, why should you go to the trouble of determining official misconduct on someone else? if someone remains in their position, guilty or not guilty, what's the point? not only did the mayor do nothing but this library commissioner was reaffirmed as the president of her library commission by unanimous vote, ostensibly as a reward for engaging in the misconduct and getting away with it. actually, someone has been suspended -- someone else has been suspended based on the charges alone but the library commission president was reaffirmed after having been founded guilty. do you know what they call it when someone abuses the public, squashes those who rely on democracy and expect decency, commits official misconduct and make fools out of the ethics commission? they call it leadership. those who run a private non-profit that depends upon ripping off the city of millions of dollars all came down to the library commission and complimented on her leadership and as i say, unanimously reaffirmed her in her position. what should we assume, that it's not important because it only harms

an official can be removed for official misconduct. but the question is, does official misconduct mean just things that are related to the conduct of the office itself? back in 1995, the san francisco voters passed prop e, which expanded the definition of official misconduct. the courts have to interpret that definition. >> the top cop in the city who has been convicted of something and now an has sentencing. what kind of legal dilemma, ethical dilemma does it pose for city leaders. >> it is tremendous dilemma for mirkarimi. as top cop he has to set policy, among other things domestic violence arrests, prosecution, how officers will respond when they come out to a call of domestic violence. this puts him in a very difficult position. in some i was undermines the credibility -- in some ways undermines the credibility of the office. >> thank you dean. >> my pleasure. >>> hayward fire investigators will try to determine the exact cause of a fire that damaged this home on chandler road shortly after 9:00 this morning. reports say it may ha

officials say he fired the first shots at 7:00 in the morning and soon after officials sent out an e-mailthe campus stating a shooting incident occurred and no mention of a gunman loose. and it wasn't until 2 1/2 hours later when officials issued a campus wide alert about the shooter. parents of who murdered students are suing for wrongful death saying if officials issued this alert sooner likes would be saved. the president said the school officials could not predict they were dealing with a madman and argued that the administration did the best they could with little information they had. a fox legal analyst and criminal defense attorney randy zelin. >>arthur: look, their art is the school had issued alerts campus wide for bomb threats and things a lot less than shoot evening and kids getting murdered, you get two students on the ground at 7:00 a.m., getting murdered, common sense would dictate we have to temperature the 36,000 other kids on the campus something is going on. their excuse we wanted the deceased family members it know first. what gives it credibility is they are only aski

that is officially from the ci. we had a hearing of a different view. and obviously any time you go up against them, second only to the cia, you're not looking good odds. so we went to court, had a hearing for deb jackson. and she issued an opinion after the hear iing that argued wheth or not it's intended under the drug act or not but she focused on the one issue. they cannot invoke c-2 when the reason for they cannot invoke c-2. they said there's a doctrine related, but similar. if you require logical deductions to uncover this person as a c.i., that that is not enough for official confirmation. the fbi argued there had to be a press release, or official statement in congress or something. but the court disagreed. and we argued the reading, not reasoning. all you have to do is read earnest withers ci. they said such an argument is not wor think of serious consideration and insults the common sense of anyone who reads the documents. because what happened is, the fbi didn't just give it to us once. they gave it to us twice. in the summery judgment brief

. >>> nuclear industry officials from around the world have gathered in seoul to discuss atomic energy safety. global leaders are also scheduled to meet next week at the nuclear security summit in south korea. nhk world's kim dae-young has more. >> reporter: some 203 representatives took part in the nuclear industry summit on friday. they exchanged views on how to make nuclear energy safer based on lessons from last year's accident at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant in japan. one participant said public trust in nuclear energy can be restored if they share lessons learned from the accident and learn from them. another said sharing information on nuclear technology is difficult. because it often contains confidential data. but he argued that cooperation between private companies as well as the government needs to be joint. he joined the statement that said the nuclear industry will get more actively involved in global information sharing and discussions through organizations such as the international atomic energy agency. several countries interest have scrapped nuclear energy

