proponents argument and official proponents argument. this is one of the few ways that a balance measure regardless of how much money they had to spend, regardless if they have an army of volunteers or paid operative, can make their argument to the voters about why they should vote for or against a particular ballot measure. it's the only opportunity for that to happen regardless of how much money a campaign has. and the voters frankly when they say the quote on quote official proponents argument or quote on quote official opponent argument, the voters understandably assume this is actually the campaign in favor of the ballot measure or the campaign against the ballot measure. in terms of the integrity of the process, it's important that we have the proponents and opponent arguments be made by proponents or opponents. we have seen over the years, the current process be abused and the process has always been that one person can submit as many -- if there's more than one opponent or proponents argument being submitted, there's a lottery co

officials in okinawa say they'll urge u.s. marine staff to keep the safety concerns of residents in mind and maintain their aircraft thoroughly. the u.s. military finished deploying 24 ospreys at the marine corps in maya station last september. many residents protested the move because of the aircraft's poor safety record. >>> japanese leaders released a new action plan this week for how they plan to attract more tourists. they want to double the number of foreign visitors to 20 million by the year 2020. some in the industry say it's possible, but others worry about the impact on the overall experience. nhk world's craig dale has the story. >> reporter: roslynn and ken wine traub of california are among the millions of tourists who flock to japan every year. in fact, they're repeat visitors. >> we were here two years ago. and stayed about a week. and it wasn't nearly enough time just to see kyoto. >> reporter: japanese leaders want many more foreigners to follow in their footsteps. back in january, prime minister shinzo abe se

exports. >>> officials in the u.s. say the economy shrank at a much steeper rate than they first thought. they released the final rating of the first quarter gross domestic product and it shows the biggest contraction since 2009. officials at the department of commerce say between january and march the economy shrank at an annualized rate of 2.9%. they previously estimated a contraction of 1%. they say corporate investment decreased 1% due to harsh winter weather and housing investment declined more than 4% and exports fell 8.9%. but many analysts say the setback is temporary and they expect the economy to pick up in the april to june quarter. >>> stock investors and currency traders had different takes on those numbers. on wall street the investors brushed aside the gdp figures and the share prices rose. and those in tokyo are following their lead. the nikkei opened higher and is opening higher. but some are selling stocks to take advantage of the recent rally. currency traders, they sold the dollar after the u.s. dat

officials released their mid- year update today. and say--- so far-- about one- point- four billion gallons of water. has been saved. but that's only 17 - percent of the year-end goal. which is eight- billion gallons. officials say, if conservation trends continue and increase. that will lower the chance of water rationing. with summer just beginning. officials are worried about the alarming eraly start to the state's fire season. the warning they have for the public. shoppers in the east bay --- stunned--- after hearing that a historic department store is closing down. what is going up in it's place. a long -delayed project to help save lives on the golden gate bridge. how a suicide barrier may soon be put into place. heat shields are compromised. we have multiple failures. what's that alarm? fuel cell two is down. i'm going to have to guide her in manually. this is very exciting. but i'm at my stop. come again? i'm watching this on the train. it's so hard to leave. good luck with everything. watch tv virtually anywhere with the u-

officials in other countries have begun voicing concern. japanese foreign minister fumio kishida is arranging a meeting with his vietnamese counterpart. kishida says he wants to convey japan's support for vietnam's policy to resolve the dispute through dialogue. mayuko ambe, nhk world. >>> prosecutors have arrested a former employee of the japanese drugmaker novartis. they say he allegedly manipulated clinical data to highlight the benefits of a drug. know uo shirahashi was arrested on suspicion of violating japan's pharmaceutical affairs law. prosecutors say shirahashi provided false data about the drug pressure drug to university researchers. clinical study results were used by novartis pharma in its advertising. shirahashi told nhk before his arrest that he didn't alter the data. authorities in tokyo raided the pharmaceutical company and the university in february after receiving a criminal complaint from the health ministry. they'll continue investigating to find out if university researchers were also aware of the suspected tampering.

