reclusive son fearing he might harm others meo gotos says incidents like these further stigmatised mori worsens their anxiety and exacerbates the problem quite isolated events of this kind make people afraid of he could go mari. then the parents no longer feel able to talk openly about their children and share their concerns with others. that makes it even harder to help them. most to keep good morning. goto and her team see themselves as their big sister can suki and dies if you don't want to be recognised the fact they've managed to leave their rooms to attend a consultation is already a major achievement. on a scale of one to 10 today i feel minus 3 it's. moot. when i'm in my room. how can i get out of here. and how can i stop being a burden on my parents. the parents of his mori often suffer as much as they do they often feel a strong sense of shame publicly admitting that their child has no job and no friends would be humiliating so they keep quiet often hiding them from their neighbors for example in this way they're complicit in maintaining their child's isolation it's a problem

. >> mori tweeted. fight for freedom stand with hong kong that sparked a backlash in china, causing mori to delight the tweet, and issue a lengthy apology, still calling a tactical foul with the chinese sponsors. chinese basketball association, shut down the rockets, where they called them on the carpet for their human right abuses. i am kidding. issued an apology, called mori's comment regrettable, and acknowledged it had deeply offended chinese fans. translation, have you 500 million people who buy our products, let's go full burger king and have it your way china. nba may have flopped on this one, by they did the impossible to the way sparking a rare bipartisan effort in washington to reject the league's shot. florida senator, little marco rubio, with his adorable boots lead the change, tweeting: rubio was joined in calling a foul by 2020 vice presidential home full castro, who tweeted: while the rest of the country might think that league is serving up a pile of bull tallr than wow ming. >> we apolo

american basketball teams general manager expressed support for hong kong president protests that morihas since apologized for posting an image saying fight for freedom stand with hong kong his comments angered many of the team's chinese fans and some sponsors of distance themselves from the team the pressure from china has also sparked a rebuke from u.s. politicians at a time when trade ties are already tense matheson has more from beijing. the overwhelming response on chinese social media to what's been happening in the united states has predominantly being that they love the n.b.a. they love basketball but they love china more and basketball is the number one sport in china it's eclipsed even the football china back in august hosted the basketball world cup and there are 2 n.b.a. matches that are being held in china this month one of which is in shenzhen one of which is shanghai and one of them is featuring the l.a. lakers but the industry itself in china is enormous as well kids buy basketball jerseys basketball shoes bags anything branded with the n.b.a. and anything to do with ba

team since of former player yao ming joined them in 2002 rockets and general manager of dollywood mori has since tweeted that he didn't mean to cause offense to fans and corporate sponsors but some in the u.s. including a presidential candidates have criticised the rockets for yielding to pressure from beijing. this is newsnight from business africa with monika jones is up next taking a look at tat the continent's booming tourism sector i'll be back at the top off the top of the. language courses. video. anytime anywhere. and the adventures of the famous.

why have conditions out morea been allowed to become so bad so mori a camp is run by the greek government and it was put in place as part of the e.u. churchy deal back in 2016 and was supposed to serve as a hot spot as a reception center for people newly arriving to the island it was set up for 3000 people 3000 migrants with their wait for their asylum process to go through now this process has been taking a lot longer than expected authorities are are overwhelmed and in addition to that very few relocations from greece back to turkey have taken place in the last government under the sea present government so. in addition to that a surge of new arrivals we've seen roughly 10000 people arrive in greece last month alone 5000 of them roughly to lesbos that has added a lot of stress and. their campus running at 4 times its capacity and it's creating the problems that the media and the terrible conditions that we've just seen in the report. and one of the you turkey migrants deal what hope is that they can be made to function properly. well 1st of all the deal is still in place of both sides a