officials repeatedly urged the north koreans to halt their plan. they say the ban included the launch of a satellite. japan is hoping china will purr suede north korea to cancel the rocket launch. a top official will travel to china, which is believed to exert the greatest influence over the north. the the director general of the asian and oceana bureau will meet with china on the north's nuclear program. china has still not clarified whether they believe the satellite launch violates a resolution banning the use of long range ballistic technology. the foreign minister urged his officials to make more efforts to close any perception gap with china. the syrian government of president bashar is continue in the crackdown on civilians despite agreeing to a u.n. peace plan. state television aired footage showing the president talking to government troops in the city of homs. the city was retaken by government forces earlier this month. also on tuesday, government troops fired artillery shells at another district. there are reports of casualties near leb

amy hollyfield joins us with more. >> reporter: bart officials say they are not sure that elected officials and bart riders get it. they say the future of bart is in jeopardy. so they invited congressman john garamendi and other local officials out in the maintenance yard to see for themselves. >> bart's trains are 40 years old. mechanics say they can't find brand-new parts because nobody makes them anymore. >> we go on ebay and buy them up so we can repair the trains. we're putting them together and they are safe but we are running out of finding new parts. >> reporter: with federal transportation money in question bart officials are in a panic. fund will go stop at the end of this month if they can't get a bill passed. >> we don't get the money from congress if we don't get people to understand the trains won't be running anymore. we have every train we can out there every day. we are running them into the ground. >> bart officials invited congressman john garamendi and other local and state officials to come and here how dire the situation is for the agency. bart's board says it is compe

japanese officials may call on the u.n. security council to pass a resolution imposing additional penalties if the north goes ahead with the launch. they may also add measures of their own. >>> it's been said that history often depends on who writes it. officials at japan's education ministry have been reviewing high school textbooks. they have added several that include references to a disputed group of islands. the education ministry officials finished screening geography and civics textbooks to be started using next april. they approved 20 texts. 17 refer to the takeshima islets. one book says south korea is illegally occupying the islets and suggests the territory belongs to japan. some books refer to the senkaku isnds. japan controls the chain in the east china sea. china, too, claims the islands. 18 of the 20 books now mention those islands. >>> some sports fans in japan have had this day marked on their calendar for four years. u.s. major league baseball is holding the season opener in tokyo. the fourth time since 20

the government laid off many public officials. they started selling goods on the street because it was cheap to get started. despite the influx of foreign investment, only countries wealthy benefit. the rest depend on the street to make a living. but the government is cracking down on vendors without a license because their income isn't taxable. >> translator: the police make it tougher for us, but they understand us. we are doing whatever we can because we don't want to support ourselves by robbing people. >> reporter: it's a tough way to make a living. but vendors like this 21-year-old hope for a better future. >> translator: i only finished elementary school, so now i want to go to middle school. >> reporter: with such narrow options, vendors do whatever they can to get ahead. in doing so, each contributes to the country's economy. >>> when you see a certain flower blooming in japan you know spring has arrived. sayaka mori with the weather forecast. >> hi there. we are experiencing a warm and dry day in japan. i want to start o

an official can be removed for official misconduct. but the question is, does official misconduct mean just things that are related to the conduct of the office itself? back in 1995, the san francisco voters passed prop e, which expanded the definition of official misconduct. the courts have to interpret that definition. >> the top cop in the city who has been convicted of something and now an has sentencing. what kind of legal dilemma, ethical dilemma does it pose for city leaders. >> it is tremendous dilemma for mirkarimi. as top cop he has to set policy, among other things domestic violence arrests, prosecution, how officers will respond when they come out to a call of domestic violence. this puts him in a very difficult position. in some i was undermines the credibility -- in some ways undermines the credibility of the office. >> thank you dean. >> my pleasure. >>> hayward fire investigators will try to determine the exact cause of a fire that damaged this home on chandler road shortly after 9:00 this morning. reports say it may ha

officials in japan are watching, too. they want to explore ways to work with the new putin administration to resolve a territorial dispute with russia. the countries have been arguing over a group of four islands off northern japan for more than 60 years. soviet troops seized the islands immediately after world war ii. japanese officials have been requesting they be returned ever since. japanese government officials welcome putin's victory. they say he understands the importance of a dispute and is willing to resolve the conflict. some foreign ministry officials remain skeptical. they say russian officials are unlikely to make con educations is. they want prime minister nodda to meet with putin in a summit in may in chicago. next we go to bangkok to find out what's going on in the region. >> pakistan has asked interpol to issue an arrest warrant for its former president mush raf. the one time military ruler is living in self-imposed exile. pakistan's current leaders appear determined to prevent him from returning to polit