officials say prices may keep going up. they say confusion in ukraine could disrupt russian supplies of oil to europe. >>> we'll see how other markets in asia did today. most asian shares finished lower this wednesday. investors cautious before the u.s. federal reserve wraps up its policy meeting later on in the day. chinese equities under pressure. that's after the country's average price for new homes fell in may from the previous month. that's a first time that's happened in two years. this fueled concerns about the country's property market. the shanghai composite slid half a percent, finished at 2,055. some investors adjusted their stock holdings as a restart of new share listings draws closer. in sydney the as -- declines of .3%. 5,382. the lowest close since the end of march. the index was dragged down by a decline in the oil sector. australia's top oil and gas producer tumbled following the sale of a stake in the company by a major shareholder. meanwhile tokyo's nikkei average saw gains today. up more than .9%, 15,1

industry officials are blaming the consumption tax hike in april. officials at the japan electrical manufacturers association say appliance makers shipped around $1.7 billion worth of products for the month. that's down more than 5.5% from last may. they say demand has been sluggish after the tax hike. many consumers had rushed to buy big ticket items before april. but the drop was not as serious as officials thought it would be. they have been forecasting a 12% decline for the entire fiscal year. executives at many manufacturers have a plan to turn things around. they say that they'll be rolling out new products ahead of schedule to try to take advantage of the summer bonus season. >>> u.s. retail giant amazon has made a name for itself as an online shopping portal. and now executives are taking the business in a new arena. they have launched the company's first smartphone. amazon ceo jeff bezos unveiled the fire phone at a launch event in seattle. the device has a variety of 3-d functions including one that displays buildings on a map. the company

let's let the voters elect our elected officials. thank you. >> hi, my name is sam merlot, i'm a resident and president of the harvey milk club. i will say that i think san francisco as a small relatively small and fairly affluent city state on the edge of the peninsula should be able to model these democratic processes and if this city can't, i don't know which city in america can. >> i'm bob planthold, i am here on behalf of friends of ethics. we are people who are either former ethics commissioners, ethics staff but have a variety of other good government type work experience such as on the board of appeals or several grand juries or sunshine ordinance task force. what we haven't heard said i think is going it need reminding. it is the board of supervisors that's the policy making body for the city. the mayor is the chief executive officer. so when a mayor appoints over half of the policy makers, that's a problem. the analogy is to look at private enterprise. companies whose chief executive stacks the deck of the board of director

that utilize official time. air traffic controllers, inspectors and the technicians that repair the air traffic control system. official time has been helpful in allowing controllers and technicians to participate in work groups with the f.a. management time to advance -- to advance ment nextgen. it is critical we help our air traffic control mission. i oppose this amendment because it would affect collective bargaining agreements and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from georgia. hose in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. he amendment is agreed to. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from connecticut seek recognition? ms. delauro: madam chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by ms. delauro of connecticut. at the end of the bill before the short title insert th

the official indicated the group would be accepted without any problems. north korean leaders promised six years ago to launch a probe but they failed to follow through. observers say leaders in pyongyang want to rebuild trust by stressing that this time they'll be more transparent. >>> billionaire businessman petro poroshenko will be sworn in saturday as ukraine's new president. and right away he'll face tough challenges. fierce fighting continues in the east between government forces and pro-russian rebels. nhk world's kurando tago has more. >> translator: we confirmed mr. poroshenko as the ukrainian president. >> reporter: ukrainians went to the polls last month to elect a new president. petro poroshenko won with nearly 55% of the vote. the president-elect is already scheduled to meet with world leaders. on wednesday, he will join u.s. president barack obama in warsaw. the trouble in ukraine's eastern regions will likely be at the top of the agenda. on monday a group of pro-russian rebels clashed with ukraine's border guards in luhansk. both sides said

navial officials greeted their first chinese counterparts. chinese and other country's fleets got into formation ahead of the drill and conducted fire exercises. the naval drills are to foster cooperation among participants that is critical to security. 22 countries are taking part this year. >> translator: by visiting each other's ships, sailors can increase their understanding of one another. i think it has laid a solid foundation. >> reporter: china's participation comes at a time of growing tepgs over disputed islands. in may a chinese vessel rammed a vietnamese fishing boat in the disputed south china sea. two sides have repeatedly collided. nations neighboring china are increasingly wary of china of its building up its military capabilities. a former president of the national defense academy says that china's participation in the exercise is only a small step towards easing tensions. >> at least both sides of showing gesture that they are not being hostile to each other, participating in this multi-national exercise. both sides, particu

