. >>> officials at japan's agriculture ministry have given e seal of approval to some premium food items. each product will display a logo to help producers sell them overseas and shut out imitations. the officials have approved seven regional brands. they include kobe beef and lons from the northern island of hokkaido. the others are squash, black vinegar ripened in jars, traditional authentic green tea, tajima beef and cassis. ministry officials selected them after more than 50 applications. the products will display the official logo to show they meet quality and production standards. people who use place names or other elements of the brands without certification face fines or prison terms. the agriculture minister says each product is a regional treasure grown in a special way that's been developed over the years. he says the government plans to register more items to help boost demand for high-quality products at home and abroad. >>> here's a look at some of the other business stories we're following. executives at japan's biggest brokerage say it will buy a 41% stake in american century investments. nomura holding

they'll receive official logos. several products including melons and kobe beef are expected to be approved. the certification shows they have met standards for quality and production. they hope to fight lower quality imitations. since june the ministry has examined about 50 regional goods for the certification. that's it for business news. we'll leave you with the markets. >>> a prominent female has gone missing in northern japan. she disappeared monday while climbing the mountain in hokkaido. a team of rescuers, police and climbers are searching for her. police say she was roped together with four other climbers during their ascent. during a break near the summit, she untied herself to step away. police say tracks in the snow suggest she slipped and fell from a cliff. she scaled the world's highest peak mt. everest and climbed mt. mckinley, the highest mountain in north america. she and another japanese climber were the first to ascend the southeast face of india's kamet, becoming the first woman to win the french

thousands of sailors who pass through south-east asia every day >>> a competition to choose the official logo for the 2020 tokyo olympics closes on monday. it is likely to end at least one of the many embarrassing chapters for the olympic committee >> reporter: since the bidding process viewed as a way of showing japan could rebound from the 2011 triple disaster, there has been a series of very embarrassing missteps. one of them has involved the logo. there was a graphic artist in belgium who sued the tokyo logo for its similarities to his design for a belgium theatre. that's why that design was scrapped and it was opened to everyone in japan over the age of 18 to submit an alternative and there have been thousands of submissions among the favorites are the city logo of schery blossoms and a spain-based japanese graphic artist showing an opening fan. it is not clear whether those two are actually in the competition, but the submissions will be evaluated in early january, narrowed down and a selection will be made. the bigger has surrounded the site itself for the olympic stadium. the original

products will be labeled with official logos that will show their quality and unique production methods meet government standards. >>> checking the markets, japanese stocks extended losses on tuesday ahead of the central bank's meeting in the u.s. for the details we go to our business reporter. >> well, they are prepping for the first u.s. rate hike in almost a decade ahead of the u.s. federal reserve's policy meeting on wednesday, the market players are jittery before the event. today japanese shares fell in choppy trading. the nikkei closed down 1.7% at 18,565. that's the lowest level since october 22nd. the broader topix closed at a two-month low down 1.7%. now today banks led losses ahead of the fomc meetings. they all fell sharply and were among the biggest contributors to losses. one analyst says market players are widely expecting a rate hike this week but want to know more about clues about what will happen after that. japan's apple suppliers lost ground after analysts at morgan stanley forecasted a drop in iphone sales in fiscal 2015. tdk and japan display sell about 4% and mur

. -- indonesia >>> a competition to choose the official logo for the 2020 tokyo limb particulars closes on monday. -- olympics. this is an embarrassing chapters for the olympic committee. >> reporter: since the celebrations of tokyo's victory in the bidding process, viewed as a way of showing japan could rebound from the earthquake t sushgs unam i and nuclear crisis. one step has involved the logo. there was a graphic artist in belgium who sued the tokyo logo for its similarities to his design for a belgium theatre. that's why that design was scrapped and it was opened to everyone in japan over the age of 18 to submit an alternative. there have been thousands of submissions. among the favourites the people have seen are the initial candidate city logo of cherry blossoms showing an opening fan. it is not clear whether those would two are in the competition. the submissions will be evaluated in early january, narrowed down and the selection will be made. perhaps the bigger problem has surrounded the site itself for the olympic stadium. the initial one was good, but the construction budget

