that's going to be the new china as far as making products. look what's going on in mexico. and you say to yourself, isn't that sad? isn't that a shame? now, the good news is we have tremendous potential. tremendous potential. we have power over china that you wouldn't believe. china sells their product to us, no tax. no tax. and yet they'll manipulate their currency so that our people cannot compete with their product. we make better products than them, by the way, but we can't compete because of the manipulation, which is in the history of the world, there has never been a better or smarter currency manipulation than that done by china.

he is the author "age of ambition-- chasing fortune, truth, and faith in the new china. orville shell from the asia society. he has covered china since 1970 and written more than 10 books. nick kristof is a columnist and former correspondent for the "new york times." in 1990 he shared a pulitzer prize with his wife, cheryl. xiao qiang is the editor in chief of the china digital times. his site focuses on censorship and political discourse in chinese cyberspace. and in boston, chai ling, one of the student leaders in tianamen square in 1989 and number four on china's most wanted list. i'm pleased to have all them here for an important conversation about an important day in chinese history. welcome. >> thank you. >> rose: let me go back, orville, and tell me about that day and what led up to it, and beginning, i assume, with how the student began to come and what the death had to do with it. >> it was an extraordinary episode i think in not just chinese history but any history, to be in the square during the weeks leading up to june 4 was like being at some incredible festi

new. china's navy flexing its muscle in the east and south china seas. but regional tensions have flared again recently over a number of oil and gas rich islands, claimed in turn by china, vietnam, and the philippines. now some new images have added fuel to the fire. vietnamese and filipino troops in a football match on one of the contentious islands. officials say the event shows there can be harmony in the south china sea. china's foreign ministry slammed the sports games as a provocation. >> this little display by vietnam and the philippines is just a farce. china has irrefutable sovereignty over the islands and surrounding waters. we demand the philippines and vietnam stop any behavior that starts a dispute and causes trouble. >> china itself provoked an angry backlash in the philippines and vietnam last month, and when it claimed vessels in areas controlled by hanoi. several people were killed in anti-china protests. the violence has since subsided, but the war of words over territorial claims and team sports in the south china sea looks set to cont

coming up next, the chinese president says china has to find a new way to produce and consume fuels if it wants to ensure its long-term security. we are going to discuss how this could change things for china after the break. china.s start off with anything of particular interest? >> the steel industry, we still can't see why we would want to invest. >> maybe it's consolidation time and he would come in and help clean things up a bit. >> we have avoided the sector for six years and we will continue to do that. it is just such an overcapacity industry. i just can't see that that will benefit for the long-term. >> one thing they are key on is energy independence? china continues to consume energy? with the backdrop of a rack come a how does china create itself into an energy-independent state? >> energy, whether or not you are using -- thermal coal, the windtional energy sectors, , for us, again, it is still functional. where do you see the biggest growth going forward? we see the consumer with the retail sales -- retail space. industrial production numbers were better than expected. the

china and written more than 10 books. a columnist and former correspondent for "the new york times." 1990, he shared a pulitzer prize with his wife for their reporting from tiananmen square. founder ands the editor-in-chief of "the china digital times." his site focuses on censorship and political crimes in chinese cyberspace. from boston, chai ling. she was one of the student 1989.s back in 1899 -- i'm pleased to have all of them here. let me go back. and whatbout that day led up to it, and beginning, i assume, with how the students began to congregate. >> it really was an extraordinary sort of episode and not just chinese history but any history. to be in the square during the weeks leading up to june 4 was like being at some incredible festival almost to read a as ifg of elation something had lifted. the press for the first time was absolutely free. people all across china weren't watching what was happening. feeling ofmazing sudden lack of repression. everybody, i think, believed that this was an inflection point. they would never get this genie back in the bottle, but of course,