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the death of 13 year old mori time books at the new last year put the government under increasing pressure to ricki lake the sport. and the child tylenol maker is trying to push new books and legislation through parliament but he won't go as far as banning kids. i don't buy leave it out when they can get what i may say to me don't you really it really means what he got by. that about him why boyd if i got a. way now muscle. to get out why did he want to know what money i made of but also i don't need. my without. for more time to continue to grow on the global stage any new laws need to reflect international boxing standards. i mean how he talks about the law by apollo. who don't. even communicate. with. so will the thai government legislate for the protection of young fighters i don't think so. because they. all need from the beginning is rich once already they returned it back to the ministry of sport. authority. some say it would be political suicide to start legislating bans on more time. it's an incredibly popular sport and children's matches are especially popular with the voting and

over the weekend mory's tweet unleashed a strong response. with the rockets. cctv, the chinese state run broadcaster no longer planning to air upcoming games and tencent suspending its deal to live stream rockets games. the reaction led to an apology my morey tweeting i have always appreciated the support our chinese fans and sponsors have provided and hope those who are upset offending or misunderstanding them was not my intention. cnn was in tokyo as the rockets hit the court monday producting ahead of their preseason game against the lakers. guard james harden echoing his gm's apology. >> we love china, we love playing there. i know for both of us individually, we go there, you know, once or twice a year. they show us the most important love. we appreciate them as a fan base. >> reporter: the nba acknowledging morey's tweet deeply offended many in china but called it regrettable and has lawmakers on both sides upset. republican senator ted cruz tweeting human rights shouldn't be for sale and the nba shouldn't be assisting chinese communist

. >> the question was about this tweet by darryl mory, the houston rockets' general manager. he supported anti-chinese government protestors in hong kong. the topic made it all the way to the white house. >> i watched this guy steve kerr. he was like a little boy. he was too scared to answer the question. he didn't know how to answer the question. and yet talk about the united states very badly. >> yeah, they went up to steph curry today and asked him about trump taking shots at steve kerr. you know what curry said? welcome to the club. >> strange ti >>> we continue to follow that breaking news. pg&e shutting off power right now to parts y d sant (mellow music) - the bay area is a golden destination and healthy living. buare you missing out on life's simple joys, hindered by chronic dental issues? if your smile is holding back your social, or professional life, if your health is suffering because of dental challenges, or if enjoying a steak dinner is just a dream, here's the good news. clearchoice dental implants can change your life in one day. (upbeat music) and over the ne

look at turkey is what's known in japan as a he could call mori which basically means pulling inward being confined they spend their days cooped up in their homes on the internet playing video games they can't cope with the pressures of the outside world. he might have been looking at the same view for 35 years old. to post some might say it's a lovely view. when i'm not feeling well i see everything as though it were shrouded in the greatest it has just all grace it's the hope of the gods. japan is now reportedly home to over a 1000000 he komori possibly even more it's hard to compile exact figures they fear school or work they fear failure in japanese society being different or standing out is frowned upon without outside help it's hard for these people to find a way back into normal life. is a qualified nurse 5 years ago she founded to help organization for the social recluses it's called heat m.r.e. which translates as a place in the sun. we need to help them build confidence the aim is to find them jobs but there are many small steps that have to be taken before we get to that p

the parents of his mori often suffer as much as they do they often feel a strong sense of shame publicly admitting that their child has no job and no friends would be humiliating so they keep quiet often hiding them from their neighbors for example in this way they're complicit in maintaining their child's isolation it's a problem that set to become even more acute in the coming years. in japan we talk about the 8050 problem when the parents are 83rd children or 50. and the older the parents get the harder it is for them to look after their children. traditionally japanese culture and society conformity for people who feel different staying within their own 4 walls can seem like a safe option but this self-imposed exile can become impossible to escape now aged 14 or guitar he wonders if he'll be able to reenter society. quite. my biggest worry is taking the 1st step out of character that's the hard bit. should i leave my home or you should i leave my father who looks after me with me maybe a fire on my own i would have more clarity about what sort of life i want to live through. that i m