. >>> competition to choose the official logo for the 2020 tokyo olympics closes on monday and likelyat least one of the many embarrassing chapters to the committee as harry faucet explains. >> since the victory in the biddle process viewed as a way of showing japan could rebound from the triple disaster of tsunami and earthquake and there was a logo ban a graphic artist in belgium that sued the tokyo logo for similarities to his design for a belgium theatre and that is why that design was scrapped and open to everyone in japan over the age of 18 to submit an alternative and there have been thousands of submissions and among the favorites people have seen is the low go of cherry blossoms and one done by a graphic artist of an opening fan and not clear if they are open for competitions but it will be evaluated in early january and narrowed down and the selection will be made but a bigger problem surrounding the site itself and the design by the british architect was spectacular but the construction budget swells to double the original estimate and scrapped earlier this year but the jap

she decided to pay tribute to miss parks by adjusting her official campaign logo from this to this. (laughter) that's so sweet, you guys it's so nice. what a wonderful-- wait, tribute-- except for the fact did she place rosa parks at the back of the h? you know, if you want to honor rotiona, at least do what we did to our logo, we let her sit right up front, okay. that's what we did. that's how we did it! rosa, man. i mean look, she's basically driving our logo, you guys. oh, wait, she's driving us now? not sure if that's a-- anyway. had to get that off my chest. we want to have a little fun right out of the gate because tonight is tough, yet again. we have to talk about a mass shooting here in america. referring to the incident in san bernardino yesterday that killed 14, left 21 wounded. guys, this is beyond absurd. i didn't get into comedy to talk about violent deaths all the time. i got into comedy to wear purple suits and some day host family feud, i did. (laughter) >> that's right, harvey. survey says i'm coming for you. now look, we don't know all the facts yet, you know, but

officials. that is because it has logo for new star wars film and shows storm trooper holding a weapon, the districtcode. >> unaudible. >> some shirts it doesn't make sense that they ban them. the movie is coming out. it is all over the place. i'm sure i won't be the only one wearing shirts like this. >> bring in the common sense police. a school district spokesperson says there had been clearly spelled out, that students cannot wear anything with symbols of violence. they point out colton, the young man, was not punish but told to put up-jacket. >>> you see, cs police. >>> adele, there is nobody hotter in the world right now then adele. she's prepping for that u.s. core as we told you yesterday. >> she has been breaking record with her latest album released 25. she will make a stop at the wells fargo center september 10th. her north american tour will wrap up, november, in mexico city. >> you know what, i think that might be, not exactly right. i know she's here for two nights. >> ninth and the tenth. >> ninth and the tenth. >> i think so too. >> ninth and tenth. so watch for those two nights. tick

turkey olympic organisers have received thousands of ideas for the new logo for the 2020 summer games. the official low bow was scrapped amid allegations it had been copied. >> reporter: since the celebrations of tokyo's victory in the voting process, it showed how it could rebound from the triple disasters. there have been a series of embarrassing missteps. there was a graphic artist in belgium who sued the tokyo logo for its similarities to his design for a belgium theatre. that's why that design was scrapped and it was opened to everyone in japan over the age of 18 to submit an alternative and there have been thousands of submissions among the favourites the people have seen are the initial candidate city logo of cherry blossoms and another one showing an opening fan. it's not clear whether those are in the competition, but the somethings will be evaluated in early january, narrowed down in and a selection will be made. a big problem is around the area of the stadium. the original estimate has been doubled and it was scrapped. we don't have a final design. it is expected that that will be decide

axl rose, guitarist and to see excitement planted over this weekend when the official web site once again featured the 1980's logo and the been a's music played before some "star wars" showing nothing else though. so stay tuned? well. jerry seinfeld playing the coliseum. the one in vegas, pk. two shows the famous cesar's palace venue scheduled for april 8th and 9. seinfeld will be playing the beacon theater once a month starting >> times square, the place to be on mu area's eve. other parts of the city has hot plans. >> baruch shemtov plans to see how people plan to ring in 2016 there. the brooklyn boro president is ready to duke at this time out as the center of the city's new year's eve festivities. >> brooklyn has become one of the coolest places you can come year around, so now, imagine having a place where you can bring in the muir and you are not stuck in one location and prospect park would be at the stench all with a midnight fireworks show and live music in grand army plaza p. now mu area's by the sea, head on over to coney island. >> thunder bolt ride would be free and ice skating would be pre. all the