recently quit the federal government to join the influence industry wants former administration officials enjoyed p.r. consultants as knickerbocker and bersin mart sellers and to lobby on behalf of facebook google entergy planned parenthood and group health cooperative and as we discussed a few weeks ago on the show it goes the other way to see for shetty a former bigwig k. street lobbyists he joined joe biden staff as an adviser i normally that kind of thing might not be such a big deal right ok good citizens are used to seeing lobbyists corporate executives staffers and politicians all the world through the revolving door but it becomes an issue when it threatens the obama administration's basic credibility especially during election season as you know the president repeatedly boasted during the last campaign that his administration would limit its sense of k.-street just take a look at candidate obama's campaign rhetoric in two thousand and eight. they would like but my point is they were. the american people. indeed when president obama first took on. office he issued an executive ord

officials need to keep upgrading. a car with a famous name is a symbol to show your status. >> how hard to enforce, it would still be an important signal in terms of public patience. china's luxury loving bureaucrats may be running out of road. >> scientists say a solar storm is glenn to strike earth in the next few hours. the storm, which is caused by the sun, is the largest in five years. why not -- a lot harmful to people, it could disrupt satellite navigation and plane readings. >> satellites might experience and upset. -- an upset. you could have a radio black death. -- balckout. some radios have already experienced that. >> the earth will be hit by a stream of charged particles. one possible benefit for those in middle latitudes is that they could see the northern lights much for the seventh of the poll. -- further south of the poll. one man has scored five goals in the question of the german team, the record for a single match. the efforts helped barcelona win 7-1. he has scored 53 goals in 49 games this season

they are campaigning to become local officials. among those standing is this man, he was detained during the demonstrations. now, he believes that politics is the best way to proceed. we need a democratic system that insures that the officials work on behalf of the village, he says. the face in the authorities is fragile here -- faith in the authorities is fragile here. this woman's father died in may demonstrations. the land dispute has yet to be resolved. >> we are prepared to protest again on the streets to get our land back. we cannot let our efforts go to waste. the land must be returned. >> rampant development is the main source of unrest in china's countryside. the way wukan fought back has impressed other farmers. these men say that their land was also confiscated to sell to developers. >> the people are very courageous. they want to control their own fate. because of wukan, we are becoming more brave ourselves. >> the farmers are more determined to fight for their rights but in the struggle, it is not clear how much the au

the official paperwork expected to be filed today. i'm christie smith. i will tell you what's coming up in a live report. >> where investigators are at in a certain much for a 15-year-old girl. we will take you live to morgan hill coming up. >> developing story. french police in a stand-off with a man accused of killing three jewish school children and a rabbi. we will have the latest. >>> a live look outside. oakland 880. traffic starting to pick up. mike will tell you about it. christine lor christina loren will tell us about it. today, march 21. "today in the bay." >>> good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. 6:00. halfway through your workweek. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> very happy to hear it. i'm jon kelley. >> getting funky down the road. we can say funky now that our drought whoas have been eased. last week we had a lot of rain and more on the way. we head through this weekend. tomorrow's storm, kind of a dud. by saturday we have heavy downpours in the bay area. today enjoy the sunshine and springlike conditions. 45 in livermore. i wil

what more are nato as well as afghan government officials saying?> reporter: afghan officials have told us that 16 people have been killed. nine of them children. three of them women, and four men in the western part of kandahar province. this is an area known to be heavily -- have heavy presence from the taliban, an area where there's been quite a bit of action when it comes to coalition forces on the ground. that being said, they're sticking with the story that only one u.s. soldier was involved in this. apparently that soldier left the base at some point in the wee hours of the morning today and went out and -- ended up shooting several civilians. now, we're still being told that there are just people who are wounded and that those people are being treated by coalition forces in their medical facility. however, in talking to several people who are on the ground there, villagers and afghan officials there, they're saying that, no, indeed, 16 people have been killed now. hamid karzai has come out saying that 16 people have been killed, including wo

