. >>> now to northern china which gets a magical makeover every winter.s marks the largest ice festival. >> five days of working in subzero temperatures, and this is the with regard. a work of hard human from a single block of ice. this ice sculpting competition part of the harbin ice festival has attracted thames from all over the world. this spanish team is putting the finishing touches to its peace patterns inspired by nature. >> but the competition is not the main draw here. nor is it this ice rink rather unusually for trical rides. it's also not for the horse-drawn carriages, even though they add a nice touch. people come for this. when day transforms into night. and the buildings are lit up like some gaudy yet magical winter wonderland. neon lights in every color light up the blocks of snow and ice from washington, d.c. and out. >> each year the festival keeps getting bigger, attracting more participants who put up more elaborate structures and sculptures. and organizers say they expect more people, a 10% increase from the 1.1 million who attended l

al jazeera northern china. >> beautiful. robin?> i would love to go. >> yes. >> sports time, thank you jane. the grueling trek through argentina. here are reports. >> the top mini drivers will want to forget day one of this rally. only to be stripped of the lead after speeding through a section. the penalty was down the leaderboard. there came calamity with only a few minutes of the start. the mini broke down, and it happened again and again. the spaniard had to wait it out by the roadside dropping well behind the front. they may have already lost out on any chance of winning this year and they described the frustration to al jazeera. >> does it look like the end? >> i don't know. we'll see. >> new arrivals didn't dominate, but this is a return after 25 years, and they have an all-star driver line up. this rally goes on for a fort night, so it's early days. this is the easy part, but it's very fast. it's easy because it's the first stage only 175 kilometers. the real hard work begins on monday with a much longer stage lasting over

as the new system forms, that provides windy conditions for northern china. conditions will improve by saturday in south and eastern parts of china, south korean and western japan will see conditions quite deteriorating. across the tokyo area we see rain and windy conditions due to a low pressure system across the country, also dragging very cold air near the north and the mountains and inland locations are seeing heavy and accumulating snowfall. that could finish as we go to friday. temperatures have been quite low in tokyo today but jumping up to 13 degrees with partly sunny skies on friday. 3 degrees install stall and 4 in beijing. quite low temperatures found in lower areas, the same story for pakistan because of the snow falling in the northern areas. i want to take you to the northern areas of the country. northern india received snowfall thursday. temperatures dipped near freezing and people were rejoicing to enjoy the wintry precipitation. some took photos and many others danced and played in the snow. every year people in southern india visit the nort

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out here across the bigger picture, mongolia northern china, as well as the korean peninsula looking at some clear conditions with the high pressure system blanketing overhead but here likely about 70 millimeters of rain fall due to the ridge of the high pressure pulling that moisture from the south. scattered thunderstorms prevailing in the philippines and indo china peninsula. 28 degrees and sunny skies and the north, frigid temperatures at seoul. 0 degrees is for your high today. your morning low marked minus 6 degrees already at minus 10 in yue land bah tar. this is where dangerous life threatening cold could target north central to eastern canada. high pressure system sits over here and this is your three-day outlook. really bitter cold will be continuing throughout your friday and into saturday even. chicago take a look at that. that's minus 20 degrees. this is your actual temperature. that's not your windchill figure. windchill factors could go down as much as 40 degrees and down into atlanta, looking at some minus double digits actually. sub zero ranging all the way into satu

. >> as a sport we have a lot of people in northern china, and such kind of service industry also spillr to manufacturing industry like material industry, for example. so the government just expect the service industry could be the next engine to drive economic development. so i think it's very hopeful for china. >> reporter: companies in europe and other parts of asia see this trend as a measure of business opportunity. the lake sulfur ski resort is in xirin province. this new resort which is due to open this weekend will be one of the largest in china. it was built by a chinese developer but it's being managed by a major japanese hotel chain. >> translator: this is our first operation in china. so i want to make it a successful business model. >> reporter: general manager yasayuki tanabe shares his chinese partners' view that in order to be successful they will have to provide a high quality of service. from the reception desk to the dinner table hotel employees are being slowly trained in the japanese style of hospitality. safety on the ski slopes is another crucial element. japanese