officially throughout taipei in 2012. its slogan is to serve as the last mile public transit vehicle from the station to the user's destination. called u bike, the logoface formed with the letter "u." users can rent a bike at one of the cities rental stations and return it at any station. the rental fee is 15 cents for the first half hour. after that, it's 30 cents for each 30-minute block up to four hours and 60 cents for each 30-minute block up to eight hours. it's a tiered pricing structure. the city is also creating more bicycle-only lanes. the network is over 380 kilometers long and is continuing to expand. taipei's city department of transportation spearheaded the introduction of the bike sharing system and continues to supervise operations. >> we hope to demonstrate here and throughout asia the effectiveness of public bike sharing in reducing motor traffic. taipei's mrt system has helped improve the environment over the past 20 years. with u bike, our transit system will become even more ecofriendly. >> the actual operation of u bike is contracted to a private taiwanese company that has worked hand in hand with the department of transportation

logo off the plate. it came as those across the south were removing confederate symbols >>> in a few hours, health officials in maryland have a big decision to make, recommending moving washington hospital in tacoma park to silver spring. some in-patient services would be kept at tacoma park >>> today, you may see protesters outside the walmart on "h" street. the campaign wants to show the negative impact large retailers have on all american workers. an our of television unlike anything we have ever seen. what's in store when the most protected man in the country sets out in one of the most remote areas. remote areas. we are back it's the holidays, which means a house full of people, who all want to get online. so hurry and get verizon fios. only fios has the fastest internet and wi-fi available, with speeds from 50 to 500 megs. and right now, for only $79.99 a month online, you get 50 meg fios internet, tv and phone for your first year. plus, with a 2-year agreement, fios gives you $400 back, and all the premium movie channels for a year. so go online or call now for this great offer. get out of the past.

. >>> fire officials gave these two tips if you own or are getting ready to buy a hover board for someone. make sure a recognized testing lab has certified the toy. the box should have a logomped on it. if you own a hover board, do not plug it in and then leave. make sure you are around the entire time it's charging. >>> always watching. always tracking. wusa9's first alert weather. d.c.'s most accurate. >> i do that with apple stuff, too. all laptops. >> lithium batteries. i don't leave them charging overnight or when i am not in the home. >> it's going to be a hot, hot weekend for a lot of folks. happy friday, by the way. >> thank you. it's going to be fantastic. you can do stuff outdoors where you think you could never do that in december. the three degree guarantee. it was 61 at 3:00 today. we wept 65. i read 66 driving in. we will let you know how we did at 11. a live look outside. national harbor temperatures 56 downtown, which is crazy warm. mild with patchy fog tonight. we will probably see patchy fog again tomorrow night. if you are out late either night or both nights, take it easy. low beams. more like april this weekend. late april at that without the showers.

heavy metal band updating his official website with the group's classic logo from the debut album, what. causing ma m to speculate that they are indeed teasing a major announcement. >> really the best? >> they were very popular. >> okay. just checking. >> interesting. >>> well coming up within congress is looking at ways to decrease the prison population, but in career criminal was released early. now he's accused of murdering a new york city police officer. so is that really a good plan? a retired nypd detective joins us next. >>> coming up at the top of the hour, donald trump will join us live, you will not want top miss this. ♪ i built my business with passion. but i keep it growing by making every dollar count. that's why i have the spark cash card from capital one. i earn unlimited 2% cash back on everything i buy for my studio. ♪ and that unlimited 2% cash back from spark means thousands of dollars each year going back into my business... that's huge for my bottom line. what's in your wallet? type 2 diabetes doesn't care who you are. man woman or where you're from. city country we

logo of cape cod on it. he has been at the center of this and on and on we have heard public officials add this note of caution, which is absolutely essential to everyone watching our coverage and to infuse our coverage here today. that is when you are in a position of public safety, to act on as we keep hearing an abundance of caution, that's a big call. in the era, in the atmosphere of terrorism, after san bernardino, they got what they thought was a valid threat. mentioning specific weapons, we just learned. mentioning automatic weapons and machine guns, assault rifles. they did what they thought they had to do. as a result, 900 schools are closed, portions of southern california have seen great tumult this morning. we have been joined, i am told, by a former mayor of los angeles, antonio villagairosa. thank you for being with us. i'm sure as you watched the current mayor, you were playing back some feelings in your mind. >> yes, i was. look, the notion that some would be second-guessing this decision minutes, hours after a deliberative decision was made i think is irresponsible. look, i wasn't involved in