be official proponent or opponent. and if there is more than one submitted, a lottery is conducted and one of those arguments is selected. over time we have seen a number of situations where someone will come along and will submit 5 or 10 or 15 or 25 or even more arguments and make them very, very slightly different from each other and will basically overwhelm the process, overwhelm the lottery and become the official proponent or opponent, even though other people have only tried to be very meticulous and only submitted one argument. and it's an unfair system that someone can come in and submit dozens of similar arguments and game the system that way. over time, it wasn't that big of an issue because at least the people who were gaming the system that way were actually supporters or opponents of the ballot measure. unfortunately for this last june's primary relating to proposition b, the campaign manager for the yes side gamed the system through should i cainery and got himself appointed as the official opponent even

officials suspect it is the work of boko haram. it took part in the areas worst affected by the group's increasing attacks. they raided the village of maiduguri. they then kidnapped the victims. in april members of boko haram took more than 200 schoolgirls. the united states and other countries sent experts to nigeria to help with rescue efforts but so far they have failed to find any of the girls. the militant group has staged a number of attack across the country. they are accused of setting off a bomb in a world cup soccer viewing site. more than 20 people died. boko haram members want to create a nation under their interpretation of islam. >>> a former aide to the british prime minister is facing a possible jail sentence. andy coulson has been found guilty of conspireing to hack phones for a popular tabloid. he was editor in chief of the paper before working for david cameron. a london jury on tuesday handed down the verdict for coulson. he worked at the "news of the world." he was cameron's public relations director. the jury

government officials have been debating a draft plan. it says japan could help a foreign country under attack, provided the situation threatens its survival or that of its citizens. prime minister abe and the leader of new komeito agreed to continue discussions. >> translator: the prime minister has said the cabinet will make the approval only after the interparty talks come to a conclusion. sincere discussion is essential for this. >> reporter: the new kome tirks o leader told the prime minister that members of his party are still debating the issue. still, the gap between the coalition partners appears to be narrowing. so much so that ldp leaders say they expect to reach common ground by early next month. tom o,ko kanata, nhk world, tokyo. >>> young people in tokyo have voiced their opposition to the push for collective self-defense. they held a rally against the government's plans to reinterpret the constitution. the organizer says about 1,000 students and labor union members took part. one of the speakers was aide worker naoko takato

officials, u.s.nvestigators have had to talk to sergeant bergdahl to get his side of the story to get his account of how exactly he fell into the hands of afghan militants, of taliban fighters in eastern afghanistan, where he was stationed, of course, back in 2009. there's been an investigation that's indicated he left of his own accord his station in afghanistan. it's not clear how he managed to be captured. for that kind of questioning to take place for sergeant bergdahl to give his side of the story, while u.s. investigators, perhaps, decide if there's going to be any charges against him for possible desertion. that decision, of course, has not been taken yet, christine. >> matthew chance in landstuhl, germany. you're watching pictures of bowe bergdahl's last moments of captivity and first moments of freedom in 5 1/2 years, and you're watching the american black hawk helicopters, the special forces unit coming in and retrieving him in his handoff. >> look how calm, in a way, it is there. look how

central american kons lar officials say so. the border patrol facility is luke the one here is not designed for custody. border patrol in general, keeps people for two or three hours and turns them over to imgrag and customs enforcement to make a decision as to what to do. put them in a detention facility or in the case of children turned over to health & human services to be put this a shelter. border patrol is not designed for this. this was a warehouse. it was never used for detention. it was used to house a few years ago it was used to house people for two or three hours while they waited for flights back to mexico. there were kids sleeping on plastic boards for a while. the first arrived a week ago on saturday in may. so some mattresses were i'ving. toothpaste and toothbrushes were supposed to arrive today according to a kons lar officials. i think the honduran officials told me four showers in the facility. so it's getting better but it's still not where anybody thinks it should be. >> sure. so who are people on the groun

