. >>> as we have been saying, severe pollution is having an effect on northeast china.rologist robert speta is here with the forecast on when it will dissipate and the weather for the rest of the world. robert? will dissipate and the weather >> well, gene, across much of the area, actually pollution is starting to slowly go down. the level there in beijing, gone from hazardous down to extreme. both of those words sound absolutely horrible. a slight improvement. expect improvement to persist going into the weekend. reason is, we have the winds starting to pick up from the west toward the east and another storm system will work its way through by the end of the week. but all with this, those aerosols will transport across korea and into japan. not nearly as bad as what you are going to be seeing here in japan and northeast china. but people with respiratory issues, could be affecting you. and going through thursday evening into friday, the sunset, you go outside, and see there will be an orange to a reddish tint. something to look out for, that's actually those aerosols i

>> well, gene, over much of the beijing area, northeast china we've been seeing this high pressure inlace and it has been acting as a cap keeping the pollutants in the air across much of the region. the high pressure will transport down here towards the south and the winds will shift from the west to the east. what happens is as that does so it will be transporting along much of northeastern china and all those pollutants and aerosols into korea and across japan. even into japan you've been seeing some of this. across western japan as well. so definitely want to watch this. anybody with respiratory issues you need to keep a close eye. stay indoors if possible. also it's going to be continuing to linger throughout your day on thursday and friday then another weather system will be pulling through. that's not only going to bring rain showers but shift these winds from the south and on tokyo on saturday it will be affecting here. more weather in 20 minutes. >>> okay. thanks being rocket. islamists extremists are launching attacks across north africa and world leaders are drawing up plans

seven members of a rescue operation have been killed while saving six trapped miners in northeast china it's believed the carbon monoxide. as the cause of the deaths chinese mining facilities have a poor safety record with dozens of employees losing their lives to work each year . complicated and offering very little relief that's the assessment of the u.k. government's tax policies figures revealed by the tax payers alliance show the coalition government has raised twice as many taxes as its cut the spike promises to ease the pain. reports by the end of this parliament the u.k. public cuts to some one hundred and nineteen various taxes that all sounds great but for a government that's promised to create a lower tax country needs that they've increased some two hundred ninety nine all the taxes might be somewhat confusing the brits assume going to see an extra levy on carbon dioxide emissions that means energy bills are going to go up they're also going to see an increase. which means more expensive air travel and then some of the recent changes to u.k. tax law quite simply bizarre reve

seven members of a rescue operation have been killed while saving six trapped miners in northeast china is believed the carbon monoxide was the cause of the deaths chinese mining facilities have a poor safety record with dozens of employees losing their lives their work each year. complicated and offering very little relief that's the assessment of the u.k. government's tax policies figures revealed by the tax payers alliance show the coalition government has raised twice as many taxes as if it's cut the spite promises to ease the pain or just bully boyko reports. by the end of this parliament the u.k. public. one hundred nineteen various taxes that all sounds great but for a government that's promised to create a lower tax country news that they've increased some two hundred ninety nine all the taxes might be somewhat confusing the brits assume going to see an extra levy on carbon dioxide emissions that means energy bills are going to go up they're also going to see an increase. which means more expensive air travel and then some of the recent changes to u.k. tax law quite simply bizar

seven members of a rescue operation have been killed while saving six trapped miners in northeast china it's believed that carbon monoxide was the cause of the deaths chinese mining facilities help for safety record was dozens of employees losing their lives at work each year. well gary is government is expected to vote against resuming construction of a new nuclear power plant despite a recent referendum showing public support for the development the results were invalidated derail low turnout authorities cite the project's high cost as a reason for scrapping the plans but m.p. peter curb a shift says the plants would have paid off the coast of the nuclear power plant very good if you compare this you can compare for example with the price which you see in turkey with two different scenarios you can pay your money back for twelve or fourteen years and you know that the life of this type of characters you see the sixty or so in the next forty six or forty eight years to just printing money so that these are not very logical argument the true friend too much probably can so there was a v

