on land, north of manila. so manila was somewhat saved from excessive flooding like we're seeing here. but now the storm since it's crossed the philippines is moving back out to warmer waters and it's going to intensify and get stronger and it has the potential of being equivalent to a category 2 hurricane. now this particular storm is heading direct on a westward track which puts it towards danang as we get towards tuesday and wednesday, more rain for vietnam. and vietnam just had a huge storm just this last week. so we've got problems with flooding here. again some problems with mudslides and we're going to see that continue off and on, track towards thailand as that storm heads towards vietnam. what we have here in the continent are disornls in the pacific northwest. all the way down towards louisiana texas and getting some of this rain also in parts of mississippi. this is intense rain with cool front moving in, it's going obring us chilly temperatures behind it. in fact we're seeing warnings pop up in par

these conditions -- >> josh west is leaving his home and his job as a london bus driver to work in manilane of the most densely populated cities in the world.

en esta ocasiÓn sacaron sus bicicletas e hicieron un recorrido de 14 km por las calles de manila y buenota que geraldine bazÁn, habÍa dicho que se iba a casar con gabriel soto, y ahora que sÍ, que no, pero como viene el bebÉ, pues creo que lo van a posponer. vamos a ver quÉ nos dice ella. ♪ >> ¿se pospone la boda entre geraldine bazÁn y gabriel soto? pues se habÍa dicho que para el siguiente aÑo. pero al parecer los planes son sÓlo eso, planes. >> y la boda, lo que se habÍa dicho que a lo mejor este aÑo. >> ya les contamos de eso, todo lo que les tenemos que contar. ya se enteraran nuevamente. >> ¿pero serÁ despuÉs del nacimiento del niÑo? >> todavÍa no sabemos. >> lo que sÍ saben es que estÁn muy emocionados con la llegada del nuevo integrante de la familia y hasta elisa, su pequeÑa es parte de la experiencia. >> todos los dÍas me pregunta que cuantos dÍas falta para que nazca su... pero todavÍa no sabe, mi hermanitato... dice, porque como todavÍa no sabe. pero estÁ muy contenta, muy emocionada y estÁ feliz de ser hermana mayor. nada, es la Última vez. ya, no se asustÓ pero dijo, ay, co

he passed away in the manila hospital after organ failure. he was 75 years old.is ancestors ruled over parts of philippines and asia. more than 70 people were killed in a siege and shoot-out with malaysian troops earlier this year. >>> let's stay in the philippines where muslims make up around 15% of the predominantly catholic christian population, and they're asking the government for help to teach school children about islam. >> reporter: she says she comes to teach every day with a renewed sense of purpose. this despite being getting only 80 u.s. dollars a month. she left a higher-paying job to teach arabic language to these poor filippino muslim kids. she says this job is far more rewarding. >> translator: i'm willing to teach for free if necessary and share my knowledge as an arabic teacher. i choose to teach here because the children here need me the most. >> reporter: there were around 50 muslim children that go to school every day. they have taught the government-required school but are given lessons on arabic and islamic studies. they rely on private don

in the district and actually there's a place that could really use union support and that is the manila oriental market street. it's a great place to organize new workers as well. probably about 25 workers there as well and the neighborhood has a great deal of difficulty with this store because there are deliveries that come all hours of the day, all kind of debris in the parking lot and in the corridor and we know if there was union standards in this place we would have a much better experience in the neighborhood. that'd be a great thing to see your union helping out with workers there and bringing up standards of the neighborhood. >> my name is kevin johnson. i think there should be more expansions on the cannabis clubs opening up in the city. the people talking about the young people hanging out -- well, if you put 'em all in one spot there's certain places that young people can't go to run into other young people. so that's where your problem come in. there's certain areas of the city, some young people on this side of town can't go to this side of town. you got a problem there. al