rolling out new rules. china considers a shakeup in the steel industry. or the secret. be worse than beijing, and rolling the dice. news for casinos in macau. right, good morning to you. checking in on markets this morning, i am angie lau. welcome to "first up." new zealand is fractionally lower, the new deal and -- the new zealand spot trading up, and we are counting down to the open australia,orea, and and the nikkei 225, it was one percent higher, with the kospi index with a weekly advance last week. right now, you are seeing futures pointing to a lower open. this after concern that violence in iraq will continue to disrupt tensionlies as that gets even worse and the violence grows ever stronger there. in safety haven mode, it is strengthening, 19 01.99. and some say it is good news that china may lift a decade-long ban. it goes straight to stephen engle. steve, are china's protective ways with the steel industry about to end here? >> well, good morning to you. there are a couple of ways to look at this, a couple of arguments. there is what china probably should do wi

good numbers from china is good news for australia? >> yes, you are right. is alwaysfor china good news for australia. remember, they engineered the slowdown last year. that bumped the engineering target stimulus. for australia. there is no hard landing in china. , thisg through the data involves more of the state-owned enterprises. when you look at the steal-producers in china, they need to import from australia. that is why the link is there. the volume growth is steady. they are producing still. the market is a bit of a concern second half of the year. too much steel. they may have to dump it somewhere us in a world. that's ok. oil prices are not expected to rise suddenly. with expanding volumes of iron ore coming out of australia, expanding volumes of coke and coal out of australia, just some outlining to catch up. they are producing something with it. this survey reaffirms that the steel producers are happy to take the volume and s -- the volume in still. be true at the moment, but concerns in the property sector. home prices stoking a lot of concerns no

world's biggest steelmakers says it is good news china may lift a decade long ban on foreign investment in the industry. steve, how will china's protective ways changing? >> well, there is an argument on what should china do and what will china do with their ailing steel industry? the chinese mills are losing money, many of them. they are riddled with inefficiency. china consumes half the world's steel as it has been urbanizing but it is also the world's biggest producer and there is a glut of unused capacity at these inefficient chinese mills. to curb this overcapacity the government has been squeezing credit to the industry. about 80 of the major steelmakers had a combined loss of $2.3 billion yuan. that in the first quarter alone. what is being described by harshest s one of the perating events. the overcapacity issues need consolidation and he is raising his hand to help. but there are regulations prohibiting him from taking control of steelmakers. one of the few foreign steelmakers with investments in china since this ban on overseas control was imposed in 2005 but chinese authorit

china introduces new measures to support its economy. the golden age gone. multinationals in china.ndulges in a dazzling display. helping to boost tourism. and a good monday morning to you. i am angie lau. markets trading in the asia pacific, the japan nikkei 225 climbing 1.25% after capital spending came in much higher than expected. the cost be is climbing as well, but australia just slipped into red territory -- the cost be -- .ospi and a rise in april. looking on the year on year change, two point nine percent versus the rise in april of two point eight percent. checking in on the ozzy dollar, let's take a look right now, and the aussie dollar reacting to that inflation number. well, we will get that to you later when we have it. bottom of your screen. 93 u.s. cents. and signs that the slowdown may be easing off, the government quietly putting measures in place to support the economy and the recovery. david inglis is here with the so-called mini stimulus to support china's economy. going.eep the engines from the china academy of social sciences. all of the measures policymakers

looking at the infrastructure that will go on in china and the lack of real new mining investment coupledopper space. interestingly, china is taking ,ome strategic investments building copper stockpiles and increasing activity from china soe's and others making acquisitions in that space. so we like that space. >> we have a heavy week on theomic data and moves by central bank or perhaps no move at all by the central bank in australia. what is your expectation if the decision comes tomorrow? >> i think the rba is on hold tomorrow and probably will be for quite a while to come. if you look at the growth outlook for a strata, it is pretty lackluster at the moment. obviously, mining a distant them and taking off in the next couple of years. they've done a lot already in terms of knowing rates. ofe reaction in terms stimulating the housing market, building construction going. but the rest of the economy is looking a little bit stagnant. business investment and confidence is somewhat lackluster coming out of the recent touch it as the government looks to writing the deficit coming creasing a fe

