officials are on their way to achieving that goal. families, though, they are struggling to keep up with the higher prices. interior officials ahave announced prices rose by 3% compared with the same month last year. the index increased for 16 months in a row, but it's a slight dip from the previous month's rise. that's mainly due to the fall in prices of gasoline and electricity. the index doesn't factor in the cost of fresh food. policy makers at the b.o.j. say the increase in the consumption tax is partly responsible for the latest figures. without the tax rise the cpi is believed to have gone up by about 1%. but government officials say household spending marked the sixth straight month of decline. they say households of two or more people sment an average of about $2,500. that's a fall of 5.6% in yen terms from the same month last year. to fishlz said people spent less on electricity and recreation due to bad weather. officials are painting a mixed picture for jobs too. they say the unemployment rate worsened but they say the lab

reports say chinese government officials stationed at the facility instruct hong kong government officials there. vehicles linked to the chinese government frequently arrive a depart from the facility. hong kong media say the director of china's hong kong affairs office was staying at the facility last week. it's believed that wong gave the officials from hong kong detailed instructions on how to deal with the students. hong kong's media is also feeling the pressure from china. the apple daily is the only newspaper in hong kong that is showing strong support for the student movement. since mid-october, crowds of people have often gathered in front of the newspaper's building to protest against the reports. acts of sabotage continued even at night. the apple daily says these protests are systematically organized. this message soliciting people to join the protests reads an $38 a day reward will be given to those who take part. on several occasions the protesters have prevented the transportation of the newspapers from the office. >> translator: we feel strong pressure from beijing. we are n

affairs and defense officials. >>> u.s. military leaders have added their most advanced stealth fighter. they're testing u.s. readness as china continues in the asia pacific region. nhk world's charmaine deogracias reports. >> reporter: members of the u.s. forces combined for a joint exercise known as valiant shield. they conduct the drill every two years to prepare for an emergency in asia. we're aboard "u.s.s. george washington" in the pacific ocean. it's just one of two aircraft carriers participating in exercise valiant shield. with 18,000 troops jointly training for air-to-sea combat. military officials expanded the exercise this year so that it was more than twice as big as last time. they included two aircraft carriers and more than 200 fighter jets. the officials are responding to china's increasingly assertive maritime activities. beijing has been expanding its reclamation work on a reef among the spratly islands in the south china sea. the philippines and other countries have territorial claims there. officials in

officials said he developed a high fever on thursday morning. they say he had traveled on the subway and gone to a bowling alley the day before. but the city's health commissioner said his behavior did not pose a risk to public health. >> he did not have a stage of disease that creates a risk of contagiousness on the subway. we consider that it is extremely unlikely the probability being close to nil that there would be any problem related to his taking the subway system. >> reporter: she said very few people have come into close contact with him. >> we are aware that he has been in close contact with his fiancee, and with two friends, both of -- all three of these contacts are healthy and are being quarantined. the governor mentioned an additional person. this person was a driver of ayyuber car with whom the patient had no direct physical contact, and is considered not to be at risk. >> reporter: the first confirmed case of ebola in the largest city in the u.s. has renewed fears that the disease is spreading. but the governor of new york state

officials say a doctor has tested positive for ebola. and they started their news conference by trying to calm fears. >> today testing confirmed that a patient here in new york city has tested positive for ebola. the patient is now here in bellevue hospital. we want to state at the outset there is no reason for new yorkers to be alarmed. >> officials say the doctor had been in the hospital with a fever. they say he was working for doctors without borders in west africa, where the epidemic is spreading. they say the man is now in isolation at a hospital in new york city, designated for treating ebola patients. if it is confirmed the doctor has ebola, he will be the second person to develop symptoms in the u.s. after contracting the virus in west africa. now, once again, officials say a doctor has tested positive for ebola. we'll bring you more details on this developing story as they come in. >>> now, an increasing number of medical workers in countries outside of west africa have been falling sick with the ebola virus, as we've been repo