now, we're expecting very stormy conditions across manila on your saturday. rain of over 200 millimeters likely across the west coast of the philippines for the next three daze or so. flooding, landslides, mud slooid slides are going to be a high risk for the time being. another system to watch is over the bay of bengal. this one is now a cyclonic storm. if you remember, it has been lingering as a low pressure system for days, bringing lots of rain for the west coes of the indochina peninsula. again, it's now strengthened to a cyclonic storm and will likely move north and northwest, probably hit odisha by the weekend as a very severe cyclonic storm. so we have to monitor this system as well. temperatures are going to be in the 30s in hong kong as well as taipei. but towards the north, very chilly in ulan bator. 6 degrees for the high. in beijing, 21 degrees. cloudy but windy conditions that could ease hazy conditions there. across the americas, we have a slow-moving low pressure system across the east coast. the center is now located over the mid-atlantic coa

held a news conference in manila on friday. officials called for about $47 million in emergency international assistance. authorities say more than 200 people died in the magnitude 7.2 quake, which had its epicenter on bohol island. a u.n. team on the ground says more than 52,000 buildings collapsed and they say 344,300 people remain evacuated. the united nations says there's an urgent need for more shelters and relief supplies such as food, water and medicine. >>> thailand, one of the world's welcomes about 20 million overseas visitors annually but tourist safety in the land of smiles has increasingly become issue, and that's led several foreign governments to call for action. they have set up the tourist's court in a bid to protect visitors. nhk world has more. >> reporter: pattaya is a popular beach resort 140 kilometers southeast of bangkok. the regional court in this bustling city added new work, handling complaints from foreign tourists. the court aims to settle claims before they leave thailand. officials say most of the

our quest began in the capital city of manila a metropolis with a population of twelve million. do the people of the philippines want this kind of product have all the respect identified or are people afraid of unforeseen side effects that might occur when store shelves are filled with a genetically modified version of their most important basic food stuffs. were stuck in our hotel for weeks we've been in touch with the authorities but now that we're here they don't want to see us why not are they afraid we'll ask unpleasant questions. the erie also stops communicating with us while we're still in switzerland we had arranged to film the next harvest of the golden rice but one month before the appointed time our request was rejected they hear e won't tell us why where perplexed. the inventor of this miracle rice ingle put trying to use as lived and worked in switzerland for many years he is dedicated to the idea of harnessing unpopular genetic technology and using it to help people so that this new ever since i first started working i've tried to ensure that my work benefits the

he was 75 and died of organ failure in manila. he described himself as the sultan of sulu after a group of islands in the sarn philippines -- southern philippines. his ancestors ruled over the philippines and malaysia. >> there's one lessen missing in the schools of the philippines, the lesson of religious equality, believing their children are missing out. jalelah ahmed explains. >> this woman comes to teach with a renewed sense of purpose. this, despite getting paid $18 a month. she left a higher paying job to teach arabic language to the poor filipino kids, but says the job is more rewarding. >> >> translation: i'm willing to teach for free and share my knowledge. i choose to teach because i see the children here need me the post. >> there are around 17 muslim, philippino children that go to school. they are taught the government-required curriculum. almost all the islamic schools rely on private destinations. orphans from filipino government. the funding is barely enough to pay for the teachers and develop the facilities. >> t

leaders in manila ordered coast guard officials to investigate the matter. the officials say they discovered algae on some of the 50 blocks they checked. the philippine government concluded u.s. forces probably placed the blocks there more than 30 years ago. military personnel used the area as a firing range in the 1970s and '80s. the scrapped ships they used as targets were tied to the blocks. president benigno aquino says the blocks are not new and that there's no reason for his citizens to worry about them. >>> chinese government officials are rolling out emergency measures to deal with air pollution. they're also asking the public to do what they can to make breathing a little easier. people downwind of the problem are keeping a close eye on the situation including those in neighboring japan. nhk world's tomoko kamata reports. >> reporter: a thick blanket of smog cloaked the city of harbin for three straight days this week. bility in some areas was less than ten meters. local media reported that the level of pollution was too high for measuring equipment