here's some big international news. china russia just signed an historic gas bill worth $400 billion. >> steve: you're saying they passed the gas bill. >> jimmy: yeah. [ laughter ] they passed the gas bill. it was a pretty big one. >> steve: you know what i heard? >> jimmy: what's up? >> steve: i heard russia denied it. [ laughter ] but, they definitely supplied that's what i heard. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: everyone knew they supplied it. >> steve: and they knew it. they knew it. >> jimmy: yeah. well, when people caught wind of it -- [ laughter ] they weren't pleased. >> steve: really? >> jimmy: but this is one of those gas bills that's going to linger. >> steve: you think so. >> jimmy: yeah. >> steve: those are the worst. you know what i heard? >> jimmy: what's up? >> steve: i heard when they were touring the factory -- >> jimmy: okay. >> steve: there was an explosion. they heard some sort of explosive sound. >> jimmy: how does that sound like? what does the explosive sound like? >> jimmy: something like -- somethin

that will be the new china as far as making products. look at what is going on in mexico.isn't that sad? isn't that a shame? the good news is that we have tremendous potential, tremendous potential. we have power over china that you would not believe. china stills the product to us with no tax. no tax. yet they will manipulate their currency so that our people cannot compete with their products. compete because of that manipulation. has never been a header or smarter currency manipulator than that done by china. -- it wille to do end now. if it doesn't, we will throwing tax arrears so every product you sell will be at 25% tax. i want to be nice. we'll start with 25%. you wouldn't even have to do the tax. everything would stop. i do not know who these people are. where do they find these people? they are incompetent. obamacare is having a devastating effect on the country. they say whoever becomes president in 2016 is going to be catastrophic year for the economy. of obamacareoblems and other things were delayed until 2016. someone will have a real problem here they better

are to new york. now china's enthusiasm to take part in solving international problems goes beyond plans to establish a global financial institution to rival the world bank and the asian development bank which is not always willing to support china's initiatives for example those concerning infrastructure development one of the first tasks for the new bank will be the building of a new version of a silk road connecting china to europe china professor and the believes that the best way for china to have its projects done is to fund them itself i think that this is just a further extension of what china's been doing china has come from pretty much a backwater country thirty years ago to now the world's second largest economy and china is basically showing the world that if there is a will there is a way china has been somewhat frustrated with the world bank and the asian development bank in terms of. the funds coming out of these energies to support infrastructure projects so china i think basically decided that if

that's going to be the new china as far as making products. look what's going on in mexico. and you say to yourself, isn't that sad? isn't that a shame? now, the good news is we have tremendous potential. tremendous potential. we have power over china that you wouldn't believe. china sells their product to us, no tax. no tax. and yet they'll manipulate their currency so that our people cannot compete with their product. we make better products than them, by the way, but we can't compete because of the manipulation, which is in the history of the world, there has never been a better or smarter currency manipulation than that done by china. all you have to do is say, folks, it's going to end. it's going to end now. and if it doesn't end, we are going to throw a little tax on you that every product you sell in this country it's going to be a 25% tax. the number should be 48% based on their manipulation. i want to be nice. we'll settle at 25%. you won't even have to do the tax because everything would stop. same thing with japan with the cars. i mean it's the same thing. so simp

emily buchanan, "bbc news." >> china has deployed thousands of police and pair military forces in tiananmen square and across the capital beijing on the 25th anniversary of the brutal repression of student protests there. hundreds were killed as their call for democratic reforms was met with thanks and bullets. chinese authorities are preventing any commemoration of the anniversary and have detained more than 60 activists and blocked access to social media sites. i spoke to the china editor carrie gracie in beijing and jewel and nap lu in hong kong. i began by asking whether there was any outward recognition at all of what happened in beijing 25 years ago. i understand and here he is, president barack obama is just moving center stage in warsaw, 25 years since the end of communist rule in poland. an opportunity for him to restate america's commitment to central and eastern europe. >> hello warsaw. [ speaking foreign language ] hello, warsaw. [ speaking foreign language ] mr. president, mr. prime minister, madame mayor, heads of state, and government, past and present, including the man who