cold temperatures are really starting to take a hold of northern china and also into the korean peninsula. we're looking at temperature highs of negative 1 in seoul coming up on thursday. a high of 9 degrees in tokyo. back over toward beijing a high of 6. and ulan bator, negative 10 is what we're expecting for the high coming up on thursday. so definitely continuing to stay warm in these conditions because it is going to stay chilly. now, speaking of chilly weather, we're seeing a changeover for the deep south as we look at north america. what's happening in the united states, we have the jet stream dipping far down toward the south which means it's opening the door for all this cold air to seep down all the way into places like jacksonville, florida. we're looking at windchill values down to negative 10 degrees celsius. that means on top of the fact that temperatures are going to be chilly the wind is going to start kicking up and so some places like in southern portions of south carolina you'll even see these chilly conditions. you'll feel that way, at least and further up north as you

it happened last week in northern china.as reportedly lighting fire crackers over a manhole before the explosion. doctors say he's now stable. >>> bottom of the hour, top of the news. wow, speaker boehner a bartender from ohio is accused of plotting to kill the house speaker john boehner by poisoning his wine or shooting him. according to court documents, he served the house speaker drinks for more than five years at a country club where speaker boehner is a member. police say the bartender called 911. listen. >> yes, this is mike -- i'm messed up. tell my father i'm okay. >> okay. >> and i'm sorry. >> and he's sorry. according to the indictment the bartender later told an officer he was, quote jesus christ and going to kill speaker boehner because he was mean to him at the country club. also speaker boehner is the devil and is responsible for ebola. he told the officer he did not have time to put something in john boehner's drink because the club fired him. federal agents say they believe he is still a current and on going

starting in northern china. it is 8 million square feet. can you imagine? bridges, zones churches.mous landmarks. with temperatures hovering at 0 degrees, you are not likely to melt any time soon. inflation is running at 10% which has made the local produce much more expensive. they have stopped importing many items like rice and cheese. landing in vietnam where sharks are ruining the internet. special underwater cable. they are being chewed on by hungry fish whose sharp teeth get sensitive in deep waters. it could take weeks in order to repair. going after a little more than spare change. skip flag.com. the site helps users find cheaper flights by booking flights with layovers in the city you actually want to go and then you just skip the next flight. he is not doing anything wrong and he joins me now. i assume there is an algorithm. >> yes. it helps consumers save a lot of money on airfare. melissa: how much could i save? >> you could easily save up to 80%. it may actually be cheaper to book to atlanta with a layover in toronto. melissa: what is the airlines problem with this? >>

40 degrees sells celcius and turned this into a display of art and magic, i'm with al jazeera, northern chinaone way to have fun in minus 40 degrees, isn't it? that is it for the news hour and another full bulletin is coming up and good-bye for me for now. ♪ [[vo]] an america tonight in-depth series. >>my first column was, “hey, where are the weed-smoking moms at?” [[vo]] one year legal. >>i'd try chem 4, alien dog, and girl scout cookies. [[vo]] and it's become big business. >>the state of colorado is profiting immensely off of this. [[vo]] now, we cut through the smoke and find out what's really going on. >>we can show marijuana is leaving colorado. [[vo]] the highs and lows of a year on pot. the border with iraq. ♪ so you are watching al jazeera live from headquarters in do what and coming up changing the rules and lebanon tightens syrians hoping to cross into its borders and to opposition activists shot dead in bangladesh and leader remains defiant and attempts to leave compound despite a police barricade and surviving boko haram, we meet residentss of one