. >> the question was about this tweet by darryl mory, the houston rockets' general manager.se government protestors in hong kong. the topic made it all the way to the white house. >> i watched this guy steve kerr. he was like a little boy. he was too scared to answer the question. he didn't know how to answer the question. and yet talk about the united states very badly. >> yeah, they went up to steph curry today and asked him about trump taking shots at steve kerr. you know what curry said? welcome to the club. >> strange ti at at&t we believe in access. the opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. connecting with the things that matter most. and because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet. we've created access from at&t california households with at least one resident who receives snap or ssi benefits. may qualify for home internet at a discounted rate of $10 a month. no commitment, deposit, or installation fee. visit att.com/accessnow, to learn more. >>> we continue to follow that breaking news. pg&e shutting off power right now to parts of the e

right under the bus we recognize that the views expressed by houston rockets general manager general mori have deeply offended many of our friends and fans in china which is regrettable it wasn't long before more he himself had a change of heart i've had lots of junior since that tweet to his consider the perspectives i have always appreciated the significant support of our chinese friends and sponsors i would hope that those who are upset will know the defending will miss understanding them was not my intention so why the 180 all of a sudden it could have something to do with a one point $5000000000.00 contract signed not long ago by the n.b.a. and a major chinese tech company it's called 10 cent and it broadcasts basketball games in the hundreds of millions of chinese homes last year more people watch the n.b.a. in china than there are even people living in the united states with such a huge consumer base china has only landed morry in hot water one of my key issue designers recently made a post supporting hong kong protestors on instagram the company received intense backlash in china

at teams since a former player a ja may 1st join them in 2002 the rock is general manager dolly mori since tweeted that he did not need to cause offense to fans and corporate sponsors for some in the u.s. including a presidential candidate of criticize the rockets for bending to beijing's pressure . this is d.w. news these are our top stories united states is pulling its troops out of northern syria paving the way for a turkish offensive against kurdish fighters kurdish groups accuse washington of abandoning them u.s. troops were stationed close to the turkish border supporting kurdish forces in the fight against the so-called islamic state turkey regards these kurdish militias as terrorists. a 2nd whistleblower has told intelligence officials of president a trump has abused his power democrats leading impeachment inquiry so now investigating whether mr trump pressured ukrainian president not only is the lewinsky to investigate a political life joe biden and mr biden. the nobel prize for medicine has been announced it's green jointly awarded to 3 scientists william caleb greg and gre

team since former player yelled mean 1st join them in 2002 rockets general manager darley mori since tweeted that he did not mean to calls offense to fans and corporate sponsors but some in the u.s. including a presidential candidate criticized rockets for kowtow to a j. just a reminder the top stories we're following for you here today on the news environmental activists from the group extinction rebellion have launched worldwide protests and they're planning weeks of disruptive actions to raise the alarm over climate change. and hong kong police have arrested 2 protesters for defying the battle and wearing face masks during demonstrations there the 1st demonstrators to be charged under the new law which has been fueling a lot. you're watching news coming out the next trial over the controversial week killer roundup is postponed stoking speculation potential settlement for thousands of plaintiffs saying it caved in cancer. much more still to come in the business news with kristoff coverage he'll be here in just a minute with that and of course i'll be back at the top of the next hou

products have also been removed from ali baba's tall ball and online shopping on monday october 7th mori and the n.b.a. issued a neutral explanation statement but their explanations failed to satisfy china instead they got even more backlash this time from the u.s. who accuse the organization of being more interested in money than human rights the organization is attempting to dive use a situation now m.b.a. president adam silver issued his 1st public statement in tokyo today saying that he supported mores freedom of speech but at the same time this freedom has a price and now we must all accept such consequences and be a brooklyn nets owner criticize maurice tweet saying that while freedom of expression is a right some topics are minefields and some countries societies and. it's supporting a movement in china's territories is one of those minefields the relationship between china and the m.b.a. is a multibillion dollar marriage that involves media rights streaming merchandising licensing and much much more it's a market that the n.b.a. has been planting season for over 3 decades nurturi