. >> china is a new state. first economically successful communist state and retains the instruments of authoritarianism. it controls the media. except what is a large group of elite that do remember what's going on and do jump the fire wall. but a massive part of the population doesn't know what happened in those years. >> is there any kind of intellectual argument within those at the top in china that perhaps now is the time to ease off, to let people know the truth? because inevitably it will filter down. and that could cause more discontent, possibly, than letting people know who actually did happen? >> we don't see any signs of any break among the official on his their line that this was a necessary act and that it was good for china. there is no change in official language, but behind the scenes a new leader has come in, a year or so go and there are definitely advise ores hoping to see a change in the attitude of china towards the history. but there is no sign they are getting any traction with the top l

the new japan-china friendship committee for the 21st century was scheduled to meet in 2012. but the talks were postponed due to strained relations between the two countries. the 14 participants are trying to find ways to improve bilateral cooperation. they include the president of japan post holdings, taizo nishimuro and former chinese foreign among minister tang. it's not limited to the government level. he worned that people in both countries are beginning to harbor ill feelings toward each other. >> translator: we should break the cycle of mutual distrust and open a path to improved relations. >> tang criticized japanese leaders' positions over historical issues and islands in the east china sea when he indicated they could work together for the future. >> translator: our bilateral relations have faced difficulties. but such tensions are temporary. >> nishimuro and tang will announce the outcome of the talks on friday. >>> people are reacting to the result of syria's presidential election with praise and protest. officials say bashar al assad has won a third term in offic

plus moral what those manufacturing figures from china tell us about the country's slowdown. >> interesting news from japan and china this morning. let's bring adrian mowat. let's start with china. we are now in expansion territory when it comes to hsbc. >> that is very good news for the hsbc pmi. this is consistent with what we are seeing out of taiwan at the moment. we got very good performance out of taiwan tech companies both in share prices and sales. if you think about where these guys are located, many are located in china, particularly in the region surveyed by that pmi. >> ahead of the cpi figures coming out this friday at of the glue isoks like off the rose my comes to shinzo abe. >> i think we are being a bit unfair when it comes to shinzo abe. they have delivered on inflation and growth in real gdp. that is what they set out to do. they did not say they would get 2% cpi immediately. i think investors are being overly critical or may be asking too much from policymakers that are delivering what they promised to deliver. onand maybe putting pressure boj and abe, abe to get the third ar

china, evan osnos. he's the author of the new book, "age of ambition." here in new york, orville schell. he has covered china since 1940. nick kristof is a pulitzer prize winning journalist. and from boston, chai ling. number 4 on china's most wanted list. i am pleased to have you all here. welcome. let's go back, orville, and tell me about that day and what led up to it. >> it was really an extraordinary episode in chinese history and any history. to be in the square during the weeks leading up to june 4, it was like being at some incredible festival. the feeling of elation, as if something had lifted. the press was absolutely free, people all across china were watching what was happening, and it was an amazingly -- a feeling of sudden lack of repression. everybody believed they would never get this genie back in the bottle. but that was a naÏve presumption. >> and hu yaobang's death? >> he had been pushed out a couple years earlier. hard-liners thought he hadn't cracked down hard enough. he was no great champion of liberalization, but given what happened to him, the students did try to

imagine if the united states were to decide to combat china fully and frontally, building up its naval presence in the pacific, creating new bases and adopting a more aggressive and forceful attitude. china would surely respond in a variety of ways, military, political and economic. this would allow almost all of the countries in asia, even ones worried today about beijing assertiveness because china is their largest trading partner and key to their economic well-being. what they want from washington is an emergency insurance policy, not a new cold war. even with russia while european countries have understood that moscow needs to pay a price for its behavior in ukraine, they all want russia as an economic partner. their goal is to set a price for bad behavior but maintain economic and political bonds and hope that these grow over time. the challenge for washington then is not simple deterrence but deterrence and integration. a sophisticated, complicated task but the right one. leaning forward sounds great. echoing as it does show sandburg's mantra to lean in. while that's a powerful and inspirational idea for women in the

will be managed privately. >> translator: i hope the new organization will help clean up the skies in asia by encouraging relations between japan and china, we can help each other with the issue. >> translator: environmental issues are very important and we share common challenges. so we should work together to resolve them. >> the new organization will send japanese experts to china. they'll help to train chinese specialists on ways to combat air pollution. >>> some residents near the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant have begun to return home as workers de contaminate the area. but they found radiation levels in somepla places are still muc too high. it's unlikely they'll be able to return to their homes for several years. environment ministry officials carried out deacon tam nation work in the zones. they chose residential areas, farmland, roads and public facilities as sampling spots. workers removed surface oil and washed roads and buildings. and the test results showed that average radiation levels decreased by 50 to 70%. but the levels are still more than ten times higher than the government's decontamination standard. they say it's