what are officials doing. >> in sadly not much is really being done.e in texas says they're really approaching this in the wrong way and need to find something else to cut off the supply coming in. the fact is, many people are busted, they do jail time, they get out, and they start using again. the feds say approximately 13 million americans have used the drug, and more than a half million consider themselves regular users, so the focus is really on recovery. working to get people off the drug. it is no easy task because, as we said, meth is often times regarded as one of the most didn't go away. >> just makes it so sad but attacking the demand is what you're talking about. casey stiegel, thank you very much. >> you got it. >> the soccer star who bit an opponent during a world cup match received a punishment that was much too harsh. that's actually what the international players union and the bite victim himself were saying. soccer's governing body, fifa, announced yesterday it had banned uruguay's star striker, luis suarez, from all soccer related act

electoral officials say he won 97% of the vote.ast july, sisi led a group of generals that overthrew president mohamed morsi after months of processes. the leaders of the interim government have not managed to bring an end to the turmoil. islamist militants have carried out a series of attacks. the economy has stagnated, and tourists are staying away. some hope sisi will be able to put an end to the chaos. others are concerned a president backed by the military will lead to more authoritarian rule. >>> a south korean ferry accident in april has prompted japanese operators of such vessels to review their safety procedures. one of them held a fire drill on a ship docked in kobe, western japan. the exercise was conducted as if a fire had broken out on the vessel while it was cruising. the crew carried out fire extinguishing preparations and told staff acting as passengers to stand by. the boat's skipper says containing such a blaze would be impossible, and ordered an evacuation of those on board. the crew also practiced procedures for

officials saying today that washington is open to direct talks on iraqing with iranian officials. ryan crocker was u.s. ambassador to iraq during some of the worst sectarian violence in the mid-towels. >> the stakes are very high here. this is al qaeda 6.0. and if they consolidate their territorial gains, they will be in a stronger position than they ever were in ofg prior to 9/11. we know how that turned out. >> increasing the fears of a possible civil war is the fact that the battle lines are already mirroring iraq's ethnic lines. these are the cities that isis militants verbatim taken parts over. this is the sunni part of the country here. this is the kurdish part roughly and this is the shia part. these are essentially the battle lines in that country right now. things to watch going forward, fallujah is now an isis strong hold. it's a path into baghdad here. do they take advantage of it? it would add to the path from the north a redanger for baghdad going forward. they already have many contacts in the western part of baghdad allowing had em to carry out bombing attacks. it's

the official numbers at the atlantic city airport, 63. on the boards, 67. ocean city, 69. isle city, 69. cape may, 70. look at the water temperature now, that is very nice. the ocean temperature off the coast of cape may is 76 degrees. lots of clouds out there this morning, a couple of showers racing on by out of the west. you can see lancaster getting a little wet. all the activity pushing into western portions of chester county. coatsville reporting a little bit of spotty drizzle that will increase over the next half-hour or so if this batch of moisture continues to dive south and east at 15 to 20 miles per hour. one thing you'll note there's not a tremendous amount of moisture with this is an organized area of low pressure that will push off the coast in the 6 or 7 hours. if you're loving north of the pennsylvania turnpike, you'll see nine out there. south of that line, you'll see more in the way of clouds. it's all about location this afternoon. aerials that do see the clouds you run the risk of a brief passing shower from time to time. it's not going to be a wash. thi

been caught in the new army shelling is the greed ceasefire by old to take hold meanwhile local officials raise the alarm over a severe water shortage. and dozens of women have legally sterilized in full prisons in california a new report reveals saying even more cases could have gone unnoticed. that they're coming to you live from moscow you're watching international. poland's foreign minister has been left red faced after a leaked conversation allegedly heard him use vulgar language to describe his country's relations with the u.s. and it's not the first time leaked tapes of e.u. officials have revealed the dark side of brussels love of washington artie's marina portnoy has more. anding love affair america and its atlanta partners consistently proclaim their rock solid loyalty and mutual admiration as friends and allies we stand united together. warsaw has reciprocated the affinity always leaving the door open for a u.s. footprint within its borders. very glad to be able to say the american friendship and alliance is a strong behind the camera friendly facade of solidarity western partn