officials purchased u.s. government bonds and other securities to pump $85 billion per month into markets. but since last december they have been reducing the program scale by $10 billion at every meeting. the huge injections of money have had a significant impact on world markets. they help boost stock price and prompting investors to pull funds from emerging economies. >>> the next focus will be on u.s. interest rates. the key rate is near zero and people want to know when it's going to rise. many experts say the middle of next year or beyond. the decision won't be easy given the state of the global economy. europe remains stagnant. japan isn't much better, showing some signs of weakness. and emerging economies seem to have lost steam. >> i think monetary policies are going to move -- the fed is going to raise rates a little bit. it's going to see what happens to both financial markets and to the u.s. economy and to the global economy. and if it looks like the economy can sustain further increase it will mo

officials gathering the remains of bodies and belongings. to a dutch forensic team which identified 272 people of the total 298 on board. the aircraft shot down by a missile investigators say, over eastern ukraine back in july. still, still trying to process that scene. >>> hong kong students today facing off with police clearing protest barricades. demonstrators turn to social media to reinforce other barricades. students have invaded districts in the city for three weeks in a row. they are demanding voters have a larger say in choosing the city's leader in the 2017 elections. >>> national security adviser susan rice revealing what she knows about north korea's kim jong-un. she said there is no proof the north korean leader is out of power. listen. >> chuck, obviously, we're watching carefully what is happening in north korea. a country that we monitor with great attention. we have not seen any indications of the transfer of power at this point in north korea that we view as definitive. we will watch it. >> kim has not been seen publicly in

kim said he would convey japan's concern to officials in seoul. tokyo plans to continue discussions with south korea to try to improve relations. officials hope to arrange talks between prime minister shinzo abe and president park in the coming weeks. >>> the japanese newspaper publishers and editors association has also protested the indictment. it says the move threatens freedom of the media and expression in south korea. which is a fundamental principle of a democratic society. >>> chong government officials have dealt a heavy blow to attempts to defuse a political standoff. they've canceled the talks scheduled for friday with pro-democracy student leaders. they stay protesters' remarks damaged the trust needed for the talks. >> i truly regret that we will not be able to have a meeting tomorrow, which will produce any constructive outcome. >> the city's number two official says student leaders have been shifting their demands. carrie lam says the students are now calling for beijing to reverse the decision to vet candidates for a 2017 election.

airport officials a no one was hurt.ay have been worth as much as two million dollars. >>> this is how the otherryqá"t weather. this is a massive typhoon over the pacific. this is the strongest storm to form on earth so far this year. we have harris faulkner on the news deck today. back to you. >> thank you very minute. the white house is responding to a new report about a possible coverup in the secret service prostitute candle. a report claims a white house volunteer brought a prostitute into his hotel room in colombia. the secret service fired or punished nearly two dozen agents accused of partying with prostitutes in their hotel room day before the president arrived. white house officials denied any involvement from anybody in the obama administration but according to the reporting of the "washington post" sources and documents show, quote, senior white house aides were given information at the time, suggesting a prostitute was an overnight guest in the hotel room of an advance presidential room of an advance preside

health officials say it's unclear how a u.s. health care worker contracted the virus at a hospital in texas. they say other staff were at risk and they are monitoring staff who cared for a liberia man who died of the disease. the director of centers for disease control and prevention announced the measure on tuesday at a news conference. >> there were at least 76 people who might have come into contact with him or his blood and who are being monitored now. >> frieden also says the cdc will be ready to respond to any new cases in the u.s. should they emerge. >> starting today is establishing a cdc ebola response team. we will put a team on the ground within hours with some of the world's leading experts. >> and u.s. president barack obama says american hospitals are stepping up their readiness. >> we are going to make sure that all the lessons learned from dallas are then applied to hospitals and health centers around the country. as i've said before, we have the public health infrastructure and systems and support that make an e

officials say this is a 1 in 200 year flood event. at this time no serious injuries or casualties have been reported so that's the good news i can give you, but unfortunately the system is going to be pulling away but another round of heavy rain will be making its way from the british isles and into western norway, so this is what the four-day outlook looks like in and around bergen and western norway. pounding rainfall at least into sunday and the temperatures quite low there as well. stockholm just at 8 degrees but meanwhile, looking at pleasant conditions across the central europe. paris at 19 degrees with partly sunny skies and the iberian peninsula, madrid reaching 24, lisbon same digits there, that's until another system pulls in by friday. i'll leave you now your extended forecast around the globe. >>> and that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for staying with us. blach >>> today's "asian voices" is brought to you from bhutan. we'll explore the charms of traditional bhutanes culture.