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now china's number three smartphone maker is going global, launching into new countries this year. will it become apple's biggest threat in china? we reveal its secrets in this "bloomberg west" special. welcome to this special edition of "bloomberg west." it's one of the fastest-growing tech markets in the world. we are talking about a company that is only four years old and already sells more smart phones in china than apple. we will take an in-depth look at its meteoric rise, its charismatic leader and his ambitious global plans. let's start by bringing in cory johnson and brad stone who will be with us for the hour. brad interviewed the company executives. "bloomberg businessweek" takes an in-depth look at technology companies outside of silicon valley. you spent 10 days there, that is a long time. this company is called the apple of china. is it really? >> in a lot of ways, it is. it is a relatively new company that has built a brand that consumers love. the remarkable thing is it has grown really fast. it has left a lot of customers disappointed. their primary challenge is buil

ofomi lancer expand outside china to 10 new markets and triple shipments from 19 million-16 million phones- 60 million phones. startup isllion starting to think a lot bigger. they have been a smashing success in china. can it become a major player in the rest of the world? our editor-at-large come cory johnson, back with the spirit as well as brad stone. and former google executive -- they're trying to expand to india, russia, brazil. 10 international markets. can they be as successful abroad as they have been in china? >> they have some challenges. they have a couple of advantages in china. one is proximity to the supply chain. --they work with invent tech they sell the phones as soon as they get them. when you extended to other countries, you extend the supply chain. it you add cost and increase the price. >> and inventory that they are trying to avoid. >> you don't have the same tar power of the chinese founders. a people buy phones through carriers in other countries. it is not clear how well that ports to other markets. deep knowledge of mobile and the smartphone ecosystem that xiaomi

however, a lot of bad news coming out of china.y, obviously, there will be for years. -- there will be failures. >> the tv show "star trek" popularized ray guns and teleportation's and also brought the handheld scanner that could reveal the properties of unknown materials. one is really start up has now made this a reality. elliott gotkine reports. >> in star trek it was known as a tri-quarter. molecularhe first scanner that fits in the palm of your hand. it analyzes chemical properties of materials using light. >> by analyzing how light bounces off the subject, it can identify cheese. it works on tomatoes and even pills. >> i am going to go for the blue one. >> it illuminates the actual pill and sends the properties to the cloud back. work ones not yet random objects, such as my shopping. only items that are ready on its system. >> we wanted to create the world's largest database. what does that mean? it means we scan every piece of property that is out there. all of us can start understanding better the world around us. >> are we

gm says 70% of camaros bought and china are this color of yellow. gm is introducing multiple new cars in china. it's sonic small car on sale along with a new track it is an suv that they have state big hopes on. small carsthat further afield. saleseported overall gains of about 11% last year to 3.1 6 million units. gm sold more than 800,000 buicks. sold 1.5truck division million light trucks. this year, gm hopes to match or grow that sales pace. with transformers as part of the strategy. we take a look at the specifics of space in the work lights. back in a couple of minutes. let's get all the latest from sports down the world cup. mexico lost 2-1. the dutch will go on to the fifth of july quarterfinals. tries,ica, excerpt beating greece in a penalty shootout. upset at wimbledon. her earliest wimbledon exit since 2005. bybledon was knocked out cornett. she has yet to reach a quarter final of a major this year. the office cubicle was designed to create a better workplace without the constraints of full-length walls. but how did he become the symbol of everything we hate about work

