. >>> an alleged car bombing has left 16 people dead and more than 50 wounded in northwestern pakistan. the attack targeted police residences. the blast went off in the town of kohot tuesday night and destroyed more than ten buildings. officials say the victims include six police officers and their family members. pakistani authorities suspect islamic extremists were behind the attack using a car loaded with explosives. the blast comes a day after another bombing of a police station 80 kilometers south. 19 people were killed in that attack. pakistan has been dealing with devastating floods triggered by heavy rain in late july and authorities say islamic militants have ramped up operations while the government focuses on flood relief work. >>> the japan coast guard has arrested the captain of a chinese fishing boat on suspicion of attempting to obstruct an inspection in japanese territorial waters. the 41-year-old chinese captain was arrested early on wednesday morning after his trawler collided with a japanese patrol ship off the senkaku islands in the east china sea on tuesday. coast

a huge bomb in northwestern pakistan kills at least 20. it is the second militant attack in as many days. and more than 1 million take to the streets against planned austerity measures dealing with french pension reform. welcome to bbc news. good to have you with us. we are broadcasting to our viewers in the united kingdom and around the world with me, james bagwell. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has spoken out against the plan to burn korans. general david petraeus said if it went ahead, images of the event would be used by insurgents to incite violence. coming up, we will hear what hillary clinton had to say with this report from washington. >> this is what worries general david petraeus is. 500 people in kabul, gather to demonstrate. one small church in america plans to bring copies of the koran. protesters threw rocks. >> we are concerned about the possible implications of a koran burning in the united states. it puts us in jeopardy. we have even seen trouble on just a rumor that this could take place, and i think that the im

. >>> a suicide bomber drove a car into a police station in northwestern pakistan on monday killing at least 19 people. the attack took place in the town of lackey mar walt, shattering the police station and neighboring houses. at least 19 police officers and it is ens including children were killed. more than 30 others were wounded. suspected islamic extremists have unleashed a wave of attacks in pakistan this month. more than 80 people were killed in bombings last week that targeted minority shia muslims in the eastern city of lahore and the western city of quetta. >>> north korea has announced that it will release a south korean fishing boat and crew members that it seized in the sea of japan last month. the transfer is to take place near the two countries' boarder in the sea of japan on tuesday evening. the announcement was made through the korean central news agency on monday. on august 8th, a north korean vessel towed a south korean squid boat with a crew of four south koreans and three chinese to a port on the northeast coast. the south called on the north to release the crew. t

good will ambassador angelina jolie met flood victims in northwestern pakistan yesterday, appealing to the world to come to the aid of the country. >>> hilary duff was spotted with a script for the new "spider-man" film, leading to speculation she could have gotten the female lead. >>> and, finally, a lawyer for actress minka kelley, an actress, denies reports that she had a major meltdown on a new york to l.a. flight after being told she couldn't put her dog on her first class seat during takeoff. well, tmz reported it took all seven flight attendants, a personal plea from the pilot, and a phone call to boyfriend derek jeter to calm kelly down. she looks like not the type to have a meltdown. >> what's the world coming to when you can't put your dog on the first class seat. >> this comes to us from wnbc 4 new york where out of tragedy hopefully comes healing. construction workers at the world trade center site installed a 50-ton steel column salvaged from the september 11th attacks in new york city. the support beam will serve as part of the entryway to the future 9/11 memorial and mus

. >> in northwestern pakistan where at least 21 people have been killed and another 70 wounded in a caromb attack targeting police. officials in the town said a powerful blast toward city residential area of the police compound. the wives and children of officers were among those killed. jkohat is between taliban insurgent stronghold in pakistan's tribal areas and has been the target of several militant attacks this year. australia finally has the government after 17 days of political wrangling following an election which resulted in a hung parliament. the prime minister's labor party has managed a one-seat majority with the support of independence. she took over leadership just weeks ago in a party revolt ousting the prime minister. she is the first woman to be elected australian prime minister. >> julia gillard is to retain power by the slimmest of margins. it marks the end of two months of uncertainty which began. she said australia's worst political crisis in a generation was now over. >> labor is prepared to leave us stable, effective, and secure government for the next three years

drone strike killed six alleged militants in northwestern pakistan.ligence officials say three missiles hit a house and a vehicle today in an area dominated by islamist militant groups they are focussed on attacking nato troops across the border in afghanistan. there has been at least 15 suspected u.s. missile strikes this month. the most intense barrage since they began in 2004. senior american official at the united nations nuclear agency annual meeting invy yesna, says -- vienna says the u.s. will continue to pressure iran to come clean about the nuclear program. the head of the program says the u.s. agency is suffering from what he calls a moral authority and credibility crisis. back here at home, there is new opposition to a proposed islamic center and mosque near ground zero. senior correspondent eric shawn says that effort could force many blue collar workers to make a difficult choice. >> reporter: hard hats delivering plywood to site of mosque proposal near ground zero but the new website 9/11 hard hat pledge.com is calling to boycott buildin

missile strike taking out four militants in northwestern pakistan. it comes as we get reports that the united states is reportedly using unmanned drones like this one to launch a new series of missile strikes trying to derail a terrorist plot tow attack some of our european allies. catherine herridge is live. what is the target for the strikes. >> reporter: last night a senior u.s. official confirmed to me that the drone campaign has ramped up in the tribal areas of pakistan. the last time we saw this spike in activity was in january of this year. one of the reasons we've seen this ramped up is i'm told we are getting extremely good intelligence on the ground which is allowing the strikes to take place. a handful of groups, sometimes people call it the witch' brew. this is the presumed hiding place of osama bin laden, and more specifically the afghan and the pakistani taliban. the pakistani taliban trained the time's square bomber. what we've seen increasingly is operatives like naturalized americans western europeans going into the tribal areas and