here across the eastern continental asia, a high pressure system is predominant across the northern locations of china. shanghai, you're going to be seeing hazy conditions, but we have an incoming system which is bringing very strong winds across the western coast and that's pulling into western japan. we have a report of 92 kilometers per housework winds already, but that's likely to continue throughout the day. it's already disturbing traffic here and gusts up to 126 dmom terrors per hour will be possible. the sea will be very choppy as well. as these two systems combine, that's likely to pull away and bring winter pressure pattern, which is typical, but likely to see up to 40 centers of snowfall around hokkaido. temperatures in tokyo, not bad at 15 degrees. very mild conditions but on wednesday, it could drop to possibly single digits. seoul looking at that arctic chill at minus 1 degree for your why on tuesday. of knews line. thank very much for joining us. >> hello, and thanks for tuning in to the show. we have a festive start to the program today so let's find out what is on the way. la fete de

al jazeera northern china. >> it took more than 7,000 workers to build that ice. >> they might be able to do that in parts of the upper midwest it's getting so cold up there. >> we may ever city palaces in ice coming up soon. we are looking at big changes in the weather especially from last weekend to coming up this week. i want to show you across albany. take a look at the video that came out. we are talking about a snowstorm that went through that area caused major problems on the new york thorough fair. big traffic jams, as well. new hampshire saw major pileups in the area. they went from that mix to rain and now we are looking at snow. that is lake effect snow coming through the region. 28 degrees for albany. all of these cities, this is the highest temperatures you are going to see today. from this point on, they are going to be going down. we are going to be seeing more snow coming into play across the northeast. actually half of the united states over the next 72 hours you are going to be seeing snow. as you can see here on to do so, almost all of new england as well as down tow

then the route will continue to bangkok where it will be split, heading to china and northern provinces. the bangkok line carries to kuala lumpur ending in singapore. even though thailand's system needs an upgrade many ask who will benefit. the railway industry is one of asia's oldest and is showing its age. it's received little funding and no major investment in half a century. >> translation: it's so old. when the train moves, i'm afraid i'll fall off. >> reporter: with a speed of 50 k/hr all the trains run late at a host. compare it to the superfleet. in a couple of decades, the country transformed the rail system to the technologically advanced in the world. it's offering to do the same for south-east asia's creaking railwayed. the government agreed to start construction in thailand by the end of the year. >> it is expected to cost 12 billion. beijing and bangkok have yet to work out how it was financed. the plan was to lay new tracks. and the 106 shiny trains will be added to the fleet. >> some question china's motives. trains and tracks are not compatible with the real network. it

the south china sea and the northern part of sri lanka. >> but no one was willing to comment either on the biggest unanswered question -- did mh-370 vanish because somebody with intent took over its controls? >> there is some level of human intervention. this is undoubted. >> nik huslan has piloted the plane thousands of times. >> we don't know who the perpetrator. we will never know the reasons why, but definitely there's a human hand involved. >> no matter what scenario you go with, we're deep into the world of crazy. crazy scenario, obscure scenario, evil scenario, whatever it is, we're in crazy land, right? this is stuff that doesn't happen. >> but it did happen. a truly astounding mystery. there is only a handful of verifiable facts and after the confusion, delay and chaos engendered in the first few weeks, comes this -- a completely different search area based purely on mathematics. >> it's never been done before! they were making it up as they go along. they were using information that was never intended to be used for this purpose. >> coming up -- searching in all the wrong pla

he reunified china in 1927 with the northern expedition and he had all kinds of things to contend with, various warlords, military factions. a country -- the communists of course and the japanese four years later occupied manchuria and turned it into a puppet state. he was the very difficult situation and i don't think it was quite appreciated at the time. mao was not in that situation. he had much more power. everybody else was very weak after eight years of war with the japanese. he did some good things, he unified their country spread literacy he spread basic health care. he gave the chinese people pride. they finally stood up after many years of humiliation at the hands of the imperialists powers not only japan but most of japan. if mao had died before the 100 flowers movement of 1956, and the anti writers campaign of 1957 we would be talking about what a great leader he was. even though the seeds of his madness were planted in the campaign of 42-44, i think he would be deemed to be a great man. the chinese would be right, 70% right, 30% wrong. but he didn't die in 1955 or 1956. >>