new information about alcohol-related deaths in america. >>> plus, a 2-year-old tries to fight off an attacker hitting his mom. >>> china bans hillary clinton's new book. and after barbara walters leaves, a mass exodus at "the view." >>> so, world cup fever has captured america, the u.s. men's soccer team advancing to the round of 16 despite losing to germany, 1-0. a loss that's really a win for the game and the fans. nbc's kurt gregory has more. >> reporter: even before kickoff -- soccer fans gathered around the country to cheer on the u.s. men in their world cup match in germany. >> the growth of the support in this country is amazing. it's amazing to see people from everywhere gathering in support of the team. >> from chicago to charlotte -- >> this is our moment. >> new york to the nation's capital. from the east coast to the west. >> everyone can get behind the u.s. and have a great time and enjoy the game. >> with a single goal by germ y germany, this game didn't turn out quite like everyone had hoped, but it really didn't feel like a loss at all. >> good enough. this is a tough group we're playing in. everyone doubted us. we pulled thr

. >>> in other news, relations between china and taiwan have just gotten a little warmer. the two sides head ministerial level talks for the first time since their split in 1949. officials discussed the establishment of liaison offices and import tariff cuts. china's top official in charge of taiwan affairs is visiting the island for the talk. zhang zhijun met his taiwanese counter part, wang yu-chi. they discussed what place the liaison offices will have. wang said the chinese side that officials at the liaison offices will be able to meet people detained by the other side. taiwan had demanded the right. >> translator: we have basically agreed to set up liaison offices that connect both sides of the strait on a more humane level we would like to establish a substantive institution to better serve the public. >> translator: we've made a historical first step in our relationship and we'd like to promote peaceful ties. i think we've built a solid foundation for creating a win/win situation. >> both sides confirmed that they will also put a servi sector free trade pact into e

. >>> we have breaking news from china basin. the giants have placed utility aid ron sew on the disabled list. juan tur rez has been recalled from triple a fresno. kyle blanks will not be part of the series, the utilityman's been put on the disabled list. josh reddick expected to come off the dl tomorrow in new york. >>> the kevin love bubble has burst. the deal which was supposed to bring love and kevin martin to the dubs is dead. the word is the dubs decided not to part ways with thompson. love will likely not be traded anywhere before the draft. >>> in the 95world cup, work stl to be done against germany on thursday. scoreless match, 64th minute, andre ra dar dough's shot looks to hit his hand. ferrera now happy. 1-0 mexico. 75th minute, he finds back of the net. mexico wins 3-1. spain, the netherlands and brazil, both the dutch and the host country moving on to the round of 16. >> the underdogs doing well. it's great. i love it. >> we just had super competitive soccer. it's been awesome. >> you can watch sports net central to

a new president can't come in to go visit china., fortunately for politics -- my guess is the president never have gone to that funeral if it hadn't been the opportunity to visit china and relationshiphat before gorbachev came in. so it was that kind of a complicated relationship. >> and just on the more incifics of what happened june, do you recall anything from the u.s. intelligence embassy inr from our beijing or anything else that suggested that something big was coming or even something small was coming? crackdown? as the >> even before it. people were in the square, when, five, six, seven weeks? like was this the idea that might face a major challenge to its own political orientation? was this -- >> no. amazed that the occupation of the square went on and on without the people out. pushed can you imagine that, in example?for in washington? a major hub of the city being in for two orf students three months? no. striking.it was thought sort of that it was about over -- some of the su students wase wearing town a little and there

china as well. have we reached a new point at which that fundamental axis has now changed? i think personally that the shanghai meeting represents the culmination of forces which have been at work for quite some time in the china-russia relationship and the china-u.s. relationship. which begin fundamentally to alter the premises of the 1972 strategic concord. the second point i would seek to go to is how then our analysis to one side is this reality viewed from beijing. and then finally, though i am no russophile and no russia expert and no sovietologist by training, based on recent travels to moscow i'd hazard my arm on how some of these realities are viewed from moscow as well. on the china view of reality i think it's always important to go back to the fundamental principles of what are china's abiding national interests and how it currently perceives those through the standing committee of the poll-it boo plit politbu. the first point if you were standing around the committee of the politburo at present whether it's articulated or not it's certainly assumed that the numb