official, giving very little details.s not said a thing although we're hearing now that the libyan justice minister is expected to speak in about 2 1/2 hours. a press conference that is supposed to address the capture of ahmed abu khattala. what we know from u.s. officials about the capture, they say in the days leading up to the operation, u.s. special operations forces, the army's delta force, that is, the fbi and intelligence agencies were keeping close watch on abu khattala. they say that information from locals was also helpful. now, he was lured, they say, to a location near benghazi, south of the city. where he was grabbed there. they say not a single shot was fired during this operation. that is something that really surprised a senior former libyan intelligence official in benghazi who i spoke to yesterday. he said, he found it very bizarre that there was no resistance. and no firefight. he said that abu khattala was a well-guarded man. now, last year, as you may recall, our colleague arwa damon sat down with ahm

officials in okinawa are stepping in to provide an alternative. they're inviting firms to do business in the southern japanese islands chain and they're offering some pretty hefty incentives. nhk world's keiko aso reports. >> reporter: this machine part manufacturer opened a factory in okinawa last year. the company chose this prefecture because of the generous government benefits. the factory is 120 hectare special economic zone. factory construction costs here are subsidized. that means lower s eer startup expensions. the prefecture has expanded its tax benefits in april to sharpen the company's competitive edge. new enterprises in okinawa receive a partial exemptions from japan's high corporate tax. >> translator: we plan to register this place as a bonded ar area. >> reporter: businesses can also benefit from bonded area status. they can process and product without paying customs duties. this company plans to assemble parts imported from elsewhere many asia into finished products. it can diversify risk by dealing with suppliers in more than on

officials admit they'll miss a june 30th deadline to destroy them. they can't move the last 7% of the stockpile declared by the assad regime because of security concerns. >> what is important, however, that all the materials are out of harm's way and the destruction can start as soon as possible. >> reporter: once the weapons leave syria, experts will destroy them using equipment on a retrofitted u.s. ship. the process is scheduled to take 60 days. bashar al assad will start his third term in office before then. he's expected to be sworn in on july 17th. president for another seven years. craig dale, nhk world. >>> let's now turn to the latest business stories with ron madison. >> all right. starting with corporate news this hour, japanese telecom giant softbank is ready to further boost its presence in the u.s. market. u.s. media say the company's subsidiary sprint is close to a deal to buy t-mobile u.s. sprint is the country's third biggest mobile carrier. t-mobile is number four. media report the parent companies of the two mobile carriers reached

but officials don't know about the condition of the melted fuel inside. they've been trying to cool the fuel by filling the reactor containment vessels with water. but water has been leaking from the reactors. earlier this month, workers used a probe to measure the level and temperature of water inside the vessel at the number 2 reactor. a similar measurement two years ago led them to estimate the water was 60 centimeters deep. but now they've found it's only around half that. officials believe the water level at another reactor is about 10 times deeper. >> translator: we cannot tell at this point whether the fuel is entirely submerged, or if part of it is above the water. >> reporter: the official says the temperature of the water is around 35 degrees celsius. he says that suggests it's keeping the melted fuel cool. tepco officials suspect water is leaking through a pipe into a unit called a suppression chamber. they believe it's flowing through the chamber, then out of the reactor building. workers will try to plug the leak but they haven't been able to

officials say the the dow fell about 53 your canyon road.ift the course of the canyon safely one firefighter though was injured of the kick dust bowl here is thickened to the house but for evaluation >> : cat yelling >> : of this seed of videos of dollars it reunited with their dogs and their return here is the socialists got anticipating the arrival of the owners so sure who had been away at once you look in the joint the cat jumps for joy >> : coming up on news weekend wanting to spend the slow summer solstice about having to the north bay and see some justin taking place along some of the events happening this weekend >> : plus a static fears goes terribly wrong after the boat crashed as to go to war crashed in a tube. the assessment talking about the new program melos, nimbuses step but many steps public this same but the coming up >> : heat shields are compromised. we have multiple failures. what's that alarm? fuel cell two is down. i'm going to have to guide her in manually. this is very exciting. but i'm at my stop. come again? i'm wa

the qatar 2022 bid committee says the official mohamed ben haman played no official role in qatar's 2022 bid committee and it said it would take any necessary steps to defend process. al jazeera's parent company is based in qatar and is funded in part by the government. no comments while the internal investigation continues. >>> book for the night has become easier thanks to websites like air b and b. not all cities are happy about that service. robert ray reports from new orleans. . >> reporter: this is a fantastic neighborhood. >> just blocks from the vibrant night life of the french quarter is photographer barry kaiser's home. a few doors away, something's wrong. >> illegal short term rental, basically a hotel. >> like many cities around the world, new orleans has a ban on unlicensed short term rentals. meg runs a renters association in the french quarter and thinks the problem is enhanced by property listing websites. >> a worldwide increase in tourism and the proliferation of websites like air b and b that makes this so easy to do and the realization of a lot of people that there's