leaders in manila ordered coast guard officials to investigate the matter. the officials say they discovered algae on 50 blocks they checked. the philippine government concluded u.s. forces probably placed the blocks there more than 30 years ago. military personnel used the area as a firing range in the 1970s and '80s. the scrapped ships they used as targets were tied to the blocks. president benigno aquino says the blocks are not new and that there's no reason for the citizens to worry about them. >>> the editors of a newspaper in china are fighting back against a provocative front-page deadline. they are calling on authors to release one of their authorities who exposed illegal activities at a state-owned company. the new express newspaper is based in the southern province of guangdong. editors ran an article wednesday under a large headline that reads, please release him. police detained the reporter chen yongzhou last week on suspicion of damaging the reputation of a large company. chen wrote a series of articles on illegal accounting and other dubious a

it is not calming down at all here in the near future. 30 there in manila. even towards bangkok at 32. 27 expected on tuesday there in tokyo. let's talk about the americas. severe weather has been rolling across here over the past weekend. now here into monday, we're talking about the tornadoes there around nebraska. heavy snowfall into the dakotas. then this moved off to the east and now into new england. there's a risk here on monday of large hail, damaging winds, and still the threat of some tornadoes possibly here, not to mention the sustained winds in some areas, straight line winds up to 90 kilometers per hour. same conditions very well possible in portions of quebec. this low pressure area, that is actually the remnants of karen. that storm system pushed up into the gulf of mexico and quickly dissipated. but still, kind of a ghost of that storm bringing showers there across the florida peninsula. all this is going to be pushed off to the east with the high pressure moving in behind it. the pacific northwest and british columbia, on the other hand, 40

in the district and actually there's a place that could really use union support and that is the manila oriental market street. it's a great place to organize new workers as well. probably about 25 workers there as well and the neighborhood has a great deal of difficulty with this store because there are deliveries that come all hours of the day, all kind of

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the president's father, former senator benigno aquino, covered the war as a correspondent for "the manila times" when he was 17 years old. president aquino arrived in seoul on thursday and met with south korean president park geun-hye. the two leaders come from similar backgrounds. aquino's mother was president, as was park's father. both of their fathers were assassinated. aquino and park oversaw the signing of joint agreements in several areas, including defense cooperation. on friday, aquino attended a meeting with foreign leaders of south korean economic organizations. south korea ranked fifth in direct investments to the philippines in 2012. >> we are looking for partners to sustain our momentum and invite all of you to join us as we pursue further growth. >> strong domestic demand in the philippines has helped win the country upgrades by major credit rating agencies this year. president aquino is apparently keen on attracting greater investments from south korea by emphasizing the strength of his country's economy. >>> the presence of an animal companion can help people cope with il

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are we going to have shops in manila, london, paris? that's what she is all about. >> when she takes over next year, she will be the only female executive in the company. >>> if couldn't can't reach a deal to raise the nation's borrowing limit by tomorrow, the u.s. could default and could be armageddon for the economy. credit agency fitch is reviewing the nation's aaa credit rating for a possible downgrade. wall street investors are getting nervous. yesterday, the dow was down 133. the nasdaq lost 21. and the futures are suggesting a lower open for u.s. stocks again today. one said u.s. treasuries are like glue that binds all the world financial markets. the default would lead to a catastrophic chain reaction in markets around the world. if the u.s. can't pay its debt, treasuries would turn into risky investments and carry higher interest rates leading to higher interest rates on mortgages and student loans. still the corporate world is trying to go about business as usual. twitter is planning to list its shares for its ipo on the new y

universities i spoke to manila and he believes in tech should be of international concern. well you that you know we're dealing with this kind of a terrorist international we cannot divide what's happening in america in boston or nickel at home a city in ninety ninety five well we cannot separate it from what has just happened in the mall to get out from what happened in nairobi just several weeks ago we are in the same boat and this is very unfortunate and we need to deal with it this is something that you know about happens on this kind of irregular basis this is not sit first time this is not the last time but once again on the way in the same boat and unlike just several years that you went ahead with school and you know with expression one person's terrorist is another person's freedom fighter i can see now that no matter what even somebody has added to it to russia and the russian government when they have a terrorist attacks in russia this is a terrorist attack not just them against the russian people it's against it this is a terrorist attack against everybody when