news. >>> in china, the state-run media lashed out at silicon valley claiming they were pawns of the u.s. not clear what secrets might have been stolen. >>> in hong kong, nearly 20,000 people gathered to remember the anniversary of the tiananmen square crackdown, it was the only event to honor them. hundreds were killed by soldiers in beijing while demanding greater democracy and limits on corruption. today's anniversary went largely ignored in china where even discussing the event was illegal, even in hong kong, which was a special administrative region of china. >>> the last of the navajo code talkers has died. chester nez was in the tenth grade when he was recruited by the marines, they were looking for a code in world war ii. the military authorities chose navajo because it was almost impossible for a non-navajo to learn and had no written form. there were originally 29 navajo code talkers. nez was the last, he died at his home of kidney failure. chester nez was 93 years old. >>> and abc reported back in march, the newest war ship will be commissioned in san francisco this fall during

apple also reportedly bringing in hundreds of thousands of new employees in china to meet what is expected to be huge demands. >>> whole foods got busted they were caught over charging customers. investigators found some stores in california didn't subtract the weight of salad bar containers, the grocery store agrees to pay $800,000 in penalties and fees, and the the 74 stores in california will also face random quarterly audits, ukee and erika. >> i have been there where it is $15 for my salad. i appreciate getting that little bit back for ntainer. >> thanks, jill, appreciate it. >>> 5:37. dietz and watson delivers an economic boost to philadelphia the meat and cheese supplier is moving its warehouse from delanco to the site in tacony in next to its headquarters. that facility was destroyed by a fire in september of 2013. 150 employees will relocate to this new warehouse. the the new 50 million-dollar ho up and running we're told nex summer. >>> if you think ryan seacrest is busy now, just wait, we have a word on his new project that will bring him right here to cbs. also this... >> my li

he's the founder and editor-in- chief of china digital times, a bilingual china news website.isa lim, let me start with you. you used the word amnesia. you have a telling story in your book about taking an image, that famous photo we saw of the man standing in front of the tank, and showing it to a bunch of university students, most of them who didn't know what it was. >> that's right, i took that picture and i took it around four beijing universities, those that have been most instrumental in the protests in 1989, and i showed it to 100 students, and i was really surprised at the level of ignorance. most of them looked at it with completely blank faces, no flicker of recognition whatsoever. people asked questions like is it kosovo, south korea? one said, looks like tiananmen square but it can't be. out of 100 students, only 15 recognized the image. that shows the chinese government enforcing amnesia on so many young people. >> brown: how important is the memory for dissidents in china and how strong is that dissident movement today? >> i would even say the tiananmen generatio

. >> our market correspondent has more on that and other news went down at the frankfurt stock exchange. >> so china is really moving on, continuing its wave of liberalization of the currency, and this is good news. traders in frankfurt said it makes trading with china easier and cheaper. german companies are only waiting for the next step of possible direct trading. this would be a strong stimulus for german exports to china. the stimulus also very much needed at the stock market, but traders have been reluctant and where it the ongoing fights in iraq. the german dax was only slightly up. >> and dorothy mentioned iraq. international companies are continuing to fly workers out of the country is the conflict events. >> all eyes are protecting the facilities from isis, the military has also besieged workers from other industries, and that has corporations and investors worried. >> an iraqi military helicopter like this one reportedly flew german siemens workers to safety from a power plant outside baghdad. similar operations are under way around the country. as the ice is offensive shows no sign of st

. >>> china bans hillary clinton's new book, and after barbara walters leaves, a mass exodus at "the view." "early today" starts right now. >>> good morning. i'm dara brown. world cup fever has captured america. the u.s. men's soccer team advancing to the round of 16 despite losing to germany 1-0. a loss that is really a win for the game and for the fans. nbc's curt gregory has more. >> reporter: even before kickoff soccer fans gathered around the country to cheer on the u.s. men in their world cup match against germany. >> it's amazing to see people from everywhere gathering in support of their team. >> reporter: from chicago to charlotte. new york to the nation's capital. from the east coast to the west. >> everyone can get behind the u.s. and are having a great time and enjoying the game. >> reporter: with a single goal by germany, this game didn't turn out quite like everyone had hoped, but it didn't really feel like a loss at all. >> this is a very tough group that we're playing in. everyone doubted us. you know, we pulled lou. we're going in. >> reporter: even in defeat, the u.