taro aso made the proposal to a high-ranking chinese official. aso had a five-minute exchange with vice premier zhang gaoli in beijing. they were attending a group from the economic corporation forum. >> translator: i told zhang that it would be very significant for improving bilateral ties if the top leaders could talk on the sidelines of the apec summit in beijing next month. >> aso told reporters that japan's direct investment in china for the first half of this year dropped about 49% from a year earlier. he said continued dialogue is necessary in order to improve ties between the two nations. aso is the second ranking position in the cabinet of shinzo abe. zhang is the number seven man in the chinese communist party. >>> china is trying to expand in asia. so what can you tell us? >> the chinese president proposed last year the creation of a new bank. it would be for investing in infrastructure in asian countries. he called it the asia infrastructure investment bank. now china's finance minister is backing the idea. he held a uh news conferenc

why are state officials so concerned? >> well, allison, what is interesting is we're hearing from the governors from new york and new jersey specifically who said they need to really take every precaution possible to protect the public health interests. but some people are concerned that this is something of a mixed message. you have dr. craig spencer being treated here at bellevue and health officials and state and local officials coming out and saying that there really wasn't a risk to the general public despite the fact he had been in new york city, he visited restaurants and bowling alley and rode the subway. officials were telling people to calm fears. it's difficult to contract the virus. it's only contracted through contact with bodily fluid. you have the governors taking every precaution, some people are saying does this go too far or why is this necessary? >> and we see here that the history here shows that health care workers are the ones who are contracting this virus. what are we hearing from the cdc about tho

officials to work to secure his release. harf said the u.s. government will keep trying to get the two other americans freed. north korean authorities have sentenced beth kenneth bae and matthew miller to hard labor. >>> officials from japan, china and south korea have met for the first time to discuss ways to respond to cyber attacks. they agreed to make efforts to advance confidence building in this field. china's foreign ministry hosted the meeting. the japanese delegation included officials from the ministries of defense and internal affairs. details of the discussions were not disclosed, but they reportedly agreed to continue their talks on the subject. china has often been criticized by the u.s. and other countries for its involvement in cyber attacks and spying. japanese officials say their chinese counterparts extend the country's policy on combatting cyber attacks. the three nations had agreed to facilitate cooperation on the issue at the summit in 2012. but there have been no face-to-face talks until tuesday's meeting, because of sou

officials from japan and the u.s. plan to bridge south korea, china and other neighboring countries on the plan the to revise the glip. changing the the direction of the japan-u.s. alliance. officials from the two allies are trying to make the process transparent. >> japanese government officials have just released new data on how the economy's doing. good morning. what can you tell us? >> we've just seen the latest on machinery orders. now, managers tend to order more equipment when they're feeling optimistic about business conditions, so analysts used to understand business sentiment and since april, they've used it to assess the demand on the consumption tax hike. machinery orders in august rose for a third straight month and the reading was much stronger than market consensus. officials at the cabinet office say managers placed orders with major machinery makers worth nearly 7 p$.5 being. that's an increase of 4.7% from july. now, the numbers did not include orders from ships and power utilities because they fluct

officials say there have been no new cases reported in 42 days. that's twice the maximum incubation period. an infected man brought the virus to nigeria from liberia in july. it spread to 20 people and eight have died. official says health authorities kept track of who came in contact with the infected people. when day confirmed someone had the virus they isolated them and treated them. authorities say they are screening people at ports and airports. w.h.o. officials declared senegal free of ebola last friday but health workers are still battling outbreaks in guinea, liberia and sierra leone. experts say there could be more than 10,000 people infected by the end of this week. >>> indonesia's new president has pledged to narrow the economic gap in between living in urban and rural areas. joko widodo is now leading southeast asia's biggest economy with a population of 250 million. and he promised to extend welfare programs. joko spoke to thousands of people gathered in jakarta following his inauguration ceremony. >> translator: indonesia is a great

officials say the jobless rate rose by 0.1%. the number of people with jobs increased to more than 64 million. the figure has been climbing for 21 months. the number of people without jobs fell by 250,000 to about 2.3 million. it's been falling for 52 months. labor ministry officials say the ratio of job offers to seekers was slightly down at 1.09. that means there were 109 positions available for every 100 job seekers. it's the first time in three kpreers, four months it has declined from the previous month. >>> analysts aren't surprised by the numbers. they were exactly what they were expecting. but household spending was worse than they thought. so let's see how investors are taking in all the news. ramin mellegard joins us, what are you seeing over there. >> on top of the data that you just mentioned, investors will also be watching very closely for the bank of japan policy meeting later today as well as more earnings reports. and with the u.s. federal reserve data out of the way there's still a lot for investors to take in.