team since former player named 1st joined them in 2002 the rockets general manager darlene mori has since tweeted he did not mean to cause offense to fans and corporate sponsors but some in the u.s. including a presidential candidate criticize the rockets for bending to beijing's pressure. let's get a reminder now of our top stories here on d. w. the u.s. is reportedly pulling its troops out of northern syria to pave the way for a turkish offensive against kurdish fighters there kurdish groups say washington is abandoning them. and environmental activists from the group extinction rebellion have launched a worldwide protests they're planning weeks of disruptive actions to raise the alarm over climate change. coming up next on d w news asia in the philippines more than 6000 are dead in the president's so-called war on drugs in an exclusive interview with g.w. the vice president says brodrick go to tertius firing rhetoric is promoting violence it would have been better if he had not. said those words a there's a sense of encouragement that. would be underneath that. plan a new face mask ban

american basketball team general manager expressed support for hong kong pro-democracy protests that mori has since apologized for posting an image saying fight for freedom stand with hong kong is comments angered many of the team's chinese friends and some sponsors have distance themselves from the team but i have to say those are the latest headlines from us here at al-jazeera coming up next counting the cost. we understand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take it al-jazeera will bring you the news and current affairs that matter to al-jazeera. hello i'm sammy's a that this is counting the cost of al-jazeera the weekly look at the world of business and economics this week germany heading for a recession with angle of merkel put aside their concerns about that and splash the cash this stimulate the economy. the worst wildfires in decades and the rising threat of that's a terrific ation farmers in the amazon fear their livelihoods are under threat. of dollars in black gold along the way patagonia could help end argentina's economic pr

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have also been removed from ali baba's tabal and jing don't online shopping on monday october 7th mori and be issued a neutral explanation statement but their explanation fails to satisfy china instead they got even more backlash this time from the u.s. who accuse the organization of being more interested in money than human rights the organization is attempting to dive use the situation now and be a president adam silver issued his 1st public statement in tokyo today saying that he supported maurice freedom of speech but at the same time this freedom has a price and.

nba commissioner adam silver will meet with officials in shanghai, dale mori tweeted support for hongesters. china took this as an insult and decided they will not cooperate with the league. chinese dtv will not broadcast two nba games of the country this week. and they were overnight and that was just canceled. espn want to avoid part of the nba china controversy. employees got an internal memo to avoid political commentary about the ongoing protests in hong kong and this report says network executives are keeping a close eye on their coverage of hong kong. several shows it address the controversy, primarily on the backlash against darrell moy. jason whitlock, host of speak for yourself on fox sports one, the nba controversy is an eye-opener for fans about how much influence china has on the game. >> the shoe company, nike, adidas, they won american basketball from the high school level all the way to the pro-plaps and the shoe companies are dependent on the china market and that is where all this is coming from. you see nba players during the off-season running to china to do the bi

that is how it goes, something they have to deal with.carley: from darrell mori who showed support preferin hong kong. fans were seen waving a hong kong flag. rob: there was a resistance campaign in the white house, a warning will be published in november and we will pull back the curtain on the trump administration. the other's identity will remain secret. there was a scathing op-ed claiming people in the administration want to stop the president's, quote, dangerous tendencies. mark zuckerberg in the hot seat. and crypto currency. >> why lawmakers on both sides raising red flags. >> mark zuckerberg will appear before the house financial services committee. they announced the crypto currency, wondering why facebook would get involved in such a project. he will not move forward until it does approve regulatory approval. and prepared statement he did say there will be financial leadership and democratic values and oversight around the world if america doesn't innovate our financial leadership is not guaranteed. china is moving forward with definite ideas. there are a lot of questions about

where is daryl mory? he should be in front of the cameras.e should be answering these questions, not us. >> i don't think he's been heard from i don't want to say it definitively but i have not seen hem speaking since this whole thing happened >> to those who say lebron, you are toeing the line of beijing here and being a little too conciliatory what do you say? >> i say these are the same people that said shut up and dribble. the same people who didn't want lebron james or any other nba talk about the subjects at hand here in america. now they want them to speak up for subjects they may not know about as much as they do here. that's what i say to them. those people that are criticizing the players on twitter or social media, that's where that stuff takes place i look at that and shake me head you're putting players in a very dans position. them talking about things they really are not as educated about. you're not going to learn about the history of hong kong in two or three weeks that will take years of study. that takes a long time to real