iaea director general yukiya amano says he'll send a senior official to north korea as soon as officialshere agree to meet. u.s. and south korean officials are wondering whether they'll be able to meet with north korea's chief nuclear negotiator. vice foreign minister ryong-ho is in the new york area to attend a conference. the americans and south koreans want to speak with him about the nuclear deal. ri is attending a forum on international university hosted by syracuse university. south korea's presenttive to the six party talks lee sung nam will be there too. he told nhk during his flight to new york he had no plans to contact south korean officials during his visit. >>> analysts with a u.s. think tank say north korea may be pressing ahead with its nuclear program. they say recent satellite imagery suggests engineers have been developing the nuclear facility in nyongbyon. analysts with the institute for science and international security say the photo shows a nearly completed turbine building. they have been analyzing satellite images of the facility since 2010. north korean officials

the same officials said his body was cremated without an autopsy. now haywood's death is being linked to the sacking of a rising star of the communist party. britain wants china to investigate. >> just come out of discussion with the consular officials behind those doors who say because there is an investigation now pending, they're very much bound by confidentiality and there's simply no more they can say. >> british companies network and do deals. it's the chongquing british chamber of congress monthly drinks. tonight the talk is not just about money lost and won but the death of neal haywood. >> do you think anyone really thinks they know the truth? >> i think everybody thinks they know the truth. >> truth is behind the truth. >> yes. >> there are so many whispers about him, he was well connected in china. married here and did business here for years and a company set up in china formed by former members in mi-6, the british spy agency and also came into contact with the former communist party chief, and that placed neal hayward at political dram

iaea director general yukiya amano says he'll send a senior official to north korea as soon as officialshere agree to meet. >>> military tensions on the korean peninsula are never far away. north korean soldiers have carried out drills in an apparent show of anger. north korean troops shot at pieces of paper bearing the name of south korean president lee myung bak during their live fire drill. political analysts say this is the latest effort by north korean leader to tighten their grip. south korean and u.s. military personnel are carrying out exercises of their own. north koreans are angry about a poster found at a south korean military barracks. it contained slogans threatening kim jong-un and his late father. thousands of soldiers and civilians protested against the poster at a rally in pyongyang. >>> and that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. do stay with us.

putin has finished one ahead of his opponent so what are the official figures that. well the official figures from the central election commission of russia is that it has managed to gain sixty four almost sixty four percent sixty three point seven in fact that is almost forty five million people voting for him to be russia's president not he's got of his main rival the leader of the communist party has managed to go on a seventeen point two percent of the votes that is about twelve million people voting for this man for the one who has been running from almost every election campaign since the collapse of the soviet union because of russian tycoon and you come into the politics the first time presidential candidate has managed to go on a seven point eight percent of the vote that's about five million people vote people voting for him liberal democratic leader. at six point two percent four million people voting for him and last but not least again on of leader of the just russia party the former head of the upper house of the russian parliament has managed to go to

the nuclear director said he will send a senior official to north korea as soon as officials agree to meet. >>> analysts with a u.s. think tank think north korea may be pressing ahead with its nuclear program. they say recent satellite imagery suggests engineers have been developing the nuclear city. and lists with the institute for science and international securities say the photo shows a newly completed turbine building. they have been analyzing satellite images of the facility since 2010. north korean officials declared at the time that they were building a light water reactor. a photo shown in september shows the building's framework. the new image was taken in early february. north korean officials claim they're using the plant to generate electricity for peaceful purposes. they say enriching uranium to fuel the reactor constitutes a peaceful use of nuclear energy. north korean officials expect tons of food in return for their concessions. a u.s. envoy says negotiators hope to reach an agreement soon on how to move forward with the aid. >> we'll finish the conversations and disc

a syrian government officials accused of murdering women and children. human rights actists are accung gernment forces in syria of one of the worst attrocities. they say a loyal to assad killed 45 women and children. the attack took place in the city of homs. they appealed to the united nations. government forces bombarded it for nearly a month. they regained control this month. human right activists say government troops kept firing at civilians. they say the death toll is rising. syrian run television showed images of several bodies with this be hands tied behind their backs. it accused terrorist gangs of carrolle caring carrying out the killings. secretary of state hillary clinton and officials met on monday after the u.n. security council meeting in new york. this came after kofi annan and others failed to crackdown on the issue in backing the u.n. resolution to pressure assad. >> we expect all nations to join us now in oppressing the regime to silence its guns. >> stopping the violence was more important than aigning blame. >> we think of putting th