government officials say they are willing to hold dialogue. the two sides are trying to negotiate the details of the talks. demonstrators are demanding fully democratic elections for the territory's chief executive. the number of protesters have dwindled as the demonstrations entered their second week. but student groups continue to block three locations in the city's center. student leaders and government officials say they're expecting to start talks by sunday. demonstrators are warning authorities not to use force against them until progress is made at the dialogue. chief executive leung chunying says he wants to hold talks. and hq world's estella mak reports from hong kong. >> reporter: student leaders and government officials have agreed to hold dialogue. this likely means authorities won't remove the protesters by force. security forces took tough measures at first, including firing tear gas. but this only led the demonstrators to toughen their stance. the use of force outraged ordinary citizens, and led many to join the protest. the gov

japanese officials have left and are returning to tokyo via beijing. once home, they are to brief abe and the prime minister on what they discussed in pyongyang. japan's government found that five returned in 2002. >>> north korea's' state run media has reported for the first time on bilateral meetings. the korean central news agency said thursday afternoon committee chairman summarizes so far and reported to japanese side. the agency said the chairman was making good on agreement reached in stockholm at a bilateral meeting in the swedish capital in may. north korea agreed to launch investigation into the missing japanese including abduck tees. >>> in other news, tokyo prosecutors have launched a formal investigation into alleged political funding irregularities of a former house member. obu chrkshi was appointed last month. this drove her from her post. prosecutors searched the home of her former aid as well as the office of her support organization. she served as the town mayor north of tokyo. she resigned as economy, trade minister earlier this mont

there's no official refugee camp around. they are scattered everywhere. 50-year-old yosef talubini says he fled syria two days ago with 14 other families. >> translator: fighters of islamic state suddenly appeared and took away our belongings and land. they killed men, women and children. we had no choice but to run away. >> reporter: 120 members are taking shelter at an unfinished building with bare concrete floors. they didn't bring much with them. local people have given them some mattresses and tarps. they get water from a nearby mosque. >> translator: i have never imagined sleeping at a construction site. i heard on the news that the u.s. and france were helping the kurds. but we receive no help. >> reporter: this day was an important holiday for muslim people. women were cooking mutton they managed to find. >> translator: in our village we were safe and sound. now children ask for this and that, but we cannot give them what they want. >> reporter: u.s. coalition forces have been bombarding islamic state targets. the u.

officials with the u.s. national highway traffic safety administration are urging car owners with takata air bags to replace them immediately. they say the supplies to more than 4.7 million cars in the country. executives at japanese auto firms are also urging drivers to take action. those at honda are recalling the biggest number of vehicles. the people at u.s. automaker general motors and german carmaker bmw are also issuing recalls. takata executives say they will cooperate fully with automakers to repair the air bags. >>> japanese plums, sweetfish, and rice paddies don't sound like they have all that much in common. but they're the reason that officials at the japanese agriculture ministry have chosen three sites as candidates for special recognition by a u.n. body. agricultural ministry officials chose the sites because of their traditional eco-friendly farming and beautiful rural scenery. the upper and middle reaches of the nagara river in central japan are known for clear waters and ayu sweetfish. far

officials detected tremors but didn't issue a warning. authorities in a helicopter encouraged hikers to get off th fast as possible. since the crater could erupt, i thought it best to get away as soon as i could. >> officials closed roads and banned people from coming from one 1 kilometer of the crater and warning of ash deposits at another volcano in the range. >>> japanese researchers have repd muscle tissue and used it to move an artificial joint. the experiment simulates the movement of a human finger. a team at the university of tokyo's institute of industrial science cultivated muscle tissue from mice and used it to develop artificial muscle. and attached it to both sides of a plastic rod. it's about the same length as a finger bone and has a joint. the researchers applied a weak electric current to the tissue and found it stretches and contracts causing the rod to bend like a finger. >> translator: in the long term, we want to apply this research to a robotic structure similar to the human body. >> they hope to one day develop an a