northern nigeria. yesterday there were people in china where the muslim population is biggest security problem china has and biggest problem we have in u.k. france germany the same returning fighters from syria. we'll have to get into a different rhythm in this and understand this is going to last beyond this president, this prime minister this is going to last for a significant period of time. >> when you say that you're talking about a battle against islamic extremists that want to wage war against civilization itself. >> absolutely. and it's very interesting that they immediately criticized saudi arabia because they want to turn it back within the arab world and say you guys are lining up with the western and infidel against islam. what we've got to do is understand this is a battle of moderation versus extremism. >> it also makes us -- it puts us in a position where we have to make tough choices, doesn't it and ask who wants to knock down buildings in london and washington and new york and who doesn't. assad does not. isis does. assad is a terrible person but at the same time assad running syria is

china of stability. i thought it was a great insight about northern asia and all of asia adapting to the new china.ou put this in your predictions? >> i believe china is going to run away with it. they have contributed more global gdp growth than the united states. that is going to change this year. the u.s. is doing better and china is slowing. it has been so investment focused and that is not sustainable. >> one of the hallmarks is dollar dynamics. there is an element of a breakout. >> absolutely right. think about it. improving economy, inflation that is not going lower. unemployment continues to fall. compare that to the euro. the policy is to loosen some more. it argues for a stronger dollar. >> the dollar is strengthening without a rise in yields. how much longer can that hold? >> it is hard to see higher interest. one of the blessings for the united states is if this was just about the u.s., we would be fine. we have an added tailwind from the rest of the globe in commodity prices. if it worked close borders, our rates would be moving up. as we said earlier, we had inflation after world war

instead of heading towards vietnam or up towards southern china it's going to come down along the northernst of borneo and as it spins it could intensify the rainfall which is already intense. this is four or five days away. >> tom, quickly, with all that happening on the surface there from these storms does it affect the currents in terms of moving nor debris around that may be lower? >> not so much below let's say ten feet 20 feet. anything that's on the surface of the java sea is not going moving. there's a lot of sediment. i'm sure the aircraft is not moving. generally the last five days the currents have been almost due east but earlier andrew stevens said authorities talked to local fishermen to take a look at this coastline in their fishing areas along the southeastern coast of borneo. >> tom sater, thank you. one theory that's been floated that the pilot could have been trying to land on water of the java sea. many of you probably remember when captain sully sullenberger landed that u.s. airways flight 1559 happened back in 2009 here on the hudson river. he was a guest on "the situ

pressure is shifting out of the northeastern corner of china over the korean peninsula and into the sea of japan. that's going to change the northern portions of japan when it comes to the possibility of seeing some snowfall because the sea-effect snow will start to weaken just a little bit. and then we will see some of the warmer moisture coming in from the south. we also have mekkhala the tropical depression continuing to approach the western side of japan. that's going to usher in a southerly flow so we will see a chance for some rain from kyushu into the central portions of japan, as we go throughout this week. so be prepared for some rain. that rain may end up melting some of the snow located along the sea of japan side of the country, and so looking out for some avalanche concerns. here's a look at the forecast. we're also looking at temperatures dropping off, a high of only 3 degrees on wednesday, 7 in tokyo, and then snow coming back into the picture for hokkaido as we go into thursday and friday. now, some people in japan are taking a very different approach to the very cold weather. i want to show you some video where did

and as much as 200 millimeters rain is likely in the northern two thirds of the nation into the next three days or so. looking dry for most part of china but rainy weather and snowy weather for many parts of japan over the weekend. but tokyo will remain dry. we'll have 12 degrees. meanwhile seasonably cold. minus 11 degrees for the high. from this area we have some video to show you. take a look. at the harbin ice and snow festival a 300 meter long ice slide is one of the main attractions. massive ice rocks were taken from the rosen river nearby l.e.d. lights have turned the scene into a wonderland. the festival will continue until the end of march. all right. here's the extended forecast around the globe. >>> that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo. aaa8ú÷gp÷ tice. the ministers will be circulating information in this regard. >> if you are just joining us now, we were listening to belgian authorities on the ongoing situation. as we saw in the past 24 hours a major antiterrorist week taking place in belgium. we heard from the belgian prime minister