what they really want on the shelves, are we going to have them chewing out of the shop in beijing, manilalondon, paris. that's what she's all about. >> the force -- oh, that was the other guy. when she takes over next year, she will be apple's only female executive. >> think they're going to have a plaid iphone case? >> i don't know. i'm not sure she can turn around the dodgers fortunes right now. >> uh-oh. >> giants fans you can't celebrate quite yet. a shark has gone to the hospital tonight after a brew tall hit into the boards. we'll tell you who that was next. for a store near you go to benjaminmoore.com/bayarea. for a store near you go to benjaminmoore.com/bayarea. when ouwe got a subaru.s born, it's where she said her first word. (little girl) no! saw her first day of school. (little girl) bye bye! made a best friend forever. the back seat of my subaru is where she grew up. what? (announcer) the two-thousand-fourteen subaru forester. (girl) what? (announcer) built to be there for your family. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. the sharks improved to a lea >>> all right. loofk

system, a lot of rain and this system as you see the track is going to get just to the south of m manila. that's like a bowl so it's very easily. that's another thing we're going to be watching. vy your wednesday morning forecast in thefection part of the hor. hour. >> too americans are falling. hind in basic education. adults are not learning what they need to know about reading, math an basic problem solving. >>> a long distance swimmer is spending two days swimming in a pool right in the middle of new york city. we'll explain why when we come back. al jazeera america... >>introduces... "america tonight". >>a fresh take on the stories that connect to you. >>grounded. >>real. >>unconventional. >>an escape from the expected. [[voiceover]] from al jazeera media network comes a new voice of journalism in the u.s. >>the delta is a microcosm of america. [[voiceover]] we tell the human story, from around the block, across the country, with more points of view. >>if joe can't find work, his family will go from living in a motel to living in their car. [[voiceover]] connected, inspired, bold. >

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born in manila -- in the philippines, of course -- in 1957, he grew up in san francisco and earned his bachelor's degree at san francisco state, his master's degree at miami university and an mfa at the university of oregon. he's currently professor of english at depaul university in indiana. it is with good reason that my favorite warlord was the first selection for discussion in the brown bag book club at the ohio center for the book at the cleveland public library which will feature each of the books being honored tonight through the month of october. ladies and gentlemen, for his deep exploration of origins and identities and for his lyrical embrace of difference and diversity, eugene gloria is the recipient of the 2013 anisfield-wolf book award for poetry. [applause] ♪ ♪ >> i thought we were going to share that tblas. [laughter] the a communal thing. thank you all very, very much for being here tonight to help us celebrate this wonderful award. and thank you, professor gates, for that wonderful introduction. i'm deeply touched. and, you know, i just hope i don't fall apart here. b

we think it's going to take a tract to the west and go close to manila and making it's way back out to the south. it could be vep veterinarian vis the impact of the storm. >>> we have seen quite a lot of rain across the east coast. pennsylvania is seeing the brunt of the rain. new york not a lot of rain for you today and not a lot of rain tomorrow. cloudy skies will be in the forecast there. the showers have broken up as they have made their way to the north. dark greens and yellows in pennsylvania. and over towards the parts of the west a lot of wind damage with the storm coming out of the rockies. in the rockies you will see rain and snow in the area. and the severe weather outbreak that is pushing through. up here in the northwest things are getting better for you. >> we have seen a lot of rain for you. a lot of areas across the northwest will be getting better over the next couple of days. up towards montana and wyoming too. zblrchlts in thin the next few l see a lot of rain. two three or four-inches. down towards nevada we are seeing a break in the area of rain and that went throu