this is an amazing claim according to national statistics the island is considered a region deficient in vitamin a but the local health workers have not documented any cases they don't know where and how the national statistics are compiled. our visit to the island raised a lot of new questions we saw a population that while poor enjoys a well balanced diet and contrast to the official national statistics there's no sun in a vitamin a deficiency here. what is the inventor of golden rice have to say about what we have observed. does for me that doesn't surprise me because it is not very easy to document it is although statistically it is certain that these cases exist. the philippines are not a very good example because in the philippines vitamin a deficiency is a problem for only about ten percent of the population with and for other countries provide better perspectives for girls and i was recently in india where i visited a village of traditional farmers i wasn't there for thirty minutes before i had seen two cases so the cases do exist as it is you just have to look out for them in

this is an amazing claim according to national statistics the island is considered a region deficient in vitamin a but the local health workers have not documented any cases they don't know where and how the national statistics are compiled. our visit to the island raised a lot of new questions we saw a population that while poor enjoys a well balanced diet and contrast to the official national statistics there's no sun in a vitamin a deficiency here. what does the inventor of golden rice have to say about what we have observed. does is for me that doesn't surprise me because it is not very easy to document it is although statistically it is certain that these cases exist. the philippines are not a very good example because in the philippines vitamin a deficiency is a problem for only about ten percent of the population with and for other countries provide better perspectives for girls and i was recently in india where i visited a village of traditional farmers i wasn't there for thirty minutes before i had seen two cases so the cases do exist as it is you just have to look out for th

according to national statistics forty percent of the population was not getting enough vitamin a as recently as ten years ago. five years ago that figured had decreased to fifteen percent. it is not clear how many still suffer from vitamin a deficiency today. the pro vitamin a rice would be less expensive for the government the inventors of the project are sure of it but first the golden rice must make the transition from the laboratory to the rice paddies the researchers set out on a quest for money and power and found both in the world's largest agricultural chemistry corporation and basel. zinc and is soon going to responded to an offer we made. as we proposed giving the company the commercial rights to our product. lines and if in the. the company would support our humanitarian project to verify it is to engage who it is for. but a sensitive issue remains where is the borderline between commercial and humanitarian use. our goal was to allow all poor farmers to take part for years charge and of course it was in single interest to define you as a poor as narrowly as possible becau

according to national statistics forty percent of the population was not getting enough vitamin a as recently as ten years ago. so. i've years ago that figured had decreased to fifteen percent. it is not clear how many still suffer from vitamin a deficiency today. the pro vitamin a rice would be less expensive for the government the inventors of the project are sure of it but first the golden rice must make the transition from the laboratory to the rice paddies the researchers set out on a quest for money and power and found both in the world's largest agricultural chemistry corporation in basel. sink and is soon going to responded to an offer we made. as we proposed giving the company the commercial rights to our product. lines and if in the. the company would support our humanitarian project to verify it is. it is for. but a sensitive issue remains where is the borderline between commercial and humanitarian use. our goal was to allow all poor farmers to take part free of charge and of course it was in single interest to define who are as narrowly as possible because they wanted to

the national statistics agency in spain confirmed the spanish 0.1% in the by three months ending in september. we know that spanish firms are making more stuff and selling more goods overseas and money is starting to flow back into the country. very few ordinary people in the country are feeling the benefits. rate ofunemployment 26%, one in four spaniards remain out of work and many families remain strapped for cash which is not good for domestic consumption. to get that to grow, you need spent -- you need more spaniards to spend my. america's central bank, the federal reserve, is holding its second to last meeting of the year. last month, most people thought the u.s. central bank was about to reduce its emergency funding for the world's biggest economy but after the damaging government shutdown and some disappointing jobs numbers recently, the economy looks substantially weaker than it did before. the fed is expected to maintain its policy of record low interest rates and delay the reduction of that big bazooka, that massive stimulus program, $85 billion every month pumped into the economy a

according to the national statistics institute, the gross domestic products rose 071% on a quarterly basis. now, look, this is initial data. the subject revisions, but is up from a contraction of 0.1% in the second quarter. we have to take positives where we can. the smallest possible increase in gdp. but it is an increase. i'll talk about this briefly and then we'll move on to cpi. >> what concerns me about that, if i take your point, it is an increase, can your growth in normal gdp sustain your budget deficits over the long-term? in other words, on a three-year view, are you going to get to the point where your budget deficit is the same as gdp growth? based on those numbers, i don't see clear evidence that we will get there. some of the concerns about the he periphery have necessarily gone away. >> it's the direction of travel. and the same goes, of course, for the employment market, as well. it's moving in the right direction, according to recent data. the other flash, which i don't think is quite as encouraging, but you can correct me. you're the economist now. >> i have an econ