officials have installed metal detectors at all entrances to the square. the police are frisking people for weapons. these measures have been in place since at least tuesday, but on wednesday, security officials began searching everyone's bags, as well. they've also deployed more officers. and we can see police vehicles inside the square. the police questioned a british man who was taking pictures. he later told us he has been asked to show i.d. on three separate occasions. chinese officers blacked out the nhk world premium channel at noon on wednesday. while the network was airing a segment on tiananmen square. authorities are apparently hoping to block the news from chinese citizens. on june 4th 1989, chinese troops opened fire on protesters in tiananmen square. tanked crushed their barricades. the chinese government says 319 people were killed. opposition groups say the number is far higher. grieving families are calling on officials to make an apology and to open an investigation into what really happened. but chinese leaders have called the event a ri

officials say he was released in a three-party prisoner exchange. one american for five prisoners from afghanistan detained in cuba. america's east ally, qatar, acted as a negotiation so they would not deal directly with the talbiban taliban. the five will not be allowed to leave qatar for a year. >> he was not forgotten by his family or the military. >> bergdahl got a call from president obama and joined him in the rose garden. >> i just want to say thank you to everybody who has supported bowe. >> i would like to say to bowe right now who is having trouble speaking ñrenglish, i'm your fath father, bowe. >> back in idaho, bergdahl's hometown is preparing to celebrate their son's return. >> the community has not wavered in its commitment to get him free. i think everybody burst into tears and couldn't get a silly grin off their faces. >> michelle franzen. >>> and tomorrow, the ride begins at the cow palace and ends at harvey west park in santa cruz, it wraps up in los angeles. the goal is to raise monrey and awareness for people living with hiv/aids

city officials would like to have it torn down.y are looking for owners to get that done right now. >>> coastguard crews have recovered body of the philadelphia man who went missing off of florida's east coast, 25 year-old, debris zodem was reported missing while swimming at new smyrna beach on sunday. now, he was reportedly trying to help a friend struggling to surf but he got caught in the rip current and never re-surfaced. his body was found sunday night. >>> embattled irs commissioner heads back to capitol hill at issue, thousands of lost e-mails. the the irs says they cannot find two years worth of e-mails. e-mails in question went to and from the former irs official loues learner in the center of this. irs officials say her compute are crashed in june 2011 causing those e-mails to be lost. she headed up that division that processed tax exempt status. division was in the center of the investigation involving alleged harassment and intimidation of conservative groups. >>> 4:17 the time. a friend of the boston marathon bombers i

japan transit officials want riders back on these trains. wait till you hear the sweet deal they're offering up instead of tickets. >>> pennsylvania state police are cracking down on speeding in construction zones after a turnpike worker was killed earlier this morning. in most areas of turnpike, the speed limit is 65 miles per hour. and in some cases, 55 miles per hour. but that speed limit gets reduced to 45 miles per hour in all construction zones. and fines where speeding near workers can be pricey. turnpike worker bill mckeaguen was killed and another worker injured when a tractor trailer was speeding through a zone. a trooper used what they call orange speeds. >> how much attention do you pay to your speed when you go through a traffic zone? >> i try to pay as much attention as possible and obey the limits. i don't know what happened today. >> they issued 31 citations, two warnings. and the highest speed, 81 miles an hour. >>> authorities have dismissed rape and sexual assault charges against the former chairman of the montgomery count

official. it said that the woman sentenced to death could be released. let's talk to the guest. it's el-sharif ali mohammed joining us from khartoum, and he is miriam's lawyer. thank you for being was. we appreciate you being with us. this is not an official statement, though, from the government, but a comment coming from one government official. how much weight can we give the comments? >> actually, to be frank, this is a statement - it's a political statement. even is not pending on the judiciary of sudan. the judiciary of sudan is the body that has to detail miriam's situation. miriam was convicted according to the apostasy and other things. that describes her crime, and it should be determined by the judge. no one can do it for her. what we are looking for we have fighting to release mir ym. she did not -- miriam. she has not committed any crime. she has not committed a crime. she is christian, and did not - apostasy is a crime. as far as we know, miriam is in the prison, and they have bee