has carried out more than 170 strikes in northwestern pakistan. those attacks said to be killing 31 al-qaida leaders and more than 1200 taliban militants. phafrt martha. martha: a new global push to ramp up airport security. today u.s. homeland security secretary janet napolitano will address 190 nations that a bigger effort needs to be made to keep terrorists from smuggling explosives onto airplanesment this new push is a reaction to december's attempted bombing of an international flight over detroit. we remember the underwear bomber case on christmas day. janet napolitano wants other countries to pick up their security efforts, scanning at vulnerable airports saying that terrorists have figured out where are the good places to go. 6/ bill: let's go to politics now. we are your front row seat to politics. five weeks to the day before the midterm elections. president obama hitting the road in albuquerque, new mexico targeting the republicans pledge to america announced this week. the millions of young voters who have played a key role in putting

. >> been a big increase in drone attacks in northwestern pakistan in the month of september. 20 attacksdid that increase in drone attacks tied at all to this plot? >> again, not anything i'm comfortable commenting on as director clapper said, we're always acting against plots. we're always trying to be proactive and doing what we need to do to protect the american people. >> let's tack about the reason why you're there in montreal and that's new aviation security guidelines. one of the things you're trying to do is convince countries to adopt body scanners we are getting at american airports. dubai said there are privacy concerns. italy is not thinking of going with them because of the long security lines they cause and question of whether it would have detected the bomb that there was in the underwear. are there the best technology to protect aviation? >> well, first of all, i think you've kind of mischaracterized what we are here doing. what we are here doing is making sure that there are security standards throughout the world that would allow for more information sharing and collect

. >>> the cia stepping up drone missile strikes in northwestern pakistan along the border with afghanistan. officials tell, cnn, it's based on precise elements of disrupting terrorist plots. the tribal region has been targeted 65 times. and there have been more attacks this month than at any other time. the cia campaign of drone strikes has angered pakistanis because of the civilian death toll associated with them. >>> looks like he is indeed running. white house sources are telling cnn it's "all but certain" that president obama's tough-talking chief of staff rahm emanuel will announce friday he is leaving the white house. >> emanuel always wanted to run for mayor of chicago, and the job is open after several decades. the president has one request of his long-time confidant, and that is hurry and up and decide. suzanne malveaux is up bright and early where the president's going to have another backyard conversation about jobs. what are you hearing about the potential departure from the white house? >> reporter: yeah, looks like he might actually get his wish here. it looks like multiple s

two suspected missile strikes that targets northwestern pakistan.attacks nato forces were killed. the fbi is trying to find out who wrote a bomb threat on the bathroom wall on a jet that landed safely in los angeles and some 200 passengers were interview and no bomb was found. both los angeles police chief is appealing for a calm and promising a thorough investigation of sunday's shooting of a day laborer that led to two days of protest. they arrested 22 demonstrators after some of them pelted the police station with eggs, rocks and bottles. they shot the immigrant twice when he lunged at with a knife. the 32 chilean miners got a glimpse of the world outside on tuesday. they got to watch their national soccer team play a friendly match against ukraine. the players for the team wore t-shirts that read strength to the miners during the national anthem. they have been trapped since an august 5th cave in. we will go back outside to matt. >> mr. roker? >> nice folks here. lake charles, louisiana. >> the cowboys! >> want to say to anybody? >> hey, mom. >>

in pakistan, a suicide car bomb ripped through a police compound, killing at least 20 people, many of them women and children. it happened in the northwestern city of kohat. the blast brought down a number of houses and buildings near the police compound. it was the latest in a string of attacks by militants, and came just hours after the taliban threatened more suicide attacks on government targets. demonstrators took to the streets in more than 200 cities across france today to protest a government plan to raise the retirement age. it is one of a series of austerity measures under conseration. we have a report narrated by lindsey hilsum of independent television news. >> reporter: they beat drums and chanted against president sarkozy's attempt to raise the pension age to 62. in lyons, they turned out despite the rain. >> i'm 57 so it's three years before i retire. i started work at 16. so i really do want to retire at 60. >> reporter: and here they protted withuvuzelas left over from france's defeat in the world cup. and in this city striking farm workers even got a cow on to the streets. hundreds of thousands of demonstrators brought par

in pakistan today at least 19 people died and 40 more were wounded in a suicide bombing near a police station. the pakistani taliban claimed responsibility for the car bomb in the northwestern town. a spokesman said the bombing targeted police because they encourage residents to set up militias and fight the taliban. at least 44 people have died in landslides in guatemala, and dozens more are missing. heavy rains unleashed multiple landslides this weekend including on one of the country's main highways. rescue workers struggled today to try and free more than 30 people buried in the wreckage. more rain was forecast for the rest of the week. tropical storm hermine headed for the texas-mexico border region today. the area is under a hurricane watch predicting the storm could reach hurricane strength before it hits land early tuesday. flooding in southern mexico forcing thousands to move to shelters. forecasters are pre-vikting up to a foot of rain in some areas. those are some of the day's major stories. now back to jeff. >> brown: we turn to the problems of labor unions on this particular labor day. as newshour economics correspondent paul poll mon reports on a workplace bat