seven members of a rescue operation have been killed while saving six trapped miners in northeast china it's believed that carbon monoxide was the cause of the deaths chinese mining facilities have a poor safety record with dozens of employees losing their lives at work each year . well gary as government is expected to vote against resuming construction of a new nuclear power plant despite a recent referendum showing public support for the development the results were invalidated due to a low turnout for the site the project's high cost as a reason for scrapping the plans but m.p. peter schiff says the plants would have paid off. the cost of the looking up all plan to use very good if you compare this you can compare for example with the price which you see in turkey with different scenarios you can pay your money back for twelve or fourteen years and you know that the life of this type of characters are you so sixty or so in the next forty six or forty you can use to just printing money so that these not very logical argument but the referendum begin too much politicized there was a v

members of a rescue operation have themselves been killed while saving six trapped miners in northeast china it's believed that carbon monoxide was the cause of the deaths chinese mining facilities have a poor safety record with dozens of employees losing their lives at work each year . it's a painful anniversary for the u.k. as it marks forty one years since british soldiers shot unarmed protesters in northern ireland fourteen people were killed on what became known as bloody sunday it stirred up nationalist tension for years as r.t. sarah firth reports the deep divisions still remain. so far i am still there walking the pavement and i can drink in the look the smell sound and smiles of the street i'm sharing joy and pride and progress and pain this is the story of life living and working in a loyalist community that was such a narrative of violence and dysfunctional relationship every level of the community politically in the community leaders as well as in their homes and their families written by a former youth worker harriet long's writing struck a chord with many trying to make sense o

this new development in china's northeast has been touted as the country's manhattan nearly bit the skyscrapers under construction. signs here point to an economy that is running out of steam. >> this building and many others have stopped work because they have run out of money. >> many workers have not been paid because the construction site has shut down. it is a common problem. >> creating prosperity of all costs. this principle for the chinese leadership. the fact that it has managed to achieve it so far has created the expectation that always will. when power is conferred at the new policy in the spring, all eyes will be on how they managed the economy upon which the aspirations of millions depend. in the town, property agents descend on by years, many from your by beijing driven away from the capital by record prices. >> i bought my first condominium in 2005. in my location is five times more. projects like the new oriental hawaii still within reach of families the filling that " -- their urban homeowning dream. >> the market will keep growing, but not very fast. to get the need to keep m

we're back in china, northeast china. obstacles set up to challenge the drivers all of them amateurs. this event one of several kicking off the month-long ice snow festival which starts on saturday. jenna: new information from connecticut now where students from sandy hook elementary are preparing for their first day back in school. there is an open house letting kids visit the new building where they will attend classes from now on. they haven't been back to the school where the gunman opened fire at sandy hook elementary murdering 20 children and six adults. david lee miller is in monroe where the school is. tell us a little bit about the plan. >> reporter: this is a special day and a great deal of work has gone into making it possible. it is a cold, crisp morning here in the town of monroe. signs are out throughout the town to welcome the students and their parents. they are going to be using a school that had been closed due to a drop in enrollment. the school, the chalk hills school. it closed two years ago. the prin

that's the river in northeast china.ight is a railway line back there. >> and speaking of straight lines, hood had-- hadfield tweeted "our atmosphere has the distinct layers. the toposphere andistrate fe -- stratosphere as seen from orbit. >> you can't abbreviate. nobody knows what it is when the word's whole. >> right. >> i sounded smart, if i said it with more conviction -- >> we totally bought it. >> yeah. i think the third time you say it everyone will buy it. >> i'm going to go with sky. >> up there. >> we'll think about that for a minute. >>> ahead, wild weather, a lot going on in the sky up there. bitterly cold with blizzard conditions in parts of the west. the record highs coming to us in the east. how long will it last? [ female announcer ] pillsbury crescents on their own are fantastic but add some sauce, pepperoni and cheese and fold up the crescent dough...and presto! tuesday night just became crescent pizza pocket-tastic pillsbury crescents. let the making begin here's a better idea. pillsbury grands! flaky