at this point as well, officials say nothing is officially scheduled but it's up to pope benedict so we're going to have to wait and see. >> and conser visionists under a race against time and-to-try to safely one of leonardo d davinici's masterpieces. experts checked out the painting and found there are many cracks. and is said to be in good condition. conservationists are figuring out how to set about restoring this. >> james cameron not the only one making a breath taking drive. builders preparing to explore deepest reaches of the ocean. >> to buy or not to buy? whit makes sense to buy insurance at the rental cap. straight ahead. >> and a company giving jobs to a group of people getting the squeeze in these tough economic times. diane sawyer is here with a look at what she's working on. >> there is drama over the supreme court and health care, we're there monitoring every phase the justices are saying to see if we have clues for you tonight. and "titanic" driker james can ron, why yoga enabled him to do it without moving for all of those hours, coming up aftecc [ female announcer

. >> university of maryland department of safety officials say 19-year-old student of fulton maryland posted a number of threatening online messages saturday night that were so disturbing to other that is they contacted police immediately. >> for me it's terrifying only because this campus i don't think it's like ultra safe but i never think of anybody getting shot or there being any mass shootings. >> authorities say he wrote, i will be on a shooting rampage tomorrow on campus. hopefully i kill enough people to make it to national news. and, stay away from the mal at 1:30. students are telling us they worry about walk ago lone on campus. but news that he threatened to kill as many students as possible comes as a complete shock. >> it's a scary thought to think that one of your students is going to want to hurt another student. it seems like he wanted to do it during the day. >> they would be public too and then plan something like this. that's crazy that would come here at the university of maryland campus. >> police say they pulled in all available resources and by 10:00 a.m. had ar

then, jul gomez came along and you finally took action and referred her for official misconduct to the mayor, following your finding, i went up to her after the meeting and i congratulated her at being the first person in history that this commission has ever referred to the mayor for action. her response was to bend over, picking up her book bag and her jacket and she snapped her jacket at me trying to strike me with it because she didn't like my apparent sarcasm. i wasn't trying to be sarcastic, i was just offering her congratulations for being the first person to have been found guilty. since then, the mayor has done nothing and he knows and you know that her behavior was on-duty behavior which, following the then airport commissioner, joseph mazzola appeal, an appellate court ruled that official misconduct can only be brought for actions related to one's actual job duties. so this commission has no business hearing any kind of official misconduct case against sheriff mirkarimi no matter how reprehensible his actions may or may not have been because they were off-duty behavior and i

the mission there has morphed not officially, but officially we were there to drive the -- to defeat,stroy al qaeda as president obama has shaped the mission, and to prevent afghanistan from becoming another breeding ground or safe haven for terrorists. but there's also a third sort of mission in the back of the heads of many strategic planners, particularly in the military, that if the u.s. military were to withdraw too quickly, that afghanistan would simply implode, which could destabilize an already destabilized part of the world even further. and according to one senior military official who told me this about a year ago, he said, you know, we're in afghanistan to keep pakistan from imploding. >> right. >> pakistan, of course, with nuclear weapons, so many strategic thinkers think there's much more at stake here than just stability in afghanistan. >> all right, jim miklaszewski at the pentagon, mik, thanks for being my partner on this. appreciate it. >> all right, chuck. >>> all right, let's go back to the other big story that we're also following which, of course, is the republic

officials result is going to report afghans are not convinced by the excuse. the. sixteen innocent afghan villagers slaughtered in cold lot nine of them children u.s. officials are going out of their way to present the american surgeon who apparently committed the massacre as just one bad apple. this incident is tragic and shocking and does not represent the exceptional character of our military and the respect that the united states has for the people of afghanistan this is not who we are in no way does he represent. the ethics and morality of the american servicemen and servicewomen and i think afghans understand that but afghans don't seem to be behind that all. the rage and humiliation felt by afghan people appear to be way beyond what apologies can make up for they've heard them all before in the last few months all too often and each one very similar to the next just weeks ago the white house apologized for the burning of the copies of the koran by u.s. troops an incident that triggered a surge of violence this was a deeply unfortunate incident that does not