officials say the weaker yen, and the recovery of the u.s. economy, have helped orders get back to where they were before the 2008 global financial crisis. ship orders are affected by changes in the global economic situation, so japanese companies are focusing on eco-friendly, and also deep sea resource surveillance vessels. they say these types of ships are highly profitable. >>> competition in japan's electric car market is about to heat up. volkswagen says it will begin marketing two electric vehicles in the country starting in 2015. officials say they'll begin accepting orders for the golf, and the up electric models in february. they say the company has been able to cut costs by basing the electric vehicles on existing models. just about 16,000 electric cars were sold in japan in fiscal 2012, making it the second largest market after the u.s. but the number of vehicles sold accounted for only less than 1% of all new cars sales in japan. vw officials say they expect sales of their electric vehicles to be good as the number of charging fac

lam is hong kong's second highest official. the representative of the student group issued a statement saying its leaders will meet the officials but it warned the protesters will completely besiege government buildings unless their demands are met. i talked to some protesters -- >> all right, well so that's exactly what i wanted to ask you. what are protesters on the streets saying about the government's response? >> i talked to some protesters earlier. most of them have been here for five days. some are sleeping on the streets looking really tired. they say the talks are likely to take place within two days. they're not too optimistic that any major change will happen, but at least it's a small step forward. the talks are sure to be the center of attention. there is still a strong police presence near the chief executive's office. it is not yet known when and how the talks will take place. >> estella mak in hong kong. >>> turkish leaders have made a decision that will shift the dynamic in the war against islamic state. lawmak

nbc 10's jesse gary has been talking with health officials locally. jesse, last hour, you said there are preventive measures people can take to stem the spread of these viruses, but what are they? not ebola. >> reporter: not ebola, no, but you can do simple things like covering your cough. you hear health officials always talk about washing your hands frequently, using hand sanitizer when you touch common surfaces. in the case of the flu bug, which health officials say is more of a threat to people than ebola or enterovirus, a vaccine is your best bet. each year, 35,000 people nationwide die due to the flu. registered nurse helen strome says unlike enterovirus or ebola, in the case of the flu, there is a shot that can prevent or greatly reduce your chance of sickness. >> we're avoiding the complications of these viral illnesses, which we can't cure with antibiotics. we have to have our immune system fight these types of germs, and a vaccine boosts your immune system. >> reporter: there are a lot of places you can get a flu shot besides a hospital e.r.

so now health officials are doubling down on hospital training.o figure out what went wrong in their attempts to contain this deadly virus. 26-year-old nina pham, a nurse in dallas, is the first person to contract the deadly ebola virus on u.s. soil. >> i feel awful that a health care worker became infected in the care of an ebola patient. she was there trying to help the first patient survive. and now she has become infected. >> reporter: she was part of the team at texas health presbyterian hospital caring for thomas duncan. he contracted the disease in liberia but showed no symptoms when he landed in the u.s. >> we have to rethink the way we address ebola infection control. even a single infection is unacceptable. >> reporter: the new case has health officials asking what went wrong in the isolation unit where the nurse and dozens of others wore protective masks, gloves, and suits to avoid the deadly virus. >> it is possible that other individuals could have been infected, as well. so we consider them to potentially be at risk. >> reporter: whi

officials have found 10 bodies. heavy moon son rains triggered a slide and also hamper rescue efforts. >> relief for california's drought. >> we're getting into the time of year when california does start to see more systems. one system that will not turn around the drought situation but the rain is needed. we've had systems into the northwest. this will push southward to get more rain into california, as well. you can see the flow ahead of this, high winds. not as much as recent systems, but california new nevada, we can watch for that. those he blues over parts of the sierra, that winter storm watch in effect, higher elevation 5,000 feet and above could see over six inches. snow back is very beneficial and gusty winds, as well. watch for rain where it hasn't rained for a while. it mixes with the oil on the road and is very slick. >> we heard you talk about snow pack already, we wanted to let you know, that did not go by. >> that's good, you need that for moisture later in the season. >> the white house with damage