china basin area to 16th street. that is the only change in the bayview district, so just it's northern border. the next map shows the tenderloin station. so, if we start at it's northern border which is gary street that goes east to market, you will see that gary at powell, that eastern border drops down along powell street to market and then goes east to third and then if you look at it's far west border, south of market. the western border now starts at south van ness going down to m -- mission street to third street. >> i can't see it on this map. so commissioner, dejesus if you look there, again, geary, at powell to south. >> go on, i will just listen. >> okay, and then east at powell over to its third street border. we have some other printed maps if after we can hand those out to you you can see it a little bit clearer. >> maybe if we can make it easier when i first saw the map i had some questions and captain bama explained to me which ones shrunk. >> i guess the easiest one to see on this particular map. for all intents and purpose for all of those streets that run south and market str

northern neighbor. we give you the latest insight into what's happening across the peninsula here on "newsline." >>> rare earth no more. china is easing restrictions and ron madison has more on this story. ron? >> you know this has been a huge area of contention between china and several other trading partners. so now chinese government officials have scrapped a limit on exports of minerals that are coveted by firms worldwide. they say they'll remove their quota on rare earth needed to make smartphones and other high tech devices. developers in china produce almost all of the world supply of the minerals. until now they've been bound by export restrictions designed to preserve china's natural resources. representatives from japan, the u.s., and european union in 2012 filed a complaint against china. they said it was violating trade rules. members of the world trade organization panel last year ruled in their favor. the panel members said china had not shown the export quotas were needed to preserve stocks of the rare earths. president xi jinping reportedly is keen to show china respects the rules of international trade, and

china to the capitol of laos. where it will split heading to both thailand and northern provinces. it will continue and end in singapore. although the railway system needs a upgrade many are wonder hog will benefit. the state owned network has received little funding with no major investment in more than half a century. when the train moves i am afraid i will fall off. >> with an average seat of just 50-kilometers an hour, practically all the rains run late. compare that to china's super high speed fleet. and just a couple of decades the country has transformed it's rail system to one of the most technologically advanced in the world. and it is offering to do the same for the creeking railways and they have agreed to start construction by the end of the year. it is expected to cost around $12 billion. beijing and bangkok have yet to work out how lit be financed. now the plan is to lay around new track and brand new trains will be added to the current fleet. some are questions china's motives, the existing trains aren't compatible with china's rail network. so it means thailand will

china. driving in the northerly winds for eastern russia but also the main cause for the sea-effect snow coming in to the northern portions of japan, so we will see the air picking up in terms of the wind and we'll see the cold temperatures in place with the snow also increasing. now, we do have what's left over of mekkhala now a tropical depression bringing some rain into luzon. the rain will continue to move toward the north and east. we'll keep an eye on the system because we are looking at the possibility of the system approaching western japan, maybe even generating a little bit of snow. speaking of japan, we also want to keep in mind that as we have these temperatures hovering with the little bit of increase in temperatures and then we have the snow coming back down we have the loose conditions that allow avalanches to possibly take place. so avalanche advisory in effect for the western portions of hokkaido and also the western portions of japan. so please be on the lookout for that. the snow will be picking up. we're talking about high amounts once again as we go into tuesday. possibly even into wednesday.

china right now is from sfo. >>> a new restaurant opened in the south bay today to serve up burgers but this is a fast food first for northern california. betty yu shows us what is different. betty? >> reporter: well liz, this is the only place you can get a hala burger at a national chain, but you wouldn't know it by tasting it. you wouldn't know it from walking inside way back burgers. the owner says that is the whole point. it is an american classic. >> i think it is really good. the bacon is beef bacon. it is the only bacon i can eat. >> it tastes really good. well done. the beef bacon tastes really good as well. >> reporter: way back burgers in milpitas is the first halal franchise for the national chain and the first bay area location. that means any item on the menu can't have pork and the meat must be slaughtered an harvested according to islamic dietary rules. he is not trying to sell that concept to his customers. >> my focus is not halal. my focus is to open a restaurant for my community can come and eat right? you don't see any halal sign up here. >> reporter: most of his customers like paul barton didn't know it