amy hollyfield joins us with more. >> reporter: bart officials say they are not sure that elected officials and bart riders get it. they say the future of bart is in jeopardy. so they invited congressman john garamendi and other local officials out in the maintenance yard to see for themselves. >> bart's trains are 40 years old. mechanics say they can't find brand-new parts because nobody makes them anymore. >> we go on ebay and buy them up so we can repair the trains. we're putting them together and they are safe but we are running out of finding new parts. >> reporter: with federal transportation money in question bart officials are in a panic. fund will go stop at the end of this month if they can't get a bill passed. >> we don't get the money from congress if we don't get people to understand the trains won't be running anymore. we have every train we can out there every day. we are running them into the ground. >> bart officials invited congressman john garamendi and other local and state officials to come and here how dire the situation is for the agency. bart's board says it is compe

a promising chinese communist party official has been dismissed from his post. the move is likely linked to a scandal involving his aide. the chinese commons party has removed the top party from a city from his post. the official was widely expected to be named to a central post in the country's leadership transition this fall. there is now growing speculation that he was fired over allegations of corruption involving his close aide. the decision is reported to replace him who was the megacity's municipal committee secretary. the a vice premier will assume the post. his close aide dismissed as head of the city's public security bureau on february 2nd. he later visited the u.s. consulate general. the incident triggered speculation that he plafb seeking asylum. he's been questioned on corruption charges. so what was behind the removal? >> reporter: he has been widely expected to be named to the communist party at the party convention later this year. his aide was his right hand man. it was inevitable that he needed to take seem some time and responsibility over th

officials plan to deliver 240,000 tons of food aid.y say the shipments will not go ahead unless they can ensure the food gets to pregnant women and infants. north korean officials are getting nervous about some other food. south korean companies make chocolate pies, then ship them to the north. consumers there love them, and that's caused some problems few could have foreseen. nhk world's shohei yano explains. >> reporter: scores of tracks carry all kinds of goods across the demilitarized zone that separates north and south korea. the shipments include chocolate pies. 200,000 a day. they are headed to kaesong's industrial complex, close to south korea. the area has been jointly developed by the south and north. there, more than 100 south korean factories employ about 50,000 north koreans. this plant hires about 1,500 north koreans to make clothing. seven years ago this company started treating the workers to the south korean pies. each employee gets five a day. but this has had effects no one foresaw. >> translator: everyone was workin

. >>> nuclear industry officials from around the world have gathered in seoul to discuss atomic energy safety. global leaders are also scheduled to meet next week at the nuclear security summit in south korea. nhk world's kim dae-young has more. >> reporter: some 203 representatives took part in the nuclear industry summit on friday. they exchanged views on how to make nuclear energy safer based on lessons from last year's accident at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant in japan. one participant said public trust in nuclear energy can be restored if they share lessons learned from the accident and learn from them. another said sharing information on nuclear technology is difficult. because it often contains confidential data. but he argued that cooperation between private companies as well as governments needs to be sanctioned. the participants issued a joint statement that said the nuclear industry will get more actively involved in global information share and discussions through organizations such as the international atomic energy agency. several countries have scrapped nucle

officials with the u.s. geological survey say the quake occurred near the border of the states of guerrero and oaxaca. initially they said the quake had a magnitude of 7.9. they later downgraded its scale. the guerrero state governor said the quake damaged about 500 houses. an employee of a hotel about 25 kilometers from theepicenter said she hadn't heard about anyone being hurt. officials with the pacific tsunami warning center? hawaii issued an advisory for a tsunami off the pacific coast but the threat has passed. >>> asian leaders are lining up to increase the pressure on north korea. officials there plan to fire a rocket next month. regional powers are trying to agree on how to get them to stop the launch. north korean officials say they plan to fire the rocket between april 12th and the 16th. the first stage of the rocket is expected to fall into a 30 by 80-kilometer area in the yellow sea off south korea. the second section could fall into the pacific ocean some 130 kilometers off the philippines. >>

some foreign ministry officials remain skeptical. they say russian officials are unlikely to make concessions. they want prime minister noda to meet with putin on the sidelines of the group of 8 summit in may in chicago. >>> tokyo traders are looking to wall street for queues this monday morning. new york markets ended the week on a down note. ai uchida is here. >> we saw a small pull back after a strong rally. investors may have been taking profits ahead of key economic data. ramin, judging by the open investors taking a step back here as well until hearing more about jobs data in the u.s. this week. jobs data is a key focus due out friday. a couple of events in europe may get focus of investors. mainly the greek bond swap deal, and also european central bank meeting thursday. also a bit of focus in europe as well as jobs data in the u.s. let's look at the opening levels this monday morning. looking at the nikkei and topix, both indexes trade marginally lower. let's not forget nikkei ended friday higher, despite data friday which sh