officials say there have been no new cases reported in 42 days. that's twice the maximum incubation period. an infected man brought the virus from liberia in july. it spread to 20 people. eight have died. health authorities kept track of who came in contact with the infected people. when they confirmed someone had the virus, they isolated them and treated them. they're still screening people at ports and airports. senegal was declared free last friday, but health workers are still battling in guinea and sierra leone. the u.s. military has dropped arms and other supplies to help curd issue militants in northern syria. they are depending -- a town in northern sierra on the border with turkey known as ko bani against the advancing sunni militants. the islamic state could capture the strategic city. u.s. forces have carried out 135 air strikes on the group. another measure to help curds fighting on the ground. the u.s. central command said american aircraft delivered weapons, ammunition and medical supplies. it did not give more details. >>> leaders i

officials, as well, the fbi and others, counter terror officials. we understand that the u.s. embassy in that immediate area of parliament hill is on lockdown, as well. >> yes, a procedure that has been undertaken, we're told, just by where it is, not by so much what it is. although the fact it's a public building is one of the things that has led to that. and the other thing, andrea, for the past really two weeks, there's been increased concern among canadian officials. some of it expressed publicly. some not. the terror threat level was raised up a notch in canada a few days ago. there was no public announcement of that. but it's a reflection of their growing concern about just this kind of thing. canadian officials were worried there would be these sort of low-tech attacks using guns or knives or in the case of what happened in apparently montreal two days ago, a car. to attack government facilities, soldiers. so there was concern they would attack canadian or u.s. targets within canada. that may be another reason why the u.s. embassy in canada is also on lockdown. they've

cdc officials are deeply concerned this morning.d there could be more cases of ebola transmission such as the one of the dallas nurse who became infected caring for the first man to be diagnosed with the virus in the united states. officials say otheris who cared for thomas eric duncan could be infected the same way. nina pham has received a blood transfusion from an ebola survivor, dr. kent brantly. now investigators are racing to determine how pham became infected. they want to prevent it from happening again. cnn's victor blackwell is in dallas with more. >> reporter: good morning. we learned that nina pham received her certification in critical care nursing two months before treating thomas eric duncan here at this hospital. a person who knows their family very well through church says that pham likely was doing more than she was supposed to have done in treating the patient. that is what the person told the local newspaper. cdc officials are here in dallas to determine if protocols were followed. we heard from the hospital on m

, state officials and city officials. >> that's what else i want to get. you have these officials, i.e. the sound from chris christie who said absolutely mandatory quarantine outside of newark airport. >> it's total reversal and she's free to go. what kind of message do you think very high ranking government officials are sendsing when they change their minds. >> everybody has a right to change their mind. in an outbreak like this consistent information is always best information but we have to be guided by the science, see what the situation is on the ground. >> it's unprecedented. >> it is. we have to continue to evolve based on how people are getting sick, how the disease is traveling and what that dictates where our operational policies go. if people are getting sick from other sick people that's what we should be looking for. not chasing and quarantining and enforcing a quarantine that would be get to 100% effective. we should spend our resources looking for sick people, making sure they get the care quickly and investigate from there on out. >> jared

the association officials say sales at pubs were down 3.7% from a year ago. and they say there are no signs that consumption will pick up soon. >>> executives at canon have downgraded their an i'll sales forecast for their high-end digital cameras, and they're blaming a disappointing performance in europe and japan. the interchangeable lens cameras have been some of canon's most popular products. but executives now expect to sell half a million units fewer this year than they were predicting. and they've lowered their estimate for annual revenue to 34.7 billion dollars. that's about $370 million less than -- lower than a previous estimate. the executives had some good news, though. they said they've raised their operating profit upward to about $3.4 billion, and they do attribute that to the weaker yen. they're expecting to see better sales next year. >>> mount fuji game a unesco world heritage site last year. tourism has grown and local people couldn't be happier about it. now they feel like the mountain is giving them yet another blessing. a scientist has t