in response, japanese officials said they would consider lifting sanctions. they expect pyongyang to provide an outline as early as this week including a list of the investigative body. >> translator: we're in the process of arranging with north korean officials how we can receive information about the investigative body. >> kishida told reporters officials will use the information to judge the panel's viability. he said they will then consider whether to lift sanctions. >>> japan's government has decided to provide about $80 million to help evacuees return to their hometowns near the fukushima daiichi power plant. officials at the reconstruction agency have announced a fund will be given to fukushima prefecture and its 16 municipalities. it will be used for designing public rental housing for returning residents, building infrastructure for farming and industrial activities, and other rebuilding projects. >> translator: we expect the fund to help speed up rebuilding efforts in evacuation areas. >> the central government has earmarked about $1.6 billion to he

phil mickelson says he is cooping with the officials from the fbi and sec.he investigation focused on stock trades involved clorox. they came statement carl icahn was trying to buy clorox. hehis tense moments in west l.a. action against chronic speeders in his neighborhood. one such violator, the driver of this lamborghini. >> keep racing. keep racing, keep doing it. >>> the driver of the lamborghini takes off after the man pelts his car with a big rock. the lamborghini retails starting at $400,000. >> new at 5:00, the mad scramble for cash from the mysterious twitter user hidden cash reached a high point. the secret ben fact ben factories spread his wealth. he stuffed 36 plastic angry birds balls with wads of cash and buried them in the sand. after the tweet went out, the beach was flooded with people digging through the cash. hidden cash continue his l.a. area cash drop tomorrow. he began his campaign in san francisco. >> before nasa sent astronauts to the moon they were sent to hawai'i, but it was all business. ahead, unseen photos unveiled showing what i

township officials are not so sure if that is what they saw. buzz started last week when woman posted this generic internet picture on the pennsauken township. it is a credits between a cat and fox but with the attitude of the wolverine. animal control received a frantic voice mall two days later but no name was left so the mystery intensified. >> i don't believe there is a fischer cat in the area it is likely they are seeing a gun hog or river otter and hearing call of the fox. >> officials say this critter is making a come back in new jersey but they are not sure if it is this far south. >>> former secretary of state hillary clinton will be in philadelphia today. clinton will be signing copies of her new memoirs hard choices at the free library of philadelphia as part of her ongoing book tour. in it clinton offers anecdote about her time overseas and importance of building relationship with foreign leaders. this will focus on her time as second of state. she has written other books. today's book signing kicks off at 11:30 this morning. >>> su

they fear their homes may by contaminated, and officials are taking those fears seriously. that's why starting june 12th june 12th each unit that you see on this map will be scanned for possible gamma radiation. >> it's so close to our home. and you know it. and you just let us sit there. >> s toes of treasure island residents spent the day pressing state officials for information about possible health risks. >> i'd like to see them take these people, including myself, relocate us even temporarily until the redevelopment is finished. reporter: hundreds of families are continuing to live in building separated by wire fencing. >> i'm not sure about all of that is being said. so i just ask as many questions as i can. >> members of the media were not allowed to hear what she asked. before the meeting started officials moved me, my meiko flown and our news cameras to the next room. far away from residents and out of earshot. >> there are cleanup sites within the housing area. >> officials with the navy tell me they have spent close to $200 million to pay for the cleanup of treas

officials have revealed the dark side of brussels love of washington portnoy has more. anding love affair america and its atlantic partners consistently proclaim their rock solid loyalty and mutual admiration as friends and allies we stand united together. warsaw has reciprocated the affinity always leaving the door open for a u.s. footprint within its borders. very glad to be able to say the american friendship and alliance is a strong behind the camera friendly facade of solidarity western partners are singing a much different tune the same polish officials seen here reportedly calls his nation's alliance with the u.s. worthless insisting it creates a false sense of security in a secretly recorded conversation up tamed by w magazine foreign minister wratislaw sikorsky is purportedly heard comparing warsaw and washington's relationship to that of someone who's always performing sexual favors and receiving nothing in return preceeding poland's vulgar tone one of america's top diplomats has exhibited her penchant for profanity dropping the f. bomb when referencing europe