northern syria. >>> japan's cabinet ministers have approved a plan to create conditions where people with dementia can live with a better quality of life. > and, one family in china says the country has a long way to go to improve its judicial system. >>> japanese government officials are searching for a way to bring freelance journalist kenji goto back home. they've been trying to use every diplomatic channel available to reach out to members of islamic state who are believed to be holding him hostage. and they're also seeking assistance from their jordanian counterparts. the militant group is demanding that the government of jordan free sagida al rishawi in exchange for goto's release. she's a death row inmate convicted of a 2005 terrorist attack. but people in the country say she should be exchanged for a jordanian pilot who was captured last month by extremists. >> translator: i want jordan and japan to closely cooperate and to the jordanian pilot and japanese journalist goto return to their homes, smiling. >> japan's top government spokesperson says there's been no contact from islamic state so far. >> translator: japan is asking for cooperation from jordan

china handles its ties with its neighbors. >>> the two men suspected of carrying out the attack on the "charlie hebdo" weekly are holed up in a building in northernfrance. they're holding one person hostage. french investigators say police held a gun battle with men near the town of dammartin-en-goele. it's about 40 kilometers northeast of paris. the town is between the french capital and the area where police have been searching for the two "charlie hebdo" suspects. local media quote a man as saying that two men who resemble the suspects stole his car. media report the men broke in to a building and took one person hostage. police are restricting traffic in and out of the area. armed personnel who appear to be members of french special forces are being brought in by helicopter. french interior minister bernard cazeneuve announced that an operation is under way to capture the suspects in the attack on the satirical weekly. police have been hunting for brothers said and sharif kouachi, 34 and 32 respectively. more than 80,000 police officers have been searching for them. >>> the u.s. justice department says attorney general eric holder will visit

china to loose. it will continue to bangkok, where it will split, heading to thailand's southern and northern provinces. the bangkok line will continue to kuala lumpur. as we report even though the system needs an upgrade, many wonder who will benefit from it. >>> thailand's rail industry is one of asia's oldest and is showing its age. the network received little funding with no major investment in more than half a century. >> it is so old. it's even. when the train moves, i'm afraid i will fall off. >> with a speed of 50 k/hr all the trains run late and at a loss. compare that to china's super high-speed fleet. in a couple of decades, the country has transformed its system to one of the most technologically advanced in the world, and is offering to do the same for south-east asia's quaking railways and the government agreed to start construction in thailand by the end of the year. >> the project is expected to cost around $12 billion. beijing and bangkok have yet to work out how it will be financed. the plan is to play 873km of new track, and 106 brand new shiny modern trains will be added to the curr

china claims. 7.4%. bye bye. ♪ kim boland: here you can run into people that are just very like-minded. it's a conservative area. i have conservative values. maria hinojosa: northern: a haven for white conservatives. norm gissel: they come up here because they're exhausted with multicultural issues. john alden: we've had problems for 50 years now with any prayer in schools. hinojosa: still haunted by a history of extreme racism. joshua hoston: we'll see swastikas. we'll see various verses that are offensive. he went like this. don't come change idaho. come and fit into idaho, and we'd love to have you. this is the new america-- black, brown, asian, lgbt, immigrants. the country is going through a major demographic shift, and the numbers show it. the face of the u.s. has changed. christina ibanez: we're american. we care about the same things. but yet we also want to preserve our culture. i just see it destroying what we had planned to happen here. hinojosa: by 2043, we will be a majority non-white nation. norm gissel: we are making, as we speak

china looking relatively dry and over the weekend, japan stayed relatively dry. but now we have a couple of low pressure systems coming onshore. that's going to bring rain and some snow for the northern portions of the country as we progress through the next few days. so, yes, wet and stormy weather returns. sapporo rain tuesday, changing over to snow by wednesday and thursday. and looking at some wet weather for tokyo before cooling off significantly by wednesday. we're talking about the central portions of japan, let me take you over into saitama prefecture where a beautiful display is taking place. this was -- this ice wall here brought to life with vibrant colors, cool colors too, using l.e.d. lights spring water trickling from rocks on a mountain cliff naturally freeze at 400 meters above ground during the coldest time of winter. visitors are enjoying the magnificent view of the ice 30 meters wide and 8 meters tall. the illumination can be enjoyed until mid february. hope you have a good day wherever you are. here's your extended outlook. >>> that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo. k prime minister. the syriza party won backing from a right wing party that also