ministry officials say the surplus for august was about $2.7 billion. it was in the positive, despite a trade deficit of about $7.7 billion. exports rose 1% from a year ago. imports were up 2.3%. now we do have all nuclear plants in the country offline at the moment and japan has had to bring in more fuel to power homes and businesses. the stronger dollar has driven up the cost of doing that. ministry officials say the primary income account surplus also rose more than 20% to about $14 billion. they say this is due to a sharp rise in profits from overseas investments, as the yen has weakened. >>> well looks like investors really moving away from riskier assets like stocks now. they're worried about global growth, especially in the eurozone. the international monetary fund downgraded its global economic outlook and this has fuelled further concerns following weak industrial output data out of germany. here in japan we had the nikkei average down today. it fell nearly 1.2%. that works out to about a one-month low. a stronger yen weighed on broader sentime

government officials rejected the demand. they said hong kong does not have an independent political system. and that china has responsibility for the region. but they added the report to beijing that there was some opposition to the chinese government decision. thousands of protesters watched the meeting through a live tv broadcast. they've been occupying sections of three major roads. the student leaders told reporters they'll continue their sit-ins, while they discuss the outcome of the talks with other groups. government officials said they were able to better understand the views of demonstrators. they said they want to have more discussions with the students. >>> japanese leaders are looking at the latest numbers for imports and exports, but trade isn't heading in the direction they'd hoped for. we're joined now with the latest in business. ai, what do the latest figures tell us? >> trade ministry officials tell us they're still in the red. it marked the 27th straight month when imports were basically worth more than ex

officials in japan say it could put a damper on relations. nhk world has more. >> reporter: he is the sole bureau chief of the newspaper. he wrote a commentary in august that said park's whereabouts were unknown several hours on the day the ferry sank. he wrote there was a rumor she was with a man. more than 300 people, mostly teenagers, died in the accident. the sole central district prosecutor's office has bound him from leaving the the country. prosecutors have summoned him three times. they say his commentary has damaged park's reputation. the spoke department person says u.s. leaders support freedom of speech and expression. >> we have outlined in the past about our concerns about the law on the books in south korea. >> reporter: members of the group, reporters without borders, have called on south korean authorities to drop the charges. they said in a statement that it's normal for members of media to question politician's actions. the head of the newspaper where he works has demanded that the indictment be immediately retracted. the ne

city officials and health care officials tracking his every move. >>> new york police on high alert thisvestigating possible links to terrorism after a man attacked officers with a hatchet. >>> new details this morning of the gunman who killed the canadian soldier. his disturbing and troubling past exposed. could have the tragedy have been prevented? >>> good morning, welcome to "early start." chri it's friday, october 24

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you mentioned the official has met with the official of the syrian kurdish group. for the u.s. air exploring all avenues and it seems for now, air power is slowing isis advance. have to see if it holds. >> nick paton walsh on the border. thank you. >>> time for an early start on your money. u.s. stock futures are higher. if that holds, it could be a good day for stocks to end a crazy week. the dow plunged 200 points and bounced back closing down 25. that happened after the st. louis fed said the federal reserve should consider continuing stimulus and bond buying program. stocks have not actually notched that true correction investors have been expecting. a 10% drop. it hasn't happened in two years. the nasdaq briefly hit correction territory yesterday, but quickly bounced back from those levels. >> interesting. one more day. let's get through this week. >>> 11 minutes after the hour. a hurricane heading right toward bermuda. chad myers now with an early start on the forecast. good morning, chad. >> good morning. a very big category three hurricane. right on the edge. 130 miles

today we asked officials at the pentagon about the report. and here's the response, and i quote: based on the information we have, we are not aware of, they say isil -- islamic state fighters conducting any operation, flight operations, over syria or anywhere else. not aware based on information we have. so, that's not really a denial but it is what it is. president obama has long said he will not commit combat troops to the ground. now the question is, what happens if isis takes the fight to the skies? i would guess we would shoot them out of the skies. lea gabrielle some know. a former fighter pilot. >> seems like a good guess, shep. according to reuters, the human rights group is saying that the islamic state group is training pilots using three jets. we have a map to show you. these are reportedly -- these flights are taking place near a captured syrian air base, 45 miles south of turkey. the report the planes appear to be mig 21s or 23s. it can be used for bombing and air-to-air missions in the 1960s and and '70s it was considered state-