peyton man sing making it official as well. free agent quarterback appeared alongside john elway to make his debut as a denver bronco. at a news conference manning said he felt the bron yoes the best fit. >> yeah, for that money. >> don't go there. gave manning a five-year contract worth about $96 million. >> real nice in that bank account. >> hey, it is sonoma. this is an event we were talking about that would happen. now it is in the record books. >> right. every 18-year-old dream here. 73 drivers out in the raceway trying to set a record for the most cars as you see performing doughnuts simultaneously. yes. they did set a brand-new world record. lot of experienced racers out will and some, well, they were just there to enjoy the thrill. >> from what they told me turn the wheel left and hit the pedal. it worked. >> dump the clutch and hit the go pedal. words to live by. little dirt rubber. lot of burnt rubber out there. transmission, shredded tires. believe it or not, in the middle of the chaos and the -- no accidents. >> i c

the team has not made an official announcement. he confirmed on his twitter account that the ravens have released him. they will pursue other free agents. carr started only one game in 2011. on march 13, jarret johnson, numbered 35 will get plenty of attention from some of his former coaches. coach >> ryan reportedly wants johnson. the new falcons defensive coordinator -- 2 of the hardest players for the ravens to hold onto this spring. thomas receive something only one other sophomore has received before and she won the atlantic coast conference women's basketball player of the year award. thomas becomes the fourth ever to will win this award and the third to do in the past five years. she averaged 17 points per game. the maryland women's team is right fit. the numbers on the men's team of keep working against them. the last long shot last night at chapel hill. it was not collegial last night. the turk pros were a within six points but carolina blue them out. -- the terps were within six points but carolina blue them out project b

officials closed nearby beaches to be safe. ♪ >> tourists flocking to a light show featuring ecofriendly bulbs. one let's folks paint a statue themselves in different colored light. >> i might be interested to do it myself. >> we're told artists used energy saving materials to put t all together. that's a wrap on this fox trip around the world in 80 seconds. >> around the world is brought to you by bmw. we only make one thing, the ultimate driving machine. >> shepard: i'm shepard smith. this is the fox report. it's the bottom of the hour, time for the top of the news. and the u.s. embassy in kuwait -- i should say in cawble. after said to go on murder spree. he murdered 16 civilians before outpost in kandahar. convicting reports on that. we still don't know a -- is he an infantry sniper who suffered a traumatic brain injury in iraq two years ago. doctors later cleared him to return to duty. sources all tell fox news the man had been having family problems before his latest deployment. this is his fourth deployment in a war zone

church officials deny even exists.s continues his exclusive interview. >> i'm debbie cook, captain of the flag service organization. >> reporter: for 17 years, debbie cook was one of scientology's highest-ranking insiders. but according to her court testimony, in june of 2007, she was forcibly taken to the hole. located here on scientology's international base in california. it was, she says, a place for scientology executives who had fallen out of favor with the leader of the church, david miscavige. cook testified she was in the hole for seven weeks. that she and the other executives were fed a sort of slop. that the place was crawling with ants. and that the temperature, at times, reached 106 degrees. what did you do all day? >> most of the time, the activities were either you confessing your own sins or bad things that you've done. or getting another person to confess theirs. people are screaming at you. and in some cases, sometimes you're made to stand in a trash can and water's poured over you. >> reporter: that

officials searched his jail cell but cannot find the smartphone he may be using.ncome-tax hike, approving a plan that affects your tax payers. it would impact people making over $100,000. >> on the hill house republicans lay out a plan today to overhaul the tax code. washington post reports of a shrink the number of tax brackets from six to two. 10% for lower income earners 25% for upper income earners and lower corporate tax rates and eliminate the alternative minimum tax. the supreme court will hear arguments on whether licenses for juveniles are cruel and unusual punishment. this stems from the case of an alabama teenager who received a light sentence -- life sentence for killing a neighbor. the supreme court or the death penalty for juveniles. the justices have said juveniles cannot receive life sentences for crimes of which no one has died. >> hillary clinton waiting into one of the 20th century's most enduring mysteries, meeting with historians and scientists will launch a new mission to find the wreckage of amelia earhart's airplane. she was trying to becom