northern hemisphere. it's really cool. and they steer by moving up and down. it's the neatest thing ever. you question about china -- ask the question again. >> is google willing to accept internet censorship to enter china? >> actually, no. [laughter] [applause] >> but china has the most people in the world. shouldn't most companies be willing to accept almost any terms to get that market open? [laughter] [applause] >> so we debated this a long time and we talked about this in the book, which you've clearly read. [laughter] >> i haven't read it. >> you haven't read it? >> yes i haven't heard -- >> okay, well, here's my copy. [laughter] [applause] so anyway, what happened in china is we just decided the level of censorship was counter to google's principles and we decided that we would not operate in china as long as that was part of their plan. it was a historic decision and a decision that most other companies would not have made. >> oh. laugh. >> good answer. [laughter] >> thank you very avi. [applause] thank you. >> thank you avi. [applause] >> so, ladies and gentlemen that is how google works and a real life

across the northern portion of the bay area, 60s will be common and good morning san francisco, the high today at 61. >>> thank you roberta. petco is removing dog and cat treats made in china from its stores. it's a bit concerned now the treats may have sickened thousands of pets and killed as many as 1,000 dogs in the u.s. since '07. the fda got more than 4,000 complaints after pets ate the jerky treats from china. petco is the first pet retailer to pull the snacks. rival petsmart says it will have the treats off its shelves by march. >>> well, techies will be flocking to vegas today. it's the start of the consumer electronics show. >> reporter kara tsuboi has a preview of the latest gadgets in las vegas. >> reporter: the newest techs being unveiled at this year's consumer electronics show is smart, connected and often times quirky. >> you can see here, we have a printer. >> reporter: wearables are making another big showing. expanding beyond fitness trackers by leaps and bounds. the vet sensor tells you how high you jump while the temp track adhesive thermometer resembles a band-aid. wearables aren't just for tracking fitness but also for safety. this cycling jacket as a

northern virginia, but i tell you, i don't like big variabilities. and i'm not totally convinced that all -- that with big debt and without us having control over that debt that it may be true that china will be not interested in creating any problems with us because we're interdependent. but we don't control their government. and that's the risk i see. but i think your point is well taken. >> thank you very much. >> adding to that just one point. if you want to write a movie screenplay or a novel, the way you develop your plot is that some other country decides that it is going to use their holding of our public debt to try to crash our economy. the reality you mentioned that if they crash our economy they destroy the value of the debt that they hold is the argument against that. the real problem is not the movie screenplay. the real problem is you're in the movie theater, and somebody starts smelling smoke. in financial markets, it's like the smoke in the movie theater. you do not want to be the last person trying to get out the door. and so when people perceive, if people -- if and when people perceive that u.s. paper, particularly u.s. government paper is not a smart thing to own,

northern virginia, but i tell you, i don't like big variabilities. and i'm not totally convinced that all -- that with big debt and without us having control over that debt that it may be true that china will be not interested in creating any problems with us, because we're interdependent. but we don't control their government. and that's the risk i see. but i think your point is well taken. >> thank you very much. >> adding to that, just one point. if you want to write a movie screenplay or a novel, the way you develop your plot is that some other country decides that it is going to use their holding of our public debt to try to crash our economy. the reality you mentioned that if they crash our economy they destroy the value of the debt that they hold is the argument against that. the real problem is not the movie screenplay. the real problem is you're in the movie theater, and somebody starts smelling smoke. in financial markets, it's like the smoke in the movie theater. you do not want to be the last person trying to get out the door. and so when people perceive, if people -- if and when people perceive that u.s. paper, particularly u.s. government paper is not a smart thing to ow