this week the office of national statistics supported the house price inflation in london was running at 8.7%. does the prime minister agree that this was inevitable that his mortgage guarantee scheme will simply feast the property bubble of the price of individual low-cost homebuyer? >> i don't accept that for a moment and it's interesting flavor has now come out against the health provides king. so with we want to help people get on the housing ladder, as ever the labour party is standing against those people. i have to say to the honorable lady, you look at house price increases outside london in the southeast it is -- mortgage activity still way below where it was before the recession struck. will tell people get on housing ladder and receive and achieve the dream of homeownership. clearly the party opposite don't care for them. >> the prime minister will know that in my constituency some businesses are almost paying as much in business rates as they are paying in rent. however, what steps will be take to persuade local council to use the powers this government has given them to r

the national bureau of statistics in beijing, analysts expecting an uptick in 7.7% for the third quarter up .1% from the first half of this year. china's economy is still on track to be the governments 7.5% growth target for the year. some say they are still worried that slowing exports could lower growth in the fourth quarter. slightly lower, breaking seven straight days of gains. here in hong kong, shares marking ahead of china gdp but starting today up .5%. in corporate news, warning over declining chip sales in the world's biggest contract chipmaker. tsmc says mobile phone makers are cutting back on new product launches as high-end smartphone sales slide. a surge in gadget sales helped the third-quarter profit grow more than five percent. it expects big customers like apple and samsung to order fewer new hearts. here in -- new parts. here in hong kong, suspected currency manipulation. regulators are examining electronic messages between currency traders to see whether they colluded to manipulate 5.3 trillion dollars in foreign exchange trades. media reports suggest they center on a g

the national bureau of statistics announced that gross domestic product grew 7.8% from the same period last year. the figure also rose 0.3 percentage points from the previous three months. this indicates the chinese economy has stopped slowing down. we have more from beijing. >> reporter: public works supported growth. chinese exports finally stopped declining. this fueled the economy growth. >> translator: the chinese economy is stable and improving moderately. the indicator is within a reasonable range to go ahead with structural adjustment and reform. >> reporter: china gdp has shown three straight quarters of decline through june. this was due to sluggish exports stepping from the u.n.'s ban on other currencies. this includes a huge increase in steel production in july. government officials indicated that the country can achieve the growth target without another economic stimulus. >> that was our reporter in beijing. >>> u.s. federal employees are back at work. americans are lining up for government services. and visitors are crowding into national museums. americans are finding th

china's national bureau of statistics announced that the prices of new home went up month on month in 65 of the 70 cities in the survey. prices rose 1.6% in shanghai, 1.4% in guangzhou, and 1.2% in beijing. thehine government raid real estate taxes this year in an effort to hold down prices. officials fear that discontent will grow among those who can't afford to buy homes. the government plans to consider additional measures to make homes more affordable. >>> a group of five japanese companies has decided to come together and acquire a stake in a major ship builder in brazil. they're trying to gain a foot hold in the development of offshore oil fields in the south american country. mitsubishi heavy industries ship building and three other japanese companies will acquire a 30% stake for around $300 million. >> translator: we'd like to overtake chinese and south korean ship builders by investing in a major brazilian firm. >> they're participating in oil products ledy the brazilian government. japanese companies will provide technical support needed to develop underwater oil fields. dem

the national bureau of statistics of china has begun to name and shame local governments who fake economic data. over the past few months, a county in guangdong exaggerated industrial production by four times the actual value. ad on this webpage it says county in another province has declared double the amount of output that the companies were actually producing. those companies have come back to save the local governments made them do it. either way, one thing is clear -- dodgy data in china has now been officially acknowledged. unofficially, it has been talked about for a long time. accusations that some local governments inflate the numbers to please a capital hungry for good economic results. chris spaulding says growth might be half of what the government says. >> i think most figures in china should be taken with a large grain of salt. even in china, the chinese populace treats them more as art man science or reliable indicators of reality. patristics on construction, for example, might be over reported -- statistics on construction, for example, may be over reported or they could be

the unemployment rate in germany is 6.9% based on the national statistics and it grew strongly in the second quarter. it is likely to grow. it got hurt a little bit. the exports were hurt on a year ago basis because of the fiscal situation in the u.s. but the current account balance is still strong and the german economy is growing. >> we've heard from a number of german companies, lufthansa, sap, all talking about the euro. germany is a big export economy. how much of an impact is the euro at these two-year highs against the dollar having? >> well, it's going to have some impact. but for the sake of germany. >> we should have is a strong deutsch mark, yes? >> yes. however, it does have some effect on the exports here. >> meanwhile, inflaigs flagz for the eurozone is very slow, running at 1.1% at the moment. there is -- we're a long way from the ecb's mandate. will anybody in germany be worry background the fact that we've got 1.1 is% inflation? >> actually, deflation would be a problem. >> it's a problem for the on peripheral. >> germany is not going to complain about 1.2% inflation.