white house officials say they're not considering sending in ground troops. the militants only started their offensive a few days ago but what's happening has already pushed up oil prices. ai uchida joins us now. give us the details. >> iraqi producers pump out millions of barrels of oil every day. most of that does come from southern iraq. but the militants are threatened some facilities already and investors fear they could disrupt supplies. those worries have pushled oil prices to a nine-month high. traders fear the fighting will affect exports. benchmark futures are trading at $107.34 a barrel. investors were already worrying about the fighting in ukraine and the possibility of that curtailing supplies from russia. they have seen disruptions from fighting in libya, too. now many think the prices will soar even higher. the conflict in iraq is affecting other markets, too. investors on wall street sold stocks overnight. all the major indices were down with the dow jones industrial average losing 100 points for a second day. here in tokyo, investors are also

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officials say that the militants hold a border crossing with syria. >>> and the officials are in iraqmeeting to discuss the crisis. the government is facing against the rise of isis. and the secretary of state met with the acting defense minister in baghdad. they discuss the latest developments and coordinate strategy between the countries. the u.s.'s involvement is not popular among many and protesters who this is a photo sent in and they said that the officials focused on health care, housing, education and jobs here in the us coming up. we'll have more on this developing story in iraq. >> what the forecast will look like. heat shields are compromised. we have multiple failures. what's that alarm? fuel cell two is down. i'm going to have to guide her in manually. this is very exciting. but i'm at my stop. come again? i'm watching this on the train. it's so hard to leave. good luck with everything. watch tv virtually anywhere with the u-verse tv app. with at&t, the u-verse revolves around you. >>> look at this video. you can see that they are stuck and water pouring from a storm drai

counterterrorism official. those threats have become a deadly reality in cities throughout iraq, countries under siege by militants as the united states government contemplates what if anything it should do about it. the commissioner for human rights says the full extent of civilian casualties is not yet known, but hundreds of civilians may have been killed and 500,000 have been displaced by violence. the government is taking steps to, quote, push back the terrorists, including air strikes. iraq's state tv says the air force hit three buildings and five vehicles, killing all isis forces near a military base. we'll talk to reporters in iraq, at the white house and the pentagon in a moment. but we want to start with an american caught in the middle of this violent spiral. a contractor in a military base about 55 miles north of baghdad. he's been airlifted out of belad out of that base after isis fighters attacked the base and the hired security at the base simply fled. for security reasons, he wants to be identif

five taliban officials have arrived in qatar. in doha, the other top stories on al jazeera america, al jazeera america's journalist imprisoned in egypt have had their trial adjourned again. the latest on the media crackdown there. renegade general in libya targets militias in the eastern city of benghazi. now, we meet a colorful brazilian artist encouraging others to use creativity to break out of poverty. >> five taliban officials predfreed in ex sheathing for an american soldier have arrived in qatar after more than a decade in guantanamo bay prison. the deal was brokered with the help of qatar that says it has given washington assurance over security. the details. >> the taliban leaders are now in doha. they were released in a prisoner swap mediated by qatar. foreign minister said the mediation was pure lee humanitarian but stopped short of elaborating on what role " qatar played. >> i thank the negotiating delegation who adopted the best practices and with respect to the details, excuse me for not disclosing any, however, whe

officials are ready to provide any assistance to the governments of turkey and iraq. the syrian president issued a statement calling them terrorists and he said his government is ready to cooperate rate with iraqi leaders to fight their common enemy. >>> millions of europeans fear their natural gas could be cut off. they get their supplies from russia but it passes through ukraine. energy ministers from those countries have failed to spoil the dispute over a price. >>> russian producers raised the price in april and warned they would turn off the tap unless the ukrainians paid up. russia suggested they restore a discounted price, $385 per 1,000 cubic meters of gas. that's $100 lower than the previous offer. but the minister from ukraine said the price was not low enough and demanded an even better deal. the energy commissioner called on both sides to keep talking. he pushed them to try to reach an agreement by a monday day. russian president vladimir putin said it's not clear why the ukrainians are insisting on more reductio reductions. >>> managers of japanese compan