and china, and what's your response about the new chinese report released on may 26 accusing u.s. hacking of china and the hacking activities in companies like microsoft and google? thank you so much. >> you repeat the last part on google and microsoft? >> yeah. there is new report from china accusing u.s. of hacking of china, the hacking activities involved companies like microsoft and googlement -- google. thank you so much. >> so i'm not aware of a report about microsoft and google. back to the question about cyber norms and cyber policy, we have a cyber working group to work with the chinese on establishing of cyber code of conduct and others that, you know, is an important initiative, and we certainly hope it will continue. >> okay. secretary vickers, you have been extremely generous with your time this morning. we put you through the ringer, and i appreciate you being as forth be coming as you were able to be -- forthcoming as you were able to be. obviously to, you have a position that is particularly difficult in terms of providing us unclassified information, and we appreci

this is good news for putin, this is good for china. we're shooting ourselves in the foot with "hocus pocus" science. it won't even effect co 2, levels in the end considering how fast there is advancement. >> how were these levels arrived at? i can't believe that it was just picked out of the hat. >> sure, and just to be clear on a couple of fronts. one, this is not done by executive order. it's a cleaner act, a statute we've had in place for 40 years. it's achieved significant air pollution reductions while we've improved the economy. while mark thinks it's a good day for our foes in other parts of the world, i think it's a great day for the state. and we work with the u.s. states of all stripes, red states and blue states, and the majority of those states, 35 states have had energy efficiency renewable goals set, and many of their targets are more ambitious than the numbers pointed out today. epa translated that into different numbers based on where states are starting from, what their energy mixes are, what their policies are, and th

new rules will put the u.s. on course to meet its international climate targets and enable it to put pressure on other big polluters like china. >> some business news now to look at the action on equity markets this monday. we will turn to our correspondents at frankfurt, where traders almost reached a milestone. >> the german stocks index, dax, climbed to 9902 -- 9992 points. putting a bit of a damper on the sector, in junior and firms got less new orders. numerous a about inflation. in germany it has plunged to the lowest level i and four years, -- in four years, which gives one more reason to back these stimulating measures. this could make the german stocks in tax -- index rise again of to 10,000 points. >> these are the raw market numbers. starting in frankfurt with the dax, ever so slightly in the positive territory for today. india 9950. euro stoxx 50 also up a 10th of a percent. in new york city, the dow jones industrial average up as well, and the euro sliding against the dollar. >> we are going to a short break. when we come back, the deteriorating security situation in nigeria. >> and a >> welcome back. we will go

the show we are talking about the shanghai cooperation organization where you have china russia iran they create a new trading zone since you were on a four hundred billion dollars gas deal signed between russia and china does this basically what you're talking about more of this type of thing tell us precisely one of the main points about the shanghai cooperation organization is cross border infrastructure projects and before i think i mentioned hydro electricity from siberia to china water from siberia to china and i suspect in the fullness of time the may even be water from burma to china so these infrastructure projects are going to happen all the time and i would have thought that this gas deal is probably the first of several in the pipeline yet and there's other countries in the region and this bigger region now want to join this group and has the potential to be bigger than the trade area right completely what's bought i found an analogy which amused me a bit and that is going to come back in twelve fifty basically went from bering straits to the gates of jerusalem and that roughly i think is

. >> talking about china and what the new epa missions rule might mean. of course, we are trading apple. >> i was going to say, no one does it better. over to you guys. >> "fast money" starts right now in new york city's time squares. our traders are tim, anthony and guy dadami. apple's new announcement. it's worldwide dweveloper conference. let's go to josh with all the details. josh. >> melissa, big crowds at this developer's conference. they were lining up while it was still dark out. 5,000 developers. 1,000 apple engineers on hand. and speeches by apple's top brass. lots of news. let's take a listen to some of the highlights. >> we discovered os 10 yosemine. doctor you're on speaker phone with over 6,000 amazing developers here. we all want to welcome you to apple. >> today we're announcing. ios 8. >> developers have created a vast array of health care devices and accompanying applications. everything from monitoring your activity level to your heart rate to your weight. health kit provides a single place that applications can contribute to a composit