news channel now, you'll see this debate taking place across the board let's be clear here, daryl mory was speaking as himself. he wasn't speaking on behalf of the houston rockets or the national basketball association. how long does this story play out before another shiny object comes along and we're all distracted and it goes away? >> it could happen soon. these things are happening every day and they're big. we as americans care about these kinds of issues. we don't say he shouldn't be allowed to say those things and the nba has got so shut him up there's founl principles we believe in the firms need to go into these markets clear on those things. >> thanks as always. >>> escalating trade tensions with chie that weighing heavily on the market. will earnings be the next shoe to drop? is the market waiting to see what happens at these trade talks on thursday, friday and into the weekend >> i think what tony said was really important he laid out this issue of how complex and how multi-facetted some of these trade issues are the notion we'll have some big deal, i think we have to dampe

mori opened his mouth at the wrong time. >> what would you tell a company that is embroiled in a messike this and now faces boycotts here in the united states who are outraged that the company is not accepting free speech. this could be a huge issue on both sides of the ocean for a company that gets itself in this kind of a mess >> yeah, you're exactly right. the statement paul referenced ertler when they came out and strongly 130r9 their employees and the ability to personally speak their mind and what they believe, that's a stand that they can't compromise on but also, you -- they you have to understand that we have this trade war going on with china. we in the nba should understand what the dialogue of the prop began saturday machine is spewing out. and what the perspective is there. but clearly they've got some work to do to put this thing back together. and hopefully adam can tap into the relationships that he's built over the last 5 or 10 years, to kind of mitigate this situation. and get back on strong footing >> because the game is so popular over there >> in fact there were f

the death of 13 year old mori time books a new last year put the government under increasing pressure to break in late the sport. and the child tylenol maker is trying to push new books and legislation through parliament but he won't go as far as banning kids. i don't buy leave it out when they can get what i may say to me don't you really it really means what he got by. that about him lie the way that the buy. way now muscle. where did he make money at all but also i don't know. my without. for more time to continue to grow on the global stage any new laws need to reflect international boxing standards. i mean how he talks about the law by apollo. who don't write about even community. even. so will the thai government legislate for the protection of young fighters i don't think so. because the. only from the beginning is once already they returned it back to the ministry of sport. authority. some say it would be political suicide to start legislating bans on more time. it's an incredibly popular sport and children's matches are especially popular with the voting and gambling public l

note what's going on with this darrell mori tweet. china is not saying to the nba hay, played by our rules inside the country, they are saying we expect our rules, which govern our country, to also go outside the border of the country, and that is masses and i think it wise to the credit of the nba. they manage to do something that is almost impossible. if they got aoc and ted cruz to china joint letter saying the nba was intolerable the way to respond in which at least is an element of bipartisanship. that's about the nda's position was. >> tucker: but it does seem like we are importing chinese political values into this country being imposed on us by the people in charge. china is governed not simply by force, they do still kill their political dissidents there and sell their organs, but most of the time it's governed by very sophisticated text dominated system of social credit. he stepped out of line, you are punished. why shouldn't we be terrified of something like that coming here? >> we should be and i think that's why battles l

>> i was a bit flabbergasted, to describe mori's statements misinformed or not educated, struck me lebron statement that his statement may have done risks and done some things to harm people and say that the nba players had a tough week that inference is by comparison to hong kong protesters, you got to recognize their situation as well. they have democratic reforms that pro promised to them when the brits handed hong kong over to china 2047. they have a situation here where those reforms haven't been fulfilledded, and in 27 years they're about to lose whatever democratic rights they possibly have. so to try to make those comparisons is kind of absurd. connell: lebron james has been doing this a long time. been in the public eye going back to high school days. he is usually athletes or public figures understand how the comment will be perceived. knows what people will think. i wonder in making a comment like the one you referenced, my team and this league just went through, a difficult week, you know, did he just misjudge this? i mean, almost seemed like he did what he accused daryl morey