they were joined by homeland security officials. officials say passengers can help out if they let employees know if someone looks scared or forced. >>> a financial service executive from southern california is said to head up pay group. both groups say they would keep the team in oakland if they buy it. there is talk about moving the team to the south bay. >>> south bay leaders pop the cork to celebrate go time for one of the most anticipated transportation projects in decades. the boost it will provide within weeks. >>> the alleged shooting rampage by an alleged soldier in afghanistan sparks an outcry. we're learning more about the suspectest background. >>> and when to expect rain on your doorstep coming up. what do you think of this one? really? what's this? this is a rose i made from a turnip. let's try together. perfect. two worlds that fit in one kitchen. come in today and save up to 20% on a kitchen from ikea. >>> dozens of children are recovering after a school bus accident in washington state. it happened 120 miles east of

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eu officials filed a lawsuit eight years ago. they argued boeing violated trade rules when it received government aid for research and development. and they claimed boeing enjoyed preferential tax treatment for building factories. the eu officials say washington has hindered competition. and they say the practice should be stopped immediately. boeing and its european-based arrival airbus have been fighting for years. the wto ruled in favor of boeing last year. the chicago-based company claimed the eu had granted illegal aid to airbus. >>> a japanese bank is buying a california-based bank for $1.5 billion. unionbancal corporation a u.s. subsidy of the bank of tokyo mitsubishi ufj has agreed to acquire the california-based bank pacific capital bancorp. pacific capital has 47 branches in california. its focus is on providing loans to small-size companies and individuals. japanese bank hopes to -- the japanese bank hopes to strengthen its u.s. business as the economy shows signs of recovery. >>> health ministry officials in japan are

. >> reporter: officials say the 11-year-old, who paramedics airlifted to a hospital, fallowed his friend into had water. the younger boy struggled. his father jumped in as did a good samaritan. all three drifted 50 yards from the beach. >> what happens, since the beach is steep, it f they lose footing then they start floating and get carried out. >> reporter: officials tell us that one save in a day can be typical but three is unusual and rare. the three victims appear to be suffering from hypothermia. reporting live, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >> you can watch more of the rescue video on www.ktvu.com. >>> a little girl sleeping in her bedroom in northern california was killed after a tree fell on her home. she was in her bed when a 100- foot tall tree toppled over yesterday morning. the tree was up rooted by creek and pinned the child on her bed. crews had to maneuver through snow to get heavy equipment to the hope to lift the tree. by then, though it was too late. >>> investigators are combing through a teen's cell phone and laptop for clues about her disappearance. sierra la

one official says the tanker may have hit an old ship wreck., officials blame two deaths on the severe flooding in the east. heavy rain had hit the area for several days now. authorities say they have served hundreds of evacuation orders. forecasters say more rain is on the way. china. firefighters saved three children from the rubble of a collapsed house in the southwest. first came an 8-year-old girl. then crews found a 14-year-old girl. we're told reinforcements arrived and an 80 strong crew then helped dig out the last kid, a 4-year-old boy. new zealand. it's the golden cheers sheep shearing championships. judged on speed and accuracy with penalties for nics. a scottsman took home the top prize. >> to get my name on the trophy with the best in the world is unbelievable. >> new zealand officials have reportedly lobbied for sheep shearing to be an olympic sport and that's a wrap on this fox trip around the world in 80 seconds. >> shepard: football is a full contact sport. players are supposed to hit each other. that's the idea. at least one c

that's unusual for a kchinese officials. more and more chinese workers are getting occupational diseases. >> translator: this is wrong. >> translator: the ngo staff visited the plant to show workers how to protect their health. >> translator: we want everyone here to be aware of occupational diseases. >> translator: they are handing out leaflets explaining how to use masks and warning workers about the danger s of chemicals. this man worked at the plant until he got a disease. soon he couldn't even hold chopsticks. his doctor said his muscles had wasted away because of a chemical he handled every day. the plant stopped using the chemical as soon as his disease came to light. he suspects the plant operator tried to cover up the problem. he is having physical therapy. he is supporting himself with part-time jobs. >> translator: i want a stable job, but people won't hire me when they learn about my hands. i can't afford proper treatment. >> translator: yen wants compensati compensation. he has filed more than 20 lawsuits agains