. >> reporter: jenny, philadelphia officials say they are fully prepared in the case of ebola out break here, safety measures they say they have put in place, sue. >>> weather looks great for today, sabina with you what about the the weekend. we have a chilly change on the way. we will tell you when that happens coming up. >>> thanks, sue. and hundreds of kids in philadelphia searching for a new school today, heart breaking lottery that has families scrambling. >>> good day it is, friday october 17th, good to see you guys. >> you look like a big sidney crosby fans or something. >> you do. >> penguins. >> penguins. >> okay. >> hi, sue. >> they are black an gold, though. >> inside joke. >> yes. >> mike jerrick says wear black and by the. >> hey, we did. >> anything he said, we always do. >> i missed the memo. i didn't have any white, i have just black, that will have to suffice this morning. >> go flyers. >> we're lucky we are clothed the at this point. >> anyway, there is all rain from the day before yesterday, the night before, or from yesterday at this time when we were seeing some rai

boj officials have set an inflation target of 2% through fiscal 2015. they're flooding the market now with the liquidity to achieve it. officials previously forecast that inflation would reach 1.3% this fiscal year, then 1.9% in the next. some boj policymakers are expected to forecast a slower rise in consumer prices. others, though, may predict higher inflation in the mid to long-term due to improvements in employment and incomes. >>> the invent ert of the blue light demitting diodes or l.e.d.s have been recognized around the world for winning this year's nobel prize in physics. the prestigious honor recognizes the great potential of the technology. l.e.d.s are already lighting up homes, and now researchers believe that they can revolutionize communications. >> translator: have you ever been poked by a large group of fish? >> translator: are you asking if i've ever been attacked by a fish while i'm feeding them? never. >> reporter: the boy is talking with a diver. this is made possible by a device with blue l.e.d.s. light from the l.e.d.s carries the v

officials now acknowledge that isis could take this city really any minute.take you right to the border for the latest. >>> a possible second case of ebola discovered in spain. hospital workers on high alert after an assistant nurse is now showing symptoms of the deadly virus. we'll take you live to madrid. i'm christine romans. >> and i'm john berman. great to see you, 32 minutes past the hour. and this morning, the fbi wants your help in the fight against isis, posting a video on its website, in hopes someone knows this man and perhaps can identify, he speaks perfect arabic and perfect english with an accent that seems north american. listen for yourself. >> we're here in the 17th military base just outside the city of iraq ka, and we're here with the soldiers of al assad. >> washington correspondent joe johns following the story for us. he has more on the hunt for this apparently american isis fighter. >> john and christine, this video appears to show a jihadi speaking isis propaganda speaking very good english with a northern american accent alternating s

officials in beijing are saying little publicly.interesting to note that over the last two days, the people's daily newspaper has public lshed editorials critica saying placing the political demands of a minority above the law, undermining the core values of hong kong and its spirit of rule of law. and officials in hong kong itself have plromised what they call, quote, serious cops defenses if those protesters do not ultimately leave the streets. that kind of language reminds some of the kind of editor yards that are were published back in april 1989. that was the precursor for tiananmen square. >> thank you. >>> in japan, most victims died when they got hit by rocks and boulders. rocks hurled at up to 190 miles an hour. tokyo fire department released video showing rescuers carrying some victims. they have pulled over 50 bodies from the summit and 20 could still be missing. experts say they had no idea the volcano would erupt lying this. >>> on this date in 1967, great grandson of a slave became the first african-american justice on

u-s federal officials are stepping up efforts to contain ebola. announcing revised protocols for health care workers treating ebola patients. good evening. i'm grant lodes. in for vicki liviakis. kron-4's scott rates joins us tonight. scott we're also learning that both the texas hospital and the family of the nurse who was infected there are talking tonight. the dallas hospital that treated thomas eric duncan for ebola apologized this morning that hospital issuing a letter saying that they made mistakes in duncan's case. now have just learned in the past few minutes that the family of amber vinson the nurse who was infected in dallas has just put out a statement saying "to be clear, in no way was amber careless prior to or after her exposure to mr. thomas eric duncan. she has not and would not knowingly expose herself or anyone else." we are expecting to see changes as soon as tomorrow. federal health officials say new protocols for health care workers treating ebola will include protective gear with no skin showing. that's important because ther