trying to do a little damage control right now, because he is supportive late, albeit late of darryl moril manager that supported hong kong in a tweet he's trying to do this damage control. he's running a little. it's a tightrope he's trying to walk here. >> i think the chinese thing will work out. there's been some suspension, that's the key word, put of these partners have suspended based on what's going on now much i think as you said, what's going on here, we have seen the nba for lack of a better word, this woke league supports social causes that would never cen tour coaches like steve kerr and popovych and lebron against inequality and supporting human rights and civil rights adam silver has supported gay pride and withheld an all-star game from charlotte for the bathroom bill in north carolina. they've cen toured and taken a franchise away from donald sterling there's been crickets from anyone trying to support darryl for this now, these coaches and players have supported human rights unequivocally. here there is nothing, there is silence. i think the backlash here is going to be,

tried to take holy communion at the anthony catholic church in south carolina and reverend robert e mori explaining, "any public figure who advocates for abortion places himself or herself outside of church teachings, i will keep mr. biden in my prayers." john kerry was warned not to take communion for the same reason '04 and because of biden's support for abortion rights, he's been hearing the same warning from some church leaders since becoming barack obama's running mate '08. >> it was reported that you were refused communion for your stance on abortion rights. is there any truth to that, did that happen? >> are not going to discuss that. that's just my personal life and i'm not going to get into that at all. >> so biden is dealing with new questions about his religion as warren is dealing with old questions about her ancestry. for the first time in a while tonight, a new hampshire primary voter asked her what she would say if she was the nominee and president trump called her pocahontas to which she replied that she would fight that fight with an open heart, but in this hour-long tow

you say that may cause or not only for yourself or for the georgian people le bron's criticism of morididn't go down well with these basketball fans and protesters in hong kong they made their feelings clear about hong kong's chief executive kerry lamb and china's president xi and they stomped on pictures of the brand to. that's the difference between great player and good player and the difference between a hero and. here's a good basketball star here's one of the greatest of all time but his not here and that's where we'll leave it for now we'll see you again later for more sports news thank you very much peter and. i do stay with us. just a couple of minutes but for me. thank you very much for watching. at night in a stalking somali moms patrolled streets police get enough money to hire a warlock of children a man paid tired of gang violence the use the maternal approach to prevent crime use. a. little bit in. the stories we don't often hear told by the people who live the mothers of ring could be this is europe on al-jazeera on the legacy of south africa's a n c s the boy made the

the nba has faced serious heat over its initial response to houston rockets general manager daryl moryn began the chorus of outrage from bipartisan lawmakers. they were so outraged, wrote a strongly worded letter. it is outrageous that the nba has caved to chinese government demands for contrition. good for them for taking a stand. lawmakers should call out wrongdoing, which is why i am certain they'll call out china for it's business mal record on human rights, holding a million in detention camps according to united nations. for brutal crackdown on protesters in hong kong, the one the rockets gm was tweeting about. when it comes to confronting china directly, american lawmakers always blink. they always lose their nerve. why take them on directly when it is easier to take on the nba. no question, the nba initial response is deeply disappointing as an american institution. that should be called out. but american lawmakers turning a blind eye to china human rights abuses is also indefensible. that should be called out too. that should be called out too performance comes in lots of flav

rights at stake on friday donald mori general manager of the houston rockets n.b.a. team tweeted fight for freedom stand with hong kong in support of anti-government demonstrations there china is furious it regularly complains about what it sees as foreign interference in internal matters we are not apologizing for daryl exercising his freedom of expression i regret again having communicated directly with many friends in china that so many people are upset including. millions and millions of our fans frantic attempts by madi in the n.b.a. to pacify china have resulted in fierce criticism particularly from u.s. politicians hong kong has been part of china under the one country 2 systems plan since it was handed over by the u.k. in 1907 just months after paying billions of dollars to extend its streaming deal with the n.b.a. a chinese company 10 cent says it won't show any more rockets games effectively cutting the houston team off from chinese basketball fans so as iraq is fan it's very disappointing as a chinese i feel very disappointed by his collars for basketball