it is not right that we borrow money from china to take care of folks in nide in the northeast. >> neil borrow money from china to pay china. having said that, i am wondering, congressman, you were willing to take-- the likes of chris christie and others, who crittedicized you and your colleagues for playing games with aid, sandy aid, how do you feel about that? >> i think that chris christie's objections were differentit think he is very much upset about the delay. i can't argue with him on na. we should have voted on this last year. but i can't imagine that mr. christie would attack me for wanting to pay for it. it sounds like something he might otherwise support. this was not done in the terms of delay. this was not done to try to kill the bill. it was a very straightforward argument, how worry we going to pay for it? i think chris christie would appreciate that. >> neil: quickly in the follow-up today, by tonight, we will be done with everything. will you vote for it? >> no. i am -- i am pretty certain that the last amendment tonight will pass, taking us to $60 billion. tell ultimat

northeast, more air will come in. widespread fog is expected across much of eastern and central china. eventually that works its way off toward the east combined with this tropical depression moving in from the south, it is already bringing heavy rainfall alone across portions of eastern mendenao. eastern japan will have very rough weather as that pushes over ahead. tokyo remaining rather mild, a high of 10. near freezing temperatures through overnight hours. seoul getting up to 3. shanghai at 9. across the tropics you're still into the 30s here on your saturday. looking at europe, british isles are seeing fair conditions for the time being but going into the weekend it looks like temperatures will be cooling off for starters. but also you're going to be seeing widespread rain, then some influx of snow as this continues to push in from the west towards the east. cold air will be wrapping right around it. you'll be seeing temperatures drop off across the british isles 5 to 10 centimeters. some higher elevations of snowfall is going to occur. finally toward the east, balkans, towards tur

the table a while and is clouded by territorial disputes which is the northeast asian economic bloc which would be japan, korea and china. and i think that it's very important that this go ahead with the second and third largest economies and the tenth largest economy, korea, in the world. and he has said he really wants to move ahead on that. and so i really hope so. but, of course, it's clouded by theserser the territorial dispu. the other is something, and trade as was mentioned as the subject that terry mcgraw has shown tremendous leadership in over the last decade. and we now have something new on the table, not so new, it was announced almost two years ago which is the trans-pacific partnership. and i think japan should be part of that. it'll take a courageous decision of abi because there are a lot of people, entrenched interests in japan that do not want to be a part of that. but i think if we could do things that we talked about before, you know, he's announced the fiscal stimulus, pushing the bank of japan on a monetary stimulus. if he could do the structural reforms i discussed and push on these two, northeas

china. and we're going to have to go and borrow it from the chinese in order to give it to the folks in the northeast. let me make one thing clear. there's a small group of people who think this is not an appropriate function of government. i'm not one of those. that's not what this was about today. i want this money to go to the folks in the northeast. the question today was whether or not we thought it was important enough to pay for it now or whether or not we were going to pay for it later and make our children and grandchildren pay for it. that was the discussion. i think it's a fair discussion to have. >> all right. well -- but, is it not fair to also point up that in terms of some of your colleagues, there's some blatant hypocrisy? 67 republicans that voted against the $9 billion package. but 37 of them supported emergency aid following disasters in their own states. and you're one of them. the fact is, congressman, you actually received help from a disaster relief program. in 2011 you testified on a committee of small businesses and here's what you said. you said i've actually participated in

china and japan. it's a group of islands off the northeast corner of taiwan. they sit on rich oil and gas deposits, they also form the bottom of a strategically-important chain of islands that could be used to, basically, block the chinese navy from moving into the western pacific from the east china sea. they have been a source of daily confrontations on the sea and now in the air between japan and china. you have two new administrations, one in china, one in japan. there is a hardening of positions on both sides. there's the usual diplomatic feelers, but i haven't talked to anyone who takes them particularly seriously. and we are one ep3 incident away from potentially a major conflict between japan and china. now, do i think it would be a war? no. on the other hand, the tensions and the domestic tensions in both countries, i think, mean that this would not be very easy to solve. and whoever backs down either before conflict or after conflict is going to lose an enormous amount of credibility and influence in the region. both sides know that, and that's why t