the national bureau of statistics announced on friday that gross domestic product from july to september grew 7.8 from the same period last year. the figure also rose 0.3 percentage points from the previous three months. this indicates a slowdown in economic expansion has stopped. public works spending supported growth. this was aimed at improving infrastructure such as railroads and sewers in urban areas. china's exports finally stopped declining due to a recovery in the global economy. this also fueled the country's economic growth. >> translator: the chinese economy is stable and improving moderately. the indicator is within a reasonable range to go ahead with structural adjustment and reform. >> china's gdp had shown two straight quarters of slower growth through june. this was due to sluggish exports, stemming from the yuan's advance against other currencies. but the economy started showing signs of a recovery that includes an increase in steel production in july. >>> analysts at standard & poor's are keeping the chinese government bonds unchanged. but they remain concerned about th

we have the worst health care statistics in the nation. we've had them since they started keeping statistics. and it was going to take some kind of transformational change for us to dig ourselves out of that ditch. and the affordable care act gives ne that opportunity. i have seized the opportunity. we're the only southern state to both expand medicaid and set up our own exchange. and i'm determined to change the course of kentucky's history when it comes to health care. we're in the course of doing that. kentuckians are loving it. they are swarming on our website. 280,000 of them so far. we signed 18,000. the rate of a thousand people a day. 375 or 380 small businesses small businesses this are in the process of applying. this is going to work. i want to give a shoutout to my good friend governor casic in ohio. thank goodness he stepped up and put the people first and partisan politics second. that's all the opposition is. i don't care if you're republican or democrat, whether you like the president or not, you know, that's what i tell the

patrolling, halloween is one of the deadliest holidays of the year, the national highway traffic safety administration says the latest statisticsshow that 52% of all national fatalities occurring halloween night involve a drunk driver, on monday police say a drunk driver was arrested for hitting and killing a woman, and last week a couple was walking their dog when they were struck and killed by an intoxicate driver, the task force is deploying additional patrols to look for that. pedestrian injuries are the most common to children on halloween so those are recommended. if there is no sidewalk walk on the far edge of the road facing traffic so you can see what is coming. >>> here is some events going on, there will be trick or treating in downtown willow glen on lincoln avenue there among the businesses there. there will also be a harvest festival and a carnival there and tours there and back out here live you can see it is dark and that street is blocked off, closed to any vehicle traffic because they know a lot of trick or treaters are going to be out there, still track here on bachmann but again people from other neighborhoo

the latest statistics from the united nations suggest it is. 16% of iranian women work.e have this report from tehran. >> it's morning rush hour in tehran. millions are heading to work - but not many are women. although they make up half the population. the united nations and world bank say 16% of kimmen are employed -- women are employed. hoda knows this well. she's 26 and has been searching for a job for two years. the university graduate is losing hope and is thinking of leaving iran. >> translation: it's a tough bitter experience. i can almost say it's impossible to find a suitable job. it's a dream. it's not me. many of my friends are searching - mostly they continue to study for something to do with their time. or they want to go overseas. it's disappointing. >> women make up almost 60% of university students. iran's richest woman says the government needs to make sure the country does not ignore their potential. >> it shows that the next future we have to find that. what this person chases will be supported to work in the society, to work in their country, and the

agricultural reports from the national agriculture statistics service aren't available to farmers. these reports are crucial resources that farmers need to make decisions, such as how to price crops, which commodities to grow and when to sell those commodities and the reports enable farmers to track cattle auction prices. not only has nass stopped putting out new reports about demand and supply, export and prices, but all web sites with past information have been taken down because of the government shutdown. farmers aren't receiving assistance from farm programs. the department of agriculture local farm service offices have been shut down because of the shutdown, and as a result farmers can't apply for new loans, sign up for acreage for farm programs or receive government checks for the programs they are already enrolled in. devastating to so many of our -- our people living on fixed incomes in north dakota who have engaged and basically put their land into the conservation reserve program is consequencevation reserve checks are not being issued. that has a huge impact, particular

and of course, nationally looking at the statistics, he's doubled his negatives in a brief time.king the guy as soon as they know him. is he a winner or loser inside the republican party? >> i think you have to look at ted cruz as a rise of a tide we're seeing of lawmakers in washington who are running on their own brand. and he is not worried so much about the national party brand. his own, personal brand in his home state is pretty strong. his own personal brand among grassroots activists in the party is strong. what it has done to the national brand has not been positive. i don't think it's particularly of his concern. so i think for what he is worried about which i think is largely about his own image, i think that is going positively. he campaigned in terms of running on defunding obama care, getting rid of obama care. he would say that's what he's doing. however, to your point, his negatives are incredibly high. he is already emerging as a polarizing figure nationally. if he is interested in running, this will come back in a big way. >> joy, who's the democrats' ted cruz? >

those statistics put sunnyvale well below the national average. >> we're a safe city, but it needs to start somewhere. >> reporter: eric fisher owns u.s. firearms. in yao were unsure, the signs and flyers in his store tell you exactly how he feels about the proposed gun laws. >> gun owners and gun shop owners, it's real important to us that we deal with the criminal and mentally ill component of what's wrong, because it directly affects our business. >> reporter: instead, he says the measure just strips rights from law abiding gun owners. >> i think it's big government mentality on a small level. if laws are to be effective, they need to be statewide or countrywide for them to have an impact. >> we need to do it and it needs to happen locally and go from ground up and not top down. top down is not happening. life has to be more valuable than we're treating it. i think this is where we start. >> reporter: the mayor will be termed out of office at the end of the year and said if this measure passes next week, he's talking to the city of mountain view about putting a similar ballot on th